for the simple fact that the 2nd customer saw a lot easier to be a very good strategic think of a very good of psychological facts. someone who is carrie has velocity, various confrontations from 2006 to the war in syria, except for someone who understands. because really, it's very well someone who has been during going in and using psychological warfare against the use radius. so i think if it pays out of the picture, are you going to find a someone with the same quality is being so affected? i guess to is ready. so i don't, i think that is the main reason why isabel stultz to carry out this operation in the 1st place because you have this very typical as to go over some effect is taking him out. the other picture doctor, he mentioned that makes now with a late to the handle the collapse of hezbollah. that's a different story. but it will, it will be nice of the blow has the law. that's how many, how the figure is the power has, you know,

influential factors. it has to people who can also have a good understanding of the struggle across the large, why the ones you need. but i'm not sure there's anyone right now. it even comes close to 2nd customer. so all right, i'll be risk. your security and political affairs analyst are joining us from bear with this hour. we really appreciate your time. thank you very much. now and we are seeing us secretary of state anthony blinking, who is about to give a press conference. there we are. let's listen. it like in the coming days will determine which pass this region is on with profound consequences for its people. now, and possibly for years to come, one is the path of diplomacy getting cease far along the border between is room 11 on one that allows people from both countries to safely return to their homes or,

and allows them to live. there is security. getting us, he's fine guys are the brings on the hostages, enables a search and humanitarian relief to people so desperately need and preserves the possibility of relaxing security. it doesn't. and the reason the other past piece, the conflict more cops more violence, more suffering, and greater instability. and in security, the ripples of which will be felt around the world. the united states has made clear along with the g 7 european union partners in the gulf. so many other reasons that we believe the way forward is through the pharmacy, not conflicts. the past, the diplomacy may seem difficult to see at this moment, but it is there. and in our judgment, it is necessary and we will continue to work intensive with all parties, to urge them to choose that course. i also want to be clear that anyone using this

moment to target american personnel, american interest of the region, the united states will take every measure to defend our people. let me also say, what about you, frank? this week we took important steps to support the people ukraine as they continue to defend themselves against the ongoing re, russian aggression and continue to stand up for their so sovereignty and their independence, the right to write their own future. at the security council on tuesday, the over whelming majority of countries condemned versus reward conquests and called for a just and lasting peace on the basis of the united nation start. crucial to that is pressing iran, north korea, and china. a permanent member of the council stopped providing weapons, artillery machinery, and other support. the put in is using to devastate ukrainian homes, energy grids,

and ports. as we saw this week, support for your brain is not just rhetorical. it's tangible. dozens of countries came together to pledge to help you find rebuild the g 7 and other partners made additional commitments to strengthen its energy infrastructure in the face of russia's ongoing assault. sending more equipment like turbines portable generators that are crucial to keeping the lights on and keeping ukrainians warm, cheating, homes, classrooms, factories, as russia tries to weaponized the weather as we had into winter on wednesday present biden. and i met with present soleski to discuss the ways for, for ukraine to win this for the discussion that they continued in washington on uh on thursday yesterday to help you cranes, courageous, defenders and citizens. we announced a search of support $8000000000.00 and the security assistance including long range munificence and additional pay for their defense system and training for more you planning and $16.00 pilots. starting with

a quad later summit in march in wilmington on saturday and throughout this week we've also advanced our vision for free, open, secure across person to pacific, present by the net with the enemy, general secretary, the long to deepen the comprehensive g partnership between our countries where it has in cooperation on everything from creating originally and stomach dr. supply chains to addressing environmental challenges along the become river will continue this conversation. so in a couple of weeks when we get together at the asking on some of the most along with my counterparts from japan and south korea, we took measures to institutionalize a try lateral cooperation building on the historic camp david's summit. and reaffirming our shared commitment to creating a try lateral secretary to advance this work. just now i completed the candid and substitute meeting, the chinese foreign minister wong e. we discuss steps to implement the co commitments that our leaders made at woodside last year. i, i like working to disrupt the full synthetic drugs and pictures of chemicals into

