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Right now. Welcome to newsroom international. Were going around the world in 60 minutes. Heres whats going on right now. President obama no longer sees Bashar Al Assad as the real representative of the Syrian People. The rebels fighting to throw overthrow assad are legitimate enough and organized enough to act as a bonafide government. Several recognize the opposition fighters as the peoples true representatives. The Syrian Opposition coalition is inclusive enough and representative enough of th...

Away. No details on their conversations but reps for both sides say the lines of communication remain open. The last time the president and the speaker met in person to talk about the fiscal cliff was more than three weeks ago. And just after midnight on sunday, making history. The governor signed the voterapproved referendum into law on wednesday. And hugo chavez is returning to cuba for more cancer surgery but this time he is making sure a new leader is in place in case he doesnt return, and h...

The great french writer albert said, life is a sum of all your choices. Were all defined by the decisions we make every day, and we make hundreds of them. Paper or plastic, chickening or fish, most are mundane and require little thought. But others are agonizing. And then there are decisions made my leaders, some of which have changed the course of history, for better, and some for worst. July 4, 1776, the decision to declare independence. January 1863, abraham lincolns decision to imans kate al...

Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with president obama getting into a new fight with republicans and its a fight he may actually lose. This afternoon in detroit, the president blasted a package of antiunion bills. Michigan republicans, governor, is ush pushing through his states legislature. What we shouldnt do, i just got to say this, what we shouldnt be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages and working conditions. Even though the cheering wen...

Im Suzanne Malveaux in the cnn newsroom. He wants longtime senator john kerry to replace Hillary Clinton. The formal announcement coming in the next hour at about 1 30 or so eastern. Well have that live. We asked americans how they feel about john kerry as secretary of state, but first, kerrys nomination hardly a surprise. People close to him already calling him mr. Secretary. Heres a little bit about him from kate bolduan. Thank you very much, mr. Secretary. Reporter his Senate Colleagues have ...

Government will push forward to a referendum on the new constitution, despite concerns from the opposition. Going to go live to cairo in a few minutes here. A well known islamic militant, the leader of a terror network, is locked up in egypt and there is an american connection. The fbi is working to figure out what role, if any, the man played in the attack on the consulate in libya that killed four americans including the u. S. Ambassador. A full report, everything we know about this man, comin...

And inside the mind of a killer. Tonight we talked to a doctor who has studied the brains of murderers for decades and has said he has found a very specific pattern. And lawmakers tonight voting on a solution to avoid the fiscal cliff. Does this solution mean anything . Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone. Outfront tonight, a new phase in the newtown, couldnt could not shooting investigation. We are also learning some new details about adam lanza. The 20yearold gunman behind last weeks or i...

Happening now, new details of the meeting between president obama and congressional leaders for what could be a lastditch effort to avoid the fiscal cliff. Families in the making ripped apart. Russia officially bans the adoption of russian children by americans. And for the second time in a month, a man pushed to his death from a new york city subway platform in the path of an oncoming train. Wolf blitzer is off. Im Candy Crowley. Youre in the situation room. All eyes on that white house this ho...

Know, basically kicking in, first of the year. Thats when everyones taxes would be going up. That happened just yesterday. And also you have all these pro union protests happening not too far away in lansing, michigan. We have a correspondent there as well. Well talk to here. Jessica yellin to you in washington. And, first things first, you think here michigan, you think the birth place of unions and you think about all these people who are very frustrated with this, everything i read, it seems ...

Played a game in the wake of tragedy. This player, jerry brown jr. , of the dallas cowboys, died early yesterday in a car accident. Brown was a passenger. The driver was his teammate, josh brent, who now has a 500,000 bond while facing charges he killed someone while driving drunk. Police say brents mercedes was moving very fast when he hurt a curb and flipped. Josh brent has a history of dui. An update to last weeks tragedy in kansas city. New video released by police show javon bell cher hours...