austin is raising two stepsons.air force base. since 1998, she has been an active member of the delta sigma theta sarority, a global social organization that has been supporting african-american women, particularly in abortion rights, for 100 years. loyd austin's wife is a board member of the military family research institute at purdue university and has provided volunteer consultation. local national non-profit organizations from 2009 to 2016 serves on the board unitedway suncoast, based in tampa , florida, is the advisory committee for the united woys and coast mission united project, which helps military veterans. in fact, charlene works proactively , for the long term she begins to process the younger generation from kindergarten to school, another organization with which she also collaborated, social... service in tampa, florida, is very successful. the organization supports low-income families, collects donations, helps parents give their children decent education, children from low-income families are picked

secretary austin: hezbollah forces? thanks, gordon, for the questions, but even there were like six of them, in terms of conditions that we would place on the security assistance that we are providing to israel, we have not placed any conditions on the provision of this equipment. this is a professional military led by professional leadership and we would hope and expect that they would do the right things in the prosecution of their campaign. and we'll -- we will make sure, leave it to them to define what their operations are going to look like. but again, we have no reason to believe they would do anything differently. in terms of our provision, our assistance, intelligence assistance to ukraine -- to israel, we will support them in any way that we can and certainly intelligence is a part of that and i won't get into the specifics of what that means, i.s.r., other types of collection. we have worked with the israelis, you know, over many, many years and those sharing mechanisms are there, those channels are there to s

secretary austin: thanks. i'll let israel talk about its plans and its operations and i won't evaluate things one way or the other. i think, you know, my goal, and know the focus of our leadership is to provide support to the israeli defense force, give them -- focus on what they need, what they're asking for, and to get it there as quickly as possible. and so we have, you know, established contact with the or liaison with the israeli defense forces. i've talked to the minister of defense near daily since this started. and so we really feel like we have a good feel for what they need. but in terms of their detailed plans, what they're going to do, what they're not going to do, i would defer to them. i think that's -- it's their effort and i think they're still in the planning and assessment mode. general brown: what i would say as we listen to president zelenskyy today and minister of defense, i don't see that their plans will change. and what i would also say to that is we actually have -- because of the fund

austin: thanks, tom. would tell you that in countering isis, i felt as if we were staring evil in the eye. it was truly evil. and what we've seen from hamas, it takes that evil to another level. and so that's the first thing we need to remember and consider. there are a number of things that we have talked about today, there are some lessons learned that we'd be more than happy to share with our allies here in terms of operating effectively in dense, urban terrain, creating safe humanitarian corridors, making sure that we're thoughtful about how we shape the battle in making sure that our objectives are well-defined, and so we'll continue to share the lessons that we've learned over the years, and of course as the israelis prosecute this fight, we will learn lessons from them. so i think it's great teamwork that has served us both well over the years and will continue that. reporter: mr. minister, there have been some confusion over the 24-hour deadline that israel announced for civilians in gaza to move

as secretary austin noted, i'm glad that general brown was confirmed by the senate along with the new commandant of the marine corps and army chief of staff, but i must be careful here how i say this, but it's thoroughly, totally unacceptable that more than 3 00 other highly qualified are still in limbo. i've been here a long time. i've never seen anything like this. it's outrageous. and it must stop. their promotion, their careers, their families, their futures, held hostage by the political agenda of one senator and the silence of another 47 of them to drag on our forward, it impacts everything from readiness to morale to retention. it's an insult, an insult to the officers, years of dedicated service. our troops deserve so much better. the house fails to fulfill its most basic function, it fails to fund government by tomorrow. we will have failed all of our troops. our service members will keep upholding their oath, showing up for work, standing sentinel around the world and keeping our countries secured, but they won't get paid. it's a disgrace. thousands of defense department civ

