we share your concern about hezbollah. we are constantly monitoring their activities around the world. we're working very closely with the fbi and intel community in this regard.

israel accused iran and it lebanese ally hezbollah of being responsible. the united states has implied that iran may also be connected to the incident in bangkok. >> these events do come on the heels of other disrupted attacks targeted at israel and western interests including an iranian sponsored attack in baku, azerbaijan and a hezbollah-linked attack in bangkok, thailand. >> reporter: iran denied involvement calling it an israeli plot to damage iran's relationship with thailand. security in bangkok has been tightened since last month when a man was arrested for possession of explosives. the man was expected to having links to hezbollah, but a thai government spokesperson told nhk world that the latest event was unrelated. the bomb blasts in thailand happened as confrontation between iran and israel intensifies over iran's nuclear development. all eyes are now focused on investigations being conducted by thai authorities in their bid to find out more about those believed to be responsible. reporting for nhk world, bangkok. >> investors are worried that w

what kind of threats has hezbollah posed to iran and israel? is hezbollah in the afghanistan strip? and what role is iran playing in iraq? >> i didn't quite write down all those questions. >> basically, do they continue to support hezbollah? >> yes, they do. there is a very close relationship between particularly the irgc, the republican guide course, which is the organization responsible for war around the world. >> is hezbollah not a terrorist group that threatens our close ally, israel? >> yes. >> does iran continue to support hamas in the gaza strip? >> indirectly, yes. >> are they not a threat also to israel and also the peace process? >> hamas? >> yes. >> yes. >> general burgess, is iran supporting the insurgents in afghanistan? >> yes, ma'am. >> and what type of role are they playing in afghanistan? >> well, they have provided arms, they have been caught -- i mean, we have found them running arms in afghanistan, so they are working what we would call a duel track strategy as they work not only to work against u.s. and coalition desires in there, but while at the same time the

whether they do it through hezbollah proxy or otherwise. has that changed, has the recent rhetoric and conversation raised that threat level or not? >> it really hasn't. several things. one is the tremendous tension in the middle east with israel and iran and the fact that iran is getting so close to having a weapon, nuclear weapon. secondly is the fact that back in december, we stopped the plot of the attack -- or the assassination attempt on the saudi ambassador which would have killed hundreds of americans. that was crossing a red line. and all the chatter out there, just the general consensus among everyone in the intelligence community is that right now iran and hezbollah would be the number one threat to the united states. unlike al qaeda, which is still a very serious threat or at least the offshoots are, hezbollah is a state trained terrorist organization. that is really the major leagues of terrorism. if iran launched hezbollah, there's a real concern. >> and if the united states were to -- when you have these conversations with se

that said, we are concerned about the activities of hezbollah. we continue to monitor the situation closely. we will take appropriate action to counter any threat that may arise. we are aware of and concerned about allegations that some latin american drug trafficking organizations are linked with hezbollah and iran. we've not found information to verify a lot of the allegations. but, of course, the recent incident concerning the attempted assassination of the saudi ambassador is a very large question mark and wakeup call. we're continuing to look for direct links and we're engaged very extensively with our partners in the hem is sphere. both to educate them about the dangers posed by iran and hezbollah and also to work with them to heighten our intelligence sharing we did impose sanctions in 2008 and extended them last year on the venezuelan military industries company for violating a ban on technology that could assist iran in developing weapons. so if we find information that we can verify, we are committed to taking action. but what we instea

>> well, as i indicated to the chairman, i believe we are constantly monitoring hezbollah as -- and we are in touch with working with the fbi and we have provided intel where appropriate and we're also conducting a lot of outreach to targeted community and we're right there with you with respect to the peace bridge. we are working with canada on the identification of staff to do the preinspection pilots. i think we envisioned and the decisions have been reached. >> finally, i want to soib ate myself with the prospective comments with my client in asking to replace the outdated border patrol station with a new facility at the niagara falls air reserve station. i'm sure my colleague is going to talk about that later on. but the two centers of joined for a lot of reasons. thank you. i yield back. >> with that, the gentleman from the subcommittee is recognized. >> thank you, chairman and madam secretary. i want to thank you in advance for your agency tomorrow will be preparing an ib inquiry into the social media. i'm grateful for the work that you've already done in helping us to work with

