and the french have naval assets in the mediterranean as well.ussians have naval assets and so do the turks. and the israelis. you have a bunch of naval assets up in the mediterranean. >> i thought the comment was quoted, the word they used was we are not familiar with -- that's a strange way to say -- >> certainly vague. >> right? >> yes. >> strange way to say it. >> indeed. >> yeah. as you say. oil did spike up a little bit earlier. up to 115. this comes as we still wait for developments in the united states. where are we now? we heard from senators mccain yesterday. >> the president chose to lead from behind, but now leading from behind congress and it will take a little longer than he probably anticipated. he pulled out the big guns when it comes to the republicans, they sent out john mccain. he can't be sure even of getting the 50 votes out of 54 of the democrats in the senate at this point because they're so divided in terms of what they want to do on syria and whether an attack is warranted. >> yeah. and now the debate seem to be centered

so ballistic rockets launched in the mediterranean and detected by russia were part of an israeli missile defense death that briefly hiked censure in the region waiting for a possible u.s. strike on syria. with american troops preparing to leave afghanistan for good next chair washington's childish to close what seen as one of its violent prison facilities that considered so dark it makes good looks like a summer camp. and what comes to see a vet use all the crisis in the eurozone voters give a hard time to germany's genuine election hopefuls who they believe focus too little on will be main priorities should be. international news life for most this is our see with me as you know our thanks for joining us is rojas carried out and announced a missile test in the mediterranean sparking an alert in light of a military buildup in the region for a potential strike on syria the confirmation came after the launch of two rockets was detected by russian graders. joins me now live with more details hi there you are so what do we know about the test and the speculations around it. well the missiles

russian radar systems have reportedly detected two missiles launched eastward from the central mediterranean the u.s. has been readying a military strike against syria and its ships have been converging in the area for around two weeks now president obama however said there should be a congress vote before washington launches any action russian radar systems have reportedly detected two missiles which were launched somewhere over. the middle east all america's top diplomat does say congress is not the last word when it comes to america's ambitions to attack syria u.s. secretary of state john kerry believes there is evidence enough to allow the president to launch an assault even if lawmakers say no but after years of constant war and killing it's not the strikes that scare syrians the most as. report alaska's. were last time in damascus a year ago now we returned and we decided to meet some of the people we've previously interviewed for our report but sadly many of them have either fled the chaos or were killed one of those who died was hamad rafia yon very successful very famous actor who w

perhaps later in the eastern mediterranean.ngs do go badly and the administration has to prolong these strikes for more than 96 hours, the carrier battle group may participate. but frankly, as of today, that's unlikely, harris. >> well, i always like to ask a general who's been in battle a question like this. when we have that much firepower pointed in one direction, how much damage can we really do to the assad regime in say 24 to 96 hours? >> we could do a lot of damage. and let's face it, his regime is going to be damaged, particularly his larger systems and all those facilities, harris, that can't be moved, like radar sites, command and control headquarters, airfields. so, he's going to suffer some damage. the question is, is after the smoke clears after 24 to 96 hours, will assad still be in power? so far, it seems to us, at least, the answer's yes. >> general bob scales, thank you so much for being here tonight. you know the story on syria, the crisis in syria has been unfolding nonstop this long holiday weekend. we will

two ballistic rockets launched in the mediterranean and detected by russia but part of an israeli missile defense test briefly heightened tension in the region waiting for a possible u.s. strike on syria. with american troops preparing to leave afghanistan for good next year washington is under pressure to close what seen as one of its harshest prison facilities they're considered to be even worse than guantanamo bay. and what comes first super veggies for the crisis in the euro zone voters give a hard time to germany's general election hopefuls who they believe focused too little on what the main priorities should be. life from a studio center here in moscow which just turned nine pm this is. israel has carried out an unannounced missile test in the mediterranean sparking an alert in light of a military buildup in the region for a potential strike on syria the confirmation came off to the launch of two rockets was detected by russian radars. going off brings us the details. the two missiles were launched at around five am g.m.t. in the neutral waters off the mediterranean sea and then he

boats into the eastern mediterranean of course that is a threat which they are building up. ahead of. building up towards damascus and towards syria and of course towards iran as well they are threatening lebanon just as well. we have to wait and see what actually will happen when obama was asked whether he will go to war against syria even if he does not get the ok from the congress he didn't answer this question so we have to say wait and see what he will do right journalist karyn lakefield sank you very much indeed for speaking to us thank you. thank you and they were saying you need to know about what's going on and a round series on our website goes on to dot com for our live updates on the chemical weapons crisis. and also coming up for you lace a new program released so within hours of exposure the latest inspections show radiation levels of the devastated for nuclear plant in japan are eighteen times higher than just over a week ago and also to count. one thousand days and counting that's how long we kill expounded change on a song i spend on to house arrest in londo

