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Syria's ambassador to the u.n. was asked whether position were abandoned. we can deny or confirm that. however, it does seem very quiet here in damascus tonight. normally you would be hearing a lot of artillery pounding at this time of night. right now it's fairly silent. >> in other words, maybe some military loyal to bashir al assad might be getting nervous that the u.s. is poised to launch air strikes and they may, we don't know for sure they may be abandoning their positions, is that what you're suggesting, fred? >> reporter: there's a report on media saying that that could perhaps be the ...

The woods. it's heart break to go hear the stories of the deaths as it is and then when you're going to a birthday celebration makes it doubly heart breaking. thank you so much for that report. >> rick: i want to turn our attention to overseas and leaders from around the world meeting today, trying keep syria peace plan alive. this as the bloodshed there continues. government troops forcing their way into a rebel city near the country's capital after weeks of shelling. amateur video showing the destruction. a man holding a battered copy of the koran can be heard saying, quote, god is greater t...

left of their faces. the kind of powder burns you get from a gun pressed up against your face. that's because their murderers did their killing face to face, friday night after a day of anti-assad protests in hula. first tanks shelled the neighborhood, then at about 7:00 p.m., a man in uniform began going door to door. one neighborhood boy watched as a militia man grabbed his friend, a 13-year-old and shot him in the head. the militia men handcuffed one family of children, forced their father to watch as they killed them. i watched the bodies of nine children, he's saying, one with l...

that's because their murderers did their killing face to face, friday night after a day of anti-assad protests in hula. first tanks shelled the neighborhood, then at about 7:00 p.m., a man in uniform began going door to door. one neighborhood boy watched as a militia man grabbed his friend, a 13-year-old and shot him in the head. the militia men handcuffed one family of children, forced their father to watch as they killed them. i watched the bodies of nine children, he's saying, one with less than nine months old. was he a fighter? he had a paciier in his mouth. the children were la...

children with their skulls blown away. some with what appear to be powder burns covering what's left of their faces. the kind you get from being shot at close range. that's because their murderers, militias did killing face to face. friday night after a day of anti-assad protest in hula. first tanks shelled the neighborhood. then 7:00 p.m. local time reports say men in uniform began going door to door. this was intimate killing. personalized murder. one neighborhood boy says he watched as militia men grabbed his friend, a 13-year-old, and shot him in the head. a human rights watcher ...