out. 100 its more lives ground into the dust. across the other side of the capitol in the southern suburbs scenes of austerity as hundreds gather to morning yet another massacre. while many army units have begun deployed it to aleppo, the reason i m has continued to try to crush opposition in damascus. with heavy clashes again erupting across the capitol. some of the more than 50 civilians killed here appear to have been executed. allegedly by soldiers and militiamen. as syria has plunged further into bloody chaos, the international community has appeared impotent. today a frustrated kofi annan had a meeting with the syrian president, announced he was resigning as the united nations peace envoy for syria. he blamed both the regime and the rebels for refusing to implement his peace plan. all of which is compounded by the disunity of the international community. at a time when we need, when the syrian people desperately need action, there continues to be fingerpointing and na
build two tunnels to divert water from the northern part of the state to the south. woodruff: and paul solman talks to the former government watchdog for the bank bailouts, who says too much help went to wall street, not enough to main street. i didn t take an oath of office in order to cheerlead bad policies and to turn and look away when, when they did things that harmed, actually harmed people and protected the banks instead of what they were supposed to do. brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the civil war in syria claimed a high-profile dipl
and one mom s reaction when she discovered the scene. nightly news begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. when you look at the live pictures, you can t help but say, here we go again. the revolution was supposed to be over. we went through this last winter, the people of cairo flocking into tahrir square. the protest erupting into violence and bloodshed. mubarak, remember, was forced out. and yet tonight, this is where we are, violence and bloodshed in cairo, in a society that badly needs order and leadership. this is day four of this uprising, by the way, the death toll at least 30. at least 2,000 people injured, that number on the rise. and once again our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is there for us. richard, good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. there are still tens of thousands of people tonight in this square, trying for two revolutions in a single year. today the egyptian military did offer some concession but i