dissidents saying they we re electrical workers who refused to end their protest strike against the government. if that is true, along with the manner of killing it strongly suggests either government forces or pro-government militias were responsible. there of course is no such thing as absolute proof of that, or who was responsible for the slaughter of dozens and dozens of children that took place in houla on friday. alex thompson bravely got in to h houla. we said this last night, it bears repeating the regime not only denies involvement in the murders, denies any violation of the two month old cease fire at all. syria has not done a single violation or the understanding understanding between syria and united nations. keeping them honest, that is not true. government forces were shelling homes on day one of the cease fire, hours after bashar al-assad toured that city. about houla, diplomats speak bluntly. what is clear, government forces were involved, they were shelli
on that note, good morning to you. welcome to early start. i m zoraida sambolin. just hate when that happens. just ruins your morning, doesn t it? good morning, everybody. zoraida and i are here to bring you the news from a to z. it s 5:00 in the a.m. let s get started. first, donald trump sucking the air out of the whole evening, stealing mitt romney s thunder after last night s texas primary victory. romney now has more than enough delegates to clinch the republican nomination, but not everyone is talking about that this morning. instead, it seems to be all about the trump and barack obama s birth certificate again. the donald campaigning with romney in las vegas yesterday, reviving that old debate over whether the president has born in this country. let s just say he was. it s been proven. but it s triggered this spirited exchange with wolf blitzer in the situation room yesterday. a lot of people do not think it was an authentic certificate. how can you say t
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
ice. after friday s atrocity, doubly so. nightmarish stories are emerging from the town of hula where the massacre happened. one of the freelance producers spoke with an 11-year-old survivor. at his request we re not identifying him with good reason. they will kill him. they being the same militiamen who killed the rest of his family. quote, they were talking to my mom, he says. i m not sure what happened, but they shot her five times. they shot her in the head. then he turned and shot my sister in the head. then he shot my brother nader in the neck and the back. he is talking about the armed militiamen who witnesses say carried out the massacre. now, a warning we ll show you some of the resulting carnage. the video has been partially blurred. but the obscenity is clear enough. they went in after the forces pounded them with the heavy artillery. those are small bodies of children you re seeing there. they went door to door, pulled women, children out of homes. sometimes corne
his words, quoting that bashar al assad condemned them too. 12,000 dead, that promise from a brutal dictator doesn t cut much ice. after friday s atrocity, doubly so. nightmarish stories are emerging from the town of hula where the massacre happened. one of the freelance producers spoke with an 11-year-old survivor. at his request we re not identifying him with good reason. they will kill him. they being the same militiamen who killed the rest of his family. quote, they were talking to my mom, he says. i m not sure what happened, but they shot her five times. they shot her in the head. then he turned and shot my sister in the head. then he shot my brother nader in the neck and the back. he is talking about the armed militiamen who witnesses say carried out the massacre. now, a warning we ll show you some of the resulting carnage. the video has been partially blurred. but the obscenity is clear enough. they went in after the forces pounded them with the heavy artillery. those