just watch. >> reporter: hezbollah's latest p.r. offensive is a massive theme park that is built on top of one of their mountaintop strongholds. they wanted the story to the people without the governments calling them terrorists along the way. >> if it is not exploding, it is cool looking. >> reporter: it seems to attract a wide range of tourists. ladies from europe, loving couples, and of course, kids. >> hezbollah! >> it does actually have to be pretty rad as a little kid to be walking through a museum experience and not seeing like replica dinosaurs, but real life rockets. like, that would stoke me out as a kid. >> reporter: kids also get a chance to learn about the greatest honor for a hezbollah fighter, killing themselves. >> now, that would not have made me stoked as a kid, but freaked me out. they might want to leave that one off of the children e's par of the tour. resistance tourism is a mix of heavy vibes and finger-licking fun. >> ryan duffy is with us now live in new york, and he is a lead correspondent with vice which i

the treasury departments call out hezbollah for coordinating iranian assistance but hezbollah is on the list of designated foreign terrorist organizations. the violence in syria that has killed more than 21,000 people since last march, still continues. with us is fox news contributor, judith miller, an adjunct fellow at the manhattan institute. it is great to see you. i don't, explain it. the sanctions, economic sanctions against syria. what do they do? >>guest: well, they are meant to punish the syrian regime. they will do that in the long run. they are likely to weaken the regime. look, the real problem is nobody at this point that i've talked to, today, things the sanctions are going to make the difference. syria continues to deteriorate by the day. we now have a front page report in the "new york times" about the breakdown of law and order, kidnapping, carjacking, everything that a state like syria represents is coming apart at the seams but for their desire to hang on to power. that remains very strong. >>trace: your key phrase was "in the long run," you are right, the sanctions ma

and hezbollah is laying low and why? because the two major losers if assad falls, iran and hezbollah, because they have been p patronized by the regime, but they are a powerful organization on many levels, social, political and the military wing, but why they are there is that the legitimacy in the street comes from being the leader of the resistance against israel and its allies. if you have another civil war in lebanon, sunni/shia, that sort of legitimacy goes away and becomes an internal thing. they don't want that to happen. >> all right. it is a fascinating story to watch and to look at that. >> and when you look at all of the groups fighting each other, it is a confusing place. >> and the fact that it is spilling out to lebanon and other countries we have to keep a close eye on syria and lebanon. >>> and the tug of war between china and japan over a group of islands in the east china sea. somchai the some chinese activists landed on the island and they were arrested, and they were greeted by cheers. >> reporter: th

it could cut off supplies from hezbollah from iran. and it's unpredictable what the iranians will do. the iranians have talked about sanctions beg tandem out to war. are they going to react against this to the united states? that's certainly a concern in washington right now. >> bob baer formerly of the cia. now a cnn contributor. bob, thanks for helping us appreciate what's going on. >>> turning now to afghanistan where for the third time this week american troops have come under attack by those wearing the uniform of the very country the united states is trying to defend. just today three u.s. troops were killed when a man dressed in an afghan military uniform opened fire in helmand providence. chris lawrence is at the pentagon with more on what's going on. this is ominous, ominous stuff, chris. what is the latest? >> exactly, wolf. there is still some mystery surrounding exactly who this shooter was. but by now it seems clear that this was someone that these american troops trusted. were three u.s. marines lured to an early morning

it could cut off supplies from hezbollah from iran. and it's unpredictable what the iranians will do. the iranians have talked about sanctions being tandem out to war. are they going to react against this to the united states? that's certainly a concern in washington right now. >> bob baer formerly of the cia. now a cnn contributor. bob, thanks for helping us appreciate what's going on. >>> turning now to afghanistan where for the third time this week american troops have come under attack by those wearing the uniform of the very country the united states is trying to defend. just today three u.s. troops were killed when a man dressed in an afghan military uniform opened fire in helmand providence. chris lawrence is at the pentagon with more on what's going on. this is ominous, ominous stuff, chris. what is the latest? >> exactly, wolf. there is still some mystery surrounding exactly who this shooter was. but by now it seems clear that this was someone that these american troops trusted. were three u.s. marines lured to an early mornin

