of 1946, the famous night of the bridges, they blew up all the bridges, linking palestine with lebanon syria, jordan. vicki with the important ones shift in the book is following the king david hotel another controversy i couldn't get into because they had a role in selecting targets, of more complicated story but after the carnage that arose this alliance apart completely and generally speaking after 1946, they concentrated almost exclusively as you described on information and illegal immigration. they now longer attacked the british but that was the importance in constantly keeping a much smaller force, constantly keeping the pressure on the british and making the rule untenable in the sense that there was a large garrison guarding against revolts, even having trouble defeating 5,000 let alone 60,000 men at arm's. i am not trying to finesse this worse a privilege, one was more important than the other but as someone who spent his entire career studying the effect of terrorism, like government decision making and trying to better understand the countermeasures that can be used to defeat te

there are many advisors supported by iran, mercenaries some from lebanon syria and other places all operating under the guidance of iran. >> the coalition says its military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to deposed president ali abdullah saleh join talks to oh find political situation. >> just a moment ago or couple of minutes ago i spoke to pablo marco with doctor without borders. the air strike he confirmed at a camp so lets just listen to what he said and then we'll talk about it. >> we don't have any sufficient staff but we have what the victims have told us and authorities in the different camps are telling us, that it was an air strike. up to now, we have received 34 wounded people in the hospital and 29 people or bodies that arrived to hospital. >> you've been to this camp. tell us why it would be a target. >> it became under the control of the houthis when they overran the capitol sanna in september and started expanding in north and west. the camp was formed during the time of the fighting between government forces apartment houthis in 2009. then thou

political parties running free and fair in israel, they don't have to fear their government in lebanon syria, egypt, that is the beauty of israel, it is a democracy. is it to have the west bank to go to mahmoud abbas who hasn't had elections in six years he throws anyone against him in jail. israel is a full and functioning democracy, people are afraid that the demographics -- >> they are 20% of israel. >> i'm not afraid of that. i want to see arabs being fully fledged citizens. what i don't want to seize is another terrorist organization like haz-mat which is a far greater issue for palestinians, the suppression of political rights -- >> the beauty about israelis and palestinians is they both have a desire for self determination not for israelis to make it for them. the world is full of people who don't make good decisions on their own behalf. >> fair enough but where do we draw the borders as to who makes decisions? united states to let south carolina in 1860 go its own way but it's part of the united states. is there room for another palestinian state there? good for palestinians and isra

i have visited in lebanon, syria and jordan and iraq, how the kids are trying to survive.s affecting their future, and if it's affecting the kids' futures, it's affecting their country's futures, and that means all of us too. area. >> it creates a massive multipler effect, it affects the kids from neighbouring countries because refugees are taking away resources of them. what do you see as the consequences of an enormous problem? >> well let's talk about it in terms of the kids themselves. imagine that you are a 5-year-old kid in syria, in a hard to reach area, or living in a tent literally a tent, and the winters get cold in the beqaa valley, jordan and elsewhere. that kid, that five-year-old kid has never known anything except for conflicts and violence, and the stress on their families. one of the interesting aspects, and appalling aspects of this is that we are learning more and more in scientific studies of how this affects the kids' brain. for the first few years of a kids' life the brain is developing rapidly. what happens to that kids' brain during the months and y

there are many mercenary, some from lebanon, syria, all operating under the guidance of iran. >> reporter: the coalition said the military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to the opposed president ali abdullah saleh hand over weapons, joining talks to find a political solution >>> a yemeni journalist says there could be fall out on the saudi arabia-led coalition from the strike on the camp. >> i think it will be damaging especially in the northern parts of yemen, where the attacks were as it shows in the report where there'll be numerous attacks and air strikes. >> other parts, in the south and central that are accepting, we might see not as much in terms of anger at the attacks. and perhaps they'll point to the houthis and blame them tore the attacks. the houthis showed they placed anti-aircraft weapons. in these populated areas, you have a lot of military and security bases which are attacked. and the attack was in a heavily populated area. those images were spread on social media. people filming from the windows and feeling the effects of the attacks. peo

