lebanon we have hezbollah. ty al qaeda.ave free our reality, we are trained to manage the situation. moderntrying to create society. at the same time, to protect ourselves. it is really a huge challenge. we have succeeded with our challenges. thank you. [applause] thank you for those opening remarks. let me begin with their trip here to washington. it is a appropriate place to start. you met the last couple of days with senior american officials. the white house, pentagon, what can you come away with when you return to israel in terms of your sense from the administration about understanding your security challenges and any new understandings with washington and how to address them? i will specifically focus on the syria front in this regard. , we have veryl good friends in washington. politicalonly thinksts or security, i two statesasons share the same values and the strong climate to democracy and the freedom of speech. especially in washington. in the middleand east to keep democracy, it is a big challenge.

lebanon, we have hezbollah. in syria, al qaeda. behind all of them, iranians. of course, our reality, we are trying to manage the situation. we're trying to create modern society, moderate society. the same time to protect ourselves. it's really a huge challenge. i think we have challenges. thank you. [ applause ] >> mr. minister, thank you very much for those opening remarks. let me begin with your trip here to washington. an appropriate place to start. you met in the last couple of days with very senior american officials, the white house, the pentagon. what can you come away with, what do you return to israel with in terms of your sense from the administration about understanding your security challenges and any new understandings with washington and how to address them? i will specifically focus on the syria front in this regard. >> first of all, as always, we have really very, very good friends in washington. it's not only political interest. it's not only security. i think, first of all, the main reason that two states were sharing the same values, the st

battlefield that is syria, thato carries riskall of the allies of president assad, and that includes lebanon's hezbollah fighters, fighting tens of thousands across the border in syria, and iran. iran has been moving revolutionary guard officers and advisors out of syria to neighboring iraq, and hezbollah fighters are ao moving to safer locations, preparing for those strikes, and not wanting like we saw recently when there were other strikes in syria by israel, that iranians were also killed in the targeting. jane: there is this real concern of escalation.ho worried are people in the region about that? lyse: there is always the risk of an escalation when you have in syria these wars within wars. s ere is the main battle between president assad'rces and his allies and those of the opposition and their many backers. therare many, many proxy wars, including ones i have already hinted at between iran and neighboring israel, and that includes the lebanese hezbollah fighters, betwn iran and saudi arabia. tensions werelrdy running high on those fronts even before this latest crisis erupted. there is a concern

hezbollah which washington regards as a terror group the issue was recently raised in congress and lebanon hezbollah a terrorist organization you just towns to see all the thousands of tens of thousands of illegal rockets violent extremist organizations or lebanese. is the murders lebanese hezbollah a terrorist organization figures show since two thousand and six the u.s. has provided nearly one point seven billion dollars to help the lebanese army the security assistance funds were mainly used to provide equipment facilities and training. after disclosure a state department official said the u.s. does keep track of all equipment handed over which decreases the risk of hezbollah using it however some members of congress along with regional experts argue there's no difference between the lebanese army and hezbollah which is supported by iran experts told us they're not convinced. to not only put money with love and were she look to put security forces with the bad mistake on the united states perjurer made his decision because this blog basically used to trolling the entire lebanese armed forces or d

foreign ministry the iranian supreme leader the revolutionary guards as well as iran's ally in lebanon hezbollah which has thousands and thousands of troops fighting alongside the syrian government they all denounce what they're calling this aggression but they're not just condemning this aggression as they call it they're also warning of consequences because iran really feels that this whole crisis really was about trying to clip its wings in syria we know that the president president trump has been discussing for days now on the table one of the options on the table was an attack to focus on iranian assets in syria hezbollah assets in syria and we know that there was some opposition to this and iran is very well aware of this it sent a very strong message by sending elie up there will a a-t. he's the top advisor to the iranian supreme leader to damascus and from the syrian capital he issued two warnings one of those warnings was to israel because on monday there was an israeli airstrike that targeted a syrian air base and killed seven revolutionary guards in iran acknowledging losing seven rev

