they say that this softly political problem for the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu -- this solves the political problem for the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who does not really want to go forward. >> and then the same thing happens there as well. >> matthew, i'm afraid we will have to wrap it up. >> welcome back. we pick it up in china where a communist party official says he shows no remorse for what he has done and what cars punishment -- once harsh punishment. >> that is what the prosecution wants bo xilai to say. >> the man has denied charges of corruption and abuse of power. >> his once bright future will soon be determined by a system that rejected him. >> for five days the judge heard evidence in the trial against bo xilai. now the former star politician the weights of verdict. that will not come until an unspecified later date. prosecutors's call for a heavy sentence. the court believed that the prosecution proved bo guilty of corruption and prove that he in bethel funds and excepted bribes worth millions of euros. bo has denied the charges against him.

prime minister benjamin netanyahu says such attacks have implications for israel's security.tor:>> from this we draw three conclusions, one, this situation cannot continue. two, that the most dangerous regimes in the world will be allowed to hold the most dangerous weapons in the world. three, we, of course, expect this to stop. >> our finger is on the pulse and if needed it is on the trigger. we know how to protect our citizens and country against those who have harmed us and want to cause us harm. >> this is an author and editor whose joining us live from tel aviv. benjamin netanyahu is saying our finger is if needed on the trigger. would israel consider u.n. la unilateral action against syria and if so, what kind? >> he's choosing words carefully. they're aware that saad syed will not miss an opportunity to make it look like a zionist con searcy. we have heard words that israel is behind the revolution, that the military is taking on in egypt. benjamin netanyahu is very careful not to say anything that will look like israel is pushing the united states to attack because it

all three main leaders that prime minister benjamin netanyahu and minister of defense. and the head of the commander of chief of staff benny gantz have all. warned syria not to do anything so from that. three major people major leaders warning syria you can understand that something's going on in the reasons i see from a syrian reaction towards israel well you know apart from the feel a desire to how are the people of israel reacting to all this i mean is there are support for the military action what are they saying so far. well i think israel first of all officially israel has been very wise. not to take sides in this civil war in syria that would be true i think for the israeli society the israeli public as well most people watch with amazement and wondering are we talking about a civil war of two years and something like one hundred thousand civilians one hundred thousand people killed so it's a huge event people are looking with amazement about the last week. that wouldn't be the first time that an arab leader might have used chemical weapons we remember the case w

benjamin netanyahu is in a jerusalem hospital tonight after going a hernia operation.pain, old complained of and a ct scan revealed a hernia. he is expected to be recovering. ofgood news about the health nelson mandela. his health is improving daily and he is able to set up for a few minutes at a time. mandela is 95 years old. he has been in the hospital for two months for treatment of a lung infection. boy in texas is trying to help victims of the tornado that hit moore, oklahoma. he is spending his summer mowing lawns in the texas heat to raise money. when the tornado hit, the city was david stated -- devastated. thousands of homes were damaged. dylan says he wants to help people recover. it is 104 degrees. that didn't stop me. 90 lawns and two months and raised $16,000. the money was donated from one oklahoma family with six kids. 104 degrees didn't stop him. >> hard work out there. >> we are not going to see anything like that. >> the record is 98 degrees. not even close to that. this summer, not so hot out there. it is pretty nice. temperatures are generally in th

second point, even benjamin netanyahu has been talking about this not working. talking about a referendum. that is a way to get around. if the israeli public buys what comes out of the nine months of negotiation, the referendum will support a peace agreement. finally, as i said earlier. they have an opportunity now that hamas has lost this theory in patron. they have split with hezbollah. and now, egypt has turned against them. they are on their own right now and cannot do that much damage. there is one issue that they have to work out. even jimmy carter, who is no friend of israel, he said at most one dozen palestinians will go back to the pre-1967 borders. that friend jimmy carter suggests there might be some reality on the part of the palestinians. >> thank you very much, indeed. you are speaking about redrawing the whole map of the middle east, which is now disintegrating. this is one of the issues, isn't it? they have completely redefined the situation. >> we need to redraw the whole thing. more than 20 years ago was the off low regionoslow agreement. there

