. ♪ beirut.s good to be back. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la >>> the mediterranean sea itself trembles. the ground shakes beneath the wheels of our heavy metal thunder. back in beirut, after all these years. the first time i was here it did not end well but it made no difference to me. i love it here. in spite of everything, i love it here. ♪ >> nice ride. it's a good way to see beirut. >> this is very similar to that place we went to years ago. this is your traditional chicken sandwich, shwarma. >> the broasted chicken was this man's idea, ramsey short who i met in the bad old days of 2006. apparently he's in with the lebanese chapter of the harley davidson group, or hog for short. so when you roll into some religiously conservative villages on the bikes and leather jackets wha

reporting from beirut, thank you. staying in the region, pro-government rebels continue to take new ground from the islamic state group on libya pass coastal city of. on sunday, tanks could be seen heading toward the center as froms pushed the jihadists their few remaining strongholds. it is a battle that could be nearing the end game. all this is happening on the eve of a summit in tunis, where the factionss to see resulted distances -- factions resulted -- factions resolving their differences. like a engaging the enemy on the same territory, forces loyal to libya policy unity government fire on islamic state group positions. in a push to oust the militants from islam's stronghold in the coastal city. hold up in the center of the city, just dozens of jihadists are thought to remain, defending their shrinking residential area with car bombs, sniper fire, mines, and shelling. >> now the situation is good, thank god. we have tanks. we have captured the medina hotel this morning. in a matter of little time, we will annou

>> dave bachelors from the university in beirut -- beirut. >> 1972. then i got a master's from american university in beirut and in the of ph.d. from the university of chicago 1979. >> 12 sure you video. >> tad differing risks with the central america in the persian gulf war and in such cases and many of the alliance and as well as sharing the burdens with us. >> one of the great nuclear strategist with one counter and getting ready to get the grades and study hard to anticipate and after school started i was taking a class on comparative politics and and when i run into my friends indulge hall at the international cat house and to come back to the dorm to listen to this professor with those classical and nuclear wars. and when he talks about president kennedy he calls him jack or kissinger henry. and bb just enjoying listening to them. and to set with the back of the class and then to talk about the of possibility of a nuclear war. so any 1.and is in that a permanent peace at any time? said then we get to permanent peace at that point. what was my na

shona: thank you so much reporting live from beirut. now, moving on to -- more on the story, our guest secretary general of the union of medical care and relief organizations providing free medical aid for the people of syria. thank you so much for joining us on "france 24". how do you interpret the bombing of the two hospitals in the rebel-held parts of aleppo? >> hello. unfortunately, this strike, these latest strikes on is exactly the same time when doctors make a work strike for non-emergency all over syria, mainly aleppo, to protest against targeting hospitals and health workers during last -- during the last these days. in fact, it's another answer, savage answer, to the protesting doctors who are saying stop targeting hospitals and health workers. shona: what would you say the reality is on the ground in aleppo concerning the number of doctors, hospitals? we've seen reports that just 30 doctors are working in the rebel-held areas. >> unfortunately now we are estimating their number between 23 to 30 doctors remaining serving almos

for more now, we're joined by our journalist who is following this story for us from beirut. good evening to you. what more can you tell us about these reports we're hearing that an aid convoy has been hit on its way to alepo. reporter: well, there were about 40 u.n. aid convoy that were parked near western alepo and very close to the turkish border. they were waiting for a signal to be able to start moving towards the besieged area of eastern alepo and they were waiting there and what happened just hours after the cease-fire was declared had been ended by the syrian military, they were targeted. activists on the ground claimed that around 30 out of the 40 aid trucks had been targeted and demolished. the red cross still hasn't confirmed, but what the red cross has told us so far is that 10 aid workers who were onsite have been killed. this was obviously a major disheartenment towards the u.s. and the u.n. towards this agreement that took only a few hours and the u.n. aid convoy which is supposed to signal a big achievement towards a truce has already failed just seven days in

