>> well obviously a security issue with beirut. beirut has a heavy history when it comes to its relationship with the united states with the united states; to some details about that. an american ambassador and cia chief was killed. the. the embassy was bombed. the marine derricks were bombed in 1983 so there are many reasons why the u.s. feels they are very wary about its security and the security of its diplomats in the country. so we were under instructions not to say anything to anyone about our arrival because we didn't want to compromise the secretary security and our own because we were traveling with her in the motorcade. i wasn't able to tell anyone that i was coming but the minute i landed i called my family. my sister was there and i called her and they then could only spend four hours in beirut for that trip. i stayed behind and then everybody comes up to me and i have lunch and breakfast and dinner with friends and it's a very social environment in beirut. everybody is asking me, what are the americans doing about this

but i lived in beirut my whole life. became a journalist there living through war is what drove me to become a journalist. i was always keen to understand the chaos around me, understand why i had to live through what i was living, alongside the other four million lebanese who were there. i covered the middle east extensively. syria, which unfortunately is going through its own terrible conflict. saudi arabia, iraq, and then i applied for a bbc job to cover the state department. i was their correspondent in beirut and writing for others as well, but doing more for the bbbc and i applied for the state department job, which is thought was an amazing opportunity for me to see another perspective on what i had been covering in the middle east. obviously i knew a lot about the u.s. been here on holiday. i have an american brother-in-law. but it just gives you a front-row seat to the other side of the story. >> host: you were the -- if i'm not mistaken -- the only nonamerican foreign correspondent in the traveling press corps

i was already their correspondent in beirut. i was writing for others as well, but i was doing more and more for the bbc, and i eventually applied for the state department job which i thought was an amazing opportunity for me to see another perspective on what i had been covering in the middle east. obviously, i knew a lot about the u.s., i traveled there, i'd been here on holiday, i have an american brother-in-law, but it just gives you a front row seat to the other side of the story. >> host: and you were the, if i'm not mistaken, the only non-american foreign correspondent in the traveling press corps for the state department, is that right? >> guest: that is correct, although my colleagues from reuters may want to point out that they are not american, but i'm also nonwestern. you know, i have a dutch mother, but for all intents and purposes, i'm very much an arab woman. i grew up there my whole -- i lived there my whole life, and that's kind of what i bring to the table. although i have, of course, a western perspective on s

and growing up in beirut. what was that like? >> guest: it was very unsettling. writing that chapter was the first time i really said very much about -- it was the first time that i put into words how i felt about being there. as you mentioned, yes, growing up in beirut they were often mixed feelings about the united states, whether for me or others in lebanon. i grew up in an environment where we did tend to look to the west for support or help but i have a lot of friends who grew up on the other side of the divide who don't see the u.s. the way my friends or my family do. but it comes with sharp elbows sometimes and big motorcades. and big fortresses as indices. that can be a bit grating on the local population. so it was really interesting for perhaps revealing for me to be on the other side all of a sudden. it's a totally different person to which to look at the issue and look at the issue, to look at my own country. and i arrived. i'm in a convoy and i'm sitting there in the convoy and just a few cars ahe

you grew up in beirut. and then hanging out with hillary, you're out in the seat of american power. realize the obvious on the air. you wrote it to come to terms with your misgivings about american power. can you talk about what you feel about american power now? i think we're at a low point in terms of the am of power we have on the global stage since between now and the end of world war ii, so now that you've been with hillary, you've seen the seat of global power, how do you feel about american power now? >> well, i think a lot of people disagree that american power is on the wane. although stories about american decline are cyclical and they return, occasionally and repeatedly, i've certainly heard those headlines and seen those headlines growing up in beirut in the '80. having grown up in beirut wondering about how much american power there is, and what are the options and the possibilities of american power and why america did things in a certain way and not in others, i've come to washington as a report he five years ago and one thing that i have learned. i've gotten a new he

except for the relatives of those who died in beirut. so it's hard to tell exactly how it will affect fully her legacy but definitely a moment that will continue by associated with her time in office. >> host: thank you so much for the book and the interview. >> guest: thank you for having me. it was pleasure. ... that the prosecution is from the most powerful branch in the judiciary? >> because prosecutors actually control the criminal justice system. they are the most powerful actors in the justice system because they make the charging and plea bargaining discussions in the criminal justice system and those decisions are the decisions that really drive the criminal-justice system. most people think about police officers being sort of the first people that, you know, are introducing the criminal-justice system and for the most part, that's true. police officers have a lot of discretion who they stop on the street and ultimately who they addressed. but the only bring individuals to the courthouse door. it is the prosecutor that has the p

