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> mitchell: good evening, the white house tonight is accused of syrian government of creating a humanitarian crisis after yet another bloody, tense day of fighting. troops loyal to bashar assad are cracking down on antigovernment demonstrators and others try to escape to turkey. we have the latest. a warning now: some of the pictures burr to see are graphic >> reporter: video gradually surfacing online shows the defiance of antigovernment demonstrators is escalating along with the government's resolve to crush them. yesterday in a suburb of damascus protesters were baiting syrian s...

family has held for 40 years. a slow but persistent rebellion started back in march and now there is a new surge in violence near the turkish border. american reporters can't get into syria, but the associated press quotes activists as saying that today at least 32 people were killed. elizabeth palmer has reached the syrian refugees in turkey and she heard their stories today. >> reporter: it's a short but traumatic bus ride to safety for these frightened syrian families. more than 3,000 of them have now crossed the border and are facing an uncertain future in these tents. once again...

a humanitarian crisis after yet another bloody, tense day of fighting. troops loyal to bashar assad are cracking down on antigovernment demonstrators and others try to escape to turkey. we have the latest. a warning now: some of the pictures burr to see are graphic >> reporter: video gradually surfacing online shows the defiance of antigovernment demonstrators is escalating along with the government's resolve to crush them. yesterday in a suburb of damascus protesters were baiting syrian security forces. at first the troops seemed to hold back but not for long. the gunmen get into po...

in the months since the antigovernment protests began, human rights organizations say the syrian military has fired on unarmed civilians and beaten and tortured prisoners. they estimate 1,300 have been killed. but the government's brutality and overconfidence just seems to deepen resentment among the people. just a few minutes ago, somebody told the refugees that bashar al-assad, the president of syria, had stepped down. they're ecstatic, even if it's not true, so it tells you exactly where their political sympathies lie. nearby in the hospital, we slipped secretly into the room of a...