there are many advisors who are supported by iran mercenaries, some from lebanon, syria and other places operating under the guidance of iran. >> the coalition says the military campaign continues until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to the president ali abdullah saleh hand over weapons, and join talks to find a political solution. >> a yemeni journalist says there could be fall out on the saudi-led coalition on the camp. >> i think it will be damage especially in the north of yemen, like where the attack was, and where the houthis control, as they show in the report, where there's numerous attacks on air strikes tonight. other parts of yemen, the south and central yemen which is more accepting. we might see not as much in terms of anger at the attacks, and perhaps they'll point to the houthis and blame them for the attacks. >> the houthis showed a place of anti-aircraft weapons and military equipment in civilian areas, and the problem is that in these big cities in these populated areas there's a lot of military bases, a lot of security bases which have been attacked, and, for examp

there are many advisors who are supported by iran mercenaries and some from lebanon, syria and otherces all operating under the guidance of iran. >> reporter: coalition says the military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to deposed president abdullah hand over weapons and join talks to find a political solution. kim with al jazeera. >>> al jazeera's has reported extensively in yemen and today then the saudis having to deal with this allegation that one of their air strikes has hit a camp for displaced people now this could prove to be quite a problem for them. >> it is an issue which i have been to that camp many times in 2009 2010 and 2011 and basically thousands of people have fled during fighting and means the houthis and the government and when they pounded houthi positions in 2009 thousands of families moved to a camp. the saudi army spokesperson said that the biggest problem they are facing is houthi fighters moving into urban areas or areas where you have civilians. they are using that tactic so that the saudis respond and we have casualties and w

mercenaries some from lebanon syria all operating under the guidance of iran. >> reporter: the coalitions military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to deposed president hands over their weapons and join talks to find a political solution, kim vinnell al jazerra. >>> crossing over to sanaa and speaking to a political analyst. thanks for being with us. looking at what happened overnight at that camp obviously conflicting reports still coming in about what exactly happened. what are you hearing about that attack? and what do you know about who actually lived in that cam snap. >> well, actually you said it correctly earlier when you said the camp is actually existing as a result of previous conflicts. over the past six wars, it houses about 4,000 people there. the reports that we are getting locally is that saudis have antiaircraft guns in the camp and they were firing at the air strikes, which led to the saudis respond to this gunfire and hitting the camp. killing almost 40 people and injuring almost 150 people. >> and this is according to whom? >> people from

mercenaries, some even from lebanon, syria and other places.perating under the guidance of iran. >> reporter: the coalition says it's military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to deposed president handover their weapons and join talks to find a political solution. kim vinnell, al jazerra. >> the political analyst spoke to us about the impact of the air strikes. >> they have been doing a lot of damage, you have to remember there are more than seven bases in sanaa alone, they are the strong base that his have most of the equipment that the houthi says and the forces have in the town. so they have been bombarding it. prince at one air bays they weren't satisfied with just bomb bombarding the air fields, they targeted the planes. even after striking the air airports, they targeted it for four nights and yesterday they destroyed eight fighters jets that we have, so far it's been quite effective. you have to remember the houthis houthis. [ inaudible ] if they call for dialogue it, will be only to buy time. that is why e

i have got to update my ink. >>> israel is bordered by egypt, jordan, syria, and lebanon.day war, israel took control of the gaza strip, the sinai peninsula, the the west bank, the golon heights and annexed east jerusalem. in 2003, israel began construction on a wall along the green line representing the israeli-palestinian border. the wall now stretches 450 miles. when completed, it will span 700 miles. 85% of it in palestinian territory. on one hand, there's no doubt that the number of suicide bombings fell drastically. on the other, there's this. you cross from jerusalem into the west bank. also called judea, sumaria, also called palestine. since 1967, half a million settlers have moved here, all in contravention of international law. many in contravention of israeli law. though in effect, it seems to make little difference. they're here and in ever-larger numbers. this is one of our drivers from tel aviv who i asked about the graffiti on this house near the settlements. so what is price tagging? >> something happens in a settlement or some attack with jews, kids from t

