fighters from the pro iranian hezbollah group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on. the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria. yet if one country thinks it can get desirable results by posting terrorism open but in neighboring countries then it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in this fashion boss the loss of the jet comes as israel acknowledged for the first time and i tack on iranian targets in syria. earlier i spoke with did a middle east correspondent tanya kramer in jerusalem and i asked her how serious this confrontation is. indeed it is a one of the most serious situations we have seen in the north of the postie is one very significant one and also from the israeli side of a stone pony into iran that we had prime minister binyamin netanyahu he has been in security meetings old day with the army saying that israel will defend itself against any attack and any attempt to violate its supper entity now is a has made it clear all

fighters from the pro iranian hezbollah group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on. the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria. yet if one country thinks it can get desirable results by posting terrorism open but in neighboring countries then it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in this case the boss the loss of the jet comes as israel acknowledged for the first time and attack on iranian targets in syria. earlier i spoke to dia abuse middle east correspondent tanya kramer interest alone and i asked her how serious this confrontation is. indeed it is a one of the most serious situations we have seen in the north of the postie is one very significant one and also from the israeli side of a stone winning to iran that we had prime minister binyamin netanyahu he has been in security meetings old day with the army saying that israel will defend itself against any attack and any attempt to violate its supper entity now is a has made it cle

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fighters from the pro iranian hezbollah group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on. the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria. yet it if one country thinks it can get desirable results by posting terrorism obama but in neighboring countries then it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in this shit boss the loss of the jet comes as israel acknowledged for the first time and attack on iranian targets in syria. earlier i spoke to his middle east correspondent tanya kramer in jerusalem i started by asking her how serious this confrontation is. it is a one of the most serious situations we have seen in the north of the past he has one very significant one and also from the israeli side of a stone winning to iran that we had prime minister binyamin netanyahu he has been security meetings old day with the army saying that israel will defend itself against any attack and any attempt to violate its separate entity now is or has made it clear al

, hezbollah, to exert sovereignty throughout all parts of syria.l it w a slow and bumpy process, but it will keep going. laura: has the war in syria strengthened not only the assad government but also the hold of sossia and iran? mara: oh, very muc iran and the syrian regime had close relations for a long time, but they've deepened considerably. frankly, assad has managed to stay in power not least because of the iranians and the russians , and it will be interesting to see what happens as he further consolidatesis gains. the extent to which he decides russia and iran can maintain a substantial presen there. laura: you have extensive experience within government. egic is the u.s. str objective in in syria beyond fighting islamic state? mara: well, that really was the top u.s. objective. initially when president obamafo sed on what to do about isis, the plan was to deal witht isislso to deal with the assad regime -- second, but not tirely ignore it. now that we had the stage where isis is to be did this -- we have hit the stage were isis is increasingly defeated militarily this admini

, hezbollah, to exert sovereignty throughout all parts of syria.w it will be a sd bumpy process, but it will keep going. laura: has the war in syria strengthened not only the assad government but also the hold of russia and iran? maraoh, very much so. iran and the syrian regime had close relations for a long time, but they've deepened considerably. frankly, assad has managed to stay in power not least because of the iranians and the russians , and it will be interesting to see what happens as he further consolidates his gains. the extent to which he decides russia and iran can mainin a substantial presence there. laura: you have extensiv experience within government. what is the u.s. strategicob ctive in in syria beyond fighting islamic state? mara: well, that really was the top u.s. objective. initially when president obamaha focused onto do about isis, the plan was to deal with isis but also to deal with the assad regime -- second, but not entirely ignore it. now that we had the stage where isis is to be did this -- we have hit the stage were isis is increasingly defeated militaril

and we're preventing the takeover by yemen, the radical iranian hezbollah affiliated to ourselves. we do not what has been in yemen. the houthis or 50,000 people. they cannot dominate the country of 20 million. we are working with allies in order to push back. we are working with allies in the gulf in order to beef up our defenses. and we are working within the islamic world in order to isolate iran working with african countries in order to isolate iran. we will continue to so until iran changes its policies. >> the young lady back there. [inaudible] >> my question is, you said the crowned prince once a normal saudi arabia. so my question is do you see in the very close future the end of the guardianship system for women in saudi arabia? >> i think if you look at the issue of women in saudi arabia, in 1960 we had no schools for women. today 55% of college students are women. in 1960 there were no perfections open to women. today some of her most prominent businessperson, doctors, engineers are women. women can vote. 20% of the council, legislative body our ladies. their opening of

