assad is tehran's only arab ally. so the fall of assad would be a huge strategic blow to iran. let me be clear about this. you've been covering foreign policy for a long time. often when commanders in chief have to deal with difficult problems relating to foreign problems and national security, we're torn between our humanitarian goals, principles related to morality in our policy and issues related to just pure national interest. those too often come into conflict. it is rare that you have a situation like we do in syria today where the principles of morality and the humanitarian needs that are calling out for american leadership to help end this bloodbathing are so directly consistent with our national security interests. which is isolating tehran, putting pressure on tehran, and preventing tehran from becoming a hedge an mon in the region and toppling helping the opposition topple as sad as the president of the united states has said needs to be done. it has been since last august president obama called for the -- for assad to go. we're now almost a year wit president of the

assad. saudi and qatar are in support, but most of the other arab states are not, so i do not think we can expect sort of an arab league decision in that direction. >> ok, clearly, a lot of frustration from around the world. >> this is going to take some time, i am afraid. >> from washington, thank you very much for coming in. if the question about what to do about syria is becoming a question in the american presidential campaign, with the republican candidate, mitt romney, accusing president obama of being too timid. he should reach the winning number of delegates after today's primary vote in texas. our north american editor has been charting his progress. >> here we go. right over here. >> mitt romney has not been handed this job on a plate. it has been a long, grueling fight since last summer, for the right to fight president obama for the white house. they are neck and neck in the polls. >> he is out of excuses, and in november, we will make sure to vote him out of office. [cheers and

a wounded young boy says he wants assad to die. as you watch the following videos, keep in mind the regime of bashir al-assad says they are observing a cease fire. a free syrian army they call themselves through the rocket propelled grenades. they're outgunned, outmanned. the opposition says at least 23 government soldiers were killed today and three armored personnel carriers destroyed. elsewhere in homs city a syrian tank rolls down the street a among bombed out buildings. in hama today tanks rolled in and heavy gunfire ensued. we can't independently confirm the videos. they're uploaded on youtube by activists. for months there's been concerns that violence will spill into neighboring countries. this weekend we saw that happening in tripoli, lebanon's second largest city, it pitted antiassad people against each other. at least seven people were killed in lebanon. every day in syria more syrian citizens die and flee to refugee camps. more syrian citizens are wounded, arrested, disappear. even in the hospital the injured are not sa

a wounded young boy says he wants assad to die. as you watch the following videos, keep in mind the regime of assad says they are observing a ceasefire. the free syrian army, as they call themselves, shoot a rocket propelled grenade. they're outgunned, outmanned. the opposition says at least 23 government soldiers were killed today in rastan and three armored personnel carriers destroyed. elsewhere in homs, a syrian tank rolls down the street. among bombed out buildings and open fire. and at hama today, tanks rolled in and heavy gunfire ensued. we can't independently confirm what these videos purport to show. they're scenes uploaded to youtube by activists. for months there's been concern the violence will spill into neighboring countries. this week we saw some of that beginning to happen. in tripoli fighting erupted pitting residents against each other. at least seven people were killed in lebanon. every day in syria, more syrian citizens die, more syrian citizens flee to refugee camps, more syrian citizens are wounded, arrested,

to all the syrians that the area after assad the post assad era will not be like iraq. will not be like iraq it will be a much more stable place and there is going to be light at the end of the tunnel and there is going to be a managed transition for that or all of the constitution says that today support assad for the lack of a better alternative just because their fear of the future. the way to entangle that is really to build that sort of coalition and i think that's really that remains the secret to how we go about challenging assad's grip to power ok sam what do you think about that i mean it sounds kind of academic to me and i think would be nice if that happened what are the chances of something like that happening in syria again you know we have sectarianism that a lot of people in the west don't want to talk about because they don't understand it ok as mark pointed out you know they look to have a dictator and they have an opposition but it's far more complicated than that. it is far more complicated than that and i think that blaming the entire conflict on sec