netanyahu government has repeatedly said the base was being used by iran to supply arms to lebanon's hezbollah group. facebook chief executive mark zuckerberg is set to appear at the first of his two congressional hearings in washington d.c. in two hours time is expected to face tough questioning over how eighty seven million facebook users data was improperly shared with a british political consultancy this comes as facebook launches its own bounty program to reward people who report dates for abuse by developments because he has more now from washington d.c. . mark zuckerberg up until now known for his laid back style his stunning college invention that made him a very young billionaire but perception of the facebook founder seems to be changing just listen to the chief economic advisor to the president so you know where it's time to clean white sure you know that is i think you're right that is my last year you know do you think this is going to behave like an adult as a major corporate leader or give me this phony baloney look what is it for these younger release of the boys that kind of s

netanyahu government has repeatedly said that the base was being used by iran to supply arms to lebanon's hezbollah group. u.s. president donald trump has praised his ties with cuts are saying they are working extremely well he made the comments while welcoming the country i'm in shape i mean been to the white house for bilateral talks the pair discuss the syrian wall kind of sort of a role in the combative groups that sponsor terrorism and the g.c.c. crisis. i want to make something very clear mr president we do not and we will not tolerate with people who fund terrorism we've been cooperating with the united states of america to stop funding terrorism around the region we do not tolerate with people who support and on terrorism i would like to also thank the president for him being involved personally in solving the g.c.c. crisis he's been very helpful he's been supporting us during this blockade and i would like to also fungi merican people for being very supportive and his role is very vital to end this crisis in our region thank you sir. thank you very much it's a great honor to have the amir

and that means on the horizon there is potential war with israel and the hezbollah and lebanon. that's the road we're heading. the other thing i think implies here, last summer the president made an historic visit to saudi arabia, 55 leaders were present and he said this a paraphrase, i will stand with you against the iranians, number one threat in the region and i will assist you to drive out the violent extremists where the middle east is the breeding ground for it. pulling out of syria is going in the opposite direction. we just renewed the relationship with the sunnis. it was obama who abandoned them with a relationship with iran. this is a step in the wrong direction. >> bill: we kept troops in bosnia for 10 years. a lot of people weren't aware of that. you think the examples of somalia, iraq, vietnam where decisions were made to get out early and you think it's the wrong move. last word on that, general. >> those are examples of places where we pulled out early. where we stayed in germany, in japan, in italy post world war ii, in korea post korean war. as you know in bosni

netanyahu government has repeatedly said the base was being used by iran to supply arms to lebanon's hezbollah group well syria was high on the agenda is the us president at the americathis are at the white house area donald trump also praised his ties with cata saying they are working extremely well he and chef to mean ben how much a funny discuss the gulf crisis and cattles role in combat in groups which sponsor terrorism i want to make something very clear mr president we do not and we will not tolerate with people who fund terrorism we've been cooperating with the united states of america to stop funding terrorism around the region we do not tolerate with people who support and want terrorism i would like to also thank the president for him being involved personally in solving the g.c.c. crisis he's been very helpful he's resupport ing us during this a blockade and i would like to also fund their merit in people for being very supportive and his role is very vital to end this crisis in the region thank you sir. he's a great gentleman very popular in his country his people love him we're wo

it's close to lebanon where they support hezbollah, obviously with the border with israel, which is afer for iran. so they want to maintain their control on the assad regime and their influence in syria. but they also have to be very careful. i mean, i was saying earlier that i've never seen relations between an iran and america so bad and they could easily get a lot worse than this. so they don't want to push the envelope too far and give america an excuse to come down hard on iran. >> i did ask you a very, very broad question to which you've given a concise answer. thank you, ali arouzi. >> it's worth looking at why russia is in syria. we're going to take a quick break here and our coverage on the american attack in syria will continue after this. regularly with our ameriprise advisor. we plan for everything from retirement to college savings. giving us the ability to add on for an important member of our family. welcome home mom. with the right financial advisor, life can be brilliant. managing blood sugar isn't a marathon. it's a series of smart choices. like using glucerna to rep

and i said the government has repeatedly said the base is being used by iran to supply to hezbollah in lebanon. the daughter of a former russian double agent who was poisoned in the u.k. has been released from hospital usually a screwball and her father surrogate were exposed to a nerve agent in march the incident sparked a diplomatic crisis between the u.k. and russia china's president has promised to open the doors for foreign investment she said he'd cut tariffs on car imports and open the banking sector to foreign ownership it's the latest move in a trade dispute with the u.s. malaysia's general election has been set for may ninth prime minister najib results ruling coalition has been in power for more than sixty years and the job is being accused of corruption which he denies he faces an opposition alliance led by his former mentor prime minister mohammed donald trump has described an f.b.i. raid at the home and office of his personal lawyer michael cohen as a disgrace and a total witch hunt cohen's at the center of a controversy involving the president and an adult film star as the headl

