antony blinken talked _ ground in gaza itself. antony blinken talked about - ground in gaza itself.bout the - ground in gaza itself. antony| blinken talked about the help america has already given israel and how that help would continue. he said we are delivering on our word he talked about supplying defence equipment and more shipments were promised and what struck me as he said we will work with congress to make sure israel's defence needs are met. he talked about how across the political divide there was support for this and we have seen with ukraine some cracks and how much american aid should be sent to ukraine but what did you make of what antony blinken talked about that? �* ., ., . , that? again reinforcing the message of american — that? again reinforcing the message of american support, _ that? again reinforcing the message of american support, that _ that? again reinforcing the message of american support, that is - that? again reinforcing the message of american support, that is no - of american support, that is no politics and will continue regardless. what is interesti

you mention mahmoud abbas, antony blinken is going to go and - antony blinken is going to go and speakwhat you get about how that conversation will run? �* ., , �* ~' about how that conversation will run? �* ., , �* ~ ., ., run? antony blinken will have two objectives. _ run? antony blinken will have two objectives, one, _ run? antony blinken will have two objectives, one, to _ run? antony blinken will have two objectives, one, to try _ run? antony blinken will have two objectives, one, to try and - run? antony blinken will have two objectives, one, to try and ensure that what is happening in gaza doesn't spread to the west bank. he will be urging mahmoud abbas to stay calm, so those reports you havejust been mentioning of palestinians being killed in the west bank, there worrying elements. second, he will ask whether mahmoud abbas has any influence over hamas leaders and can persuade them to stiffen up communication lines to israel. i really doubt whether that is going to go anywhere, ijust do not think that influentially exists. kim tarik, former _ that influentially exists. kim tari

we heard tony blinken say -- the words he used in talking about it were terror tunnels is how tony blinkenalked about it today standing next to netanyahu. we also heard from the idf, reason dictates, tell us more, that the hostages are likely being held in those terror tunnels. >> yeah, that's right. i also think what's significant is we heard tony blinken talking about the coordination between the united states and israel on this very issue. and the support both intelligence, surveillance, but also most notably perhaps special operations support. and that suggests that there is at least some discussion of some kind of special operations mission to try and rescue these hostages if indeed they can identify exactly where they are being held. that would be an extremely risky mission, of course, but we know there are no current active negotiations with hamas for the release of those haostages. that's because israel and hamas are in different places about what the conditions would be for the release of hostages. israeli said no food, water, electricity or fuel will be going into gaza until the

we'll bring you tony blinken when he begins.he continues, we'll bring you remark when is they begin. >>> new this morning, the nypd is stepping up security after a former hamas leader encouraged protesters to show anger at demonstrations tomorrow. all officers must report in uniform as a precaution. there will be extra security around police precincts. with us now is a former senior director on counterterrorism at the national security council and it's been interesting over the last 24 hours to hear from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and then the secretary of state antony blinken compare hamas to isis. why do you think they are making that comparison? what's the significance here? >> the language we're hearing is a flexion of the tactics used in these devastating attacks over the weekend. hamas was a a violent terrorist organization and directed a number of attacks against israel. but these commando assaults, the murder of civilians, the kidnappings and all the other terrible atrocities coming to light, hamas had

antony blinken is on the ground in israel. and they say they brought a hostage official with him and there are fbi personnel involved. you can talk about what that means, like who is the hostage official with the state department and the fbi, and what will they be doing on the ground? >> they will be talking to the people and trying to negotiate as best they can to get the release of these hostages. maybe they can relieve some of the pressure being applied by the blockade and use this as a bargaining chip. but it is very difficult to negotiate in this kind of situation. i think that they should negotiate from a position of power and the way to do that is to crank down on the blockade, put the pressure on internally within hamas, have the people complaining that hey, what is going on here, i can't get my food and water, my children can't get their medicines. that will increase pressure internally and it will make negotiation opportunities much more fruitful. >> what can you tell us about what kind of assume the u.s. military co

