antony blinken is t in: to continues. antony blinken is trying to get _ continues.to get the _ continues. antony blinken is trying to get the region - continues. antony blinken is trying to get the region to i trying to get the region to de—escalate but this is not working? de-escalate but this is not working?— de-escalate but this is not workinu? ,, . ., , ~ ., de-escalate but this is not workinu? ,, . �* ~ , working? secretary blinken is . uite working? secretary blinken is quite frankly _ working? secretary blinken is quite frankly wasting - working? secretary blinken is quite frankly wasting his - working? secretary blinken is| quite frankly wasting his time. we are two weeks away from the election results and there is desperation to get some good news out of the region that would demonstrate a win of sorts, a political victory for the administration. very clearly from the reader from the meeting with benjamin netanyahu, 2.5 hours spent together, the israeli reading is focused on iran and the american reading is focused on the need to get a ceasefire and provide

mr blinken has released five priorities to try to end the conflict.k to israel and others about how to end the war in gaza — which includes bringing home all the israeli hostages. he will also discuss with israel a post—conflict "day after" plan. he wants to review humanitarian asissstance to gaza — this after the us gave israel 30 days to take steps or risk some military assistance being cut off. —— humanitarian assistance to gaza. mr blinken wants to try to discuss ways to get a resolution to the war with hezbollah. and he'll also discuss israel's expected retaliation against iran. let's go live tojerusalem, where we're joined by our correspondentjonah fisher. we have seen lots of visits by mr blinken to the region since this war began. is there a real expectation he will try to push for a ceasefire this time? this is the 11th _ for a ceasefire this time? this is the 11th time _ for a ceasefire this time? this is the 11th time antony - for a ceasefire this time? ti 3 is the 11th time antony blinken has come to the middle east since this war started

so antony blinken continues, it is hisjob to remain antony blinken continues, it is his job to remainthers are less so. james, we don't have — when others are less so. james, we don't have much _ when others are less so. james, we don't have much time - when others are less so. james, we don't have much time but. when others are less so. james, we don't have much time but in| we don't have much time but in a minute, if kamala harris wins, is it more of the same, if donald trump wins what happens? it is hugely unpredictable. it happens? it is hugely unpredictable.- happens? it is hugely unpredictable. it is a full's came unpredictable. it is a full's game to — unpredictable. it is a full's game to predict _ unpredictable. it is a full's game to predict what - unpredictable. it is a full's game to predict what willl game to predict what will happen. with kamala harris there will be nuanced differences, she has seen a slightly less pro—israel then mr biden. donald trump wants deals, he likes to come in and shake things up. the problem is israel and the middle east, it is not quite deal p

before this moment, mr blinken had been in riyadh, hadjust moment, mr blinken had been in riyadh, haddi arabia, talking to muhammad bin salman, the crown prince there. that is very much about the post—war plan for gaza. the saudis still want and the americans are still pushing for this wider normalisation deal between the saudis and israel which would be dangled as a prize to the israelis to try and engage with the diplomatic process in the long term. but really, the diplomatic track on all of this is in a mess because of what is going on with hamas, because of the israeli military assault in the israeli military assault in the north of gaza and mr netanyahu appearing to show that there is a lack of interest frankly in diplomacy and much more in the military path and that is what mr blinken is trying to do, pull the israelis back towards trying to get a deal but at the moment, all of that and the chance of any breakthrough in even getting discussions back up even getting discussions back up and running seems very slim. let's now look at the humanitarian challenges. secretary blinken a

as we speak, antony blinken - is happening there.tony blinken isl is happening there. as we | speak, antony blinken is in london due to meet arab foreign ministers, some of the meetings are currently on. what is the apatite like in israel over the talks happening in london and prior to that in doha?- prior to that in doha? when it comes to _ prior to that in doha? when it comes to domain _ prior to that in doha? when it comes to domain hostage - comes to domain hostage families group, they have already welcomed this latest initiative to get ceasefire talks and hostage release deal moving again. what we understand from the israeli prime minister's office, they will send the head of the mossad intelligence agency along on sunday to meet the cia chief on the half of the us and the qatari prime minister. we are expecting egyptian intelligence officials to go to doha as well. of course the qataris and egyptians have been serving as regional mediators. what we heard is a hamas delegation did meet the egyptian intelligence officials in cair