the united states. improving communications between our new choice, discussing the risks of artificial intelligence. so that's the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the taiwan strait and raise concerns about the pos he's dangerous, and he's stabilizing actions in the south china sea. i also wanted scored our strong concern with trying to support for russia's defense, industrial base, which fuels russians war machine, and perpetuates a war that try to reports to want to see ended over the course of the week. we also came together with our partners to address many other crucial challenges facing the low. we worked towards the section of hostilities, unrestricted you mandatory and access and civilian governance a today. and we worked to garner additional resources and support for the multi national security support mission in haiti, we coordinate the steps to increase international pressure on the majority and venezuela to stop as widespread repressions again as well and people to respect their will and their votes. as express developed box, these tests,

and so many more underscore the magnitude of the challenges facing the global. but also the imperative diplomacy. we don't have the luxury pulling back the coming hours and for every remaining davis administration will remain intensely focused on addressing these challenges. as we work to make a better world. thank it's it's a secretary, a senior is rarely official, just brief, the press on today's operation and why they are still going into that. and on. the senior official said that there was a, there in town, told them that there was a plan to in circle israel and eliminate israel by 2040. that's in war. on october

7 jump the gun that they have been defending themselves ever since that they felt that they feel that knows rolla was the key. the venge been to all of this and is by law that after a year they felt they had to get people back in their homes that they went after and as rolla and today strike were targeting him clearly, they don't know what they've achieved. they still feel that when in know if the military you have mentioned that you have to keep going, that they will be a lot farther along in their operation. if it turns out that this was successful as their turns today, but that they still, she said sort of the officials said, still have to keep going and they are not ready to pass from your

conversations. what is your perspective about whether israel continuing with this operation and not going in on the ground which they said is not preferable. but if doing this and what they consider a targeted way, is legitimate response to what they see as an x, a central threat. or if there was an other alternative, a diplomatic alternative, or andrea, i will let israel speak to their operations and their objectives of my questions. we and many others have been clear about what we see to be the best path forward. and the objective that is real has in the 1st instance 11 on is an important, legitimate one. it's creating an environment that secure enough to enable people to return home. because remember what happened on starting october 8th. his boss

started loving rockets and missiles and his real trying to create another front in uh, in the war. and israel force had to respond to that. and in the process, tens of thousands of people had to evacuate their homes in northern israel villages, and humphrey destroyed southern lebanon. and so we have large populations, both in israel, n, as in lebanon, who been pushing their homes. and it is a legitimate, unimportant objective. as far as real to again create an environment which people can get back to their house. the question is, what's the best way to do that? what is the most effective, sustainable way to do that? we believe that the many other countries joined us in putting out a call for a cease fire for 21 days. believe that the best way to do that is through the pharmacy, through a ceasefire. and then reaching an agreement that pulls back forces from the border and gives people the confidence that they can go back to their houses,

that the kids can go back to school. so we believe that's what that's, that's board and the israelis put out of state and earlier today showing that they share the names of the call that we put out again with the g 7 with the you with the, our partners. so the question is not, does this real have a right to defend itself against her as forces does the question is not, this is real, have a right to deal with existential threats with security and enemies across its uh, its borders with the a valid intent to destroy his real force, it does. but the question is, what is the best way to achieve its objectives, to reach enduring security and in this instance, with regard to whether or not what's the best way to achieve the stated objective of creating an environment in northern israel. that gives people confidence to return to their home. so as i said, we believe the diplomatic course is the best one for the next question,

hibbon nasser with a sharp thank you and the secretary. i want to ask the question again. since october 7, you've been saying that is a, it has to, this has that i to defend itself. and you've been state think all the time that they have that i have to defend themselves against husband law and it alien proxies . and the nice, so my question, you know, you repeated how it does that method. can you clarify whether this is a you to approach to thought good. think from the last, the dealership falls on under self defense. and what the u. s. administration cleared the position on the police on the policy of target the destination. and if i may please, one second question. you emphasize of ford cars along the northern borders and

