tunisia general labor union, the tunisia consideration of industry, trade and handy crafts, the tunisiauman rights league and the tunisia order of lawyers. these organizations represent different sectors and values in the tunisia society, working lives and welfare, principles of rule of law and human rights. on this basis the quartet exercised its role as a mediator and driving force to advance peaceful democratic development in tunisia with great moral authority. the nobel peace prize for 2015 is awarded to this quartet, not to the four organizations as such. the arab spring originated in tunisia in 2010, 2011 but quickly spread to a number of countries in north africa and the middle east. in many of these countries the struggle for democracy and fundamental rights has come to stand still or suffered setbacks, tunisia however has seen a democratic transition based on vibrant, civil society with demands for respect of basic human rights. an essential factor for the combination of the revolution in tee kneesha in peaceful democratic elections last autumn was the effort made by the quarte

. >> the nobel peace prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the tunisia national dialog quartet. >> the tunisiaup wins the prize for paving the way for democracy in the country. a top iranian general advising government forces has been killed near aleppo. another stabbing as tension heightens across israel and territories and u.n. proposes a unity government to end the problems in india but the parliament still needs to approve it. ♪ tunisia's national dialog quartet has been awarded the nobel peace prize with the contribution of building democracy after the revolution in 2011. >> the quartet was formed in summer of 2013 when the democratzation process was in danger of collapsing as a result of political assassinations and widespread social unrest, it established an alternative, peaceful, political process at a time when the country was on the brink of civil war. >> let's tell you a bit more about the quartet, it comprises four important groups, these organizations represent different sectors and values in tunisia society and members work to protect the rights of the entire population irrespect

>> i think the old is very important for tunisia.t is a reminder of all the sacrifices of the tunisian people and will help in rebuilding democracy in tunisia. it is a tribute to the martyrs, the one that -- the wounded of the revolution, and all the people who resisted in the last five years in tunisia. it will remind civil society represented by the national dialogue quartet of their duties today. it is true that they won this price and tunisia won this price , so it is a good reminder that we should make more efforts now. >> a prize for the people. we understand you are on the ground when the tunisian resolution that revolution broke out. what did you see? >> let me say that i moved to different parts of tunisia, where there were clashes between peaceful tunisians who were facing real bullets and tear gas with bare chest, so let me say that tunisians were trying to make the transition peacefully. they used peaceful means, peaceful demonstrations. they used social networks to inform about what was going on. tunisia succeeded in get

tunisia went on to pass a new constitution and held successful elections. safer guardingg democracy in tunisia and for all of those who seek democracy in the rest of the world. inspiration that's still needed in a country that has suffered from major attacks that have devastated it's tourism industry. this prize may have been unexpected, but it has given hope to many tunisians in these difficult times. aljazeera, tunees. >> and in tunisia, mohamed is the founder and chairman of the american young professionals organization, and he joins us from washington d.c. mohamed, good to have you on the program, and thanks for the time. >> thanks for having me. my pleasure. >> what's your reaction to the award? >> simply an immense pride for what tunisia has been able to accomplish today. after a lot of suffering, a lot of uncertainties with the tunisian people, i think they deserve this prize. and the other reason for satisfaction, i think is it's civil society that's recognized in tunisia. so behind this quartet, there are hundreds of civil society organizations in

amy: compare what is happening in tunisia -- because tunisia sparked what happened in egypt with the arab spring across the middle east. >> i think that is precisely be second really important element of this award, is the impact on piece is demonstrable. you have two countries, tunisia and egypt, that were suffering the same bill, which is to say a cryptographic and autocratic government. both winter revolution. in both cases, psalmist party eventually -- islamist party eventually emerged. in the case of egypt, which is practically a neighbor, the very same summer you had a coup andnst the islamist party then you had a massacre, basically, the army gunned down or the police gunned down hundreds of supporters of that islamist party in the streets of cairo. and since then, what you've had is a restoration of an authoritarian military government together with a really hot insurgency that is comparable to the 1990's in egypt, where in tunisia, largely because of the incredibly -- just significant efforts, i think that is another interesting point i will come to maybe next, is how hard t

