panetta acknowledged that the u.s. is using other countries in the region to gather the latest intelligence on the security at those syrian weapon sites. >> i don't want to go into particulars with regards to some of the more specific steps that we're taking, but i think it's fair to say that we have been in very close consultation with the -- with jordanians, with turkey, with other allies in the region to ensure that we are closely monitoring the situation. >> reporter: as defense secretary leon panetta arrived here in north africa at his first stop in tunisia, he said the fighting in aleppo, syria, is so bad that he believes in his words it will become the nail in bashar al assad's coffin and his regime is coming to an end. barbara starr, cnn, tunis. >>> the man accused in the colorado shooting is in court tomorrow, a live report on what's expected coming up next. >>> the colorado suspect linked to a shooting rampage at a movie theater is due in court tomorrow. james holmes is expected to be formally charged in the

and panetta acknowledged that the u.s. is using other countries in the region to gather the latest intelligence on the security at those syrian weapons sites. >> i don't want to go into, you know, particulars with regards to, you know, some of the more specific steps that we're taking, but i think it's fair to say that we have been in very close consultation with jordanians, with turkey, with other allies in the region to ensure that we are closely monitoring the situation. >> reporter: as defense secretary leon panetta arrived here in north africa at his first stop in tunisia, he said the fighting in aleppo, syria, is now so bad that he believes in his words it will become the nail in assad's coffin and the assad regime is coming to an end. barbara starr, cnn. >> thank you, barbara. >>> well, the man accused in the colorado theater shooting is in court tomorrow. a live report on what's expected coming up next. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. int

thornberry. >> secretary panetta. there is a cover story in "time" magazine within the past couple weeks and some statistics really jumped out at me. one fact they said is 33% of military suicide had never deployed overseas at all. and 43% had deployed once. but 76% of united together. i'm wondering number one, are the statistics accurate? and number two, what does that tell us about the problem if were focused if they never deployed at all on the third of the suicides. maybe you're not looking at all the factors. >> those numbers are accurate as far as we know. what you are seeing seeing is that reflects the larger problem of society because the fact is suicides are on the increase in the rest of society as well. so problems with drinking, problems of finances, problems within the family, problems with dealing with conflicts that they are confronting. problems of dealing with just the general pressures that we are seeing in a society that stealing obviously with economic pressures than at the same time social pressur

and panetta acknowledged that the u.s. is using other countries in the region to gather the latest intelligence on the security at those syrian weapons sites. >> i don't want to go into, yo know, particulars with regards to, you know, some of the more specific steps that we're taking, but i think it's fair to say that we have been in very close consultation with jordanians, with turkey, with other allies in the region to ensure that we are closely monitoring the situation. >> reporter: as defense secretary leon panetta arrived here in north africa at his first stop in tunisia, he said the fighting in aleppo, syria, is now so bad that he believes in his words it will become the nail in assad's coffin and the assad regime is coming to an end. barbara starr, cnn. >> thank you, barbara. >>> well, the man accused in the colorado theater shooting is in court tomorrow. a live report on what's expected coming up next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance makes

yeah that's right the senator cited defense secretary leon panetta is warning of a nine eleven pearl harbor one problem they are an e-mail about is a panetta never really said that turns out that a former cia officer hinted at it at one point and panetta testified last year at the next pearl harbor could quite possibly be in the form of a cyber attack a strong likelihood that the next pearl harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack this is a real possibility. now look i understand leon panetta cyber security should be a top concern of ours we should realize that a sophisticated cyber attack could do some serious damage but with that being said give lawmakers a poetic license to fear monger and i think the fear mongering is a perfect way to label lieberman's horrific description of a nine eleven pearl harbor not only to combine some truly sad and horrific moments in american history all the put his own interests but how they even think up this concoction of tragedies makes me wonder what other hypothetical doomsday scenarios he just might come up with just to make sure

