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General bob scales joins us now. the news of the russian warships heading into the mediterranean, how ominous if at all is that, general? >> jon, well at this stage it is not terribly ominous. this appears to be part of a routine soviet warship exchange they go through periodically but that is not to say the appearance of two brand new soviet surface ships won't have an effect on the balance of power in the eastern mediterranean because, frankly, the navy never really expected to have two russian ships sailing around them as they, as a loose cruise missiles on the syrians, jon. jon: if bashar ...

Post-revolution egypt and this interim government. wolf? >> 43 police officers were killed during these demonstrations, that must mean that supporters of mohammed morsi, they must have some weapons, right? >> according to the interior ministry, they did. and they put out some video, showing purportedly pro morsi supporters firing weapons. we should point out that during these six weeks we've paid frequent visits, to the demonstrations in east cairo. it was impossible for us to confirm and witness everything that was going on there. but we can tell you, for the most part, these demonstrations w...

To protest against u.s. meddling in egypt affairs. some members shifted and started marching toward tahrir square which is the home base for opponents. witnesses say both sides were firing weapons. one witness telling us an individual from the morsi crowd took out an automatic weapon and fired into the tahrir crowd and two people dropped to the ground. it's very difficult to figure out who is who and if anyone has any official affiliation with any movement or political party. the muslim brotherhood and supporters of mr. morsi will be under a lot of pressure to explain why some of their support...

Often killing people that are not actively involved in any kind of battlefield. so if we transmit that standard to america, you would have people sitting in cafes, in their home at night. we don't do that in america. in america, you're accused of a crime, you would be arrested, and you would get a trial by a jury of your peers. >> i still don't understand, in the al awlaki case, because they said they had proof he had plotted against the case, but at that moment, he wasn't holding a grenade launcher, pointing it at an american citizen, when they did it. so there's a gray area in your mind? >> ...

Going off. sounded like ak47s. >> reporter: six officers hit, this officer, jared francum, hit and killed. >> agent francum was one of the more experienced agents in our unit, and will be sorely missed. >> narrator: the dreaded words heard too often. the number of police officers shot and killed is spiking. in fact, there have been six fatal shootings in the last seven days. >> i can't think of anything that really shows more disrespect toward society in general than the killing of a uniformed police officer. >> reporter: why the jump in police are using the arms race against criminals who can...