this is the streets of hezbollah stronghold in south beirut. the last explosion that happened here was around two weeks ago and almost happened in the same location and for the fourth time since the summer explosions have hit this very street. now, as you can see ambulances have been in this area. they have taken the injured. fire trucks have put out the fires that in the buildings that were set on fire and a lot of people are still gathered in the street and we have heard several times the lebanese army which has deployed in the area making announcements on loudspeakers, calling on people to leave the area, they want to evacuate the area because usually they want to avoid a second explosion from happening with such a big crowd in the middle of the street. so that is the latest information we have. it's that according to preliminary security information the car that was driven by the suicide bomber has been stolen but there is no claim of responsibility yet. >> reporter: and thank you once again, and in somali at the attack at the lebanese capi

. >>> beirut explosion. a hezbollah strong hold is hit. >>> and get ready for things to slow way down in the northeastern part of the country, a major snow storm headed your way. ♪ >>> secretary of state john kerry's visit to the middle east topping our newscast at this hour. kerry is in the region setting up the framework for peace talks which he hopes will come later. nick, what does kerry hope to accomplish this time? >> little baby steps, dell, that's all u.s. officials are saying he is here to today, get a framework that will allow the two sides to talk in the future. and he is really pushing for concessions on both sides. he says it is time that both sides make a lot of hard choices, but he is getting a lot of resistance from prime minister benjamin netenyahu. >> i know you are committed to peace, i know i am committed to peace, but unfortunately given the actions and words of palestinian leaders, there is growing doubt in israel that the palestinians are committed to peace. >> the time is soon arisi

we are going online to beirut. it has below stronghold in beirut has been hit by a car bomb in the latest violence in that country being linked to the war in syria. that's cross over to martin j in beirut. who might have been behind this attack in beirut? it claims some 40 wounded. some are linking it to a sunni jihadist group. >> that is a slight sophistication. most people will point the finger to some groups in general. the billion dollar question is it local politics or opposition politics that are faced with their guy being assassinated? the government minister, the demographics and the regional players who are behind those opposition groups. those are the two key suspects here. just in the last hours or so, we have some forces that are claiming the area and looking for clues. the first component, which some people are beginning to ask is just very recently, an al qaeda leader was arrested about a week ago. he was the latest in line behind an iranian embassy bombing. a lot of tension, a lot of people blame eac

i used to speak about the 3 -- jerusalem, cairo, beirut as integral parts of the world. it could have been different. in the present time, when we see that the western democracies left that community, those who interfered should feel responsibility now. save this a small christian community. we have done our part since 1975. >> we are running out of time. we have not even started talking about what we could talk about. are the americans getting leery of the way that israel is handling the intifada? have you found people in this country that are mad at you? >> not all the people understand that it's a war. it's a war in which different methods are used. in the last days, an israeli soldier was killed. on the road to jerusalem. an israeli worker was killed by an arab who worked with him, and buried. before he killed him, he cut his lips and took out his eyes and skinned him. he did not feel he had done anything wrong because he killed a jew. i think people do not understand that we are facing a war. they do not know. i saw today in the "new york times" a story of the bruta

now let's go back to our guest in beirut. hezboll hezbollah's head of media relations. i estimate this is the fourth bombing in the area in a few months, the second this year. how -- or what is hezbollah's reaction to that? >>, it's always the same we action that we had before. you are talking about a terrorist attack. a criminal attack against the civilians in a highly populated area. so you are condemning what is happening. but more importantly, i believe a high coordination should be conducted between the different [ inaudible ] and all people in order to help come to an end to what is really happening. this is another terrorist attack not against [ inaudible ] but against hezbollah. or against the ierment of hezbollah. you are talking about an attack about the -- lebanese, all of them. this is against every lebanese, and i believe it's time to call upon all people for more civilalty, coordination and the formula that will bring about an end to what is really happening, because a political formula would only inject more [ inaudible ] to the weak body in lebanon. >> w

and this explosion in beirut. and four people are now dead. >>> and the rescue team trying to free people trapped in the arctic since christmas eve. topping our news at this hour, secretary of state, john kerry,'s visit to the middle east. kerry is in the region, setting the frark