s don't represent the people of tunisia? well, i mean, the people of tunisia are represented in a democratically elected parliament. the labor union here, which is problematic to some tunisians, it's controversial, it's constantly having strikes at its headquarters and offices around the country, by other dissident union members and unhappy workers, et cetera. the business association is represented as part of the business elite here. in tunisia, these are not democratic groups, these are non-governmental organizations that by the way one should mention were pillars of the dictatorship and regime. there was opposition by some of these elements, some of these n.g.o.'s before certainly, but they played an important role of dictatorship in this country. it's not an unambiguous group of four that destowed a democratic compromise on this country. i would say the actors themselves democratically elected by tunisians on all sides, the opposition and government at the time, that those people are the ones that protested at various mo

the committee says it hopes to encourage the people of tunisia to carry on with their push for inclusive democracy following the jasmine revolution. french bombs islamic state targets in syria for a second time, while damascus presses on with ground defenses. under russian air cover. benjamin netanyahu tries to call -- the prime minister says after a series of stabbings in israel, there is no quick fix following a wave of terror. molly: we start with fresh violence in israel. there are reports of multiple stabbings and shootings over this past hour. a jewish suspect stabbed and wounded four arabs in southern israel while a palestinian suspect has been shot dead after stabbing an israeli officer. all of this after tensions that have been boiling over into deadly violence. we go to irris makler, who joins us from jerusalem. bring us up to speed with what we have seen take place today. irris: stabbing attacks have been carried out by palestinians in two is really cities, one in jerusalem and one in the west bank. we have also seen something we have not seen up until now, which is an attack

. >> the nobel peace prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the tunisia national dialogue kwa quartertes in the wake of the revolution of 2011. >> the quartet is made up of labor unions, business sectors, human rights lawyers, and they helped the country when on the brink of civil war and played a role in establishing a constitutional system of government that guarantees rights for the entire population. the arab spring originated in tunisia in 2010 and 2011 and the committee noted that democratic reforms have stalled in many other countries where in the uprisings had occurred. it said thanks to a vibrant civil society, tunisia has seen transition towards democracy. >>> see ya president assad is trying to regain lost ground. there's a vast offensive launched against the insurgents with the backing of russia. >> translator: today the syria armed forces began a wide ranging attack with the aim of wiping out terrorist groups and liberating the areas and towns which have suffered from their crimes. >> syria state run television run aired this video showing tanks and antitank weapons in the p

. >>> we are reporting on why the nobel peace prize has been awarded to a group from tunisia. plus, i'll be telling you about this invasive weed and why malaria researchers here are so worried about it. >> a reminder of the top stories this hour. at least six palestinians shot and killed by the israeli army in the gaza strip. palestinians were also killed in the unoccupied west bank >>> israeli police say a palestinian woman in the occupied west bank was shot after she stabbed an officer. four arabs and an israeli teenager were also stabbed in separate attacks. >> the u.s. says it plans to overhaul its program for training and supporting syrian rebels. >>> the european union has been given authorization to seize people smugglers' vessels off the coast of libya. the all clear from the u.n. security council also said that boats can be destroyed to help stop traffickers from exploiting refugees. our dmro mattic editor reports from the united nations. >>reporter: the u.n. security council voting to endorse a european union naval operation off the coast of libya. thousands of peopl

we'll go live to tunisia and speak to a blogger there. >> r.b.i. is pushing back on reports to four cruise missiles crash landed in ran, among 26 fired at tares in sir yes. russian defense ministry denies the report. >> the nobel peace prize has been awarded to a war at the time credited with helping build the democracy in tunisia. it established a peaceful political process at a time the country was at the brink of civil war. joining us to discuss this is a tunisian political analyst. thank you for your time. your reaction to the nobel peace prize. >> good morning. this is an amazing news foretop. no one was really expecting this. this was the first positive news for a while coming from tunisia especially after the series of attacks against several institutions and buildings in the country. the citizens of tunisia won this peace prize, nobel peace prize. this is the results of an achievement by the tunisian society in working a compromise between the several different political players in 2013, 2014, which actually give the country its new constit

the situation in tunisia is such it is not guaranteed. it has been a rough year for tunisia. two significant islamist terrorist attacks against western tourists. tunisia depends on western tourism. the fundamental benchmark within the economy. the sector has taken a huge hit as a result of the carefully targeted terror attacks and deliberately targeted the tourism industry. the concern is the terror strikes would not just harm tourism, but the economy with the overall political stability as well. here we have the nobel committee very much doing what it can, making a statement, if you like, in support of those who are continuing to work together toward that goal that was initially realized. following that arab spring revolution. it is not safe. it is not guaranteed. it is considered to be somewhat tenuous. by no means certain and has taken significant hits this year with dozens of western tourists killed in that country as a direct result of people trying to tear down the positive result that revolution. here we have the nobel committee awarding those working in a civil societ

