cia director bill burns secretly visits moscow and kyiv twice. the last time was a little more than a month before invasion with putin, he speaks face-to-face with zelensky via video link. during that visit of bill burns to moscow, he delivered a personal letter to putin from biden, as well as a message. and it was like this: we know what you are doing, we know what you are planning, don't do it, there will be extreme consequences, and then bill beers also visited kyiv and told zelensky that there was a threat to his life, and also directly warned zelensky, that the landing party would try to land directly at gostomel airport, that is, it was quite specific a scenario that we know has come true, as to how the war will develop, what will the offensive be? there was a message about a possible attack by russia as early as next wednesday, and although this is not the first time we have heard such warnings, and in the kremlin, these warnings were called hysteria, the situation has clearly escalated, several europeans are relying on intelligence data,

bill burns health broke or previous deal that that to the release of one $110.00 captives held by him as including both these varies and for nationals and exchange . 240 posting is held in is really jails. what freed people hain joins us now. from on this from washington dc potty. what more do we know about the meeting and also so far we know really pretty much nothing even. busy ca spokesperson wasn't confirmed that he was in poland. so why are people reading so much into this will because when the principles get on a plane and go some place that's usually an indication that there's potential movement, they can send their under secretaries and to do the basic negotiations. but in washington, any way you don't really see somebody build birds a stature get on a plane unless something could come out of that. and remember he is, you mentioned he was there in the region, doing the negotiations between all the parties before this 1st cease fire happened . so now there's no indication. as john kirby said that it was imminent. but it is clear, at least something to the by the ministration wa

tonight, we also saw cia director bill burns meeting with qatari and israeli officials in poland, hopingstart these negotiations to release more hostages. this coming after israeli soldiers mistakenly killed three of them last week. a lot of news to get to tonight. i'm joined by cnn political and foreign policy analyst barak, one of the best sourced reporters in the region. barak, when it comes to president biden dispatching his top officials to go to israel to have these difficult conversations behind closed doors, i think the question is just how much sway the u.s. still has over israel's military operation we. >> good night, caitlin. first of all, the u.s. has huge sway. because at the end of the day, the u.s. gives israel for things. the first three things are munitions, munitions, and munitions. and the fourth thing is the backing in the u. n. security council. this is why biden has a lot of leverage with the israeli government. and we have to remember, joe biden, right now, is the most popular politician in israel. this gives them even more leverage when it comes to influencing isr

but bill burns is highly respected in the region. he's kind of the only person the by the ministration could have caps because he hasn't been the most like he didn't do with the president, didn't fly to israel, give prime minister netanyahu a bear hug. he's very familiar with the players. he's a very expend experience. diplomat, so he's been tasked with trying to get the cease fire restarted. i can tell you the by the administration is under intense pressure from the voting public to see the end of this, this killing of people in jobs. so young people, his poll numbers are plummeting with young people of color, so the political pressure at home is increasing on him. the fact that bill burns is in the region maybe not imminent, but it does seem to indicate that the government thinks there was a reason for him to get on the project call. hey matt with or that forrest from the washington dc. thank you. passing it is rarely strikes on darrell bala and then is there a refugee camp in central gauze and meanwhile have killed at least 9 peop

you and some of the families also met with bill burns yesterday. did he give you any sense of when these talks could potentially be restarted? >> well, first, the talks are private, and we are -- i can't share the exact details. what i can say is that director burns, just like president biden, they are committed to making sure that the pressure is on, and while disappointing to hear that the israeli government has not sent him to continue those talks, we do believe that those talks are continuing, and as i said before, our commitment is to make sure that these talks do continue. there are over 110 people, fathers, sons, and children and mothers and daughters, and the thing that everybody has to understand -- and this is where the pressure is, they've been there for 69 days, and many of them left with bullet wounds. one young man without an arm, and their conditions are untenable. they're not eating. they don't have food. they're drinking salt water, and so for us to sit here and to say what should or shouldn't, we're not diplomats. we're just peopl

yesterday, bill burns, head of cia and prime minister of qatar were in warsaw.ay? >> reporter: well, the defense secretary lloyd austin touched down in qatar. qatar is a very important partner in this because they maintain political relationships with hamas. they host their political leadership. so whatever qatar is able to achieve as it did a few weeks ago when a short lived humanitarian cease fire allowed for the release of more hostages and for more aid to go through, will be welcome news. not just of course to the families, but for the hundreds of thousands of people inside gaza who need more aid, more assistance, more water, more food, more fuel, et cetera. so what is the status of the negotiation? really it's a question all journalists and observers are asking. are we any closer now than we were a few weeks ago? it appears that incrementally, there is new energy infused in some of these discussions but hamas is asking for a complete cessation of hostilities in order to accept any kind of deal and that's a nonstarter for israelis. so we might be just increm

