, and how has hezbollah respond? and if you can compare this to the assassination of 2008, in terms of what it means for the hezbollah group? >> definitely. in this situation where lebanese and syria are passing through a level of security, it will be a good grouped for them to target it's high ranking officials on one hand. at the same time if we take the assassination in 2008, this is pretty much the same as what happened. i think this is part of the ongoing battle between syria and hezbollah, and it will continue. there is advantage for israel to launch other attempts against other high ranking officials in hezbollah. >> thank you. n.a.t.o. leaders have warned that the n.a.t.o. mission in afghanistan could be in jeopardy if president hamid karzai does not sign the deal with the u.s. >> reporter: yes, the u.s. is increasing the pressure to sign the pact to allow coalition groups to stay in the country after 2014. the afghan government say they would like to sign the deal but on certain conditions. >> predominantly,

north lebanon and into syria to fight hezbollah to bring down the regime.ons in lebanon far predate the syrian civil war and the last three years of war in syria clearly had an impact on lebanon negatively in terms of tension, fighting, stalemate politically and every other way and the fighting in lebanon between the various groups, that fighting has been going on for 20, 30 years and it was isolated in tripoli and siden and northwest lebanon on the syrian border and why this is happening now and why i think this is so significant is that formerly isolated and politically protected in sacred areas the heart land south of beirut and the heart land of march 14 which is this area that was attacked today, i say that area, these areas were off bounds and they are no longer off bounds and the gloves are off and the groups are attacking each other and who is doing the killing will be found out by investigators and they are more proficient at this than they were 10, 15 years ago but you have people attacking and bombing hezbollah and senior officers and now attacki

that's probably the hardest question and how hezbollah will pay for that happening. >>> hezbollah has threated a response. al jazeera al jazeeraousous. >> the government of ukraine showed no sign of slowing up, neither do the protesters. flashers have beeclashers have g for two weeks. the demonstrations are persisting after a no confidence vote failed on tuesday. >>> the man accused of going on a shooting spread at lax last november will be going to court today. he opened for a an fired and kig three others. there. >>> has been a shooting at west orange high school near orlando. one student was shot but is sill to be alert. we'll follow these stories and bring you more information as it's available. well, you may not be able to get a job if you smoke. one company won't hire people if they light up, and it may be a growing trend. new details on what lead to that deadly plane crash in new york. the commuter train was traveling far too fast, more than 80 miles an hour down the track. the question is why? lisa stark joins us from washington. what is the latest? >> that train should have b

hezbollah blames israel.srael denies any involvement. >>> nate toe has condemned the use of force by police in ukraine, during the ongoing anti-government protestings. >>> more now on the anti-government protests in thailand, the political tension has exposed the deep divisions that run through thai society. wayne haye has traveled north in thailand where government supporters are standing by, ready to come out in support of the country's leader. >> reporter: here there is little doubt who most people support in thailand's battlefield. the government is facing stiff opposition from protesters. this is a farmer and member of the so-called red shirts, a political movement that helped bring the government to power in an election, and is vowing to keep it there. >> translator: the government that comes from the majority will survive. >> reporter: the prime minister's party easily won the last election on the back of support in areas like this. her brother, the former prime minister, built his power base here thro

saudi arabia and hezbollah are fighting on opposite sides in this serene conflict. saudi arabia's it to the lebanese army is seen as an attempt to counter iran's impact in lebanon which employs the law were in syria and its spillover into lebanon has created the regional proxy war. as far as was involved in the syrian war has resulted in the deaths of some three hundred organizations operate it. the dutch armed forces are under equipped to face multiple security challenges challenges that have been underlined by the blast that killed two top former finance minister and close aide to an ex premier who was the key saudi al i understood angry mourners shouted anti hezbollah slogans was coughing was being brought into the box. israeli border is on high alert after two rockets were fired into northern israel from southern lebanon the israeli military responded with some twenty or two the ratio is aimed at the area where the projectiles were fired from israeli prime that israel will not tolerate such incidents and heals the lebanese government and hezbollah are responsibl