reporter: i thank you secretary blinken. many people have likened the horrendous violence to attacks on 9/11. the u.s. has goodwill and there was many expressions of solidarity from around the world. but soon afterwards the u.s. squandered that by invading iraq. many people think that the most lasting consequences of 9/11 were the two wars that many americans deemed disasters in hindsight. i wonder what lessons might you have for israel as a friend of israel looking back at the aftermath of 9/11? second, i wonder whether your team has an assessment of what hamas' goals were in carrying out the attacks and whether it has gotten closer to those goals. secretary blinken: with regard to 9/11, if you look at this in proportions to the size of israel's population, this is equivalent of 10 nestles. -- 9/11s. that is how big and devastating this attack has been and of course each of these situations is very different and it's important to keep that in mind. of course, we are always trying to draw lessons from past experiences as the

tony blinken, mr.man, said in his remarks in israel that one of the goals of his visit right now is to prevent this conflict from spreading. do you think that it can be contained, and do you think that blinken can do it? >> that is my great hope. i brought it up in the classified briefing yesterday, and the worst case scenario, kate, is that it is going to escalate beyond the gaza, beyond the hamas in gaza, and escalate to hezbollah in lebanon and remember that hezbollah has 100,000 rockets at their disposal and that would overload the iron dome, because it is not capable of defending israel from that amount of rockets. and we are worried about the jihadist groups like in syria where we had the iran-backed shia militia groups, and that is the worst nightmare that we want to contain the conflict to the gaza, but what you are seeing is the original command and control to take them out by strike, and then the second phase is house-to-house to liberate hostages and root out terrorist, and that going to tak

i think there might be an element of buying more time, frankly. 20 blinken, secretary -- tony blinkenetary of state, in the arab world, part of this is to -- the agenda is clear, don't regionalize this war, and all the arabs agree with blinken on this. second, figure out a humanitarian corridor to minimize suffering in gaza, work with egypt. in the third is the issue of getting the hostages out. all of these things he could do before the ground war starts. once the ground war begins, you don't have that same kind of control. having the president go to the region, and there is rumors he might speak at an arab gathering -- that is not confirmed, however -- that would be time to gain more time until a lot of these strands fall into place. christian: thank you very much for your time this evening. sorry to press you, but we have these live pictures from brussels, two people shot in the belgian capital this evening. we are told by brussels police that the gunman is still at large. a video that has been seen and verified by the bbc is circulating on social media, showing a man speaking in a

mark levin pulled this out of blinken's remarks.nken said the prime minister and i discussed how israel does this matter, we democracies distinguish ourselves from terrorists. that is true, it echos biden's remark where biden said he discussed with netanyahu how democracies like israel and united states are stronger and more secure when we abide by the rule of law. forgive me president biden and secretary blinken, netanyahu is not the one who needs reminding about living by rule of law. that worries me they are leaving this wedge to equivocate between the two groups. they have been ine85cable about iran so far. there will be civilian casualties, even though the hamas has been warned, move out of the way. >> harris: talk about softening the ground, that is what i saw last night on another network and i named the person i was watching. there is, we don't know if babies have done decapitated, we have not seen the proof. you couldn't show it if you could. i don't know what that is about. last quick thought and we have a guest to bring i

that has been a takeaway from all of blinken's various meetings. he plans to go back to israel after he finishes his last round of trips. but it was interesting because while he reaffirmed u.s. support for israel, after the meeting with the egyptian president he also had an interesting message for the israel policeis how the out the next phase of the war. take a listen. >> the way that israel does this matters. needs to do it in a way that affirms the shared values that we have for human life and human dignity. taking every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians. >> reporter: so while he reaffirmed u.s. support for israel, maybe a word of caution or urging of constraints there from the secretary of state. >> thank you for that. john kirby also talked this morning about the u.s. plan to get the american hostages out of gaza. i mean, this is a very tricky and intricate situation not just for the american hostages, but for all of the hostages that have been taken into gaza. at this point nobody has heard anything, none of the families have hea

what stood out to you from secretary blinken's statement? >> yeah, i was trying to hear things that might point to a definitive off-ramp in terms of the military buildup for a possible incursion or language that might hint and intimate that israel is dialing back the level of anger, the real feel of a need and a desire to eradicate the hamas leadership through military means by going into gaza. but i don't really think i heard that off-ramp. but i think what we are hearing on top of all those points clarissa is making about the humanitarian area, when you look at the possibility of an incursion, it seems to me unlikely president biden would want to come if he thought that there was about to be an incursion. in essence, the violence was about to go up a notch. so, i think in terms of the diplomacy and the politics that are involved here and overall just using the time to sop up some of the heat, some of the anger, some of the frustration, some of the hurt, some of the pain that's going on here. you know, people are still being buried here. th