the carnage in beirut as a bomber tears through a neighborhood. five are killed and 20 wounded in the seventh major bombing to rock the lebanese capital since july. ariel sharon said to be clinging to life after multiple organ failure. israel's prime minister has been in a coma since 2006 when he suffered a stroke at the height of his political power. time now to get an update on top business news. marcus, fiat, the carmaker tightening up its grip of chrysler. >> shares had their best day and almost five years on thursday, rising more than 16%. the value of the transaction is $4.35 billion. it is a good deal for fiat, but theysts still worn that italian carmaker is facing a long and winding road. >> the odd couple or a match made in heaven? italian carmaker fiat snapping up chrysler, acquiring the shares it did not already own. ceo of both companies, the deal is a defining moment for fiat and chrysler, which will go down in the history books, but in italy, the tie up is not necessarily cause for celebration. >> that a little mouse from italy succe

and this explosion in beirut. and four people are now dead. >>> and the rescue team trying to free people trapped in the arctic since christmas eve. topping our news at this hour, secretary of state, john kerry,'s visit to the middle east. kerry is in the region, setting the framework for peace talks. nick shepard is in jerusalem, and what does kerry hope to accomplish on trip number 10? >> reporter: well, del, there have been a lot of trips and a lot of meetings between palestinian and israeli officials in the last months, and both sides are no closer to peace than they were six months ago. there are a lot of sceptics among both sides and officials who are work for john kerry. so as he sat next to benjamin netanyahu, he addressed the critics and said, let's have some optimism as we go forward. >> i know, i come here with no illusions. i know that there are many who are sceptical whether or not the two parties can achieve peace. but i will tell you that i have personally learned something about the power of reconc

the show while struggle to beirut is that the car on the way has the most linked to before and syria the eu opens its doors to maintain simple. watched height restrictions on their social. hundreds of thousands of somalis in the world's biggest refugee camp were told to go well. the more violent eleven on where these where people have been killed and about forty wounded in a car bombing in the capital beirut. the device went off during rush hour and a stronghold of the shiite group hezbollah. one has claimed responsibility the city has been hit by a series of bombings since hezbollah intervene in the war in neighboring syria signed it doesn't help. you will staying in the middle east in iraq. government troops there are fighting to wrest back control over to major cities for militants linked all qaeda iraqi army is all the cartoon row positions and illusion. and the nearby were among the islamists have taken control over several districts fighting broke out on monday the twenty oh eight ended an anti government protests in burma. a least twelve people are dead after a suicide bomb at

the latest on that suicide bombing in the southern district of beirut. a mistake to month but not a disaster. the words of sir gay lover off as he gave a press conference this morning and commented on inviting iranthis from the world peace talks to begin tomorrow in switzerland on syria. let's have a listen to what the russian foreign minister to say about it this morning. >> of course it is a mistake. and i said so on many occasions. but it will not be a catastrophe. iran is being told to consent to preconditions imposed by the opposition with the support of the whole range of its supporters. graceful, as i said, if you take a settlement principles stated in the geneva one can indicate as the criteria and dozens of countries should not be invited either because they support regime change. was behind the dramatic u-turn on the part of the u.n.? ban ki-moon said he had been assured by tehran it would be supporting the meetings and tomorrow which is to set up a transitional government in settlementd aimed at agreed a geneva one. ban ki-moon said he was dee

the driver will is taking place in the hague and not in beirut for security reasons. parliament on the line now into beirut where correspondent martin j is on the story for is more what are the people in levin on saying what the scene about this track. make sure it is yet hugely important day for the political posts is that this could lead to send a petition to be waking up knowing it and that really killed mr hariri. but the humble people in the street. it makes you just open the mind to include that of the shipment is so cool i'm about to leave the doors to discuss all the appreciation of helping special criminal court this month. some of them and give them to a patrol homeless youths from this side of it that much. most people that the article. we have to think about what time the economy is going straight to the team is headed to the ms withdraw the money that would just let it go. and educational route or something more concrete to make even the gratuitous the trial itself. it seems rather strange that the suspects still at large i can say i say that some indepen

kim canned in a bomb attack in beirut in february 2005. and before the senior military commander was shot to debt near his home. and before that a suicide bombing outside the embassy. >> there are certain parties that stand before this, they don't want them to be part of this government, and i believe this would open the way wide for the -- to destagize the situation in remember noll. >> no one has claimed responsibility yet, but it is yet another indication of darker days to come. >> 2014 is starting with some good news, still ahead we will check in with the folks from real money for a look at some of the best signs yet, of a come back. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. p the road running showst signs of strength and heavy industry, jobs much more atop the hour on the program. he is sitting in for ali velshi. david, good to see you again, happy new year, my friend, what positive numbers did we see today. >> very happy new yeaher to you. >> thank you. u.s. factory activity held near a 2 1/2 year high in december wi

