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published you know but the media still will go like oh let's let's listen to john mcgurk about what the fire rider thinking in ways that they don't really you know irish media there's a certain deference to the far right in ways that you know no one's asking what the far left or the hard left or thinking but we do kind of make those concessions to the far right? because well the threat that these guys have posed as they've kind of been building up momentum has been kind of uh understated and not recognized by the kind of politicians and the media at every step. the official policy of drew harris uh the gard of commissioner and the minister for justice alan mackinty was that we need to keep these guys a light touch because somehow would be playing into their hands by arresting them and prosecuting them um and so in the absence of the state taking any action against them "they've just been able to kind of metastasize into this really really dangerous force that's going around burning down accomodation for uh asylum seekers and refugees. all the while um the media has um you know minim

. >> so on october 6, brett mcgurk, who oversees the middle east for the white house, was sitting in his office meeting with saudi diplomats and they were outlining plans for a palestinian state as part of a broader other deal to normalize relations between israel and saudi arabia and to create a defense treaty between the u.s. and israel. and it was it was detailed. they were talking about what the welfare the welfare system and the energy grid would look like and how to reform the corruption in the palestinian authority? and then a couple of hours later, mcgurk gets a text from my herzog the ambassador, the israeli ambassador to washington. he says were under attack in mcgurk rights back, we're with you and they were and are but they're the approach of president biden and his top aides shifted over time. you write about how at first his approach was just to hug prime minister netanyahu tight, hope that they can have a lot of influenced by staying as close as possible. and then by march, so about five months in biden was feeling hoodwinked. first, the israelis had said the war would

>> house republican conference chair elise stefanik and white house middle east coordinator brett mcgurk spoke at the israeli-american council summit in washington, d.c. picked in your congresswoman criticize the biden administration's policy on israel and discussed her call for university presidents to resign over the handling of anti-semitism on their campuses. current hostage negotiations between israel and hamas and outline the biggest obstacle to a possible deal. he served in national security post for both republican and democratic presidents including president biden. >> well, thank you so much. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you so much for that warm welcome and thank you to call you for that very kind introduction. i want to first began and think doctor adelson, elan carr and the israeli-american council for inviting me to be with you here today at this historic event. first off, how great was president trump yesterday? i was honored like all of you to spend time with them last night as he shared his sister work record of strength for israel and the jewish people

the scots as brandon mcmullen brad currie then stepped up to remove australian openers jake fraser—mcgurk however, scotland couldn't stop australia chasing down their total. mitchell marsh and cam green put on 61 for austrailia, and eventually aaron hardie finished the job with a four through the covers. and australia. since last year, the former england all—rounder�*s been back in the sport, after a crash on the set of top gear left him with severe facial injuries. australia made it three wins from three against scotland in their t20 international series with a six—wicket victory at the grange, in edinburgh. things looked hopeful for the scots as brandon mcmullen got his second successive 50. the scots as brandon mcmullen brad currie then stepped up to remove australian openers jake fraser—mcgurk and travis head in quick succession. it gave them a score of 149. however, scotland couldn't stop australia chasing down their total. mitchell marsh and cam green put on 61 for austrailia, and eventually aaron hardie finished the job with a four through the covers. if you are not quite on it on

brett mcgurk president biden's national security council coordinator for the middle east was in cairo yesterday. i'm with her yesterday as well. that is smile haniah, the leader of what political one of the political leaders of hamas was also in cairo's absolutely no indication that the pair met. but the fact that hamas had sent representative back to cairo because the egyptians have been an intermediary, seem to indicate that hamas was beginning to come round to perhaps some of the pressure that is israel has been putting on it to given more to israel's terms of what a temporary cease-fire might look like and what hostages might be released as part of that deal. so that was one indicator. and then today, brett mcgurk was meeting both with the defense minister and with the prime minister. the other indicator that came yesterday i think was from a member of the war cabinet here for benny gantz, saying that he was just a little bit more optimistic that there was an indication that perhaps things perhaps things can happen. and then the defense minister today after that meeting were brett

