innocent victims targeted. this is from homs where government troops have free reign, body after body, truck after truck. these were women and children stabbed, burned to death late sunday. some had their throats slit. 22 body bags in all of the 45 reported dead. we can t independently verify the video. we have a kind of confirmation from syrian state media. it broadcast images of homs which is something of departure for the regime. normally, they limit footage to police officers and security forces. now, it is showing civilian victims. on syrian state television, they blame the killings on armed terrorist groups. it s a narrative we have heard over and over from the regime. the syrian military has once again taken control of the neighborhoods in homs. the pictures you just saw may back that assessment. in the meeting with kofi annan, syria s dictator conceded nothing. the violence is being committed by armed terrorist gangs insisting his regime is not slaughtering civilians.
the republican race for the white house is all tied up in mississippi and alabama, most primary polls close in four hours. those contests could go anywhere. . what s happens in lafayette, jim? the primaries are, all three candidates have a serious shot at taking the checkered flack, all at least at risk for a maybe blowout. with the deep vow. reporter: confident that primaries in mississippi and alabama could put him in the gop s driver s seat under the obama economy, it s been harder these are crushing a lot of people. romney has good wins to, and victories by newt ging rich could be just as damaging. reporter: he s making the case that the race won t be settled in the south. it can be different for anyone to get to the number of delegates with the majority of the convention. they laughed that off in an e-mail to reporters, saying that they have bush did you somehow magically win at the convention. this is pure fantasy or vanity, or both. i do not believe
don t feel as though you re doing enough to control gas prices. what did the president say? we ll hear his response. former news of the world editor rebecca brooks is arrested. they arrested the former aid and five other people. it stems from the alleged phone hacking scandal that now closed the newspaper. we begin this hour in depth in afghanistan and a reality check on the safety of american troops there. antiamerican protests are boiling up again two days after a killing spree. the taliban vowing to avenge the killings by beheading americans anywhere in the country. the suspect of the attack, a u.s. army sergeant, has been moved to a safer confinement area in kandahar. a fou hours ago defense secretary leon panetta arrived in the region. he ll try to shore up the strained relationship between the two alleys as it threatens to unravel. also this morning, unsurge gents opened fire on a delegation of afghan rebels as they visited the site of the massacre. one brothe
trucks, to pluck people from their homes and their cars. a bus filled with middle school students got stuck in four feet of water. more than 20 inches of rain came down in some areas. it s more than we bargained for. we even had some local citizens that volunteered with their boats and came help do some rescues. there s still a flood warning for lafayette parish today. and the republican presidential candidates fighting for southern support. voting underway in the alabama and mississippi primaries. shannon travis at a polling place in ocean springs, mississippi. shannon, good to see you. this is going to be an exciting day. obviously, folks, everybody s got something at stake here. you re in a pretty conservative place. what are they hoping for? reporter: yeah. i mean, this is one of the most conservative parts of conservative mississippi, right here in ocean springs. i m right outside of the ocean springs civic center, where it s been a steady stream of voters coming
you see 22 body bags in all of the 45 who were reported dead. as always, we can t independently verify the claims of the video, but today at least we got a kind of confirmation from syrian state media. it, too, broadcast the victim ofs in homs. normally they limit themselves to footage of funerals of police officers and security forces. now at least it is showing civilian victims, but on syrian state television, they blame those killings on so-called armed terrorist groups. it s a narrative we ve heard over and over again from the regime. the military has taken control of the neighborhoods in homs. the pictures you saw may, in fact, support that assessment. in his meeting, kofi anan, the syrian dictator stuck to the story that the violence is being committed by armed terrorist gang, insisting his regime is not slaughtering civilians. despite that, and despite grim accounts from the u.n. s own people, annan found some reason for hope for optimism. they want peace, they want