before this. but actually, the decision by secretary clinton was to allow them to shutter the embassy and the rest of the staff got out we re told in a convoy over land to jordan. now, the reason the u.s. is doing this, they say, is that the government has refused the syrian government has refused to address its security concerns. and what were they? well, the embassy in damascus is located right off on a very busy street. and the u.s. says there was concern after some car bombs last month that perhaps there could be the embassy could be a target of al qaeda. that bombing, by the way, was linked to al qaeda. so they decided to do this. but obviously there was a lot of concern about whether they could get out. so that staff includes as i said the remaining staff, 17 people, plus the ambassador are now out. kyra? and sort of a bit of a coins d dense here? this is right after syria and russia blocked the resolution calling for president assad to be removed from office. t
are the most high profile, most expensive spots to run. the nfl will use one of those spots to run an ad that talks about what the league is doing to promote safety. this past week on 60 minutes roger goodel said players need to share responsibility and also to be honest about their injuries. some of it s a warrior mentality. some of it s wanting to be out there to contribute, but that s part of our education is to make sure that the players understand the seriousness of the issue and that they have to report these injuries. so the question a lot of people ask, just how hard are those big hits? i recently spoke to a concussion expert kevin ust owi tz who said you can measure the force. we ll see what happens. it s recorded up here at 23.6 g s of acceleration. reporter: he recently won a macarthur genius grant for his work on concussions in football. he is going to with stand an impact of 157 g s. wow. that s similar to a car accident. right. 157 g s. it s
celebrating because today s job news might really start to seal the deal for re-election. that s his hope. unemployment in america fell to 8.3% as the country added 243,000 jobs. the recovery is speeding up. and we have to do everything in our power to keep it going. which reminds us of another president who found himself in a similar situation during his re-election year. i am pleased to report that america is much improved. and there s good reason to believe that improvement will continue through the days come. raegen won on this. it s morning again in america. today, more men and women will go to work than ever before in our country s history. with interest rates at about half the record highs of 1980. tonight, we ask a question we asked before, actually last menth when the jobs picture improved. is this morning in america for barack obama. in january of 1984, months before reagan was re-elected, the unemployment rate was 8%. compare that to today s 8.3%. by th
relationship edges towards a close. diana magnay, cnn, bamberg, germany. the u.n. security council tried to formally condemn the government of syria today. but the draft resolution failed. shot down by a double veto. ambassadors from russia and china voted against it. american ambassador susan rice made her feelings very clear. the united states is disgusted that a couple members of this council prevent us from fug filling our soul purpose here, addressing an ever deepening crisis in syria and a growing threat to regional peace and security. for months this council is held hostage by a couple members. these members stand behind empty argue ams and individual interests while delaying and seeking to strip bare any text that would pressure assad to change his actions. richard ross is at the united nations. we just heard ambassador rice say she was disgusted. you just spoke with her personally as well. what did she add to that? the u.s. ambassador and others are deeply di
investigating whether or not the riot was caused by sports rivalry or political tensions. new scenes of the violence raging in syria. this video posted online is said to show rebel fighters who have captured a tank. the u.n. security council is again talking about how to end the bloodshed. arab and western nations want president bashar assad out, but russia and china will not accept any suggestion of economic sanctions or military intervention. u.s. troops will stop fighting in afghanistan, start training and advising. the defense second says that is going to start next year. some republican lawmakers and presidential candidates not happy saying leon panetta should not alert enemy when combat will end. we re live at the pentagon in just a minute. and donald trump now endorsing mitt romney for president. that is according to sources with knowledge of this endorsement. now trump promised a major announcement today. he s not elaborating just quite yet. he plans to make thi