the coordinated lasts targeted tilley will popular sunni muslim mosques. many blame the syrian government. they say they are exacting revenge on lebanon sunni muslims for supporting the rebels. bewhoever did this could not from lebanon. anyone who would do this has no religion. >> the first went on outside in the city center, and minutes later, a second blast. this footage shows a frantic first moments. more than 40 people were killed. hundreds were wounded. dozens remain in critical condition. >> now, did the united states national security agency, the nsa, by the help of internet companies for surveillance programs? newspaper claims to have documents showing the to websiteslions like facebook and google, though they have denied all knowledge prism. yahoo admits receiving money for compulsory called a process imposed by the government. at first it was bill gates, itadays steve ballmer -- now is steve ballmer -- the tiddly woman credited with transforming -- the two man credited with have re-ing microsoft signed. thecompany has long faced decision for for

but sunni muslims saying there that they may attack them in any ensuing violence.once again, the sectarian makeup has eight potential to spill into bloodshed. access to the coast is essential to both sides as land route are controlled by different factions. a failed attempt to gain control of the city to lace in august of 2011 and killed 25 people. primeomberg -- libby' minister has resigned over a lack of security in the country and what he calls a failure of government policies. even enoughas not power to carry out his duties in what he called a dysfunctional government. there has been a number of arrests and high-profile assassinations, including that of a political activist. than 1000 people have been rallying in the italian capital in a show of support for silvio berlusconi. his political party, the people's freedom artie calls for supporters to gather outside his residence in rome. the rally was called after the jail sentence was upheld by italy's highest court. though he maintains his innocence, he says he's the victim of lyrical highest by the court. i have

he has called on sunni muslim men to back the opposition forces in neighboring syria. he recently spoke to the bbc. ruling is a legitimate from god. there are repressed people in syria. women and children being, killed, and expelled. shouldt lebanese person help them and we will be rewarded by god. >> already, tripoli has seen clashes on the streets between sunnis and members of the sect loyal to the syrian president. this will only fuel tensions. the lebanese have long feared being drawn into serious violence. now, it seems their worst fears are being realized. >> a look now at some other news and there has been scattered protests in egypt by muslim brotherhood supporters amid a heavy deployment by the army and police. they sealed off many roads and squares and demonstrations were largely peaceful. the muslim brotherhood had urged its supporters to have a day of martyrdom after the friday player. a defense is being offered against corruption charges. he his wife crazy. crazy.called his wife his wife has been convicted of murdering a british national. the fund to urge

he has called on sunni muslim men to back the opposition forces in neighboring syria. he recently spoke to the bbc. ruling is a legitimate from god. there are repressed people in syria. women and children being, killed, and expelled. shouldt lebanese person help them and we will be rewarded by god. >> already, tripoli has seen clashes on the streets between sunnis and members of the sect loyal to the syrian president. this will only fuel tensions. the lebanese have long feared being drawn into serious violence. now, it seems their worst fears are being realized. >> a look now at some other news and there has been scattered protests in egypt by muslim brotherhood supporters amid a heavy deployment by the army and police. they sealed off many roads and squares and demonstrations were largely peaceful. the muslim brotherhood had urged its supporters to have a day of martyrdom after the friday player. a defense is being offered against corruption charges. he his wife crazy. crazy.called his wife his wife has been convicted of murdering a british national. the fund to urge

sunni muslims have grown frustrated with the shia-dominated administration of nuri al maliki. members of the two sects have launched a series of retaliatory attacks. militants affiliated with al qaeda have made the situation worse with attacks of their own. more than 1,000 people were killed in july, the highest monthly death toll in five years. >>> one of japan's top astronauts is making final preparations for the most important mission of his career. koichi wakata showed media how he's getting ready for his stint aboard the international space station. he'll be the first japanese to serve as commander of the craft. wakata demonstrated a series of exercises at the cosmonaut training center near moscow. he'll head to the space station in november for six months and he'll take charge for the last two of those. wakata is planning to capture images of the comet ison with high resolution japanese camera while he's there. >> the fire is extinguished. >> wakata led other crew members in a firefighting drill and simulated contacting officials at the control center on earth. >> transl

