they're determined to oust president bashar al-assad from power. >> (translated): we want a democratic system, with a government elected by everyone in syria. this would be better than the assad family. we are in the town of kansafra. this town is a stronghold of the free syrian army. it was liberated from assad's army more than three months ago. >> narrator: the army of the assad regime has been pushed back across the valley to the other side of the orontes river. ahmad's village is well within range of their artillery. shells and mortars are routinely fired into this village. >> (translated): god willing, bashar al-assad's army can't get in here. we run things here now. >> narrator: doctors and nurses are ordered to report immediately to the local hospital. ahmad is already there, using his phone to film casualties. >> (translated): i ran to the area to see who was injured, to see how i could help. these people's lives are over. this is what god had written for them. i just despaired, and thought it was time that arab countries felt our suffering. >> narrator: ahmad and the people of

the syrian coalition has called on the united states to urge bashar al-assad to release the civilians. but thanh us government won the tiny country off the second ever elementary election. the people's democratic party gained hurt he to out of 47 assembly seats. it based its campaign on strengthening the economy. some ofi recently cut its aid to bhutan. soldiers and police officers have tossed ballots out of the elections and are voting early because they will be voting early when the polls are held on the final day of this month. the movement for democratic change will challenge the ballot in court. it says the police numbers have been inflated and officers are being pressured to vote for the the former south african president says he expects his predecessor, nelson mandela, to return home soon. prayer services are being held for the anti-apartheid hero who has been in the hospital for five weeks. mandela was admitted after suffering a lung infection and is said to be in critical but stable condition. the ugandan army is on the lookout for rebel fighters who could be among the thousa

al-assad. not because we like him or his behavior was particularly good. it was based on the idea that syria is very important. not only in signing a peace treaty with israel, but also because of the geographic location. people are very friendly but by and large, we didn't have a lot of u.s. interests there. but we have a lot of interest in the countries that surround of syria. in lebanon where the u.s. doesn't have necessarily direct interest a lot of historical interest in remaining military interest there. i try to think a little bit about this and i hear about this every time. those that said we shouldn't get more involved in syria, they said, look at what happened in syria. so those of you that are from there know exactly what i'm talking about. and in the end it didn't destroy the region were threatened things. so i think that the analogy that immediately came to mind was that for all of the horrific things that happen, will lebanon is a small roadhouse on the end of the law can do for so

you still have bashar al assad still in syria. this comes right at that time where we're he clearly dealing with iran. if egypt can get itself together and make this transition peacefully, could this provide us even better leverage if we have a stronger more democratically supported government in the area? >> i think every one of us would love to see a strong democratic institutionally well established government run in egypt. the fact of the matter is, joy, is that fortunately for egypt, it doesn't face the same type of sunni secular divide that is tearing apart the fabric of societies in syria as well as in iraq as well as in bahrain. what we're seeing here is really more a multitiered disapproval of the government that has an islamist versus secular aspect to it. an economically deprived versus an economically mismanaged government aspect to it. so what is driving egypt is will esto do, believe it or the no, with strong sectarian religious islamist fault lines and much more to do with enormous dissatisfaction with the islamist

al assad many ask why would washington be shipping more weapons in. the civil war that is now we see two and a half years france's envoy to the u.n. i just spoke to the media and said that the vast majority of you would member states already recognize mr jardine as the sole representative of the syrian people legally i don't know how that can happen within the u.n. there there can't be official recognition of someone that is not a head of state or without it being processed within the united nations also with some experts are questioning is the overall legitimacy of the syrian national coalition critics say the group has no power and lots of work and recognition inside of syria. isn't piri an activist for the answer anti-war call action believes the syrian rebels are only willing to negotiate when they have the upper hand the united states and the united kingdom france other western nations have really made clear that they will only accept the fall of the side and despite the fact that they continually try to say that they're for peace negotiations it

