hezbollah fired almost 400. they had some 13, 15, as long as niss an's -- and they have more than 50,000. >> from a small militia that emerged in 1980's they have emerged. a radio and saturday light television and programs with social development. it's been called a state within a state. >> hezbollah is a very interesting combination. >> it supports families of fighters who die in battle. especially since may 12 because of the success of his be -- most of the arab and muslim world see hezbollah as a resistance and social movement mblingt more powerful than the lebanese move. but the united states, european union, of course israel regarded as a terrorist organization. >> it's time to name hezbollah as a terrorist organization. >> many in the international community have criticized the group for taking them. >> because by the way the leader of the amman movement. they gave fatla a religious. let it go now. >> the israeli-lebanon war in 1928, syria has supported to develop vest 82 and 85. this syrians gave the stra

hezbollah is proxy group for iran which provides hezbollah with hundreds of millions of dollars of funding and weapons. joining me now is matthew levitt. he is the author of a new book, "hezbollah global footprint of lebanon's party of god." he is the director of counterterrorism and intelligence at washington institute for near east policy nice to have you back on the program to talk about this top pick. you say the sheer scope of hezbollah's influence is amazing. tell us a little more about that. >> pleasure to be back on the show. hezbollah is a very prominent actor domestically in lebanon and there is a lot of literature on that but there is almost nothing about hezbollah activities around the world, in southeast asia, africa, north america, europe and middle east. we're not talking about huge networks of hundred of thousands of people. we're talking about small networks of operatives able to function especially well within the lebanese diaspora in different places including here in the united states. jenna: tell us about that as we drill down here. this is such a big topic but our vie

but you don't want iran and hezbollah and us to win either. so i guess so far the alternative has been additional blood letting, endless bloodletting. and again i think from a human point of view, just a tragic consequences of this, there's a point in which the human cause such levels that we can't in good conscious allow this to repeat. these got to be, i don't know if there are other ways but i think we have to look for other ways. >> rose: there's also on the table and negotiations taking place now again under the initiative of secretary kerry and israelis and palestinians. he seems to believe that he has an operative idea and plan that can do something in the next nine months. >> i hope so. >> rose: do you believe he has a credible plan that can deliver some kind of agreement between israelis and palestinians having to do with incredibly complex issues, having to do with the border, having to do with refugees, the right to return. having to do with jerusalem, having to do with a whole range of things that are at the core, you know. >> it's

but you don't want iran and hezbollah and us to win either. so i guess so far the alternative has been additional blood letting, endless bloodletting. and again i think from a human point of view, just a tragic consequences of this, there's a point in which the human cause such levels that we can't in goododonscious allow this to repeat. these got to be, i don't know if there are other ways but i think we have to look for other ways. >> rose: there's also on the table and negotiations taking place now again under the initiative of secretary kerry and israelis and palestinians. he seems to believe that he has an operative idea and plan that can do something in the next nine months. >> i hope so. >> rose: do you believe he has a credible plan that can deliver some kind of agreement between israelis and palestinians having to do with incredibly complex issues, having to do with the border, having to do with refugees, the right to return. having to do with jerusalem, having to do with a whole range of things that are at the core, you know. >> it's

but you don't want iran and hezbollah and us to win either. so i guess so far the alternative has been additional blood letting, endless bloodletting. and again i think from a human point of view, just a tragic consequences of this, there's a point in which the human cause such levels that we can't in good conscious allow this to repeat. these got to be, i don't know if there are other ways but i think we have to look for other ways. >> rose: there's also on the table and negotiations taking place now again under the initiative of secretary kerry and israelis and palestinians. he seems to believe that he hast can do something in the next nine months. >> i hope so. >> rose: do you believe he has a credible plan that can deliver some kind of agreement between israelis and palestinians having to do with incredibly complex issues, having to do with the border, having to do with refugees, the right to return. having to do with jerusalem, having to do with a whole range of things that are at the core, you know. >> it's tough when there's no question

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and given hezbollah's activities these days in syria, hezbollah gave one of his speeches today which was quite eloquent, i cannot see the united states government for that matter, the european government, taking hezbollah off the list of terrorist organizations. it's going to be a barrier. for instance, quite a number of the sanctions that the united states has place on iran are listed as being either because of iran supported terrorism, or for a variety of reasons. the nuclear impasse, iran's support of terrorism, human rights reasons. and it's going to be quite difficult to disentangle all of that. so this is a real problem that we have. and then you also have the problem that not only do we know relatively little about iran, but, frankly, iranian leaders know relatively little about us. rouhani and his team are in many ways last remnants of the generations that new the united states very well, and were trained in the united states. there's a large group of leadership, disturbingly, including many of the younger leaders who do not have that kind of close, intimate contact with the

