noor and alaa, ages 10 and eight, are believed to be trapped amid some of the worst bombing in the seven-year-old civil war. the assad regime, backed by russia, is trying to wipe out resistance in giewt aoutside damascus. hundreds of civilians have been killed. a message posted by the girls today was interrupted by bombs. ( explosions ) >> glor: our charlie d'agata spoke to their mom today. the family has had no food for three days, calling it the hardest 72 hours of the war. in mexico today, surveillance cameras captured the moment an explosion blew a hole in a ferryboat in play del carmen on the caribbean. investigators are looking into whether it was caused by a natural gas leak. 18 people were hurt there, including at least two americans. the injuries are not considered life threatening. the reverend billy graham, one of the most stirring an stirrind charismatic creatures of the 20th century died today. the reverend graham was 99 years old. he was a counselor and confidant to more than a dozen presidents and his crusade filled areinas for decades. here's jim axelrod. >> we are united and are

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missiles rain down on the neighborhood -- of 10-year-old noor and 8-year-old alaa, who tweeted their plight to the world. today it was almost too late. an explosion blew out their windows, sending shrapnel and glass through their home, slashing alaa's forehead. we reached their mother, shamza khatib, an english teacher, after the blast. how are your daughters doing right now? are they okay? >> yeah, okay. but they are afraid of warplanes. they are under the blankets. >> reporter: she told us she feels like her family and neighbors have been abandoned. the syrian regime and its russian backers insist this week's assault is aimed at rebels. but with a civilian death toll in the hundreds, many of the victims are children. a sobbing father couldn't bring himself to let go. the state department has condemned the bombing, jeff, but the u.s. military has been focused on fighting isis in a different part of the country while the russians continue to prop up the syrian regime. >> charlie d'agata, thank you very much. >>> we got the first look inside >>> we got the first look inside war games

two sisters, alaa, aged eight and moor, ii, were in their home when it was hit. warplanes bombed our building. now...ghouta. look at home. this was sent to us by their mother. please help us. please save our children here in east ghouta. where is the humanity? i ask you in the name of motherhood, please help us. getting on for 400,000 people, terrified by the sight and sound of aircraft, are thought to be in eastern ghouta, which is the size of manchester. the syrian regime insists it's targeting terrorists. but it's clear many children are among the wounded and the dead. improvised hospitals have been set up in cellars and basements during the years of war. now, though, the medics are at full stretch. dr amani ballur wanted to send a message to the people of britain. translation: we never wanted the war and we don't want to live under it. for the sake of our children who've been blown to pieces, for the sake of our children who died of hunger, what we're seeing every day has caused us to collapse, both humanely and psychologically. we don't have anything more to

noor and alaa lived in rebel-held northeastern ghouta where more than 4 push00 people been killed in six days. following developments from london, charlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we were able to speak with the family this morning and everyone is safe, but they didn't get much sleep. explosions continued throughout the night. they say they're too terrified to step foot outside their apartment. by the hour, the ferocious bombardment of eastern ghouta crept closer, to the neighborhood of 12-year-old noor and her 8-year-old sister alaa, until one air strike sent shards of glass and debris through their apartment, slashing alaa's forehead. we got through to their terrified mother, shamza khatib after the blast. >> we are in danger. >> reporter: i know you're in danger. i can hear that. i can see it. >> but the world is just watching what is happening in ghouta. why? why? why? >> reporter: and her message when we spoke to her again this morning. >> we are dying of hunger. we are in need of food and safe and freedom. please help us. >> reporter: the two little girls had ta

i met alaa abd el—fattah in april 2014. he'd already been charged and he talked about how much worse things were than before the revolution. when you were confronting mubarak, hope was a material thing — like you could almost touch it, you know? and so, it was very easy to feel that it was worth it and people were taking these risks without feeling any kind of despair. right now, it's looking very bleak. alaa abd el—fattah was a leading light of the tahrir protests. articulate, secular, a software developer, used to paying a price for speaking out. he was jailed or threatened with arrest under all the recent regimes here. and when his son was born, he was in prison. alaa abd el—fattah was accused of organising this protest. the demonstrators appeared peaceful, the authorities were not. protests are effectively banned. i was in court to see him being convicted. 0thers came forward to say they planned the protest. he still got five years — another member of generation jail. his fractured family go through the motions