to be in a military zone of that magnitude, it's like living in beirut or iraq, a third world country where no one can go outside and enjoy themselves. >>reporter: as to a solution -- >> politics is politics. we have to deal with the humanity crisis in richmond. we have to make sure that john wrote of mental health issues is being spread and the messages we need mental health resources now.>>reporter: j.r. stone kron 4 news.>>> police say they have stepped up his ability and high-traffic areas like in the downtown on market street in the wake of the two bombings in new jersey and new york. police are saying the public does have a role to play, [ indiscernible ] contact the police when you see something out of the area.>>reporter: the alameda county da office charged to officers and one deputy with the loonies in the police sex scandal case. ricardo perez was charged with one felony count of oral copulation with a minor and two misdemeanors of engaging in a lewd act in a public place. oakland police officer brian bunton was charged with one felony count of obstruction of justice and on

for more on the precarious situation, i am joined by skype from beirut by "washington pos"" correspondent liz sly. liz, given the information that's coming out this afternoon, what does this do to the truce that's been in place for the last week? >> well, it doesn't do very much for it at all. we know already that the truce wasn't going very well at all. lot of things that were supposed to happen, didn't happen, such as delivery of aid to civilians. there has been fighting along the front lines. and now we have this allegation that the americans have bombed and killed 60 syrian soldiers, and they're kind of admitting they probably did do it. so this is going to send tensions sky high and make things only much more complicated than they already were. >> sreenivasan: at this point does president bashar al-assad, accept the u.s.' contention that this was an accident or does he go forward and say this was an act of war? >> i'm not sure president assad was keen on this truce to begin with. i don't think he was keen on the americans and russians teaming up at all. this definitely bolsters his p

from one small stand in beirut, he is using his own company to market the brand and boost his successtime now for this high flyer to join us on the singapore flyer as he tells us how he is designing the future. ♪ haslinda: christopher karam. welcome to highfliers. it was a coincidence and it was a love story. tell us your story. christopher: i am born to an american mother and a lebanese father. the way my father ended up in united states was via scholarship. there was a civil war in lebanon that lasted 25 years and it made it difficult for him to continue his education there. a best friend of his applied on his behalf to the university of texas and he coincidently got a scholarship to go there. so he moved there and my mother, out of 40,000 students, fell in love with the only lebanese guy who had no money, and when he finished his education wanted to go back home. [laughter] christopher: because he was very much a family man. haslinda: blame it on the stars. christopher: and so, when he had to move back, my mother was adamant on moving with him to lebanon. when she ended up in leban

for more, let's bring in n adia from beirut. we are hearing a fresh fighting outside of damascus.hat more can you tell us? >> this looks like a major breach of the cease-fire which until today had been holding pretty well. there appears to be fierce clashes that if broken out in the town just to the east of the capital. overce bitterly fought four years as the syrian government wants to regain territory just next to a stronghold in the capital city. both sides are trading accusations about who is responsible for this latest wave of violence. the syrian government is saying rebels today began a surprise assault trying to push their way into the capital city of damascus. rebels are saying the regime is responsible. they were firing shells and mortars inside the suburb itself. whichever version is true, it is clear that violence at the moment is very fears indeed, the most serious breach of the cease-fire we've seen so far. we don't yet know if there are any casualties. for the moment, it is a wait and see approach. we will have to see whether this outbreak of violence can be contain

bbc news beirut. anchor: we now go to laura at the united nations. reporter: to discuss all the latestevelopments in aleppo though and the failure of we are with the president of the syrian national correlation -- national coalition. the u.s. and the russians insist on the cease-fire deals. regime monday the it shows because the russians are not doing their -- as a matter of fac when the russians bombed a u.s. convoy, they bombed a position in aleppo. it sent a clear signal to the machine that they can't carry on with all the political efforts happening here. >> do you think agreeing to the truce was just a cover? was it always intended to have this push? >> absolutely. they had many options and many chances. unfortunately neither them nor we documented- more than 100 violations. isthe russians are saying it the rebel group supported by the americans who are breaching the cease-fire, and that is why the syrian government was forced to go into aleppo. find itne the russians acceptable to bomb a u.n. convoy , i think that tells a lot. reporter: what ha