fueled with benjamin netanyahu. -- feud with benjamin netanyahu.goes part to the lawsuit of the middle east. killing top al qaeda leaders he has done a good job. again, he goes half way and then he undoes it and al qaeda is stronger now in many ways than it was on 9/11 because it's metastasized. >> laura: come on biden said al qaeda is disseminated. they are on the run. they are running towards us that's the problem. >> absolutely. >> laura: last night we had a former dhs and cia official chad suite on the show. he remarked it was unusual for the government and he wasn't very happy about it. unusual for the government to release so many specifics about the type of threat. now, people are pressing for info for sure. but he was worried that you cut off perhaps sources and other avenues of information when people suddenly okay, zawahiri knows that we are on to him. so, that part of the source is gone. however we got that. that phone or that method of communication. so, is it kind of a little diarrhea of the mouth here of the administration? i know you

. >> do you believe it benjamin netanyahu shares your idea of a two state solution?> he did not start with a two state solution. for a twowas not state solution. for me, it is a declaration. it is an ideological step forward. >> but he does not have the kind of cabinet that can make peace. most of it is against the two .tate solution >> maybe i look upon it differently. there is no dictator in a democratic country. >> many say time is running out to make peace. in the twilight of his career, shimon peres may never achieve his life's ambition. he knows that. but it won't stop him from trying. bbc news, jerusalem. turns 90 today and is the oldest head of state in the world. you can see more of the interview and analysis on this weeks episode of our world right here on bbc news this weekend. can you imagine building a new air force from scratch? that is the task facing afghanistan as nato combat troops withdraw. among the recruits is the first ever woman in the country to qualify as an airline pilot. she has streamed of this moment since childhood. of thiseady -- dreame

. >>> a top aide to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has expressed regret over comments by a senior israeli official on the 1945 atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. israeli diplomatic sources say national security adviser yakov amadrov conveyed his regret to japan's ambassador to israel on august 14. he reportedly said danielle seaman's remarks were unacceptable to the israeli government. seaman is with the public diplomacy and diaspera affairs committee. he wrote the comments on his facebook page. and posted them days after the 68th anniversary of the bombing of hiroshima on august 6th. the japanese embassy in israel lodged a protest, calling the post extremely insensitive. the comments have been deleted, and seaman has been suspended from his duties. >>> people fleeing conflict and poverty continue trying to reach australia on a treacherous sea journey to try to reach australia. but the search for a better life often comes at a high price. more than 100 suspected asylum seekers were rescued after their boat sank on tuesday near christmas island in the indian ocean. t

so far benjamin netanyahu has refused to endorse the idea.ore now we are joined on the line by our correspondent from jerusalem. as we have seen, settlement building led to the breakdown of the last director round of talks in 2010. is it likely to have the same impact this time around? >> from the palestinian perspective it is certainly not a good sign. things have already broken down, they said that the patience of the palestinians is limited, but they have not call off the talks scheduled for wednesday and some reports suggest that this is seen as a countermeasure to the israeli government's very controversial decision to release the 104 palestinian prisoners, 26 of those long-term prisoners are expected to be released likely on tuesday or wednesday, but the argument from some israeli officials that these would be made into settlement blocks, they would in any case digest it in the palestinian public, which are in any case very skeptical if they want to be seen as serious with those talks. facilitateping to the latest peace drive. how much

. >> on sunday, a visit to the western wall after a reception with benjamin netanyahu and president shimonperes. but this visit isn't just about trying to build bridges. it's about mending them. the club provoked calls for a way, from palestinians after it invited the former israeli soldier held prisoner for five years in the gulf to watch a match against madrid last year. the clubs resident said he arranged this visit to coincide with efforts to resume peace talks. the visit was synchronized with the israeli- palestinian negotiations. our club will do everything possible to work with the peace process. >> the site of superstar players kicking a football around has made many happy on both sides of the divide and all the money earned will go toward promoting peace. but it did not bring israeli and palestinian fans or players together onto the same pitch. that was a goal too far. to twoon was turned over wheels this weekend as 50,000 people took art in an event to raise the profile of cycling. in the city streets were closed to all other traffic. along a 160e road kilometer route to raise mo