of the russian ambassador has said on saturday iranian backed hezbollah units and ship militia rebel should be immediately withdrawn from syria's deescalation zone so that's a real message to the russians get rid of iran from our borders the russians haven't responded yet clearly they control the airspace over syrian territory so it's a real message now to the russians look we don't want iran on the sides of the israelis we want iran away from our border we want don't want them to have a role in syria and so they're appealing to the russians but where this will go is going to be very difficult for the russians clearly the iranians will you know have been very successful particular when they backed hezbollah in fighting the syrian rebels so they're a key fighting force within the syrian conflict itself and the russians their priority is to keep. all right let's thank him rama let's continue the discussion is brings in the whole the into the picture now of course hezbollah is one of the main actors there in syria we understand their forces may have been part of the targets for the isra

and we are prevengt the takeover of yemen by a radical iranian affiliated hezbollah affiliate to ourselves. the hezbollah are 50,000 people. they cannot dominate a country of 28 million. so we're, would with our allies in order to push back and we're working with our allies in the gulf in order to beef up our defenses. and that's -- and we're, would within the islamic world in order to isolate iran. we're working with african countries in order to isolate iran and we will continue to do so until iran changes its policies. >> young lady back there, yeah. you can identify yourself. >> i run the [ inaudible ]. >> my question is again from mr. al-jubeir. you said that the crown prince wanted a normal saudi arabia. so my question is, do you see in the very close future the end of the guardianship system for women in saudi arabia? >> i think if you look at the issue of women in saudi arabia, in 1960 we had no schools for women. today 55% of college students are women. in 1960, there were no provisions open for women. today some of our most prominent business persons, doctors, engineers, are wome

that is really sort of looking for a real real meaningful scary conflict with the iranians also with hezbollah or do you see this is a part of a puzzle piece right now because you know that would you know for planners for american planners in the pentagon it would be nice to have a foothold in syria if an operation like that were to be pulled off i prefer to stay on the ground the fact let's just look at the facts israel has been firing missiles on the territory of a sovereign state. in the condition of a foreign intervention of the civil war several times or one hundred. times in a look at exactly. what a victim or a huge terrorist act three years ago and no one in the west even expressed condolences you know israel has been occupying lebanon since one nine hundred eighty two and that was the reason why it has but what came into being it didn't have not existed before and now israel which has been applauded. for intervention in syria is concerned about its security and the increased influence of iran. but. a very. cold message that the syrians will start defending their airspace to

that the israelis are looking for a real real meaningful scary conflict with the iranians also with hezbollah or do you see this is a part of a puzzle piece right now because you know that would. for planners for american planners in the pentagon it would be nice to have a foothold in syria if an operation like that were to be pulled off i prefer to stay on the ground the fact let's just look at the facts israel has been firing missiles from the territory of a sovereign state in the condition of a foreign intervention of the civil war several times or one hundred. times in a look at exactly. what a victim or a huge terrorist act three years ago and no one in the west even expressed condolences you know israel has been occupying lebanon since one nine hundred eighty two and that was the reason why it has but what came into being it didn't have not existed before and now israel which has been applauded. for intervention in syria is concerned about its security and the increased influence of iran. but. a very. cold message that the syrians will start defending their airspace to what degree that

that the israelis are looking for a real real meaningful scary conflict with the iranians also with hezbollah or do you see this is a. part of a puzzle piece right now because you know that would you know for planners for american planners in the pentagon it would be nice to have a foothold in syria if an operation like that were to be pulled off i prefer to stay on the ground effect which let's just look at the facts israel has been firing missiles from the territory of a sovereign state in the condition of a foreign intervention of the civil war several times or one hundred. times in a look at exactly you know. their embassy was a victim of a huge terrorist act three years ago and no one in the west even expressed condolences you know israel has been occupying lebanon since one thousand eight hundred two and that was the reason why it has but what came into being it didn't have not existed before and now israel which has been applauded. for intervention in syria is concerned about its security and the increased influence of iran. but they got a very. cold message that the syrians will start

that is really sort of looking for a real real meaningful scary conflict with the iranians also with hezbollah or do you see this is a part of a puzzle piece right now because you know that would you know for planners for american planners in the pentagon it would be nice to have a foothold in syria if an operation like that were to be pulled off i prefer to stay on the ground the fact and let's just look at the facts israel has been firing missiles from the territory of a sovereign state in the condition of a foreign intervention of the civil war several times or why. one hundred exactly going to look exactly you know they rainy and they ran but what's a victim huge terrorist act three years ago and no one in the west even expressed condolences you know israel has been occupying lebanon since one nine hundred eighty two and that was the reason why it has but what came into being it didn't have not existed before and now israel which has been applauded. for intervention in syria is concerned about its security and the increased influence of iran. but they got they got a very. cold me

