as we speak, antony blinken - is happening there.tony blinken isl is happening there. as we | speak, antony blinken is in london due to meet arab foreign ministers, some of the meetings are currently on. what is the apatite like in israel over the talks happening in london and prior to that in doha?- prior to that in doha? when it comes to _ prior to that in doha? when it comes to domain _ prior to that in doha? when it comes to domain hostage - comes to domain hostage families group, they have already welcomed this latest initiative to get ceasefire talks and hostage release deal moving again. what we understand from the israeli prime minister's office, they will send the head of the mossad intelligence agency along on sunday to meet the cia chief on the half of the us and the qatari prime minister. we are expecting egyptian intelligence officials to go to doha as well. of course the qataris and egyptians have been serving as regional mediators. what we heard is a hamas delegation did meet the egyptian intelligence officials in cair

our state department correspondent, tom bateman, is travelling with antony blinken. what the americans have been trying to do, both here in london and in the region over the last few days as i've been travelling with mr. blinken, is to work on what they call the day after plan, a post—conflict plan for gaza, how to secure it, how to rebuild it and, crucially, how it would be governed. now, that might seem a bit odd, seeing as they haven't made any progress for weeks now on actually how to end the war, because the plan that had been in place for that or the negotiations had centred around first getting a ceasefire between israel and hamas in exchange for the release of hostages. and then you would have a process during which the two parties during these mediated negotiations would work out what happens next. hamas demand the full withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza, a full end to the war. what the americans are trying to do, i think, after the death of yahya sinwar, is in some ways to set that process to one side, to work on the post—war plan for governance. now, i

antony blinken has firm priorities, _ happened. antony blinken has firm priorities, one _ happened.ppened. antony blinken has firm priorities, one of them i happened. antony blinken has firm priorities, one of them is| firm priorities, one of them is about getting aid into northern gaza. one of your colleagues says it is absolutely desperate, and he is calling for a pause in the fighting to get some aid in. is anybody getting income is your agency able to get anything in at the moment?— able to get anything in at the moment? ., . ., ., ., moment? not much at all. i have now more — moment? not much at all. i have now more than _ moment? not much at all. i have now more than 50 _ moment? not much at all. i have now more than 50 colleagues - moment? not much at all. i have now more than 50 colleagues on | now more than 50 colleagues on the ground inside gaza. they work 24/7 to save lives. we are hardly getting any trucks in, we get in a few, we immediately distribute to people who are starving. in the north, there is now a procedure meant within the general siege of gaza for the genera

as concern about the humanitarian crisis in northern gaza grows, the us secretary of state antony blinkenisrael. he is due to be meeting by minister benjamin netanyahu. mr blinken has released five priorities to try to end the conflict. firstly, to talk to israel and others about how to end the war in gaza — which includes bringing home all the israeli hostages. he will also discuss with israel a post—conflict "day after" plan. he wants to review humanitarian asissstance to gaza — this after the us gave israel 30 days to take steps or risk some military assistance being cut off. —— humanitarian assistance to gaza. mr blinken wants to try to discuss ways to get a resolution to the war with hezbollah. and he'll also discuss israel's expected retaliation against iran. let's go live tojerusalem, where we're joined by our correspondentjonah fisher. we have seen lots of visits by mr blinken to the region since this war began. is there a real expectation he will try to push for a ceasefire this time? this is the 11th _ for a ceasefire this time? this is the 11th time _ for a ceasefire this time?

antony blinken is t in: to continues. antony blinken is trying to get _ continues.to get the _ continues. antony blinken is trying to get the region - continues. antony blinken is trying to get the region to i trying to get the region to de—escalate but this is not working? de-escalate but this is not working?— de-escalate but this is not workinu? ,, . ., , ~ ., de-escalate but this is not workinu? ,, . �* ~ , working? secretary blinken is . uite working? secretary blinken is quite frankly _ working? secretary blinken is quite frankly wasting - working? secretary blinken is quite frankly wasting his - working? secretary blinken is| quite frankly wasting his time. we are two weeks away from the election results and there is desperation to get some good news out of the region that would demonstrate a win of sorts, a political victory for the administration. very clearly from the reader from the meeting with benjamin netanyahu, 2.5 hours spent together, the israeli reading is focused on iran and the american reading is focused on the need to get a ceasefire and provide

