decision. >> thousands of peacekeepers roamed the narrow allies of southern lebanon and villages and hundreds are european and groups from the same e.u. nations who have designated hezbollah's military wing as a terrorist organization and this is hezbollah's strong hold even if its fighters are not visible. we are all hezbollah, says this 37-year-old maria. hezbollah is not a terrorist group but a group that defends its people, defended me and my son and my neighbor and husband. it's hezbollah that allowed us to liberate our land. she lives in the capital of resistance as people call it. seven years ago some of the fiercest battles with israel took place here. and for many people here, hezbollah is a fighting force against israel. calls or of bintage bale it a positive resistance movement. >> hezbollah are the people we see on our street, those who want to defend its people and land. >> throughout southern lebanon, hezbollah is deeply weaved into the social fabric of the shiite community here. most of the houses and families have at least one member, a son, a brother or father who is

southern lebanon is an area where hezbollah is very strong. what are people saying that their reaction is to the european union decision? hand they think this is a two flip move. not have an impact on hezbollah and its capabilities. but for them it is part of them. you have to admit that this is a group that is part populist movement, the members of which come from these store owners and each store owner, they all have relatives, a son or a brother who is a member. for them they are the people that defend them against israel and are not terrorists. they think that this is only part of a campaign to weaken has a lot. as you can imagine, they can sense this move. >> can you explain why the lebanese government's fought against this decision? of then important member government, is it not? >> they have members of parliament, the government, representatives, and they represent and enjoy the support of most of the community in lebanon. another thing to consider is that the situation in lebanon is very sensitive and on many issues they need to rule o

in order to get israel out of southern lebanon and israel got out of southern lebanon in one nine hundred eighty four and then entirely in two thousand and hezbollah's stated political objectives simply changed and so this is why the al-qaeda expert jessica stern referred and refers to al qaeda as having protean demands because of the mathematics is the thing in the west and it really makes me not think. there's nothing the west as the creates terrorism in the world is that yours position nothing. you know i do think that there are certain actions that the u.s. can take and does unfortunately sometimes doesn't fact take which are conducive to fanning terrorism one of those would be foreign occupation so i'm going further into the work of robert pape at the university of chicago i think having large numbers of boots on the ground in these muslim countries irritates the local population and is conducive to a growing the number of terrorist members and expanding the organization and so that can be quite counterproductive but again that's an alternative strategy to the drone campaign and that

politicalt syrian commentator has been killed in the early hours of the morning in southern lebanon. mohammed jammu was shot dead outside of his home. he was well-known for his public support of president bashar al- assad. european union foreign policy chief catherine ashton is in cairo for talks with senior leaders. meeting now with the army general who was appointed interim defense minister on tuesday. shortly afterwards she is expected to meet the foreign minister. meanwhile, supporters of deposed president mohammed morsi have been demonstrating outside of the security headquarters in cairo. streeters marched to the . scuffles broke out between morsi supporters and opponents in a northern town after an attack on a muslim brotherhood office there. the national security headquarters in cairo. nicole, are using morsi supporters gathering at? have started to see hundreds of morsi supporters gathering in some of the walls surrounding the cabinet building. early this morning was all right police here securing the area and quite large numbers. some smaller crowds of pro-morsi supporters

that's what happened today in the southern suburb of beirut. but here we have to clarify a that region of the southern suburb of beirut is not that close. many people move every day and personally i go many times a week in that area, and i see no checkpoints. and anyone can go, can drive a car, can park a car, and there is no guards there to say that it's really a very important penetration of the security system. >> so, what can be done -- >> this is in my opinion -- >> general, what can be done now in the short term? obviously any time of process will take a very long time. but in the short term, what should authorities in lebanon do to prevent the country fracturing further along these lines? given that there's no real government at the moment? as we yes, of course, said the only solution is that have to call for a national assembly in lebanon, a national conference, whatever you call it and all politicians in lebanon they have to answer for one single question. they want lebanon to be involved, all lebanon, yes or no? i think most of the le

techx haves been high in lebanon since the militant group began supporting the forces of syria's president. that attack is the second in southern beirut this year. >>> a call for more protests in egypt this morning one day after a bloody clash between the egyptian military and the muslim brotherhood. members of the brotherhood gathering asking for support of what they call an unpro voekted attack against the egyptian military in cairo. more than 50 protesters and three military of the security forces have died during these clashes. we can also tell you president obama, he says despite all this violence, at this time the u.s. has no plans to withhold the billion and a half dollars it gives in aid to egypt. >>> it is 4:50. late they are morning the u.s. government will offer new details regarding the nsa's secret surveillance programs. an oversight board will begin a day-long hearing on the issue. 16 experts are expected to testify. the oversight board is expected to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the program and produce a public report. the program was exposed last month by former nsa

tension has been running high in lebanon ever since the militant group hezbollah began supporting the forces of syria's president. the attack is the second to hit southern beirut this year. >>> a call for more protests in egypt this morning, a day after a bloody clash between the egyptian military and the muslim brotherhood. members gathering asking for support of what they call an unprovoked attack by the egyptian military against protesters in cairo. they say this video shows members of the military were attacked before these deadly clashes. more than 50 protesters and three members of security forces died during the clashes. president obama says despite all this violence, at this time the u.s. has no plans to withhold the $1.5 billion in aid it sends to egypt. >>> later this morning the u.s. government will offer new details regarding the nsa's secret surveillance programs. an oversight board begins a hearing on that issue. 16 experts are expected to testify. the oversight board is expected to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the program and produce a public report. the program

but tension has been high in lebanon ever since the militant group hezbollah began supporting the forces of syria's president. the attack right now is the second to hit southern beirut this year. >>> closer to home, want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. foggy out there for some flights. >> it is foggy out there. we also have one of those runways still out of commission. you want to count on the flight delays. we'll keep you updated. i'm right here on "today in the bay" through 11:30. we'll check in every 15 minutes giving the updates. right now the golden gate bridge is socked in with fog. we'll check in on the drive with mike in a moment. fog will likely be a factor for your coastal commute. 62 degrees to start the day. sunnyvale, 61 in san jose. a cool 50 straight up in gilroy. here is where we're headed throughout the day. i stopped the clock at 8:00 a.m., fog over the inner bay. by 11:00 a.m. when we meet back here for the midday broadcast, i can tell you lit be a nice day in san francisco, temperatures approaching just about 70 degrees there, but kind of hot