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they were suspected of being hezbollah fighters, something they deny. in retaliation the two turkish airline pilots were abdoubted in beirut. why turkish - they back the syrian rebels. >> the third, more than 100 female prisoners held by the government to be released. a concession to the rebels. the syrian opposition activist believes lebanese officers were not pilgrims, but foreign fighters. >> the supposed pilgrims were in no shape or form incident pilgrims that happened to be in syria on the front lines of the war. more than likely they were lebanese hezbollah operatives working on behalf of the iranian revolutionary guard. there's no definitive proof. we have to look at the circumstances, and the historical context, where the iranian revolutionary guards and hezbollah used operatives previously under the guise of pilgrims. first in the midst of a war between the syrian revolutionary forces and the assad regime and its allies. the fact that supposed individuals happen to be on a pilgrimage to undisclosed holy sites in northern syria. it's an incredib

of course, hezbollah is controlled, hezbollah is a terrorist group that is controlled by iran, and iranians want assad to win. so this is something that all intertwined. in fact, i think some of the dissatisfaction we are seeing with some of our allies, saudi arabia for instance, with what happened in syria place to the very fact that everyone knows that iran is there and is watching. so i think president obama, to his credit, has said that with iran all options are on the table. and just the way i believe that it was a credible threat of american force that forced assad or forced the agreement on the syrians allowed them to agree to it. i think it's a credible threat of american force that would help if there is to be an agreement with the iranians, make sure it's a good agreement. and by the way, i'm for an agreement but i want a good agreement. no agreement in my opinion is better than a bad agreement. and begin to the president credit he continues to say all options on the table, and the negotiations that are going on now i support them. i obviously believe time is of the essence. the i

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. >> one of the major debates for israelis is what to do with hezbollah. it means propaganda and public diplomacy and it is non-belief that hezbollah is terrible. >> the mission to cover the topic, we need the israeli perspective. >> what should israel do when it comes to the iranian threat. >> they want to explain to the world and show that we can collect the world to israeli society. >> that may sound like propaganda, but they insist they have not received a penny from state, and they're privately funded. they also told me that they were given complete freedom to pursue the stories they want. the announcement of the europe n union, so just the fact that they chose to lead with that with their first edition shows something about the angle of which they cover stories. >> but really, how different is i 24? it's an israeli channel that doesn't broadcast in hebrew. instead, in french, english, and arabic. while other domestic channels will put arab voices on the air, they put one on live in primetime television. >> i'm here, and i don't think there is a probl

. >> one of the major debates for israelis is what to do with hezbollah. it means propaganda and public diplomacy and it is non-belief that hezbollah is terrible. >> the mission to cover the topic, we need the israeli perspective. >> what should israel do when it comes to the iranian threat. >> they want to explain to the world and show that we can collect the world to israeli society. >> that may sound like propaganda, but they insist they have not received a penny from state, and they're privately funded. they also told me that they were given complete freedom to pursue the stories they want. the announcement of the europe european union, so just the fact that they chose to lead with that with their first edition shows something about the angle of which they cover stories. >> but really, how different is i 24? it's an israeli channel that doesn't broadcast in hebrew. instead, in french, english, and arabic. while other domestic channels will put arab voices on the air, they put one on live in primetime television. >> i'm here, and i don't think there is

the aim, to thwart any plans to transfer weapons to hezbollah. the fear is still relevant today. >> one thing we will do, we will make sure the weapons of mass destruction or chemical weapons would not reach the hands of terrorists in lebanon. >> reporter: today's operations stand from a deadly chemical attack on august 31st in a rebel control suburb in damascus. 1400 people were killed, including women and children. the u.s. and its all allyies sad they had crossed the red line. more 2 million are now refugees. >> joining us now to help us understand the process of chemical weapons inspection and destruction are from gentlemen knee contra-virginiageneva.he re use of chemical weapons in syria in the europe parliament. and from oslo, is a former u.n. weapons inspector in iraq in 200 2002 and 2003. he is risk analysis for a consulting firm. you were in iraq in the aftermath of the war there, a very challenging environment. the syrian foreign minister said that seven of the 19 declared sites are, in fact, combat zones. how much more difficult will t