more now on how the announcement has gone down in tunisia itself. enormous it was an surprise for the tunisians to receive this nobel peace prize. they did not expect the reward. some of them did not know national dialogue was nominated for the award, and some of them did not even know that the nobel peace prize was going to be awarded today. >> the nobel peace prize? is that right? was that today? >> it really is a great thing for the image of tunisia, especially overseas. reporter: behind me, the headquarters of the workers union. one of the members of the quartet that was leading the national dialogue -- this quartet led to the solution for the political crisis in 2013. they brought the political parties together, they made them talk, and they made them find a negotiated solution. >> it was difficult, but it is a precious achievement. i think it is an award for all the tunisian people and for the spirits of tunisia. we thought of achieving this political dialogue, and when we got these results, we were really moved. reporter: so this nobel peace

the first one is that the revolution in tunisia was revolution that left the state pretty intact.fact, three days after the dictator had fled the country, the administration reopened and that's remarkable. the second element, is that fundamentally in tunisia you have a culture of tolerance you are in a situation where things could have turned in a difficult way and violent, but it did not. to you knee has and civil society go together to try to get out of the brink. >> and jeffrey, what more needs to happen in in tunisia to make sure that it survived? >> the organized collection. that was also done. there is a series of institutions that need to come out of this. there is a whole movement of the revolution and organization that would bring governance closer to the tunisians. that is extremely important. that links up to the agenda which is also very important. and where a lot of investments should be put from a national standpoint and also from the international community so that people in tunisia see the benefits and reap the fruits of this revolution. >> jeffrey joining me live

tunisia a organization beat others to take home the million-dollar prize. pope francis was considered a front runner for his role in bridging relations between cuba and the u.s. german chancellor angela merckel was high on the list for opening her country's board tours hundreds of thousands office migrants. the noble committee says this years award was meant to encourage the tunisia people and to inspire others, particularly, in the trouble middle will east. jonathan vigliotti for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> we have some more breaking news at this hour, lincoln high school in the mayfair philadelphia neighborhood is on lock down after a possible threat was reported. police are telling us that they received a call about 11:00 o'clock this morning that a student left a gun, outside of the school. home land security, the swat teams, and also officers from the the 15th district are now on the scene, we are told that the student is in custody, and in the principal's office. a search is now underway for that weapon. we will continue to follow this developing sto

tunisia not immune, in march isis inspired terrorists killed 22 people at a museum.housands are thought to be fighting with isis in iraq and syria. there are problems. >> the quartet exercised its role as riding force to advance peaceful democratic development in tunisia with great maurel authority. >> reporter: in tunisia they are celebrating the surprise honor one member tweeting it is an honor not on for his nation, but for those across the arab world who believe in a democracy that works peacefully. abc news, london. >> back here business leaders gathered over breakfast for the 215th annual meetings of the greater philadelphia chamber commerce. more than 250 people were in attendance to hear the accomplishments of the past year and they is you discussed the ff the businesses here in the philadelphia region. >>> a check on the philadelphia forecast as we look live sky6 live hd at atlantic city, the shoreline, meteorologist melissa magee has an update from accuweather and the any minute rainfall when we come right back. stay with us. to help lower your a1c. ask you

while other so-called arab spring countries, tunisia's has been more peaceful. made up of four ski organizations in tunisia's civil so it. society. danger of collapsing. this was a period of social unrest and political assassinations, the quartet pushed for stability and inclusiveness and helped pull the country back from the brink of civil war. tunisia went on to pass a new constitution and head successful parliamentary and presidential elections. the nobel jury said they hoped the price would contribute towards safeguarding democracy tunisia. inspiration that is still needed in a country that is suffered from major attacks that have devastated its tourism industry. this maze priez may have been unexpected but it's given hope to many tunisians in this difficult time. nazanine moshiri, al jazeera tunis. max security area holding over 300 inmates. faulty wire is being blamed for the fire. >>> believed to be living in one of the city's sprawling shanty towns. despite that the slums don't feature on are official maps. daniel schweimler has more. >> housing 40,000 p

