. ♪ beirut. it's good to be back. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la >>> the mediterranean sea itself trembles. the ground shakes beneath the wheels of our heavy metal thunder. back in beirut, after all these years. the first time i was here it did not end well but it made no difference to me. i love it here. in spite of everything, i love it here. >> nice ride. it's a good way to see beirut. >> this is very similar to that place we went to years ago. this is your traditional chicken sandwich. >> the broasted chicken was this man's idea, ramsey short who i met in the bad old days of 2006. apparently he's in with the lebanese chapter of the harley davidson group, or hog for short. so when you roll into some religiously conservative villages on the bikes and le

. >> cuban art has become a booming business auctioned at sothebys, from new york to bay you beirut. beirut. >> it refers to the tens of thousands of cubans who are trying to cross these waters to make it to the other side. michael mirabal uses american and cuban flags to describe decades of bilateral is tensions. >> this is called fiesta, that is what we're living now prepare for a party and seeing if it's possible to be friends and not enemies. >> paintings are exhibited in his showroom and selling for tens of thousands of dollars. further focus on the world attention. lucia newman, al jazeera havana. >> the royal family is marking the 800th anniversary of the magna carta. signed as a peace treaty back in 1215 substantialing that the king was subject to the law. attorney general loretta lynch was among those who talked about the magna carta's significance. >> this social contract between a monarch and his people codified however imperfectly notions that stand the at our own system of justice the idea that no power is un, and no unconditional and no rule is absolute. authority with

one of the drivers ended up somewhere and now he's in prison in beirut. so a few people have said you are naÏve that this is happening and you are making a kind of comic story that you presented this as a kind of comical story and i guess it happened with the comedy and we were there by luck so i think it's a kind of valuable record of the world being about to change. >>> presidential candidates often release books to introduce themselves to voters and present their views on issues. here's a look at some return by candidate. ..

malcolm kerr was president of the university in beirut and considered one of the brightest academics in the middle east. now, he was dead. the next day, steve kerr played and crushed asu, earning him the nickname ice. but simultaneously the reagan administration was searching for the terrorists who detonated a series of bombs that killed 241 servicemen including 220 marines. islamic jihad was identified as the terror group responsible for the marine barracks bombing in beirut. 31 years later, the obama administration is negotiating with the same regime. and steve kerr is trying to earn another championship. makes it hard not to root for the guy tomorrow night. but i'm also rooting for president obama. you might take a cue. get a steely resolve, instead of the soft talk that's allowing isis to spread like cancer in the middle east. have a great weekend, everybody. >>> hello, i'm lou dobbs. president obama beginning yet another of his reversals. the president finding no profit in his previous pivot to asia. he's now looking back over his shoulder giving serious thought to a possible re

molly: adam pletts recording -- reporting from beirut. from petro poroshenko after a surge of violence in eastern ukraine, at least 26 were killed. one of the worst outbreaks of violence since the february cease-fire was signed. with more, here is our correspondent. >> the fragile truth in minsk -- minsk seems closer than ever to collapsing. with talk to the cease-fire agreement giving way to that of military offensives. >> the cease-fire has already been violated because they are showing at us, and we cannot just sit here in trenches. we can only go forward and forward and forward. i am not the only one saying this. everyone is talking about this. >> wawrinka is on the -- marinka -- both sides blame each other for starting. resting on the road to the town come ukrainian soldiers say the rebels struck first. an opinion shared by the osce. they are tracking large troop movements in the area. >> if i understand things right, the separatists have amassed their troops and tried to find weak spots in our defense. today, they hit marinka. they

we are crossing to beirut and speak to ambassador yemen's ambassador to lebanon and live from beirut and thank you for being with us and they are expected to hold talks in kuwait and saudi arabia on a draft piece of proposal and what are you hearing about that proposal what is in it? >> thank you very much. this made the raging battles and ongoing violence and humanitarian situation in yemen the all parties in yemen and said that secretary-general initiative for consultation and only yemeni factions should constructive engagement in this consultation. >> but you sound pretty confident that there will be constructive dialog. where does that confidence come from considering the peace talks that broke down in geneva earlier this month? >> as i mentioned i'm very optimistic that the parties will go back to the consultation because they should look to the humanitarian situation in yemen and they should take their responsibility in front of the yemen people to find the solution for this crisis. also with the united nations, only appreciate coming from the united nations to present the sens