nice to be with you, carl, and it sounds like _ antony blinken? arl, and it sounds like there's - carl, and it sounds like there's been some promising develop it's on the diplomatic front with secretary blinken and his counterparts, and a number of different countries. i hate to be pessimistic, but we've also heard this story time and time again, and this is the 11th or 12th time secretary blinken in the past year has been on these types of tours, you know, trying to get all the parties involved to come to some kind of deal to stop the war in gaza, address the issue with the tremendous suffering of the palestinian people caught in the crossfire, now with lebanon — but every time we've heard that there's been momentum, then nothing materialises. at this point, i'm not sure we are going to get to the deal that everyone wants in the coming days. it that everyone wants in the coming da 5. . ,, . , that everyone wants in the coming das. ., . that everyone wants in the coming das. .,, ., ., that everyone wants in the coming das. ., ., days. it appears th

us secretary of state antony blinken met with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu for two—and—a—halfaviv on tuesday. it's his eleventh trip to the region since the october 7 attack last year. secretary blinken told israeli officials that the recent death of hamas leader yahya sinwar — presents an important opportunity to end the war. i believe very much that the death of sinwar does create an important opportunity to bring the hostages home, to bring the war to an end and to ensure israel's security. and that's exactly what our conversations today focussed on with our israeli colleagues, including arrangements for the period following end of the conflict. our correspondent wyre davies is injerusalem with more details on blinken�*s visit. this is antony blinken�*s iith visit to israel and to the wider region since the start of october the 7th, but expectations even before meeting the israeli's prime minister were low. the two men netanyahu and antony blinken met for two and half hours but to emphasise the low expectations for any hope of progress, their versions of events discussed at

antony blinken stays overnight in antony in israel before moving on to the wider region tomorrow.raeli military has confirmed hezbollah�*s hashem safieddine — the apparent heir to former chief hassan nasrallah — was killed in an air strike earlier this month. it comes after hezbollah said it was behind the attempted drone attack on the israeli prime minister's holiday home over the weekend. in beirut, health officials say 18 people were killed by an israeli air strike near a large government hospital in the city's south. israel says it was targeting a hezbollah position. and the israeli military says it has identified a bunker concealed under another beirut hospital that it says holds hundreds of millions of dollars�* worth of cash. israel said it was monitoring the compound, but would not strike the hospital itself. the hospital's staff dispute these claims. here's our senior international correspondent 0rla guerin. explosion broad daylight in beirut. a multi—storey building brought down. as always, israel said the target was hezbollah. here, it gave a warning. and here, it didn'

if that was antony blinken is trying to build on? it that was antony blinken is trying to build on?blinken is trying to build on? it is, they felt they could _ trying to build on? it is, they felt they could surprise - trying to build on? it is, they felt they could surprise open | felt they could surprise open this moment because remember we had weeks of stalled over a ceasefire and hostage release deal gaza and when he was killed the americans thought that would remove the chief obstacle to getting that deal done. but i have to say that with the haste that which they have done this trip together, i think it has shown any sense of making real progress in that diplomatic effort has not been as apparent as they might have liked. having said that, they did manage to say that they would get the mediators back around the table probably over the weekend in doha so crucially the head of mossad from israel and bill burns the head of the along the will talk again but the fact is they had again but the fact is they had a plan that had ceased to make any progress and the question now is, is t

and in a few hours time, antony blinken is due to arrive in the region.has release five priorities to try to end the conflict in the middle east. firstly, to talk to israel and others about how to end the war in gaza — which includes bringing all the hostages home. he will also discuss with israel a post conflict "day after plan". he wants to review humanitarian assistance to gaza — this after the us gave israel 30 days to take steps or risk some military assistance being cut off. he wants to try to discuss ways to get a resolution to the war with hezbollah. and he'll also discuss israel's expected retaliation against the iran. continuing to work on a post conflict "day after" plan. his visit to the middle east comes after the white house said it is "deeply concerned" about the leak of a pair of highly classified intelligence documents describing israel's preparations for a retaliatory strike on iran. the documents appeared on telegram at the weekend, including satellite images and classified analysis. chairman of the house intelligence committee congress