al assad it is clearly assumed that the delegation represent. in the syrian opposition this year new york discussed that issue with u.s. secretary of state john kerry now before they began their bilateral meeting on thursday secretary kerry said that there could be no military solution to the syrian crisis only a political solution but if that is the case many ask why would washington be shipping more weapons and arms to a country that is in the midst of a civil war that is now reaching two and a half years so we have this meeting taking place and a lot of talk but it seems as though the positions still remain and there has been no date yet set for this geneva two meeting that is co organized co-sponsored by russia and the us anti-war campaigner you told us that western backed attempts to topple the assad regime only stir up a hornet's nest in syria rendering peace efforts useless. the united states and the united kingdom france other western nations have really made clear that they will only accept the fall of the side and despite the fact that

well like you said washington seems very convinced that bashar al assad was behind this attack that it was allegedly a chemical attack they say they had evidence no one seen it hasn't been published or given to it to the press in any way so a lot of people still wondering what exact evidence that is but russia has conducted an investigation a long sight so actually on the ground and embassador to the u.n. to tell you turkey and now can explain what exactly they found and why they believe that it wasn't assad who was behind that attack but the results of the analysis clearly indicate that the ordinance used in kannada so was not industrially manufactured and was filled with sudden the sudden technical specifications prove that it was not invested in the manufacture of either the projectile involved is not as standard one for chemical use therefore there is evidence you seem to believe that it was the armed opposition fighters who used the chemical weapons so . now we know that the target turkey and went on to pass these results the actual the actual results of this investigation on to b

now the dictator bashar al-assad is gaining the upper hand with help from hezbollah, a militant group from lebanon which the united states says is a terrorist group. we wondered how hezbollah is moving troops into syria and whether lebanon could be dragged into the war. clarissa ward went in to find out. >> reporter: it has become a familiar sight: funerals for lebanon's hezbollah fighters killed in syria's bloody civil war. in recent months, the militant shiite muslim group has thrown its support behind syria's president, bashar al-assad, fighting alongside the syrian army, hezbollah has helped them to win key victories against the syrian rebels. a secretive group, hezbollah gave us rare permission to travel to its stronghold of hermel on the syrian border. we were escorted by a hezbollah guide who did not want to show his face. he told us that the group only joined syria's civil war after syrian rebels fired more than 100 rockets across the border. "the rebels are the ones who transgressed against this land" he told us. "hezbollah is just defending its own people." here the border b

al assad it is clearly soon that the delegation representing the syrian opposition is here in new york discussed that issue with u.s. secretary of state john kerry now before they begin their bilateral meeting on thursday secretary kerry said that there could be no military solution to the syrian crisis only a political solution but if that is the case many ask why would washington the shipping more well. ends in arms to a country that is in the midst of a civil war that is now reaching two and a half years so we have this meeting taking place and a lot of talk but it seems as though that positions still remain and there has been no date yet set for this geneva two meeting that coworker nies co-sponsored by russia and the us. anti-war campaign are huge and very air told us that western backed attempts to topple the assad regime only stir up a hornet's nest in syria rendering peace efforts useless the united states and the united kingdom france other western nations have really made clear that they will only accept the fall of assad and despite the fact that they continually try to say

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al assad has no authority following the to the to a meeting and another precondition possibly once a transitional government is the scalp which at that transitional government would have full of authority over the security of the military in syria there's a lot of back and forth with the wording with the russian ambassador to the u.n. really underscored here is that all this talk of provisions of the geneva two meeting from actually moving forward and taking place they were mentioning among other things that they needed more weapons etc etc so some other remarks that were making sort of were leading in the direction of further further conflict for the conflict which ship. with no obvious. this is no secret that the syrian opposition would like to receive the weapons in arms in military aid that the obama administration recently promised to provide to the rebels fighting against syrian president bashar al assad it is clearly soon that the delegation representing the syrian opposition is here in new york discuss that issue with u.s. secretary of state john kerry now before they began t

al assad many ask why would washington be shipping more weapons and. getting a little more because now we should point out here that spray. as envoy to the u.n. just spoke to the media and said that the vast majority of your member states already recognize mr geraci as the sole representative of the syrian people legally i don't know how that can happen within the un there can't be official recognition of someone that is not a head of state or without it being processed within the united nations also with some experts are questioning is the overall legitimacy of the syrian national coalition critics say the group has no work. and recognition inside of syria eugene pier yeah a member of the answer anti-war coalition says he believes the syrian rebels are only willing to negotiate when they have the upper hand. the united states and the united kingdom france other western nations have really made clear that they will only accept the fall of the side and despite the fact that they continually try to say that they're for peace negotiations it seems at ever