secretary austin highlighted that we immediately provided u.s.rs to offer best practices for integrating hostage recovery into israel's operations. and finally, we have strengthened our force posture to deter state or nonstate actors from escalating this crisis beyond gaza to include the presence of two carrier strike groups currently in the region. moving to other updates, today i can announce the decision to deploy additional 300 troops to the central command region from home stations in the continental united states. provide capabilities, and ordinance disposal, communications, and things for forces in the region. we will not discuss specific deployment locations for these forces but confirm they are not going to israel and that they are intended to support regional deterrence efforts and further bolster u.s. force protection capabilities. separately, secretary austin continues to remain in close contact with his israeli counterpart. he spoke with israeli minister of defense gallant by phone and received updates on israel's phased operations i

i think he lloyd austin has begun the speaking. now let's listen to lloyd austin. we'll come back, he's almost touch. but it's good to see you again in person. and it's good to be back in israel. even during such terrible days as the us secretary of defense, i am here in person to make something crystal clear. america support for israel is our own client. and i extend my deepest condolences to the as rarely people for those killed or wounded in this terrible slaughter by how much i'm also here and solid. there already with all the families still living, the waking nightmare of not knowing the fate of their loved ones. and we will continue to coordinate closely with israel to help secure the release of the innocent men, women and children in the clutches of a marsh including american citizens. now, israel is a small country, a place where everybody knows everybody. and in times of trial, the intimacy of your society deepens the intimacy of your grief. but that's not a weakness. it is a profound strength. and then times of testing is really is know what to do. over t

lloyd austin met with u.s.and walked with the minister of defense and saw the second aircraft of u.s. weapons have arrived in israel. it arrived earlier today. the u.s. is sending a series of weapons most notably i earned him emissions expecting the hamas rockets to continue and small diameter bombs designed to be more precise and therefore cause fewer civilian casualties. what are known as the j-dam kits which turned older bombs into precision guided munitions and critical ammunition that israeli soldiers. the senior official told me that most of the weapons systems arriving are for "in k's" a second front is opened and that is the u.s. and is really focused right now to prevent the second front from opening and trying to contain the conflict to israel and hamas. u.s. officials described a nightmare scenario. not only israel fighting on multiple fronts but violence spilling and other countries across the region and that would threaten u.s. goals, normalizing relations between israel and saudi arabia and keepin

i want to get to the latest of what austin told you. first, you're at a shelter. what is happening there? >> reporter: we just came back out to the balcony, sorry. our shot is a little fluid. the sirens went off in ashdod. i heard at least two booms of the iron dome missile intercepts and it is relevant to the story this you're going to come to us to talk about, which is what we saw today at the air base in southern israel where the second shipment of u.s. military aid to israel arrived just this week and we were the only news crew on the ground to witness that plane landing. and also as secretary of defense lloyd austin came and greeted that plane, the reason why it is relevant to what we just did now is that one of the munitions that the united states is providing israel with as part of this latest package is additional iron dome missile interceptors. and beyond that, they're also providing cluster munitions as well as precision guided munitions. i was able to speak with the secretary of defense today as he greeted this military cargo plane, landing at the air b

secretary austin, u.s. administration has told israel to avoid causing civilian casualties and to uphold what you called just now the laws of war. given how hamas fights deliberately launching operations from dense civilian areas how could israel permanently end the terrorist threat posed by hamas without inevitably risking many civilian lives? as we watch the civilian death toll in gaza rise while israel conducts counterattacks and perhaps a ground invasion, do you believe the moral culpability for civilian deaths belongs to israel, hamas or both. >> i'll leave it to israel to talk about its potential plans and its approach to conducting operations. matt, i'll just say again that israel has a right to defend itself, and we will support israel's right to defend itself. we will continue to flow in security assistance. and i've worked with israeli fors over the years, over many years, as you know i wore a uniform for 41 years. my experience in working with the israeli forces is they are professional, they're

i think he is the one questioning lloyd austin.e also have another hearing happening on homeland security where christopher wray the f.b.i. director and mayokas on homeland security are being questioned. rand paul is questioning christopher wray at the moment. more as we have it on that. >> if it stopped with israel and start with the jews it will never end there. europe will be next and why we're fighting a battle on behalf of the entire world. >> john: israel's president outlining just what is at stake as the war rages on with hamas. newly released video shows idf fighter jets bombing hezbollah infrastructure. that organization is afraid of escalating it into a regional war . greg palkot is live from the israeli/lebanon border. so far the temperature remains fairly low compared to what's going on in gaza, greg. >> not full scale yet. we have been watching the slow and steady escalation back and forth across the israeli/lebanon border linked to that surging ground incursion down in gaza by israel against hamas. iran-backed, lebano

