we are also so fortunate to be joined by president isaac herzog , who will be addressing this audience in the second half of the plenary. and now, i will invite the past chair of jewish federations of north america and chairman of the board of governors of the jewish agency for israel. [applause] ♪ >> thank you so much. 21 years ago, israel found itself in the middle of the second anti-fodder, with daily reports of buses exploding and stabbings in the markets. jews around the world wanted a way to connect with the people of israel who were the victims of terrorist violence. in partnership with jewish federations, the jewish agency for israel created a fund for the victims of terror. within 48 hours of a terrorist attack, we visit the victim and their family. deliver initial financial grants. and let them know that jews around the world are thinking of them on the worst day of their lives. for the next three years the fund accompanies the victim and their family through their physical and emotional rehabilitation. i have personally had the honor of delivering many of these grants to the

a short time ago, president biden hosted is really president isaac herzog at the white house pick some aid groups are accusing israel of failing to live up to u.s. demands while actively making the situation in gaza worse. what more are you hearing from u.s. officials? >> reporter: what the state department told reporters is the u.s. has not made an assessment that israel is violating u.s. law. effectively, even though not enough humanitarian support is getting into gaza , the u.s. has not assessed that it's to the point where israel is actually impeding that aid from getting there. and that was the point of this letter to compel israel to take more action get more humanitarian aid into gaza. humanitarian aid organizations are saying today that israel failed that test. he did not meet any of the criteria at the state department laid out the state department is saying israel has made some progress. listen to how the spokesperson put it today. >> we at this time have not made an assessment that the israelis are in violation of u.s. law . but most importantly, we are going to continue to

. >> that was the president of israel today isaac herzog meeting with the president.mposed this 30-year deadline. it ran out today. to improve humanitarian aid. food, water, fuel, medicine into gaza. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin had written a strongly worded letter to israel listing concrete measures they wanted israel to take within 30 days to improve this. u.s. really under the act of the command of congress, a u.n. backed report this week warns that northern gaza was facing imminent famine. joining us now from tel aviv, raf sanchez. so raf, we have just gotten a read-out of a meeting between prime minister netanyahu's close political adviser and aid, counselor ron here late yesterday. it indicates they are not cutting the aid. there will be no policy change. it says secretary of state antony blinken urged the importance of making concrete changes and ensuring that these changes lead to actual improvement on the ground. clearly from your reporting and all the other reporting the u.n.'s reporting, it has not so far and the secr

>> reporter: we expect this meeting between president joe biden and israeli president isaac herzog tooff any minute now. it is unclear though, whether president biden will specifically bring up this 30 day deadline that is today for israel to meet standards to try to search additional humanitarian aid into gaza. you will remember, about a month ago on this date, secretary of state antony blinken and defend secretary lloyd austin sent a letter to israel, outlining certain steps they wanted to take to search more aid into gaza, while also saying, if they did not, it could risk violating u.s. law that governs foreign military assistance, really raising questions of whether the u.s. might withhold any additional military aid for israel. sources have told our colleagues that they are not expecting any formal announcement from the u.s. today, or any formal report on this matter. there is a belief within the u.s. government that there are more steps that israel can take . so far, the white house and the state department and u.s. have not outlined whether they will be responding in any way to

this deadline comes as the israeli president isaac herzog is in the us holding talks withjoe biden.lk to our united nations special reported on special aid to food. we know the deadline has expired and the deadline has expired and the trucks going and are not enough. give us an insight into your impression of what is happening on the ground in gaza. the situation in gaza continues to be incredibly dire. what we hearfrom continues to be incredibly dire. what we hear from famine experts and humanitarian workers on the ground is it is just days away from getting even worse. i just days away from getting even worse.— just days away from getting even worse. i will give you an example- _ even worse. i will give you an example. the _ even worse. i will give you an example. the last _ even worse. i will give you an example. the last two - even worse. i will give you an| example. the last two weeks, for all of november, israel has denied all un request to access northern guard gaza. there is one exception with one truck rizz teaching —— reaching northern gaza with food, and medical supplies.