that crescent which is mainly from lebanon syria then iraq and iran and goes back to the east parts of saudi arabia, i think the arabs the sunni arabs, let's say who are worried from the rise of the shia iran are trying yemen as the first theater to counter the houthi -- the iranian influence. i am speculating here, but possibly this could lead to another military intervention in another -- in a number of areas and why i say that, simply because the saudis and the gulf and other arab countries including egypt led by president sisi have a mistrust towards the americans, because the americans when they decided to go to the peaceful way with iran, immediately the gulf countries realized that any deal with iran over its nuclear issue would be at the expense of those countries and then if that deal is reached that will give iran more influence more say in the region at the expense of the arab countries and i think this is the breaking point with the arab countries that's why we have heard in the last months and possibly going to be discussed in the upcoming air action summit the idea of cre

the one thing that's very clear in this part of the world, palestine, lebanon, syria, it's been cookeds. on the other hand, you get jews from yemen coming here -- >> they say hey, my great uncle was in syria at the time. hey, i remember distinctly -- >> so there is actually no answer to it. but the question of food appropriation or who owns the food is massive here. you can go on arguing about it forever. the old city is divided into four quarters. there is muslim quarter. there is a jewish quarter. there is a christian quarter. and there's an armenian quarter. each one functions independently, but people that live in the certain area are all from that religion. >> right. >> so here you see these israeli flags over this house. so basically jews have bought this house, although it's in the muslim quarter. that's very controversial because it breaks the separation that people would normally expect in this city. now we're walking in the steps of jesus christ, right? >> as i so often do. >> so this is the via dolorosa, which is the last trip jesus did before he was crucified. people feel v

you look at lebanon syria, iraq, and now yemen. we really have a major problem. and the president needs to get rid of this campaign promise and get back to a national security strategy. >> judy, you're shaking your head. >> as much as i love and respect rick, i really think that i don't want the american forces involved in a ground war or at least for different wars going on in yemen. this is something the saudis have to deal with it with our support make no mistake about it. >> that leads to my question. my question is: how can there be such a conflicting contradictory foreign policy being carried out by this president simultaneously? >> well i'm not sure it's contradictory. >> to support iran. >> no, we're not supporting iran. i think what we saw this week, what was just seen in iran is the first time the president has drawn some lines and said -- >> oh, my gosh, did you say draw lines? >> yeah. he told him you the leader of the irgc, the man who is killing americans in iraq. you won't be anywhere near tikrit. he left. now the price of american aid and american

linking palestine, lebanon, syria, jordan where the nuance shift in the girl's that is another controversy. they had a role in selecting targets. a more complicated story but after the program that arose the alliance fell apart completely. again, they. again they concentrated almost exclusively on information operations and illegal immigration and know longer attacked the british. that is where the importance of the services as a more smaller force constantly keeping pressure on the british and making rule untenable in the sense that there was a large garrison guarding against a revolt. and that -- again, i am not trying to finesse this. i am not trying to say one was more important than the other, but as someone who spent his entire career studying the effects of terrorists and political violence and government decision-making and trying to understand countermeasures that can be used to defeat terrorism that was my interest and why i thought the story at least in english literature is neglected. in hebrew literature it is controversial because as you described the knew zionist organizatio

it starts with lebanon, syria, jordan, israel, palestinian authority. this could not be a more perfect metaphor, the hole in this wall. because the dead sea is disappearing because the jordan river is broken. >> but the problem is, not merely enough people can see that damage for themselves. >> anywhere else in the world if a major and beloved waterway starts to disappear, people notice. but here it's almost impossible for the general public to notice because they can't get to it. between them and the jordan river, there are literally tens of thousands of land mines. ♪ >> but up near the sea of galilee, there is one stretch where the jordan is deep and wide enough to carry a canoe. the first explorer to chart this trip was actually another american, a navy man and fervent christian named william lynch. before the civil war, he convinced his commanders that exploring the holy land was in the u.s. national interest. >> he knew there was going to be a dangerous journey because the river was a fast-flowing body of water. >> this river? >> this river. >> thi