blair waltman-alexin of austin pbs, in partnership with austin vida, has this report.nt: birth our lives and the dove springs neighborhood of austin, and selling is her main source of income, but she is making less ney this year. >> i had to change because of the heat, because i no longer go out to sell the same as i did before. the son will not let me -- sun will not let me. it is too hot, so even if i went to go out i cannot. correspondent: over the summer austin saw a record-breaking heat, some areas of the city see hier temperatures than others, and i can meet higher energy bills. mark is with the cities office of resilience. >> we have data that shows heat from satellites, working lots, the airports and so on, and that is valuable information but does not tell you what is happening at the ground level. correspondent: the city of austin teamed up with researchers at the university of texas to see what was going on. what they found was higher temperatures in places with less greenery. this is called the urban heat island effect. this doctor is a professor of geoscie

you see secretary austin and secretary blinken making multi-wall stops through the region.ren, what are we learning? >> reporter: they're in the middle east right now, especially with one in israel, it's a message of strong support from the biden administration. listen to what austin said a short time ago. >> this is no time for neutralities or false equivalence, or for excuses for the inexcusable. there is never a justification for terrorism. that's especially true after this rampage by hamas. anyone who wants lasting peace and security for this region must condemn and isolate hamas. >>> blinken versus a series of other meeting, including with qatar, trying to find a way forward on hostage rescue efforts, as well as international aid associations, for safe zones and a way out for civilians. >>> and a new reporting on a marine rapid reaction force, capable of conducting special operations, how they are making preparations in case these u.s. forces are ordered to go to israel. >> this is the 26th marine expeditionary unit that was sent there in july. multiple usual officials

and i think you've been invaluable to secretary austin as well. i want to thank you for always seeing, always sharing the whole map with me. the whole map. [applause] when it comes to the constitution, that is and always has been mark's north star. i'm so damn proud to serve with him. he's made, he's made it his central image on his challenge coin. those three little words, that mean so much to every american but especially to those who stand in the various of our nation. the middle of his challenge coin says we the people. we the people. it's a reminder to all of us what makes us a strong nation. who we are as a democracy. how the united states, for more than two centuries, has always managed to keep moving forward. not fealty to any one person or to a political party but to the idea of america. idea unlike any other in human history. the idea that we're all created equal. that's what the constitution safeguards. that's what we swear an oath to. and that is why generations of young women and men, americans of every background and creed, have step

defense secretary lloyd austin is arriving there. what we are hearing from the pool of reporters traveling along with secretary austin, you see the shot is getting fixed and set up, what we believe you are looking at is austin is there to observe a u.s. aircraft. this was moments ago. u.s. aircraft, a c17 that's arrived carrying munitions from united states for israel. that is part of this show of force and show of support. as secretary austin said in his remarks earlier, u.s. support for israel is iron clad. you can hear that in their words. this is the physical manifestation of that as you are seeing them walking towards what will be, this was moments ago, we could be hearing from secretary austin as well as minister of defense afterwards. as we are seeing this is part of the show of force. the air base is where the support has been flown in. i believe this is where we saw the cargo unloaded earlier this year. these are live pictures of secretary austin now. this is where the munitions are being unloaded. it's about 40 miles east o

general austin, i admire you very much.we need to be clear, crystal clear as to what happens if iran kills an american soldier or they open up a second front. i hope you'll let them know what our redlines are. thank you. >> thank you, madam chair. first point i would like to raise with respect to our colleagues in the house, not only do they not fund ukraine which i think your testimonies indicate, they also want to offset the funding by taking money from the irs. obviously, i don't think they read the wall street journal because just a few days ago, the wall street journal reported that in 2021, the americans failed to pay $688 billion in taxes. if we don't invest in the irs, we are giving up billions and billions of dollars. i think that what has to be recognized as we go forward and negotiate with the house. let me turn now to the issue at hand. we're talking about the secretary sending you creases. if we don't send the resources, does that increase the probability that someday we will have to send young americans into t