reporting from beirut, thank you for very much.ow to asia -- beijing has escaped what could have been broad and loud criticism of its expansionist policies in the south china sea. he summit ended today with a statement raising concerns over island building in the sea but failed to mention china by name. the closing statement also made no mention of a recent international ruling which leaves china's claims to the territory as illegal. reporter: an apparent show of unity. leaders of the 10 countries and invited neighbors such as china are keen to display choke -- close ties. but the summit has been dominated by the tensions of territorial rise in the south china sea. beijing came under pressure on the last day of the summit when the philippines produced surveillance photos it said showed fresh c near a disputed . many -- shoal. beijing claims that most of the sea is based on a vaguely defined dash line on chinese maps from the 1940's. the area is a key shipping lane, believed to be rich in resources. the summit ended with a victory f

for more on the situation in syria, we cross to beirut or our regional correspondent is standing by.hat more can you tell us about the government's ground offensive there in aleppo? >> as you were saying, they said they had retaken the district northwest of the old city of aleppo. this is the first time we have seen this kind of advance from syrian ground troops in this area. these are stalemated frontline since 2012, so this is really quite something. rebel sources there have been saying there has been no advance whatsoever and this is all part of the propaganda by the government. so as usual it is unclear on the ground. next the u.n. attempt to gather aid or help civilians in the past has been problematic. how likely is the call for safe rridors come- co into effect? even that has become politicized. at this point, we've heard from government sources saying that if someone approaches, they will be shot at from either side. it's not really clear at this point, we simply do not know if ors are viable at this point, and i would argue they are not, because the fighting is just too inte

nokia massey has more from beirut. player, what has been spearheading the campaign against the regime in that aleppo.area of two months ago, ththe group wasl qaeda's affiliate in syria, but it broke away and attempted to distance itself from al qaeda. clear that the strategy has not been successful. we do not know yet who is responsible for this attack. rebel leaders are pointing the finger, but we have not heard any response from washington yet. no other group is claiming this attack. thever was respoponsible, relatively big loss for the group who are now trying to regrououp. the commander was killed in aleppo province. we have fighting raging for control of the city of aleppo. what more can n you tell us abot developments on the ground? regainedsyryrian army has a strategic neighborhood that the rebels lost lastst month in the past couple of days. in particular, the regime has taken a n neighborhood in the center of aleppo city. this means that the regime has effectively reversed all the gains that we saw the rebels

from more, let's cross to our regional correspondent, who joins us from beirut. fernand, bring us up-to-date on the latest with the aleppo offensive. >> massive attacks last night, , as part of0 raids a new government incentives announced just yesterday. wednesday night, also heavy strikes. people stuck50 under rubble, and that is extra painful today because the syrian civil defense, which basically goes in after a strike and pulls people out of the rubble, gets them to whatever is still available, they say three out of their four centers in aleppo were hit directly last night. that continues a disturbing facilities hitl within the city. the offensive is only just beginning, so going forward it will make it even harder for the people of aleppo to bear. molly: tell us about the strategic importance of this situation that has shattered the cease-fire. syria has been divided for years now, and the syrian regime is divided with the heavy strikes. there has not been food going into east and aleppo for months now. trucks are stuck at the border. molly: thank you very m

quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. katty: years ago aleppo was a rival to damascus, a thriving commercial city. today it looks much more like hell on earth. humanitarian aid has reached other areas of syria that have received nothing for six months. the international committee of the red cross said convoys brought food and medical supplies for 60,000 people for towns near damascus and villages in the idlib province. united nations suspended deliveries across syria for 48 hours after a deadly attack on an aid convoy. tonight, an historic peace deal will be signed in colombia, ending more than 50 years of conflict between the government and rebel group the farc. during that time, more than 200,000 people have been killed and 8 million driven from their homes. the u.n. secretary-general, the u.s. secretary of state are there to witness the occasion, as is the bbc's lyse doucet. set the stage for us on this extraordinary day for lumbee in history. -- colombian history. lyse: what an next ordinary day, a peace deal signed b

quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. jane: i'm joined by a former u.s. state department official who is now a senior director at the mccain institute of international leadership. talks with russia on life support but have not flatlined yet. looking at the pictures, it is hard to see what is left. >> that is in large part because the united states led by president obama decided not to do anything about the situation in syria, leaving a terrible void and vacuum that vladimir putin decided to fill and he has done it by killing as many people as possible to prop up syrian dictator assad. it is a shame and embarrassment. it is horrible to watch, not just as an american but as a human being, to see the suffering and the cynicism by the russian foreign minister even beyond normal standards. jane: a lot of people would say that america is right to stay out of this and, furthermore, what could president obama actually do? >> at this point the situation is much harder to deal with and it would have been three or four years ago when there were moderate forces the u

