we knew lebanon. it was a major mistake to try to solve other issues through lebanon or to use lebanon to solve other problems, to get syria on the american side or to solve the palestinian problem. that attempt to make the political plo. it was a mistake. the lebanese problem was so complicated. i believe that as a result of the war -- not a goal of the war -- a result of the war. the situation could have been entirely different now. i used to speak about the 3 -- jerusalem, cairo, beirut as integral parts of the world. it could have been different. in the present time, when we see that the western democracies left that community, those who interfered should feel responsibility now. save this a small christian community. we have done our part since 1975. >> we are running out of time. we have not even started talking about what we could talk about. are the americans getting leery of the way that israel is handling the intifada? have you found people in this country that are mad at you? >> not all the

we knew lebanon. it was a major mistake to try to solve other issues through lebanon or to use lebanon to solve other problems, to get syria on the american side or to solve the palestinian problem. that attempt to make the political plo. it was a mistake. the lebanese problem was so complicated. i believe that as a result of the war -- not a goal of the war -- a result of the war. the situation could have been entirely different now. i used to speak about the 3 -- jerusalem, cairo, beirut as integral parts of the world. it could have been different. in the present time, when we see that the western democracies left that community, those who interfered should feel responsibility now. save this a small christian community. we have done our part since 1975. >> we are running out of time. we have not even started talking about what we could talk about. are the americans getting leery of the way that israel is handling the intifada? have you found people in this country that are mad at you? >> not all the

i knew lebanon. not only that i learned about lebanon, i read about lebanon and i met with lebanese. myself, i decided five months before the war, i have a thought maybe i was misjudging. maybe i don't understand well. i decided to go to lebanon secretly. and about five months before the war, i landed in june you north of a root and i spent there about 306 hours meeting with lebanese leaders. these were the lebanese forces, going to the mountains to see the forces, their stronghold there. i wanted to see them at home. in their homes. how they look there. how they spoke, how they behaved. in order to be more sure. we made other reparations. and we made all the preparations. myself talking to the father of president shamong. i tried to convince them they were to give a certain amount of weapons to the shiites in order to try, in order to try and have more cooperation with them. i personally believe that goal was not the goal of our war. c-span: this is your wife in the middle. >> guest: yes, my wife an

the same proportion as there are refugees in lebanon. this administration is addressing all of thee crisis at the same time with high levels of vigor and energy and dedication. the most senior mefments administration are fully engaged including the national security advisor and my boss, john kerry. but their intention does not mean these tough situations are easily solved and we can't do much without your support. especially in the case of humanitarian endeavors, support for our budget and budgets of all our diplomatic activities is very helpful. thank you. >> thanks, ms. richard. nancy lindburgh serves as usaid assistant administrator for the bureau of democracy, conflict, and humanitarian assistance. where she leads the efforts of more than 500 team members in nine offices focused on crisis prevention, response, recovery, and transition. she has led dcha teams in response to the ongoing sir yab crisis, the 2012 horn of africa 2011 droughts, the arab spring, and numerous other global crises. she was back to her home base in chicago a fe

it's power base lies in lebanon's shia community. >> the assassination had a severe impact on lebanon. muslims were divided. sunnies and shias, everyone was against each other. >> reporter: they were last le n leaving in a car, now proper cuters from the international tribunal say they have enough evidence to start the trial. they base the indictments on witness testimonies as well as mobile telephone network that was used exclusively by the five suspects. it is circumstantial evidence, the prosecutors at the hague say they will prove otherwise. none of the men have been arrested, and they have urged the government to step up and find the men. hezbollah has promised not to cooperate with a court it says is an international conspiracy against it, and said the tribunal is discredited. this is the first time one of lebanon's long list of political crimes is being prosecuted. some lebanese ask why. for others it's a trial for justice. >> they have a lot of people here in lebanon that this is political tribunal, and for us we think it's a very series tribunal. >> reporter: the assassinatio

