car bombing might have become a lebanese national custom but the lebanese never created the car. like a lot of other things in the twentieth century car bombs are an american invention and. by the one nine hundred twenty new york had become the financial center of world capitalism. but then in september one thousand twenty eight wall street was rocked by a massive explosion. it was the world's first car bomb. where we're walking right now is exactly where if you'd been standing here on september sixteenth one thousand nine hundred twenty you would have been hit by the bomb over here what was then the u.s. treasury. and of course the stock exchange with a big flag on it there same buildings that would have been here most famously the morgan bank. and that really was and in some ways still is just the epicenter of american capitalism and government tell me what happened here at about twelve zero one away again or strong bank and exploded into the lunchtime crowd. they killed about forty people in the street and injured hundreds of people just fairly sophisticated i mean whoever bui

the car bombing might have become a lebanese national custom but the lebanese never created the car bomb. like a lot of other things in the twentieth century car bombs are an american invention . by the one nine hundred twenty s. new york had become the financial center of world capitalism. but then in september one thousand twenty wall street was rocked by a massive explosion. it was the world's first car bomb. where we're walking right now is exactly where if you've been standing here on september sixteenth nineteen twenty you were.

there is one man who knows a lot about lebanese car bombs. mahmoud. a top expert who defused dozens of bombs. christian car bombs palestinian car bombs muslim car bombs. and the long drawn out. and then i was the only expert who was dismantling. became too good at stopping. and then his adversaries decided to target him. especially for me. it was activated. and as soon as i touch the bomb. blew it up. on february fourteenth two thousand and five the former lebanese prime minister. presidential cavalcade was destroyed. t.v. camera captured the vehicle this white truck. in the traffic. the bomb went off. really was one of the world's richest man. his mercedes was armored to the hilt. the best protection level there is. truly a route is the haul of the modern car. and were developed on the streets. of baghdad the. safest place. to get into the war we saw. dozens of. crossing the border into syria. and it was only a matter of time before a car bomb started on. car bombing might have become. like a lot of other things in the twentieth century. art american

tonight, nawaf salam, the lebanese ambassador to the united nations, and gerard araud the french ambassador. after the french ambassador's reference to the role of, we talked to him by telephone from paris about how these events unfolded. and from libya this evening, first jon lee anderson of the "new yorker" magazine from benghazi, and then from tripoli, david kirkpatrick of the "new york times." we close this evening with kurz, the man who thinks deeply about artificial intelligence and lock jest, and the director barry ptolemy who has a new film about kurzweil called "transcendent man." the anticipation of the events in libya, the life and times of ray kurzweil, and later in the program, photograph from japan. all of that next. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: every story needs a hero we can all root for. who beats the odds and comes out on top. but this isn't just a hollywood storyline. it's happening every day, all across america. every time a storefront opens. or the midnight oil is burned. or when someone chases a dream, not just a dollar. they are small busine

a lot of my friends were lebanese and from syria. i had yewish and irish american friends. all of our identities were mixed. my sense of being american was being in a mix of things. >> margaret could you also reflect in a prior conversation you talked about your father had a sense of where he came from and it was a little more difficult for your mom to articulate that? >> sure. mother's side is irish american my father come from a different heritage. he is a genealogy. he traced his family all the way back to the times when they moved from spain to a region of france. that's where his family came from as peasants in 1850. and for generations, his family members had been going back to this place to visit their distant cousins. they knew exactly where it was. i was thinking that was a year after my irish american family came here. why don't my irish american family know this information. i want to try to find out what it is. i didn't know at that time what i was undertaking. i heard it said with irish american it's not genealogy it's archaeology. i found out about that later.