. >>> benjamin netanyahu says that he shares the -- the president of i ran looks to get rid of israel. >> translator: the president of iran may have changed. but the goal of the regime has not. iran's intention is to develop a nuclear capability, nuclear weapons, whose purpose is to destroy israel. >> netanyahu warned israel is prepared to use military action to prevent iran from developing nuclear capability. >>> the syrian prime minister met with rowhani before the inauguration. he delivered a message from the president. the agency said that asad wants to enhance strategic ties between syria and iran to protest against the actions of the west. iran is one of the few nations backing the asad regime and believes that the country is providing arms to the syrian military fighting opposition forces. rowhani wants to build an alliance for stability and prosperity in the region and says that they will maintain tied with asad. >>> the foreign ministers of china and vietnam agreed to continue discussions to resolve sovereignty disputes in islands in the south china sea. chinese foreign minis

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel will respond with force if syria does anything to harm israel. the arab league is blaming the syrian government, demanding international trials. but venezuela president nicolas madura, a close ally of syria's president assad, says military action could essentially be the beginning of a great international firestorm. nbc's aymman joins us now. >> reporter: washington says this is not about regime change, that the united states doesn't want to get involved in syria's civil war. a tweet was sent out saying we are we've always said we want the u.n. security council to live up to its responsibilities." it's expected to authorize in no specific terms to protect civilians inside syria. a lot of people say that is the interpretation or the legal authorization to allow the international community led by the u.s. and uk and others to carry out strikes inside syria. all indications are the russian government will block this which probably means there won't be any international legal authorization for this type of military response against th

you know benjamin netanyahu says that iran is very close to getting a bomb the red line is almost there obama has somewhat a different assessment of this issue what is your assessment i mean i know you cannot speculate but you surely have your own thoughts we are not making a now this is. what the making of the international on ideation to verify the peaceful nature of these from the. we have been trying. to use. under the safeguards of these activities under the guise of. peaceful us what is that. to produce. is increasing the amount of produced. is also increasing on the other hand we do not. understand perfectly. this and this is the problem you know what i'm asking about assessment and speculations because i was reading a lot of articles beforehand and two of the very well respected independent analysts they predict that most probably iran is and will is very close and will reach the critical crap. ability very soon it will have at least one bomb before any western intelligence agency or i. will know what that what if what if you missed the. obvious elements but we think that if. we

benjamin netanyahu said in a statement anyone who tried to attack his people know israelis will hurt them. southern lebanon is a stronghold and there have been tensions along the border. more soldiers were wounded in an explosion in the area. the operator of a power plant is struggling from releasing radioactive water from leaking into the sea. they are pumping out highly contaminated water built in an underground tunnel. it's about 60 meters from the sea near a building housing the number two reactor turbine. tepco estimates the tunnel contains 210 tons of contaminated water. after the water is pumped out, it will be filtered to lower levels and be stored inside steel tanks. tepco has known about the tunnel water since immediately after the nuclear next march of 2011. representatives say they only recently realized the water is leaking. they must pump out an estimated 15,000 tons of highly radioactive wastewater from all underground tunnels. the utility doesn't know when the work can be completed. now let's take a look at the latest in business news with ai. what's going on? >> let'

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said in a statement that anyone who tries to attack his people should know they will hit back. >>> u.s. researchers say authorities in iran may be trying to cover-up activities related to their nuclear weapons program. they say satellite imagery shows workers have paved over sections of a military site outside tehran. that would make it difficult to take soil samples for testing. officials from the institute of science and international security released the photos. an image from 2011 show areas around the facility covered with sand. an image taken earlier this month shows many places are now dark indicated they have been covered in asphalt. inspectors from the international atomic energy agency suspect the site may have been used in the development of nuclear weapons, but authorities have refused to allow them into the site. iran's new president, hasan rowhani said he is ready for new negotiations over the nuclear program but analyst says if authorities covered up evidence, it could adversely affect discussions. m >> peace will build here. >> th

