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The city of hama back in the early 80s for people rising up against the regime. >> some western leaders have said he is a reformer, i mean reformer, i guess with quotation marks, and, in fact, later in the month of may, this country syria is up for a vote whether it should be on the human rights council at the u.n., which seems less and less likely by the day. >> well yes. look, the reason why people think bashar al assad might be a reformer because of his manner, his style where he comes. i int...

In a residential area. >> in a terrifying situation if youre trying to land there. kiran chetry is in london where she is wakts for the big event in two days. hi there, kiran. >> i know. were dealing with a couple hard turns this morning. a lot of big breaking news. i totally get it. here we are talking about the royal wedding. you know, this is really a city and a world in celebration for this big day, the royal wedding. prince william going to be marrying his long-time love, catherine middleto...

The bloody government crackdown on protesters has intensified in syria. army tanks and snipers patrolling the streets. witnesses say the situation is growing worse. meantime americas u.n. ambassador says there is evidence that iran is lending its support it it those soldiers. >> instead of listening to their own people, president assad is disingenuously blaming outsiders while at the same time, seeking iranian assistance in repressing syrias citizens through the same brutal tactics that have bee...

Key gadhafi targets in tripoli. this is the 39th day since the u.s. began its military involvement in libya and its the 31st day since nato took charge of that mission. in total, 3,853 nato sorties and 1606 air strikes have been carried out. so far, according to the u.s. defense department, it has cost americans more than $608 million. its expected to cost $40 million a month going forward. kiran had a chance to talk with the american ambassador to the u.k. about both libya and syria. kiran, tel...

Precisely what theyre doing in each different country. i think it is important in foreign affairs, especially when it comes to the use of force, to not get into a situation of a cookie cutter you do this if this happens. libya had some specific circumstances. number one, gadhafi was essentially an international outlaw before this. we were trying to make nice with him, but he had been responsible for great evil in this world. he also spoke very clearly about his intention to kill individual -- >>...

Because you are looking into an election season and thats typically what happens. leon pennetta as secretary of defense. well give you more details as we find them. in a few hours the u.n. security council will meet to discuss the chaos in syria. the governments brutal crackdown on protesters shows no signs of letting up. syrian army tanks and snipers taking aim at civilians in the streets of daraa. whats at stake here for the u.s. and for the other players in the middle east? jamie ruben is f...

100% delicious. a lot going on. here whats you need to know. severe weather moving across the south. forecasters say there is a very real threat today of tornadoes and destructive winds and hail. jacqui jeras tracking it, well have more in ten minutes. syria rejecting calls for an independent investigation. >> its crackdown on

That makes it a good time or a bad time to buy a house. you might be surprised by the answer. >> more from our conversation with ambassador lewis sussmann, the u.s. ambassador to the uk. kiran sat down with him. why the u.s. will not be more involved in syria and what are the differences between syria and libya in terms of u.s. policy. well have that for you. its 13 minutes after the hour. , building up our wireless network all across america. were adding new cell sites... increasing network cap...

Potentially and hamas as well. syria and iran for decades now have had a working relationship, which is unusual for an arab country to be working so closely with iran, persian nation, and in this case, the iranians see syria as a crucial way for them to have an influence, not only in syria itself, but in lebanon and throughout the middle east and have access to border country with israel where they want to cause problems. >> how do we explain that we readily went into libya, where the atrocities...

Syria and iran have this relationship. but that message coming from the president means something. >> a lot of people -- particularly incumbent governments are saying these are outside agitators. now the president is turning that against assaad in syria saying this isnt the united states, this is now assaad turning to a foreign power to undermine the aspirations of its own citizens which in facts are wasnt iran over the libya, but thats what gadhafi allegedly is doing as well. >> ever decision t...