the man who committed or well the man who allegedly committed the crime is an immigrant and john mcgurk decided to publish this big exclusive about this man's um his history with immigration sir'. offices you know made a big splass with it like in a week that he been you know he's been invited to all the mainstream you know all the mainstream channels going you no tell us about the far right john like you're not a member yourself but you know about them right like this kind of shit like this but he had a complete like yeah for anyone else it would be career ender you know he had the wrong guy like you and and and the guy he didn't name the guy but the guy was readily identifiable his name was being shared on twitter he had have guard of protection because of what john mcgur published, but the media still will go like, oh, let's just listen to johnurk about what the far wider thinking, in ways that... "they don't really, you no, irish media, there's a certain deference to the far right in ways that you know, no one's asking what the far left or the hard left or thinking, you know, but we

a us special enovy, brett mcgurk, is meeting qatari government representatives following his talks inans have been killed in the past 2a hours, amid some of the heaviest fighting yet seen in the campaign. israel's military has given fresh evacuation orders for part of khan younis, southern gaza's biggest city. the un says the demand will affect half a million people. the foreign secretary, lord cameron, is also on a trip to the region, where he'll be meeting palestinian and israeli leaders as well as travelling to qatar and turkey. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has more. we knew there were serious talks go on via qatari and egyptian mediators come up with us involvement as well, to try and bring about a new hostage release deal, a new ceasefire deal. we have heard from a palestinian source, knowing that as a palestinian delegation in cairo, is that they have had proposals for these five stages laid out there. the first one sounds quite like but we saw back in november when we had a renewable ceasefire in exchange for the release of many of the hostages that were being

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mcgurk's help me launch the book and we had the opening that at at mcgurk's. i it's hard to decide how you how do you decide they're all they're all my children how can you love one more one more than another? but then i think about pat connolly's is they don't go they don't they don't make a big deal out of being irish. when i interviewed them and they're in the book too, it's like it's like, you know, we don't we don't have shamrocks on the walls, you know, we just we're just irish and everybody it and we don't make a big, big deal out of it. so it's kind of low key beneath the radar. irish. yes. patrick, you mentioned that there was an irish tenor that was popular around 1900. yeah. john mclaughlin. yeah, name is john. yeah. did you mean john mccormack? yes, i did what i say mclaughlin. yes, john mccormack. i did. that's who i met. that's what i thought. yeah. thanks. you want a good irish song? where to get mclaughlin, mccormack, john mccormack. thank you for keeping me honest. appreciate it. oh, okay. see, i could have i could have i could have bought my

brett mcgurk is going to be there. travel continues.ked about hochstein who is also in the region. you see many of my colleagues are in the region. diplomacy, diplomacy, diplomacy is what we see as the way forward. we have given you readouts of the president talking to heads of state whether it is egypt, qatar and jordan over the past week or so. and european counterparts as well very recently this week. he believes in having those diplomatic conversations is important. it was the military as well working to deter the escalations. you have seen the statements from the department of defense and what they are doing to bolster forces in the region to be ready. >> another topic. the president in contrasting content creators with the press he said the biggest thing you have going for you and i hope you keep it is you are trusted. and it makes a difference. does the president believe influencers and content creators is nonpartisan? >> i don't have the full context . i did not see the back and forth of what the president was saying there. i th

mcgurk to just hear the pain of these families, but also to give them some understanding that there'shere is a deal and -- cautious optimism that there is a deal, and they have taken that meeting with us in a busy time, and also an opportunity for mr. sullivan to reaffirm the 24/7 commitment of himself, president biden, secretary blinken, the administration, and the releasing of the 136 hostages is their top priority. >> on one hand, we are hearing this optimism, our reporters in the field are hearing that optimism, but just yesterday, prime minister netanyahu explicitly ruled out two key hamas demands, no pull out from gaza, no exchange of palestinian prisoners as hostages, and he said flat out, none of that will happen. how are you and the other families feeling about the approach? >> we're the family members, and for us this is a humanitarian crisis. what i can say is what we hear on the news and some of the posturing, we believe that there is a serious commitment on the israelis' behalf and all of these people, the egyptians, the qataris with the americans in negotiating for the r

