bain. plus, match made in late night heaven. newt gingrich shares leno s couch with snooki. and yes, they do talk about newt s bachelor party. that clip later in the show. first, let s stick to the news at 5:30 a.m. we begin with the conflict in syria where new clashes erupted overnight following a brazen bomb attack that infiltrated president bashar al assad s inner circle. the explosion happened yesterday inside the national security building inside damascus, killing through top officials, including syria s defense minister and assad s brother-in-law. the syrian government will not say whether assad was in the room during the attack. rebel commanders describe it as an inside job and said those who planted the bomb are still safe. meanwhile, president assad and vladimir putin spoke on the phone after the attack and agreed to stop the bombing, but disagreed on how to do it. good morning, willie. the aftermath of that effect is being felt across syria today. the rebels
even the most inner security officials to have a meeting in safety to plan out what s going to happen. the president reportedly has president assad has reportedly gone to the costal city and is no longer in the capital. though that remains unconfirmed. meanwhile, psychologically speaking, this has given a huge boost to the rebels. we don t know physically how close they got to assad, but it s clear these rebels can get about as close as they want to. ayman, thanks so much. we appreciate your reporting, as always. another big story overseas, a top official in bulgaria says a suspected suicide bomber that killed seven people on a bus carrying israeli tourists yesterday was travel, a fake michigan driver s license. the bombing happened in an airport parking lot. intelligence agents are now poring over video from the scene. israeli minister netanyahu blamed iran for the attack. so far, tehran has not responded to the allegations. two countries that routinely carry identity
basketball. spec ladles can continue as to whether james dolan let lin walk because he felt lin was being disloyal by putting himself on the open market. either way, it s terrible. harvey arrington suggests, was lin banished from the grounds for daring to exploit his leverage for what could be the one time in his basketball career? in contrast to lin awoeps, there is more than a sampling of dolan s, enabling us to make an educated guess as to how cool and calculated he was upon learning that lin and the rockets had conspired to make their deal even more tax punitive for him to match. let s go to baseball now. dodgers and phillies decided they needed some extra innings