newsroom on attacks some are calling a new holocaust. the bombs continue to fall today on eastern ghouta, as they have for weeks. this syrian military offensive is the largest in months and the most deadly. opposition leaders say the assad regime is committing a new holocaust. according to the syrian observer d for human rights, at least 310 people have been killed since sunday. the situation is desperate. families do not know where to look for shelter. they are in basements. there are large numbers of civilian casualties, dead and injured. the assad regime and the russian backers continue to insist syrian troops are only targeting terrorists. with russia and iran s help, the assad regime has pushed rebel to the brink of defeat. translator: we believe it s possible to stop the bloodshed and provide the beginning of a
but it s been a very violent day. much more violent, much more furious than the protests yesterday. we have a final death toll we believe of six dead and 30 wounded. perhaps six different protests across the country. so it seems to have escalated significantly today. and president karzai actually put out a statement, right? what did he say? reporter: yeah, he put out a statement this afternoon. a lot of people are waiting to see what he ll say. he said he condemned the burning and he ordered an investigation into what had happened and he appointed committee of senior clerics to find out what was going on. i think the key thing was that he condemned the burning. that s actually our ben farmer in kabul there. we apologize. it s not always easy to link up technically, but we will stay with ben on this story. ben, i apologize. we lost your audio. an american woman who reported on the violence in syria has now become a victim of it. marie colvin worked for the sunday times o
and more than half a million bottles of instant tylenol are recalled because of complaints that the new bottle makes it hard to get the dosage right. authorities say a man arrested blocks from the u.s. capitol today represents one of the most urgent growing threats. the man picked up is a would-be suicide bomber and he was arrested as he accepted what he thought was a gun and a vest packed with explosives. our brian todd is live at the u.s. courthouse where the suspect just appeared in court. fascinating new details coming out in the court papers. fill us in. reporter: certainly, john. a very dramatic day where this alleged plot has unfolded in front of all of us. law enforcement officials say that they have had him in their watch for at least two months. he made an appearance before a judge. he s charged with the unlawfully attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against property that is owned by the united states. the details, john, that you mentioned, according