i think israel can. i think israel has a strong natural defense and they can do well in any battle. i don't want to involve them because they have so many enemies around them i'm fearful it can spin out of control. my first choice would be to not involve israel in a battle if we don't have to. >> the president didn't feel, even when he spoke on saturday, that he necessarily needs to go to congress, although i believe the constitution is clear that in fact he does. and i think awe degree with me on that. but there have been many examples, i'll put them up on the screen. i want you to respond to this, of how the president has bypassed congress since he took over. more recently with the mandate and obama care delay. the feds in the case of the mandatory minimum sentences and with the justice department. recess appointments, when you guys are in recess, the mini-dream act. obama care waivers, funding egypt, which i think was a bad mistake when they wouldn't say a coup is a coup. they've done it on gun control, funding palestine. the defense of marriage act. no child left behind waivers,

. >> israel security services says they arrested a man believed to be a spy for royal adelaide hospital. the man is a belgium citizens of iranian origin recruited by the iranian revolutionary guard to set up business ties in israel as a font for tying. peter sharp has more. >> the israeli intelligence services said the man was arrested at ben gurian airport on-september 11, two weeks ago. it was alex mans, travelling on a belgium passport, of iranian dissent. -- descent, born in iran, arrested on suspicion of working with the iranian intelligence service, spying in israel. he told interrogators that he was promised to be paid $1 million to carry out spying operations inside the state of israel, and he said that he had been involved in making contact with businesses in the tel aviv area facilitating regular access to the country. he visited israel three times in the last year and is being held by the intelligence services. >> peter sharp reporting there. when it comes to reading, writing and my favourite - arithmetic - things will change. we look at the new normal when it comes to testin

>> it's not just in israel. i think the american position and even the positioning around the world. ofk in israel leading up to iran it weakens dramatically those who argue that we israelis and some people at the high top offices holding these positions that we israelis do not have to worry because if something serious happens the americans will commit themselves publicly not to let iran turn nuclear, we'll leave up to the world whatever happens. and those people are weakened now and those people who say basically israel can rely on this issue only ultimately the end of the day they did apprehend. >> rose: if, in fact, israel thoughting that're was about to have a nuclear xasfy, capability and nuclear weapon that they can used and the missiles to fire it you don't believe you can wait for the united states to act, you would have to go ahead and act yourself. >> i think that there are those who believe you can't wait to the point you have described and that even the united states will have to act if it wants any

chemical attack against israel. part of a right wing coalition into the government. look at how europe is increasingly turning away from. a very good morning to you from moscow where it's now a just off to. the with me live here in the russian capital. the u.s. will continue to loom over syria and washington would overwhelmingly prefer not to pull the trigger and that's according to. the russia's proposal for damascus to hand over its chemical weapons leaving the ball firmly in syria's court and that's why the u.s. congress and the american public remain largely opposed to starting another conflict. this may be a face saving moment for the obama administration because its arguments for a military action against syria have been falling apart both in the international community and in the u.s. congress congress jumped on this washing proposal because they're being bombarded every day by their constituents who demand that they vote no to strikes against syria within hours after syria confirmed its willingness to get rid of chemical weapons the senate delayed the vote on

>> i would certainly back israel. i think paul mentioned iran as really being the core strategic threat for both us and israel. we should be focusing on deterring iran and their nuclear weapons. you raise the issue you say it's limited, no boots on the ground. the problem is you don't know what's going to happen until you start engaging. it very well may be it requires an escalation depending how assad and iran responds. it's irresponsible to guarantee american people american boots won't be on the ground because we don't know what will happen with the exigentsies of war. >> it may very well be we help al qaeda assisted islamists come to power. is that a possible consequence, congressman kosar? >> absolutely. you start looking at the state department releasing a memo later today the military actually said it would take 75,000 military folks on the ground to secure chemical weapons. that's far from what we're hearing right now. there's no trust in this administration. they lied to us in egypt and benghazi and fast and

