. ♪ welcome, i'm steven and al jazeera from doha and on the edge and lebanon economy is struggling toope and 1-4 people are a syrian refugee. the growth speeds up but warnings of tougher times to come and looking for treasure, how one man's dream led to a search for $50 billion worth of gold. ♪ first more than 20 bush fires are burning out of control throughout the state of south wales in australia and it is concentrated around the state capitol sidney and are described as worst in a decade. >> reporter: this is what firefighters are up against in the state of south wales and bush fires are burning out of control, manned by strong winds and made worse by unusually high temperatures. >> the activity that is being reported was extreme and certainly we had flames in access of 20-30 meters. >> on the outskirts of sidney with the famous blue mountains and the north on the central coast. >> this is a far emergency which could go on for quite some time. there are hundreds of people who are grieving the loss of property, tragically there has been it seems one life lost further north, someone

lebanon's economy is under strain. 20% of the nation's 4 million people are now unemployed. them. and official statistics show average wages have dropped. >> we work for around 600 to $800 a month. syrians work for $300 or less. >> reporter: next year, the world bank says an additional 170,000 lebanese will not find jobs, adding to the already 1 million who live below the poverty line. lebanon has been hurt by these syrian crisis, it is mainly the middle class and the lower income workers who have been hit especially hard. but even before the mass migration of syrians being lebanon already had a weak labor market. among the thousands of qualified lebanese who can't find work, he is a biochemist graduate who doesn't blame syrians for the country's economic ills. >> there was an economic problem even before the syrians came. the problem is the government, it needs to find solutions. >> reporter: undoubtedly however, lebanon is a casualty of the war in neighboring syria and it's people are just as much victims as the syrians themselves. al jazerra, beirut. >>> two large aquifer

their presence is making a big dent in lebanon's economy. >> reporter: syrian versus been escaping tolebanon not just in search of safety but to work. many of them are too tel scaredo tell their stories because some of them are here i will legally or they don't have work permits. many hire them because syrians are willing to work for lower wages. >> we can hire two syrians than one lebanese. they accept lower wages and it's better for us. >> reporter: this reality has caused resentment. >> the lebanese can't find jobs. there will be a lot of unemployed people and our men to continue to migrant. there has been an invasion of syrians 2347 this tiny nation hosts syrians, and lebanon's economy is under strain. 20% of the nation's 4 million people are now unemployed. official statistics show average wage versus dropped. >> we work for $600 to $800 a month. syrians work for $300 or less. >> reporter: next year the world bank says an additional 170,000 lebanese will not find don' fins adding to the numbers living although the poverty line. >> reporter: even before the mass migration of syria

and the influx of syrian refugees coming into lebanon is pushing a fragile economy to the breaking point. the federal government should be fully reopened today. this just two days after a deal was reached in the shutdown and preventing default. now it's up to the congress to move a budget while the president moves other parts of his agenda. libby, no easy task, the deal calls for congress to come up with a budget mid december, december 13th, which is a friday. is that an omen in >> reporter: here's the deal, they're going to be looking at a smaller and modest proposal. we're not talking about the grand bargain. we know they're not setting themselves up for automatic failure and they're far apart with the process. on the table, the sequestration. and we look at the cuts and more are scheduled to kick in in 2014. they're across the board and this committee will try to change those around a little bit. we heard from the two cochairs, patty, and paul ryan, democratic contender from last year. here's how they framed what's to come. >> chairman ryan knows i'm not going to vote for his budget.

