beirut looked fabulous. it had been rebuilt as part of the city have been rebuilt since the terrible civil war that are taken over 150,000 lives, over 15 years. and i walked along the river towards the spot where the u.s. embassy used to stand. it had been completely destroyed by the 2000-pound truck bomb, and beirut looked fabulous. it had seaside restaurants along the corniche pic you look like a very livable place but i was thinking to myself, oh, you know, i thought maybe we should think about spending a vacation here, or maybe even move your for a year or two but it would be a nice place to live and work. i get back to my hotel in the mayflower, two hours later, and i turned on the television and there was cnn reporting about a car bomb that i got off a mile away in beirut and dead killed eight people, including the chief of intelligence collecting investigating the assassination of the prime minister put been killed in 2005. so i quickly open my laptop and router e-mail to susan saying don't worry, a b

. >> educated in beirut, he moves to the united states in 1990. he's a senior fellow for democracy and author of future jihad. >> in old centuries, when there was an islamic state, someone like osama bin laden declaring jihad on their own would be in jail. you can't do that. now that there is no islamic state and no empire, osama bin laden and his allies are projecting themselves as a new interest and new killer. >> militant jihadis want to drive infidels, anyone out of the lands where islam reigns for centuries. >>. >> the real objective of the jihadist is to take back of planet earth and reestablish it. >> they are being invaded and occupied by nonmilitants. when they talk about islam, they mean all the lands that have been a part of islam. >> the professor of near eastern studies at the university and one of the world's foremost little east scholars. >> it is the duty of every able-bodies male to participate. it is collective. it is an obligation. >> today's leaders, osama bin laden, hezbollah shakes and an iranian president called themselves j

senior associate at the carnegie middle east center from beirut >>> brazil's presidential candidate had their final tv debates before the run-off. dilma rousseff needs to beet rival aecio neves in the vote if she is to be reelected. she spent some of the debate fighting political corruption allegations. >>> all week al jazeera reported from small towns. one of the most important states of brazil with 15 million voters - it's the second most popular state and is deeply divided on who should be the next president. the series concluded from a town split down the middle. >> reporter: this man sits over an old-fashioned loom, weaving clothe and stitching together blangth and rugs. -- blankets and rugs. he works in a shop with his home and mother. in a si producing handmade rugs. they can't escape the election enveloping brazil. a tv played in the background and their eyes were drawn to it, the final campaign for dilma rousseff. >> translation: dilma rousseff helped a lot of people without resources. with the government before her, the situation improved. the poor have opportunities, includin

begans and rebel fighters launched an attack on the city and correspondent sidney is following this from beirut and lebanon and what more can you tell us about this attack? >> what we heard is that the nusra had a campaign on the north, south, east west and the city is controlled by the syrian government and a small government managed to infiltrate the city with help of one of the reports with infrom maintains inside and we heard from state television who confirmed this attack took place and say this is over and they are not inside and don't hold a street and the message very different from each side and what we know is the nusra took the hill six kilometers from the city and close to a major syrian army base and people will tell you if nusra took the base it would make it easier for them to take the city and to put it in context they said this attack is being over typed and strategic with military movement sense but it was a brave attack and people think it will be difficult for the group to take the city from the regime. >> and why is this so important, stef? >> well, it all has to do with mi

our correspon correspondent stee dekker is joining us live from beirut. what's the latest on the fighting? >> reporter: we have just heard an army patrol was torque ted in a sunni neighbor. this is a neighborhood that has seen a lot of fight within opposing sides, which kind of explains to you the spill over the syrian war, one of those neighborhoods, a pro revolution and the other one pro bashar al-assad it. had been relatively quiet over the last few months, this flare up really started to put this in to context, dawn a thursday when the army raided an apartment just north of triply in the area where they arrested a man that they say is believed to be a major recruiter for isil. that's the group the islamic state in iraq and the levant. that's a concern of course for the i'm of course we sat with a military commander yesterday, he received a statement from one of the sheiks in triply calling for a revolution for attacks on the army in response to that rate. armed men across triply it's the first time it's reach areas around the city. it's certainly a co