out on a full on lobbying campaign for syria strikes how much of this war is about israel . well it's a full court press by the israel lobby in britain and in the united states they failed in britain they appear to be succeeding in the united states and at least on mosques a pretty monumental conspiracy john kerry told the world that the out of the regimes in the persian gulf are going to pay for this war israel is lobbying hard for the wall war and getting ready for it so we have the most grotesque coalition ever assembled in history out qaida the united states israel saudi arabia and other persian gulf states who could have made such a scenario but be careful what you wish for because i'm certain israel will be in this war big time and very quickly because i'm certain that syria and its friends will immediately turn the war take the war to israel in the first hours after the united states bombardment of syria begins israel presumably will retaliate and enter the war will then have an arab israeli war fought on top of the oil fields and in the midst of one of the washed dep

for israel this is an threat and the regime is making threats about blowing israel off the map and still being -- death to america chants, that's what he was greeted with. >> with iran and the united states talking, now negotiating, does that mean israel will have to take action alone? >> if they have to, they will and that's what the prime minister will layout for us. we will have to do whatever it is to protect ourselves. >> lisa, should be an interesting couple of days. tomorrow is the meeting benjamin netanyahu and president obama on tuesday will speak. >> at the white house and then united nations. >> anticipated to be a very dramatic speech. as always, good to see you. that will do it for us. media buzz is coming up next. hope you have a great week, everybody. bye. and the needle is thin. victoza® is not for weight loss, but it may help you lose some weight. victoza® is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adultth type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes and should not be used

this alliance, it says, is an enemy of israel-physical or national israel and spiritual israel. an enemy, and they want to just totally destroy israel and even the name of israel. they want it to be obliterated! i mean, this is a deep-seated hatred! and when you think about it, it's very similar to what ahmadinejad says today about the little nation called israel that he wants to wipe them off the face of the earth. here's something that in one sense is even worse. what is going to happen in the middle east and in europe? because there is a european nation here involved in this as well. notice that in verse 5 through verse 8. well, i just again want you to think about how deep the hatred is here, but you see why it says there "the enemies of god" is because god is one that changed jacob's name to israel when he was converted, so this israel is a plan that god has and if you look in the bible closely you'll see that all mankind is going to become israel before this is over. romans 11 talks about the gentiles being grafted in, so the whole book is about israel. the whole future is

israel's stake in this is all too clear. international opposition to weapons of mass destruction is being tested not only with sy a syria's chemical arms but iran's nuclear program as well. jim clancy, cnn, jerusalem. >> syria's crisis has the whole region on edge. some people are concerned a possible u.s. strike on syria may trigger retaliation from other countries.spective on thi from my panel, now. nick paton walsh is here. you have covered this conflict from the start. how does obama's speech today change things for nations near syria? >> it gives them a little bit more time, potentially. there is a missile strike, certainly injects a huge am of uncertainty as to whether or not this will, in fact, happen. if it doesn't happen, that is an enormous impact on the region because it gives license to assad to do this again and, perhaps, suggests the u.s. is checked out as a kind of policeman to that particular part of the world. you should bear in mind about how awful it's already been for the syrians. this war began, as many

but the state of israel, i never really knew what to think. first look around, it's like everybody says. it's pretty. it's awesome. it's urban, sophisticated, it. like southern california, only nicer. then you see the young draftees in the streets and you start to get the idea. this is jerusalem. >> i'm taking you through damascus gate, which is one of the gates of the old city. these walls are pretty ancient. people say the deepest go back to king david, and then as history progressed, they built up the walls so that the top there is the newest bit. >> by newest, you mean -- >> up to about the turks left here about 150 years ago. and the brits came and they conquered us. i wasn't here. >> born here, now cooking in london, he's the widely known respected chef and coauthor of the book "jerusalem." >> basically, this city was divided in two until 1967 where there was the famous six-day war, and the whole we're traveling in is east jerusalem, the palestinian part. that belonged to jordan. so now it's under israeli control. very controversial beca

they cannot cross into israel for work or to go to the west bank. and the only exist is through egypt where people spend days at the border. >> i felt like i left to go to another country, you know? >> you went to another country. >> so you think i did the right thing? >> oh, forget it. >> forget it? >> yeah. >> they'll lynch you. you know? because they don't have too many trees. i don't know where they'll handing you from. >> i'm always eager to come here because this is my home. and then when i go back, i take with me a lot of guilt leaving these people behind. >> when are we going to get to the humane level? people should be incensed. not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe tha