make the call and become embroiled, bring in the french ahead of us, the british ahead of us, the lebanese, all to push the resolution and we go along with it rather than being the outside aggressor, we're just joining the world. didn't people elect barack obama so we'd rejoin the world rather than be out there like a cowboy? >> this was part and parcel of the arab league to help make the decision. the upside is the president doesn't look like he's standing by while qaddafi spills blood in libya. the downside for the president has been the reluctance by the pentagon, we're already involve in two wars. >> what really changes people's minds in washington is that if you let the rebellion in libya be crushed, what message does that send to other democratic movements. >> it was violent from the beginning. it was never the kind of peaceful, nonviolent thing that happened in egypt and that's understandable given the chaotic nature of libyan society but we're taking sides in a civil war. >> once the president said on march 4 that qaddafi had to go, we were going to get to this point, otherwise he

it has the respect of the lebanese people from all sects. it continues to state its support for security council resolution 17 01, which is our primary security-related goal in lebanon. if corporate with the united nations mission in the south to try to keep the peace there. -- it cooperates with the united nations mission in the south to try to keep the peace there. its capabilities will rapidly deteriorate. security in the south along the border of israel will be at risk. and we do have a good relationship. our military-to-military ties with the lebanese armed forces is strong. it has served as well with the egyptian military. looking at the congress -- looking at the budget, we will continue to look at our partnership with the lebanese armed forces. >> thank you. >> senator web. >> thank you. i'm sorry i missed the exchange because i had to vote. i hope i do not ask you anything that is redundant of anything you have already said. as i said many times, i express my admiration to the energy you put into your job. you have been a great serv

really of portugal for the second straight year the frenchman beat compadre then teammates a boston lebanese want to finish. the boards of fans yari matson the land they call here with him came a distant third and fourth respectively it sounds means he could be a real challenge this season as he lies pulls overall off to three stages while loves a result in that same level on points with here one in at all very early standings . in tennis came close this continues winning with korea victory number of five hundred in the sad round of the sony ericsson open the belgian beating mario san martino sanchez allowing the spaniard to take the second set six point four six and six three prizes advancing despite the nine unforced errors and double faults the two time i mean champion take songs on the yvonne of each next why still hasn't won a title since the australian open and is now hoping to do better than at last week's indian wells question asked by turning the last sixteen. in the men's events nobody cruised home hero james blake defeating the charismatic american six two six love the world numbe

i think the role of the french and the british and the lebanese, together on the u.n. security council, is vital. this team did a superb job at marshaling support. it is a very strong resolution and extremely comprehensive. i hope it marks a new start in what the u.n. can be able to achieve. we hope there will -- there are african mission is going to libya. we're happy that the three african members voted for the resolution. >> one of -- and i can rest with the prime minister on his success and leadership on this issue and offer my full support and join him in paying tribute to france and the un in what is a deplorable -- a remarkable diplomatic success? i am sure that he will agree that difficult questions remain. however, right now, it is incumbent of all this to get behind the armed forces, particularly our air men. >> hour -- my hon. gentleman is exactly right. there are difficult questions. we are embarked on a difficult course. we set a limit on the course. this is not an army of occupation. i think it is important that we understand that that is correct. people

i think what they did together, the french, the british, and the lebanese, it has been absolutely vital. they have done a superb job at getting people to support. when they read this, it is a very strong resolution and extremely comprehensive. this is a positive start to what the u.n. can achieve. >> one of adopting thomases, can i congratulate him on this leadership and offer him my support? what is a remarkable diplomatic success, marking the turning quite in the u.n.. right now, it is incumbent on all of us a and particularly our airmen who have to implement this resolution. >> we are embarked on a course. this is not about an army of occupation. this is a correct limit. i very much echo what he says. but above all, our thoughts, and i am sure everyone in our country, with the families who will be preparing potential for difficult things ahead. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the government and the armed forces have our support in this matter. as was mentioned, the criteria for determining intervention, surely there is another factor, and that is whether we have the capacity for the milit

and also politically in their own countries so his bill law in lebanon has played the role of a lebanese political party not as a not a transnational one with battery. it once more jobs for shiites as well as a better deal with regard to cars to show arrangements the same thing in kuwait in saudi arabia in each case it's a national demand for for a better place at the national cable ok. in cairo but it's not always being played out the way i think it what ron has face very interesting is that we have seen in the next few hours few days and weeks obviously how iran is going to play this card because as many would say the saudi intervention is actually open the door for what people would call iranian meddling in their backyard in it was this agreement somehow that rain would stay kind of neutral stay in the middle it wouldn't be contested a lot of people are saying now the saudis have opened a door for more contests what do you think about that. well this is something that people in dr in and out of dr in berlin through the hearing opposition are now saying quite openly that the saudi inte

