decision that s imminent? yes. what do you think the time frame is? i think they re meeting in the white house today, andrea. i think i began hearing rumblings over the weekend. there were some important conversations between general edres, the opposition commander and first john mccain, the u.s. senator has been a very vocal supporter of the opposition and beth jones who s the assistant secretary of state for the near east and conversations have continued. basically what syrian opposition is saying our situation is desperate. you need to move now or we re in danger of being pushed out not simply from the battlefield town of cousair which they lost last week but we re in danger in aleppo. in our latest wall street journal poll, only 15% want us to get involved. they don t want military action.
we were riveted watching and watching the crowds and everybody that you stopped seemed to be excited. it was that. it was the sense of nationalism and coming together but when he you know, he took he left the balcony. when he came back out and almost sheepishly thanked people for coming out, wished them well and a good night, it was a very sweet and humbling moment with 100,000 people watching. amazing how intimate it was. yeah. and the order was kept. it was really very special. we were watching and we were super gjealous as well. miguel, thank you for the coverage. the name cardinal bergoglio was not on many short lists to be pope here in the united states but full disclosure here. the first time i heard the name was from our very own chris cuomo who had been hearing rumblings and first reported it well before we saw the white smoke from the chimney. take a listen. a name we have not heard yet
components from iran. and then the pal the tin grabs would like palestinians would like some sort of opening so that they since 2007, in essence, since hamas took over the gaza strip, they have not had free passage in and out of the gaza strip. it s unlikely they re going to gain much of that passage, but clearly both sides are going to wait, and most likely we won t see a deal with secretary of state hillary clinton is on the ground in some way. jenna: jennifer, thank you so much. jennifer griffin, live from the state department today. we re going to be talking to israel s former u.n. ambassador dan gillerman about the prospects for peace. a big story we re watching for you today on happening now. jon: right now, avoiding the fiscal cliff. it s due to arrive january 1st. we ve been hearing rumblings on the hill about a possible framework for some kind of agreement, but what can we expect in the fine print? what will be cut? will anyone see a higher tax
may day protests all around the world. occupy wall street trying to regroup and calling for a day without the 99%. no work, no shopping, no banking. hoping for a nationwide disruption. and rescue 411. a 4 11 firefighter just the right size to save a little baby who fell 20 feet down a drain pipe. we ll be talking to the hero. up first this morning, pure gold. it s how intelligence officials are describing over 100 internal al qaeda documents that detailed past attacks and future terror targets. here is something incredible. the information was embedded in a porn movie. it was uncovered by german authorities after they arrested an al qaeda operative last year and that operative was searched. and that s when police found his underwear and inside, a memory card. the microchip had a pornographic video on it. when the authorities went further and dug deeper with be they found a treasure trove of information embedded in the film. nic robertson is live in london this morning. y
let s talk about what happens behind the scenes. we were hearing rumblings in the last several hours, as mentioned, one of his staffers still planned to come on with andrea mitchell tomorrow. is this decision likely? santorum and the family when they were home with bella as she got out of the hospital? or is this a group effort when you look at the personal issue that is hovering over his family? it appears there was a lot of reflection over the long easter holiday. after he ended up losing in wisconsin, that was a very closely fought battle. there was the perception. the handwriting is on the wall. mitt romney will be the republican nominee in both perception and according to the delegate math. but what was very interesting, rick santorum had a very fiery concession speech that night after his wisconsin loss. and then when he started hitting the campaign trail in pennsylvania, some really tough words for mitt romney. his campaign gave no indication