so really what it does is kind of heighten these connections between iran, hezbollah, and the syrian crisis. what it's going to do and the practical effect is really kind of unclear and in my opinion negatiligible because syria hasd a lot of sanctions under u.s. law even before the conflict began hezbollah was designated a terrorist organization by the united states many years ago. a lot of these assets are frozen and it is more of a symbolic gesture at this point. >> om some levels when you're defining who is sort of in bed with the syrians, is this showing that president bashar al assad is getting more support from the various groups that he's not going to back down because you do have iran, you do have hezbollah, you do have sort of a base of support for him? is this -- are the sanctions, this executive order, is the u.s. treasury going to have any effect? >> i don't think it is really going to have an effect in terms of being able to freeze the assets of hezbollah or iran. if you go back not just on this conflict but many years we talked about sanctions on iran. if you look at th

so really what it does is kind of heighten these connections between iran, hezbollah, and the syrian crisis. what it's going to do and the practical effect is really kind of unclear and in my opinion negatiligible because syria hasd a lot of sanctions under u.s. law even before the conflict began hezbollah was designated a terrorist organization by the united states many years ago. a lot of these assets are frozen and it is more of a symbolic gesture at this point. >> om some levels when you're defining who is sort of in bed with the syrians, is this showing that president bashar al assad is getting more support from the various grps that he's not going to back down because you do have iran, you do have hezbollah, you do have sort of a base of support for him? is this -- are the sanctions, this executive order, is the u.s. treasury going to have any effect? >> i don't think it is really going to have an effect in terms of being able to freeze the assets of hezbollah or iran. if you go back not just on this conflict but many years we talked about sanctions on iran. if you look at the

the suggestion has been that he's bola was behind it -- the suggestion is that hezbollah was behind it. >> we'll work together and it is a clear statement, we will find them. whatever it takes, how much money it takes, we will find them. >> but i notice you're not confirming hezbollah. >> i'm not confirming hezbollah. >> because people have suggested. >> i am a pragmatic president who would like to see the facts. so, we are working very hard, we are still in a very strong investigation process. we still have to see a lot of -- >> when you say you haven't got the proof, you're saying the british government or israeli government have not given you enough yet? >> we have been grateful to the support and the shared common work we have with the israeli, british government and also the american institutions. still, there is some more to be put on the table as proof, and still i would leave it up to the expert to work hard and then the politicians should make their final judgment. >> all right, president of billion garrea, thank you very much. >> thank you very much for inviting me. and i rea

. >>> tensions between the terrorist group hezbollah and israel are ratcheting up. during a speech broadcast to a large audience, hezbollah's secretary-general hassan nasrallah said the group could kill tens of thousands of israelis by striking specific targets with precision-guided rockets in israel. in recent months iran has backed hezbollah and there has been talk that israel could attack iran. >>> right now hundreds of people are paying tribute to a south bay marine who died serving his country. captain matt manoukian was raised in los altos but killed thousands of miles away from home in afghanistan. nbc bay areaarla teyes is in mountain view where a service is under way. >> reporter: this is where captain matt manoukian graduated from in 2001. now, the service is under way inside the gymnasium here on campus. now, i can tell you that it is standing-room only. the family has respectfully asked us to keep our cameras out. but, again, thousands -- at least a thousand expected today and it is standing-room only. we have a look at the scene from earlier. it was a s

hezbollah because it might put an impediment between shipping weapons through hezbollah and hezbollah there have will fall? >> it depends on how nationalistic the syrian government will emerge to be. the natural tendency of syrian... of damascus is to try to control lebanon. but hezbollah as an iranian arm, that will suffer. and that is good for the united states. >> rose: speaking of all this, what do you think is going on in israel and how they view their options? >> i think israel is torn between the turmoil in surrounding countries gives israel a breathing space and it means that immediate dangers are eased even though the syrian border was one of the quieter borders that israel had. on the other hand, when they see muslim brotherhood dominated governments at every border and one possible outcome in syria, likely outcome if the sunnis dominate the country is a muslim brotherhood type government of course one can argue and it's possible that will the muslim brotherhood will become democratic after 30 years of having affirmed the opposite under the experience of power. but one hasn'

hezbollah because it might put an impediment between shipping weapons through hezbollah and hezbollah there have will fall? >> it depends on how nationalistic the syrian government will emerge to be. the natural tendency of syrian... ofamascus is to try to control lebanon. but hezbollah as an iranian arm, that will suffer. and that is good for the united states. >> rose: speaking of all this, what do you think is going on in israel and how they view their options? >> i think israel is torn between the turmoil in surrounding countries gives isra a brehing space and it means that immediate dangers are eased even though the syrian border was one of the quieter borders that israel had. on the other hand, when they see muslim brotherhood dominated governments at every border and one possible outcome in syria, likely outcome if the sunnis dominate the country is a muslim brotherhood type government of course one can argue and it's possible that will the muslim brotherhood will become democratic after 30 years of having affirmed the opposite under the experience of power. but one hasn't seen