vengeance for the victims of thursday's bombing of the party stronghold in beirut house on the accused sunni muslims of coordinating the blast which left twenty one dead and three hundred injured he said he would even double the men fighting in syria if that's what it takes to stop attacks it's feared rising tensions over the syrian conflict will destabilize lebanon's fragile peace. british pm david cameron has requested the e.u. dispatch observers to gibraltar over the ongoing border with spain tougher border checks have left drivers queuing for hours to get onto the rock he says these controls are politically motivated and is legitimate relations between the countries turned sour after gibraltar built an artificial reef spain opposed it saying it would hurt its fishing industry. while in outer space russian cosmonauts have made one of the longest space walks ever they spent seven and a half hours outside the international space station bringing a power cable for a new science lab that's set to arrive in a few months this was one of six russian excursions outside the planned for this year. three re

is the heartland of president minority alawite sect meanwhile the rebels most of them from the sunni muslim majority are in control of a large swathe of northern provinces stretching to the iraqi border in the east and there are many al qaeda affiliated groups among the ranks of the opposition with serious kurdish minority scattered along the country's northern border the eastern parts enjoying a large degree of independence but there are other enclaves have become the targets of deadly attacks and mass kidnappings linked fighters who kurds claim are trying to carry out an ethnic cleansing and this comes amid reports of an independent state about to be declared in northern syria but according to german reporter and writer this closely following the syrian conflict allegations of a kurdish genocide are likely to be met with international silence. i don't expect any international reaction except to protest a right no i don't think so because they are international interests especially the international the geopolitical interests of turkey was a very important nato member we shouldn't forget t

people died and twenty seven were injured there as part of a spike in violence between shia and sunni muslims that's been plaguing iraq since the start of the year well let's have a look at how the deadly interreligious violence has developed in the twenty tanned just over four thousand people are killed elections this year finish was no clear winner and the country is without a government for nine months a similar number of iraqis dying in twenty eleven was all u.s. . it's pulling out by the end of the year or there's a slight rise and fatalities over the next twelve months as interreligious violence sparks fears of a full blown civil war and almost five sounds and people have been killed in the first eight months of this year that's more than in the whole of two thousand and twelve as religiously driven attacks between shia and sunni groups skyrocket. gold and oil prices soar as vestas get the jitters over america and its allies plans to attack syria coming up we'll report on what's caused a plunge in global stock markets and why those controlling your pension money are so afraid of an expa

northern israel causing damage but no casualties the attacks were claimed by an al qaeda linked sunni muslim group and soon after the incident the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he vowed a tough response to the operator of the crippled fukushima nuclear plant tepco has now admitted it needs overseas help to contain the radioactive fallout that's after one of the temporary used to store highly contaminated water sprang a leak this week the incidents or the discharge of as much as three hundred tons of radioactive fluid japan's nuclear watchdog says it's the most serious crisis to hit the area since the post tsunami meltdown of two thousand and eleven. two russian cosmonauts have now completed a space walk to upgrade the international space station after more than an hour of work the pair installed a new telescope mount despite working with faulty equipment and the camera there has a flaw and another space walk will be needed to fix the problem and nasa meantime has suspended its own space walks i should say as it investigates how the helmet of one of the astronauts managed to fill

is the deadliest month since two thousand and eight when the religious strife between shia and sunni muslims is rising ever more worryingly as you can see there on the used war it's eighteen minutes past eleven at night more news just ahead including a look at what's behind the growing opposition to islam in the u k. well the. technology innovation called the least developed around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought. i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. please speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks books fifty yard p. interviews intriguing stories are you. trying. to find out more visit or a big. dog called. counterterrorism forces in the united kingdom looking into a series of c.d.'s featuring pornographic and abusive images insulting the prophet muhammad that have been sent to several of the mosques the instant adds up to wave off

sunni muslim group soon after the incident israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu a tough response. and the operator of the crippled fukushima nuclear test has admitted it needs overseas help to contain the radioactive fallout that's off the one of the temporary tanks used to store highly contaminated water sprang a leak this week against a console that discharge as much as three her. tons of radioactive fluid but japan's nuclear watchdog says it's the most serious crisis in the area since the post tsunami meltdown in two thousand and eleven. and two russian cosmonauts have completed a space walk to upgrade the international space station after more than an hour of effort the parents told the new telescope mount despite working with faulty equipment the camera has a flaw and another space walk will be needed nasa meantime has suspended its own space walks as it investigates how the helmet of one of the astronauts somehow filled with water during a walk this july. a converted a russian a ballistic missile has successfully put a south korean imaging satellite into orbit the launch to

