bill burns is a veteran diplomat. also the israelis named the head of moussad to be the point person. it made sense for his counterpart, bill burns, to be involved in the conversations. what is complicated on the israeli side is if there are agreements -- we've seen this in the past. the u.s., israel, qatar and egypt come to an agreement, but that has to be taken back to the israeli government. then it becomes more political and decisions are made among various israeli politicians. the conversations are taking place, but then they're agreed to on the israeli side of things on the political side of things. >> yes, the stakes are enormous. alex, thank you. thanks to oren as well. >>> as the negotiations are continuing over extending the temporary truce, i want some perspective from someone who was involved in the al qaeda hos hostages. during his tenure he directly managed the interagency response to 400 international kidnapping situations. dan, thank you for joining us. secretary blinken will be traveling to israel in

the the c i a direct to bill burns is also heading into the region. isn't they want, does this visit me? so this is the ca directors 1st visit to the region since the war began, but it's not the only stop on his list. this is part of the binding interest ration plan to continuously show with support for israel, but also the americans are trying to see if these really is can mitigate the way they are attacking the gaza strip. perhaps seeing if they can target him as differently to try and really prevent the high civilian death toll that we've been seeing. now. bill burns will also go to papa and he'll go to jordan, the united arab emirates, and egypt and bill discuss interest of mutual concern there. on the top of that list is the ongoing humanitarian disaster that is unfolding inside of gaza. the 2nd intelligence when it comes to perhaps the release of the captive to see what the c i a director can do when he's meeting with intelligence counter parts. and the 3rd is the americans trying to reiterate the commitment to the regional allies that they do n

this meeting with cia director bill burns and the qatari and egyptian counterparts are a pivotal moment, because this is the what we believe is going to be the fifth pause which will continue into the sixth day, and burns has become the point person for the biden administration when it is coming to the administration, and he has been engaging with the qatari and the egyptian counterparts to nail this down for the women and children over the course of five days, but certainly, the biden administration wants to extend the pause in the fighting, and get more hostages out, but not just women and children, but men. and there are seven american men who have ties to the idf soldiers, and the idf soldiers and there are many of them, and it is going to be tough, and hamas is going to want to exact a high price for them, kaitlan. >> and alex, the longer this pause goes on, and i mean, b bigger the question is what israel is going to do. it is quiet in gaza, and there is no fighting. they have time to regroup from constant bombardment from the skies, and the ground invasion from gaza, but the ques

bill burns is often dispatched by the u.s. president to some of the most intractable situations in the world. it was burns who the president sent to russia in the weeks before the invasion of ukraine to assess russian intentions, deliver u.s. opposition to that invasion. he's often tasked with some of the most difficult jobs. i think you can put that in this category, particularly as u.s. efforts to date have not been able to unify the arab world in. looking for that humanitarian pause, a cease-fire of sorts if they can manage one in gaza. >> i'm sure the israelis would love to have as much assistance as possible in trying to locate the hamas leaders. i would think that's on the agenda as well. jim, what sort of activity are you seeing in northern israel right now? >> reporter: a definite step up, jim, in the last several hours. we've been up here for a couple weeks. there's been a constant slow burn, crossfire at the northern border. it's gone up and down at times. in the last half day or so, it's definitely accelerated in bot

cia director bill burns was in qatar for meetings today where i'm told he pushed for an expanded hostage deal that would include men and potentially idf soldiers. we don't know where that is going to lead. what we know right now is that ten more israelis who are being held hostage for more than 52 days are back home tonight as well as two thai citizens who are being held hostage have been released. we saw them being handed over in rafah earlier tonight. in the video, large crowds are lining the street and cheering as the hostages are paraded through members of hamas. some could be heard chanting while an elderly woman was being transferred in a wheelchair. today's freed hostages are adult women, except one. 17-year-old mia. she was released along with her mother. and it turns out their family dog was with them. no americans are a part of the group. white house says they are hopeful some could be released tomorrow on day six when this truce is set to expire. also, not released, the youngest hostage, a 10-month-old, a hostage for 53 days now along with his 4-year-old brother. 53 days. we h

that's why cia director bill burns was in doha today. he was meeting with the qatari israeli egyptian counterparts, to try to see if a second extension to this truce is possible, and what could come after that, and what it will take to make that happen. i'm joined tonight by axios foreign policy reporter barack ravid. i'm also happy to note, is also cnn's newest political and foreign policy analysts. barack, it's so great to have you, especially given how well sourced you have been in all of this. on this matter tonight, how likely is an extension? what are your sources saying about how long that extension could go on, if there is one? >> good evening caitlin, it's great to be here. i am still under the impression of the previous interview did, just, it's just very hard to watch this. and you know, this crazy situation. but to your question, i think your question is very much connected to this interview. because, one of the things that bill burns, the director of the cia, and the prime minister of qatar, shake muhammad -- , and the egypt