first we have reports from beirut. >> reporter: he was a prominent politician, a businessman whose influence went far beyond lebanon. his murder was a political earthquake that tore lebanon apart. five men have been indicted. all members are part of the hezbollah. it's power base lies in lebanon's shia community. >> the assassination had a severe impact on lebanon. muslims were divided. sunnies and shias, everyone was against each other. >> reporter: they were last le n leaving in a car, now proper cuters from the international tribunal say they have enough evidence to start the trial. they base the indictments on witness testimonies as well as mobile telephone network that was used exclusively by the five suspects. it is circumstantial evidence, the prosecutors at the hague say they will prove otherwise. none of the men have been arrested, and they have urged the government to step up and find the men. hezbollah has promised not to cooperate with a court it says is an international conspiracy against it, and said the tribunal is discredited. this is the first time one of lebanon's long list

. >>> still no claim of responsibility for thursday's powerful bomb blast in southern beirut. the latest explosion targeted the powerful shi'ite group hezbollah and comes a week after a similar blast killed a prominent sunni politician. mohammed jamjoum has more on the attacks and why the security situation in lebanon is getting worse. >> reporter: a powerful and deadly explosion ripped through a southern beirut suburb on thursday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens. the car bomb targeted a densely populated neighborhood in southern beirut that is known as a stronghold of militant shi'ite group hezbollah. while nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, it is believed that this is yet another example of the spillover of violence from syria's civil war which is raging uncontrollably just next door. there's a rising tide of anger in lebanon towards hezbollah because they have been participating in the syrian civil war, fighting alongside em battled president bashar al assad's forces as they try to regain control in that country's civil war. this is the s

i used to speak about the 3 -- jerusalem, cairo, beirut as integral parts of the world. it could have been different. in the present time, when we see that the western democracies left that community, those who interfered should feel responsibility now. save this a small christian community. we have done our part since 1975. >> we are running out of time. we have not even started talking about what we could talk about. are the americans getting leery of the way that israel is handling the intifada? have you found people in this country that are mad at you? >> not all the people understand that it's a war. it's a war in which different methods are used. in the last days, an israeli soldier was killed. on the road to jerusalem. an israeli worker was killed by an arab who worked with him, and buried. before he killed him, he cut his lips and took out his eyes and skinned him. he did not feel he had done anything wrong because he killed a jew. i think people do not understand that we are facing a war. they do not know. i saw today in the "new york times" a story of the bruta

i was in beirut that summer of 1982. watch it is terrific to what is being produced by people like vice president joe biden, the new york times, by much of the media about a man who really should have ended his days at the hague before the international criminal court. he was a man who from the very beginning of his career started out killing people as the commander of unit 101, the men who ordered the massacre -- >> explain what that is. >> unit 101 was a military unit of the israeli army formed at the orders of the israeli leadership at the time to carry raids.age reprisal we're talking about dozens of victims in retaliation, for this case, two or three people been killed. 69 people had their homes blown small village a in what today is the west bank. this is the first condemnation of israel by security council resolution, something the united states at the time was willing to say was a horrible, horrible crime. this is a man who since then, really, has only acted on the basis of a belief that force is the only thing t

even lebanon has suffered from the group's activity with it being behind the latest bombing attack in beirut and this chemical he's a former danish intelligence officer who served in iraq believes the country's army won't be able to wipe out the extremist forces in my opinion. has never been on the run it might have been downscaling due to pressure but once this pressure is lifted the organization is back in full force and it uses these. pauses to to regain its strength the fighting ability of the of the isis for instance is very strong but very contained to localized battles and one thing the isis and the rebels has is staring at it they want to continue fighting and the iraqi army really hasn't got a chance to fight these militias. and to or to already kate them. meanwhile in neighboring syria the strengthening of al qaeda linked groups is led to growing infighting between once allied rebels fierce clashes between rival opposition factions have killed at least seven hundred people this week almost one hundred of them are believed to be civilians who were executed by militants from the isla