on april 18, 198 , hezbollah bombed the american embassy in beirut. six months later on october 2 1983, hezbollah suicide bomber drove a truck more than 15,000 pounds of explosive, killing 241 marines and wounding more than 100 more. par troopers were also killed. on september 20, 1984, hezbollah struck again with another bombing, this time carrying out an attack in beirut, killing 24 people i americans. 1980's to 19990 the khobart towers were attacked in 1996 killing 19 airmen. iran continued its adack in 2000 with its whacking of terrorists using e.i.d.'s. an article from march 2015, says iran was response irl for one-third of casualties which amounts to songs and daughters who never come home aline. irpe-backed terrorists attacked others. hezbollah killing 29 people and injuring 240 others. a july 18 1994, iran bombed 858 if civilians. in july, 2012, operatives detonated a bus on bulgaria, killing five israelis. until iran stops its export of terror, the united states and other nations, no sanctions relief should be granted. if iran does not aboon

joining us from beirut, the head of lebanon's emergency response to the refugee crisis. it is a huge number of people coming into the country. what support has lebanon had to deal with it? >> thank for having me with you today. lebanon has had some considerable support from the international community from the united nations agencies inside the country however all of the support hasn't met all the needs. the country the same like turkey today the country is today hosting about 1.5 mommy syrian citizens. this is a number very huge in comparison to our own population only 4 million people. we are a small country. we are dealing with an increase in population of about 30% in only three years. money is not coming to the government funding only goes to international organizations. it goes to local n.g.o.'s. at the same time, money is decreasing. today, funding is spreading all around the world because crises around the world are increasing, we have more crises this year. it is affecting everything in the country affecting lebanon's ability to provide support to the syrians an

the jail in beirut was built to hold 1500 inmates but now holds more than twice that number. while you may find some pictures in the report disturbing. >> these pictures of inmates being beaten in lebanon's prison a has shocked many and made this crowd angry. in the city of tripoli families of the supporters movement is a are protesting. they say that torture is common. some rights groups say that what was revealed in the prison shows the level of abuse that goes on in prisons. >> there's a prisoner who lost his sight because of torture. there is an inmate who was forced to rape his fellow inmate. the majority of lebanese people don't know these things. >> lebanon's government said that a full investigation is underway. the minister of interior announced six policemen were involved in the attacks. two of them have been arrested. the prison is the biggest in the country, and it is overcrowd: it is where some inmates charged with terrorism are jailed. there have been rioting and it is believed that they show videos that show what happened during that time. some of these have be

art has become a booming business auctioned at sotherbys and purchased by foreigners from new york to beirut. >> this refers to cuba's complex relationship between cuba and it's neighbor to the north 190 kilometers away. michael uses american and cuban flags with empty bullet cartridges and bashed wire to describe decades of bilateral tensions and the long awaited birth of a new relationship. >> this is called fiesta because that's what we're living now preparing for a party and waiting to see if it's really possible to be friends and not enemies. >> his paintings are also exhibited in his own studio show room and selling for tens of thousands of dollars. further proof that cuban art like cuba itself, is becoming a focus of world attention. lucia newman, al jazeera, havana. >> power to the people. the royal family is marking the 800th anniversary of the magna carta. they all pictured there visited southern england to commemorate that anniversary. it was signed as a peace treaty back in 1215, that was the first document of its kind to protect rights and freedom to establish the fact that the

. >> auctioned at sotherbys or purchase bid visiting collectors from new york to beirut. this is called project salvation. like so many others in this year's, it refers to the complex relationship with the ocean and it's northern neighbor, and thousands of cubans who have tried to cross these waters to make it to the other side. >> michael uses american and cuban flags with empty bullet cartridges and bashed wire to describe decades of bilateral tensions and the long awaited birth of a new relationship. >> this is called fiesta because that's what we're living now. preparing for a party and waiting to see if it's really possible to be friends and not enemies. >> his paintings are also exhibited in his own studio show rim and selling for tens of thousands of dollars. further proof that cuban art like cuba itself, is becoming a focus of world attention. lucia newman, al jazeera, havana. >> of course, you can always keep up-to-date with all the news. you can see lots more opposite our top stories. sudanese omar al-bashir are a leaving south africa. all at www.aljazeera.com.

