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a firm grip on power in syria? >> absolutely, anderson. 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. they believe, in the inner circle around him. you see these defections. you see some generals fleeing, but this is not his critical inner circle. they have closed ranks, they have determined to fight. they have tucked themselves into it. one of the offici...

in addition, those same sources 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 bashar al assad has a firm grip on power in syria? >> absolutely, anderson. i spoke with three separate senior u.s. intelligence officials. the assessment is all in agreement. assad remains in control,...

the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say theyll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says hell veto it. in other words, its doa which is why a lot of democrats are calling it a stunt and a waste of time. earlier today a bipartisan group of senators called the gang of six came out with a proposal of their own that is being taken seriously, including at the white house. >> and so for us today, democratic fors acknowledge that weve got to de...

five democratic votes. senate democrats say theyll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says hell veto it. in other words, its doa which is why a lot of democrats are calling it a stunt and a waste of time. earlier today a bipartisan group of senators called the gang of six came out with a proposal of their own that is being taken seriously, including at the white house. >> and so for us today, democratic fors acknowledge that weve got to deal with our long-term debt proble...

>> thats the house tonight passing h.r. 2560, better known as cut, cap and balance. now its a republican and tea party sponsored measure calling for massive spending cuts, a spending cap, and congress passing a balanced budget amendment. only then would the debt limit be allowed to go up, ending the current crisis. the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say theyll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says hell veto it. in other words, its d...

reconsiders laying on the table. >> thats the house tonight passing h.r. 2560, better known as cut, cap and balance. now its a republican and tea party sponsored measure calling for massive spending cuts, a spending cap, and congress passing a balanced budget amendment. only then would the debt limit be allowed to go up, ending the current crisis. the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say theyll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says he...

sometimes weeks by the japanese government or the plant operator tepco. youll recall on the 11th of march, tsunami waves crippled these cooling plants at the fukushima daiichi complex that set up meltdowns and ex poerkss in reactors and a meltdown in a fourth. green peace scientists said theyd collected enough data to judge this disaster a level seven. thats the worst kind possible. other experts agreed. but it took until april 12 for the japanese government to call the partial meltdow...

evacuations. hard to believe, 113 additional households in four districts in the city of date. thats far beyond the mandatory exclusion zone set up for 20 kilometers around the crippled reactors. these are newly designated hot spots. separately, according to a citizens group and a french ngo, trace amounts of radio isotopes have now been found elsewhere in children as far as 24 miles beyond that mandatory evacuation zone. additionally, this french ngo says its been long warning that th...

Odd? >> well, i think in retrospect, obviously you have to say that u.s. officials got it right. and michael addressed this earlier. i think its better to evacuate people out to a zone rather than doing it a little bit at a time in phases. now, at the end of the day, as long as they do leave i think their radiation exposure will be moderate. but the psychological toll, the uncertainty that that creates, theyre wondering -- these people are going to wonder why they werent moved earlier. have they...

Eleanor holmes norton who says this is a frustrating matter for d.c. japans nuclear crisis have gone from bad to worse officially. government officials are raising the threat level at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant from a 5 where it was, to a category 7. now that indicates a major incident, the highest level on the international scale for nuclear accidents. on par with the chernobyl disasser. >> what does the shift really mean? michael friedlander a operator at three plants. were told the...