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for a brutal attack where police say a man chewed off the face of his victim. let s go outfront. i m erin burnett. the latest syrian pictures of 49 murdered children in syria have made people ask whether america must step in. the uprising has left more than 12,000 syrians dead. today the only response was symbolic. eight countries including the united states expelling syrian diplomats. in the year when the president is running on his foreign policy victories syria is becoming a lightning rod. this administration has a foreign policy which abandons american leadership. i know because i visit with these people that they are ready to help these people and they are helping them some. it cries out for american leadership. and today mitt romney said the president s lack of leadership has resulted in a policy of paralysis and we should work with partners to arm the opposition. now, that is something a lot of people that s a lightning rod in itself. and the obama administrati
good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you for joining us this morning. mitt romney is standing by his decision to attend a vegas fund-raiser with donald trump today even though the real estate mogul won t let go of the birther issue. trump is again questioning where president obama was born. he first raised the issue a year ago. you know, back when he was running for president. barack obama should end this. he should provide the public with a birth certificate. if he doesn t do it, he s doing a tremendous disservice to the public. trump harped on the issue for such a long time that for the first time in american history, an american president produced his long form birth certificate. trump still hasn t put the issue to arrest but romney welcomes his support. joining me now is cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein. hi, ron. good morning. the obama campaign is hitting back with a new campaign ad going after romney about this controversy. let s watch a bit
a fresh round of angry words in syria. united states today joined seven western nations in expelling syrian diplomats in outrage over friday s massacre of 108 civilians including 49 children in this syrian village of hula. this weekend s massacre is a horrifying testament to this regime s depravity. this was clearly a way to demonstrate the international community s absolute disgust and horror at the actions taken by the assad regime. jessica yellin was among those listening as the president denounced the killing. i understand mr. carr aney sayi it s important to show the outrage, but president assad is not exactly shaking in his boots. what is the administration hoping to accomplish? they re trying to accepted a message to further isolate the regime, but they acknowledge it s really meant as a symbolic gesture and another step to reflect the international communities disgust. but they admit that this diplomatic action is going to stop the killing. i know it s hard, b
to earle i start. and i m zoraida sambolin. let s get started. the. the fallout from tropical storm beryl. it is a tropical depression. guess what, building steam again and it s expected to be a tropical storm before we know it again. the storm is dumping as much as ten inches of rain in northern florida and southern georgia. it s also knocking out power to tens of thousands of people right across that region. now beryl has its eyes on the carolinas. cnn s rob marciano has been tracking the storm from the weather center. cnn s george howell is live in georgia. i m assuming that things are only just starting to get bad out there, george? reporter: ashlee , we are expecting to be to be a real soaker. this is going to be the center of the storm. it will move towards the savannah area. just a few days ago the story here was the wind event. a strong wind event that knocked down trees, knocked down power lines. today we are expecting that sustained rain over this area could p