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A short illness at the age of eighty. im joined now in the studio by our correspondent doc my vitek and shes been he is africa correspondent for many years and dagmar i understand that you actually met kofi anon on several occasion well the thing like. i mean every time when he entered the room it was really a feeling of this is the u.n. entering the room the space he had an aura he had a presence of real prisons and yet this big men the top diplomat from the u.n. he was really short and he was ...

Enough explosives to blow up a bus. also they had a timer. of even greater concern though, two of them had been practicing flying light aircraft and could have glided into a crowded target. authorities believe they were headed some where else within europe, possibly france. the man who has tried to bring peace to syria is giving up. former u.n. chief kofi anon, negotiated for six months while syria descended into civil war. pointing the fingers at factions inside the country and key outside co...

business. >> the american people are probably more polarized than any time since ive been here. as a result we see that polarization reflected here in the halls of congress. >> this is a moment of disappointment that i cannot conceal. >> reporter: legislation, national security experts call critical from protecting america. stuck in the senate because of partisan differences but thats just one stalled bill on a countless list of others from food stamp to drought relief. legislation lef...

breaking down the july jobs report this hour. i want to get to t employers added 163,000 jobs in july, much better than the 95,000 that economist also predicted. the unemployment rate rose to 8.3%. the latest political spin as president clinton and mitt romney weigh in on this report. go beyond the numbers to find out what the report says about the state of our economy. we are also going to see how wall street is reacting. president obama and mitt romney did not waste any time giving t...

tonight, we have breaking news. cnn confirms the identity of the man accused of murdering 16 afghan civilians in a house to house shooting spree last weekend. 38-year-old staff sergeant robert bails, an 11-year veteran. lets get to chris lawrence at the pentagon. what can you tell us? >> well, i can tell you hes originally from the midwest and he was living in ohio until about 2001. after 9/11, thats when he joined the army. hes been based out at joint based lewis mcchord for the major...

outlined the help assad is getting from iran. weapons and computer expertise to root out opposition. their own people. barbara starr is there tonight. and robert bair, and even though we have word of more defections from the syrian army, youre hearing that assad has a firm grip on power in syria? >> absolutely. i spoke with three separate senior u.s. intelligence officials. the assessment is all in agreement. assad remains in control, in charge. commanding his forces. there is no break...