. >>> two lebanese prison guards have been arrested, the jail in beirut was designed to hold 2,000 but holds twice that number. you might find the report disturbing. >> reporter: these pictures of inmates being beaten in lebanon's rumia prison have shocked many and made this crowd angry. in the northern city of tripoli families of the prisoners and supporters of the muslim selaphy movement, be accuse the military government of delaying trials of their sons. what was revealed in rumia prison reveals what goes on in prisons. >> there's a prisoner who lost his sight because of torture. there's an inmate who was forced to rape his fellow inmate. the majority of lebanese people don't know these things. >> reporter: lebanon's government says a full investigation is underway. the minister of interior says two have been arrested. rumia prison is the biggest in the country and overcrowded. it is also where some inmates charged with terrorism are jailed. in april there was rioting and it is believed the leaked videos show what happened during that sometime but some believe the release of these v

we cross to our regional correspondent, adam platz, who joins me from beirut.

the leader of an egyptian opposition party speaking to us from beirut. >>> now greece has submitted a last-minute debt restructuring proposal to its debtors. european union finance ministers say they will be discussing the plan in the next hour. the aid will come to an end by midnight on tuesday, and the greek finance minister has confirmed the government will not be paying 1.6 billion euros owed to the international monster fund. let's go live to athens where john psaropoulos is standing by. what can you tell us about this new greek proposal on the table? >> reporter: we have heard in the last hour that the greek side is suggesting that the european stability mechanism, an enormous fund set up with government money by the 19 members of the european union, as a back-stop fund that organization should pay off greece's debt as it matures in the next two years. now this is a -- let's say a -- a variation on an older greek proposal that the esm, simply buys out the debt that is in the european central bank and the international monetary fund. this is so that greece would have only one per

. >> reporter: this video provides a rare glimpse inside the prison on the outskirts of beirut. it shows prisoners with hands behind their back beaten with a plastic rod. in another, a man is beaten and kicked. the man asks what he is accused of. he plies transporting terrorists. actions have been described as a crime against humanity two have been arrested. >> translation: we'll continue the investigations until the end. the crime cannot go unpunished. judicial investigations have started. >> reporter: this is lebanon's largest prison. it's overcrowded and inmates said they were routinely tortured much in april there was a riot in block b the the video appeared to have been filmed during that time. he condemned the attacks. >> translation: we will follow the matter to the end. i will never accept inhumane acts or torture of anyone for any purpose. >> reporter: it holds prominent fighters inmates accused of suicide bombings, and palestinians accused of taking part in the 2007 battles against the army many examples of abuse have been document. >> what we have seen sa one of sever

this video provides a rare glimpse inside lebanon's prison on the outskirts of beirut. it shows prisoners with their hands tied behind their backs being beaten with a plastic rod. in another video, a man is receiptedly hit and kicked. the guard asks him what he's accused of. he replies, transporting terrorists two prison sfrerz been arrested. leb no hope's justin minister describes it as a crime against humanity. >> we will continue the investigations until the end. the crime cannot go unpunished. the perpetrators will be held accountable judicial investigations have already started. >> lebanon's largest prison is overcrowded. former inmates have said they were routinely tortured. in april, there was a riot in block d. lebanon's interior minister says the video appears to have been filmed during that time he for whatever reason. romnant fighters is it holds several of taking part in the 2007 battles against the lebanese army. civic leaders say they have documented many. one of the many things happening inside the jail. we have recorded several cases but we have been rel

