hezbollah has well over 100,000 rockets and missiles. several thousands of them long-range with large warheads and precision guided. in 2006 it, israel had very good intelligence about the location of the long-range missiles and destroyed them in the first minutes of the war. so tel aviv was not affected. the north of the country was affected but strategic targets were not hit. it was a very you can ward unfortunate war but damage was limited. if there is another war, it would take some time before israel can neutralize these rockets and israel will sustain significant damage. and it will inflict or would inflict significant damage, not just on hezbollah but on lebanon and lebanese infrastructure. it's to me a nightmare that should it be avoided. i think to all israelis. best scenario for that war is for that war not to happen. if it does happen, you know, israel would try to end it as quickly as it can. but i think hezbollah itself has no appetite for such a war right now. iran has no appetite for such a war right now. certainly not at

we know he is close to hezbollah. has there been any reaction from hezbollah and what sort of domestic implications could the sentencing have? >> reporter: there hasn't been any statements made by hezbollah. however, public figures close to hezbollah have been making their thoughts clear. one known figure also used the platform of twitter to express what he called a politicized trial saying that the sentence was a mixture between preordained daned maneuver. what this shows is not only the divide in lebanon but also how the war in syria is playing out in terms of lebanese politics. how is this going to play out? a good question. very tense because lebanon is on the brink, ever since the regional conflict between saudi arabia and iran started playing out yet again in lebanon and we saw how that took place in terms of gulf money being withdrawn from banks or whether it was in terms of, obviously, iranian support for their allies here. possibly some of the analysts we've been speaking to are talking about another trial th

hezbollah leaders vow victory for assad. hezbollah steps in also very publicly, taking sides with assad and the syrian regime. france confirms the use of chemical gas in syria. as summer of 2013 was known the summer of chemical gas. this is when there were several chemical gas attacks against the syrian people by the syrian regime. this is when there was the discussion over whether the red line was crossed. june 25, syrian death toll tops 100 -- 100,000 syrians have now been killed by june 25, 2013. that was almost two years ago. so july 13, the u.s. alleges chemical weapons. you will see that there is a lot of different discussions as to whether chemical weapons happened. there was a chemical weapon attack. if there was confirmed that there were. the western powers came to an agreement that there were. there was a lot of discussion happening. july 16, a militia kills a reconciliation team. again, intensifying attacks against u.n. officials and people working in private diplomatic circles. july 20, the syrian kurds plan a se

hezbollah has over 100,000 rocks and missiles.several thousand of them are long-range warheads and precision guided. they had good intelligence about the long-range missiles and destroyed them. so tel aviv wasn't affected and strategic targets were not hit. it was a very awkward and unfortunate. but if there is another, it would take some time before they could neutralize and sustained a significant dimension and it would inflict significant damage not just on has a lot of leban lebanon. it should be avoided. the best scenario is for the war not to happen. if it does happen to israel would try to end it as quickly as it can. it is no appetite for such a poor right now. iran is not in such a poor right now certainly not at this point of implementing its agreement. but going to the second part of your question, yes, they do want to deploy not just along the lebanese border by gola but goln heights and they made several attempts to. if you will remember a year or so ago a general was killed by an israeli drone while trying to build t

ofther it is support regional terrorism, support of groups like hezbollah, or whether it is pursuit of a ballistic missiles program. as the secretary and the president noted, we are not caveat that or soft-pedal that. me interrupt: let you. specifically, for example, if we wanted to pull no punches and make it clear that instead of sanctioning individuals, which is like playing waccamaw -- p whack-a-mole, we would sanction financial institutions and other entities. recognized from congress about when we sanction financial institutions, the broad regional effect is consequential to the iranian. if we understand their obligations, let's turn to the missile issue. when secretary kerry before the him "is iranasked banned from ballistic missile work under un security council resolution 2231?" answer was rather unequivocal. he said it is exactly what it is today. it is the same language. i disputed that, because there is a difference between "shall" and "calls upon." if it is the same language, if interpretation was correct, one exquisitely inhibits iran from testing ballistic missiles, why