james longman went to beirut the hear some of their stories. >> reporter: beirut. famed for both conflict and success. now a magnet for those made h homeless by war. the turmoil in syria has produced the biggest refugee crisis of the 21st century and more than one million refugees have swelled lebanon's small population. among the thousands who arrive here every month are gay refugees, hoping to start new lives in what they think will be a more liberal environment. now, we're in central beirut and we're on our way to meet a group of syrian refugees who fled the war next door. like many thousands, they've come to the relative safety of lebanon. but these men are gay men, and they've suffered extraordinary levels of persecution. they've arrived here in lebanon to find that life really isn't that much easier. in fact, they're so scared of what might happen to them, they won't even let us show exactly where they live. these five men, former doctors, teachers, and engineers, live together in this small two-bedroom flat. refugees from both their country and their familie

joining me in beirut, the director general of the institute. nice to have you back on the program. how significant is the move by general haftar to attack bengahzi considering he was in such a weak position in the area earlier in the area. >> it's precisely for that reason, and it's precisely that reason they've made that initiative with the added component of asking, people who have lost their lives over the past year from assassinations and attacks in bengahzi to take to the streets and take to the neighborhoods, secure the location and allow for haftar's appl army to come back in. this is haftar's last stand to come in to bengahzi. >> with the appeal of citizens, do you expect them to come to arms? and to what numbers? >> we've had reports that many are coming out of the neighborhoods, and many of the regions and many of the neighborhoods are controlled. but it's precisely for this reason that a reckless move even though there is a degree of popular support behind it, had allowed this conflict to become more stifling, and to really bring in the casualty rate, and to go much, muc

and george schultz was negotiating to get beirut he out of asked others to help develop a peace proposal that could be launched at the time that p.l.o. left beirut which is remarkable of what policy doing.g -- should be as soon as the crisis was over, everyone would be be sieging us. and he wanted to have his own. so the next eight weeks or so were spent in a very vigorous internal debate with sam intervening by cable from time to time to develop -- this is incident.an resurrecting the alumn plan. you're dating yourself if you do. it seemed like applauseable idea at the time. and but it became a difficult job for sam because in this case he was outraged that we hadn't consulted with him before telling anyone else on the principle that if we did consult with him before everyone else would no before they were supposed to. am took it well and handled it brilliantly. i'm going to first talk about challenges and policy planning which are considerable. it's a great position in theory. .ou have enormous flexibility i've already mentioned denise and frank and steve, and charles and a number of r

she joins us live from beirut. tell us how fragile would you say is tunisia today, the fledgeling democracy. how much can it withstand? >> i can't hear you. >> sorry, we have problems with beirut. we'll try to get back to our guest in. we'll talk a little more about the situation in tunisia. can you hear us? >> i can hear you now, yes. >> great. sorry, i was asking, really, how fragile do you think this phlegmling -- fledgeling democracy of tunisia is today? how much pressure can it withstand? >> i can't - i heart half the question. >> we are having problems. we will come back to you because we really want to talk more about the situation in tunisia. now, in the meantime, whilst sorting out the technical problems, let's go to egypt. the president, abdul fatah al-sisi, is speaking. let's have a listen. >> to begin with, this operation is backed by outside forces. outside logistics were provided for such an provision to be carried out as the egyptian armed forces. the question why. the must be aware i address all egy

service men were killed when their barracks in beirut, lebanon were killed. nine that perished were from philadelphia. those that were here took time to honor the driverry and strength of those that lost their lives on that day. >> there was an emergency drill in atco today. firefighters learned to battle this kind of plays. the main goal was to learn how best to protect homes and to effect lively utilize the local water supply. >> melissa here with a check of the accuweather forecast after another georgous weekend. >> yeah it was really nice over the weekendch the only issue today, winds, winds are starting to relax and we have a seasonable start as we get to monday. we'll show you the picture outside. sky6 live in hd as we are diving you a nice shot of atlantic city down the shore on this sunday night. we have mostly clear sky. and skies will continue to clear during the overnight hours. so if you are well north and west of atlantic city tonight, more specifically in lancaster county, there is actually a frost advisory that goes into effect during the overn

