really in president rouhani and i ll pass on that message to prime minister netanyahu and president putin who in the statements in recent days seems to share the goal of stability and avoiding escalation. that. tension three main high on the golan heights the israeli army has sent reinforcements to its northern border. a correspondent. has been following the story from neighboring beirut welcome on shelf this looking at the context of this escalating dispute the attack on the golan heights was not the first chapter of this story was it. no absolutely not in fact of all work few years israel has attacked. iranian assets and city are over one hundred times and in this region israel is also corked of the n.d.s. are the rebel forces by providing the medical help and also by other means at buston that doctors who treated some of these anti s.
may no longer be in control, but many fear they could come back. arwa damon joins us now from neighboring beirut. a powerful piece, arwa. how likely is it that the rebels will be able to keep the fundamentalists out of the city and troops. now within a war. it s going to be incredibly difficult because they are spread out fairly thin, especially given that they are now fighting on multiple front lines. what we re seeing is trying to consolidate its forces and its fighters in certain area wheres they do have strongholds. but people we were speaking to off camera expressing that very same concern that they could, in fact, return, especially give on the sheer brutality they re using to control the population. very understandable concerns that so many people have.
veteran s memorial. rene is standing by. reporter: good morning. we are here at the u.s. marine corps war memorial. we have been here all morning. it s a stunning memorial to see in person. we have seen parents bringing their children here, and we have seen veterans themselves here, just taking a moment, a moment of silence to remember or remember those who have fallen and who have died for our country, and this memorial is right outside of arlington national cemetery, and we spoke to a couple of people today where they were headed from here and headed over to the cemetery for today s ceremony. we do expect momentarily that the president will arrive there at arlington national cemetery along with the first lady. he laid that wreath, and we were told around 11:00 this morning, and that will be followed by remarks as well. but today is not the only day for the celebrations. we have seen them throughout the weekend. we had the rolling thunder that has been here in the nation s
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
today in the government s brutal crackdown, aisle get a live update on the talks. today the republicans who want to be president are hoping kansas voters choose them. we are live at a caucus site. and newly released video shows the power of last week s tornado in west liberty, kentucky. new violence in syria is overshadowing high-stakes diplomatic efforts to stop the country s bloodshed. the president sat down but even as they talked of peace, akty vafts say tanks and artillery pounded more syrian cities. nic robertson is watching developments from neighboring beirut, lebanon. nic, a lot happening today. they re actually calling today s talks so positive, but has there been any real progress? if you look at what s happening on the ground in syria, you have to say there s been absolutely zero progress toward a cease-fire, which is his specific aim, his number one objective while in syria is to get a cease-fire, as he says, not only from the government but also from the