put troops back into lebanon to protect the border from isis? scott: no, despite the heavy fighting, they are holding strong. nevertheless, the white house said it is sending more resources to lebanon. we can only imagine that means more money and weapons. sharyl: interesting. thank you, scott thuman. in the days following the attacks, concern and rhetoric turned to the issue of refugees. in october, we reported on the potential for isis terrorists to travel into europe posing as refugees. this week, the majority of u.s. states have said they will not allow refugees from syria into their borders due to security concerns. isis infiltrators? jim hansen is with the center for security policy, a former member of u.s. army special forces, and author of "cut down the black flag: a plan to defeat the islamic state." in terms of threats, i know that border patrol agents and fbi agents are very concerned about the southern border. jim: we have essentially got an unlocked, open door, and welcome mat down there. if i'm an isis guy who wants to come to the

there is no government in lebanon. there is no president in lebanon.n in fact, i'm pleasantly surprised that the attacks have taken place now because we have been expecting attacks by militant groups. and the fact is that the security situation has been very strict. so regardless of how much security you can -- you have, you can always have suicide bombers. we're talking about almost three suicide bombers, not just one today. we already know that two suicide bombers basically have carried out the bombing and the third one was spoiled. but the reality is this is all-out war now between al nusra front, between the azzam brigade, between the so-called islamic state and isis and hezbollah and the shia community at large. >> fawaz, a lot of people don't understand the -- just how awful the situation in syria has made life and the various tentacles from that violence. and the effect of it. perhaps you can talk about that. >> brian, as you know, you know more than anyone else, hezbollah is the soft belly. there's an umbilical cord between lebanon and syria. h

many worry that isis has the sights set on lebanon. even in a place like beirut where they have learned to live with war for a long time, what is happening right now is a new and worrisome challenge. meanwhile, the u.s. has been selling military equipment and weapons. to lebanese in hopes of holding the terror group at bay. the member of parliament insists it isn't just a one-way street. lebanon is vital to american interests for other reasons, too. >> what we come one human intelligence. the lebanese and the interim security forces have people who are detained. scott: nobody is suggesting that we send troops and the lebanese will tell you they are relatively successfully fending off isis at the border but when the white house said they were sending troops to syria it said it would send special resources to lebanon, jordan and turkey. keep in mind, the political instability in lebanon is huge. they have been without a president now for a year and a half. leon: the situation has bun unstable for some time. nice job going there. good stu

the border in syria has played into those tensions, destabilizing lebanon. on top of that, lebanon, which has a population of around four million people, has had an influx of over a million syrian refugees since the civil war began. >> pelley: paris has demanded the world's attention, but it's been at the expense of coverage like the story in lebanon. >> reporter: well, scott, that's true. and there's been a lot of criticism on social media coming from inside lebanon and other middle eastern countries asking why there wasn't more coverage of the attack in beirut. and some people have said that it was racist, that what the western media was effectively saying is that european lives matter more than arab lives. and, scott, there is one very important point which is sometimes forgotten but which we have made before and it's this: isis has killed many more muslims than it has members of any otherring religious group, including christians. >> pelley: holly williams in turksy for us tonight. holly, thank you. isis has already claimed responsibility for blowing up

here you have in lebanon, hezbollah, assad's backer versus isis across the border inside lebanon. >> isis clearly expanding not only in iraq and syria but now in lebanon, in sinai, in egypt, in libya, it's all over the place right now. >> expanding the war and their terror attacks. >> they certainly are. thanks very much, jim sciutto, for that. i want to bring in paul cruickshank, he's been working his sources has new information on how this awful attack in beirut was carried out. paul, what have you learned? >> wolf, this comes just in from lebanese security sources says one of the four suicide bombers was taken alive and has begun talking saying he was part of a four-man isis cell dispatched from syria to lebanon to carry out this attack saying he arrived in lebanon two days ago, that this cell comprised of two palestinian nationals, two lebanese nationals. the person they have in custody being a lebanese national from tripoli in the north of lebanon which has been a hotbed of islamic militancy. and the lebanese security services at this point believe that this was an isis cell dis

