folks who just voted for donald trump and just voted for hillary clinton, in a town in ohio, in south lebanon, i believe, where you had had a 50/50 split in the vote outcome and where polarization was high as it was across the country to see if through a series of guided exercises it would not be possible to take these folks who were just sort of on the razor's edge of severing their relationships with each other, you know, representing other folks who are similarly polarized in their community to see if they couldn't find common ground and restore some essential sense of trust and friendship as americans and as neighbors. lo and behold this initial three-day workshop based on the principles of marriage counseling was a tremendous success. it managed to -- it managed to transform these folks' views and understandings of each other and why it is that they voted the way that they did each if they disagreed vociferously and intensely on the issues. so after that we were called better angels at the time, basically the group took the show on the road, going into 2017 in the spring and the summer,

probably its fifth year in discovering there are active tunnels leading from hezbollah areas in the south of lebanon into the -- and over the border of israel. these tunnels have been used historically. in 2006 it became a mandate they be inspected and of course eliminated. there have been no inspections since 2018. what will you be doing to ensure that the united nations asserts its authority that was granted in 2006 at the end of the last conflict? ms. thomas-greenfield: we work very closely with the u.n. to ensure we hold them accountable for their mandate responsibilities and on unifel, we have been working with the u.n. to encourage them to, again, be very diligent and work to find where these tunnels are and to deal with them. i will, again, raise that with the u.n. as we move forward on this, but we do know that unifel does provide a level of security inside of lebanon that we think is important. mr. issa: throughout the last round that came out of gaza with some rockets being fired out of lebanon, it certainly seems we are on the precipice of a potential return to 2006 that was devastating f

. >> ambassador, as we speak in the fifth years since discovering in those areas in the south the lebanon that that tunnels are historically being used and in 2006 it was a mandate by the one to be regularly inspected and eliminated. what would you be doing to ensure the united nations asserts its authority. >> we work very closely with the un to ensure we hold them accountable for mandate responsibilities and we have been working with the un to encourage them to again be very diligent and then to deal with them. and then as we move forward on this and what we think is important. >> but since 2018 after the last round of attacks that came out of gaza that summer fired out lebanon that we're on the precipice return of 2006 and then for the innocent people the other parts of lebanon. and then lebanon has the highest concentration of refugees about one out of four people are currently a refugee. the total number has risen to over 79 million. what are your initiatives to find ways to relocate or at least make livable the situation for those refugees scattered around the world? >> thank you fo

year since discovering that there were active tunnels leading from the hezbollah areas in the south of lebanon and over the board of israel. these tunnels have historically been used in 2006 and they've been inspechted and eliminated. there's been -- and the united nations was granted in the end of 2006 at the end of the last conflict. >> we worked very closely with the u.n. to ensure that we hold them accountable for their mandate response believeities and on unifill we have been working with the u.n. to again, be very diligent and work to find where these tunnels are and to deal with them. i will again race that with the u.n. as we move forward on this, but we do know that unifill does provide a level of security inside of lebanon that we think is important. >> i appreciate that, but since 2018 they were being denied tunnels particularly after the last ground of attacks that came out of gaza with some rockets being fired out of lebanon. it certainly seems like we are on the precipice of a potential return to 2006 that was devastating for israel and also devastating for the innocent people in

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lebanon, security forces open fire on protesters injuring at least 4 people. people have been storming banks and offices of power companies in tripoli. and in the south, inside on anger is growing over the government handling of economic crisis, which is one of the world's worst. and 150 years, the currency is in freefall and there are widespread shortages of electricity as well as fuel. members of a rocks, popular mobilization forces have held rally and the other province. the umbrella organization of shop per paramilitary groups had been blocked from holding previous rallies. the group emerged in 2014, to help the iraqi army fight against iso. in may, the government arrested the leader of a p. m. f group and, and bar province. before releasing him shortly after, without charge on saturdays rally by the p. m. f was controversial as iran con reports from baghdad. while they're running today for a show of force. now who all the pyramid has an interesting question. in 2014, there were no grated under facts. while by tele alley is historically the highest shit, religious authority in iraq. they were a militia, a paramilitary force designed to fight ice,