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in addition, those same sources outlined the help assad is getting from iran. weapons and computer expertise to root out opposition. their own people. barbara starr is there tonight. and robert bair, and even though we have word of more defections from the syrian army, you're hearing that bashar al assad has a firm grip on power in syria? >> absolutely, anderson. i spoke with three separate senior u.s. intelligence officials. 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....

outlined the help assad is getting from iran. weapons and computer expertise to root out opposition. their own people. barbara starr is there tonight. and robert bair, and even though we have word of more defections from the syrian army, you're hearing that assad has a firm grip on power in syria? >> absolutely. i spoke with three separate senior u.s. intelligence officials. 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. you see these defections. you see some generals fle...

In the meantime syrians are heading to the poll today to vote in local elections, and imagine trying to do that with all that firepower. leland vitter is following this from jerusalem. >> reporter: what we have right now is about 15,000 syrian army defectors. this has gone from a mass civilian protest to an insurgency rebellion, kind of thing, and we are on the way certainly to a civil war. right now about 4000 people have died in the nine months since this started. that number is sure to go up, possibly by multiples. the video we're seeing is also very different coming out of the syrian citie...