al assad many ask why would washington be shipping more weapons in. the civil war it is now we see two and a half years france's envoy to the u.n. i just spoke to the media and said that the vast majority of you had member states already recognize mr jardine as the sole representative of the syrian people legally i don't know how that they're happening within the u.n. there there can't be official recognition of someone that is not a head of state or without it being processed within the united nations also with some experts are questioning is the overall legitimacy of the syrian national coalition critics say the group has no power and lots of them and recognition inside of syria. eugene per head activist for the answer anti-war coalition says the syrian rebels are willing to negotiate only when they harm the upper hand the united states and the united kingdom france other western nations have really made clear that they will only accept the fall of assad and despite the fact that they continually try to say that they're for peace negotiations it see

al assad has no authority following the geneva two meeting and another precondition possibly that. was spoken about by the by the french envoy was the fact that once the transitional government is established that that transitional government would have full authority over the security in the military in syria there's a lot of back and forth with the wording with the russian ambassador to the u.n. really underscored here is that all this talk of prevent the geneva two meeting from actually moving forward and taking place and ultimately after that road map is ironed out it could be what with the international meeting hopes is that it would lead to the end of violence in syria an end to the civil war so we have this meeting taking place and a lot of talk but it seems as though the positions still remain and there has been no heat yet for this geneva two meeting that is organized co-sponsored by russia and the u.s. and yesterday marina the coalition met with the u.s. secretary of state although you understand with an agenda not quite as peaceful as the one we seem to. that's right loo

al assad it is clearly you know soon that the delegation representing the syrian opposition is here in new york discussed that issue with u.s. secretary of state john kerry now before they begin their bilateral meeting on thursday secretary kerry said that there could be no military solution to the syrian crisis only a political solution but if that is the case many ask why would washington the shipping more weapons and arms. to a country that is in the midst of a civil war that is now reaching two and a half years so we have this meeting taking place and a lot of talk but it seems as though the positions still remain and there has been no date yet set for this geneva two meeting that is coworker nies co-sponsored by russia and the u.s. and it will compare the usual told us the west and back to terms to topple the assad regime only stir up a hornet's nest in syria rendering peace efforts useless. the united states and the united kingdom france other western nations have really made clear that they will only accept the fall of the side and despite the fact that they continually try t

al assad many ask why would washington be shipping more weapons and. thank you so much for this now we should point out here there's france's envoy to the u.n. i just spoke to the media and said that the vast majority of you and member states already recognize mr jardine as the sole representative of the syrian people legally i don't know how that can happen within the un there can't be official recognition of someone that is not a head of state or without it being processed within the united nations also what some experts are questioning is the overall legitimacy of the syrian national coalition critics say the group has no power. and recognition inside of syria or another let's get more from chris another team he's an analyst for democratic strategists magazine chris it looks like that this meeting has ended with mixed feelings but will it have any effect on what is happening in syria well i think that remains to be seen but i will say the most the primary thing to remember about the united states is you could bet your last dollar that there will nev

while the opposition are united in their desire to overthrow president bashar al assad that seems to be where their similarity ends the syrian national coalition is the umbrella group recognized internationally as the legitimate representative of the syrian people but they don't represent all factions opposed to a saddle one group operating out of their control for example is the al qaeda linked al nusra front the coalition say they've hijacked the revolution or they've been classed by many in the west as a terrorist organization elsewhere a separate syrian group affiliated to al qaida helped facilitate a jailbreak in iraq over the weekend freeing high ranking al qaeda operatives infiltrated by foreign fighters all mysteries agenda seems separate from out of the coalition and it's even led to infighting on f.s.a. commander was killed by a rival group and the f.s.a. feel they could soon be fighting on two fronts but when we use the phrase opposition exactly who are we talking about well the coalition alone is made up of at least eleven different groups including the muslim brotherhood