[applause] >> ♪ announcer: we take you live now to an event with the president of israel, isaac herzogof the jewish federations of north america in washington, d.c. live here on c-span. it started just a few minutes ago. ♪ [singing] ♪ [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. >> hi, everyone. we are from gaza envelope. and we are going to perform another song for you which is a prayer. you are very, very welcome to join us. we went to dedicate it as a prayer of protection for our soldiers and protectors, and for the whole thing just to get back home safely -- for the hostages to get back home safely now, for this war to be over, and for our hearts to heal. [applause] ♪ [♪somber music plays♪] ♪ thanks ♪ [♪ rousing music ♪] ♪ [♪ rousing music ♪] [♪music ends♪] [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. >> please welcome the chair of the israel and overseas committee, of the jewish federations of north america, sarah gottlieb. ♪ >> on october 7, 2023, we witnessed unimaginable acts of terror that left deep trauma on the israeli people. the magnitude and character of the attacks were

the deadline comes as israel's president isaac herzog is here in washington, holding talks with presidentjoethe bbcsjon donnison is following developments from jerusalem. much of gaza now looks unlivable. a month ago, america once again demanded israel take steps to reduce the number of civilian casualties. the united nations says more than 1000 people have been killed in the last 30 days, the majority, it says, were civilians. nizar needed to see with his own eyes. in the bag is the five—year—old's auntie. his uncle, their children and nizar�*s sister khalood were also killed when israel attacked a school housing displaced families in central gaza. israel's military says it was targeting hamas. "god is all we need," cries bara, nizar�*s brother. there is food in gaza... ..if you can get your hands on it. this, the daily scramble for bread, if you can afford it. 0n gaza's northern border, this is zikim. you can see the war is not over. but israel has reopened a number of crossings to allow aid in, as the us requested. it's not enough. america demanded that by now israel should be getting a m

amna: today, president biden met israeli president isaac herzog and reaffirmed his, quote, "ironcladisrael. much of the administration's focus now is about humanitarian aid in gaza. but they also discussed the israeli hostages still held by hamas. nick schifrin is back with more. nick: it has been 403 days since october 7, 2023, when more than 250 men, women and children were abducted from israel and taken to gaza. the israeli government says hamas is holding 101 hostages in gaza. and, today, herzog says, while the day after the war was important, the war would continue until the hostages return home. isaac herzog, israeli president: clearly, you're thinking and working about the day after as well, which perhaps should be a trajectory of hope to the people of the region and the ability to have our neighbors, as well as us, live in security and peace. but, first and foremost, we have to get the hostages back home. pres. biden: i agree. nick: one of the most devastated communities on october the 7th was the kibbutz nir oz. of 400 residents, more than 50 died on that day and afterward i

the president, isaac herzog, went one step further, you could say, in describing this as a pogrom. anti—semitic massacres that took place in europe and russia in the 19th and 20th centuries in which thousands of people were killed, so obviously, very, very strong words to be making that comparison, but it does give you an indication of quite how seriously this has been taken here. indeed. anna, let's turn to you again. what more do we know about who was behind this? still subject to investigation. we have a post from the dutch prime minister, dick schoof, on x. he said he has been following the news from amsterdam, he's currently in budapest, and is horrified by what he described as "anti—semitic attacks" on israeli citizens. he says this is completely unacceptable. he is in close contact with all parties involved, and hasjust spoken to the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, by phone to stress that the perpetrators will be identified and prosecuted. the situation, he says, in amsterdam is calm once more and we can see right now the situation is indeed calm, but there will

personal friend president joe biden and israeli president isaac herzog met. welcome back to, you know, as international aid organizations say conditions in gaza are worse than at any point in israel's war with hamas. >> last month, the secretaries of state and defense wrote a letter threatening to withhold aid humanitarian conditions in gaza. don't improve within 30 days. that deadline ended tuesday. we have not made an assessment that they are in violation of u.s. law among the requirements u.s. officials wanted israel to allow 358 trucks into gaza each day. the state department says between november first and 9th, israel allowed a total of 404 trucks. well, short of the goal, but the state department says despite the numbers, the u.s. is not withholding 8. we're not giving israel a pass. israel's president and president joe biden have blamed iran for increasing instability in the middle east whatever they can to read right stability. israel is fighting hamas. the group responsible for the october 7th attack and hezbollah in lebanon. both iran backed groups.

past hour the white house has confirmed that president biden will meet with israel's president, isaac herzog ongoing wars in lebanon and gaza. jon donnison reports from jerusalem. injabalia, destruction and death are the reality of everyday life. grief. clawing through the rubble for those trapped underneath. more than 50 people were in the building, says ahmed, who says he lost a relative. grandchildren, children and daughters, he says, all displaced, they had taken shelter there. he says they were all civilians. the bodies were taken to a nearby hospital. at least 25 people, including 13 children, according to gaza's civil defence agency. "god is all i need," abdullah cries. "this is a massacre." israel's renewed offensive in northern gaza has now been going on for weeks, targeting, it says, hamas, who it accuses of hiding behind civilians. and after more than a year of war, israel's leader is feeling strong and with a new ally. translation: in the last few | days, i have spoken three times with president—elect donald trump. these were good and very important conversations, conversations d