and panetta acknowledged that the u.s. is using other countries in the region to gather the latest intelligence on the security at those syrian weapons sites. >> i don't want to go into, you know, particulars with regards to, you know, some of the more specific steps that we're taking, but i think it's fair to say that we have been in very close consultation with jordanians, with turkey, with other allies in the region to ensure that we are closely monitoring the situation. >> reporter: as defense secretary leon panetta arrived here in north africa at his first stop in tunisia, he said the fighting in aleppo, syria, is now so bad that he believes in his words it will become the nail in assad's coffin and the assad regime is coming to an end. barbara starr, cnn. >> thank you, barbara. >>> well, the man accused in the colorado theater shooting is in court tomorrow. a live report on what's expected coming up next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance make

until leon panetta took office. >> they have to do their damndest to make sure these people are brought to justice and that's the only way we're going to try to prevent this in the future is to show that people can't get away with it. >> reporter: how do you get it through these men's heads, if they rape, they will pay the price? >> this place operates by command authority and it has to begin at the top and the message has to go down to the bottom. >> reporter: still, panetta will not take investigations away from the chain of command. but he is changing the rules. announcing new initiatives, just one week after our interview. >> what i will do is change the way these cases are handled in the military. >> reporter: here's what panetta is doing differently. he created a special victims unit to investigate sexual assaults. now, instead of slowly making their way up the chain of command, all cases will begin at the level of colonel. >> everybody has to do due diligence. commanders, like i said, have bosses. if that commander is not doing their job, you relieve their butts of command. >> re

panetta. [applause] >> thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, leaders of the department of defense, and leaders of the united states intelligence community. it is really an honor for me to be able to participate in this ceremony paying tribute to ron burgess and acknowledging that we have a new director here, mike flynn. today we pay tribute to ron as he retires after 38 years of service to our nation. i am a big believer in public service to this country. as the son of italian immigrants my parents made very clear to me the responsibility that their children have to give something back to this country which had given so much to them. in his quiet italian way my father said, you better give something back to this country or i will kick your ass [laughing] so i was inspired to public service. and throughout my, almost 40 years i have really believed that public service and those dedicated to giving something back to this country is what america's all about. it's what k

now look i understand leon panetta cyber security should be a top concern of ours we should realize that a sophisticated cyber attack could do some serious damage but with that being said give lawmakers a poetic license to fear monger and i think the fear mongering is a perfect way to label lieberman's horrific description of a nine eleven pearl harbor not only did he combine some truly sad and horrific moments in american history all the put his own interests but how does he even think up this concoction of tragedies makes you wonder what other hypothetical doomsday scenarios he just might come up with just to make sure that some type of cybersecurity bill gets signed before he hangs up his hat maybe go back a hundred years took a heartstrings of americans and predicts titanic situation or if you think that's too far in the past maybe i'll go the nuclear route for his doom day scare tactics if cybersecurity legislation needs to be pushed again would lieberman dare suggest a cure noble hiroshima disaster now i'm not trying to make light of these events become on guys this fear mongering

. >> on the question of aid, defense secretary leann panetta said again today the u.s. is providing communications and other nonlethal aid to the rebels there are no plans as of now to step it up and provide the weapons that the rebels say is what they most lead, shep. >> shepard: 11 days this battle in aleppo, one of the effects has been a huge refugee crisis on the border. >> the u.n. reporting that that refugee crisis is growing. thousands more every week now. seeking to escape the violence in syria. take a look at this map. the figures, 34,000 syrian refugees so far crossed into lebanon. 70,000 into turkey. 12,000 into iraq and jordan has seen the most 150,000 refugees crossing the border there. and they say that because of the violence, because of the increasing crackdown, rather than the waning violence, it is only going to get much worse in the days and weeks. this past week has been the worse in terms of the number of people fleeing that violence. >> shepard: jonathan hunt on the crisis in syria. thank you. the president is cracking down on iran tonight. the whi

