neither hezbollah or beirut, but again, you have to understand hezbollah has a particular awed yenings. i think the foreign minister of saudi arabia will try to be very firm and say that international law needs to be applied when it comes to dmrok attic. in the region, the sovereignty of saudi arabia according to the law. >> was this a press conference aimed at the domestic audience or aimed at a wider international audience because it's not just being iran and hezbollah who have con determined the execution. human rights groups around the world have connell determined it there hasn't been much in the way of the u.s. and u.k. but what message do they want to send to those people? >> i think you are right. multiple audiences. press conferences type of address. the audiences especially in the western world when there has been a defendant great deal of criticism they did commit crimes of terrorism and were tried and found guilty. he will have to win over some of the skeptics in the west who don't believe this is the case. it is on him to make the case. he will succeed because the evidence

hezbollah fighters are told residents to abandon their homes and hezbollah is reported to be battling the syrian opposition in nearby districts. >> translation: for more than 220 days now madaya and the surrounding areas have been subjected to a siege by hezbollah and regime forces. anyone who tries to be leave will be shot or killed by a land mine. >> reporter: the world food program says close to half a million people are cut off from food, 18 parts of syria are besieged by fighters loyal to the opposition or i.s.i.l. pressure is growing on bashar al-assad to allow more food through >> the syrian regime and governments is p responsible for padlock access to 915 of the now 18 besieged areas. >> reporter: hunger continues to claim the weakest. the people of madaya are hoping for more aid convoys as food supplies run out again, that small hope is all some of them have left >>> sweden plans to deport up to 80,000 failed asylum seekers. the minister told local media that it may take several years. they have taken in more refugees per head of population than any country. more 160,000 appl

hezbollah and the iranians, they are making real warfare against fighters who are there.lso they are very qualified. they indoctrinated, but the syrian army could not make any success on the battle field without the support of the hezbollah and iranian. of course, this is on the land. also in addition with the russian air support, that's explain why they make success in many places >>> thank you so much for taking your time to speak to us >>> the emperor of japan is making an historic visit to the philippines. diplomatic relations were restored 60 years ago but there has been no apology to filipino women who were forced to be sex slaves. >> reporter: fighting for justice, these women have kept silent most of their lives. traumatised and ashamed of being forced into sex slavery by the japanese imperial army during world war ii. this woman is nearly 90 years old. she clearly recalls the day she was abducted. >> translation: one japanese soldier started to rape me while the other two held my arms and legs down. when he was done the other one starred. even though i was scream

their hearts are colder than the ones of hezbollah. they left her sick and hungry until she died. >> reporter: food and medical supplies were trucked in a little over two weeks ago, but people are still in the grip of malnutrition. at least 14 have died since the convoy arrived. in addition to the dozenss of clooifs previously claimed to hunger. forces loyal to bashar al-assad still blockade the town. hezbollah fighters have told residents to abandon their homes. hezbollah is battling the syrian opposition in nearby districts. >> translation: for more than 220 days now madaya and the surrounding areas have been subjected to a siege by hezbollah and regime forces. anyone who tries to leave will be shot or killed by lands mines. >> reporter: the world food program says close to half a million people are cut off from food. international pressure is growing on the president bashar al-assad to allow more aid through. the syrian regime, the government is responsible for blocking access to 15 of the now 18 besieged areas. that's a bad statist

hezbollah -- i mean, i love the propaganda music. i'm assessed with it. , they had a song about the victory of the arabs. they were playing the air of narrative on this. then they have another one where they are talking about the cedars of lebanon. switch to syria, they switch the narrative when they need to to pull in more people. covert because the government has a very effective security apparatus, with american assistance. you don't always want to come out and show all your cards and say hey, by the way, did you know that khomeini was the best guy ever? they don't want to do that. it's interesting how they use different messages in different communities. to -- if youwant are coming back to this question , orevolution versus state pick up another thread. mike: they specifically say they want an international revolution in the middle east. they want the american dominated system to disappear, and a new system, in which they are the central player, to replace it. first of all, i should point out for the audience about the different