the army is considered as being comparatively weaker compared to hezbollah. >> hezbollah's argument has been that the reason why it is not giving up its weapons to the army was because the army was weak and could not defend the country. riyadh made a tactical condition, a sophisticated mood saying to the hezbollah mind-set, that your argument is being met face-on, that we have to make sure the legitimate institution of the armed forces will provide the means to defend the country against all fours. obviously it's targeted for hezbollah. it's a political condition. there are strings attached to this aid. we'll have to wait and see how it's developed, and the most important decision, of course, is whether or not those that worked hard to secure the deal will see it through after his mandate is completed next way. >> it will be interesting to see what the effect will be. >> mohamad chatah, a critic of hezbollah. his funeral was yesterday. what is the mood. many are concerned about the fragile stability in lebanon, given the civil war going on next door. the mood is very morose. people are

hezbollah leader was assassinated outside of his home in beirut. we have more about the leader and what his death means to the mostly shia muslim group. >> reporter: in the driving rain hezbollah prepared to put to rest one of its most senior commanders, a funeral in the mainly shia city where he grew up. in life little was known about the secretive leader. in death, some background is emerging. he had been a key figure in operations against israel 37 his place in hezbollah dating back to the '80's. he's thought to have played a part in the war against israel. his son was one of the fighters who died in an airstrike. his fate was to die from gunshots out of he's home. this one in south beirut. hezbollah immediately accused israel being behind the killing saying there had been several attempts in the past. israel denied involvement saying accusations were an auto reflex without evidence. >> reporter: first its own security, when an important leader like this can be shot dead outside of his home. and also if this is a part of an escalating campaign a

they believe it was iran, syria and hezbollah behind the attack. they think it's related to the international tribunal. >> you're saying the politicians have their mind-set. is there evidence to say that this is, in fact, hezbollah? >> no, it's very early to have evidence. less than 24 hours after this car has exploded. in terms of evidence, no, it's very early. this is not the first assassination in lebanon, it's not the first car bomb, and people have been used to a pattern of car bombings. the country is polarized, people's minds are set. they are convinced and nothing will make them change their minds. >> will we see retaliation as to whether or not hezbollah is to blame? >> well, you know what is playing here. lebanese feel it is a proxy war, that the hezbollah had been accusing saudi arabia of standing behind the car bombs sent to the shia areas. and now the coalition is accusing iran of being behind the attacks. if this is a regional proxy war, that will continue until the crisis in syria resolves. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> mea

hezbollah blamed israel for the killing.t month two bombs went off outside of the iranian embassy in beirut, killing 23 people. marie is the founder of the institute for near east and gulf military. he joins us from dubai. so far we haven't heard anybody claim responsibility. all of the fingers seem to point to hezbollah. b but damascus says they were not involved. >> well, this is natural. this is -- we were expecting that the march 14th group, which is the pro-saudi, prowestern political alliance in lebanon, usually after each attack, assassination of one of their members, and this has been going on since 2005, they are quick to lay blame on the syrian, iranian access lead by hezbollah and lebanon, and vice versa, so it was expected that the syrian and hezbollah were going to be denying any responsibility. while the other side is laying the blame on them, lebanon is today divided as seen for a war by proxy between international powers, and the political parties are only tools, pawns in this game. >> why this assassination

the march 14th coalition, pointed the finger to iran and hezbollah. he said the same people who killed his father are behind this attack. according to the international investigate orders, the suspect were members or at least a very strong connection to hezbollah. now, the lebanese. driven and very determined that these are the people behind these attacks. the investigators are not saying anything. what we know so far is that this undertook happens at the background of the crisis. this is something all lebanese politicians agree to. what's happening in syria, the civil war raging there is having an aftermath on lebanon and if there is no political solution to the political differences, the security situation will deteriorate further. >> we wanted to go back to rula still at the scene. rula at this point in time, do we know why he was targeted? >> no. we don't. the investigators are not pointing the finger towards anybody. fellow politicians and people. as well as the leading figures from the march 14th coalition and the future movement did point to sy

the other half of the population considers hezbollah as their ally.ezbollah says they were fighting in syria in order to not have to have to fight in b lebanon. but we see the spillover with repeated assassination attempts, bombings of the iranian embassy, means that the civil war is slowly spilling over here. >> you said the division is 50/50, is that a reflection of the failure of lebanon's leadership? the inability to lead the country? this >> for 70-plus years the lebanese have struggled to create a state, and they have agreed that there will be a national charter where power will be divided amongst themselves, among the different communities in the country, but also to keep the central government weak. inner order not to allow any of the communities to dominate. obviously during the civil war, all of this equivalency if you would like has disappeared. and after the civil war presumably wish to create a new agenda whereby people will learn to live under a new formula. apparently there are groups who are questioning the validity of time, and saying