a wounded young boy says he wants assad to die. as you watch the following videos, keep in mind the regime of assad says they are observing a ceasefire. the free syrian army, as they call themselves, shoot a rocket propelled grenade. they're outgunned, outmanned. the opposition says at least 23 government soldiers were killed today in rastan and three armored personnel carriers destroyed. elsewhere in homs, a syrian tank rolls down the street. among bombed out buildings and open fire. and at hama today, tanks rolled in and heavy gunfire ensued. we can't independently confirm what these videos purport to show. they're scenes uploaded to youtube by activists. for months there's been concern the violence will spill into neighboring counies. this week we saw some of that beginning to happen. in tripoli fighting erupted pitting residents against each other. at least seven people were killed in lebanon. every day in syria, more syrian citizens die, more syrian citizens flee to refugee camps, more syrian citizens are wounded, arrested, di

assad either leaves or stays. and if he stays, he's going to be so isolated from the rest of the world. >> he has forfeited any legitimacy whatsoever. so either survives by brute force or he is one way or another exiled or killed. but, again, the day for compromise if it ever existed is long since over. it doesn't mean you don't have a range of options. but it does mean that the kind of thing that coffee anan is trying to do, to broker an internal compromise, will not work. the only deal you can work is similar to yemen, which gets mr. assad out of power. >> why did that meeting happen yesterday? i had concerns about kofi annan granting assad any credibility within 48 hours of a door-to-door slaughter of 100 civilians, 50 children. >> well, the mandate that he's under is a very limited mandate. i think again the time for it has passed. and i actually think that he should not be doing diplomacy that in and way talks about compromises between the regime and the opposition, though again we would like to see a standin

present president assad the syrian president bashar assad and his regime while sunni. don't support it and. they back the rebels and the uprising. against the president bashar al assad but as i say a lot clearer exactly what happened and according to the latest reports they they were eleven hostages not thirteen as it was. initially syria we've been reporting extensively lately a conflict spill here the conflict in syria is reverberating through lebanon with him over a dozen people have died of me in the clashes in just the past week you're in beirut yourself how tense is the situation there. well indeed this incident happened came at a movement over deep and rising tension inside lebanon over syria of the country and we can see every day everywhere he in lebanon is literally divided over syria the ruling coalition headed by sheer. hezbollah and used in communities all over eleven on support the regime of president bashar al assad while sunni communities. back the rebels and the uprising against president bashar assad and we've been witnessing several clashes recently

those who want assad out are in the absolute majority and they are sending their religious brothers in neighboring syria a lot more than prayers. mad twenty nine year old field commander from the free syrian army was wounded during the baba amr siege earlier this spring together with other injured f.s.a. members his now having treatment in lebanon but his not stopped fighting entirely. we have support from syrian ex-pats everywhere in the world people from britain france saudi arabia also send us money weapons walkie talkies satellites the syrian borders he says every day tons of these aid go through his hands but for him it's not enough as soon as he gets better he returned to syria. ahmed is a sellafield erotically sunni group whose influence in this part of lebanon is growing dramatically. their demonstrations in favor of the syrian uprising are also part of the support package everything counts. we also need some officiate almighty backley one of the founders of the band islamic group suspected of links to international terrorism but he says his input in the syrian revolt in sin

assad can't wipe out the opposition. and the opposition can't overthrow assad. >> there will be a long war of attrition that will be regional consequences, or there's going to be some sort of other factor that becomes a game changer. but that is also not going to be able to prevent the inevitable scenario of a full-blown war in syria. even if assad were somehow taken out, stepped down tomorrow, that would still not avoid that scenario. i think the debate needs to be about how to mitigate the spillover effect because it is going to drag every single country down into it. >> we haven't talked about iraq. i mean, you've got the kurds up here. they are furious with maliki in baghdad. they are talking about federating with the kurds here. turkey's in on these negotiations. to me, it looks like we're almost, you know, rewriting the ottoman borders and that we're going back and trying to fix the breakup of the ottoman empire. >> that's still playing out. the ottoman empire is still playing out? >> imperialism, whatever you want

