so what is lloyd austin achieved on this visit? so it really does seem like washington is trying to send a layered message to israel. here you do have that surface message of unshakable support to israel. but the nice of that surface message is the expectation that the u. s. as is relevant, biggest defense and diplomatic back or that it expects to be listened to. so lord austin, while he was in israel, he reiterated his message about protecting civilians is a moral and strategic imperative. at the same time, his talks with his rarely officials focused on how to scale back is really operations away from heavy aerial bombardment away from the heavy ground operation into gaza into something much more targeted and narrow intelligence driven aimed specifically at homeless leaders. but it is unclear how much is ro is taking on, is taking on board at the moment. it is not clear whether israel and the u. s. are on the same page with regard to how to prosecute this more with regard to the way forward for gaza and the associated timelines. h

so what is lloyd austin achieved on this visit as well? it really does seem like washington is trying to send a layered message to israel. here you do have that surface message of unshakable support to israel. but the nice of that surface message is the expectation that the u. s. as is relevant, biggest defense and diplomatic back or that it expects to be listened to. so lord austin, while he was in israel, he reiterated his message about protecting civilians is a moral and strategic imperative. at the same time, his talks with his rarely officials focused on how to scale back is really operations away from heavy aerial bombardment away from the heavy ground operation into gaza into something much more targeted and narrow intelligence driven aimed specifically at homeless leaders. but it is unclear how much israel is taking on is taking on board at the moment. it is not clear whether israel and the u. s. are on the same page with regard to how to prosecute this war with regard to the way forward for gaza. and the associated timelines. howe

secretary is now in tel aviv, lloyd austin. and significant shift, the british foreign secretary david cameron and german foreign minister annalena baerbock called for a sustainable ceasefire in a joint article in the sunday times. the pair said efforts should be focused on a two-state solution after the assault comes to an end. the u.k. and germany had previously declined to call for a ceasefire and abstained from voting last week on the u.n. general assembly's ceasefire resolution. also on sunday, french foreign minister catherine colonna called for an immediate and durable truce while meeting with her israeli counterpart eli cohen in tel aviv, saying "too many civilians are being killed" in gaza. this comes as u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin arrived in israel earlier today, where he is expected to focus talks on transitioning to a lower intensity war. austin traveled to israel from kuwait, where he paid his respects after the death of sheikh nawaf al-ahmad al-sabah, the emir of kuwait, who was buried sunday. meanwhile, t

so what is lloyd austin achieved on this visit? well, it really does seem like washington is trying to send a layered message to israel. here you do have that surface message of unshakable support to israel. but the nice of that surface message is the expectation that the u. s. as is relevant, biggest defense and diplomatic back or that it expects to be listened to. so lord austin, while he was in israel, he reiterated his message about protecting civilians is a moral and strategic imperative. at the same time, his talks with israeli officials focused on how to scale back is really operations away from heavy aerial bombardment away from the heavy ground operation into gaza into something much more targeted and narrow intelligence driven aimed specifically at homeless leaders. but it is unclear how much is ro is taking on, is taking on board at the moment. it is not clear whether israel and the u. s. are on the same page with regard to how to prosecute this more with regard to the way forward for gaza and the associated timelines. h

how is this going be playing out with lloyd austin now? >> the israeli's first question is that there is a gap between the united states and israel. and so the rhetoric on both sides is shifting, but the reality on the ground really for both sides is not shifting that much. and so, i think that the israelis are making some changes and like opening up the second entry for humanitarian aid, but the united states is shipping arms and aid and if that is the time line, things are going to be worse before it turns to a more tactical and precise campaign. >> you have heard from minister galant that was parroting what netanyahu said, they will be continuing until the job is done. but is the white house acting privately, and in public, they are listing all of the support, and all of the reasons they will stand by israel, but in private are these conversations tougher now? >> well, i am thinking they are tougher, but the arms are flowing, and so there is this difficult imperative here. a lot of the israeli citizens cannot return to their homes and w

the senate regarding the allocation of money to ukraine, the head of the pentagon, lloyd austin, threatened the participants with the murder of their children, meaning that they would be sent to fight in ukraine. in this situation, it would be more correct to say not the head of the pentagon, but the leader of the pentagon. but why does congress not want to allocate money even under threats? about this report by mikhail okinchenko. refusal of republican senators to even talk to the administration. president biden on the topic of allocating the next package of financial assistance to ukraine caused disappointment close to despondency in the white house; there, of course, they still do not want to abandon the kiev regime, but there is also nothing to reassure it. we are in no position to promise ukraine support given the situation in congress. few people are inspired by useless patriotic slogans about the need to defend freedom and democracy in a distant country, so persuasion, as the famous american journalist tucker carlson reports, in the biden administration. the biden administration is o