tunisia went on to pass a new constitution and held successful plaimplettary and political elections. the nobel jury said they hoped the prize would contribute to safeguarding democracy in tunisia and be an inspiration for all notices who seek democracy in the rest of the world. inspiration that is still needed in a country that's suffered from major attacks that have devastated its tourism industry. this prize may have been unexpected but it's given hope tom tunisians in these difficult times. nazanine moshiri, al jazeera, tunis. >> lots more still to come here on al jazeera. >> i'm daniel schweimler in buenos aires but am i? these places don't figure on perhaps yet. >> center stage to show they're like anyone else but who's listening? more on that, stay with us. it left. >> now old-school methods meet cutting-edge science... >> we've returned this iconic mammal to illinois. >> with a much bigger long-term benefit. >> grasslands have a critical role in climate change. >> it's exciting. >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is what innovation lo

tunisia not immune. isis-inspired terrorist killed 22 people mainly tourists at a museum in the capitol. thousands of tunisias are thought to be fighting with isis in iraq and syria. there are problems. >> driving force to advance people the development in tunisia. >> in tunisia, they are celebrating the surprise honor for the country. one of the quartet member tweeting this is an honor not only for his nation but for those across the arab world who believe in a democracy that works peaceful. jennifer eccleston, abc news, london. alison: campus shooting in arizona, texas, oregon, in recent days. the spate of violence on campuses and what can be done to prevent it just ahead. >> i don't think it's controversial at all. jonathan: his did you know that good nutrition is critical for brain health? brain food, hmmm. ensure has b vitamins that help support brainealth - now that's smart nutrition. ensure's complete balanced nutrition has 26 vitamins and minerals alison: storms popping up. we have a big weekend.

while other countries were hit by violent conflict, tunisia's transition has been more peaceful. made up of four key groups: formed in 2013, when tunisia's democratic process was in danger of collapsing. this was a period of social unrest and political assassination. the quartet pushed the civility and inclusiveness, and helped pull the country back from the brink of civil war. tunisia went on to pass a new constitution and held successful parliamentary and presidential elections. the nobel jury said they hoped the prize would contribute towards safeguarding democracy in tunisia, and be an inspiration to all of those who seek to promote peace and democracy in the rest of the world. inspiration that is still needed in a country that has suffered from major attacks that have devastated its tourism industry. this prize may have been unexpected, but it's given hope to many tunisians in these difficult times. >>> a researcher at the tunisian league for human rights, one of the members of the quartet. she says libyans could find a peaceful end to their civil war by following tunisia's

. >>> the burgeoning tunisia, a country on the brink of civil war. and tributes around the world to honor what would have been john lennon's 75th birthday. >> huge pride for all tunisians, and i teal very proud. the quartet represents the entire country. >> praise for this year's nobel peace prize. the tunisian national dialogue quartet. the group is credited with helping steer the country towards democracy. nazanine moshiri has the story. >> a surprise to be sure. >> the nobel peace prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the tunisian national dialogue quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pleurallistic democracy in tunisia in the wake of the jasmine revolution of 2011. >> while many had picked pope francis or german chancellor angela merkel to win, in the end the nobel committee spent a powerful message on the importance of pleurallism and dialogue. while other so-called arab spring countries were hit by dialogue, tunisia's was more teunian order of lawyers. formed in 2013, when tunisia's democratic process was in danger of collapsi

abassi says it's a great joy and pride for tunisia. he says it gives hope to the arab world and says dialogue can lead people in the region on the right path. abassi added, the prize is a message for people to put down their arms and sit and talk at the negotiation table. the tunisian president has celebrated the prize. he said in a video on his facebook page the path chosen by tunisians to seek solutions through agreement has been acknowledged. he added there's no solution other than dialogue to overcome differences in opinion. >>> syrian president bashar al assad is trying to regain lost ground. his forces have launched a vast offensive against insurgents with the backing of russia. >> translator: today the syrian armed forces began a wide ranging attack with the aim of wiping out terrorist groups and liberating the areas and towns which have suffered from their crimes. >> syrian state run television aired this video. it shows government forces using tanks and anti-tank weapons in the central province in the northwestern province. th