some don't have marriage certificates or any identification because they entered lebanon illegally.s don't have valid residency permits or are too poor to pay for the paperwork, and many are scared because they are won'ted or live in opposition-controlled areas. >> we know that 60 to 70% of parents who have had newborn babies in lebanon have not completed the necessary steps in order to ensure the rights of their child to the syrian nationality, and that's a very large number. >> reporter: there are more than a million syrian lebaneses in lebanon. and lebanon is now treating the refugee crisis as a security issue. >> translator: their father, my son-in-law is too scared to move around because of the check points. my daughter just gave birth to another child. it is difficult to get him papers. we need a sponsor and to go from one government department to another. >> reporter: her grandson is among the tens of thousands of syrian refugees born in lebanon. he just like many others has a future which is already threatened. >>> the syrian refugee crisis has been felt on both sides of the

some fear lebanon is next. >> the u.s. has a major role in the actual administration is basically momong the way from the region. syria has a vacuum. yemen is a vacuum. libya is a vacuum. iraq is aa vacuum. we have four countries that cease to exist. scott: even in a place like beirut, where they have learned to live with war for a vererlong titi, what is happening g ght now is a new and worrisome challenge. >> if the ited states does not intervene, will lebanon be overtaken? >> you understand what i mean when i say the united states -- [indiscernible] l arab countries of f e world -- the united states can stop the war. scott: it is not exactly a linchpin holding the region clclr path between area -- syria and the mediterranean sea is a strategic partner. the u.s. has sent hundds of millions of dollars to the lebanese. >> most of our assistance and equipment is american, our training is american. we are dependent on american aid to sustain most equipment. scott: just as lebanon relies on the u.s., beirut has something to o

holly, how significant was that attack in lebanon? >> reporter: scott, it was lebanon has been a war-torn country, but this was the worst terror attack in the capital beirut in many years, and it comes at a time when lebanon is especially fragile and the civil war raging just across the border in syria has played into lebanon. on top of that, lebanon, which has a population of around four million people, has had an influx of over a million syrian refugees since the civil war began. >> pelley: paris has demanded the world's attention, but it's been at the expense of coverage like the story in lebanon. >> reporter: well, scott, that's true. and there's been a lot of criticism on social media coming from inside lebanon and other middle eastern countries asking why there wasn't more coverage of the attack in beirut. and some people have said that it was racist, that what the western media was effectively saying is that european lives and, scott, there is one very important point which is sometimes forgotten but which we have made before a

two-year-old mohamed, one-year-old, her cousin, they were all born in lebanon. escape from the war but are now faced with another crisis. she says she sees no future for her children. they don't have proper identification papers because she first has to renew her own residency and she doesn't some the money to do that. >> translator: living in lebanon is very difficult. i can't go out with the children because they haven't been registered and we can't go back to syria because i have no proof that never mine. >> reporter: for this family and many like them whatever money they make is spent to survive. but with no i.d.s these children cannot enroll in schools and access to healthcare is hard. syrian refugees are able to register their newborn children with the u.n., but the children risk becoming stateless if their parents don't complete the process by registering them with the lebanese government and for some than a complicated process, parents need proper documentation. some don't have marriage certificates or any identification because they entered lebanon ille

holly, how significant was that attack in lebanon? significant. lebanon has been a war-torn country, but this was the worst terror attack in the capital beirut in many years, and it comes at a time when lebanon is especially fragile and the civil war raging just across the border in syria has played into those tensions, destabilizing lebanon. on top of that, lebanon, which has a population of around four million people, has had an influx of over a million syrian refugees since the civil war began. >> paris has demanded the world's attention, but it's been at the expense of coverage like the story in lebanon. >> reporter: well, scott, that's true. and there's en a lot of criticism on social media coming from inside lebanon and other middle eastern countries asking why there wasn't more coverage of the attack in beirut. and some people have said that it was racist, that what the western media was effectively saying is that european lives matter more than arab lives. and, scott, there is one very important point which is sometimes forgotten but which