mr blinken reaffirmed america's full support to israel and said...be taken to avoid harming civilians of every nationality. at least 1300 israelis and more than 1400 palestinians have been killed. another update to bring you before we leave you this hour is that the uk government says it will facilitate commercial flights to the uk for british nationals wanting to leave israel. the first flight is due to depart in tel aviv very soon. that is it for this hour. there is plenty more on the bbc news website. we will leave you windows live from gaza. do stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. a number of places in the north of the uk had their first frost of the season this morning and it is a sign of things to come. some of the coldest weather was found across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england. lows of minus one or minus two celsius. compare that with a very different feel in the south of england and the channel islands, 16 or 17 degrees, thanks to a band of cloud and some splashes of rain. saw some quite heavy bursts

antony blinken had been due in israel next| blinken had been due in israel next week.himself is jewish, undertaken is one of solidarity. he himself isjewish, and he talked about hiring echoes of nazi massacres in his remarks today. the first and most important part of the visit is to show this public solidarity. in privatising their will be a lot of discussion about what israel's planning military, because it is difficult on what to do about hostages. whether it is wise for israel to attempt a land incursion, which they haven't attempted in the previous conflicts in gaza. i think he will also be trying to gauge the mood as to whether there is appetite in israel to spread this conflict, either to iran or into lebanon with his iranian—backed group. you will also be talking to the palestinian leadership in the west bank, which is different from hamas, which is operating out of gaza. he will be talking about whether there is any possibility of trying to revive peace talks. i think that is a medium term discussion he will have. we also heard from the secretary of state rene

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this is what antony blinken said-— blinken said. we always look at every option — blinken said.blinken said. we always look at every option and explore - blinken said. we always look at every option and explore every| blinken said. we always look at - every option and explore every part. here we have a number of things that we are actively engaged in including very active collaboration with israel. i also brought with me one of our top hostage experts who are staying behind working with the families, and the government of israel to make sure we are absolutely in sync and again following every option. there are also countries that we were just talking about, relationships with and influence with, it leveraged on hamas. talking to them about using that leveraged to get the hostages home. live now to monica marks who is a professor of middle east politics at new york university in abu dhabi. thank you for coming on the programme. ijust want thank you for coming on the programme. i just want to get your reaction and thoughts to this diplomatic tour currently under way by antony blin

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secretary blinken listened to saudi arabia. mohammed bin salman did a phone call with the president of iran just a couple days ago. that's a very, very unusual occurrence. so i think it's not just the united states messaging to try to keep this from escalating, it's probably other regional and global leaders. >> ben rhodes, you've been in all of these rooms. there's so much to discuss, thank you for being with us this morning. we're keeping a close eye on the cairo airport what we're expecting remarks from anthony blinken. we'll bring those reports live for you as soon as they began. for you as soon as they began. this is american infrastructure, a prime target for cyberattacks. but the same ai-powered security that protects all of google also defends these services for everyone who lives here. ♪ listen, your deodorant just has to work. i use secret aluminum free. just swipe and it lasts all day. secret helps eliminate odor, instead of just masking it. and hours later, i still smell fresh. secret works! ohhh yesss. ♪♪ new proje

well a very emotional news conference there by both benjamin netanyahu and antony blinken. >> mr blinkenretary of state reflecting that he was there not just as a us politician, but as a jew as well, that his family had been involved in the pogroms in russia and also in terms of surviving auschwitz and dachau, he said, speaking as netanyahu had done of a moral clarity in terms of what had happened in hamas . hamas. >> i think we can now speak to a representative from the israeli defence force who can join to us react to what we've just heard. thank you very much for joining us, colonel peter lerner. just to pick up on what we heard from both men about this moral clarity that i assume is something that every member of your defence force is carrying with them as well . with them as well. >> absolutely . the reality on >> absolutely. the reality on the ground is one where we see some people that are a bit confused about the situation and what we heard from prime minister netanyahu and the secretary of state. >> blinken is that the world needs to choose to be on the right side of history. th