you have been working towards this goal for the best is up in months. now, as we edge closer to a broad, the conflict, could you specify what do you mean by con? i do it effect. so it, it don't do that pre october 7 spectacle, implying is the station of hostilities, or the full implementation of it is lucian, 17 or one? because it doesn't that, that for that event he's and for the is that i easy to understand. what are you proposing? and just one final question. we are 2 weeks away from october 7 for speaker 3. what could you have done differently that might have changed the con situation? thank you. i appreciate that you managed to get in several questions. so 1st on the events of the last hours, we are still gathering information and making sure that we fully understand what

happened, what the intent was and until we have that information, i can't, i can't address in detail our, our response to it. so we'll continue to work on that in the hours ahead. with regard to a broader conflict, we've said very clearly, you're right. ever since october 7th, at one of our objectives, besides making sure that israel does what it needs to do to make sure that october 7th never happens again. besides doing everything, we can to try to make sure that people who are caught in this horrible crossfire of a mazda is making, who are suffering so terribly. when men, children in, in engaged at the base, gets the protection that they need any assistance they besides that our objective has been to try to prevent the war from spreading, as well as escalating and on multiple occasions since october 7th. we seem to be on the verge of just that happened, including in the days, immediately following october, 7th. and then again on several other occasions,

most notably in april. and even more recently than that. and each and every time the combination of american to turns an american diplomacy managed to prevent a wider war, were intensely focused on doing exactly that now, along with many other countries because in our judgment, the judgment to so many others, it's a no one's interest to have a water conflict, so we're working in every possible way to prevent that from happening now. in terms of where we think this should go, you know, going back simply to october 6th in terms of the border between 11 on an israel is, is not sufficient because it's not simply a matter of having a ceasefire that is capable of firing into israel. israel responding and in a tit for tat, what's necessary is to create the conditions including moving forces back such that

people in both northern israel and southern lebanon, have the confidence to return home. it would be important. finally, to make 17, a one real. not simply a piece of paper, it's never been effectively implemented and i've remind as well that as part of his real leading let been out in 2000 after had been bogged down there for 15 years. as part of that to 17. 0 one. the understanding was that any of the, our militia would put down their weapons. the state should have a monopoly on the use of force has bull. i never did that and is presented an ongoing threat to israel ever since again, with the about goal of eradicating so in this instance, the most important thing to do again, if the objective is to just get people home, it fits back to school in israel and 11,

a most important thing to do through diplomacy is to try 1st to set fire in both directions and then to use the time that we would have been in such a ceasefire to see if we can reach a broader diplomatic agreement on this. i think it would have to proceed in, in phases, but we have to have conditions on the ground such that people know with confidence that can be safe in their own homes. and finally, as we come to october 7th, and the anniversary of that are our focus is not thinking about the past. our focus is intensely on the here and now and the efforts that we continue to make to get a cease fire that brings the hostages home. that results in a search of the amount of training assistance to the people in gaza, desperately need it. and it opens the prospects for and during peace and stability . that's where our focus is. that's what it's going to. rebates clearly guides us

with cbs. thank you very much mister secretary. i also have the multi part or so with your indulgence, mediators were in the thick of negotiations in july when it's now here was assassinated in toronto. now there's a unconfirmed possibility that has on this rela, has been targeted, possibly killed. just days after the us of course, but forwarded ceasefire proposal with a coalition of countries. how can the us continue to put its weight in credibility be help be off behind these proposals? when it can make no assurances that it's mediators won't be targeted and won't be killed to put it bluntly. mister secretary are the ceasefire proposals that you had been effort in, in the gaza. and in the north now did on iran. today to ron, seems to have been deterred through, as we mentioned, to us efforts from directly retaliating retaliating against israel and other interests, including after the assassination of the,

