you. the fighting in a place called holmes has really raged on as government troops open fire on civilians who were demonstrating. we hear that one 12-year-old boy was killed. one thing to note here that's really important, as we watch the events unfold in syria, here, carol, is that the government crackdown has really expanded in the breadth that it's taking. it's going from a placed called banias on the mediterranean coast to the southern part of the country as well. just to underscore that point that the government, even though it gives hints of reform, is still cracking down very harshly. >> so, zain, is there any credible opposition? >> reporter: you know, most experts and administration officials say, no, the opposition is actually really weak and not very well organized at all. there was a report in "the new york times" today, carol, that talked a little bit about the opposition and about how it's tried to smuggle things like satellite phones into syria so