arrests. reports of a large amount of violence there inside steeria. syria. the security forces at times have shelled entire neighborhoods. there is 150 observers and we have heard reports of them having to pick up cell phones and call the syrian government to say stop shooting because we are in the area, supposedly to monitor the fact that you should not be shooting any more. the observers themselves are powerless to stop any of the violence there. president asaad has been told by many people in the world to stop that in yemen. more protests as well. they want president saleh to be put on trial. meantime, president saleh has asked to come to the united states for medical treatment. the white house is still reaching a decision on that one. back to you. >> leland vittert, thank you very much. while there are a lot of predictions for 2012. one man has some advice on how to make better things happen in