the man was suspected of having links to hezbollah. but a thai government spokesperson told nhk world that the latest event was unrelated. the bomb blasts in thailand happened as confrontation between iran and israel intensifies over iran's nuclear development. all eyes are now focused on investigations being conducted by thai authorities in their bid to find out more about those believed to be responsible. nhk world, bangkok. >>> turning to myanmar, a european commissioner has wrapped up a three-day visit saying the eu may lift sanctions if myanmar holds a free election and takes further steps towards democracy. european commissioner for development peyble held talks with myanmar's president. and pro democracy leader aung san suu kyi. he later told reporters in bangkok on tuesday that he was optimistic about myanmar's progress. >> it is a process but the ongoing process gives a lot of optimism. >> meanwhile, campaigning for landmark elections has begun in earnest. aung san suu kyi is contesting a seat in the low-income area on the out

see israel versus what is perceived as the syria hezbollah iran axis and the instability now that is lived within syria is an opportunity for power politics for you know is somehow severity in the links between syria and iran and hezbollah and weakening this axis and this is highly problematic because the syrian people still despite the fact that we have instability within syria there's been a choice made by the syrian people and there i would like to address the points raised by max there is a powerful movement there is a claim for a change within syria and i think that should not be undermined and that is not fair to the young people who are dying on a daily basis and continue to go to the streets now how would that be instrumental eyes this is the issue it should remain an indulgent smoove man it should remain an indulgence revolution and whatever comes out of the revolution the transition to democracy but you're saying the same at the same time you're saying this. it's getting internationalizing it absolutely is max if i can go to you again when we look at outcomes here i mean it

the man was expected of having links to hezbollah, but a government spokesperson told nhk world that the event was unrelated. the bomb blast in thailand happened as confrontation between iran and israel intensifies over iran's nuclear development. their bid to find out more about those who believe to be responsible. >>> turning to mirimar, a european commissioner has wrapped up a three-day visit saying the eu may lift sanctions if further steps are taken towards democracy. european commissioner for development held talks with mirimar's president and pro-democracy leader. he later told reporters in bangkok on tuesday that he was optimistic about mirimar's progress. >> it is a process going ongoing. >> meanwhile, campaigning for elections has begun in earnest on the outskirts. nhk world followed the noble laureate as she appealed for support. opposition leader has began campaigning. she visited the consistency on saturday. her first official campaign appearance in the district she hopes to represent. >> the most important thing is to create new jobs for people who are unemployed. if yo

it specifically cited al qaeda as well as islamic groups hezbollah and hamas. under the sanctions the u.s. will stop issuing visas to ministry officials and freeze any ministry assets in the united states. the decision comes after a series of bomb attacks this week. on monday a blast in new delhi targeted israeli diplomats. it was followed the next day by three explosions in bangkok. thai authorities arrested suspects one of whom carried an iranian passport. >>> next we go to bangkok to find out what's going on in the region. >> the leaders of pakistan, afghanistan and iran have met many islamabad amid rising international tex about iran's nuclear program. even so the position of iran at the summit appeared bolstered by its wealth and natural resources. the president of pakistan, karzai from afghanistan and iran's president ahmadinejad issued a statement after their talks on friday. their pledge to increase cooperation in energy, trade and counterterrorism. ahmadinejad promised to continue supporting the energy needs of pakistan and afghanistan. ahmadinejad bla

we share your concern about hezbollah. we are constantly monitoring their activities around the world. we're working very closely with the fbi and intel community in this regard. and, in addition, we are reaching out to particularly jewish -- the jewish community across the country who have been the intended targets in the past. we have just this past week convened a very large conference call with leaders of the jewish community from around the country and we remain in constant touch with them. right now we have no specific or credible threat against any organization or target in the united states. but this is certainly a situation that bears watching. >> thank you, secretary. you referenced this in your opening statement, but the changing in the grant system, which basically taking, i guess, it's 16 former programs and merging them into 1, it's a national preparedness grant program. now, in going through the budget justification documents, it appears to only mention state and territories as recipients of the funding. so