so bullish stick rockets launched in the mediterranean and detected by russia were part of an israeli missile defense danced that briefly high tension in the region waiting for a possible u.s. strike on syria. with american troops preparing to lead up gonna stand for good next chair washington's challenge to close what's seen as one of its violet's prison facilities that are considered to be considered to be so dark it makes it look like a summer camp. and all kinds of fast soup and veggies all the prices in the europe protests give a hard time to germany's general election hopefuls who they believe focus to this one won't be main priority should be. international news live from moscow this is us he was me you know thanks for joining us. israel has carried out and announced missile tests in the mediterranean sparking an alert in lines of a military buildup in the region for a potential strike on syria the confirmation came after the launch of two rockets was detected by russian radars and is going off john is now live with more details igor a high that so will do in about the test and

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rockets launched in the mediterranean and detected by russia were part of an israeli missile defense test that briefly heightened tension in the region waiting for a possible u.s. strike on syria. with american troops preparing to leave afghanistan for good next year washington is under pressure to close what seen as one of its harshest prison facilities they're considered to be even worse than one ton of. what comes first veggies all but crisis in the eurozone voters give a hard time to germany's general election hopefuls who they believe focus too little of what the main priorities should be. live from our studio center here in moscow is just turned eleven pm this is r.t. the u.s. senate foreign relations committee is now debating a possible strike on syria now these are live pictures from washington the committee chairman been calling on senators to support military action voicing his conviction of the syrian regime's responsibility for the recent chemical attack near damascus and this is just been reiterated by the secret state john kerry he's talking now and he says he does beli

that is send a spyship to the eastern mediterranean. what kind of ship is this. possibly accomplish? >> yeah. this is electronic warfareship. we have many -- very similarships. what we do quite often is we will tray behind russians or chinese and gather electrical intelligence so there are no guns on thisship. it's not a weapon to be feared but the russians are interested in how we are doing business. they are going to be watching us very very closely. if that ship makes it to the mediterranean before this strike commences the russians are going to learn a great deal about how much pro-he gress we have made in conducting these strategic strikes, harris. >> harris: interesting. speaking of progress the uss nimitz is on its way. >> yeah. >> why? >> because it's a game of checkers and chess, harris. it's an opportunity to move a carrier battle group into the red sea. check and check mate against any russian moves. it's also presence in the red sea perhaps later in the eastern mediterranean and if things do go badly and the administration has to prolong these strikes

. >> reporter: and, peter, we are also hearing that russia is sending more war ships to the mediterraneannd what can you tell us about that? >> the missile crews are heading in from the atlantic to join the existing russian fleet but is as it always is on stand by off that part of the eastern mediterranean, the russian defense ministry are at pains to point out it's not a result of the build up of the crisis, this is a regular deployment and regular rotation of vessels in the area. of course there is a sizable presence of the american six fleet in the area with five crews missile carries destroyers but russians point out this is not in reaction to that. but obviously i mean it's a chance for the russians to fly the flag and remind the americans that the eastern mediterranean is not just their pawn. >> reporter: peter sharp, d-20 summit in st. petersburg, thank you. and we go to live pictures of the summit right now. there we go. we see barack obama speaking to david cameron. this is the final day of meetings and of course the main agenda of the summit is economic, the economy and financia

coast over the past week and there are currently five destroyer is loaded with missiles in the mediterranean along with phoebe as a sole ship with hundreds of troops on board in the letter to the un syria has asked the world body to prevent american aggression and to push for a political solution. has been finding out how the escalation of the situation is affecting syrians there. tomorrow next week next month series wondering if or when america's missiles will strike and what the aftermath will be but for many people here it doesn't pay to linger on what tomorrow will bring because the resolve ready a war today. the snow is going on the way you money we've been at war for two years with bombs falling in our hands just a few kilometers from here cruise missiles around as well is the difference in the us i get the shot every day every hour every minute tween der bombardment we have bombs and terror attacks showing it's not very hard to face america after dealing with the job its for so long michel will lead not his real name has a nice apartment in an upmarket area of damascus but a year ago

