and i think that relieving sanctions is a terrible mistake. but iranian foreign minister warned if new sanctions are passed, quote, the entire deal is dead. he laid a wreath at the grave of the former head of hezbollah, the man responsible for killing 241 marines in 1983 and suspected of killing former lebanese prime minister, hariri. they warned to hold off on new sanctions. it could undermine the consensus that we built. carney said the sanctions were only strong because of international cooperation, now threatened by congress s unilateral action, but critics say iran is using sanctions relief for nefarious purposes. this is the world s leading sponsor of terrorism. they got billions of dollars to continue funding terrorism. the president has vowed to veto any bill to impose sanctions on iran, but it could garner 67 votes, a veto-proof majority. doug, thank you. israel said good-bye today
spilling over to lebanon as taken several leaders from the former prime minister hariri until now. there has been a protracted effort to knock out anti-shia islamists in lebanon. so this pro-western figure was part of a government that was pushing back on those shia islamist that is have taken over syria. harris: the civil war is playing out next door in syria yet our reporter conor powell this hour told us lebanon is a dangerous mess. why? it has proximity and iran has a decades-long relationship with hezbollah. terrorist vanguard, hezbollah has conducted violent attacks in lebanon and the broader region for some time. this arc of instability comes from tehran all the way to the mediterranean that is guiding these events right now. harris: all right. sit tight. we ll come right back to you. leland? leland: important stories ahead. including every year hundred of thousands of americans have knee surgery. now a new study warns that surgery may not actually be
political tool. the chief fox report correspondent jonathan hunt knows the region and the country very well. what do we know about this target? we know that he is certainly someone that the syrian regime would have real reason to try to silence. we found hasan was a senior official in lebanon s internal security forces. just this summer, he led an investigation into a series of syrian backed bomb plots. that led to the arrest of an assad ally who was prominent in lebanese politics. he also as you mentioned led the investigation into the 2005 assassination of former prime minister hariri. today, hariri s son was asked who he thought was responsible for this particular attack, he didn t hesitate to point the finger at president assad of syria. we do not have any confirmation of that but it would certainly fit the syrian regime s history of trying to gain influence through violence in lennon. we van we have been getting warnings and you have
yesterday. today it s traffic. yesterday stone-throwing youths facing off with the army. the army still here. just off to the side of the road waiting in case trouble erupts again. today is the day where the politicians take the lead. prime minister najib mikati meeting with outgoing prime minister hariri trying to negotiate a political deal. hariri s block saying they ll work with the new prime minister. it s in a vacuum while he s trying to do that. it could take days, months, perhaps longer for him to form the government. it seems the violence that was witnessed here on tuesday, that they could return. that s why the army is just off to the side here waiting to see what happens. reporter: i m matthew chance in moscow. it s been an official day of mourning here for the victims of the airport bombing. prayers are being offered at church services across the russian capital for the 35 final who were killed in the attack when a suspected suicide bomber
they afraid to start operating again because they don t foe who is infected and who is not. it s still unclear how the virus got in the ire rainian computer system but berkman said it had an effect beyond the destroyed equipment. iran feels under a huge wave of leak of information and great effort, immense resources in the attempt to capture the agents. computer experts who have looked at the worm say the worst may be yet to come for iran. israeli prime minister said while estimates say iran won t have a nuclear bomb until 2015, the only way to truly stop them is a credible military threat. in jerusalem, leland vittert, fox news. shannon: the u.n. tribal prosecutor investigating leader hariri filed the first indictment. details of the suspect s name and charges have not been