the local gang came along, nine members, they were battered like war in beirut and all i can say is they murdered him. and if mr. trump would have been in office then, our border would have been secure and our children would not be dead today. >> hi, my name is brenda sparks. my son is named eric zapeda. he was raised by a legal immigrant only to be killed by an illegal. his killer never spent a minute in jail. he got away with it. so i'm voting for trump. and, by the way, so is my mother. >> my name is dee engel. my cousin, becky, was murdered on january the 1st, 1989, north little rock, arkansas. if you don't vote trump, we won't have a country. trump all the way. >> i'm shannoneasiashannon este daughter was murdered by a russian who overstayed his visa. and vote trump. >> i'm marry ann mendoza, the mother of sergeant mendoza who was killed in a violent head-on collision in mesa. i want to thank phoenix for the support you've always given me and i want to tell you what, i'm supporting the man who will -- is the only man who is going to save our country and what we are going to be leavi

the cars were -- like war in beirut. and all i can say is they murdered him and if mr. trump had been in office then the border would have been secure and our children would not be dead today. [ applause ] >> hi. my name is brenda sparks, and my son is named eric zapeda. he was raised by a legal immigrant from honduras only to be murdered by an illegal in 2011. his murderer never did a second in handcuffs or jail. got away with killing an american. so i'm voting for trump. and by the way, so is my mother. [ applause ] >> my name is dee angle. my cousin rebecca ann johnston, known as becky, was murdered on january the 1st, 1989 in north little rock, arkansas. thank you. and if you don't vote trump, we won't have a country. trump all the way. [ applause ] >> my daughter shaley estes, 22 years old, was murdered here in phoenix last july 24th by a russian who overstayed his visa. and vote trump. [ applause ] >> i'm mary ann mendoza the mother of sergeant brandon mendoza who was killed in a violent head-on collision may 12th, 2014 in mesa. thank you. and i want to thank phoe

battered to like war in beirut. and all i can say is they murdered him and if mr. trump had been in office then, the border would have been secure and our children would not be dead today. >> hi, my name is braen da sparks and my son is named eric sapeda. he was raised by a legal immigrant only to be murdered by an illegal in 2011. his murder never did a second in handcuffs or jail. got away with killing an american. so i'm voting for trump. and by the way, so is my mother. >> my name is dee angle. my cousin rebecca ann johnson was murdered on january 1,1989 in arkansas. thank you. if you don't vote trump, we won't have a country. trump all the way. thank you. >> i'm shannon estes. and my daughter shayley estes, 22 years old, was murdered here in phoenix last july 24th. by a russian who overstayed his visa. and vote trump. >> i'm marie ann mendosa, wife of sergeant mendoza who was killed in mesa. >> a hero. >> thank you. and i want to thank phoenix for the support you have always given me. and i want to tell you what. i'm supporting the man who will -- is the only

the choice of that, mother teresa opened up a house in beirut in the middle of a war.le of the war zone where no one wanted to go, she went there. and the cedar of lebanon of course in biblical terms is a symbol of kn symb symbol of nobelity. the mission to become tdisciple to bring the beauty of the lord to others. i will gather toegether all of the small branches. very beautifully thought out. there it is. >> where will it be placed? >> the relics presented here i believe are kept here in the vatican and then there are small relics that have been distributed around the world, one which is very important in the whole miracle process for the brazilian man that we met the other day. and we thank the artist and knights of columbus for providing it. [ speaking italian ] >> most holy father, in the name of the holy church, i thank your holiness for making this proclamati proclamation. and humbly request that you decree that the apostolic letter concerning the act of canonization be drawn up. >> and the pope responds we so decree. >> i don't think there was ever a doubt. >>

ronald reagan, during his time, beirut was born, lebanon, you know, and beirut. hundreds of roinians was killed. he actually sold iran weapons, missile systems, which were used to bring down the plane. you know, the lockerbie plane. and during reagan's time, but during obama's time, if you see things, things happen. tip o'neill came together with ronald reagan. they investigated to try to find out what was going on. they didn't need political points. what you see the republican party do, this is the only way that they can actually win, win elections now, with scare tactics, fear mongering, these investigations which don't get anything. the country is divided. but we need to come together, the democrats will actually come together for the country and help the country. this is what i'm talking about. you know, think about it. ronald reagan also granted amnesty to millions of illegals, but now the republicans are against it. history is why the country can't come together, because of the republican party. nancy pelosi actually worked with president bush during this t