as it was mentioned sure only wanted to try to shape the reality in lebanon by installing a government there and while the syrians and the iranians may have all had their desires you know the key factor there is that lebanon is an intensely complicated place when it comes to its domestic politics and that had as much to do with the outcome there as anything else as much as outside intervention but at the end of the day even among israelis on the right when it comes to the west bank and the settlement enterprise you know sharon was on the extreme end you look at some of the stances that he took and plans that he stood by in the one nine hundred seventy s. he you know he his vision for the west bank was really the closest to banta stand i was asian at some of the earliest stages more than anyone else more than draw bulls more than you got alone more than anyone else he wanted to create small pockets of . palestinian presence in the west bank that would be surrounded with israeli settlements and so that is his legacy today and you know israel stuck with that reality today and is dealing w

we're talking 600, 700,000 refugees in lebanon. no proper refugee camps to support this huge increase of the refugees -- >> huge numbers as you say going south. >> yes. >> estimated 15,000 hezbollah fighters in syria. >> yeah. >> what impact is that having on hezbollah in lebanon? >> that has exacerbated the pillover of the syrian crisis on lebanon because now we're seeing more of the direct or the direct clashes between hezbollah and -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> or the other ones that is happening now in lebanon rather than as it used to happen in the past in syria itself. so though it is believed that [ inaudible ] they are mostly concentrated in the northern part of syria, but now we are seeing small numbers infiltrating lebanon and executing attacks inside beirut and actually inside the strong hold of hezbollah. >> how would you assess the seriousness of sectarian tensions in lebanon? there are obviously tensions there. they could rise and the spiral of violence could continue. i talked to hezbollah earlier as you may have se

many along the border with lebanon. so hezbollah has taken a different tact now. they're trying to move these missiles, missile systems piecemeal, trying to basically slip them, pieces of missile systems under the radar, if you will, of the israeli surveillance systems and bring them in piece by piece into lebanon to be assembled. >> how is israelis likely to snond >> israelis are watching this closely and as i mentioned struck these depots, warehouses in syria that have been where the hezbollah has been storing these systems. it's been very difficult for hezbollah to get even the components of these missiles into lebanon and u.s. intelligence told us yesterday do not believe there is yet a complete missile system that's been shipped into lebanon particularly of these new russian-made anti-ship missiles that are screrning to the israeli navy. >> what do you think the impact will be on lebanon already destabilized by the conflict in syria having these weapons moved in? >> no doubt it only escalates tensions there if roorltlies believe there are weapon systems such

he was the architect of the invasion of lebanon.cause sharonn tricked his colleagues into launching this operation by pretending the aims were limited , wherein fact, he had a big plan to completely change the politics of the region, to create a new order in lebanon but by helping israel's christian allies to come to power in lebanon and then sign a peace treaty with israel. then to expel the syrian forces from lebanon and to replace syrian with israelis in the levant. -- this for a deception it'd in tears. of deception and it in tears. it ended with the massacre in the refugee camps of saber a and should tell a -- should tivo. there was an israeli commission inquiry which found defense responsibleron as for failing to prevent the massacre of the palestinian refugees by israel's christian allies. and sharon was forced to step down -- she was fired as minister of defense. and no one could have guessed at that time our man who was found unfit to serve as minister of back aswould bounce israel's prime minister. but this is all over sha

as you know lebanon has also witnessed a lot of other explosions. was one downtown recently and less than a week ago one on the border between syria and lebanon and that was also a hezbollah stronghold. the people who live here are supporters of hezbollah. they are -- they belong to the shia and support hezbollah and the conflict in syria has really caused a very evident spill over in lebanon because hezbollah sends fighters that fight against rebel groups and groups here threatened to strike hezbollah strongholds and this is the result of these threats. >> reporter: now, you mentioned that explosions in that northern town last thursday, the group claimed responsibility for that attack, has there been claims of responsibility for this latest attack? >> not yet. usually in the past the explosions that have happened in south beirut and hezbollah strongholds have been carried out when we hear of claims of responsibility by groups like a syrian opposition islamic group fighting inside syria against the government and other al-qaeda-affiliated islamic gr

lebanon stability is at serious risk. the lack for political consensus has made lebanon a battleground. it is part of a proxy war some say that has engulfed the middle east. >> what is happening in the region iran supports hezbollah and the shia. this rivalry makes it open to terrorism. >> the frequency of attacks like these have raised concerns here. this one was in the shia district. the target of a former minister was in a sunni area. it is mainly civilian who is are getting killed in a conflict where borders are becoming blurred. al jazeera, beirut. >> also in lebanon the suspected leader of an al-qaeda rebel group has died in custody. he went into kidney failure while receiving medical treatment. he was a saudi arabia national and was on his country's most wanted terrorist list. >> turn to go south sudan where people are fleeing the city of bor. aid agencies estimate fighting between the government and those loyal to its former vice president has caused 60,000 people to flee. bor has been in the middle of the fightin

