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85 lives today alone. in addition those same sources outlined the help assaad is getting from iran. in other words help in targeting its own people. also with us tonight, former cia officer and time.com intelligence columnist robert baer. barbara, even though we have word "today" of more defections from the syrian army, you're seeing that assaad has a firm grip on syria. >> the assessment is all in agreement. assad remains in control, in charge, commanding his forces. there is no break, they believe in the inner circle around him. this is not his critical inner circle. they have clos...

message that he's giving the u.n. diplomat there. >> so underscoring that real contradiction, nic, some are alleging that the assaults being leveled by the government is actually intensifying while these talks were taking place. >> reporter: this is what the activists fear. they think that while the international community tries to engage president assad in some kind of talks and what kofi annan has gone there to do today is call for a cease-fire and get political talks going. the activists fear bashar al assad will just use this as a smoke screen to continue his military advance on ...

that's when everybody started freaking out. >> a passenger who shot this video. >> check out this video showing a tornado strike in kentucky. look at that roof. it's blowing right off. it was part of the killer storms that hit the nation last weekend leaving a huge path of destruction. former u.n. secretary kofi annan is trying to prevent a full-blown civil war. he's meeting in damascus to halt government shell iing and attac that killed thousands of people. he's expected to press the president to step down. the meeting comes as 12 people were killed in syria today. thousands of an...

>> hello and welcome to the cnn newsroom. the news unfolds live this saturday, march 10th. a top world diplomat asks syria's president face-to-face to stop the carnage and killing in his country. former u.n. secretary-general kofi annan is in damascus meeting syrian president assad, opposition activists say 30 people were killed in fighting across syria. nick robertson joins me live in a few minutes to talk about any progress the two men may have made. israel launched air strikes against suspected militants in gaza again today. it is the second day in a row. at least 15 palestinian...

That terrible day with sadness but also with the determination to rebuild their lives. entire towns were oblit rated when the raging water swept in following a 9.0 earthquake. one year later much of the mangled wreckage that littered the coast has been cleared and former towns have become barren wastelands. most has been piled into vast mountains of debris. some of it feared toxic. that is equivalent to 19 years worth of trash in the worst effected area. more than half a million buildings were destroyed. there is still no idea of how to get rid of it all. while there has been plenty of talk th...