cnn saturday morning. it is 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. in the west. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. here s what s happening now. as rockets pound the city of syria, help is on the way to try to slow down the bloodshed. i m not responsible for this plane crashing. a flight attendant threatens crash on an american airlines flight. we ll talk to a passenger who shot this video. and check out this new video showing a tornado striking kentucky. look at that roof blowing right off. it was part of the killer storms that hit the nation last weekend leaving a huge path of destruction. new violence in syria is overshadowing high-stakes diplomatic efforts to stop the bloodshed. assad sat down with general kofi ahman in damascus today but even as they talked peace, activists say tanks and artillery attacks the city. nic robertson is there talking about this. they re calling today s talks positive. do you see any progress here? reporter: certainly not on the gro
that s when everybody started freaking out. a passenger who shot this video. check out this video showing a tornado strike in kentucky. look at that roof. it s blowing right off. it was part of the killer storms that hit the nation last weekend leaving a huge path of destruction. former u.n. secretary kofi annan is trying to prevent a full-blown civil war. he s meeting in damascus to halt government shell iing and attac that killed thousands of people. he s expected to press the president to step down. the meeting comes as 12 people were killed in syria today. thousands of antigovernment demonstrators took to the streets in moscow. it s the first since vladimir putin s victory sunday. they are trying to keep up their momentum despite his victory and the arrest of hundreds of protesters. washington is pushing the reset button. president obama phoned putin to congratulate him. they discussed how the u.s. and russia can cooperate on trade. they touched on syria and missi