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The city of hama back in the early '80s for people rising up against the regime. >> some western leaders have said he is a reformer, i mean reformer, i guess with quotation marks, and, in fact, later in the month of may, this country syria is up for a vote whether it should be on the human rights council at the u.n., which seems less and less likely by the day. >> well yes. look, the reason why people think bashar al assad might be a reformer because of his manner, his style where he comes. i interviewed him for sky news when i was an anchor there. i spent the day with him. he comes across, le...

In a residential area. >> in a terrifying situation if you're trying to land there. kiran chetry is in london where she is wakts for the big event in two days. hi there, kiran. >> i know. we're dealing with a couple hard turns this morning. a lot of big breaking news. i totally get it. here we are talking about the royal wedding. you know, this is really a city and a world in celebration for this big day, the royal wedding. prince william going to be marrying his long-time love, catherine middleton. there is a lot of excitement certainly. one of the things is that this is a very coveted invite...

The bloody government crackdown on protesters has intensified in syria. army tanks and snipers patrolling the streets. witnesses say the situation is growing worse. meantime america's u.n. ambassador says there is evidence that iran is lending its support it it those soldiers. >> instead of listening to their own people, president assad is disingenuously blaming outsiders while at the same time, seeking iranian assistance in repressing syria's citizens through the same brutal tactics that have been used by the iranian regime. we have said repeatedly that we are very conscious of and concerned ...

Key gadhafi targets in tripoli. this is the 39th day since the u.s. began its military involvement in libya and it's the 31st day since nato took charge of that mission. in total, 3,853 nato sorties and 1606 air strikes have been carried out. so far, according to the u.s. defense department, it has cost americans more than $608 million. it's expected to cost $40 million a month going forward. kiran had a chance to talk with the american ambassador to the u.k. about both libya and syria. kiran, tell us a bit about your conversation. >> yeah. it's interesting, we talk about this a lot, i wanted ...

Precisely what they're doing in each different country. i think it is important in foreign affairs, especially when it comes to the use of force, to not get into a situation of a cookie cutter you do this if this happens. libya had some specific circumstances. number one, gadhafi was essentially an international outlaw before this. we were trying to make nice with him, but he had been responsible for great evil in this world. he also spoke very clearly about his intention to kill individual -- >> he promised to go into benghazi and let the blood flow. >> we had a really bad leader who had an i...