sources suggest to watch either rebels in syria are planning to launch a chemical attack on israel designed to look like it was carried out government. and in other news the. immigration party is set to join the new coalition government to form a member. killed dozens and a crusade against multiculturalism we look at europe's shift to the right. now from a studio in moscow where it's just turned nine pm this is r.t. with international news and comment now we have some breaking news to start with and the russian president has given his first public reaction to r.t. on events surrounding syria and its agreement to hand over chemical weapons stockpiles to you and we also got to how the idea came about and this is what he had to say. it is well known that syria possesses a chemical weapons arsenal which they have always considered a counter to the nuclear weapons possessed by israel but russia's position is clear on this we are against proliferation of both chemical and nuclear arms in syria this is particularly important and we discussed this issue with president obama at the g twenty summit a

they believe in the end israel must depend on itself. on the other hand, they are also aware of the fact that israel is not able to inflict the kind of damage on its real enemy, its major enemy, which is iran, without the help of the united states. israel, too, is in kind of a diplomatically difficult box. it is hard to see them trusting obama after he decided to go to the congress to seek permission to implement his own red line. that's the kind of behavior that under the israelis they say, how can we depend on a man who will ask the congress to let him to do something that we believe it is something he doesn't want to do. >> it will be interesting to see what lies ahead in the coming das and months and we always appreciate your insights. >> gregg: breaking news: moments ago, larry summers, the chief economic advisor to president obama, now saying he is withdrawing his name for consideration. he was top consideration to the the next fed chairman and the president of the white house, now, announcing in fact, they will accept his withdraw

or israel. we don't care about that much. >> danny, do you feel that israel is prepared for whatever may happen in the region. you're about the only stable country right now in the region. are you prepared and do the israelis have every reason to feel safe and secure in their own country right now? >> israel is prepared for ever scenario. we're capable to defend our citizens no matter what will happen. we're very trained towards it. we don't want to get involved in the conflict. but if we have to do it we're capable to defend ourselves. we proved it in the past. if we need to do it we'll prove it in the future that we're capable and strong to defend our nation. [ applause ] >> our thanks to deputy defense minister speak being to us from israel. clearly, a lot of confusion about where does israel stand. and the truth is as you just saw they have not taken a position. the lobby group aipac is sending 250 people across washington to put pressure on washington to back a military intervention. that d

israel's government strongly supports the possibility of a u.s. led military strike against damascus however on me or in a senior correspondent and columnist for israel's ha'aretz newspaper believes it would be in his nation's interest to keep president asad in place if one had to choose. seems that israel would prefer the regime even though we can do perhaps without such ties with iran and has to stay in place because the assad regime has a governmental result it wants to remain in power and it has to take care of a state the other groups don't have to be concerned with such matters and this is the same system that we saw in lebanon where hezbollah became more establishment tarion and in gaza where hamas once took over started to behave like a government and became more restrained so for israel if one had to put on the scales it would. not very happily people would prefer the assad regime. no way john as you are obscure lurch to the right the country's governing coalition is set to include an on team a great symbolic push extremist months my truc

i wish we could move israel here, we can't, israel is there. it is like they moved into a bad neighborhood. there's critics of -- they moved to a bad neighborhood. can't you just move out? and there's a lot of critics of action here, of the action which i disagree with. i'll shut up now. >> rand paul. >> i didn't vote for him, stood opposed to him a few times, i was proud he did this, i was about to stand on my feet, clap, give him a standing ovation, i heard well, if i lose the vote, i'll probably go ahead and do the bombing anyway, so that does concern me. i want to be proud of the president, every time i'm just about there, i get word that really he doesn't mean it, that he's going to sort of obey the constitution if he wins, so i heard secretary kerry say if we win, sure, but if we lose, what? i mean, make me proud today, secretary kerry. stand up for us and say you're going to obey the constitution and if we vote you down, which is unlikely, by the way, but if we do, you would go with what the people say to their congress and you wouldn't

