firas a wild card -- bibi netanyahu. firas maksad, a wild card -- bibi netanyahu.ksad, thank you for _ a wild card —— bibi netanyahu. firas maksad, thank you for coming on the programme. we are going to turn to gaza. israel says it's constructing a new direct land crossing into northern gaza, which will handle up to 50 aid trucks per day. idf spokesman daniel hagari said lessons were being implemented on how to better protect humanitarian agencies following what he called the "tragic" killing of seven aid workers in a misjudged israeli strike. us presidentjoe biden has been increasing pressure on the israeli government to do more to get aid to the people of gaza. melanie ward joins me now, ceo of medical aid for palestinians. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on . the programme._ what's the programme. good evening. what's our the programme. good evening. what's your assessment _ the programme. good evening. what's your assessment of _ the programme. good evening. what's

in anger that is visceral, almost, towards this administration continuing to have the back of bibi netanyahu the american people's will, and if you look at public polling and opinion here, stateside, it is increasingly against biden and blinken, it is a sense that this duo has mishandled how we not only deal with israel, our greatest ally in the region as it's often been said, but how we have a direct hand in the perpetuation of truly innocence being targeted by idf, and i think what chefjose undress has embarked upon is so remarkable and well—known in the washington, dc region and beyond, and for world central kitchen to have to question and to have been targeted, of course the reports are not full and known, but i have been speaking with friends of mine who are veterans who have credible accounts that are saying that these people were targeted in a short, in a small place, and not only that, it feels like this is the beginning, not of the end, but of really a moment in which us leadership no longer matters to israel's leadership —— chefjose andres. bibi sort of doubling down, if you will,

i'll talk about the state of the war, the pyruvate, widening and bibi netanyahu's political future with a special guest, former prime minister enough tally bennett also finland has been neutral since world war ii, but russia's invasion of ukraine spurred it to join nato after all, it shares an 800 mile border with russia. i will talk to the nordic nation's new president, alexander stub, who was in ukraine this week but first, here's my tick reporters have been noticing something new about donald trump's campaign events this time around. they often resemble religious revival meetings. the new york times notes that way his rallies will once improvised and volatile there is now feel more planned, solemn and infused with religion >> the closing 15 minutes >> evokes an evangelical altar call filled with references to god trump is a shrewd reader of his supporters and it's clearly seen what the data show. white evangelicals who make up about 14% of the population, made up about one-quarter of voters in the 2020 elections. and about three quarters of them voted for donald trump even more strik

yes, he's been at odds with bibi netanyahu, but u.s.missiles. >> they did the right thing. and i think politically this is a victory for the administration in this sense, or howie: you have got to be consistent. we've talked about the longevity of the relationship. we've talked about the importance of the relationship. when they waver especially as it relates to other israeli incursings -- incursions and policy decisions, it makes them look weaker, and i don't think it helps them as much as they think it might with a relatively small group of voters in various states. howard: griff, iran obviously was behind hamas' unspeakably brutal attack on october 7th, behind hezbollah's rocket attacks on israel always using other proxies. what's the anything safe cannes of a direct attack? because now it's war with israel, shadow war with i guess you could call it, now out in the open. >> that's a great question, and that's what this is all about, what happens next? what will israel's response be? because we're on this path of what appears to be an

i mean, i would say that biden has been extraordinarily frustrated in his dealings with bibi netanyahu, in part because every time that he has gone to counsel some form of advice that israel was not acting as long-term interests that it needed to allow in more than it needed to put off a certain military strikes that it needed to stop using 2000 pound bombs and crowded urban areas he was basically ignored. and just before this incident unfolded, of course, you saw biden hit a breaking 0.1 in which he said, if you don't follow our advice, including on not attacking in rafah, this could require a broad rethinking of the relationship. so the breach was pretty open. the question now is, does it remain that way or can he use this as a turning point since it was the us that was there helping intercept missiles last night one of the big questions is, who else can we bring into this? he's meeting the g7 today, but missing in that fareed are the two countries that have the most influence with iran russia, and china and i argue in new cold war's, but we've also discussed dusted other, other mome

maria: it is not self-defeating to have the commander in chief at the white house tell bibi netanyahu not to respond again? he actually on that phone call said you've got to win because you intercepted and allies intercepted the 300 drones so don't respond? on friday, the president said he was expecting iran to attack israel, quote, sooner rather than later, and he sent that message once again to iran, it's tnot the first time we heard it. it's the same m message they kep ignoring. >> what's your message to iran? >> don't. >> i have one word. don't. >> to any actor state or non-state trying to take advantage of this crisis to attack israel. don't. >> we have just one word. don't. maria: oh, god. give me a break. former secretary of state mike pompeo wrote this, so much for don't, when your secretary of state declares good moral ebbing veins between good and evil, you have bad guys wreaking destruction. your reaction. >> the word don't is not deterrence. we never want to see anybody take options off the table. you tell your enemy or adversary what you will or won't do. one of the reaso