it's the first time we've heard panetta go this far. he was standing there with his british counterpart. the uk agreed with that assessment. the feeling is with the violence right in the center of the capitol striking at the heart, nobody can predict what's coming next and that is a big problem. >> is this a real turning point in the effort to get syrian president to step down? >> you probably only really know that after the fact. that's what people are looking at right now from the pentagon to the state department to the white house to the cia. this is now going on arn the clock. what does it mean? what will assad's reaction willing be? they've got to make some assessment and give president obama some advice about what may be happening. it's very tough. they don't know how assad is going to react. >> panetta warned syria to safeguard its chemical weapons. how big is syria's kmchemical weapons stash. >> the night mare is a narp owe, what if he does something with the chemical weapons. several days ago there was another that the syrians

secretary panetta, mrs. dempsy, ished emmbers of congress, i also want to welcome our coalition partners send welcome to to been steadfast that part of support the united states against the many challenges. there is a " nikko's -- the will to win a means nothing without the will to prepare. our new defense strategy highlights, developing new parnis ships and in the coming century we can demonstrate we have both. thank you for all of you who are here today. i went to extend my congratulations to the family. you have had a great service to our country and have played a significant role in transforming the community, as apparently transforming the events of 911. i also want to recognize those from the flynn family. the anders, most especially my mother who i recognize the eighth little while ago, thank you for all you have done for all of us. we love you dearly. [applause] thomas is doing ok. each member of my family, i want to say how much we appreciate how much we appreciate you taking the time. it really mea

secretary panetta, today, issued his wanting after meeting with the u.k. defense minister here at the pentagon and he told the iranians to think twice before closing the strait. >> the united states and the international community are going to hold them directly responsible for any disruption of shipping if that region. >>reporter: the iranian parliament has simply issued verbal threats, threatening to target any ships going through the strait would take part in the oil embargo against iran's oil industry. but they have not taken any moves yet to close the state. >>shepard: "hold them responsibility," does not make anyone quake. did he give specifics? >>reporter: he said they are increasing their resources, assets in the region, and he is referring, of course, to some of the recent reports that the pentagon is sending, an anti-missle defense shield out to the persian gulf, but, also, on its way is the demining flotilla, a floating base for special operations forces that will be able to host these kind of special operations divers. >> we have invested in ca

. >>> the secretary of defense, leon panetta, recently announced new aggressive policies to combat sexual assault in the military. zero tolerance is the message from the pentagon's top commander. but ground zero for battling the growing problem may start at the nation's most prestigious military academies. reports of sexual assaults at the academies rose by nearly 60% in the fast year. and out of the 65 cases reported, only one resulted in court-martial. that's why two young women say they're coming forward in a lawsuit they allege they were raped in their very first year at the academies. they speak exclusively to kyra phillips. >> reporter: westpoint, they naval academy, air force academy, prestigious military institutions tasked with training future military officers ethically, spiritually and morally. but for these high school honor students, their experience would be far different. >> i remember him turning off the lights and me asking, what are you doing? >> in the middle of the night,i did come to and he was on top of me. >> reporter: carly marquette and annie kensior say they were

it hurts the message that we're trying to get out there. >> reporter: because of privacy issues, panetta couldn't comment specifically on carly and annie's cases, but he does make clear that blaming the victim needs to stop. personality disorder, academic separation. >> i think that's part of the syndrome we're dealing with which is that once a decision is made that somehow this prosecution is not going to move forward, then you basically turn on the victim who brought that complaint and try to do everything possible to make sure that that victim doesn't hang around. or really diminish them by somehow accusing them of having psychological problems. that syndrome is what we have to break out of. >> reporter: for carly and annie, if coming forward helps with that mission, they want to be a part of the battle. >> i know, with at least one person coming forward, there will be others that want to come forward and say something. >> because then they might get their perpetrators put behind bars, which is where they should be. >> westpoint and the naval academy say they couldn't comment on carly