russia's defense ministry says two ballistic missiles were launched in the central mediterranean this morning before a port of it falling into the sea there is currently a u.s. military buildup in the area over syria. america's top diplomat says the u.s. could attack syria even if lawmakers say no as washington's european allies release evidence they claim bashar al assad did order a chemical weapons that time. there's still no plan on what to do with america's most infamous jail in afghanistan a facility so dark that former detainees say gone time zero is a holiday come to background. plus shouting to be had a london street performer with a booming voice and an eyeful contrabass it could have a megaphone ripped from his hands by the authorities. this is coming to live from moscow hello and welcome to the program russian radio systems reporting they decided to miss i was a launch to eastwards from the central mediterranean this morning it's unclear who launched them or indeed what they were targeting no one has claimed responsibility and. joins us now live with more details hello ther

it was a test missile that was fired in the eastern mediterranean.entagon was aware of it but it seemed as though general dempsey and hagel were caught off guard. this was sent out by george little a while ago. he said the u.s. defense department provided technical assistant and support to an israeli missile test. not connected to syria. it's raised eyebrows here in washington. jenna: and one thing is clear. people are watching. right? watching what we're doing in that area of the word for sure. thank you. >> thank you. jon: for more on the military moves in the mediterranean and the push for a u.s. strike on syria, i'm joined by retired lieutenant colonel, a fox news military analyst. i don't want to put you in the position of second-guessing the joint chiefs of staff but a lot of people were taken aback by what president obama said on saturday, that his joint chiefs chairman has said we can wait. it's not going to affect our ability to go after asad's arsenal. what do you think? >> i think most people are going to go against that statement because

in the mediterranean apparently in the central part of the sea and then headed towards. and this was detected by russia's early warning system and then reported by the defense ministry at first no one else could officially confirm that this happened including israel and the u.s. but then would heard from the israeli defense ministry which announced that this was a test all for the new anti missile defense system they say was conducted with the assistance of washington although this still hasn't been confirmed by the united states israel says that a military plane fired a rocket which was then intercepted or shot down by an interceptor missile now this late raises lots of questions over the timing of such tests and how appropriate they are at the moment in that area in the mediterranean very close to syria with the whole country and the region around it currently being flooded with tension and concern over a possible military intervention into the situation there by the west although most nato members said that they are not planning to take part in any military action aga

this is called a mediterranean climate.e really left with a backwards world here, it's moist and it's green in the wintertime and it's parched, hot and dry in the summertime. the challenge is that even though the moisture is available here in the wintertime, it's cooler in the wintertime, and the light levels are lower because the sun is lower on the horizon. now you don't have as much to work with light wise for photosynthesis. if you can adapt to this habitat, you are stuck here, because you have to grow in that habitat, and it doesn't exist anywhere outside mediterranean regions. that's why the mediterranean regions of the world are biodiversity hotspots. so many plants have adapted to grow just in that climate that they are full of endemics, and that shoots up the biodiversity even higher. one feature that a lot of the plants that live in mediterranean climates share in common is - they are beautiful! they have gorgeous flowers and they produce lots of them. so the one that's right in front of me here, this lotus, is a

israel says two ballistic rockets detected by russia's radars in the mediterranean sea was part of a missile defense test in a region already feeling the tension of a possible american strike on syria. america's top diplomat says the u.s. could attack syria even if lawmakers say no as washington's european allies release evidence they claim shows that bashar al assad did order chemical weapons that time . it's the plan on what to do with america's most infamous jail in afghanistan a facilities so dark that former detainees say gone tonto is a holiday count compared to. the shouting to behead a london street before it would have booming voice undeniable controversy heard hobby megaphone ripped from his hands by the authorities. international news live from moscow this is she with me your national thanks for joining us. israel has tested a missile defense system in the mediterranean causing a brief spike contention in a region currently seeing a build up of military force the launch was detected by russia's radars and comes as the u.s. positions itself for an expected act on syria. joi

the mediterranean oceans are seeing a virtual invasion.e french have found creative solutions to tackle the problem. >> they are breathtaking. there are millions of them. people do not realize how much they could change our world. the invasion of the jellyfish. some try to lock them out. others say harvesting them for food is the only way to quell their numbers. the marine biologist has been observing jellyfish for years. the biologist from france describes them as an increasing plaguing the world oceans. >> you cannot say jellyfish want to conquer the world because they are basically simple organisms with no free will. but humans have created conditions that have done a great hill to encourage their -- a great deal to encourage their expansion all over the globe. >> that is certainly clear in the mediterranean where swimming is not the carefree pastime is to be. in the past, the jellyfish used to be cited only every few years. now it is a constant problem. >> i have been stung by one of those jellyfish. it is incredibly painful and leaves