we are seeing it whether it is in syria, lebanon with hezbollah, and yemen with what they are doing with the rebels there. and we continue to do what we can through authorities that we have, both sanction authorities given to us through legislation and through executive actions, to sanction when possible, and to counteract the activities of iran in the region. >> thank you. real quick. given the increase activity iran is showing in the region can you give us an update on the understanding with israeli relative to the military systems there? i know it doesn't expire until 2018. and given iran continues to make anti-israel statements even stenciling that on the missile they are launching. can you update us on the mou? >> we are in the process of negotiating the mou with the dpment government of israel looking at how we can best meet the defense needs of israel as it faces the threats posed in the region. some of the most significant being from iran. since the beginning of this administration, over $20 billion has been provided to israel in defense spending including nearly $3 billion to he

but they don't like hezbollah in the south. that's in their sphere of influence. they say they were promised by putin shortly after the intervention that the russians would not support such campaigns. because the russians are in southern syria. so in exchange for that, in looking the other way, they weren't supposed to support iranian forces, but then they did. and this is a big concern for israel going forward. and i honestly don't know how they're going to deal with it. i would expect with more strikes. >> only a couple minutes left. so a quick question from there. >> hi, jeff smith, center for public integrity. the overall impression i get from the conversation so far, which has been excellent, is, of a lot of players who are stuck. we're stuck. assad is stuck. the russians are stuck. so in a very unfair way, could you please open your crystal ball and tell us what you think will be present five years from now in damascus. just look forward. you've given us a sense of where things are right now, but project forward from where we are right now. it's an unfair qu

we are seeing it, whether it is in syria, lebanon, in hezbollah, in yemen, what they are doing with the houthi rebels. we continue to do what we can through the authorities we have, both sanctions authorities given to us through legislation and through executive actions to sanction when possible and counteract the activities of iran in the region. update onve us an of memorandum understanding? even stenciled "death to israel." sen. perdue: given the increased activity iran is showing in the region since the jcpoa, can you give us an update about the memorandum of understanding with israel in regards to the military systems there? and given that iran continues to make anti-israel statements, even stenciling "death to israel" on the missiles they are testing -- i think it is important we reassert the support for israel in light of this activity. can you give us an update on that? mr. shannon: we are in the process of negotiating the mou with the government of israel, looking at how best we can continue to meet the defense needs of israel as it faces the threats posed in the region. some o

. >> you mentioned iranian nuclear threat and you mentioned also the missiles that hezbollah has now. do you think the syrian crisis helped hezbollah and iranians or actually undermined their position, in the region in that sense, been helpful to these guys strategicry? it. >> it mixed picture in the arab league, announce the --. . >> >> but then the state will hold over lebanon so on the whole they have benefited more than they have lost. >> before i open to the audience i will ask a final question we just finished up book that it seems the leaders of the middle east, why is it that they have so few leaders? what does it take? what have we learned from though lessons from the experience not in your book? >> but not only the middle east. we won't leak -- making the announcement on the ongoing election campaign. one that has been cited and she is in trouble. it is a global problem i think. i'll look always and so to study them with george washington university here what turns the leader into a statement? they need to have a vision and had convictions and the ability to identify to make

we are seeing it whether it is in syria, lebanon with hezbollah, and yemen with what they are doing with the rebels there. and we continue to do what we can through authorities that we have, both sanction authorities given to us through legislation and through executive actions, to sanction when possible, and to counteract the activities of iran in the region. >> thank you. real quick. given the increase activity iran is showing in the region can you give us an update on the understanding with israeli relative to the military systems there? i know it doesn't expire until 2018. and given iran continues to make anti-israel statements even stenciling that on the missile they are launching. can you update us on the mou? >> we are in the process of negotiating the mou with the dpment government of israel looking at how we can best meet the defense needs of israel as it faces the threats posed in the region. some of the most significant being from iran. since the beginning of this administration, over $20 billion has been provided to israel in defense spending including nearly $3 billion to he