nobody came out, and buckley of course never did. >> of course as casey sent buckley to beirut, he felt personal as well as professional responsibility. >> thanks, mr. byrne. i'm garrett mitchell, i write the major part of his did get the memo about socks but my argyle's were at the laundry so i couldn't -- >> we would have had you appear otherwise. >> there's one name that hasn't come up yet and i'm interested to know, where's george h. to be pushed in all of this? and what does that tell us about the pardons? >> well, actually question. george h. to the bush in my reading of it was -- george h. w. bush left no footprints in the sand. i can find the document you he as you are never came under a lot of scrutiny when he was running for president to succeed reagan in 1988, and his whole story was i didn't know anything. i was out of the loop. i wasn't in the cockpit. it was a difficult lion for him to tread because he's trying to show himself simultaneously as right there with the gipper, and yet coming, conveniently offstage when trouble hit. it turns out that bush left a diary of sorts

i spent years in beirut. when that city was divided. somebody reminded me today that baghdad could well at some point look just like baghdad. like beirut did where you have in baghdad the shia on one side, the sunnis on the other side, and an airport that you can't get into because of constant shelling, and a city that for all purposes is shut down. >> all right. a scary proposition. lieutenant colonel bill cowan. thanks to your insight, sir. >> let's go to shepherd smith reporting live from the fox news desk. >> hey, shep. >> while the rest of the country worries about ebola over and over, here in new york the big fear could be the rats. there's a new report out that shows that the filthy rodents that fill our city are all carrying all sorts of nasty diseases. one of them very serious and never before seen in new york state. in addition, they found a couple of viruses that are brand new to science on planet earth. where did they find them? they found them in new york city rats. what's the city going to do about the potential public hea

stefanie dekker, al jazeera, beirut. >> syria's war is destabilizing lebanon. there have been first he battles. sirrians have been killed. stefanie dekker from beirut. >> the northern city of tripoli fighting armed men for the first time, we have seen those battles, the center on the old suit of the city. no stranger to the syrian spillover here in lebanon. there are two neighborhoods support the revolution and reports president su-bashar a al assad: arrested a man they say believes to be one of the main recruiters for isil in lebanon. in tripoli, calling for attacks on the army. he told us the army is ready but certainly there is a concern that this will go on. lebanon, of course, no stranger to the spillover, a sectarian society, very divided. that is a huge concern to the people here but the politicians, i have to tell you, often divided, giving the same message that they stand behind the army. >> security forces have carried out a wave of arrests. the government is warning there could be attempts to disrupt sunday's parliamentary elections. a report: >> rep

launched air strikes in the area and let's go to our correspondent stephanie decker joining us from beirut and neighboring lebanon and stef what is the latest on the attack and now the government air strikes? >> that's right. we have been told by activists there is still fighting ongoing in the permanent perimeter of the city in the early morning hours and a small fighters belonging to al-qaeda nusra got in the city and heard from television confirming this and the city is secure and they are no longer inside and what is confirmed is the fighters from nusra took 5-6 kilometers south of the city, that is close to a government military base and some people will tell you if they manage to take that the chances of get ing this the city are higher but we need to put it in context, it will be difficult for the fighters to take the city and the government is strong there and at you said they have been carrying out air strikes on the hill that nusra and barrel bomb ings that happened in the last couple hours in rebel-held positions in the city. >> and expecting something of a major rebel of offens

administration said that or we doing in beirut with troops just sitting there? 240 summer rains and others that we lost there. the stomach and the political pressure going into a place like grenada just wasn't there. this cabinet member or the cabinet had told me the president was giving me advice. mr. president did not go into granada. this is the worst thing you could do right now. you will never sell it to the american people and it's going to be politically damaging. he told me the president turned around and said his very potential for american lives to be endangered in the intelligence officer that was briefing said sir there are american medical students that could be at risk. he said the decision is clear, we go in. no ifs, ands or buts of my job is to explain it to the american people. he had clear purpose in mind. however politically difficult it might be there was a higher order that went into his decision-making. in this case it was the rest of americans. american interest but not -- more than that american lives that might be a risk. this battle of

stephanie decker, beirut. >>> students arrested since the make year began, at cairo university on sunday students chanted slogans against the government and were confronted by police. the students are demanding the return of students. >>> al jazeera continues to insist on the return of its journalists, peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed, they're appealing against their convictions. indonesia's newly elected president has been given a festive welcome, joko wododo. 1step fassan reports. >> joko wododo was welcomed from people all over indonesia. >> joko wododo has promised a reform. that is what we need. >> hostile revolution against the president ever since he loss the election. >> let us say, let's work together. we need to move together to work work and work. >> they call him the people's president and the people are throwing him a huge party. a party of unification of the country hopelessly divided for many months. and tomorrow the unpopular measures will start. including cutting food subsidies, with only 44% of the seats in parliament, joko's government will face a serious