he also accused the shiite militant group hezbollah off of committing war crimes. what's happened is that bananas that has destroyed thousands of itself and the pitching side of commons in the hearts of the civilian population. best comedy go to war crimes of the same time. festival with initiate firing at civilians and secondly it hides behind civilians using them as human shields. although still do well to look into. israeli promises became a while to sporadic chong sold hezbollah are a group of terrorists angry mourners gathered in the halls of beirut to pay the final respects to former lebanese finance minister who was killed in a car bombing on friday. mitchell was an outspoken critic of hezbollah as well as the regime of the syrian president shot on sight. will it also was buried next to the rusty car a review was also killed by problem back in two thousand and five strikeouts and could discuss ideas. some orthodox of its honda. he's devastated like the hundreds he came to attend the funeral route that led to the sport its mission in beirut. among the crowds

in bed with hezbollah they just b.c. not only do they blow in the money from mexican drug cartels not only do they rip people off on the high street around the world and they are there you know they're not america they're not the world's local bank they're the world's local terrorist financing organization essentially so you have them financing as below. what is this really is israel coming out and saying we're against a just b.c. financing i was blown up i know because you're duplicitous a fill in the rest of the letters i think the us doesn't care as i point out that h.s.b.c. was also financing al qaeda so it's as it's about kickbacks is about future job prospects that the war on terror is a money spinner as a huge money earner that's all they care about they want it to be financed remember israel gives weapons to various islamist forces in order to make sure that their war keeps i know it's very profitable but land of the free america has twenty five percent of the world's prisoners the united states has about five pe

he said basically all but blamed hezbollah for the attack. do that, but reiterated hezbollah for the attack on his father in 2005. that destabilized lebanon for years. the sectarian violence we've seen in lebanon has all these neighbors concerned. that we've seen it for decades. the worry is it is getting worse because of the war in syria and getting worse because of a political vacuum in lebanon. an analyst said the attacks are becoming the language of political dialogue. when that happens, the violence is only going to increase. >> nick, if the violence in lebanon goes unabated, are we seeing a return to the days where lebanon was a dilly staple on the evening news? >> most analysts would say no. most say we're going to get this tit for tat violence, the car bombs, violent terrorist acts that either assassinate people or are in groups of the public basically to send a message. that's what's a little more worrying about today's attack. not only was it an assassination of somebody, but it was in town town beirut, the business district. this i

in terms of significance it is a big blow to hezbollah. a spokesperson told us that there will be repercussions and they say just as there would be repercussions for hezbollah members killed in this way. it was definitely an organised killing. it was surgical. it was planned, it seems, in a car park outside its home in beirut. as to how it will play out it remains to be seen, with many concerns about how security is going in the capital and tripoli, the second city where a major security operation is taking place. >> andrew simmonds reporting live from beirut. >> the united nations says up to 220,000 people - 250,000 people, i should say, inside syria are under siege and unable to get aid. chief valerie amos says 9.3 million need assistance, up from last june. the syrian government allowed nine aid convoys to enter the country, instead of the usual three. >>> inside syria there has been more fighting. it's now been taken over by reble fighters, and is one of the oldest christian towns and is one of the few laces in the world where ara mace

now it's come out that they are involved with hezbollah they're financing hezbollah that that that's h.s.b.c. your money at the bank is going to help but not to be permissable by the way they're just like oh it's whatever you know as well ok so now these banks r.b.s. royal bank of scotland who is part of the big four banks in this country are b.s.a. just b.c. the weights and when the other one. there are using these terrorist you say financial terrorism against british citizens yeah it's crimes against the british public and claims against the state because the consequences are hundreds and hundreds of british businesses that were viable and another part of the r.b.s. propaganda is to say that the old zombies and very distressed. again tomlinson and others are commenting that many many of the businesses that are tipped into g r g r are long term sustainable profitable viable businesses so the tipping. i say meese into into geology and then i said stripping them one of the things that we need to create but the tomlinson report is that he was confined by vince cable to talk about s.m.s

and what are they worried about the iran, hezbollah and syria access?ey are really sending a message to iran saying we are not giving up on liberty than and not allow hezbollah to determine lebanon by itself and we will put up a chancing fight and they are not doing it directly. they are doing it indirectly. they are supporting lebanese and national institutions and don't forget the hezbollah chief argument has always been the reason why it's not giving up the arms in the fight against israel is precisely because the lebanese army cannot defend lebanon against outside force. the saudis are saying if that is the case we are going to provide the kind of support the lebanese legitimate military so that it can build up its defenses. the question now, the real question is whether or not they will see this through before the next presidential elections, one. and, two, whether the french presumably the primary party that will benefit from the financial fall out here whether the french will actually transfer effective weapons and not talking about a few trucks

