afghan civilian, including nine children. this is that house to house rampage that happened yesterday. here is the latest. we have learned that the staff sergeant is in his 30s and was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury after a vehicle roll over accident in 2010 in iraq. he was treated for that and then found fit for duty. he has served several tours in iraq. this was his first deployment to afghanistan. now, we also know he s a qualified infantry niper, which means he s trained to hit to kill at 800 meters. they say all evidence indicates he acted alone. he remains in nato custody and we have new details about how the u.s. military learned about the incident and what happened as soon as they found out. let s get to chris lawrence at the pentagon. what more can you tell us? one of the biggest tipoffs is when the the afghan villagers showed up at the base carrying their wounded saying someone had been shooting at them. now, before that happened, this soldier apparently
strategy in the country. an american sergeant is suspected of the killings near his combat post near kandahar. afghan president hamid karzai has described the incident has unforgivable. the war in afghanistan and syria are certain to dominate discussions at the white house this tuesday as david cameron visits barack obama. they both have pledged to maintain the special relationship between their countries. those are the headlines from cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hodson. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this day. challenging china, the u.s. prepares to mount a fresh trade case against beijing s restrictions on rare earth exports. going against boeing. u.s. s sold subsidies were unfair but it still claims victory over the eu. and tensions rise in silicon valley as yahoo! sues facebook over a series of alleged inf
reporter: bombarded for months. picked off by snipers. food and supplies running out. medical care, impossible. this is the story of a cnn team that got into syria s most dangerous city. to reach a handful of citizens risks their lives every day. to see firsthand, to bear witness, and to tell the world about the suffering, the grief, and the courage of homs. this is the account of 72 hours under fire. [ explosion ] reporter: for more than a year, the regime and dictator bashar al assad have used brutal force to put down a popular uprising in syria. across the country, protesters demands change, chanting, down with the regime. this is another rocket. reporter: the city of homs became the beating heart of a growing uprising. but the syrian military sealed off one neighborhood as it tried to crush the revolt. the assad regime is shelling relentlessly these neighborhoods. there are snipers positioned in areas that are, you know, killing people as they try to leave
this is the story of a cnn team that got into syria s most dangerous city. to reach a handful of citizens risking their lives every day. to see firsthand, to bear witness, and to tell the world about the suffering, the grief, and the courage of homs. this is the account of 72 hours under fire. reporter: for more than a year, the regime of dictator bashar al assad have used brutal force to put down a popular uprising in syria. across the country, protesters demanded change, chanting down with the regime. this is another rocket in a civilian home. reporter: the city of homs became the beating heart of a growing uprising. but the syrian military sealed off one neighborhood as it tried to crush the revolt. the assad regime is shelling relentlessly these neighborhoods. there are snipers positioned in areas that are, you know, killing people as they try to leave their homes. this is a civilian neighborhood where people were living normal civilian lives being bombarded
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, we told you so. the economy is doing a lot better. today, the third month in a row of frankly really good job numbers. today s jobs report shows the u.s. added 227,000 jobs last month, and more people felt optimistic enough to actually get back into the labor force. that s why the unemployment rate held firm. now, everyone is increasingly optimistic about the jobs picture in america, something we at outfront have been saying for month. our strike team said there wouldn t be a double-dip recession last month, and after the december jobs report, we were all excited when we said this could be president obama s morning in america moment. that was ronald reagan s theme for his victorious 1984 re-election campaign, and last month after the strong january jobs report, we said it again. and we re glad all of the talk about the double-dip is gone, but we re realists and the problem is there are real problems out there. wage