blinken: good morning, everyone. since october 7 a year ago, israel has achieved most of its strategic objectives when it comes to gaza, all with the idea of making sure that october 7 could never happen again. in the space of a year, it's managed to dismantle hamas's military capacity. it's destroyed much of its arsenal. it's eliminated its senior leadership, including most recently yahya sinwar. this has come at the cost, great cost to palestinian civilians in gaza. now is the time to turn those successes into an enduring strategic success. and there are really two things left to do, get the hostages home, and bring the war to an end, with an understanding of what will follow. and that's what we've been working on this past day. and we'll continue to work on throughout this trip. when it comes to the hostages, i met again with hostage families last night, including the families of the seven americans who remain in gaza. and that reinforces once again for me and for all of us the urgency, the imperative of bringing

— this latest effort has had now from antony blinken?carl, and it sounds _ antony blinken? nice to be with you, carl, and it sounds like _ antony blinken? nice to be with you, carl, and it sounds like there's - carl, and it sounds like there's been some promising develop it's on the diplomatic front with secretary blinken and his counterparts, and a number of different countries. i hate to be pessimistic, but we've also heard this story time and time again, and this is the 11th or 12th time secretary blinken in the past year has been on these types of tours, you know, trying to get all the parties involved to come to some kind of deal to stop the war in gaza, address the issue with the tremendous suffering of the palestinian people caught in the crossfire, now with lebanon — but every time we've heard that there's been momentum, then nothing materialises. at this point, i'm not sure we are going to get to the deal that everyone wants in the coming days. it that everyone wants in the coming da 5. . ,, . , that everyone wants in the coming

this isn't blinken's 11th visit to _ achieve. ? this isn't blinken's 11th visit to the _ achieve. ?s 11th visit to the country since l 11th visit to the country since the start— 11th visit to the country since the start of the war —— this is. perhaps expectations were very— is. perhaps expectations were very low _ is. perhaps expectations were very low. no real hopes of a breakthrough regarding a cease—fire. that's mainly because _ cease—fire. that's mainly because even though diplomats have _ because even though diplomats have seen a bit of a window of opportunity after the killing of yahya sinwar last week, the view_ of yahya sinwar last week, the view of— of yahya sinwar last week, the view of the events is israel has — view of the events is israel has to— view of the events is israel has to finish the war in gaza before — has to finish the war in gaza before he _ has to finish the war in gaza before he can declare an end to the war— before he can declare an end to the war and talk about a cease—fire. we've got two very different — cease—fire. we've got two very different what we

our correspondent wyre davies is injerusalem with more details on blinken�*s visit.inken�*s iith visit to israel and to the wider region since the start of october the 7th, but expectations even before meeting the israeli's prime minister were low. the two men netanyahu and antony blinken met for two and half hours but to emphasise the low expectations for any hope of progress, their versions of events discussed at the meeting are very different. first of all, we got from the american side the view that israel needed to capitalise on the successful action to bring the hamas leader, yahya sinwar, to justice and to secure hostages�* release and end the conflict. and mr blinken�*s spokesman also talked about the importance of getting more aid into gaza, where some 400,000 people, particularly in the north, are really suffering because of the humanitarian crisis up there. we know that antony blinken is very concerned that israel's enhanced military activity in the north is having a detrimental humanitarian impact. then we go on to the israeli version of how that meeting

our correspondent wyre davies is injerusalem with more details on blinken�*s visit.iith visit to israel and that part of israel since the start of october the 7th, but expectations even before meeting the israeli's prime minister were low. the two men netanyahu and antony blinken met for two and half hours but to emphasise the low expectations for any hope of progress. their versions of events discussed at the meeting are very different. first of all, we got from the american side the view that israel needed to capitalise on the successful action to bring the hamas leader, yahya sinwar, to justice and to secure hostages, release and end the conflict. and mr blinken�*s spokesman also talked about the importance of getting more aid into gaza, where some 400,000 people, particularly in the north, are really suffering because of the humanitarian crisis up there. we know that antony blinken is very concerned that israel's enhanced military activity in the north is having a detrimental humanitarian impact. then we go on to the israeli version of how that meeting went. mr n