we are joined by the director of the carnegie middle east center in beirut. she says i.s.i.l. will find it difficult to take kobane. >> they failed to do so earlier this year, because they were forced by kurdish forces in the town. at the moment we have to consider that this advance into kobane is a result of losing another area to the kurds. a major supply line has been cut in the area. they cannot take it again so advance to kobane again. it's about opportunistic gains. first of all, the loss of a supply line is a major issue for them. they need to try to compensate for it. we have the rise of a rebel coalition that has been achieving much in the north. it is overshadowing i.s.i.l., so i.s.i.l. as a result needs to show it has influence and is on the offensive. the regime is treating from -- retreating from areas in syria because it's overstretched, giving i.s.i.l. an opportunity to advance. finally is the anniversary of the so-called caliphate coming up on monday, and i.s.i.l. needs to show it's influential and powerful on the ground, and that's why it's on the offense agai

become a bamming bids, auctioned at sutherby's or purchased by visiting collectors from new york to beirut. this installation is called project salvation and like so many other in this year show. it rears to the complex relationship with the core en, and its northern neighbor just 140-kilometers away, it also refers to the 10s of thousands of cubans who have tried to cross these waters to make it to the other side. michael uses american and cuban flags with empty bullet cartridges and barbed wire to describe decades of bilateral tensions. and the long-awaited birth of a new relationship. >> translator: this is called fiesta. because that's what we are living now. preparing for a party. and waiting to see if it's really possible to be friends and not enemies. >> reporter: the paintings are also exhibited in his own studio showroom. and selling for 10s of thousands of dollars further proof that cuban art like cuba itself. is becoming a focus of world attentions. lucia newman, al jazerra havana. >>> there is much more real news from al jazerra along with analysis and comment on our website. a

and i was among the first forces to -- of israeli forces to enter the city of beirut in june 1982. and my actual unit was decimated in an ambush, and we ended up being attached to all sorts of other units for the duration of and the war. later on, i became one of the few israelis to be a veteran of the gulf war. in a period just before the outbreak of the gulf war, i was assigned as a strategic liaison between the israeli army and the u.s. sixth fleet in the eastern mediterranean. that's one -- it's an interesting thing as an historian, as well, because in the book, i point out that israel had repeatedly requested in 1967 precisely such a liaison with the sixth fleet, and the u.s. denied the request. well, in subsequent years, the united states acceded to the request, and i was the liaison. and first -- it was a very interesting job. i essentially went out and partied a lot with american pilots who were on leave in israel. we had a few maneuvers on the ground, nothing too serious. and all of a sudden, it became real. all of a sudden, there was a real war in which the united states

you see the shift from beirut to dubai. beirut used to be the center, and then it went to dubai. a lot of our business is now coming out of saudi. tom: do you wake up feeling a world bank global 2.8% global gdp? >> actually, there is a big discrepancy between what you see at the business council, the international business council and people who are running businesses are much more conservative and pundits like you or goldman sachs or whatever. they come down to where the people who run businesses are. i would say the world is running around three real, about five nominal, and has probably weakened in the second half of last year and the first half of this year. it is not a pretty picture. clients are focused on the short-term. it is the 800 anniversary of magna carta. i read a specious piece on magna carta and it's implications for business. where i did agree with them is this emphasis on the long term. the problem at the moment is that people are too focused on the short-term. larry summers is right -- focus on the long-term. 2014, total buybacks plus dividends exceeded paid bu

ambassador to beirut wrote that the lebanese people identified with the suffering of the civil war and the damage done by political assassinations, something they have had to deal with multiple times. a local official from ireland spoke of the influence that robert burns had had on lincoln. two leaders from england wondered whether a local bond had influenced lincoln's fight against slavery and went on to make a point that several letter writers made that slavery, even though the form that it took in the united states in the 19th century is now gone, still exists and is still a problem to tackle today. and one of my favorite example greece's ambassador to the united states expressed in his words, my personal awe to discover how well versed he was in the teachings of euclid. people are trying to make their connection with their own circumstances. lincoln continues to be many things to many people. you can trace the different themes rising and falling over the decades. for example, the anglo-saxon racial ideology isn't present anymore, but many of those other themes are. lincoln has endu