its ally hezbollah controls the lebanese side. the syrian government called images of starving kids and adults nothing but lies and propaganda. doctors without borders says 32 people have died from severe acute ma malnutrition. 320 are suffering from malnutrition, 33 are critically ill. the town urgently needs emergency aid and a permanent medical staff. these exclusive al jazeera pictures show hezbollah and assad forces shelling madaya, fighters have been trying to secure the lebanese syrian border ever since. people in the district say they have been ordered to leave their homes by hezbollah and the starving are all around. 40 kilometers away outside damascus. doctors say this man is one of nine who died from malflish in n in two weeks. doctors without borders estimates up to 2 million syrians are trapped in seizures by the government or by opposition groups. paul tradergian, al jazeera. >>> human rights watch says iran is sending thousands of afghan refugees to fight in syria. alongside forces loyal to president assad. some afg

there is a group that a few irgc leaders are calling syrian hezbollah. when you see something like that, they feel far more secure in those environments. when you see something like that, they feel far more secure, so it can just come out. in other environments, they are far more patient. they want to pull in numbers and also want to make sure people -- maybe it is more nationalistic. i love the propaganda music, i am assessed with the stuff. in 2006, you will notice that the had a song about victory of the arabs. and then they had in other one where -- another one where they are talking about the feeders of lebanon. this comes in after the destructive war in 2006. now it is all syria. who cares about lebanon? they will shift the narrative whatever they need to to pull in more people than they need. i think when we are looking at bahrain, with more covert organizations, they have to be. they had a covert security apparatus with american assistance. you don't always want to come out and say, did you know how many was the best guy ever? they don't want to

its ally hezbollah controls the lebanese side. the images of starving kids and adults that captured headlines nothing about lies and propaganda says the president. 32 people have died from severe starvation. 16 have died since january 11. close to one person every day. 320 are suffering from malnutrition, 33 are critically ill. the town urgently needs emergency aid and a permanent medical staff. these exclusive al jazeera pictures show hezbollah and bashar al-assad forces shelling madaya. fighters have been trying to secure the lebanese-syrian border area. people living in nearby districts say they've been ordered to leave their homes by hezbollah. the starving are all around, 40 kilometers away outside damascus. doctors say this man is one of nine who died from malnutrition in two weeks. the town is also being shelled by government forces. doctors without borders estimates up to two million syrians are trapped in see-- sue sewers. -- seizures >>> some were forced to fight in the conflict alongside forces loyal to president bashar

so i was looking at hezbollah. i wrote an article when barry rubin was still a bias about the independent shia in lebanon. something that drove lebanese have all a crazy was the whole thought to be independent centrist for scholarship developed in lebanon that teach new scholars had to do their jobs. they actually do find some competition which technically aligned them in parliament. they are trying to buy control of the voices from all the clerical leadership with money, sometimes through force. people were free to be done even if they disagree with. i would like to see the united states try to promote this kind of semi-quietist form of thinking among shia. this was the normative form that was going on right up until. >> we know exactly what the administration has done. and lots of ways i believe the difference double society argument nations in iran, the administration with various forms of funding and for sure in lebanon are friends, the administration cut off funding for different programs they had and they are

its ally hezbollah controls the lebanese side. these pictures were said to be nothing by lies and propaganda. these pictures show hezbollah and bashar al-assad forces shelling madaya. residents here joined the rebellion in 2011. fighters have been trying to secure the lebanese-syrian border area since. people living in nearby districts say they've been ordered to leave their homes by hezbollah. the starving all around in outside damascus, this is one man out of nine men that died from malnutrition. doctors without borders say up to two million syrians are trapped in the country >>> the refugee crisis has claimed more lives. 39 people drowned when a boat carrying people to greece sank off the turkish coast. some of the victims are children and more than 40 people were rescued. france says it will recognise a palestinian state if the deadlock with israelis can't be involved. french foreign minister says he will look at holding an international conference to revive talks between israel and the palestinians. the palestine liberation o

