do you accept the judgment of the inquiry that hezbollah was responsible for the assassination of hariri, absolutely there is every reason to believe that hezbollah and syria were at a minimum complicit by in action in the assassination of hariri, in other words nobody could organize a massive assassination in 2005 in lebanon without at the very least being noticed by syrian intelligence and hezbollah intel jnls. they are the forces to be reckoned with, they are the people with the real network on the ground. no one can get away with that without attracting their notice and of course it is a reasonable to think who has that expertise in lebanon. >> rose: according to the reports we have had there is no finger pointing towards syria, it is all towards hezbollah. >> well, yeah, in the early reports from the tribunal there was a lot of finger pointing towards syria and there has been a sort of come down to that and of course that does call into question is the tribunal willing to pull punches on its indictments for fear of organizing a more powerful government in syria. >> where is syria an

hariri pleaded guilty back in march to securities fraud and conspiracy to commit insider trading. he's among 21 people charged, so far a dozen have pleaded guilty. rajaratnam goes on trial next year. >> tom: new rules for air cargo. today, homeland security banned all air shipments from somalia and yemen. another change: toner and ink cartridges over 16 ounces are banned too. that's because that type of printer cartridges concealed bombs sent from yemen to the u.s. international mail packages heading to the u.s. will also face tougher screening. and they'll need to be certified as coming from an established postal shipper. >> susie: when it comes to to holiday shopping, we all know about black friday and cyber monday. now, there's small business saturday. mark your calendars for november 27, the saturday after thanksgiving. small business saturday is part of an effort to help boost the economy and support local businesses. new york city mayor michael bloomberg joined american express c.e.o. kenneth chenault to announce the campaign today. with the big apple on board, susie, they'r

now the prime minister of lebanon has come to moscow with his check book ahead of his visits saad hariri to time out to sit down with. i had them but have welcome to the r.t.e. interview with great pleasure i would like to welcome lebanon's prime minister sheikh saad and heidi i know hello prime minister hello i thought that that and that in few days and i do think that is illusion of the political crisis in iraq will have a positive impact on lebanon and could lead to resolution of the political crisis there as well. because that's about i think that the mean problem here is that the key issue is ignored i mean about a fear of peace for everybody in one thousand a new one there was a peace conference in madrid then there was also the arab summit conference in beirut where the participants came up with the air peace initiative but now the peace process is being destroyed by different amendments which will lead us to nowhere the principle behind the resolutions which were supported by everyone demand that israel should follow the resolutions there would have been no need to talk about arm

instead of trying to help obama and hariri to solve problems, we are going to stand on the sidelines, sit on our hands, and basically just say no to everything. >> republican national chairman michael steele says oh, yeah? wait until wednesday. >> when you wake up on that wednesday and you see the headlights and you watch the liberal press choke on the words "republican majority." >> here is bloomberg news with its bold bid to obama administration cut taxes for middle-class americans, it expects to make a profit on the billions of dollars spent to rescue banks, and most voters don't believe it. likely voters by a two-one margin believe taxes have gone up, the economy has shrunk, and billions led to banks as part of tarp will not be recovered. how does this happen, colby? >> it happens because democrats lost control of the narrative. they lurched from issue to issue, shelter being the big issue. -- health care being the big issue. they got swept up in washington instead of realizing constituents out there need to be kept informed and energize and mobilized. they got into the washington

military assistance is what's on the table as the lebanese prime minister is coming to moscow saad hariri is expected to meet with his counterpart was a reporter during the two day visit had his trip are to talk to the lebanese premier on relations between the two countries as well as international issues such as russia's role in the middle east peace process and watch the full interview in about twenty minutes time here on our team here's a preview. and therefore i think russia could play a very important role does mean your friends in the arab world we need to use our relations with russia in order to communicate the arab stance and think through the international community because it is very unnerving to see that in just as done by israel to palestinians as well as to lebanon and syria we can no longer ignore that israel is trying to pose its own agenda it keeps using lands daily unfortunately the world is not doing anything about it literally relations with russia are very important to us and we would like these relations to be economically beneficial as well also like to find out how