i was a journalist in beirut in 1993 when the marines were there.when i look at the syrian situation, i see it as beirut on steroids. when i was in beirut, they had at least five different factions that were constantly at odds with each other. the marines were in the middle of that, trying to bring what they called stability to the region, to separate the opposing forces. i remember being out on one outpost when -- with the marines when a firefight began between two elements, then the syrians came in, then somebody else started shooting artillery. a mairine earned around and sai, never get -- a marine turned around and said never get involved in a fireside argument. involved ino get syria, the president should not be able to unilaterally decide we should have a proper debate about that. i personally would be very hesitant to get involved in that region for the same reasons i was talking about a rack -- iraq. no ending? guest: do we really want to be an occupying power in that end of the world? there are so many different factions and interests the a

. >> 50 people are being relocated to beirut and cairo. >> yesterday and today, the number of mortar shells in close proximity to the grounds of the hotel in damascus. theaused some damage to building, and some cars. the security management team has assessed the situation and decided to temporarily reduce the presence of international staff. >> the president of the national coalition has arrived for the arab league summit. hassyrian opposition rejected his resignation. with thes happening coalition is normal? it is just like what happened in parliaments around the world. we try to go with the flow, but there are differences. the resignation is partly because of how the coalition is organized. self examination and expansion. the international community is trying to hold its interests without taking into consideration the syrian people. politicians did not feel the struggles of the people suffering every single day. >> surviving a car bomb attack. amputated.leg fighters inside syria. more than a million people have left to escape the fighting. most people have gone to safer places. it

. >> and nick joins us now from beirut. tell me about this, nick, in brussels the eu meeting we're seeing britain and france wanting to revisit the idea of the arms embargo perhaps wanting to arm the rebels, something the u.s. is very uncomfortable about. >> certainly. won't have a huge amount of success in changing the use of arms policy but they have struck out on their own. britain and france made it clear they want to give as much assistance as they can without saying they want to supply the weapons yet saying the failure to supply moderates and rebel forces with weapons only the extremists in that group and the syrian regime are actually having the best weapons and in fact they're defeating their own cause. they are pushing forward with that and say they may use a veto when it comes to the eu renewing sanctions against syria or saying they're acting entirely on their own as a sovereign nation. but we're far away yet from that being delivered to the ground, michael. >> nick, as always, thanks for your reporting there in

today, in beirut, lebanon, the u.n.'s high commissioner on refugees warned, again, of ripple effects. >> the syrian conflict is more than a humanitarian tragedy, the syrian conflict became a meaningful threat to regional and global peace and security. there is a real risk of seeing the syrian conflict spilling over. >> brown: and also today, as if to bring home that point, syria's foreign minister warned his government may launch attacks on rebel safe havens inside lebanon. >> woodruff: still to come on the "newshour": conservatives regroup; shields and brooks; contaminated water and the e.p.a. and j.p. morgan in the hot seat. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the securities and exchange commission says it has reached the largest insider trading settlement ever. under the deal announced today, the hedge fund c.r. intrinsic investors will pay more than $600 million. it will not admit or deny any wrongdoing. regulators charged that one of the fund's managers illegally made trade

nick payton walsh joining us live from beirut.bout what we actually saw from damascus over the weekend. >> you saw the first lady making a rare appearance at the damascus opera house speaking to the mothers of soldiers who died fighting trying to raise funds and awareness for them. a rare public outing. we often see her emerge after moments where the regem's perceived to have some degree of crisis. i think people may be looking back at last week when the regime appeared to be boosting and trying to get people to join up to the armed forces. i think they put her out in public to remind people business as usual. she's still able to do what she can in central damascus but there's no doubt it's an exceptionally tense and surrounded place and may be another sign in fact the regime is cracking. >> and what about this cross border? what does it mean? what's the significance of it? what could it lead to? >> well, this is an area on the border we understand from military source pretty much actually the kind of hazy border land. it's a moun

i was a journalist in beirut in 1993 when the marines were there.when i look at the syrian situation, i see it as beirut on steroids. when i was in beirut, they had at least five different factions that were constantly at odds with each other. the marines were in the middle of that, trying to bring what they called stability to the region, to separate the opposing forces. i remember being out on one outpost when -- with the marines when a firefight began between two elements, then the syrians came in, then somebody else started shooting artillery. a mairine earned around and sai, never get -- a marine turned around and said never get involved in a fireside argument. involved ino get syria, the president should not be able to unilaterally decide we should have a proper debate about that. i personally would be very hesitant to get involved in that region for the same reasons i was talking about a rack -- iraq. no ending? guest: do we really want to be an occupying power in that end of the world? there are so many different factions and interests the a