being lebanese, she cooks with a lot being lebanese, she cooks with a lot of cinnamon. [laughter] >> now, when there are problems in this part of the brain, usually when it works too hard, people become sad and depressed, negative. they often feel hopeless or helpless. they are racked with guilt. they have, what i call, a high ant population. now, what is that? ant stands for automatic negative thoughts, the thoughts that come into your mind automatically and ruin your day. and what a lot of people don't know is thoughts lie, a lot, and one of the ways, if you really want to be well, is you have to learn how to just challenge or correct the negative thoughts that go through your head. you don't have to believe every thought you have. people who have problems in this part of the brain tend to isolate themselves. it's not good. they're less interested in things that are usually fun, including sex. and they have a lot of pain, and it's so interesting that people with pain syndromes often have depression, and treating their depression often helps their pain. one of the grea

tens of thousands of joined a rally in the lebanese capital beirut to protest the weapons arsenal held by hezbollah fundamentalists the crowds the supporters about going prime minister's side here really who stepped down last month after his unity government collapse has been largely its allies pulled out of the cabinet over a un back tribunal which is likely to implicate its members in the killing of the country. in two thousand and five. fourteen people have died in a two a bus accident in new york with another ten seriously injured the coach was carrying at least thirty one passengers and it flipped over slid on its side and hit a pole pole sliced the bus in half terry the roof top of the vehicle the driver told investigators he swerved to avoid a tractor trailer which sped away with bus returning from a casino outside the city. you're watching r t from moscow with me kevin o. in thanks for being with us today we will of course keep you updated with the latest news coming out of japan for the evening and you can also find the latest online on our website and our team dot com the nex

day one there was a major disconnect executives who didn't speak arabic staffing the network with lebanese christians to broadcast to it overwhelmingly muslim audience. and it audience that associates the channel with the u.s. the architects of the iraq war soon a new television service will begin providing reliable news and information across the region and supporter of unpopular and repressive regimes throughout the middle east but even now what has small viewership is a lofty goal for another u.s. network kevin martin we're going to. be watching some of these of the photos. for twenty six years raw and getting mighty have fallen on deaf ears in cuba says cuban journalist alone so champ. it's hard to talk about the impact of radio and t.v. marti because on television it's not seen and on the radio it's practically unheard and on top of that in cuba the signal is jammed congressional reports point out the miami beach channel's quote failure over many years to adhere to the generally accepted journalistic standards of all american what i'm talking about a radio show that tells people to go

lebanese india have become the first team to qualify for the knockout stages cricket's world cup a five were. victory over the netherlands putting them top of their group india were chasing a hundred ninety five big three and sachin to put them on their way becoming the first man to reach two thousand world cup runs for the hat trick of boundaries in the fifth over he was out the twenty seven after being really caught by kruger here but had put india on sixty nine without loss and fellow veteran to see work a minor party collapse followed by good pricing steed india to victory the knock of fifty one india on beaten in four games by eleven and i've lost every match so far . and finally yesterday we reported on daredevil snowboarders since he's in the russian resort of sochi competing in the latest stop of the free rider world trowbridge so good with their pictures we put together a montage of all the bait we didn't see. every picture is the latest free ride in sochi that's the sport for the moment. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to f

let's get more on some other international news making headlines and that is the last rally of the lebanese capital beirut to the disarming of hezbollah fundamentalists the ground supporters of the prime minister. said down after his unity government talents. and its allies pulled out of the town but it's a u.n. tribunal which is likely to implicate its members in the two thousand and five killing of how we respond when the us premiere. but horrific. has claimed the lives of fifteen people and seriously injured another ten was carrying at least thirty one passengers when it flipped over slid on its side and had a pole pole slice the bass in home along the windows terrible roof top of the vehicle with a driver told investigators he swerved to avoid a tractor trailer where this is claimed the blast traveling at high speeds the vehicle was returning from a casino outside the city. what single thing in mind from moscow gets out in the bad light in just a few moments say without. brown or do. we hear it because our petri outs that. god promised them this millinery long stuff. will if they are st

