regime continues to promise reforms. remember, assad did lift the emergency law over a month ago but at the same time that has not led to any sort of different behavior when it comes to how the regime is dealing with the demonstrators. the regime continues to call the demonstrators terrorists, saying that it is simply targeting armed groups fueled by out size sources and are intent on destabilizing it, wolf. >> arwa, thank you. we're doing the best we can under the circumstances. later here in "the situation room" i'll get a full briefing from a professor of the john hopkins university. into meanwhile, another international financial figure now stands accused of sexually assaulting a luxury hotel maid. deborah is working the story for