in iran as well. she arrived in turkey in the friends of syria conference. while attending a security conference in saudi arabia, clinton said about iran, the window of opportunity for a peaceful resolution will not remain open forever. she said they plan to meet in isstan bull for a round of talks. and leon paneta blasting over the defense budget . saying that congress would be irresponsible if it doesn t act for the cut backs. you may remember those cuts are set to kick in after a super committee failed to agree on way to slash the nation s debt. and what they essentially do is put a gun to their heads and to the heads of the rest
ends and michael holmes joins us from the region with a live report. and did gas prices go up overnight? we ll look at pump prices around the nation and see who is paying the most and why it s going up, up, up. from cnn s world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. former president nelson mandela is in the hospital right now. officials are calling it an abdominal complaint. the 93-year-old s health has declined in recent years and he was largely kept out of sight, shunning public appearances. first of all, what are you hearing? what is going on? well, deborah, the presidency and the international public congress has been very, very adamant that mr. mandela is okay, that there is no need to panic. they re trying to reassure a very panicked public because the last they heard is that mr. mandela is suffering from abdominal ailments that really needed a specialist s attention. but the anc is say
theblaze.com. happy friday let s get to our starting point. protests happening right now in afghanistan, protesting the decision of some nato trops to burn korans. hundreds of people to surround the embassy. five people have been hurt. nick paton walsh is live for news kabul. what s the latest? well, what we re hearing is that the west of the country, hurat, one of the main city there s. u.s. consulate in kabul, the u.s. consulate out there have a very angry crowd outside. hundreds of people, i had actually from an eyewitness could hear the sirens, the panic from that particular area. we understand that to the hospital in hurat, one dead body has been brought fr presumably from this protest. one injured and one lost their life. they are apparently close to the u.s. consulate, setting fire to police cars, clashes now breaking out police police and proteste protesters. in kabul, we have heard of shots being fired in the air to try and move the crowd that we re heading towar
situation for any late changes. this report coming from our state correspondent. it s one of many new developments tonight on many different fronts. two things remain constant. dozens of people are being murdered, killed every day and the assad regime continues to lie about it. in fact, they re finding new ways to lie about it. especially the two journalists killed in homs yesterday and whose bodies are trapped there. the government blaming them for dying in the conditions they created. also claiming they re not targeting journalists or civilians, only terrorists. the second statement is a flat out lie. one of the journalists, marie colvin did the last reporting on our program. we spoke to her hours before she was killed. a new rort out from u.n. investigators, sfie pages that read like an indictment of the assad regime. forces have committed widespread systematic and gross human rights violations amounting to crimes against humanity. with the apparent knowledge and consent o
two things remain constant. dozens of people are being murdered, killed every day and the assad regime continues to lie about it. in fact, they re finding new ways to lie about it. especially the two journalists killed in homs yesterday and whose bodies are trapped there. the government blaming them for dying in the conditions they created. also claiming they re not targeting journalists or civilians, only terrorists. the second statement is a flat out lie. one of the journalists, marie colvin did the last reporting on our program. we spoke to her hours before she was killed. a new rort out from u.n. investigators, sfie pages that read like an indictment of the assad regime. forces have committed widespread systematic and gross human rights violations amounting to crimes against humanity. with the apparent knowledge and consent of the highest levels of the state. the report notes the opposition of the syrian army committed abuses and not comparable in scale to those carried o