us secretary of state antony blinken is in doha for meetings with qatari leaders.raeli and american negotiators will travel to doha in the coming days for fresh ceasefire talks. a hamas official, speaking after talks with egyptian mediators in cairo on thursday, told the french news agency afp that the group is ready to stop fighting if israel commits to a ceasefire deal. speaking alongside qatar's prime minister a little earlier, secretary blinken said he hopes to find a diplomatic resolution to the war in the wake of israel's killing of hamas leader yahya sinwar, whom he described as a central obstacle in previous negotiations. the reason i believe this opportunity now is because the biggest obstacle to concluding that agreement was yahya sinwar and the fact that he is no longer with us, perhaps creates an opening for actually moving forward in concluding an agreement. our state department correspondent tom bateman is following the story from doha. he sent this update. the question is what is going on with the hamas leadership? is there anyone to talk to? they sa

mr blinken has released five priorities to try to end the conflict.to israel and others about how to end the war in gaza — which includes bringing home all the israeli hostages. he will also discuss with israel a post—conflict "day after" plan. he wants to review humanitarian asissstance to gaza — this after the us gave israel 30 days to take steps or risk some military assistance being cut off. mr blinken wants to try to discuss ways to get a resolution to the war with hezbollah. and he'll also discuss israel's expected retaliation against iran. bbc news correspondent jonah fisher has the latest from jerusalem. this is the 11th time antony blinken has come to the middle east since this war started just over one year ago, and to be quite frank expectation is pretty low about what he can achieve on this trip. this diplomatic initiative came about following the killing of hamas leader yahya sinwar last week in gaza. i think there was a feeling than amongst western countries in particular that that might provide possibly a window of opportunity to push a

antony blinken has firm priorities, _ happened. antony blinken has firm priorities, one _ happened.ppened. antony blinken has firm priorities, one of them i happened. antony blinken has firm priorities, one of them is| firm priorities, one of them is about getting aid into northern gaza. one of your colleagues says it is absolutely desperate, and he is calling for a pause in the fighting to get some aid in. is anybody getting income is your agency able to get anything in at the moment?— able to get anything in at the moment? ., . ., ., ., moment? not much at all. i have now more — moment? not much at all. i have now more than _ moment? not much at all. i have now more than 50 _ moment? not much at all. i have now more than 50 colleagues - moment? not much at all. i have now more than 50 colleagues on | now more than 50 colleagues on the ground inside gaza. they work 24/7 to save lives. we are hardly getting any trucks in, we get in a few, we immediately distribute to people who are starving. in the north, there is now a procedure meant within the general siege of gaza for the genera

if that was antony blinken is trying to build on? it that was antony blinken is trying to build on?blinken is trying to build on? it is, they felt they could _ trying to build on? it is, they felt they could surprise - trying to build on? it is, they felt they could surprise open | felt they could surprise open this moment because remember we had weeks of stalled over a ceasefire and hostage release deal gaza and when he was killed the americans thought that would remove the chief obstacle to getting that deal done. but i have to say that with the haste that which they have done this trip together, i think it has shown any sense of making real progress in that diplomatic effort has not been as apparent as they might have liked. having said that, they did manage to say that they would get the mediators back around the table probably over the weekend in doha so crucially the head of mossad from israel and bill burns the head of the along the will talk again but the fact is they had again but the fact is they had a plan that had ceased to make any progress and the question now is, is t

our correspondent wyre davies is injerusalem with more details on blinken�*s visit.is anthony blank and's 11th this is anthony blank and's iith visit to israel but this time expectations for any breakthrough even before meeting the israeli prime minister were really quite low. the two men, benjamin netanyahu and anti— blink and, met for 2.5 hours but to emphasise the low hopes of any progress their version of events discussed at the meeting are very different. first of all we got from the american side the view that israel should capitalise on the successful action to bring the hamas leader sinwar to justice and secure hostages release and end the conflict. mr lincoln's spokesman also spoke about the importance of getting more aid into gaza was some 400,000 people in the north in particular are suffering because of the humanitarian crisis. we know that antony blinken is very concerned at israel's enhance military activity in the north that it is having a detrimental humanitarian impact. and then we go to the israeli version of how the meeting went. netanyahu's spokes

us secretary of state antony blinken is in doha for meetings with qatari leaders.hat israeli and american negotiators will travel to doha in the coming days for fresh ceasefire talks. a hamas official, speaking after talks with egyptian mediators in cairo on thursday, told the french news agency afp that the group is ready to stop fighting if israel commits to a ceasefire deal. secretary blinken said he hopes to find a diplomatic resolution to the war in the wake of israel's killing of hamas leader yahya sinwar, whom he described as a central obstacle in previous negotiations. the reason i believe there is opportunity now is because the biggest obstacle to that was sinwar and the fact he is no longer with us perhaps allows an opening for moving forward and concluding an agreement. secretary blinken announced washington will send an additional $135 million to palestinians in gaza and the occupied west bank for humanitarian assistance. it comes as a hospital in central gaza says an israeli air strike on a school killed at least 17 people, including children. israel's