mcgurk's help me launch the book and we had the opening that at at mcgurk's. i it's hard to decide how you how do you decide they're all they're all my children how can you love one more one more than another? but then i think about pat connolly's is they don't go they don't they don't make a big deal out of being irish. when i interviewed them and they're in the book too, it's like it's like, you know, we don't we don't have shamrocks on the walls, you know, we just we're just irish and everybody it and we don't make a big, big deal out of it. so it's kind of low key beneath the radar. irish. yes. patrick, you mentioned that there was an irish tenor that was popular around 1900. yeah. john mclaughlin. yeah, name is john. yeah. did you mean john mccormack? yes, i did what i say mclaughlin. yes, john mccormack. i did. that's who i met. that's what i thought. yeah. thanks. you want a good irish song? where to get mclaughlin, mccormack, john mccormack. thank you for keeping me honest. appreciate it. oh, okay. see, i could have i could have i could have bought my

and another interesting point the white house taught me the least official, brett mcgurk is now in the region. he had talks yesterday in saudi arabia, headed that, the litigation of all the top middle east officials in the biden ministration. they were in saudi arabia to talk about secretion yemen and the houthis is going to egypt later today and he's there while the whole region is getting more and more and more tense and i think it will be very interesting to see whether mcgurk changes his plans and goes to israel. and other countries in the region from egypt may be to doha in qatar, maybe to other places. >> but his visiting the region is in a very interesting timing. barack is his presence in the region. does it make his safety more precarious at this juncture again, i think, i'm pretty sure that you know, he's taking all the needed 60 measures, but i think it's just so be very interesting to see how the region is going to react to this series of events that are very, very dramatic and i don't think when i think about this is one of the most dramatic days in the war since october 7

egypt says mcgurk and the u.s. national security adviser, jake sullivan, met on saturday with egypt's president. the us is again expressing cautious optimism about prospects for a deal, saying hamas has shown increased flexibility. in israel, protesters were back on the streets of tel aviv on saturday. they're demanding the israeli government do more to get a hostage release agreement. >> this is the 435 day. >> this is the rally of saturday evening pushing for a deal where there is a deal now on the table. and they say that perhaps it's for this month and we we hope it's true. we get another release of hamas hostages, released a movie, and we see that we don't know if he's alive or not. and it's demonstrated for releasing them and get the deal done soon as possible. >> u.s. secretary of state blinken says the u.s. is working intensely to get a deal over the finish line. hospital officials in gaza say a strike on a municipal building has killed the mayor of deir al-balah and at least 11 other people. gaza civil def

mcgurk more focused on the issues with gaza and both so these are very much live balls at the moment.es seem like there is perhaps more momentum though and more possibility of progress on the lebanon ceasefire front as we reported yesterday, us israeli and lebanese officials have been pursuing a potential ceasefire deal that could include something like a month or two months long negotiation or implementation period before you ultimately get to final cease-fire agreement that would end the war between israel hezbollah, israeli officials believed that now is the right time to pursue such a ceasefire after having achieved a significant amount of military gains against hezbollah. and it also seems like hezbollah's has kind of shifted its position away from linking a ceasefire to the end of the conflict in gaza after having suffered that drubbing over the course of the last couple of months, including the killer, the killing of its leader hassan nasrallah. we heard some optimism expressed by the lebanese caretaker prime minister yesterday, who hoped that a ceasefire could be achieved with