station in southern russia and peter sharp is live for us in moscow and bolistic objects in the mediterranean how much more do we know? >> we have this from one source and the story broke about 45 minutes ago when the russian defense minister sergai spoke to president putin and said o615 g radio station in southern russia which has oversight over that area of the military reported to the two launches and the central mediterranean heading to the east. that has not been confirmed elsewhere and israel has no knowledge of this. nato is refusing to verify it. but we did get a report from the russian information agency, ria, quoting a russian diplomate in syria as saying the two objects have now fallen into the sea. that is a quote fallen into the sea. this is an area of great tension as you can imagine. the elements of the six u.s. six fleet have assembled there for some days including five destroyers and a vessel with marines on board and the russians have been rotating their naval forces from the black sea fleet through the same area. just to repeat, no confirmation of this other than the russia

food inspired by the mediterranean and middle east with a twist so unique you can only find it in onee in san francisco. we're at the 55th annual armenian festival and bizarre. this is extra special not only because i happen to be armenian, but there is so much delicious food here. and i can't wait to share it with all of you. let's go. armenia, culture and cusine has had much cultural exchanges with its neighbors. today armenian food infuses he flavor from the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern europe. >> this is our 55th year and in san francisco we're the largest armenian food festival and widely recognized as one of the best food festivals in the area. we have vendors that come up from fresno, from los angeles showing off their craft. we really feel like we have something for everyone in the neighborhood and that's really what it is, is drawing people to see a little bit of our culture and experience what we experience weekend in and weekend out. >> we are behind the scenes now watching the chef at work preparing some delicious armenian kabob. this is a staple in armenian coo

cruise missiles the strike groups expected to team up with several ships already in position in the mediterranean off the syrian coast the combined fleet could pummel damascus from a safe distance dealing massive damage to the country artie's maria fanaa has the reaction from the syrian capital. tomorrow next week next month series wondering if or when america's missiles will strike and what the aftermath will be but for many people here it doesn't pay to linger on what tomorrow will bring because the resolve ready award today. the snow is going on the money we do you have been at war for two years with bombs falling in our hands just a few kilometers from here cruise missiles or endless war is the difference. every day every hour every minute we endure bombardment we have bombs and terror attacks shelling it's not very hard to face america after dealing with the jihad its for so long michel walid not his real name has a nice apartment in an upmarket area of damascus but a year ago he moved into the hotel his running for safety reasons after family member was kidnapped by what he says were member

cruise missiles the strike groups expected to team up with several ships already in position in the mediterranean off the syrian coast the combined fleet could pummel damascus from a safe distance doing massive damage to the country maria for now has the reaction from the syrian capital. i followed obama's message from the white house i was in with the syrians and i had a very good opportunity a chance to see their vivid reaction to their to read their faces and to see all the developments of the emotions and feelings that i have to say that if at the beginning of a bomb a speech people were nervous and would tans and of course were frightened obviously what i saw at the end of the message from america was relief what i saw in people's eyes because the president said that the u.s. should take a military response to chemical weapons use that could happen tomorrow next week or next month he'll see congress' approval for attack in syria and that manned delay for everybody here and many here are two good legs of strategy they say congress is unlikely to a group interaction against syria so there's a

other mediterranean trees that we like? >> we to. i'm still trying to get the city to send me to itly to do more research. thank you. so far that hasn't resulted in anything but there are some italian tree that is we can plant, italian buck horn, and in some cases with the right conditions italian cypress can be planted. there are a variety of mediterranean trees. >> look at this. yeah. this is done. brand new. >> this is the same vandal that did the other one. >> here's a tree that hasn't been pruned to death, that has had other problems that led to its demise. >> that's right. this is a tree that again, if we can lurble i, if you look around, sometimes you can learn a lot of information about a tree. you can see, at the base of this tree, probably, that when it was young, i'm sure, somebody backed into it, when they were trying to get ow of their parking place and caused pretty serious trunk wound down here. so this side of the tree, we've seen a lett of wounding, there's a lot of deadwood inside the tree. what has happen

