all right, hour two, we re happy to have you. we re looking at a number of protests planned pretty much around the world, a big one in washington d.c. where we re expecting north of 100,000, maybe a minimum, a massive demonstration and similar in london, paris and iran today. the themes are the same, more pro-palestinian and the rage continues. the separate rage and the comments that came out of hezbollah leader yesterday telling the united states that you will pay, essentially for backing of israel and this unacceptable war against hamas, said that all options remain on the table, not concerned about u.s. warnings to stay out of this conflict. in the middle of that, of course, keep in mind that it s hezbollah and forces of hezbollah in the north, in lebanon, that have been, you know, inciting these attacks and others on israel. that s exactly where you were going to find steve harrigan in northern israel right now on how that part of this war and possibly an expanding one
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