whether it's in syria, whether it's in lebanon, in hezbollah, whether it is in yemen, with what they with the hudi rebels and we continue to do what we can with authorities given to us through iepa and through other legislation and through executive actions to -- to sanction when possible and to counteract the activities of iran in the region. >> thank you. real quick. given the increase activity that iran is showing in the region since the jcpoa, can you give us an update on the memorandum of understanding with israel relative to the military assistance there. i know it doesn't expire to '18, i believe. also given that iran has continue today make antiisrael statements even putting death israel on the missile that they have been testing, i think this is really important that we -- that we reassert that support for israel in light of this increased activity. can you give us an update on the mou? >> we are in the process of negotiating the nou with the government of israel, looking at how best we can continue to meet the defense needs of israel as it faces the threats posed in the reg

he realizes that he has to rely on the russians and iranians and hezbollah to stay in power. >> i thinke's rational. he is very limited by his world. he got out to europe once. he's gotten a series in education, which isn't a great education. -- syrian education. the job was way too big for him. he's shy, although a bit indecisive, but he's allowed the people around them in a sense, he formed a consensus with the major security guys around them. he's got a loyal crew that are working hard and doing, but he is in a very brutal regime what he cannot get the power to the alawites because all the people around them will be killed very quickly -- brittle. he tried to keep the people alive an entire alawites community, vast majority agree with them. you can argue he's backed into it and he should've just float away and it would've been okay, but you know, he did save his crew and ultimately he dragged his entire nation into this conflagration but he may come out of it with the people of the coast, a life. entity does then he was himself as being a victor spent i think part of your questions a

we are really going to work hard to check iran and its satellites like hezbollah and so forth.good feelings about iran and to do that, we need the saudis. they have religious practices and others that americans find appalling. mercy or honor killings and that sort of thing. >> horrible human rights record. >> that whole situation is i think one that americans need to understand that the reason we won world war ii we were willing to be an ally for three or four years. history's greatest killer, joseph stalin. we needed him against hitler and the saudis against the iranians. >> it's a delicate dance when you are dealing with players like this. you are up against a lot of forces that are very, very hard to deal with. >> absolutely. >> ambassador, it's great to have you on board here today. thank you very much for joining us. a pleasure to have you here. fans around the world mourning the loss of an iconic superstar, but more questions are surfacing about the mysterious death of prince. an autopsy has been completed and we will tell you what we know so far. plus, the republican rac

concernedans are about maintaining their connection to hezbollah in syria .y see it as a vital mechanism whereby hezbollah maintains its influence in lebanon. the russians share, as much of a concern about isil and other organizations because they have got a whole lot of muslims in russia who get radicalized and maybe traveling back and four through syria. so, there is the potential for a convergence of interests. but it has not yet been realized. the other thing we talked about is ukraine. that are the two areas have put enormous strain on u.s.-russia relations. what i sent it putin before and i will continue to say to him, is that we cannot ratify russian aggression in eastern ukraine. an opportunityis processthe minsk to resolve this peacefully. and if we can resolve that piece of business, then that clears o ut a lot of the underbrush and suspicion and tensions thavt have existed between the united states and russia. that would allow us to concentrate our efforts more on what's happening in syria. and what is happening around the world. charlie: do you co

the syrian army and fighting malitians cluck hezbollah suffered heavy losses. >> we plugged to seizeontrol to force the regime's fighters to pull out of the town. we killed a number of shia militia fighters from lebanon and around. unexploded shells dropped by ba bashar's a.m. everywhere. they indicate is from an iraqi is he shia group. capturing the air force started bombing the area. the frequent exchange of territory between rebels and the government has been a defendant signature of this war. atsad's army doesn't have enough troops on the ground to maintain gains and the rebels lack the air cover needed to protect their ad vansz. so five years after this conflict began, the fighting continues. jamal, al jazeera. >> government troops have captured a town in central homs prove i knew from isil fighters. the area has been held by isil fighters since last august. what's considered to be its main stronghold in the prove i knew? it's 100 kilometers west of palmeri. the u.k. based organization, the syrian observatory for human rights says more than 40 russian and syrian airstrikes hit t