you take away the scaffolding of iran, and hezbollah collapses.mas say our goal, like iran, is to wipe out the jewish state. i think that to have a country committed to our destruction and the conquest of the middle east have nuclear weapons, that ought to raise some concern. so there's no symmetry. israel doesn't seek to eradicate iran. iran seeks to eradicate israel. >> in your struggle against iran, you have created some unlikely allies. the moderate arab states, egypt, saudi arabia, and others with israel. is that an awkward situation to be in given that saudi arabia is an islamic state? it practices many of the forms of islam that people regard as highly puritanical, they chop people's heads off, they chop hands off, they have laws about bla blasphemy. >> i see the world not as i'd like to it be only, not as we remember nostalgically and i work from that premise. i think saudi arabia recognizes today that it needs a pass to reform. they see israel as an eye lie rather than as an enemy because of the two principal threats that threaten them. f

and as i said, if assad goes, then hezbollah is drastically -- the power of hezbollah and influence is drastically reduced. so, they're all -- they're -- their greatest effort will be on expanding his power and expanding their influence within -- within syria, within the umbrella of his power. the americans are -- we are pretending that this is not going on, president obama keeps telling us that the iranians and the russians are going to work with us to get rid of assad soon, you know, that change is just around the corner. we can't quite see it yet, but a little bit of patience and we'll see it happen. it's not going to happen. they may possibly just maybe get rid of assad. i can't see why they would do it. but what they can't get rid of is the alawite structure of the regime, because without that they don't have their influence in the region, so they're going to keep the alawite structure intact, that is they're not going to open it up to the sunni majority in the country. it's going to remain the ku klux klan in power. and they will likely keep assad, the grand wizard, in power as w

we have to make sure that money doesn't flow to hezbollah and the terrorist groups. that we impose sanctions against them if it does. that we take action when they violate the deal, as they did when they tested ballistic missiles. and that we, when it comes to teterorism, their support for terrorism and violation of human rights, we do everything we can there. congressman kennedy and i, he supported the deal, and i didn't, but we introduced legislation in the past couple weeks that would allow us to fast track legislation through congress if we see iran is taking action to destabilize the reason. region. we have to be prepar to battle them on the activities that are dangerous to the region and to the united states. >> you talked about testing ballistic missiles. last sunday, the white house after they fired missiles that aren't allowed. missile test by iran will be met with nctions and future violations will not be tolerated. >> right thanks for following me on social media, by the way. >> you're welcome. >> and i think it's important. i called -- since they first te

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hezbollah fighters have told residents to abandon their homes and herzegovina is reported to be battling the syrian opposition in nearby districts. >> translation: for more than 220 days now madaya and the surrounding areas have been subjected to a siege by hezbollah and regime forces. anyone who tries to leave will be shot or killed by a lands mine. >> reporter: the world food program says close to half a million people are cut off from food, 18 parts of syria are bee sejd by fighters loyal to the opposition or i.s.i.l. international pressure is growing on assad to let moor food through. >> they're responsible for blocking 15 of the 18 besieged areas. that's a bad statistic. >> reporter: hunger continues to claim the weakest. the people of madaya are hoping for more aid convoys as food supplies run out again, that small hope is all some of them have left >>> the iranian president is in paris for the second leg of his state visit to europe. he is expected to meet the french president francois hollande and discuss trade deals following the lifting of sanctions. this is the first visit by

about the hezbollah in a minute but some of your family members are americans. they have got no help from the american government? >> that's right, at least six of my family members are americans, stuck in plad yah, som madaya, e requests to beirut, and they got nothing. this dated back to october. so there was something or there should have been something, the american embassy or the state department could have done, and i believe they didn't do a good job on this. we are very disappointed that they had to endure this. we have seen people die and have their children die before their own eyes, and this is -- this is just crazy now, 21st century, we see it happening every day as it happens on facebook and youtube. and it's just crazy and unacceptable that a great country like the u.s. can't do anything to help their own citizens. >> now as you said, hezbollah which is supported by iran and which supports the government of bashar al-assad, is involved in the siege. why do you think there has been so little pressure to help madaya, until those terrible images came