middle east envoy brett mcgurk is in israel meeting with prime minister netanyahu, also meeting with the american families of hostages still being held captive by hamas in gaza, including released hostage aviva siegel, growing increasingly frustrated her american husband keith has not returned now speaking exclusively with nbc news alongside keith's older brother, lee >> i think netanyahu has forgotten about keith and forgotten to be human and bring the human people back. >> his priorities seem to be military and political survival what he needs to understand is his survival depends on getting keith and all the other hostages home alive >> reporter: aviva and keith were held together for most of her 51 days in captivity. moved 13 times, always held by armed gunmen, she says, and never had enough food or water. since returning, she's testified about sexual violence in front of the knesset, sharing this story with us. >> she came and she looked at me, and she said, "he touched me," and that was a moment that i'll never, ever forget and i'm worried about them, that they'll come back pre

the high-stakes meeting will include cia director bill burns and middle east envoy brett mcgurk.ael is sending a delegation, but hamas has said it will not attend. negotiations have taken on new urgency with iran and its proxies threatening to attack israel for the killings of hamas and hezbollah leaders. as the fighting rages on, the lives of innocent civilians are being torn apart. ramy inocencio from tel aviv. >> reporter: a father for just four days, mohamed abuel-qomasan lost his wife and their twin four-day-old babies, a boy and girl, in an israeli strike on central gaza. just days before hamas said it would not join cease-fire talks, blaming israel as the block to a truce and prime minister benjamin netanyahu for wanting to prolong the war in gaza and to expand it in the middle east. a truce too late for so many. "i was away to get their birth certificates," he said, "i didn't even have time to celebrate them." now he must bury them. his family among the nearly 40,000 gazans killed since october 7th, says the hamas-run health ministry. >> we need to focus a deal. >> report

cia director william burns and biden's mideast adviser brett mcgurk are in the middle east today meeting with qatari and egyptian mediators in hopes of getting a breakthrough in the talks. it comes as president biden suggested in a "time" magazine interview that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu may be prolonging the war against hamas to ensure his political survival. biden seemed to dial back his criticism in a brief exchange with reporters. >> prime minister netanyahu playing politics with the war. >> i don't think so. he's trying to work out a serious plan. >> this latest plan calls for freeing the israeli hostages and would lead to the withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza in phases. hamas has said that it won't accept anything without a permanent cease-fire. netanyahu has said that he won't end the war without the complete destruction of hamas. the two members of netanyahu's far-right governing coalition have threatened to leave the government if he signs off on the deal. >>> normal service has been restored to at&t customers. the company says that a problem prevented some

he has bill burns and brett mcgurk in the region as well.hey perhaps trying to find a beachhead, maybe a two-month pause from which they can extract cease-fire? jeremy: i think the hope not just from the americans, but from lord cameron, was been talking the perspective of the british, that if there is a two-month, 60-day pause, it will be hard to start shooting again. from the political side in israel, netanyahu, he has a what victory looks like, destroy -- he has stated what victory looks like, destroy hamas, get the hostages back. where does that leave them if they do a deal effectively with hamas and hamas is still there? none of the key men in hamas have been captured or killed, as far as we know. he will be under pressure from the right-wing parties that sustain his government not to make those kinds of compromises. and in theory they could pull the plug upon his government. in that case israel will go to elections and will be in political turmoil, even more so than it is at the moment. there is a whole other new road which is opening

the us middle east envoy brett mcgurk, who was here in israel today, is understood to have told mr netanyahuftened. we do not know the extent or the details of that softening, but clearly the government heard enough today to think that it is worth sending the massad boss and other top security chiefs to paris for those talks. the un agency for palestinian refugees is warning it has reached breaking point in a letter to the un general assembly. unrwa's chief philippe lazzarini says the agency's ability to fulfil its mandate was seriously threatened by israel's repeated calls to dismantle the agency and the freezing of funds from donors at a time of unprecedented humanitarian needs in gaza. indonesia has been struck by some of the strongest winds ever recorded in the country, injuring at least 33 people. buildings were damaged as the winds tore through west java province. the mother of the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has finally been allowed to see his body almost a week after he died. the 47—year—old was being held in a remote penal colony in siberia. his death certificate says