. >> the nobel peace prize has been rewarded to tunisia's national dialogue quartet.spondent reports now from tunis. >> reporter: the announcement a surprise to be sure. the nobel peace prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the tunisian national dialogue quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a mrur listic democracy in tunisia in the wake of the revolution of 2011. >> reporter: in the end the nobel committee sent a powerful message on the importance of pluralism and dialogue. while other so-called arab spring countries were hit by violent conflict, tunisia's political process has been more peaceful. the democracy group is made up of four key organizations in tunisian civil society: formed in 2013 when tunisia's democratic process was in danger of collapsing. this was a period of social unrest and political assassination. and they helped pull the country back from the brink of civil war. they went on to hold successful parliamentary and presidential elections. the nobel jury said they hoped the prize could contribute towards safeguarding democracy in tu

while other countries were hit by violent conflict, tunisia's political process has been more peacefulit was a democracy group made up of four key organizations. the tunisian general labor union, the industry of trade and handicraft, the human rights league and the organization of lawyers. formed in 2014 when the process was in danger of collapsing. this was a period of social unrest and political assassination. the quartet helped pull the country back from the brink of civil war. they went on to pass a new constitution and held successful presidential and parliamentary elections. the nobel jury said they hoped the prize would contribute towards safeguarding democracy in tunisia and be an inspiration to all of those who seek to promote peace and democracy in the rest of the world. inspiration that is still needed in a country that has suffered from major attacks that devastated its tourism industry. this prize may have been unexpected but it has given hope to be tunisians in these difficult times. >>> still ahead . . . >> [ inaudible ]. >> al jazeera obtains exclusive evidence that eur

while other so-called arab spring countries were hit by violent conflict, tunisia's political processn more peaceful. the quartet is made up of four key organizations: formed in 2013 when tunisia's democratic process was in danger of collapsing. this was a period of socialized unrest and political assassinations. the quartet pushed the stability and inclusiveness, and helped pull the country back from the brink of civil war. they went on to hold successful parliamentary and presidential elections. the nobel jury said they hoped the prize would be an inspiration to all of those who seek to promote peace and democracy in the rest of the world. inspiration that is still needed in a country that has suffered from major attacks that have devastated its tourism industry. this prize may have been unexpected, but it has given hope to many tunisians in these difficult times. >>> a british nurse who recovered from the ebola virus last year is being treated for late complications. doctors say the virus is still present in her body, and she is said to be in a serious condition. >>> now the once s

at a critical time of unrest after tunisia's jasmine revolution. excluded islamist party won elections and tried to force through a new constitution that would have made islam the state religion with strict statements of rights. >> i especially congratulate the tunisian women because i'm not only the president of the employers union i'm also a woman and i'm proud to represent tunisian women in receiving this prize. >> reporter: the award comes five years after tunisia's jasmine revolution put an end to decades long inspiring the arab spring. any other country caught up in the arab spring but its fledging democracy is still not entirely secure. >> translator: whether it's the leftists the right or the moderates everyone should understand that we are facing a war against terrorism and we cannot win unless we stand together. >> and tunisia is also believed to be exporting more foreign fighters to syria and iraq to fight with i.s.i.l. than any other country. >> it is so important and so timely, right now, to put the limelight on what has been achieved

he told al jazeera there are mixed reactions in tunisia to news of the award. >> they will be debatingese comes days, whether or not the stated purpose of the nobel committee which was to award islamist and secularist successful cooperation, whether or not that is served by giving the nobel peace prize to four ngo's that were intermediaries rather than the actual actor who had to go to the streets for protests, and work out bargains in the parliament. so i'm wondering if it is actually the right place for this sort of award. that's a question. either way, i think everyone is in agreement here that tunisia deserves an award, and it deserves a nobel prize. it has struggled. it has made incredible gains in a very difficult situation, and it is one of the few success stories of the arab revolts of the last few years. but should the political actors and the people that elected them, should they be the awardees. that's the question. >> german chancellor angela merkel and pope francis were considered the favorites for this year. >>> more danger this morning in south carolina where residents a

out of tunisia.s and donor agencies may be placing too much weight on civil society as personified by small upstart ngo's or nesson's political parties. such groups, and disorganized popular movements, can apply generalize pressure and help topple governments." tunisia was pieced back together by traditional institutions, their national quartet, including labor unions. they do not get a credit for a sizable coalescence, do they? david: they do not. tunisia has some issues, for sure. peace,dy is in favor of and the nobel prize has been around for a hundred 25 years or so. decidedemies in sweden who is going to get the awards. it is very unpredictable. predictednobody who who would win the prize got it right. encourageds really because we think about the arab after thegoing wrong, initial euphoria about how democracy was coming to africa. we never hear about tunisia. we hear about all the ones that went wrong. stephanie: no one likes good news. david: it was also an employer's union, a human rights gro

