international journalists. russian s foreign minister is in syria trying to keep it from being the latest arab government to fall. many world leaders say moscow is ignoring the slaughter of civilians. ivan watson is in istanbul, turkey, covering this for us. is there any optimism that russia can rein in this violence? reporter: that s a big question. the russian foreign minister definitely got a hero s welcome as he arrived in damascus. he seemed to be one of the biggest allies and friends of president bashar al-assad right now. the russian line has been that the western governments have not been putting enough pressure on the opposition groups to stop violence as well. if you want to know how wide the differentiation is between the two sides in syria, just about 100 miles away the artillery shells continue to rain on the opposition held city of homs where hundreds of civilians are believed to have died in just the past couple of days, kyra. now you re also seeing a growi
what they was a taped message from the dictator. in it he vowed martyrdom or victory. he said the repeat from his compound was in his words a tactical move. his spokesman promising to turn libya into volcanics and fire. he claims that tribes loyal gadhafi are making their way to tripoli to liberate the city. at the gadhafi compound loyalist gunmen trying to take it back from the opposition who captured it today. our sara sidner was there when it all happen. reporter: we re having to run out of the compound now. we see gunfire coming from outside the compound. in and it s getting it s getting too close. so we re leaving. we re not going to go all the way into the compound. it s definitely now from the outside of the compound firing towards us. let s go! go ahead. we just got a gunfire incoming overhead. just saw gunfire. we re seeing all these tracers hitting the water tink, hitting the an iryeah. so we ve got to go. sara sidner outside gadhafi s compound this evening. c
in it he vowed martyrdom or victory. he said the repeat from his compound was in his words a tactical move. his spokesman promising to turn libya into volcanics and fire. he claims that tribes loyal gadhafi are making their way to tripoli to liberate the city. at the gadhafi compound loyalist gunmen trying to take it back from the opposition who captured it today. our sara sidner was there when it all. reporter: we re having to run out of the compound now. we see gunfire coming from outside the compound. in and it s getting it s getting too close. so we re leaving. we re not going to go all the way into the compound. it s definitely now from the outside of the compound firing towards us. let s go! go ahead. we just got a gunfire incoming overhead. just saw gunfire. we re seeing all these tracers hitting the water tink, hitting the an iryeah. so we ve got to go. sara sidner outside gadhafi s compound this evening. contrast that from earlier scenes this evening as fighter
presidential politics, the more he speaks the more people including many republicans ask this question. by so aggressively appealing to the republican base, is governor perry undermining his appeal as a general election candidate? this comment in new hampshire questioning man s role in global warming is new fodder tonight for the perry electability rate. i think there are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling in to their projects. and i think we re seeing it almost weekly or even daily scientists who are coming forward and questioning the original idea that manmade global warming is what is causing the climate to change. here s another comment from perry today that is suspect when put to the fact check test. what six weeks ago the president went to el paso and says the border is safer than it s ever been. i have no idea. i mean, maybe he was talking about the canadian border. and generating the most heat is