there are many advisors supported by iran, mercenaries some even from lebanon syria and other places, all operating under the guidance of iran. >> the coalition says its military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to deposed president ali abdullah saleh hand over their weapons and join talks to find a political solution. al jazeera. >> other correspondent has reported extensively from yemen and joins me now in the studio. what's the latest first of all that we're hearing on the fighting? this is day six. any indication of the progress that the saudi-led coalition is making? >> over the last 24 hours have been heavy clashes in the southern part of the country in aden and elsewhere. there are forces loyal to pattal saleh trying to provide assistance to houthi fighters. in aden, they are into a stage where they are putting more emphasis on preventing houthi fighters from advancing toward aden areas in the fight against the houthi. this is why we have a heavy death toll in those particular areas. >> yemen's president adou rabbo mansour hadi, his foreign minist

the iranians have now taken over the major capitals of lebanon, syria, beirut and baghdad, and it pales in significance to the situation which continues to erode throughout the middle east and it puts america at risk. bibi's rhetoric concerning an election campaign pales in comparison as to the threat the direct threat to the united states of america of isis. this is -- the president has his priorities so screwed up that it's unbelievable. >> well he's also apparently considering signing a u.n. resolution calling for a palestinian state. what would be your reaction if he did that? should he even be considering that? >> of course he shouldn't be considering it and second of all, if he does that it would be approved by the u.n. then the united states congress would have to examine our funding for the united nations. it would be -- it would be a violation because the president's anger over a statement by bibi -- by the prime minister of israel, it would be -- contradict american policy for the last at least ten presidents of the united states. >> so you think this is something the presiden

including lebanon, syria, iraq yemen, and if you take in some of the shiite populations like bahrain,have a tremendous amount of influence in the region. >> this is complicated stuff. but very important. and you've helped me understand it a little better. it's a one day at a time kind of thing. thank you. appreciate it. and don't forget to catch "road map" wednesdays on 10:00 a.m. on shift. it goes deeper with i fair to say even more maps. we are also following some breaking news out of illinois where two men, one a national guardsman, had been arrested for conspireing to support isis. now according to federal officials, a 22-year-old army national guard specialist was involved in this. they've arrested him now at chicago's midway international airport. while they say he was trying to fly to cairo, egypt. and his cousin a 29-year-old named jonas edmunds arrested in aurora. the allegations is the cousins were going to plan an attack on a military post inside the united states, in illinois. now just ahead, we will have more on that building collapse we've been following in new york city

we have seen it in lebanon and syria but this is unprecedented when we compare it to what happened in these other countries, unprecedented action taken by the saudis and their allies in the gulf and now we have seen egypt expressing not only to contribute aircraft, but also ground troops and air and sea force so it's unprecedented. i think it's a huge success we haven't seen in a long time. >> we see this beyond the arab world. we had messages of support, with he heard from turkey, there's a comment from pakistan saying it's looking into the possibility or to a request for it to join military activity. however could this go? >> exactly exactly. remember that these countries these are majority sunni countries and we are facing a situation where, you know, a group that is supported by iran has taken over power in yemen and there are fears across the region not only in the arab countries, but also in turkey and pakistan that iran might be spreading in fluence and its control inside the arabian peninsula and probably the outskirts of the arabian peninsula, the adjacent country these count