stephanie decker, al jazeera, beirut. >>> biggest corruption crack down in spanish history. 400 bank accounts have been frozen and 260 companies investigated. and those arrested are accused of illegally handing out $300 million worth of business contracts. earlier i spoke to miguel antamarado, a journalist, and he says this case is going to complicate politics in spain. >> they were diverting public money for their own pockets using contrast -- using their capacity as officials they would divert this money to grand contracts to businessmen, who were part of this scheme. apart from that there are also instances of fraud, much money-laundering. so a number of different counts which police are now investigating. the timing of this operation not just the scale, the fact that it comes at a moment of turmoil in spanish politics, there is the conflict surrounding the pro-independence movement in catalonia but also we are approaching an electoral year that is considered to be very important because the traditional, the bigger parties are now very much in disrepute. precisely because of these

stephanie deck kerr, al jazeera, beirut. >> now hundreds of egyptians living in northern sinai are being forced to leave their homes for a planned buffer zone. their houses will be demolished to create a protective area between egypt and the gaza strip. egypt said its designed to stop attackers from getting into northern sinai. >> they've been leaving with whatever they can carry. abandoning homes and livelihoods with what they say is no hope of returning. they are some of the hundreds of people who live within 300 meters of the border crossing. the egyptian government said it's to become a buffer zone, a strip to protect the north sinai border and to keep attackers and weapons out. the buffer zone will expand to 500 meters right along the entire 4-kilometer border, and include water-filled trenches to keep people from building tunnels. >> around 600 houses have been evacuated so far, but still there are some families refusing to leave. they say it's better for them to die in their homes. the army has threatened to destroy houses even if the families haven't left. >> the decision to forc

stephanie decker al jazeera, beirut. >> the government says it won't accept any more syrian refugees. since the war began, 1.1 million syrians have registered in lebanon. and that makes up almost a quarter of lebanons population the government says it will still consider what it calls exceptional cases. a deadline to form a new government expired on tuesday. and in the south of the country there have been more protests by people who want more powers to govern themselves. a update from aidan. organizing a massive protest, and it seems as a continuation of the protest that has been on going since october 14th, and they are taking advantage of the weak government. they feel this is the right time and the right opportunity to sound them especially after the houthies swept through the capital of the country. now, there are powers here who used to think that unity with the north and the state remaining united yemen, is the right thing to do, but now the anti-north sentiments is on the rise, and the powers that -- they are increasing, the southerners here also gave an ultimatum for the gover

that's why he has had friends come out to say so many working things about him in beirut where he lived. people gravitate towards him. he's warm, passionate, determined. when he turned his attention to the syrian people, that same personalty came through and he was committed to the work he has been doing in that country. >> horace, tough question, i want to see if you can get into the mind of some of these isil captors. we see his parents tweeting out to him. is there anything that they can do to change the fate that isil has set for their son? do you see any wedge that could be driven in there? >> i think what's important for isil--isis to understand is that they are pressure porting to defend muslims in that region. they're pressur purporting that they're saving syrian and iraqi lives. and abdul rahman is an humanitarian. he went there to help the syrian people, to provide education and relief work, development work. if there is anything that they can see in terms of their humanity and faith they should see that abdul rahman is not only a muslim, but a humanitarian who seeks to give b

were students together in beirut in the 1970's when they fell in love. it was theintained man she wanted to mary, her family was reluctant, so her father traveled to afghanistan to meet his family and give his blessing. >> how did you convince them? what did you tell them? >> it was a very conscious decision. and it was the right decision, given that we are still together. we are working together. >> whether she will be doing more for children or helping afghans rely less on aid, she is up against some highly conservative versions of society. for the next three months, she will be in a listening mode. if these first few days are anything to judge by, then afghans and women in particular can expect to have a much more visible champion in the presidential palace than they have been used to. abc news, kabul. the women ofhelp afghanistan. a quick reminder of our top rate. the second nurse in dallas as tested positive for evil after treating a liberian man who died from the virus. in response, president obama held an emergency meeting at the white house today

