yo i have to find a way to give them security guarantees and they will be the ones who push asaad aside and that at least opens up the door for a possibility of getting a cease fire. the extremists gaining power, may make the russians say they have to go, that's the issue, they don't want asaad to go. not only how do you get to a transitional government, but how do you get a cease fire, stabilize the situation, it is not just about getting a group that is going to govern syria, and then how do you do that, how do you begin a reconciliation process. you have to agree with the psychology that is -- only a sunni shiite split and intensification, so the groups that are on the fence, the christians the al low wyatts other shiites and so forth, they have to have confidence that if asaad goes syria will hold together. there will not be the retributions you have seen. this is a very complex undertaking and i think it needs a greater diplomatic effort. hopefully geneva opens the door. 2.2 million refugees more than 6 million people displaced. time now to see what is trending. fishes say they wil

chatah was a staunch critic of syrian president of bashar al asaad. and he was a critic of the shiite movement and rafiq haririr, assassinated back in 2005, 5 suspects have been indicted. they will go on trial in three weeks. joseph keshkis is a political analyst from the middle east. he joined us via skype and told us about mohammad chatah and lebanon's challenges. >> well, this man was a very moderate voice in lebanese circles although he was part of the march 14th coalition. he, as a sunni leader from tripoli has been extremely vocal during the past several years, attacking hezbollah specifically, calling it to withdraw from syria and return to lebanon. i suppose one could say that this is packback for his he will quenc to submit that hezbollah must submit to the will of the government of lebanon which, of course, hezbollah has not done. so perhaps, that might be the reason behind the assassination. lebanon has not really cleansed itself from the 15 years long civil war, the fact that there are two regional forces that are trying to articulate fore

the shiite elements that dominate the government in baghdad have long standing alliances with the asaadovernment in damascus. and so while they are making common cause against these sunni opposition groups that are operating from syria it is clear that they are conflicting loyalties. one camp, allowing oversights from iran of arm supplies to the syrian government. obviously there's great reluctance in washington to get involved in the syrian conflict complex to say the least, reporting from our nation's capitol, thank you. at least five people are recovering from injuries after a bomb explosion in cairo. the blast comes just one day after the egyptian government named the group the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization. joining me now to discuss what the announcement means she is a professor of law who also has a masters degree in middle eastern studies. thank you for being with us. the muslim brotherhood has been declare add terrorist group, is there any truth to that. >> well, the problem is there hasn't been a transparent and open forum in which they can be adjudicated and trie

and therefore have to remember one thing, when asaad used the chemical weapons against his own people, the russian government at the time claimed that there was no weapons were not used. we have no confident nor trust in the findings of the russian -- i wouldn't say the russian experts, but some experts -- those are are close to them. >> right. >> may i just interrupt you here, now you are basically faulting the two reports the french report and the russian report. the swiss team said they could only offer moderate backingle pas you are trying to find something that's not actually there? >> i was -- i obtained the report on behalf of mrs. arafat, and i obtained a presentation with ours with the swiss scientist. their report was the most comprehensive, and the moe -- because all asungs, and we subjected them to the moat expert skill in the world. i didn't talk about the french report, because of legal restrictions, but i can tell you, the french did not send the radio active scientists to the exhumation at all. >> right. >> and their calculations were responded to by the swiss experts

president al asaad's people have turned this into an area where the central prison is converted into a military base. >> this is just one of the series of attacks which will target the regime everywhere. we will not rest until we reach the palace in damascus. >> as with most games, the capture of the hospital was soon followed by government counterattack. barrels filled with explosives and other bombs were dropped in the aerosols on saturday. sunday is the 8th consecutive day of government air strakes on these deeply divided city. charles stratford,ays. ikes on these deeply divided city. charles stratford,ays. >> a coalition of party in egypt opposed to the coup that toppled mohammed morsi in july has called for a boycott of the referendum. it includes the muslim brotherhood a group called next month's referendum false and said it will be carried out by a fascist authority. >> a secular group condemned jail sentences, three who have been sent to jail for three years, key fingegures in egypt' 2011 uprising. will were find more than $7,000 each. they have raised concerns. cairo's rossi

. >> host: established by asaad. >> guest: al qaeda and iraq and al qaeda in iraq is not into syria.here is no threat to them whatsoever they are setting up basically al qaeda training grounds like we have in afghanistan. there is no way for us to stop them. there's no way for other countries to do it cause of the civil war and syria. that is wise if you go back to the iraq security limit that never got done, it was a lot more important than people realize because you wouldn't have that rat line between iran and syrian. would have some check on the syrians and al qaeda in syria and iraq. >> host: let's go to john in breakneck new york read you were in the with congressman hunter. >> i am listening to the astounding misleading statementd falsehoods that this congressman is spouting. i hardly know when to begin to comment. let's take the iraq invasion to begin with. he said it was the right thing and we did the right thing by invading. first of all we went in there under the concept that iraq had weapons of mass destruction which was proven to be false. when that was proven to be false