organized by coalition group. many blacklisted in pakistan and abroad as terrorist organizations. the international committee of the red cross says it s trying to broker a cease-fire in syria. so it can get access to people ra advantageed by the government 11-month crackdown on dissent. chief washington correspondent james rosen shows us tonight that crackdown seems to be intensifying. reporter: outside mosqu mosques, and houses, amateur video purportedly shows the city of homs absurding the artillery, amid reports that regime tanks in the east are streaming toward the city. damascus, too, is aflame with violence. the uprising against president bashar assad is now in the 12th month. and the death toll according to the u.n. exceeds 5400 with some placing it above 7,000. that fact along with growing defections among syrian army
continues military drill in full public view. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is watching developments from the pentagon. war exercises designed to show they can warn off what look like inevitable hilltary strike against the failsity. it comes after days of destroyers made their way from the suez canal to mediterranean waters, docking on monday in damascus, syria. they are forcing oil prices to a nine-month high, though france purchased 1-3% from iran.