. >>> so we are back in beirut. i have a lot of history in this town. a lot of it bad but most of it good. i keep coming back at any opportunity. all the good and all the evil in the world in one awesome place. here. or churches across the country. how to keep members safe while opening the doors for everyone. it is an ish crew that hits close to home for one church in texas after it faced a similar tragedy. here is ed laugh endara. >> he pulled out a 9 millimeter and shot me twice. >> just like that? >> reporter: the moment is crystal clear for jeff lasster. in september of 1999 a gunman walked into the wedgewood baptist church in ft. worth texas and killed seven people. lasster was the first person wounded that day. >> he did ask me is this where the religious meeting was being held? he didn't give me a chance to answer but just said it as he was firing. he pulled it out and shot twice sideways. >> reporter: the wedgewood baptist church the horrific shooting at emanuel ame in charleston south carolina brings back the haunting memory of that day. wedge

. >>> two border guards have been arrested jail in beirut. you may find some pictures in omar al saleh's report disturbing. >> reporter: these pictures have shocked many. and made this crowd angry. in the northern city of tripoli families of the tbriz prisoners they say torture is common and accuse the military courts of delaying the trials of their sons. what was revealed in the prison shows the level of abuse that goes on in prisons. >> translator: there's a prisoner who lost his sight because of torture. there's an inmate who was forced to rape his fellow inmate. the majority of the lebanese people do not know these things. >> reporter: lebanon's government says a full investigation is underway. the minister of interior announced six policemen were involved in the attacks. two of them have been arrested. rumia prison is the biggest in the country and it is overcrowded. it is where some inmates charged with terrorism are jailed. in april there was rioting and it is believed the leaked videos show what happened during that time. but some bel

become a booming business, auctioned at sotherbys or purchased by visiting collectors from new york to beirut. >> like so many othersic in this year this refers to this complex relationship with the ocean and with its northern neighbor just 140 kilometers away. it also refers to the tens of thousands of cubans who try to cross these waters to make it to the other side. >> michael uses american and cuban flags with empty bullet cartridges and barbed wire to describe decades of bilateral tensions and the long awaited burst of a new relationship. >> this is called fiesta. that's what we are pea living now. preparing for the party and waiting to see if it's possible to be friends and not enemies. >> the paintings are exhibited in his own studio show room, and selling for 10s of thousands of dollars. further proof that cuban art like cuba itself is becoming a focus of world attention. lucia newman, al jazeera, havana. >> please stay with us on al jazeera. another full bulletin of news is right ahead for you. at 11:00p.m. pacific. stay tuned. "america tonight" is next. >> al-bashir is back home, ha

thank you very much for joining us from beirut. >>> now to south sudan where thousands of people are fleeing fighting between government forces. many are women and children who walked for weeks to get to an u.n.-protective camp. >> it's been a long and exhaust exhausting journey. they ray voided the main roads walked only at night when they felt safe and ate water lilies. they spent the night here with no shelter and not enough food. they're heading to this camp for displaced people. it's already crowded and the living conditions are tough. this woman had children and grandchildren, they're trying to cope here. she said before her house was burned she was raped by men dressed in military uniform. two of her grandchildren are also missing. both are under ten years old. she asked us not to identify her. >> i compare my grandchildren's life to my own. life without knowing where they are is not a life. i'm afraid, but i need to go back to see if they are dead or alive. and hiding somewhere. >> children here cope any way they can. but it's not easy. >> most of those who are coming are wom

. >>> let's bring in rami from the islam [ inaudible ] institute at the university of beirut. the destruction of these ancient precious monuments, is it anything more than just because they are considered unislamic? is there another message here? >> well yes. this is a process that has been going on for sometime with isis and they basically say they are destroying these monuments and graves of poly-theists. they don't want people to revere or worship or look up to anybody but the prophet muhammad in their view, and they are sending the message that they are creating the perfect pristine islamic society as they understand it so they can attract true muslims to go live there. most muslims look at these people as criminals and extremists, but this is why they -- they do this. they don't want any other focal point of identity or allegiance whether it's nationalism, tribalism, sectarianism, only pure islam as they see it. >> and you wonder what it is that they want. i mean they seem to be razing all of these important pieces. and yesterday another execution video. i mean what is th