what do we know about secretary austin's visit to israel? >> we see this as part of a broader effort by the biden administration to give a full support for israel in the coming days and weeks and you can see that from not only secretary of state antony blinken's statements, but from lloyd often who made it clear not is not the time for any sort of neutrality in his broad show of support for israel. listen to this. >> there's no time for neutrality or false equivalence or for excuses for the inexcusable. there is never any justification for terrorism and that's especially true in this rampage by hamas. and anyone who wants lasting peace and security for this region must condemn and isolate hamas. >> austin also arrived with shipments of weapons, the first of which have begun to arrive, according to officials we have spoken with. israel requested iron dome intercepters that the u.s. will provide. that's the job of often in the re oft austin in the region. he says he's working with and the u.s. is working with international aid organizations to

it's clear here but austin's wording that the u.s. trying to make sure that given all the tension in the region, giving all the anti-israel andant u.s. sentiment, the u.s. doing what it can to make sure that this response, this retaliation for the attacks on u.s. forces doesn't spread beyond this. and it doesn't spiral into something bigger in iraq and syria. an on going back and forth between the u.s. and these iranian-backed militias in syria. that comes clearly across in this statement from austin. austin also says that iran tried to hide from the responsibility, even as the u.s. called out iran for backing these groups. i'll read a short part of the statement. iran wants to hide their hand and deny role in the attacks against our forces. we'll not let them. he warns that if these attacks continue, the u.s. will further respond and take additional meas measures we have seen a warning from the pentagon and u.s. officials that they were expecting escalation because of the conflict in gaza and iranian-backed groups that may look to ta

and as we heard from lloyd austin tonight, the u.s. military action, these defensive strikes, if as you describe them, they do come amid the rising tensions in that region with the rising tension between israel and hamas, but also called these attacks and his words separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. they said they do not represent anything in the u.s. approach of the conflict. the simplest terms in this effort, it was an effort to restore a deterrent in the region. obviously, the u.s. is trying to avoid the situation that is already so dangerous involved right now from escalating in any further than it already has right now. but as the president said in the rose garden yesterday, i was with him during a news conference that took place there alongside the prime minister of australia, he delivered a clear warning to the ayatollah after these recent attacks largely by drone and by rockcut on a series of u.s. bases in iraq and in syria. he said my warning to the ayatollah staff was that if they contin

i'm sure that seven tear austin is speaking -- secretary austin speaking to the defense secretary of operation. the way -- you know, the two exceptions that the u.s. is not going to be involved with boots on the ground is, number one, special forces to support rescue operations and, two, if hezbollah opens a northern front in israel. hamas is using the hostages as human shields, we know that. that was intentional. it's why they took the hostages, so it's going to make the land invasion into gaza more difficult, but but the not going to defer the u.s -- deferer the the u.s. or israel. rich: defense department officials say there the will be no american boots on the ground here. is that the right call in. >> we need to do what has to be done to rescue and repatriate these americans, and if that means cooperating with the israelis on actually taking action, that needs to be on the table. but let's be clear, hostage rescue is among the most complex military operations that exists. it's not something that traditionally is left to conventional forces, it's generally a special operations mi

you have heard secretary austin, i used to work for secretary austin when we were in the army togetherbout now is not the time for revenge. if you're a professional military force, which i've served a lot of time, in a lot of operations with the israelis, i know many of the israelis that are out there fighting right now for the country. they are a professional force. when you're a professional force, you have to put the fact that something bad happened to your people and your country, and respect the rules of foreign conflict. and really do the right thing when you go in on the ground. it's all about humanity, and you have to protect the innocent people while still fighting the enemy. >> lieutenant general steph twitty. thank you very much for joining us. i appreciate your expertise. >>> and what makes this conflict different than other wars israel has experienced? the former israeli ambassador joins me in our next hour of "katy tur reports." stay with us. r reports. stay with us us school districts, which have become top targets for ransomware attacks. but there's never been a reporte

