the say in it since many years starting in one thousand nine hundred two and that's of course the u.n. panel called the international panel on climate change thousands of the real scientists and not the allam is on either side maybe and these these scientists come to very clear reports and they report in two thousand and seven the most recent one states that the influence of human beings on the climate is without any doubt and it also just you know it's basically it's not just physical sciences and we can go back and it's recorded that the warming in the last century was warming of zero. point seven four degree celsius so so this is one point i want to make i really want to move forward and talk about solutions rather than doubting the science i think the science is clear that as well as i actually like i don't like to change. things yeah i mean i said you know what we agree is a low. point nine percent of climate scientists are going to do with their hundred percent in saying i want to just let me general managers and that if there's anything i demand in the senate. now xander finishes poin

u.n. human rights council appointed a panel to investigate deadly attack on a gaza about a flotilla in may israel rejects any international probe into the incident and in our interview up next we take an in-depth look at the arab israeli conflict with british veteran journalist alan hart who spent decades covering the issue that's up next. today i'm talking to alan hart veteran middle east correspondent and conflict resolver we're going to start by talking about israel's blockade on gaza and the aid ships that are trying to get into the region thanks very much for talking to r.t. now let's talk first about israel's blockade on gaza and the eight chips that are trying to get in israel insists that that blockade is legal what do you think well let's first of all say that the purpose of the blockade is the collective punishment of the whole people of gaza to try to wean them away from hamas now collective punishment by definition is a war crime it is absolutely illegal. the only benefit of the attempts to break the blockade is not really assisting the people of gaza but it is helping to make

u.n. secretary general ban-ki moon who established the investigative panel. up to 200 u.n. staffers were trapped in the compound for much of the day. in lebanon thousands of people marched in south beirut for the funeral of the country's top shiite claire i can, the grand ayatollah. the sea of mourners filled the streets as the ayatollah's coffin was carried from his home to a mosque for burial. he died sunday at 75 after a long illness. he had denied being a spiritual leader of the militant group hezbollah. those are some of the day's major stories. now back to gwen. >> ifill: inside the white house, two allies try to patch up their relationship. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president obama had a full agenda on tap for today's oval office meeting. but after months of public disagreement over settlement construction and the blockade of gaza, fences had to be mended first. >> the bond between the united states and israel is unbreakable. it encompasses our national security interests, our strategic interests, but most importantly the bond to of two democracie

s iraq war inquiry has told the panel he believes the invasion was illegal hans blix was the chief u.n. weapons inspector in iraq before the us led coalition toppled saddam hussein's regime let's talk more about this to get some reaction from british m.p. jeremy corbin to join the line it's called and thanks for being with us mr blix was pretty unequivocal about the legality of the war in iraq how important is his testimony in establishing the truth behind the decision to go to war. very important indeed he's a very well respected figure in britain and around the world and he took the trouble of coming to visit the british parliament in two thousand and three and four and explained the situation there as he saw it and i'm very pleased that he's been able to give evidence that inquiry because many of us believe the invasion to be deeply flawed politically wrong but above all illegal what do you think the ramifications will be when the findings of this inquiry are eventually released maybe later this year this inquiry isn't a criminal investigation is it so is it likely at all that is fi

panel. thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> britain's queen elizabeth speaks of the u.n. this morning. president obama meets with israeei prime minister benjamin not to get to which is followed by today's "washington journal." >> book-tv continues in primetime tonight with a focus on economic issues. mohammad yunis writes about his efforts to expand social business. onalso have mario bartoiromo living in these times. that is all this week of cspan 2. for a snapshot of washington and the 111th congress, the cspan congressional directory is a reference guide to every member of the house and senate, the president's cabinet, the supreme court and the rest at your fingertips on line at c- span.org/store. elizabeth's queen addressed the united states -- united nations general assembly. this was kerfs first speech at the un since 1957. she taught to read curbing terrorism and addressing climate change. this is 20 minutes. >> please rise. [applause] [no audio] [no audio] >> the meeting of the general assembly is called to order. this afternoon, we will hear an addrees by her maj