roosevelt's grandson, kermit "kim" roosevelt, and was assisted by this cousin, archie roosevelt, chief of the beirut station. he also reports these actions would lay the groundwork for current foreign policy relations between the u.s. and middle east. this is about an hour. >> thank you for that kind introduction, and i'd like -- thanks to everybody for coming out in these conditions. i'm originally from england and will be heading back there shortly, so preparation after southern california for a british winter. just like to begin by saying a few words -- first, how i came to this subject, were describing the scenes of the book. now, as you have already heard, the -- my previous book, the mighty wurletzer about cia front groups, nongovernment organizations made up of anticommunist, private citizens, engaged in cold war propaganda overseas and later emerged these groups were in fact being secretly funded and, to some extent, managed by the cia. one group i didn't really engage with in the mighty wurlitzer was the american friend office the middle east. and mainly because its purpose didn't seem to b

a car bomb has exploded a neighborhood of the lebanese capital beirut. at least five people were killed more than seventy will read it the attack underscored the deep divide between shia and sunni muslims

p beirut. >> the leader of another al-qaeda-linked group died while being treated at a beirut hospital hospital. he suffered kidney failure. he was from saudi air aaria andn the country's most wanted terrorist list. he was behind the bombing of the beirut embassy in november that killed 23. >> the u.s. secretary of state says some progress is being made in the mid east peace talks about they are far from a deal. john kerry returned after meeting with mahmoud abbas. he is trying to encourage peace talks between israelis and palestinia palestinians >> reporter: john kerry has met 40 times in the last year and finally, today, he said he is making a little bit of probat n probation. slow work, shuttle sdpoemacy for people who have been fighting for much of the last six decades. he is determined to do itupremar people who have been fighting for much of the last six decades. he is determined to do it. all he is trying to do is create, in his words, the framework for the guideline of peace. he is not trying to solve middle east peace this weekend. all he is trying to do is get the two sides t

car bombing this month in southern beirut. a strong hold of lebanon's shia lebanon group hezbollah. it's believed to be linked to al qaeda, this blast, one of the many forces fighting government troops in syria. >> it is very destructive to the stability of lebanon when you see innocent people dying every day, and you see the women and children targeted at the civilian area. this does not sound safe or stable. i think the level of tension has risen to the extreme. >> iran-backed hezbollah has been sending fighters to help. al nusra says it's taking revenge. >> the fight is coming to the background of these southern suburbs. the impact of syria's war is being felt over more and more of lebanon. >> yesterday bashar al-assad was attacked. many villages have been attacked during the course of this week. when we talk about this, we are talking about targetting lebanon. i believe this is one part of the series. >> in tripoli, in the north of lebanon there was more violence, seven people, including a 3-year-old boy died since saturda

lucy field reporting from beirut. iraqi security forces are to delay an assault on the city of falluja. the government wants to avoid civilian casualties. this province has been under the control of al qaeda. ramadi,by romani -- fighting is still raging. >> a military hawks -- a y helicopter was flying over the state of vermont is. romanis held parts of since friday. they reported the regained control ofamadi earlier this week. off attacking falluja. increase high tensions between the shiite majority and the sunni government. -- prime minister malik king them to expel those forces. they are continuing to meet and imposed security measures and expel armed rebels from the city. continue to assume responsibly after the artillery shelling stops. >> families fleeing the fighting are taking refuge in karbala. getting to those who remain there is made difficult by snipers. >> we have asked them for a short cease-fire. so that we can evacuate those left in falluja, or let us enter the city to help the civilians with aid. has

right now the foreign minister mohamed is in beirut talking about the syrian issue. on the agenda as well and we have this from multiple sources but not confirmed from the iranians but tomorrow the foreign prime minister will be there meeting with bashir al-assad and talking about iran attendance and the foreign minister going to talk to the president of syria to see what iran and syria can come up with. >> reporter: they are making overtures with saudi arabia because they are a key player in the crisis and what does this mean and is there a shift in iranian policy here? >> well, that is right. since the president hassan rohani won't the election and took office six months ago this is on the agenda, better relations with arab countries in the region and particularly saudi arabia and they refers to the saudis as brothers and want to strengthen and improve the relationship and a key and major stumble block in syria iran supports the government of syria and saudi supporting the rebels and thousands trying to over throw the government and the process in paris as well and

again, huge explosion a few minutes ago in south beirut. we're waiting for more information of course. we'll have an update as soon as we have that. >> mok breaking news, from east san jose, detectives are on the scene of the first homicide of the new year. the shooting happened a few hours ago near the corner of 33rd and east san antonio street. that is just north of highway 101 and interstate 680 the interchange there. bob redell joins us at the scene with new details on this investigation. this one has been unfolding. >> reporter: yes. good morning to you. unfortunately the first homicide, 2014 two days into the new year. homicide detectives are there where you see the scene is lit in the driveway where the man is dead. we're waiting for the coroner to come out to move the body to see if he has i.d. on him to try to figure out who this person s. based on what residents told police they heard this man get shot, they heard gun shots, heard a car driving off. for whatever reason no one bothered to call 911. it wasn't until around 1:30 this