bashar al-assad is playing on time. he knows that the western states are really not very eager to intervene militarily in the future. >> what will it take? >> that is a difficult question. syria is such a complicated country with various religious and ethnic groups. you really open the box of the pandora. it is difficult to tell. we do have several civil wars going on in syria and the conflict may spill over into neighboring states. >> thank you so much for joining us. at least 19 have been killed in a fire at a shopping center in the qatari capital. >> if it broke out on the upstairs -- it broke out on the upstairs of an upscale mall. egypt's electoral commission says last week's presidential election may be decided by runoff between the top two candidates. >> the electoral commission said the muslim brotherhood candidate mohammed mursi will stand against a longtime associate of the mubarak regime, ahmed shafiq. the runoff is scheduled for june 16 and june 17. >> the bond markets are rocking today. interest rates on it

syrians rose up against the assad regime 14 months ago. the u.n. says more than 9,000 civilians have been killed in the fighting. so what happens next? we have two reports beginning with elizabeth palmer. >> reporter: a mass grave is the only way for the villages of houla to cope with 108 bodies as they arrived singlely or in groups for burial. 49 of them, said the united nations, were children. these shocking images prodded the u.n. back into action, and today kofi annan, the man whose peace plan is so vividly failing arrived in damascus for official talks. >> those responsible for these brutal crimes must be held to account. >> reporter: but how? by the time military observers arrived in hula on saturday the massacre was over. frantic local witnesses told them on friday afternoon president assad's troops shelled their villages and then gangs of thugs went house to house killing. syria's government said the killers were terrorists. survivors insist they were government militiamen. today all eyes were on russia's foreign minister sergei lovrov for

syrians rose up against the assad regime 14 months ago. the u.n. says more than 9,000 civilians have been killed in the fighting. so what happens next? we have two reports beginning with elizabeth palmer. >> reporter: a mass grave was the only way for the villages of houla to cope with 108 bodies as they arrived singly or in groups for burial. 49 of them, said the united nations, were children. these shocking images prodded the u.n. back into action, and today kofi annan, the man whose peace plan is so visibly failing, arrived in damascus for official talks. >> those responsible for these brutal crimes must be held to account. >> reporter: but how? by the time u.n. military observers arrived in houla on saturday, the massacre was over. frantic local witnesses told them on friday afternoon president assad's troops shelled their villages and then gangs of thugs went house to house killing. syria's government said the killers were terrorists. survivors insist they were government militiamen. today all eyes were on russia's foreign minister sergei lavr

it's argued that it would result in assad's ouster. bob orr, cbs news, washington. >>> questions about building safety and cutter this morning after a fire at an upscale shopping mall killed 19 people including 13 children. thick smoke poured out of the building yesterday. officials say the fire started in the child care center, but witnesses say when the alarm went off, there was no plan to get people out of the mall. >>> an air canada passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing. yesterday it took off from toronto en route to tokyo with 318 passengers on board. shortly after takeoff the engines failed. the crew got rid of some fuel and safely landed back at toronto about two minutes later. >> midway through the air conditioning popped which normally doesn't happen and the plane continued in acceleration. it continued in that angle but nothing happen. >> it's claimed that chunks the size of cell phones came from the engine. >>> coming up, congressman barney frank jokes about the trayvon martin shooting while addressing gradua

assad denied having anything to do with the deaths. it did not look like a meeting of the minds. >> we are at a tipping point. the syrian people did not want their future to be one of bloodshed and division. yet the killings continue. the abuses are still with us today. >> if the massacre is a tipping point, it could be to greater violence. syria opposed the regime has always calculated their survival depends on overwhelming force, not on dialogue. >> the death toll from the latest earthquake to hit northern italy has risen to 16. what more can you tell us? >> the epicenter was close to where a similar quake struck nine days earlier. a factory and warehouse collapsed and several churches were wrecked. >> here in the rubble of northern italy, rescue workers used dogs to search for survivors. this latest quake has shaken a beautiful region. its cathedrals, palaces, and homes have been destroyed. warehouses and factories not built to withstand tremors have simply collapsed. >> my son is under the rubble of the factory and the medolla so i