maintains its position regarding the un international tribunal on the killing of former prime minister hariri and fully supports it what is your standpoint on this position here but it's a natural position since russia is driven by the idea of justice and has never abandoned it and that's why we are grateful to russia for the position which we consider to be natural because russia supports lebanon not only in the matters related to the international tribunal but also in everything lebanon had to go through over the past decades with all the wars both in two thousand and six and earlier russia has always been on lebanon's side. what kind of relationship to have with the syrian government. we've got wonderful relations we keep up contact how ministers keep in touch with their syrian counterparts i hope that the gap between us will get smaller we want to develop a special relationship with syria it will be beneficial for us in terms of politics security economic and social policy we're constantly working on maintaining this kind of relationship which is made up of the political relations between

russia's important role in mediating peace talks in the middle east and promoting stability so odd hariri is on a two day official visit to moscow caught up with him head of this trip and will bring you an interview with him in just over twenty minutes but here's a preview. i think russia could play a very important role it has many friends in the arab world we need to use our relations with russia in order to communicate the arab stance on things to the international community because it's very unnerving to see the injustice done by israel to palestinians as well as to lebanon in syria we can no longer ignore this political relations with russia very important to us we would like these relations to be economically beneficial as well and we would also like to find out how russia could assist lebanon and equipping our army and security forces in this respect we're going to propose some ideas wire brush and friends. at least seven suspects in cause of our have been charged with persuading people to sell their organs with false offers of cash one of the accused had previously faced allegatio

russia's important role in mediating peace talks in the middle east and promoting stability saad hariri is on a two day official visit to moscow here and caught up with him ahead of his trip you can watch the full interview in an hour from now but in the meantime here is a brief preview. i think russia could play a very important role it has many friends in the arab world we need to use our relations with russia in order to communicate the arab stance on things to the international community because it's very unnerving to see the injustice done by israel to palestinians as well as to lebanon and syria we can no longer ignore this political relations with russia very important to us we would like these relations to be economically beneficial as well and we would also like to find out how russia could assist lebanon and equipping our army and security forces in this respect we're going to propose some ideas for russian friends. investigators say they can prove a russian accountant who died in prison was part of a massive embezzlement scheme so to get magnitsky exact role at hermitage capi

caught up with saad hariri ahead of his base. and then one might have welcome to the archie interview with great pleasure and i would like to welcome the finance prime minister shakes out i had even i know hello prime minister hello i had thought that that and that unfit as and do you think that is a machine of the political crisis in iraq will have a positive impact on the and could lead to resolution of the political crisis there as well. i think the main problem here is that the key issue is ignored i mean about a fair peace for everybody in ninety ninety one there was a peace conference in madrid then there was also the arab summit conference in beirut where the participants came up with the arab peace initiative but now the peace process is being destroyed by different amendments which will lead us know when one of the principles behind the resolutions which was supported by everyone demand that israel should follow the resolutions that would have been no need now to talk about rome's and other problems had this peace proces

army with three helicopters tanks and munitions the announcement comes after prime minister saad hariri a visit to moscow says the deal will boost lebanon's poorly equipped military which for a long time has been in need of an overhaul military expert. believes the country doesn't feel safe but norms of lebanon certainly will please neither syria nor israel. but i think that both neighbors syria. you cereals they will be happy seeing that little know they are mean because they used to the fact that. these are weak state that there is no strong going to be that big you all very spoiled it. doesn't feel very much secured you do it's. the reward you do the. research is let me stop here due to the fact that some toll government almost doesn't control the soul of the territory close to you sir that's why there are many friends who live on security but the majority of them they are not from external enemies but they are for the situation inside. and staying in the middle east israel has decided to withdraw troops from the northern part of a small town which straddles its border with lebanon a

lebanese army with three helicopters tanks ammunitions the announcement comes after prime minister saad hariri recent visit to moscow the deal will boost lebanon's poorly equipped military that's in need of an overhaul that's been long overdue all good i'll get some analysis from military experts pose the director of the center for analysis of strategies and technologies respond thanks for being here with us on the program now the americans have been supplying lebanon with weapons until congress suspend a military aid in august before reinstating and just several days ago now russia has stepped in so why is moscow decided to help. in fact the bunny's government to hold this asked for military technical assistance both be done for free and russia off to the evolution took the decision to supply weapons to lebanon whether it was a wise decision or time would show because we know that the fumble government in lebanon is going wrong going to. be responsible for the arsenals and in certain cases these weapons can lead to certain groups like hezbollah and can be used both against. the serial and the