tonight, cia director bill burns holding high-level talks in qatar, pushing for a hostage deal, including americans. in israel, emotional reunions, like thomas hand's hug of his daughter, emily. followed by the trauma. tonight, thomas telling cnn emily cries herself to sleep and thought she was in captivity for a year. >> the most shocking, disturbing part of meeting her was she was just whispering. couldn't hear her. i had to put my ear on her lips, like this close, and say, "what did you say?" "i thought you were kidnapped." she didn't know what the hell happened, apart from that morning. so, she's presumed everyone's kidnapped or killed or slaughtered or -- she had no idea. >> reporter: in tel aviv tonight, a rally, balloons lofted skyward, demanding the release of the two youngest hostages, 10-month-old kfir, 4-year-old aviv, and their mother, shiri bibas. seen here being taken captive on october 7th. and like every hostage family, every night, shiri's cousin yifat zailer-paz gets a call from the idf, telling whether those babies are on the list. >> and he calls me a few times a day,

>> as you point out, bill burns is working i know very closely with the qatari officials, as well as the head, this is the intelligence channel where the sensitive discussions, negotiations are going on. clearly it's in hamas's interest to try to extend the truce. they are seeking to be able to benefit somewhat in the pause of the fighting to reposition fighters, move some of their weapons and other types of things. at the same time, the israelis are interested in getting more hostages out. what bill burns is trying to do is to see whether or not there can be some arrangement where this truce is going to be extended, but also to try to get as many hostages out as possible. hamas might raise the stakes when it comes to getting men out, and certainly idf personnel that are in the custody of hamas or any of these other palestinian terrorist groups in gaza. i'm sure that bill burns is doing everything possible to try to facilitate an extension of the truce and the hostage exchange. >> you mentioned the concern that keeps coming up when we talk about this pause, and that is that every day

now, bill burns, i think it's interesting. he went to 1st israel then to egypt and that a cutter. these are the 3 countries that can make this happen. so people who followed his career say it is likely that he is there to focus on the hostages and to see just how close they are to getting the deal done. so. so there's a lot of moving in the right direction on the hostages. that will be a main focus about burns is up to and how mice and, and israel at times they'll take this, maxim was positions, we won't do this unless all of that happens. but both sides are also talking about women for women, children, for children, elderly, for elderly fighters, for fighters. so when you have that type of rhetoric, there is a glimmer of hope that some hostages will survive and be reduced. bill burns has an intelligence now, but he really spent most of his career in the state department and he is probably one of the most well respected members invite in ministration in that region. so we believe after this that he's going to go to jordan, where he used to be the us and bassett. or then there may

the negotiations with bill burns, the head of the mossad, qatari intelligence officials are crucial.y want to expand this truce program which has been only now limited to women and children in exchange for female palestinian prisoners and minors. they want to expand it to men. they want to potentially expand it to military age men and women. if they can -- the hope is if they can start tackling the more complex issues, start tackling the -- getting more to the heart of the matter, that this could parlay into a larger peace deal. the israelis say they are not looking for a peace deal with hamas. they might be open to a larger hostage for prisoner swap. they are interested in that, depend on what the terms might be. israel as this point is still talking about maintaining its core goal of destroying hamas, but it first wants to get as many hostages out as possible, of all kinds of hostages, including men and women. >> it's important context. thank you so much, richard engel. one of the reasons bill burns is so effective is that before he was a russia expert and our ambassador to moscow

bill burns is going to discuss with these really prime minister with these really defense minister and will san chief and all other defense and security officials. there is a list of things on the agenda for when he comes to the region. but the main one is to ensure americans support for the israelis and the binding administration has been continuously voicing support for israel support for it's war. however, they are looking to see if there is another approach that israel has when conducting its war in gaza, they're looking for a more targeted approach to reduce the number of civilian casualties. now the c i a director on his like terry will also go to the top of egypt to the united arab emirates and jordan. and there they will discuss issues of mutual concern. the 1st is the humanitarian disaster that has been continuously unfolding and signed have gone to the 2nd is perhaps intelligence that he could work with. these regional partners to free the captives currently being held inside of the strip. and the 3rd is the united states reiterating its support to not have non state actors g

one is simply the personal stature that bill burns brings to the situations. the credibility, and outstanding function that he has as a professional diplomat, without parallel, gives him a lot of trust and credibility around the world. secondly, intelligence channels have proven to be an effective means of negotiation. they tend to offer enduring and lasting trusted channels that tend to be more resilient to shifting political wins. they provide a trusted channel for some time. this is tentativeness. this is from the equipment administration. this is interlocking between the palestinians and israelis. >> is has been cast by trenton's administration as an intelligence failure. the u.s. has left a lot of this up to israel, keeping tabs on hamas and other palestinian groups. after this, do you think the intelligence community is going to make more of an effort so that they can have their own intelligence? >> this is within the administration, as well as congress, having a more intendant, independence, and intended trails. they are trying to offer assistance to th