. >> we're following this story from the lebanese capital beirut. it appears that divisions are appearing within the arab league as far as the serious crisis. syria prices. -- crisis. >> usually his remarks sparked a lot of controversy. people are preparing a response that for him. they say the government in lebanon still wants to distance itself from the syrian crisis. the arab league suspended syria's membership in the arab league and at that time lebanon did not take a position on that. the country is too rise stand any position by the government will only bring more problems, it says. the prime ago minister was criticized for his position on syria, saying that positionrees and says p is stated only by the foreign minister. >> in kenya, under the elections officials from across the country have been flown into the capital nairobi to help count the votes. more than 300,000 ballots from monday's election were ejected for failing to follow strict voting guidelines. that is delaying the announcement of the results. let's go to our correspondent in na

we go live now to beirut. tell us about the funeral and how it went. very prominenta figure. oft to show how prominent, the most 500 influential muslims in the world, he is ranked 23rd. he is very highly regarded and considered an independent figure. that is why in his funeral, which you are looking at pictures of right now, most of those people who are speaking are very much giving him a lot of praise that you do not see for many other clerics. what makes it significant is that he is a sunni cleric of kurdish origin, and he still supports president assad, and he was a very big supporter of his presidents before him. their strong opponent to the muslim brotherhood in syria for many years. his assassination has been condemned not only by those who support the government but also those in the opposition politically. they praised him. they said he was an independent figure. they gave him credit, but they said they disagreed with him politically, but it does not make his chilling something they can bank. of course, it is a very controversial assassination because the suicide bomb

beirut based analyst chemical was me says countries are arming the rebels should be held accountable for the hostage crisis. this is an issue where you have a kidnapper they've taken hostage those hostage belong to the you and the you should deal with these countries who have influence of these people who've been given them the money and the weapons and we have to mention turkey also is one of the sponsors yesterday we had a meeting of the outer bleak. clearly they said they cannot supply of money and weapons and they should be held accountable because that weapon and money and this action tragedy action where there you peacekeeper is actually been taken hostage. but as well as in seven days of mourning following the death of the charismatic leader this thousands of throng the streets off to he died and she's day after a long battle with cancer is valen a pretty self is video agency ruptly reports. caracas today is streets a very calm but really very somber basically the coffin of hugo chavez was taken through the streets today and was finally taken to the military academy where thou

we have more now from beirut and neighboring lebanon. >> both the government and the activists confirm the mortar shells hit the architecture department of the dema cass -- damascus university inside the capitol today. according to the pro-government media, at least 15 people were killed, many more injured. this is an incident where the government will try very hard to manipulate in order to mobilize people against the free syrian army and against attacks by the rebels. the mortar shells could have been fired by the free army but by mistake hit the university campus. mortar shells are known not to be very accurate. the president of the university insists the university will not close its doors down. it will continue to operate as it did for 150 years. >> cypriots might have to live with limited amounts of cash longer than they expected. the government says it will take a month to lift all restrictions rather than a week. banks in the country reopen on thursday for the first time in lmost two weeks. >> at 12:00 local time, and after 12:00 12 days of closure, cyprus' banks finally open f

we go live to beirut now for some insight from political analyst chemical was me so what do we actuallyknow so far about the rebel group to your knowledge about which group has seized the u.n. team their current selves the martyrs of your mark but what actually do they answer to. well obviously they answer to the free syrian army and their response of we have to look at the qataris and those persian gulf who are arming these terrorist organization and we now we have you and peacekeeper have been kidnapped and that's very dangerous precedent that's what we been warning all along about if we let this country go that road that this is what's going to happen you're going to see a lot of terrorists. against you and other civilians throughout syria and throughout the world this is a dangerous precedent and i think the sponsorship of these people should be held accountable as those people should be brought to justice what is taking place in syria. and destruction and supply of weapons is connected to this and sudan and the world have to take a stand especially the united states which is actual