and the government of tunisia later helped us to repair that. but it was the kind of incredibly tense moment -- we had protesters going over the walls of our embassy in khartoum, we had protests, as you rightly point out all the way to indonesia, thankfully no americans were killed, partly because i had been consistent in speaking out about that video from the very first day when we knew it had sparked the attack on our embassy in cairo. i spoke about it because i wanted it to be clear to every government around the world that we were going to look to them to protect our facilities, and it was a very tense week, congressman, one that i think demonstrated how volatile the world is and how important it is for the united states to be on top of what people themselves are reacting to. and that's what i tried to do during that time. >> thank you very much. >> thank the gentleman from maryland. the chair would recognize the gentleman from georgia, mr. westmoreland. >> thank you for giving us a play by play of what happened in tunisia. could you do the

it's going to a group in tunisia that grew out of the arab spring uprisings. this announcement coming just >> the nobel peace prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the tunisian national dialogue quartet. >> that quartet is actually a coalition of groups that's credited with helping keep democracy alive in ttunisia. >>> new this morning a violent attack in brooklyn. an elderly man attacked an robbed near his home. katherine creag is in prospect park with that. >> reporter: and darlene, not only did the two suspects attack that elderly man here in brooklyn, but they're also going on a shopping spree using the victim's credit cards. that's also, though, how investigators tracked the suspects down. the attack happened here east 21st street in the middle of the day. 4:20 in the afternoon this past tuesday. the victim, a 79-year-old man, was almost home, walking home when two men came up from behind. one put him in a chokehold and threw him to the ground. the other pulled down his pants more than $1,000 in it and his credit cards. there is video and photo of the suspec

formed in 2013 when t tunisia's democratic process was in danger of collapsing. this was a period of socio-unrest and political assassination. the quartet pushed stability and inclusiveness and helped bring the country back from the brink of civil war. tunisia would go on to pass a new constitution and hold presidentialmentry and presidential elections. the nobel injurery hoped that the prize would contribute towards safeguarding democracy, and be an inspiration to all those who seek to promote peace and democracy in the rest of the world. inspiration that is still needed in a country that has suffered from major attacks, that have devastated its tourism industry. this prize may have been unexpected, but it's given hope to many tunisians in these difficult times. al jazeera, tunis. >> an indian woman working as a nanny in saudi arabia has accused her employer of chopping off one of her hands. she is being treated in hospital in riyadh. her employer shopped off the hand after she complained to authorities that her wages had not been paid. her family asked for the

the pro democracy movements across the middle east, the most successful movement has been in tunisia.t came many dangerously close to failing after sentiment turned against the moderate islamist party. they were forced to hand over power to a caretaker government at the request of the tunisian dialogue quartet. that group recently won the nobel peace prize. but this week, he was accepting his own peace award. >> the mention of tunisian sacrifices to establish democracy, proving that democracy are compatible, and democracy is possible. >> when the tunisian democratic experiment was threatened, it hit a very big [ audio difficulties ] and can seek consolation without confrontation. >> but will you meet with al all cease see? will you meet with him. >> i will meet with anyone. >> do you think washington understands what role moderate islam can play in contrary arab politics? do you think that they understand what moderate political thought is? >> they have no choice, only to deal with moderate islam, [ unintelligible ] i think still hesitate. didn't decide yet to deal with the moderate i

and the government of tunisia later helped us to repair that. it was the kind of incredibly tense moment we had protesters going over the walls of our embassy in cartoom and protests as you rightly point out all the way to indonesia, thankfully no americans were killed partly because i had been consistent in speaking out about that video from the very first day when we knew it had sparked the attack on our embassy in cairo i spoke about it because i wanted it to be clear to every government around the world that we were going to look to them to protect our facilities and it was a very tense week congressman, one that i think demonstrated how volatile the world is and how important it is for the united states to be on top of what people themselves are reacting to and that is what i tried to do during that time. >> thank you very much. >> thank the gentleman from maryland and the chair will recognize the gentleman from georgia, mr. wes more land. >> i want to thank you for giving us a play by play of what happened in tunisia. could you do the same

and the government of tunisia later helped us to repair that.ut it was the kind of incredibly tense moment. we had protesters going over the walls of our embassy in khartoum. we had protests, as you rightly point out, all the way to indonesia. thankfully no americans were killed. partly because i had been consistent in speaking out about that video from the very first day when we knew it had sparked the attack on our embassy in cairo. i spoke about it because i wanted it to be clear to every government around the world that we were going to look to them to protect our facilities. and it was a very tense week, congressman. one that i think demonstrated how volatile the world is and how important it is for the united states to be on top of what people themselves are reacting to. and that's what i tried to do during that time. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> thank the gentleman from maryland. the chair will recognize the gentleman from georgia, mr. westmorland. >> i want to thank you for giving us a play-by-play of what happened in tunisia. c