. >>> a top hezbollah leader is killed. the lebanese group says he was assassinated. ♪ >>> the u.s.conomy is growing but so is the income gap between the rich and the poor. president obama will talk about how to change that and other aspects of the economy when he speaks at a washington think tank in just a few minutes. mike viqueira joins us from washington. mike, good morning, what are some of the main points the president is expected to address? >> reporter: you are right, the president turning a page now after the last two months healthcare.gov debacle. he is going to talk about the grows gap between rich and poor. it's not a new story or a new subject for president obama. he talked ariel castro it two years ago in a benchmark speech in kansas. and he spoke a little bit about in this year's state of the union. the top 1% in this country have seen their income triple over the course of the last 28 years, meanwhile the middle class has scene their income grow at a modest 1% on average over the course of that same time annually. so the president will be talking about that. he'll be

it is headed by hezbollah. there have been ideological issues. it is hardly surprising to hear say hezbollah was behind the assassination of his father. there were several political leaders headed toward this meeting. it could also be it was an opportunistic attack and they were waiting for any high- profile figure who may have been taking this road headed for that meeting. it is difficult to get the real motivation behind this and whether it was the former finance minister who was targeted. >> adam, thank you for the update. douglas herbert has more on the deepening sectarian divisions in the country. heavy fighting. the u.n. says conflict is still taking place. thousands of people have been driven onto the streets. fearing reprisals, many have sought refuge in the bush. u.n. officials on the ground say they are doing what they can to protect them. >> the security council resolution to bolster the ranks of our peacekeepers to 5500. we arehere to stay and here to protect. the kenyan president try to mediate. he is open to talks to end the fightin

he had recently criticized strongly both hezbollah and the assad government in syria, that obviously is not a reason to justify killing someone. this shows the danger that unless something is done to bring a negotiated solution to the syrian war it could spill further out of control in lebanon, why weather there is abundant combustible merle. >> you say he was not a controversial figure yet he was een route to an alliance meetin. explain what that alliance is and whether this bombing may have been connected to shata's death. >> i think the alliance meeting was one element, and the upcoming trial in the netherlands about the murder of rafik kariri. there are alignments in lebanon. there is the march for alliance. the march 8th alliance that falls down along the sectarian and regional lines that i mention: there has got to be some way to bridge this gap before lebanon ascend into the sectarian killing that we've seen in iraq. >> there has been finger pointing where al hariri has been mentioned. saudi arabia has been mentioned. what are your thoughts? >> in things like this you never kn

blaming hezbollah in effect for the car bombing that killed him how to set up on friday. adams had spring air from a brutal staying in the eleven on and security sources say israeli tanks have our twenty shells into the country's south. after israel ap said two rockets fired from the time has landed in northern israel no injuries have been reported and the border area has seen sporadic outbursts of violence since israel's two thousand six four with the lebanese shiite group hezbollah. turkey's prime ministers on the offensive once again richard tied it on lashing out against the corruption scandal that's threatening his government the rally on saturday that the minister up his rhetoric against the us based muslim cleric seen as a threat to his government's recent days have seen the new wave of protests from his opponents the scandal revealing deep cracks among turkey's the ruling elites. mosman cats jonathan crane has the story. for the second time in twenty four hours a rally in support to protect tired and ill on the techies prime minister refuses to buckle and has hit

terrible there but compared to syria where hundreds of thousands of being massacred by iran and hezbollah and the syrian government and al-qaeda moving in and iraq in libya in tunisia yes saudi arabia is that beacon of stability compared to all the other in stable places there ok brian if i go back to you but i mean. syria is unstable because of saudi arabia and its exporting its jihadi oh yes other oil that is so well documented none of the money go to brian but it's so well documented right now and it's one of the reasons why i'm doing this program is because the u.s. is supporting people that are against his own national interest brian first and we'll go to of mark go ahead. you know mark's comments are are somewhat laughable i would say remember when jimmy carter stood next to the shah of iran in one nine hundred seventy seven and said you are an island of stability in a sea of turmoil and the us premised it's foreign policy based on being connected to join with the with the shah a time that was two years before the government was overthrown by a popular people's revolution of course