that is really sort of looking for a real real meaningful scary conflict with the iranians also with hezbollah or do you see this is a part of a puzzle piece right now because you know that would you know for planners for american planners in the pentagon it would be nice to have a foothold in syria if an operation like that were to be pulled off i prefer to stay on the ground the fact let's just look at the facts israel has been firing missiles on the territory of a sovereign state in the condition of a foreign intervention of the civil war several times or one hundred. going to look at exactly you know. their own butt. what a victim of a huge terrorist act three years ago and no one in the west even expressed condolences you know israel has been occupying lebanon since one thousand eight hundred two and that was the reason why it has but what came into being it didn't have not existed before and now is an l which has been applauded. for intervention in syria is concerned about its security and the increased influence of iran. but they got a very. cold message that the syrians will

that the israelis are looking for a real real meaningful scary conflict with the iranians also with hezbollah or do you see this is a part of a puzzle piece right now because you know that would you know for planners for american planners in the pentagon it would be nice to have a foothold in syria if an operation like that were to be pulled off i prefer to stay on the ground the fact let's just look at the facts israel has been firing missiles from the territory of a sovereign state in the condition of a foreign intervention of the civil war several times or one hundred. going to look at exactly. what a victim of a huge terrorist act three years ago and no one in the west even expressed condolences you know israel has been occupying lebanon since one nine hundred eighty two and that was the reason why it has but what came into being it didn't have not existed before and now israel which has been applauded. for intervention in syria is concerned about its security and the increased influence of iran. but they are very. cold message that the syrians will start defending their airspace to what

would you allow the iranians to push you towards another war nobody told you that we do not control hezbollah proof that in the past twelve years that has been not one single aggression from hezbollah inside israel eastern rectories so this message that the problem is to control hezbollah or not control is. receivable can you control israel from coming and. aggressing lebanese sovereignty a hundred and fifty times a month so the issue is not a political party or. a faction of the lebanese political system of course israel is has a very different. view on that but we'll have to leave it there minister thank you very much for that interview so a lot of ground to cover no real outcome expected here in munich but certainly all the actors that can at least move in this conflict will be gathered here in munich and of course we should a lot of important conversations will be going on in the next couple of days on important issues that are threatening the world but let me return now to what the defense minister of lebanon said he congratulated germany on the announcement that there is your

that the israelis are looking for a real real meaningful scary conflict with the iranians also with hezbollah or do you see this is a part of a puzzle piece right now because you know that would you know for planners for american planners in the pentagon it would be nice to have a foothold in syria if an operation like that were to be pulled off i prefer to stay on the ground the fact let's just look at the facts israel has been firing missiles on the territory of a sovereign state in the condition of a foreign intervention of the civil war several times over one hundred. thousand a look at exactly. what a victim huge terrorist act three years ago and no one in the west even expressed condolences you know israel has been occupying lebanon since one nine hundred eighty two and that was the reason why it has but what came into being it didn't have not existed before and now israel which has been applauded. for intervention in syria is concerned about its security and the increased influence of iran. a very. cold message that the syrians will start defending their airspace to what degree that wi

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on one hand, syria and hezbollah and iranian forces backed by the russians and on the other hand the israelis. >> and it is worth back up and reminding people, while syria has been a pro- -- a pro-iran country and syria had their own army so you didn't need a presence in israel. we talk about the russians in sear a lot on this show. but the fact is there are permanent and increased presence of iranian revolutionary guard in syria and iranian funded militia. >> and israel tried to make sure that doesn't happen. so first they appealed to russia. they created some sort of a tactical coordination to the extent of an encrypted phone line between the bunker of the air force in tel aviv to the russian air force command in syria. so technically it worked but netanyahu was not able to make president putin understand israeli strategic means. so that didn't work. ab airlift -- israeli traveling to washington to try to ask the administration to put more pressure on russia so they do not deploy. that doesn't work. some of the israelis participating in the meeting told me we don't understand what

targets the iranian backed force that are fighting the fighting against syria the rebels in syria and supporting president bashar assad but they have hit targets inside they know where they all so it really depends what the iranians and the syrians do next they've already fired off rockets into israeli territory setting off those alarms but it's likely that the iranians will accept a certain amount of attacks against their targets according to these defense analysts i've spoken to it's all about a proportional response right now from both sides however if things do escalate then it's really up to these radios to figure out what they want to do whether they go off the ball the targets completely within syria and the syrian air defenses them but to do that requires a sustained fight and that's something that israel has to really look closely at or to imran khan there in western thank you let's cross over now to beirut and talk to zain a honda the israeli army now says the operation has ended how serious was this incident . well yes the army saying it has ended and they don't want to an