. >> host: down in turkey, down in beirut, down in egypt. in these parts of the world this is down from the last year of george bush's administration. .. with friends or countries you don't necessarily before. i think benghazi is a moment that will be associated with the secretary. i think some questions remain unanswered england questions the cia and the pentagon and white house and the political debate house to some extent blurred the picture a little bit. i think that in the big picture with information that we have now i don't think it changes her legacy that much better will be used against her if she decides to run for president and she reenters the political light that jury briefly the big picture is that these things, these tragedies unfortunately happened when you're doing diplomacy in these places or a journalist in these places. america lost one of its great embassadors but under president ronald reagan's watch it is the first thing people associate with the name. she was free elective accept of course for the relatives of those w

perspective let's not talk to a couple of wasn't he's a political analyst joining us now live in beirut so moscow saying they want representatives from china and russia to take part in this u.n. investigation but very about of course russia and china have been continually blocking u.n. sanctions do you think we will see that sort of cooperation. i think there must show the corporation because the west those country cannot be trusted today the headline of the new york times speak very clearly shipment of weapons helped by the cia by qatar and by so would you have rabia over one hundred and fifty of one hundred sixty five cargo full of what ben's been shipped to the opposition in syria somebody who is actually engaging in the war against the syrian people cannot be trusted i think the russian the chinese are rightly so they should be involved if any investigation if use of chemical weapon especially there is a great indication that the opposition have been actually the one who used these chemical weapons when the chemical weapons come from not really trust where would these chemical weapo

differently because of that latest development these are only elements within the lebanese coalition in beirut so the fact that they're criticizing the outside government for cross border incursions shouldn't be taken as seriously as the possibility of rebels terrorists insurgents whatever they called those fighting the government launching attacks on syria from lebanon obviously with the aim of widening the conflict to the hezbollah or to the equation . but i don't think many people in doubt would be in doubt after seeing the two thousand and six victory of hezbollah over u.s. backed israel that once you get as buller in on the action. see position confirmed with ever certainty and this nato backed attempt to overthrowing him would have failed i should return to see things from the program tonight. safe is it tonight taking the bailout money who'd streams the e.u.'s given side personal to me to be there for savers to save banks or go bankrupt many cypriots now stand to see up to ten percent of their life savings and raised and secure indebted banks with a bailout from brussels let's cross to

and in the secretary, a journey from beirut, state department correspondent for the bbc presents a firsthand account of hillary clinton and her tenure as secretary of state. and the first woman president of everybody matters, mary robinson talks about politics and foreign policy. look for the titles and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and booktv.org. >> this book is about liberals, not democrats who are often not that much different from republicans in many respects. this book is dedicated to that peculiar brand of american who self identifies as a liberal, lives life as a liberal and wishes more of us in america would live like liberals. you like michael moore. think of the masters degree and wearing a headband at your local whole foods store. you get the picture. [laughter] they dominate professions and leave a very large cultural imprint upon this great country of ours. professions like journalism and the arts. the music industry, and of course, america's fastest growing band of entertainers, cirque du soleil acrobats. who are these people who call themselves liberals?

in "the secretary: a journey with hillary clinton from beirut to the heart of the american power," kim ghattas presents a firsthand account of hillary clinton's tenure as secretary of state. mary robinson, the first woman president of ireland recounts her life in "everybody matters." in "the end of power: from boardrooms to battlefields and churches to state, why being in charge isn't what it used to be," the former editor-in-chief of foreign policy argues that power has become easier to obtain but also easier to lose. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> i was fascinated by her feminist view, you know in remember the ladies, you're going to be in trouble. i'm paraphrasing, only, but she warned her husband you can't rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. and, i mean, this is 1700s. she's saying that. >> abigail adams, this monday night on c-span's new history series, "first ladies: unnuance and image." called mrs. president by her detractors, she was outspoken