is terrible there but compared to syria where hundreds of thousands being massacred by iran and hezbollah and the syrian government and al qaeda moving in and iraq in libya in tunisia yes saudi arabia is that beacon of stability compared to all the other in stable places they're ok brian if i go back to you but i mean. syria is unstable because of saudi arabia and it's exporting its jihad oh yes other oil that is so well documented none of the money go to brian but it's so well documented right now and it's one of the reasons why i'm doing this program is because the u.s. is supporting people that are against his own national interest brian first and we'll go to of mark go ahead ron. you know mark mark's comments are are somewhat laughable i would say remember when jimmy carter stood next to the shah of iran in one nine hundred seventy seven and said shah you are an island of stability in a sea of turmoil and the us premise that's foreign policy based on being connected to joining with the with the shah a time that was two years before the government was overthrown by a popular people's r

hezbollah blamed israeli.israeli denied involvement, saying as always such accusations were a reflection from hezbollah. whether this is part of an escalating campaign for hezbollah for its involvement in the war of syria. >> there was a twitter claim after the bombing outside the iranian embassy from a known al-qaeda linked group. it's thought there could be more targeting of hezbollah here in lebanon. >> the tough question, is it going to stop here or this is the beginning of a major assassination against the leadership or the military wing of hezbollah. that's probably the hardest question, and how hezbollah will prevent that from happening. >> lebanon's insecurity can only increase in the aftermath of this killing. hezbollah has threatened a response. andrew simmons, aljazeera, beirut. >> this assassination raises a lot of questions in the troubled region that has been plagued with sectarian war. other groups are seizing it is opportunity to further destabilize the middle east. joining us now is former ass

hezbollah is a powerful organization in lebanon. the u.s.-led hezbollah is list said as a terrorist organization. >> it was supposed to be a routine mission to recover sunken bodies from a ship, and then this happened. >> he's alive. >> he's aleave. >> >> that's the cook's ship being rescued. he spent three days under water with no food. he survived by breathing in an air bubble in drinking soda. the boat overturned in nigeria. 11 others died. >> an underwater discovery of a different sort. a 400 foot long megasubways found on the sea floor near hawaii. it was one of five that met a fate sunk by the u.s. military. >> american students are falling behind the global classroom according to international test results. east asia is on the rise. shanghai performed the best. singapore, hong kong, south korea scored high. the education secretary said the u.s. results are a picture of stagnation. the test was given to 15-year-old's. >> 16% of the population live with disabilities. for children, learning can be difficult if they can't see, he

>> well, certainly his supporters say that hezbollah was responsible, although hezbollah has said thatt isn't. there have been a lot of politically motivated assassinations of anti-hezbollah, anti-syrian politicians, journalists. we're coming on the trial of some hezbollah militants that are accused of being in the hague, accused of killing rafik hiriri. this fuels this speculation. >> what kind of impact will this murder have? >> well, the lebanese are really polarized. you have shiite forces fighting on behalf of assad, then you have a lot of sunnis that are supporting the protesters on the street. there has always been this concern that lebanon was really going to pay a major price for the conflict in syria. now you see some of that spill over. this kind of thing is likely to continue and it's really a sad situation. it's only likely to get worse. there's a big fear that lebanon will be plunged back into civil war along with the syrian people. >> thanks so much for that. >>> coming up next, over a million americans will stop getting a paycheck tomorrow. why some lawmakers are saying

terrible there but compared to syria where hundreds of thousands of being massacred by iran and hezbollah and the syrian government and al-qaeda moving in and iraq in libya in tunisia yes saudi arabia is that beacon of stability compared to all the other in stable places there ok brian if i go back to you but i mean. syria is unstable because of saudi arabia and it's exporting its jihad oh yes other oil that is so well documented none of the money go to brian but it's so well documented right now and it's one of the reasons why i'm doing this program is because the u.s. is supporting people that are against his own national interest brian first and we'll go to mark go ahead ron. you know mark's comments are are somewhat laughable i would say remember when jimmy carter stood next to the shah of iran in one nine hundred seventy seven and said shah you are an island of stability in a sea of turmoil and the u.s. premised its foreign policy based on being connected to join with the shah a time that was two years before the government was overthrown by a popular people's revolution of course sa