in beirut, i lost an apartment from a car bomb and a hotel room from artillery fire. i mean, in every war there's been something. the side of my rib cage is crushed. i mean, you pick up these little war injuries, even being a correspondent. c-span: do you ever get tired of this in extremis, where you've taken all these chances? >> guest: no, because the opportunity to witness history is just so amazing. for a little girl from ann arbor, michigan, to be able to have traveled with the pope and to have interviewed qaddafi and to have seen some of the great turning points in modern history i mean, what an opportunity. c-span: in your acknowledgments, you talk about the carnegie endowment for international peace here in washington. what role did that play in the writing of this book? >> guest: i spent two marvelous years there which offered some time to sit back and reflect on middle east policy, on the us foreign policy-making apparatus, on the world in general. i'm one of those who believes the world's in a state of great transition. and i think to be able to see how tha

thursday's attack took place in a hezbollah strong hold in the heart of southern beirut. that is a few miles away from where lebanon's former minister mohamad chatah died last week. >> a building the target. the explosion is a car bomb in the heart of the suburbs. it's the stronghold of hezbollah. the group fighting inside syria, on the site of forces loyal to the president. >> translation: this is a battle against terrorism, targetting everyone. the perpetrators are trying to ipp site violence among the people. lebanon is no stranger to bombing and fighting. >> days ago former finance minister mohamad chatah was blown up in the central district. he lobbied for the establishment of an international tribunal looking into the death of former prime minister saad al-hariri killed in a bomb attack in february 2005. before mohamad chatah, a senior hezbollah military commander was shot to death near his home. before that, a suicide bombing outside an iranian embassy. >> certain families stand before, and don't want it to take place. i believe this would be the way - alt the way

for more, we can speak now to "france 24's" beirut correspondent, who is following the situation from across the border. what more do we know? >> this is an instance has been kept largely under wraps. we spoke to the communications officer here in the region. they said this is something they are trying to keep secret, but that it has been leaked, and therefore, they have had to comment on it, but they are trying to keep negotiations behind the scenes. know is for the officers, we do not know what their roles were or their nationalities -- they were taken from their location, taken from their roles. they are now in contact with all the relevant stakeholders, in their words, the presumed kidnappers, trying to secure the release of this very delicate operation. this is very much in line with the journalists who have been taken. this is very much what has tended to happen. they try to keep it under wraps, and also, we do not hear from these infants until long after it happened. >> what do we know about the presence and their operations there in syria? is it a strong presence? >> they are

if you go north you get to beirut. there have been two car bombs. serious terrorist attacks, if you go to iraq you get to a town that the u.s. fought so hard for, fallujah. it has been recaptured by al-qaeda. if you go to the southwest of us in egypt a lot of tulmult there. each hot spot is individual, but as you begin to resolve the dispute and begin to give people, especially diseffected youth in the region, if you give them the notion that there is a solution then you take the fuel out of the fire. nothing will solve problems in iraq, egypt, beirut with a silver bullet, abou, but it cann to calm the region. >> in fallujah there was killing of eight. the government is trying to r retake control. rebels united in opposition to shia led prime minister nouri al maliki, and they've tightened their grip on fallujah and ramadi on monday. >>> an al-qaeda chief has died while in custody. he went into kidney failure while receiving kidany treatment. >>> thousands of families are fleeing their homes in the south sudanese city of bor. many are going to north

adam reporting from beirut. early this morning, the russian president vladimir putin went to visit the site of another twin attack earlier this week. those bombings at the main railway station of volgograd and on a city trolley bus killed 34 and left doesn't hurt. went to visit victims' or did the claims of responsibility for either attack but they do come after the leader of an islamic insurgency in russia called for attacks in the run-up to the winter olympics in sochi next month. jong-unh korea's kim gave his new year's address. he hailed the recent execution of his uncle. he referred to the man as a "scum element" saying his removal helped cement unity in the country. the first time the north korean leader publicly commented on the concert -- execution. formula one legend michael apparently in stable condition now, three days after the tragic accident in the french alps. he suffered severe brain injuries after he crashed while skiing off the main track with his son. his manager came out with more details ear

