we will talk more about the victims' parents and ask them what theyty about koussa's defection and what happens to him and maybe finally justice for their son. that is coming up at 9:30 eastern. day of prayer in the muslim world. in recent weeks we have watched it be a flashily day for protests. witnesses telling cnn witnesses have opened fire on protesters in damascus. more than 1 hundred killed in recent weeks. today's gathering despite the president saying he could lift the nation's emergency laws and outlaws any form of dissent. that state of emergency was enacted a half century ago and never lifted. yemen is another arab state reeling from weeks of protests. today, tens of thousands of people are filling the streets at the capitol and some rally in support of the government and others demanding the president resign immediately. the united states is worried that if the president steps down, yemen could become even