lloyd austin is in israel reiterating the u.s.'unshakable support for the country.poken to israel about making the war in gaza more surgical and reducing harm to civilians but says he will not do date timelines or terms. he spoke beside his israeli counterpart who said israel would not control gaza in anyway following the war. the un security council is expected to vote tuesday on a resolution calling for cee-fire if the humanitarian situation in gaza continues to deteriorate. it is unclear if the u.s. will veto that. our correspondent sent us this report from jerusalem. reporter: direct criticism of the israeli -- there was no criticism of the israeli defense force when lloyd austin gave a statement today, but gave a hint at the frustration of the high number of civilian casualties in gaza. frustration expressed by the biden administration. he said he had discussions with israeli leadership about how to reduce harm to civilians but said he had to travel to -- have not traveled israel to dictate timelines or terms, but goals and objectives they talked about transiti

lloyd austin is in israel reiterating the u.s.'unshakable support for the country.poken to israel about making the war in gaza more surgical and reducing harm to civilians but says he will not do date timelines or terms. he spoke beside his israeli counterpart who said israel would not control gaza in anyway following the war. the un security council is expected to vote tuesday on a resolution calling for cease-fire if the humanitarian situation in gaza continues to deteriorate. it is unclear if the u.s. will veto that. our correspondent sent us this report from jerusalem. reporter: direct criticism of the israeli -- there was no criticism of the israeli defense force when lloyd austin gave a statement today, but gave a hint at the frustration of the high number of civilian casualties in gaza. frustration expressed by the biden administration. he said he had discussions with israeli leadership about how to reduce harm to civilians but said he had to travel to -- have not traveled israel to dictate timelines or terms, but goals and objectives they talked about transi

and allen lloyd austin is due to touch down as israel and becoming alice. he is the latest us official to do. so do we expect him to put any more pressure on israel than others from the us administration? but the only way we'll know is if that plays the way the americans have been talking. they say that they would like to see an end to this phase of the war sometime by the end of the year. but we've had from your kalonski is really defense minister. we've had for benjamin that yahoo, the prime minister saying the war will go on. now it's load, austin is meant to bring some sort of expertise of pipe in warfare because he was the senior us commander when they were fighting in afghanistan on the right. and he wants to talk to them about this strategic objectives. namely, the defeat of some us, but he will also warn about the number of civilians that are being killed and how is that is leaking support for israel across the globe not. but there's also a lack of support in the is really itself, not a huge lack of support, but it is growing particularly after the

just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> secretary of defense lloyd austin came to get more details from primeinister netanyahu to get a real sense of where israel is in its operations against hamas. >> the israeli military on sunday revealing new video of what it is calling the largest hamas tunnel they have discovered inside the gaza strip. >>> former president donald trump ramped up this anti-immigration rhetoric during remarks in nevada sunday. >> they come from prisons, they come from mental institutions and insane asylums, many terrorists. >>> senators have spent the weekend trying to see if they can get any sort of compromisen out issue of immigration. >> this is not just immigration reform. they're basically working diligently on just security at the border. ♪ >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >>> it's monday, december the 18th. 9:00 a.m. here in london, 11:00 a.m. in israel where u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin is expected to arrive in israel with meetings with key israeli officials over the war with hamas. >> a u.s. official

the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, made a statement at a joint press conference with his israelipart in tel aviv. he met that is really prime minister, lloyd austin said the us commitment to israel was unquestionable. he also met his counterpart in the past hour the pair held a news conference in which amongst other matters he confirmed they discussed the past or future for gaza. israelis and palestinians both deserve a horizon of hope. so the united states continues to believe, as we have under administrations of both parties, that it is in the interest of both israelis and palestinians to move forward toward two states, living side by side in mutual security. here's the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, who also made a statement following talks with his us counterpart. in northern gaza, our troops have eliminated thousands of terrorist, destroyed military infrastructure and dismantled most of the battalions operating in the area. in south gaza, in khan younis, we are focused on and limited hamas leadership and military infrastructure. detecting and engaging hamas leadersh