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al assad it is clearly assume that the delegation representing the syrian opposition is here in new york discussed that issue with u.s. secretary of state john kerry now before they began their bilateral meeting on thursday secretary kerry said that there could be no military solution to the syrian crisis only a political solution but if that is the case with many ask why would washington shipping more weapons and arms to a country that is in the midst of a civil war that is now reaching two and a half years so we have this meeting taking place and a lot of talk but it seems as though the positions still remain and there has been no date yet set for this geneva two meeting that is co organized co-sponsored by russia and the u.s. . and to accompany her you told us that western backed attempts to topple the assad regime only stir the hornet's nest in syria rendering peace efforts useless the united states and the united kingdom france other western nations have really made clear that they will only accept the fall of the side and despite the fact that they continually try to say that

but in syria, president bashar al assad praised the action saying it meant the end of political islam. meanwhile the obama administration is treading carefully in its response to the developments in egypt. in a written statement, the president acknowledged the grievances of the egyptian people but said he was deeply concerned about the military's removal of morsi and the future of democracy in egypt. at the white house, president obama met on this holiday with members of his national security team to discuss the situation in egypt. his staff has contacted officials in cairo today. for more on what egypt's leadership change means for the country and the region, i'm joined by shibley telhami, the anwar sadat professor of peace and development at the university of maryland. his latest book is "the world through arab eyes: arab public opinion and the reshaping of the middle east." and hussein ibish, a commentator and blogger who writes a weekly column on the middle east for "foreign policy" and the daily beast. welcome to you both to the program. >> hussein ibish, first of all what do you

. >> after more than two years of fighting, the troops of bashar al-assad in syria, opposition forces turn their guns on each other. the free syrian army has asked for more weapons, to drive out what they call al qaeda-link operation fighters. down byer was shot rival fighters on wednesday and now the rebel leaders threatened to retaliate if the attacker is not handled in. -- and it in. we spoke to a commander who was there and narrowly escaped. >> we want to avoid all-out war, but we demand justice for our killed commander. al commanders have given qaeda 24 hours to hand him over to face justice or there will be an escalation. we will not let this pass without him being held accountable. >> will you tell us what happened? >> al qaeda stopped us at the checkpoint. he said -- you are protecting their regime. your and fiddles and you should not be here. take your men and get out of here. he said -- bear witness, i will kill abu basir. men opened and his fire. he said we will kill all of you. it is clear that this was his target. were fighting alongside the free syrian army fighters for

al assad many ask why would washington be shipping more weapons and. thank you. so much for this now we should point out here that france's envoy to the u.n. just spoke to the media and said that the vast majority of you would member states already recognize mr geraci as you well representative of the syrian people legally i don't know how that can happen within the un there can't be official recognition of someone that is not a head of state or without it being processed within the united nations also with some experts are questioning is the overall legitimacy of the syrian national coalition critics say the group has no work. and recognition inside of syria. is a member of the. coalition and says the rebels have some very powerful friends. the united states and the united kingdom france other western nations have really made clear that they will only accept the fall of the side and despite the fact that they continually try to say that they're for peace negotiations it seems at every turn whether it's sending arms to the rebels whether it's sending t

but more interesting today has been the reaction of embattled syrian president bashar al assad. he took this moment to gloat. that's the only way you can really put it. syrian president bashar al assad saying that he had predicted this experiment put on by the brotherhood would fail. he went on to say, "this is why from the beginning i said that their project is a failure before it began, and this is what made the muslim brotherhood's experiment fall quickly, because it is wrong and what is built on a wrong principle will definitely fall." president al assad also said -- he called this experiment a political one of so-called political islam and said that it never could have worked. becky? >> fascinating, isn't it? perhaps not so surprising when you consider the egyptian president's, former president's calls for jihad in syria. what about the reaction from a country like qatar, for example? have we heard an official reaction from doha? because we do know that at least the qataris have been supporting what was the former government and former president here, mohamed morsi. any off

i did not think bashar al-assad could survive more than a year. obviously, he has shown more resilient than many people thought. his friends are committed to him winning the war. friends of his opposition are pushing him to go to negotiations, but they are not certain of their victory. >> thank you for joining us. in other news coming 18 months after the cruise line of the cosa concordia ran aground, the ship captain has gone on trial. he is charged with multiple counts of manslaughter and abandoning ship. 42 people died after the ship ran aground. more mystery over the american i.t. worker wanted in the u.s. for leaking top level secrets. a prominent russian lawmaker snowden had edward excepted bolivia's offer of asylum, then deleted the retweet. documents show that spain's illicitnister received payments during the 1990's. been recalled has to give evidence after a recording emerged of inventing his anger about police investigations into phone hacking and payments to officials. officials in canada said tonight that a criminal investigation has b

