we ought to speak with the turks, saudis and europeans, speaking on our own not with russia, in counsel with russia. we ought to recognize syrian national council as a lenate mate government and legitimate government anddy nounce supply of arms. the issue is who will emerge on top to have influence with the rebels who have yet seriously disorganized. bret: on tv out of damascus, ran pictures of bashar assad swearing in a new defense minister, clearly showing, trying to show that he has a grasp after the decapitation bombing of his national security team. it looks like the violence is increasing. it s a question of how much bloodshed we will see. to charles point about, assad likely falling what you are seeing is a real test of whether or not president obama style of behind-the-scenes maneuvering will achieve the goals that the u.s. wants in
inside that city. among the civilians. so it will be tougher to get at them from the air without civilian casualties. as far as the reaction here goes, the government in tripoli, they are incensed at what they say is a clear violation of the u.n. security councilmandate. they say coalition forces are doing more than protect civilians. they say they are actively aiding the rebels in their attempt to topple algate mate government. back to you. arthel: let s go to japan. latest in a nuclear crisis there. there are new tests showing radiation levels in the sea water near the crippled fukushima plant. there s a new spike in radiation. dominic is streaming live from osaka, japan. it looks like we ve got a leak at reactor number 2. they re not entire leisure where it s coming from, but they believe it could be coming from the piping system that is part of the cooling system. they re trying to get it back on-line. they did test near some regular drains that come out of the hole