ronald reagan, during his time, beirut was born, lebanon, you know, and beirut. hundreds of roinians was killed. he actually sold iran weapons, missile systems, which were used to bring down the plane. you know, the lockerbie plane. and during reagan's time, but during obama's time, if you see things, things happen. tip o'neill came together with ronald reagan. they investigated to try to find out what was going on. they didn't need political points. what you see the republican party do, this is the only way that they can actually win, win elections now, with scare tactics, fear mongering, these investigations which don't get anything. the country is divided. but we need to come together, the democrats will actually come together for the country and help the country. this is what i'm talking about. you know, think about it. ronald reagan also granted amnesty to millions of illegals, but now the republicans are against it. history is why the country can't come together, because of the republican party. nancy pelosi actually worked with president bush during this t

cnn's international correspondent frederik pleitgen joins us now from beirut with the latest.ood morning, fred. >> reporter: hi, john. i think all this shows how fed up washington is with the way the russians have been conducting the peace negotiations and results on the battle field. we have to keep in mind a week ago a cease-fire was supposed to be in place in all of syria. especially in and around the aleppo area and the humanitarian aid was to get in there as well. in the end, the cease-fire collapsed and that is when the russians and syrian government, especially the russians stepped up the bombing campaign on the rebel-held district. there is not talk of any hum humanitarian aid getting in there. secretary kerry and the white house fed up. they don't have very much faith left in the way the russians are conducting negotiations. the russians say they are willing to negotiate in the peace talks, but the u.s. said russia has not done enough to differentiate groups on the ground. really right now very little chance for diplomacy and less chance for russia and u.s. cooperatio

we supplied it to damascus on to beirut. good airplane to use if you want to send that cash to hezbollah. >> one of more frustrating thing for the previous panel, with all the government witnesses from the department of treasury, department of justice, nobody could tell us who specifically requested that the delivery be made in cash. was in a condition of iran, a suggestion of the u.s. government, is there any open source information out there to how this decision was made, that you can provide to us that we can do that information back? >> the reason why they used cash they needed an immediate payment, presumably they demanded immediate payment and release the hostages. to suggest the only immediate payment they can actually think of was cash. and what i tried to suggest my testimony is that there are other ways to transfer money immediately. it is an electronic transfer that takes a millisecond and can hit the central bank of iran's account in switzerland. as mr. rubin said, you want to use a financial system because the s

now, in the position i hold and in the world in which we live, where embassies do get blown up in beirut, we're supposed to talk about that on the debate the 21st, i understand, but i pose a threat to several hundred people if i go to church. i know the threats that are made against me. we all know the possibility of terrorism. we have seen the barricades that have had to be built around the white house. and, therefore, i don't feel, and my minister knows this and supports me in this position, i don't feel that i have a right to go to church, knowing that my being there could cause something of the kind that we have seen in other places, in beirut, for example. and i miss going to church, but i think the lord understands. [applause] ms. walters: may i ask you, please -- [applause] ms. walters: may i ask you, please to refrain from applause. fred, your second question. mr. barnes: mr. mondale, would you describe your religious beliefs and mention whether you consider yourself a born-again christian, and explain how those beliefs would affect your decisions as president? mr. mondale: first

only two blew up. 11 in a weekend is beirut statistics and we are still forget it. like your internal/eternal thing and we've got to hate the right more than the guy ajihadis, absolutely tr but it's not eternal. since isis declared caliphate in the last two years we have killed or arrested 112 people in america linked to isis. not 12, not 22, 112 right here in america. >> kind of funny how bad they suck at building bombs though. >> funny for us. >> yeah, for now, but i think we should make fun of them for sucking at building bombs. if you build bombs that's probably all you do, it's not like a side hobby, you know. >> i totally disagree with your logic. all right. they're learning from aspire magazine and these bombs -- they say the more preemptive, the more likely they are. the simpler they are, the easier -- the more complex, the more likely they malfunction. it's like that -- >> the bomb nerds are really the ones messing up. >> it's the preemptive guys. and we don't panic because there wasn't as many casualties. what would happen if there were 29 deaths? >> then