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they are terribly damaging to our country, they support hamas, they support hezbollah. they support other terrorist organizations. they are harmful to us in iraq. they are harmful to us in afghanistan. and they are harmful in the region. and to change that regime is vastly more important than what went on in libya because of the damage that syria and iran together pose to the united states of america. >> greta: is it that easy to single out which group does what? i was in israel and they are very concerned that should the regime fall, that hezbollah will get hold of the chemical special biological weapons that a rebel group with great sympathy to hezbollah will get it. is it that easy to do -- to identify which rebels you want to help and which not? >> no. you can identify who is better to help... not talking about perfection against something terrible. we're talking about gradations and it is possible to identify people that would be preferable to others. on the other hand, it is impossible to determine how it will come out. because you done know what the dynamic will

so insecure the march fourteenth pro saudi americans are putting forward a strong argument that it's hezbollah and its militias who are doing it and then there's all of those on television gone so look we cannot control this town we just built because there is no central government strong get out hezbollah is saying it's natural arliss understandable although it's wrong that families take things into their own hands and i think the fear here is that families and tribes and confessions i going to ignite it but there's blame on both sides lebanon itself is so fragile that quite a state in terms of that having a real a central government that can enforce the laws and having a compromise army that really exult exacerbates things and really gives rise to more possibilities for. ignition. later there the syrian friendship association of belgium tells me this is no coincidence the series violence is spilling out into neighboring states. i believe is that the violence what we are seeing you know this has nothing to do with reform it has to do with destroying the people who also have a lot of testimoni

the man on the tape identified himself as a hezbollah fighter. there's no way to independently verify that claim. >> aman, you're so close to the area. i think sometimes the distance doesn't make it possible for us to really understand this is not a battle going on on a battleground. these are cities that are being pummeled on a daily basis. these are women, men and children who have no dog in the fight that are being slaughtered on a daily basis. paint the picture for us of just how widespread this is and who are the victims? >> reporter: well, when this uprising began, if you can call it that, when this revolution began, it began as a peaceful protest precisely by those you mentioned, men, women and children young and old. as the marine saw this gaining momentum they began to use military force. there's no town or city spared since the conflict began. it began in the country i'd. some of the bigger towns, moving into some of the major cities. now we've seen it reach the capital. we've seen it reach syria's largest city of aleppo. really it is e

syria is very important to iran in that it is a major thoroughfare for iran's patronage of hezbollah. to use a poker analogy, iran is all in what it comes to syria. is a zero sum game for them. if the regime falls, they stand to lose and a major way, so they're doing all they can to express solidarity with the assad regime. >> how much influence does iran have in syria? >> iran has influence in terms of its financial aid to the assad regime which has been cut off financially. they support syria with cash, subsidize oil, arms, with tactics and strategy to continue to cause the uprising and one of the philosophies of the iranian regime is that when you're population rises up, never compromise because if you start to show signs of compromise, it will project weakness and encourage the opposition. i'm sure that is the advice they have been giving to the assad regime. don't offer 1 inch of ground because if you do, the opposition will want to take a yard. >> the special envoy has said iran has to be part of any transition to a new political structure. but given this relationship that it ha

can have adequate missile defenses, to cause decisionmakers in iran or syria or terrorist groups like hezbollah, or hamas, not to take the risk of firing missiles including those that might have chemical or biological or even worse, nuclear weapons in them because they wouldn't succeed in the first place and, would surely risk a massive israeli retaliation. that is the purpose of missile defense. it's too bad it's not as popular with the obama administration as it is in israel. >> kelly: why do you say that, given the fact that the obama administration has provided the support for iron dome, and, apparently, now, arrow-2? >> well, it is a curious hangover from the cold war, the president, vice president biden and others supported what used to be called field protection, which protected south korea or israel but not national missile defense and the national missile defense program for the united states has largely been gutted under president obama and i'm all in favor of protecting israel and our deployed force, but i would like to protect american civilians at home, too. >> kelly: sure and amba

