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International pressure on damascus to end its deadly crackdown on protestors. the video hot on the wheels of a u.n. probe that claims a syrian group killed hundreds of children and other crimes against humanity since the syrian crackdown on its own people began, syrias foreign minister calling the sanctions a declaration of economic war. leland vitter is following this live in jerusalema us -- for us now. legalland. >> reporter: john -- jon, it is clear the syrian regime has declared war on its ...

hour. here is an illustration of some of the kind of damage it can do. jenna: janice dean is live in the fox weather center tracking this storm. >> reporter: new advisories in hands, guys. we are still at a category 2, a hundred miles per hour sustained winds. we have new hurricane warnings for the northwest bahamas, the bahamas really going to take a lashing from thest storm as we expect it to become a category 3 within the next 12 to 24 hours, that is a major hurricane with winds of ...

could grow to a category 3 today, meaning it would have winds as high as 130 miles an hour. that is strong enough to damage roofs, blow down shrubs and trees and cause extensive damage. jon: a category 4 storm which irene could very well become before it hits the u.s. packs winds as high as 155 miles an hour. here is an illustration of some of the kind of damage it can do. jenna: janice dean is live in the fox weather center tracking this storm. >> reporter: new advisories in hands, gu...

It was just delivered to congress, and it is chock full of cuts. plans to slash the decifit, more than a trillion dollars. but not before that decifit swells to an all-time high of $1.65 trillion this year. and the budget recommendations call for slashing 200 domestic programs, social security, though, is not among the cuts. and the rest of the savings, set to come from tax hikes. our chief political correspondent carl cameron live on capitol hill, carl, is this budget dead on arrival? >> lots o...

it was just delivered to congress, and it is chock full of cuts. plans to slash the decifit, more than a trillion dollars. but not before that decifit swells to an all-time high of $1.65 trillion this year. and the budget recommendations call for slashing 200 domestic programs, social security, though, is not among the cuts. and the rest of the savings, set to come from tax hikes. our chief political correspondent carl cameron live on capitol hill, carl, is this budget dead on arrival?...

all right, its exactly 6:00. two days away from now, well ring in the new year. thats whats outside right now on december 30th. well have weather and traffic together. well start with marty. two days from now, well bring in a new year and a now moon, to be honest. venus is bright in the sky. its a really, really great, almost day start. its clear enough, well start to see the first light of day on the eastern horizon. the sunrise is still, well, 45, 50 minutes away. theres venus an...

they are tearing down barricades, throwing paint bombs, police with riot shields, gear and batons are trying to told them back. as you can see so far it is a situation that is deteriorating and growing worse. jenna: they expect a vote in a little over two hours in parliament about these plans to raise the tuition. as weve seen, as it drifted into nightfall in london it tends to get more escalated. we have as you mentioned john confirmation from our sky news reporter within the last 30 ...

midterm elections just eight days away. the latest polls show republicans on the verge of major gains on capitol hill. here is the key. independent voters siding with the gop. republicans hold a 5 point lead, 47 to 42% according to the latest politico george washington university battleground poll. jon: republicans hold a 14 point edge among independent voters and that may be the tree. leaders of both parties are predicting victory next week. >> i think youll see an unprecedented wave ...

bill: so wheres that gold medal? martha: i gave it back! it was not easy, though! i really wanted to hang on to it. its not the same. you have to win it. bill: indeed, thats right. heres jon and john, -- jon and jane, well catch you tomorrow, everybody. martha: see you tomorrow, everybody. jane: good morning, everybody, im jane skinner. jon: im jon scott. a new assessment of the war in afghanistan as secretary of defense gates makes a surprise visit to that country. what he has to say ...

this morning, show of force. thousands of u.s. soldiers and marines press deeper into taliban territory. clearing the area of insurgents house by house. it is the largest operation in afghanistan in eight years. r reporter is on the front lines. rogue waves. two 50-foot walls of water crash into spectators at a surfing contest in california. dozens are caught up in the swell. 13 people sent to the hospital. its all on tape. losing altitude. airlines put the squeeze on customers wit...