nick paton walsh live from beirut.much. >>> let's talk with a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. you wrote an incredible piece this week, the title "aleppo, where children die but the world does nothing." and you begin with what the president, president obama said two years ago. he said "if you think thousands of yazidis stuck on a mountain is terrible, wait until aleppo falls." now we are at this point and this is a crisis that the president said haunts him everyday. is there more the world can be doing and why is it not? >> to be clear, that wassen from from an administration official who was favoring more intervention and you see this policy debate that was within the obama administration back in 2013, 2014, leading us straight to ted where there's a sense that the iraq war means we can't get greater involved in the syrian conflict and yet doing nothing has led us to the moment that we are today in the eyes of many administration officials who want to do more. there is a debate about whether or not t

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gang came along, nine members, were like war in beirut and all i can say is they murdered him and all i can say is if mr. trump had been in office then, the border would be secure and our children would not be dead today. >> hi brenda sparks and son is named eric z. he was raised by a legal immigrant from honduras, only to be murdered by illegal in 2011. his murderer never did a second in handcuffs or jail. got away with killing an american. so i'm voting for trump. and by the way, so is my mother. >> my name is dion, cousin becky was murdered january the first in 1989 in north little rock arkansas. if you don't vote trump, we won't have a country. trump all the way. >> i'm shannon eftes, my daughter shaily was 22 years old, murdered here in phoenix last july 24th by a russian who overstayed his visa. and vote trump. >> i'm mary ann mendoza, mother of brendan who was killed in head-on collision may 12th, 2014 in mesa. i'm supporting the man who is the only man going to save our country and what we are going to be leaving our children. >> i'm steve, father of grant, 21 years old. kille

in the 1980s, it was in beirut, lebanon, under president reagan's administration and 258 marines and embassy personnel and others were murdered. we also had a tax on two of our embassies in tanzania and kensia when my husband was president. again, americans murdered. >> look, the thinking, the conventional thinking is on policy she has got it down. she knows that sort of stuff. but in terms of zingers and in terms of style, he might score some big points. >> well, you know, in that clip you just saw, hillary clinton did a couple of things that donald trump can't do. she remembered the number of people who were killed in a that terrorist bombings and she named tanzania and kenya. so long she sticks to that sense that i command the facts and have been to these places and if he gets ruffled and gets angry, a profound contrast in the eyes. you asked about the swing voter. a profound contrast which one of these people is best equipped to guide the country. >> it will be fascinating to watch. thanks so much for your perspective. >>> it is go time. hillary clinton and donald trump set to sq

only two blew up. 11 in a weekend is beirut statistics. >> yes. >> okay? >> and we still forget it. really like your external/internal thing and we've got to ate the right more than the jihadis, absolutely true. but again, it's not external anymore. with this arrest of this guy, since isis declared caliphate in the last two years, we have killed or arrested 112 people in america linked to isis. not 12, not 22, 112. right here in america. >> kind of funny how bad they suck at building bombs, though. >> yeah, for now. >> i get for now, but i think we should make fun a little bit for them sucking at building bombs. if you're the kind of person who build bombs, it's probably all you do. not a side hobby. >> i totally disagree with your logic. all right, they're learning from "aspire" magazine, right? they're learning from "aspire" magazine. and they are the more primitive they are, the more likely they are. the more complex, the more likely they malfunction. >> so the bomb nerds are the ones really messing up? >> the bomb nerds -- it's the primitive guys. and we don't panic, because the