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president biden and the israeli president, isaac herzog, met in the oval office. the biden administration says israel made good but limited progress, and the u.s. will not limit military aid to israel. a fiery victory speech on the steps of san francisco city hall today. newly reelected district one supervisor connie chan addressed supporters for the first time since her race was called. chan represents the city's richmond district. she says her win is a victory for working people in the community. we're going to make sure workers who build housing in san francisco can also afford housing in san francisco. we're going to fight in solidarity with our hotel workers. amazon workers and all workers for fair wage. it was a close race for district one. chan just pulled ahead of her challenger by 1100 votes in 2020. chan won by just 125 votes. major changes looming for the oakland unified school district under a new law proposal. several schools would be merged together in an effort to balance the district's ailing budget. the district says the plan would benefit student

do they mourn this and condemn it as a vile anti—semitic attack, in the words of the president isaac herzogrs of this. i think it is quite a worrying development because for, you know, security in the united arab emirates, the wider gulf, but obviously for israel, because there is something called the abraham accords, which was brokered by then president trump, so from 2020 onwards the uae, the united arab emirates and bahrain established full diplomatic relations with israel which meant that tourists could visit from both countries. but obviously there are now huge tensions from the war in gaza and now in lebanon and that has meant that there have been some demonstrations outside the israeli embassy in abu dhabi, for example, but also outside the supermarket, the kosher supermarket that this rabbi, zvi kogan, managed. iran is also a suspect in all of this because the israeli authorities suspect that he may have been under surveillance by iranians agents in the uae. and, frank, the israeli government is also investigating the killing of, hamas says, of an israeli hostage in gaza, what is ha

the deadline comes as israel's president isaac herzog is here in washington, holding talks with presidentjoer defence correspondent, jonathan beale, has more details. well, it is 30 days, that deadline has passed since the us issued essentially an ultimatum to israel to deliver more aid into gaza, the key to that was they should step up the delivery of aid trucks into gaza to avoid a humanitarian crisis which aid agencies had been warning about. they wanted the us to see 350 aid trucks going into gaza, and we know that that is nowhere near being met now. at the moment, aid agencies, un agencies are saying there had been over the past month about a0 aid trucks and their situation in gaza, they say, is critical, with the risk of starvation to tens of thousands of palestinians in gaza, which, remember is still under siege by israel. belatedly you have to say, israel has responded and today they announced more than 100 aid trucks had gone into gaza. they have in the past few days opened up a new crossing into gaza in addition to the fore they already have. it's certainly nowhere near the us cert

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. >>> new today, president biden meeting with israeli president isaac herzog at the white house. the timing of this visit is notable. a u.s. deadline for israel to improve the humanitarian situation in gaza is set to expire in a matter of hours, and some aid groups say that not only will israel miss that deadline, but its actions on the ground right now are only making the situation worse. cnn's kylie atwood joins us now. take us through what happened at this meeting between biden and herzog and what happens if israel doesn't comply with this deadline? >> that's right. so what we're watching today is what, if anything, the biden administration does with regard to this 30- day deadline, that they actually put in place by themselves. what they said to israel is that if israel didn't make commitments, didn't make actions on a number of mandates that the u.s. was saying that needed to take, actions in terms of getting more humanitarian assistance into gaza, that they could effectively jeopardize u.s. military assistance that is coming from the u.s. to israel. now, these aid organizat

. >>> and just a few hours, president biden meets with israeli president isaac herzog at the white houseal meeting as u.s. aid to israel could be in jeopardy over a looming deadline for israel to improve the humanitarian situation in gaza. of course, this meeting comes one day before resident electron returns to d.c. for his sitdown with president biden. cnn's are like signs in life for us at the white house. what are you hearing for us this morning? >> reporter: sarah, president biden's advisors have said, foreign policy could very well be a part of the discussions between president biden and president-elect donald trump . they meet in the oval office tomorrow. the conflict in the middle east is among the foreign policy challenges that trump will inherit when he comes into office. for president biden's part today, he will sit in the oval office with israel's president, isaac hurt . it comes at a time when the u.s. is still eager to reach some type of resolution to the conflict between israel and hamas in gaza, but also israel and hamas in lebanon. so far, it appears that the talks for a