with advisors weapons and troops syria in return grants around a much needed route to the hezbollah militia in lebanon. this man on the other hand would like to see assad out of power turkey has supported various rebel groups from the start and since january has had its own troops in syria one of president aired ones goals is to push back kurdish groups that gained influence in parts of syria by supporting u.s. operations against the so-called islamic state. let's bring in our correspondent. he's in ankara covering the three way summit there today between russia iran and turkey and the summit comes after years of fruitless efforts to halt the conflict in syria as the main power brokers what ken iran russia and turkey hope to achieve with these talks. well i think these talks will focus on a variety of issues key will be the conflicts that are being created across syria this is where syrian rebels and their families all be moved to and they will be covered by a cease fire but it's a really very controversial issue given the fact that there is a differences over whether who is included among these rebel

with advisors weapons and troops syria in return grants around a much needed route to the hezbollah militia in lebanon larger this man on the other hand would like to see assad out of power turkey has supported various rebel groups from the start and since january has had its own troops in syria one of president aired ones goals is to push back kurdish groups that gained influence in parts of syria by supporting u.s. operations against the so-called islamic state. jones is covering the summit for us and i spoke to him earlier and asked him what russia iran and turkey are aiming to achieve in these talks. i think he area of talks will be these the conflicts that have been created across syria in the last year whereby syrian rebels and their families are moved to the zones where a ceasefire is then in force them for many of those are believed to be moved to the conflict zones close to the turkish border but this policy is extremely controversial because according to syrian regime this ceasefire only covers those who are considered legitimate rebels as opposed to ones who are considered islamic terrorist

with advisors weapons and troops syria in return grants around a much needed route to the hezbollah militia in lebanon. this man on the other hand would like to see us out of power in turkey a supporter of various rebel groups from the start and since january has had its own troops in syria one of president early ones goals is to push back groups to gain influence in parts of syria by supporting u.s. operations against the so-called islamic state. you know we use a dorian jones is an encore covering the trial lateral summit dorian phyllis and what's come out of this meeting. well the message coming from the three leaders even though they're all opposing sides in the syrian civil war is a corporation who works on that corporation will continue to deepen the claim that success in the creation of these the conflict zones in syria which is where syrian rebels and their families are being slowly moved to they say that this has been successful and it will continue throughout syria they also said that this will provide service ability in the country allowed the return of syrian refugees are not a priority th

media talks about, it is an iranian bridge of influence from tehran to back at to damascus to lebanon and hezbollahlful in what they have done in establishing and expanding this political corridor -- this political. military court or of influence the russians are there because they have military bases in syria. they have a transactional relationship and arms relationship with them. that assad iss the best option other than the islamist extremist groups. and then you have hezbollah. what we forget in this equation is they are building up quite a training capacity and fighting in syria and becoming more and more of a potential threat to israel on serious southern border. the point i am making is if we want a hand in the game -- we are there in the east of the euphrates. how can we maximize deposition and how can any military action the president decides to take now be translated into political leverage? scarlet: all good questions. baker institute for private policy, thank you. up, former chairman of morgan stanley discusses china opening its markets to foreign investment. joe: and a reminder to subs

any issues.enied of lebanon's military hezbollah group says the suspect israeli airstrike on an air basesyria that killed seven iranians is an historic mistake. ashwallah says the suspected gas attack ushers in a new phase in what he calls direct confrontation with the islamic republic of iran. both blaze -- both russia and syria blamed israel for the airstrikes, which have not been confirmed by israeli tel aviv. demonstrators threw stones at demandedt forces and the rule over the region. 40 civilians were injured this week and other killed when government forces fired on protesters. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. "what'd you miss?" comey's memoir does not hit bookshelves until next week but is already a bestseller. all of this triggered by a fiery response from the president -- , theered a fiery response president calling james comey a leaker who should be prosecuted. he also called him an "untruthful sa slimeball," and this will go down as one of the worst "botched jobs" of his