many of these are teenage boys, this is the easiest recruiting ground for groups like isis, hezbollahke that. >> well, usually they are isis, you know, because hezbollah is a lebanese group and they have nothing to do with this. but in the isis -- anytime you have children out of school they are -- you know, they get abused, for either child labor, easy recruit for the terrorist organizations like isis and nusra and others. you have child prostitution, you have early marriages, you name it. everything becomes -- even crime rate goes up in the country. >> and with all your work, you've only got half the kids -- right, there are about 450,000 school-aged kids and you've managed to -- your plan can take care of 200,000. >> right. >> even if you succeed and get fully funded, now you have to double it. >> we have a plan to take all 450,000 by the end of the academic year 2016/2017, however, this will depend on the financing. but right now we are at a point where, you know, we need to help, we are human beings, it is an obligation. i myself was a refugee one day in syria for a year and i lo

russia the same thing, they don't support hezbollah but a supporter of assad. they have troops in there and military nashg there. so as a result, he needs to work with those two countries and craft a solution. they have a seat at table. they have troops or advisers on the ground in some cases, or surrogates on the ground, and they're going to play a role. so if you're going to find some transition which either gets assad out or dramatically reduces his role, they're going to have to be in it. liz: quickly the president stepped forth into the saudi arabian situation, and he went there first to meet withing lmanf thhousof sd. therare mandiscsion abouthis28 pes othe initl 9/ rept th incatehereere estis about the saudi government. looks, we've had saudi arabian, former ambassadors to the saudi arabian government, they saw it, read it, don't see a smoking gun. you have seen it? >> i have not seen it. therefore it's very difficult to comment, obviously. liz: would you like to see it? should it be released to america? >> i suppose in the issue of transparency, underst

they are the number one sponsor of terrorism and particularly to hezbollah. >> mr. chairman these questions about isil financing and iran -- >> please give a brief answer, mr. secretary. >> isil financing, the structure has changed as isil has grown. they seized territory, took the money out of vaults and they had it. that will not sustain them. they have too much territory, too many needs and we've been too effective at hitting some of those vaults. they ex-tort money from the people who live there. we try to shut down banks and limit money exchanges. we're using military operations to blow up every aspect of the oil industry whoa can. it's been successful enough that some areas, they have to cut in half to pay their fighters. we work every day to find every lead we can. on iran if i could take 30 seconds -- i'm happy to. >> please, mr. secretary. go ahead. >> the notion of the amount of money going to iran has been greatly over stated in a lot of places. at some level it looks like there's 100 billion that goes to iran. no more than 50 could actually go because of

there hasn't been eight defense that has come out from hezbollah, for example, because the evidence has been stacked against him, however, those close to hezbollah have said obviously that whilst he was guilty of a crime, that doesn't change the fact that this case is politicized. >> jamal, thanks very much. >>> the u.n. security council decided to extend sapses on south sudan for seven weeks. they will remain in effect until june 1. the latest report released by the u.n. said half of sudan's population needs humanitarian aid since the conflict began in december of 2013. >>> 13 north korean workers defected to south carolina. it is the biggest number since the leader kim jong-un took power five years ago. people working in north korea restaurants overseas have defected before but this is the first time multiple workers have escaped from the same location. >> our government respected their wishes and decided to accept them on humanitarian grounds. these workers said they found out the truth about south korea and how unrealistic north korea propaganda is through watching dramas and movies

russia's growing partnership has far-reaching ramifications because hezbollah, iran's terrorist proxy in lebanon, also benefits, at least indirectly, from russian arms and military operational experience in syria. the flow of support from russia to iran to hezbollah feeds into yet another threat that deeply concerns me, and our greatest ally in the middle east and one of our greatest in the world, israel. coupled with continued chaos in the region, the russian-iranian cooperation strengthening hezbollah only adds to the urgency and importance of ensuring that israel remain secure, stable and independent. last november, senator bennet and i co-led a letter to the president concerning the need to renew the memorandum of understanding on united states military assistance, the m.o.u., as it's known, with israel to help that nation prepare for, respond to and defend against threats in an uncertain regional environment and to ensure its qualitative military edge. nothing original or novel about that policy or principle. the current m.o.u. provides $30 billion in assistance to israel through

