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For the second time in 2013. its hard enough for most people to ever get there once in their life. he raised speculation about hes trying to guarantee the release of kenneth bay whoed had put into maximum security, suffering major health problems. walking through the beijing airport rodman insisted, though, this trip is actually about basketball. >> keep the communication gap going as far as i can, i just want to go over there to meet with my friend kim, the marshal, and try to start a new baske...

This video uploaded to youtube purports to be recent bombing in the damascus suburbs in syria. and as the civil war death toll continues, the u.n. says its above 100,000, the u.s. creeps closer to military action. now, we take a look at the once outspoken wife of regime president bashar al assad. now, it would be hard to believe that asma al assad doesnt know about the bloody reality on the ground in her country, but lately, shes been seen smiling in social media posts. according to hacked e-mai...

American strike. now reaction to the reversal. >> reporter: yes. just a few hours ago that the syrian government said, we are expecting an attack at any moment. we are ready to retaliate at any moment. then came president obamas speech and quite frankly, i think it stunned people on both sides here. just as much as it did perhaps people in america and the u.k. and the wider world. syrian official, government officials were watching this speech and quite frankly, after it they must have been smil...

Well hear from her at the top of next hour. dana bash, thank you very much for us in washington. in damascus today, here he is. syrian leader bashar al assad appearing on state-run television. and he is smiling, hes gesturing. he said his country will defend itself against any and all aggression. and in a pbs interview, president obama characterized any action hed take as a targeted, limited shot across the bow. just a short time ago, his spokesman, josh ernest, laid out the rationale for acti...

Bashar al assad appearing on state-run television. smiling. gesturing. directing this meeting here. and he vowed that syria will defend itself against any and all aggression. with me now, hala gorani, cnn international. you know this part of the world better than most people here at cnn. let me just come out and ask you this. from the perspective of the arab world, could they perceive bashar al assad as the guy who stood up to president obama? >> you know, i think it depends basically what side ...

Killed. really? >> thats -- >> i know. >> unbelievable. >> ill be careful. >> be careful. >> the controversial decision to visit the factory was even criticized by zimmermans legal team, which said in part, quote, we certainly would not have advised him to go to the factory that made the gun that used to shoot trayvon martin through the heart. we got the verdict that we believe is just and the rest of georges life is up to george. yeah. >> wow. >> so sam stein -- >> doesnt sound like they comple...

Charles blow, i find this offensive. i dont want to see george zimmerman smiling in a gun store as hes preparing to buy more guns. >> right, well first, i want to go back and say i think trying to draw direct parallels between the trayvon martin case and this case is actually a disgusting kind of tactic to take. i think those are two separate cases with two different sets of circumstances. this particular case shows us how the system of justice is actually supposed to work and how people thought...

Barbaric. >> reporter: the attorney representing the father of the child did not return our calls. ashley? >> all right. david mattingly reporting for us. thank you. george zimmerman is back in the headlines tonight because he turned up at a gunman fracturer in florida yesterday. this comes a month after he was acquitted of murdering trayvon martin. the gossip website tmz got this picture of zimmerman. in it he was posing with someone he says was an employee of the gun maker and while zimmerma...

President kennedy in reacting to the speech, actually watched the speech. im going to read from your book. kennedy was witnessing a complete king speech for the first time. hes damn good, the president remarked to his aides. later he greeted king with a smiling i have a dream. tell us about how the president at that time john kennedy had kind of a complicated relationship with dr. king in civil rights. >> very complicated. the president had just proposed a civil rights bill in june that very nig...

Where there was an alter case. this was just absolute cold-blooded vicious, evil murder, but when there was another situation with an altercation, none of this -- >> ben, agree with you -- >> it wasnt there with that case and that is the double standard when there are two different races and two crimes committed by two different races. >> i think -- >> i dont agree -- i think there is universal outrage. [ overlapping speakers ] >> im also outraged. this is george zimmerman today, down in the gun...