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in many countries in the world, the police line would broug beirutalize a person doing that. in america i'd like to say that our police, as a career police and federal agent, didn't do that. they stood there and let that man protest and that can be ended without the officers having to say face. in other words, the commander can say, turn that line sideways, everybody turn in a line and march offer to the sidewalk and, you know, as long as it's safe and let the thing disburse. because as a police force, you have to be strong. and there's no reason for you to save face. you have strength because the people put you there. so don't ever try to get into that kind of face saving strength. let the citizens have that. let emanuel have that. let the protesters have that. you don't -- you are not required to do it. you just have to be strong when it's necessary, but you don't have to tree to be stronger than a peaceful city zen. >> jim cavanaugh having started his way at the patrol level and working his way up to bomb investigation and the like in the country, one of the rebest in his

genie: not a massey reporting -- reporting from beirut. it has been three weeks since turkey launched its offensive on syria. to try to oust the islamic state group. the biggest town freed so far is john robb loose -- is jarablus. , athe road to jarablus syrian town freed from the islamic state's hold just three weeks ago. thethe sound of joy from fills theval of eid street. an unimaginable scene as the syrian army welcomes us. here.m four years ago i was forced to leave, and two days ago i return. thank heavens. smile spread across the faces of these children, thanks to toys sent to them from turkish officials. many will leave empty-handed and with a broken heart. because these scenes of celebration are a rare sight inn general blue's. -- in jarablus. basic necessities are rare. electricity.ter, humanitarian aid is not distributed evenly. it does not reach everyone. >> the situation was made worse by the return of some refugees who have claimed back there occupied homes. jarablus havefrom returned and they want to come after us. the diffe

somewhat surprised to see the level of creativity that you have whether it is in saudi arabia or beirutr egypt. there is a lot of creativity and a great pointke about countering violent extremism. before you counter it, perhaps you can prevent it. that was a great article, by the way, because it looked at these issues in a different way. we tend to look at a region. it's about war or terrorism or eckstrom is him. and you go there and yes, that stuff happens but it is not just what happens. highlightinga positive things that are happening in the region is something that's not so hard to do. and there are women led initiatives and youth led initiatives. they have very exciting things happening in the middle east. whether it is documentaries or exchange programs. has programsrnment where they send people over there. there is the east-west foundation that does exchange programs where they bring 10 youth from the u.s. and egypt together for a couple of weeks and go around the country here and in egypt. things like that. to go back to this theme of how ,ou identify something positive scale it

i thought i was in beirut because of all of the national guard presence and the like.s community is frustrated. it is not about police brutality. that's just a symptom. it is frustrated by the lack of equal access to economic opportunities and economic issues. >> all right, don, thank you very much. appreciate your time today as always. don peebles. thank you. >> thank you. >>> a check on oil. it has been a volatile ride in the oil markets. plus or minus 1.5% in the last hour and a half now. back toward session lows. comments being attributed by dow jones to a saudi oil minister, closing the door on any potential agreement at this informal meeting going on in algiers. saying they're working toward an agreement at the november 30th opec meeting. the opinions are narrowing in terms of the gaps between the iranian energy minister, russian oil minister and saudi arabia's oil minister. looks look a deal won't be reached at this meeting in algiers here. we have crude oil down by 3%. >>> to seema mody with the market flash. >> nasdaq on track, up more than 9%. biggest winners

having the opportunity to visit from beirut to amman to dubai, i explained to sniets at home that mean of these countries, cities, look like hilton head on strides. and so it -- they really want to be part of the 21st century. and then it's personal to me. all four of my sons have served there. my oldest son was field artillery in iraq. my second son was a doctor serving in baghdad. my third son served bright star signal in egypt. and my fourth guy was an engineer in afghanistan serving with the local military. and so i just -- i'm just so hopeful that we can back them up. sadly, the legacy of president obama is a failure. by not taking isis seriously, by declaring a red line that was not serious, by not having a status force agreement, to me he's not learned the lesson of 9/11 which is where there is a safe haven such as afghanistan, that the american families are at risk. and we see it even today. i was in new york on monday. and thank goodness that there were police officers. there were law enforcement there. there were first responders who were national guard. every five feet in a

it regularly flies routes from an irgc base in iran to damascus and also beirut. >> one of the more frustrating things with the previous panel, with all the government witnesses from department of treasury, department of state, department of justice, nobody could tell us who specifically requested that the delivery be made in cash. was it a condition of iran, was it a suggestion of the united states government? is there any open source information out there as to how that decision was made or light that you can provide to us so we can get that information back? >> he said the reason they use cash is they needed an immediate payment. presumably the iranians demanded an immediate payment to release the hostages. the only immediate payment they could think of was cash. what i'm trying to suggest in my testimony, there are other ways to transfer money immediately. it's an electronic transfer that takes a millisecond and can hit the central bank of iran's account in switzerland. as mr. ruben said, you want to use the formal financial system because they're not going to give the iranians hundreds of