he's urged bibi netanyahu to, quote, take the win. lationship of late. will netanyahu listen? >> so far, jonathan, the evidence is that netanyahu is largely not listened when it's come to the question of gaza. he has more at stake here. first of all, this was, as you just heard from david and ed and from katty, this was a remarkable advertisement for the investment made in missile defense. ten years ago, this would have been a very different outcome. but that said, we have crossed a rubicon here with the launch from israeli territory. because the taboo is gone at this moment. so the israelis will no longer feel compunctions about striking within iran. it may not be in this round, but we are at early stages of this. the other part of this to watch, which we haven't been discussing because this has been, fortunately, a conventional war, is in the years since president trump dropped out of the iran nuclear agreement, the iranians, first reluctantly, then with some enthusiasm, have begun building up their nuclear program. if they want to d

he's picking a fight with bibi netanyahu in the middle of the fight of his life. >> it's the failed foreigny aspect be. he's the weakest president we've ever had in foreign policy, the way he withdraw from afghanistan, i take of fence from that as an afghany veteran. people literally paid for by the united nations which is mostly the united states, helping hamas invade israel. we never talked about defunding them from the president's side. he has no consistency in his foreign policy, never holds anybody in gaza or palestinians accountable for not releasing hostages, he's not linking any sort of aid packages to that. he's only one sided. this is totally based on political expediency and it's not appreciated by people who understand what's going on. maria: there's an op-ed the journal, biden exploits a tragic israeli miss take. the wall street journal writes this, we say try because many people who know better including president biden seem to have foregotten arrows are a tragic and inevitable part of war. the president pandered to the anti-israel faction of his party by harshly condemning is

unfortunately and this is going to make it very difficult to get anybody in israel, not just bibi netanyahuntire israeli public will turn on not just the europeans who will start putting out arrest warrants, but they will turn on washington and president biden. >> ok, we leave it there for the moment. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> an update on the former president donald trump's criminal trial in new york the former president was signed nine -- find $9,000 for repeatedly violating the court gag order. the judge warned donald trump that if he continues to ignore the court's ban on attacking witnesses, jurors, and court staff, he could face jail time. the former president is accused of trying to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to the adult film actress stormy daniels over an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 election. he has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsify business records and denies the affair. now to kenya where at least 169 people have died after a week of severe flooding in the country. the president has announced people will be asked to evacuate from wednesd

. >> you point out that bibi netanyahu does benefit when the war goes in another direction. >> do you believe that bibi netanyahu will try to keep this work going because it keeps him an office and keeps avoid certain political and maybe legal problems. >> he has all occasions point to that conclusion. he has said publicly that he's going to continue with the war on gaza despite advice, even from his biggest supporter, which is the united states voices from europe, from the region. we're all saying stop this war. let's create a political path that will address the root cause of the issue that guarantee peace and security for palestinians and israelis unfortunately, the israeli prime minister continues to win the war on gaza, endangering does not just the palestinians endangering the whole region and hurting the interests of israel itself because the war is going to have to end and the dust will settle and once that happens, we're all going to have to grapple with their reality where we've lost 30 years of efforts to normalize the ideal p. so this is the challenge and we cannot have ne

he's been trying to steer bibi netanyahu's government into being, you know, more restrained in gaza to allow more humanitarian aid to come in to, to try to tell him to hold back response against, iran, but he's in a real bind here. it's both a national security bind, very real one, but also a political one. >> all right. you know, john, it's always great talking with you. we are out of time. so folks will have to tune in to you on the weekend to get the rest on what's going on with the ukraine foreign aid as well. right >> great. absolutely. and believe me, it's going to be a hell of a weekend. we've got big votes, in the in the house on saturday right before we come on the air, sunday morning. >> all right. see you then. thanks, john. all right. you think you can name your child anything? but california actually has limits. what many families are forced to leave out that's to what you can officially write on a birth certificate. currently, the law does not permit accent marks on official documents, not even when they're connected to cultural identities. but there's a new bill to try t

we're all finally paying attention to it in a way that the white house will be able to say to bibi netanyahu, you've got to change course. but netanyahu is hoping that he'll have a trump administration in a few months and the netanyahu government is allowed to stay in office for three years, as long as bb can keep his right-wing coalition together. >> evan, on that point biden and started out with a pretty full-throated support for israel but his message has changed as this war has progressed, as the civilian casualties have increased, and famine imminent. listen israel has the right to defend itself and his people full stop. we have made it clear to the israelis and they're aware the independent, the safety of innocent palestinians is still of great concern. the conduct of the response in gaza, in the gaza strip has been over the top i've been working nonstop to establish an immediate ceasefire that one last for six weeks to get all the prisoners released >> evan, what do you make of this evolution? >> yeah there is a very clear trend line here. one of the moments that was not in that monta

