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Becoming more difficult as time goes by to interpret what it means because when the president promised that demonstrators would not be targeted by live fire, of course we know that was several weeks ago and since then human rights groups have counted, have said that theyve counted more than 1,000 people killed in these demonstrations by security forces. so there is confusion, contradiction, but its something that we often see when it comes to these announcements coming from the regime since the ...

>> they are told to leave the hotel room if somebody enters, they are always asked to see somebodys card because you dont know if somebody says this is my room and they want to get in. theres a lot of protocol in place, certainly at the best hotels and usually protocols are established when theres a question or issue that has to be dealt with. so thats one of the reasons that these managers take it very seriously and these crimes are supposed to be reported right away, brooke. >> we were wonderi...

course as i know you v and it is a fascinating read. one of the things that strikes me is that we are talking about two guys, very young guys, 23 and 30 years of age respectively, and speak to their youth, a, and b, what are they accused of doing? >> well, in the case of wad ramadan alwan, he is now 30 years old, but he has been at the business of terrorism for more than 10 years. since he was a teenager. and in his case, he was involved directly in the manufacture and the placement of...

Male. and the male turned off the deceased laptop computer. >> police say that laptop is missing. she was found dead in her apartment, naked from waist down. more tests are being done to determine what killed her. an explosive development to change the entire game in syria. lawmakers are getting ready to lift the emergency law that has been in place since the early 1960s but will it be enough for all of those pro sefters as more of them die in the escalating violence? hala is live with us. wer...

You like. thats what they are telling us about the demonstrations in the country. >> not just words but action. hala. thank you. if you say something mean about somebody, that will get you on tv. if you say something nothing, they say they are not interested ed henry is live at the white house. well talk to mr. henry on the other side of the break. stay here. lets see you fly now! [ laughs ] look, more frequent flyer red tape. not on my watch. let that family fly! [ tires screech ] i just want...

Hala gorini. this is happening on the same day that the seriyrian governme is talking about the proposal. >> its a draft agreement that they have approved and now it goes to the president of syria. but thats just a formality at this point. its been in place since 1953 and gives security forces really a lot of leeway in terms of detaining people without charge. but the biggest concern is one genuine reform in the country and that protesters are required to ask for the ministry of interiorss permi...

Demonstrators are going to stay home from now on. the eyewitnesss weve spoken to in the last 12, 18 hours or so say that its just a promise, promises have been broken in the past, and while they are making these promises, security forces are still shooting live ammunition into crowds of protesters. i believe you have pictures of humps on the screen and thats where the citizen happened overnight and security forces broke up the demonstration. it happened in a square in the center but the demonstr...

Trust definitely does not exist between the president and the citizens, brooke. >> let me pick up on that. that was a huge piece of news. this emergency law that hes pledged to lift, its been in some place for nearly 50 years. would that, hala, change things, or potentially be a shell game? >> reporter: well, really, if the state of emergency, this emergency law is lifted, its been in place since the early 60s, critics say it doesnt really matter because the network of other laws still exist in ...

Going out there very much at their own risk because they know that its possible they might get hurt or killed. and it does appear at this stage as though regardless of what promises the presidency is making in syria, people are going out on the streets and not listening to the regime anymore and want more fundamental changes than the kinds of reforms that the president is promising. and those who do -- who would be happy with those reforms say they dont believe him any way. >> dont believe him a...