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for 12 months now, assads regime has lied about killing it is own people. night after night we called them out on their lies but we havent been able to say what the dictate of syria and his wife have been thinking, what they have been worrying about. now, we can. in an e-mail on august 4th, assads wife ordered jewelry from a cousins boutique in paris. she writes, sorry i took so long to reply but ive only just got back the final request. one, turquoise with yellow gold diamonds and sma...

the bloody crackdown. for 12 months now, assads regime has lied about killing it is own people. night after night we called them out on their lies but we havent been able to say what the dictator and his wife were thinking, what theyve been worried about, what they have been talking about. well, now we can. in an e-mail on august 4th, assads wife ordered jewelry from a cousins boutique in paris. she writes, sorry i took so long to reply but ive only just got back the final request. one...

repeated blows to the head, the kind that you get on a football field can have lasting reprecussions. especially for young people. some states are writing new laws. in fact, one just took effect this month here in california. any player on a high school or middle school team who gets a concussion must be cleared by a trainer or doctor before going back on the field. even then, though, the risk is hard to gauge. you cant really see damage to the brain unless you actually look inside. of...

August 22nd, 2011. a sunny day in el cajon, california, just outside san diego. 23-year-old freelance cameraman greg torkelson is listening to his police scanner. >> something happens. you know, a shooting, car crash, a house fire, something like that, i respond to it and i try to get the good shots. >> shortly after 5:00 p.m., greg hears about a man brandishing a gun inside a residential home. that man is 32-year-old kevin collier, despon dent since his wife filed for divorce five days earlier....

tv and appears to be intact. one of the worlds richest men says he plans to challenge premier vladimir putin. the owner of the new jersey nets basketball team has invested in russias hybrid car. he was pushed out earlier this year after a disagreement with party veterans. canada is pulling out of the kyoto accord, this comes days african da and 193 other nations agreed to a new climate treaty that extends the accord by several years. canadas conservative government criticized the p...

this 2009 speech at the u.n. was typical. >> translator: we are not committed to obey the rules or resolutions of the councils with this information because it is undemocratic -- >> reporter: what was supposed to be a 15-minute talk ram balanced on more than 90 minutes. but while he sometimes appeared a clown on the world stage, his actions were often deadly. in the mid-80s he funneled money and weapons to support the palestine liberation organizations fight against israel. the irish r...

gun battle in the fight for libyan liberation. plus, war is hell. and theres been ten years of it. now a war widow needs your help. a man of god and an icon makes news on same-sex marriage. >> you are either for equal rights or not. >> the reverend joseph lowery turning 90 and taking a stand. its all here on cnn. hello, everyone. thanks for joining us. im don lemon. you are in the "cnn newsroom." were going to start tonight with two subjects consuming the nation for the last few ...

gun battle in the fight for libyan liberation. plus, war is hell. and theres been ten years of it. now a war widow needs your help. a man of god and an icon makes news on same-sex marriage. >> you are either for equal rights or not. >> the reg rev joseph lowry turning 90 and taking a stand. its all here on cnn. hello, everyone. im don lemon. you are in the "cnn newsroom." were going to start tonight with two subjects consuming the nation for the last few days. politics and religi...

halfway around the world, thousands of michael jackson fans are attending a tribute concert in wales today. the pop icons three children are attending it also. several of jacksons siblings are performing. it comes as jacksons physician stands trial for involuntary manslaughter in the singers death. for the first time this week, we heard dr. conrad murrays interview with detectives. >> everything happened very quickly. just about the time i was gone and i came back. so i started immedia...

up of mostly 20-somethings, theyre angry about fat wall street paychecks, war, environment, you name it. the protests have been going on for three weeks now and now have spread to other cities. americans absolutely fed up with congress. new numbers leave no doubt that a washington post/abc news poll found just 14% of the public approves of the job that congress is doing. congresss lowest rating ever. amanda knox says right now, she just wants time with her family. knox is home in s...