>> nick payton walsh reporting live from beirut this morning. >>> now let's head to the vatican.s now hang from the central balcony at st. peter's basilica. that's where the new pope will be announced and then make his first appearance. and this american is among the dozen or so leading candidates for pope. new york's cardinal timothy dolan is literally mobbed. dolan also enjoyed a warm reception from a standing-room only crowd when he said mass yesterday. >> reporter: you got applause inside the church. >> you'll never get that at st. pat's. >> reporter: what was it you said? >> did you all get a copy? >> reporter: you said something and they applauded. >> i said there's a great crowd here. let's do two collections. we do it in new york. >> cnn's chris cuomo is in rome at st. peter's square. chris, you chatted briefly with archbishop dolan. is he a real contender? >> reporter: yeah, we did. >> cardinal, i'm sorry. >> reporter: yes, cardinal dolan. we have to get that right. he has been comedically dismissive. yesterday he said he was ready to get home for socks, green socks. he'

the temporarily mod some damascus based staff to beirut and cairo and has asked all other u.n. in the country to work from home until further note. the fighting in syria, damascus, has escalated in recent months. meanwhile, a bomb attack reportedly injured a rebel leader who was one of the federal to call for the syrian people to rise up against the syrian president. activists say somebody put a bomb in his car, and whoever that somebody is it on the loose and they had to amputate the guy's right leg. in another blow to the rebels, the president of the council has quit. jonathan hunt is with us. the opposition seems to be in chaos in terms of civilian leadership. >> civilian and military. the founder of the free syrian army is the guy who has apparently suffered serious injuries, perhaps even losing a leg, in this car bomb attack. that is a major blow to the unity of the army itself. he has been seen generally as a very effective general. his effectiveness now is obviously going to be in question. on top of that, you have the resignation of the head of the syrian national counc

and lebanon, that was a reuters photographer that made the smoke look worse over beirut than it was.an image and that guy eventually got fired. that's malfeasance. but this is something, i don't know, is it more subtle? do you think the media willingly wants to go along with a narrative that the israelis are the ones who are really to blame for the damage we see or do you think it's just a laziness which is they accept the propaganda put out because how are they going to get to the bottom of it without a lot of of effort before press time? >> well, there's a certain tendency to moral equivalencesy, which we find disturbing, again, we are democracy that was hit by 1500 rockets that were fired with a deliberate intent to kill civilians. and we conducted operations to defend ourselves, one-- one source recently said that israel has gone further than any other army in history to try to avoid inflicting civilian casualties and we dropped over 200,000 leaflets and we made 20,000 phone calls, 22,000 text messages were sent to palestinian civilians, warning them to evacuate areas that were a

the book is called "the journey of hillary clinton from beirut to the heart of american power.nk you for being on "the war room." up next we'll take you to the vatican. but we assure you - it is. bites. little greatness. save them. woolite everyday cleans your jeans and won't torture your tanks. woolite washed clothes look like new, longer. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> michael: in just a few days the biggest election of the year will occur. that's the papal election. it's an incredible process filled with intrigue and politics and posturing. and in many ways it isn't all that different from our political process here at home. for the inside scope of the campaign process of the vatican i spoke with veteran reporter who has been covering the vatican for 30 years. he is the author of "the vatican diaries: a behind-the-scenes look of the power in the catholic church." cardinals caught buying or selling votes are faced with excommunication but there is still sort of a campaign going on. this is an election, after all. tell us what papal campaigns are like. >> well, they're very subtle. no

cnn's nick payton walsh is live in beirut.ve been meeting with these refugees inside some of these camps. what do they tell you? what is life like for them? >> reporter: incredibly hard. o one has doubled in s ed iin siz last two months. they were given a plot of land to prepare with tents and before they had a chance to finish with work, people were being given to them to live in that area. children living in plastic tents wind swept, small fires causing burns, children rushed to the hospitals there, really struggling to keep pace with a population really rocketing out of control. and, of course, sometimes the jordanian air force patrolling the border nearby swoop low over the tent camps, terrifying children who can still remember those jets, the sound of those jets brought to them inside syria, bombing by the regime, brooke. >> if the u.n. predictions are accurate about the possible tripling of refugee numbers, how much worse could it get for the people in these camps? >> reporter: not just the camps, the countries trying to