let's go to the founder of a civil rights group joining us from beirut. what is your reaction to these videos? >> hello. of course, it's outrage this is unacceptable. i think that the main problem here is that violation of human rights is understood as only being applicable to people who have not committed crimes is the main concern. human rights are sacred, whether you have committed a crime or not, and these are clear violations, and there should be accountability. there should be transparency from the government. now the government has already spoken out the minister of justice has said that these two guards were arrested. the minister of interior has a press conference and said that they would be held accountable. now the main issue is that the government should show some transparency in this accountability, and not hurricane it up like we always do because of -- and hold these guards accountable. >> clearly there needs to be an investigation now. the question is how deep will it run? >> i think we should keep the pressure up, because it's always been

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we are joined by the director of the carnegie middle east center in beirut. looets let's look at the attack on kobane. this i.s.i.l. infiltration into that town. it's impossible to stop that, isn't it? >> actually it's not impossible. i think i.s.i.l. will find it dive to take kobane. they failed to do so earlier this year, because they were forced by kurdish forces in the town. at the moment we have to tr that this advance -- to consider that this advance into kobane is a result of losing another area to the kurds. a major supply line has been cut. they cannot take it again so advance to kobane again. >> would you say they are back on the offensive then in northern syria, or reacting in any way that they can? >> it's actually both. it's about opportunistic gains. first of all, the loss of a supply line is a major issue for them. they need to compensate for it. we have the rise of a rebel collision that has been achieving much in the north. it is overshadowing i.s.i.l. so i.s.i.l. needs to show it has influence and is on the offensive. the regime is treating

. >> this video provides a rare glimpse inside the prison on the outskits of beirut. it shows prisoners with their hands tied behind their backs being beaten with a plastic rod. in another video a man is repeatedly hit and kicked. the guard asks him what he's accused of. he replies transporting terrorists. two prison officers have been arrested. the justice minister described their actions as a crimes against humanity. >> we will continue the investigations until the end. this crime can't go unpunished. the perpetrators will be held responsible. >> the prison is overcrowded and inmates say they were routinely tortured. in april there was a riot. the video appears to have been filmed during that time. he condemned the attacks. >> i will never accept any inhumane acts or torture of any inmates for whatever reason. >> the prison holds prominent fighters. it holds several palestinians accused of taking part in the 2007 battles against the lebanese army. civic leaders say they've documented many examples of abuse inside the jail. >> what we've seen in this video is just on

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. >> reporter: auctioned at sotheby's and collectors to beirut and this is called project salvation and refers to the cuba relationship with the ocean and neighbor just 140 kilometers away, of course it also refers to the tens of thousands of cubans who tried to cross these waters to try to make it to the other side. michael uses american and cuban flags with empty bullet carterige and the birth of a new relationship. >> this is called fiesta because we live and prepare for a par if i adjust see if it's possible to be friends and not enemies. >> reporter: the paintings are also exhibited in his own studio showroom and selling for tens of thousands of dollars. for proof that cuban art like cuba itself is becoming a focus of world attention. al jazeera, havana. >>> and that will just about do it for this news hour and stay with us here on al jazeera and i'll be back with today's top stories in just a few moments. see you then. ♪ ♪ a south african court considers whether to am comply with ic krchltc for crimes against humanity and this is al jazeera live from doha and i'm adrian and al

these are the people that murdered our marines in beirut. they supplied the weapons, sean that killed our soldiers in iraq. this is a country that literally in the last six weeks, we had a naval blockade keeping their weapons from going to the houthi rebels. how can we trust these people with a nuclear agreement. stopping that. but it's also sending a message to our allies in that region saudi arabia egypt, turkey israel they will clearly see that there is a president that they can count on again. someone who understands how to connect the dots. because when you think about libya, egypt, syria, and then obviously as vladimir putin was watching all of this his move into crimea and into the ukraine, clearly was because they realized that this is not a president that's willing to stand up and support the allies in the region. >> add to that now we have the chinese and their territorial ambitions emerging. >> an entire region of the world, the south china sea in particular i'll suggest to you that both with north korea, with china, and certainly