including after the pager operation and lebanon is the us willing to continue its efforts to dis her iran especially as some of these operations that the israelis are engaging and come with little advanced notice any and on ukraine, earlier this month, you and for in secretary let me start in keys and said that you would continue deliberations about long range weapons capabilities in russia over the course of the un general assembly engaging with western allies, the germans came out this week publicly to, to voice their opposition to that capability. is there a clear answer from the us to this request from the ukrainians? and if not, how much longer do you expect them to wait for a clear answer. thank you. thanks. olivia, with regard to the cease fires both in gaza and 11. i don't think the question is one about individuals. depression is one about interest and what is in the company interest of the respective parties and getting them to

act on those on those interest. i mentioned a moment ago in the case of gaza. the interest of all concern really should go to bringing this cease fire agreement across the finish line. we've been working to do now. for the last several weeks. it's a matter, especially in the interest of israel, which in gaza has accomplished the military objectives. that it's, that it set out at perfectly high cost for civilians were caught in the crossfire that i'm us created. i bought those military objectives i've been achieved and so getting the hostages home and putting the guys on a better path, i believe is in their interest it's manifested in the interest of the people in gaza, who would get an immediate relief from the war. immediate relief in terms of a surge of the manager and assistance and a commitment from the international community helping rebuild their lives. and it

should be in the interest of, uh, a from aust, if, as it says, it represents the interest of those palestinians and gods. but because the seas far would advance those interest. so irrespective of the individuals involved, the interests are clear and whoever the individuals are, uh, they'll have to make determinations and decide similarly when it comes to live in a. the same thing is clearly in the interest of the lebanese people to have peace, to have security, have stability, to not live under threat, and certainly in their interest to avoid a white wider war where the inevitably the biggest victim of such a war, those would suffer the most of the lebanese people, and so those who purport to represent their interest and have their well being and heart should find a way to act on those interest irrespective of the, of the individuals involved. and this is what so many of us are working to uh,

to put forward we've been very clear in not just what we've set, but also what we've done, including the deployment of significant assets in the region. that we will do our part to deter further conflict, to deter escalation, to deter, uh, a whitening more. and there are 2 sides to that point one, to avoiding that why one is this deterrence and we are committed to it. but the other is diplomacy. and as i mentioned before on several occasions since october 7th, we've been on, but we judged to be the brink of that wider war into a combination of the insurance and the pharmacy. we managed to prevent and that's what we're focused on now. and all parties in the region, i think including the ron, know that and can see that. and then finally with regard to, um, uh, do you uh, i wasn't there cuz i was here in new york. i'm representing the, the president,

the administration. so while i got a chance to see presence will ask you would present but briefly when they were both in new york, the meeting that took place yesterday was one that wasn't part of and i can tell you though from the read out that i got from the, the meeting that it was not only a very good and very positive, but on other things that resulted in your we announced at the same time, the provision of significantly more assistance to the ukrainians, notably, security and village, racist. it's more than $8000000000.00 worth that will carry us through the end of this administration. in the conversation between the president, present bye and present soleski, the ukrainians presented their plan for victory. and i'll let them speak out the details of that, including what's necessary in their judgment to achieve it. and we're starting it very carefully. and that includes, uh, what if any additional things we or other partners of ukraine would be called on to

do in order to help them achieve that success. but the present has been very clear that he's committed to ukraine success. he's committed to making sure that they have what they need to effectively defend themselves as well. i've said it many times and i'll say it again. every step along the way we've adapted and adjusted to those needs. and i'm convinced will continue to do so. and for the final question mark, when you are with south china morning post, i'm a secretary. thank you very much. the brazil and china a couple of hours ago, push further on this idea of, of, of pushing a sort of mediating with a, a piece plan. can i get your reaction to that? is it a distraction? is there are useful part of that, particularly in light of uh, so on ski presence when skis, opposition to it related to that and that's it. or nick burns, yesterday i believe was basically a signal that there could be more sanctions on china related to their dual use assistance to,