time around it was not signed by hezbollah but signed by syria's allies so iran you know hezbollah the iranian revolutionary guard all of them issuing this statement saying that any syrian aggression or an aggression against the syrian government or the syrian or syria will be met with course so clearly a very tough response and as iran was mentioning the iranians as well saying there is a message that as of today you know the downing of the jet is a message that you know they can't fly over syria and hit targets in syria without going unpunished so harsh rhetoric really it was a serious incident a serious confrontation but for now it seems both sides have taken a step back they've given each other messages we know what israel's red lines are it said this for some time now it will not allow to iran and its allies to entrench itself militarily in syria now syrian government and its allies have their message of their own their own red line stop hitting us now russia in the russian position is quite interesting saying that the syrian territorial integrity needs to be respected and we all

iranian targets in syria. entrenchment in syria. goal of destroying israel. like these hezbollah fighters, back in control of much territory. syria's conflict has drawn in her neighbours. in syria in recent years. iranian military site. factory was targeted. military advisers in syria. israel says it doesn't want an escalation in syria. possibility of precisely that. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. in neighbouring myanmar. after a military crackdown began six months ago. as he visited the balu—khali camp. welcome! kicked out of their home. we're going to try and get you back home, guys. huge man—made disaster. buddhist mobs in myanmar. i'm very sorry. what do you think of what you've heard so far? want to trigger terrible memories for them. been beaten, and had to ransom his daughter back. he kept breaking down in tears. the people that borisjohnson is meeting here are all in limbo. but they can't go back to myanmar without guarantees of safety. so what can britain do to help? dignified return for these people. that's what they want. they do want to go back but they don't feel safe.

buildup in syria and because of hezbollah's presence there because of the revolutionary guards the iranian revolutionary guards and this is been going on of course throughout the war in syria but presence has intensified and i think that there is a feeling among the israelis and really among some arab states as well that the iranian involvement in the middle east ok we're not just talking about syria we're talking about iraq we're talking about yemen in lebanon that it's reached the point now where action must be taken is there more than a loss of. i don't want to use the word pride but it's the word that's coming to mind here geneva you know just how significant is the loss of the jet in itself. well it's very significant because you know again the israelis are feeling under enormous pressure and obviously this isn't the first time the israelis have bombed inside syria they've done so in recent years and during the war years too so you know we have i think that although all parties including the russians particularly don't want a confrontation among all the states in syria the risk now is

you know, hezbollah, the iranian backed regime in lebanon has 150,000 rockets pointed at israel and the iranians are trying to move across land into syria, establish a permanent presence there to attack israel from the border. this is a strategic threat of enormous consequence to israel. rick: listen, israel has had grave concerns about iran, and we heard from jim mattis who spoke about iran being at the center pretty much of every conflict in the middle east. i want to hear from him and we'll get your reaction to that. >> we were not involved in the events of the last on, a military basis, we had no involvement on the fighting there. everywhere we find trouble in the middle east, you find the same thing behind it, whether it be in yemen or beirut, or in syria, in iraq, you always find iran engaged. rick: he's clearly concerned. as are the israelis. >> absolutely. i just returned last week from abu dhabi, the gulf is enormously concerned about iran's growing aggressiveness and assertiveness in the region. they are fighting iranian proxies in yemen along with saudi arabia. iran has not b

it's not on hezbollah, it depends what is the iranian plan. why are they so active now? what are they protecting in syria? some experts are saying there's a possibility, leland, iranians are thinking of moving missiles to syria and tell the israelis, you cannot hit those missiles. leland: telling the israelis you can't hit something hasn't worked in the past. israel has shown a willingness and publicly said if there is game-changing weaponry moving into syria we're going to hit it and they've done it in the past, would they do again? >> the iranians are now able to bring the missiles across the land into syria. it didn't happen before. and now you have the iranians bringing in those weapons and you have the russians with their own missile and that's a lot of food for thought for israel and their allies, the united states. leland: and clearly the israelis did not hesitate today, responding strongly. with those air defenses, that sets up not a good and combustable situation. walid, thank you very much. more on this later in the show. eboni: ahead, remembering john gavin, a