it specifically cited al qaeda as well as islamic groups hezbollah and hamas. under the sanctions the u.s. will stop issuing visas to ministry officials and freeze any ministry assets in the united states. the decision comes after a series of bomb attacks this week. on monday a blast in new delhi targeted israeli diplomats. it was followed the next day by three explosions in bangkok. thai authorities arrested suspects one of whom carried an iranian passport. >>> next we go to bangkok to find out what's going on in the region. >> the leaders of pakistan, afghanistan and iran have met many islamabad amid rising international tex about iran's nuclear program. even so the position of iran at the summit appeared bolstered by its wealth and natural resources. the president of pakistan, karzai from afghanistan and iran's president ahmadinejad issued a statement after their talks on friday. their pledge to increase cooperation in energy, trade and counterterrorism. ahmadinejad promised to continue supporting the energy needs of pakistan and afghanistan. ahmadinejad bla

israel blames iran and hezbollah. but iran deny embassy involvement.timony in the murder trial of a former university of virm virge lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend. a coroner testifying that 22-year-old yardly died from a heart attack be, caused by blunt force traum a. george huguely is accused of killing her back in may of 2010. i'm ainsley earhardt. now back to "on the record." thanks for watching fox. and have a good morning. >> greta: you know something is really fishy, three bombings takes in two days, israel says they are behind them. yesterday, it was thailand and there were several explosions near the israeli embassy. police say they kept two suspects but this just isn't israel's problem will they say the stability of the world is in danger. how worried should we be? john bolton joins us. good evening ambassador. how concerned should we be? is this a random set of violence and it's over or is this just the beginning. it's hard to believe this is anything other than coordinated decision by tehran to go after israeli diplomat

i want to echo on something, and that is the threat of hezbollah. they are a shia group committed to violent jihad. they have a presence that is growing in the 20-country region of latin america and they have a presence in at least 15 american cities. four major cities in canada as well. you indicated in response to the chairman that you were working with the fbi and the intelligence community. we have had previous hearings here where expert witnesses had said that we should not be all that concerned because hezbollah's presence in the western hemisphere is limited to fundraising activity. i do not see the distinction. i think the presence is a severe threat and it needs to be addressed. so, any comments you have? >> i indicated to the chairman, i believe we are monitoring hezbollah and we are in touch with the working -- working with the fbi, we are -- we have provided intel to state and local law enforcement where appropriate and we are conducting a lot of outreach to targeted communities, so, we are, you know, we are right there with you. with re

it did mention another hezbollah operation recently elsewhere. do you know anything about that?porter: yes. that bulletin says an alleged hezbollah plot was disrupted last month in thailand targeting tar gets in asia. the timeline was not clear but leaders in this country are on alert based on that. >> very concerning. thanks for the report, brian. >>> whitney houston's private funeral will now be televised on saturday. we got word this evening that cameras would be allowed inside newark's new hope baptist church where houston sang gospel as a child. meanwhile investigators want to know more about what was in whitney houston's pill bottles on the night she died. we still don't know what killed her. but authorities are tracking down her doctors and her pharmacies hoping to learn more about those prescriptions. don lemmon is live in l.a. don, we understand you have some new information. tell us what you've got. hi, don. >> reporter: we do have. hi, jess. we do have some new information. and it's important because as you heard the coroner and beverly hills police confirm that there

remember, hezbollah, iran using hezbollah in the '80s. they attack states.hey do not want to plan and plot attacks within the united states. the plot against the saambassad. >> there are going to be some people listening saying this is just an excuse to provoke fear in the united states or for a drum beat -- build iing a drum beat against iran. do you buy they might be willing to plot attacks? >> i'm skeptical the iranian regime not committing acts of u.s. soil changed their calculations. he may be ruthless, but he's not osama bin laden. if they were to commit an act of terror on the united states, we know where their return address is. it would be in tehran. he wants to stay in power. if they commit an act of terror on the united states, he's gambling with his own life. >> it behooves them for the status quou. >> maybe. to say he's not osama bin laden, i understand that point. iran is the single largest state sponsor of a terrorist organization in the world. they use hezbollah as an arm to execute their foreign policy. they are a terrorist group, very much