for one thing brookings one knows that it's actually a pro israel think tank that does spew out these reports and there's inaccuracy is so i think that you need to come to terms with what is actually real and what is not and there is no there is absolutely not one iota of truth in what you just mentioned. has always been transparent about this nuclear program in fact in one thousand eight hundred two you know on this say that he wants to start up his nuclear power plant again in one thousand eight hundred three using its own uranium and that's one in one thousand eight hundred three the i went to iran with the. aim of helping iran do this which is what the i.a.e.a. is supposed to do as are all of the p five the nuclear power countries. under pressure from the united states the i.a.e.a. stopped helping iran they pulled back and for years and years and years iran solicited help from different countries and every time pressure from pressure from the united states they stopped the development the program it's never been secret and this is just in accurate it's always been out there if i g

israel has no right to exist. i saw no element of peace in that speech at all. the iranian regime has more than a 30-year history of supporting terrorists around the world. they suppress the iranian people that have protested for democracy. this is not a regime you want to get get its hands on nuclear weapons. >> do you want to comment on that guy? >> well i want to say one of the key things that happened this week, president obama basically said outright that iran as the signatory of the non-proliferation nuclear treaty could continue to create nuclear energy for electricity. the israelis are not a signatory to that treaty, finding themselves now up against the wall with how they can deliver rhetoric that puts pressure on the situation. >> the israelis don't want iran to even have a peaceful nuclear program. and there is a debate among their leadership and in their public that is every bit contention between pat and you do have members of the israeli cabinets saying look, we're going to have to find a -- cabinets

i think israel can. i think israel has a strong natural defense and they can do well in any battle. i don't want to involve them because they have so many enemies around them i'm fearful it can spin out of control. my first choice would be to not involve israel in a battle if we don't have to. >> the president didn't feel, even when he spoke on saturday, that he necessarily needs to go to congress, although i believe the constitution is clear that in fact he does. and i think awe degree with me on that. but there have been many examples, i'll put them up on the screen. i want you to respond to this, of how the president has bypassed congress since he took over. more recently with the mandate and obama care delay. the feds in the case of the mandatory minimum sentences and with the justice department. recess appointments, when you guys are in recess, the mini-dream act. obama care waivers, funding egypt, which i think was a bad mistake when they wouldn't say a coup is a coup. they've done it on gun control, funding palestine. the defense of marriage act. no child left behind waivers,

from remaining israel's international cheerleader. i think there's no question the obama administration especially the second term has dramatically distance itself from from this very very tight relationship that's been in place for decades since since the time of president carter. with israel and washington these strong israeli lobby apac and other. think tanks and lobby groups in and around washington and for that reason netanyahu made an unprecedented backing of mitt romney including financial backing through sheldon adelson his good friend in the vegas casino owner to back the opposition to obama because he felt obama was distancing from this this kind of tail wag the dog relation between tele beaven in washington and that's that's a major major step. can actually also expects one israeli journalists who told us the majority of was rabies see iran as a genuine threat do they have grounds to feel that way i don't think so ron hasn't made a. hostile the war aggressive war on any nation for more than a century and a half and i certai

but the state of israel, i never really knew what to think. first look around, it's like everybody says -- it's pretty. it's awesome. it's urban. sophisticated. hip. like southern california. only nicer. then you see the undraftees in the streets and you start to get the idea. this is jerusalem. >> i'm taking you through damascus gate, which is one of the gates to the old city. these walls are pretty ancient. people say they go back to king david. as history progressed, they built up the wall. so the top bed is the newest. >> and by newest you mean -- >> up to about the ottoman time. the turks left here about 150 years ago. and the brits came and they conquered us. >> i wasn't here. >> born here, now cooking in london, he is the widely known respected chef and co-author of the book "jerusalem." >> basically, this city was divided into two until 1967 when there was the famous six-day war. >> yep. >> and the hall that we're traveling in now, walking in is east jerusalem. it's the palestinian part. that was up until '67 belonged to jordan. so now