the attacks were widely attributed to hezbollah acting under iranian direction. and they continued. >> the latest attack brings to more than 100 the number of people killed in bombiin lebanon this year. >> tmith: the attacks seemedo be working. hezbollah won new followers. >> more and more fundamentalist shiite muslims are volunteering to blow themselves up in what they see as the holy fightes against oppron. >> smith: the u.s. pulled out and israel was forced to retreat. israel would eventuawithdraw all its troops from lebanon. (shouting) >> never before had we seen anal israeli withdrrom occupied arab territory. so that was basically the big turning point-- the image of hezbollah as a successful force, which achieved what other other arab militaries were not able to achieve. (singing) >> smith: hezbollah marks their victories every year in a celebration they call liberation and resistance day. >> smith: hezbollah's securitywo d not allow us to bring our own camera crew, so they assigned us one of their own. (man singing): >> smith: hezbollah has grown into a ma

for the syrian regime and for their allies hezbollah is saying from now on israel has to be careful how to move forward within syria and lebanon because this incident that the the shooting down of the israeli f. sixteen will be the norm moving forward because apparently or perhaps there is a more sophisticated weapons in the hands of syria's and hezbollah with the help of iran. thanks thank you. and meanwhile a turkish military helicopter has been shot down in northern syria during an operation there against kurdish fighters that this video is said to show the helicopter just moments before it was downed killing two soldiers who were on board at the time mo turkish president range of time says it happened near the southern hatay province tomorrow sheilds joins me live from the texas city of kathy antipas near the border with syria hi there jim what are the other details that we know right. well as you mentioned the helicopter was part of what is known as operation olive branch that is a military operation that was launched three weeks ago by the turkish army together with their alli

mcmaster essential little said iranian-backs militias in various countries like hezbollah? what's the plan? >> the danger is that it's in lebanon over 30, hezbollah has become the foremost terrorist organization in the world. the iranians have funded the houthi and they're taking over this part of this important country. and this has to be stopped with regards to blah steps we m what steps we may or may not take, i do not think it's proper to discuss on public television. >> meanwhile, they're also at logger heads with iran nbc's bill neely spoke exclusively with the iranian prime ministers. >> reporter: from israeli's prime minister threats and theater, showing world leader what is he said was a piece of an iranian drone >> mr. sharif, do you recognize this you should it's yours >> reporter: calling out iran's foreign minister and issuing this threat. >> we will act if necessary. not just against iran's proxies that are attacking us, but against iran itself. >> reporter: on the same stage, iran's foreign minister mocked the drone display. >> translator: as cartoonish >> re

the attacks were widely attributed to hezbollah acting under iranian direction. and they continued. >> the latest attack bringto more than 100 the number of k peopleled in bombings in lebanon this year.e >> smith: attacks seemed to be working. hezbollah won new followers. >> more and more fundamentalist shiite muslims are volunteering hato blow themselves up in they see as the holy fight against oppression. >> smith: the u.s. pulled out and israel was forced to retreat.el israould eventually withdraw all its troops from lebanon. (shoutin >> never before had we seen an israeli withdrawal from occupied arab territory. so that was basically the big turning point-- the image of hezbollah as a successful force, which achieved what other other arab militaries were not able to achieve. (singing) >> sth: hezbollah marks thei victories every year in a celebration they call liberatio sistance day. >> smith: hezbollah's security would not allow us to bring our own camera crew, so they assigned us one of the own. (man singing): >> smith: hezblah has grown into a major politi

revolution led to be establishment of hezbollah which is today the world's most dangerous terrorist organisation. irrelevance in this is according to the phone distributor of because everybody else is blaming them for their problems. didn't iran attack the american embassy in beirut in one thousand nine hundred eighty one didn't iran and its proxies attack a national airport resulting in the death of two hundred seventy people it's a fact didn't iran commit terrorist acts in europe including here in germany and argentina and in other places yes they did is that something we can deny of course not. didn't iran. train and manage the style that attacked corporate towers in. the six years leading the ringleader was general should be iran's military attache in bahrain the three leaders of the plot escaped from saudi arabia and went to iraq with it have been looking ever since believe us that we captured two years ago in lebanon with iran. even though he's a saudi citizen isn't this harboring and sheltering terrorists. after the iraq here in the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three.