power in lebanon. very near american ally said there a lot said there joshua fine go do you we do and we had a short history lesson there but it seems to me that you know when you look at lebanon a failure it created has been a law we go look at our gaza and then you have hamas now you have the radicalization of the shia in lebanon we have you bring in iran into the equation is all the the work the handiwork of missed. sharon well i you know i think one of the real turning points was the massacre to be that we heard about in one nine hundred fifty three and sharon had been given orders to create as much destruction as he could vibe and yuri and he went and he exceeded anybody's expectations the americans condemned this act there were seventy you know largely women and children killed that condemned the act of said the person who perpetrated this should be punished and so forth there was a tense moment and then give there's a famous film clip of ben-gurion going up to sharon pinching his cheek and sayin

it is increasing tension in lebanon. the government we have how, it's resigned, and the need for a new president in a couple of months, so all in all, i think while we are glad to have the court started, i think probably more than half of the lebanese think it is a political accusation of hezbollah and that this is an international decision to go after hezbollah. >> very mixed reaction there in lebanon. some do see it as an attempt for some kind of accountability. director of the carney endowment for international peace say this is an attempt as changing the culture of impunity not only in lebanon, but the region. >> that's true, but we know states have committed murder, like israel and lebanon and other places and have not been tried. we are for justice, but it has to be just for all. while i am for trying any political assassination or any assassination, given the tense situation, it is going to be very political. my fear that it is going to preclude or prevent or push away the possibility of agreement between the leba

you cover lebanon and have been for years, is that a vague possibility?> if you talk to regular people, they are very frustrated at this situation, partly because they feel it's not even their battle, but at the same time, the country is very polarized. people are differing on all kinds of issues, even social. these kind of attacks entrench people more in their own positions and hardens their positions further. in 2005 when the former prime minister was killed, people had the urge then to go to the street and start the some kind of what they consider for themselves a revolution. they took to the streets in thousands and thousands. now we don't have this reaction them. there's a lot of apathy among the population. many are considering even leaving the country, they feel it's not safe anymore, and they are wondering what could be done. there is a lot of blame on the politicians, because they feel thee fuel the polarization by the very strong rhetoric used, by the accusations to each other and that there is no movement on the political level in order to reac

lebanon is a particular concern.d be tragic and dangerous if the iranian-backed hezbollah malicious exploited the humanitarian crisis to gain control of the country. we should be particularly concerned by recent reports that hezbollah is smuggling long range missile system from syria to lebanon where they can be used to target israel. it is also a serious concern that some of the al qaeda-affiliated terrorists who have infiltrated the syrian opposition have also apparently infiltrated the refugee population. are using them as cover to move to host nations. this has been a grave concern to many countries who have been asked to grant additional visas. in addition, i'm particularly concerned about the neglected plight of the many christian refugees both inside and outside of syria. the report of the ancient christian community that are targeted by extremist elements in the opposition that the regime forces can't or won't protect are heart breaking. and as we explore the visa issue, we should not neglect the tragic circu

a strong hold of lebanon's shia lebanon group hezbollah. it's believed to be linked to al qaeda, this blast, one of the many forces fighting government troops in syria. >> it is very destructive to the stability of lebanon when you see innocent people dying every day, and you see the women and children targeted at the civilian area. this does not sound safe or stable. i think the level of tension has risen to the extreme. >> iran-backed hezbollah has been sending fighters to help. al nusra says it's taking revenge. >> the fight is coming to the background of these southern suburbs. the impact of syria's war is being felt over more and more of lebanon. >> yesterday bashar al-assad was attacked. many villages have been attacked during the course of this week. when we talk about this, we are talking about targetting lebanon. i believe this is one part of the series. >> in tripoli, in the north of lebanon there was more violence, seven people, including a 3-year-old boy died since saturday in fighting in sunni muslims in alawite areas. the bomb