we are looking at of course us secretary of state antony blinken�*s visit.n doha. let us understand what we're looking at by speaking to our diplomatic correspondent james landale. first, how much hope is that from the talks that we expecting? i is that from the talks that we meeting?— is that from the talks that we expecting? i think it is always hard to talk _ expecting? i think it is always hard to talk about _ expecting? i think it is always hard to talk about hope - expecting? i think it is always hard to talk about hope when | expecting? i think it is always i hard to talk about hope when it comes to these kinds of negotiations because these kinds of talks have been happening ever since the attack on israel on the 7th of october last year. hope absent flow. —— hope absent flows. this idea of whether or not the death of sinwar is an opportunity. that will be tested. we had from antony blinken that is what they hope, people hope he was a blockage and his removal on his killing, means that potentially there can be some diplomatic... that is not a thesis s

visits the region. as antony blinken visits the reuion. ., �* , as antony blinken visits the reuion.'s right, it is a message _ region. that's right, it is a message coming - region. that's right, it is a message coming out - region. that's right, it is a message coming out fromj region. that's right, it is a - message coming out from the different un agencies that are involved in this mass vaccination campaign really made necessary after the first traces of polio were found, first of all in sewage water in central gaza in the middle of this year and then they had the first case of a baby, and unvaccinated baby with polio in close to two decades. it was underlined by the different un agencies involved in this mass vaccination that it was really important to have this 2—stage programme is rolled out across all areas of the gaza strip. the first stage was completed successfully a month or so ago and now they have carried out the second stage in the centre of the gaza strip and in the south. but it seems they are unable to get the humanitarian pauses in fighting that are necessary in or

us secretary of state antony blinken met with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu for two—and—a—halfl aviv on tuesday. it's his eleventh trip to the region since the october 7 attack last year. secretary blinken told israeli officials that the recent death of hamas leader yahya sinwar — presents an important opportunity to end the war. i believe very much that the death of sinwar does create an important opportunity to bring the hostages home, to bring the war to an end and to ensure israel's security. and that's exactly what our conversations today focussed on with our israeli colleagues, including arrangements for the period following end of the conflict. our correspondent wyre davies is injerusalem with more details on blinken�*s visit. mrs blinken�*s iith visit to israel and that part of israel since the start of october the 7th, but expectations even before meeting the israeli's prime minister were low. the two men netanyahu and antony blinken met for two and half hours but to emphasise the low expectations for any hope of progress. their versions of events discussed at the meet

so the talk from antony blinken seems that it talk from antony blinken seems thatitis talk from antonyhe next few days but i think the difficulties and the gap between the is really hamas sides are huge, and i don�*t think that he will make any concession because it will be seen as a traitor in the eyes of hamas, so there is hope as well, but not much, as mr blinking put it, in his speech or his statement. the israeli strikes continue _ or his statement. the israeli strikes continue and - or his statement. the israeli strikes continue and we - or his statement. the israeli | strikes continue and we have news of a recent one in southern lebanon, what can you tell us? , ., , ., tell us? yes, it was a accommodation - tell us? yes, it was a accommodation of i tell us? yes, it was a - accommodation of journalists accommodation ofjournalists from different channels. some of them are affiliated with hezbollah, and yesterday, it was it, one of its offices in lebanon, so there are three journalists who were killed and two injured, so it seems like escalating to targets, you understand some of t

us secretary of state antony blinken met with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu for 2.5 hourstel aviv on tuesday. it's his eleventh trip to the region since the october 7 attack last year. secretary blinken told israeli officials that the recent death of hamas leader yahya sinwar presented a critical moment to end the war. i believe very much that the death of sinwar creates an important opportunity to bring the hostages home and bring the water when and and ensure security. that is what our conversations today focused on israeli colleagues including arrangements for the period following the end of the conflict. our correspondent wyre davies is injerusalem with more details on blinken�*s visit. this is anthony blank and's 11th this is anthony blank and's iith visit to israel but this time expectations for any breakthrough even before meeting the israeli prime minister were really quite low. the two men, benjamin netanyahu and anti— blink and, met for 2.5 hours but to emphasise the low hopes of any progress their version of events discussed at the meeting are very different. fi