the attacks were claimed by two terrorist organizations hezbollah and the islamic jiha d. crying could be heard as the injured were pulled from the rubble. >> one of my fellow soldiers told rescuers about me after he got out. i had less chance of being found because i was deeper underground. he said, there is another soldier down there. he is not answering. he must be dead. that is why they dug deeper to try and get to me. >> the rescue efforts continued three days. the country was in a state of shock. every year, france marks the anniversary. 30 years on, it is still the deadliest attack on its army. >> in egypt, what should have been a celebration turned to tragedy on sunday when gunmen opened fire on wedding guests outside a church in cairo killing four people including an eight-year-old girl. since mohamed morsi's ouster, attacks against christians and their churches have increased. >> more blood spilled in the suburbs of the egyptian capital. this time after gunmen sprayed billets -- bullets at a coptic church. the unidentified attackers fired indiscriminately. >> i a

of course, hezbollah is controlled -- hezbollah is a terrorist group and controlled by iran. and the iranians want assad to win. so this is something that is intertwined. in fact, i think some of the dissatisfaction we're seeing with some of our allies, saudi arabia, for instance, was what happened in syria plays in the fact that everyone knows that iran is there and watching. but i think that president obama, to his credit, has said that with iran all options are on the table. and just the way i believe it was a credible threat of an american force it forced assad, although it forced the agreement on the syrians and allowed them to agree to it. i think it's a credible threat of american force that will help if there is to be an agreement with the iranians. make sure it's a good agreement. by the way, iom for an agreement, but i want a good agreement no agreement, in my opinion is better than a bad. the president continues to say all options are on the table. and the negotiations that are going on now, i support them. but i obviously believe time is of the essence and the ira

what is not clear is if he was a hezbollah member or not. apparently, he is and fought in the 2006 war against israel. he lives in the suburbs. he is accused of helping to prepare for responsibility that was issued after the killing in 2005 that really pushed lebanon to the brink of civil war. also accused of conspiracy aimed at carrying out a terrorist attack. and he was originally indicted in july. but that was kept secret as the tribunal tried to track him down. they published the indictment today and made it clear it will put pressure on the lebanese authority. david said that the authorities needed to reinvigorate and intensify to track down those charges. not just the latest indictment but members believed to be hezbollah members were never tracked down. the tribunal was trying to put pressure on them and say it was running out of patience. many people here believe there has been little effort to track these people down. >> pakistan has rearrested the former president over 2007's killings in islamabad. accused of being personally respo

they are actively supporting hezbollah in syria. they have conducted well over one dozen political assassination attempts worldwide, including an attempt here in the united states of america, in our capital. there was a vicious cyber attack that almost took them off-line and crippled their main cash flow in saudi arabia that does their oil and natural gas transactions. a very devastating cyber attack. they have been probing aggressively, in the hundreds of times just this year alone, our financial services networks, in a way that would give one pause. to say we will allow those people to credibility, that is what they want here. the credibility of sitting at the table, so that they are in a better position to negotiate nuclear issues and eventually what is happening in syria. i think it would be unwise at best, really damaging to our ability to control the largest supplier of international terrorismthe credibility of sitt face of the earth when it comes to a state government. >> let me ask a few more questions. one of them is a twit

. >>> a hezbollah website claims militants have captured and israeli spy in lebanon. the identity of the secret agent, an eagle. the jerusalem post says hezbollah claims the bird was equipped with a receiver and brass ring in a round its foot. a bird with a similar ring was detained for espionage over the summer in turkey. it an israeli conspiracy? likely not. one bird expert said he was tracking the eagle as research and is not happy that hezbollah guerillas is the newest threat. >>> pope francis is giving up his harley davidson motorcycle. yes. the pope had a harley. it was given to him as a gift from the motorcycle company over the summer when the pope blessed about 800 bikers in st. peter's square. the national catholic register reports the pope donated the bike to be auctioned off in support of a local soup kitchen. the pope has called on clergy to be simple in his transportation choice. he uses a car with almost 200,000 miles on it. with the government shutdown finally over how long will it take for things to return to normal? correspondent molly hennenberg repo

