[Whitfield:] Making news overseas now, activists say another 166 people died today in Syria's civil war, and the violence is spreading. There are reports of fighting between government forces and rebels near the SyrianLebanese border and the U.S. is on alert as fresh anti-American protests erupt overseas. In a rare sight, hundreds of women and children take part in peaceful protests in Islamabad, Pakistan chanting we love our holy process. The demonstrations are over the independently produced film mocking the prophet Muhammad. But demonstrations over the same film in Bangladesh's capital city turned violent today as several protesters were arrested. Protests are planned in at least four other countries today. On to Canada now, the parents of a 2-year-old girl are mourning her death. Canada's highest court overruled her parents and pulled the child off life support at an Edmonton hospital. The baby who was brain dead died Thursday. The parents had applied for an emergency stay after doctors recommended ending the girl's life. Jonathan Mann with us now. So John, how unusual was it for the court to have this ruling that really defied the parents' wishes?
[Jonathan Mann, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, it is a precedent setting case in Canada. It would be here in the United States. It would be practically anywhere because Of course, the care of the child is the responsibility of the child's parent. In this case, the doctors treating baby M decided she was so sick that damage to her brain was so profound and permanent that there was no point taking extensive and invasive measures to prolong her life. The parents said that it was a matter of love. It was a matter of faith, as you mentioned, that the child should be kept alive. And they went to court. They went to court in Edmonton, Alberta. They went to court, to the Supreme Court of Canada, and ultimately the court decided the child's interest was not in having her life artificially prolonged. The judges heard the case and decided against the parents. It is a strange case. All the stranger, because the reason that baby was so sick was because of the parents themselves.
[Whitfield:] And so these parents, 34 years old, they are charged with assault and negligence for failing to provide the necessities of life. Might there be other charges that are going to be more severe that are down the line?
[Mann:] That is what this case really turns on. The child was not sick because of natural causes. Paramedics arrived at the home back in May and found this baby girl and her twin sister, 2 12 years old, one weighing in at 13 pounds, the other 16 pounds. The smaller of the two was already unconscious. Both children were badly beaten about the face, arm and their older brother was malnourished and unwell. The parents are charged with leaving the children in that kind of state. They told the paramedics, oh, the girls had fallen down the stairs when they were playing. But essentially what we are seeing is a terrible case of child abuse. And the parents have been charged with child abuse, neglect, endangering the life of a child. So much so that the courts say they can no longer speak for their children. And so baby M is now dead and the expectation is even though she died while outside of the parents' care, even though she died as a result of the authorities' decision, they may be charged with second degree murder.
[Whitfield:] Oh, my goodness. Sad, very tragic. All right, thanks so much. John Mann, appreciate that. All right, police pull over 19 cars looking for a bank robbery suspect, all the adults are handcuffed and some children have guns pointed at them. Did law enforcement go too far to nab their guy?