it's basically a mediæval society with unbelievable different interests the shia muslims those sunny muslimsbecause the whites christians there's a whole pot boiling of problems out there and we don't ever seem to understand that now we've got another mess in syria we have a mess in the rat we've got a mess in afghanistan we've got a mess in egypt and we've got a message in libya why don't the western powers learn from any of this yes indeed we're trying to figure it out so the you can france has long been warned of course of the extremist threat today on the rebels so why such a huge ten now then. well i think the whole policy was driven as these things very often are by the cia i knew could almost see the british prime minister the british foreign secretary read their instructions direct for the washington state to follow and as always of course washington don't understand everything which is why they get us into these terrible messes all the time. just how brazen the danger is in hundreds of europeans now fighting alongside alongside the rebels. well we have a problem don't we well we hav

the northwest of the city where several explosions killed five people and wounded nearly thirty sunni muslim extremists have been stepping up attacks across the country since the start of the year july it was iraq's deadliest month since two thousand and eight with about a thousand fatalities. two people have been reportedly been shot dead in egypt as military forces disperse a pro mostly rally south of the capital eight more were injured when soldiers broke up a brawl between supporters of the deposed president mohamed morsi and some local residents in front of a mosque military officials insist that no protesters were fired but medical sources report that all of the did an injured died of gunshot wounds egypt has been under a state of emergency for months now after hundreds were killed in fighting following the ousting of president morsi and the protests that followed. the u.s. state of california where firefighters firefighters have contained twenty percent of the wildfires which continue to sweep through similar national park according to reports the blaze has urged closer to a large res

which is the heartland of president assad's minority alawite sect the rebels most of them the sunni muslim majority are in control of a large swathe of northern provinces to see with them over the stretch into the iraqi border in the east there are many al qaeda affiliated groups among the ranks of the opposition in a minute with syria's kurdish minority scattered along the country's northern border most of their own clothes have become the targets of deadly attacks of mass kidnappings by al qaeda linked fighters who kurds claim are trying to carry out ethnic cleansing and this comes amid reports are you seeing a block there of an independent al-qaeda state about to be declared in northern syria i spoke to german journalist current look at feld who says the kurds are big punished she thinks for not taking sides in this conflict but it's definitely an attack against the kurds against kurdish civilians and they have taken a very different position in this war inside syria they did not want to enter the side of the fighting they tried to stay outside there are definitely groups from the free

heartland of president assad's minority alawite sect meantime the rebels most of them from the sunni muslim majority are in control of a large swathe of northern provinces that the purple bit stretching to the iraqi border in the east and there are many al qaeda affiliated groups among the ranks of the opposition as well which is where it gets really complicated with syria's kurdish minority scattered along the country's northern border the eastern parts enjoying a large degree of independence but there are other enclaves become the targets of deadly attacks and mass kidnappings by al qaeda linked fighters coming in the black there as you can see who kurds claim are trying to carry out ethnic cleansing this all comes amid reports of an independent state maybe about to be declared in northern syria as well as what a german journalist current look of felt she told me kurds are being punished she thinks for taking a stand in the conflict. but definitely an attack against the kurds against kurdish civilians and they have been taking a very different position within this war inside syria they di

heartland of president assad's minority alawite sect meantime the rebels most of them from this sunni muslim majority are in control of a large swathe of northern provinces in the mode stretching from the iraqi border in the east and there are many al qaeda affiliated groups among the ranks of the opposition that's the hatched area with syria's kurdish minority scattered along the country's northern border most of their own clothes have become the targets of deadly attacks and mass kidnappings by al qaeda linked fighters with the kurds trying to carry out ethnic cleansing and this comes as well in the black area amid reports of an independent al qaeda state about to be declared in northern syria all this is the outgoing deputy director of the cia warned that the spread of extremism in the country poses a threat to u.s. national security michael morrell said if this falls the country could become a haven for al qaeda german reports that money will go to told us to spy delegations kurds have been massacred the west will do nothing to stop the violence in the region. i don't expect any internat