the former counsel general for israel and the use joins us. good morning. >> good morning. >> does israel have chemical weapons and if so, is it hypocritical to ask syria to get rid of theirs? >> i don't know. i seriously candidly do not know. when it comes to foreign reports, they have stockpiles. i've not seen them. i am not playing clever here. i don't know. israel has said any disarmament of weapons, chemical, biological or nuclear has to be done in the framework of a regional disarmament. that has been the official israeli position for the last 20-30 years. as to what they have or do not have, i truly don't know, plus i'm retired, so i don't have to answer that. >> if diplomacy fails, are there any circumstances under which israel would take matters into its own hands? >> vis a vis iran? >> iran and its nuclear weapons. >> i think it's been made clear by the last two or three prime ministers of israel that if hell breaks loose and iran obtains a military nuclear capability and it is not being made to stop and zeal has the ability to opera

but the state of israel, i never really knew what to think. first look around, it's like everybody says -- it's pretty. it's awesome. it's urban. sophisticated. hip. like southern california. only nicer. then you see the undraftees in the streets and you start to get the idea. this is jerusalem. >> i'm taking you through damascus gate, which is one of the gates to the old city. these walls are pretty ancient. people say they go back to king david. as history progressed, they built up the wall. so the top bed is the newest. >> and by newest you mean -- >> up to about the ottoman time. the turks left here about 150 years ago. and the brits came and they conquered us. >> i wasn't here. >> born here, now cooking in london, he is the widely known respected chef and co-author of the book "jerusalem." >> basically, this city was divided into two until 1967 when there was the famous six-day war. >> yep. >> and the hall that we're traveling in now, walking in is east jerusalem. it's the palestinian part. that was up until '67 belonged to jordan. so now

in israel it's seen differently. political analyst here urge caution in the spirit of improving relations. >> i think it's obvious if, indeed it works out, and it leads to an end to the nuclear program. it would be something greeted positively. the concern is that he doesn't necessarily mean it. when he was a nuclear negotiator in 2003 to 2005 he did something else. the concern is he's going through the same motions again. >> on sunday israeli intelligence announced that alex mans was accused of spying for iran. he was picked up at ben gurian airport on 11 september. he was found with photographs of the u.s. embassy in tel aviv, and is said to have been offered $1 million to spy on israel and had visited three times in less than a year. >> news of the arrest of the spy came as prime minister benyamin netanyahu left for washington. it will be presented by israelis as evidence that the rainians cannot be trusted. that will be the trust of benyamin netanyahu's meeting with barack obama at the white house on monday after

sources claim that rebel fighters in syria planning a chemical attack against israel. controlled territories in a blatant provocation. and two years after a far right extremist killed dozens in a merciless norway. immigration party as part of a right. into the government look at how europe's increasingly turning away from multiculturalism. with this hour's top headlines live from moscow it's are with me it's good to have you with us today. the u.s. war machine will continue to loom over syria but if washington would overwhelmingly prefer not to pull the trigger that's according to barack obama who is now backing russia's proposal for damascus to hand over its chemical weapons leaving the ball firmly in syria's court and that's while the u.s. congress and the american public remain largely opposed to starting yet another conflict of details here with our. this may be a face saving moment for the obama administration because its arguments for a military action against syria have been falling apart both in the international community and in the u.s. congress congress jump

go long. >>> israel is bordered by egypt, jordan, syria, and lebanon. in 1967, after the six-day war, israel took control of the gaza strip, the sinai peninsula, the the west bank, the golon heights and annexed east jerusalem. in 2003, israel began construction on a wall along the green line representing the israeli-palestinian border. the wall now stretches 450 miles. when completed, it will span 700 miles. 85% of it in palestinian territory. on one hand, there's no doubt that the number of suicide bombings fell drastically. on the other, there's this. you cross from jerusalem into the west bank. also called judea, sumaria, also called palestine. since 1967, half a million settlers have moved here, all in contravention of international law. many in contravention of israeli law. though it seems to make little difference. they're here and in ever-larger numbers. this is one of our drivers from tel aviv who i asked about the graffiti on this house near the settlements. so what is price tagging? >> something happens in a settlement or some attack with jews

