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[gunfire] jon: new international fallout from the escalating crisis in syria. nato and its allies now detailing plans to defend the syria-turkey border. the crisis threatens to spill over into neighboring nations as president assad prepares chemical weapons that he might use against his own people. connor powell live from jerusalem with more. conor? >> reporter: jon, all eyes are on president bashar assad and syrian military as a senior official tells fox news that the military mixed prepared an...

Conventions. we invite you to watch. megan and bret will anchor when the convention takes place in tampa, florida, august 27 through the 30th. the following week, the democrats hole their convention september 4-6, in charlotte, north carolina. >>heather: now the crisis in syria. the city of aleppo seeing a brief lull in the fighting between the regime and the opposition. the last day of ramadan allowing some to take stock of their losses after three weeks of intense battles. the fight rages on e...

Are fleeing to escape the violence. steve? >> reporter: the u.n. is warning 1 million syrians could face defendant tietion. they left their houses looking anywhere for a safe shelter to get away from this war. they leave on foot. one arm for a child. the other for possessions. some north to the turkey border. others south like this family to recover their dead. an air strikes by a government warplane chained the geography of azaz. a brother on a front step yesterday, how can be found only on a c...

>> reporter: 1.2 million people are on the move in syria trying to escape from a war. they leave on foot. one arm for a child, the other for possessions. some north of the turkey border. other south like this family to recover their dead. air strike by a government war plane has changed the geography. ten have died here he says, five died over there. brother on a front step yesterday now can be found only on a cell phone. >> there is a sense among people they are being slaughtered, defenseless a...

Shelling and fighting across several neighborhoods. of course, we can not independently confirm any of this. steve harrigan with the news live from turkey near the syrian border. steve, you just returned from the place where you witnessed the syrian government slaughtering dozens of its own people? >> thats right, john. at least 40 dead in that air strike that we saw. another thing we saw all across syria are refugees on the move, more than 1.2 million syrians are on the move. they have left the...

>> and im john berman. huge crowds at chick fill as all across the country. they weigh in about the national debate about gay marriage and free speech. >> some people wanted a sandwich. another thrilling finish leads to gold for team u.s.a. this is cnn breaking news. breaking overnight a frighteningly close call in the skies. three commuter jets came within seconds of a mid-air collision. were talk 12g seconds after confused air traffic controllers dealing with bad weather launched...

i personally have never seen anything like what the pictures show us. >> and right now, police and the atf are at suspect james holmes apartment building. we have some live pictures for you now. theyre trying to figure out how theyre going to get inside and get past those booby traps that they say he set. shock, anger and disbelief as the community tries to make sense of a mass shooting inside a crowded movie theater. it was supposed to be a night of fun. 12 people are dead, 58 others ...

>> despite the apology, theres new tension along the syrian, turkey border. >> very tense. for the third day the turkish jets were scrambled because they saw syrian helicopters get very close up to the border. theyre on high alert. there was no action taken. the syrian helicopters did not cross the border. along that border, another mass defection. the word is 85 soldiers, including a general, and a couple of high ranking officers, coming over from the syrian army into turkey. weve seen a lot of...

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cry with stories about his dysfunctional childhood. the importance of being thin and running with citizen sorescisso award-winning awer this augusten burroughs with his new book and why his take of same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue. good morning, everyone. im randi kaye. its 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 on the west coast. a lot to tell you about this morning, so lets get straight to the news. were keeping an eye on liberty university this morning. that is because mitt romney...