the u.s. has very little real leverage against the syrian regime and it is also capable of fomenting, if it feels truly threatened, fomenting here in lebanon and also more importantly, fomenting unrest instability for america's number one ally in the region and that is israel. if we look at what happened on sunday as an indication of what syria is capable of, on sunday, palestinian ref hugees and dem strarts were in the golan heights. they were able to enter into previously off hi-limit areas. syrian regime, despite all of those sanctions does still remain in a fairly powerful position, monita. >> arwa dameen in beirut, thank you. you're watching "world one" live from london. we'll have the latest on the record-breaking floods in the southern united states. stay with us for that.