lebanese army with three helicopters tanks ammunitions the announcement comes after prime minister saad hariri receive visits moscow the deal will boost lebanon's poorly equipped military which for a long time has been in need of an overhaul military experts respond to leaves the country doesn't feel safe but an armed lebanon certainly will either syria you know what israel. i think that both neighbors syria and the cereals they wouldn't be happy seeing that live on their army because they used to the fact they're living on these they're weak state that there is no strongarm you've got to come you've armed response obviously doesn't feel very much secure you do it's possible see reward you do the. research on the stump here due to the fact that some told them almost doesn't control the solving territory closed research that's why there are many frets to live on security but the majority of them they are not from external enemies but they are from the situation inside. now take a look at some other stories from around the world the iran is testing range missiles as part of what it says is the c

lebanese army with free helicopters tanks and munitions the announcement comes after prime minister saad hariri to visit to moscow the deal will boost lebanon's poorly equipped military which for a long time has been in need of an overhaul military expert believes the country doesn't feel safe but an armed lebanon certainly will neither syria nor israel. this they live on on doesn't feel very much secure due to its past serial war due to the. recent islam the stuff he wrote and due to the fact that central government always doesn't control the solvent territory close to searle's that's why there are many friends still living on security but the majority of them they are not from external enemies but they are from the situation inside i think they're both neighbors syria and that he serials they wouldn't be happy seeing that live on the rearming because they used to the fact levanon these are weak state that there is no strong guy me that they can't give an armed response that's why i think this is a very paradoxical situation. now for some international stories iran is testing long range missil

army with three helicopters tanks and munitions the announcement comes after prime minister saad hariri reason visit to moscow the deal will boost lebanon's fully equipped military which for a long time has been a need of an overhaul military expert believes the country doesn't feel safe but an arm lebanon certainly will please neither syria nor israel. i think that will enable syria but you cereal they will be happy seeing that live on all the rearming because they used to the fact that living on these weak state that there is no stronger army that becomes you all respond to this the norm doesn't feel very much secured you do. see reward you do that. very soon please let me stop here due to the fact that some people government dole almost doesn't control the solvent there are very close three zero that's why there are many friends who live on security but the majority of them they are not from external enemies but they are for the situation inside now for some other stories from around the world in iran is testing long range missiles as part of what it says is the country's biggest air

bomb that ripped through beirut in february 2005 assassinating then-lebanese former prime minister haririsix years later, the country may be ripped apart by chaos and civil war when the u.n.'s special tribunal tasked with finding the murderers named who it will indict. a verdict is expected at the end of this year or early next year. lebanon has a history of not being able to bring the murderers of politicians to justice. the fear is that the up.coming indictments -- upcoming indictments could lead to instability and unrest. hezbollah has tried actively to discredit the tribunal out of fear member of its organization might be named. in a rally last night, hezbollah's leader vowed to bring chaos and civil war back to the streets of lebanon if any member of his group would be arrested. any hand that will touch any of them will be cut off, he said. they have to know that very well. secretary of state hillary clinton has warned syria not to arm hezbollah, and she also said that these threats coming from hezbollah to use violence will not in any way stop the tribunal from moving forward. jon?

but hariri still has to have a unity government with hezbollah if he is going to have any chance of staying in office. hezbollah has become an absolutely interpol and extremely important place in lebanese politics. the same could be set in broad terms about hamas and palestine. nobody raises any questions about the legitimacy of that election that hamas won. it was internationally observed. hamas won because it represents constituencies that cannot be ignored and have legitimate grievances for which hamas speaks. we have still the lovely delusion that by getting to negotiate with israel we might actually achieve a two-stage solution to the israel palestine conflict. good night. you are not going to be able to resolve the arab-israeli conflict without hamas being centrally involved on the palestinian side. you are not wish to be able to resolve the arab-israeli conflict in a way that is deliberately designed to, quote on quote, marginalize iran in the region. kuran's allies are going to be front and center in any genuine settlement to this conflict. as i said, i think shift back to offshore