our cia director bill burns is back in qatar, as you heard, pushing for a broader deal. this to include military soldiers in this one, and he is set to play a key role in the negotiation, and he is going to meet with the qatari and egyptian counterparts. i am joined by cia operative bob bare, and how significant is it that the director of the cia is back in qatar to talk to the qataris and the egyptians and israelis and hamas, and the importance of him being there. >> well, the importance is that he is a season diplomat, and a very good diplomat, and abled cia agent, and very discrete and cia communications are secure, and so any sensitive discussions that the president knows will be held tightly, and so that is why burns is there, but what burns would lo ve to do, and i am speculating here is a permanent cease-fire, because right now, the israelis are intent on resuming the war and going south, and there is no such thing as precision strikes in gaza, and it is not possible, because it is built up. israeli intelligence is not good enough. so we are at a threshold. will t

i do want to go back to the visit of a bill burns. so his exact item or is unclear, but we do think that he's, i mean he is visiting our countries. we think jordan cats are, that you a, what do you think will happen there? and what will you be looking out for, or what, what's interesting is that it's, it's sort of clear that many air of states that have normalize relations with these ro, or my deals with these are on the last 203040 is jordan age. if you, a savvy, potentially was about, say, when they're coming 612 months and realize what a charade, those deals with, that when something like this happens is catastrophe of all type of save and then ease rouse, isolated grateful response in gaza. it's clear that the vast majority people in the arab muslim world do not support is rarely actions, and therefore our bleed is not elected. are clearly speaking, we hang on both sides of the fence, then not giving israel a support. these rob would have hives all the way, so they've signing all my said double game. and i think it's clear that ma

the 2nd thing is the bill burns knows the middle east of the world really well. he's been there, has invested or is he knows the region. he knows the people. he understands them very well. and people have huge respect for him because he's, he's a such a decent fellow as an individual. he listens, he's low key is not giving you orders like other people are. he really understands the human dimension of things and sort of 4 years ahead of the c. i use the top security or intelligence officer in the united states. so all of these things i think, makes his visit particularly important. what will come out of head room has to be seen, but there's a better chance or something decent happening with him. that was sort of the other officials who half of them are amateurs and the other half are just doing expedient policy politics. he's a, he's coming into a region that you might say, he's beginning to read the room and he's making his way towards the basement side of the lounge, which is the hall where he knows that those in that room dealing with the very sensitive issue o

talk about the importance of bill burns going to doha and beginning these negotiations with the head atar. >> it's interesting. i worked with bill for decades. very unassuming and low key, but probably the most experienced diplomat we have. he is in, you know, the cia role, but what is interesting is the administration is using him as a third principal, alongside the secretary of state and the national security adviser. bill played a critical role with russia. he was ambassador there, knows putin probably better than any american official. he was ambassador to jordan earlier in his career, knows a lot of officials in the -- you know, throughout the middle east. what we're also seeing on things like hostage type negotiations, the fact that he is there, the head of mossad, how it is conducted, it's usually through qatar, and that's how you reach hamas. it is go-betweens. bill has taken on a role that's far beyond providing intelligence support. he is the third principal on the foreign policy economic front. if there is a second biden administration, he could be in line for something lik

that would be a bill burns job. right. so the fact he's coming to them it leaves as soon as i heard that i'm saying all some things going on, something that we don't know about it because i think the smoke screens that's bancwest john. he read for a copy as either by jake side of the national 2nd star advisor or bill burns demand with the, with the sort of mission impossible to see what. so what is going on behind to see now we need to find out, is there something about the war has to come to an end within a certain period of time, because any war is going to have, you know, stuff in the timeline right here. and clearly the window is closing on america's capacity to defend is or is war crimes and gaza. and clearly with this kind of rock, i think the story in gaza and the war spreading into the west bank and put attention 11 on all of that. really adds to the pressure on the idea that america needs to wind this thing down. the top of peace, as we just said, is humbug. no one is buying it's fennel this year. so what to do ne

and we're hearing this morning that the cia director bill burns is in doha, meeting with top officials there, top egyptian officials, and the head of mossad as well. they're talking about what is the future of this agreement. what i'm told by an israeli official is he is there pushing for an expanded deal. that's a deal that would not just include women and children, as this deal does right now, but also men. we know there are a lot of elderly men still being held, a lot of young men who were kidnapped from that music festival, and also idf soldiers, both men and women. he's there pushing for that. whether or not hamas is open to that remains to be seen. it would mean more days of this temporary truce, but it is all still an open question of what's going to come next, because israel has made quite clear they are intent on resuming that military campaign in gaza, not just the one ongoing now, but also potentially moving to the south. they have been pretty open about telegraphing that. we're waiting to see what is the outcome of those negotiations that the cia director is involved in rig