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we expect in tel aviv with lloyd austin to talk about the u.s. we are now framing the war with israel and gaza. many on the left who have urged israel to stop the war, to call a cease-fire. that hasn't been the case. israel firmly believes there is plenty of work to do in gaza to continue its, quote, elimination of hamas. so when that begins we'll bring it to you live from tel aviv shortly. dana. >> dana: breaking this morning pope francis says the catholic church will allow priests to bless same sex couples. we have the story. >> it's called declaration. how pope francis is reconciling the church's doctrine on marriage which the church recognizes is only between a man and woman, with being caring and loving to people in same sex relationships. pope francis has approved allowing priests to bless couples because they shouldn't have exhausted moral analysis to receive the blessing. there is a question of blessing of same sex couples and irregular relationships. during its recent synod meetings in rome in october it was the subject of intense debate

and allen lloyd austin is just the latest us official to be visiting israel. do we expect him to put any more pressure on israel than others from the us and ministration? the know you've got to stuck out what the others have said from joe biden. but the president himself from the national security advisor jake sullivan, who was here just a few days ago on to the blinking the secretary of state and the. busy austin, in the old academy, the same message that israel has the right to defend itself, the right to attack and go after him us. but it has to carry out its populations in line with international law and also try and reduce the number of civilian casualties. yet we have continued to see a tax on hospitals. the rising debt total, including the number of children attacks on chuck chosen mosques as well. and even the shooting of people who are holding white flags and or putting to surrender. so the test will be whether at the united states is know, getting more serious about this and actually threatening red lines. sanctions, things that they want to see from

so what is lloyd austin achieved on this visit? so it really does seem like washington is trying to send a layered message to israel. here you do have that surface message of unshakable support to israel, but the nice of that surface message is the expectation that the u. s. as is relevant, biggest defense and diplomatic back or that it expects to be listened to. so lord austin, while he was in israel, he reiterated his message about protecting civilians is a moral and strategic imperative. at the same time, his talks with his rarely officials focused on how to scale back is really operations away from heavy aerial bombardment away from the heavy ground operation into gaza into something much more targeted and narrow intelligence driven aimed specifically at homeless leaders. but it is unclear how much israel is taking on is taking on board at the moment. it is not clear whether israel and the u. s. are on the same page with regard to how to prosecute this more with regard to the way forward for gaza. and the associated timelines.

that is a fact that lloyd austin also said - that lloyd austin also said when he talked about the civilian they are the centre of gravity. would you say there has been greater international pressure from the us this time around and do you feel that will impact the way israel strategise is going forward? definitely, we see a different. first in terms of the us rhetoric and policy towards israel. it is no longer about this in unconditional support. it is medically it does not want to see the same number of civilian casualties in the south like we saw in the north. the problem is, how do you implement that at the operational level? israel started to us discussing the idea of having safe zones, humanitarian bubbles, but it's difficult to see how they can play out and how the military can target hamas without targeting or having this type of collateral damage. facing . reater of collateral damage. facing greater pressure _ of collateral damage. facing greater pressure given - of collateral damage. facing greater pressure given the l greater pressure given the rhetoric has increased. would you s

what are we expecting from lloyd austin's visit to? of the well conditions on the ground will dictate whether no lawyer that should allow us and is actually coming to make a change or whether this is more washington dc spend. we will hear yes again from a us officials that they are going to say that obviously israel has the right to defend itself. it understands the war against come us. but it must conduct the war with an international rules and regulations and laws. i'd also make sure that the number of civilian casualties is kept to a minimum. we've had it from joe biden more than a month ago. we had that from a jake sullivan. here's the excuse me, the, the national security adviser who visited just a couple of days ago. but we continue to see the number of civilians being killed in it and gaza increase. we continue to see the as early as target hospitals, we see them to continue to target churches and to kill people who are even linked with the french diplomatic service. all of those will be regarded as breaches of international law

do you think the change in language is perhaps down to what lloyd austin was doing in jerusalem?think that the language is very much looking at where the united states feels they can push israel without looking like they are abandoning or not completely getting behind their ally. i think what we have seen certaiy an increase step-up in pressure in closed circles and private conversations with the united states and israel. but at the u.n., christian, it has been as lloyd austin talked about an uhakable commitment to its ally. so it is always a delicate balance. that is why i think we are seeing such careful attention paid to the exact wording because there's really an acknowledgment and we saw that with president biden's statement last week, that the united states is facing growing isolation diplomatically at the u.n. over its decisions not to be tougher on israel. so i think the united states is carefully trying to figure out its right sponges here. >> there's been a video published tonight by hamas, prisoners of war and hostages protected under international humanitarian and bbc