the us secretary of state meets with israel's prime minister — it's anthony blinken�*s 11th trip to then, since the gaza conflict began. world leaders gather in russia — for the brics summit — as moscow says, they are not isolated, despite western efforts. the former chief executive of the fashion giant — abercrombie & fitch — and his british partner, have been arrested on sex trafficking charges. and king charles reviews the national fleet on the final day of his royal visit to australia. let's start in lebanon where an israeli airstrike near a hospital is now said to have killed 18 people, including a child. the overnight strike, appeared to hit buildings opposite the rafik hariri university hospital — the country's biggest government—run hospital. lebanon's health ministry says another 60 people were injured, most of them children. israel said it was targeting hezbollah facilities. ina rare press conference in the last few hours, hezbollah claimed responsibility for last week's drone attack on the israeli prime minister's holiday home, and there have been reports of more israeli stri

the us's top diplomat, antony blinken, is back in the middle east, urging israeli leaders for a ceasefire. israel intensifies its aerial assault on lebanon at least 18 people are killed and dozens injured in a strike near the country's largest hospital. with two weeks to go to the us presidential election, donald trump's campaign accuses the british labour party of making illegal contributions to his opponent, kamala harris. plus, leaders of emerging economies gather for the brics summit in russia. welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. the us�*s top diplomat is in israel continuing his bid to end the widening conflict in the middle east. during talks that lasted several hours on tuesday, us secretary of state antony blinken pressed israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to use the killing of hamas�*s leader as an opening for peace. he also stressed the need to get more humanitarian assistance into gaza. the biden administration has repeatedly tried to calm the conflict — this is secretary blinken�*s iith visit to to the region since the war in gaza began just over a year ago. i believe ve

earlier this month, blinken au.. secretary of defense lloyd austin told israel they want to see an increase of humanitarian aid delivered into gaza and u.s. weapons delivees would be curtailed if washington was not satisfied. now, as you mentioned, blinken met with prime minister netanyahu in jerusalem yesterday where he urged the israeli leader to capitalize on last week's killing of yahya sinwar in gaza and bring military operations against hamas to a close. according to the state department, blinken made the case to netanyahu that sinwar's death signified israel had achieved its war aim and that his death would make it easier to see a return of the remaining hostages that were kidnapped by hamas on october 7 of last year. israel has also been targeting hezbollah leadership in lebanon. last month, israel killed long-time leader hassan nasrallah, raising questns over who speaks for the group. one was his cousin. but the idf said yesterday he was killed in a massive airstrike against hezbollah leadership in beirut ea

—— blinken.en the us envoy visited lebanon to hold a series of discussions with senior lebanese political leaders about the prospects of a ceasefire involving hezbollah, and that focused around the deal, an ordeal, but one that is still on the table about hezbollah to withdraw from lebanon. the voice in parliament said they are down to submit to the terms of this un resolution from 2006, but what the us envoy was saying is there needs to be some serious mechanisms by which it can be invoiced and monitored, that there is withdrawal of the from there is withdrawal of the from the southern _ there is withdrawal of the from the southern border _ there is withdrawal of the from the southern border and - there is withdrawal of the from the southern border and an increase in the role of the un peacekeeping troops there, and the lebanese armed forces who have mostly been on the sidelines of the conflict. while it sounds like there is a basis for discussion, i think the severity and the pure sense of esca

secretary of state blinken is in israel. so what we know about his meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, plus we want to take you inside elon musk's recent town hall as the tech titan pours millions into returning former president trump to the white house later a major ruling against former new york mayor rudy giuliani. what his election lies will now cost him these stories and much more coming up on cnn news central before election day. vice president harris bases voters and takes to pressing questions, lie anderson cooper moderates a cnn presidential town hall. kamala harris tomorrow at nine eastern on cnn the best part of any of those renovations shows is always a transformation. >> they show you what the end i'm brian gary here with brian price from renewal by anderson, and he's going to show us some of their transformations. >> hey, brian, let me ask you if you remodel your kitchen, would you choose the same styles you had no same can go for your windows and doors. for example, you're standing here doing the d