bibi netanyahu, no, danny gans spoke, that is, the main one, as if the oppositionist in the war cabinetover, the man who visited washington, the main contender for the post of prime minister, of course, here opposition, that’s why, by the way, i think that hans said, and hans said, we need a coalition to fight, which means, accordingly, with iran, we will strike then and in such ways as we deem necessary. as if you understand, well, as if there is no place, well, there will be some sanctions, there will be some blows, but again, these blows are, as it were , called by the united states now, even the united states is calling for restraint, and this means that of course the situation is like this , tactically, of course, the byne administration has shown that it has won, but what is it using it for, it uses it so that, god forbid, war doesn’t break out there now, well, here, firstly, because it’s not really clear how it will end, let’s start with this, and secondly, of course, well, that’s all , this will be the end of the administration, even before that moment... it will be ready to giv

there's no negotiating with hamas unless you're bibi netanyahu.re a parent or a loved one of one of these dead hostages, you have to ask, why was bibi netanyahu giving cash to hamas through qatar three weeks before their loved one was kidnapped, raped, brutalized, and sent to the tunnels of gaza? why did bibi netanyahu turn a blind eye to the plans of october 7th for a year beforehand? why did he turn a blind eye to the fact he knew in 2018, along with donald trump, how hamas was getting their money? they did nothing, nothing. >> yeah. i mean, just to be clear, to reiterate, it was hamas that perpetrated the horrific attacks on october 7th. >> right. >> they alone are responsible for that carnage. at the same time, it is also true, and it appears to be that we are learning even more about this, and the international community has learned much more in the past six months, that some of the policies that bibi netanyahu's government has been carrying out, you know, may have strengthened hamas, including ignoring those reports. we should be asking thos

it didn't work out for a variety of reasons, among them, bibi netanyahu's terrible leadership, a number of failed peace summits, we had a second intifada that broke out and the israelis imprisoned yasser arafat's headquarters in ramallah. he eventually became very sick and died. instead of yasser arafat, we got mahmoud abbas, who is now considered to be, in for a long time has been considered to be incapable of really serving the interests of palestinians or negotiating any kind of permanent peace. so there has to come a point in time when you stop labeling people and start being pragmatic and dealing with those who have the ability to make decisions that can be supported by their populations. but the united states, you know very well, especially since september 11, 2001, we have made an industry out of terrorism designations, sanctions, and it hasn't gotten us, it seems, any closer to a peaceful solution that we seek. so that is my editorial. please. >> thank you for a great program and a great panel. my question is, how effective is foreign policy in a presidential election? the avera

if bibi netanyahu brings the hostages home, will you support him to stay? the two. - i he needs to go just for the factl that 250 people were kidnapped. he needs to go. it doesn't matter if he| is bringing them back. the national unity that followed the hamas attacks is breaking down. six months on, israeli soldiers are still fighting an old enemy in gaza. but benjamin netanyahu is facing his own at home. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to dr tanya haj—hassan, a paediatric intensive care doctor who was working in al aqsa hospital in gaza up until last week. thank you very much forjoining us today. wa nt to want to begin with what you know about al—shifa. has any part of the hospital been left to the state that could function? i don't think that's a question to ask at this point. the reality is this is being described by news networks, by israeli spokespeople is a precise operation. the reality experienced by myself has not been that at all. this is not a war against hamas, this a war against civilians. and they are being eliminated. they'r

if bibi netanyahu brings the hostages home, will you support him to stay?eeds to go just for the fact that 250 people were kidnapped. he needs to go. it doesn't matter if he's bringing them back. the national unity that followed the hamas attacks is breaking down. six months on, israeli soldiers are still fighting an old enemy in gaza. but benjamin netanyahu is facing his own at home. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. looking at other stories in the headlines. imran khan has been in prison since august and will not be released because he still faces other convictions. the corruption case relates to the selling of state gets when he was in power. a search is under way in south korea for two men who are allegedly helping a jurbert install dozens of spy cameras and voting stations. authorities believe the pair are there compasses of the social media influencer who was arrested last week. early voting in south korea selections is due to take place on friday and saturday. he did not meet rescue 250 of its citizens in cambodia who are forced to run online sca