going as asians like hezbollah or the anti assad organizations with links to al qaida you getting hold of chemical weapons is very serious and not only for israel but the more these chemical weapons might resurface anywhere in the world the second unacceptable thing is using the situation in syria as a cover for supplying lebanon and such organizations as hezbollah with state of the art weapons book at the moment which could tip of the existing balance of power it attempts to smuggle some high quality weapons made in russia or other countries from syria to lebanon have happened before. and they have something like that happens now we would be forced to take action. in all other cases israel opts for noninterference and providing medical assistance to this severe. population of syria living close cheap israelis been able to get that up if you like to see if this is a good this is it for today my guest was israel's deputy foreign minister zev and kidding me sophie shevardnadze that so watching we'll see you next time. a little. bit of the. pain of the young girl's cammo for the future hu

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going as asians like hezbollah or the anti assad organizations with links to al qaida hold of chemical weapons is very serious and not only for israel but the more these chemical weapons might resurface anywhere in the world the second unacceptable thing is using the situation in syria as a cover for supplying lebanon and such organizations as hezbollah it with state of the art weapons look at that we could tape of the existing balance of power it attempts to smuggle some high quality weapons made in russia or other countries from syria to lebanon have happened before. and they have something like that happens now we would be forced to take action. in other cases israel for noninterference and providing medical assistance to this severe. population of syria living close. to see if this is a good this is it for today my guest was israel's deputy foreign minister. shevardnadze thanks so watching we'll see you next time. actually nothing very good is happening now afghanistan the last twelve years and that's something western media and political leaders don't like to talk about anymore we

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is asians like hezbollah or the anti assad organizations with links to al qaida you getting hold of chemical weapons is very serious and not only for israel but the more these chemical weapons might resurface anywhere in the world the second unacceptable thing is using the situation in syria as a cover for supplying lebanon and such organizations as hezbollah it with state of the art weapons look at that we could tape of the existing balance of power in attempts to smuggle some high quality weapons made in russia or other countries from syria to lebanon have happened before. and they have something like that happens now we would be forced to take action. in other cases israel for noninterference and providing medical assistance to this severe. population of syria living close school cheap israeli border. this is it for today my guest was israel's deputy foreign minister said to me sophie shevardnadze thanks so watching we'll see you next time. some may disagree. but i believe america is exceptional. real damage and complexity of this oil spill was not something you can grasp just by looking

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going is asians like hezbollah or the anti assad organizations with links to al qaida you getting hold of chemical weapons is very serious and not only for israel but the more these chemical weapons might resurface anywhere in the world the second unacceptable thing is using the situation in syria as a cover for supplying lebanon and such organizations as hezbollah it with state of the art weapons look at the moment which could be taped of the existing balance of power it attempts to smuggle some high quality weapons made in russia or other countries from syria to lebanon have happened before. and they have something like that happens now we would be forced to take action. in other cases israel for noninterference and providing medical assistance to this abuse. population of syria living close school cheap israelis be able to get that up if you like to see if this is a good this is it for today my guest was israel's deputy foreign minister is it any kin to me sophie shevardnadze thanks so watching we'll see you next time. you'll follow some old. child legal rights. to the. war. paying

looks like they were being sent to the terrorists at hezbollah. we're going to have the latest on that developing story and more, just ahead. it's a growing trend in business: do more with less with less energy. hp is helping ups do just that. soon, the world's most intelligent servers, designed by hp, will give ups over twice the performance, using forty percent less energy. multiply that across over a thousand locations, and they'll provide the same benefit to the environment as over 60,000 trees. that's a trend we can all get behind. >>> the israeli air force takes out russian missiles headed for hezbollah. we're joined for that and the top breaking stories. good evening, officially. >> good evening, larry. that's right. a u.s. government official tells nbc news israeli military forces destroyed a stockpile of russian missiles that the syrian government was reportedly prepared to deliver to hezbollah. the surface to surface russian-made missiles were in a syrian stockpile at a port near the russian naval base on the syrian coast. >>> staying in

going through lebanon, the border is controlled by the regime and hezbollah. >> very difficult to get through. >> exactly. >> you wanted to focus on different elements of the rebels. you were in a car, with your fixer, someone who was helping you out and also two rebels and you were on your way to this area near damascus, a town called rankas, 20 miles north of damascus. there was a bomb that landed in that area just this past week. here's some pictures of that. what happened? >> well, basically, the day before, i'd basically two more days before i was going to go back to lebanon. so this was the end of my trip and i told my fixer i want to go near zebedani very near the front line in the damascus area and to be pegged or embed with the rebel unit for about a day, i would go back to yabrut and back to lebanon. >> you knew these were islamic kidnappers? >> i knew they kidnapped syrians, anybody out there. >> the fact that the fixer was eescorting you out there? >> i trusted them. >> they all ended up being in on what happened. they ended up kidnapping you. what was that first moment li