cia director bill burns arrived today in doha, qatar, after meetings with officials there, including, a source tells us, his adoptions and israeli counterparts. another source familiar with the trip tells cnn, that discussions are part of a push for a broader hostage deal, expanding beyond the current women and children. in the meantime, truth >> reporter: -- israeli military operations continue in the west bank. tonight saw clashes in jenin, with fighting near a local refugee camp. the idf telling us is conducting, quote, counterterrorism activities in the area, but not providing any other details, except to say it's expected to continue overnight. oren liebermann joins us now. what do we know about the hostages released, and their conditions? >> anderson, this played out as it has, over the course of the past several nights. over several, hours the hostages being transferred from hamas to the red cross, to the idf and into the hospitals. eight of, them taking to the chief of medical center, -- both of those in or near tel aviv. and then the two thai nationals, taken to -- medical ce

director bill burns visiting israel and other countries in the region as other diplomats have gone the same over the last few weeks. he's going to talk about the war in gaza and why it matters section. mr. burns' trip is part of the biden administration's ongoing engagement with key parties in an effort to get a human humanitarian pause. he's expected to beat with prime minister netanyahu, defense chief, and other senior defense intelligence officials. he's also expected to visit qatar which played a key role in the release of hostages. that played a central role in getting humanitarian aid in gaza. when it comes to the secretary of state, tony blinken, it was on sunday, yesterday, he met and went to the west bank to meet with the palestinian authority president and stopped in baghdad for talks with the iraqi prime minister. he also impressed israeli leaders for a humanitarian pause to aloud aid and people out of gaza. he asked them to limit civilian cash utes -- casualties. that's the latest, when it comes to what's been going on for about a month now for jewish americans in the audie

up public pressure on israel and hamas to extend their truce, even longer, with the cia director bill burnsqatar today. a sign of how tenuous the deal is, israel and hamas today accusing each other of breaking the truce in a reported clash in north gaza. the israel army announced the death of three soldiers who have been taken hostage and are declared dead in captivity. more releases arexpected today after 11 others, women and children all from one kibbutz were handed over. 170 people, including ten mens, are still being held. two of those americans are believed to be women. the mother of a 13-year-old israeli hostage is beginning -- just begging for her return. >> she's asmatic. it's time to see the children. >> the u.s. is pressuring israel to limit any future operations in southern gaza given the massive displacement of palestinians who fled south. 80% of the population has been displaced overall, according to the u.n. the white house announced the first of three flights with humanitarian aid from the u.s. for gaza arrived in egypt today. joining me now is nbc news chief foreign correspo

all eyes on bill burns to see what is possible. he has the full confidence of the u.s. president. he also is talking with counter parties who have standing in the israeli cabinet, and that's critical because they need to be able to get a deal past the israeli cabinet as well. i'm likely to support whatever measure the americans and israeli cans accede to that's going to get more hostages home because that's the top priority so long as it still affords israel the military latitude it needs to pursue and destroy hamas because there will be more hostages in the future if hamas is allowed to remain in governance of gaza, and that's not my opinion of the situation. that's what hamas itself has said it intends to do. >> so congressman, let's talk about some growing divides, though, in your party about exactly that. there are some in up your words outliers from democrats that are called on the u.s. to support a full cease-fire. we also heard from the president over the weekend used to the idea of putting some conditions on israeli aid although the administration has walked that back some

in the famous message by the current head of the cia, bill burns, which he wrote in 2008 to candalisirs. nato's expansion to the east. it was written: look, not only putin, every person in moscow, even people who hate putin, are united by the idea that any attempt to admit ukraine into nato poses an existential threat to russia and the russians will have to invade ukraine if such an attempt is made, they knew and ignored these threats, and i am absolutely sure tucker that one of the greatest indifferent deceptions they were ready to bring to sacrifice. ukraine for the sake of a retaliatory strike against russia. i think they wanted revenge on russia for its alleged role in donald trump's 2016 election victory in hillary clinton's defeat. and they were ready to sacrifice an entire country, to destroy tens of thousands of young people who did not want to fight, in order to achieve their political goal, to take revenge on russia. what a great war. we don't need to lose our own. ukrainians die for us, and we just spend a lot of money. but americans don’t die, only ukrainians die for our g

cia director bill burns is in qatar for talks on a broader hostage deal, a further extension of the truce, and long-term solutions. that according to a senior administration official. administration officials also saying the u.s. has told israel to avoid significant further displacement of palestinian civilians in southern gaza if and when fighting resumes noting the u.s. does not support israeli forces moving in the south without a plan to protect the civilians seeking refuge from violence in the north. the first plane of u.s. aid for gaza arrived in egypt today. humanitarian organizations pressing for more help. >> there's still a lot of people living among the rubble. >> reporter: some democratic lawmakers are calling for conditions on aid to israel to ensure the country complies with international law calling the civilian death toll in gaza unacceptable. others pushing back. >> if the senate democrats want to vote to tie the hands of israeli soldiers as they defend their country against vicious terrorists, i welcome such a debate. >> reporter: while in israel, the focus remains on hos