they couldn't risk jim looking at his odometer before he left on a mission to to beirut, so they literally came in with this huge winch lifted the damn minivan with jim's trademark tags on it, 8888 bat. lifted this thing onto a flatbed and drove it to a quonset hut where they took it apart. meanwhile, they actually had bought another identical van so thigh knew where to -- they knew where to look for anything he might be hiding. inside it they found a laptop that he planned to hand over to the russians. by mid november of '96 as jim prepared to leave the u.s. for an authorized counterterrorism mission to europe, the fbi ultimately decides to roll him up and get it over with right there. let me read from the opening of chapter seven where jim's kids star and nathan have joined jim's brother who's come in from oregon to take care of them. they're taking jim to drop him off at the airport on a rather fateful day. sterling virginia, november 16, 1996. jim steered his minivan to a stop in front of dulles international airport and stepped into the brisk sun of a saturday morning. rob climbed beh

whether he had training camp end ed up blowing himself up somewhere and omar himself is in prison in beirut. a few people have said -- this was happening -- you were making it kind of comic story. this is like a burgeoning thing and you were in the middle of it but this sort of comic story and i guess that happened, it happened. the comedy happens. we were there and we were there by luck in a way but we word there so kind of a valuable record of the world being about today change. >> you can watch this and other programs on line on booktv.org. >> physicist freeman dyson is next on booktv talking about his book of essays "dreams of earth and sky" in which he writes about global warming, biotechnology and more. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good evening, everyone. thank you very much for come. the usual reminders, thank you very much for that. please silence yourself known then

the united states had missionary colleges in beirut and istanbul. to some extent, that represented a major american interest in the ottoman empire. the united states was in an anomalous position regarding the ottoman empire. eventually this comes together in the fortnight -- 14 points. point 12 of the 14 points stipulates the dismantling of the ottoman empire. a country with which the united states was not at war. wilson did not think of the 14 points all at once. part of wilson was getting at was his own resentment that lenin had stolen his thunder. after all the united states was this archetypical constitutional democratic republic in a way that wilson believed. wilson was a professor of political science. he was deeply versed in the nature of the american founding and all of its ideals. along comes lenin who was a kind of usurper who had no democratic mandate for the future of power. after the bolsheviks took power in petrograd, they published the so-called secret treaties. trotsky took over the foreign ministry and they immediately began sharing

cuban art has become a booming business, auctioned or purchased by visiting collectors from new york to beirut. >> this is called project salvation and like so many others in this year's gathering it shows the relationship. it refers to the tens of thousands of cubes trying to cross these waters to make it to the other side. >> michael uses american and cuban flags womenty bullet cartridge to say describe decades of bilateral tensions and the long awaited birth of a new relationship. >> this is called fiesta, because that's what we're living now, preparing for a party and waiting to see if it's really possible to be friends and not enemies. >> the paintings are exhibited in his own studio showroom and selling for tens of thousands of dollars. further proof that cuban art like cuba itself is becoming a focus of world attention. al jazeera havana. >> the university of washington is building a new animal testing lab and animal rights activists are not happy bit their protests sparking a first amendment fight after one of their members was barred from demonstrating. >> this construction side at th

i want to get into this more with our analyst joining us from beirut this morning. thanks for your time. i want to ask you about this latest development with the tribal leaders. how significant is that announcement that some sunni tribal leaders have pledged allegiance now to isil? >> this is of course not a surprise simply because iraq has been falling into a sectarian war not just in the past few months, but for several years now. the previous government of prime minister al-maliki has honed this sectarianism into an art form and the unfortunately the current prime minister al abadi has not been able to reconcile the leader communities inside iraq between the shia and sunni. it is quite normal that the people at the end of the government's stick, if you would like are uniting and saying we commit ourselves to isil, simply because they are disappointed with the government and this is not a surprise at all. >> how many iraqi sunnis do these tribal leaders in fallujah speak for? are we going to see a major game changer on the battlefield now with lots and lots of sun