but it is lebanon and the southern part is -- the northern part is hezbollah and the southern part of lebanon is hamas, and if there is something wrong with iran then even after that, this, hezbollah and hamas will not stop. they will stop after that. thank you. >> i thought you were going in a somewhat different direction. i was going to pick up on some of the points you were raising. i thought the first point you were raising was this question whether the u.s. has 14s and friends are not -- are not adopting the kinds of political reform postures that they might and ultimately we'll find that they'll become increasingly difficult. i do think that the -- and you're referring to the king of jordan who i was talking about is playing a very important role right now in the peace issue and that's a fact. i think he has been quite mindful of getting in front of the reform process. i think he's trying to wrestle with the best ways to introduce it in jordan. he's looked at different models and he's looked at what's going on in morocco where you had elections and where you actually have a gove

some believe that new york could eventually be on iran's hit list we have to assume that hezbollah will be the proxy for rent that will carry out the attack forget iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction at the iran's nuclear potential we should really be afraid of or so the media would have you thing police forces in new york are ramping up security efforts is this phobia justified or is it just a bunch of static. the. violent protests today in syria leave sixty more people dead now president bashar al assad's regime is pledging reform will a referendum stop the violence. it's tuesday february twenty first four pm in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our t.v. . well the u.s. department of defense is calling it the fifth domain of warfare last week r.t. took up the issue of cyber war looking into how defense firms and former u.s. officials are cashing in on security contracts aimed at combat ing this new fear now u.s. lawmakers are pushing for more power over the internet in the name of cyber security and just today the national security agency warned that the hacktivi

hezbollah promised revenge for that.he irans so far which back hezbollah, provide a lot of its money and operational control have denied their involvement. the israelis have accused iran and hezbollah for being behind it. do both sides say things are settled, we'll end things now, or are there more attacks planned by whoever carried these attacks out or possibly by the israelis. the israelis uncovered and foiled a number of attacks on their assets abroad by hezbollah. this may be one of many more attacks to come or the end of the line for hezbollah. jon: let's hope it's the latter. thank you. jenna: a lot of big stories in that part of the world today. there is a looming threat in the persian gulf. according to these latest reports the u.s. navy is warning iran is building a fleet of small speed boats that are equipped to launch suicide bomb attacks right there in the gulf. along with our navy the u.s. coast guard is on the front lines in the zone. steve centanni is live with a look at this story. >> reporter: there are

michael braun, ex jefe de operaciones de la dea, dice que irÁn y organizaciones terroristas como hezbollahca ntes mexicanos y la guerrilla colombiana. estos grupos les permiten operar libremente en nuestra región y se están acercando a nuestra puerta. si no hacemos nada y seguimos ignorando la situación, no quiero ser grosero, pero creo que va a arder troya en un futuro no muy lejano. sin embargo, otros analistas dicen que la influencia de ahmadinejad en amÉrica latina se limita a un puÑado de lÍderes. no hay señales de que tenga una influencia positiva en la población. lo rechazan. los gobiernos lo están recibiendo porque es favorito de chavez y ese es el acuerdo que tienen. pero no he visto que haya aceptación en la sociedad de estos países. mahmoud ahmadinejad ha visitado amÉrica latina seis veces desde que asumiÓ el poder en 2005. histo Óricamente irÁn no habÍa tenido presencia en nuestra regiÓn, pero en menos de una dÉcada ha abierto seis embajadas. la semana pasada irÁn tambiÉn lanzÓ una cadena de televisiÓn en espaÑol en la zona. rafael romo, cnn, atlanta en ecuador las autoridades

remember, hezbollah, iran using hezbollah in the '80s. they attack cultural sites in buenos aires.o not to want to plan and plot attacks in the united states. we believed they feared retaliation. the plot against the ambassador was a shift. intelligence officials and law enforcement officials are taking it seriously they would plan such an audacious attack. >> there are going to be some people listening saying this is just an excuse to provoke fear in the united states or for a drum beat -- building a drum beat against iran. do you buy they might be willing to plot attacks? >> i'm skeptical the iranian regime after 32 years of not committing acts on u.s. soil has now changed their calculations. the iranian supreme leader may be ruthless, but he's not osama bin laden. if they were to commit an act of terror on the united states, we know where their return address is. it would be in tehran. he's not hiding out in a cave somewhere. and afghanistan, what is paramount for the leader is to stay in power. if they commit an act of terror on the united states, he's gambling with his own lif

