possible iranian nuclear weapon. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. he s made a fortune stoking conservative passions while poking and proding at liberals and rush limbaugh has seen his share of controversies but this time it s different. the outrage he sparked when he called a conception advocate a slut and a prostitute has snowballed, one after the other and major advertisers are pulling their ads from his radio show and there s no sign that the uproar is dying down. lisa sylvester is working the story. what s the latest on rush limbaugh and all his advertisers? reporter: hi, wolf, we re up to at least eight advertisers walking away from the show. today on his radio show, limbaugh apologized for his choice of words but does he seem concerned about losing those advertisers? the answer is, no. thank you. reporter: the reaction was swift and fierce, advertisers are pulling spots from the rush limbaugh show including quicken loans and the latest aol wh
damascus. where can syrians go? they ve been calling out to the world for help. we want to see actions, we don t want to see talk. we re really tired of talk and talk and talk. we ve seen no actions at all. the syrian president still has his legitimacy. until now no country said this president lost his legitimacy. until now. why did they not say that? why does he still have his legitimacy after all the killing he did? and that activist is talking about this weekend s lack of action from the united nations. the security council rejected a resolution to call for president bajar assad to step down, stop the violence. china and russia are the reason they voted against it. meanwhile, syrians scrambling every minute with the sky hailing on them. it seems that way, anyway, with constant shelling. cnn can t confirm the details because syria has restrictions on journalists. we do have some live in washington. we talk about the latest on the american reaction to this internationa
sentenced. we will let you know as soon as the sentence comes down. the new york district attorney investigating claims against former associate basketball coach bernie fine says the allegations are credible but no charges will be filed because the statute of limitations has expired. two boys accused fine of molesting them 20 years ago. bobby davis told the district attorney in 2002 that fine had molested him. fine denies all allegations. gave a rare tv interview to walters on tv where he said that some troops may have gone too far. nobody killed no government in the world kill its people unless it s led by crazy person. i became president because of the public support. it s impossible for anyone in this state to be ordered to kill. do you feel guilty? i did my best to protect the people. i cannot feel guilty when you do your best. the u.n. estimates more than 4,000 sirians have been killed since the uprising started in march. one by one, they are speaking tod
can syria go back to the status quo and the assad family continue? you know, i believe that bashar al assad has a chance, if he accelerated the pace, towards reform. and meet what the demonstrators want to have like freedom, like new elections, like that. things are doable. right now he s killing them. right now creating that situation, risks of, again, that you can t move back. and you can t move forward. that is why the problem is that do the reform quickly, quickly. you are racing against time. it is possible. but for a very short window. of opportunity. you said that there will be change in every arab society? every arab society you will not find the same egypt you used to know or the same any country.
and finally, the two top presidential candidates in egypt, two former office mates now rivals. let me first give you some of my own thoughts, having spent some time in cairo and actually listened to president obama s speech from here in tahrir square. the president s speech was remarkably comprehensive. it described the events that we now call the arab spring, explain their causes and consequences. he placed the united states squarely behind the democratic wave everywhere. though he didn t specifically mention one country. saudi arabia. the place where america s interests and values most obviously clash. i don t blame him. street protests in saudi arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession. that s a tough one. obama outlined specific policies to help the arab revolutions get consolidated. all good stuff. and he also talked about the need for a resolution of the israeli/palestinian conflict. with two states based on 1