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condemn the government of syria. but the effort fails. china and russia veto the resolution. the resolution vote comes in response to syria s deadly crackdown on protesters in that country just within the past 24 hours. 260 people have died in one syrian city. let s go straight to the u.n. and richard roth at the united nations there. so, richard, you know, before we talk about who voted against the resolution, why it failed, what might have it accomplished? well, this resolution would have demanded that the violence stop, syrian troops get out of the cities and let observers come in, fully support an arab league plan that called for president assad to step aside while there is some type of democratic movement starting including potentially elections. but that all failed after the double veto. china and russia and ambassadors putting their hands in the air at the security council table in a rare saturday morning session in new york. the people of syria will be disappo ....