having had the opportunity to visit from beirut to amman to dubai, i explained to my constituen constituents, they really want to be part of the 21st century. and it is personal to me. all four of my sons served there. my oldest is field artillery, the second a doctor serving in baghdad, third son served bright star signal in egypt, and my fourth guy was an engineer in afghanistan serving with the local military. and so i just -- i'm just so hopeful that we can back them up. but sadly the legacy of president obama is failure by not taking isis seriously, by declaring a red line that was not serious, by not having set forth a agreement. to me, he has not learned the lesson of 9/11 where there is a safe haven in afghanistan that american families are at risk. i was in new york on monday. thank goodness there were police officers, there were law enforcement, first responders who were national guard every five feet in a city that shouldn't be under siege. but they are. and i want to make every effort that we can to defeat terrorists from overseas. and with that in mind, colonel price, you have r

host: and it was 1983 in beirut and lebanon, not libya.ames from brockton, massachusetts, republican line. good morning. welcome to the program. john: good morning. i just wanted to ask your guest she want made a reference to the movement in donald trump saying that he refused to deny the fact that the birther incident they didn't want to answer it but my understanding and my belief on the other newscast was that he was putting it off because he wanted to make the announcement on friday and the only reason he didn't answer that was he had it planned out for his news conference on friday. thank you. host: james, thank you from brockton, massachusetts. guest: yeah, that's a great question. my understanding of what transpired is and i could be wrong about this, but my understanding what transpired was trump was asked about it aboard his plane by "the washington post" on wednesday and he declined to answer it. and that created a real hubbub in his campaign attempted to intervene and in fact, release a sort of tortured statement saying no, mr.

since 1979 iran has been exporting its version of the caliphate, this sea version of bureaucracy beirutssination around the world, this country is labeled today officially as a state sponsor terrorism by the u.s. government. so the more money we give them, the more nuclear capability we permit them more direct threat they represent to us and allies. >> we're already out of time unfortunately sebastian so thank you for joining us. have a great holiday weekends. appreciate it. >> you too thanks ashley. check the dow for you on a tear but losing some steam as we said up triple digits still up 84 points. up next, two stories from the catholic church. first pope francis tells christians that they need to confess their since on climb change had. that you must atone to global warming. and mother theresa will become a saint this weekend. did you know that elizabeth mcdonald met her once. i'm not kidding you. find out how that meeting went you're beginning to want to hear this. [laughter] >> all right quicker for you a sad update tropical storm herr moon blamed for were death in florida. rick sc

traffic is struggling to get beirut now. it's an active scene.is the right lane blocked on the westbound of 422. >>> today is the day drivers can start crossing the walnut lane bridge again. the bridge closed in april for reconstruction. commuters have been dealing with traffic delays for months. pen-dot plans to reopen the bridge at noon today and traffic will no longer be redirected to long drive. another update in 25 minutes. get the latest news and weather with our nbc10 app. thanks for watching. i'm really good at war. i love war in a certain way. including with nukes, yes including with nukes. i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. i want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. when pat toomey went to wasworking for wall street... toomey's plan would risk social security on the stock market, lining bankers' pockets with fees from our benefits that... could tot

iranians controlled baghdad, beirut and lebanon, damascus, syria and their belligerence continues tohe persian gulf. stuart: what you make of hillary clinton colin trump supporters a bunch of deplorable is? >> well, i'm a southern boy. i've been called a lot of things. i'm a racist, sexist, commenting of code. from a woman such as hillary clinton was a mentor of hers. we don't even want to get into bill clinton and the sexism issue and the money and the clinton foundation has raised eight from countries like saudi arabia i don't if they want to talk about. this is just hillary clinton trying to deflect. she attacked barack obama for being leaders in 2008. people cling to their guns and religion. thiss just as bad. stuart: this is what they really think of as. they are utterly contemptuous. that's my opinion. allen west. thank you very much indeed. the first sunday of the nfl season kicks off. more players protesting the national in them. miami dolphins kneeled side-by-side is the infamous plague did the kansas city chiefs raised his right fist and right fist in protest. that's remini