in lebanon, they see syria as a vital mechanism whereby hezbollah retains its influence in lebanon. the russians may be less concerned about that. the russians share, i think, as much of a concern about i.s.i.l and nusra and other organizations because they've got a whole lot of muslims in russia who get radicalized and may be traveling back and forth through syria, so there is the potential fortunately a convergence of interests, but it has not yet been realized. the other thing we talked about was ukraine. >> rose: yeah. and these are the two areas that have put an enormous strain on u.s.-russia relations, and what i've said to putin before and i will continue to say to him as long as i'm president is that we cannot ratify russian aggression in eastern ukraine, but that there is an opportunity through the minsk process to resolve this peaceably and if we can resolve that piece of business, then that clears out a lot of the understood brush and suspicion and tension that's existed between the united states and russia, that would allow us to concentrate our efforts more on what's ha

the syrian army and foreign militias fighting alongside it including the armed group hezbollah suffered heavy losses. >> we managed to seize control of it and its hills to force the fighters to pull out. we destroyed government lines of supply and killed a number of militia fighters. >> unexploded shells and shrapnel dropped by assad's army litter the streets. on the walls, sectarian slogans are everywhere, indicating that fighters from a shia group were here. shortly after rebel fighters captured the area, assad's air force started bombing the area. the frequent exchange between remembers and government has been a signature of this war. assad's armies doesn't have enough troops to maintain gains on the ground and the rentals lack the air cover so the fighting continues. >>> syrian state government media say government troops captured a town from isil fighters. it fell to isil last year and considered to be its main stronghold in the province. it's west of palmyra, which was recaptured last week by the syrian government. >> the greek coast guard rescue the a boat load of refugees off th

dozens of strikekes in syria, targeting wt he said wewere suspected armss transfers to the group hezbollah. net now provided a few details about the strikekes. act, act whenen we need to including here across the border with dozens of s strikes mea t o prprevent hezbollah from obtaing game changing weaponry. amy: in brazil, congressional committee has voted to recommend the impeachment of president dilma rousseff as part of what her supporters call an attempted coup by her right-wing opponents. rousseff has been accused of manipulating government accounts . her fate will ultimately be left to a full session of the lower house of congress with a final vote expected this sunday. brazil faces a dire financial crisis and corruption scandal that spans political sides. peru faces a presidential runoff election between two right-wing candidates after a leftist candidate was apparently eliminated in the first round of voting. the june runoff will pit wall street-backed former world bank economist pedro kuczynski against keiko fujimori, the daughter of former president alberto fujimori, now in pris

estimated $6 billion a year in support of assad in syria and millions of dollars in material to hezbollah and hamas. on a recent trip to the middle east just a few weeks ago, i heard these concerns from our friends and allies in the region firsthand. iran's domestic propension has also gotten worse. the crackdown on dissent is at its worst since the 2009 green revolution according to the n.g.o.'s. iran continues to imprison those who disagree with the mullahs and to imprison those who are at odds with the regime. executions are at their highest level since 1989. further, the regime disqualified thousands of reformist candidates in its recently held parliamentary elections. it is clear that the middle east and i would argue the world is potentially worse off since the signing of the president's nuclear deal. and what are we doing about it? i think that's the question the american people should keep their eyes on. well, according to secretary kerry -- and i quote -- "iran deserves the benefits of this agreement that they have struck." end quote. and despite the four ballistic missile launch