until leon panetta took office. >> they have to do their damndest to make sure these people are brought to justice and that's the only way we're going to try to prevent this in the future is to show that people can't get away with it. >> reporter: how do you get it through these men's heads, if they rape, they will pay the price? >> this place operates by command authority and it has to begin at the top and the message has to go down to the bottom. >> reporter: still, panetta will not take investigations away from the chain of command. but he is changing the rules. announcing new initiatives, just one week after our interview. >> what i will do is change the way these cases are handled in the military. >> reporter: here's what panetta is doing differently. he created a special victims unit to investigate sexual assaults. now, instead of slowly making their way up the chain of command, all cases will begin at the level of colonel. >> everybody has to do due diligence. commanders, like i said, have bosses. if that commander is not doing their job, you relieve their butts of command. >> re

that is the warning today from the defense secretary, leon panetta. the latest ramping up in a tense showdown over one of the world's most important oil shipping lanes, the strait of hormuz. around 20% of the world's supply passes through that narrow waterway. iran has repeatedly threatened to block the strait in response to any western bans on eye rannairaniancrude. here's secretary secretary pane. >> the iranians need to understand that the united states and the international community are going to hold them directly responsible for any disruption of shipping in that region by iran or for that matter, by its surrogates. >> secretary panetta continued by saying that the pentagon's ready for any responsibility. jennifer griffin on the top story at the bottom of the hour live at the pentagon. jennifer, it seems like every day it's more and more red rick at very minimum on -- rhetoric at very minimum on this matter. that's right. now here's a graphic dedescription of how the revolutionary guard will go about closing the strait of hormuz showing which mi

dennis muilenburg, the ceo of boeing's space business was mog those who spoke with panetta. we recently caught up with him at the farnborough international airshow outside london. >> wade very good conversation around the overall defense budget situation and the potential sequestered situation in particular. the conversation was really around making sure we have open communication lines, a common understanding of the risk areas and how the sequestered scenario could play out and some of the potential impacts to the industrial base. overall it really sat a good attorneys i think, for making sure we have a common strategy and open communication lines as we deal with a very challenging situation. >> how serious would sequestration would be? what are you doing to prepare fort, and do you think it's going to happen? >> sequestration would have a devastating impact on the industry. as currently written the law and the way it applies across the board in terms of budget cuts would unravel a lot of programs and cause a devastating jobs impact and impact national security as well and

let me say a few words about leon panetta. there are few officials in public service today who have secretary panetta's exceptional range of experiences. in 16 years in congress were followed by service in the executive branch as director of the office of the budget, president clinton's chief of staff and president obama is director of the cia and now secretary of defense. secretary panetta's public contributions extend well beyond the halls of government. before he arrived at the sea -- cia, he and his wife directed the panetta institute for public policy based at california state university. it is a non partisan, not for profit center that seeks to instill the virtues and the values of public service. of all of his public service, i would suspect too much to say that the highlights of his career have been his contributions to the iraq study group and his support for the construction of this permanent headquarters for the institute of peace. every day as i come to work, i see from my office window the hallowed ground of the n

i want to thank you secretary panetta. i appreciate your efforts that you have made over the last several months to improve the treatment of survivors of military sexual assault. i was so hard and to learn of your recent interest in the documentary film "the invisible war." that which starts with military service and 70 va. that movie painfully highlights the pains of assault and what they must endure to prove that their physical or psychiatric symptoms are connected to an incident of military sexual trauma. too often victims are unsuccessful in pursuing their claims for persistence. to address one aspect, fiscal year 12 had consultation to develop a comprehensive policy for the department of defense on the retention of and access to evidence relating to sexual assault involving members of the armed services. this policy is to be in place by october 1, 2012. can you both comment on the status of this policy? i also welcome any further thoughts on how these claims can be processed bacfaster and more accurately. >> isn't imp