us secretary of state antony blinken is in doha for meetings with qatari leaders.raeli and american negotiators will travel to doha in the coming days for fresh ceasefire talks. a hamas official, speaking after talks with egyptian mediators in cairo on thursday, told the french news agency afp that the group is ready to stop fighting if israel commits to a ceasefire deal. speaking alongside qatar's prime minister a little earlier, secretary blinken said he hopes to find a diplomatic resolution to the war in the wake of israel's killing of hamas leader yahya sinwar, whom he described as a central obstacle in previous negotiations. the reason i believe this opportunity now is because the biggest obstacle to concluding that agreement was yahya sinwar and the fact that he is no longer with us, perhaps creates an opening for actually moving forward in concluding an agreement. our state department correspondent tom bateman is following the story from doha. he sent this update. the question is what is going on with the hamas leadership? is there anyone to talk to? they sa

i want to start with antony blinken his visit to the region.ink it will have if any on the fighting that we're seeing there? is there an appetite for a cease—fire between israel and lebanon, hezbollah? yes. israel and lebanon, hezbollah? yes, definitely anthony _ israeland lebanon, hezbollah? ye: definitely anthony boykins visit is not only for israel as for saudi arabia and different countries in the region. —— antony blinken. the cease—fire and lebanon and israel and between hezbollah, the white house envoy who wasn't lebanon yesterday so far it seems that the proposal provided the lebanese government is no longerjust to expire. it seems that now we're moving beyond 1701 international resolution for a cease—fire for the interning more into more border security. which is the difference that in 2006 the 1701 was issued it was implemented only as a cease—fire resolution. it only stop the war but did not stop hezbollah from rebuilding itself and developing for that what they are developing today is a cease—fire that would turn into border securit

antony blinken is in qatar at the moment.e news lines that came out was increase in assistance and humanitarian aid to the palestinians, $i35 humanitarian aid to the palestinians, $135 million. let's bring you a short portion of that press conference. secretary blinken emphasised that israel's activities on its northern border were being closely watched by the united states. as israel conducts to remove the threat from the border, we have been clear this could not, should not lead to a retracted campaign. and israel must take the necessary steps to avoid civilian casualties and not endanger peacekeepers or the lebanese armed forces. right now we are working intensely to reach a diplomatic resolution, sees the full implementation of the un security council resolution 1701 and as a result allow civilians on both sides of the border to return to their homes. another update on the lebanese capital in beirut. we are hearing there were 17 strikes in the lebanese capital overnight and that is why you are seeing the smoke in the air

the us's top diplomat, antony blinken, is back in the middle east, urging israeli leaders for a ceasefire. with two weeks to go to the us presidential election, donald trump's campaign accuses the british labour party of making illegal contributions to his opponent, kamala harris�*s campaign. the former boss of the fashion giant abercrombie & fitch and his british partner are arrested on sex trafficking charges. welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. we begin in the middle east where the israeli military says hezbollah�*s hashem safieddine — the heir apparent to former chief hassan nasrallah — was killed in an air strike earlier this month. hezbollah, though, has not confirmed his death. the group did, however, confirm that it was behind the attempted drone attack on the israeli prime minister's holiday home over the weekend. meanwhile, in beirut, health officials say 18 people were killed by an israeli air strike near a large government hospital in the city's south. israel says it was targeting a hezbollah position. and the israeli military says it has identified a bunker concealed under ano

us secretary of state antony blinken is in doha for meetings with qatari leaders.d american negotiators will travel to doha in the coming days for fresh ceasefire talks. a hamas official — speaking after talks with egyptian mediators in cairo on thursday — told the french news agency afp that the group is ready to stop fighting if israel commits to a ceasefire deal. speaking alongside qatar's prime minister a little earlier, secretary blinken said he hopes to find a diplomatic resolution to the war in the wake of israel's killing of hamas leader yahya sinwar whom he described as a central obstacle in previous negotiations. the biggest obstacle to concluding that agreement was sinwar and the fact that is no longer with us creates an opening for actually moving forward and concluding an agreement. our state department correspondent tom bateman is following the story from doha. he sent this update. the question now is what is going on with the hamas leadership, is there anyone to talk to, sinwar had walked away from the deal, he wasn't engaging for many weeks. and so,