elderly black lady comes laden with heavy shopping bags and every i think sting i had was to give isaac herzogeat and i remember like it was yesterday. i said to myself, wait a minute, if i do this, i'm going to get arrested and she's going to get? arrested and i didn't do it. fast forward to 19 2. i'm a so much manufacture at u.n.c. our fraternity closed on sundays. we went to howard johns's between duke and durham. my fraternity fellow was from new york. he drives me there. we get out of the car and go to eat and black students from central are sitting in. you can google this. that's when the sit-in started in greensboro and durham and i said nigh i'vely to my fraternity brother and i said why are they doing this? he said because they can't be served. it lifted like a veil. i became active in the civil right at u.n.c. then when i served with prosecute carter we set aside minor funds for black contractors. these kind of formative event when you're young can sometimes bill over into your career and they did for me. peter: you spent four years as president carter, domestic policy divider. what

his last film as pinocchio's dad, is playing the wise vinegar taster with the light of a candle isaac herzogviscosity, the thickness. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> it's like a ruby red. yeah there's one finger that has always been around here of setting down a row of casks for a newborn baby, so it's ready when the person will get married. >> i love that let's drink let's taste. >> i've cracked enough of the history. okay, let's try it. let's let's do it. i'm thirsty for vinegar and you actually taste it on a spoon this is actually the five gold medals. >> the flavor is very long in your mouth oh it really is good. and here you taste the king of the balsamic vinegar. 25 years old. imagine that to get one liter of this, you need to start from 100 kilos of grapes oh, wow. >> look at that. oh, my god. >> see, there's still more perfume, more intensity. yeah harmonica wow. so there is a series of flavors and sweet harmonic balance and acidity and everything. >> i remember when it really became started to become very popular and then people were using it on everything. yes, on actually too many things.

. ♪ ♪ >> john: president biden meeting with his israeli counterpart isaac herzog at the white house todayiden came president-elect trump's vastly different policies. some allies growing frustrated overmix messages. peter doocy live with more from the north lawn. peter? >> two things appear to be true here at the white house. the biden and trump teams appear committed, both of them, to an orderly transition, but the biden and trump teams are also both well aware of the fact that a bunch of biden foreign policy priorities are about to be undone. >> is trump completely reversing biden's foreign policy? >> i mean, i think you could almost say that, stewart. strength, rebuilding our military, but also a desire for peace, as he so memorably said in his victory speech the other night, and i think this will go down in history books, i don't start wars, i end them. >> case in point, the trump u.n. basset or pick the least of elise stefanik succinctly the biden-harris administration's rewarding of terrorists at the expense of our great ally israel is coming to an endk and even of the biden-harris f

president biden met today with israeli president isaac herzog.ea he was the president said everyone about both of them. [ laughter ] in a new episode on her radio show, former u.n. ambassador nikki haley said that the results of the presidential election should be a wake-up call for democrats for leaning too far left. in fact, the only thing less popular than far left democrats this election was nikki haley. [ laughter ] cnn over the weekend published a report on the increase in so-called doom spending among americans who've been shopping to help soothe anxiety. look at that. not even in office yet and he's already helping the economy. [ laughter ] buy. politico published an article this week about the democrats preparing for the 2028 presidential primary. and just to get ahead of this, no! no! [ laughter ] according to the latest numbers, bitcoin hit a new record over the weekend of more than $80,000. oh, that's great. now you guys can buy sleeves. [ laughter ] a disney cruise ship rescued four people over the weekend from a sinking catamaran of

. >> personal friend president joe biden and israeli president isaac herzog. met. welcome back to you as international aid organizations say conditions in gaza are worse than at any point in israel's war with hamas last month, the secretaries of state and defense wrote a letter threatening to withhold aid if humanitarian conditions in gaza don't improve within 30 days. that deadline ended tuesday. we have not made an assessment that they are in violation of u.s. law among the requirements u.s. officials wanted israel to allow 358 toucks into gaza each day. the state department says between november first and 9th, israel allowed a total of 404 trucks. well, short of the goal, but the state department says despite the numbers, the u.s. is not withholding 8. we're not giving israel a pass. israel's president and president joe biden have blamed iran for increasing instability in the middle east doing whatever they can to read the right stability. israel is fighting hamas. the group responsible for the october 7th attack and hezbollah in lebanon. both iran backed groups