. >> at least you know what hundred tons or so they say they had iranian depots that are supplying hezbollah with missiles up there in the lebanese border. as well as the fact that in damascus they carried out this type of attacks. what is the message and how do you think the us should react and try to stop them or is even possible? or is that the first step which can potentially be a part -- a broader conflict? >> we want to see the end of violations and in syria.but we cannot ignore the fact iranians are trying to build factories of gps guided missiles that can threaten any target in israel. we cannot allow it. we do whatever is necessary. we expect for our allies and others in the region to be worried also because today, the iranians are invading into the israeli airspace and in the future it will be also a trip to europe into the us. >> is unbelievably provocative. they call this laughable. but still, the danger and the threat is that from a nation that has called for wiping israel off the map. ambassador, thank you very much. you called in the security council to condemn this. we will s

israel hit hezbollah and its iranian backers hard when they started flying drones over their border over the past weekend. that is absolutely in the united states interest to defend our allies, stand with them. that doesn't mean hundreds of thousands of u.s. troops on the ground. but there are ways to stand with our allies in the region and we're not letting the iranians and russians and assad just run amuck across the middle east. >> dana: michael waltz, thank you. >> thanks, dana. >> dana: american showborder shaun white is apologizing after dismissing sexual misconduct allegations against him as gossip. after his third olympic victory. white made history when he claimed gold in the men's half pipe. something he also did in 2006 and 2010. after winning, white downplayed a 2016 lawsuit settled last year made by the drummer of his band. >> you know, i am here to talk about the olympics not gossip. but i don't think so. i am who i am. i'm proud of who i am and my friends, you know, love me and vouch for me. i think that stands on its own. >> dana: white struck a different tone on "the tod

backed militias like hezbollah and russia's position as it controls much of the airspace in syria is to say look we don't mind you doing this as long as you do not threaten the outside regime too much and and russia is very very clear about this as long as you don't jeopardize the safety of any russian personnel and that's something that moscow has stressed absolutely clearly in the last couple of days and i think putin probably would have said that to netanyahu. essentially. israel is going to have to take all of this on board israel would like russia to do more to control iranian backed militias in the south of the country but for as long as those iranian backed militias are useful for the outside regime and for russia's objectives russia is not going to do too much to limit those so that puts israel in in a tricky position as it was just saying and israel is going to be very careful now because although russia is not going to shoot israeli planes out of the sky themselves they don't seem to be willing or able but most probably willing to stop. defense systems from having a go shoo

is real warning the un to stop letting hezbollah run wild in lebanon. showing fox news a letter written by israel's un ambassador describes a visit by a high-ranking iranian official to the lebanese israeli border with armed hezbollah militants. a violation of un resolutions that was never reported. the letters is the official made comments about liberating jerusalem. >> south korea's president will meet with the sister of kim jung un. it should be interesting as the rogue nation holds their military parade on the eve of the olympics, the new video showing kim jung un giving a speech in front of the north korean army, large military tanks rolling through the capital city of pyongyang. the land of whiskey trying to kick its alcohol problem, the first country to impose a minimum price on alcohol to make it more expensive. they hope the measurable save lives and curb scotland's unhealthy relationship with alcohol. the new law takes effect march 1, 3.4 million gallons of alcohol per year, 3.4 gallons of whiskey. think about that, 40% more than americans and

is trying to expand their arc of influence all the way from tehran to link up with hezbollah in lebanon through the golan heights i mean what is the what is the iranian narrative when it comes to this particular accusation levelled against them by the israelis well the israeli narrative is very similar to sister apartheid regime in south africa back in the days when we had apartheid there. apartheid south africa like the israeli regime abuse the natives and would regularly attack its neighbors just like this really regime on the other hand and see that african national congress and the late now also mandela they were terrorist organizations they were communists according to apartheid south africa and western countries basically remake that position and we know that now president nelson mandela was still a terrorist according to u.s. law when he was the president i'm south africa and he couldn't enter the united states because he was a terrorist and so as they and see israeli regime does the same thing they use iran like the apartheid south africa and western governments and the western

is trying to expand their arc of influence all the way from tehran to link up with hezbollah in lebanon through the golan heights i mean what is the what is the iranian narrative when it comes to this particular accusation levelled against them by the israelis well the israeli narrative is very similar to its sister apartheid regime in south africa back in the days when we had apartheid there. apartheid south africa like the israeli regime abuse the natives and would regularly attack its neighbors just like this really regime on the other hand and see that african national congress and the late now also mandela they were terrorist organizations they were communists according to apartheid south africa and western countries basically remake that position and we know that now president nelson mandela was still a terrorist according to u.s. law when he was the president from south africa and he couldn't enter the united states because he was a terrorist and so as they and see israeli regime does the same thing they use iran like the apartheid south africa and western governments and the wes