i met alaa abd el—fattah in april 2014. he had already been charged, and he talked about how much worse things were than before the revolution. when you were confronting mubarak, hope was a material thing — like, you could almost touch it, you know? and so, it was very easy to feel that it was worth it and people were taking these risks without feeling any kind of despair. right now, it is very looking bleak. alaa abd el—fattah was a leading light of the tahrir protests. articulate, secular, a software developer, used to paying a price for speaking out. he was jailed or threatened with arrest under all of the recent regimes here. and when his son was born, he was in prison. abd el—fattah was accused of organising this protest. the demonstrators appeared peaceful. the authorities were not. protests are effectively banned. i was in court to see him being convicted. others came forward to say they planned the protest. he still got five years. another member of generation jail. his fractured family go through the motions

. >> reporter: ...of ten-year-old noor, and eight-year-old alaa, who tweeted their plight to the world. >> reporter: today, it was almost too late. an explosion blew out their windows, sending shrapnel and glass through their home, slashing alaa's forehead. we reached their mother, shamza katib, an english teacher, after the blast. how are your daughters doing right now? are they okay? >> reporter: she told us, she feels like her family and neighbors have been abandoned. or reporter: the syrian regime and its russian backers insist this week's assault is aimed at rebels, but with a civilian death toll in the hundreds, many of the victims are children. a sobbing father couldn't bring himself to let go. the state department has condemned the bombing, jeff, but the u.s. military has been incused on fighting isis in a different part of the country e ile the russians continue to prop up the syrian regime. >> glor: charlie d'agata, thank you very much. there is much more ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news," including rare access to high- tech war games. >> reporter: we got the first look i

. >> reporter: -- of 10-year-old noor alaa who tweeted their plight to the world. >> the children are in danger o before it's too late. >> reporter: today it was almost too late. an explosion blew out theiapnel glass through their home, slashing alaa's forehe we reached their mother, shamza khatib, an english teacher, after the blast. hoghnow? are they okay? >> yeah, okay. but they are afraid of warplanes. they are under the blankets. >> ror feels like her family and neighbors have been abandoned. >> the world is just watching what is happening in ghouta. why? >> reporter: the syrian regime and its russian backers insist this week's assault is aid but with a civilian death toll in the hundreds, many of the victims are children. a sobbing father couldn't bring himself to let go. the state department has condemned the bombing, jeff, but the u.s.il different part of the country while the russians continue to prop up the syrian regime. >> charlie d'agata, thank you warplanes to their technical limits. >> that's the fun part of the job. okay - let's try this. it says you apply the blue one

we've been keeping in touch with the family of ten-year-old noor and her eight-year-old sister alaa. she suffered a gash on her forehead last week when a piece as shrapnel from a nearby explosion tore into their living room. today we spoke with their mother, shamza khatib. have you seen any change since the cease-fire was announced? >> reporter: so there were more air strikes? >> reporter: activists say more than 500 people have been killed since the bombing started. the russians say the cease-fire doesn't apply to the targeting .f those they consider terrorists. that's no solace to the residents still trapped there. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> glor: for the first time tonight we're seeing images of one of four u.s. soldiers killed by islamic militants last october in the african nation of niger. david martin reports the video was captured by a "national geographic" cameraman for a report airing tonight. >> reporter: coming just one month before his death, the small talk in a makeshift barbershop between sergeant ladavid johnson and one of his commanders is especially poign

two sisters, alaa, aged eight and moor, eleven, were in their home when it was hit. warplanes bombed our building. now...ghouta. look at home. this was sent to us by their mother. please help us. please save our children here in east ghouta. where is the humanity? i ask you in the name of motherhood, please help us. getting on for 400,000 people, terrified by the sight and sound of aircraft, are thought to be in eastern ghouta, which is the size of manchester. the syrian regime insists it's targeting terrorists. but it's clear many children are among the wounded and the dead. improvised hospitals have been set up in cellars and basements during the years of war. now, though, the medics are at full stretch. dr amani ballour wanted to send a message to the people of britain. translation: we never wanted the war and we don't want to live under it. for the sake of our children who've been blown to pieces, for the sake of our children who died of hunger, what we're seeing every day has caused us to collapse, both humanely and psychologically. we don't have anything more t