iran, you know, with its negotiations with the united states, and its spread of influence from lebanon to syria to iraq and other places. in the horn of africa, it's clear that iran, you know, proposes or challenges the arabs in a very serious logical way. there had to be a response to the fact that iran is encircling various arab countries and dividing and that strong in others. a response to iran has become a very convenient issue pretext at a very important time. on the one hand, they need to stand up to the iranian intervention in their own affairs, on the other hand, they want to walk away from the cause of the arab spring for democracy, so it seems to be working out for them for the time being. as i said, this is all temporary and we're all living in the moment. this all could blow up in their faces, you know, when the situation starts to deteriorate in yep mr. or in libya as it has in syria basically destroying entire arab states. >> shedding thoughts on the arab league, thanks for that. >> voters who missed casting ballots in nigeria's elections saturday are getting another chance. poll

the expansionist designs on the region for years expanding in lebanon, certainly in syria expanding inome the hegemon in the reason, the only portends negative for the united states and the security of the world. stuart: stephen hays. now a quick check, the stock market this tuesday, we are down 174 points. check out the price of apple stock because apple is going to launch a new online tv service this fall. another way for people to cut the cable board. to tell us what this is about, from social radar. i want to make sure i have got this right. apple tv's this fall will be one box with one remote bringing in 25 different channels for $40 a month. at i got it right? >> sounds like you got it right. are you looking to buy that for yourself? stuart: i am. i am one of those people who is confused when faced with two or three remote controls. don't know which buttons to press and i know perfectly well if i pressed the wrong what i will never get back to where i want to be. >> it is frustrating. trying to help you solve that problem by launching this bundle of tv networks expected to releas

first one is lebanon, syria, and then iraq.first one here which is lebanon. in the south here hezbollah came about in 1982 and came about as a resistance force against the israelis that were occupying south lebanon. when the israelis left in 2000, hezbollah then gained some sort of political dependence and they actually gained ten seats in 2009 in the lebanese parliament. fast forward to 2013 hezbollah get involved in qysayr strategic town between damascus and the naval base. they remain around damascus helping fight against the sunni jihadist movement when sooef ben the islamic state. now, let's look at iraq. iraq is also really prevalent with shia-backed militias. populist mobilization forces that are operating in this area here. hezbollah brigades. they over the last year have become very prevalent because the islamic state is working its way from syria into iraq into mosul which they occupy tikrit which they occupy. it has to be said during the capitulation of the forces last summer, the brigades did halt the advance of isl

there are many advisors supported by iran, mercenaries from lebanon syria and other place all operating under the guidance of iran. >> coalition naval forces say they have blocked yemen's ports to prevent rebel fighters from rearming. >> votes are still being counted this morning in nigeria. early returns though incumbent goodluck jonathan trailing former military leader muhammedu buhari. we are live from nigeria. what is the latest there and how soon can we expect to see more results? >> the chairman of the national electoral commission is announcing the results. we know already that the main opposition presidential candidate muhammedu buhari has 13 states and the incumbent president goodluck jonathan has got 11 of those states. the winner of this race not only needs a clear majority of the national votes they also have to get at least 25% of the votes in 24 of nigeria's 36 states. if the incumbent fails to do that if the main opposition fails to do that, this race will go to a runoff in a week's time. it will be the first time in nigeria's democracy has has ever happened. we are still

iraq, lebanon, syria, and now 11 -- lebanon. they're trying to put a stop to it.ails, well, the couple of things about that, yemen is a hard place to govern. it would be very difficult for me to imagine a strong iranian faxed a in yemen holding out. the leadership is trying to negotiate and trying to bring other parties -- other political parties and political forces in yemen into it. have not been able to as of yet, but at some point that has to happen. i think my sense is, the iranians of the four regions where we are seeing this proxy were, yemen is the one with -- the one least committed but they are delighted they are causing trouble for the saudis and causing them to get nervous. they are probably going to devote the least resources to this one and others. host: our next call as i read from west palm beach, portal. good morning with charles schmitz of the middle east institute. caller: good morning. my comment is what is going on in the middle east is a game being played with it again. more so about the oil than the region. and what we can acquire from that