array of potential threats but clearly the concern would be that some terrorist group-- whether hamas, hezbollah, al qaeda or others-- would receive the capacity to carry out a mass destruction, mass death type of event. and therefore america has to be ready, whether it's there or anywhere else in the world. >> pelley: we'll have more of that interview with mitt romney and anne romney next week as we bring you the "cbs evening news" from the republican national convention in tampa. late last night lance armstrong-- arguably one of the greatest athletes of all time-- announced that he will not contest charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs. the charges had been brought by the u.s. anti-doping agency known as u.s.a.d.a. today u.s.a.d.a. banned armstrong from support and began the process of stripping armstrong if his cycling titles, including his record seven tour de france victories. armen keteyian has our story. >> reporter: at his peak, lance armstrong conquered mountains and vanquish it had competition. yet armstrong was never quite able to outdistance allegations and investigations

hezbollah will come to iran's aid. jenna: we had a comment on air the other day every moment we talk about syria and what is going on there is another moment we don't talk about iran and the nuclear program and that could be part of the strategy. >> absolutely. jenna: look forward to having you back as always. >> thank you very much. jenna: jon? with. >> . jon: we get criticized for bringing too much bad news. here comes an aspiring story of triumph from adversity. a young man battles back from a near-death experience to find success in one of the most grueling sport. iron man athlete, brian boyle joins us in studio to talk about his remarkable come backstory next. jon: triathlete from around the world are gathering in new york city where the big apple prepares to host its very first ironman competition. known for athletes who persevered in their story and their life especially one man who battled back from a horrific car accident to return to athletics and were it a book about it. hear is the book. joining us, brian b

so look we cannot control these damages spilt because there's no central government strong get out hezbollah is saying it's it's natural our listeners stand about although it's wrong that families take things into their own hands and i think the fear here is that families and tribes and confessions i going to ignite it but there's blame on both sides levanon itself is so fragile and not quite a state in terms of that having a real central government that can enforce the laws and having a compromise army that really exult exacerbates things and really gives rise to more possibilities for. ignition. political analyst and lawyer dr franklin lamb there talked a bit earlier on from beirut. lawyers defending going ton of a detainee say that they're being silenced inside military tribunals banned from any mention of alleged torture in the prison an attorney said the restrictions mean they therefore can't properly defend their clients they said to challenge the rulings too soon as pretrial hearings over five men charged over nine eleven start they were to begin this week but there will be cancelled

back in lebanon, hezbollah denied the man is one of its members. fast-moving wildfires threatened homes in several western states today. crews in central washington state had trouble getting ahead of wind-driven flames in a blaze that's destroyed 60 homes and forced hundreds of people to flee. it ignited yesterday but grew to 38 square miles within hours. wildfires also burned in northern california, idaho and utah. a u.s. forest service firefighter was killed in idaho on sunday when a tree fell on her. an experimental u.s. military plane faced a new test today: flying at six times the speed of sound. plans called for the hypersonic x-51 wave rider to hit mach six, 3,600 miles an hour, for five minutes off the southern california coast. that speed would take the plane from new york to london in under an hour. ultimately, the boeing-made aircraft could be used to deliver air strikes around the globe within minutes. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we begin an occasional series about the way we live ever mor

still ahead figure this out they did it again as if you as john says iran and hezbollah along with notorious terrorist groups including al qaida must pay six billion dollars for the nine eleven a time when report and why the decision the necco america's military. nine anti-government activists have been arrested in the united arab emirates in the last two days authorities there are cracking down on political dissent saying foreign linked groups threaten the state security and political studies professor stephen says however says it's just suppression of a rising internal social movement so these are very local activists. who are moderate islamists who want a greater sense of fairness and equity within society they are among three dozen dissidents who've been arrested in the past couple months some people some not for calling for the overthrow the government or anything but simply who are allowing the partially elected advisory assembly to have a little more power than it does currently so it just seems like you know another sad chapter and the crackdown against any dissent in the under that

nine eleven commission back in the day also stated that quote we have found no evidence that iran or hezbollah was aware of the planning for what later became the nine eleven attack and of quote but the fact that now the u.s. justice system holds you and partly responsible for nine eleven is most interesting both in terms of timing and historical context back in two thousand and three as the u.s. waged war against iraq another u.s. federal judge ruled that iraq must pay for nine eleven attacks very similar rulings so have you have this clear flashback when you look at the headlines from may two thousand and three course the allegations that saddam hussein was doing business with al qaida proved to be bogus but that didn't matter at the time having solid evidence didn't matter at the time tensions skyrocketed on false grounds with regards to iran the timing is of importance as far as its nuclear program the obama administration says they want diplomacy and negotiations to work with the most recent ruling holding the brand responsible partly responsible for nine eleven one can argue there may ne