you have christian coptics and sunni muslims and shiite muslims.he majority are not radal muslims we see in the streets or are they? >> we saw the largest demonstrations in humanity, adam, happen ad month ago when ey ousted the muslim brotherhood. what 60 years of oppression and violence against the brotherhood could not do, one of them trying to run democracy, rising from five to 10 million in the street, 30 million, alstalf the population signed a plebiscite to have them removed. mostly 90% are muslim. they don't want the islamists but they have not been able to thread the needle of democracy, they get lost between the two fascisms, mubarak era military which we see back to their violent ways and brotherhood which are into putting into place a islamic state and controlling through sharia and theocracy. adam: i will bring this up in form of our discussion for understanding but would it make sense to continue u.s. aid because perhaps we could put influence on the military to transition to a democracy or democratic government made upf that majority

the demonstrators were sunni muslims, iraq's government, of course, is led by shia muslims. for years now the shia have gained power and used their majority to win elections and then brutally sidelined the sunnis. remember, much of this is retribution. saddam hussein was a sunni leader who brutally mistreated the shia. the wheels of revenge keep turning. where did washington fail? some point to our withdrawal in 2011 when the white house failed to convince baghdad it should retain a small presence of u.s. troops to train iraqis and boost security. but even that would not have been more than a band-aid. remember that when the iraq war was at its worst, when sectarian violence killed thousands every month, we had more than 100,000 troops on the ground. foreign troops cannot stop an internal civil war. when the violence finally declined in iraq, the real reason wasn't just coercion from american troops, but inclusion. general david petraeus did wonders with a counterinsurgency campaign but his chief contribution was to make peace with the sunni tribes that had so far been battli

a sunni muslim offering hope to the sunni population. >> at first she was very well liked.time, as the regime's behavior got worse, she was seen as someone who very much had gone in with president al assad. >> the mother of three has stood by her husband, despite rumors at one point she fled the country with their three children. leaked e-mails obtained by the guardian appeared to show her spending lavishly even as the city of palms, her ancestral home was attacked. >> the accounts have her buying pieces of art online is examine other types of high-end shopping. >> as the world tkpwraegrapples chemical attacks, it is clearly hoping to show a different side of the first lady. smiling as she prepares food for refugees. preparing boxes with her husband. surrounded by seemingly adoring syrians. pictures that have inspired comparisons to a modern day marie antoinette. it has reintroduced that vogue profile, which was sharply criticized and to speak with nbc news told the "daily beast" last year she regrets it. >> the message that asma al assad gave me every day for a week was ho

hybrid democracy in which the military plays a role or do we want a sunni muslim iran, a that that theticular. >> shepard: we can't have that military and try to reign them in and you say sit on your hands and don't say anything, i think behind the scenes we have got to be telling the military, look, we are with you in the sense that we want you to participate in the democratic government we don't want the islamists taking the other hand you can't be gunning down the civilians in tahrir square. >> i agree with that the key word you uttered behind the scenes, he needs to stop lecturing, he also needs to stop talking about peaceful protests and so does secretary kerry. these peaceful protests don't bring to demonstrations. they don't burn christian churches. >> bill: i don't think there has ever been a time in history where islamists fanatical people peacefully did anything. they do it by the sword. why should i care. why should anybody watching the factor care about what's happening in egypt? >> it's not about egypt. it's about he egypt, syria, iraq, libya, tunisia and obviously there i

but they think that nation of islam even after 75 when elijah mohammed dies and they become sunni muslims. that is a religious what that's about instrumental wising for the purpose of politics. that is essentially a blasphemy. so the dominant muslim mode at gratherford is much more sexual doctrinaire, i forget what the right answers are, trying to execute your practices according to the right doctrine. and baracka is this kind of -- he's different. i start the book and baracka aphorism is a god created the world and said how bad it, fellow. >> host: if baracka is the foil to any sort of a notion of a man in a prison attempting to be good, the men who are charged in a fury with overseeing that because you don't just tell the prison stories coming you also tell the story of correctional officers. tell us about these men who are charged with overseeing the implementation of a good or rehabilitation. >> host: >> guest: right. much like the prisoner who comes to work in the chapel, the correctional officers that work in the travel also bid for the post. they want to have the particular job and