blinken: anymore? [laughter] i'm happy to start. as we said, i think each of us, and as we say collectively, we believe that the entire world should be insisting and demanding that the dprk cease its provocative actions both in terms of the repeated missile launches in violation of u.n. security council resolutions, and also providing its troops for russia's use into this war of aggression against ukraine. and when it comes to china, asa member of the united nations agree to cancel, we would -- as a member of the united nations security council, we would and should expect no less. we had conversations with china. in fact, we had a robust conversation just this week. i think they know well the concerns we have and expectations in word and deed that they will use the influence they have two work to curb these activities. so we will see if they take action. this is a demand signal coming not just from us, but from countries around the world. you see what the dprk is doing in the immediate region, on the korean peninsula, but also what

visits the region. as antony blinken visits the reuion. ., �* , as antony blinken visits the reuion.'s right, it is a message _ region. that's right, it is a message coming - region. that's right, it is a message coming out - region. that's right, it is a message coming out fromj region. that's right, it is a - message coming out from the different un agencies that are involved in this mass vaccination campaign really made necessary after the first traces of polio were found, first of all in sewage water in central gaza in the middle of this year and then they had the first case of a baby, and unvaccinated baby with polio in close to two decades. it was underlined by the different un agencies involved in this mass vaccination that it was really important to have this 2—stage programme is rolled out across all areas of the gaza strip. the first stage was completed successfully a month or so ago and now they have carried out the second stage in the centre of the gaza strip and in the south. but it seems they are unable to get the humanitarian pauses in fighting that are necessary in or

s top diplomat anthony blinken presses israeli leaders for a cease-fire. intensified its aerial assault on lebanon. at least zillion people are killed and a strike near the country's largest hospital. plus, leaders gather for the brics summit in russia. ♪ welcome to world news america. the u.s.'s top diplomat is in israel continuing his bid to end the widening conflict in the middle east. during talks on tuesday, u.s. secretary of state antoni blinken pressed prime minister netanyahu to use the killing of the hamas leader as a reason for peace. this is secretary blinken's 11th visit to the region since the war in gaza broke out. here he is earlier. >> i believe very much that the death of sinwar does create an important opportunity to bring the hostages home, to bring the war to an end and to ensure israel's security and that's what our conversations today focused on with our israeli colleagues, including arrangements for the period following the end of the conflict. >> and our correspondent in jerusalem has more. >> as if to emphasize the low expectation,

we are looking at of course us secretary of state antony blinken�*s visit.n doha. let us understand what we're looking at by speaking to our diplomatic correspondent james landale. first, how much hope is that from the talks that we expecting? i is that from the talks that we meeting?— is that from the talks that we expecting? i think it is always hard to talk _ expecting? i think it is always hard to talk about _ expecting? i think it is always hard to talk about hope - expecting? i think it is always hard to talk about hope when | expecting? i think it is always i hard to talk about hope when it comes to these kinds of negotiations because these kinds of talks have been happening ever since the attack on israel on the 7th of october last year. hope absent flow. —— hope absent flows. this idea of whether or not the death of sinwar is an opportunity. that will be tested. we had from antony blinken that is what they hope, people hope he was a blockage and his removal on his killing, means that potentially there can be some diplomatic... that is not a thesis s

, ugh, pardon me, under the late clinton, of course, the late blinken is already now, but when under the late clinton it began to form, it was not quite, let's say, here is pro-israeli, that is, in a sense they recognized that israel, of course, is an ally, an important pro-american state there, but the right-wing parties of israel are not their friends. hence this obama détente with iran, hence these mutual, but obama simply hated because, yes, naturally, and netanyahu paid him, so to speak, in the same way, yes, this is an interesting fact, they campaigned for each other in the elections about cairo, which is worth something, so that, so in fact for them this situation, this is in general, but another matter, that they constantly sign off on the fact that they do not control the last truly completely pro-american state there, that is, they really say: we are against, they declare it openly, let me remind you that... for the american political machine, generally speaking, this is a way of communication, they cannot say some things closed, said openly, then it is a fact, no, it is as

