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
ricki lake and j.r. martinez were the showstoppers. rob kardashian danced to the adams family while his family is standing by sister kim who filed for divorce yesterday. he is offering his unconditional support to his sis. and the kardashian divorce overshadowed the other big celebrity news. jessica simpson is pregnant. she tweeted, it s true. i m going to be a mummy and wore a mummy costume. she s engaged to eric johnson. this video is unreal. a zoo in the netherlands watched this elephant just tip over. gets a shove. and he broke a tusk but we re told he s okay. he climbed out of that channel and rejoined his family. and here s a festival very close to my heart. the hungarian sausage festival in my homeland. check it out. it s the traditional sausage cooked and eaten for the festival. 100,000 people came out this year. yes, my hungarian compatriots