what's the distance of the border between southern lebanon and northern israel? uest: southern lebanon is on the border of israel. host: but in terms of mileage? how far? guest: they're right on the border. if you're in some parts of the southern israel on the border, you can see some towns in lebanon. physically. you can see them. if you look at beirut, the capital, which is not even in the south, it's really more in the center, on the mediterranean, you look at the northern cities of israel, whether it's-dwra -- haifa to the south, there used to be a train that would get through in less than a couple of hours so it's a very small distance. this is an area -- that's why palestinian refugees went there, thinking they were going a few miles with a from what was then northern palestine. we speak about the lebanese population, which is roughly about four million people. and very mixed. christians themselves are divided between marinites, greek orthodox, greek catholics, the muslim. there's armenian also. roughly 4% of the population. there are also about 400,000, may

the response was that where those settlements were, there are rockets being shot into southern israel by people who are saying to give up is zero. i do think there are some settlements that will eventually be in israel as part of a peace deal. there needs to be some modest changes on the border, some that might even favor the palestinians. at the same time, there are outlining settlements that if there was real peace, israel would shut down. israel -- collapse settlements and will move the people in the settlements from gaza. they are willing for peace to confront their own people and remove settlements. host: our guest has been brad sherman from california, and chairman on one of the house committees. we appreciate your time. we will take a short time out and talk more about the elections in iran. our guest will be from penn state and formally with the national security council. and more of your calls. we will be back. >> right now online, look for our redesign book tv website. stream programming rate your computer. it is easier to search for and watch videos. you can share the video

10,000 possibly chemical weapons in syrian hands and the homemade weapons that hamas buyers into southern israel which increasingly can reach demonic and televisa according to some reports not to mention whenever saddam wants to do so having all these ponds in place to put israel in a great amount of danger and also from the viability of a fatah led a faction in the west bank. it for obvious reasons the strength will wane. there are a lot of permutations about the way this is going to work out but at the end of the day it comes down to iran not getting nuclear weapons and the shifting the balance of power that right now gives the region, and that clinton is a stable of more stable than it could be. >> that is the other side of that which is that a barack obama has said it would be intolerable for the iranians regime, not in general, this regime to get nuclear weapons. president bush said the same thing, the israelis are saying it and some people think the israelis really mean it. >> well, i continue to hear about possible plans for a strike, but as i understand a strike would be probably one of

5,210,000 possibly chemical weapons in syrian hands and the homemade weapons that hamas buyers into southern israel which increasingly can now reach tell of the according to some reports not to mention whenever sudan was, and other wares having all this in place to put israel in a great amount of danger and also threaten the viability of a speech to the fashion in the west bank arab robins reasons the strength of wayne. so there are a lot of petitions about the way this is going to work out but at the end of the day it comes down to iran my getting nuclear weapons and not shipped in the balance of power that right now keeps the region, i'm not going to stay stable but more stable than it could be. >> that is a the other side of the question which to barack obama has said it would be intolerable for the iranians and this regime, this regime to get a clear weapons. president bush said the same thing, the israelis are saying it and some people the israelis really mean it. >> and i continue to hear about possible plans for a strike but as i understand it's a strike would probably be one of the more com

israel to the best tank. and, you know a tank. if you take it to the confrontation, each in southern arabia, i don't think they allow more civil rights than what the present regime of iran has allowed. [inaudible] some people have died in the end. so long, these kind of protests and fighting are not allowed. but he has allowed so far. i think it is only politically correct to condemn everything they do. the election has not been the fairest but i think the minority -- the decided majority is keeping quiet. any young men who might have been 30%, 40% who are in the opposition, they're protesting so [inaudible] so that i think what happens is there are similar movements in the united states. [inaudibl [inaudible]. host: are we looking at something that could turn into major civil unrest? guest: it may. as far as i'm concerned, there are two or three things that need to take place for this to go beyond just these protests that we see and kind of have this sustained opposition to whatever it may be. right now, it may be for the fact that they feel cheated in the election. beyond that, if you allow it to go on and come against the regime a