and we know that hezbollah is acting under iranian inspiration, and we know from previous cases, just read the indian press today, it became clear that behind the attack on our diplomats in new delhi, there were iranians, active players on the ground. the same applies to the terror event in thailand and to the other one in georgia. all occurred within several weeks. >> but you have direct, hard evidence about bull ggaria? >> we have direct, hard evidence. i'm confident we shared it with your intelligence and brits and a few others. and i have no doubt -- of course, for obvious reasons, we cannot share the exact evidence. >> so what are you going to do about that? are you going to retaliate? we will find a way to settle the account with those who executed, ordered, and sent those orders. >> i spoke to someone, and your history is well known, somebody who has settled accounts in the past. >> yeah, we did it 40 years ago -- >> for you personally. >> yeah, we settled accounts with the munich. we are now celebrating the 40th anniversary of this. it was at a time the prime minister, she ord

this is still ahead for you this hour they did it again as the judge ruled ryan and hezbollah along with notorious terrorist groups including al qaida must pay six billion dollars for the nine eleven attack report and why the decision could be an echo from america's military. and julian assange whose mother speaks up for her son personally urging the ecuadorian president to agree to the whistleblowers asylum fully. nine anti-government activists have been arrested in the united arab emirates in the last two days of forces aren't there are cracking down on political dissent saying foreign linked groups are threaten the state security and political studies professor stephen zunes however thousands just suppression of a rising internal social movement. local activists. who are. he denies any such accusations has blogged the same moral was soon after nine eleven has been laws leader described as quote an entity trapped in medieval ages and bent on killing innocent muslims so they're not exactly best friends and the nine eleven commission back in the day also stated that quote we have found n

lebanese based terrorist group hezbollah for supporting assad. today's actions by the treasury department will freeze any assets hezbollah may have under u.s. jurisdiction. it also bans americans and u.s. companies from dealing with the group. u.s. officials say hezbollah has been providing training, advice, and legitimate support to the assad government. an additional $7.8 million for medical and communications supplies. these moves as heavy fighting continues for control of syria's largest city ofleppo as well as other cities across the country, something we have been tracking very, very closely. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ i want to go ♪ i want to win [ breathes deeply ] ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i want to grow ♪ i want to try ♪ i can almost touch the sky [ male announcer ] even the planet has an olympic dream. dow is proud to support that dream by helping provide greener, more sustainable solutions from the olympic village to the stadium. solutionism. the new optimism.™ ♪ this dream [siri] sirianother busy day toda

lebanese based terrorist group hezbollah for supporting assad. today's actions by the treasury department will freeze any assets hezbollah may have under u.s. jurisdiction. it also bans americans and u.s. companies from dealing with the group. u.s. officials say hezbollah has been providing training, advice, and legitimate support to the assad government. an additional $7.8 million for medical and communications supplies. these moves as heavy fighting continues for control of syria's largest city of aleppo as well as other cities across the country, something we have bee tracking very, very closely. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ i want to go ♪ i want to win [ breathes deeply ] ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i want to grow ♪ i want to try ♪ i can almost touch the sky [ male announcer ] even the planet has an olympic dream. dow is proud to support that dream by helping provide greener, more sustainable solutions from the olympic village to the stadium. solutionism. the new optimism.™ ♪ this dream [siri] sirianother busy day tod

so insecure the march fourteenth pro saudi americans are putting forward a strong argument that it's hezbollah and its amahl militias who are doing it and then there's all of those on television far nights ago and so look we cannot control this town we just built because there is no central government strong get out hizbollah is saying it's it's natural our listeners stand about although it's wrong that families take things into their own hands and i think the fear here is that families and tribes and confessions i going to ignite it but there's blame on both sides lebanon itself is so fragile and not quite a state in terms of that having a real a central government that can enforce the laws and having a compromise army that really exists and exacerbates things and really gives rise to more possibilities for. addition. well and later tonight the head of the syrian friendship association in belgium speaks to us turns out that it's no coincidence that syria's violence is spilling out into neighboring states. who belief is that the violence what we are seeing you know this has nothing to do with