important for this town, shepherd. it is on a hilltop 40 miles north of damascus. the syrian army held it for a longtime during the civil war. the christians are loyal to the assad regime today. syrian state television shows syrian soldiers re-taking the town square there and some of the pro government militias are helping with the fight. they say there are about 1500 lawyers loyal to al-qaeda. they had to go street by street to clear the jihad fighters out. 3300 christians inside this city. there are two very old money gnaw stares that are important. we heard nuns were hiding children in caves. syrian state television a number of those folks have been rescued as the street to street fighting continues. once they retake the town what will they find at the historic
and rearming. not rethinking the future of the conflict. talk of a long-term peace agreement with palestinians living side by side with israelis is quickly dismissed by these islam insist jihad fighters. we are on high alert all the time. waiting for any fight with the occupation forces. both israel and hamas have sent representatives to egypt to continue negotiations, but with israeli elections due in just about two months or so, it s unlikely much will be accomplished. shepard: conner powell live in gaza. china, the chinese own more than a trillion dollars in u.s. debt. in other words, we owe them a trillion bucks. the chinese invested in our bonds and now it seems they re interested in invest not guilty our neighborhoods. ahead, fox report on china s big move into the u.s. housing market. first, sad news from the world of sports, marvin miller, a man
call now or go to lifelock.com. hello, i m patti ann browne. she s known as jihad jane. her name is colleen larose. today the government announced it s indicting this woman from pennsylvania for trying to recruit jihad fighters on the internet.