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with news that could furtherer ratchet up the tensions. the pentagon is saying t ining s getting ready to send ships to syria. i want to go straight to the pentagon to barbara starr. i was listening to your exchange there in the pentagon briefing earlier today. you were pressing them a bit. tell me about the exchange. >> reporter: there's been a bit of confusion. there's a urth vessel that turned back to russia. it was a bit of a surprise when the pentagon announced it has information that three warships from russia were headed to syria. i want you to have a listen to what they had t...

and we've got a lot of breaking news today. the jury in the john edwards' federal corruption trial reaches a verdict on just one of the six counts against the one-time presidential hopeful. the defense asks for a mistrial, but the judge tells the jury they've got to keep at it. let's go straight to cnn's senior correspondent, joe johns. he's in greensboro, north carolina. joe, what is going on down there? >> reporter: well, you know, it gets stranger and stranger every minute. quite frankly, just a few minutes ago, gloria, we got the word to stay tuned. it may not be over yet, even f...

nomination. mitt romney is still in front. newt gingrich has 38. rick santorum has 34 and ron paul, you see it there, has 20. dozens of syrians are reported dead today in a city under siege from its own government. this is homs, where anti-government activists say mortar fires from unseen attackers is almost constant. one says we cannot count the dead any more. i'll have more on this 11 will have month conflict and the choices facing washington in the west in our next segment moments from now. the white house is and congress are all too eager to support u.s. troops, but at the sa...

Once the tax cuts for the rich are in place, he'll pay for them by making everybody else work until they're 70. especially people in the tanning industry. >> one of the ways you talk about getting your arm around the spending was something you suggested back in june. that is that social security, the retirement age ought to be raised to the age of 70. is that something that the gop will campaign on in the fall? >> david, i think it's time for the american people to have an adult conversation about the problems that we face. so you favor raising the retirement age? >> david, there are a lot o...

And make americans work longer before they can retire. minnesota governor tim pawlenty, republican favorite for president, suggests redeploying money from the stimulus which includes tax cuts for the least rich 95% of the country. boehner ultimately suggested, once the tax cuts for the rich are in place, he'll pay for them by making everybody else work until they're 70. especially people in the tanning industry. >> one of the ways you talk about getting your arm around the spending was something you suggested back in june. that is that social security, the retirement age ought to be raised to ...