. >> i spoke to the spokesperson for the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and asked him whether this was a settlements for prisoners trade off. here is what he replied. >> we want to see the peace process move forward and we are ready for mutual confidence building measures to get this process under way. and the prisoner release is not an easy digs decision but we are prepared to do so as part of getting the process back on track and mutual confidence building measures. we want to see israelis and palestinians sit and talk and negotiate and find solutions and move forward toward peace. >> do you think that israel is going to continue building settlements? and what is going to happen to east jerusalem? >> well, first of all we are not building new settlements. we are only building in existing communities. that is very important to stress. there are no new settlements being builtment we are building in neighborhoods in jerusalem and in the large blocks where everyone understands and every peace plan that has been on the table the last 20 years these areas remain part of israel. an

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says a new leader doesn't erase his country's concerns about iran. >> translator: the president in iran may have changed, but the goal of the regime has not. iran's intention is to develop a nuclear capability. nuclear weapons, whose purpose is to destroy israel. iran poses a threat to the world. >> he said israel will not hesitate to take military action if iran continues with its nuclear program. >>> many western countries are watching to see how iran will act under rouhani after the hardline policies of his predecessor, mahmoud ahmadinejad. from the institute of energy economics japan gives his take on the new iranian president's inauguration speech. >> during his speech, dr. rouhani made it clear he would like to implement what he said during the presidential campaign. he would like to modify and also moderate the iranian foreign policy, that's for sure. and he would like to tackle the economic problems that the iranians are facing today. a day earlier, dr. rouhani was greeted or received by supreme leader ayatollah khamenei in a ceremony.

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned that it will respond powerfully if attacked by syria. both the military and civilian populations are per pairing for the worst. >> as a possible strike on syria looms, israelis line up by the thousands for gas masks. they have been at this tel aviv distribution spot since don. most say threats from damascus and tehran to hit israel if attacked do not frighten them. but overcrowded handout centers present a difficult -- different image. >> parents have been calling me on skype everyday telling me to get a gas mask. now they say that next time i am on skype tonight that i have to show them that me and my brother have a gas mask in order to be safe in this country right now. >> you think something is going to happen? >> i do not think so. it is my wife. she is driving me crazy. >> israel's government is sending mixed messages, advising citizens to carry on with routine while beefing up military prorations and mobilizing thousands of reserved soldiers. iron dome anti-rocket batteries and missile defense systems have been placed in strategic

>> in san diego tonight, there is late word from israel that benjamin netanyahu has been hospitalized in jerusalem. he will undergo surgery to remove a hernia and should be released from the hospital tomorrow. also overseas, joy at the end of the ramadan holiday turned to tragedy today from baghdad to kirkuk and car bally. a wave of bombings killeda the least 69 people. they appeared to be coordinated sparking fears that iraq is on the verge of a new round of sectarian bloodshed. also on edge, the sinai peninsula with israel where several suspected militants have been killed and a rocket launcher was destroyed in what media said may have been an israeli drone strike. torrential rain led to widespread flooding and mudslide says in northern japan, killing people and forcing hundreds to evacuate. when nightly news continues on this saturday, the surprises you may face when the new health care law takes effect and his trick shots made him a you tube sensation and quite possibly the next big nfl star. my asthma's under control. i don't miss out... you sat out most of our game yesterday! as

tonight, there is late word from israel tonight that prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been hospitalized in jerusalem. his office says he'll undergo surgery to remove a hernia and should be released from the hospital tomorrow. >>> joy at the end of the ramadan holiday turned to tragedy today from baghdad to kirkuk and karbala, a wave of car bombings killed at least 69 people. officials said the attacks appeared to be coordinating sparking fears iraq is perhaps on the verge of new sectarian bloodshed. >>> also on edge tonight, near egypt's border with israel, several expected militants have been killed and a rocket launcher destroyed in what egyptians state media says may have been an israeli drone strike. >>> and torrential rain throwed widespread flooding and mudslides in northern japan killing five people, forcing hundreds to evacuate. >>> when nbc news "nightly news" continues on this saturday evening, the surprises you may face when the new health care law takes effect. >>> and his trick shots made him a youtube sensation, and quite possibly the next big nfl star. my asthma's under c