the way to make an n is a deal and with the hostages coming out to brett mcgurk, who works for president biden, seem to have any indication did they have any insight into what netanyahu is going to do next or did they seem to be in the dock? park i think everyone has signed a calculate what is happening now, but i do not believe that there's a name now to overthink it we all on the stand the? >> window of opportunity and i think that the united states must do everything possible to get clear answers from the prime minister, as well as from qatar that have the ability to pressure the leadership of hamas, which in gaza does not exist anymore. so the leadership is now in qatar. so that is the pituitary now, to bring the people of hamas in qatar to the front, to negotiate with and to bring a deal for the benefit of not just the people here, but for the legion and for the strategic interests of the united states, when you just mentioned, you're saying time to end the suffering, release the hostages, let them let them return home. when the idf for release that video, the drone video showing ya

honest from the side of the biden administration, and they have, for example, blinken , hochstein, and mcgurk for example , despite the fact that the americans have come many times to say that in the capacity of public talks, they say that sir, don't attack, this is the solution. do not solve this issue through diplomatic channels, they are attacking. of course we do we know how america is playing the game , it is creating a deceptive scenario and wants to appear as a hitman every time the zionist regime hits us , saying, stop now, send a message that i will do this. i will calm him down, i will kill this dog's collar, so to speak . it is done. these are very important lessons that we should know about the type of relations between the zionist regime and america. today, we have entered a stage where the zionist lobbies on j street, such as aipac or christians united for israel, have the first and last say in congress before that. the two currents that are active in the congress, the wilsonian current and the jacksonian current, which are two factions, one of which says, sir, we must have glob

top white house official brett mcgurk will extend his stay in the mideast as he works on a potential hostage and ceasefire deal in the israel-hamas war. a u.s. official says mcgurk was directed to stay there by national security adviser jake sullivan, and this follows their diplomatic mission last week to israel, qatar and egypt, where they had talks with regional leaders about the war and broader middle east stability concerns. omar. >> now, this week, robert f kennedy jr. is preparing for his confirmation hearings on capitol hill. the longtime vaccine skeptic is now president elect donald trump's choice to lead the department of health and human services. now, his potential appointment has sparked significant concern among medical experts. and in a recent interview with time magazine, trump said he would consider getting rid of some vaccines for children. quote, if i think it's dangerous, if i think they are not beneficial. cnn's whitney wild has more on vaccine hesitancy in minnesota, which experienced its worst outbreak in seven years. >> hi, i'm stacey, nice to meet you. i'm whi

. >> reporter: today, biden's middle east envoy, brett mcgurk, rushing to egypt, in an 11th-hour push to get hamas and israel to attend talks in just two days' time. but a u.s. official saying the odds of that happening appear to be low, after hamas indicated it would only accept a previous framework deal on the table months ago. and tonight, iran rejecting the notion it shouldn't retaliate for the assassination of a top hamas leader in tehran, calling a plea from the uk, france, and germany excessive. if talks were to break down, the white house saying they're ready to defend israel. the pentagon deploying two aircraft carrier strike groups and a missile-guided submarine into the middle east. >> the bottom line is, i'm not going to speculate or try to guess when they might attack, other than to say we need to take it seriously, and we are doing that. and so we will be prepared, and are prepared. >> reporter: and david, the state department tonight approving the sale of $20 billion worth of weaponry to israel, including advanced medium-range air to air missiles, which could be used to

the us middle east envoy, brett mcgurk, who is here in israel today, is understood to have told mr netanyahue extent or the details of that softening but, clearly, the government heard enough today to think that it is worth sending the mossad boss and other top security chiefs to paris for those talks. so that is a small sign of the possibility that these talks could yield something. this comes on top of remarks yesterday by benny gantz, a senior member of mr netanyahu's government, suggesting that there were cautious signs of progress. i don't think we should get ahead of ourselves. there is no sense of a deal being imminent. but clearly, the americans are pressing extremely hard, and they have made it plain that they want to see a deal in place before the start of ramadan — and that is in less than three weeks�* time. earlier, my colleague caitriona perry spoke to richard haass, president emeritus, council on foreign relations. he spoke about the change in stance from israel. thanks for being with us on bbc news, richard. if we can start with this breaking news that the israelis are to sen