today we heard the russian ambassador to lebanon speaking on hezbollah tv saying that if missiles are fired at syria, russia will not only shoot them down but will also target the sources of those missiles. >> so now we wait. thank you very much. >>> that for its part is warning the u.s. against taking any military action against the syrian regime in response to the alleged chemical attack over the weekend. the kremlin's ambassador to the united nations telling the security council that the russian military will "ensure the security of its mission in syria." for the latest on the reaction in moscow, we'll bring in cnn's nic robertson. we just heard from ben wedeman there that the likelihood or question of a strike is not if but when. the fear is if there is a u.s.-led strike is that it could quickly escalate if it were to happen too close to russian interests. so what's moscow saying today? >> reporter: sure, i mean, i think what we're hearing at the moment from the russian ambassador in lebanon is an amplification and ratcheting up, if you will, of what we've been hearing from offici

but there is a deterrent in lebanon was hezbollah. that would be part of any campaign. if the iranians are smart, and they are, they are looking at everything you just mentioned as an indicator of what is to come. their intelligence is advising their generals that these are the things taking place now. the decision-makers are being put in place, airspace is being cleared and we are starting to see a rock response with the 40s to turkey s- and iraq. i would believe those things you just mentioned. whether we do it or not, as long as they think it is a capability, going back to richards point, it is a threat. >> and i think what you are seeing, is accidentally, several years later, president obama has earned his nobel peace prize. but he did so by sending one of the worst deals in history. what a mean by that is that by going ahead and entering the jcpoa and reading the middle east to iran and all the things we talked about are happening, the reason why we think on may 12, the president may reimpose sanctions, the moderate sunni arab states in the middle east led by saudi

efforts to contain iran's military buildup in syria but also to interrupt its supply lines to hezbollah in lebanon but russian and defense would have picked up these israeli planes so why didn't they do anything about it. as far as a know about this attack it was reported that those jets made attack from lebanese airspace not they didn't introduce a syrian air space and also heard reports that basically five. out of eighty sales were hit by the syrian untie me systems and only three. eventually hit the syrian air base so i mean that's nothing to discuss that those planes were in the syrian airspace they did they did attack syrian targets inside syria from the lebanese airspace as far as a. note from news for from the news let's bring in but robert ford there in maine robot even though the u.s. fired something like fifty nine tomahawk cruise missiles at syria's show yet air base last year that was last april following that attack on the handshake and that hasn't stopped the use of chemical weapons by syria so the response has been pretty ineffective hasn't it. i don't think anyone who understands t

benjamin netanyahu his focus on the risk of their being fired from iranian bases in syria and by hezbollah from lebanon with his talk of a u.s. pullout from the iran deal and new sanctions against tehran pompei as language was almost interchangeable with netanyahu we remain deeply concerned about iran's dangerous escalation of threats to israel in the region and iran's ambition to dominate the middle east the remains of people thought that iran's aggression would be moderated as a result of signing the do the opposite has happened and iran is trying to gobble up one country after the other both men welcome the u.s. embassy move from tel aviv to jerusalem for the fourteenth of may the day the israeli state was declared seventy years ago maintain that final boundaries within jerusalem were up for negotiation that the us was committed to a lasting peace between israel and the palestinians there was no mention though of the recent demonstrations along the gaza border fence where israeli snipers have shot unarmed protesters killing dozens and injuring hundreds my pompei was a different proposition from his

the lebanese army is controlled by hezbollah which washington regards as a terrorist group and lebanon hezbollah terrorist organization uses towns to shield its balance of tens of thousands of illegal rockets a violent extremist organization like isis or lebanese hezbollah has is a menace lebanese hezbollah a terrorist organization official figures show that since two thousand and six the u.s. has provided nearly one point seven billion dollars to help the lebanese army the security assistance funds were mainly used to provide equipment facilities and training. well after the disclosure a state department official said the u.s. keeps track of all equipment handed over decreasing the risk of hezbollah using it however experts tell us that they're not convinced. to not only put money with the love of the storms were she to put us security forces she was the bad mistake students perjurer made this decision because it was blown basically to speak trolling the entire lebanese armed forces and destroyed just change from one source . this fellow used to major terrorist groups were by iran and of course