yeah. particularly as you're saying, i mean we just heard lloyd austin and tell aviv once again a bit displaying the us as a to most support to israel. i mean, this is nothing new. we hear this and press conference after press conference with the is really is on the americans. but what do you make of his comments when he said that we will not impose conditions or time tables related to the is really one gods. but because there was some talk recently that the us was saying, you'll have to finish this quickly. israel was saying this could take us a few months now, lloyd austin saying, we're not here to impose time tables to. well i think what they say privately is probably different from what they say in, in a press conference like this one. it's a bit like when you want to be in your um, supported child under control, but without really, you know, human alleging hamel, however, you know, publicly, i think the u. s. message is slightly different in private, the many deadlines. one of them is coming very soon this christmas when, when by then really stomach more palestinian blood over ch

but we've had from lloyd austin that is team. and they say it is up to israel to decide when they move on to the next stage of the war, which isn't as intense as we saw as best, but perhaps becomes much more targeted and it's operation. and so if israel decides to change the way it's conducting the work that will only become a problem in time, and then it would be more or then just be spinning from the american. but lloyd austin is aware of that is bill if losing support globally. we could see that with the you and both the talk of another one coming in the next few days. and this pressure to and benjamin netanyahu intentionally, mainly because of what happened over the last 3 days. the desk of 3 captives shot dead as they tried to give themselves up to the people who would be to save them. and that has put benjamin netanyahu under more pressure that he's been under since october this up. it's still anything use in israel. what could have been a moment to celebrate no a national tragedy. 3 men held captive in gaza, cutting white

defense secretary lloyd austin is back in tel aviv for a critical diplomatic visit.he white house urging israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to change course, as civilian casualties in gaza mount. >>> and millions of americans up and down the east coast are facing serious and severe weather today. the powerful nor'easter already has hundreds of thousands in the dark this morning. i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner, john berman is off today. this is "cnn news central." ♪ >>> immigration and fearmongering. donald trump the current front-runner in the republican primary race, hammering home his message on immigration to voters with just four weeks left before the iowa caucuses. but it's the language he's using that is raising eyebrows and alarm bells this morning. donald trump is doubling down on his dehumanizing rhetoric about foreigners. just listen to what he said at a fair of campaign stops in new hampshire and nevada over the weekend. >> they're poisoning the blood of our country. that's what they've done. they've poisoned, mental institutions and prisons all

i down to what lloyd austin was doing in jerusalem?— in jerusalem?age is very much _ in jerusalem? i think the language is very much was _ in jerusalem? i think the language is very much was looking - in jerusalem? i think the language is very much was looking at - in jerusalem? i think the language is very much was looking at where | is very much was looking at where the united states feels they can push israel without looking like they are abandoning or not completely getting behind their ally. i think what they have seen is certainly an increase step up in pressure in closed circles in private conversations with the united states and israel. but at the un, it has been as lloyd austin talked about an unshakeable commitment to its ally. it is always a delicate balance. that is why we are seeing such careful attention paid to the exact wording because there is really an acknowledgement and we saw that with president biden�*s statement last week that the united states is facing growing isolation diplomatically at the un over its decisions not to be to

we expect to hear a statement from the us defence secretary lloyd austin.er again, our commitment to israel is unquestionable. i am commitment to israel is unquestionable. iam here commitment to israel is unquestionable. i am here to mourn with you for the soul is taken on the 7th of october. america's commitment to israel is strong. but it does come as the us position does seem to have changed since the beginning of israel's military offensive. we will have a news conference as it still happens. do stay with us. hello. the big day is just a week away, but the weather is not currently looking particularly festive. a lot of cloud out there, some outbreaks of rain. it is going to become very windy over the next few days. but as colder air tries to tuck in from the north, we do have the chance for some snow in some places later in the week. we find ourselves in something of a battleground — cold air to the north of us trying to dig in, mild air trying to push in from the south. in between, we find the jet stream, the stream of very strong winds high up in the

you just mentioned lloyd austin this morning from tel aviv on the houthi attacks. here was his statement. listen. >> these attacks are reckless, dangerous and violate international law. so we are building an international coalition to address the threat. this is an international problem and deserves an international response. >> sandra: is this enough, general? >> no, it's not, sandra. look, the leader of the free world is the united states of america. they can't just build a coalition and say this is what we are going to do. they've got to respond to it and got to be led by the united states. earlier you mentioned all of the u.s. assets in the region which is, they are enormous and we have a capacity and capability to react. bring the allies along with us. they are going to sit back and watch and say i'm not getting involved, if you are not going to get involved. i think a lack of commitment of this administration. a lot of talk, but a lack of action on actually committing the united states to some type of action in iran or yemen, red sea, around the suez canal, i