ian, the bigger question in all of this is what the fallout will be for lebanon as a whole, lebanon as a country with a very fragile hold on stability at best. that's the question we're all looking in the days ahead. >> that's right. lebanon has been described as the stable instability. there are different factions that have been held in relative peace. one thing that's interesting is all faction has come out and condemned it. all the factions are against isis meddling in lebanon. so you're seeing a bit of unity in the fallout of this incident. >> ian lee, appreciate it. thank you. officials say pashmerga fighters are trying to retake the key city from the mill at that particular times and cut their supply lines. the kurds say they've taken more than 150 square kilometers so far. reclaiming sinjar is a big step to breaking up the caliphate isis says they're creating. >> reporter: the sun broke, bringing with it a vast trail of pashmerga crawling around the back of mount sinjar. their advance longn't expected and aimed here at sinjar's western flank. isis beaten back, barely a local veh

there's a group in lebanon which is carried out a number of suicide bombings inside lebanon notably inssy in beirut. but isis very quick to claim this. they have also claimed other attacks against shia targets elsewhere in the region, notably in cokuwait and saudi arabia. what they want to do is plunge the entire region into a sunni/shia civil war to take advantage of the chaos. >> this may not be connected whatsoever, but when ithink of the timing we have been talking a bt the sinjar area of iraq and you see what the peshmerga. and u.s. coalition is a able to do in northern iraq here. would this at all be a result of that? >> it all plays to these broader sectarian tensions across the region where on the one hand you have shia groups like hezbollah. a shia majority government like the iraqi government on the other side, groups like al qaeda and isis. and as we move forward, this sectarian tension is only increasing across the middle east. it's just disturbing the trend lines we're now seeing. >> i have new information. let me. get this to everyone as we're covering this blast. the bod

. >> in lebanon. children risk not being recognised. >> seena finds themselves without any nationality. >> 2-year-old mohammed. 1-year-old alep. >> they were all born in lebanon. syrians who escaped the war and faced with another crisis. this woman has to renew her residency before renewing her children, and she doesn't have the money. >> living in lebanon is difficult, i can't go out with the children. they have not been registered. we can't go back to syria. whatever money they can make is set to survive. with no i.d.s, they cannot enrol in schools and access to health care is hard. >> syrian refugees are able to register their children with the u.n. the children risk becoming stateless if they don't compete the process. for some, that is a complicated process. parents need proper documentation. >> some don't have marriage certificates or identification because they entered lebanon illegally. others don't have valid residency permits, and there are many that are scared to go to the syrian embassy be

terror groups, took over.many worry, isis, lebanon.(standup) "even in a place like beirut, where they've learned to live with war for a long time, what's happening right now, is a new and worrisome challenge" meanwhile, the u-s has been selling military equipment and weapons to the lebanese, in hopes of holding the terror groups at bay.basem shabb is a member of parliament, who insists this isn't just a one-way-street...lebanon is vital to american interests for other reasons too.(basem) "what we can help with is human intelligence because the lebanese army and security forces have people who are detained. there was a possible suicide bomber detained in tripoli"-in beirut, lebanon...scott thuman. 3 and you can see scott's entire report this sunday, on full measure with sharyl attkisson. that's tomorrow at 10-30 a.m., right here on kmeg-14. 3 they're calling it an oasis for wounded veterans.coming up, we'll show you how one rehabilitation center is in the works to help out these military veterans. 3 3 the sunshine 3 the sunshine returne

this two year old, one year old, her cousin, they were all born in lebanon.ns who escaped the war but are faced with another crisis. she says she sees no future for her children. they don't have proper identification papers because she first has to renew her own residency and she doesn't have the money to do that. >> translator: living in lib non-is very difficult. >> reporter: for this family and many others like them, whatever money they can make is spent to survive, but with no id's these children cannot enroll in school and access to health care is hard. they are able to register their newborn children with the u.n. but the children risk becoming stateless if the parents don't register them with the lebanese government, and for some that is a difficult process. some don't have marriage certificates or any identification because they entered lebanon illegally. others are too poor to pay for the paperwork, and many are scared to go to the syrian embassy, because they are wanted or live in opposition-controlled areas. >> we know that 60 to 70% of parents who

