survey. in an interview with nbc he talked about his accomplish ams in the face of republican opposition. even with a bunch of obstruction over on capitol hill, we ve been able to save an auto industry. we ve been able to take 750,000 jobs being lost a month and move it so it s 250,000 jobs being created this month. we ve been able to make sure that we ended the war in iraq on schedule. we ve been able to make sure that we ended policies like don t ask, don t tell. so we ve been able to get a lot done, not as fast as we want. sometimes it s messy. the process is frustrating. the president also tops newt gingrich in a head-to-head matchup and i m going to be speaking with newt gingrich s daughter and campaign adviser jackie gingrich-cushman just moments from now. and facing a deadly and growing anti-government uprising in syria, the u.s. state department today closed its embassy in damascus and withdrew its remaining staff there. just incredible pictures and sound comi
president obama called it. he said it would be a nail biter. that time the giants also beat the patriots. you know obama was calling something else, too. to nbc s matt low ri, he was calling for four more years. he didn t chant it, but he did say he deserves it. you ll find out why. of course, you will find out the fallout from saying those things. a deadly factory collapse in pakistan. it s a three-story building that exploded. at least two people are dead. dozens more are believed to be trapped inside. some have been rescued as well. we ll have a live report for you. and also a terrible story out of washington. like at those flames. while that s a terrible story for anyone, it is loaded onto a horrible story from the beginning. a father and two sons dying in that house explosion. police saying he set it to kill his two children. he is the father who was suspected in the disappearance of susan powell back in 2009. remember the woman he said he went camping with his two
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. that is true. however, the timing is true, but you would have to say that they have been bringing this issu
he sent an e-mail saying only i m sorry, good-bye. a neighbor describes what he saw. i just knew that if there was anyone in there, they didn t survive. you could tell that instantly from what we saw. i can t imagine anyone killing their children. i just that s beyond anything i can imagine someone doing. the state department shut down the embassy in syria hours ago. they are urging americans now to get out. syrian activists describe a weekend bloodbath that left hundreds dead in the city of homs. another 46 syrians are said to have been killed. activists accuse the syrian government of intensifying the brutal crackdown. russia and china gave president bashar al-assad a life line, vetoing a resolution that would have condemned him. they are asking for help. we re asking for your help. the rockets for four hours now, they re going to kill us all. if you don t help us, they will kill millions. flooding forced thousands of people out of their homes in australia. risi
the story is a bit different and the president fares a bit better. he now has a six-point edge over mitt romney, topping the 50% mark for the time in that survey. in an interview with nbc he talked about his accomplish ams in the face of republican opposition. even with a bunch of obstruction over on capitol hill, we ve been able to save an auto industry. we ve been able to take 750,000 jobs being lost a month and move it so it s 250,000 jobs being created this month. we ve been able to make sure that we ended the war in iraq on schedule. we ve been able to make sure that we ended policies like don t ask, don t tell. so we ve been able to get a lot done, not as fast as we want. sometimes it s messy. the process is frustrating. the president also tops newt gingrich in a head-to-head matchup and i m going to be speaking with newt gingrich s daughter and campaign adviser jackie gingrich-cushman just moments from now. and facing a deadly and growing anti-government uprisi