bomb exploding no less than two meters from his bowlers political bureau in the southern suburbs of beirut the latest in an escalation seen as the spillover from syria another no show in the high treason trial has been shot this time he was rushed to hospital with equal parts off and the former intelligence chief to rwanda's president may have been stranded since a south african police stop its coverage of his body in a johannesburg hotel the opposition calls it the political sense. all twenty four hours after the reds to a radical sunni leader claimed responsibility for the double attacks on the ingredient and deceit. so that the babe ruth's a powerful car bomb in the southern suburbs of the lebanese capital. it happens in a bastion of hizbollah now openly involved in the conflict in neighboring syria. earlier we spoke to his anfield emergency responders pushed through the current times the powerful exclusion is a residential area of southern beirut known as the hezbollah stronghold. eyewitness reports suggest it was coached by a car bomb. it seemed a plume of smoke rising high into the a

. >>> cars and suicide bombs have become a regular fixture on beirut's streets in recent months. in response to the up tick in violence one young lebanese artist decided to walk around with a fake bomb strapped to her body. dressed all in black except for the red suicide vest and her converse sneakers she walked through the crowded streets of downtown bay rue, rima says the performance way a statement against the normalization of violence in lebanon. i spoke with her earlier today. >> well, it's -- being afraid or fear can be very funny, actually, because it makes you do a lot of things. but then it makes you -- doesn't allow to you do things as well. everyone i think was afraid at these moments and i think everyone is negotiating fear all the time after this, this wave of violence in lebanon. >> so how did you come up with the idea that what you are going to do is the tnt project as i understand it? >> yes. >> and that the project in essence, is you walking around busy streets in beirut downtown bay rue, one of the more well known neighborhoods in beirut essentially with a fake

a professor of political science and history at the american university of beirut. welcome to the program, sir. if we could first get your thoughts on this trial taking place almost nine years after the prime minister was killed. >> the court starts serious work and try to get to the bottom of the assassination of the prime minister and others killed with him or sass anywayed after that. however, i think at this point in time, it is bog to be a long process. it is increasing tension in lebanon. the government we have how, it's resigned, and the need for a new president in a couple of months, so all in all, i think while we are glad to have the court started, i think probably more than half of the lebanese think it is a political accusation of hezbollah and that this is an international decision to go after hezbollah. >> very mixed reaction there in lebanon. some do see it as an attempt for some kind of accountability. director of the carney endowment for international peace say this is an attempt as changing the culture of impunity not only in lebanon, but the regio

first we go to bernard smith in beirut with the background. >> the syria peace conference in switzerland is the most it the serious global effort yet to end the 3-year long conflict. at the heart of it is a plan to agree a roadmap established by the u.s. and russia. and other global powers in june 2012, a roadmap for syria, that will see a transitional government leading to fresh, free elections. the syrian national coalition has been persuaded and agreed to attend the talks. a third of the members, an umbrella group and rebel forces opposed. a third of those people did not vote on whether they'd attend. anyway, they are going to attend and will sit across a table from representatives of the syrian regime. the first time it's happened in three years. here is a problem the conference will face. it says it is attending because it wants to start to continue fighting what it calls terrorism. an invitation letter went to the syrian regime and said they were being invited because they want to be part of the discussions to set up a transitional government. opposition groups are worried, those o

we have more from beirut. >> this man survived thursday's blast. the bomb went off a few metres were his shop in beirut's southern suburbs. this shia area, heavily populated with hezbollah supporters has been targeted over recent months. for mohammed, it targeted lebanon's unity. >> in principal the shia are not targeted. there was an attack against sunnis in tripoli. this is the work of extremists trig to create sectarian strife. >> some believe it was in retaliation of fighting. hezbollah's opponents here believe the lebanese shia-armed group should withdraw its forces from syria, to spare lebanon. hezbollah supporters disagree. >> if hezbollah didn't fight in syria, the extremists would have come here, and we would have seen 10 car bombs a day. already terrorists have come to lebanon. >> the war in circumstancia spread. the battlefield is here too. long existing political and sectarian tensions are getting worse. lebanon's civility is at risk. >> the lack of national unity and political consensus made lebanon a battle ground. it is part of a pro