the report you just gave us, jonathan, about ambassador -- former ambassador to the middle east bill burnsere i worked with him very frequently in my days as nato commander, currently the director of the cia. he's not only the nation's spymaster, he is also a quiet, understated, low-key, no drama kind of interlockter who is perfect for a situation like this. and i also like the idea of getting the parties out of the middle east. let's take them to warsaw, pretty neutral beautiful city this time of year, and let's have a conversation. who's missing from that conversation, however? you've got israelis. you've got the u.s. participating in conversation. you like the qataris. what i don't hear is the presence of hamas. and that's because they're busy putting on elderly israelis at show puppet hostages exactly in line with their craven approach. we've got to pull them back if we're going to get a hostage deal. i think that's a tall order even for ambassador bill burns. >> retired four-star navy admiral james stavridis, thank you for your insight and we'll see you again in a few minutes on "morn

caitriona: the director of the cia bill burns is in poland meeting the head of israel's agency and members qata ri government in a push to free hostages from gaza. sources tell the bbc negotiations for the release of more have not yet started between hamas and israel. i spoke to a middle east director of the international community's organization who has been involved in negotiations in this region. thank you for joining us. what difference does the accidental killing of these three israeli hostages by the israeli defense forces make to any further hostage negotiations that may take place? guest: it is a tragic event that took place and families of hostages, those who came back and those were in gaza, took to the streets immediately following -- following the killing of those three young men . it is another notch up in raising the pressure of the public on the israeli government to make a deal with hamas and the result is what we saw today, the meeting of the head of the --, the head the cia and qatar, taking place in warsaw. it seems is reallys for the first time in dealing with hamas may

official tells nbc news cia director bill burns is now in talks with the head of the israeli mossad and senior qatari officials to reach a new ceasefire and potentially free more hostages the israeli government is under pressure to negotiate as details emerge about the three israeli hostages who were mistakenly killed by israeli troops last week the israeli military saying the hostages were shot even though they smeared "sos" with old food and "help, three hostages" in hebrew on white banners and were carrying a white flag. today in israel defense secretary lloyd austin said u.s. support for israel's right to defend itself against hamas is ironclad, although protecting civilians is a moral duty and strategic imperative and he vowed to protect freedom of navigation in the red sea after another attack against commercial ships today by iranian-backed militants in yemen >> we're taking action to build an international coalition to address this threat. >> reporter: we joined an israeli naval patrol today off the coast of gaza. commanders warned us that hamas's allies are trying to impose a n

cia director bill burns is now in talks with the head of the mossad and senior qatari officials to reach a new truce with hamas and free more hostages the fate of israeli captives gained renewed urgency over the weekend after three of them were shot and killed by israeli forces, despite them carrying a white flag and speaking hebrew hallie jackson reports from tel aviv >> reporter: at the second day of the shiva for alon, hug after hug. >> he was serving in the army in the special forces alon is a brave guy. >> reporter: he believes his son plotted an escape from hamas tunnels, along with two other hostages >> if you see the sign, all is his handwriting. >> reporter: the sign that says s.o.s., that's his writing >> yes the army did not act as an army. they act like murderers. they just shoot to kill. >> reporter: it's not just grief. >> i'm really angry. i ask the government stop the shooting and look what's happened >> reporter: what is your message to the government? >> you murdered my son twice you let the hamas take my son on october 7. and you killed my son on december 14. they are

and bill burns, i want to point out is fairly unique in the, by the ministration in his respect is ability speak in the region. he was long term time diplomat. very well respected. so he's been given the charge of trying to make this happen. there's going to be a different calculus when you start talking a trade in just really soldiers for palestinian prisoners. all of that has to be worked out. the fact that birds we believe is in the region, it is a probably could be an important step is where these types of killed at least 9 people in the refugee camp and data ball. and the central guys on the 5 children among the dead residents have been scrambling in the dock to try to pull victims from the rubble of buildings in a residential area. many people have also been injured. that is really ami, says 2 more soldiers have been killed in gaza. it also says $48.00 troops have been injured. they are over the past 24 hours on us military wing has released a new video showing some of the fighting near the northern city of beta here. how much fighters are seeing striking is really tying some jeeps w

