to and we talked to seven said absolutely not. i would not do this. they all said kind of what you're saying it's a slippery slope but they weren't against it which is the question i have as a parent. >> what a story. tweet me. i'd love to know if you would do this or not. thank you very much. watch sanjay on the weekend here here on cnn. thank you. now our two. top of the hour. all eyes on syria. we are talking about potential cracks in the regime of syria's bashar assad. we've talked a lot about the city in aleppo. it's the largest city. it's like the new york city. now the rebels claim to have captured this army installation. they released this video via youtube. they claim to have captured yet another police station. what your about to see next is tough to look at. fair warning. this is the aftermath of government shelling. you see blood everywhere. unconfirmed reports say the attack killed 15 people and wounded more than 20. government forces continue sporadic shelling and we await this full scale. just a short time ago i talked to a spanish journalist inside aleppo. he told me that right now the city is in the hands of the rebels. >> reporter: they are just running the city. they are running the police and the hospitals. they are running everything and for the moment the shelling has diminished a bit. it's not like the days before. they are kpmting a major offensive tomorrow. there are a lot of rumors that the army would launch a huge offensive tomorrow. they have seen 80 tanks arriving nearby by the city. they are expecting this attack tomorrow. >> you say tomorrow. i'm just curious because yesterday we had been reporting today, i know the anticipation really has been building for this offensive, if this attack. do we know why it's taking so long for these government troops to get to the city? >> reporter: those troops are coming from italy in a long convoy that left that area some days ago. it was there in italy before coming here. i saw the tanks moving. there were ambush in the way. they went slow. they didn't arrive until last night. they arrived last night and is also special forces. in the meantime, what is happening is there's still a lot of helicopters shooting against the buildings. they are shooting against all the buildings without any purpose. maybe two make afraid the people and make them to leave. >> that was javier espinosa talking with me. it's so important to talk about syria. i want to pose the same question and that being we were on yesterday talking that this offensive would happen today. he said tomorrow. is there trouble brewing? why is it taking syrian troops so long? >> it's hard to predict. the big question is going to be when. the other big and more important question is as far as civilians are concerned is how long is this going to take. for three months they continuously shelled. even that didn't end up completely eradicating the city of rebel held areas. in damascus the rebel held districts were shelled for a week then there were ground attacks and the regime re-took control. >> tell me what you've been learning. i know you're talking to people. what is happening now on the ground? >> those neighborhoods that are not held by the rebels are emptied. the streets are empty. the people are scared and at home hoping and praying the fighting will not reach them. as for the rebel held neighborhoods, you aired some difficult video and footage. that's a district of aleppo. we saw the aftermath of that. typical aftermath of shelling images. very disturbing pictures of people with missing limbs and who have received sharpal wounds that killed them. >> when we go back into aleppo. you've been to syria many times, i want to hone in on this, this is what they call the castle? >> this is the citadel. it's a u.n. world heritage site. everything around it is probably some of the most important he heritage for all of humanity. it's the oldest city on earth. this is something that in other circumstances i would recommend truly visiting because everything around her is something of historic importance. the people who are living here just a few days ago had some free syrian army visitors in their street. they held a street and held it for a few hours and went straight back out. once the fighting truly reaches the center of aleppo, that means the battle for aleppo is truly under way. you're talking the syrian army regime here with tanks and helicopter gun ships and fighter jets. the rebels have ak-47, a few empty tanks and that's it. it's a completely disproportionate battle. >> did you hear the sound bite? did you hear the word she used, massacre? >> it's interesting you should ask that question because with my executive producer just minutes ago we were trying to decide in what instance do you use the word massacre. it's sad that you have to have that conversation with that country. when do you describe it as a massacre? the brutal killing of defenseless people. it becomes the question of whether or not we decide in the news room to use it. we hope it won't come to that but the fear is that it will. >> one more question. i want to show this. you have turkey to the north. aleppo is here. one of the concerns just hearing from the turkish prime minister is that you have turkish militants coming in. >> turkey, two days ago, said we're happy to help you and we're against the assad regem but we reserve the right to strike at bases. >> this tells me turkey could get involved. >> absolutely. it's politically involved. >> i mean more than that. >> militarily it is allowing the rebels to establish bases on its territory in facilitating the transfer of arms. one last point. you look at this map, lebanon, . there's more than 120,000 syrian refugees. they are lacking in funding and resources to welcome them all. this number will swell. will swell. not might, will. >> hala, thank you so much. syria today. there's a lot more happening on this friday. take a look at this. one of hollywood's biggest producers says in the wake of the colorado massacre it may be time to look in the mirror. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. several people are behind bars accused of terrorizing a camp full of jewish kids. plus, the countdown is on. olympic fever beginning tonight. i'll tell you which moments to keep an eye on. as facebook stocks drop, i'll speak with someone who says mark zukerburg needs the boot. kbln i'm serious, we compare our direct rates side by side to find you a great deal, even if it's not with us. 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>> you think so? they've almost been kind of gleeful about it. jay carney made a point of saying that the president had been briefed on the olympics. david axelrod said he was almost speechless about what romney said and michelle obama is there. she hasn't had any problems. it's clear from this ad they're going to throw a positive ad out t there. the rnc is going to throw a negative anti-obama ad out there. mitt romney has made some missteps. >> after london, romney is heading to israel and poland. how important is that second leg of the trip? >> they had to put something on in addition. you remember back in july of 2008 then candidate obama took a trip to europe. he also went to iraq and afghanistan. he was in berlin, if you recall, with hundreds of thousands of people listening to him. i don't think mitt romney is going to have that. you go to israel and you remind people that president obama, not candidate obama, president obama has not been in israel since he took the oath of office. i was noticing today it's no surprise that today president obama signed a pro-iael defense pledge, which had been passed by the congress last week. somehow he decided to sign it today. >> coincidence, maybe not. >> i don't think so. >> thank you so much. >> sure. got some news just in for you on the case against james holmes. the suspected gunman in that horrendous colorado massacre. we are hearing new details about the package he sent before that shooting. stacy right here. ♪ i'm consolidating my assets. i'm not paying hidden fees or high commissions. i'm making the most of my money. and seven-dollar trades are just the start. i'm with scottrade. i'm with scottrade. i'm with scottrade. and i'm loving every minute of it. 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