. >>> defense secretary leon panetta said syria's tug of war is spinning out of control. it comes after a bombing that killed three top officials. the administration slapped sanctions on members of the government and leon panetta called for international pressure for him to step down. >> the international community, working with other countries that have concerns in that area have to bring maximum pressure on him to do what is right to step down and allow for the peaceful tranksition -- transition. >>> we are live in antioch with a war vet receives the keys to his dream house, mortgage free. coming up. >> gray skies around the bay area. steve will tell us if a warm up is on the way and cash is coming to a bay area airport tohelp with -- to help with runway improvements. >>> an injured iraq war veteran is in his own home today thanks to a generous donation. ktvu's tara moriarty is live in antioch with the emotional homecoming. >> reporter: quite a moment. an hour ago he received the keys to this new home, worth $400,000 but for him it was free. >> oh, my gosh! this is so b

. >>> the secretary of defense, leon panetta recently announced new aggressive policies to combat sexual assault in the military. zero tolerance is the message from the pentagon's top comma commander. but ground zero for battling the growing problem may start at the most prestigious military academies. reports of sexual assaults at the academies rose by nearly 60% in the fast year. out of the 65 cases reported, only one resulted in court-martial. that's why two young women say they're coming thor yard forwar lawsuit they allege they were raped in their very first year at the academy. they speak exclusively to kyra phillip phillips. >> westpoint, any naval academy, air force academy, prestigious military institutions tasked with training future military officers ethically, spiritually and morally. but for these high school honor students, their experience would be far different. >> i remember him turning off the lights and me asking, what are you doing? >> in the middle of the night,i did come to and he was on top of me. >> carly marquette and annie say they were raped, raped by follow cl

listen, i take secretary defense panetta at his word that this is going to be devastating. it seems to me we need to act on it. >> you're going to be hosting town halls to have this conversation. some people would say, maybe the question is, what's the strategy beyond the town halls? because at the end of the day it's not about the american people coming together to discuss this, right? it really is about congress sitting down and doing what they were trying to do not so long ago, which is to come to a decision on where cuts can be made jointly in a bipartisan fashion to get something done. >> you're exactly right and hopefully by what we're doing and this program and many others in these states that were so important, for examples 41,000 jobs here in the state of florida, that that will have -- make people motivate the members of congress and the president of the united states, the commander in chief to sit down and prevent what every uniformed leader in the secretary of defense said would be devastating to america. >> also think about it in terms of jobs, 136,000 defense

now look i understand leon panetta cyber security should be a top concern of ours we should realize that a sophisticated cyber attack could do some serious damage but with that being said give lawmakers a poetic license to fear monger and i think the fear mongering is a perfect way to label lieberman's horrific description of a nine eleven pearl harbor not only that it combines some truly sad and horrific moments in american history all the put his own interests but how does he even think up this concoction of tragedies makes me wonder what other hypothetical doomsday scenarios he just might come up with just to make sure that some type of cybersecurity bill gets signed before he hangs up his hat maybe go back a hundred years took a heartstrings of americans and predicts titanic situation or if you think that's too far in the past maybe i'll go the nuclear route for his due date scare tactics if cybersecurity legislation needs to be pushed again with lieberman dare suggest a cure noble hiroshima disaster now i'm not trying to make light of these events but c'mon guys this fear mongering

aerospace and shipping industries. >> bret: the panetta report also offered assessment of how active iran remains in the area of terrorism. what about that? >> yes, the pentagon sees iran's overall military strategy as one that depends on deterrence. asymmetrical retaliation. terrorism. to that end, the report says iran continues to supply money, men, training and sophisticated weapon systems to the world's best known terror networks, among them hamas, hezbollah, palestinian islamic jihad and the taliban. among others, bret. >> bret: we'll continue to follow this and a panel on it later. thank you. the head of the government loan office that has produced more than $1 billion of taxpayer losses on energy firms says the program has been a big winner. here is the acting director of the loan office in congressional hearings today. >> don't you agree that the loan program has had a tough record. >> to the contrary. enowhere mouse -- >> we have solyndra, beacon, the third recipient went bankruptcy in 2011. that's true, isn't it? >> it is. >> republican leaders say subpoena money was callou