and bill burns, i want to point out is fairly unique in the by the administration. in his respect is ability speak in the region he with long term time diplomat, very well respected. so he's been given the charge of trying to make this happen. there's going to be a different calculus when you start talking is treating this really soldiers for palestinian prisoners. all of that has to be worked out. the fact that birds we believe is in the region, it is a probably could be an important step is rarely strikes on the law and this, right. so a refugee camp in central garza of cube, at least 9 people. the 5 children were among the many people also internet, correct. i assume has more not from rafa and southern guns, the dairy bella, generally out had been on the east very intense plumbing during the last couple of hours. one of these strikes had claimed the lives of knowing palestinians, enclosing dirt by adam's i rocked refuge account, including 5 young children from the bottom to the same assembly were still also missing people onto the ruffles as the risk you operatio

and bill burns, i want to point out, is fairly unique in the by the administration. in his respect is ability speak in the region he with long term time diplomat. very well respected. so he's been given the charge of trying to make this happen. there's going to be a different calculus when you start talking a trade in this really soldiers for palestinian prisoners. all of that has to be worked out. the fact that birds we believe is in the region, it is a probably could be an important step. ahead and i'll just say the united nations security council has postponed a new vote on a gaza seems fire the frank assessments to the problem is that it is there is allowed to be outside that . and so to international that's a be that the, it is the fact that is it and has declared war on okay. parts people who informed opinions the medical infrastructure of an entire society has been completely destroy the people who will feel that destruction 1st and most be the women and children inside story on al jazeera is well has now impose a complete space on god's sense. so how do they

a c i, a director bill burns in guitar and maybe doing that. but we're not willing to put much behind it to make it happen. the forces are all of a sense to do it. these babies are looking at, i think a couple options. one. yeah, there's been a lot of talk about a yellow leader be going to guys a to gilbert or po lo governors. i don't know how realistic guys, though, given that the population of guys that ever reads is likely to be radicalized and even less of border of, and they would have bad before. they weren't very supportive then of yellow liter. so i don't think that's very realistic and then there's been a lot of talk about peacekeepers from the west. but i struggle to imagine what western nations or any nations will sign up to send their peacekeepers and they're under present circumstances. so i think as i said, we're really looking at 2 options. one of them off $2.00, governing himself for or israel sitting on gaza is definitely the 3 is right. these have been killed and 12 ended in a shooting out of both station and west jerusalem. t

and bill burns, i want to point out it's fairly unique in the, by the ministration in his respect is ability speak in the region. he was long term time diplomat. very well respected. so he's been given the charge of trying to make this happen. there's going to be a different calculus when you start talking a trade in just really soldiers for palestinian prisoners. all of that has to be worked out. the fact that birds we believe is in the region, it is a probably could be an important step. it is that these types in refugee camps, in general bala and the sled and central guys. i have killed at least 9 people. the 5 children. but among the dad's residents have been scrambling in the dog to try to pull victims from a rumble of buildings in a residential area. many people have also been injured. is really army says 2 more soldiers have been killed. and guys, it also says 48 troops have been injured there. over the past 24 hours homeless ministry wings released a new video showing some of the fighting near the northern city of bethlehem. how most spices are seen striking is there any tank

states is pushing for longer ceasefire or even a permian one behind the scenes, a c i, a director bill burns in guitar and maybe doing that. but we're not willing to put much behind it to make it happen. the forces are all in a sense to do it. these revenues are looking at, i think a couple options. one. yeah, there's been a lot of talk about appeal oh, liter v a. going to guys a to gilbert or p. a lo governors. i don't know how realistic guys, though, given that the population of guys that ever reads is likely to be radicalized and even less of border of, and they would have bad before. they weren't very supportive then of yellow liter. so i don't think that's very realistic and then there's been a lot of talk about peacekeepers from the west. but i struggle to imagine what western nations or any nations will sign up to send their peacekeepers and they're under present circumstances. so i think as i said, we're really looking at 2 options. one of them off 2 point oh, governing himself for or is real, sitting on gaza is definitely 17 tie. nationals have re, you know, i said with the families