he was killed in this explodes into a tree to the message had to head to the effect that a hezbollah is now seeking to exercise the same powers with eleven on the syria to the fifteen years that gives you some idea. it's a political stance with him in the country. and that happens within a pop outs of this explosion taking place. that was said to have one's life. that's the very end they were worth more analysis will be to join them were joined by douglas were fringe national affairs said as douglas won t know about mohammad shah who was he not look good the obvious emt with the kids and see the first things you can see on a pc that he was his former top aide to former prime minister saad hariri who himself was the son of the assassinated former prime minister on the carrier he was not sent to assassinate two thousand five hundred he was also obviously i remember very active in and the opposition coalition. i see him gain his approval and brought umbrella group called the march fourteen coalition and what they've really been known for since their formation in direct response to that

when i can't stand to say that hezbollah to answer the allegations of visa fraud against union diplomat india replied that it would take up the issue only had the highest level. steve bought them spokeswoman amy have said. attention i don't force agencies to drop charges against him tonight i did the sums of these up strawberry. he added. among other things and the us and the dropping of charges against unequal gravity certainly that there's no discussion like that going on we just want the price system that is not true the state department the same. yet as with is in charge people a doctor. kenyan farmers to some encore she said. or new teacup the second highest heaven and want to add to the statement made by the manhattan use it on the prima donna. in foreign ministry spokesperson say that they didn't say. but on the statement isn't it tends to force after last night's an issue that's not happened when he says in another opinion them up at the country is going to get it. in this manner. it not only a month so and fifty events but what's amazing to see his grandson up calling into ques

iran is a backer of hezbollah. today's attack was the first major strike at beirut's upscale renovated center in years. ann barnard is the beirut bureau chief, i spoke to her a short time ago. what is the latest information that we have about the bombing? >> well, no one has claimed responsibility, which is not unusual there have been a series of assassinations in lebanon dating back to 2004, none of which have been solved. and almost-- none of them has anyone claimed responsibility. there were quick accusations from mohammad chatah political party implizing that either hezbollah or the syrian government could have been behind the assassination, they denied it. >> how important was chatah to lebanese politics. >> he is an important figure. he is somewhat behind-- he was one of the main advisors to hariri, the former prime minister and he was seen even by political opponents as a consensus builder, someone who was able to reach across political and sectarian lines even at moments of extreme tension, so in that sense

terrible there but compared to syria where hundreds of thousands of being massacred by iran and hezbollah and the syrian government and al qaeda moving in and iraq in libya in tunisia yes saudi arabia is that beacon of stability compared to all the other in stable places there ok brian if i go back to you but i mean. syria is unstable because of saudi arabia and it's exporting its jihad oh yes other oil that is so well documented none of the money go to brian but it's so well documented right now and it's one of the reasons why i'm doing this program is because the us is supporting people that are against its own national interest brian first and we'll go to of mark go ahead right. you know mark's comments are are somewhat laughable i would say remember when jimmy carter stood next to the shah of iran in one nine hundred seventy seven and said you are an island of stability in a sea of turmoil and the u.s. premised its foreign policy based on being connected hip joint with the with the shah a time that was two years before the government was overthrown by a popular people's revolution of

we don't want hezbollah or anyone else.e want a real government. >> among people here, anger and assassination but also despair, that there is very little they can do to stop similar assassinations in the future. >> former price minister, a leading figure in the anti-syria march 14th alliance told the crowd that the way that things were before the assassination would not be the same after his death. we have a date with you at the squares for democratic and peaceful action. we decided to liberate our country from the occupation of arms. we have decided to liberate our country. >> seniora was referring to the arsenal of weapons held by the hezbollah movement. the march 14th alliance wants to channel popular anger into support for a new government that doesn't include hezbollah and it wants to pressure the group to give up its arms all though the assassination has polarized lebanon further, the turn out for the funeral was modest. a reflex of the challenges facing the march 14th camp to get supporters out on the str t street.