if bibi netanyahu brings the hostages home, will you support him to stay? just for the fact that 250 people were kidnapped. he needs to go. it doesn't matter if he's bringing them back. the national unity that followed the hamas attacks is breaking down. six months on, israeli soldiers are still fighting an old enemy in gaza. but benjamin netanyahu is facing his own at home. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a russian court has extended the pre—trial detention of a russian—american journalist by another two months. alsu kurmasheva was charged in 2023 with failing to self—register as a foreign agent, and for spreading false information about moscow's armed forces. thejournalist worked for radio free europe in prague. a pakistani court has suspended a fourteen—yearjail sentence handed to the former prime minister, imran khan, and his wife, bushra bibi, for corruption. mr khan, who's been in prison since august, won't be released because he still faces other convictions. the corruption case relates

if bibi netanyahu brings the hostages home, will you support him to stay?fact that 250 people were kidnapped. he needs to go. it doesn't matter if he's bringing them back. the national unity that followed the hamas attacks is breaking down. six months on, israeli soldiers are still fighting an old enemy in gaza. but benjamin netanyahu is facing his own at home. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the first step to restore a sea route into the port of baltimore is under way, nearly a week after a ship collided with the francis scott key bridge, causing it to collapse and killing six people. it left one of the us�*s largest ports inaccessible to shipping. this is the current scene in baltimore. the white house says president biden will visit the site on friday, where he'll inspect the damage and speak with state and local officials. on monday, salvage crews removed the first section of the bridge, and the us coast guard opened a temporary channel to allow some vessels to pass through to the baltimore port. maryland governor wes moore said crews are working

if bibi netanyahu brings the hostages home, will you support him to stay?eeds to go just for the fact that 250 people were kidnapped. he needs to go. it doesn't matter if he's bringing them back. the national unity that followed the hamas attacks is breaking down. six months on, israeli soldiers are still fighting an old enemy in gaza. but benjamin netanyahu is facing his own at home. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. north korea has fired a ballistic missile according to south korea's military. japan's coastguard said the apparent missile had already fallen into the sea outside of its exclusive economic zone. north korea's last missile test was on march 18, when leader kim jong—un guided a salvo launch of six short—range rockets at the same time. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a russian court has extended the pre—trial detention of a russian—american journalist by another two months. alsu kurmasheva was charged in 2023 with failing to self—register as a foreign agent, and for spreading false information about moscow's armed f

if bibi netanyahu brings the hostages home, will you support him to stay? relations between the two. he needs to go just for the fact that 250 people were kidnapped stop he needs to go. it doesn't matter if he is bringing them back. the national unity that followed the hamas attacks is breaking down. six months on, israeli soldiers are still fighting an old enemy in gaza. but benjamin netanyahu is facing his own at home. energy prices in england, wales and scotland have fallen to their lowest level for two years. the regulator's new price cap has come into force, meaning a household using a typical amount of energy will pay around £1,690 a year. that's a saving of more than £200. the cap sets the maximum amount suppliers can charge for each unit up of gas and electricity, but not the total bill, so if you use more, you'll pay more. here's kevin peachey. spring has arrived in the gardens of this east kent community centre, promising warmer months ahead. i love the daffodils. but locals are still feeling the chilling impact winter bills had on their finances

caller: he went on a tirade with joe biden and never said a word about bibi netanyahu. he is a right wing extremist from philadelphia. joe biden's administration has been saying you are not going to take land from palestine and pushing back against israel. but you will notice said. he went on to say democrats are doing anything for working people i am a local ironworker and the only one supporting me are the democrats. obama got health care care for the people. getting pushed back by all these conservatives. guest: quit line on me brother. i don't get a penny from conservatives and i am not supporting trumper the conservatives in the united states has vetoed a cease-fire. he has not inspired israel behind-the-scenes only millions of dollars for more military might. i am not supporting republicans and tell the truth about bottom. host: tom in ohio. on the republican mind. caller: i'm kind of impressed listening to you. i am curious about one thing in particular. everyone is down on the rich man guest: poor people have never been solely dependent on rich people. rich peop

if bibi netanyahu brings the hostages home, will you support him to stay? between the two. he needs to go just for the fact that 250 people were kidnapped. he needs to go. it doesn't matter if he's bringing them back. the national unity that followed the hamas attacks is breaking down. six months on, israeli soldiers are still fighting an old enemy in gaza. but benjamin netanyahu is facing his own at home. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's rejoinjeremy in northern israel. the war continues in gaza, as israel seemingly targets iranian revolutionary guards commanders in syria. what could all this mean for the region do you think? well i think what has happened, it's clear israel has carried out this raid. it is a major escalation in this shadow war that has been going on in parallel with what has been happening in gaza. now, tonight, evenin happening in gaza. now, tonight, even in the time i had been standing here, there has been an awful lot of israeli military air activity. lots ofjets in the sky. i suspect they are on patrol, they are there to tr