and bill burns, i want to point out, is fairly unique in the by the administration. in his respect is ability to speak in the region. he with long term time diplomat, very well respected. so he's been given the charge of trying to make this happen. there's going to be a different calculus when you start talking a trade in is really soldiers. for palestinian prisoners, all of that has to be worked out. the fact that birds we believe is in the region, it is a probably could be an important step is really strikes on the line and this throughout the refugee camp and central gods of kills at least 9 people. of the 5 children were among the dead residents having scrambling into a dog which one who victims from the rubble of buildings in a residential area. many people will say in these very ami says 2 more soldiers have been killed in gaza. it also says $48.00 troops of an inch in the past 24 hours. and i says military wing has released new video sharing some of the fighting at the moment. c 2 m s fights is i've seen striking is really tying some cheats with anti tank miss

you know, with bill burns, the head of the cia, the prime minister of qatar, and, you know, and the israelid and their advisers, and abbas kamel, the head of egyptian intelligence. now, clearly, hamas' game is obvious. they want to use the hostage deal to say end the war and israel saying no. and so it could be that hamas is trying to lobby egypt towards its position. that's what i assume. now, remember, these two hamas guys in doha are not the deciders. the deciders are sinwar, who's in, you know, in an underground tunnel in khan younis or somewhere in southern gaza. but they are, you know, lobbying on his behalf, i'm sure. so it's all trying to impact these warsaw negotiations about what is the price for the release of another round. but i don't think it's the the final round, but it's a big round that i think israel and the arabs would like to see done either this week or next week. interesting. can i just lastly ask you about the language from the us? of course, we know the key relationship between the us and israel and this language about moving towards a less intensive phase in the fi

the director of the cia, bill burns, is in poland meeting the head of israel's mossad agency and representativesush to free israeli hostages in gaza. earlier, i spoke to gershon baskin, the middle east director of the international communities organization, who has been involved in negotiations in this region. thank you very much forjoining us. what difference does the accidental killing of these three israeli hostages by the israel defence forces make to any further hostage negotiations that may take place? it negotiations that may take lace? , ., ., . place? it is a tragic event that took _ place? it is a tragic event that took place, - place? it is a tragic event | that took place, naturally, place? it is a tragic event - that took place, naturally, the families of all the hostages, those who have come back and those who have come back and those still in gaza took to the street immediately following the killing of those three young men. it is another notch up young men. it is another notch up in raising the pressure of the public on the israeli government to make a deal with hamas, and i thin

so the involvement of bill burns, of course, brings a new weight into the thing. and again in the america, the americans don't want to leave it to these railways because they don't trust a product leaving to send you a whole government with changing direction. right? so i think the presence of the brands will probably be uh, weight, uh heavily. uh, but the stand was still in the face with the big question is, what do you do about how much is red lines? because how much is what drives are clear? there will be no change exchange unless there's a ceasefire, and that's not just a political demand on the part of how much is also logistical one. i thought of a because of the waters on the way they're no longer able, has before to be able to count and release captives the way they did before they need a real ceasefire. right. i don't see even the logistics of communication between the how much of the outside the house and inside is also becoming more complicated . so i think that might does have to step in and give how much an incentive a seaside wouldn't be the 1st. but

before austin got to qatar, there was a meeting in poland just yesterday between the cia director bill burns and officials from qatar as well as they try to sort this out. and that is the channel that has been most active. burns to head of the mossad. but it is not clear at this point that hamas is willing to keep this going. and there is some indication from u.s. officials that they didn't want to turn over more women and children for fear that they might discuss the conditions under which they were held or the treatment that they received, which suggests that there may have been more brutality along the way. it is a little bit of a black box right now about what they are actually discussing. but i would really focus on the burns channel. he has been the sort of lead player on the hostage negotiations. >> i want to shift to ukraine. pentagon saying that military aid will run out the end of this month. what are you hearing from the white house about the current impasse in the senate over ukraine aid and its impact on the war? >> well, the impact is clear. even before the aid was running out,

the cia director, bill burns is central in trying to get hostage release going. what do you think the administration can do or should do or what to advise israel right now after hamas declares this this morning? >> first of all, let's be honest. there's not too much the administration can do but the administration has been central to getting the hostages returned that have been given back. it's important to remember that the only reason a lot of hostages were returned in the last deal is because there was a deal. it wasn't a unilateral cease-fire by israel. a lot of people in america have been calling for a unilateral cease-fire and if israel just had a cease-fire without a deal, those hostages would be in custody still. there has to be a dialogue, that is in qatar happening today. but it's really up to israel and hamas to make the deal. >> you signed on a letter this week sent to the biden administration with other committee members imploring them to do israel to shift the military strategy away from the high intensity strategies and bombings we've been seeing i

