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good evening. i m erin burnett. and outfront tonight, the middle east on the verge. countries across the region from iran to libya on high alert reacting to the highest tension there in decades and all eyes are on the united states. what will america do? the big story tonight is a massacre in syria. the death toll mounting as the government cracks down on protesters, demanding al assad step down. 74 people died today, many in the western city of homs. we re not animals. we re human beings. we re asking for help. asking for your help. they re going to kill us all. no one will find out about us. right now, the united states has been withdrawing, shutting down its embassy today. a source who has spent a lot of time with al l assad says the situation is deteriorating to a blood bath and saying america s military may need to step in. meanwhile, the regime hoping turmoil in other part of the renal will buy it time. that is in syrian ally and iran. the united states slap ....
in a battle with the white house over birth control. health care lawman dates employers provide it. catholics, some say it s against their fundamental beliefs. all that and much more ahead as starting point gets under way right now. can you come in and fix russell s audio? welcome, everybody. unbelievable, that s kathy s play list. she s a contributing editor for the washington post and founding publisher which i have been in a time or two. nice to have you. co-author of grand new party and russell simmons, mogul, founder of def jam and ceo of communications is with us. good morning. welcome. let s get under way. talking about the new investigation coming to us from the washington post. nearly 50 lawmakers who helped direct earmarks to projects that potentially helped their own property or immediate family members. they say it benefits the public, not private interests. one of those who is on that list is the republican congressman joe barton, he is a republ ....
international journalists. russian s foreign minister is in syria trying to keep it from being the latest arab government to fall. many world leaders say moscow is ignoring the slaughter of civilians. ivan watson is in istanbul, turkey, covering this for us. is there any optimism that russia can rein in this violence? reporter: that s a big question. the russian foreign minister definitely got a hero s welcome as he arrived in damascus. he seemed to be one of the biggest allies and friends of president bashar al-assad right now. the russian line has been that the western governments have not been putting enough pressure on the opposition groups to stop violence as well. if you want to know how wide the differentiation is between the two sides in syria, just about 100 miles away the artillery shells continue to rain on the opposition held city of homs where hundreds of civilians are believed to have died in just the past couple of days, kyra. now you re also seeing a ....
marriage. we are waiting on a federal court ruling from california on the constitutionality of proposition 8. it is the 2008 voter initiative that said same-sex couples could not get married. well, a federal judge struck down prop 8 two years ago saying gay couples were being unfairly denied the right to marry. the people behind prop 8 appealed it, which brings us to today s milestone decision. and what we re seeing on the ground in syria right now could be a turning point to ending the planned parenthoodshed or just more of the same. [ crowd noise ] syria s president wants to show he s got support, too. the thousands of people waving flags welcoming russia s foreign minister. this comes just days after russia threw a lifeline to syrian president assad. by vetoing a u.n. resolution that would have condemned him for killing his own people. since then, the government attacks have intensified. [ explosion ] unbelievable video we are watching there. syrian opposition ....
the maldives. president mohammed masheed announced his resignation after a police mutiny. they are calling for a greater role for islamic values in the country. cnn has no confirmation of who is currently in control. europe is still dging itself out from last week s snow and more cold weather on the way. some communities in southeastern europe are struggling to cope with record low temperatures. ukraine along has reported 135 deaths from the extreme weather. those are the headlines from cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. more travel misery in europe as air france cancels half of all its flights. the airline tells passengers not to bother traveling until the end of the week. it s a big day for greece and a landmark day in europe s history. it s been 20 years since the signing of the maastricht treaty. the question is was it ....