hezbollah left. it was an embarrassment to both the president and the prime minister. so hezbollah has made their very, very bold statement, and harris, right now it is unsure what hariri is going to do with this try buena. the next 48 hours are going to be extraordinary telling. harris: thank you very much. jon: for more on the crisis in lebanon, let s bring in k.t. mcfarland, analyst and former assistant to secretary of defense under president reagan. there s always been turmoil in the middle east, lebanon, you know, ever since, what, the 50s, it s been rocked by all kinds of violence. what is especially troubling to americans about this potential stphrob. why should we care. this is a situation where the sitting prime minister is the son of the man who was assassinated. jon: and the u.n. was about to say the u.n. is about to say hezbollah did it, and the united states has come out and tpaeufd this tribunal
used the military tribunal, 07 that we passed to try anyone and there is concern the first time you use it, do you want to do it on the mastermind of 9/11 gregg: he was pleading guilty in the military tribunal, he was already in the process there. but the, look, the president well gregg: the president i don t think that is accurate. gregg: is still not ruling out a new york federal trial for khalid sheikh mohammed. is he hurting himself politically by continuing to push something that is profoundly unpopular and i looked at two different polls today, vast majority of americans don t want it. i think he needs to offer a much better explanation for why this needs to be done in civilian court. but the i think you sort of blow past the military tribunal piece by saying he was ready to plead guilty and that is not clear. they didn t start the tribunal process but the i think the administration needs to explain and one of my concerns as a law