again, this report still has not resulted in any major changes in air traffic control. but it may. shepard: thank you, trace. thethe civil war in syria, te prime minister has defected, marking the biggest crack in the syrian regime since the uprising began last march. the prime minister spokesman said the syrian official starting planning his escape in june when the syrian president, bashar al-assad, threatened to hill him if he did not take the post, the spokesman says the prime minister is now a soldier in the revolution. james has the news from washington. how is the united states racketing to this news from syria? guest: senior obama officials are working with regional allies to lay the groundwork for a post assad syria. still, syrian regime tanks shell rebel positions in the commercial district of aleppo. this footable which we could
obviously he is the highest ranking official to flee the regime and it comes when the regime is having a hard time consolidating control of aleppo and damascus, the large of the city in syria. it likes like a further erosion in assad s power. there are also reports that are impossible to confirm that some of the 48 iranians taken captive by rebels, either simple religious pilgrims or members of the revolutionary guard corps, some of them have been killed in an attack by regime war planes. shepard: thank you, james, from washington, dc. keep me therapy has been the most important tools in the battle against cancer but if a student study called completely unexpected, chemotherapy may actually cause cancer. [ male announcer ] it s a golden opportunity.