israel decides who comes and goes, what gets in and what stays out. apart from journalists, aid workers, emergency responders, very few people are allowed to cross into gaza. in 2005, the israeli defense forces left the gaza strip and all israeli settlers were removed. now inside gaza, hamas is in charge. considered a terrorist organization by both the united states and israel, they got elected in 2006. this is laila haddad, a native gazan, journalist and author of "the gaza kitchen." >> the catches are not as big as they used to be and that's primarily because the fishermen can't go beyond three to six nautical miles. >> if you go beyond, what happens? >> they'll shoot at the fishermen, destroy their boats, they'll cut their fishing nets. they'll detain them. so it's obviously really risky business. nine nautical miles, that's where that deep sea channel is where you're going to get the really good catches. gaza is the last palestinian area with access to the coast. that's really important to remember. you know, you have the west bank just an hour aw

. >>> president obama greets israel's president benjamin netanyahu. >> this tense photo op, israel's prime minister in his first term. threats made by the u.s. ignored or flat out rebuct rebuked by bn netanyahu. but in his second term obama has been trying another tack. his first foreign trip after reelection. it was meant to smooth over the rough relationship but the president's recent speech at the united nations might have made that tougher. he appeared to be pressuring israel on what he says is his two stop foreign capitol -- issues. >> would have ooh profound positive impact on the entire middle east and north africa. >> on iran the president isn't talking about attacking but talking. putting the focus on the a diplomatic solution. he literally drew everyone a picture at the u.n. last year, he wants a red line drawn, a convincing threat of boimg sooner not later. >> almost taking off the table the possibility of a military strike. but the president wants from netanyahu is time, patience, let the americans pursue the diplomatic approach, see where it goes if all else fails trust

israel is right next door. they have a lot to fear and they have a lot of enemies. >> you know, i think an attack on israel is more likely to happen if we destabilize assad. if we lashes out in desperation he's likely to send missiles and maybe gas towards telaviv. it destabilizes the position and makes it riskier for israel. some have criticized me and said these israel -- pro israeli, american israeli groups say they have to attack syria. my point is that opinion in israel is more plural i didn't say -- pluralistic than that. not everybody has the same opinions. they are pluralistic like america is. a good healthy debate about an attack helping or hurt hing israel, i defend israel but attacking assad makes it more likely israel would be attacked and more likely israel would be drawn into a regional war. it's better not to get involved in the civil war. >> there are a lot of worst case scenarios we could go through, whether we act or don't act. if we don't act, and assad uses chemical weapons on his people the

ask the you do, question about the consequences for israel and consult for israel on matters that have importance. israel is a big factor in all this, including syria. israelry kerry is in briefing the prime minister with the deal with syria. on the one hand, if you look at global public opinion, almost saw it play we itself out in the parliament. that was the only place where the majority supported a strike on syria. on the one hand, it pertains to syria itself. what might happen. they did worry about chemical weapons. the syrians were probably using -- it was perceived as a poor man's weapon of mass distraction. now they were using chemical weapons more internally. the israelis are worried about them falling into the wrong hands. they have real issues. what will be the consequence for what they see as the biggest strategic threat, which they see as youiran. they supported the president's strike and lobbied for it in congress. when the deal was announced about the chemical weapons with russia, you found they were supportive and saying it was a godsend for israel. to make ahe argument

and b u r six schools it citizens privacy to israel as the n.s.a. sure has a war intelligence reports would be country with a secret deal setting no limits to how this data can be used. hello and welcome to r.t. twenty four hour news live from moscow i mean our top story now present floods you have putin has warned against for rowing the entire system on international law out of violence as he draws the american people and politicians in a new york times article this threat to the established order may well happen according to the russian leader washington proceeds with its planned strikes against syria thomas has more now. a strong and hopeful article in the new york times called a plea for caution from russia in this putin directly address the u.s. people in what he calls a time of insufficient communication between the societies he talked about the need for the u.n. and providing international stability and talked about a u.s. strike saying that it would put innocent lives at stake spread the conflict derail peace efforts between israel and pales