this morning, cia director bill burns is in the middle east in hopes of negotiating another extension to that cease fire and the release of more hostages. israel says there are now 161 people being held hostage in gaza after hamas released 12 more people yesterday. that includes 17 year old mia lindberg and her dog. they survived over 50 days of captivity so far. hamas released one american hostage and nine others are still being held captive. >> there's no indication that hamas is trying to play some sort of game here in terms of the americans. we can't just assume that hamas has ready access to everybody in a moment's notice. >> more, more aid has flowed into gaza. officials say 54,000 pounds of aid from the us arrived this week with more to follow. >> in the east bay, a chaotic scene at last night's berkeley city council meeting protesters into erupted the proceedings demanding that the council pass a resolution calling for a permanent cease fire in gaza. council members left the chamber and went to a separate room away from the public. berkeley's mayor released a statement opposin

i know bill burns is in qatar right now.g to do and what sort of, how is he being heard? >> it's important to note also the director of mehsud is in doha as well. it's a trilateral meeting. an the purpose of the meeting as i understand it from speaking to sources as well as nbc news is reporting is they are now talking about what happens after this two day truce extension expires. it ends tomorrow and part of the extension was because hamas had been saying they did not have all the hostages. they needed to gather more, consolidate them. once they were able to prove and provide evidence to qatar as the intermediary that they have more hostages to release, the truce was extended. now we're waiting to see if there are more hostages they can go find. we'll get a better sense of that by tomorrow. whether or not the truce is extended, but even if that specific part of women and children, there are no more hostages, the negotiation is beginning to define new parameters which could include the elderly or women serving in the militar

this morning, cia director bill burns is in the middle east in hopes of negotiating another extension to the cease fire and the release of more hostages. israel says there are now 161 people being held hostage in gaza after hamas released 12 more people yesterday. that includes a 17 year old, mia lindberg and her dog. they both survived 50 days of captivity. so far. hamas released one american hostage. nine others are still being held captive. >> there's no indication that hamas is trying to play some sort of game here in terms of the americans. we can't just assume that hamas has ready access to everybody in a moment's notice. >> more aid has flowed into gaza. officials say 54,000 pounds of aid from the us arrived this week with more to follow. >> in the east bay, a chaotic scene at last night's berkeley city council meeting. protesters interrupted the proceedings demanding the council pass a resolution calling for a permanent cease fire in gaza. council members left the chamber and went to a separate room away from the public. berkeley's mayor released a statement opposing a resolut

bill burns is there today. this as the pentagon says the u.s.the first time to help israel hunt for the hostages and the u.s. hopes better target air strikes as the u.s. has been pleading. the burns visit follows blinken's visit a couple of days ago. he was rebuffed on friday by prime minister netanyahu and his calls for those temporary pauses, undercutting blinken's subsequent meetings with arabs in jordan and palestinians in the west bank. in a trip to baghdad, blinken warned iranian backed militias on its attacks. those attacks have injured at least 45 u.s. service members in iraq and syria. joining us now is raf sanchez in tel aviv and ben rhodes. raf, you had rare access inside gaza while embedded with the israeli military. tell us how did that go. >> yeah, andrea, we spent several hours yesterday in the north of the gaza strip. we drove through the border fence. the same border fence that hamas terrorists burst through on october 7th on their way to the massacre. we were driving south towards gaza city. i've been to gaza many times, andrea

we have been able to confirm today that the cia director, bill burns, is in doha, qatar, right now, working on that very issue, the idea of extending the cease-fire and the hostage release effort beyond the two-day extension that we're in right now. the cia director has been deeply involved in this process. we know that after the israelis designated the head of their intelligence agency to work on the text of a deal, of a cease-fire and hostage release deal, the cia director bill burns began working with him and our understanding is that the two of them now are working with their qatari counterparts on what an extended cease-fire, something beyond this week would look like, potentially including the release of men at the same time, ana, we also know that secretary of state antony blinken will be going back to tel aviv this week and to the west bank. again, the effort to work on getting more humanitarian aid into gaza, to get more hostages released and then the secretary said there is an effort that needs to be made around working on what happens after all of this is over, wanting to see a t

russia washington knew about it for decades, in the famous message of the current head of the cia, bill burns wrote in 2008 and other bush administration officials enthusiastically considering the idea of ​​nato expansion to the east were written: look, not only putin, every person in moscow, even people who hate putin, are united by the idea that any attempt to admit ukraine into nato is a potential. these threats, and i am absolutely sure, tucker, that one of the greatest deceptions of this war are the statements of people who supposedly care about the ukrainians, but in fact they are completely indifferent to the ukrainians, they were ready to sacrifice the ukrainians for ukraine for the sake of retaliating against russia, i think they wanted revenge. russia for its alleged role in donald trump's 2016 election victory and hillary clinton's defeat. and they were ready to sacrifice an entire country, to destroy tens of thousands of young people who did not want to fight, in order to achieve their political goal, to take revenge on russia, to weaken russia. and over the course of several mont