aggression not only the supreme leader the revolutionary guards as well and here in lebanon like you mentioned hezbollah which is iran's ally and they have thousands of troops in syria fighting alongside the syrian government they're all condemning what they're calling an aggression but they're not just condemning they're also warning of consequences because iran feels that this whole crisis really was aimed at the targeting iran that this was about iran that israel was trying to push the american administration to target iranian bases or iranian personnel in syria that did not happen many analysts believe that the western allies avoided that in order to prevent the risk of this situation escalating and spiraling out of control especially since the iranians were issuing threats and warnings in the alley up bar with iran's top advisor he was in damascus a few days ago and he issued two warnings one to israel saying that you know we will respond to the attack on monday that targeted a syrian air base and iran acknowledging that they lost seven revolutionary guards in that attack and will lay it to also wa

aggression not only the supreme leader the revolutionary guards as well and here in lebanon like you mentioned hezbollah which is iran's ally and they have thousands of troops in syria fighting alongside the syrian government they're all condemning what they're calling an aggression but they're not just condemning they're also warning of consequences because grand feels that this whole crisis really was aimed at the targeting iran.

netanyahu government has repeatedly said the base is being used by iran to supply arms to hezbollah in lebanon and the israeli military has confirmed that a video showing an israeli army sniper shooting a palestinian across the border in gaza is authentic. the footage was broadcast on israeli television israel's army says the incident happened in december the revelation comes as thirty one palestinians die after the israeli army opened fire on demonstrators have been protesting for more than a week at the gaza israel border. i'm only worried about what it what it will. eventually thrower. the words of the biggest. were really. clear with them work on burn and smith has more from west jerusalem now the video started circulating on social media in israel on monday evening and was received widespread coverage in the domestic media particularly because of the celebrations that the snipers colleagues go into after the palestinian is shot the israeli military says that this palestinian was only shot at the end of a two hour long riot along the gaza border fence in december he was shot after verbal w

iran also funds and supports several non-state actors in the region this includes hezbollah which is based in lebanon and fighting in syria and is committed to israel's destruction. we remain deeply concerned about iran's dangerous places the rest is rule of the region and iran's a vision to dominate the middle east the way. united states is with israel in this fight. the around deal as it stands to gain years of delicate negotiations trump must decide whether to renew the deal or renew sanctions by may twelfth. but were receiving reports of rocket attacks targeting iranian and syrian military bases in central syria state media quoted the army as saying it was a new aggression by and to me it's not clear who was responsible. well days after a historic summit between north and south korea jonghyun now says it's prepared to shut down its underground nuclear test site according to officials in the south korean capital seoul it's one of the first steps expected to be taken national with korean leader kim jong un and south korean president in pledge to officially end the state of war between their two cou

iran also funds and supports several non-state actors in the region this includes hezbollah which is based in lebanon and fighting in syria and is committed to israel's destruction. we remain deeply concerned about iran's dangerous place and the rest is rule of the region and iran's a vision to dominate the middle east the way. united states is with israel in the fight. here around deal as it stands to be years of delicate negotiations trump must decide whether to renew the deal or renew sanctions by may twelfth. all right for more let's go to summer sokol a correspondent in jerusalem now mike pump a.o. says that the u.s. is going to quit this iran nuclear deal if it's not fixed what exact problems does he have with this deal. you know as there are a few issues here at stake one issue that both the israelis and americans have been talking about a lot is the a ring in missile program and they're talking about the only long range missiles but also medium air range missiles they say that these kinds of missiles they can they can strike israel and they can carry. their weapons of mass destruction and the

trump's tweets iran seems to be inspired by something that the russian ambassador to lebanon was saying to hezbollah controlled t.v. channel basically that. the russian air defense systems in syria would be ready to shoot out of the sky any american missiles that came into the country now he was referring there to something that was said about a month ago by the russian chief of the general staff general gerasim off but he didn't get it quite according to what gerasim off actually said got to ask him off said a month ago that only if american missiles were threatening russian troops russian lives russian infrastructure in syria would this kind of response be taken but the message from this ambassador perhaps erroneously about misremembering what his generals office said was that actually any american airstrikes would be blown out of the sky any way that the the general russian response to what. donald trump tweeted earlier has been not to take the bait to maintain the line that what happened in duma was a provocation. was nothing to do with the syrian government the foreign ministry here says that a