the next package of support was announced by the secretary of defense of the united states, lloyd austin, at a meeting of the contact room group on defense of ukraine in brussels. according to him, the package will include completely new air defense systems. they will soon be delivered to ukraine. there will also be artillery, rockets, and ammunition. pppo and weapons to combat russian drones. putin is once again preparing to use winter as a weapon against ukraine, and this must be prevented. this was stated by nato secretary general jen stoltenberg during a joint press conference with the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky before the start of another meeting in the ramstein format in brussels. air defense. is crucial for the protection of cities, economy and critical infrastructure of ukraine. this will help ukrainians to help themselves, because then their economy will function, then everything can work in ukraine, in turn it will increase their ability to finance and independently provide themselves with ammunition for war. putin is going to attack ukraine's energy system and gas

secretary austin continues to engage with his counterparts and leaders in the middle east. he conducted a series of calls which included discussions with the president of united emirates, and cat tar and secretary austin spoke with israeli minister of defense a few moments ago. he reiterated u.s. support for israel's right to defend itself and underscore the importance of safeguarding israelis. he emphasized any country or any group trying to take advantage of the situation in israel to try to widen the conflict should not think twice and doubt the resolve of the united states. and we stand ready and prepared to defend our partners and interests and we will act to do so. these calls will be posted to the d.o.d. website later today and with respect to u.s. support to israel, the first including munitions began arriving. this assistance is comprised of assistance by israel to provide munitions and joint, small bombs, one size military and other categories of critical. iron dome interpretors have been quickly provided to israel and in the days ahead we will be flying additiona

in fact this is coming from the defense department, from lloyd austin, the defense secretary. now reporting that act of president biden's direction u. s. military forces conducted a series of what the pentagon described as self-defense strikes on a pair of facilities in eastern syria used by iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps, commonly referred to as the irgc, and unaffiliated groups. they say that the self-defense strikes were response to a series of ongoing, and is the pentagon describes, mostly unsuccessful attack against u. s. personnel in iraq and syria by iranian-backed militia groups that began just about a week and a half ago, on october 17th. the white house, we should say the pentagon, in recent days, is nbc news was first to report, shared an american citizen, a contractor died from a cardiac incident and sheltering in place there. and separately the 21 u.s. troops suffered from minor injuries. but they are said to have all returned. but johnson, obviously it is significant because it is demonstrate for the first time with the u.s. has now responded to iranian

now, regarding what austin said and regarding what austin said and regarding israel will never targetthing that's obviously something very important to understand. hamas makes not one, but two, a violation is two sins against morality and humanity. one sin is the way attacks . the second is the way attacks. the second sin is the way it defends itself. it attacks civilians . itself. it attacks civilians. that's sin number one. it protects itself because it hides among civilians that is sin number two. now now, the people of gaza , many civilians in gaza. of gaza, many civilians in gaza. i've seen, sadly, are going to die . they're i've seen, sadly, are going to die. they're going to die because hamas used them as human defence shield . as we are defence shield. as we are talking, the israeli defence forces are asking the residents of gaza to leave gaza because they might be hurt and he knows asking them to stay in gaza for hamas themselves . so hamas are hamas themselves. so hamas are risking their own civilians, civilians will die. they might die by israeli bullets, but hamas are hama

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secretary austin spoke with, as i mentioned, his top commanders.e white house with the president and burns canceled a trip to the intelligence conference to remain in d.c. and wednesday and thursday in brussel and the october ukraine contact group is meeting this tuesday with about 50 defense and military leaders. that will include secretary austin and general brown. they will be in brussels. remember, there are also, molly, $2 billion of u.s. weapons that are stored in israel. looking in the coming days for some of the weapons to be, and the ammunition to be provided to israel as they go through some of their stock piles. molly. molly: good point. jennifer griffin, thank you. thank you for the look ahead and what to expect to come. griff: thank you. for more reaction let's bring in general jack keane, retired four-star general and strategic analyst. general, i want to gauge your thoughts picking up on where jennifer left off. obviously, the escalation letter here is going to move fairly swift and it's coming as we begin to fully understand just ho