already, senior politicians are blaming hezbollah for the bombing. chatah had been an outspoken critic of hezbollah, the iranian-backed militia which uses lebanon as its base. and also its ally, president bashar al-assad in neighboring war-torn syria. hours after the bombing, hezbollah denied it had anything to do with it. >> glor: elizabeth palmer is in our london bureau tonight. liz, what's the potential fallout from this attack? >> reporter: well, lebanon is a very fragile society. it's come through its own civil war not so very long ago and it's still very vulnerable to the kind of sectarian tensions that have been laid bare in the conflict in syria. today's bombing is the sixth since july in lebanon and many people think this is just the beginning of what's going to be an escalating spiral of tit for tat violence. >> glor: liz palmer, thank you. police in connecticut released crime scene photos and video from last year's shootings in newtown. much of this was heavily redacted. the new documents provide little insight into why adam lanza shot and

its still too early to say it is hezbollah. it is a very dangerous country in a very dangerous region, gregg. gregg: it sure is. conor powell live from jerusalem. we'll check back in with you. jamie: back here at home some 1.3 million long-term unemployed americans will lose their benefits tomorrow. democrats are furious at those benefits were left out of the year-end budget deal, vowing to restore the aid when congress returns in january. but, the nation's unemployment rate is down to a five-year low of 7%. the government last week reporting the fastest economic growth in two years. so opponents, including leading economists, say it's time we end long-term unemployment benefits. wow, that is double trouble for those folks out of work. charles payne from the fox business network joining me now to talk about this. it's been a hard road for those folks but is it, is it reasonable then to take away these benefits at a 7% unemployment rate, charles? >> you know, in this whole era of fairness, jamie, this question is skewed a little

up until the two thousand six israel hezbollah war the area selling numerous cross border attacks. since then the situation has been mostly quiet. but now the civil war in neighboring syria is spilling across the border the pro and anti aside actions increase in the eleven on the promenade solid critic and former finance minister mohammed gentile was buried in beirut on sunday. two days after he died in a bomb attack. he then makes a tragedy for us and for the whole country with all that different factions. because a great man has been launched as a moderate man a man with the right word at the right time to offer useful solutions for our country some analysts see the gift of time this morning's rocket attacks and israel as a sign that the lebanese government to meet the losing control over what is happening in the country. mostly in the region and celine kitchen soldiers have been wounded in a process of military intelligence building north also kyra. it's the second bomb attack on security forces in the nile delta in less than a week. meanwhile police and students loyal to the mu

one of the hezbollah command this was killed in the suburbs of beirut reported by readers according to the group's team and despite how somehow block is was one of the leaders of the islamic resistance in the close associate of hezbollah leader house on the surrounding a lot to switch out with the automatic machine gun in the parking lot near his home he was taken to the hospital with severe injuries where he later died. representatives of hezbollah blamed israel for the attack saying that the security services of the jewish state tried to kill locke is several times asthma was currently in a state of permanent conflict with israel. denying the latter's right to exist officially jerusalem in its turn considers the movement to be a organization six people were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in the outskirts of pacing thinking in east china's gansu province reported via kos referring to the team clock news agency. three other miners were taken to the hospital one of them is in serious condition the province of the farming of coal mining safety is currently investigating into th

do you say "you've got to stop supporting hezbollah, you have to let them go"? because if they let them go it's all over for hezbollah in lebanon, isn't it? >> absolutely. and i think you know, i need your help in afghanistan, you need some boeing spare parts? okay for those boeing planes you bought 30 years ago and don't have the spare parts. the cool thing is, charlie -- >> rose: and it all plays together. everything in motion. >> exactly. and that's what's exciting about this and when you have a secretary of state who's ready to play -- i was watching cnn yesterday and they had an interview with a senator who is the senator from where robert levinson, this guy missing in iran, is from. and i made a note of it. he said "so i called the iranian ambassador at the u.n. yesterday and i said could you pass this message." whoa! roll that back. and he said "by the way, i called the iranian --" you see how quickly things open up and where no one even says hey, wow. and you bet the iranian ambassador took his call. >> rose: explain levinson. >> you know more about than

suggestedminister hezbollah may be behind the attack that help the government responsible. >> we do not tolerate rocket fire and we respond forcefully. if necessary, we take preemptive action. we hold the lebanon government responsible. >> up until the 2006 israel- hezbollah war, they saw numerous attacks. since then, the situation has been mostly quiet, but now it is spilling across the border. assadpro-and anti- wasions, prominent critic buried in beirut on sunday two days after he died in a bomb attack. for us andtragedy for the whole country with all of its different factions because a great man has been lost. a man with the right word who offered useful solutions to our country. >> some analysts see it as a sign that the lebanese government may be losing control over what is happening in the country. >> staying in the region, four egyptian soldiers have been wounded north of cairo. it is the second bomb attack on the security forces in less than one week. meanwhile, police and students have clashed in cairo. dispersed gas to protesting students. the compass and the university has b