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stefanie dekker, al jazeera, beirut. >> lebanese troops have launched attacks on gunmen hold up in a historic northern city of tripoli on friday. the violence is seen as a spillover of the civil war in syria. sunnis, inspired by al-qaeda and isil crossing into lebanon. ir >>> iran has haged a woman who killed a former intelligence official she said was trying to rape her. >> that's despite despite international condemnation. human rights groups say she was acting in self defense when a man tried to sexually assault her. they urged iran to halt the execution. the u.n. has been critical of what it describes as deep flaws in her trial. >>> still to come on this news hour, as ukraine heads to the polls, the parliamentary elections, it is wondered who can bring stability to the country. >> the impact of proceed hong kong's proceedtests on the city's tourism and find out were serena wasn't too happy, the racket she was beating in singapore. but did she? joe will tell you in sport. sgrafrnling the number of intoolz cases in west africa has passed theebola cases in west africa has passed the

stefanie deck, he al jazerra,st, beirut. >>> remember lease gunmen in a market off triply. one person killed and at least 13 injured in the fighting that started on friday. the violence is seen as a spill over of the civil war in syria. >>> the turkish army says three of its soldiers have been killed by kurdish fight nurse southeastern turkey. masked gunmen allegedly shot dead the three men. there has been an increase in tensions in recent weeks between the turkish government and kurdish fighters from the p.k. k they are furious at the cautious policy on helping kurds to fight isil in neighboring syria. >>> three jamessed al jazerra journal assists have now been detained in egypt for 301 days. peter guest, h guest, he mohamey and bahar ma hommie he had are appealing against their convictions, al jazerra has dismissed the charges against them and continues to di demand their immediate release. fahmy and greste sentenced to seven years in prison, bahar mo happened em received an additional three years for having a spent bullet he had in his possession which he had picked up a

this is after the disasterous mission in lebanon, the bombing of the marine barracks in beirut but it was also after the attack on grenada. so these are wars of choice, not a question of whether or not the united states would use force which our national security interests are at risk. but more ambiguous cases. and it's a fascinating document. it's called the use of military force. you can find it easy enough on the internet. i'm not going to read all of the different passages. i'll just highlight a few. the emphasis is actually in the original. this is a focus on combat troops. the first point. >> these ideas have persisted through the years. it turns out we know the military aide at the time was colon powell. he articulated a similar set of rules when he was chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. so these criteria are like them. a few years ago, in my book, the power problem, i borrow liberally from the doctrine and i want to lay those out for you briefly. you'll see clear parallels between the four i lay out. he had six. but there are some similarities. i think there should be an e

before we even dealt with larger hostage crisis that but the original hostage crisis in beirut you knew how upset he was about this. you could see it so that led you to call and find out if he opened his intel briefings every day with what you know about the hostage crisis in new that he was tasking them to do something about it. they have been at the nsc were taking matters marching orders. we understood later on it helped us to know how important that issue was for him. he viewed it as a personal mission to get those people out. it was the first thing in the most important thing to him. similarly not having the access to that, the control by the communications people over what it cap and secretary can say not only on camera and going out on sunday shows where they had their own discretion but who can be surrogates for president? i think the white house most importantly is not served well by not having more senior people that they can send out whether it's on health care or gaza or now on ebola. tony fauci is going to do the shows on sunday because he's the only one they feel that can

a retired lebanese army germ and head of the middle east center for studies and research in beirut. how do you vas the sit of play after the air strikes. >> i don't think air strikes in syria did something significant. since the beginning, the strike was looking for i.s.i.l. in some corns, and everyone nose na i.s.i.l. was attacked on september 15th. and kobane with the banks, i didn't see any air strike on this. last week is a little serious air strike. i think they postponed the end of the battle. they didn't finish it. the kurdish are fighting, fighting with the limited, you know material and weapons against i.s.i.l. i.s.i.l. is taking over an important mountain. >> given all of that... >> turkish - you know, they are looking for witnesses and they did it - you know... >> what do you think the turkish involvement will be. >> sitting on the border. perched up on the list, do you think it's inevitable that the turks will enter the fray? >> i don't think the turkish will go inside the syrian land unless - because they are, in my opinion - they did succeed in creating divers. they ca

