israel. in fact, the regime has already issued threats that bringing it down would severely impact security in the region. wolf? arwa damon, thank you. they faced the camera and each other for 15 rather uncomfortable minutes. these fierce allies openly at odds oifr the terms for trying to restart middle east peace talks. president netanyahu warning that the president that peace built on illusions will fail. let s bring in brianna keilar. brianna? they met for 90 minutes, longer than we thought they would. signs that it is very productive, they say. maybe a little bit. because if netanyahu went to the white house furious, he came out of the meeting at least a little more so. but for two leaders thatville had frosty relations at times,
this hour, concerns that there are potential targets at risk by cutting homeland security funds. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with deadly new clashes today in syria as security forces try to break up anti-government protests in a number of cities. human rights activists say that at least 34 people were killed. they say to end the crackdown or get out of the way. here is arwa damon. reporter: wolf, when we see the images coming out of syria, the path that the regime continues to take seems pretty clear. they are aiming to clear. a voice yells off camera. this is video said to be from the city of hopes, which has seen many protests in recent weeks. it was posted to youtube. cnn cannot verify its authenticity or when it was shot. but one opposition activist told cnn on friday that the security forces fired straight in crowds of demonstrators and the syrian human rights information link reported a mounting death poll throughout the day. a simila