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this year's nobel peace prize goes to a group that pushed tunisia away from civil war after the "arabg" revolution of 2011. the "tunisian national dialogue quartet" includes labor, industry, human rights and legal groups. they helped fashion a caretaker government led by mehdi jomaa. >> i am happy for tunisia because through the quartet is the recognition of the tunisian experience and successful experience in the democratic transition and as well a recognition of the method and the way we handle and we manage the difficulties in tunisia. >> woodruff: tunisia's revolution sparked the "arab spring", but it's the only country in the region to build a democracy since then. instead of peace, a new wave of violence is gripping israelis and palestinians and it reached a new peak today as israeli troops shot and killed six protesters. the trouble erupted in chaotic scenes along the gaza border, where young palestinians rolled burning tires and threw rocks. meanwhile, the leader of hamas in gaza praised a recent rash of stabbing attacks on israelis. there were more stabbings today, including

the nobel peace prize is awarded to four democracy groups from tunisia.nal dialogue quartet came together when tunisia's democracy was in danger of collapsing after the revolution in 2011. >>> republicans scrambling to find another candidate for house speaker. house majority leader kevin mccarthy dropped his bid as house republicans were meeting to select a nominee. house speaker john boehner will stay until someone is chosen. >>> president obama heads to roseburg, oregon to visit with families of the shooting massacre. chris harper-mercer opened fire in a classroom last week killing nine people before killing himself. later today the president will head to the bay area for two fundraisers. >>> get ready for the blue angels. they will highlight a packed day of events for san francisco's fleet week. today's airshow starts at 12:30. the blue angels will put on the first of three weekend performances around 3:00. the annual parade of ships will stale into the san francisco bay at 11 a.m. >>> one of the three men who helped stop a terror attack on a french tr

. >> it's a group from tunisia. the tunisia national dialogue quart quartet. it's a democracy group credited with paving a new political path in the nation of tunisia. it's also considered a key contributor to the first and most successful arab spring movement. tunisia has recently lived through a peaceful revolution that started in 2011 driven by a wave of democratic pluralism. >>> up next at 11:00, sea world will be allowed to expand but not quite as much as it wanted to. the big name celebrity coming out against the theme park. >>> and he wanted to do more than just police the streets. the program he developed for at-risk kids that lasts one week but which changes lives forever. >>> beautiful clear skies as we take a live look from tiburon. we'll see that throughout the weekend as temperatures heat up. i'll have more and a look at a few events going oncoming up in the microclimate forecast. world - and its plan to expand its signature killer whale >>> a partial victory for sea world and its plan to expand its signature killer whale program. yesterday the st

the coalition of business owners, workers, activists and lawyers from tunisia is known as the tunisiaet. the group received the prize for steering tunisia away from the civil war and toward democracy of after its 2011 revolution known as part of the arab spring. >>> a week of escalating violence between israelis and palestinians has spread to the gaza strip. five palestinians were killed in clashes with israeli troops along the heavily-guarded frontier near the gaza border. the gaza strip has been calm in recent days as violence centered on east jerusalem in the occupied west bank. earlier this week two israelis were wounded in stabbing attacks in those areas. but how do you run a business in this pressure cooker environment? israeli fizzy drink maker sodastream operated a factory in the west bank employing hundreds of palestinians until last month. it had to close, at least in part, due to what some say was political pressure. we have sodastream's ceo joining us now. we're happy to have you here. >> hi, liz. liz: that former plant, why did you close it? was it pressure politically? >

. >> i know you did see the news earlier this week when it came to tunisia.u look at egypt a couple of years after the revolution that took place there, any lessons that egypt can learn from tunisia. >> well, i think the egyptians should have also been at the same place. what it shows is that egypt's revolution is yet to come. hopefully it will be a non-violent revolution, but the egypt's people's quest to remove dictatorship and have a democratic state has yet to be realized. i hope that the egyptians see tunisians as a life and a possibility of their neighbor. but egypt has not accomplished what it set out to accomplish. >> thank you for your time on al jazeera. >>> australia is negotiating with the philippines to resettle refugees. australia intercepts any refugee boats arriving on their shores, and sends them to camps. >> reporter: the philippines has a long history of accepting refugees from other asian countries and even as far as europe. it provides sanctuary to hundreds of refugees who fled from vietnam during the civil war in the 1970s. they built a