to russia. so given that at this point, we seem to have about 300 sanctions by some count against china. and there's not too much evidence that they have managed to change science behavior. what's the effectiveness of doing, putting more sanctions on that? is there a different approach here with allies, perhaps that can be done to change china's behavior? and finally, any thoughts on a she jumping and present bite and a meeting call something perhaps on the side once a day. thanks a lot. talk to you. so on the, on, on, on a piece, proposals piece plans from our perspective of any proposal, any plan that's grounded clearly in the principles of the united nations charter notably casual integrity sovereignty independence is something that's uh, this worth looking at. so i was very clear in the security council couple of days

ago about what we and most other countries see is the basis for a just and lasting peace. a peace in which the aggressor gets everything that is saw. and the victim does not have his rights upheld is not the recipe for our lasting peace and certainly not adjustment. but faithless, grounded in the charter that upholds is principles. that is. and so any proposal that's, that's out there we would judge and evaluate on the, on that basis on the question of sanctions. what we've been very clear and we've taken action accordingly already on our concerns about the provision of assistance by chinese companies to russia. and notably, delta build up as defense, industrial base,

roughly 70 percent of the machine tools that russia is importing coming from china on call. 90 percent of the micro electronics from china. i'll call and this is materially helping the, the russians produce the missiles, the rockets, the, our vehicles, the munitions that they need to perpetuate the war to continue their aggression. so, when basing says that, and on the one hand, that it, it wants peace, it wants to cnn to the conflict. but on the other hand, is allowing his companies to take actions that are actually helping them continue the aggression. that doesn't add up. we've taken a number of steps already. i think what you're hearing again this week is not just from us, but from many other countries. a deep concern about this, and you've heard that as well as the security council. so i'm not going to preview any actions. we may be taking in the future, but it's also, i think,

important to note that other countries are not only concerned about this, they're acting on it and will continue to act on it. and i would hope that that message is received loud and clear. and that actions follow from, from any actions that we and others take. our intent is not to the couple russia from china, their relationship is their business. but in so far as that relationship involves providing russia what it needs to continue this war. that's a problem. and it's a problem for us, and it's a problem for many other countries, notably in europe, because right now, rush represents the greatest threat, not just ukrainian scurry, but the european security since the end of the cold war with regard to present by the presidency. i've got nothing to share in terms of the schedules, but i can tell you, i can tell you this when a pharmacy long and i met just

a couple of hours ago. we discussed a number of things we talked about the work that were doing to implement the agreements that were reached between the 2 presidents at woodside, outside of san francisco at the end of last year, including the military to military relationship and communications. the flow of covering the flow, synthetic drugs responsibly, is today, i cetera. we also talked about a number of areas where we have real differences and i alluded to some of those a few months ago. but we also agreed on the importance of the leaders communicating . and so i fully anticipate that, you know, we'll see that in the weeks and months ahead. thank you. thank you all. that's the us secretary of state data. me blinking. it was just been giving a press conference in new york, we were particularly interested and the reason we dipped into this is to see what the americas top diplomat would have to say. but what's going on in the middle east right now? any ceasefire,

talk to the aftermath of the is really strike in the southern suburbs of the root. well, his opening statement, what's to say that there are 2 paths for the region right now for the middle east, one is ceasefire and peace and the other is more conflict. he didn't uh, didn't reveal anything, majorly new, but i, i turned to you mom and last year you were listening to that with us. you're a professor at the do high subject to graduate studies. what i took lots of notes. i don't have any stand out comments from lincoln. what's that out to you? yeah, it was. it was pretty predictable. right. i mean, having listened to him now for the last several months since the start of this conflagration back on october 7th, 2023. he's. he's just, he's got a very narrow playbook, right. so he repeats a lot of the same things. a couple of things. now that i want to emphasize, 1st of all, i thought it was interesting that she basically issued a threat to anyone who attacks us assets in the region.