but because of iran, and hezbollah. and hezbollah and iran represent the two only outside organized forces in syria fighting on behalf of the party. the only two. and they're the ones who have made that difference. so i think it's time for the united nations and for others to consider the appropriateness of their activity. and the need to try to press towards the negotiated solution that is critical to the people of syria and to its future. >> the next question will be from miranda takayadin from al hayat. >> secretary, i have a question for you. and question for minister halad ati, in his language for him and in english for you. question about american policy change on syria. they came out of the track that you are insisting so much on the chemical disarmament of syria, and that people hoped that you want really to do where this regime, with assad's regime. so do you need in fact this coordination with this regime for the chemical disarmament and when is geneva 2 actually? because we still don't have a date. some peopl

hands, it would be dangerous for the israeli defense forces if they got into hezbollah hands. lou: is there an interpretation that they would be taken out by the israelis if they were preparing a strike on facilities, chemical weapons, or storage areas within syria. >> that is a secondary reason. clearly, that secondary reason is as important, but they would know beforehand if they were there. this way they were able to get them in one position where they are still transported off of ships, not in a firing position, that is why they were most vulnerable at the port. lou: we're discussing the region, general lloyd austin, top commander in middle east, said that iraq has entered a downward spiral of violence, 6,000 people dead, just this year alone. alma leaky asking for aid, there is irony in his request for aid since high o he was resisting u. assistance. is iraq retrieve able without a new injection of u.s. force, and manpower in iraq? >> i don't think it is, lou. it is excellent question. but i don't think whatever we can do or would do, maliky would support us enough, i am

hezbollah and the iranian revolutionary forces. they need to be addressed. if iran would like to be invited, they should withdraw and leave. there are foreign entities that are much more organized and larger in numbers. they have done more killing in syria than some of these syrians themselves. that adds to the difficulties. this is a regional and international issue. >> they may take my diploma way when i ask this question. i am focusing on syria. i studied here 13 years ago. i was very interested because assad was still in power, but we knew he was on the way out. i thought there was a window of opportunity because they were very open to the west. they brought the internet to syria. there was an open mind for the country. am i wrong? was there a missed opportunity? >> please speak closer to the microphone. >> have you not heard my question? did we miss a window of opportunity to welcome syria? i thought that they were very open to the west and very open to the internet and many things that we are now seeing that they are very closed to. did we miss that op

you have hezbollah mr. the west and in the south, we have got our changeway. what do we want to accomplish today. it's a change of position for ne but not, i argue if asam go ahead those we are in sers trouble because but because of the eye yot winning. o how -- we better reconfigure ourselves. covert.to believe engaged in it. that is a part of advancing u.s. national security enter. . that could influence the outcome . re so we gate peaceful a then the path that we're on today. i want to ask you a question that's been posed by one of our fiss e members tom gold hat are tezz security entrance which is the national security interest. what we're facing in reality in syria today it seems is the break-up of the unitary state of syria. it's now effectively can't niced. does the united states have a national security interest in keeping the nation of syria within its traditional boundaries together? >> well, you know, i've often questioned how much we should be committed to keeping these essentially colonial boundaries intact. we had that argument during the iraq wa

ofthere any inference transfer of chemical weapons to hezbollah? what you think is the risk as this conflict continues? >> there is no such credible evidence. it is one of the things that drives u.s. russian cooperation on this particular topic, that they share our concern that the longer these chemicals hang around syria, the greater the risk they could be diverted to extremist groups of any complexion, inside or outside syria. >> thank you. --assador ford, if i might one of my concerns about the path that we have taken is a very deep sense of abandonment by the syrian opposition. and the syrian people more broadly. quote from your testimony. they fundamentally do not trust assad regime and are concerned that external parties will cut a deal at the opposition's expense. while i recognize the challenges that you have spoken to at how has this frustration and internal division manifested itself in terms of ongoing radicalization on the ground? what do you see as its trajectory? and how would you provide vital support on the ground for the opposition