in europe, but center of the mediterranean.panies that want to penetrate the european market, have a safehane where to invest. so by investing in our country, you can be part of the european market but you're minutes from libya or an hour from egypt, an hour from tunisia and the other places. the best place to position the headquarters. >> when you look at the united states and the budget deficit and the $17 trillion, and the threat of the potential government shutdown and things like that, what do you see? does it make you fearful? >> no. what happens in the united states affects us all. whether we're a small country in the mediterranean or elsewhere in asia. for me the important thing is not the amount of the deficit but how we spend your money. the important thing when you have a deficit and if you have a deficit you need to spend that money wisely. not just throwing it at the dogs. >> eric: your unemployment rate is what? 6%? >> yes. >> eric: do you look at ours at 2.3, what are you doing differently? >> i think we are, we'

the israelis launch ad missile test from deep in the mediterranean, launch ad misle from a fighter jet towards israel, simulating a ballistic missile attack, the same kind of missile attack that would come from syria or iran. they said it was a long-planned test. clearly sending a message to those around the region they are ready and on hig alert. an interesting sort of note to keep in mind here in terms of the world superpower stage this is playing out in, a proxy between the united states and russia. while the united states still firmly supports israel, vows to protect it, russia is still firmly behind president assad and his regime. the very first warnings we got about that first israeli missile test actually came from russian air defense radar operating inside syria, the very same radar that would be tasked with picking up any kind of attack by the united states on syria. melissa. melissa: leland, that thanks so much. >> the world is watching not just to see what we decide but watching to see how we make it decision. whether in a dangerous world that we can still make our governmen

in the mediterranean sea. the ministry of defense issued a statement after russia said they detected to ballistic missiles being launched toward the eastern mediterranean coastline. our correspondent in jerusalem has more on that test. >> the israeli ministry of defense seems to have been somewhat forced into issuing this short statement admitting that indeed it conducted a military exercise in collaboration with its american counterpart. launching successfully, what it is calling a newer version of the sparrow missile, part of the interceptor system over the mediterranean, earlier this tuesday morning. the exercise was successfully conducted, according to the statement, which gives no further information as to the timing or the scheduling of this event, which indeed comes at an extremely sensitive time. >> the u.n. says more than 2 million syrian's -- syrians are now registered as refugees. the latest u.n. figures also show that about one third of the population, 7 million, have been displaced by the country'

in the eastern mediterranean. they called this an anchor missile test.hat seems to have happened is that two missiles were fired from an israeli yet and were used to test a u.s.-funded anti missile system. it would appear to be a rachetting up of the preparedness of coalition allies, essentially american forces in the eastern mediterranean so that they would be able to detect potential missile threats because of course assuming that they do go ahead and make some kind of missile strike against syrian targets, they have of course have to be prepared for the slim possibility that syria might attempt to lob some missiles in the option direction. >> paul, does this appear to be in your opinion a case of sabre rattles as the assad regime says that if the u.s. launches missile strikes, it will widen the conflict in the middle east, russia moving more carriers in. are we seeing an escalation of tensions, in your opinion? >> there is certainly an escalation of tensions. the announcement by president obama relaxed the tensions here. that tension has relaxed somew

we are receiving news israel fired a missile into the mediterranean sea. ballistic activity was initially detected by russia. israel now says it was carrying out a joint test with the u.s., however, the american navy stated minutes ago it did not launch missiles from ships in the mediterranean. this is a rapidly developing story and we will bring you more as we get information. french authorities have declassified an intelligence report on a chemical weapons attack that took place near damascus august 21 aired eight pages that detail the syrian government arsenal. the attack is clearly blamed on government forces. eight movie has details. >> and massive attack with a warning of graphic content. one of six amateur videos of the french government has authenticated and put online, which it says shows last month's chemical weapons attack "could not have been ordered or carried out by anyone but the syrian government." along with nine pages of declassified intelligence -- francois hollande making his case to french lawmakers. authorities have studied dozens of

the main reason was that other destinations on the mediterranean like egypt, turkey, and tunisia are currently less popular because of ongoing political tensions. greece has also benefited, or to be more precise, the greek islands have benefited. there are lots of them to choose from if you are a traveler, so they have come up with a special concept to attract taurus -- tourists. >> a landscape of shimmering blue and white. the archipelago shows greek life at its best. the recession that has battered the rest of greece has hardly made a dent here. the island gets 90,000 visitors daily. there are plenty of jobs, and the luxury boutiques have no problem finding affluent customers. greece has 170 other islands, all with equally gorgeous beaches and sunshine, but nowhere is taurus and growing as fast as here -- nowhere is taurus him -- nowhere is tourism growing as fast as here. what are they doing differently? the mayor of the island does not have an answer, but she insists that not everyone is benefiting. >> we are a wealthy island, but the local government hardly benefits from it, so