bbc world news americ. hello and welcome. quex the headlines this hour. an alarming upsurge of violence groups syria. we report from the heart of the uprising. what do you hear? bullets. the first u.s. president to back same-sex marriage. his stance polarizes america. allegations of police brutality after malaysia s everesbiggest ever rally. going under the hammer in new york. it is 2:00 a.m. in london. broadcasting to viewers on pbs america and around the world, this is newsday . hello and welcome. the u.n. observers were supposed to bring peace to syria but they come under attack themselves. a bomb exploded near their convoy. the attack underscores the weakness of kofi annan s peace plan. we gained access inside syria and filed this report. they called the homs the capital of the revolution. much of it is a bridge will ghost town. the syrian government rarely gives the media permission to enter here. we re traveling with a small team of unarmed u.n. monitors
average of 6 cents a gallon. why have they gone up? i wish i could give you the political sound bite the politicians want, but it s just not that simple. the world is big. there are three things driving this, and that is essentially the price of oil that s influenced by iran and the middle east, supply and demand, you have a lot of people, certainly in india and china, who are getting richer than they ve ever been before using more, and then speculators. it sounds like an evil word. sometimes it means banks and hedge funds, but often it means the investments that you and i and anybody who has a pension hold. pension funds, remember, betting the oil markets just like everybody else. these aren t just people who are actually going to use oil at the end but people who make money on the price of oil going up and down. so even if you re paying more at the pump, it s also possible that your retirement fund is earning some money because the underlying price of oil is going up. o
roulette. straight to washington we go to lizzie o leary. we re talking gas prices. they jumped 3 cents a gallon from yesterday to a national average of 6 cents a gallon. why have they gone up? i wish i could give you the political sound bite the politicians want, but it s just not that simple. the world is big. there are three things driving this, and that is essentially the price of oil that s influenced by iran and the middle east, supply and demand, you have a lot of people, certainly in india and china, who are getting richer than they ve ever been before using more, and then speculators. it sounds like an evil word. sometimes it means banks and hedge funds, but often it means the investments that you and i and anybody who has a pension hold. pension funds, remember, betting the oil markets just like everybody else. these aren t just people who are actually going to use oil at the end but people who make money on the price of oil going up and down. so even if you re
doctor shopping or over prescribing. the information at this point is far from over. and you might not want to take my word for it but under cause on whitney houston s death certificate it says deferred. the toxicology reports could take weeks to come in. her burial space is in westfield, new jersey. we have not been given an official word on whitney houston s will but forbes.com is stating that it does exist and she had a lot of money, a lot. she took in $35 million and her only child, her daughter, bobbi kristina, is likely the main beneficiary of all of her assets. in the meantime, houston s funeral, as you know, is probably going to take place here. they are trying to do it quickly. it s the new baptist church in newark, new jersey. funeral set to take place at noon on saturday. we now know that cameras will in fact be allowed inside that church which means that you can see it live on television. specifically, you can see it right here on cnn. our special coverage will st
out to doctors and pharmacies that supply houston s meds. but so far they say nothing looks criminal. no signs, he says, of, quote, doctor shopping or over prescribing. the information at this point is far from over. and you might not want to take my word for it but under cause on whitney houston s death certificate it says deferred. the toxicology reports could take weeks to come in. her burial space is in westfield, new jersey. we have not been given an official word on whitney houston s will but forbes.com is stating that it does exist and she had a lot of money, a lot. she took in $35 million and her only child, her daughter, bobbi kristina, is likely the main beneficiary of all of her assets. in the meantime, houston s funeral, as you know, is probably going to take place here. they are trying to do it quickly. it s the new baptist church in newark, new jersey. funeral set to take place at noon on saturday. we now know that cameras will in fact be allowed inside that chu