and even the assassinations of the assad regime. turkey has demonstrated an interest in helping to provide such safe zones and the united states needs to stand with them along with the rest of the international community. >> so when you talk to your friends in the obama white house, what do they say, what is their answer for not doing more immediately? >> i think the obama white house has got to get credit for doing sha some things. they talk about international partners. president obama is talking with russian leaders to see if they can gets a s assad to leave off. i think the world has seen promises from the assad regime broken time and time again, broken with the turks, broken with various international partners. and they simply don't mean to keep their word when they say they're not going to slaughter civilians. so i think it's time for the world to step up and stop this atrocity. our attention is drawn because of what happened in hugh larks but they've killed over 20,000 people and it doesn't stop. >> i want you to listen to th

they'll discuss what else they doon to persuade assad. >>> u.s. president barack obama used a video conference link to speak with european leaders about the debt problems. they agreed they need to work together to limit further damage. obama shared his views with german chancellor angela merkel, french president francois holland d hollande and italy's mario monti. the leaders will meet again next month in los cabos, mexico. >>> the biggest trade insurer has pulled its coverage of shipments to greece because of the uncertainties. the country's heavily dependent on imports. officials said they will not underwrite deliverez for the foreseeable future. analysts with the france-based insurer say they are worried about whether greece will remain in the eurozone. greeks will vote next month in parliamentary elections and many oppose austerity measures necessary for an eu bailout. the "financial times" is reporting another french trade insurer has also stopped its coverage. >>> japan's industrial production grew in a second month in a row due to strong au

assad can't wipe out the opposition. and the opposition can't overthrow assad. >> there will be a long war of attrition that will be regional consequences, or there's going to be some sort of other factor that becomes a game changer. but that is also not going to be able to prevent the inevitable scenario of a full-blown war in syria. even if assad were somehow taken out, stepped down tomorrow, that would still not avoid that scenario. i think the debate needs to be about how to mitigate the spillover effect because it is going to drag every single country down into it. >> we haven't talked about iraq. i mean, you've got the kurds up here. they are furious with maliki in baghdad. they are talking about federating with the kurds here. turkey's in on these negotiations. to me, it looks like we're almost, you know, rewriting the ottoman borders and that we're going back and trying to fix the breakup of the ottoman empire. >> that's still playing out. the ottoman empire is still playing out? >> imperialism, whatever you want

a wounded young boy says he wants assad to die. as you watch the following videos, keep in mind the regime of assad says they are observing a ceasefire. the free syrian army, shelled a rocket propelled grenade. they're outgunned, outmanned. the opposition says at least 23 government soldiers were killed today in rastan and three carriers destroyed. elsewhere in homs, a syrian tank rolls down the street. and at hama today, tanks rolled in and heavy gunfire ensued. we can't independently confirm these videos. for months there's been concern the violence will spill into neighboring countries. today we saw some of that. in tripoli fighting erupted pitting residents against each other. at least seven people were killed in lebanon. every day in syria, more syrian citizens die, more syrian citizens flee to refugee camps, more syrian citizens are wounded, arrested, disappear. even in the hospitals the injured are not safe. there's no haven anywhere. we're getting new evidence tonight from the group doctors without borders that wounded peop

i think it's credible that is because i think it's not just president assad who's saying it tallies with what we other sources we got a lot of reports a lot of sources which deets how extensively the link the form of terrorists that are operating in syria. we go back to last december there was a report in the american conservative magazine by the ex cia field officer put it the rowdy who's talking about this sort of thing happening and of course if we don't believe president assad well what about the words of a leader of al qaeda who's called. radical muslims around the globe to come you know quite the what he calls the concerts regime in damascus so that's the situation though washington is denying media reports in the washington post of indirect involvements and smuggling arms through to the syrian rebels what reaction do you expect to that considering the vehement anti assad sentiment of the u.s. i do that we can take it seriously because of course of course america is going to deny having any involvement in this that the truth is the mathematics is the usa and saudi arabian house has

assad can't overthrow opposition and the opposition can't overthrow assad. >> there will be a long war of attrition that will be regional consequences, or there's going to be some sort of other factor that becomes a game changer. but that is also not going to be able to prevent the inevitable scenario of a full-blown war in syria, even if assad were somehow taken out, stepped down tomorrow, that would still not avoid that scenario. i think the debate needs to be about how to mitigate the spillover effect because it is going to drag every single country down into it. >> we haven't talked about iraq. i mean, you've got the kurds up here. they are furious with maliki in baghdad. they are talking about federating with the kurds here. turkey's in on these negotiations. to me, it looks like we're almost, you know, rewriting the ottoman borders and that we're going back and trying to fix the breakup of the ottoman empire. >> that's still playing out. >> imperialism, whatever you want to call it, it's still falling apart, and this is going to play out and it could go very bad tomorrow or it co