reporter: it is fair to say that the economic problems lebanon is witnessing today is a direct result of the massive influx of syrians? we know the economyas not doing well years back. >> indeed, lebanon has a low level of economic efficiency, and a high level of [ inaudible ] infrastructure. before the crisis unemployment was 24%, and a high level of skilled immigration in the country. so clearly these are not signs of a good healthy economy. >> reporter: we did mention there is no government, there is a caretaker government, do you see any progress on this front any time soon? >> unfortunately we don't see any progress, because politicians and political parties have decided to leave us at the mercy of regional conflict. so every party is waiting for changes in the region. so we're left hostage to this political regional conflict that we're witnessing right now. >> reporter: thank you for joining us. as you can see it's not just the lebanese government that is effected, it is really effected by the crisis in neighboring syria. >> all right. i want to thank our correspondents. inside syria rebels are fighting government troops in the eas

let's continue discussing this situation because the in flux of the refugees in lebanon is also effecting the country's economy the world bank says more than 170,000 lebanese will be jobless next year and one million lebanese live below the poverty line and we report. >> reporter: syrians have been escaping to lebanon not just in search of safety, but work. many of them are too scared to tell their stories because some are here illegally or don't have work permits. but lebanese shop owners at times prefer to hire them because syrians are willing to work for lower wages. >> translator: we can hire two syrians instead of one lebanese. syrians accept lower wages and it's better for us since we are already facing difficult financial situation. >> reporter: this reality has caused resentment. >> translator: the lebanese can't find jobs. there will be a lot of unemployed people and men will continue to migrate. there has been an invasion of syrians. >> reporter: this nation hosts over a million syrians according to the government here and the economy is under strain. 20% of the nation's four million people are now u

. ♪ welcome, i'm steven and al jazeera from doha and on the edge and lebanon economy is struggling tod 1-4 people are a syrian refugee. the growth speeds up but warnings of tougher times to come and looking for treasure, how one man's dream led to a search for $50 billion worth

. >>> well, the influx of syrians fleeing into narrowing lebanon is putting a lot of strain on the economy there. the lebanese said they will not close their border to the refugees but they'll enforce stricter rules. we have the late fes latest fro. >> reporter: in lebanon alone, it registers 3,000 syrians today. many syrians are not looking for assistance. they believe refugee status is a ticket to europe or the united states. >> we believe this will allow us to go to a foreign country. it is a better future for my family. as a syrian you're looked down upon in lebanon. >> reporter: syrians are blamed for lebanon's failing economy and volatile economy. all right 80 thundershowers syrian versus registered with the u.n. but there are 1.3 million in the country. the government is imposing stricter rules at its border crossings. new conditions have been set. >> we will not close our borders. people who have come here to abuse, they will not be allowed. >> reporter: many syrians are competing for jobs with lebanese. others have had open business and this has had a social impact on lebanon's 4

even before the massive influx of syrian refugees to lebanon, the lebanese economy was fragile. many lebanese migrate to foreign countries to survive. the government officials show there are approximately 1.3 million syrians in this country and this is a tiny nation. the syrians are not just looking for safety, a place to live, to escape the conflict, they are looking for jobs. we are at a commercial district, and you just walk into any shop here and at least one of the employees is a syrian. this is really sawing a lot of social tensions, the world bank warning that 170,000 more lebanese will lose their jobs next year simply because there is fierce competition in the labor market. >> we are hearing reports that there is growing resentment in the country, is there a concern, a chance the situation there could get out of hand? >> we heard the lebanese president call on the international community to share the burden. just a week ago, lebanon sounded the alarm bell, saying we are not clothessing the borders, but are going to screen the refugees. those who do not fit the criteria w

. >> reporter: syrians are blamed for lebanon's flailing economy. there are 1.3 million in the country. the government is now imposing stricter rules at its border crossings to prevent increase in refugee numbers. new conditions have been set. >> we would love to close our borders, but people who are coming here who are refugees, who are coming here to work or abuse the refugee status will not be allowed to get in. >> reporter: some open businesses and this has had an impact on the 4 million people. the world bank said lebanon is heading towards a disaster due to an influx of syrian refugees the syrian conflict will have doubled the unemployment rate by 120%, and th syrian refugees wil add to the 1 million at that live under the poverty line. >> they're complaining from the syrians, they're always telling that we need support, financial support, so i guess the syrians. why they're sending us to charity, they're the one who is are sucking our blood. >> hoping to be re-elected to german over the next few months. this will only take 4,000 syrian my gra

