chairman, thank you for being wution.we'll be back and talk to two of our correspondents who have >> bob: we're back with more from syria. correspondent elizabeth palmer is the only more than reporter allowed to report from damascus lately, and kallisa ward is near the turkey, syria border and spent time with rebels inside syria earlier this week. we'll start with elizabeth. what are you hearing? >> you know, bob, wob oone of t saddest things is the war is it's silenced the capitol. two years ago when the demonstrations were opeople thought they would have a choice between the dictatorship, bashar al-assad and something brlt. that's no longer the case. we have assassinations and bombings on the dorstep of damascus. people now think they have a choice between bashar al-assad and something worse. and that's what the syrian state media hammered away at them. al-queda fighters on the outskirt of the city waiting to rush in and kill you all in your beds. people are afraid, especially the christians and minoritys here. they thi