secretary of defense lloyd austin and antony blinken as the u.s. pushing for diplomacy to prevent the conflict broadening. blinken is traveling to qatar, the meeting happened in jordan earlier today, he spent thursday in israel meeting with prime minister netanyahu has he works to secure evacuations and the release of americans held hostage in gaza. austin traveled in tel-aviv a few hours ago, he will be meeting with netanyahu and other high-ranking officials. alex marquardt joins us live from washington, d.c. such a show of how critical this is for the united states to have both of them there with these key meetings at the same time. what can you share? >> yeah, it really is. and that's the goal from both these men is to really to communicate this solidarity with israel as they retaliate against hamas. so austin arrived today, you can see him there getting off the plane, greeted by his israeli counterpart. he's expected to speak momentarily. he's also meeting with the israeli war cabinet as well as prime minister netanyahu. the pentagon and austin

blinken knows this and general austin knows it and mr. kish i kirby knows and so does president biden, the business about humanitarian pause is just politics pure and simple. and actually it is the worst kind. as israel is fighting for its very existence and "wall street journal" editor call,a anti-semitism is surging in the globe even in the west this shows how important it is to israel must win its fight for survival. shame on president biden. and company. for playing politics during wartime. but even if team biden tries to put the cuffs on the idf, israel and its leaders will never let them, all right? that is my quick riff. joining me now to talk about this and other things, 10/, tennessee senator bill hagerty. you heard mr. blinken and mr. austin, i don't want to get to personalities, i don't doubt their patriotism but i do not understand why they are so obsessed with this humanitarian aid pause. and whether or not it is a ceasefire. because it is a ceasefire, everyone knows it is a ceasefire. and further more, everyone knows humanit

reporter: would you support austin scott? mr. mccarthy: no, i would support jim. reporter: is it he have the votes to go for the floor? mr. mccarthy: we'll see. reporter: jim jordan said he was running for speaker now that you were ousted, what's your message to him. mr. mccarthy: i think jim is better prepared in the process to be speaker. i don't think it's right every democrat voted to create chaos and 4% of the republicans joined with them. i think today the men and women of our military got paid. if gaetz had his way, they wouldn't be paid and be sitting in the middle east. our border agents wouldn't be paid. but this whole time we haven't been able to follow through on our bills we're trying to get done, we haven't been able to do investigations. we've got 4% of the caucus that wants chaos. reporter: you think it will go to the floor today? mr. mccarthy: it will be up to them. reporter: do you think you'll come out with a gavel? mr. mccarthy: no. reporter: what do you say for your colleagues voting for you? mr. mccarthy: they just did in there but i would ha

welcome austin you have big shoes to fill. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner preston and thank you cac out going member rozell. and we should open this item to public comment. >> good morning. mr. austin roseys declare conflict of interests, first you don't select somebody result transparency it shows you don't want trans picious it is fine not conflict of interest no problem, you, too, because this is not the future of -- i will tell you more this afternoon you cannot say westboundize transportation pay attention now. i'm eric rose and he will want to thank supervisor preston for acknowledgment on the work i have done the left few years and want to thank the cay members for the hard work and dedication they do weekly and daily and he monthly to ensure the safety of the over all community. and those cta staff that ensure we are getting the information we need and supported in effort to ensure the city is safer and better served i want to thank all those that behind the scenes, too, sfmta, cal-trans, bart. there is effort this go in this work it is

a little shorter than lloyd austin.tting ready and bring you news as it happens, john. >> john: looking forward to that in the minutes ahead. a report from a nonpartisan government watchdog group finds the biden administration's policies on iran may have popped more than $50 billion into the regime's coffers. william la jeunesse following the story. >> it's not that the administration provides any funds directly to iran but rather allows it, critics say, to sell billions of dollars in oil in international markets in violation of u.s. sanctions. so in 2018, the trump administration imposed stiff sanctions on iranian oil and gas exports warning that anyone doing business with iran cannot do business with the u.s. the following here iran exported as little as 500,000 barrels of oil a day. under president biden, however, those exports have tripled without the same enforcement allowing iran to sell more oil mostly to china in violation of u.n. sanctions. >> we found over the course of the biden administration their policy ch