. >>> and the syrians pushing lebanon, and an already fragile economy towards the breaking point. ♪ > well now that the federal government is back in business, congress and the white house are looking forward. the house and senate are working on a budget plan while the president tries to move forward with other issues including immigration. libby casey us live from washington, and the deal calls for congress to come with a long-term budget plan by mid-december. are we keeping our fingers crossed? >> that's right. it will be co-chaired with [ inaudible ] and congressman paul ryan. what they bring to the table is a lot of baggage as they themselves admitted yesterday. >> chairman ryan knows i'm not going to vote for his budget. i know that he's not going to vote for mine. we're going to find the common ground between our two budgets that we can vote on, and that's our goal. >> our goal is for the good of american people to get the debt under control, do smart deficit reduction and do things that we think can grow the economy and get people back to work. >> the most ambitious would be to

. >>> and the syrians pushing lebanon, and an already fragile economy towards the breaking point. ♪ > well now that the federal government is back in business, congress and the white house are looking forward. the house and senate are

and the influx of syrian refugees coming into lebanon is pushing a fragile economy to the breaking pointthe federal government should be fully reopened today. this just two days after a deal was reached

government and it has strained the economy, the lebanese government is now saying fine we will not close the borders but we will screen every syrian that comes into lebanon if he is a refugee then yes he will be allowed to enter and if not and if he wants to lebanon just to open a business or find work that is not going to happen any longer because the lebanese people really have been complaining that syrians are taking their jobs. there has been fierce competition in the job market. so lebanon carrying a very big burden and these refugees a life in exile has not been easy. >> reporter: many thanks, zana reporting with very excited children celebrating need. a bomb blast at a sunday mosque in northern iraq has killed 12 people. it happened with a crowd of worshippers after they left a mosque after morning prayers. in afghanistan a governor has been killed in an attack and happened in the eastern providence of logo and the explosives were in the mosque where he was praying and 20 others were wounded and we have the latest from kabul. >> reporter: he was attending morning prayers the first day of a major muslim holiday in afghanistan when an ied improvised

lebanon are growing and so are the problems and the president says he needs more money. wildfires in australia burn out of control destroying homes and sending people fleeing for their lives. china economynces back and growth seeds backup again but could be tougher times to

economy. >>> we open this news hour in syria, a new team of chemical weapons inspectors has arrived inside the country there 20 experts all crossed the border from lebanono syria just a short while ago. the goal is to identify and withdrawal all chemical weapons. these pictures are showing opposition forces taking control of a check point. >>> president bashar al-assad will stay in power and could run for again. he said it is up to the people to decide. young activists took to the streets in order to show their support for the presidents. we're not going to talk about election, we're going to talk about weapons inspectors. what do we know so far about the inspectors that are -- [ technical difficulties ] >> well, we do know steven that the mission they are about to embark on is an unprecedented one according to officials at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. we also know they are going to dismantel all chemical weapons stockpiles in a country where a civil war is still take place, and they are supposed to do that by 2014. we also understand in the next couple of days they are going to be sitting down and going through the inventor

lebanon. the tea party wants to make president obama look incompetent, that is their main goal. shutting down the government along with the debt ceiling, any idiot would know that would drag and lag the economyhow it affects the average person out there is when the economy slows down for growth, then you have less productivity in the united states. does nothat says it affect them, either they are stupid or plain ignorant. next from is up oregon on our line for independents. good morning to you. caller:i just wanted to makea about how everybody is crying about losing their insurance, the affordable care --, and baby going to part and maybe going to part time in their work. people going from full-time to part-time because companies want to save money is a pretty common thing. insurance companies dropping are doubling, tripling, and quadrupling their cost is only because of the panic of the shareholders. same thing with ama. they are against obama care because they are not going to beginning to month -- going to be gaining the money they used to. host: would you describe the government shutdown as a minor problem, major problem, crisis, where would you fall on that? caller: it is a crisis when