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Attacks on assad and says the days are numbers. extremist groups are now a big part of the fight and the power vacuum in syria to help themselves to weapons and ammunition. >> syrian opposition is more fragmented. just today a top rebel leader resigned in frustration so if assad falls, the allies dont have any clear idea who would take over. >> rick: leland, thanks very much. >> heather: despite death threats former pakistani president is back in pakistan. he has been in self-imposed exile since...

And ammunition. this comes as the opposition is becoming more fragmented. just today, a top syrian rebel leader resigned in frustration. and meaning the united states and allies have no clear idea who takes over, if and when president assad falls. harris? >> leland, thank you. despite death threats from the taliban, the former pakistani president musharaff is back in his country and returned to pakistan after more than four years in exile. musharaff considering a possible political comeback. and...

Thanks. we are not mincing words when we say iran has come out strongest yet, even saying to saying to t. people who want to help the thousands who were in camples, who were killed, who were injured and iran is saying, start up with syria -- even try to help -- and you are at war with us. what does that mean? know, iran love this is syrian regime. its so important to iran because iran uses syria to control what it considers to be its near abroad, export terrorism, to strike against not just isra...

People who were simply standing there waiting in line to buy bread, adding to the chaos of a country coming apart at the seams. leland vittert alive in bethlehem in the west bank. leland, is syria on the verge of a total collapse? >> reporter: it certainly seems that way, gregg, if and when president assad falls and splitting apart along the seams but the seams are drawn along religious lines. late video coming to us at a what rebels call a bakery bombing allegedly syrian air force dropped bombs...

They have a stomach for a fight. theyve shown they can endure pain, and they have the conviction that if they dont fight on, theyll be killed. >> reporter: some 200 of their recruits training at an army base they said they captured. >> what do you think will happen to assad? >> killed. must be killed. >> reporter: but who exactly are these rebels? >> we dont have a good sense. and to the extent that external organizations are in there and in some extremist form, the worry is both the retribution...

Emirates do not want secular rule of law democracy in syria. they want a poor mans saudi arabia. these are, with variations these are shia-based regimes, especially the saudi regime. their goal is to have pure islamic societies and not westernized societies. the naivete on part of this administration is just stunning. the thought that they actually believe if we convince the saudis and the qataris to arm the rebels that they would arm the good guys as opposed to arming the bad guys? and you know...

What the iranians are doing, what the russians are up to. if were not gaming how to get control of that stuff as soon as assad falls or at least access to it, were throwing away another great chance. were good at throwing away chances. megyn: why do say we need the cia to do it, not troops? there has been discussion in nato ground force in the context to stop assad unleashing chemical call weapons on his people? >> the issue of chemical weapons is something else entirely. megyn: right. >> as far...

Human intelligence. we are on the eve of one of the more horrendous acts of the 21st century. >> we were wrong with the iranians pursuing nuclear weapons and what is so different is weve had lots of notice. weve had at least a minimum from july that you said we should have been checking @n this, and if he decides to give the go sign here, we are going to watch tens of thousands of people die and just going to watch it. >> could i mention one other thing? suppose that assad falls, he leaves, goes...

We are doing it exactly like we need to do to identify those forces. who, in fact, will provide for a stable government and not cause a regional sunni/shia war when bashir assad falls. >> congressman ryan? >> nobody is proposing to send troops to syria. american troops. now, let me say it this way. how would we do things differently? we wouldnt refer to bashir al assad as a reformer, when hes killing his own civilians with his russian provided weapons. we wouldnt be outsourcing our foreign polic...

Into the wrong hands. troops. fighting in syria killed 5,000 people in the month of august alone. we cant confirm that of course, if true, it makes august the deadliest month since the crisis began more than a year and a half ago. the chief fox report correspondent jonathan hunt live in our new york city newsroom. not a lot of optimism at the united nations now. >> least the man the man peace. man taking over for former u.n. secretary general kofi annan. a very seasoned diplomat he told bbc in a...