over three and 50,000 people have been killed, half the population displaced. easter was celebrated in a damascus church where people said they were extremely believed with government forces having taken control. worshipers that they are feeling much safer now that fighting on their media doorstep has stopped. in the heart of the holy land in jerusalem, christians believe jesus christ was crucified and buried. both eastern palm sunday mass. churches jointly run by greek orthodox, armenian apostolic and catholic leaders. finally, to the church of england and it was next to see what queen elizabeth will dawn for easter each year. members of the family attended. prince william and his wife are in attendance and we look forward to seeing even more members of the royal family next month when prince harry marries
u.s. military strike as you note. as sources tell us, fighting continues on the ground inside syria. government forces shelling around damascus and to the north of damascus in a predominantly christian town, a clash between al qaeda and the syria regime forces. again, we are told relickous figures including nuns and priests are caught in the cross fire in that town. it appears christians could be targeted in this fighting and the fallout of a possible u.s. strike prompted pope francis to have a global day of prayer for peace inside syria including prayers at a damascus church. we spoke to a leading rejinlgous figure and he gave us his very strong opinion about possible u.s. action. take a listen.
0 all points. remember, anytime obama is off script, off teleprompter, he puts his foot in his mouth. it is what he did august 20, 2012 when he referenced the red line point and then he tries to blame it on the world that he didn t make that comment or that statement. he said that this week. it s unbelievable. stephen, senators and members of congress are basically agreeing, democrats and republicans alike agreeing with what she said so far. we do see a minority number of representatives saying they will back the president. what do you think he gets from congress when they return to the house and senate on the 9th? from house republicans, very little. ronald reagan joked when he played golf, it s the same with president obama with republicans. time and time again, they block this should be political, not military issue. let me hear what you have to say, stephen. we are not going it alone. we are going in with france and going in with that s it. that s not true. we are goi