stephanie decker, al jazeera beirut. 1.1 million syrians have officially registered in lebanon, and that makes up almost a quarter of the country's population. the government says it will still consider what it calls exceptional cases. it happened after they addressed the gathering. he survived the attack as he is traveling in an armored vehicle. at least three people were with killed. this is the third attack in the past few hours. earlier eight were targeted in the city. >> the number of people who died from ebola has reached almost 5,000, that's according to the world health organization. the public health body says the number of cases in this outbreak is close to 10,000. the red cross says lit be at least three months before it is detained but only if all necessary steps are taken. it's part of the efforts to tackle the ebola outbreak. volunteers will set off treatment center in the liberian capitol monrovia. he was speaking at the start of an e.u. summit in brussells. >> all i hope for is we address the risks we face, risk number one with is obviously the crisis of ebola and it is v

stephanie dekker has more from beirut. >> it's been tense in the northern city of tripoli, with the army fighting armed men. for the first time we have seen the battles, the center of a city, that is no different to the spillover in lebanon. there's two neighbourhoods supporting the revolution and another supporting bashar al-assad. they have fought together, but it's been quiet. the recent flare-up. the army raided on apartment north of tripoli. they arrested a man, a main recruiter for i.s.i.l. we sat with a commander on friday, and he received a statement. it called for attacks from the army in retaliation for the arrest. the army is ready. there's a concern that this will go on. lebanon no strange are to the spillover of the war. it's sectarian and divided, a concern to the people here. politicians, divided, giving the message that they stand behind the army. >> sobering figures on the ebola outbreak in west africa. the world health organisation released data. the number of people sickened by the virus rose above 10,000. of those 5,000 have died. in other developments nigeria and sen

al jazeera, beirut. >> a tit-for-tat is developing between u.s. and israeli officials. president benjamin netanyahu said that u.s. government officials are criticizing him only because he's defending israel. he was reacting to a quote in the atlantic magazine article where an unidentified official used an expletive to describe it, and the president said a war of words is not helpful here. >> the u.s.-israeli relationship remains strong. our bonds have never been greater. we remain fully and firmly committed to israel's security. on the comments we think such comments are inappropriate and counterproductive. i spoke with the secretary about in this morning, he certainly feels strongly that a war of words is not productive from other side. >> in a matter of sects an unmanned rocket exploded just after launch. there it coast. that rocket put 5,000 pounds of supplies on the international space station. it took off from virginia last night. the force of the explosion shook buildings for miles. authorities are investigating why it happened, and say they do expect some answers

stephanie dekker, al jazeera, beirut. >> hundreds of egyptians living in northern sinai are forced to leave their homes for a planned buffer zone. their homes will be demolished to create a protected area between egypt and the gaza strip. egypt said its designed to stop weapons and attackers from getting into northern sinai. we have more. >> reporter: they have been leaving with whatever they can carry. abandoning homes and livelihoods with what they say is no hope of returning. they are some of the hundreds of people who live within 300 meters of the raffah border crossing. it has become a buffer zone, and to keep attackers and weapons out. the buffer zone will expand to 500 meters right along the entire 14-kilometer border and include water-filled frenches to stop peopltrenches to prevent 9 creating of tunnels. >> many have been evacuated so far, and still there are families refusing to leave. they say it is better for them to die in their homes. the army has threatened to destroy houses, even if the families have not left. >> reporter: the decision to force people out of the area f

stephanie decker al jazeera beirut. >> there are varying estimates how much money i.s.i.l. has in its war chest. according to some groups, i.s.i.l. earns more than $1 million a day. "real money"'s ali velshi tracks some of the money to saudi arabia. >> the saudis consider themselves to be the guardians of islam's holiest places. to that end many saudi liquorics have encouraged citizens to financially support sunni islamic muslims throughout the middle east. critics say by granting the liquorics so much latitude the saudis may have in fact gotten themselves in trouble. >> extreme liquorics inside the country, those haven't -- clerics inside the country, they also have control of the education system they have control of the public place, and they have a global presence through many of the embassies. >> and that global presence has kept the money flowing. the u.s. department of treasury said this past march that sympathetic private saudi donors have been channeling opinion money to islamic terrorist organizations throughout the middle east and beyond. ful experts agree that p