assad can't overthrow opposition and the opposition can't overthrow assad. >> there will be a long war of attrition that will be regional consequences, or there's going to be some sort of other factor that becomes a game changer. but that is also not going to be able to prevent the inevitable scenario of a full-blown war in syria, even if assad were somehow taken out, stepped down tomorrow, that would still not avoid that scenario. i think the debate needs to be about how to mitigate the spillover effect because it is going to drag every single country down into it. >> we haven't talked about iraq. i mean, you've got the kurds up here. they are furious with maliki in baghdad. they are talking about federating with the kurds here. turkey's in on these negotiations. to me, it looks like we're almost, you know, rewriting the ottoman borders and that we're going back and trying to fix the breakup of the ottoman empire. >> that's still playing out. >> imperialism, whatever you want to call it, it's still falling apart, and this is going to play out and it could go very bad tomorrow or it co

the opposition to president assad is not unified. in fact it's dispersed all throughout the country. and the u.s. is reluctant to spend hundreds of millions of dollars arming rebels that quite frankly we know very little about. >> pelley: norah, with that reluctance, what is next for u.s. policy? >> reporter: well, officials say that this is going to be a very methodical step by step diplomatic approach to tighten the noose around president assad and his allies in the government. the goal is to try and get assad to step down, to have a peaceful political transition, but there's growing concern that it's not working and they're not saying what will happen if it doesn't work. >> pelley: thanks very much. the u.s. has also avoided a shooting war with iran over the iranian nuclear program. but iran is under attack in a computer war all the same. a few years ago, we learned of a computer virus that destroyed iranian nuclear equipment but today we're hearing about a much more sophisticated virus. david martin has been looking into this. >>

the family of bashir al assad has ruled syria for 42 years. last year a mass uprising started against him. assad has used his army to shell entire neighborhoods, and that's how saturday's atrocities started. it's what happened next that makes it the worst war crime yet in the 15-month-old civil war. (gunfire ). that's the artillery barrage in a civilian neighborhood outside the city of houla close to the center of the anti-assad uprising. u.n. observers in syria report that about 20 people were killed by assad's artillery, but the massacre came later, at much closer range. we have nothing to show you but the victims. they were shot or stabbed in their homes. the u.n. suspects that the killers were part of a brutallal force of pro dictatorship thugs called the shabia. neighbors carried adults in blankets and children above their heads to a trench near the town. when the killing is efficient, the burying must be as well. especially when islam requires enterment as quickly as possible. 108 people, most women and children, witnesses report that th

annan's plan allows assad's regime to use its power to oppress people. there has to be a resolution in the security council that enables the use of actual force against the current regime. >> ghalioun wants the security council to adopt a new resolution allowing military operations if syria's government fails to comply with the cease-fire. he also said he won't accept any solution that allows the assad administration to stay in power. >> translator: we accept an unannounced plan on the premise but the purpose of negotiation is to bring this to a democratic administration, not to reconcile with the assad dictatorship. there will be no immediate and true solution to this crisis without assad's resignation. >> ghalioun expressed optimism about uniting the various anti-government groups. >> translator: the syrian national council is tackling the conflicts within the opposition. last month we held a conference with other anti-government groups and succeeded in setting up a preparatory commission. the commission should unite opposition groups and strengthen mu

the opposition to president assad is not unified. in fact it's dispersed all throughout the country. and the u.s. is reluctant to spend hundreds of millions of dollars arming rebels that quite frankly we know very little about. >> pelley: norah, with that reluctance, what is next for u.s. policy? >> well, officials say that this is going to be a very methodical step by step diplomatic approach to tighten the noose around president assad and his allies in the government. the goal is to try and get assad to step down, to have a peaceful political transition, but there's growing concern that it's not working and they're not saying what will happen if it doesn't work. >> pelley: thanks very much. the u.s. hassles avoided a shooting war with iran over the iranian nuclear program. but iran is under attack in a computer war all the same. a few years ago, we learned of a computer virus that destroyed iranian nuclear equipment but today we're hearing about a much more sophisticated virus. david martin has been looking into this. >> reporter:

you let assad freeze. we have just given him -- we have just given him a fig leaf of respectability this morning. >> just remember, though, there are u.n. observers on the ground there, and the concern for their safety at the u.n. is really high. and so i get where you're coming from. but part of kofi annan's mission is to make sure that the actual human beings that the u.n. has on the ground there are not molested and harmed in any way. so he's got another objective that he's pursuing too. >>> coming up next, watch what happens live. don't we do that every morning? bravo's andy cohen joins us on set for his new book "most talkative." >> that book is doing great, by the way. >> it's adorable. >>> also ahead, the power of habit. we'll talk to charles duhigg of "the new york times" on his best-selling book on whether we have the power to change human nature. >>> plus headlines from the west coast papers. but first, todd santos with a check on the forecast. todd. >> thanks so much. some showers and thundersto

just a cover for the assad regime's relentless crackdown. the deadlock goes all the way to moscow where british and russian foreign ministers met to discuss syria. the uk was clear. >> it is part of the pattern of behavior of the assad regime, i believe, to commit atrocities and then to try to blame those atrocities on other people. >> reporter: russia far less so. foreign minister lavrov blamed both sides for the massacre and opposed regime change. he called for an end to the violence. after friday's bloodbath and months of killing, those words rang hollow. >> richard engel reporting there. as richard said there was a cease-fire brokered about six weeks ago. obviously, that's not being respected. so the question is, what now does the world community do? a couple of different opinions this morning. "the washington post" jennifer ruben writes the level of inanity among administration officials increases daly. secretary of state clinton last week pronounced the assad regime brutality against its own people must and will end. assad's reign of t

if assad goes, however, if we were to contribute to the overthrow of assad that would be a dramatic plus for the west, becauses a s assad and sys iran's only entry point into the middle east. that would go away instantly with the end of the assad regime. >> if we knew who was coming in afterwards. >> almost anyone afterwards would not have the relationship that assad has developed with the iranians. >> thanks very much to both of you. we appreciate it. andrew and jamie. it's a tough one. a moral and financial and military conundrum for the u.s. >>> still outfront, two americans held in the death of a foreign national. and what in the world is holding up the john edwards verdict? this has been going on and on. updates every day. they're breaking for lunch, they want this. and apparently all kinds of bizarre stuff is going on. the judge made an unusual warning. we have it and then this -- >> i think if you look at the birth certificate and you tell me really -- you analyze the birth certificate. there are many people that don't agree with that birth certificate. they don't think it's authe

if assad goes, however, if we were to contribute to the overthrow of assad that would be a dramatic plus for the west, because assad and syria is iran's only entry point into the middle east. that would go away instantly with the end of the assad regime. >> if we knew who was coming in afterwards. >> almost anyone afterwards would not have the relationship that assad has developed with the iranians. >> thanks very much to both of you. we appreciate it. andrew and jamie. it's a tough one. a moral and financial and military conundrum for the u.s. >>> still outfront, two americans held in the death of a foreign national. and what in the world is holding up the john edwards verdict? this has been going on and on. updates every day. they're breaking for lunch, they want this. and apparently all kinds of bizarre stuff is going on. the judge made an unusual warning. we have it and then this -- >> i think if you look at the birth certificate and you tell me really -- you analyze the birth certificate. there are many people that don't agree with that birth certificate. they don't think it's authe