to urban populated areas like sanaa, like aden, and as we have seen in other places like syria, iraq and lebanonnd so on, moving forces on the ground is very difficult, getting the houthis out of places like sanaa is going to be a challenge. and i suspect that the saudis and their allies are hoping that enough strategic pressure will be -- will be put on the houthis and their patrons in tehran in order to go back to the negotiations table instead of going in to a full-fledged civil war in yemen. >> this operation, though is just the kind of thing, isn't it that the arab league is looking at when it says its going to set up this unity force. >> well, you know one thing that different soldiers from different ones together another thing is to invest in the operational and logistical coordination necessary for different armies to join in one and the same operation. now, even the nato allies and they are the most sophisticated armies in the human history. when they deployed into afghanistan, which has a similar terrain to yemen, we have seen the difficulty. it's been 14 years and counting. so one thi

issues with al-qaeda, 17 years, two of them afghanistan and after that in iraq and after that in lebanon and syriantertwined with that but again it's very musky. >> the leader of al-nusra front galani is thinking if i do ditch al-qaeda we could get more resources and get more funding from countries like qatar which made it clear this may be a possible option and they could always do with more funding. >> actually it's not just qatar but the u.n. enjoy have signalled something like that about the inclusion of the al-nusra front in the dialog of forces. so they can get international, some kinds of legitimacy including the name out of the u.n. list and international list. >> so you think the western of al-nusra would change if they dropped their links to al-qaeda? >> it's not that straightforward, it's always more complex and we have groups that dropped affiliation with al-qaeda since the 90s and still on terror lists but so it doesn't work that way. however, if you have significant military presence on the ground then you need to be included one way or another and depends on the resources on the gro

jordan has 622,000 registered refugees, and lebanon and syria, they now make up 1/4 of the population, these overwhelming numbers do not include potentially hundreds of thousands of unregistered refugees that have been absorbed in urban areas, we have got to continue to support these host committees and the unmitigated strain it places on their resources. the united states has provided over $3.5 billion in humanitarian assistance. i offer my full support of continued humanitarian funding for this crisis. i want to make sure our aide is effective and not falling into the wrong hands. i was troubled by reports that showed isis fighters handing out food packages, that's why i joined with her and congressman conley and de san tess in commissioning a gao report so we can be sure the proper mechanism mechanisms are in place to spend our dollars most effectively i have to say, i've been shocked and truly dismade throughout this crisis at the lack of financial support coming from the international community. last year, only half of the u.n. budget was funded. these unfulfilled pledges of assi

iran pushed its clock in iraq and syria and lebanon and in yemen and now what i hear in your report youing about al qaeda and isis. yes, al qaeda is there isis is is in iraq and syria. they are criminal element. but we cannot ignore the presence of the arabians which is not acceptable to the air arabs. >> what if iran gets involved military what will that mean to the ring none. >> i ran knows well not to get involved. if they get involved they will be threatening world stability and the free access to markets for the europeans and the americans and they will have to face not just the arabs they will be facing also the europeans, the americans and of the the rest of the world who is going to be paying a very high price for oil because of the criminal behavior of certain elements in iran and in yemen. >> you describe a potentially explosive situation not just in the region but could have ripple affects all across the world right? >> absolutely. if iran tries to intervene militarily in yemen. this time i think the whole world will stand in their face and they are going to pay a very high p

iran has been interfering in arab affairs follow lebanon to syria to iraq and yemen and there is a strategic challenge they he need to respond to, paradoxically saudi arabia near yemen, but this needs to go baaing to dialogue or negotiation table because there are no military solutions to these problems. >> that's the next point i was going to put to you that there are no military solutions, that dialogue, among let's face it, neighbors is the only way forward. this cold war that seems to exist at the moment between saudi arabia and iran is counter productive and going to lead to trouble. >> exactly. it's been going on for years for even decades a proxy cold war between saudi arabia and iran and now exposed with saudi arabia acting directly in yemen and iran in iraq. not wanting to lead from the front, now it's up to various region ale powers to take matters in their own hands perhaps with the support of the united states as we've seen in yemen, as egypt hopes to do in libya, as perhaps turkey might do in syria or iran has done in iraq. once again what we see now is an entire region being pl