reuters that the white house is saying that security advisers are going to the middle east region, mcgurkected has not been officially announced as of yet. and also the white house saying that all parties should come to talks. this is bbc news. good evening. in recent nights, we've had some fantastic displays of the aurora borealis, even into southern parts of england. and the opportunity may well be there again for the next few hours this side of midnight, and even in the south. but there's a fly in the ointment. there's a lot more cloud and rain straddling the uk at the moment. either side, perhaps some clearer skies. scotland, northern ireland, eventually northern england and early in the evening further east. but our band of cloud and rain, even some rumbles of thunder initially are tracking their way eastwards through the night, so it will be a warmer, cloudier end to the night across central and eastern areas, but a chilly one further north — down to 11—5 under the clearing skies. and that bodes well fora drier, brighter, sunnier day across scotland, for northern ireland and for nor

brad currie then stepped up to remove australian openers jake fraser—mcgurk and travis head in quickuldn't stop australia chasing down their total. mitchell marsh and cam green put on 61 for austrailia, and eventually aaron hardie finished the job with a four through the covers. if you are not quite on it on the day, teams like australia will hurt you and we have seen that. there still has been good performances, we saw brandon mcmullen�*s taken with bat and ball, exciting to see. and some young guys coming in, great experience. we know where the bar is now and we have to keep doing everything we can to get closer to it. a day to remember for kate cross, she was captaining the side for the first time, and starred with the bat and the ball, as they beat ireland by four wickets in the first of their women's one—day internationals. a career—best six wickets for 30 runs, as well as an unbeaten 38 — a top score for her — and then grabbing the winnning runs. england reached their target of 210 with just over 15 overs to spare in belfast. the second odi of the three—match series takes place

irish writer and political commentator john mcgurk .lcome to the show. i want to ask you for just some welcome to the show. i want to ask you forjust some background ask you for just some background here to the irish hate speech law, which has been seemingly dragging its heels for a long time now. what has the controversy been all about ? controversy been all about? >> well, the controversy has basically been that that the law is exactly what it sounds like. it's a law to regulate speech, andifs it's a law to regulate speech, and it's to a law to regulate pubuc and it's to a law to regulate public debate. and there have been significant concerns raised both by those of us in the media or some of us in the media and many in, in politics that suggest that , look, the law is suggest that, look, the law is much more than simply about regulating hatred and the, the, the, the issue. that's arising is that if you look at, for example, in irish law, the definition of gender. gender is defined as male and female. there are only two. but the hate

my boss secretary tony blinken has made numerous trips jake sullivan cia director bill burns, bret mcgurk as a whole of government effort to negotiate for the release. in this case and not mrs. of the one sitting across the tableit negotiating. and i am okay with that. you cannot have an ego in this business. we would sing in our office we don't care who comes up with the plan, who negotiates her who gets the credit as long the job is getting done. with gaza the car is moving forward progress you like to talk to how negotiations are going can you give us an update can you give us anything the latest american question of what revert to the angel and devil on my shoulder. it's one of thoseld cases it isn motion. the funny thing is e even if i d tell you it would look at my watch things may have already changed. it is best to let the people do what they need to do and not talk about in public. >> is another case coming up on another sad anniversary often has been in syria are you still in -- are talking to the syrians about the regime about him at all? >> maybe i will refer back to some of t