intelligence chief meeting with the qatari prime minister and today in poland the cia director bill burns sat down with the qatari prime minister. so some efforts to restart the talks. we'll see where they lead. >> let's hope they restart and restart soon. jeremy diamond, thank you. >>> meanwhile, the u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin just paid a very high stakes visit to israel as the biden administration pushes the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, to change his strategy. how is the administration underscoring its message with this visit? >> wolf, secretary austin is just the latest in a series of senior biden administration officials who have traveled to the region. we've seen antony blinken, jake sullivan among others recently and the trips come at such a crucial moment in this war as the u.s. has been increasingly and not just in private, stressing to israel to put its simply that the war needs to change. secretary austin after his meetings both with his counterpart and also prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that the trip so far had been productive. he said he was able to

director of cia bill burns warned that china wants to be ready militarily by 2027.are china's plans? we need to provide taiwan with the assistance they need. maritime coastal defense among other things and need to collect intelligence on reflections in the chinese government to determine whether that deterrent is actually working. then if it's not, to raise more awareness within our own government and provide additional counter measures to taiwan so that we can establish deterrence. we don't have deterrence around the world now. you talked about the houthi attacks on our shipping in the red sea. sanctions aren't going to do anything about that. if we targeted the networks and those who are launching those strikes preemptively that might do something. sanctions won't. the key is deterrents. i don't think now we have established that in those particular areas. >> molly: the key is deterrents, thank you very much as we head into a new year, happy new year to you. >> thanks, same to you. >> they repeatedly cited the 14th amendment section three. under bellows new standa

right now, when you look at bill burns, cia director, meeting with his counterpart in qatar.aeli, his counterpart in israel also having meetings as well. what do you think the odds are that a pause in hostage swaps comes back on to the table? >> look, it seems that hamas wants it. it seems that israel wants it. certainly the international community wants it. obviously getting from all the parties wanting it to executing it is always a bit of a challenge. i think the realtime to have done it where you made real progress was adding days to the long pause that occurred at the end of november when you had a big pause. then you were just adding incremental days. now they have gone back in heavy with the war fighting. they're making a lot of problem. the idf is making a lot of progress which is why hamas is eager to get a pause again because israel is really moving in and make progress in the south. i think all the parties want it, but getting to the pause that will be acceptable to all the parties will be a challenge. >> do you think netanyahu is making it more difficult with stat

>> so, this offer was proposed during a meeting on monday in warsaw with the cia director bill burns the prime minister of qatar shahab abdullah -- and chief of the agency burnett. we're not came to the meeting for the first time, i think, with an israeli proposal to try and relaunch those talks that were basically nonexistent since the collapse of the cease-fire. and the main to two issues, the two main elements of this proposal is first that israel proposes a one-week pause in the fighting in return for a release of something around 40 hostages that hamas is holding, mainly the women that remain in captivity and men over the age of 60 and hostages that are sick or seriously wounded and israelis willing to release palestinian prisoners who committed more serious crimes than the one it released in the previous deal. >> so do you know if the fallout from the idf's accidental killing of three israeli hostages played any role in israel's decision to make this offer? >> no doubt. no doubt. there is more than one israeli official told me that the fact that we saw enduring one week, two me

this thing happened yesterday in warsaw in a meeting that the director of the cia bill burns was attendingh the prime minister of qatar and with the head of the israeli mossad spy agency, and the israelis came to this meeting for the first time with a proposal for how to re-launch those talks that were not taking place for several weeks since the last ceasefire collapse and israelis came with the proposal that says we're ready for the release of 40 hostages, as you said, the women, the elderly and the sick ones to agree for at least one week of ceasefire and maybe even more, by the way, and also to the smaller staff like more humanitarian aid and other things. the qataris are now taking this proposal to hamas. hamas until now refused to even re-launch talks and for example, the prime minister of qatar told mossad, hamas says they want you to stop the war before they're going back to talk. so the mossad chief told him, if hamas wants us to end the war they need to do two things. first, they need to lay down their arms and second, they need to turn over all those who are responsible for the