as a result sullivan and blinken delivered documents to tehran a lot of them. and a rescinded trump era policy the u.n., that triggered so-called snab back mechanism, a move to reimpose international sanctions on iran, and released froz frozen iranian oil funds. the realignment. apeacappeasement. what is this all about? i have been thinking about this. the biden, blinken, obama, sul v sullivan ideology is this. stated by me, weaken the u.s. central role, super power status, we're just another player among many, you have to weaken our power, and empower those we're negotiating with or in a region to spring th bring them up. parity, that is outrageous, with terrorist regimes or china and russia, you deuc reduce america's super power role, this is their view. that is a view that in 1950s the hard left in america, there is nothing nonew, this is what leftists believe today, there is another problem we have. those of us who believe in a foreign policy that should be based on broad prudence. we're not interventionists, in every situation but, we don't believe in sitt

blinken said this morning the u.s. is actively working to ensure humanitarian assistance like water, food and medicine can get into gaza. >> he also said yesterday a safe passage way into egypt via the rafah crossing would be open as half a million people have fled northern gaza to southern gaza. but overnight the negotiations appear to have stalled. the israeli prime minister's office just saying at the moment there is note a ceasefire nor humanitarian assistance in the gaza strip in the return for exit of foreigners. >> and this morning israel says now 199 people are being held hostage, up from about 155 just yesterday. we're covering in from across the world. let's begin with erin burnett live in tel aviv. last hour you heard explosions, this has been such a dynamic situation every single day, what is happening on the ground right now? >> reporter: we did hear explosions about an hour ago. we've heard them through the night and as i said, israeli helicopters and air force, so you've heard all of that. this is the te

blinken arrived in tel aviv to show the u.s. commitment to israel after last weekend's attack and help secure the release of nearly 150 hostages taken by hamas, some believed to be american. he is soon expected to head to jordan where he will meet with the palestinian's president and jordan's king. joining me john finer. i appreciate your time. start with where poppy left off. very powerful interview. the death toll the secretary announced has gone up from 22 to 25. you have expected that. awful as it is, do you have any more information about the number of americans who are detained or could be held hostage right now and their condition? >> i don't have any more detailed information about that other than that is the number one area of focus for our embassy, for the experts we have sent to the region to consult with their israeli counterparts and advise them on hostage recovery efforts and, you know, this is, obviously, an area of great concern to all of us. people who are stuck in this situation. it is about the worst condition

my grandfather, maurice blinken, fled programs in russia. my stepfather, samuel p's pizar survived concentration camps, auschwitz, watch out dachau -- so, prime minister, i understand, on a personal level, the harrowing echoes that hamas's massacres carry for israeli jews, indeed, for jews everywhere. i also come before you as a husband and father of young children. it's impossible for me to look at the photos of families killed such as the mother, father, and three small children murdered as they sheltered in their home in a kibbutz near oz and not think of my own children. this is just one of hamas's countless acts of terror in a litany of brutality and inhumanity that, yes, brings to mind the worst of isis. babies slaughtered. bodies desecrated. young people burned alive, women raped, parents executed in front of their children, children in front of their parents. how do we even understand this, digest this? >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu repeatedly thank secretary blinken. >> this is a time, a particular time, a special tim

the united states is sending a secretary of state antony blinken visits israel. how he is ready get americans out of the war zone. >>> there is a lot of this information on social media. the deadline given to tiktok to make sure the platform keeps a close eye on it. >>> bay area artists were promised a lot of money to show off their art that was previously exporting men. now they are stuck in las vegas. how the artists are trying to retrieve what is theirs. >>> news at 5:30 starts right now. >> the war between israel and hamas has entered its sixth day . >> israel continues to hammer the gaza strip. all signs seem to point to an imminent ground assault into gaza. israeli military have amassed tanks and troops at the border. people in gaza say the rails the military has been watching from the sky warning them that attacks are imminent and they should try to seek shelter. the war has claimed the lives of at least 1500 people in gaza and at least 1300 israel is among the dead at least 27 americans. >> a large member of congress have it on the steps of capitol hill f

