a new breakthrough can reveal the entire genetic blueprint of a baby still in its mother s womb, detecting thousands of diseases, but at what cost? i m wolf blitzer in chicago. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com bill clinton can certainly work wondzers out there on the campaign trail, but he can also work himself into trouble from time to time. first, he praised what he called the so-called sterling that s a quote, sterling business record of mitt romney right here on cnn. then he contradicted president obama seemingly by suggesting that the bush tax cuts should be extended even for the wealthiest americans. i just sat down with the former president here in chicago at the clinton global initiative, and i asked him about that. what i was saying yesterday, which is apparently not accurate, is that if this fiscal cliff comes to the president and the congress and the country before the election, he can t afford to give up his position and he
today marks one year since syria s uprising began with a day of rage. it is clear the rage has not let up. we re keeping an eye, too, on afghanistan. defense secretary leon panetta just met with president hamid karzai as the u.s. soldier who is a kutsed of slaughtering 16 people is moved from the country. the washington monument is sinking. it s sunk a fraction of an inch since the quake hit last august. today the circus ends and the prison sentence begins. former governor rob blagojevich has left illinois and might not be back for quite some time. he s on his way right now to a federal prison in colorado to start his 14-year sentence. he was convicted last summer of corruption. zoraida zsambolin is with us. my pleasure. zoraida, his going away thing was kind of like he was a rock star rather than a corrupt politician. why is that? as i was watching it this morning, i thought the exact same thing. this guy still does what he does best, right? he has this rock star
civil war. this is amateur video of what is reported to be a member of the rebel free syrian army driving a captured government tank. of course the rebels are still no match for the syrian army which, today, captured a northern opposition stronghold. the united nations reports 30,000 syrians have left the country to escape the violence. and human rights wax today reported syrian troops planted hundreds of landmines on the border with turkey where the refugees are using the routes. jonathan, it is obvious now what they are trying to do with the landmines. jonathan: obvious and disturbing. obvious as the fighting intensifies in the northern cities where homs and more and more civilians are fleeing the fighting trying to get out across the boarder to turkey or across the other border into lebanon. clearly, those mines have now
killed a militant plattin plotting to attackee skwreuplgs territory. patti ann: this video coming into america s newsroom reportedly showing members of the free syrian army in control of a government tank in the same suburb where military forces are claiming victory. syrian troops began a fresh assault to drive rebels out of the city three days ago. activists on the ground say the army is now focusing on securing its border with turkey where rebels are reportedly receiving supplies. bill: state of emergency across parts of southern louisiana, heavy thunderstorms leaving four cities underwater. search and rescue crews responding to 50 calls for help including a school bus with 16 middle school kids. the wide-spread flooding making it hard to avoid the righting waters there. almost picking a car up and moving it. it s dangerous. it was chaotic.
civilian deaths in the 11-year war. pentagon officials pushed back on reports that the white house was considering withdrawalling an additional 20,000 troops this year in the wake of the shooting but the president indicated the iraq withdrawal is the model he is following. in the same way i brought our troops home from iraq i m determined to bring them home from afghanistan. jeff to do it in a responsible way. u.s. officials have reason to believe alcohol may have been involved in the weekend shooting spree. army has seven days to charge the suspect and we are told they will release the name at that time. so far they say the alleged shooter is not cooperating. bret? bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. the arab league says syria is guilty of crimes against humanity and calling for international inquiry. there are reports that the syrian army recaptured the northern rebel stronghold. this amateur video purports to show rebels in control of government tank ther