the sense of being encircled by iranian maneuvers, first in iraq, then syria, constant with hezbollah in lebanon and then sort of closing the sirnlg as cs saudis see it in yemen. >> major in the peace talks involving syria if they are at odds with each other even more so than now, would that be a problem? >> before this it was to get something going, even now more, if the saudis and the iranians are not at the table things aren't going too move towards a solution. >> what does this say between u.s. and saudi relations? ever since king salman took power last year, it does seem that he and the crown prince have wanted to have more concerted action against iran. is that because of the issues in the u.s.-saudi relations and maybe a lack of confidence that the saudis have in their american ally? >> i think we're seeing a government which is determined to show it will pursue its own security interest no matter who else may dislike it, may oppose it and i'm sure that there have been words exchanged between the americans and the saudis over the war in yemen for instance. although we are suppo

the leader of iran's ally, the lebanon based armed group hezbollah said the execution of nimr al nimr carries what he calls a message of blood. >> to the family of the scholar and mar at her, to his family and the muslims everywhere and slack centers and everyone asking for rights, my don dole lenses to all of them for the mar at her dom of this brave sc. >> this is part of the huffing and puffing, rhetoric. i think that in a few days things will calm down and eventually bolt saudi arabia and iran will have no choice but to forge ahead and find language to avoid sectarian warfare throughout the region. >> tehran and riyadh support opposing sides in conflict in yemen and syria. it is feared this may have a wider impact across the middle east. >>> the u.s. led coalition said it has conducted 26 airstrikes against islamic state of iraq and the levant. isil fighters killed 50 iraqi soldiers in three separate attacks. 23 soldiers died near fallujah the day after isil claimed control of a bridge. this video shows bombers fighting army barracks near the crossing. >>> six suicide bombers atta

you can understand why iran would be and hezbollah, but why russia? >> i think russia sees syria as an old-time client back to the soviet union days. libya was stolen and then declined into chaos. the russians are very nervous about muslim fundamentalist movements and violent movements in the areas, and it is only a 24-hour drive from aleppo, if you could do it, from turkey to the areas. syria is very near and there are units fighting there. so this is partly an extension of its fight against radicals on its own soil >>> the race is on to develop a vaccine for a mosquito born virus linked to brain damage in thousands of babies in brazil, but it still could be three to five years away. the world health organisation is warning zika is likely to spread to every country in the americas except canada and chile. >> reporter: it all started last may with the first case of zika virus. even calling in the will army couldn't start its affecting 1.5 million people say the authorities. it is spread by a specific kind of mosquito and is not normally life-threateni

its ally hezbollah controls the lebanese side. the syrian government called images of starving kids and adults that captured international headlines nothing but lies and propaganda. these pictures show hezbollah and bashar al-assad forces shelling madaya. residents here join the rebellion in 2011. fighters have been trying to secure the border since. people living in nearby districts say they've been ordered to leave their homes by hezbollah. the starving are all around. 40 kilometers away in one area outside damascus doctors say this man was one of nine who died from malnutrition in two weeks. the town is also being shelled by government forces. doctors without borders estimates up to two million syrians are trapped in seizures by the government or by opposition groups >>> elsewhere in syria 15 people have been killed and dozens more injured in russian air strikes targeting rebel positions near the northern city of aleppo. in the west opposition fighters say they've taken control of several check points around hama. the city is i

in exchange, hezbollah and shia fighters were given safe passage out of small towns in northern syria. northwest of damascus and close to the lebanese border has been the focus of intense fighting, but the rebels lost control of most of the town to the syrian army. many residents believe pro government forces are still blocking supplies. >> we've dealt with 150 cases of unconsciousness. people were unconscious because of malnutrition. they hadn't been getting food for a number of days. >> medical staff are struggling to help rising number of syrians suffering from malnutrition. what sound there is on the streets come mainly from children playing or people trying to salvage what they can from remnants of the battles. after months of deprivation, residents had hoped the help would come . many are now wondering if it will ever arrive. >> 5,000 people a day are arriving fro greece from turkey. that level of arrivals is expected to continue from november through february. 1500 refugees arrive in lesbos every day and now volunteers say they are running out of supplies. >> a gunfight has res

