Bashar Al Assad: “If that happened, this is treason.”

The State Department has called on Assad to end his assault against the Syrian people, singling out Matar as a champion of peace, committed to confronting the regime's, quote, "despicable violence."

I have ordered my troops to increase their readiness. I condemn what I call the flagrant aggression of Israel's bombardment of Southern Lebanon.

The president today, he wasn't addressing the United Nations. He was addressing his own people, and he was showing commitment and leadership and assuring them that he's committed to the reform.

He's saying, you know, 'I will decide what reforms are made. I will decide when they're made and how they're implemented. And, you know, you guys should just sit down and shut up.'