is trying to expand their arc of influence all the way from iran to link up with hezbollah in lebanon through the golan heights i mean what is the what is the iranian narrative when it comes to this particular accusation levelled against them by the israelis well the israeli narrative is very similar to its sister apartheid regime in south africa back in the days when we had apartheid there. apartheid south africa liked israeli regime abuse the natives and would regularly attack its neighbors just like this really regime on the other hand and see that african national congress and the late now also mandela they were terrorist organizations they were communists according to apartheid south africa and western countries basically remake that position and we know that now president nelson mandela was still a terrorist according to u.s. law when he was the president i'm south africa and he couldn't enter the united states because he was a terrorist and so as they and see israeli regime does the same thing they use iran like the apartheid south africa and western governments and the western

is trying to expel the arc of influence all the way from to iran to link up with hezbollah in lebanon through the golan heights i mean what is the what is the iranian narrative when it comes to this particular accusation levelled against them by the israelis well the israeli narrative is very similar to its sister apartheid regime in south africa back in the days when we had apartheid there. apartheid south africa like the israeli regime abuse the natives and would regularly attack its neighbors just like this really regime on the other hand and see that african national congress and the late now also mandela they were terrorist organizations they were communists according to apartheid south africa and western countries basically remake that position and we know that now president nelson mandela was still a terrorist according to u.s. law when he was the president i'm south africa and he couldn't enter the united states because he was a terrorist and so as they and see israeli regime does the same thing they use iran like the apartheid south africa and western governments and the west

and on the horizon there's a possibility of war between israel and the hezbollah dlifn n by the iranian iranians. eboni: sounds like the stakes couldn't be higher and i certainly hope that some of the strategies you recommended can help out there. thank you, general. leland: still ahead, the winter olympics closing ser monies playing second fiddle to korean politics. greg is live in seoul. >> ivanka trump leading the u.s. delegation for the closing ceremony amid yet more talk of talks. thank you. ♪ imagine if the things you bought every day... earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. with the united mileageplus explorer card, you'll get a free checked bag. two united club passes. priority boarding. and earn fifty thousand bonus miles after you spend three thousand dollars on purchases in the first three months from account opening plus, zero-dollar intro annual fee for the first year, then ninety-five dollars. learn more at theexplorercard.com but their nutritional needs remain instinctual. that's why there's purina one true instinct. real meat #1. a different bree

rockets fired by hezbollah. if that did occur i think he would go full throttle into lebanon with everything he has to take the hezbollah down. >> bill: something to watch. i know you are and we'll follow up on that. in asia in seoul, south korea vice president mike pence said this. maximum pressure campaign will continue to intensify. if you want to talk we'll talk. that's the message to north korea. has the position of this administration changed? i believe it has. >> well, the president has always said he would be willing to talk. what usually is said behind that word talking certainly is better than shooting, is that when we want to talk, we want to make sure the condition is on the table to denuclearize north korea. that's the basis for us coming to talk. i doubt that's the position that north korea has today. clearly what's happening here my sources are telling me that the economic sanctions are starting to deprive north korea of about 70 to 80% of its revenue and commodities. they still have a door open f

group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on the iranian president hassan rouhani condemn the israeli action in syria. yet if one country thinks it can get desirable results by posting terrorism or bombarding neighboring countries then it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in this loss. the loss of the jet came as israel acknowledged for the first time an attack on iranian targets in syria. the other stories making news around the world. britain's development minister has threatened to cut funding to charities who failed to tackle sexual misconduct among stuff this officer a newspaper reports said aid workers from the oxfam charity illegally hired prostitutes while on a mission to pacey following the twenty ten earthquake he has accused of a cover up which the charity denies. the government says it will take action against ten members of the security forces and six the logistics is back to of massacring rohingya muslims it's not clear whether the suspects will face cha

group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria. yet if one country thinks it can get desirable results by pasting terrorism or bombarding neighboring countries then it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in this loss. the loss of the jet came as israel acknowledged for the first time an attack on iranian targets in syria. we asked our correspondent tonya kramer whether the tensions between israel syria and iran could be contained in the downing of the jess. well i mean issa has always said as it doesn't want to see a presence of iran in the area now what is so they have said really clear red lines and they act accordingly so it's what is quite new hand the situation i mean is when has carried out in the past many s. two acts against his positions or against and weapon transfers or other locations in syria over the past his during the war in syria but usually there was not much of a response from th