. >> president biden welcoming israeli president isaac herzog to the oval office at a sensitive timen the middle east conflict. israel's new foreign and defense ministers floated a possible cease fire over the weekend, but airstrikes from israel and rocket fire from hezbollah has intensified since then. and defense minister israel katz, now says the fighting won't stop until all of israel's war goals are complete. >> we're defending our people. our brave soldiers and pilots. and i know that you're working very hard to make sure that this war will end, and that there will be, first and foremost, security for the people of israel. >> president biden still backing israel as the war grinds on. and on tuesday, the families of the american hostages being held by hamas will meet with national security adviser jake sullivan for an update on the cease fire talks. >> you know, my commitment to israel is ironclad, and we share a deep friendship. >> but those efforts could be complicated by a growing rift between israel and the u.s. over the issue of aid deliveries to gaza. today was the deadlin

. >> personal friend president joe biden and israeli president isaac herzog met.come back to, you know, as international aid organizations say conditions in gaza are worse than at any point in israel's war with hamas last month, the secretaries of state and defense wrote a letter threatening to withhold aid if humanitarian conditions in gaza don't improve within 30 days. that deadline ended tuesday. we have not made an assessment that they are in violation of u.s. law among the requirements. u.s. officials wanted israel to allow 358 trucks into gaza each day. the state department says between november first and 9th, israel allowed a total of 404 trucks. well, short of the goal, but the state department says despite the numbers, the u.s. is not withholding 8. we're not giving israel a pass. israel's president and president joe biden have blamed iran for increasing instability in the middle east doing whatever they can to read right stability. israel is fighting hamas. the group responsible for the october 7th attack and hezbollah in lebanon. both iran backed groups

. >> israeli president isaac herzog is visiting the u.s. this week.eet with president biden on tuesday in tel aviv. trey yingst, ktvu, fox two news. >> to get some more perspective now on the ongoing conflict in the middle east, we're joined by stephen zunes, a professor of politics and international studies at the university of san francisco. professor. always appreciate the time. it's good to see you here. we heard from israel's defense minister saying that they have defeated hezbollah in essence, by eliminating its leader, hassan nasrallah. how much did that actually weaken hezbollah? >> first of all, it was certainly a tactical defeat on a number of levels. it's an authoritarian organization. so when you kill the leader, along with some other prominent officials, that certainly weakens them on some level. but they do have a degree of popular support in lebanon. they are the most popular party of the largest single sectarian group, the shias. and they, despite their reactionary politics and their and their use of terror, they have provided many bas

instability in the middle east to say the first set up for president joe biden and israeli president isaac herzog met. welcome back to, you know, as international aid organizations say conditions in gaza are worse than at any point in israel's war with hamas. >> last month, the secretaries of state and defense wrote a letter threatening to withhold aid if humanitarian conditions in gaza don't improve within 30 days. that deadline ended tuesday. we have not made an assessment that they are in violation of u.s. law among the requirements. u.s. officials wanted israel to allow 358 trucks into gaza each day. the state department says between november first and 9th, israel allowed a total of 404 trucks. well, short of the goal, but the state department says despite the numbers, the u.s. is not withholding 8. we're not giving israel a pass. israel's president and president joe biden have blamed iran for increasing instability in the middle east doing whatever they can to read right stability. israel is fighting hamas. the group responsible for the october 7th attack and hezbollah in lebanon. both iran

. >> president biden welcoming israeli president isaac herzog to the oval office at a sensitive timeconflict. israel's new foreign and defense ministers floated a possible cease fire over the weekend, but airstrikes from israel and rocket fire from hezbollah has intensified since then. and defense minister israel katz, now says the fighting won't stop until all of israel's war goals are complete. >> we're defending our people. our brave soldiers and pilots. and i know that you're working very hard to make sure that this war will end, and that there will be, first and foremost, security for the people of israel. >> president biden still backing israel as the war grinds on. and on tuesday, the families of the american hostages being held by hamas will meet with national security adviser jake sullivan for an update on the cease fire talks. >> you know, my commitment to israel is ironclad, and we share a deep friendship. >> but those efforts could be complicated by a growing rift between israel and the u.s. over the issue of aid deliveries to gaza. today was the deadline set by u.s. offi