most likely outcome they would unleash hezbollah and hamas to target israeli civilian populations.icult risky proposition for the israelis. i don't think the iranians would take a retaliatory step that would cross us directly but you can't rule it out. frankly the other countries the arab states, they don't want them to have nuclear weapons any more than israel does. they would be delighted for israel to take the step to stop iran that they can. >> greta: so it would be escalated war between hezbollah and hamas versus israel, they would be locked in new war with civilian population getting hit every day? >> i think that is a risk. that is certainly one reason this terribly difficult decision. if you don't like iran's behavior now, assassinating diplomats and you don't like the idea them unleashing hezbollah to rocket innocent civilians, just imagine all of this once they get nuclear weapons. the choice is a world after an israeli strike compared to where iran has nuclear weapons. >> greta: straight ahead. last place you would expect something funny in the united states senate. now

activists some believe that new york could eventually be on iran's hit list we have to assume that hezbollah would be the forensic world carry out its part forget iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction its iran's nuclear potential that we should really be afraid of more so the media would have you think police forces in new york are ramping up security efforts is this phobia justified or is it a bunch of static and i was wrong. it's one step forward and two steps back for the u.s. military still fighting a war in afghanistan from you're an aging on bodies of alleged al qaeda members to burning korans and the u.s. win the hearts and minds of the afghan people. tuesday february twenty first five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching r.t. . well the u.s. department of defense is calling it the fifth domain of warfare last week r.t. took up the issue of cyber war looking into how defense firms and former u.s. officials are cashing in on security contracts that combat a this new fear now u.s. lawmakers are pushing for more power over the internet in the name of cyber sec

hurdle in the middle east to achieve a renewed domination or what have you and the objestacle is hezbollah and iran. the target of the attack is a resistance to any form of rule at the state level in the region. that is what is not being discussed. there are two major camps in the region now, the one camp which can be called the resistance camp is manifested by three actors, and a lot of people who support resistance in the region against arab countries domination as well as israel do not necessarily support the syrian regime or the iranian theocratic regime and not necessarily hezbollah, so it's important for us to not take this at face value as i shared and look at what is motivating a lot of people to support the syrian regime or the status quo in syria and try to oppose the opposition, but there are things at stake that are making the trade off horrible. most of the people in the region do not support the syrian regime and also, do not support what is now being worked up regionally and internationally to move the process to some sort of co

if you bring assad down, hezbollah begins on the fine, hamas passed to go elsewhere. the winners are the moderate arabs to support us. >> evan, one of the downside, the risks? the law of unintended consequences always kicks in. >> you have a big the civil war, and do you vial up his ball and hamas -- hezbollah and hamas to, i don't know, attack israel? >> they don't have any capacity to sustain real action without iran and syria behind them. >> we have seen a lot of that in the middle east in the last year or two, whether it is iraq, egypt, libya. the results are not always good. >> but if that is what your principal is, you will end up with nothing in foreign policy. you have to take chances and make choices. >> a $25 billion mortgage settlement with five of the nation's biggest banks. >> we have reached a landmark settlement with the nation's largest banks that will speed relief to the hardest-hit all waters and some of the most abusive practices of the mortgage industry, and begin to turn the page on an era of recklessness that has left so much damage in its wake.

hezbollah has been said to be sending fighters but i've not seen anything to support that. but the leader of the resistance standing by regime has been damaging for the opposition and for himself as well. i don't know what the way is out of this, there are people getting killed every day and protecting civilians through peaceful means, should thinking about protecting civilians through peaceful means should be the priority. and the problem we are seeing today has roots with doing business with dictators and military and having a military economy internally and global and that is what continues and sustains s regimes? middle -- regimes in middle east and elsewhere, to think it will be resolved by militarization it's not, it means further break down, further violence and continue ed unfortunately u.s. intervenz. i would like to thank all of you for staying with us, it's been a fascinating discussion and i would like to draw your attention to the event we have to evening of march 20th, when we will have wendy pearlman, to discuss her book, thank you all for coming. have a grea