they've talked in detail, bill burns, with the head of mediators.t i hear haunting administration officials, and probably people in israel, is one we see in every conflict. how does this war end? how, in the end, does israel achieve the goal of destroying hamas so it never rules gaza again? who maintains stability. >> is netanyahu the person who can do that? it is hard to find an israeli who thinks benjamin netanyahu will be prime minister after this war ends. he has become quite unpopular in israel. >> right. sam stein, while there is the hope of more hostages, don't know how many if there are, but the psychological need to bring these family members home is huge in terms of the overall makeup of moving forward in the war, trying to get to solutions. as andrea pointed out, ground forces might be needed opposed to the bunker busters. and we all know that hamas is preparing for that during this pause every single moment they can. >> right. joe undermined the main issue, which is the long-term solution is complicated by the short-term tactics. hamas'

and so bill burns, you might be asking, well, what does she bring to the table that perhaps the others don't? he is perhaps the most respected, the american diplomat in the region. he is very close ties to many of the players. and so he really, excuse me, he's like a secret diplomat, even though he's no charge of the c i a. now that was important for israel because obviously one of the big questions in israel and the justification we keep hearing from israeli officials, is that they have to make sure that her mos cannot launch another attack onto its territory. and of course, there are huge questions about how these really intelligence service that has been much celebrated, completely missed what was obviously a major operation. so we believe israel burns was talking to them about ways that they could possibly share intelligence to better make sure that that can't happen again. now he'll probably switch to the diplomat role when he's in kut, are talking about getting those hostages out. and, and that's going to be the focus there, but then he, we believe he's also going to jordan. don'

and i sure hope so, and i think gets if anybody can do it, it's probably bill burns again. he's got a long standing relationships in the region. he knows the middle east really well. he spent a lot of his life and his career there. and he's somebody that's trusted by multiple sides in this conflict. so working as an interlocutor, working with trusted allies, like the countries, i think, you know, there's a lot of face and, and i haven't been very optimistic since the conflict started. but this is a silver lining to know that these are tasks that are happening right now. that are hopefully gaining traction and as we are speaking, we have been looking at in the news when we've been looking at pictures from gaza, where there is intense fighting going on between his way the soldiers, him all spices. and every few moments we keep hearing very loud explosions because see much, it's after midnight in gaza, but we are hearing very loud explosions. how do you assess this, this fighting that's happening on the ground now? is there a soul just on now and gaza? this is mosse territory.

we know since late october, cia director bill burns has been in direct contact with mossad chief davidime following the release of two american citizens, that the u.s. had proof qatar could deliver a conduit to hamas. we nearly had a deal at the end of the october, but it fell apart right before israel launched its full-scale incursion of gaza and hit another hitch around the israeli siege of al shifa hospital. so this past weekend a two-phase agreement was settled on. phase one, 50 confirmed hostages. the u.s. has prove they're alived. they will be released over four days during six-hour pauses. israel will let in aid and release palestinian prisoners. if those four days succeed, phase two starts. roughly two dozen civilian hostages will be released. more hostages means a longer pause in fighting. so president biden, jericka, himself has had to pick up the phone and really press for this to close. >> thank you, margaret. >>> several u.s. troops were wounded today in an attack at the al assad air base in western iraq. the pentagon says this was the first time in recent weeks that u.s.

that would be a bill burns job. right. so the fact he's coming to them at least as soon as i heard, i'm saying all some things going on that is where they asked why? cuz it a civilian car in southern level 3 children and the grandmother had been killed then mother is severely injured levels farm. and that's besides the country will submit a complaint to the un over the killing of civilians. how's the law side? it's fights has killed 05. pardon me? rockets is railing this phones and is ready. civilian was killed in northern is really town of curious, shimoda alhashan sent this update from dakota in southern lebanon. it seems that this front is climbing this cut out to be a lot that gradually with is really hitting the family killing of 3 children from mazda and enjoying the mother also failed to die, hitting 2 ambulances. and now since we lost the claiming responsibility for launching separate on rockets to keep you out, you want to solve them that's already made in practice. this is the 1st time since the beginning of this