. >> martha: meanwhile israeli president isaac herzog is saying both u.s. administrations have to deal with the threat from iran, that that is the central issue for the president to consider. now watch president biden's reaction when israel's president said this. watch. >> it all starts in tehran. it all starts in the empire of evil. where in tehran with its proxies they are doing whatever they can to derail stability and security and peace. mr. president, this has to be a major objective all throughout your term and the next term of the next president because we have to make sure that they cannot fulfill their evil intentions. >> martha: zero reaction from president biden as president herzog calls iran the evil empire, saying it has to be the focus of the current president and the future president in dealing with the middle east. now iran reportedly considering cutting some kind of deal potentially with president-elect trump who pulled the u.s. out of the iran nuclear agreement, as you well remember, in the first term. president-elect trump likely to renew

the president, isaac herzog, has said this is a dark day forjustice, a dark day for humanity in may,oral outrage of historic proportions. you may remember that back then, the court was also seeking arrest warrants for three senior figures seeking arrest warrants for three seniorfigures in hamas. those men, including the masterminds of the 7th of october attacks, are now thought, all of them, to have been killed. but the evidence from the head of the military wing of hamas is not so strong, so there is still an arrest warrant for him. what does this mean in practical terms? i think that internationally, this will be seen as criticism of the conduct of the war in gaza by israel, but the israeli prime minister is going to seek to paint this as an attack on israel, an attack on him, and he will get a lot of public sympathy among israelis for that. in practical terms, among israelis for that. in practicalterms, it among israelis for that. in practical terms, it is also going to have an impact and it will certainly limit his travel plans.— limit his travel plans. thanks, yolande knell. _ n

isaac herzog called the decision outrageous and a dark day for justice. the u.s.se apple and tech companies who offer digital wallets and payment apps. according to a statement, the agency will treat those companies like banks as long as they handle more than 50 million transactions per year. the role take place 30 days after it officially is published in the federal register. uconn women's basketball coach made history last night with the husky's victory. 1217 victories. that surpasses the legendary stanford coach. for more than 60 former players came to the game to support their former coach. jonathan: up next on the program, the morning calls plus the latest on u.s. economic data and more from gary cohen. this is bloomberg. ♪ jonathan: we are one hour and 10 minutes from the opening bell in new york city. s&p 500 up by .3%. the bond market, a pretty soft 20-year auction pushing yields higher. this morning, back down almost a basis point. 4.40. nvidia. jp morgan raising the price targets to 170 citing stronger ai demand. the second call from wells fargo raising

now the attack has been described as an anti—semitic pogrom by israel's president isaac herzog , andresident isaac herzog, and one fan, yaakov masri, told israel's channel 13 news that they started hitting us. they broke my face, knocked out a tooth, cut my lip, he said. my son got punched twice in the face, he added that he is now locked in his hotel room with tables blocking the door, and said we called the police to send a patrol car, but they said they are occupied with other incidents. i'm in pain, he said. well, of course this is incredibly worrying, disturbing violence. but there is a question will we end up seeing this level of chaos on our streets in britain, jake? is this just random football violence, or is there more to it than that? >> well, i wish i could say it was miriam, but i think the big danger here is that this is the track we're going down in the uk only on the 27th of october. we saw pro—palestinian protesters screaming at elderly jewish people as they walked into a jewish community centre to attend a conference. we are a hair's breadth from seeing this sort of

president biden and isaac herzog spoke briefly to the press ahead of a closed-door meeting at the white house. president herzog spoke of the deaths of two is released killed by rockets fired by lebanon and described iran as an empire of people. president biden also held a second bilateral meeting with the president of indonesia and spoke with the press before meeting in the oval office. president biden: mr. president, welcome back to the oval white house and the white house. you have been a friend for a long time, personal friend. you know my commitment to israel is ironclad. we share a deep friendship. i want to thank you again for being here and the floor is yours. president herzog: thank you. it's always a great honor to be here in the oval office and to be with a friend such as you, mr. president. i will start of course with the sad news of the day. in the last two hours two israelis were murdered by rocket attacks from lebanon in the northern town of naria, a beautiful seashore town. early in the day, a kindergarten teacher, a kindergarten of special needs, children with with speci

. >> president biden met with israeli president isaac herzog at the white house. the biden administration continues to push for a cease-fire in gaza and lebanon before president-elect donald trump takes power in january. president biden: mr. president, welcome back to the oval white house and the white house. you have been a friend for a long time, personal friend. you know my commitment to israel is ironclad. we share a deep friendship. i want to thank you again for being here and the floor is yours. president herzog: thank you, mr. it's always a great honor to be here in the oval office and to be with a friend such as you, mr. president. i will start of course with the sad news of the day. in the last two hours two israelis were murdered by rocket attacks from lebanon in the northern town of in a rea -- naria a beautiful seashore town. early in the day a kindergarten teacher, a kindergarten of special needs, children with with special needs, rescued bravely and wisely the toddlers in the kindergarten from a drone attack. a drone exploded. this is what we are goi