This is live coverage on cspan3. Sub committee will come to order. After recognizing myself and Ranking Member duetch for five minutes each for Opening Statements. We will then hear from our witnesses and without objection the witnesses prepared statements will be made a part of the record. Members may have five days to insert statements and questions for the record subject to the length limitation and the rules. As prior, we hear that this is your first congressional testimony so well ask you the really tough questions. Kidding, kidding, kidding. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes. Since our sub committees last hearing on lebanon, much has changed in our by rilateral relationship. The picture in neighboring syria continues to look dire. Isis appears to be on its last legs yet again. But despite these changes and in some cases because of them, many of the same challenges and concerns about lebanon and u. S. Policy remain. As one of my israeli friends put it, lebanon is e
A missile into saudi arabias capital riyadh it says it was intercepted. At a shakeup in the house of sand the princes detained on ministers dismissed. Also lebanons Prime Minister quit citing a rainy the influence in his country that hariri makes a surprise announcement from saudi arabia. Also first stop tokyo the u. S. President donald trump begins his twelve day tour of asia with north korea at the top of the agenda. Good to have you with us on the news hour a day of three major stories within the kingdom of saudi arabia so we begin with the arab kingdom saying it was taken down a long range Ballistic Missile fired from yemen over its capital riyadh the rebels say that they had fired the missile across the border the saudi rivals and vowed to keep up the attacks while the Saudi Led Coalition airstrikes continued in yemen marianna homes as well. Its not the first time who the rebels have fired long range missiles across the border at saudi arabia but this missile appears to have trave
Arabia cabinet ministers are replaced while princes anticrime jailed as part of a new on thai corruption crackdown that hands more power to the young crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon will look at what these sweeping internal changes mean for saudi and explore how they could impact on the region also on the Grades Council on need a connoisseur gym on turns him self into Belgian Police prosecutors had a european arrest warrant for him and for his associates who are wanted in spain for their independence push our european new center has full coverage and. Our guys a wave of violence in mexico against dangerously close a tourist hot spot where visitors used to feel safe with eighteen thousand people murdered since january when look at why this year is on track to be the deadliest. Thanks but no thanks thats australias response to to new zealand which offered to take in some of the refugees stuck in a standoff at a prison camp i mean to schapelle send us your thoughts. On that and anything
A top stories much more coming up in twenty five minutes time abi back with the news out but now its inside story. On the brink of turmoil lebanons Prime Minister quits varying hed be assassinated as a power struggle intensifies between saudi arabia and iran so will leaven and again become the battleground for other peoples was this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program this hour lebanons Prime Minister saad hariri his resignation came as a surprise the fact that he did it from riyadh accusing iran and its lebanese ally has boller of sowing strife in the arab world sent shock waves through the region. I hereby announce my resignation as Prime Minister from the lebanese government now is the will of the lebanese is strong and that determination is steadfast and will overcome any attempts to impose any custodianship over them from powers either inside or outside our country i would like to say to iran and its followers that they will be losers in their intervention in the ara
After the establishment of the Anti Corruption committee you can catch more of those stories on aljazeera dot com inside story follows do stay with us. On the brink of turmoil lebanons Prime Minister quits varying hed be assassinated as a power struggle intensifies between saudi arabia and iran so will leaven and again become the battleground for other peoples was this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program this hour lebanons Prime Minister saad hariri his resignation came as a surprise the fact that he did it from riyadh accusing iran and its lebanese ally has bola of sowing strife in the arab world sent shock waves through the region. I hereby announce my resignation as Prime Minister from the lebanese government knows the will of the lebanese is strong and that determination is steadfast and will overcome any attempts to impose any custodianship over them from powers either inside or outside our country i would like to say to iran and its followers that they will be loser