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
an 11-year-old boy spoke to cnn about what he witnessed firsthand. the united nations is blaming the majority of the hula deaths on a group of armed men who are loyal to syrian president assad saying the militia went house to house to carry out executions. turkey is joining 11 other nations to expel syrian diplomats in response to the syrian killings. but not everyone is united. china and russia continue to resist calls for military intervention, this despite a report saying a ship loaded with weapons was scheduled to arrive in syria last weekend sent from russia. vladimir putin is asaad s arms dealer. say assad bought nearly 5 billion in weapons in the past decade. so now, the question is what can be done to end syria s 15 months of violence and which country will be the one to lead the effort? joining me now is james spidermarx. so, some u.s. lawmakers said the united states should take the lead and involve itself militarily. why is syria different than let s say lib