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four people were killed in a car bombing in a hezbollah strong hold in beirut. an al qaeda group claimed responsibility. the group said it was retaliating for hezbollah's for for syria's government. bernard smith has more. >> the second suicide car bombing this month in southern beirut, a strong hold of hezbollah. al nusra front in lebanon claimed responsibility for this blast. it's believed to be linked to al qaeda and is one of the many forces fighting government troops in syria. >> it is very destructive to the stability of lebanon when you see fantastic people dying, being killed and the women and children are targeted at the civilian area. this does not sound same or stable. the level of tension has risen to the extreme. >> iranian-backed hezbollah has been sending forces to help. as well as bringing the conflict to the beirut suburb, the impact of syria's war is felt over more and more of lebanon. >> yesterday tripoli is being attacked. many have been attacked because of this week. when we talk about this, we talk about targetting lebanon. and i believe th

it happened in the southern suburbs of beirut, the lebanese capital. the area is also a stronghold of hezbollah. there are fears that the death toll will rise. dozens were injured, and so far no one claiming responsibility for the attack. >>> turning to syria now, the u.n. humanitarian coordinator says aid agencies are having a tough time to help those affected by the long and bloody civil war. >> the collapse of the country's infrastructure, ongoing targeting of civilians and militarization of schools and hospitals remain major concerns. we continue to stress the need for a political solution to the crisis. every day that passes leads to further deterioration of the situation, and we on the humanitarian side can only do so much. >> the u.n. is asking for $6.5 billion this year to help millions of syrians inside and outside of the country. >>> hundreds of migrants are safe after what could have been a tragedy in the mediterranean sea. the italian navy rescued 2533 people on board a ship only 32 feet long. that stress call was off the coast of the itali

aljazeera is in beirut. has anyone claimed responsibility for this attack? >> yes, there has been a claim of responsibility, a front in lebanon believed to be a branch of the al-qaeda affiliated front rebel group in syria has claimed responsibility for this attack, and it's said that this was in responsibility to a rocket attack last friday on the lebanese-syrian border where rockets landed there and killed nine people, mostly children, and the residents has blamed hezbollah for this attack. it's in lebanon claiming responsibility for this bombing. >> one of several exmowses in beirut in recent weeks. are there growing concerns that the war is spilling into lebanon? >> it is actually all right spilled over. we are seeing and witnesses these explosions very often these days. i'm going to step out of the shot a little bit to show you the scene behind me in the middle of the street in the hezbollah strong hold, you can see people dressed in white. those are investigators and scientists collecting evidence for an investigation into this bombing. now, this would

has exploded in the district where hezbollah offices are in beirut lebanon according to lebanese television as a result of some sort of car explosion it's just in the south of beirut details to come here on international for the meantime though still at four you have the dubious methods of the u.k. government to get failed asylum seekers kicked out of the country that's just around the corner. as a new physician. by the way to go. to the best of my ability and judgment. i will prescribe for the good of my patients. i will not give deadly doses to anybody. or advise of those to do so. i will never do her. doctors of the dogs. out. twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow it's r.t. international it is also the ninetieth anniversary of the death of a man who changed the entire course of russian history margaret how it looks back at the image of lenin whose revolutionary ideas much like the man himself still not buried. one apple of discord in the very heart of moscow's red square behind these walls lay the mummified remains of the revolutionary and the founder of the soviet state but it's h

. >> in triply, there was more violence on tuesday, as a result of the bombing in beirut. seven people including a three-year-old boy have died since saturday, in fighting between sunny muslim and alawite areas. sunnies generally support the uprises, alawiteing usually back asaad. the bombing have helped persuade one politician to change his mind. and say he is willing to join that might help reduce tensions and in a nine month impasse, that has left the country without an an ministration. beirut. >> meanwhile, delegates invited to the so called geneva two peace talks are arriving in sweatser land. u.n. secretary general, arrived in the town a short while ago. that's where the first round of talks begin on webbed before the conference moves on to geneva. live in switzerland for us. you have been talking to members of the official syrian government delegation, what have you been hearing? well, we do know for some time the syrian government is wanting to change the focus of this conference, and want the international community to focus on what it is calling the war on terror

least five people are reported dead and thirty five injured following an explosion in lebanon's capital beirut is the latest the talkin a spike of violence that has been plaguing the country let's not get a live update from a point it's clear hi paula so this area is of course a hezbollah stronghold well do we know about the situation but at this point well yes the explosion happened near the headquarters of the hezbollah amusement in the neighborhood in the southern suburbs of the lebanese capital beirut almost immediately smoke covered the area one of the nearby buildings caught a light there was a charred vehicle in the vicinity and i witness reported hearing the sound of a very very loud explosion this is the stronghold of the shiite muslim group hezbollah and it's understood that this attack like a string of other attacks that have happened in recent weeks and months autography in the group because of its support for the in battle of syrian president bashar assad who has been fighting a bitter war cost. three years now earlier this month there was a bomb blast just meters. in which five p