exports its citizens privacy to israel as the n.s.a. shares raw intelligence reports with the country with a secret deal setting no limits as to how your data can be used. the hour's top news headlines live from moscow this is art's he with me wrong and welcome to today's program. president vladimir putin has warned against throwing the entire system of international law out of balance as you just the american people and politicians in a new york times article this threat to the established order may well happen according to the russian leader if indeed washington proceeds with its plan strikes against syria joining me live now our sean thomas coming on the program this morning good to see you sure it's ultimately i suppose if world leaders turning a deaf ear to your concerns take your argument to the public well certainly an interesting development rory this article was strong but full of hope from president vladimir putin in the new york times. it was called a plea for caution from russia and it directly addressed the american people

this despite the long-standing enmity between israel and syria. >> he is just a kid. he is not my enemy. a child cannot be an enemy. >> as of last february, israeli soldiers had brought nearly 100 syrian patients to this medical center. one of them has agreed to tell us how he got here, on the condition that we not show his face. >> it is the freese -- is the free syrian army cooperating with the israeli army at the border? >> yes, it is. >> what kind of cooperation? >> the fighters take the patients without carrying weapons. they put us on a particular spot where the israeli army can see us. then the israelis, and take us. to be honest, i was shocked that israel took us in. >> doctors are adamant that this is just a humanitarian response to the bloody conflict next door , which spares no one, not even the youngest, like this badly wounded little girl. those being treated are from the anti-assad camp. the state of israel maintains that it has a policy of neutrality and nonintervention in the civil war raging on in neighboring syria. >> 40,000 tourists have been maroon

. >> -- just cake out talking about israel, how plucky israel is. israel has universal health care. are you concerned that israel is on the road too become some sort of country with no work ethic? if it's good enough for aural allies in israel, why can't we have it. >> it's great to have you be so pro-israel here. you know, originally it was more or less a socialist country. that is been better. >> but their health care system is -- inert, vault has the health care -- -- >> one thing it doesn't -- >> i would like to see my brother defend this. >> heads are exploding. >> absolutely. >> in a certain way single payer and public option has a coherency. the canadian system was pretty good for quite a while. i think eventually these do run aground, because they don't have market forces and signals, but obama is certainly the worst of both worlds. cutting deals he wanted deals with pharma. if you're on the left, you should be fighting for public option. this is the worst of chronny capitalism. >> no, we fought and lost, but it would be in some wayings israeli occupation of palestinians. do

israel, another wants u.s. to hit assad to send a message to iran. netanyahu falls in that second camp. >> trace: he has long term issues as well. assad isn't punished now, the the ayatollahs in tehran will pursue nuclear weapons. the flip side is if the u.s. were to strike syria and the assad regime, they -- the ayatollah may speed up their nuclear production. >> trace: thank you. the 12th man in sports is a well-known thing. fans are getting behind their teams in bizarre ways that you will see next. clay. mom? come in here. come in where? welcome to my mom cave. wow. sit down. you need some campbell's chunky soup before today's big game, new chunky cheeseburger. mmm. i love cheeseburgers. i know you do. when did you get this place? when i negotiated your new contract, it was part of the deal. cool. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. >> trace: if you need another reason to salute the flag, we have got it. the united states punched its ticket to the 2014 world cup in brazil. the m

and then, there is the question of israel. anxiously waiting for word on what's next, as it readies for a worst-case scenario. a full hour lined up starting with former israeli ambassador to the u.n. and a must-see interview, one of the few americans who knows syrian president assad personally, tells us how a once promising leader turned into a brutal dictator. "america's news headquarters" live from the nation's capital starts right now. >> tuesday, president obama plans to address the nation, explaining why america needs to support his call for action in syria. tomorrow night, vice president biden will be having key senators over for dinner to persuade them as well. it's a full-court press that includes secretary of state john kerry overseas, trying to persuade european leaders that it's not necessary to wait for a u.n. report before taking action against serious chemical weapons attack. live in washington with the obama administration's political push for support for a strike on syria. >> president obama has no public event