in other words mois, the surrogates and proxies, you know them as lebanese hezbollah and others. further, our country's view of iran was summed up in state department's 2012 report that i just mentioned to you earlier that they've actually increased the tempo of operations. when we relieved them of the economic sanctions in a number of areas, that money was not only going to stop going to the nuclear weapons program, they made very clear they would continue their foreign policy. is the american administration's argument was an iranian nuke was such a dangerous game-changer we had to subordinate everything else to delay on the nuclear program. they have not changed the way they go about business on their side. the israeli tourists who were murdered in bulgaria here some years ago, the attempt to kill the ambassador less than two miles from where we're sitting on a saturday nig in georgetown and they would have pulled it off but for one fundamental mistake. they made one mistake and so they messed it up. so basically how do we delay it? it came down to two options. there was the mi

hamas, hezbollah. good heavens. we don't know who is going to wind up in damascus. we're not giving up a thing. we're going to keep what we got. i think us talking about it is talk. >> but in their own self-interest if they want to be a jewish, democratic state, they've got to come to terms with pop in that -- population in that area. >> how are they going to divide that up now? i think those who say they've reached the point of one-state solution are right. >> better than that. multiple choice exit question. is the two-state solution, a, in suspended animation, b, omatose, c, morabund, or, d, dead? >> i think defacto it's dead. >> i go with a, suspended animation. things change. netanyahu is not forever. >> suspended animation. >> it's come back to where i've began. suspended animation. >> two for suspended animation. >> three. >> one for d.o.a. how about you? >> i'm reflecting. [laughter] >> i think a's -- it's too close to call. issue four. a question of lawful presence. >> it's not normal. 's really hard to understand that immigration could take me and separate

there was funding withdrawn because they believe the money is going to hezbollah that is fighting against interests in syria. there are differences when president obama talked to king salman last night and importance of helping iraqi government rebuild where isis retreats and pushed out of ramadi. the saudis see the iraqi relationship as something that is backed up by iran. that isis important to them. saudi arabia wants that transition now. the question on their mind is, you know, how hard is the united states pressure russia to pressure syrians to get rid of assad? the sticking points are what they have become. they are tough because both countries see the world in a different view. >> shifting ground. nic robertson, thank you. >>> families who lost loved ones in the attacks in beirut in 1983 can now collect damages from $2 billion in frozen iranian assets. that ruling from the supreme court. the decision effects relatives of victims, including families of the 241 u.s. service members who died in the bombing. >>> first on cnn, a senior democratic senator challenging the airline industry

met concerned that sophisticated weapons from syria and iraq could end up in the lebanese group hezbollah's. town inition-held syria, the convoy was the first to reach the town in over a year. some one at a thousand people live in the area. donald trump was asked about south carolina's so-called bathroom law, which requires that people use bathrooms that correspond to the gender on their birth certificate. he says there are cap little complaints -- there are little complaints with how it is. there is so little trouble. "a bigger splash -- powered by over 2400 journalists in 150 bureaus around the world, bloomberg'sumpton, paul allen has a look at the markets. paul, good morning. a nine week rally, oil is down, and the only market currently open, no surprises there. currently one third of 1%, and we are expecting declines from the u.k. as well. here in australia, they are likely to be mitigated in the price of iron ore, pushing to $70 for a third time. fortescu metals trade is a proxy. bhp does not expect this to last, expecting it to fall. indonesia,k at australia's biggest number and thbig

, and taking palmyra, but they could only do it with russian air-power and support from iran and hezbollah. they have some support, but it is weak. there are significant advances made. there are attacks. there are fights between isil and some of the other rebels. there's a messy situation in which the advantage is moving. bashar al-assad is confident. therefore that's also negotiations. >> leading to the comments he's making about staying in power. >> recently they killed two of i.s.i.l.'s top leaders. how damaging is the strategy of chopping off the head of the organization been. >> i wouldn't call it the head of the organization. the people had 15-20 years of operation. al-qaeda and other groups have been subjected to attacks by american jones and other forces. so they adjusted to the reality. and they have set up megan issues locally based. so the blow will not be as significant as it may be. it's like killing osama bin laden. it didn't cause a problem. >> the iraqis made progress against isil, there were reports today that trapped civilians stalled advances. progress will be slow. prog