the syrians were also instrumental in holding those hostages, as was iran and hezbollah. they're released to not transform anything, did not transform a relationship with syria. syria remained on our list of state sponsors of terrorism, as it should have. what has happened. in this past week i think is important. it is transactional. a broader point is that we are witnessing in the midst of these hot conflicts a middle eastern cold war. iran is on the move. the radical shia militia that sponsors them in iraq, hezbollah working with the revolutionary guard to support assad in syria, we need to stand clearly not in the middle of this cold war, we need to stand on one side of it. and that in my view is with our traditional allies. saudi arabia and the other gulf states, with turkey, with israel, with egypt. we have differences with some of them, particularly with saudi arabia over yemen. but we have to take a stand here, mr. chairman. the russians have taken a stand and they are all in with iran and assad. i think we all know they are not there to fight islamic state. they d

they have held our soldiers from hezbollah to hamas to syria. they foster terror and darkness everywhere they go. do we trust iran? the answer is very simply no. which is why this bill is so important. it helps us to hold iran accountable. it helps us to hold their proxies accountable. it removes the incentives for them to continue to expand their power and their policies and their goals, which are counter to u.s. and western goals throughout the world. that is why i support this bill. i urge my colleagues to as well. mr. chairman, thank you. i yield whack. -- back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i now yield two minutes to my friend from texas, ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman from new york for his kindness and acknowledge the chairman of this committee for their courtesies in debating this legislation. first of all i think it

they give a billion dollars a year to hezbollah for the purpose of creating war front and the abilityc. this was 100,000 and thousands of precision guided missiles. it's all iran. they support hamas to the tune of about 100 million a year. for the purpose of bombing us and iran and hamas are goal, like iran, is to wipe out the jewish states. that ought to raise some concern. there's no symmetry. >> in your struggle against iran, you have made some unlikely allies. there's a alliance between the major, what are called the model arab states with israel. is that an awkward situation to be in given that saudi arabia is an islamic state? it practices many of the forms of islam that people regard as mideviel. not a lot of churches there, no synagogu synagogues. how comfortable are you with that alliance? >> i see the world as it is. i think saudi arabia recognizes today it needs path to reform. they see israel as an ally rather than enemy because of the two principal threats. if you move to north africa to egypt, it comes first. there's always the second. they say who can help us in this ba

of hezbollah. >> your great grandfather was a u.s. citizen and fought for the americans in world war i and because of him some of your family caught on being american citizens. you live in allentown, pennsylvania. you have a cousin who used to live a distant cousin who lived in allentown. moved back over there about eight years ago to syria. to run an apple orchard, to sell apples and have an apple export business. and they're now trapped and american citizens, right? >> that's correct, yep. that's quite right. they've been trapped for just like the rest of the town since june like i said. and they -- as far as i know they made a lot of requests to the u.s. embassy in beirut and i have seen some of the replies. just quite shameful. >> what did the state department reply? >> i don't know. but i saw the reply by the embassy by the staff at the embassy and it was just very indifferent and i'm just ashamed that american citizen is left to die of starvation, left to see his own children die before his own eyes and his own government doesn'

to look atu said iran's role in central america, talked about hezbollah's growing presence, about the possibility of hezbollah and iranian agents working with drug cartels, and the impact that might have on our country in the region. have you followed that at all? rep. mccaul: well, enough to plug -- host: be shameless. rep. mccaul: [laughter] there is a connection between iran and venezuela, iran and the tri-border area. there are operatives down there. flights between to ehran and damascus are real. we don't know what our on those flights. we did have the saudi ambassador ot to assassinate the iranian officer. it was a dea undercover agent that conducted the highest level . think with the lifting of the sanctions in the hundreds of billions of dollars that will go to iran, you can kid yourself that it is not going to go to their economy, but also into terrorist financing. they are the largest state thinkr of terror, and i it is dangerous because it will put a lot of money into terrorist financing operations, not only in the middle east where they are heavily engaged, but between sau

