town have evacuated. >> let's take you to egypt. a fireball erupting overnight after a gas pipeline explosion. look at these pictures. flames filling the sky. the pipeline pumps natural gas to israel and jordan. right now authorities are trying to figure out what triggered the explosion. no one was hurt. in february in the same town a gasline was set on fire and that incident state media suspected a terrorist attack. syria intensifies its brutal crackdown this morning as more gunfire and arrests and reports of dead people lightning the streets. the army continues to attack civilians in daraa right now. witnesses say dozens of tanks are in the streets and the united states says there's evidence that iran is lending its support. >> instead of listening to their own people, president assad is disingenuously blaming outsiders while at the same time seeking iranian assistance in repressing syrian citizens through the same brew it tall tactics that have