wal-mart stores, evacuating employees and customers after receiving several bomb threats, it s happening over and over in three different states. police say someone calling in threats to at least 12 stories in missouri, kansas and oklahoma in a matter of days. investigators declaring all the stores safe, hours later, nobody hurt in any of this. no word who made it behind the phone call which appeared to be hoaxes at this point. well, in syria, the president declaring victory against the rebels in an important city, the capital, damascus. and assad making the announcement 17 months after the bloodshed happened across this country. meanwhile, the assad regime still trying to regain footing in the major rebel strong hold. new amateur video coming out
of fox news, showing what we re told is a rebel parading a tank from government forces. of course, we cannot independently verify this video. and the u.s. involvement in the the conflict. providing nearly 64 million dollar to humanitarian aid to those cut in the cross fire and 15 million dollars in nonlethal aid to the opposition. and defense secretary panetta arriving where the arab spring began last year and travel to egypt, israel and jordan and hopefully a national consensus that assad must step down as syria s leader. our peter doocy with more from washington. reporter: the thieree syria opposition is being told not the to gut the regime when it falls from power, and today s washington post, details are
government officials, military officials. according to the syrian observatory for human rights based in britain, 20,000 people have now been killed since the uprising in syria began and most of them have been civilians. harris? peter, thank you very much. and before we move on, i want to bring everybody up to speed, what s happening now. in vallejo, california from our fox affiliate in that area, we are getting word about what s happened with the stranded riders in that rollercoaster, and we re working the story, a superman rollercoaster at the six flags kingdom park in vallejo, california, right after the commercial break we ll bring you up to speed and have brand new video to show you. our news room is working on it now. election day 2012 is now a hundred days away. that s not a lot of time. take a look how the campaigns are shaping up for president obama and mitt romney, as the milestone is reached. one guy lost his hand when an alligator attacked him.
destroying the economy. heather: thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate your insights. it s going to be a battle on xiop. eric: meanwhile, the fighting continues in syria where some predict that assad s days are numbered. what does it mean for the future of middle east? can we prevent a potential power vacuum? more sad news linked to the colorado movie massacre. one wounded pregnant survivor losing her baby. we ll tell you why, an accused mass murderer likely won t face an additional homicide charge. [ male announcer ] everyone likes
officials. reporter: according to human rights based in britain, 20,000 people have been killed since the uprising in syria began. most of them have been civilians. eric: that was peter doocy from washington. heather: amber alert going out in california for a missing 16-year-old girl. police desperately need your help to find this girl. deputies responded to the girl s home and found two mended inside the house. the girl s boyfriend and her father, or his father, are both persons of interest, and they could be taking the teen to mexico. the suspects were last sign driving a blue chevrolet tahoe. eric: a new york city police officer defended after a kidnapping victim was found tied