authorities in iraq and lebanon are also trying to wipe out the group. this may not be an easy battle, another reminder that syria's war does not have borders. ronan bergmann is a senior correspondent for israel's largests daily newspaper. earlier i spoke to him and asked him how he was able to confirm reports. >> israeli intelligence has been working quite closely with the u.s. intelligence and other intelligence services in the west following what is happening in the region and mainly what is happening in the relations between iran, syria, and hezbollah. it has been well-known, established of fact hezbollah has, the last seven, six years build what is called stripliate basis established inside the syrian territory, not far away from the border with lebanon and used to store the long-range and medium range ballistic missiles hezbollah got from syria and from iran and the purpose of building these basis in syria not in lebanon was to give them an extra protection against the possible israeli airstrike and, indeed, when the war between israel hezbollah st

what's the likelihood in 2014 of lebanon closing their borders to syrian refugees? >> i'm going to try -- >> would you agree that would be a bad situation? >> to keep that from happening. >> trying -- i'm trying to plan for the worst case. >> the worst case scenario would be a lot more refugees streaming out of syria. the amazing thing to me is that not more have. they clearly are trying to stay put. >> i think the worst case scenario would be if they had no place to go. what's the likelihood of lebanon and jordan closing their borders because their countries' sovereignty and security is at risk, to syrian refugees in 2014? >> we have seen that what is happening is that the borders have already been moved from being open in most cases to being managed. >> could you give me a plan, let's assume for the worst now, what would our response be as the world and as a nation if in 2014, god for bid, the lebanese closed their borders, the jordanians closed their borders? so you don't have to answer that question now. but i think we need to get really serious about this. beca

in many parts of lebanon, running water is only available for a few hours a day.when there is water, con list -- countless leaders sleep through -- countless liters ! seeped through leaky pipes into the sand. the waterworks produces 40,000 cubic meters of drinking water a day. >> of that amount, less than half is used effectively by the customer. a large part is lost due to damaged networks, and we can assume that a not insignificant amount is illegally tapped. >> installing new mains is expensive and time-consuming. for cities such as this, the german experts had a simple and effective idea. this facility cost just 35,000 euros and reduces water pressure at night, when there is less demand. that means less water seeps out through leaky mains. >> it results in a savings of about 1000 cubic meters per day fee -- per day. that's the equivalent of around 5000 to 6000 bathtubs of water per day. so it is a significant amount of water we can save this way. >> that reduces cost, and with it, customers water bills. at this newly built customer service center, including a

i can see what they're doing now in lebanon. >> do you think assad fears you? >> that is what tom friedman writes. if assad fears me, that may be a good thing. the strength of israel, enough to misjudge israel, to the result -- the way that we restrict ourselves, but when it comes to military strength, i think it is better to be careful. if he fears, i think maybe that is a good thing, but entirely different things, entirely different people -- we never believed in murders, we never believed in dictatorship, we believe in democracy, a stable democracy, we are members of the democratic government, the democratic party. >> chapter six, ariel sharon never sent yasser arafat flowers. sharon did not play games with his enemies -- he killed them. >> 50 years after the breakout of the second world war, i think maybe it is good to remember what winston churchill said to the british people in june 1941. he said we will never negotiate with hitler or with any of his gang. and i personally believe the free world, we believe in free society, should never negotiate with ass

that was considered important for the victims and for the people in lebanon. even though the accused are no presents. the driver will is taking place in the hague and not in beirut for security reasons. parliament on the line now into beirut where correspondent martin j is on the story for is more what are the people in levin on saying what the scene about this track. make sure it is yet hugely important day for the political posts is that this could lead to send a petition to be waking up knowing it and that really killed mr hariri. but the humble people in the street. it makes you just open the mind to include that of the shipment is so cool i'm about to leave the doors to discuss all the appreciation of helping special criminal court this month. some of them and give them to a patrol homeless youths from this side of it that much. most people that the article. we have to think about what time the economy is going straight to the team is headed to the ms withdraw the money that would just let it go. and educational route or something more concrete to make ev