>> joining us from beirut with that story, significant developments.k, very much. >>> there are huge problems to tackle in the middle east right now, but the white house is downplaying expectations for the president's trip this week. he leaves tomorrow night for israel. it will be his first visit there since becoming president of the united states. he'll also travel to the west bank and to jordan. and john king is joining us now from jerusalem. what are they saying there about syria right now? it seems to be a critical moment. >> reporter: it's a critical moment, now, wolf in syria and will be a critical subject of conversation when president obama makes his first trip to israel as president and sits down with benjamin netanyahu. from the beginning the united states has had extremely good cooperation on the intelligence front from the israeli government. obviously, they are in the neighborhood, syria's neighbor to the south. they have a much better picture here, not only of the state of play with the assad regime and its stability. the sources say a fe

parts of it look like beirut after the firing stopped. but this is america and this is what poverty looks like. look at where we are. that's philadelphia across the river. muscular, gleaming, prosperous, just like the suburbs all around here. and then there's camden with those two awful titles to its name. it is the poorest city in america. and it is considered the most dangerous city in this country. >> i think of camden as the best visual aid in america to see what has gone wrong and what is going wrong. >> it's staggering poverty surrounded by wealth. >> correct. >> three bullet there is. >> father michael doyle came here over 40 years ago. he's been serving the poor ever since. it breaks his heart to point out bullet holes in the stained glass. >> many people blame the poor and dismiss the poor. we have to get over that and realize american citizens are dying in inner city america and dying in camden at a levels never seen, never imagined. >> here is a visual. the crosses outside city hall representing murder victims. they are underne

her new book is "the secretary "a junior we with hillary clinton from beirut to the heart of american". >> great to be here, alex. there is so much intrigue around any and all things clinton. i want to start, first, with the very hard work that secretary clinton did as part of her role as secretary of state, and you have a very interesting anecdote about her going to lahore and having a town hall in pakistan. this is early on in her secretaryship, if that's what you call, it and she was met with resistance. it was a raucus crowd, and you write in the book "the world had rarely leared of an american official apologize for past mistakes. this approach didn't go down well with republicans back in the u.s., but around the globe it went a long way to buy goodwill. by the end of the visit the tone of the pakistani media coverage had changed, and the newspaper headlines were less -- it wasn't a love fest, but hillary's charm offensive had made a dent in the wall of mistrust." tell us a little more about that. >> you know, it was quite the sight, alex, being there in this auditorium with all

our nic payton walsh following the story for us from beirut. nic, just in the last little while we've heard the green berets were perhaps involved in the attack. tell us about that. >> reporter: we are getting more details around this attack. green berets involved, not clear if they are amongst the dead or injured. this is at a joint base which they were using along it seems with other u.s. type of troop and afghan soldiers and perhaps police as well. we understand from afghan officials that this one shooter, not clear if he actually was afghan security forces or not, he left on the back on the back of a truck and used a heavy machine gun to make this particular attack as you say left ten americans injured and two dead. this at a joint patrol base in the area known as wardak which is sort of southwest of the capital kabul, a vital area. most important of the timing here. this is on a day in which president karzai asked to be removed after a militia loyal to them was involved in a murder of a young man there. vital time. >> nick, i want to ask y

. >>> a journey with hillary clinton from beirut to the heart of american power. wow.i would like to think i do. i'm a journalist. i give a fair and balanced assessment of her tenure. >> you have to write the encyclopedia on her that stands the test of time. what did she do that secretaries before her didn't do. how is she unique? >> well, first and foremost, she restored her on political portions in 2008 to one of the most popular politicians in the united states with ratings close to 70%. popular with republicans, as well. although, of course, if she decides to go back into politics, those ratings will go down again. this is at a time when the u.s. doesn't have all the money that it wants in the world. >> what does she accomplish? >> smart power. look at libya. you can't do it all. you can't do all the heavy lifting on your own. you get the arabs, the key difference. >> did she help bring about the over through of kadhafi? >> has she made any progress towards getting through? >> you have to look at the big picture and keep in mind that parties on the ground don't alw

i'll bring in nick walsh standing by in beirut, lebanon. the rebels say the government killed 25 people with a chemical weapon. help us out here. who is telling the truth? >> reporter: it still isn't really clear, jake. we don't have confirmation chemical weapons were used but there are two separate incidents. one in a city in the north, aleppo, in which the regime says it was hit by a chemical weapon fired by rebels and the russian government backing that up one activist saying this seems to have landed between rebel and regime lines and may have hit civilians in the regime area and regime troops, too. another instance near damascus to the east in which rebels do appear to have been hit by some kind of suffocating gas. not clear what it was but certainly the logic test suggests rebels aren't going to be aim agate themselves with these weapons and we know the regime has a large stockpile. >> is there a faction within the opposition that cob obtain chemical weapons? is it even possible? >> reporter: that's always been the real fear as we hea

