and new images inside the japan desolation zone on the one-year anniversary of one of the most natural and nuclear disasters ever. i m don lemon. you re in the cnn newsroom. thank you for joining us. in the meantime, we start with this a push for peace in syria. looks like it is going nowhere. the former u.n. chief kofi annan moat with bashar al assad. he rue feuses talks until the violence is over insisting his forces are fighting armed terrorists. the two sides are expected to meet again tomorrow and annan pushes the group to give aid to hard-hit town, the bloodshed goes on with at least 63 people killed just today. looking at tanks prowling the streets in the north. activist reports heavy shelling in the city. he tells cnn security forces are searching house-to-house for members ever the opposition. anyone caught faces an ugly fate. like this man. in daraa, clearly wounded. he s loaded into a military truck. can t confirm the authenticity or fate of this man. the p
this is not his critical inner circle. they have closed ranks, they have determined to fight, they have talked themselves into it, one of the officials says that they are fighting an insurgency and they believe right now they will win and sadly, anderson, the opposition remains fractured and unable to really mount an effective counter offensive according to these officials. does this surprise you? i m not really sure about the quality of the american intelligence around syria. who s the inner circle? is it his brother? yes, his inner circle will be with him throughout, they will flee with him, they will fight with him and most likely they will die with him. he hears what the american officials are saying, he hears general dempsey saying their defense system in syria is robust. and president clinton rebuking the syrian people. you know, this has been a good run. and in homes now, basically they won. they were able to decimate and move in with their forces. do you feel t
in addition, those same sources outlined the help assad is getting from iran. weapons and computer expertise to root out opposition. their own people. barbara starr is there tonight. and robert bair, and even though we have word of more defections from the syrian army, you re hearing that bashar al assad has a firm grip on power in syria? absolutely, anderson. i spoke with three separate senior u.s. intelligence officials. the assessment is all in agreement. assad remains in control, in charge. commanding his forces. there is no break. they believe, in the inner circle around him. you see these defections. you see some generals fleeing, but this is not his critical inner circle. they have closed ranks, they have determined to fight. they have tucked themselves into it. one of the officials says they re fighting an insurgency, and they believe right now that they will win. and sadly, anderson, the opposition remains fractured and unable to really mount an effective counterof
outlined the help assad is getting from iran. weapons and computer expertise to root out opposition. their own people. barbara starr is there tonight. and robert bair, and even though we have word of more defections from the syrian army, you re hearing that assad has a firm grip on power in syria? absolutely. i spoke with three separate senior u.s. intelligence officials. the assessment is all in agreement. assad remains in control, in charge. commanding his forces. there is no break. they believe, in the inner circle around him. you see these defections. you see some generals fleeing, but this is not his critical inner circle. they have closed ranks, they have determined to fight. they have tucked themselves into it. one of the officials says they re fighting an insurgency, and they believe right now that they will win. and sadly, anderson, the opposition remains fractured and unable to really mount an effective counteroffensive, according to the officials. so does it su
85 lives today alone. in addition those same sources outlined the help assaad is getting from iran. in other words help in targeting its own people. also with us tonight, former cia officer and time.com intelligence columnist robert baer. barbara, even though we have word today of more defections from the syrian army, you re seeing that assaad has a firm grip on syria. the assessment is all in agreement. assad remains in control, in charge, commanding his forces. there is no break, they believe in the inner circle around him. this is not his critical inner circle. they have closed ranks, they have determined to fight, they have talked themselves into it, one of the officials says that they are fighting an insurgency and they believe right now they will win and sadly, anderson, the opposition remains fractured and unable to really mount an effective counter offensive according to these officials. does this surprise you? i m not really sure about the quality of the amer