afterwards antony blinken gave this update on his talks. let's listen in. we have — on his talks. let's listen in. we have had _ on his talks. let's listen in. we have had good - on his talks. let's listen in. we have had good and - on his talks. let's listen in. - we have had good and important conversations this week including this morning on ending the war in gaza and charting a path for what comes next. those conversations will continue. but i think this is a moment of importance and urgency that we are working to seize. i also have the opportunity to speak to the prime minister of lebanon and there we also have a sense of urgency in getting to a diplomatic resolution. and the full implementation of un security council resolution 1701, such that they can be real security along the border between israel and lebanon and people on both sides of the border can have the confidence to be able to return to their homes. what my conservative leadership hopeful robert jenrick has given a speech this morning on his vision for the united kingdom fo

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secretary of state antony blinken arriving in the region overnight as israel continues to hit targets in gaza and lebanon. we're live with the latest in the talks. >>> new details on a tragic helicopter crash that killed four people in houston. the moments that led to the fiery accident. >>> harvey weinstein's cancer battle, diagnosed with a rare leukemia, just over a month after he was indicted on new charges. >>> one direction fans still reeling after the tragic death of liam payne. the new tributes pouring in for the singer this morning. >>> and a monday night doubleheader. the cardinals and chargers take it down to the wire, while the ravens and bucs put on a barnburner. we have the highlights as we kick off this tuesday, october 22nd. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning. thanks for being with me. i'm frances rivera. with only two weeks until election day, the presidential campaigns are running at full speed. vice president harris kicked off her week with a three-state battleground blitz. reaching out to accidskeptical republicans joined on the trail by liz cheney. do

. >>> plus an update on secretary of state antony blinken's latest trip to israel. once again seeking a cease-fire deal for gaza. >>> good morning. and welcome to "way too early" on this tuesday, october 22nd. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we are now two weeks from election day, and we'll begin this morning with donald trump's campaign stop in battleground north carolina. the former president began his rally in greenville yesterday with claims he's winning in every state, but there may be some election fraud, and god should intervene. >> well, you know, they talk about it. she is is a threat to democracy. she is a threat to a lot of things, but that's the way it has to be because we're winning by a lot, we're leading by a lot. we're leading at the polls every single state. how you doing? are they cheating? they're trying, but they're not going to get away with it, right? they didn't get away with it in this state. they got away with it in plenty of places. would love to have god to come down and be the vote counter just for one day and s

we are live with the new push by secretary of state antony blinken after touching down in the middle east overnight. >>> a deadly encounter on the new york subway that made national headlines heads to court. jury selection begins for the former marine accused in the fatal choking of a homeless man, as we get new details about his defense. >>> could the wnba follow its record-breaking year with a walkout? why players are opting out of their contracts. >>> and you might balk at the idea. chick-fil-a is hatching its own entertainment wing. the new family-friendly app from the fast food giant. it's tuesday, october 22nd. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning, i'm frances rivera. we begin with breaking news. five people, including three children, were killed in a shooting in washington state. a male juvenile has been taken into custody and will likely face murder charges, authorities say. law enforcement responded to reports of gunfire at a house in fall city, about 25 miles east of seattle. in addition to those killed, a girl in her mid teens has also been hospitalized. the lo

antony blinken is trying to jump start talks.ddle east, he came here to london to meet with arab leaders who are visiting here. he ran into sharp criticism of israel from one of israel's longest serving closest allies, jordan. jordan's foreign minister and deputy prime minister saying that israel is not listening to anybody. that's an implicit rebuke of u.s. policy to try to restrain israel in northern gaza and attacks in beirut. the u.s. is supporting israel's efforts to root out hezbollah weapons stockpiled in southern lebanon. they are not calling for a cease-fire in lebanon but they are critic of the attacks in beirut. in northern gaza, there have been accusations that israel has a policy of trying to move palestinians out in order to have settlers move in. israel denies it. secretary blinken brought it up with the prime minister, with netanyahu and his defense minister on tuesday in israel. now today, the jordanian foreign minister to blinken's face said what's going on in northern gaza is ethnic cleansing. >> a particular m