the border in syria has played into those tensions, destabilizing lebanon. on top of that, lebanon, which million people, has had an influx of over a million syrian refugees since the civil war began. >> paris has demanded the world's attention, but it's been at the expense of coverage like the story in lebanon. >> reporter: well, scott, that's true. and there's been a lot of criticism on social media coming from inside lebanon and other middle eastern countries asking why there wasn't more coverage of the attack in beirut. and some people have said that it was racist, that what the western media was effectively saying is that european lives matter more than arab lives. and, scott, there is one very important point which is sometimes forgotten but which we have made before and it's this: isis has killed many more muslims than it has members of any other religious group, including christians. >> holly williams in turkey for us tonight. holly, thank you. isis has already claimed responsibility for blowing up well, today, the russians confirmed it was a bomb wi

that's a very large number. >> there are more than a million syrian refugees in lebanon. no other country has taken in as many refugees in relation to its size. lebanon is now treating the crisis as a security issue. >> their father, my son-in-law, is too scared to move around because of the check points. my daughter just gave birth to another child. it is difficult to get him papers. we need a sponsor, and to go from one government department to another. >> her grandson is among the tens of thousands of syrian refugees born in lebanon, at the age of one, he has a future which is already threatened. al jazeera. beirut. >> well, the unhcr spokesperson said that the situation for stateless people and refugees is now absolutely critical. >> it's shocking. it's probably one of the most understand reported human rights issues in our world, yet there are 10 million people who are stateless in this world. that means people who have absolutely no identity. they feel like they live nowhere. they have very few rights, and of course, this effects children very dramatically. many can

amy: the islamic state has claimed responsibility for a double suicide attack in lebanon that killed 43 people. we will speak with rami khouri and with journalist nick turse on your special operations from syria to africa. his new book, "tomorrow's battlefield: u.s. proxy wars and secret ops in africa." then, in a week that began with a victorious revolt by african-american students at the university of missouri and brought solidarity protests on campuses around the country, a similar protest has erupted at ithaca college in upstate new york. >> all over the nation, both on and off college campuses, we have seen young and old fighting against injustice. we stand here in solidarity stop our hearts are heavy with the pain of mizzou and yale in every person on college canvases simply because of the color of their skin, the texture of their hair. however, how can a cap is dedicated to preparing us for the real world not actively foster growth? amy: on wednesday, thousands of faculty, students and staff staged a walkout to call for the resignation of president tom rochon. the protesters,

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a national day of mourning has been declared in lebanon. up to 43 were killed in a double bomb attacks in the capital. i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility. a palestinian man has been shot dead by undercover officers. the victim and his family were members of hamas. kurdish forces that launched an offensive to retake sinjar from i.s.i.l. expect to enter it soon. earlier that recaptured several villages. >> i.s.i.l. is accused of committing genocide in sinjar. a report from the holocaust museum dekillings the yazidi, called heretics because of their beliefs. here is tom ackerman. >>> more than 17 months after iraqi forces lost the province, the yazidi became the starkest example of devastation committed by i.s.i.l. hundreds of thousands displaced, thousands killed or enslaved. i.s.i.l. persecuted shia, shabat, turkman, shia'as and others, a report by the holocaust memorial museum says the yazidi's have been targeted uniquely for extermination. >> for the purpose of genocide you don't need to destroy the entire group, it's the intent that is the f

they were all born in lebanon. syrians who escaped the war but are now faced with another crisis. >> she said she niece no future for her children. they don't have proper identification papers because she first has to renew her on residency, and she doesn't have the money to do that. >> living in lebanon is very difficult. i can't go out with the children because they have not been registered. we want go back to syria because i have no proof that they're mine. >> for this family and many others like them whatever money they make is spent to survive. but without i.d.s these children cannot enroll in schools and access to healthcare is hard. >> syrian refugees are able to register their children with the u.n. 37 but the children risk becoming stateless if they don't finish the process, and for some that's a complicated process. parents need proper documentation. some don't have marriage certificates or identification because they entered lebanon illegally. some are too poor to pay for the paperwork, and there are man