i did not think bashar al-assad could survive more than a year. obviously, he has shown more resilient than many people thought. his friends are committed to him winning the war. friends of his opposition are pushing him to go to negotiations, but they are not certain of their victory. >> thank you for joining us. in other news coming 18 months after the cruise line of the cosa concordia ran aground, the ship captain has gone on trial. he is charged with multiple counts of manslaughter and abandoning ship. 42 people died after the ship ran aground. more mystery over the american i.t. worker wanted in the u.s. for leaking top level secrets. a prominent russian lawmaker snowden had edward excepted bolivia's offer of asylum, then deleted the retweet. documents show that spain's illicitnister received payments during the 1990's. been recalled has to give evidence after a recording emerged of inventing his anger about police investigations into phone hacking and payments to officials. officials in canada said tonight that a criminal investigation has b

hezbollah members are fighting there in support of bashar al-assad. the syrian rebels have threatened to target the shia group in lebanon. >>> investigators are piecing together the moments before a plane crash landed in san francisco. two chinese high school girls died when the asiana airlines passenger jet went down at the city's international airport. the head of the national transportation safety board, deborah hersman, said the jet was traveling too slowly to land. she said it was moving at about 190 kilometers per hour just before making contact with the ground. the target speed for landing is about 250 kilometers per hour. hersman said the pilots were trying to pick up speed to make another attempt at a landing. a u.s. television network aired footage of passengers escaping from the wreckage of the airliner. the footage shows people using two escape chutes on the left side of the aircraft. black smoke is pouring from the fuselage as they flee. the cabin attendant said it seemed like the plane was trying to climb at the moment of impact. >> tran

this is under significant andult by bashar al-assad coupled with the support that he has been getting from hezbollah and iran. >> under u.s. law, the secretary of state, john kerry, as well as the deputy director of the cia have both briefed members of the house committee on the president's plan. under u.s. law, it is not required that the white house plans gets congressional approval. however, it is customary and it seems for now, that is how the white house chooses to proceed despite the lengthy delay in the delivery of those weapons. haveliticians in ireland just voted to pass a controversial abortion bill. there had been two days of debate on the bill which would allow for abortion in very limited circumstances. violence has broken out during the streets of rio de janeiro on a day of nationwide strikes. they confronted officers. they are looking to demand pay increases and shorter working hours. technology company microsoft has been accused of helping u.s. intelligence services to spine its customers. -- services to spy on its customers. >> in the orange t-shirt, this man has been

the group is allied with the syrian president, bashar al- assad. the bombing has been carried out for their involvement in serious. the lebanese interior minister called it a criminal act aimed at stabilizing the country. any he see it as the most troubling sign yet at the syrian civil war is spilling over into lebanon. >> muslims around the world began the fasting month of ramadan this week, but many say their concerns over events in egypt and syria were overshadowing the annual fast. >> it is a very hard ramadan for muslim people around the world they don't know the way of mohammed. they kill each other. >> for a one-month, adult believers are not supposed to eat or drink between sunrise and sunset. ramadan is one of the five pillars of islam. the prime minister of luxembourg announced he will step down on wednesday admitted -- news that triggered early elections. he's one of the chief architects of the euro and came under fire over a scandal involving the countries the grid services. an inquiry found the nation's spy agency had been out of contr

syrian president bashar al-assad has replaced all leading positions in his party apart own. the new leadership includes 16 new members -- apart from his own. the new leadership includes 16 new members. >> assad's military is pressing its offensive against rebels in the strategic city of homs. opposition leaders say the fighting there is some of the fiercest since the uprising began more than two years ago. >> here in europe, a deep freeze has dissented on u.s.-eu relations as european politicians find -- has dissented -- descended on u.s.- eu relations as european politicians find out more about surveillance. them according to nsa whistleblower edward snowden -- >> according to nsa whistleblower edward snowden, germany's own intelligence is in bed with the nsa. >> many are wondering who in berlin new about the spying =-- in berlin knew about the spying. >> the spotlight is on the bnd, alleged to have known about the nsa's massive surveillance program and even to have supported about it -- supported it. the report is making waves. the government response has so far been they.

