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It does -- its almost as if it was sort of a war town. there are buildings just completely missing. and so much building work being done here. and there is a sense here that perhaps the work being done here is a bit forgotten. theres a huge amount of renovation that spotlights shown on christchurch. its going to be quite somber i think. something william was very affected by. hes going to want to show kate around. its not going to be all the fun and frolic we saw today, for example. most literal...

In syria there are new reports poisonous gas is being used in the countrys ongoing civil war. both rebel forces and the -- >> these attacks wounded dozens. videos posted online appear to show people with symptoms of poisoning in a rural rebel-held town. >> cnn cannot independently verify the authenticity of this footage. opposition groups say six people died friday because of chlorine gas attacks and barrel bombs. lets turn our attention to west africa. health workers in the region are racing ...

Helicopters have been seen inside the town. it appears fairly calm. barricades still enforced. the interior minister said there have been and are ongoing terrorist operations here. no obvious sign of that according to witnesses. the real issue is what has happened, what level of force the ukrainian authorities have applied here. they say that people have been killed and perhaps five injured as well. we dont quite know exactly whatever caused that to happen. of course, to point out the misinforma...

The response from kiev? would they like in thcrimea simy be passive? try and avoid violence? in crimea they were massively outnumbered by russian troops already based there. it seems as though today certainly in rhetoric, the ukrainian government will be much more forceful. they say theyve got an anti-terror operation inside slovyansk. they told locals to stay indoors. reports from social media of gunfire heard inside that city. were on the outskirts. i can say that certainly witnesses tell us o...

Them specifically to president obamas neglect of the southern border. something he never once, ever, assigned to president bushs handling of the southern border when, in fact, president obama has been much tougher on enforcement on the mexican border. >> right, theres no question about that both in terms of the numbers who have entered the numbers who have been deported and the number of people on the border. the other thing he never wants to talk about is how many guns are crossing from our sid...