they were all born in lebanon. syrians who escaped from the war and face another crisis.ays she sees no future for her children. they don't have proper identification papers, because she first has to renew her own residency, and she doesn't have the money to do that. >> translator: living in lebanon is very difficult. i can't go out with the children because they haven't been registered. and we can't go back to syria, because i have no proof that they are mine. >> reporter: with no id's these children cannot enroll in schools and access to healthcare is hard. syrian refugees are able to register their children with the u.n., but the children risk becoming stateless if they don't register them with the lebanese government. but parents need proper documentation. some don't have any documentation because they entered illegally, others are too poor to pay for the paperwork, and there are many who are scared to go to the syrian embassy, because they are wanted or live in opposition-controlled areas. >> we know that 60 to 70% of parents who have had newborn babies in lebanon ha

we have a report from tripoli in lebanon. >> many ships of bound for turkey, but for many passengers, turkey is not their final destination. the northern port of tripoli has become a way out for syrians. syrians don't need visas to go into turkey. they arrange visas to lebanon and it is up to them what they do next. >> we get the tickets and from there, they can find their way to the greek islands and eventually to other european countries. >> ahmed is one of them. he tells us he is looking for a future which he no longer has at home. he has family who already found their way to europe. >> my brother has been in germany for six months. i am not going, because the sea is too dangerous. europe is not going anywhere. if i don't go now, i will go later. >> many passengers on this bus are new arrivals from syria. they enter on new transit visas because of new restrictions imposed by the lebanese government. >> a number of passengers travel to turkey from here. since the beginning of this year, 100,000 people left, 90% of them were syrian and 90% of them didn't return. >> that is why it is

go to lebanon. we have to update the system.n refugees arrive in lebanon turkey, what can you say about that? is desperatelyy to we. their cry is save me from hell. i met a family last week and they said we are from aleppo. it's hell. with bombs from the afghans on one side terabytes is on the other we had generations of aleppo behind me but i had to leave everything because i had nothing left. those people, what i feared. felt there's ai lot of folks there. like a light at the end of it. .he situation in lebanon they don't do much opportunity to get to europe the u.s.. that's the image. these are middle-class lean syria. there business people teachers. they're the people who knew middle-class life there is. the have nothing. that's what leads to death able to try and cross the aegean and terrible circumstances and terrible. charlie: that makes it even more needed to have his ire and syria and the way to her. david: to protect civilians there. the bombardment in the terror and this of civilians in syria. it's a parallel the mome

chris: you said there have been a number of attacks in lebanon since the civil war in syria started. what about the capacity to present them -- to prevent them? almost 18has been months since we've seen a similar attack in the hezbollah stronghold. there have been attacks targeting two sunni mosques in aaa last year as well -- in tripoli last year as well. since the offensive across the lebanese-syrian border, there has been much better -- they have been much better equipped. they have managed to stop a lot of suicide bombers or a lot of, men wearing those suicide belts, , across from syria. what is worrisome in this case in what we've seen today in the beirut suburb is that those groups might become homegrown and not have crossed the border from syria to lebanon. and this is a concern and a new development. so, if we see more of those homegrown terrorist attacks, then, you know, isis might be operating secret cells in lebanon, especially in refugee camps. news came out that two of the suicide bombers were palestinian. the area close to where that bombing took place is one of the big

in addition, we've just gotten from lebanon, in lebanon, breaking right now, they have arrested five syrians and a palestinian implicated in last thursday's twin suicide bombings in beirut. remember in lebanon just last week, twin bombings in the north and west part of the city of beirut, believed at the time to have been linked to the civil war in syria and to the isis militants. breaking right now, lebanon has arrested five syrian and a palestinian implicated in last thursday's twin suicide bombing in beirut. again, we've also gotten word of this high-speed train that has crashed to the south of paris. and these are new pictures that have come in to us. this high-speed train has gone into the water off a bridge after derailing. you can see people on the side there inspecting the damage. at least five people are confirmed killed. seven people confirmed injured. though we do not -- we do not have any indication that this is tied in any way to the attacks in paris. all of that said, information is coming in very fast and flooding in about yesterday's attack. the islamic state now clai

