surrounding by thousands of troops. while observes of the arab league are arriving in damascus to verify beshear al assad is keeping his promise to dial back the violence, start talks with the opposition and let aide workers lend a hand. before showing this next video i really do want to warn you it is very hard to watch. you may want to turn away. it underscores the sharp contrast between the two different versions of what is going on here. this is video claiming to show the aftermath of an artillery strike today on the city of hanms. there are more than just the one body you see here. it s too gori y to show. take a look. [ gunfire ] these are streets of a neighborhood. the gunfire in homs is reportedly nonstop now. some witnesses say it seems as if government troops are basically racing to wit out the opposition before observing can arrive. the worst appears to be happening in baba amr southwest of the central part of homs. it s not clear whether arab league observes w
u.s. state department official says the assad regime in syria is the equivalent of a dead man walking. canada today urged the citizens to leave immediately before arab league sanctions cut airline flights there in half. this is amateur video from dera province. the activists say the army defectors killed at least 27 soldiers there today. russian prime minister vladimir putin is in a twitter war with senator john mccai mccain. the arizona senator tweeted putin about the party re-election losses and putin harshly returned to mccain s military service and implied he went crazy as a prisoner of war in vietnam. different kind of war. the real one came to an official conclusion today in iraq. national security correspondent jennifer griffin was there for the answer. the iraq war ended with a simple ceremony at the baghdad airport. the iraqi president and
hearing. i ll come back and answer your quefgzs. mr. sandusky are you looking forward? jason carroll was actually inside the courtroom, susan candiotti has one of the victim s attorneys with her. jason, let s start with you, if you don t mind. let s talk about how bold of a move this was. shocking. when the announcement was made in the courtroom, kyra, there were audible gasps. people clicking on their laptops and sending out the message that this preliminary hearing was not going to happen. let me rewind for a moment so i can describe what it was like when jerry sandusky walked in. he seemed nerve, but calm. he took his seat and some of his family members seated in the first runt. some church supporters, as well. and then all of a sudden his attorney joe amendola goes to the district court judge and calls for a sidebar. right after that, the announcement was made that there would not, in fact, be a preliminary hearing. what happens next, trial date. several months up t
another child sex scandal at a major university, syracuse stunned by allegations. a former ball boy coming forward. the making of a terrorist. an afghan terror group releasen never before scene video inside a training camp. a dry run for a gruesome and deadly attack. clashes with the cops. rage against the banks. a major show of force by occupy wall street protesters in new york and across the country as demonstrators mark the two-month anniversary of their cause on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com oh, good morning to you. happy friday. my favorite day of the week. it s notch 18 besides saturday and sunday, of course. that s what i love about you. i can t help it. ale a has the day off. i m carol costello along with christine romans. welcome to american morning. let s get started with new allegations of sexual abuse at another major university. this time it involves assistant men s basketball coach bernie boeheim. alina cho is with
speaking to reporters right now on the occupy wall street developments. people, particularly our first responders, are going to be arrested. that s behavior that has nothing to do with the first amendment. it is designed to keep people from being able to go about their business and express themselves and just not going to be tolerated, but i think the real story for tomorrow morning s paper is that the just were not that many people out here. most expressed themselves and then went back about their business. the officer all five officers had the liquid flushed out. both at the scene and they went to the hospital. those officers went to a different hospital. went to downtown hospital. they ve been treated and released. it was a burning sensation and redness on their face and whatever that liquid was, i don t think it s been fully determined yet, but it was frushed out. the officer here? appare apparently, there was an attempt to arrest the people who had moved the barrie