. >>> ten people have died in the town of medaya due a siege by hezbollah backed forces. according to a human rights group, a siege cutting off food and medicine. elsewhere in syria as well as turkey, extreme cold is taking a toll. al jazeera's sue turtin reports. >> they thought they were safe. this kurdish family had fled syria and made this makeshift tent in southeast turkey their home. then the snow came. they didn't have the fuel to keep warm. their four month old baby died of hypothermia. >> we ran from the war and god blessed me with a son. i lost him to the cold, i lost him to the war. >> now he fears his three-year-old son will also succumb to the cold. he calls on the world to witness their suffering. they buried the baby close to the tent. across the border, outside aleppo, families forage for fuel. it is a daily battle to stay warm and alive. >> translator: we're cold. we never warm up. it's always cold. and now it's snowing. we don't have food and we have no warm clothes either. the bombing is all around. my son screams when they bomb just near us. >> reporte

. >> well the leader of iran's ally, the lebanon based group hezbollah condemned the executions. >> to the family of the scholar and martyr. his family and to the muslims everywhere, and the great muslim scholars, and islamic center, and everyone asking for rights. my condolences to all of them for the martyrdom of this brave scholar. >> professor of middle east politics from the london school of economics. he said that the diplomatic standoff could spread to other countries across the middle east. >> you have war by proxies. syria and iraq in yemen, bahrain in yemen. saudi arabia and iran are waging war by proxies, and the ruptured diplomatic relations, we are seeing the relationship between the sunni dominated area, and the shia dominated iran is at the lowest point. we could witness further escalation that happened in the last 24 hours, on the raging fire. in particular, as the struggle between the two giants could easily basically aggravate and exacerbate regional tensions. what will happen is the international community is hoping for a dimenting solution -- diplomatic solution, at

do you know there's 100,000 missiles now in the hands of hezbollah? but they're dumb rockets. i watch those things crash into the city every day. i was in the trauma hospital. down were 600 victims there but those were dumb rockets. they couldn't target the tallest uilding or the airport what iran has said is we will capability to hezbollah, to hamas in gaza, and we will rebuild the tunnels. now, ladies and gentlemen, those re direct violations of the international resolutions and against for sanctions that kind of activity. is the administration going to ayatollah that we are not going to transfer that the hands of hezbollah. and all of this, we intend to use our committee as we've done in the past to, put legislation floor of the house of representatives, but also to encourage the administration to take action. the administration we would like to have as a partner in halting iran in this kind of conduct. they agree, r not we will go forward with legislation to try to force this issue. danielle: we have a lot of people still waiting. i know you have a hard stop. o we have tim

the syrians were also instrumental in holding those hostages, as was iran and hezbollah. they're released to not transform anything, did not transform a relationship with syria. syria remained on our list of state sponsors of terrorism, as it should have. what has happened. in this past week i think is important. it is transactional. a broader point is that we are witnessing in the midst of these hot conflicts a middle eastern cold war. iran is on the move. the radical shia militia that sponsors them in iraq, hezbollah working with the revolutionary guard to support assad in syria, we need to stand clearly not in the middle of this cold war, we need to stand on one side of it. and that in my view is with our traditional allies. saudi arabia and the other gulf states, with turkey, with israel, with egypt. we have differences with some of them, particularly with saudi arabia over yemen. but we have to take a stand here, mr. chairman. the russians have taken a stand and they are all in with iran and assad. i think we all know they are not there to fight islamic state. they d

hezbollah, for example. hezbollah could not exist without the support it gets from iran.hree, iran provides support to insurgencies in the region designed to overthrow the sunni arab governments. charlie: that is what we call iranian behavior. what do you do about iranian behavior? it was not part of the iranian nuclear deal. mike: exactly. charlie: this administration has said, we are going to contest that behavior. mike: but we are not. we are not contesting it in my view. charlie: we have to stop ships? mike: when i look through the iran nuclear deal, i was amazed at what the iranians had given up. shocked. the nuclear deal on its own is a very good deal. it sets them back 10-15 years on their nuclear weapons program. it pushes the breakout time from a couple months to well over a year, and it makes it difficult for them to cheat and develop a weapon in secret. the nuclear deal all by its health is, in my view -- by itself, in my view, is a good deal. the problem comes with iranian behavior. the difference between how we treated the soviet union and the way we treat ir