ultimately pulling hezbollah out is part of the negotiation. charlie: have they been helpful? coming out of assigned to nuclear deal? kerry: iran signs onto both communiques in vienna. they have supported the munich and declaration which reaffirms our desire to have a transition and move forward. iran effectively had a similar plan. there is a difference of opinion isut what the transition defined as. embracedple they have the basic solution. what remains to be seen as if they will be helpful. charlie: with that of been possible without the iran nuclear deal? john kerry: no. we have a channel today to be in the communicate directly which we did not have two years ago. charlie: you have a phone call you can make as when the boats were captured. john kerry: we would not have known protocol before. there was no relationship. charlie: iran and russia and the united states have shared goals? kerry: we have shared goals that we also have real differences. the challenge is to try to manage those. we ran into the challenge of chemical weapons use in syria. betweenconversation presiden

hezbollah was not able to stem it. the russians came in and certainly bolstered assad's position. charlie: and said they were. david: the russians also said their principal objective was to fight against isil. charlie: a strong state is crucial. he looks at libya, as does president obama, and says that is a disaster, because it's a state without central authority. david: what russia was most concerned about was losing its investment, as a word, in syria. charlie: what do you mean, in terms of -- david: years and years of involvement in syria. they have a base. it's a place in the middle east where they have had some involvement for several decades now. to get back to your question of whether assad is stronger -- he was certainly bolstered by the russian assistance, but, if that is not there, and we have seen the cessation of hostilities over the last seven weeks or so -- charlie: i'm going to get to that in a minute. david: if the russians are not supporting assad, i think there is a fair question about how secure assad ought to feel. charlie: talk about this conflict between syri

no concern whatsoever, the ballistic missiles, the shipping of weapons, to rebels, the using of hezbollah to fight on behalf of assad in syria, the threatening of the neighbors. i mean, this was so obvious from the beginning. then you get ernest today saying that what the iranians are doing with the weapons shipment is not consistent with u.n. security council. no, it's a violation, the worst part of this is not just the naivety, it's the exception that the administration used in selling the agreement on two fronts. number one, you show the clip of the administrion spokesman saying the u.n. security council resolutions would prohibit ballistic missile launches? no. the administration at the last minute caved, changed the resolutions so it's into the a violation. and we have admitted it at the u.n., and secondly we had promised the congress that we would not allow the iranians to dollarize their transaction as and we are doing that now. >> it had been alleged this was a sales job that evolved and had some change as long the way. what you told us is not the fact 37. >> particularly on this

. >> hezbollah is a major player in counterfeit schemes. they will sell the goods in los angeles and smug that money back to lebanon. >> reporter: back in downtown l.a. without too much pressure, the owner gives the deputies the name of his counterfeit supplier and this investigation will continue. how often will you be able to prosecute someone selling counterfeit items? >> for our case, at least 80% is prosecuted. >> we're going back and forth. it's going to take the consumer being educating and making the right choice. >> dina demetrius, al jazeera, los angeles. >>> over the past couple of years, music onible vinyl has made a come back. now classic titles are being reissued in that format. there are only a handful of places to get them ash-har quraishi reports. >> reporter: to escape music abuse chad moved to kansas in 1984 to get sober. >> there is a lot of emotion there, you feel it, it sounds better, it draws you in. is. >> reporter: it was here he found music. at a time in the early 1980s when the compact disk began eclipsing l p ans

if iran continues to ship that getto hezbollah, businesses nervous. and so part of what i hope happens is that we have a responsibility to provide clarity about the rules that govern so that iran can in fact benefit the iranian people, can benefit from the improved economic situation. but iran has understand what every you interrupt understands, ages businesses want to go where they dol safe, where not see massive controversy, where they can be confident that transactions are going to operate normally, and that is an adjustment that iran is going to have to make as well. and frankly, within iran, i suspect there are different views, in the same way to hardliners here in united who even after we have certified -- united states who even after we have certified this deal is working, even after our intelligence teams, israeli intelligence teams say this has been a game changer, are posted this deal on principle. there are hardliners inside iran who do not want to see iran opened itself up to the broader world community. and are doing things to potentially