he was up against austin scott of georgia. the question will be what will austin scott do? does he decide to step aside and do austin scott supporters go and support jim jordan's candy dasy in? does that increase his totally or does another candidate step in if jordan decides to step aside. all big questions at the moment. still uncertainty about what congressman jordan -- congressman, was the vote 124-81? >> something like that. >> as you can tell, people have different recollections of what happened. the congressman said 124 to 81, something like that was the vote. we'll try to get a better sense of what the next steps are when we talk to more members as they come out here. at the moment, jim jordan, winning the republican nomination to be speaker after this week of a tumultuous moment in the house, completely paralyzed unable to do anything until they elect a speaker. can they elect one now, still a question, despite jordan's win. >> my conversations with house republicans that are reluctant to support jim jordan for speaker have centered on two issues. one of them, obvi

i, e and egypt. meanwhile, us defense secretary lloyd austin has arrived in israel. and a further show of solidarity is expected to discuss strategy and security in the gaza war with this really leaders, us officials say austin is going to meet israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu . we're going to go to villa, marks his life for us in tel aviv. the message that to enter the blinking gave was pretty clear. what can we expect from lloyd austin to the us defense the well rob, no doubt, a very similar message. it's worth noting that yesterday, while he was at a nato defend sexy meeting in brussels, he made it very clear that united states expects and a host. or is there any minute you to do what he called the right things when it pertains to the conflict in gaza, a reference to the possible precautions, all possible proportions of lincoln thoughts about yesterday to avoid civilian casualties. he's meeting with us now. who with us go on, we're expecting to hear from the 2 of them the to depends ministers. any moment now and also benny guns, the form of defense minis

[inaudible] >> of the honorable lloyd austin secretary of defense and mrs. charlene austin. reporter: secretary? [inaudible] tradition kept by president kennedy through biden.

secretary austin visited an airbase in israel. however security assistance continues to flow including munitions to meet israel's urgent needs. secretary austin issued an order to approximately 2000 deity personnel. should the present decide deny states will be in a position to rapidly deploy additional air defense and transportation and additional capabilities in the theater. close to be clear, no decisions have been made to deploy any of these forces at this time. this order only puts these forces -- these units on higher alert. the secretary will continue to assess our boys posture. also, secretary austin approved the extension of the four carrier strike group's deployment in the eastern mediterranean. they will be joined by the u.s. as i administration four. this shows our seriousness and commitment to deterrence. and last, the 26 million as a missionary unit move into the vision. this is an adaptable military force based on the justice components all operating under one command. because they are equipped to execute missions,

[inaudible] >> of the honorable lloyd austin secretary of defense and mrs. charlene austin. reporter: secretary? [inaudible] >> and now a photo opportunity for president biden and the australian prime minister in front of the white house. the president will escort prime minister all's to the dining room for the dinner. president ulysses as grant started the practice of honoring a foreign head of state with a dinner back in december of 1874. he hosted the then king of hawaii. over the years this specific photo opportunity has become

what can you tell us about austin scott? i think he was the class of 2010.was the president of that class. is he a popular choice? is he a middle-of-the-road choice? >> well, i think austin scott is serving a very particular purpose in this race. austin scott, as is mentioned, is not anybody who has ever established himself as a real leader in the conference, but he is someone who has stood out as someone who gets very frustrated by the freedom caucus meddling in the plans. he is as conservative as they come, but he was a regular visitor to the speaker's office when i was there, coming in, just could not believe what the freedom caucus was doing that day to screw up what was going on. i won't call him a hot head, but he runs hot, and it's very clear to me at this point when jim jordan was about to be going into this race without anybody challenging him, austin scott, i imagine, stood up and said i'm not going to let this happen. so, i look at him more as a protest candidate, that any votes for him are probably less about voting for austin scott, they're the