masked gunmen posing with al-qaida flags posting a video on line where they say they are forming suicide cells. there has been a surge in suicide attacks against the regime of syria s president al-assad. the u.s. very concerned about the developments. iraq which is next to syria also alarmed. meanwhile, tensions bubbling over at a hearing on new york city s proposal to limit the size of sugary drinks. critics calling on it as an attack on business as well as a huge overstep by the government. what do you think? violent crime continues to grow in this city and more new york city police officers have been shot than any time in the last decade. rather than hire 6,000 cops, we are down since 9/11 or nearly 1,000 firefighters that were down, we re going to spend money to enforce a legally dubious rule and promulgate the size of the cup of soda. since when is this the province
this case are no longer able to speak publicly about any of this. the information we ve been getting is going to slow to more of a trickle as the hearings go on. people here got a bit of a surprise when christian bale, the actor who plays batman showed up here. it was a surprise to just about everybody. he visited patients in the hospital at the bedside. after that he came to this make shift memorial here and joined a prayer circle and prayed with people. it was all unannounced, they had no cameras with him and didn t want media coverage. our affiliate happened to be there and caught him. and it exploded on twitter and facebook, people pretty excited he took the time to come and visit. i ll bet that helped folks trying to recoup rate in the hospital. thanks, jim. the rest of the day s top stories, let s get right to christine romans. good morning. good morning, soledad, syrian forces stepping up attacks to regain control of aleppo, targeting rebel strong holds in syria s