. >> in regard to my discussions with bibi netanyahu, congressman netanyahu, as well as our conversations with israel, i've been very blunt and the fact of the matter is that bibi and i had a long discussion. he agreed to do several things that related to number one getting more aid, both food and medicine into gaza and reducing significantly the civilian casualties and that action taken in the region. and thus far and it's tie today the hostages. the fact is that we're getting in somewhere in the last three days over 100 trucks. that's not enough, but there needs to be more and there's one more opening that has to take place in the north. so we'll see what he does in terms of meeting the commitments he made. >> biden's new conference there alongside the prime minister of japan. we'll have more on that summit a little later in the show. the president also spoke about iran's threat to retaliate against israel in last week's deadly blast at a consulate in syria. take a listen. >> as i told prime minister netanyahu, our commitment to israel's security against these threats from iran and its

a direct challenge to president biden, israel's bibi netanyahu says an invasion of rafah is going to

. >> speaker, it goes further than that, you've got a public fight, with bibi netanyahu in plain siteg we want new elections, you know, netanyahu no longer serves people of them israel, you know even though biden said you know our support of israel is ironclad adds but we will not be part any of retaliation to iran. >>. newt: they called iranians -- >> the administration, gone back to obama, the john kerry secretary of state consistently prior iranian they consistently bent over backyards for iranians tolerated iranian proxies shooting at killing americans tolerated houthis, backed by iranians, no matter what iranians do always one more excuse from biden for american inaction, but again imagine you are the ayatollah sitting in tehran fired 300 missiles, other against israel nothing happens there there are no consequences? you are going to facing -- people beyond being paper tigers you are going to think they are clowns no sense of historically reality this is very, very dangerous. maria: yep let's take a short break come back march retail sales ten minutes time talking about state of

you just -- you were over there, talking with bibi netanyahu, the prime minister -- a friend of mine., i have a date to go back to rafah. but at the same time, publicly the discussion is, they will hold off high he pulled out most of his brigades looking for a cease-fire with a hostage swap, is he going in or pulling out? >> i believe what they are doing is positions themselve to destroy hamas. they -- if you look at you know i was just there i met with idf and war cabinet, they are very focused on how to destroy hamas, they are not just staying in rafah they are coming up. they killed a lot of hamas at shifa hospital, they are all onboard to give -- get rid of hamas, they will destroy hamas, they american government needs to shut its mouth and let them to their job. larry: do you think, i asked senator joni ernst this, do you think that bidens have threatened to withhold ammunition and weaponry and god knows what if israel makes the final plunge, do you think that he would do it? >> i would fight like hell to make sure that does not happen, this is a dem case, only democracy in middl

told by multiple officials that the president will directly raise this anger, this concern, with bibi netanyahu, with prime minister netanyahu, when they speak today. as it relates to an investigation right now, i asked this official whether or not the u.s. is calling for an independent investigation. the u.s. has not called for that, though you did hear jose andres say as much. right now the u.s. is waiting for better understanding of exactly what israel's investigation will look like, with the president saying it must be transparent, that the results must be public and that it must be very thorough. those are some of the biggest takeaways ahead of the call. it is obviously a very tense moment in this relationship, i moment in a relationship that has already been very tense for the course of the last several months, and, jose, we're waiting for any better information for when it takes place. the vice president will be joining this conversation remotely as well as likely some of the national security advisers to the president as well. >> i understand you just returned from israel. what would yo

fight sanctions the administration chuck schumer got on the floor said we need new elections bibi netanyahu services people of israel how much did empower protests tacking people pro-palestinian chants how much are they empowered by this rhetoric from this administration? >> a entirely powered not a vacuum, chuck schumer comments biden administration nancy pelosi, 40 other democrats on letter saying we need cut off all arms trafrz that includes iron dome knocking hamas rockets out of sky iranian rockets out of the sky doesn't happen in vacuum not saying don't go into rafah we need a second state out of people we immediatelyly have to labor spotty supports of terror they impair radical individuals at columbia university or places to think they have justification for jew hate supported by biden administration. >> of course, they do, this is sick. anti-israel protesters on college campuses look at new york city last night, columbia university stopping one of its professors from entering the campus to lead a pro-israel rally claiming because the school cannot sure his safety so we can't have an

eastern time between bibi netanyahu and president biden. we don't know what the delay w was.e it to you when we get to it. we will continue to cover this breaking news let's get the perspective but literally in the eye of the storm, host of life, liberty and levin, normally he's been on for about two hours ago but special coverage tonight. what is it like there? >> very quiet. people there are not panicking, very strong. i think the people here have had enough, kicked off, attacked, raped. you say game changer. is anybody told they are leaking to nbc news? than 90 minutes the last drone that was taken out how they are worried about israelis will be to act, too aggressive, uptight about what they did in damascus, already trashing the israelis. trying to figure out how to respond militarily but how to respond within the definitions and boundaries of this lousy, awful biden administration imposing on them so great guy, israel needs to do this, israel needs to do that but israel is under attack by the administration. of course we the american people help israel these drones. this