group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria. yet if one country thinks it can get desirable results by posting terrorism or bombarding neighboring countries then it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in this loss the loss of the jet came as israel acknowledged for the first time an attack on iranian targets in syria. israel corresponded tanya kramer whether the tensions between israel syria and iran could be contained following the downing of the chest. what i mean is it has always said that it doesn't want to see a presence of iran in the area now what is so they have said really clear red lines and they act accordingly so it's what is quite new hand the situation i mean israel has carried out in the policy many s. two acts against his positions or against a weapon transfers or other locations in syria over the past his during the war in syria but usually there was not much of a response from

the iranian position today is stronger inferior than it was a year ago. so putting pressure on iran is one thing, coming up with ways to counter is something else. we have seen the administration described how it's going to counter malign activities of iran. that's the right objective, the question is, are we seeing the actions that will produce results. >> the jury is still out on that. terrific discussion. good to see you today. >> my pleasure. >> congress is trying to keep the federal government open. they are still trying because there is another budget deadline looming. march 5 is the deadline so can lawmakers find a long-term solution this time around and prevent the government from shutting down again? the memo continues to resonate in washington for a republican lawmaker pressing for prosecution in the wake of its release. he will join us, next. ♪ ♪ wild thing ♪ ♪ you make my heart sing ♪ ♪ you make everything groovy ♪ wild thing, i think i love you ♪ applebee's handcrafted burgers. any burger just $7.99. now that's eatin good in t

group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria. yet if one country thinks it can get desirable results by posting terrorism or bombarding neighboring countries then it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in this boss. the loss of the jet came as israel acknowledged for the first time an attack on iranian targets in syria. correspondent honey cramer whether the tensions between israel and iran could be contained following the downing of that yes. well i mean issa has always said that it doesn't want to see a presence of iran in the area now what is so they have said really clear red lines and they act accordingly so it's what is quite new hand the situation i mean is when has carried out in the policy many s two acts against his positions or against of weapon transfer or other locations in syria over the past his during the war in syria but usually there was not much of a response from the assad reg

the iranians, the russians and the assad and hezbollah and that lot, they're just trying to hang on to power for as long as they can there. >> let's talk about north korea and reporting that the vice president mike pence was set to meet with north koreans, and a few hours before the meeting they north koreans canceled it. what do you make of this thwarted attempt to talk? >> reporter: look, again, this is confusing. if you remember, the narrative around the opening ceremonies which were around february 10th was that vice president mike pence had refused to turn around and shake the hand of kim jong-un's personal envoy, his sister. now we're hearing it is potentially the other way around. it's difficult to confirm since we're not in the room. we understand what the vice president's office says. i spoke face to face four days before the alleged meeting was meant to happen with the top national security and foreign policy adviser to the south korean president. his name is chong in-moon. he told me it would be wonderful if north korea gave a positive sign and there was some kind of meeting

group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria. yet if one country thinks it can get desirable results by pasting terrorism or bombarding neighboring countries then it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in this nation us. the loss of the jet came as israel acknowledged for the first time an attack on iranian targets in syria. where is the work not some of the other stories that are making news around the world where it is development minister has threatened to cut funding to charities who fail with tackle sexual misconduct among staff this after news paper report claimed that work personally aid organization oxfam illegally hired prostitutes all they were on a mission to haiti following the twenty ten earthquake haiti has accused all. spam of a cover up a charge the charity did not. manned mars government says it will take action against ten members of the security forces and six villagers were su

group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria. yet if one country thinks it can get desirable results by posting terrorism. neighboring countries then it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in this boss. the loss of the jet came as israel acknowledged for the first time an attack on iranian targets in syria. and the stories making news around the world. right wayne protesters in the south korean capital of seoul have rallied against north korea just hours after a joint korean women's hockey team made at the olympic debut in china the protesters are skeptical about worming relations between the leaders of the two countries. on mars government says it will take action against ten members of the security forces than six villagers suspected of massacring row hinge of muslims it's not clear whether themselves specs will face charges of claim this move is not connected to a reuters news reports on the m

ambassador at nikki haley's saying that iran and hezbollah were digging in in syria to stay in the country so it is a pretty worrying situation which led to this comment from the french ambassador all the ingredients are present if we do nothing about it urgently for a major. regional and international confrontation i say one glimmer of hope or a bit of extra aid getting into east and go to the first since last november james . desperately needed a but i think the view privately from the united nations is too little too late this is one convoy that has been allowed in to eastern guth where they require a lot more than one convoy because they've been cut off for so long aid supplies to besieged areas in syria have been a continuing problem the u.n. trying to get them in often when there are aid trucks allowed in supplies are taken from the trucks by the syrian government certain items are removed from those convoys by the syrian government and i can tell you privately some diplomats believe this is pretty cynical that the syrian government allowed one more in just hours before the security