memories of hostages in iran destroyed erikson beirut is reason enough to be wary and this context matters to understand the widespread american reluctance to do more in response to iraqi's vision. to not threaten that long range destruction of oil. moreover the middle east was not particularly an appealing place for those american politics in the sense of short medium and long-term history. take told secretary of state james baker who had advised presidents for decades or for years but more importantly among his closest friends for decades. he was secretary of state and upon hearing this news contemplating it and getting back to washington, he told the president in the oval office, close the door and told him quote i know you are aware of the fact that this has all the ingredients that is brought down three of the last five presidents, a hostage crisis, body bags and a full-fledged economic recession caused by 40-dollar oil and quote. indeed, we need recall that bush's decision to move american troops to the gulf was hardly embraced across the board in american politics. at the same time

members of hostages in iran destroy barracks in beirut, that's reason enough to be wary of anything morehis context matters for understanding productive to do more in response to the iraqi invasion. for it did not threaten that long-range disruption of oil. moreover, the middle east is not a particularly appealing place for those in american politics was short and medium and long-term history. take for example james baker who had at this point vice presidents for decades, but more importantly among closest friends for decades. he was secretary of state and upon hearing the news contemplating it getting back to washington. he closed the door and told him, quote, i know you're aware of the fact that this has all the ingredients that is brought down. the last five presidents. a hostage crisis, body bags and a full-fledged economic recession caused by oil, and quote. indeed, we need recall that bush's decision to move american troops to the polls with her they embraced across the board in 1990 pagis does the same time the congressional opposition to the war was far from being partisan. it wa

bush in "all the best, george bush" in the "secretary" a journey with hillary clinton to beirut to the healthier of the american power. they present a first account of hillary clinton's tenure of secretary of state. mary robinson the first woman president of ireland recounting her life in "everybody matters." why being in charge isn't what it used to be. the former executive director of the world bank and editor of chief of foreign policy argue that power has become easier to obtain and lose. look for the tights in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and booktv.org. >> that should make you encouraged about the power probability of staingts in general. so now i'm going make you scared. so this is actually the end of the book. it's a question one of the questions i went to earlier. who gets to know what about you? and last summer we hired a new baby sitter. when she arrived i began to explain the family background i'm a professor, my wife is a teacher. she cut me off and said i know. i googled you. [laughter] i was simultaneously relieved i

. >> nick paton walsh in beirut. thank you. the situation here in syria is sure to come up tomorrow. president obama makes his first trep to israel since moving into the white house. the president will be just over 300 miles from where these chemical weapons might have been used in syria when he arrives in tel aviv. you can see the proximity here. no main announcements are planned during this visit. mideast leaders obama will immediate with include netanyahu, mahmoud abbas and king abdullah of jordan. >>> so you thought the election season was over. huh-uh. it is primary day in south carolina, folks. i'm talking low country. you see it right there. this state's first congressional district anchored by charleston and what a cast of characters this little race for congress. you have a man known as the former governor of the appalachiap ppa lash shap trail. the son of a certain media mogul, and you've also got the sister of a very famous funny man. and don't to get this, we're talking about south carolina. home of kamikaze style p

took over downtown beirut by forcibly into the death of fellow lebanese. has been accused by the special tribunal with the assassination of other political assassinations. and, of course, now it's having in syria, which is going right across the border into lebanon. we have to be, and i assure you that u.s. and foreign intelligence and law enforcement agencies are quite aware of the need to be very on top of these two threats, iran, hezbollah, which operate together, and sometimes in competition. especially as we are concerned about the iranian nuclear program to the diplomatic track doesn't produce results. you might have to be a strike and that iran would, without question, respond with asymmetric terrorist attacks worldwide speak of yield five minutes to the ranking member from california, mr. sherman. >> mr. levitt, mr. fulton, if israel did take military action, obvious that iran would one hezbollah to open up with all the rockets. is there any doubt that hezbollah would be willing to do that? >> sir, i would say the iranian side, senior irgc command

in august '82 after israel bombed beirut reagan called israel's prime minister a man who's hands hadists demanded that they support a filibuster, something never done in a fight over secretary of defense -- >> i never thought i would say this, but i wish we can bring reagan back to life to give a talking to -- what the hell are you guys doing? >> zombie reagan. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: like lincoln. exactly. [overlapping speakers] >> stephanie: this show has taken a dark turn. >> yeah. >> stephanie: seventeen minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: call the political party line now. 1-800-steph-1-2. add finish power up to boost your detergent and you'll see a huge difference. watch what it can do. look at that sparkle! now that's clean! cloudiness! spots! tough stains! even dishwasher build-up! gone! just like that! so don't give up. add finish power up. wow! see the difference! it's a must have! this show is about being up to date, staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's