stephanie dekker has more from beirut. >> reporter: it's been tense in the northern city of tripoli, with the army fighting armed men. the center on the old suit of the city. it's no stranger to the spillover in lebanon. there are two neighbourhoods. they have och fought together. it's been quiet for the last few months. the recent flare-up gives you complex. an apartment was raided on thursday, at dawn. they arrested a man believed to be a main recruiter for i.s.i.l. in lebanon. we sat with a military commander. we received a statement calling for attacks on the army and retaliation for arrest. the army is ready, but there's a concern that this will go on, lebanon no stranger to the spillover of the syrian war, a sectarian society, divided and it's a huge concern to the people. politicians are divided, all giving the same message that they stand behind the army >>> tonight there is video of a hostage held by i.s.i.l. the 6 minute video shows british journalist john cantlie reading a scripted message, in it criticizing the u.k. and u.s. cantlie was kidnapped in syria in 2012. it come

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. major on line companies want arielle drones to deliver automatically, but making them stay in the sky and be cost effective. >> a bird named ru. >> a trained parrot. >> would you like to hold her. >> absolutely. they are one of the smallest parrots used in the word, and they are extremely smart also. >> has trained ru and other birds to flow from perch to perch, and through the laser beam. she wants to look good when she gets to the other side. >> yes. initially -- i want to get comfortable, and once i see they are comfortable -- >> but in order to protect the bills he had to design tiny goggles for them the goggled i made are the followi

stephanie decker, al jazeera, beirut. >> according to human rights watch, a cairo university on sunday students chanted slogans against the government and werde confronted by police. they demanded the return of students who were taken away after rallies. peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have been in prison for 296 days. they are accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood a charge they deny and are appealing against their convictions. >>> any hal pass officially ended the rescue mission of trekkers who died in avalanches last week, bodies are being flown to towns they capital kathmandu. >> families of 43 students missing in southern mexico are holding out hope for their safe return. they travel to mexico city, to pray at the shrine of our lady of guadalupe. >> as many as 24 people have reportedly died from heavy rain in nicaragua. as randolph noble reports thousands of survivors are now homeless. >> reporter: the rains have gone. but the damage they brought remains. the mud these machines are clearing has concealed the buried houses of some families here. torrential

stephanie decker al jazeera beirut. >>> are emory university says a man undergoing treatment for ebola and has been determined knowledge clear of the virus has been released. heidi zhou-castro joins us from dallas. >> tony, quarantine has officially ended at midnight and 43 people in dallas have been declared ebola free and safe to interact with the public. but for the stepdaughter of duncan, her system cities has worries. >> it brings the end to a long long night. >> go back to school and i'm also able to go back to work. >> aaron and younger jalah live here. jalah called the ambulance to take thomas duncan her stepfather to the hospital. he died there on october 8th. the family is still in mourning and asked us to stay outside and not show their faces. they feel discrimination by the community. >> they say it's going to jump on people, it is not like that. >> reporter: ebola spreads only through direct contact with the bodily fluids of a person who's showing symptoms. this family is not sick. and the cdc says the virus's incubation period is over. >> you guys are all healthy this ent

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let's check in with senior international correspondent nick paton walsh live from beirut. >> reporter: john, this happened in the mountain border area yesterday. a checkpoint run by hezbollah, a key militant group here in lebanon was attacked by syrian-based militants. some aligned with the nusra front which is linked to al qaeda. militants have finding radicals as they build up a presence in the border stretch. according to local media reports, over a dozen of the syria-based militants were killed in attack, brazen and some reports hezbollah suffered two casualties as well. this plays into a much wider fear here inside lebanon. yes, it is a stronghold for hezbollah, but that makes it a target for the radical syrian militants. it has seen flare ups, but the larger issues of turkey and iraq as well. syria's neighbors. the fear is could this mark something new? many are warning the attacks along the border area to try to gain territory before the winter snows set in in the mountains and many, too, saying a lot of the attacks play into the hands of those using the political deadlock to g