. >> lebanon - a blast, in the city. >> and toronto's mayor, rob ford, says he's running again. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> the first big winter storm of 2014 has arrived in full force. it's slamming the north-east with stiff winds and punishing cold. it's dumped near 2 feet of snow in parts of region. you are looking at a live shot of new york city. the wind is creating blustery conditions, but the bone-chilling wind is causing problems. in new england 2 feet of snow is on the ground, and there could be wind chills drop 25 below zero. john terrett is in boston. >> well, i'm standing in cockney square in the center of downtown boston. over my shoulder is the finish line for the boston marathon, so you know where we are. the snow is piling up behind me. snow ploughs are coming up and down all the time. the forecast is for driving snow, high blizzard conditions as two storms come together. there's the nor-easter and a storm from the midwest that dumps snow on the midwest. and that is why the snowfall totals are expected to be large. between 8 and 18 inches of snow

it could have an impact on the future of lebanon. do you agree with that. >> i think it has already had an impact on lebanon. the positive impact is that it's an attempt changing the culture of impunity that has existed, but at the same time other tribe ums of a similar international character showed that these kinds of tools of international judds take a very long time to achieve results. and i think we should all be realistic about what the scores cap achieve. >> good to speak with you. thank you for joining us. lena from the kahn age endo youment of international peace. s. >> president obama is set to announce reforms to the way the security agency enacts surveillance. it's in relation to the theft of the documents by edward snowden. the theft of documents 40 years ago led to an alarm over government spying. we met two people involved in that heist. >> yes, the powerful stuff. >> when should decent people act against the abuses of the state? at the height of protests against the vietnam war john and bonnie raines vased that dilemm

you won't be easy to win lots of obstacles we have no choice lebanon. i teach is destined for tea may well be the year of peace between israel the palestinians because it is so clearly in the interest of palestinians to make peace now and it is clearly i believe the interest of israel as well. there's never been a week of hamas has never been less stability to the north. there's never been a better potential for creating relations in the sal with saudi arabia the emirates. this is a pro pictures and perfect time for beans. the dollar the vw till i'm pretty skillful tipping is unrealistic to remain still. immediately took a book to potential because of the huge percentage of people who buy the potential of its their investment. once he's such a high percentage of people biting has to be gentle for investment. it's written on the wall that something big is going to happen. it's gonna be fitted into the garden commercial property. i think huge oversupply in the fuel it be a reduction in prices of commercial real estate the day off east of reno this guy mak

the syrian war is spreading out into lebanon. the french pleasant has spoken to diplomats here in paris earlier today. theaid the situation in african republic was heading toward the east even though the security issue -- the security situation was still too fragile. he made his address within the context of the ongoing reveals of his private life. >> those are the headlines this afternoon. we are also going to be hearing -- for the national security agency in the united states. they're set to modify the bulk data programs. the judicial fighting is required before the database is queried. that is according to senior official sources this morning. close toas collected 200 million text messages per day. we are going to be talking about that with an international specialist in just a moment. our med headline -- our main headline this afternoon, the french president has spoken about the situation in the central african republic. he said it was heading toward peace even though the security situation was still too fragile. he had to sa

short-term by militants in gala, hezbollah in lebanon, and long-range by local go. . it's those that israel hopes to target with a new missile defense system it tested. it's called the aero-3, designed to target missiles that have nuclear, biological and chemical agents. >> it flies hard, fast and tries to intercept the missiles. the idea is you use ates, chemical, biological and nuclear that can't get to earth and harm any intended targets. it is partially funded and benyamin netanyahu thanked u.s. senators who have been helpful in funding the aero-3. >> we need a lot of protection in this area because there are bad regimes led by iran and terrorist proxies who have mice ills that are -- missiles that are periodically fired against us. >> one is hezbollah that fought israel in the past. israeli officials say hezbollah used the cover of the syrian war to import advanced missiles from iran. hezbollah is looking for missiles reaching into every corner of israel and target israeli war planes. hezbollah is hoping to deterrorist rail from coming into lebanon, but use the m