extending support to the rebels and as you just heard from oksana leon panetta the pentagon chief saying to us to get the hell out of town what do you make of that who do you believe in this story. well i do things and you don't the us government policy we see the assad regime. was of course and that's what he's trying to avoid is chaos so the u.s. and iran because he's also said that the army and the priest kerman in time the problem even more in syria than in iraq current approach is the army armed police is also current and what we're seeing is not just about who can be patron democrat . in the west but also a battle between some groups of society and even if president assad and his family left the country there are two million other whites two million christians who can easily be many of them around. more radical muslim groups who are receiving prayer room yet so when there are no let me as you say mark i'm sort of in trouble as you say there are a lot of internal and deep sectarian issues here that i think a lot of the other parts of the world don't fully recognize or understand wit

what did defense secretary leon panetta say, barbara? >> carol, we just finisheda press conference with the secretary. he mainly in the past has left syria to the diplomatic side of the house. today, a very different tone, very different words from leon panetta. have a listen. >> it's obvious that what is happening in syria represents a real escalation in the fighting. and that all of the concerns that we've expressed about the need for assad to step down, the need for a peaceful transition, the need to achieve a peaceful solution to that situation, that by ignoring those appeals by the international community that the violence there has only gotten worse and the loss of lives has only increased. which tells us that this is a situation that is rapidly spinning out of control. >> rapidly spinning out of control. carol, that is the first time we have heard that kind of assessment from the u.s. military from the pentagon. secretary panetta and the british minister of defense, who is also here today, also spoke about syria's chemical weapons

cripple iraq's nuclear ambition with one round of sanctions after another but even defense secretary leon panetta admits they're not working as intended is this a political ploy or a last ditch effort before a military intervention some answers ahead. and if you thought the kurds were closed on u.s. cyber legislation get ready for act two the u.s. senate is aware our play takes place from ancient fears comes a new cyber legislation we'll tell you about the latest assault on your privacy and also take a deeper look at the seedy dealings of the n.s.a. . and k. street meet your match in the age of the internet even the way in which people lobby congress is getting a high tech facelift their mission find political solutions to protect a free and open internet we'll find out how they're planning to do that coming up. it's tuesday july thirty first six pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching t.v. we begin this hour with mounting tension with iran congress this week has announced more sanctions on the country this time they're aimed at companies that ship goods to iraq and all this i

let me say a few words about leon panetta. there are few officials in public service today who have secretary panetta's exceptional range of experiences. in 16 years in congress were followed by service in the executive branch as director of the office of the budget, president clinton's chief of staff and president obama is director of the cia and now secretary of defen. secretary panetta's public contributions extend well beyond the halls of government. before he arrived at the sea -- cia, he and his wife directed the panetta institute for public policy based at california state university. it is a non partisan, not for profit center that seeks to instill the virtues and the values of public service. of all of his public service, i would suspect too much to say that the highlights of his career have been his contributions to the iraq study group and his support for the construction of this permanent headquarters for the institute of peace. every day as i come to work, i see from my office window the halled ground of the natio

defense secretary panetta is on a trip to the mideast. and says syrian president assad's decision to use helicopter gunships against his own people is hastening his own demise. >> if they continue this kind of tragic attack on their own people, in aleppo, i think it ultimately will be a nail in assad's coffin. >> panetta is on his way to knee schwab, israel, egypt and jordan this week he plans to use meetings to reinforce international consensus assad must step down and allow a peaceful transition to a democratic form of government. >>> mitt romney is headed to poland today after appear continuing a morning fundraiser in jerusalem. romney told donors their culture is part of what has allowed them to be more economically successful than the palestinians. his comments have outraged palestinian leaders. romney received a warm welcome when he arifed in israel yesterday from prime minister netanyahu. agrees with romney's position that iran possessing a nuclear capability is the greatest danger facing the world now. romney said he would back is

president obama has sent secretary of defense leon panetta to israel to meet with leaders there this week. >> reporter: when the united states, israel and the international community remain unified in our position against iran, that is the best way to convince iran to pull back from what they are doing. >> reporter: in an interview with cbs's january crawford, he left -- jan crawford, he left many wondering if the governor would approve of a military strike against iran. >> because i'm on foreign soil i don't want to be creating new foreign policy for my country or in any way to distance myself from the foreign policy of our nation, but we respect the right of a nation to defend itself. >> reporter: romney says all options should be available if diplomatic efforts fail. >>> among those in attendance at romney's speech yesterday, billionaire magnate aid el son has pledged to spend up to $100 million of his own money to defeat president obama in november. >>> it is 5:20. if you are waking up look at the question of the day this morning. for the first time in history, there are more ame