so the talk from antony blinken seems that it talk from antony blinken seems thatitis talk from antonyhe next few days but i think the difficulties and the gap between the is really hamas sides are huge, and i don�*t think that he will make any concession because it will be seen as a traitor in the eyes of hamas, so there is hope as well, but not much, as mr blinking put it, in his speech or his statement. the israeli strikes continue _ or his statement. the israeli strikes continue and - or his statement. the israeli strikes continue and we - or his statement. the israeli | strikes continue and we have news of a recent one in southern lebanon, what can you tell us? , ., , ., tell us? yes, it was a accommodation - tell us? yes, it was a accommodation of i tell us? yes, it was a - accommodation of journalists accommodation ofjournalists from different channels. some of them are affiliated with hezbollah, and yesterday, it was it, one of its offices in lebanon, so there are three journalists who were killed and two injured, so it seems like escalating to targets, you understand some of t

and in a few hours time, antony blinken is due to arrive in the region.has release five priorities to try to end the conflict in the middle east. firstly, to talk to israel and others about how to end the war in gaza — which includes bringing all the hostages home. he will also discuss with israel a post conflict "day after plan". he wants to review humanitarian assistance to gaza — this after the us gave israel 30 days to take steps or risk some military assistance being cut off. he wants to try to discuss ways to get a resolution to the war with hezbollah. and he'll also discuss israel's expected retaliation against the iran. continuing to work on a post conflict "day after" plan. his visit to the middle east comes after the white house said it is "deeply concerned" about the leak of a pair of highly classified intelligence documents describing israel's preparations for a retaliatory strike on iran. the documents appeared on telegram at the weekend, including satellite images and classified analysis. chairman of the house intelligence committee congress

we know that anthony blinken is there as we speak. is there anything left the united states can do at this point what i think and i hope that tremors and netanyahu listens to work. >> secretary blinken has to say and secretary austin, i know that everyone is looking and waiting. that seems to me that to waiting to see what happens with this election that takes place in november but a lot it's, the world is a better place with sinwar gone and what we need right now is those hostages, including the american hostages, to be released, hamas needs to release them in what, you know, i still i think what caused the war is something that should bring us all together to have peace. what caused the war in my estimation, was the fact that saudi arabia and others in the region we're negotiating peace with israel in negotiating the israel and stating israel's right to exist. that's a changed. and what has been taking place over the last 75 years so what we need is all of working and it has been proven to me when we saw the attack by iran on israel

earlier this month, blinken and u.s. secretary lloyd austin told them that the u.s. wants to see an increase in aid into gaza and weapons deliveries would be curtailed if washington was not satisfied. blinken met with prime minister benjamin netanyahu where he urged the leader to capitalize on last week's killing of yahya sinwar in gaza and bring military operations against hamas to a close. according to the state department, blinken made the case to netanyahu that sinwar's death signified that israel had achieved its war aimand his death would make it easier to see the return of the remaining hostages kidnapped by hamas last year. israel has been targeting hezbollah leadership in lebanon. they killed nasrallah, raising questions over who speaks for the group. one of the obvious contenders was nasrallah's cousin, but the idf said he was killed in a massive airstrike against hezbollah leadership in beirut earlier this month. hezbollah in lebanon has become the focal point of israel' tention in recent months. the idf continued to conduct airstrikes around beirut with o

. >>> new deadly israeli strikes in beirut as secretary of state blinken arrives in the region to renew the u.s. push for peace. >>> the former ceo of abercrombie & fitch charged with sex trafficking men at international sex parties with promises of modeling jobs. >>> the outbreak of e. coli linked to mcdonald's. the cdc alert. >>> and high-tech whale watching using ai to connect with giants of the deep. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome. vice president harris tonight acknowledging her team is considering the possibility that former president trump could try to claim victory prematurely on election night. her comments coming in response to a question by nbc's hallie jackson in a one-on-one interview late today in which harris also spoke about whether the country is ready for a woman of color to be president. the vice president taking a day off the campaign trail, meeting with her team and sitting for interviews with two weeks to go before election day. meantime, former president trump making his second straight visit to north carolina

this as secretary blinken was landing, all this happening.e from the u.s., from blinken today with netanyahu to get food into northern gaza, a trickle of trucks have gotten in. they have not gone to the people who need them because of the continuing air strikes. the u.s., the president said last week at a meeting in germany, the war in gaza should end now and get the hostages home. now you have the spreading war in lebanon. the u.s. supports them attacking -- israel attacking lebanon near the southern border but not on beirut and pressing israel to keep its expected retaliation against iran proportional. that means to keep with what they have been told by the israelis that it will not hit nuclear sites, that it will not hit energy sites, that they will go after offensive weapons and try to avoid escalating it to the point where iran's expected response will spread to a wider war. >> i know, you spoke with a former hostage whose husband is being held hostage in gaza. what did she tell you? >> reporter: as you know, we have known her. she's bee

