are. he went to turkey but he s not commanding any forces. so you have a situation where people can defect but still out of the friends of syria meeting they said they would give aid to rebels and provide communications equipment. they don t know who the people are they need to help. leland, live in the middle east, thank you. joining us, national security and middle east analyst, aaron cohen. he s the founder of imf security, a global security consulting firm. how big of a deal is this? is this the crack in bashar al-assad s inner circle? it s the first slice off the armor. the reason is because this guy, general tellas, his name, was part of the upper echelon of royalty. the military in syria is tied in
different facilities in seven cities. what we show is that torture is systemic. used by tall security forces. it s state policy. meanwhile, there will be another meeting of the friends of syria group in paris on friday. u.s. will reportedly be pressured to provide more direct support to rebels. something washington has been reluck tan to do. in reluctant to do. greg palkot, fox news. john: you might see red after you hear what it cost military to go green. and buyer s remorse over a rising star. grapevine is up next. chances are, you re not made of money, so don t overpay for motorcycle insurance.
i m leaving my house for probably the last time. oh, my god, there s smoke in the air so bad. let me see if i can pull up through here. the hill was on fire just a second ago. there s flames. [ bleep ]. my goodness. i can t even imagine that. the fire has destroyed 350 homes and killed two people. millions of people are suffering through record high temperatures with no electricity this evening. a line of powerful thunderstorms killed at least 11 people and knocked out power across nine states. president barack obama has called several governors. more on the heat and on the storm in just a minute here on cnn. who knew what and went whether? new questions this evening on the jerry sandusky rape case. cnn recovered an e-mail thread that seems to indicate officials knew they had a problem with sandusky dating back to 2001 but decided to handle the issues internally. see the complete report coming up in moments on cnn. an historic moment in cairo, egypt as they inaugura
night in the wrong place at the wrong time. a devastated community demands answers from police and justice for his death. a loving dad, a dedicated soldier, to save a child s life in afghanistan, he gave his. the portrait of an american hero. from linsanity to linger, jeremy lin, the knicks point guard sidelined. ahead this hour, we ll tell you why. captions by vitac www.vitac.com another community is also searching for answers after an unarmed african-american teen was fatally shot by police. here s what we know so far about what happened just over a week ago in pasadena, california. it started when a 911 caller said two armed men had stolen his computer and backpack. when the police got to the scene, they said they saw a young man running, and then chased him. that young man was 19-year-old kendrick mcdade. police said it appeared to them that mcdade was reaching for something near his waist. officers feared it was a gun, fired multiple shots and killed him. pol
appeared to them that mcdade was reaching for something near his waist. the officers fearing it was a gun fired multiple shots and killed him. police now admit the young college student had no weapons on him. as for the young man who called police, he admits he lied about the teens having gun and he was arrested. the shooting has left many in the town outraged. at a town hall meeting yesterday, the police chief tried to answer questions and said he wanted the healing process to begin. and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says sanctions against syria are working. clinton is in turkey today, talking to world leaders about increasing pressure on syria to end the conflict. she tells cnn the so-called friends of syria group formed a committee to create sanctions and cut off the leader s ability to, quote, wage war on its own people. and the united states will be working with the arab countries, the european countries, north african and others to have them understand the