which appears to hope that syria s president assad will negotiate his own departure, seems utterly doomed. instead, america, the western world, indeed, the civilized world should attempt to dislodge the assad regime. but is there a smart way to do it? for a number of reasons military intervention is unlikely to work well in syria. unlike in, say, libya, syria is not a vast country with huge stretches of land where rebels can retreat, hide, and be resupplied. syria is roughly one-tenth the size of libya, but with three times as many people. perhaps for this reason the syrian rebels have not been able to take control of any significant part of that country. the geopolitics of military intervention are also unattractive. in egypt and even in libya all major regional powers, world powers were on the side of dislodging the regime or at least passively accepting that it would happen. in syria that s not the case. iran and russia have both maintained strong ties to the assad regime,
judge in the trayvon martin murder case. martin savidge is there. martin, how did it take place today? reporter: well, it was simple and it was uneventful, fredricka. that is just the way the authorities wanted it to be. there was always concern about george zimmerman s team. it certainly was the worry of law enforcement because of the amount of notoriety this case has received over time, and of course, because there s a lot of different opinions on this story. let s tell you how the meeting took place. it was rather clandestine how george zimmerman got into the hands of authorities. listen to the sheriff as he described how it went down. george zimmerman met two members of the sheriff s office in the area of lake mary at i-4. was placed into custody, transported to the correctional facility. he is being booked and processed. as per judge lester s order. he ll be held on a no-bond status. reporter: and so it was really kind of a meeting that was set up on the side of th
bellwether for november. and we re hours away for the deadline for george zimmerman to return to jail. he had his bail revoked by a judge and was given until this afternoon to turn himself in. and the diamond jubilee flotilla launches at 9:30 this morning. 1,000 boats, 20,000 people, and a priss harry surprise. we have special team coverage starting at the bottom of the hour. good morning, everyone. i m rob marciano in for randi kaye. thanks for starting your day with us. let s get going. in florida the clock is ticking. george zimmerman has until this afternoon to turn himself into authorities. a judge revoked his bond friday saying he was not truthful about how much money he had access to when he was freed on bond in april. now, all eyes are on the seminole county jail awaiting hi surrender. he s charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin, a killing he has said was in self-defense. in toronto police say they don t yet have
killing of anti-government protesters last year. the protesters got loud after two of his sons were acquitted on corruption charges. six of his former aides were also acquitted. i want to bring in samir shehadda from georgetown university. good to see you. first off, reaction of what we re seeing unfold in tahrir square as a decision of the court. what does that signal to you? clearly, many millions of egyptians are unhappy because they feel the sentencing was light. that this was not just. remember, 846 people were killed during those 18 days. that was the figure produced by the official egyptian committee that invest gated the killings during the revolution. 6,000 were injured. they feel that mr. mubarak is minister of interior and the six other high-ranking individuals were directly responsible for those deaths. remember, those six high-ranking officials were acquitted. as were ga. he and his older brother mubarak. they feel this was not justice. the sentence should ha
increase the price, people smoke less. it would raise an estimated $735 million a year. and most of that money would go to cancer research. no on 29. according to map lite, a nonpartisan research firm, nearly $47 million is spent to try to stop proposition 29. more than half of that from big tobacco. $27.5 million from philip morris. another $11 million from rj reynolds. it will cost philip morris and reynolds about a billion dollars. and that s why they re in here spending $40 million or $50 million trying to stop it. supporters have spent just $12 million. one of the biggest backers is live strong, a nonprofit founded by cancer survivor lance armstrong. yes on 29. i should say i m a board member. not one penny goes to new funding. all the ads against the cigarette tax, a few stand out to me. they feature doctors seemingly taking the side of big tobacco. i thought prop 29 was a good idea, then i read it. i really wanted to talk to dr. porter, but she wouldn