continue fighting, and zelensky, during a visit to boris johnson from the uk, and then lloyd austin, bill burnsey made with russia, which is why they now have what have, the ukrainians had a chance to achieve peace, they would then have the kherson and zaporozhye regions, but now they don’t, zaporozhye and kherson will not give up russia, perhaps they will even take kharkov and odessa. and what will remain for ukraine then? she will only suffer greater losses. i think the biden administration has some influence, they can dictate zelsky what to do, but his options are extremely limited now compared to a year and a half ago. and then he began to ask such questions, completely obvious ones. and the answer to zelsky will not give them. guys, let 's abstract from everything and go back and look and calculate, mathematically calculate how many territories from istanbul to today we have lost. what number, this is cynical arithmetic, but it must take place, we have lost people, lost irrevocably, how many people have become... and what we got , we were non-bloc, and we remain, and apparently, in the nex

we forget this about bill burns. we think of him as a former ambassador to russia, deputy secretary of state, now director of the cia. what did he do before all that? he's a fluent arab speaker, posted throughout much of his career in the arab world. he'll do everything he can behind closed doors in his role as director of the cia to move this in a positive direction. that, joe, holds the balance, as you point out correctly, between israeli's needs for their security and the humanitarian crisis unfolding it's a delicate dance and i'm glad ambassador burns is there. >> some of the best players in the foreign policy world are on the field. full tensions likely on full display today with the u.n. security council expected to discuss calls for a full cease-fire in the middle east. israel, of course, opposes that. while other countries, including china, have ramped up calls recently for a total end to the fighting. for more let's bring in janice mackie frayer live from beijing. what's at stake for china? >> reporter: with

you've got the chief of massage, you've got the c, i a director, bill burns, who's a long time, middle east and knows the region really well, extensive contacts and the country prime minister. so these are major players on the world scene hoping for some kind of a break through some kind of pause in, in the really intense fighting that we've seen. i think it's really a kind of step by step basis. we're talking more at the kind of tactical level right now, more so than the strategic level. but, you know, i'm holding out hope that with continued intensive diplomacy, we could get there in the coming days. if not weeks. what we're saying that we, we, we need some kind of a break through some kind of a pause and in an ideal world that would lead to a cease fire. i just don't know that we're going to get there soon. if a pause or a cease fire is immune, they could very well look at this as their last opportunity to target how most command and control nodes to go. after leaders we could see, you know, a real ramp up in the, you know, days leading up to something more permanent, 4872 hours. we

cia director bill burns traveling to doha to meet with israeli and qatari counterparts in an attemptstrike a deal as the hostages reach month two of captivity, palestinian islamic jihad released a video of two hostages, 77 year old hannah katzir and 12 year old yagil yaakov. abc news isn't showing it, but the families agreed to us using these images. yaakov's mother, with a heartbreaking plea for her, kidnaped son. >> they're not bargaining chips. their children, children anywhere in the world are not supposed to be part of this. >> israeli prime minister netanyahu tells fox that those humanitarian pauses have allowed more than 100,000 people in gaza to move safely to the south, even as hamas tries to prevent them from fleeing andrew. >> liz landers for us in washington, dc. liz thank you. now to an exclusive interview with the parents of jillian ludwig. she's the college student killed by a stray bullet in nashville, tennessee. police say the suspect, shaquille taylor, was aiming at a car, but his bullet hit ludwig as the 18 year old was walking in a park. taylor is now in custody.

c i a director bill burns is one of a long list of us top officials to visit the israel. what does he hope to achieve? that's right, burns is just the latest u. s. official to arrive in israel. we're not seeing a lot of pictures because it has the intelligence chief. they don't take a lot of pictures of him, but uh, officially, wall of the c. i a says it doesn't comment on the directors. whereabouts are us officials speaking on condition of unit name. and he says he is there to visit a number of countries in the middle east and to talk to world leaders and to talk to intelligence officials. and he's expected to be discussing, it's not just the situation in guns, but also captive negotiations. and make an effort to cooperate with members of those countries, including israel to digital, to deter, state and non state actors from whitening that conflict. and he's expected to be there to reinforce intelligence share and you may recall that to the us as using reaper drones over gaza to gather intelligence information. so the ca would likely be involved in analyzing and distribu

washington has known about this for decades, in the famous message of the current head of the cia, bill burns rice and others. every person in moscow, even people who hate putin. united by the idea that any attempt to admit ukraine into nato poses an existential threat to russia and the russians would have to invade ukraine if such an attempt were made. they knew and ignored these threats. and i absolutely tucker is sure that one of the greatest deceptions of this war is the statements of people who supposedly care about the ukrainians, but in fact they are completely indifferent to the ukrainians. they were ready to bring. sacrifice of ukrainians and ukraine for the sake of a retaliatory strike against russia. i think they wanted revenge on russia for its alleged role in donald trump's 2016 election victory in hillary clinton's defeat. and they were ready to sacrifice the whole country. destroy tens of thousands of young people who did not want to fight, in order to achieve their political goal, and to take revenge on russia, to weaken russia. and for several months, as american support weak