tunisia is showing what it means to be builders in the middle east.my second point is more of a plea. please do not accept the view of some that the middle east must inevitably be divided along secretary and lines, especially between sunni and shiite muslims. nothing kills the propaganda of dsh and other terrorist organizations more than the smith. this simplistic and cynical view is not only not true historically, it is not true today. after all, coalition to defeat dsh includes every sunni region in the northeast. last june when the ash suicide bombers attacked and killed muslims while they are praying in kuwait at the start of ramadan, 27 were killed, what happened? the speaker of the parliament immediately rushed to the site of the tragedy, 1300 people volunteered to give blood the first day, sunni religious leaders urged their followers to show solidarity by praying at shiite mouse. the government blew the bodies of the victims for burial in accordance to family wishes. back in kuwait, 35000 people of every single sector came together and attende

. >> the nobel peace prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the tunisia national dialog quartet. >> the tunisia wins the prize for paving the way for democracy in the country. a top iranian general advising government forces has been

the 2015 novo peace prize has been awarded to a quartet in tunisia peered. juliet: here is the tweet. the award is for the quartet. the wake of the revolutions of 2011. ben: made up of four key organizations. a whole. >> instrumental in enabling tunisia. establishing a constitutional system of government. ben: indian children rights activist. ben: new jersey transit officials say they do not expect to meet a deadline. juliet: rail service could be -- teresa has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. absolutely a huge story for anyone that relies on new jersey they are saying this morning they simply cannot meet this deadline despite the fact that they have had ample notice. the one piece of technology that everyone agrees would save lives. ptc. the three letters real customers will be used to hearing the next couple of months. amtrak and mj transit. mandated seven years ago. intended to monitor and control a train speed. that amtrak tragedy claimed eight lives in philadelphia. despite the massive federal dollars, some real networks still are not ready. this

we've just learned the national dialogue quartet in tunisia won this year's nobel peace prize. cited for the contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in tunisia in the wake of a revolution there in 2011. >>> one of the heroes who helped stop an attack on a european train is once again making headlines. this morning, we have surveillance video of a fight that landed that man in the hospital with stab wounds. what started this scuffle. >>> plus, a health department takes action against a nurse who is accused of using the same syringe of dozens of people getting flu shots. we'll explain what's next for her. >>> just about 5:15. we have breaking news, monique braxton arrived on the scene of the water main break. what can you tell us? >> good morning. when we arrived here just before 5:00, we found police tape blocking the intersection of 5th and south going north to lombard. you can also notice the water is gushing from the pavement. now, we've reached out to the philadelphia water department to find out exactly the size of the break that occurred when it occurred an

can you talk about what more we should be doing to support tunisia?>> i went to taunisia two weeks ago and the effects of the two attacks on the museum and the beach was absolutely devastating. you could see empty hotels, empty museums. so we have to step up our efforts there. and we are stepping up our efforts in terms of long guarantees and economic assistance. we're trying to help with economic reforms. we're trying to help very importantly, because this is our area in which we specialize, to build up their security forces and counterterrorism to identify terrorist threats. they are next door to libya. it was the lone wolf. our focus is onbuilding of their counterterrorism capacity. they have a million libyans in taou shaoerb that at this point. mr. better tphaoufpy is here this week. we will honor tunisians with the nobel peace prize, including their national labor leader. >> thank you. this is our assessment that the biggest threat to tunisia is the chaos. >> yes. that's our assessment. and tunisia has the highest per cap a ta number of jihadis.

however, there are some suspects stories notably in tunisia.i look for to next week's ceremony to celebrate the national dialogue for tet winning of the nobel priests prize. we are committed to helping it continue to grow and prosper. prime minister has made progress and has courageously take the old corruption. we have a long road ahead but we have stopped iso-territorial expansion territorial expansion and are helping stabilize areas liberated by isil. the administration succeeded in finding an agreement to remove the biggest threat to our security. i ran obtaining a nuclear weapon. we are fully confident of the challenges ahead with implementation of the plan of action. the u.s. will lift sanctions once they verified iran has completed the steps. building on the historic summit that president obama held with cap david and may, we're helping our golf allies counter iran aggression by building our military capabilities and limiting to ron's ability to support has below. in lebanon lebanon we are strengthening the armed forces, targeting hospit