Turkey Asks NATO for Missiles
JOE JOHNS, CNN ANCHOR: We'll get back to Wolf in Jerusalem in just a moment, but first, disturbing new signs the deadly crisis in Syria is escalating. Our Lisa Sylvester's monitoring that and other top stories in the SITUATION ROOM right now. Lisa, what do you have?</s>LISA SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi there, Joe. Well, Turkey is asking NATO for patriot missiles to help bolster its air defenses after violence from Syria. A letter to the alliance cites threats the crisis poses to Turkey's national security. Last month, Syrian artillery shells hit a Turkish border town killing five civilians. NATO says it is convening to consider the matter and will send a team to Turkey to look at possible missile deployment sites. And Illinois Democrat, Jesse Jackson Jr. is resigning from Congress. The son of the civil rights leader, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, has been out of the public eye for months being treated for what he calls several serious health issues. He's also being investigated by the FBI and the House Ethics Committee. Jackson submitted his letter of resignation to House speaker, John Boehner, today just a little more than two weeks after winning re-election. And an extraordinary moment in basketball. A great game would be a player scoring in the high double digits, but what about scoring in, get this, the triple digits? Well, that's what Grinnel College's Jack Taylor did Tuesday night, smashing an NCAA record.</s>SYLVESTER (voice-over): His teammates kept passing him the ball. Grinnell College sophomore, Jack Taylor, kept sinking it. Again and again and again. 138 points against Faith Baptist Bible College topping the national record that has stood for more than five decades.</s>JACK TAYLOR, POINT GUARD, GRINNELL COLLEGE: Coming into the game, my teammates and my coaches wanted to get me some more shots to try to get my confidence going before we enter conference play. And so, I knew I was going to get a few more shots than usual.</s>SYLVESTER: At halftime, he had 58 points. His second half even better with 80 points.</s>TAYLOR: There's a point in the second half where I hit seven or eight threes in a row on consecutive possessions. And at that moment, I kind of knew something special was happening.</s>SYLVESTER: Taylor thanks his teammates for their unselfishness, but you can also credit Grinnell's coach and his signature coaching system. It includes going heavy on the three-pointers and not worrying about giving up a two-pointer on the other side. In fact, the losing team's top scorer had 70 points, a high scoring game that caught the eye of American university's head basketball coach.</s>JEFF JONES, MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH, AMERICAN UNIV.: Very few teams can score 138 points, but you know, for an individual to score 138, that was pretty remarkable.</s>SYLVESTER: Does he expect a repeat performance?</s>TAYLOR: I doubt it. I think this might be a once in a lifetime experience where, you know, I was just in the zone for an extended period of time.</s>SYLVESTER (on-camera): That's certainly an understatement. Well, even the Lakers superstar, Kobe Bryant, was impressed with Taylor's performance. And I asked Jack Taylor, OK, so, what's next? After he graduates, he would like to play professional basketball maybe, possibly with one of the overseas leagues. So --</s>JOHNS: In the zone. That's one way of putting it, I guess.</s>SYLVESTER: A 138 points for one individual. And you know, 80 points, that was just the second half of the game.</s>JOHNS: That's incredible.</s>SYLVESTER: Yes. Pretty impressive.</s>JOHNS: Wow. Thanks so much, Lisa. All right. We're going back to Wolf in Jerusalem. New details of what the U.S. had to promise before Israel signed on to the ceasefire with Hamas.