for more we go to beirut to speak with nisreen salti, economics professor at the american universitybeirut; and eye-ah majzoub, the lebanon and bahrain researcher for human rights watch who co-authored their new report: "they killed us from the inside: an investigation into the august 4 beirut blast." welcome to democracynow. thank you for joining us from lebanon. when protests broke out yesterday, you were there in the streets. if you can describe the scene and put it in the context of the findings of your report. nisreen: thank you for having me on today. the protests were helpful. they were the biggest protests we had in over a year. thousands ca out to demand justice and accountability for the blast. they came from all parts of the country, converging to hear statements from the families of those who died in the explosion. there was a moment of silence at exactly 6:08 p.m. and then people headed over to parliament where there were some skirmishes between security forces who were securing the perimeter. it was significant for protesters yesterday because the parliament is currentl