later on monday, lloyd austin is expected to pressure the company to scale back. major combat operations in concept is ready, forces have killed 6 palestinians, and rides in the occupied west bank. the licensed operation took place in 2 car night, the se dozens of his riley vehicle stores the refugee camp. they were accompanied by his ready, bold sizes that we used to destroy roads and other infrastructure. how does air is charles draft that has moved from to car? this is riley army right. last it around 8 hours on the refugee camp of nora shops in total car of japan down here, this is one of the strikes sites of what local site was a projects all that was launched from and these riley driving as you can see, the damage to the ground is minimal and that's because this particular weapon is designed to throw out thousands of both bearings and pieces of shrapnel at the surface level here. and as you can see, that will is completely peppered with shrapnel locals here. say that there were 2 members of the on resistance that were killed in this attack and one civilian.

and before leaving israel, lloyd austin announced the formation of a multinational naval task force to patrol the red sea. it comes as humans who sees continue attacking commercial vessels, passing through the crucial shipping route. the old giant b p is the latest company to hope shipments through those waters. these attacks are reckless, dangerous, and they violate international law. and so we're taking action to build an international coalition to address this threat. and i would remind you that this is not just a us issue is this is an international problem and it deserves international response. and that's why i'm convening a meeting tomorrow. administer will meeting with federal ministers and a region and beyond to, to address this threat. it was the red sea is one of the world's most important shipping rates. here's a look at the companies that are suspending janae's because of the listening situation. in the red said, the british oil and natural gas company, b p says it's halting oil, it's shipments through the red sea and definitely funds outside the energy sector. also making

so does lloyd austin have any more insight to push forward? well, the american say he has insight, of course, from his time is a senior commander when the us was fighting our been warfare in afghanistan and also a rock. but they also acknowledge the americans that it will be up to the israelis to decide when they move to the next phase of the war, which will be more target to the sol inside gaza itself. so while the americans are seeing the can continue to put pressure on these relays, there's very little sign of that actually happening on the ground. but these really somebody's to resist external pressure of this far. i to large degree the bodies to resist the internal pressure, even though that is going because of the death of those to be captives over the last few days its dominating using israel. what could it be now moving to celebrate no, a national tragedy. 3 men held captive in guys a walking towards those sent to save them. and then shot date. troops cannot do, i like to go down a while. when i was informed about the terrible tragedy

[000:00:00;00] the us defense secretary lloyd austin, travels to israel. he is expected to pressure the government to scale back its military offensive own gaza, the october cry. this is hell just here. a line from the hot also coming up more dead and wounded. another die of is ready strikes on northern cause it kills 90 people. jabante of refugee can in southern guns of desperate scenes as fairly close as a launch attacks across the city of con eunice, causing casualties in a pdf tra cord plus the symbolic funerals and the occupied with bank. an endless way to tell us citizens from the bodies of their loved ones comp disguises by as rarely forces the, the us secretary of state, just traveling to israel is cool, is going to put a stop to its war on guns. israel has been stepping off its military offensive despite the rising international pressure. lloyd austin is expected to praise. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, its government to scale back until preparations. austin will head back to bar ryan off to a day long visit. he will also be visiting cutoff a

this has in the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin is in dough. hi is now talking the holding a meeting with the cuts hobby, minnesota of defense. how does the, how much i'll be on top of the agenda is convincing cutoff, along with gc ministers of defense, to joining this new task force. but as you said earlier, this is going to be next to the delicate task housing for different reasons. it means that you would have to have full size bed of time forces deployed along the red sea, particularly in the gulf of aidan and the men to, to, to try to, to control the area. many of the out of the country. as i've said in the past that they don't want to see situation spinning out of control or the conflict for the building in those areas. but the, for the us secretary of defense to having the decency countries on board is a strong indication that she has more of a support in this region. on this attempt to go forward and a pull into place, a robust maritime task force to try to stop the hesitates from targeting the shipping companies in that. but see, it is

when he visits on monday, lloyd austin is now involved right. and it will also be visiting kata as part of this middle east to earlier this month to austin bones. this is riley government said it was strategic to faith and counsel if it filed to protect palestinian civilians. meanwhile is writing media site. i'm also in israel a open to talks on and you see spot and exchange of captives and prisoners. the reports say as rails intelligence chief has been given approval to initiate tools with guitar remediation. as negotiations, stone was the beginning of this month on a week long 65 collapse as well as prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who has been under intense pressure to agree to a safe spot and gaza. there's been growing and, and is riah of to the military mistakenly killed 3 captives on friday island. fisher reports from occupied east jerusalem. it's dominating using israel. what could have been a moment to celebrate? know, a national tragedy. 3 men held captive in gaza, walking towards those sent to save them. and then short date. troops c