warsaw between the qatari pm, the head of mossad israeli intelligence agency along with cia director bill burns, do you sense there could be an opening for another hostage exchange, a cease-fire, a temporary cease-fire? >> i think temporary cease-fire is the right way to modify the term cease-fire. i think there's a real possibility of it, mostly because i think sinwar of hamas notes a respite. i think this takes the pressure off for a while. therefore, i think there's an incentive. he's certainly used the hostages as ang asset to be traded, but also for a respite from the pressure that hamas is facing right now militarily, especially in khan yunis n. the northern part of gaza, the israelis have mostly broken hamas' control. there may be pockets, but for the most part in the northern part of gaza, hamas has lost control. in the southern part of gaza, that's not the case. yet there's intense operations by the israelis there now which, by the way, could be a kind of preamble to the stages or the phases that secretary austin was talking about. so i do think there's a decent possibility that we cou

>> so, i think the main thing here is the involvement of cia director bill burns. he is really involved. he's not just there for, you know, just to say, okay, we'll send somebody. he's involved. and i wouldn't be surprised if we will see in the next few days president biden speaking to the amir of qatar or secretary blinken speaking to the prime minister of qatar. by the way, there was a deal today announced between the u.s. and venezuela on the release of hostages, prisoners, and qatar was the country that mediated this deal. i think it matters because it shows, again, how much the u.s. and qatar are close when it comes to such sensitive negotiations. and i think it's going to give the qataris a lot of credit in washington going forward. also when it comes to the situation in gaza. >> yeah, no doubt. barack rah bead, thank you so much. >>> up next the newest threat from iceland's volcanic c eruptn and what t the nearerest town i going g through. we'll be r right back.k. stay witith us. >>> well, tonight in iceland, even as the lava flow diminishes, authorities are

. >> our colleague, katie, just confirmed reporting that the cia director, bill burns, is set to meet with a qatari prime minister today. they're really trying to get hamas and israel back to the table to restart these negotiations, to get the rest of those hostages out, especially, general, after the idf mistakenly killed three israeli hostages on friday. do you -- i mean, hamas has said, we need a total cease-fire if we're going to come back to the table and release the hostages. how does that end? >> well, i don't think a cease-fire can be sustained. certainly, there should be discussions to try to get more of the hostages out, without question. and look, these kinds of mistakes happen on a battle field, especially if you have soldiers that may or may not be trained on the kind of operations that are being carried out. a hostage rescue situation is very, very sensitive and challenging. and we have mistakes like this over the years in iraq and afghanistan, with our special mission units. >> but they were waving a white flag, according to the idf. >> yeah, again, without knowing the

head of israel's mossad intelligence agency discussed the possibility of a deal on monday with cia bill burns's prime minister but hamas refuses to negotiate. >> we are firm, our position of rejecting to hold any form of negotiations. >> reporter: u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin met with reginald defense ministers today discussing operation prosperity guardian an international task force meant to prevent shipping in the red sea and gulf of aidan from houthi rebel attacks. >> these reckless houthi attacks are a serious international problem and they demand a firm, international response. >> reporter: the houthis say the us-led coalition shows more aggression against palestinians while iran has a new force of its own armed with rockets. in the southern gaza city of raffa, the idf killed a key hamas financier who israel says transferred tens of millions of dollars from iran to hamas. while area strikes defies state palestinian communities and kill thousands. for a second night in a row, hamas released a video showing two israeli hostages alive, increasing the pressure on the israeli governme

poland on monday with cia director bill burns and qatar's prime minister but hamas refuses to negotiateare firm our position rejecting to hold any form of negotiations. >> u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin met with regional defense ministers today discussing operation prosperity guardian. an international tax force meant to protect shipping in the red sea and gulf of aden from houthi rebel attacks. >> these reckless houthi attacks are a serious international problem. and they demand a firm international response. >> the houthis say the u.s. led collision shows more aggression towards palestinians while the houthi's benefactor iran announce as new voluntary naval force of its own armed with rockets. in the southern gaza city of rafah, the idf killed a key hamas finance year who israel said transferred tenses of millions of dollars from iran to hamas. while airstrikes devastate palestinian communities and kill thousands. for a second night in a row, hamas released a video showing two israeli hostages alive. again, increasing the pressure on the israeli government to do whatever is neces