people argue with me that no this is not in lebanon. >> i tell them i promise you it is taken in lebanon. >> for me she has a similar life in lebanon that my daughters have in the u.s. despite there is a car bomb here and there. the project, called a girl in her room was inspired by her kids. it captures young women in the middle east and u.s. to show their similarities. >> she was so excited with her new sunglasses. so she said i want to wear my sunglasses. she kind of sat there looking out the window with the sunglasses and kind of the stuffed animals behind her, it is almost like leaving her childhood behind looking out the window to what's next. the photographer, a palestinian is drawn to scenes of conflict. >> i started my career as a photojournalist. i did very, very well in photojournalism but i had severe problem there. i could never put my feelings on the side. the story was part of me and i was part of the story. >> she photographed the aftermath of israel's offensive in 2002. the only people in the streets were either dead or arrested. army everywhere. tanks. i couldn't recogn

from syria into lebanon. but hezbollah has a large country of people i can do more to the point of a large country of fighters to proving themselves very very capable on the ground. certainly there full time fighters in syria. but they're stretched and they're worried about his real taking advantage of the fact that they're distracted and syria. and they have as i've written a piece that came out today a real ideological crisis hezbollah suppose to be a resistance organization resisting israel israel is not in syria was doing in this area has nothing to do with israel hezbollah spent a long time trying to convince other lebanese parties. then everything it does is first and foremost the lebanese interests. it's very very difficult but ru impossible to say that what it's doing in syria is no lebanese interests it said hezbollah's interests as a party it's in iran's interest was not in lebanon's interests because with it what hezbollah and others are doing but hizballah more than others is creating a situation

a crime that shocked lebanon and the middle east. an assassination and a bomb that was so large that it not just killed harirari, but members of the entourage and security details, a total of 22 people died. a lot of people say that harirari's death signalled an era of sectarian violence. what have we seen come out of the trial so far? >> well, we have seen the laying out of the case of the prosecution case which mainly relies on mobile phone records from the scene of those and around the scene and who the prosecution say the accused were carrying out surveillance on mr harirari. in the court room, on the floor of the courtroom, they built a scale model of the whole part of beirut on the seafront where harirari's armoured convoy was cloen up. james bays with the laters from the hague. thank you so much. >> the first subpoenas for new jersey's bridge-gate scandal could come today. a governor's aide at the top of the list. the governor fired bridget anne kelly when emails revealed she hatched a plan to tie up track as an act of politic

victims families came from lebanon for the start of this trial. the prosecution has already or has also been going through telephone data, communications records, which they say will prove there was a plot to target the prime minister. that is expected to make up a large part of their case. no defendants are present in court. the four meant and i did in this part of the case have never been arrested, never brought to face trial that supporters of the shiite movement hezbollah which denounced this tribunal a politically motivated. there are several high profile figures who have made the journey. a delegation of around 30 people, including the former prime minister's son from a watching this case in the hague. significancend the of this trial, we will hear from a spokesperson for the special tribunal. >> this is the first time an international justice a crime of terrorism is being prosecuted on an international level. the lebanese people have waited for this day for a very long since 2005. there has been a lot of speculation about our work, allegati

lebanon's civility is at risk. >> the lack of national unity and political consensus made lebanon a battle ground. it is part of a proxy war, some say, that engulfed the middle east. >> what is happening is a result of saudi arabia iranian rivalry. the rivalry makes lebanon open to terrorism. >> the frequency of attacks like these raised concerns. this one was in a shi'a district. last week's attacks was in a sunni area. regardless of the neighbour hood civilians are getting killed in conflicts were borders are blurred. >> also lebanon, the leader of an al-qaeda-linked group died in hospital. lebanese security forces say al-majid went into kidney failure during treatment. he is from saudi arabia, and was on the country's wanted terror of the list. his group was behind the bombing of an embassy that killed 23. >> when we return - stuck in antarctica. now the rescuers need rescuing. we'll tell you who is now coming to help. >> keeping an eye on prosperity for world landmarks. a high-tech method for preservation. >> former first lady barbara bush has been released from the hospital. doctors s

the he's three people died in a car bomb attack in a hezbollah stronghold near lebanon's border with syria. this has the historic trial gets under way for hezbollah suspects accused of assassinating former lebanese prime minister and nine. the reason he just overwhelmingly backed the new constitution. it's the way for the army chief to run for president. military government is still waiting for the turnout numbers to see just how popular he eats yes that is india at the plate is set to become the world's hottest see this thursday as they lead their teams. usu costigan thanks for joining us first up a car bomb has exploded in a hezbollah stronghold in levin on. at least three people are reported dead so far and many more hurts. the blast went off to the town of hand now near the border of syria it's the latest in a series of attacks to hit lebanon in recent months. it comes as the historic trial is now getting underway. carrefour has all the suspects accused of assassinating the former lebanese prime minister nine years ago and have the right correspond to see feel there is the latest