aljazeera, beirut. >> the syrian opposition coalition apologized for measles vaccination campaign that killed 15 children opinion the incident happened in rebel held province. the coalition government received vaccinations from the word health organization. they weren't handled or stored properly. several health officials in the interim government have since been fired. >> the united states criticized israel's decision to build 2,600 new homes in occupied east jerusalem. u.s. president barack obama met the israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu on wednesday. the white house spokesern said the move is troubling and called into question israel's commitment to peace. >> this development will only draw condemnation from the international community, distance from israel's closest allies, poison the atmosphere with the palestinian and arab government with hitch president netanyahu said he wanted to extend negotiations. >> palestinian occupied territories, the west bank and gaza. the settlements span the whole of the west bank and parts of east jerusalem, home to more than half a million is

stephanie dekker, al jazeera, beirut. >> president obama met with his public health and national security teams on the response to ebola. he once again talked about heroism. lisa stark, tell us more about what the president had to say today? >> well, tony, he did call these men and women american heroes. he said they're willing to go into the heart of the ebola epidemic. and the president said that when they come home they need to be treated with respect and dignity. he said these workers need to be encouraged, not discouraged from going to west africa. >> what we need right now is the shock troops out there leading globally. we can't you discourage that. we have to encourage it and applaud it. >> and the president said these troops and american efforts in west africa particularly liberia are really making a difference, although he stresses this is a significant outbreak and there is still a long ways to go. now the president also reiterated something that he said before, which is to really insure that ebola does not come to the u.s. in any major fashion we need to attack it at its source

joined by a professor of anthropology from the london school of research and the american university of beirut. do you think the houthi rebels will do that. they have secured so much of the north, so much of the capital, why would they pull out? >> thank you for inviting me to speak. as you stated, the focus of the news appears to be on whether or not the security annex of the peace and partnership agreement will be implemented. today i want to focus not so much on that, but the other clauses signed by the major parties in yemen. i'm not a political commentator nor on the ground. university, social scientist, i want to take a longer view. in 2011, the largest protest, unique foot marches unifying the country symbolically and bringing the countryside into the city. in 1971 when i first visited yemen... >> excuse me jumping in, i want to find out more. if i can take you to the current situation. i'm trying to find out, you know, as far as the houthis are concerned, and the negotiations they had with the government. what is it that will make them go back to the areas that they have originally occ

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >>> today's data dive goes for a run. america is experiencing a running boom and unlike the male-led craze. 1970s, women lead the pack. the number in the u.s. quadrupled since 1990, about a record number of women, 57%. a major reason, half marathons. >> "the wall street journal" took a look and found the 13.1 mile runs overtook the fuel marathons that inspired them. a record 2 million americans finished half marathons. dwarfing the numbers that finished in 2013, even though they reached highs. 61% are female, a record for any race with a standard distance. they are so popular that registrations sell out, forcing many to switch to a lotter

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> in our state eventually doing away with income taxes. >> can governor brownback win better than the government spends it. >> we've been watching the fight for chicago here on america tonight and while fool call temperatures may bring down the pressure, it has been another tough year for violence on the city streets. 331 people were gunned down in chick so far this year, most in gang-related shootings. in an investigation, america tonight goes undercover to investigate the gun pipeline into the city, and a new approach aimed at blocking it. >> in a makeshift memorial on chicago's south side, diane latiker keeps stones with the names of

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. let's look at the numbers here. wall street a boost today. the dough was up, the s&p 500 rose 37, and the nasdaq gained one with hundred 3 points on the day. another major company may have been hit by hacking, staples said today it is investigating a potential credit card breech. the office supply change says if there was a breech customers will not be responsible for any fraudulent activity. honey bees making a come back. after billions disappeared a few years ago, scientists say they are slowly returning to their hives. but as mary snow reports, their lives are still at risk. and that can mean a huge hit to our food supply. >> it is a m

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> for kids who are a little different from their peers of course fitting in can be the most miserable parts of growing up. take the recent case of a buddhist boy, who found himself living in rural louisiana. christianity was openly celebrated and the boy was ostracized. michael okwu finds, encouraged while it's illegal? he traveled to louisiana to speak with the boy's parents and a school that didn't think it was doing anything wrong. >> her first comment to me was, well you live in the bible belt. >> you live in the bible belt? >> yeah. >> you ought to know differently. >> yeah. >> when sharon and scott lane asked their local school dis