area that's according to certain reports this morning for more we can speak to our correspondent in beirut said his team fielded she joins us now we see that tell us a little bit more about precisely what his hits cds at shiite dominated neighborhoods all beirut this morning. did he know how to take a chance. squirt is mainly shiite area in our society. one way and raised fourteen of snow on an error and often seen as one of these keystone homes. nb if you meet is not man's meat is from my apple green stuff this month raised its rating to find people that serious rain on me. by the sonic states. the recommended books to read is operating in syria seems to have killed at least four people send me your horse in front of a nineteen twenty seven people in chains. and indications that this was also insist on calling it can. which is an online channel and carry an extra strong presence in the air and its offices in the area. according to eyewitnesses the current limit of the race and was totally hot for science and scripture in the context suggests that it was also says i only know the economy t

the missionaries who identify with arab nationalism, there's institutions of american university of beirut and creation of nationalist ideology in the arab world. in addition to the british imperial traditions, the cia arabists also drawing on this history of the missionary, american missionary engagement with the middle east which is atruncated to the cia through a number of people in missionary stock who ran the u.s.' espionage effort in the middle east during world war ii. characters like william eddy and his biographer, thomas litner, is here tonight. i think this is really the explanation of the puzzle that i started this research with, which is what is the cia funding organization like the american and explains an arabist element within the young cia helps explain why it was that kermit roosevelt also organized covert backing for that sac -- nasa in egypt, statement, that's cermet roosevelt overthrowing the nationalist prime minister of iran. he is aiding the cause of the arab nationalist leader of egypt, a government that was created in the wake of the 1952 egyptian revolution again

joining us live from beirut . the mit report as we were in there suggesting u.s. intelligence drew the wrong conclusions from it all the working on we think roughly the same figures technically why is the white house was washington been slow to react to this news or do you think well i don't think washington really wants to draw attention to the subsequent reports that are coming out mostly private endeavors by private individuals at this point any time you actually apply scrutiny of any sort to many. washington statements you find a lot of holes in it so you know when when when the chemical weapons attack first happened the u.s. used lofty terms an important sounding language to make us feel that they had it covered you know we had intelligence and we had observations of this sort and other in fact none of that is true the u.s. sort of backed into an argument that support a policy objective as they have done in many other instances in the middle east yeah i mean there's there's one thing going to the story of there's another thing going we've got high confidence

based out of gambia and they're owned by tajik which is owned by the brothers which are based out of beirut that are finances of of hezbollah so those transactions were going through h.s.b.c. and i saw i saw it now what's interesting is it's not that it was hard to find the transactions it's very easy the real disturbing part was how they were doing it because those transactions they were supposed to be stopped in the wire filter were actually going through and the reality they were going through because wages b.c. employees were doing was adding dots and dashes and different codings to the actual payments the f.b.i. later called it stripping the payments so the computer system there was a match with the with the transactions in the transactions would go through so it wasn't it was just blatantly obvious what they were doing it just took me i guess with a little extra effort to see how they were criminally how they were criminally allowing the terrorist funds to go through so yes that that it was very simple to actually attack what was going on where the only one who was suspicious are the

he was also found responsible for allowing christian militants in beirut, in 1982, to slaughter hundreds of palestinian refugees. as a politician, sharon was a right-wing hawk, the father of the settlement movement. but in august 2005, a move that stunned the country. sharon ordered 10,000 israeli settlers out of the gaza strip. allies on the right labeled him a traitor. >> a democratic palestinian state -- >> reporter: ever a tactician, sharon saw a peace deal as vital for israel's future. but in january 2006, sharon had a massive stroke, putting him in a vegetative state for eight years. his sons say his eyes would open and he would move his fingers when asked to. there is, perhaps, no israeli that provoked more conflicting emotions than sharon. alex marquardt, abc news, beirut. >> alex, thank you. >>> there's still much more ahead on this saturday night. stunning images over the mojave desert. richard branson's dream to take others into space. the closest yet to coming true. what they have now pulled off. >>> and a special anniversary, tonight. they were married in 1948. they're going