to discuss the political situation in lebanon i'm joined by alistair cooke in beirut he's director and founder of the conflicts forum in new york we go to tony battering he is a research fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies and in london we cross to patrick seale he is a british journalist and author of the new book the struggle for arab independence all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want there are differences of opinion on this panel and i want my viewers to see it alister year in beirut just an hour or two hours ago we word came out that indeed hezbollah hezbollah sponsored by minister will has been appointed by the president of lebanon and will be confirmed in a matter of hours probably to well within twenty four hours on wednesday they're calling it the day of rage but this is all been done constitutionally hasn't. it hires and you're wrong to call the prime minister designate hezbollah person and fact he stood. as one on the hariri list in tripoli and he's in march the port so he's an independent businessman you ca

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i am alistair gates. a bomb attack at moscows biggest -- busiest airport killed 35 and injured 18. the explosion happened at the international arrivals hall at domodedovo. it was caused by a suicide bomber. daniel sanford reports. >> smoke, dust, and dazed survivors. the immediate chaotic aftermath of what appears to have been a suicide bomb at moscow's busiest airport. several international flights had just arrived. hundreds were making -- were waiting to meet the passengers. carnage was inevitable. british people are among the dead. fires were still burning as the injured were loaded onto stretchers and luggage trolleys. eyewitnesses said the explosion seemed to be in the area where relatives and drivers wait for passengers to come through customs. i witnesses told us it was just before 4:30 in the afternoon. the baggage hall was packed with people waiting for luggage. suddenly, there was a huge explosion. the hallway shock. screams started. everybody knew straight away it was a bomb. one man who was there describe what it was like when the dust cleared. >> everything was covered

yes i mean i mean that was what that was what i was mentioning earlier i mean alistair mentioned that this is the government now which hasn't been yet formed is somehow more representative but in the past government has and we shall and everybody was represented and hezbollah had veto power in that government which is why i managed to topple it so it wasn't an issue of representation very clearly this was an issue about abrogating lebanon's protocol of cooperation with the special tribunal for lebanon which was funded under chapter seven of the united nations security council and to stop all commitments by lebanon to cooperate with this tribunal in lebanon share of funding this tribunal and this is again something that has been promised and lied about in the agreement one of the articles that set up the previous government was that hezbollah not only would not use the veto authority to topple the government but that it would respect and cooperate with the tribunal for lebanon and now it has reneged on this and it has it's going to and it toppled the government and it's trying to set u

alistair kron4 news seven day around the bay with what they're sticking with us with the weekend. above receipt this weekend. fog will come back into sunday or monday. stick with this for the morning nice pile up in is for the week. stay with us will be right back after this. while the weather in several states. a fresh blanket freezing rain draped across the road making driving dangerous. watch as a driver in the cheapest and said it controls i nearly it jumps the barrier before rolling over. look at that, the vehicle was live right side up and the driver took off. in pennsylvania the people are digging out from an overnight snowstorm. the department warns drivers that they should stay alert from blowing is none. 4 in. of snow in some areas. some schools were closed, other schools closed early giving children a chance to get out and play. they could get more so. with another storm system across the state. we will be right back. now, at 6:30 p.m. at the big stories in one big block of news. more chris, more stories, write our top story. >> we're live in paterson with a search cont