terry anderson former hostage in beirut trying to get information. he will come in and talk. hopefully it will loosen it up. we will have to have reform. there has to be consequences to an administration that holds back information from the public. we has a nation, we're open an transparent. that is who we are as a country. that is not what is happening in this administration and it has got to change. bill: day two tomorrow you will bring heads of government responsible for getting these requests managed. we'll see what they have to say then. house oversight chairman there jason chaffetz, republican from utah. thanks for coming back. we'll see what answers you get today. martha? martha: answering for a deadly crash. safety regulators and amtrak facing questions in a congressional hearing today on what happened in the images that you see here outside of philadelphia. some of the questions being asked we will tell you. bill: heart break martha, in the city of romans. paris is removing symbols of love from an iconic bridge. the parisians may not be happy about this. we'll tell y

as iran's deepens its influence in capital from baghdad to damascus to beirut the perspective of many in the region is that the united states iran's air force in iraq. iraq recently did feel like supporting the personnel we have there it felt like what we were doing is helping create a better country for iran and iraq. even though again i support what is happening there. it's still very much that way with infiltration in the parliament and their tremendous efforts on the ground. as we begin to look at how to evaluating prospective nuclear agreement we cannot ignore the lack of coherent american leadership the region has left a vacuum that will continue to -- violence. without the engagement and to counter aggression to support our partners the need for american involvement will continue to grow as conditions deteriorate. in your testimony hope you will touch on what i see is some of the puzzling claims from the best ration about what an agreement with iran would mean for the region. one of those claims is the apparent view of the administration that iran will become a stabilizing forc

beginning with the marine corps bombings in beirut. and also the u.s. embassy bombing of the same year. the kidnapping of our chief of station. in 1992, the israeli embassy wanting and buenos aires argentina. the bombing in 1994 he carried out by hezbollah ordered by the iranian regime, including some of the same figures currently holding senior regime administrative positions. 1994, the attack on the jewish cultural center in lena's aries. 1996 1998 the embassy bombings carried out by those trained by iran, by hezbollah. al qaeda learned how to do big building suicide truck bombings from hezbollah. the u.s. in 2000 and the 9/11 attacks. judge george daniels in 2011 ruled from the bench in new york that iran is co-responsible with legal a natural responsibility co-responsible with al qaeda and hezbollah for the attacks on 9/11. it did not get much publicity. let's talk about the nuclear weapons program. that was prelude as to what we are -- as to what we are dealing with. if it were sweden that was somehow breaking out of the nonproliferation treaty we

as iran deepers the influence from baghdad to dam as cass and beirut to sannia, the perspective is that the air force in iraq. i will say i was in iraq recently and it really did feel like, while i support what we're doing with the 3100 personnel we have there, you really felt like what we were doing is helping create a better country for iran and iraq. even though again i support what is happening there. it feels very much that way with their infiltration into the parliament and the tremendous efforts on the ground. as we begin to look at how to evaluate a perspective nuclear agreement we cannot ignore the lack of coherent american leadership in the reegean and has left a vacuum that will continue to be filled by violence. without engagement to counter aggression and to support our partners the need for american involvement will continue to grow as conditions deteriorate. in your testimony today, i hope you will touch on what i will see as some of the puzzling claims from the administration about what an agreement with iran would mean for the region. one of the claims is apparent view

in the syrian foreign minister said after president break-in decided to pull american forces out of beirut tonight tdd 3-1984. the americans are sure to arise. i think that is when the idf began to settle in the minds of the middle east and the subsequent instance of shortness of breath reinforces that. each moment where he doesn't want to be there but he is there. so maybe over time as the idea that we are more persistent than people might think also. >> i wish we had my time. we have a lot of other questions. i would like to thank david and steve for the terminus in sight and i hope we can have you back some time. >> thank you are a match. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> i am hopeful at some point congress will take on immigration because it is still very, very important. frankly i don't know the exact number, but when we have some of the innovators here, the researchers here, we have models of the world that make contributions for scientists and engineers. other companies as well. when you look at a job to. >> the complication