i spent a summer in lob nonand beirut with women who were trafficked. no matter the work we did and the stories we heard. there was stories about how the laws in lebanon, for example would prevent women from obtaining their passport back when they entered to the country. and the employers had taken them away. so i was just curious about your experience and the places you traveled about the intersection between public health and law. >> absolutely. it's diabolical. and i'm glad that congress reauthorize the violence against women act and within that was the trafficking victims protection act comp helps to -- which helps to get -- double standards within american law. too often we victimize the victim. in term of internationally, that's why i referenced that none of these problems exist in isolation and the solutions are also holistic. when, you know, health is the building block of all sustainability. when a girl is healthy, she can go to school. she can stay in school. when she has her period and there is a will treen -- toilet and what she needs for th

community health centers, but my real passion is in global health and i spent a summer in lebanon in beirut with women who had been trafficked and were now in a safe house. i'm under the work we did in stories we heard, there were stories about how the laws in lebanon, for example, would prevent women from obtaining the passwords once they entered into the country. their employers had taken him away. so i was curious of your experience places who traveled about the intersection between public health and law. >> absolutely. it's diabolical and i'm very glad congress to reauthorize the violence against women act and the trafficking victims act which helps to ameliorate double standards within american mom. too optimistic demise the victim. in terms of internationally, that's way referenced some of these problems exist in the solutions are holistic. so when half of the building block of all sustainability, when it grows healthy, she can go to school, but she has her. and there is a latrine and -underscore she needs for her hygiene, she can stay in school. she has her first child at an older ag

state hillary clinton kim is out with a new book "the secretary, a journey with hillary clinton from beiruta little bit about it himself. >> yes, he does. >> you were complaining about waking up at 4:00. >> i was not complaining. >> but after flying around with hillary clinton, i think you're battle tested and -- >> i'm battle tested in more than one way, remember, i grew up in a war, so goodness me, am i battle tested. >> are you battle tested. >> yes. >> let's talk about -- first of all, let's talk about the secretary's extraordinary work ethic and schedule, lack of sleep, what a journey -- what a journey it was. talk about it. >> it has indeed been an incredible journey both for her and for me traveling along with her and what i try to do in my book "the secretary" is tell her story as america's diplomat in chief over four years, over the course of four years, and by doing so trying to tell the greater story of america today on the global stage. because a lot of people have questions in the u.s. about what their country's role is today in the world. should it retreat from the world. shou

we have -- the shia side declared war on us in the 1980's, blew up our peacekeeper bar racks in beirut. the sunni side of the extremists, al qaeda is how you know them. they tried to take down the trade towers once in the 1990's and took it down the second time. it's a real threat. and one thing about america, it's been willing to meet real threats when we explain it to the american people. think we would still be here because the enemy would force the issue. >> i agree we will be fighting the war on terror for many generations to come. most americans accept that. but when you look at how we got into afghanistan and then we moved to iraq and now we're back in nation building, there is an awful lot -- i would rather us get out quicker and rebuild america. when you look at the dam that we built in the 1950's and we went back and rebuilt it again and we have spent i think $70 million to finish the project. and inspector general doubts that they have the capability to do that if we gave them the $70 million. that's where we are upset. the money we are putting into an infrastructure which i

but my real passion lies and global health, and i spent the summer in lebanon and beirut with women whoo and were now in a safe house. no matter the work we did and the stories we heard, there were stories about how oh-la-la in lebanon, for example, would prevent women from obtaining their passport back once they had entered into the country. their employers had taken them away. so i was just curious about your experience of all the places that you have traveled about the intersection between public health and the law. >> absolutely. it's diabolical. it's diabolical, and i'm very glad congress reauthorize the violence against women act, and that was the trafficking victims protection act, which up to ameliorate some of those double standards within american law. you know, too often we victimize the victims. and in terms of internationally, that's why i referenced that none of these problems exist in isolation, and the solutions are also holistic. health is the building block of all sustainability. when a girl was healthy, she can go to school. she can stay in school. when she has her pe