holly, how significant was that attack in lebanon? >> reporter: scott, it was very significant. lebanon has been a war-torn country, but this was the worst terror attack in the capital irut in many years, , d it comes at a time when lebanon is especially fragile and the civil war raging just across the border in syria has played into those tensnsns, destabilizing on top of that, lebanon, which has a population of around four million people, has had an influx of over a million syrian refugees since the civil war began. >> paris has demanded the world's attention, but it's been at the expense of coverage like the story in lebanon. >> reporter: well, scott, that's true. and there's been a lot of criticism on social media coming from inside lebanon and other middle eastern countries asking why there wasn't more coverage of the attack in beirut. and some people have said thth it was racist, that what the western media was effectively saying is that european lives matter more than arab lives. and, scott, there is one very important point which is sometimes forgotten but which we have

they're going to look into how these men were not only able to get into lebanon, get the bombs in lebanonwere able to get down to the south. the man captured was from tripoli. these are all questions that they're going to have to try to get answered that the hour. isha. >> indeed. and the big question we are all considering at this point is the fallout from this, a fallout there in lebanon. a country that is always, it seems, on the edgeover falling into chaos and has a fragile grip on stability. the fear has to be that the fragile unity could be shattered by this. >> yeah, one of the things it always said in lebanon among the lebanese is a win this next civil war is going to happen. now, that's just a saying that's been set for quite a long time. and no party wants to have that. when it comes to this bombing. they don't have backing from any of the various political parties. they're seen as a threat to all of the lebanese. it has been something to rally against for the political parties. they are having an official day of mourning. >> this area that was targeted in southern beirut is an

so there's a great deal of apprehension that lebanon could be going down that road again. >> and lebanonmentioned it's a stronghold of hezbollah, it's a political party also considered by the u.s. to be a terrorist group. how is hezbollah vowing to respond to isis? >> reporter: well, this is again what is fueling people's fears here, jake. hezbollah is showing no signs of saying, okay, let's pull back from the brink or let's talk about this or let's try to avert, you know, further violence. in fact, they're saying, and i quote, brace yourself for a long war. and that has many people here deeply concerned. what you're seeing across this region, jake, really is isis trying to capitalize on countries that are already racked and plagued by sectarian divisions and fan the flames of that sectarian hatred with the hopes of creating chaos that they can then exploit. >> clarissa ward live in beirut, lebanon. stay safe. great reporting, thank you. >>> in our politics lead, donald trump takes it up a notch even by trump standards. >> how stupid are the people of iowa? how stupid are the people of t

in addition, we've just gotten from lebanon, in lebanon, breaking right now, they have arrested five syrians and a palestinian implicated in last thursday's twin suicide bombings in beirut. remember in lebanon just last week, twin bombings in the north and west part of the city of beirut, believed at the time to have been linked to the civil war in syria and to the isis militants. breaking right now, lebanon has arrested five syrian and a palestinian implicated in last thursday's twin suicide bombing in beirut. again, we've also gotten word of this high-speed train that has crashed to the south of paris. and these are new pictures that have come in to us. this high-speed train has gone into the water off a bridge after derailing. you can see people on the side there inspecting the damage. at least five people are confirmed killed. seven people confirmed injured. though we do not -- we do not have any indication that this is tied in any way to the attacks in paris. all of that said, information is coming in very fast and flooding in about yesterday's attack. the islamic state now clai

so lebanon is just going to be seen as another battlefield. >> isis has sympathizers inside lebanon and has attempted other operations there before including kidnappings across the border from syria. these attacks today come on the same day of a renewed offensive against isis in iraq, that involving kurdish peshmerga but also with u.s. support. >> jim, should we view this as isis expanding into another country outside of iraq and syria as we just heard in the piece? >> you should certainly. and kind of in a different way because it's almost an expansion of the war inside syria because you have hezbollah on one side that's been supporting bashar al assad, based in lebanon, and isis fighting assad in syria. and now isis in effect taking a shot at hezbollah across the border there, but also again showing its ability to project terror attacks outside of its home base in iraq and syria. got the metrojet crash looking like that was an isis attack, and then you have these suicide bombings today. >> jim sciutto, thanks. >>> and joining me is republican congressman ryan zinki who serves on the h