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and leon panetta almost like begging for the united states to do a little bit more. but it's a tough situation for all parties involved. >> if it was not an election year would we see more action, probably. politics complicate is a lot of stuff. moving on to weather news. eastern pennsylvania is roughing from another round of damaging storms. strong winds and heavy rain, rolled in over the weekend. knocking down trees and power lines like this one that caught on fire. thousands of folks in the philadelphia area lost power. >>> and wildfire danger in new mexico is getting worse as beatles swarm a forest there. be nesting andfeasting. with one adult female laying up to 200 eggs. the beetles were introduced to then out the trees but weren't expected to move quite this fast. >> beetlejuice. >> don't say it three times. >> three times. don't say beetlejuice three times. sorry. i just flashed back to my junior high days there. >> ha. >>> here is your monday forecast. thunderstorms, flooding, damaging wind, from phoenix, palm springs, las vegas. stormy utah to central plain

. >> what is happe n syria this is >> panetta work together to step the end for development? >> until now, attacks by anti-government forces wer bu the very fact the fighting is taking place in the capital mascus or aleppo, th anti-government forces were able to attack a key it means the free syrian army is no heavy psychologica beginning of coming days? >> i don't think the government diately. launch large-scale revenge attack. government troops are far better they outnumber their opponents, overnment forces one importanfactor will be how many participat administration is facing an isis. members can't agree on a resolution that would impose sancti assad's government. special envoy on a sanctions along ion calling for a of the mission. the resolution also alls for within ten days. ru t. the draft approves contains no mention russia on syria. >>> people in libya can embroiled in conflict. nato led air strikeselpe al gadhafi. no results. the first libya's commission an 200 the it says the national forces alliance led by fo seats. the mu trailed well behin seats. libyan seats ar

defense secretary leon panetta said it is proof assad lacks the ability to rule. >> if they continue this attack on their own people, i think it ultimately will be a nail in a saddam's coffin. >> reporter: assad's regime had been struggling to maintain power in the last two weeks after rebels made major advances in syria's two largest cities. but on sunday victory was declared in damascus, a challenge for the rebels, many of whom are poorly armed. >> the key right now is to continue to bring that pressure on syria, to provide assistance to the opposition, and to provide whatever kind of humanitarian aid we can. >> reporter: despite the latest battle both sides show little sign of giving up. >> and sources tell cbs news the regime has about six months of money to keep the fighting going there. >> here's a look at other things making news now. james holmes, the man accused in the colorado theater shooting will be arraigned and officially charged today. during the hearing prosecutors are also expected to present new evidence which was discovered last week. we are learning new details ab

defense secretary leon panetta says the u.s. is very concerned about the escalating violence in syria. >> this is a situation that is rapidly spinning out of control and for that reason it is extremely important that the international community, working with other countries that have concerns in that area, have to bring maximum pressure on, on assad to do what's right, to step down and allow for that peaceful transition. jon: as the violence continues to get worse, panetta and his british counterpart also caution syria not to lose control of its chemical weapons stocks. >>> we're also keeping an eye on all the breaking developments out of syria. next hour we'll take an in-depth look at the crisis unfolding there with ambassador richard williamson, the former ambassador to the iaea. jenna: kind of interesting rhetorical question, jon, how difficult to steal a plane? maybe you have an answer. jon: should be tougher than it is. jenna: that leads us into the next story. apparently it wasn't too hard to steal a plane by one pilot tur