. >> with regard to my discussions with bibi netanyahu, prime minister netanyahu as well as our relationshipith israel, i have been very blunt and straightforward with the prime minister as well as his war cabinet, as well as the cabinet, and the fact of the matter is that bibi and i had a long discussion. he agreed to do several things that related to number one getting more aid of both food and medicine into gaza and reducing significantly the attempts, the civilian casualties in any action taken in the region, and thus far and that's tied to the hostages. there are a number of hostages that are being held by the -- by hamas and just yesterday when meeting with the vice president or the national security adviser before that, and our american hostages as well, and they know how committed we are and the whole team to getting their loved ones home. we're not going to stop until we do. the new proposal on the table of bill burns led the effort for us, we're grateful, now up to hamas, they need to move on the proposal, and as i said we get these hostages home where they belong. and the fact is

i think what it tells you is that the biden administration is deeply frustrated with bibi netanyahu.re proportionate warfare. i think the most important thing here is this is in israel's best interest because what's happened is, in an overreaction to the terror attacks, israel is going overboard frankly just like we did after 9/11. biden, one of the best things biden said to israel was, learn from our mistakes. you know, donald rumsfeld once had, i wish he had actually followed his advice, but he said you've got to ask yourself, with your actions, are you creating more terrorists than you're killing by this action? that's what i would ask the israeli government. are you creating more terrorists than you're killing? [applause] >> stephen: his new book "age of revolutions" is available now. fareed zakaria, everybody. we'll be right back. >> stephen: good night! ♪ ♪

but the fact is, listen, bibi netanyahu comes from a general staff reconnaissance unit, he's excellentls are fantastic. israel will go forward without the support of the united states. our survival depends not on passiveness or submissiveness, but on aa depression. and this counterattack is key for strength in the middle east which is how you get peace. stuart: you saved the best til last. aaron cohen, thanks for joining us, sir. >>> coming up, in the pennsylvania wednesday, looked like the president was trying to follow donald trump's campaigning style. didn't really work. biden has to have everything controlled. his handlers won't let the media anywhere near him. if the election is bind at the gas station versus trump at the bodega, trump wins. that's my take, top of the hour. >>> business owners in pennsylvania unhappy with biden's economy. they say when trump was in, the economy was, quote, much better than it is now. we'll deal with that, top of the hour. ♪ ♪ after last month's massive solar flare added a 25th hour to the day, businesses are wondering "what should we do with it?"

a direct challenge to president biden, israel's bibi netanyahu says an invasion of rafah is going to happen. he says, quote, there is a date. he insists op wiping out hamas leadership. biden has said that if israel does that, there will be are con especially intentions like limiting the -- consequences like limiting the supply of weapons. that will be a significant diplomatic break. separately, pro-hamas demonstrators in america chanted death to america. on the campaign trail, biden has released a harsh political ad on abortion. he tells the story of a woman who nearly died after being denied an abortion in it's. the ad says, this is trump's fault. >>> to the marks, fairly quiet so far this week. the dow up maybe 30-odd points at the opening bell, nasdaq up maybe 70. you'd better take a look at gold. we've got another record high. $2,368 per ounce. i believe that's the 15th record high for gold this calendar year. no retreat for interest rates. the 10-year yield withs 4.39 as we speak. and the 2-year, it's getting closer to that 5% level. it's getting closer. we're now at 4.76%. reme

however, there is nothing, there is no carrot that president biden can give to bibi netanyahu to makestate solution. he is full speed ahead trying to take palestinians off the map. this is something that he is basically violating international law and he is absolutely fine doing so. but i do think the death of the aid workers has really changed the tone here and it has put a spotlight on something that a lot of advocates have been calling on president biden to do for a while. i am very thankful for the posturing he is taken and i am hopeful at some point, this is not the first. there will be restriction to the funding. it appears we are funding a war that is literally killing thousands of innocent civilians. >> more than 196 aid workers who have been killed. real quickly, because we are out of time. i have to catch up on this. earlier this week, house republicans put forth a bill that would rename washington dulles' airport after donald trump. and house democrats responded by introducing a bill that would rename a federal prison in florida after trump. real fast, what do you make of t