fundamental question, do they want an admittedly flawed hybrid democracy having a voice, didn't want the sunni muslimstate? the support this administration has given to the muslim brotherhood has been excessive, naive, counterproductive and terribly dangerous. i don't worry about his intentions but his naivete. charles: for years one of the -- america was the spread of democracy but with a a let the wrong people we should not be for democracy any more? >> i am not saying that. you have to balance the move toward democracy which is on the whole positive things throughout the world with common sense. we tend to push states, iraq, afghanistan, egypt would premature elections before the civil society and the rule of law is in place. i am in favor of democracy but what happened in egypt? basically a protest putting morsi and the muslim brotherhood in power and breaking of their campaign promises to be inclusive, muslim brothers excluded everyone else. and rushed for 8 surely of moderate and constitution, put journalists in jail, attack christians and the obama administration still supported the morsi gove

sectarian tensions between sunnis and shia muslims are already high. suicide bombings have killed dozens of iraqis this month. the violence could increase after the military intervention. so by all possible means, we must achieve a cease fire. the only framework we have is the geneva conference. representatives of the assad regime and rebels must sit down at the table with those of the u.s., russia and other nations. they need to end this war. there has been too much death and destruction over the past two and a half years. >> that was the professor at the tokyo university of foreign studies. >> nuclear regulators officially changed their assessment of highly radioactor water. they say it's the most serious incident at the facility since the initial accident in 2011. last week plant workers discovered the leak in a storage tank. they estimate 300 tons contaminated water escaped. some of it may have flowed through a ditch and into the ocean. officials with the nuclear regulation authority decided to raise the leak's severity rating by two meters. they t

we see sunni muslim egyptian and saudi aircraft involved in this operation? i doubt it. >> we all wait to see what happens. perhaps even in the next 24 hours. general barry mccaffrey, thanks very much. >> good to be with you, matt. >> savannah? >> matt, thank you. as we mentioned, this is the 50th anniversary of martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. crowds are starting to gather now on the national mall where president obama is set to speak from the very same spot where dr. king gave that iconic address. nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker has more. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. president obama has delivered big speeches before, but this one is different. he'll be speaking in the shadow of dr. king, a man who gave his life fighting for civil rights. so today the stakes couldn't be higher. >> i have a dream today. >> reporter: they are words that helped change a nation and pave the way for this historic moment. >> i, barack hussein obama -- >> reporter: so when the first black president stands on t

all of whom are sunni-muslim country. will they be there? denounced the operation. the saudis are mute and the turks will not take an active part. this is a huge problem. desert storm, bush '41 had a syrian corps and saudis as part of the military coalition. >> how things have changed. >> i want to add to this. i've been following the arab press over the last few days and let me just add to what you just said. unfortunately, in a disappointing way, of all countries in the region the saudis and the cataris who have been most involved are not prepared to overtly support through the arab league a statement, much less any overt military support for the united states. they have run for cover, so to speak on this. frankly, the most disappointing giving the state of our relationship, the egyptians are the most opposed of all the sunnis countries. the one country we have the closest military ties with and all these about relations have pour into this syrian blood bath to complicate our relations further. >> i want to get to p.j. the challenge is for

but a christian modern modern knight and the prime minister must be a muslim but not just a muslim but a sunni one and the speaker of the parliament must be a shiite muslim so there is this division between them which we they call democracy but i don't know if you exclude ok but i think it's really interesting from i mean i don't deny that ok but it would not be good for other countries and i don't put on paper go ahead michael go ahead jump in the reality on the ground is different survival survival for them means power if they don't survive their will they will they will lose power they were a majority at one time and that's when the constitution was developed to to reflect the president being the being a christian that is almost going to be subject to challenge if. the demographics are to change anytime soon what kind of protections are needed ok or is it a lost cause well i mean. by don't necessarily a lost cause i would say i don't think you know a country where particular positions have to be filled by a particular religion is a great example of democracy but more important democracy is

section of the population here belongs to present ourselves alawite muslim sect while the rebels most of them representing the sunni majority are in control of a large chunk of the northern provinces are stretching to the iraqi border now there are many al qaeda affiliated groups in the ranks of the opposition tucked in the eastern quantum here's the syrian kurdish minority enjoying a large degree of independence but then claims in other areas have become a target of heavy attacks from al qaeda linked fighters according to recent disturbing reports four hundred fifty kurdish civilians were massacred and