benjamin netanyahu his focus on the risk of their being fired from iranian bases in syria and by hezbollah from lebanon with his talk of a u.s. pullout from the iran deal and new sanctions against tehran pompei as language was almost interchangeable with netanyahu we remain deeply concerned about iran's dangerous escalation of threats to israel in the region and iran's ambition to dominate the middle east the remains of people thought that iran's aggression would be moderated as a result of signing the do the opposite has happened and iran is trying to gobble up one country after the other both men welcome the u.s. embassy move from tel aviv to jerusalem for the fourteenth of may the day the israeli state was declared seventy years ago maintain that final boundaries within jerusalem were up for negotiation that the us was committed to a lasting peace between israel and the palestinians there was no mention though of the recent demonstrations along the gaza border fence where israeli snipers have shot unarmed protesters killing dozens and injuring hundreds might pompei was a different proposition from h

benjamin netanyahu of his focus on the risk of being fired from iranian bases in syria and by hezbollah from lebanon. need to now apparently couldn't be more pleased with the appointment grinning and warmly congratulating him their language at times interchangeable we remain deeply concerned about iran's dangerous escalation of threats to israel in the region and iran's ambition to dominate the middle east remains the people thought the iran's aggression would be moderated as a result of signing to do the opposite is open and iran is trying to gobble up one country after the other. has flown back to washington but if tough talk on iran please some lack of significant commitment to. this running middle eastern conflict would worry others but at that hemy. now indian government forces a fight at protestors in kashmir killing a young man and wounding at least fourteen others a protest as had been trying to help the rebels who were trapped after government soldiers cordoned off the southern village the rebels exchanged fire with troops for several hours two were killed including the top commander cash i

over time of a whole new front against israel, similar to the one that iran and hezbollah have create over anytime lebanon. that means many thousands of missiles, underground bunkers and tunnels-command and control centers, all targeted at israel. in the event that iran or hezbollah decide to use those facilities against israel, whether in retaliation for an israeli strike against iran or for some other reason. i want to tell two very quick anecdotes that i think from my own experience actually on the ground in this context that i think illustrates some aspects of what i just said. it so happens i was in israel in the very moment that obama decided not to enforce, by force, the chemical weapons red he had announced in september of 2013. so happened at that very moment i was deep in conversation with a rather senior israeli security official with responsibility for this issue, among others, and to my amazement, when i asked him what he thought about obama's decision not to use force, not to enforce the chemical weapons redline but to turn it over to the russians and the assad regime in exchange for promise

with advisors weapons and troops syria in return grants around a much needed route to the hezbollah militia in lebanon. this man on the other hand would like to see assad out of power turkey has supported various rebel groups from the start and since january has had its own troops in syria one of president aired ones goals is to push by kurdish groups to gain influence in parts of syria by supporting u.s. operations against the so-called islamic states. a spring in our correspondent dorian jones now in ankara he's covering the three way summit between russia iran and turkey that's happening there today during the summit brings together three nations with very different interests in syria's future what do they want out of these talks. well i think they are looking for and achieving an end game in syria there is realisation even though they are all from rival sides that they do have to work together on the ground to bring these warring parties together to achieve some sort of end to this seven year civil war and also to help them achieve their own regional goals given the fact that many of those goals a

lebanon. iran came in with hezbollah. we left gaza. iran came in with hamas.leave the west bank militarily or most of it as people stipulate in their various peace plans? you'll have either hamas coming in, that is iran, or you'll have isis coming in. and this is a catastrophe. the answer to your question is most people would agree to an arrangement of the kind that you're talking about. if they thought the palestinians wanted a state next to israel. but they're convinced more and more they want a state instead of israel. that is not a real peace. david: do you see any prospect in the next year or two of a deal getting done? mr. netanyahu: i think there is a new hope on the horizon that i had never seen in my lifetime. it is not related to the palestinians but to the oish world. because of the growing danger of iran, more and more i would say virtually all the oish -- asjha countries no longer -- all of the arab countries no longer see israel as an enemy but a vital ally in countering the threat of militant islam. that we are united in stopping the greatest ra