i think antony blinken was uuite ahead? i think antony blinken was quite clever _ ahead?ken was quite clever in _ ahead? i think antony blinken was quite clever in how _ ahead? i think antony blinken was quite clever in how he _ ahead? i think antony blinken was quite clever in how he chose - ahead? i think antony blinken was quite clever in how he chose his i quite clever in how he chose his words today. obviously, he had to show that the us stands shoulder to shoulder with israel, that has been the foreign policy for the wrong time. and he was speaking as secretary of state but also, as he said, as a jewish man, secretary of state but also, as he said, as ajewish man, somebody secretary of state but also, as he said, as a jewish man, somebody who is descended from thejewish people who have encountered unimaginable horrors because of anti—jewish violence. but he also said that democracies distinguish themselves by behaving better than terrorists and are striving for a better standard. i think those words were carefully chosen. i don't know whether or not they will have f

people are not animals. >> thank you, secretary blinken. if you can continue, please. >> i know several committee members have traveled to israel over the last three weeks and heard directly from israeli officials what they need to defend their people and prevent another attack like this one. that's exactly what the supplemental provides with 3.7 billion for security needs, including to help israel bolster its air and missile defense system. supplemental wants to enhance the security of our embassy. as president biden made clear from the outset while israel has the right and the obligation to defend itself the way it does so matters. in our discussions with the israeli government the president and i have both stressed the need for israel to operate by the -- >> meeting will suspend. [disruptor talking] >> cease-fire now. >> secretary blinken, you may continue. >> i was saying the president and i both stressed in our conversations with the israeli government the need for israel to operate by the law of war and in accordance with internationa

has primary- -- _ blinken alistair macrow visit. has primary--- in— blinken alistair macrow visit.portant message that israel needs to respect the laws of war to avoid, as far as possible, civilian casualties in gaza. they need to be thinking about what happens after they have hunted down these terrorists in gaza and have smashed the hamas organisation. what happens after that, i think thatis what happens after that, i think that is an important part of his message. i'm sure he will also be talking about regional escalation wrist and what can be done in terms of the humanitarian corridor and evacuation of hostages. it is a very full agenda. evacuation of hostages. it is a very fullagenda. it evacuation of hostages. it is a very full agenda. it is set in the emotional and terrible circumstances imaginable. you emotional and terrible circumstances imauinable. ., ., . ., imaginable. you made it clear, as has joe biden. — imaginable. you made it clear, as has joe biden, that _ imaginable. you made it clear, as has joe biden, that us _ imaginable. you made it clear, as has joe biden, th

he was speaking to america's top diplomat, antony blinken, in cairo.inken urged israel to do everything possible to avoid harming civilians. we'll report from inside gaza, and take a look at how any israeli military operation might pan out. and, what of the ongoing diplomatic efforts, in the crisis. but first, here's jeremy bowen. israel declared its war aims even before the tanks arrived. first, demolishing hamas so it can never be a threat again and arranging more than 1300 people, mostly its own civilians massacred by hamas. in the last few days, the border has become an armed camp. israel says its offensive is anchored injustice, security and morality. it has mobilised 360,000 reservists. border communities like a kibbutz that were barely defended when hamas stormed him are no mac staging areas for the offensive. 0ne certainty is that when israeli soldiers before worth many more palestinian civilians will die. gaza was printed again, the eighth day in a row. —— pounded again. mohammed's sons, daughters and cousins have been killed, eight of them wi

secretary of state antony blinken visiting israel to show support said earlier that the u.s.s working to find safety for women, children, civilians in gaza. >> we did discuss ways to address the humanitarian needs of people living in gaza, to protect them from harm while israel conducts its security operations to defend itself from terrorism and to try to ensure this never happens again. we also talked about the possibilities for safe passage for civilians who want to leave or get out of the way in gaza. that's a conversation and a discussion we'll pursue in the coming days, include colluding some of the countries we'll be visiting. >> that may be very difficult to arraign. days after the massacre near the gaza border, israel is now allowing journalists to see the horrors there firsthand. the stories of survivors are tough to see. very disturbing. clarissa ward was among the journal ists allowed to enter. here's what she witnessed yesterday. >> it was 7:11 a.m. on saturday morning when the militants arrived. surveillance footage shows them lying in wait until a car arrives. t