talks to "move forward as planned" with cia director william burns and us middle east envoy brett mcgurkritical to de—escalate tensions in the region. the resumption of talks on thursday is an important step. an important step to continue that. we need to release the hostages, as you will know some of those hostages are american hostages. we need to make sure that lasting relief delivered to the palestinian civilians in gaza and lower the tension in the region and we have said this many times before. the hostage deal come the ceasefire deal will help to lower tensions in the region. mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio. good morning. a push they are from the white house to see success today but thomas is not sending anyone to these talks. what is the hope? there is not much hope, to be honest. hamas is insisting that there are only proposals from president biden that was endorsed by the un resolution 207 — 8275. and there is nothing else, that we have to dear to the resolution council also endorsed by the g7 but israel apparently wants additional requests which are to st

this trip is coming on the heels of the top white house official brett mcgurk going over to also talk about hostage negotiations. we're told the meetings were productive, that they were sober and serious. but all of our sources are cautioning that we are not on the cusp of a deal, that nothing appears to be imminent. even hesitating to call the talks negotiations. but the parties are at the table. and that is really important. and what we understand, john, both the israelis and hamas separately have put forward proposals that now the main mediator, u.s., qatar and egypt, are essentially trying to find common ground. and so there are still major sticking points. but if a bill were to be agreed to, what it would likely look like is a long pause in the fighting. we know israel has proposed as much as two months, the longest proposal that they have made so far in this war, that we would see the hostages released likely in phases, first women, children and the elderly, followed by the idf soldiers both men and women and bodies of hostages who have been killed. and also palestinian prisoner

that is what brett mcgurk is working on. it is not clear that hamas will agree to that. it is certainly not clear at this point that prime minister netanyahu will agree. hamas wants a permanent cease- fire. in other words an end to the bombing that would mean that israel would basically give up on its objective of eliminating hamas. and netanyahu of course is caught between these two contradictory objectives. getting the hostages back and defeating hamas. >> hard to see netanyahu doing that. david sanger it is great to have your insights. thank you so much. >> thanks briand it great to be with you. >>> ceo apologizes twice for a decision that ignited backlash. an employee who requested to work remotely was turned down despite having a newborn baby in the nicu. in intensive care. we will have that after a quick break. will this election is a choice between results or just rhetoric. californians deserve a senator who is going to deliver for them every day and not just talk a good game. adam schiff. he held a dangerous president accountable. he also helped lower drug costs,

he has bill burns, the cia director, brett mcgurk, the envoy in the region as well. of extract a cease—fire? i from which they can then sort of extract a cease-fire?— extract a cease-fire? i think the ho -e not extract a cease-fire? i think the hope not just — extract a cease-fire? i think the hope not just from _ extract a cease-fire? i think the hope not just from the - extract a cease-fire? i think the i hope notjust from the americans, lord cameron, who has been talking a bit about this from the perspective of the british today, is that if there is a two—month, 60—day pause, thenit there is a two—month, 60—day pause, then it is good be really, really hard to start shooting again the sub however, from the political side in israel, netanyahu, he stated what victorie looks like, destroy hamas, get the hostages back. so, where does that leave him if they do a deal, effectively, with hamas and hamas is still there? none of the key men and hamas have been captured or killed, as far as we know. he will be under pressure from the right—wing parties that sustain his gover

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he said the talks have not and that they are not done despite they reject the terms i am told bret mcgurksident biden's middle east envoy will be holding working groups tomorrow he sang an extra day in cairo to try to work out a deal. it has been for over 10 months people have a right to be skeptical. jon: lucas tomlinson at the white house force, thank you. is israel risking a wider war in the middle east i will impact the presidential election? here to weigh in on these questions fox news contributor byron york. israel says it actually prevented the escalation of a wider war by taking out some of the missiles deposed and so forth and the airstrikes. we do not know whether that is the case or not. but what are the chances this thing turns into an all out? >> that has always been the worry and regional escalation here. but we are seeing right now is certainly not all out war between the sides it was in escalation. israel having assassinated a leader in beirut and a hamas leader in tehran you do there be some sort of retaliation for that. it would be a relatively brief thing we have seen t