propaganda arms of the world is comes out of springfield virginia a lot of the correspondents are lebanese christians and they're there beaming their message towards the most of them world they're not going they're not on the ground they're talking to people asking them what are your problems what are your crises what are both sides of the the issue that's new starts what these news outlets like al-jazeera are to you're doing all of the news gathering reporting analysis like what the networks here were doing maybe thirty forty years ago when you had walter cronkite and john chancellor and all those people not with the networks are doing now certainly not with the twenty four hour cable news is doing these propaganda outlets that the government is running it's just basically putting on full of programming and kind of phony programming and the people overseas you don't have to be that smart to see through that you know if that's the thing and it's not genuine but clinton mentions. maybe was lamenting the days of the cold war here in this speech and say you know during the cold war we did it

tens of thousands of joined are rallying the lebanese capital beirut to protest the weapons arsenal held by his by the fundamentalists the ground the supporters of outgoing prime minister's side hariri who stepped down last month to his huge government collapse and its allies pulled out of the companies over a un backed tribunals which is like has implicated its members in the killing of the country's former prime in two thousand and. fourteen people have died in a tour bus aren't fluent in new york with another ten seriously injured because it was carrying at least thirty one passengers when it flipped over on its side and has a pole that pole sliced the glass in half tearing the roof top off the vehicle the vehicle told the driver rather told investigators that he swerved to avoid a tractor trailer which sped away the bus was returning for because see no outside the city. well early this week russia's republic of chechnya has did all star not widely seen as a major step forward for the region and its leader present in that war veteran the right for a charity game against a team captain

tens of thousands of joined a rally in the lebanese capital beirut to protest the weapons arsenal held by hezbollah fundamentalists and crowds of supporters of outgoing prime minister saad hariri who stepped down last month after his unity government collapsed as its allies pulled out of the cabinet of un but tribunal which is likely to implicate its members in the killing of the country from two thousand and five. you watching r.t. from moscow my name is kevin and we will keep you up to date with the latest news coming out of japan throughout the evening and you can also find the latest online and r.t. dot com the next sideline update on this channel is in two and a half minutes time. from our hero. we hear it because our passion doubts that. god promised them this lynn belongs to our. will if they are still going to be thinking the. goal chosen people will not believe that god is real estate agents they look at the standards for you guys and this guy is as we. don't want to be this is a. different might not them. up with. them up. top.

ten thousand to join the rally in the lebanese capital beirut to protest the weapons arsenal held by has a lot of the mentalists the crowds supporters of outgoing prime minister hariri last month after his unity government collapsed as blair and its allies pulled out of the capital over a u.n. tribunal which is like a duplicate its members in the killing of the country's former premier. only this week russia's republic of chechnya hosted an all star match widely seen as a major step forward for the region a team of brazilian football veterans arrived for a charity game against a team captain by the chechen leader ramzan kadyrov barn explores how a former reno for military conflict is now leaving its bloody past behind in favor of sport. it must rank as one of the more curious pictures in football history at a press conference late the night before church's leader ramzan kadyrov spoke of his excitement at the arrival of the opposition it's a real holiday to all our fans who have been waiting for this event for such a long time it's an exciting guy and i know that many of those who lef

tens of thousands have joined a rally of the lebanese capital beirut to protest the weapons arsenal held by hezbollah fundamentalists the crowds of supporters of prime minister hariri who stepped down last month after his units of government collapsed hezbollah and its allies the house of the cabinet and the un back tribunals which is like these indicators members of the killing the countries playing with. fifteen people have died in a tour bus accidents in grew up with another ten seriously injured the coach was carrying out these lessons one house just flipped over slid on its side and hit a pole pole then that sliced the bus in hard tearing the roof top of the off the vehicle the driver told investigators he swerved to avoid a tractor trailer which spread away a vehicle was returning from a casino house like a sexy. earlier this week russia's republic of chechnya hosted an all star march widely seen as a major step forward for the region and a team of brazilian football veterans arrived for a charity game against a team captain by chechen leader ransom could hear of arsons tom gardner