antony blinken is in qatar at the moment.e news lines that came out was increase in assistance and humanitarian aid to the palestinians, $i35 humanitarian aid to the palestinians, $135 million. let's bring you a short portion of that press conference. secretary blinken emphasised that israel's activities on its northern border were being closely watched by the united states. as israel conducts to remove the threat from the border, we have been clear this could not, should not lead to a retracted campaign. and israel must take the necessary steps to avoid civilian casualties and not endanger peacekeepers or the lebanese armed forces. right now we are working intensely to reach a diplomatic resolution, sees the full implementation of the un security council resolution 1701 and as a result allow civilians on both sides of the border to return to their homes. another update on the lebanese capital in beirut. we are hearing there were 17 strikes in the lebanese capital overnight and that is why you are seeing the smoke in the air

we're seeing secretary blinken on his 11th trim now to the middle east.oint what do you think he can achieve? >> well, i've stopped making predictions about the course of events in the middle east. what you're hearing from him is a clear message that with the death of sinwar there is a moment in which we can pace to conclusion the fight inside gaza and begin the work of rebuilding gaza. and also wind down operations in lebanon has hezbollah has been substantially harmed. their capacity to hit israel is seriously diminished and the death of sinwar is another fatal blow to iran's proxies and presents an opportunity for us to get to the next step, which is to try to help lebanon guild a governance structure that does not rely on the power of hezbollah and rebuild a state in gaza that ultimately presents no threat to israel but also builds towards a future palestinian homeland. >> senator, that opportunity as you describe it is also what we've heard from president biden. it contrasts what we're seeing on the ground, continued fighting in left hook non. contin

with blinken emphasizing repeatedly that israel's war aims have been achieved. with that in mind, blinken's visit to doughha is the cap sto to the visit to the reasonable. negotiators will travel to doha to try to find a way to move things forward. the major question now is who speaks for hamas. sinwar's death has seen the likelihood of an agreement. it has also left a power vacuum within hamas. appearing with the qatari minister, blinken said it was unclear that hamas was ready to rejoin the talks following the killing of their leader last week. blinken did however say that the united states was working with intermediaries in egypt and qatar to find some way forward. among those options is an egyptian proposal for a two-week cease-fire in the exchange for the release of six more hostages. qatar's foreign ministers said their conversations with the political wing of hamas suggest that there is no clarity on who will take the helm and what the path forward will look like. all of this comes as israel continues its military operations against hamas and gaza, but al

us secretary of state antony blinken is in doha for meetings with qatari leaders.d american negotiators will travel to doha in the coming days for fresh ceasefire talks. a hamas official — speaking after talks with egyptian mediators in cairo on thursday — told the french news agency afp that the group is ready to stop fighting if israel commits to a ceasefire deal. speaking alongside qatar's prime minister a little earlier, secretary blinken said he hopes to find a diplomatic resolution to the war in the wake of israel's killing of hamas leader yahya sinwar whom he described as a central obstacle in previous negotiations. the biggest obstacle to concluding that agreement was sinwar and the fact that is no longer with us creates an opening for actually moving forward and concluding an agreement. our state department correspondent tom bateman is following the story from doha. he sent this update. the question now is what is going on with the hamas leadership, is there anyone to talk to, sinwar had walked away from the deal, he wasn't engaging for many weeks. and so,

blinken did say, however, that the u.s. was working with intermediaries in egypt and qatar to find some tway forward. among them is a proposal for a two-week cease-fire in exchange for six more hostages. qatar's foreign minister said their conversations with the political wing of hamas says there is no clarity on who will take the helm and what the path forward will look like. all of this comes as israel continues its military operations against hamas in gaza but also against the iran-backed hezbollah in lebanon. and of course the worsening humanitarian situation within gaza. back to you. >> matt, thank you. >>> on thursday, the los angeles district attorney announced he will seek resentencing for eric and lyle menendez, which could potentially allow the brothers to walk free after being behind bars for decades. nbc's dana griffin has the details. >> reporter: l.a. district attorney george gascon's recommendation for the menendez brothers to now be sentenced to murder makes them eligible for parole. so now this will go befo

