this was said to be the scene in the city. they cannot verify the images, but they are said to be of an opposition rally in support of military defectors known as the free syrian army. a message was delivered to bashar al assad during a visit to lebanon. today i say again to the president of syria, stop the violence. stop killing your own people. the path of repression is a dead end. meanwhile, syrian media report al assad said he s granting amnesty for the crimes. it s the top of the hour. the cnn newsroom starts all over again right now. we re following two major developments in the cruise ship disaster on the italian coast. two americans are among the missing. that s according to to the state department. 120 were reportedly on the ship. only 118 are accounted for. dan rivers has spoken to the rescue crew looking for them. more on that in a moment. the company that owns the ship is pointing the finger right at the ship s captain for allowing the ship to run aground
they were desperate to tell the monitors about the government cra crackdown there. opposition activists say regime forces have surrounded the city for three days and that power and water have been cut. this was said to be the scene in the city. they cannot verify the images, but they are said to be of an opposition rally in support of military defectors known as the free syrian army. a message was delivered to bashar al assad during a visit to lebanon. today i say again to the president of syria, stop the violence. stop killing your own people. the path of repression is a dead end. meanwhile, syrian media report al assad said he s granting amnesty for the crimes. it s the top of the hour. the cnn newsroom starts all over again right now. we re following two major developments in the cruise ship disaster on the italian coast. two americans are among the missing. that s according to to the state department. 120 were reportedly on the ship. only 118 are accounted for. da
now they re evolving into this movement of social change, a real driving force behind the wall street occupiers. they re hated by security and hunted by the fbi. who are these people and why are they taking to the streets? to get some answers, amber lyon stepped into the shadows. reporter: it s a dark and disturbing vision. a world where riot police attack with impunity. what happened? what happened? he got hit. he got shot! reporter: where democracy is corrupted by greed and dissent is crushed. that s how anonymous sees america and they say that s why they re fighting back. we are legion. we do not forgive. we do not forget. reporter: it s a movement that defies description. leaderless, faceless, anarchic. this is our space! reporter: a loose collective born on the internet, it has no official members and no hierarchy, but within the group some individual anons have greater standing, earned by their skills as hackers, video makers to see it with my
now they re evolving into this movement of social change, a real driving force behind the wall street occupiers. they re hated by security and hunted by the fbi. who are these people and why are they taking to the streets? to get some answers, amber lyon stepped into the shadows. reporter: it s a dark and disturbing vision. a world where riot police attack with impunity. what happened? what happened? he got hit. he got shot! reporter: where democracy is corrupted by greed and dissent is crushed. that s how anonymous sees america and they say that s why they re fighting back. we are legion. we do not forgive. we do not forget. reporter: it s a movement that defies description. leaderless, faceless, anarchic. this is our space! reporter: a loose collective born on the internet, it has no official members and no hierarchy, but within the group some individual anons have greater standing, earned by their skills as hackers, video makers to see it with my
son s run-ins with the law forces him to wear this sign. did she go too far? we give you a chance to weigh in this morning. we start with former mississippi governor, barbour, defending his decision to pardon 200 people. among the myrrherered set to release from prison. a judge put a halt on prison releases. the legislature is considering changing the constitution to take pardon powers away from the governor. what is barbour saying now? in his first public comments since issuing the pardons. listen. the power of gubernatorial to pardon felons is rooted in the christian idea of giving second chances. i m not saying i ll be perfect that nobody who received clemency will ever do nothing wrong. i m not in fallible and nobody else is. i am very comfortable and totally at peace with these pardons, including those at the mansion. you heard him mention the mansion at the end. he s talking ability prison trustees who worked at the governor s mansion. four convicted murders who w