our middle east correspondent reports on lebanon's northern -- northern border with syria.oadside, this family, all nine of them, have nowhere to go. they are refugees from syria. , and theseir home are all their belongings. becausee been evicted they have no money to pay rent. when their landlord spots are camera, he reconsiders. the family have got another week. within minutes, everything and everyone is back safe. the joy is short-lived. the children haven't been to school. there is no money, even for food. >> i can't buy my family bread. buy them a kilo of potatoes. all of it is so expensive. i cannot provide any of it. >> the villages here are poor, and like the rest of lebanon, they can't feed and house the refugees. every scrap of space is being taken. a swiss charity was paying rent, but stopped when it found irregularities. while it in that -- it investigates, 100 families are facing eviction. some families say they have no choice. money, i have get to let them go. i cannot pay their bills. there are now more syrian refugees in this village than anyone else. the le

lebanon is stuck in the middle. as far as we know, he is not going to be handed to saudi arabia. the lebanese families of those victims who were killed in the iranian embassy, went on a press conference today, they said they are adamant that he should not be handed over to saudi arabia. they want him to stand trial here, and they said they were willing to take to the streets is there is any consideration by the lebanese government to hand him over to the saudi. >> all right. thank you. >>> the [ inaudible ] has started another day of talks with israeli and palestinian leaders. john kerry has met israel's foreign minister. he'll later travel to palestine to meet their prime minister. tom akerman has more. >> originally, john kerry has set a nine-month deadline for actually getting a final agreement, a final settlement between the israels and the palestinians. that did not appear to be in the cards. so what he has talked about in the last few months has been a framework agreement. in other words not signing all of the

. >> the people of lebanon have the right to have this trial and to seek the truth.o seek the truth, and reveal the identity of operatives who attempted to hide their identities. >> reporter: the hearing is taking place in a courthouse of the suburb of the dutch capitol of hague. on the floor of the trial room, a scale model of the sea front in beirut where the bombing was carried out. it was clearly a carefully planned assassination, but the bomb was so large that members of his entourage, his security detail, and passers by were killed. a total of 22 lives were taken. in court to watch the start of proceedings, his son, himself also a prime minister of lebanon. >> unfortunately, the names of those who perpetrated these crimes are lebanese. they follow a certain political party. they are innocent until proven guilty. this is what you want. justice not vengeance. we never seek vengeance, and hopefully by the end of this trial, we will find out the truth and we will get the justice that we called for. thank you. >> reporter: the netherlands have seen many internationa

coming up, wave users in lebanon share their hopes and expectations for 2014. detroit is offering free houses , and a mountain bike can't takes us on a dizzy descent down a canyon. web users in lebanon have taken through aworks campaign launched in the wake of two deadly bomb attacks. campaign organizers are describing changes they would like to see in 2014 and the grievances they have with their country. many are criticizing the community splits and the nomination system that governs political life and are calling for a secular lebanon. home to 18 is religious groups and is often caught up in regional conflicts. these web users want to see the institutionalization of civil unions. back in april, authorities officially recognized a sunni- shiite marriage, the first time a couple from a different religious community had been allowed to marry. other new your hopes and wishes include giving women the right to pass on their lebanese nationality to their husbands or children. this is something hundreds of social networkers have been asking for. others have been camp

. >> in lebanon. >> his view was in some ways the revisionist building an iron wall making it tough, making israel impenetrable and then when it came time to make some decisions about moving forward because it became no longer possible to hold on to all of this territory and people and so call yourself a jewish democracy that's when he began to think about talking about occupation and switching, so in some ways i think, you know, his story is the story of his country, his sorry i have the story of zionism both in its most brutal form and in its effort to come to terms with reality. >> rose: we conclude this evening with some of the conversations for this program between ariel sharon and me. >> every israeli, every jew wants peace. generally, the generals are expected to like war, and we are branded sometimes, a general is looking for war. to me, it is something personal. i have been participating in all the wars of the state of israel, and i went through the ranks, i started as a private first class,