syrian president bashar al-assad has replaced all leading positions in his party apart own. the new leadership includes 16 new members -- apart from his own. the new leadership includes 16 new members. >> assad's military is pressing its offensive against rebels in the strategic city of homs. opposition leaders say the fighting there is some of the fiercest since the uprising began more than two years ago. >> here in europe, a deep freeze has dissented on u.s.-eu relations as european politicians find -- has dissented -- descended on u.s.- eu relations as european politicians find out more about surveillance. them according to nsa whistleblower edward snowden -- >> according to nsa whistleblower edward snowden, germany's own intelligence is in bed with the nsa. >> many are wondering who in berlin new about the spying =-- in berlin knew about the spying. >> the spotlight is on the bnd, alleged to have known about the nsa's massive surveillance program and even to have supported about it -- supported it. the report is making waves. the government response has so far been they.

hezbollah members are fighting there in support of president bashar al assad. and the syrian rebels have threatened to target the shia group in lebanon. >>> investigators are piecing together the moments before a plane crash-landed in san francisco. two chinese high school girls died when the asiana airlines passenger jet went down at the city's international airport. the head of the national transportation safety board, deborah hersman, said the jet was traveling too slowly to land. she said it was moving at about 190 kilometers per hour, just before making contact with the ground. the target speed for landing is about 250 can kilometers per hour. hersman said the pilots were trying to pick up speed to make another attempt at a landing. a u.s. television network aired footage of passengers escaping from the wreckage of the airliner. the footage shows people using two escape chutes on the left side of the aircraft. black smoke is pouring from the fuselage as they flee. a cabin attendant said it seemed like the plane was trying to climb at the moment of impact.

they delivered a congratulatory message from president bashar al-assad. state-run media quote kim as saying it is extremely encouraging for the north korean people that syria's ruling party and delegate have sent a delegation for the ceremony. it's not known if the two sides discussed syria's ongoing civil war. >>> one of japan's leading microbiologists is watching the reputation he built up crumble. administrators at the university of tokyo are demanding shigeaki kato retract more than 40 papers. they found results were manipulated. the administrates received a tip from an outside source. they set up a committee to look into 165 theses written by kato and his team. the papers cover topics such as bone formation and hormone activity. committee members found images of experiment results were manipulated in at least 28 papers. in some cases they say falsifications were made to make it appear tests had been carried out more than once. they suspect something similar happened this 15 other papers. kato says he accepts the results of the investigation. he says

bashar al-assad has murdered 100,000 of his people. there are 2 million syria refugees in other countries, destabilizing them -- lebanon, jordan. in the area, there are 7 million displaced syrians. this is a humanitarian crisis. that is the reason to get involved. the other reason to get involved is it is in the u.s. strategic interest. who is backing the regime in syria? iran. they are terrorizing the people of lebanon. the recent gains that bashar al- assad has had on the truth -- ground has been is the lead troops. the iranians are watching what we do in syria to see what kind of result we had in terms of preventing them from having a nuclear weapon. -- resolve we have in terms of preventing them from having a nuclear weapon. them arms.iving i think foreign policy should be bipartisan, and there are risks. i also think the administration needs to talk to more committees in congress about what they are doing, not just the intelligence committee -- committee, affairs other committees really need to know and i think the administration

president, we know too much about bashar al-assad to maintain the status quo. backed by russia and iran, he has overseen the massacre of innocent lives, boldly crossed red lines and violently expressed any who challenge him. to suggest we cannot do any better, that assad is somehow more acceptable than the opposition forces falls short of taking an honest, realistic look at what is happening. the question now is not whether the -- whether america puts boots on the ground. we should not and will not do that. the question is whether the administration will strengthen the capabilities of assad's adversaries. the question is whether the administration will trade its reluctance for resolve. and like that of our nato allies, respond with robust military aid. so far, efforts in geneva have failed to bring about a consensus among major world powers that outlines a lasting political transition. without changing the momentum back to the rebels, the current situation will not change, and the threat to regional stability and to american interests will continue. thank you,

