and they linked their arms together to separate pro- and anti-government supporters and wanted to separate the two camps to be sure the clashes that happened last week where one man died did not occur today and yemen, today, thousands took to the streets in support of the president saleh, following friday prayers there and the president maintains he is not stepping down yet an protesters continue to fall for him to leave the country, and, step down from power, and in syria today, we are getting word outside the outskirts of damascus, possibly a report that three people killed in clashes, very important, because we have not seen clashes in damascus take place to the point that they've scaled in like this and it will be interesting to see how the story develops, in damascus, gregg. gregg: reena ninan reporting live from amman, jordan. a little context on jordan. it has a population of 6.5 million people and when it comes to religion, most are sunni