into northern gaza and the impact of israel's military offensive in the north was the subject of antony blinkenwhen he came to israel earlier in the week. mr blinken has since moved on to other parts of the middle east and in qatar earlier as he left he also reiterated the need for a better humanitarian response in gaza. israel hasn't directly responded to that, israelis certainly haven't talked about the resumption of ceasefire talks. talks, of course, which could see the release of some of those israeli hostages still being held in gaza. but there was some hope out of blinken�*s talks in qatar that the qataris themselves, who have been mediators throughout this year, may be trying to get talks going again and that mediators, particularly from egypt and qatar and the united states, might sit down again to try and get those ceasefire talks going again. but i must say that hopes aren't very high on either side, hopes aren't very high on eitherside, hamas hopes aren't very high on either side, hamas doesn't really have an obvious leadership at the minute after the killing of sinwar last week and

secretary of state antoni blinken pressed prime minister netanyahu to use the killing of the hamas leaderon for peace. this is secretary blinken's 11th visit to the region since the war in gaza broke out. here he is earlier. >> i believe very much that the death of sinwar does create an important opportunity to bring the hostages home, to bring the war to an end and to ensure israel's security and that's what our conversations today focused on with our israeli colleagues, including arrangements for the period following the end of the conflict. >> and our correspondent in jerusalem has more. >> as if to emphasize the low expectation, the low hopes of any progress, their version of events discussed were very different. from the american side we got the view that israel needed to capitalize on successful action to bring the hamas leader, sinwar to justice and release hostages and end the conflict and he also talked about the importance of getting more aid into gaza where, particularly in the north they're really suffering because of the humanitarian crisis there. we know that blinken is very

egyptian intelligence in the past few days, and also we heard from the us secretary of state antony blinkenion that really the americans are pushing very much now for a dramatic solution to what has been going on between israel and haslar and lebanon. been going on between israel and haslarand lebanon. —— we have the us election in two weeks' time, how much might that impact the conflict? i mean subtly what we have been hiring is that israel has been hardening its stance on the approach to those elections. knowing that could very well be, if president trump is re—elected afterwards, that he could come back into washington with a new set of ideas about what policies to pursue in the middle east, that could really upturn things that antony blinken has been working towards, it makes it difficult for the americans to exert that leverage. that said, it does seem that the americans on this occasion have been listened to to some extent, we know they have been conversations going on regularly, the israelis emphasising that in recent weeks, as they planned their retaliation to that major missile att

secretary of state antony blinken says they have made good progress toward a truce in lebanon.isors are heading back to the u.s. after spending thursday in tel aviv, working with israeli officials on a cease-fire deal. our white house coordinate -- the specialists are pushing to ensure civilians in both countries can return to their homes. tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border have left their homes to escape cross-border fire between hezbollah and israeli forces. during talks with the senior american delegates, prime minister benjamin netanyahu said any agreement must ensure israel can counter threats to its security from lebanon. the lebanese prime minister said he was cautiously optimistic about an agreement. efforts to secure a cease-fire agreement between israel and hamas are also continuing. the director of the cia is in the egyptian capital of cairo with mediators, exploring options to end the fighting and bring hostages back to israel. a regional editor sent this update. >> even as there is a new diplomatic push to get a cease-fire between israel and he

on the third leg of his middle eastern tour antony blinken announced israeli and american negotiators to doha half for another attempt at cease-fire talks. the spy agency chief will head there this weekend to meet with bill burns and the qatari prime minister. hamas has yet to confirm if it will send a representative to participate but one of the group's delegates met on thursday. antony blinken said he hopes to find a resolution by leveraging israel's assassination of yahya sinwar. >> the reason i believe there is opportunity now is because the biggest obstacle to concluding that agreement was sinwar. the fact he is no longer with us perhaps creates an opening for actually moving forward and concluding an agreement. sumi: secretary blinken announced the u.s. will send $135 million to palestinians for humanitarian assistance including water sanitation and health care. aid agencies say more needs to be done and they call for an immediate positive finding. israeli forces continued their bombardment of northern gaza where they claim hamas has regrouped. a hospital in central gaza said at