. >>> kofi annan puts bashar al assad on notice. he says the people of syria do not want their future to be one of bloodshed and division. the joint u.n. and arab league envoy return to damascus to try to value saj the peace plan he brokered, urging president assad to follow through on his promises. annan appeals to assad to take bold steps to stop fighting between opposition and government forces. syrian state run news agency quoted the president as saying the frequent terror attacks and foreign military aid to terrorists would have to end. u.n. military observers are in syria to monitor a peace agreement but have been unable to stop the fighting. more than 100 people were killed last week in central syria. members of the u.n. security council were among leaders from around the world who have condemned the assad administration for its role. >>> u.s. officials say iranian official are to blame, too. they say an iranian military unit helped carry out the massacre. state department spokesperson victoria neuland says an officer of the

assad has agreed on the piece by presented by coffee at nine but bashar al assad has made a lot of promises in the past and a lot of them did not do you think is going to make good on his promise this time for a cease fire on this this place one. term of him or part of it kofi annan plan wasn't very well timed but the more as far as the syrian government is concerned you can't really demand things from the government when it has the upper hand and is defeat on the free syrian army at the moment the government biggest problem is cross border raids from refugee camps in turkey and lebanon so what happens is that if you well the government gets the upper hand and is defeating the free syrian army a demand comes in to stop the violence and it comes from those who helped the free syrian army conduct their training guitar and france were directly involved in helping them get new arms advanced and heavy weaponry and help them reorganize and review their strategy you cannot demand this from the government it is certainly a dictatorship but it's a legitimate government according to international law

. >>> kofi annan puts bashar al assad on notice. he says the people of syria do not want their future to be one of bloodshed and division. the joint u.n. and arab league envoy return to damascus to try to value saj the peace plan he brokered urging president assad to follow through on his promises. annan appeals to assad to take bold steps to stop fighting between opposition and government forces. syrian state run news agency quoted the president as saying the frequent terror attacks and foreign military aid to terrorists would have to end. u.n. military observers are in syria to monitor a peace agreement but have been unable to stop the fighting. more than 100 people were killed last week in central syria. members of the u.n. security council were among leaders from around the world who have condemned the assad administration for its role. >>> u.s. officials say iranian official are to blame, too. they say an iranian military unit helped carry out the massacre. state department spokesperson victoria neuland says an officer of the i

in addition assad promised to investigate the massacre. after 15 months by some reports, 12,000 dead, that kind of promise from a brutal dictator doesn't cut much ice. after friday's atrocity doubly so. with body after body in the ground, nightmare stories are emerging from hula with the massacre happened. we spoke with an 11-year-old survivor. this little boy said they will kill him. they being the same militia men who he says killed the rest of his family. quote, they were talking to my mom, he says. i'm not sure what happened, but they shot her five times. they shot her in the head. then the turned and shot my sister rasha in the head. then he shot my brother nader in the neck and back. he's talk about the arabic for ghosts. armed men to the regime who carried out the massacre. a warning, we're going to show you some of the resulting carnage. the video has been partially blurred but the obscenity is clear enough. they went in after syrian forces pounded hula with heavy artillery. those are all small bodies of children you're seeing ther

they do it in sunni dominated no flab and on where we meet the arms dealer those who want assad out are in the absolute majority and they are sending their religious brothers in neighboring syria a lot more than prayers. ahmed twenty nine year old field commander from the free syrian army was wounded during the bubble armor siege earlier this spring together with other injured f.s.a. members he's now having treatment in lebanon but his not stopped fighting entirely . we have support from syrian ex-pats everywhere in the world people from britain with france saudi arabia also send us the money we buy weapons walkie talkies. from the syrian borders he says every day tons of this aid go through his hands but for him it's not enough as soon as he gets better he'll return to syria. is a sellafield a radical sunni group whose influence in this part of lebanon is growing dramatically there are demonstrations in favor of the syrian uprising a role so support package everything counts. we also need some officiate omar bakri one of the founders of the band islamic group suspected of links to

revolt within the assad camp. ideally from the army where they basically push him out. >> what do you think about those like senator mccain for instance, mitt romney now, who have called for arming the opposition? >> well, again, i think arming the opposition in the context of a broader strategy, you know, it's something i would look at. i'd like to know who we're arming and what their objectives are and what we share their values beyond getting rid of the assad regime. what i would prefer it seems to me would be again either working on the russians, trying to cut a deal with them to push assad out or i would be ready to consider a no-fly zone or a humanitarian corridor. that i think they have this impact, anderson. i think there's a lot of people in the syrian regime right now n the assad camp particularly in the military who are sitting on the fence. they're seeing what's going on. they're watching what's happening both inside syria and on the world stage. and they're trying to see will assad stay, should i leav