blinken: thank you. jeff: i don't mean to be too nice about it or anything but there is the usual bandwidth and then there is the special bandwidth that we have been dealing with. sec. blinken: i'm looking forward to years from now someone commenting on my tenure as "reality-based policymaking." you have an almost fatalistic view, but the next time -- sec. blinken: if you can tell me how i can work in the future -- jeff: i would like to work in the future. is there anything this administration can do to build guardrails for some of the plans and programs you are talking about including key programs like supporting ukraine or -- sec. blinken: i have mentioned a few of them. a number of things that we have done and supported including nato enlargement. the work we have done -- jeff: but the previous president if he is elected again and that is plausible outcome, he could pull us out of nato and what is nato without the united states? there is a demand signal at home whoever is president. about t

blinken: thank you. the first part of the question, no country, no country can tolerate having a terrorist group come in, slaughter its people in the most unconscionable way and live like that. but what israel is doing is not retaliation but defending the lives of its people and trying to make sure this cannot happen again. and i think any country faced with what israel has suffered would likely do the same thing. imagine if this had happened in the united states? so that's what is happening. of course it's important to think about, as one might put it, the day after and where this goes, and i believe that's very much a part of israel's thinking as well as our own and the thinking of many countries in the region because one thing is for sure, we can't go back to the status quo that allowed this to happen in the first place. so that has to be a part of the thinking and it is. but the immediate focus again is on making sure that israelis are protected and defended and that, again, this can't be allowed to

this morning, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, arrived.he us is fully backing israel but trying to stop a wider flare up in the middle east. and mr blinken spoke with israel's prime minister. hamas is isis. and just as isis was crushed, so too will hamas be crushed. and hamas should be treated exactly the way isis was treated. they should be spit out from the community of nations. no leader should meet them. no country should harbour them. and those that do should be sanctioned. as the ground offensive looms, this fighting is about to get much worse and the concerns will only grow over whether it can be contained. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. live now to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, who's in sderot. welcome to you. what is your assessment of the situation of antony blinken�*s visit and his meeting with the prime minister? let's pick up on the last point about the certainty this war for get worse. we've been in the south and we can see and hear the military activity intensifying. we been here on this border town

he was speaking to america's top diplomat, antony blinken, in cairo.ks mr blinken urged israel to do everything possible to avoid harming civilians. 0ur correspondent nick beake has been monitoring events and sent us this report from southern israel. gaza is bleeding. its hospitals, already full, deluged with more patients. these some of the youngest victims in this latest chapter of an ancient conflict that's now erupted so violently. israeli air strikes continue to kill civilians in gaza, bringing more searches amid the rubble, often in vain. translation: dozens - of families were massacred. we are beyond capacity. we're treating people in the corridors and on floors. this is a very dangerous situation. israel says this is self defence, to ensure its survival, and that this aerial bombardment is a proportionate response to the atrocities hamas committed a week ago. israel claims this strike killed a mastermind of the attacks. from outside gaza, a glimpse of the aftermath of the israeli raids. all day, we heard militaryjets heading towards their targe

secretary blinken will speak as well. we will bring that to you live.ael's air campaign to destroy hamas leadership and infrastructure intensifying overnight. chilling new video showing a terrorist arriving, flying on a paraglider into the music festival where 260 people were murdered. antony blinken comforting survivors in israel, including a woman who was at that festival. >> we managed to escape. but there were a lot of friends that didn't. there were a lot of friends captive now in gaza. we were saved by a miracle. but there are friends that we love that weren't. >> we want to bring you to the news conference of american families. let's listen to what they have to say. >> a terrorist organization that is backed by turkey, iran and qatar. as jews, anti-semitism has been our history for thousands of years. it's the dna of the jewish and israeli people. as president biden said in his speech, if israel doesn't exist, the jews are not safe. what happened saturday was the biggest number of jews to be killed in one day ever. the number of jews killed in th

we heard some more from tony blinken. let's bring in nic robertson. we didn't mean to cut you off there, but we heard more from the secretary talking about, as he says, the fundment the the issue that complicates this whole thing is that hamas uses civilians as shields to what they are doing. >> reporter: and this is exactly what we have seen play out today. the israeli defense forces asked those civilians to move south. 1 million of them at one point to do it now. the u.n. has said for so had many people to move it is impossible. john kirby has also said it would be a tall order to try to do that. hamas controls the transportation, controls whether or not people can move around in big numbers like that, and hamas told those civilians to stay put. so then the situation is set, where israel is asking the civilians to get out of the way when they go in with the ground force is expected as the secretary of state was saying. if the civilians use the human shields, which appears they would be, there would be civilian casualties. who gets the blame. there w