ultimately pulling hezbollah out is part of the negotiation. charlie: have they been helpful? the iranians have been helpful coming out of assigned to nuclear deal? john kerry: iran signs onto both communiques in vienna. which embraced the very principles i just articulated. in addition, they have supported the munich meeting and declaration which reaffirms our desire to have a transition and move forward. iran effectively had a similar plan. there is a difference of opinion about what the transition is defined as. and you actually has to do what. in principle they have embraced the basic solution. what remains is the -- to be seen is whether they will be helpful. they need consensus within the two meetings in vienna. charlie: would that have been possible without the iran nuclear deal? john kerry: no. we have a channel today to be in --able to communicate directly which we did not have two years ago. charlie: you have a phone call you can make as when the boats were captured. john berry: that is correct -- john kerry: that is correct. we would not have known protocol before.

the syrian army and the foreign militia said fighting alongside it, including hezbollah suffered losses. we managed to cease control, forcing the regime fighters to pull out. we destroyed some lines of supply. unexploded shells dropped by the army, littering the streets. on the walls, sectarian explosions are everywhere. they indicated fighters from an iraqi shi'ite group were here. after the fighters captured. the air force bombed the area. the commang has been a signature of the -- exchange has been a signature of the war. there are not enough troops on the ground, and the rebels lack the air cover needed to protect their advances. 5 years after the conflict, the fighting conditions. >> syrian state media have captured a town. the man has been held in august, considered to be a strong province. the town is 100km west of palmyra. the syrian observatory for human rights says more than 40 russians and air strike. well, it's hours. it's a highly criticized deal. >> greece state media says several hundred were set back. the crisis reached tipping point when countries began to close the bor

when they sent missiles to hezbollah, that gets businesses nervous. so part of what i hope happens, we have a responsibility to provide clarity about the rules that govern so that randle can in fact benefit, iran can benefit from the there situation. iran has to understand what others understand. businesses want to go where they feel safe whefrl they don't see massive controversy. where they can be confident that transactions will operate normally. and that is an adjustment that iran will have to make as well. and frankly, within iran i suspect there are different views in the same way there are hard liners in the united states. even after we certified the deal is working, even after our intelligence team, our israeli intelligence team say this is a game changer, are still opposed to the deal on principle. there are hard liners in iran who don't want to see iran open itself up to the broader world community. and are doing thing to undermine the deal. so those who see it more broadly, we want to make sure that over time, they're in a position to realiz

the iranians and hezbollah weren't able to stem it. the russians came in and bolstered assad's position. >> rose: and said they were. and said they were. the russians also said their principal objective was to fight against i.s.i.l, but what they did predominantly early on was to bolster assad. >> rose: because putin believes in a strong state, not so much assad, but a strong state is crucial because he looks at libya, as does president obama, and says that's a disaster because it is a state without central authority. >> what russia was most concerned about was losing its investment, as it were, in syria. and they wanted -- >> rose: what's their investment in area? you mean in terms of before -- >> years and years of involvement in syria. it is a place in the middle east where they have had some involvement for several decades now. but to get back to your question whether assad is stronger, he was certainly bolstered by the russian invasion, the russian, you know, assistance, but if that's not there and, you know, we've seen the cessat

military aid in order to protect itself from terrorists who are on its border with hezbollah, with hamasg designs on the state of israel itself. yet donald trump wants to be neutral in that regard. this is a donald trump who has said he wouldn't mind the u.s. pulling out of nato. he doesn't even understand the role of nato. donald trump is categorically unprepared to be commander in chief of the united states. he was so awkward today, he was reading a speech that a lot of people -- that he didn't understand. >> a lot of people are awkward reading a speech. >> but look at the delivery. there is somebody who is unfamiliar with -- >> jeffrey, go ahead and respond quickly. >> i know some of the people who are involved in this. this was a serious speech. it's getting good reviews. it getting bad reviews from people who don't agree with the premise. that i understand. again, it was quite reaganesque saying we've been here before, it's not working, we've got to change. >> i give you props. you got three ronald reagan references in in both those segments. >> hey, my friend. >> thank you, gentlem

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