higher overall national security threat is going to be to the united states and that's a fact and bill burns, the cia director, who has been quietly negotiating on behalf of biden, knows that very well and so does the fbi director who just came out with that statement. >> trace: great stuff as always. appreciate it. coming up, an arizona border crossing overrun by migrants, more than 10,000 migrants in 24 hours, and getting across the board is so easy, that fox news now has video of a human smuggler right there. you look at him. mocking u.s. agents, with a video camera. and later in the night cap, walking down the street and you find $5,000 on the ground. nobody is around. nobody can see you, would you turn the money in? would you keep it, and why would you keep it or why would turn it in? let us know on x and instagram at trace gallagher. we'll show you the results and read the best responses coming up in the night cap. in the meantime, 8:21 on the west coast. a fox trip across america, a live look at pier 57 in washington state home of the seattle great wheel. you see it there in the botto

attacks in gaza, have more surgical strikes, more intelligence operated attacks, as for the cia chief bill burns he met with the qatari and head of israel's mossad, they discussed the potential new deal to secure the release of israeli hostages. they reiterated that burns' involvement is critical to this process as he was involved in the last one, but today a senior hamas official said all negotiations are off the table until the hostilities end. >> global trade is being impacted by the ripple effects from this war, help our viewers understand what's going on in the red sea. >> reporter: so, the irani-backed houthis are attacking vessels and shipping lines in the region and they've significantly increase over the last few years, their objective seems to be ratchet up hostilities with maritime tensions in these vital waterways to put israel under pressure, look their attacks are having a tangible effect on commerce, many large shipping companies have suspended the passage of their vessels in the waterway. that's really significant. some 17,000 ships and 10% of global trade passes through there ev

cia director bill burns has been in the polish capital meeting with the qatari prime minister and the head of israel's mossad agency. burns played an instrumental role in helping secure the release of over 100 hostages last month, that's why the israelis feel that it is very important that he plays a critical role in this process. and qatar wields a lot of influence over hamas. now, a source with knowledge of the ongoing talks told us that the meetings were positive, but the negotiators are not expecting a deal imminently. let's listen to what lloyd austin had to say about the subject. >> government plays an indispensable part in a time of crisis. together with egypt, qatar's efforts have helped to secure the release of many hostages held by hamas. and we look forward to doing more together and to make this region more stable and more secure. >> reporter: also separately, ana, secretary austin announce last night the u.s. will launch a multinational maritime force to protect trade in the red sea after a string of attacks by the iranian-backed yemeni houthi rebels who caused many disru

intelligence agency discussed the possibility of a hostage deal in poland on monday , with cia director bill burnsatar's prime minister. but hamas refuses to negotiate. >> we are firm. our position of categorically rejecting to hold any form of negotiations. >> us defense secretary lloyd austin met with regional defense ministers today discussing operation prosperity guardian, an international task force meant to protect shipping in the red sea and gulf of aden from houthi rebel attacks. >> these reckless hootie attacks are a serious international problem and they demand a firm international response. >> the houthis say the us led coalition shows more aggression against palestinians, while the houthis benefactor, iran, announces a new voluntary naval force of its own armed with rockets in the southern gaza city of rafah. the idf killed a key hamas finance ear, who israel says transferred tens of millions of dollars from iran to hamas while air strikes devastate palestinian communities and kill thousands for a second night in a row. hamas released a video showing two israeli hostages alive and incr

cia director bill burns met with israeli and qatari officials in poland today to try and restart talksover hostages and humanitarian pause, according to a u.s. official. joining us now from tel aviv is nbc's hala gorani. good morning. where do things stand at this hour? >> reporter: we heard from lloyd austin there in tel aviv, reiterating the u.s.'s support for israel, but also saying that some discussions took place between him and yoav gallant, his israeli counterpart, on ways to transition from a high intensity warfare situation to a more surgical tactical strike pattern, perhaps, and he reiterated the fact that what hamas did was an act of sheer evil. but there is some daylight it appears between the u.s. and israel in terms of certainly the intensity of the battlefield tactics, that israel is using, especially as we are nearing the 25,000 figure in terms of the death toll inside of the gaza strip. lloyd austin was also asked about the possibility of the u.s. getting involved in israel strikes lebanon in the north. because there's always been, jose, this concern that this will bec

we have bill burns in warsaw right now negotiating, hopefully, another exchange of hostages, anotherreturned. but for me, i think the conversation coming in public, i hope, sends a very strong signal to the israelis. we don't like doing this in this public. please, for your own long-term security, let's have a real conversation. the secretary of defense obviously is having important conversations in israel right now. we're already having conversations about when the aid package is going to happen, what's going to be contained in it and a much broader package. those conversations are already happening. i think the hope is that we don't want -- we don't want this to do beyond this. we want the israelis to think through the lessons we learned the hard way and not have to take additional steps. that's the goal with an ally. >> democratic congresswoman elissa slotkin of michigan, thank you very much for coming on the show this morning. >> you bet. thank you. >> thank you. >>> all right. last september, after nearly 30 years of planning and construction, three explosions at the nord stream

