course. opening statements are under way as we speak in central pennsylvania. let s get straight to susan candiotti on the ground at the courthouse in pennsylvania. now, you were just in court, susan. what did you see and hear just now? reporter: hala, the prosecutors just wrapped up their opening statements, and clearly the most powerful moment we have seen and heard so far involved them showing individual photographs of eight of the ten alleged victims in this case. single shots of each one of them. smiling as young boys who were, as the state alleges, as young as 8 years old when this alleged abuse occurred. all of them smiling. and in each case, jerry sandusky looked up at the photographs, and looked back down as the prosecutors introduced each one. and for the first time, we heard the first names of the victim it s, which we at cnn will not reveal because, as policy, we do not identify alleged victims of sexual abuse. now, the other key part of this is when prosecutors
right now. fox news alert. growing alarm and new calls now for international action as we learn what is really happening to innocent civilians including children inside the war-torn country of syria. welcome to america live , everyone. i m megyn kelly. first a warning. some of what we are about to show you is graphic and it is disturbing but it is the reality of what is happening on the ground as syrian president bashir assad is trying to maintain his grip on power, tries desperately to maintain that grip. u.n. observers today discovered 13 people apparently executed. in this first image you see the victims face down on the ground. their hands tied behind their backs. it appears some of them had been shot in the head at close range. syrian activists say these people were army defectors, killed by president assad s forces. it is impossible for us to verify that. just yesterday we brought this video of a recent
if at all possible is not through intensifying the mill tarization or providing further arms into what is already a hot conflict. for this to become a proxy war with countries all over the region and beyond funneling weapons in there is basically conceding a massive fire burning in that region. in the meantime syrian activists say they found the bodies of 13 people shot to death execution style, that they were army defectors and joining me is general barry mccafferty and joe ruben and bobbie goech. bobby, i will start with you. ambassador rice went on to say part of the problem with the notion that you would arm the rebels in syria is that unlike libya, they re not quite clear who the rebels are and even with libya they were not given arms to fight against the regime there. we may not be very clear who these people are but we have
the city coming under new attack by government forces. they are saying that bashar al-assad is preparing to retake the city following an earlier attempt last month. the uprising has recently seen a transformation as army defectors and rebels suggest take up more violence. more than 8,000 people have been killed so far in this violence. bill: about 10 minutes past the hour, rick santorum fresh off a win in louisiana, sounding like he has absolutely no plans to get out of this race. governor romney has been dead ropbg on thos wrong on those issues for years and years and years and probably would be the worst candidate to nominate to go after press on gas prices and take over healthcare. bill: is he right on that point? is it mathematically possible for him to win? brute hume takes on that. martha: supreme court hearings now underway, nine minutes in to this discussion on the overall
o brien, among others, will face the panel s questioning at a hearing on wednesday. heather? heather: james rosen reporting for us from washington, thank you. gregg: intense fighting erupt not guilty syria. new amateur videotape showing massive explosions there. activists saying government forces are shelling in neighborhoods. the central city of homs. they claim syrian troops tried to wear down resistance before storming the area. syrian forces and tanks reportedly facing off against army defectors in the northeast. opposition groups say the new fighting has killed at least 24 people in that city. heather: deadly and dangerous new crime wave happening all around the country. the so-called robbery by appointment. it s when criminals show up to buy items that people are selling over the internet. in one case, a man was murdered for a diamond ring. casey stegall joins us live from our los angeles news room with more on this. hi, saysy. hi. that incident that you re