and lloyd lloyd austin is coming here, hoping we understand that these riley's will be looking to move to a less intense phase of the role. that is what the americans want them to do because of a high level of civilian casualties at austin has plenty of experience of, of and more will 5. he was a response of the planning for the attempt to re take mosul from isolate years back in the conflict in iraq. so he knows what he's talking about when he 1st came in a few days after october, the 7th, he told these riley's, then they have too many policies gathered on the board. and instead they should be using strategic as strikes to take out how my senior leadership, israel has like no, but i'm going full ball for this was a ground invasion is in gaza and shows no sign really of fucking down. if anything, these riley is a dumpling down, austin wound in december the beginning of december. if you drive civilians into the arms of the enemy, you replace a typical victory with a strategic defeat. we can save them the latest polls. how much, how much is popularity increased in the occupied westbank?

right now, defense secretary lloyd austin is in israel. this is his second visit to the country since the terror attack on october 7th. secretary austin is meeting with israeli officials. he is expected to push them to define milestones clearly in this war against hamas, as the united states urges israel to do a lot more to limit civilian casualties. a senior defense official tells cnn that austin wants a, quote, very clear articulation of israel's war effort and strategic objectives. joining us now, retired four-star general, former cia director, general david petraeus. thank you so much for being with us, especially at a moment like this, as you see secretary austin in israel for these meetings. we know he wants to find milestones, a sense of what his victory meeans to you, and by te way, how are you going to get there and start really limiting these civilian casualties in gaza. what does success for his trip look like? >> well, with it would be to get answers to the questions that you just raised. this is clearly a very, very tough figh

and lloyd then -- excuse me -- secretary austin. he's a good friend of mine. >> you can do that with your history with him. >> that's true. but again, i should not. but secretary austin can walk in and say, guys, please describe it for me and allow me to think out loud with you as you walk through the process. >> also, we learned this weekend three israeli hostages were waving a white flag when they were mistakes enly killed by idf soldiers. the way the hostages were killed, from what we know, what does this tell you about israel's military training, readiness, perhaps the stressors involved at this stage of the war in gaza? what can be learned from this? how does it paint a more clear picture in the fog of war? >> well, there is a fog of war. you nailed it, fred. training can bring you to a certain level of readiness, and the idf does that as a matter of routine. i can't speak to the specific unit that was involved in this very tragic accident, misidentification of a hostage for a hamas fighter. the whole thing puts a human face on

so what are we expecting from lloyd austin's visit? banner of the rob lloyd austin joins operate of us officials on some politicians with a very similar message. they support israel and not calling for c spot, but there are too many civilian casualties. lloyd austin is the military money to brings with them a wealth of or thoughtful stock, general a wealth of military experience. it was involved in the early days in american fighting with the taliban in afghanistan is involved in the us planning to retake most so from iceland, so he knows about of and will 5, right at the beginning of this conflict just a few days after october, 7th, he told these right of the military, um, the head of the defense is around. you have too many troops stationed on the board that you should be using, targeted as strikes at how much these main military, how much is main leadership is riley's didn't listen them. they went in full bore on a still continues barry, intense and campaign. so the more pressure on israel to change talkin. austin bloomed in decembe

>> first my good friend lloyd austin is the perfect messenger for this.ustin, and he is. but he's also general lloyd austin, four-star army general. you're showing him now. he's an imposing figure not just physically but also because he commanded at the four-star level u.s. central command. all of our forces in the middle east. so he personally deeply knows each of these players he's sitting down with. i think the administration has sent the right messenger to continue its indication to israel that it's really time to dial this thing back. so to answer the question given the fact that tony blinken's been there, jake sullivan's been there, there's been obviously a continuous barrage of messaging to israel both publicly and i suspect quite a bit privately, i think you will see the israelis dial back probably over the next month or so, jonathan. and how would that look? it'll mean less of the air strikes, certainly no more of the dumb bombs we heard about, more careful precision foot soldier kind of operations. they'll be pursuing the two objectives that are