a senior aide to prime minister benjamin netanyahu expressed regret over comments made about the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. israeli diplomatic sources say national security adviser yakov amadrov conveyed his regret to japan's ambassador to israel on august 14. he reportedly said danielle seaman's remarks were unacceptable to the israeli government. seaman is with the public diplomacy and diaspera affairs committee. he wrote the comments on his facebook page. and posted them days after the 68th anniversary of the bombing of hiroshima on august 6th. diplomats with the japanese embassy in israel launched a protest. they said the post was extremely insensitive. the comments have been deleted, and seaman has been suspended from his duties. >>> soccer fans are getting ready for the biggest sporting event on the planet. the fifa world cup in brazil might still be ten months away, but tickets have just gone on sale, and hard-core supporters are wasting no time booking seats. but some people in brazil have concerns about hosting the tournament. nhk world's chie yamagishi reports.

that the settlements affected become part of the israeli territory the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has officially said that he wants these talks to succeed but the problem is that both his government and the israeli public split over them it is also reported that even the u.s. secretary of state john kerry want to netanyahu that israel may be confronted with an international legitimacy ation campaign to quote carry on steroids if these renewed peace talks with the palestinians fail to be fruits earlier twenty six of one hundred and four palestinian prisoners that israel is releasing as a confidence measure to bolster these talks we'll see if we convicted by israel of carrying out attacks against israelis before he also called nine hundred ninety three israeli government said that this was a difficult but necessary step but there have been demonstrations in israel by both the wife and protesters and also friends and family of israelis who were killed in attacks carried. don't buy at least some of these prisoners you should know that giorgio didn't help he's out according to our poll

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel will respond with force if syria does anything to harm israel. the arab league is blaming the syrian government, demanding international trials. but venezuela president nicolas madura, a close ally of president assad, says military action could essentially be the beginning of a great international firestorm. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engle has the story. >> reporter: washington says this is not about regime change, that the united states doesn't want to get involved in syria's civil war. they said this will simply be a punitive action so that the use of chemical weapons does not go unnoticed and unchallenged. >> there is no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons in syria. the syrian regime. >> reporter: the leader of the free syrian army tells us that he hopes three days of military strikes will just be enough to topple the regime, that it could weaken bashar al assad's grip on power just enough that the syrian rebels will be able to finish the mission and drive him from power. in order t

concerned, and the bad guys take the territory, and that's what's going on, and that leaves benjamin netanyahuand israel leaving isolated. how do you feel that plays out? >> uh-huh. in terms of arab-israeli or in terms of -- -- >> [inaudible] >> well, we are in a situation with the arab spring where it's a tumultuous time. it takes a generation to play itself out. i think there's going to be convulsions for the next 10-20 years that we have to deal with at some level. up fortunately, with these convulsions, there's not much incentive for peace. there's, you know, i always thought that for an arab israeli peace, that you have to have all of the important players, the leadership, the leaders to be committed to it, you know, israel, the united states, syria, whoever. palestinian leadership. they have to be on the same boat. there's been progress during those time, but, unfortunately, shotgun happens, and one is assassinated, african-american benjamin netanyahu comes to power in 1996, and perez before that, made some -- and presidents have been in power who go back and forth between emphasis on th

that the settlements affected become part of the israeli territory the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has officially said that he wants these talks to succeed but the problem is that both his government and the israeli public split over them earlier twenty six of one hundred and four palestinian prisoners that israel is releasing as a confidence measure to bolster these talks we'll see if we convicted by israel of carrying out attacks against israelis before the also accords of the nineteen ninety three israeli government said that this was a difficult but necessary stick but there have been demonstrations in this role by both weisman protesters and also friends and family of israelis who were killed in attacks carried out by at least some of these prisoners you should know that the jury it all petered out eighty four point nine percent are gangs deal many people here and he's out here to the point you and i greet prime minister and government we feel betrayed because we are we trusted them as for the palestinians themselves hamas which is the leadership in gaza is not part of these n