is iran still supporting hezbollah and hamas? >> yes. >> hezbollah still active in south america? we've established that in this committee and state department agreed in complying with threat and western hemisphere threat. what impact do you think sanctions relief will have on hezbollah and other regional proxies. if we lift these and they have $7 billion, what impact do you think that will have on state sponsored terrorism. >> very little. they are a $1 trillion economy. this is a tiny percentage of that. they are not banking on this money to engage in nefarious activities they take place in, which we agree with, all of them. i cited a moment ago our concern about the many other issues from ballistic missiles, support for terror, support for hezbollah. i mentioned hezbollah earlier. obviously these things concern us a lot, congressman. nowhere, nowhere, not once today, nothing that i said intimated in any way whatsoever a benefit of any doubt. i sat here and said we're skeptical. i sat here and said they have to prove it. i sat here and said we're going to test them. i said we're

as iran pushes the envelope and continues to spin centrifuges and now hezbollah and now this bombingccurs and egypt is so unstable, what must we do? what will it take to get the administration to change its policy and improve our national security? >> the vital first step is to come to terms with who our enemies is. essentially at the moment, it's a shia islamist movement. unless we can say islamism is an enemy of the united states, we can't organize what the political and military tools will be to push back. we need to first recognize those are the enemy of progress in the middle east right now. >> steven yates, these are disturbing pictures with huge disturbing implications. thank you very much for joining us today. >> thank you. >> keeping an eye on that whole region for you. >> very volatile. >>> that's going to do it for us. we'll be back here at 6:00 eastern time with a brand new hour of "america's new headquarters." >> but in the meantime, maybe you blew it over the holidays and ate too much. we have some help for you. "a healthy you & carol alt" is coming up for you next. so

and then attacks in the hezbollah strong hold. dozens were killed then.nd in tripoli twin car bombs went off outside of two mosques. lebanese politicians may disagree on various issues, but when it comes to the deteriorating situation in their country, they share the same view, the civil war next door in syria is behind it. saudi arabia's allies are now accusing iron of today'sment bombing, but for the people that live in lebanon their country is turning into a battle grown for regional players. >> this war is transforming. the whole political landscape. it is transforming even the borders that were prevailing before this syrian revolution. so it could be as a part of a big attempt to redraw the whole map. >> reporter: mohamad chatah was a key figure in lobbying the international commune toe to bring the killers of the former prime minister to justice. he also stressed it was important to defer the killers from further killing. but that did not stop the assassination of chatah himself. >>> a federal judge in new york city ruling today that the controversi

is iran still supporting hezbollah and hamas? >> yes. >> hezbollah still active in south america? we've established that in this committee and state department agreed in complying with threat and western hemisphere threat. what impact do you think sanctions relief will have on hezbollah and other regional proxies. if we lift these and they have $7 billion, what impact do you think that will have on state sponsored terrorism. >> very little. they are a $1 trillion economy. this is a tiny percentage of that. they are not banking on this money to engage in nefarious activities they take place in, which we agree with, all of them. i cited a moment ago our concern about the many other issues from ballistic missiles, support for terror, support for hezbollah. i mentioned hezbollah earlier. obviously these things concern us a lot, congressman. nowhere, nowhere, not once today, nothing that i said intimated in any way whatsoever a benefit of any doubt. i sat here and said we're skeptical. i sat here and said they have to prove it. i sat here and said we're going to test them. i said we're

>> it has proximity and iran has a decades-long relationship with hezbollah. vanguard, hezbollah has conducted violent attacks in lebanon and the broader region for some time. this arc of instability comes from tehran all the way to the mediterranean that is guiding these events right now. harris: all right. sit tight. we'll come right back to you. leland? leland: important stories ahead. including every year hundred of thousands of americans have knee surgery. now a new study warns that surgery may not actually be necessary. we're going to break it down with an orthopedic surgeon coming up. harris: all right. so we said we would bring him back and we will. stephen yates, deputy assistant to vice president national security affairs, 01-05. current ceo of d.c. international advisory. we were talking previously about the situation in lebanon and bombing there. i want to move to south sudan because this happened. remind everybody, our twice in ospreys trying to pull american citizens out over the weekend. they shot from the ground at our guys and some of them wer