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they were desperate to tell the monitors about the government cra crackdown there. opposition activists say regime forces have surrounded the city for three days and that power and water have been cut. this was said to be the scene in the city. they cannot verify the images, but they are said to be of an opposition rally in support of military defectors known as the free syrian army. a message was delivered to bashar al assad during a visit to lebanon. >> today i say again to the presi...

All, im an american. and second of all, im a nevadan. and third of all, i will support this beautiful lady as long as she wants to go. >> you were a young guy in high school and have you this older man, they seem much older. they are probably younger than i am now. do you have video from that? >> we do. >> i imagine thats quite a sight. >> it is hysterical. we have a lot of video from that. i was -- i was -- 11 years old when we first played our first gig. they were in their 50s. gee wherez. we ...

All, im an american. and second of all, im a nevadan. and third of all, i will support this beautiful lady as long as she wants to go. >> you were a young guy in high school and have you this older man, they seem much older. they are probably younger than i am now. do you have video from that? >> we do. >> i imagine thats quite a sight. >> it is hysterical. we have a lot of video from that. i was -- i was -- 11 years old when we first played our first gig. they were in their 50s. gee wherez. we ...

fire. government officials tell the french press agency the blast happened in a compound of warehouses but it was not caused by a bomb. the report says more than 95 people have been injured, many of them firemen. a final tribute to their fallen leader. ♪ north koreans took part in a memorial service for kim jong il who died nearly two weeks ago. they observed three minutes of silence for the former leader and pledged support for the new leader, kim jong-un. whats expected to be a...

Pretty uneventful. >> but it wont be uneventful for long. >> in this situation we had some ice on the line. the bigger problem was that snow and ice had collected on the limb. >> the firemen and news crew have no idea the tree limb above the power line is about to break. >> i was, you know, doing this shooting where youre looking through the viewfinder with your right eye and my left eye, im looking around, see whats going on. i see the tree branch move a little bit. i kind of looked over at it,...

Gusts and goes down. >> there it goes! bye, baby. bye, honey. you could tell when the wind would blow and the tree would lean and this would go a little bit more, you could tell that it was coming. and the firemen even yelled, "there it goes!" and there was a bit of wind and then a big gust and it gracefully went over and laid itself down to a whole bunch of crackling noise. >> reporter: from the first signs of trouble to its final landing, it took some 40 minutes, enough time to notify the gas ...

Congressman garamendi? what does this do to john boehner? >> well, hes clearly weaker. hes clearly weaker. and that may be a good thing for the american public because we still have to get that jobs bill passed. we still have to build the infrastructure. we still have to put the teachers back to work, the police and firemen. and weve got to make sure that we get this economy moving. so the jobs program still has to be done. if the speaker is weaker, maybe, maybe we could push through the remaini...

Congressman garamendi? what does this do to john boehner? >> well, hes clearly weaker. hes clearly weaker. and that may be a good thing for the american public because we still have to get that jobs bill passed. we still have to build the infrastructure. we still have to put the teachers back to work, the police and firemen. and weve got to make sure that we get this economy moving. so the jobs program still has to be done. if the speaker is weaker, maybe, maybe we could push through the remaini...

Reasonable government and that we have some compromise. so get ready to be active out there, american people because its going to require that. >> how much does this politically damage the speaker, congressman garamendi? what does this do to john boehner? >> well, hes clearly weaker. hes clearly weaker. and that may be a good thing for the american public because we still have to get that jobs bill passed. we still have to build the infrastructure. we still have to put the teachers back to work,...

This guy seriously had an issue. he wanted to be on the factor. >> wanted to be on the factor. he needs a better hair cut. he wants to be on the program. >> yeah. >> come your hair. >> you are the superintendent? whats going on. >> firefighters volunteering to do this, no protests anywhere for 49 years. santa is back. >> bill: they are going to review santa. >> yeah. because of policy. the school policy. >> bill: school policy. >> where do i sign up to get firemen dressed as santa to come see me...