defense lloyd aus lloyd austin is going to be sending a strong message to israel to change its tactics in gaza, and we will bring you that live. >>> and donald trump is promising the largest deportation in the history as he claims they are poisoning the blood of the country, but nikki haley who has a different message is surging in new hampshire. >>> and plus, president biden steps away from the car when a car slams into the motorcade. john berman is off today. i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan. this is cnn "news central." >>> this morning, we are awaiting a press conference with defense secretary lloyd austin with the israeli defense minister. he is to press the israeli defense ministers to find ways to fight the casualties in gaza that are climbing ever higher. jeremy diamond is calling us from tel aviv, and what are you hearing from the press secretary, because in times this is very different? >> yes, the messages in public and private are quite different, but nonetheless, we are hearing the ramping up of the public pressure from the u.s. officials as they are urging the israeli cou

let's talk about lloyd austin. now we've seen a succession of us senior by the ministration figures come into israel and into the region to discuss the situation in gaza. the difference perhaps with light austin is the fact that he has significant military background and he has experience in urban warfare. so obviously felt the tile about him for exam. these also brought since names of the joint chiefs of stuff. what's your assessment of, of the significance of that compared to say, jig sullivan, the national security advisor? what so you're not taking the speaker. see what i typically speaking uh, just sort of what i've given the sport. i agree to the framework with these right is about calendar, about american support, about what the american president expects about the face of the war operation was speaking. what does that really mean? that's the job of lloyd austin and his chief of staff. how exactly to go about it, but that's see ready to go. i'm skeptical. com allows to be skeptical. actually, i'm always skep

defense secretary lloyd austin once again endorses washington's unflinching support for tel aviv's genocide of palestinians. the pentagon chief has already met with the regime's war minister, yo of gilant in tel aviv. austin is also expected to meet with other senior israeli officials, including prime minister benyamin netanyahu. the meetings are expected to discuss israel's plans for transition to so-called next phase of the war. osan is the latest us official to visit israel since the regime began its blood bath in gaza early october. washington has been defying domestic. again international outcry to stop supporting israel's bombardment campaign against the defenseless women and children in the palestinian territory. well let's welcome to this part of the news program author and west asia expert out of belfast. thank you so much for being with us. what do you make? mean we're constantly seeing very... western officials making their way to the zianist regime and and today we have lloyd austin uh in the air, what do you think this is about? is it possibly to talk about a ceasefire or how d

a call of equity at the us defense secretary lloyd austin, texting palestinian civilians and gaza is both a moral duty and a strategic imperative. so we will continue to stand up for israel's bedrock right to defend itself. and we will also continue to urge the protection of civilians during conflict and to increase the flow of humanitarian aid integration. is trying to save it is targeting come off militants. but the fighting has led to one of the worst humanitarian crisis ever in gaza. food and clean water has become scarce for the strips over 2000000 people. and according to the un 90 percent of the population has been displaced. the am i brought some more to some a neighbor or is it that i brought the volta and we need to do? we don't have a single job. hello to left. there was nothing a tool laser when i went to the head of the you went agency for palestinian refugees, had sworn the coffins, could start dying of hunger disease and beat immunity along with the eat and drink because that's what the crossing drugs have also started entering from is trying to be accurate them show t

and it always will us defense secretary lloyd austin. it tells us randy need is that washington will stand by them and gaza, but they must by find the rules of it separately, often also says here's calling a regional security.

the headlines at patch tv: us defense chief lloyd austin is meeting with israeli officials in tel aviv in the midst of their genocide. a war against palestinians. british petroleum suspends its oil tanker transit through the red sea as the yemini military continues targeting more israel vessels in retaliation for the genocide in gaza. and the democratic people's republic of korea launches a long-range ballistic missile capable of striking the united states. hello and welcome live from tehran, you've turned to press tv's world news, i'm marsia hashimi, appreciate you being with us, well it's day 73 of the israeli onslot on the gosa strip where fresh air strikes and shelly have killed. scores of palestinian civilians. israeli air strikes took the lives of 100 people in the city of jamaniia in the northern part of the strip and in the noosrat camp and central gaza, at least 50 people were killed in air rates targeting residential buildings. several areas of gaza city have been struck as well. as a result, dozens of dead bodies were brought to al-shifah hospital. the southern city of hun u

right now across the politics and the economics. >> yeah, i mean, lloyd austin, latest u.s. official to go to the region and to tread this increasingly fine line. right? he continues to express unwavering support towards israel to express horror over the october 7 attacks but also stepping up efforts to try to get israel to protect civilians and also have less targeted efforts. and if you send international patrols to the red sea, that is also delicate. there is a risk that you could open up another front. so again, another fine line they have to tread there. >> clare, thank you so much. >>> the u.s. nearly two dozen lawmakers have written a letter to attorney general merrick garland expressing what they call grave concern over the signing of texas border bill. the state's republican governor signed a bill into law monday which makes illegal border crossings a state crime. the measure is creating fear throughout the latino community in the state. in the letterer with a keep casc castro writes we urge you to assert your authority over immigration and foreign policy and pursue