you've got the c, i a director, bill burns, who's a long time, middle east and knows the region really well extensive contacts and the country prime minister. so these are major players on the world scene hoping for some kind of a break through some kind of pause and the really intense funding that we've seen. can that pause, as you say, lead to a permanency funds. you think? we don't know. i mean, that would be ambitious at this point. i think it's really your kind of step by step basis. we're talking more at the kind of tactical level right now more so than the strategic level. but, you know, i'm holding out hope that with continued intensive diplomacy, we could get there in the coming days. if not weeks. you mentioned a tactical level. i mean, does a pools mean that forming stops everywhere? well, just in some areas i'm in the humanitarian situation is desperate, isn't it? because it came out, a tearing situation is dire and getting worse. by the day we're hearing reports of diseases spreading. people are, you know, suffering and dying every day. so will, will, the task will lead to

. >> reporter: cia director bill burns was in doha today, and secretary of state antony blinken williv and also in the west bank later this week, all part of the u.s.'s efforts to assist in the release of all of the hostages. that means to take the deal beyond just some women and children to include men and soldiers like ruby's son, etai. norah. >> significant negotiations. lilia luciano, thank you so much. >>> back here at home, millions of americans are in the path of another round of wintry weather with heavy snow in parts of the northeast and freeze warnings as far south as florida. cbs's eline quijano reports from a snowy central new york. >> reporter: in ohio, at least 20 vehicles were involved in a pair of pileups on interstate 271 near cleveland, blamed on blinding snow squalls. more than 100 schools closed there today because of the weather. in new york, airport crews in rochester were hard at work on the tarmac de-icing planes before takeoff. and near buffalo, thundersnow as a lake effect mix of cold air, unpredictable wind and snow clogged roads in towns. >> it was a littl

and while all this is happening, we understand that the c i a director bill burns has arrived in tel aviv on his 1st visit since the war began. what's on his agenda there. so this is the c, i is directors, 1st trip to israel since the war began, but he's making several stops in the regions. but the main focal point that he will be addressing is to meet with defense officials, these really prime minister the most on shift to see what they can do about these really captains. now there's a lot else that's on his agenda. he's also going to go to pop up to jordan, to the united air of amaris and to egypt to discuss mutual issues. among them is the issue of captive. but the main thing that to be regional allies are expressing is the unfolding to monetary, in catastrophe. inside of the gaza strip. additionally, the united states is going to reiterate that it does not want any non regional actors to enter the war and rod in the front into multiple places in the region. now this is all part of dividing administration's plan, so really reiterated support for israel to show that it has its offi

now, bill burns arriving until a be late on sunday. he's expected to meet with these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the defense minister, jo, i've gone to the most sub chief and several other intelligence and security officials. but is there a is not the only stop on his i, 10 or area. he's also expected to go to applied to egypt to the united arab emirates and to jordan, to discuss issues of mutual concern. now at the top of that list, or looking at the catastrophic humanitarian situation that's unfolding inside of gaza. the 2nd agenda item is discussions and situational assessments for how they can release the captive. and the 3rd is the united states really trying to commit to his regional allies for non state actors, to not get involved in the israel, him as conflict in order to avoid a wider regional conflicts. now this is all part of the binded administrations continued efforts, not only to support israel and show that it is a staunch allied for it. but remember the u. s. has also been trying to sway israel on the side

old intelligence chiefs that are the i think and pop maybe because of the us involvement in this bill burns. who is the director of the c. i a is an ex berry experience. negotiate to he was a diplomat before he was the c. i a chief, he was one of those involved in the very early days of the around nuclear deal is a former deputy secretary of state for run by some of the georgia and former head of the state department near east departments. it may be, they've gone for this formation of the intelligence chief. so that can be the point ma'am. of for the us and ministration. interesting going back to what we heard from a mouse in the summer. having done that, he seemed to be cooling, israel bluff, saying that the possibility of israel resuming the fighting at the end of this possible seized by with empty threats simply for domestic consumption. i mean, what would you make of that? i think it will like this is a lot for domestic consumption on both sides. and i think we're hearing hearing very far the language from both sides. that is probably to be expected. i would love to know what's going on

but there's a lot of movement from the by to ministration c, i a director bill burns is in doha, trying to extend the ceasefire, trying to get some of those captives out. we see engineer blinking the secretary of state making his 3rd trip to israel. and the occupied westbank if he's going to send the message that we're starting to see officials talk about not mislead to reporters in d. c. is that the us a specifically told israel that any action in the south can not be what we saw in the north that it has to be targeted? meaning no more mass bombardments, if they're going to give the message is probably gonna come from the secretary of state. and we've also seen an increase in aid us officials telling israel that even if this pause or cease fire ends, that the amount of humanitarian aid has to continue going, increasing going and we've seen the us step in and send military cargo planes. 3 of them will be sending thousands of pounds to egypt with food medicine and supplies to survive the winter. so we're definitely seeing some movement from the byte administration just how far the go is