the president has a phone call scheduled with bibi netanyahu today, critical to the war on hamas, biden's support for israel and democrats' support for biden. >>> to the markets. it's been a down week so far. modest gains premarket today. well, not so modest, dow up 200, nasdaq up 164 points. that is almost 1. disney's ceo with, bob iger, beat activist invest ifer nelson peltz by a wide margin in their fight over board seats. the stock has a barely budged, it's up all of 68 cents this morning. >>> interest rates are trending higher. the yield on the 10-year treasury way above 4.25%, same with the 2-year, it is way above $4.5%4.68 right now. gold making new highs, we're at $3 2-- 2,307 an ounce. that's clearly close to new highs. oil, $85 a barrel but gas has started to move up. regular up 2 cents overnight to an average of $3.56. diesel up 1 cent at $4.03. we'll get to it, here it is. bitcoin holding around $66,700 per coin. all right. on the hoe today, the president -- show today, the president shows up an hour late for a presentation on drug prices. he'd been using a machine that keeps

hala's excellent reporting, the hostages, that internal pressure, i think, is starting to build on bibi netanyahut's hope the israelis do not go into rafah, going down to one brigade is a very good sign. >> more than 130 hostages still being held now for six months inside of gaza. admiral, let's look at the iranian side about this. we know the strike from the idf that took out some of the leadership of the iranian military inside of syria. iran has promised retaliation. they say no israeli embassy is safe. what do you expect to come here? >> the iranians are clearly telegraphing they are going to conduct a strike. i would say it will be some time in the next week if not a bit sooner. number two, they'll probably move proportionally here, meaning that they'll go after an embassy somewhere of israel, somewhere they could have a lot of capability t. could be be in south america. it could be in sub-saharan africa. iran has tentacles all around the world. look for a strike. look for proportionate -- here is a sliver of good news. what i don't perceive is iran escalating the conflict here. iran doesn't

you talked to bibi netanyahu and so forth.a good friend, for heavens sakes, and i'm a huge supporter, he said i have a date to go back into rafah but at the same time publicly the discussion is, they're going to hold off, he pulled out most of his brigades and they are looking for a cease-fire with some kind of hostage swap. so is he going in or is he pulling out, senator scott? >> i believe what they're doing is they're positioning themselves to destroy hamas and if you look at, i over there met with idf, met with the war cabinet. they are very focused how to destroy hamas. hamas is not just staying in rafah. they are coming up. they killed a lot of hamas at the schiff view hospital recently. so they're still all on board to get rid of hamas. everyone i talked to there is on board. they're going to destroy hamas. the american government needs to shut its mouth and let them go do their job. larry: do you think, i asked senator earns this, do you think bidens, the bidens threatened to withhold ammunition, weaponry, got knows wh

you had chuck schumer the other day saying we need new elections in israel, bibi netanyahu no longerrest of israel and the people there. and then you had joe biden come out and say, oh, what a great speech chuck schumer just gave. ted cruz was on this program last week, and senator from texas said look at the leadership are, the democrats' leadership, schumer and pelosi, they have also been, you know, fueling this anti-semitism in many ways. >> and ted was my former student, and i'm very proud of the way he has stood up for israel against the democrats. look, the squad has been virulently anti-israel, and we have not seen from the democratic party a single, unequivocal statement simply condemning the lies. israel's committing genocide? they have had fewer civilian casualties in proportion to combatants than any country in modern history. it's just a series of lies. maria: terrible. [audio difficulty] >> by president biden when he created this moral equivalence between people who are -- and murdering and people who are saying, well, wait a minute. maybe the palestinians are being hurt

is that about bibi netanyahu? what's the sentiment amongst the israeli people? i think, are both about a frustration that the war is not yet won because not everyone understands in israel it's because biden has given a red light and stopped israel short of success. there's also frustration with prime minister netanyahu. but most israeli, the overwhelming percentage of israelis are committed to fighting this war to the very end until a hamas and hezbollah are both defeated. pete: hezbollah's defeated in the north? is that part of the war -- >> absolutely, because this is not just a war against hamas, right? if on october 7th it wasn't just hamas if that attacked. hezbollah attacked. all iran'sal allies and puppets in the area encircled israel. closes to 100,000 people who live in northern israel are outside of their homes, refugees, internally displaced people. israel's effective territory has shrunk both in the north and the south. israel cannot live with parts of the country uninhabitable due to rocket fire. pete: so in the south against hamas, how quickly coul