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has pointed out several times there's really no moderates in iran's political leadership. there's just sort of varying degrees of extremists. but few in the west think with this new president much will change in terms of iran's sort of nuclear ambitions. they're hoping at a minimum the tone will change which is so far seen as a positive step forward. of course, kelly, the big goal for the international community is to get iran to stop their nuclear program. >> connor powell reporting from our mideast bower row. connor, thank you. >>> to a fox news alert now. carnage on a california boardwalk. a driver turning his car on unsuspecting pedestrians. surveillance video capturing this horror on venice beach. people are scrambling to get out of the way as you can see here as the speeding car moves along the boardwalk. not everyone could get away, though. we are told that one person is dead at this hour. at least 11 others injured. witnesses say it's clear the driver wanted to hurt as many people as possible. >> this guy had an intent to create mayh

prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying israel is ready for any scenario and if we identify any attempt whatsoever to harm us, we will respond in strength. there is no one stronger in this region. nuclear armed israel has the most advanced ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and missile defense systems making experts believe assad would be crazy to try to hit israel. >> it might create an opportunity for israel that they would be glad to take advantage of and perhaps assad would rue the day that he gave them this opportunity. >> reporter: if assad is madman enough to rain chemicals down on his people knowing the possible consequences there is no telling what he would do if crews missiles start raining down on his own regime. >> martha raddatz joins me from jerusalem tonight. >> are they going to target him? >> they're not going to target him personally. they have made a point of that but certainly military targets in his regime. that's got to make his nervous. >> i remember meeting him and interviewing him. i should remind everybody he grew up a lot of his life in london. he's a physici

very respectable cover but on the other hand there are some observers who believe that both benjamin netanyahu and john kerry of the year secretary of state who put a lot of effort into kickstarting those talks are now thinking about their own personal legacy so there might be more incentive for them to be a bit more serious about that and if you look at it in the office recent actions. here for example signed a decree to release about a hundred of palestinian prisoners he also promised still hold the referendum on on that issue so do those matters that he has taken make it a little bit more different this time around no i understand your point and i have new doat that from the united states side you knew john kerry and obama behind him they are really desperate i would say for a foreign policy success i mean look at the mess that the united states has created in the whole new across the arab world and it's in a position which actually had to retreat retreat didn't know achievements year so the one hand realists where if you like president obama can say well. you know i inherited a bad scene a

an al qaeda linked sunni muslim group and soon after the incident the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he vowed a tough response to the operator of the crippled fukushima nuclear plant tepco has now admitted it needs overseas help to contain the radioactive fallout that's after one of the temporary used to store highly contaminated water sprang a leak this week the incidents or the discharge of as much as three hundred tons of radioactive fluid japan's nuclear watchdog says it's the most serious crisis to hit the area since the post tsunami meltdown of two thousand and eleven. two russian cosmonauts have now completed a space walk to upgrade the international space station after more than an hour of work the pair installed a new telescope mount despite working with faulty equipment and the camera there has a flaw and another space walk will be needed to fix the problem and nasa meantime has suspended its own space walks i should say as it investigates how the helmet of one of the astronauts managed to fill with water during a walk in july. and converted russian ballistic missile has su

by an al-qaeda linked sunni muslim group as soon after the incident is ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowed a tough response. the operator of the crippled fukushima nuclear plant tepco has admitted it needs overseas help to contain the radioactive fallout that's after one of the temporary tanks used to store highly contaminated water sprang a leak this week with the incidents or as much as three hundred tons of radioactive liquid discharged japan's nuclear watchdog says it's the most serious crisis to hit the area since the post tsunami meltdown of twenty eleven. until russian cosmonauts have completed a space walk to upgrade the international space station of the more than an hour of effort and still do you telescope mount despite working with faulty equipment the camera has a floor and another space walk will be needed to fix the problem and nasa meanwhile has suspended its own space will sit investigates how the helmet of one of the astronauts actually filled with water during a walk this july. has been a pleasure having you with us here on c just a moment larry king talking to vet