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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 ...

moment. syrian state television trying to show that the state of homs has returned to normal. they showed this video today after bombarding the city for months. especially the baba amr nabt. neighborhood. cleanup crews, cars on the streets, even ordinary people returning. that's what they showed on syrian state television. on video posted on youtube today, video how the of homs, you get a far different picture. the streets as you see empty of cars and people. rubble is deeper. destruction more complete. a top u.n. official who just got inside homs today say parts of the city were com...

syrian state television trying to show that the state of homs has returned to normal. they showed this videoarve bombarding the city for months. especially the baba amr region. cleanup crews, cars on the streets, even ordinary people returning. that's what they showed on syrian state television. on video posted on youtube today, video how the of homs, you get a far different picture. the streets as you see empty of cars and people. rubble is deeper. destruction more complete. a top u.n. official who just got inside homs today say parts of the city were completely devastated. those we...

and a helicopter crashes captured on camera. the amazing story of a pilot that walked away. we start with the aftermath of those deadly tornadoes. president obama is offering federal assistance in the areas battered by the storms. the tornadoes left a wide swath of debris from indiana to georgia. at least 37 people are dead. now the focus has changed and survivors, scores of jurtd people are waking up in hospitals this morning. their homes and the homes of their neighbors are gone. people are now picking through the rubble to find anything they can salvage. officials in west libert...