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that includes it's closest ally, the us defense secretary lloyd austin has just arrived and helped me from the rain for talks with israel's defense minister and the prime minister benjamin netanyahu . austin strip is part of a diplomatic tour of the middle east, is expected to press israel to focus its attacks on homeless and do more to avoid civilian casualties. a mazda is considered a terrorist organization by the us, the is you, and several other countries or collecting and burying the dead. now with daily ritual in the gaza strip. for those able to retrieve the bodies of their loved ones. many remain trapped under the rubble of bombed out buildings. these latest victims were killed in rough uh, in the south, a supposedly se. so for those lean, the fighting in other areas of gaza at the clinic and they hit every place. big targeted everywhere they've got a big target to of night. children are all was scared and they wake up screaming because of the sound of bombing when they're a big targets everywhere and rough. uh yeah, but unfortunately there is no safety. another recent, a salt

a call of equity at the us defense secretary lloyd austin, texting palestinian civilians and gaza is both a moral duty and a strategic imperative. so we will continue to stand up for israel's bedrock right to defend itself. and we will also continue to urge the protection of civilians during conflict and to increase the flow of humanitarian aid integration. is trying to save it is targeting come off militants. but the fighting has led to one of the worst humanitarian crisis ever in gaza. food and clean water has become scarce for the strips over 2000000 people. and according to the un 90 percent of the population has been displaced. the one i brought some more to some a neighbor over the i brought the water and we needed to. we don't have a single job. hello to left. there was nothing a tool laser when i went to the head of the you went agency for fun is to name refugees has worn the costs and school start dying of hunger disease and be immunity along with the eat and drink because that's what that for crossing drugs have also started entering from is trying to be accurate. i'm showi

we heard that again from the secretary of defense, lloyd austin, who was here on monday, having talks with his account to pod is really a count of pods. but uh, would you give me a timeline on that as well in deals of hearing from his radio officials, then the prime minister benjamin netanyahu, that they will continue this strategy of maximum of pressure and going ahead with uh, their amended service strategy. and of course, all this happens against the backdrop of so many people being displaced over 80 percent of the goals of population according to the united nations that have been displaced or made homeless. and of course, the distribution of age is also very being made very difficult because of the heavy fighting going on in the gaza strip. you don't use taking a 2nd my in jerusalem. and you, you westlake task force aims to help protect ships using one of the world's most important maritime trade routes. the suez canal. several companies have halted shipping on the red sea after a searching attacks by who the militants from yemen is less group backed by a ron says the vessels that

international pressure for a ceasefire intensifies, as us defence secretary lloyd austin lands in israel talks. ukraine admits artillery ammunition shortages, but a leading government official remains optimistic that international funding will continue. the bbc understands northern ireland's democratic unionist party has ruled out any deal to restore devolution before christmas. the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, has met his israeli counterpart and is also due to talk to prime minister benjamin netanyahu with a focus on how israel plans to move to the next phase of the war. the visit is seen as a test for the biden administration's unwavering support for israel. washington is facing increasing pressure to urge israel to do more to reduce civilian casualties, with its key western allies, including the uk, france and germany, having all stepped up calls for a ceasefire. i am nowjoined by aaron david miller, a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace and former state department middle east analyst and negotiator in republican and democratic administrations. good

thank you. us defense secretary lloyd austin says that he will can be the meeting on tuesday in response to a tax by food the rebels on ships in the red sea. and he says, an international coalition is being built to address the issue, the who the rebel group is based in human and is backed by your wrong it has attacked and seized several ships in the red sea since early october saying that they were quote, linked to israel several major companies have halted shipping in the area and response to the thread that has also caused oil prices to spike let's here's a look now some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. this our basically the gyptian president of the l. c. c. has thing voters after securing a 3rd term in office, he received almost 90 percent of the vote in last week's election, which was overshadowed by the war in gaza and a severe domestic economic crisis. critics, a 10 year long crack down on descent has eliminated any serious opposition. hong kong media mogul and pro democracy activism, jimmy lie has gone on trial, is accused of conspiring with forei