lebanon, syria, as well as israel. but guess what? with the percentage -- the likely percentage that an iranian missile can make it through -- if you run the percentages less than one percent. the likelihood that the israelis can retaliate and wipe iran off the map is 100%. so if i'm an iranian general or even revolutionary guard i'm not going to recommend that. but if the iranians have a nuclear capability, as david said nobody else is going to sit on their hands. if you are sitting in riyadh what do you see right no? you see iranians still supporting groups that want to overthrow the regime next door. you've see core constantly suspecting the iranians are playing in the eastern province which is mostly see ya dominated. now the houthis are taking over yemen. the classic saudi nightmare being surrounded by iranian puppets, and supporters. now, add on top of that an iranian nuclear capability. there's no way that the saudis will not go nuclear and by the way, i heard from one gulf foreign minister who told me a thing about a month ago

lebanon. syria as well as israel. but guess what?ith the percentage, the likely percentage that an iranian missile can actually make it through, well, if you run the percents, less than 1%. the likelihood that the israelis can retaliate and wipe iran off the map is 100%. if i am an iranian general, i will not recommend that. but if the iranians have a nuclear capability, as david said, nobody is going to sit on their hands. if you are sitting in riyadh you are seeing groups that want to overthrow the regime next door. the iranians are playing in the eastern province which is mostly shia-dominated. you see the houthis taking over yemen. it's the nightmare being surrounded by iranian puppets and supporters. add on top of that an iranian nuclear capability. there is no way the saudis won't go nuclear. i heard from one gulf foreign minister who told me i think about a month ago, he said why do you think the saudi's have in supporting the pakistanis all these years? what to you think is the quid pro quo? it is that they will give the saud

lebanon, syria, as well as israel. guess what, with the percentage, the likely percentage that an iranian missile can make it through -- if you run the percentages less than a percent, the likelihood that they can retaliate and wipe moran off the map is 100%. if i am at -- if i am an iranian general, i will not recommend that. but if the iranians the capability, no one else is going to sit on their hands. if you're sitting in rehard, what are you seeing right now, you are seeing groups that want to overthrow the regime next door. the iranians are playing in the eastern province which is mostly shia dominated. you see the huti's saking over yemen. it's the nightmare being surrounded by iranian puppets and supporters. add on top of that an iranian capability. there is no way the saudis won't go nuclear. one gulf minister told me a month ago, why do you think the saudis have been supporting the pakistanis all of these years. what do you think is the quid pro quo? the quid pro quo is they'll give the saudis the nuclear cap

when the region is so fundamentally at odds with itself, destroying companies lebanon, libya syria iraqnd the u.s. today has a much more sort of distance role from that, that the key is sort of what are the actors in the region doing. >> is it destroying countries or destroying states? do you see a common theme of the collapse of the states and influence of central governments? >> well, i would say it's both, but it's destroying countries in that these conflicts have been very deadly, as we see in the syrian conflict as unfortunately i think we'll see in yemen, as well. the fundamental point is it's not only saudi arabia versus iran or the shia-sunni sectarian tension, it's a broader struggle that has led not only to the collapse of the states, but societies in the most vulnerable, people of these sow seats. so really, and i think the one trend you can see are those countries that have more oil resources, more weapons are going after each other in those places that are more fragile have secretarial sections and are simply more poor. >> thank you for your thoughts on that. >> thank you.