support network by designating a hezbollah finance ier member and the spectrum investment group. as my colleague from new jersey has said, we are all optimistic that the administration will take the next step and soon impose sanctions in response to recent ballistic missile launches. i celebrated earlier, i recognized the success the administration had in interdicting a weapons shipment from iran to the hunty rebels, at their proxies in the region. but the fundamental point here is this -- that if we want to have the positive successes of the jcpoa, if we want to continue to have the opportunity to constrain iran's nuclear program and its bad behavior in the region, we have to be vigilantly engaged in oversight and in support for the enforcement of that agreement and for our exercise of the prerogatives and the capabilities that the american government has to push back on iran. i think working together, working in a bipartisan and responsible way, we can get this done. there are folks in this chamber who oppose the deal and folks who supported it, but what we heard on our recent

besieged city has been cut off since july...and has been surrounded by syrian government forces and hezbollah. officials also want to deliver aid to two towns loyal to the syrian regime, however guaranteeing safe passage into all areas is expected to be a complex and difficult process. deborah how low will gasoline prices go this yearar motor club triple-a puts today's national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline at a dollar-96. people in ten southern states are paying a dollar-75 or less. usa today dot com reports in some states, a gallon of regular has dropped to a dollar-42! tumbling oil prices combined with strong refinery capacity could push the prpre of gas to a dollar a gallon in some areas. that hasn't happened since 19-99. deborah coming up after the break causes a massive explosion...more to come elisa frigid again tonight, brief warm up monday with flurry chances and then more arctic air, forecast is next. " " deborah/elisa so cold!!! elisa raffa 2 line cg: elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m look at these lows from this morning!!! everyone below0, 11 below in sioux city air

>> translator: we are under siege from syrian forces and their allies like hezbollah. >> do you havenication with these people? i'm curious what sort of contact you may have with people you say are starving you to death. >> translator: there is no contact. >> what would you say to people in the outside world who are perhaps listening to this interview? >> translator: i just want to remind people that we are here; that we are human. if people don't care about us, i just want to tell them to get animal rights groups concerned about us. honestly we starving and eating cats and dogs. the children don't have any strength. they can't stand up from their beds because they are so hungry, and they are saying i want to eat. i want to eat, and the answer is the same. there is no food. >>> in iraq it has been two months since kurdish fighters have recaptured the town of sinjar from the armed group isil. but for the ethnic yazidis that were driven out, the possible of returning is concerning. >> reporter: for these displaced yazidis, if returning home wouldn't help. >> translator: if my family is

according to locals, hezbollah fighters control the entrances to the town preventing anything from going in. so people like this man are forced to eat whatever they can find. leaves and shrubs, but all that does is slightly delay the inevitable. death. a look into the eyes of children like these is all it takes to understand that humanity itself is being itself here and the rest of syria >>> more than three million syrians have fled to neighboring countries to try and escape the war. standing in the mud at a refugee camp our correspondent. she is near a camp in a southern city. on the onset of harsh winter making life as a refugee even more difficult. what are they facing where you are? >> reporter: this is known as one of the best camps for syrian refugees in the whole region, but i was here in 2012 and really this has not changed. people are still coping in very difficult conditions. they had snow here in the last few days, but they're still living in small containers, one room and kitchen and a bathroom for each family. imagine trying to dry your laundry when the snow is on the ground

the country is home to the iranian-backed hezbollah militant group. >>> there's growing concern about how tensions between the two countries could affect talks aimed at resolving the crisis in syria. iran's foreign minister says tehran will act responsibly and constructively. mohammad javad zarif held discussions on sunday on the syrian conflict with u.n. special envoy to syria stefan de mistura. he was quoted as saying tehran will not allow it to negatively affect efforts to end the crisis. he reportedly said iran has an important role to play. the meeting was held amid rising tensions between iran and saudi arabia. many nations are worried about the recent break in diplomatic ties between the two countries. iran supports the government of syrian-led bashir al assad. saudi arabia is lending help to anti-government forces. saudi foreign minister jubeir met de mistra last week. a tension is now focused on whether iran and saudi arabia can work together to that end. >>> the egyptian parliament has held its first formal session since the military took power in 2013. members who support p