we saw antony blinken in tel aviv _ moment. we saw antony blinken in tel aviv yesterday _ moment.pledging - in tel aviv yesterday pledging solidarity with israel. today he is injordan, meeting the king, also the palestinian leader. how would you describe the nature of his mission? what exactly is he trying to achieve?— exactly is he trying to achieve? ., , ., achieve? certainly, for the united states, _ achieve? certainly, for the united states, the - achieve? certainly, for the | united states, the massive concern — obviously they want to stand behind israel. they are israel's strongest ally but they also want to make sure that this does not burn into a wider regional conflagration and so that is why we have seen us warships sent into the mediterranean. they say to send a very strong signal to other actors in the region to not take advantage of this moment. they are concerned about, for example, has fuller in lebanon or iraq engaging and making this a regional conflict. —— has fuller i think he is also going to the region to speak to other arab nations. there is a real push from

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blinken visited israel twice.that they didn’t ask enough the first time. zelsky also wanted to join the us on his trip to israel. noviv stated that for this now. i can imagine how he felt like a stump when he found out that billions of dollars and a bunch of weapons were being sent with the states somewhere other than kiev. zelsky cannot bear the fact that american money will go to a jew, he is also a jew, well, why, why should he go to israel, and boast about how cleverly he sold grenade launchers to hamas? us president joe biden also visited tel aviv to... show support for israel, a team of doctors flew in with him to keep biden alive, well, for now he supports israel. the american leader met with israeli prime minister benjamin nitanyahu and other israeli officials. netanyahu was very worried, very much, after all, the authorities arrived. during the trip, biden heard from israel how it would conduct its operations in a way that minimizes civilian casualties. two world champions in throwing noodles on the ears

leaders this morning, that blinken reaffirmed u.s.upport of israel, and to reaffirm as the state department hs said that blinken is focused on the efforts ongoing and under way to secure the safe release of the hostages being held by hamas terrorists, and today, the number of hostages has increased a great deal unfortunately. 199 people are believed to be held by hamas in gaza, john. >> yes, i want to go back to where nic robertson is in sderot which a mile or so from the gaza border, and what are you hearing, nic? >> yeah, we heard the fighter jets flying over, and heavy explosions that could have been artillery fired from the idf going into gaza, but then we heard iron dome intercepts, and john is going to pan up into the sky, and you could see a small gray cloud up in that area, and you are seeing the iron dome intercepts, and these are probably missiles fired toward ashdod or ashkelon, and not fired toward sderot where we are, but it is the uptick of the activity, and it has been relatively quiet, but now the afternoon activity is

what were secretaries blinken and austin hoping to achieve today?o persuade congress to pony up in hanover this $106 billion that the president wants for these various aspects of national security. they are trying to persuade congress that this should all be done in one block, that the issues essentially are linked in particular because, for example hamas has visited moscow and moscow has done deals with iran. these threats in ukraine and the middle east say the administrations are linked, and therefore the funding for them should be linked. that is the problem they are facing on capitol hill at the moment. there is significant resistance to that agenda at the moment. of course time is running out because the funding for the government in general runs out on november 17. caitrÍona: you mentioned this will be difficult. there are many obstacles there indeed. you might talk us through some of them. >> the principal problem is that there is a split in the republican party at the moment, and in particular a difference of opinion between the new house sp

my interview here tonight with secretary of state anthoony blin blinken. i ask him, what is going on right now? is a u.s. military operation on the table to help get those hostages out? what he told me. i sat down with secretary blinken a short time after he met with prime minister benjamin netanyahu here, and what the prime minister had just showed him. the brutal images never seen before. but first, abc's matt gutman tonight in southern israel, where they caught another suspected hamas militant, and the takedown just today. >> reporter: tonight, we travel to the site of the deadliest hamas massacre, the music festival, where over 260 people were killed. the murderous frenzy of that day may be over, but as we see, the threat is not. right there, come here. they found a militant right there, keep rolling. we watch as israeli forces subdue a suspected terrorist. there's a militant right under there. he's kneeling, his hands are on his chest. israeli paratroopers swarming. he's being blindfolded and led away right through there. >> we are now in a war zone.