israeli prime minister bibi netanyahu yesterday saying israel has set a date for the invasion of rafahis no force in the world that will stop us. once again, defying white house warnings that such a move would be a catastrophe for civilians. a look at khan yunis giving us an idea what have that means, an nbc news crew filmed this footage of palestinians returning home after the idf pulled out, finding their city in absolute ruins. homes, mosques, shops, destroyed beyond repair. i want to bring in nbc's hala gorani reporting from tel aviv and kelly o'donnell in washington for us as well. if you will start things off for us, i know you have new reporting on where those ceasefire talks stand right now, walk us through it. >> reporter: indeed. we spoke with an israeli official from the prime minister's office who is privy to those conversations that take place in the war cabinet and there are many sticking points, many obstacles as you can imagine in these ceasefire negotiations, not least of course the number of hostages that would be released, how long any pause in hostilities would last

but at the same time, he just delivered to bibi netanyahu on just about the six-month anniversary of the attack the harshest message i think i have seen an american president give and israeli prime minister, which is basically israel's conduct of the war, has to change. or the united states will reconsider its policy. and by that it means conditioning that arms aid so you've got a lot of moving parts. you have biden-netanyahu and then you have congress where the president's under pressure from the left of his own party as well >> and this also coming after deadly israeli strike, killing seven humanitarian workers with world kitchen. so my didn't did speak with the prime minister netanyahu this week following that tragedy. and israel also announced that it would reopen the erez crossing and that apparently is supposed to be happening today. does this or might it make an impact with the humanitarian crisis that only seems to be growing right now >> it could make a difference on the edges, but not the primary one that crossing is in the north, most of the trucks which have been coming i

so just last week, prime minister bibi netanyahu is stated. so what's happening on americans colleges campuses is horrific. so these protests have gotten the israeli government's attention. as schools begin to have graduation ceremonies and transition too few to no classes during the summer season, we'll see if protesters can keep that attention. >> right. nicole. so the pressure is not only on benjamin netanyahu's certainly president joe biden is failing. it isn't it? i mean, this is really really going to impact his campaign absolutely. >> a young people are by and large very worried about this this conflict in gaza. >> many young voters what those that we've considered to be in gen z hold joe biden responsible for not having the ceasefire in place? for a peace plan, whether that's fair or not, is for the voters for design but that's certainly what many and gen z feel. >> yeah, they probably need to look at the alternative as well. chris, thank you so much for joining us. >> appreciate it. >> thank you so much. resume for having me coming up

officials and israeli officials including president biden and bibi netanyahu over the weekend.round incursion in rafah, president biden like many u.s. officials telling the israelis that the u.s. disagrees with the idea of a large scale invasion of rafah. because of the tremendous toll it could take on the more than 1 million civilians who are there right now without any kind of a real concrete plan for israel to get the civilians to safety. now, because of this potential -- the concern here is that if israel goes forward with this invasion of rafah, it could spell disaster for any kind of chance for hamas to agree to a cease fire and agree to release any of those hostages left there. again, katy, the situation is urgent, and there's a lot of concern that there may only be a matter of days before it could get to a place where they can't agree to any kind of a cease fire and hostage deal. >> and blinken calling this proposal, the offer by israel extraordinarily generous, saying it would be a sustained piece, a sustained period of calm while this hostage deal comes through. only

nick: there are some democrats who are wanting president biden to use more leverage on bibi netanyahuy and condition military aid until israel takes certain steps when it comes to the war in gaza. do you believe they should condition military aid? dennis: no, especially right after israel has just been targeted with more than 300 and 50 cruise missiles, drones and ballistic missiles. i think that would be the wrong signal to send right now, especially vis-a-vis the iranian and many of their proxies. nick: do you believe the u.s. can exert pressure on israel, especially when it comes to gaza and how israel wages that war separate from how israel responds to iran? khaled: absolutely. there is no question that the lack of consequences is why we have this humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in gaza, where we are now at the fastest any population has reached the state of famine in recorded history. so there is a lot the u.s. can do. it can and should condition military assistance at a very minimum, it could hold up the offensive weapons, the massive 2000 pound bombs that do what president b

to leader level conversation some of those very serious concerns are going to be presented to bibi netanyahu. now, as far as the policies that the administration is pursuing toward israel, the sharp rhetoric that we've seen coming out of the administration this week, both privately and publicly. now appears increasingly divorced from what the administration's stated policy on israel still is the white house was asked to repeatedly in recent days, whether there would be consequences for israel and conditions placed on military aid as a result of these strikes on civilians. and here's how nsc spokesman john kirby, answer that question again today. >> while we make no bones about the fact that we have certain issues about some of the way things are being done. we also make no bones about the fact that israel is going to continue to have american support for the fight that they're in to eliminate the threat from hamas and yet the chorus is growing for the us to place conditions on those aid from outside groups. we will see whether there is any change in tac after that phone call tomorrow, wolf,