israeli troops fired shells in lebanon following an attack by hezbollah. hezbollah responding to the killing of the prominent commander in syria. many israelis are choose to go keep children home from school but they say they are used to things getting back to normal after similar attacks. >> we have known larger events then this, more devastating and we have always bounced back. >> reporter: instant mid-september at least 21 israelis have been killed by palestinians, 131 palestinians have been killed bias rail is. >>> 4:19 is the time. today makes day four since the the group of armed militia man seized a federal building in oregon, at issue federal prison sentence for dwight and steven hammond. they say the the fires were necessary to not only protect their land from wild fires but kill invasive plants. the pair has spent time behind bars but an appeals court has ruled, that they must survey full five years. now members of the rancher's family are speaking out distancing themselves from the armed men. >> the hammonds have turned themselves in, it the is

i mean, hezbollah has 70/80,000 rockets. what do they need that for? it seems to me that - and much of it is supplied, obviously, across the border from iran through damascus. so these are concerns that we share which is why the arms component, the missile component, the human rights components, the state sponsor terror component are all part of the continued sanctions of the u.s. and the agreement. now, we would like to see those addressed. maybe in the context of this moment the opportunity will present itself. we don't know that yet. we would certainly join with the president's statement that hopefully this could be that kind of moment of change, and i know saudi arabia would love that. saudi arabia would welcome knowing that there is a possibility for that transition. so, obviously, that remains to be explored and determined. with respect to the negotiations, yes, we reached an understanding of how to begin this first round of negotiations and that is why the i.s.s. g will meet shortly thereafter in order to address any concerns that may or may not

>> well, clearly, if you are continuing to fund hamas, and using a portion of this money to fund hezbollah lebanon right now, they have over 800 rockets pointing right at israel, and most of it comes from the funding of this regime. and so if they use 90% of it to build the economy, and 5% of it on the $56 billion is going to be far more than they have had to spend on the terrorist a activities, and moving forward rather than relitigating the deal, and it is clear that i was against it and a majority of congress were, and the point is to go forward how the to best protect the allies in the region, and what can we go to move forward to make sure that iran does not use the money to the terrorist attackties. i want to get to the disturb in video of the soldiers with their hands behind their knees and -- hands behind their heads, and on their knees, and some did not come out to criticize? >> well, ted cruz and others are tough on the debate stage. but i am privileged enough to be serving in congress and i'm not one of the ten sailors out there in the persian gulf putting my life on the line, s

hezbollah and other fighters were given safe passage out of small towns in northern syria.t has been the focus of intention fighting. most of the towns to the syrian army. many residents believe proceed government fors are still blocking supplies. we dealt with 150 cases of unconsciousness because malnutrition. they hadn't been getting enough food for a number of days. >> medical staff are struggling to help rising number of syrians mising from malnutrition. trying to savage what thing. many are now wondering if it will ever arrive. the u.n. refugee agency says up to 5,000 people a day are expected to arrive from turkies despite the harsh winter weather and port sea conditions. saying that level of arrivals is expected to continue from november through february. 1500 refugees arrived in le sp os alone every day. now, volunteers say they are running out of supplies. saudi arabia and iran have reached a new low. the protesters were angry at saudi arabian's execution of the cleric. 46 others accused of terrorism offenses. rob mathson has more details. a shia cleric was among 4

besieged city has been cut off since july...and hahabeen surrounded by syrian government forces and hezbollah. officials also want to deliver aid to two towns loyal to the syrian regime, however guaranteeingsafe passage io all areas is expected to be a complex and difficult process. deborah how low will go this year? motor club triple-a says the national average for a gallon of regular gas is at a dollar-96. people in ten southern states are paying a dollar-75 or less. usa-today dot com reports in some states, a gallon of regular has dropped to a dollar-42! tumbling oil prices combined with strong refinery capacity could sh the price of gas to just one dollar a gallon in some areas. that hasn't happened since 19-99. deborah the new star wars movie is dominating in the box office for a fourth straight weekend. "the force awakens" held the top spot this weekend, banking another 41-million dollars. it just became the third best-selling movie of all time. the number-two spot this weekend went to "the revenant"... the historic drama with leonardo di caprio raked in 38-million dollars. it's followe