stable countries of the middle east with their proxies like the hutis and yemen and others in lebanon and syriand iraq. have them coming at you. also, isis. from the sunni side of the picture. and they're coming at us from a different direction. but even though they're not allied with the hutis and with the shia, they're still a very serious problem. and we are -- >> i'm sorry to interrupt. let's take the worst-case scenario. an all-out war between iran and saudi arabia. are we closer to that than we were before? is there a possibility of that happening? >> it could. i think it's unlikely. but it could. and we have got to, if that happens, we have got to help the saudis. as much as we have problems with them. their lack of democracy, treatment of women, we can't let iran control the persian gulf and eastern mediterranean. it would be a big mistake. >> whose side are we on right now? we asked that as far as israel is concerned. we seem closer to iran than israel in certain policies. i'm wondering, in all of what's going on in the middle east, is there any strategy that we have there at all? do y

you have other you have other elements there is real strong influence, and of course you hp+e lebanon and syria now you're really looking at iraq. and the win -- you know, so if i was to say who is winning and who is losing i would say iran is winning knew iran is winning, charles? >> and it looks as if we're the american acquiescence, kerry was asked to run syria iran is running syria and now iran is taking over the military in iraq we're essentially handing over the dominance of the sunni arabs. >> i think we still don't really have an answer for thpá. obviously we still have the talks continuing. nobody wants to see a nuclear iran. nobody knows exactly what the rules would be otherwise. >> the senate republicans are three votes short of a filibuster-proof vote on the corker bill, which would force the administration to put this iran deal before congress, the white house is terrified that they will get it. but it should happen. >> bob menendez may face corruption charges -- pretty stunning. tie it altogether. finally winners and losers. >> my winner this week is the israeli prime minister, be

and to tell you the truth, adrian i think we're probably going to see some more movements in lebanon, turkey syria iraq after this saudi gamble in yemen? >> always great to talk to you. many thanks indeed. >>> well iran is locked in yet day of talks on its nuclear program with world powers in switzerland, the attack on yemen has always been discussed there the foreign minister is urging an end to the strikes. any deal on tehran's nuclear program could impact the wider region. james bayes reports. >> reporter: my menmy's enemy is my friend. some say that still best explains the range of eye liances in the middle east. in yemen an ongoing military operation lead by saudi arabia one of the u.s.'s closest allies, against the houthis, a group that now control large parts of the country, and has close links with iran. yet turn to iraq and iran and the u.s. find themselves on the same side. iranian units are fighting isil alongside iraq y forces. go just across the border in syria, and things get even more confusing. iran and the u.s. both oppose isil here too. however, the iranians provide direct milita

neighborhood, he's worried about the fact that iran or iranian proxies he says now are in gaza in lebanon, in syriahe heights and worried about the grumbling of the middle east. he's iran asserting power extending its reach and building nuclear weapons capability. in that context he says the jewish state faces potential destruction and we can't outsource the discussions with iran to other countries that won't take our views necessarily into account as we feel they should be. so i think it's not just about world views, it's about geographical location. >> ifill: but does that put a strain on the israeli-u.s. relationship to agree it's in crisis or is this just a disagreement we'll get past? >> i think it's axe actually the latter because if one takes the longer view and i think prime minister netanyahu said it earlier today at the apec conference, trive have been other disagreements between the united states and israel going back to 1948, with each president there has been a moment of not just december agreement but crisis with both democrats and republicans yet the relationship has gotten stronger.

let's put up this map because they have growing power in iraq, in syria, in lebanon and in yemen. and this week, saudi arabia and egypt finally decided that they were going to push back against iran and here is what the saudi ambassador to the u.s. told me about iran. >> they want to dominate the region. their officials have made no bones about publically saying how proud they are to control four arab capitals. beirut dam as cass and sanaa. we will not tolerate any aggression against the kingdom of saudi arabia or our allies. >> we will not tolerate any aggression. question, how close are we to a sectarian regional war in the middle east? >> yeah, we're not close. we're there. this is what's going on. we have to face reality and not try to assume that we are going to be able to say something and hope that that's going to be -- that our policy will be carried out because we say something. we have to face the reality that we're in right now. that reality is there is a sectarian war. we have to acknowledge, chris that both iran and these radical islamists, these extremists, we have t