is really officials to discuss the possible release of more is really captives held in gauze on bill burns hel, broker, a previous deal between israel and him, us the lead to more than a 100 people being freed, our white house correspondent, kimberly house that has joining us now from washington dc. what more have we heard from john kirby this evening? kimberly the yeah. well, the national security council's folks for us and john kirby spoke to afford his off camera and covered a number of cop topics. what he talked about really at code, what the secretary of defense lloyd austin said in the region. he underscored the white house position. but when it comes to the conflict and israel's war on gaza that the white house position is that the only solution really is a 2 state function in the eyes of the united states. he also commented on that tragic killing of the is really assassination of 2 women inside a church, a mother and a daughter that we also know has been condemned by the roman catholic pope. the white house. the we understand is raising concerns with israel about the gaza church sn

security adviser jake sullivan, the secretary of state tony blinken, and also your cia director bill burns for the efforts that they put into ensuring this hostage deal would happen and we were able to bring 80 women and children home, and that's quite an achievement, and i don't know if it would have happened to this extent without the direct engagement of the united states starting with the president. >> george: any hope for getting those talks started again? >> we'll have to see. i think right now as you know, a couple of days ago, hamas did not put forward a list. there are women and children that have been left behind in gaza. they're claiming that they're not there, but they are there. we know they're there. america knows they're there. even the qataris know they're there, and they decided to not finish this deal, and perhaps move to another deal. what we know is that the thing that brings hamas to the table and its willingness to make a deal is military pressure, and that military pressure continued on friday and it will continue in the days and weeks ahead, and then we'll are to se

we saw bill birds travels the region, and bill burns is very unique inside the u. s. government, he's very well respected. he said, look, the majority of his career, i believe at the state department, who was in bassett, or the georgian bastard of russia. he's known as the consummate professional negotiator. he his who divided administration is said, worked with all the parties. let's get a cease fire. and so normally when it comes to diplomacy, you have assistance in under secretaries and under policy. they are talking amongst themselves why people get excited when the principles meet in person is it can indicate that they saw it in person visit, might move the situation. so the white house, as you mentioned, john curry saying, we don't believe us, these fires image, but i think it's fair to read into the fact that the bill birds is there in person with his counterparts. that they are definitely the least think that they couldn't possibly achieve something by sending him there. certainly an interesting development to see what those conversations kind of had to cal

talks to free more if the is really captives from guys that we understand that the c i, a director bill burns, is meeting with israel's massage chief in europe as a, as well as the categories this whole challenging or are these talks this time around going to be versus the 1st time where we saw that temporary ceasefire happened? well, i think it's going to be that much more difficult. why the remaining? uh hostages, mostly ministry. the about $228.00. how much as a vendor released the all the women and children that are holding. and if you recall the reason why the last round collapse is because it's very, i wanted to pause. i'll try to pass some of the female soldiers under the baton. they're all for the humidity of the case. and now the defense ministers also said the same thing, more or less. he said, this is a humanitarian case, 128 and he questioned them to they mentioned a situation in guys which influence is more than 2000000 people. so they're trying to pass it as a humanitarian issue, which obviously it's not this, of the soldiers that for decades forth against how much the people wh

official telling abc news the director of the cia, bill burn, is meeting leaders from israel and qatarn europe to join those high stakes discussions. and defense secretary lloyd austin arriving in israel this morning. he will discuss transitioning to a more focused phase of the war. austin, also hoping to quiet concerns over a wider regional conflict. we saw firsthand israel's growing tension with hezbollah. israel and hezbollah exchanging cross border fire here, incoming artillery sending our team into a bunker. this is a daily experience for you. >> yes. except this time we have the privilege of being right next to this space. hamas cells operate beyond these walls. >> reporter: combat soldiers also on the ground throughout gaza. the idf saying they found the biggest hamas tunnel uncovered so far. >> the idf saying it probably took millions of dollars. they say they will be destroying this tunnel. >> reporter: the israeli military's assault of the strip remains relentless, too. the hamas run gaza health ministry saying more than 18,700 palestinians have been killed in this war. 64 jo