beyond the establishment of some of what tony blinken just announced? >> well, i would expect that the israelis are not going to launch the invasion while president biden is on the ground in israel. but also, israel's been making additional preparations for such an incursion. and make sure that they're able to take care of wounded, and make sure that the logistics and all the different types of support necessary for such a large force, that they go into gaza, has behind it. i think that, again, what president biden will do, and what i think secretary blinken did today, is to get the israelis to give as much thought as possible to be able to strike this very impossible balance of destroying hamas's terrorism capabilities, finding the leadership, destroying their arsenals of weapons, but also to try to recover the hostages safely, and in a densely populated urban environment where, as jeremy mentioned, hamas is planning, and i'm sure, anticipates that israeli force -- this is gonna be a very challenging, difficult, bloody battle that i'm just hoping there

he is t in: to blinken has been trying to do. he is trying to get — blinken has been trying to do.concerted anti—hamas grouping here amongst arab countries but he is having a difficult time. because with the number of deaths, as we have been hearing, more than 2200, and this imminent ground offensive that will begin fairly soon, many arab people arejust begin fairly soon, many arab people are just outraged by this. and begin fairly soon, many arab people arejust outraged by this. and not just of court in the region but also, as we have seen on our television screens, right across the world. and this is turning people, most notably saudi arabia, is with at the moment, a key ally who he has been encouraging to normalise relations with israel, now saudi has said, as we have heard, that talks on that have stalled. this is what hamas wants, they want to drive this wedge. it hamas wants, they want to drive this wed . e. . , hamas wants, they want to drive this wedae. ., , ., hamas wants, they want to drive this wedae. ., ., , , wedge. it was one of the series in terms of a — wedge. it wa

secretary of state antony blinken.e could get clarity on what our cameraman saw at the rafah crossing between egypt and gaza. six he counted u.n. fuel trucks going into gaza, this would be the first aid getting into gaza since the terror attack more than one week ago. very significant. with us now is former nato supreme allied commander, europe retired u.s. air force general philip breedlove. in addition to that which is a significant development we want to talk about the other development this morning which is israel, the idf, saying that 199 hostages are being held in gaza right here. a small area, it's only 25 miles. how does that complicate the ground mission? what will the ground mission, therefore, look like from israel? >> well, thanks for having me. the ground mission is going to be hard no matter what, but these additional hostages are going to make it tougher. and we all know that hamas intends to use those hostages. hamas wants the world to see palestinians dying, they want the world to see israeli hostages

what should we hear from blinken?arently, i don't know if the president will go there the way he went to ukraine. i don't know if he'll go to israel at this point. >> i think the most important thing for israel is that their enemies understand that u.s. is lock step behind israel. there's not any separation. we're not here 10 days from now saying you done enough and you killed enough hamas terrorist. that's what it was in 2021. i think there's always that -- it's what they are counting on. these guys in hamas are not saying, we got stop this because too many civilians are dying. they don't about that. what they want to do is emerge from this being able to be viewed as more popular than the palestinian authority, for example over in the west bank. they want to be the dominant group in the region for palestinians. they view this as a great success. they have to be degraded. what they are counting on, when the images stop flowing and atrocities they committed that the world will put pressure on israel and u.s. and elemen

do you think blinken is in israel right now meeting with palestinian president.ack through diplomacy is an option? >> absolutely >> no, absolutely not guilty. thornhill tore is a terrorist organization and they've decapitated babies and are posting this thing online. we should be using the full force of the military to get our people out and we should be using whatever we can to help the israelis to push bag on terrorism they're experiencing in gaza and it's war. there'll be collateral damage and people like ourselves in the military try to minimize collateral damage and do operations and missions and dealing with this type of threat and this type of terrorism, you have to push back strongly and defend your people. >> all eyes on dc and the house gavels in at noon and house republicans selecting steve scalise as their speaker in a private meeting yesterday. what did this get wrapped up? is steve scalise the speaker once it gets wrapped up and does steve scalise have your vote? >> that's a great question. i think at noon today they'll recess again. if you just rea