month. the u.n. general assembly plans to stroet this afternoon on a resolution condemning president assad for the brutal crackdown. our journalists in syria say government forces appear to be losing their tight grip across the northern part of the country. we re going to get a firsthand account on the ground from cnn s ivan watson. reporter: young men and old sit on the ground chain-smoking next to assault rifles, but they say they ve gotten these weapons within the last couple of months. they re trying to protect their communities, their families and villages by laying rings of improvised land mines but they re aware they do not have weaponry to match the tanks or personal carriers and air power of bashar al assad s army. we are learning more about how whitney houston spent her last days. they say she was drinking heavily the week before her body was found in a beverly hills hotel room. hotel guests heard her complaining that her drinks waurpted down. here s what dr. dr
got a lot of outside help, too, from big businesses who don t care what happens in wisconsin. listen: we re up against some very, very difficult entrenched corporate powers that have taken over not just politically in wisconsin but nationwide. what we ve seen in wisconsin is just the beginning of our own citizens attempt to take back our government. reporter: so the democrats think they ve actually got what it takes to pick up the three seats they would need to pick up the majority in the state senate here, republicans don t think that s going to happen but even if the democrats are able to pull that off they might not be able to hold on the majority alone but next week, two democrats face a recall, so it could be musical chairs at the state house in madison in the next few weeks. alisyn: it really sounds like it. we all remember the raucous protests at the state house there. we ll see what happens in this chapter today. peter doocy, thank you. bill: we are learning more about wha
killed by one of those bombs. and of course this is coming as of international community continues to debate this issue of a u.n. resolution, a no-fly zone, that opposition forces have basically calling for for over a month now. and the big question we re hearing here is, what is it going to actually take for the international community to stop taking this bystander role and actually take action that is going to help save lives? the sense amongst the opposition is perhaps they have taken this as far as they can. and unless they get some form of outside help, they re simply all going to be massacred, brooke. it s a bleak reality potentially for the opposition forces. i mean, it s a story, arwa, you ve been reporting on day in and day out. when you compare what the gadhafi forces have in terms of ammunition and strength and readiness to do battle versus the opposition, would you see do you see them weakening at all here under all of this pressure?
reminders everywhere you go, rachel. is the government able to accomplish the basic facts of an authority in a situation like this in terms of communicating with people, in terms of managing people s communication with one another, facilitating that, water, food, shelter, health care? is the government exerting its basic authority skills? well, look, the prime minister is on television. he s urging calm. they ve deployed 100,000 members of the military. a lot of people were surprised when they accepted a lot of offers of outside help. at least 91 nations have said they would come in. i think there are now 10 to 12 different countries that have brought in search-and-rescue organizations. but at least in the immediate area, the quake and the tsunami, it is an absolute logistical nightmare there. as you can imagine, it s dangerous. there are concerns about how far
several hours ago. shook the building where i am right now. so there are these constant reminders everywhere you go, rachel. is the government able to accomplish the basic facts of an authority in a situation like this in terms of communicating with people in terms of managing people s communication with one another, facilitating that water, food, shelter, health care? the government exerting its basic authority skills? look, the prime minister is on television. he s urging calm. they ve deployed a hundred thousand members of the military. a lot of people were surprised when they accepted a lot of offers of outside help. at least 91 nations have said they would come in. i think there are now 10 to 12 different countries that have brought in search-and-rescue organizations. but at least in the immediate area, the quake and the tsunami, it is an absolute logistical