. >> antony blinken landed in qatar moments ago after spending wednesday in saudi arabia, where he sat down for about an hour with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. the us is renewing its efforts for a gaza ceasefire and hostage release to deter a broader conflict in the region. developments in the middle east is a key issue ahead of the u.s. election republican presidential nominee donald trump had this to say at an event in georgia. >> but we're going to take care of israel, and they know that bibi called me yesterday. he called me the day before. and we have a very good relationship. and i have to say they've done fortunately, they didn't listen to biden because if they listened to biden, they'd right now be waiting for a bomb to drop on him sydney's paul hancock is following developments and joins us live from abu dhabi. >> we're going to talk about the local developments, but how much notice are they taking there of how this you know, area of foreign policy is playing into the u.s. election key at this point especially with with anthony blinken having just come to the region

antony blinken makes an 11th visit to the middle east as the u.s. renews its push for a cease fire between israel and iran backed militants. clear skies for sap as revenues jumped 25%. we will speak for the cfo of europe's biggest software company later this hour. we checked these markets with a focus on fixed income with a global selloff and bond markets and we will reflect on the u.s. 10 year shortly. you are looking lower on the back of the futures, currently up .1% down across the asian markets. a little bit of modest selling in u.s. stocks after that record that was pushed through. european futures pointing higher, waiting for a catalyst and fed speakers as well painting an uncertain picture but building out expectations that maybe they will go slower. s&p futures off by .2% and the nasdaq looking to lose around 68 points. let's look cross asset because that bond selloff is pronounced. it has moderated to some extent but 50 basis points higher over the last 30 days at the front end, currently back above 4%. part of that down to fomc speak but a

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maria: secretary of state antony blinken a is exclaimed antony blinken is being slammed for writing aned. writes the biden administration's strategy had has put the united states in the a stronger geopolitical position today than it was four years ago. not sure what he's looking at. joining us now is iowa senator joni ernst, a ma'am better of joni ernst t. good to see you. thank you for being here. >> great to be with you, maria. thank you. maria: first, let me get your take on john kerry's position that the u.s. is in a much better place today four years -- than four years ago. john kerry said it as well as antony blinken in the op-ed. what is he talking about? >> i don't know what they're talking about. as we sit here today, the world is not in a better be place than it was four years ago. what we have seen with this administration is absolute appeasement of our nation's worst enemies including iran. so they have continued to fund, allow funding family room iran h tthey illicit sale of oil of. under president trump the world was safer. iran was under control. we pushed back against c

us secretary of state antony blinken met with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu for 2.5 hoursenth trip to the region since the october 7 attack last year. secretary blinken told israeli officials that the recent death of hamas leader yahya sinwar presented a critical moment to end the war.

secretary of state antony blinken is leaving once again for the middle east.s is his 11th trip, and he's hoping to make some sort of deal to free those remaining hostages in the gaza strip, maybe bring some measure of peace to gaza and maybe to here in lebanon before this conflict becomes even more internationalized than it already is. matt bradley, nbc news, beirut, lebanon. and we're learning more this midday about an apparent leak of two top secret u.s. documents. the leaked documents were posted to the social media app telegram on friday. officials say that they do appear to be authentic. u.s. officials note the documents contain details on american spy agencies that are tracking possible israeli preparations for an attack on iran. one security expert telling us that there doesn't seem to be much impact to national security so far. i would imagine we'd be able to find out who did this relatively, you know, in a in a relatively timely manner. what's concerning here is the regime in tehran has friends inside of this administration. u.s. intelligence agencies

secretary of state antony blinken getting ready to go back to israel out of berlin where the president is now, joe biden. the world watches now for how the death and killing of sinwar will impact this war and the greater middle east. state department now, gillian turner follows that. hello. >> hi, bill. good morning. sinwar's death a tremendous victory for all the nations in the world working towards middle east peace right now. the reality is that in this moment it raises a lot more questions than answers. nobody yet knows who hamas will choose to replace sinwar in the leadership. the one thing everybody at least senior official eaves in the u.s. agree on there is suddenly a lot of hope now for the hostages remaining in hamas captivity. >> now with mr. sinwar's passing it underscores for us how urgent it is to see what we can do to get the hostages home. >> that sentiment echoed here yesterday by secretary of state antony blinken and matt miller at the white house by the national security advisor jake sullivan. on the israeli side, though, while folks are joyous, they aren't ringing v

us defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state antony blinken sent a letter to israel's militaryich was then leaked to the media. it says israel must, within 30 days, act on a series of �*concrete measures�* to boost aid. we hear from the volunteer women protecting the russian quys women protecting the russian guys from attack. and in football, thomas tuchel is to become the new england boss. he's the third foreign manager to take charge of the men's team. welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. we start with the latest on the conflict in the middle east. the biden administration has given its most stark warning yet to israel over its conduct in gaza — threatening to withdraw some military assistance — unless israel allows more humanitarian aid into the enclave. us defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state antony blinken sent a letter to israel's military, which was then leaked to the media. it says israel must, within 30 days, act on a series of �*concrete measures�* to boost aid. israel says it�*s reviewing the letter, and will address the concerns raised. it comes amid

talks over gaza, and also try to de—escalate the widening and expanding middle east war, and so antony blinkentings today with the israeli leadership, but i have to say, there is a feeling already that things might have been done in quite a lot of haste, because what the americans are saying now is that the process of trying to get the gaza ceasefire talks up and running again, faces obstacles, and they blame hamas, four weeks ago, they say walking away from the talks. they said they abandoned the process and they couldn't get any engagement via the mediators qatar. the other issue has been benjamin netanyahu, his critics have said he is been having the conditions for the talks on moving obstacles. it fell apart two weeks ago, the americans are trying to revive it, but i think they also understand they simply do not have a negotiating partner, because there is no one to negotiate with any hamas at the moment, as they do not have a leader, a cleared decision—maker in place at the moment, and if one emerges, that person may be kept secret. i think what is going to happen here is the americans ar

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. >> a cross the globe, secretary of state antony blinken is in israel once again, trying to find a way to end the growing conflict. andrea mitchell is there. >> reporter: today massive explosions in beirut. israeli air strikes collapsing two apartment buildings, adding more urgency to the crisis confronting secretary of state antony blinken as he arrived in israel for a tough meeting with prime minister netanyahu. blinken telling the prime minister he should capitalize on the death of hamas leader yahya sinwar to end the war in gaza and secure the release of hostages. >> we have to make sure this is a moment of opportunity to move forward. >> reporter: blinken also urging him to reach a diplomatic solution in lebanon. where at least 63 were killed in the past 24 hours, according to the lebanese health ministry. nbc's matt bradley is there. >> the death toll here is likely to increase. it's been hours since this air strike, but family members are taking it upon themselves to sift through the wreckage, looking for their loved ones. >> reporter: this as the war in gaza continues. food lin

. >> john: and secretary of state antony blinken arrives in the middle east to meet with officials as a u.s. investigates an alarming leak that may have compromised israel's military plans for a strike against iran. the israeli ambassador to that united states michael oren reacts next. >> we will see how the investigation plays out, but there are a lot of iran sympathizers. and keep in mind they are the same regime that has threatened to kill donald trump, and former officials, american officials. alka seltzer plus cold & flu when speed is what you need, bounce back fast with alka seltzer plus. also try the new chewable fizzy chews. no water needed. ♪ ♪ >> many of you have seen the statement from the fbi who have indicated they are investigating this and they have announced that and i will defer to them to speak to it. certainly we would take any unauthorized disclosure as something we take very seriously and it is incredibly concerning. >> sandra: that was to state department moments ago as the ban as the biden administration investigates an alarming intel leak that may have compromi

antony blinken, the u.s. secretary of state is facing as he comes for, i think what will be his 11th trip to the region? since the war in gaza, since the october 7 attacks an enormous challenge, indeed. >> and of course, shouldn't lose sight of the fact that we are in fact two weeks from the election here in the u.s. which that certainly is something benjamin netanyahu is extraordinarily aware of. matthew chance for us this morning, matthew. thank you. i really appreciate it all right. >> let's turn back now to the final two weeks of the campaign democratic nominee, it's almost in some sort of book club with liz cheney cheney? >> cheney, their marvel, you're saying you can't be in the same flash back to when jon stewart first really made it. he remembers dick cheney perhaps better than many voters now, once unlikely allies, kamala harris, liz cheney joined forces yesterday as part of a swing state tour of philadelphia, milwaukee, and detroit suburbs. and of course the goal was to use cheney, former republican