al assad and does have links to al qaida now funding has also been frozen and president obama's plan could be in question as lawmakers lose confidence the white not the white house will now have to allay politicians fears for the shipments to go ahead. and once in a decade battle for moscow the russian capital prepares to choose its next mayor out of forty candidates the ruling party's acting mayor an opposition blogger to iraq the front man a few minutes we'll look at who's in the run in the running and what awaits the winner. plus losing it spark in britain millions of pounds worth of electricity is being stolen from the grid to grow illegal drugs and it's consumers who are footing the bill stay with us. a transition road map for egypt's proposed by the interim leader has failed with both the muslim brotherhood and liberal opposition figures saying no to the motion now the plan had hoped for constitutional amendments and parliamentary elections by twenty fourteen the army though is standing behind the interim government warning against any attempts to disrupt the transition the cou

al assad. >>> and another amendment in the defend bill would prohibit the u.s. from funding military operations in egypt as well. anne-marie? >> tara mergener in washington. thank you, tara. >>> well, a fire is burning this morning on a blown out natural gas well in the gulf of mexico. it's located in shallow waters 55 miles off the coast of louisiana. workers were evacuated from a nearby drilling rig yesterday after the blowout. there were no reports of injuries though. inspectors flying over saw a slight sheen on the water nearby. >>> and the massachusetts state police photographer who leaked photos of boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev has been placed on desk duty. sergeant sean murphy wasn't authorized to release the photographs. they show a bloody tsarnaev on the night he was captured in april. murphy was upset "rolling stone" magazine glamorized tsarnaev on its cover. he e could face more disciplinary actions. >>> coming up on the "morning news," the latest crashing on the landing of a southwest airliner, and a computer glitch hits bike-sharing progr

he was well-known for his public support of president bashar al- assad. european union foreign policy chief catherine ashton is in cairo for talks with senior leaders. meeting now with the army general who was appointed interim defense minister on tuesday. shortly afterwards she is expected to meet the foreign minister. meanwhile, supporters of deposed president mohammed morsi have been demonstrating outside of the security headquarters in cairo. streeters marched to the . scuffles broke out between morsi supporters and opponents in a northern town after an attack on a muslim brotherhood office there. the national security headquarters in cairo. nicole, are using morsi supporters gathering at? have started to see hundreds of morsi supporters gathering in some of the walls surrounding the cabinet building. early this morning was all right police here securing the area and quite large numbers. some smaller crowds of pro-morsi supporters gathered. i started to write graffiti on some of the walls. and the riot police moved in -- they started to write graffiti

in syria president bashar al- assad killed 50 rebels in damascus, the media called them terrorists. >> secretary kerry also got a firsthand look at some of the misery caused by syria's civil war. he found a refugee camp just inside jordan. here is clarissa ward. >> reporter: from above, it looks like a desolate wasteland, dusty and impoverished, destroyed of color but this is the fastest growing city in jordan and it is inhabited entirely by some 115,000 syrian refugees. late last week, secretary of state john kerry became the most senior official to visit the refugee camp, he told reporter he was shocked by what he found. >> the burdens on jordan are huge, and this is building into one of the great humanitarian crises on the face of the planet and it is getting worse by the day, not better. >> reporter: more than half a million syrians have flooded into this tiny country, six million, that is the equivalent of 26 million refugees arriving in the u.s., the entire population of texas. in a country that can hardly support its own population, the refugees are putting strain on jordan's w

al-assad has praised the crew -- coup. he said what is happening in egypt, political islam -- he says anyone -- the syrian government considered -- continue its weakland --barton ofhoms -- weekend .t's bombardment of homs after taking a strategic town. of the first cities to rise up against al-assad. it has seen some of the worst fighting in the two and a half year conflict in syria's opposition coalition is meeting in turkey to elect a new president. the acting leader is expected to get the job. other contenders include senior figures. the opposition has been criticized for failing to unite ahead of those peace talks in geneva. france has apologized to bolivia for refusing to allow the president's jet into its airspace. resident morality has arrived back in bolivia to a hero's welcome. several european countries expected u.s. whistleblower edward snowden was on board. south american leaders are planning an emergency meeting over the issue. this is an open provocation to the continent and on the presidency and its people.