so blinken is going to try to use that to convince the israelis to move in this way. they're of course, are domestic political imperatives on the israeli side and those domestic political imperatives include prime minister netanyahu's desire not only to prosecute the war, but to survive politically because the longer he stays is prime minister, the less chance he is going to be charged criminally and that of course, also has an impact on what happens next. >> yeah here's political implications here for him as well colonel cedric leighton. thank you for that. daniel levy, we'll reconnect with him later on. victor. obviously big questions here of what's going to happen next. a lot of basically still to be decided as of this moment, there are lots of questions and increasing tensions there. kaitlan. thank you. you for being there and you're reporting. are liam payne's fans are mourning his death and there are lots of questions about what happened during the final moments of his life. we have details of the investigation next >> i did nine on cnn at bombus we make the mos

he gave me his thoughts on how much of an impact mr blinken�*s latest trip is having.ound like there's been some promising development on the diplomatic front with secretary blinken and his counterparts, and a number of different countries. i hate to be pessimistic, but we've also heard this story time and time again, and this is the 11th or 12th time secretary blinken in the past year has been on these types of tours, you know, trying to get all the parties involved to come to some kind of deal to stop the war in gaza, address the issue with the tremendous suffering of the palestinian people caught in the crossfire, now with lebanon — but every time we've heard that there's been momentum, then nothing materialises. and at this point, i'm not sure we are going to get to the deal that everyone wants in the coming days. it appears that part of those talks in london was discussing a post—conflict plan for how to rebuild gaza once the war ends. why do you think the focus turned to a day—after plan when this war is still raging? the day—after plan is something a lot of comm

the us's top diplomat, antony blinken, is back in the middle east, urging israeli leaders for a ceasefire. with two weeks to go to the us presidential election, donald trump's campaign accuses the british labour party of making illegal contributions to his opponent, kamala harris�*s campaign. the former boss of the fashion giant abercrombie & fitch and his british partner are arrested on sex trafficking charges. welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. we begin in the middle east where the israeli military says hezbollah�*s hashem safieddine — the heir apparent to former chief hassan nasrallah — was killed in an air strike earlier this month. hezbollah, though, has not confirmed his death. the group did, however, confirm that it was behind the attempted drone attack on the israeli prime minister's holiday home over the weekend. meanwhile, in beirut, health officials say 18 people were killed by an israeli air strike near a large government hospital in the city's south. israel says it was targeting a hezbollah position. and the israeli military says it has identified a bunker concealed under ano

antony blinken is trying to jump start talks.ddle east, he came here to london to meet with arab leaders who are visiting here. he ran into sharp criticism of israel from one of israel's longest serving closest allies, jordan. jordan's foreign minister and deputy prime minister saying that israel is not listening to anybody. that's an implicit rebuke of u.s. policy to try to restrain israel in northern gaza and attacks in beirut. the u.s. is supporting israel's efforts to root out hezbollah weapons stockpiled in southern lebanon. they are not calling for a cease-fire in lebanon but they are critic of the attacks in beirut. in northern gaza, there have been accusations that israel has a policy of trying to move palestinians out in order to have settlers move in. israel denies it. secretary blinken brought it up with the prime minister, with netanyahu and his defense minister on tuesday in israel. now today, the jordanian foreign minister to blinken's face said what's going on in northern gaza is ethnic cleansing. >> a particular m

i want to start with antony blinken his visit to the region.ink it will have if any on the fighting that we're seeing there? is there an appetite for a cease—fire between israel and lebanon, hezbollah? yes. israel and lebanon, hezbollah? yes, definitely anthony _ israeland lebanon, hezbollah? ye: definitely anthony boykins visit is not only for israel as for saudi arabia and different countries in the region. —— antony blinken. the cease—fire and lebanon and israel and between hezbollah, the white house envoy who wasn't lebanon yesterday so far it seems that the proposal provided the lebanese government is no longerjust to expire. it seems that now we're moving beyond 1701 international resolution for a cease—fire for the interning more into more border security. which is the difference that in 2006 the 1701 was issued it was implemented only as a cease—fire resolution. it only stop the war but did not stop hezbollah from rebuilding itself and developing for that what they are developing today is a cease—fire that would turn into border securit

um, before this moment, mr blinken had been in riyadh.he crown prince there. that is very much about a so—called day after plan, post—war plan for gaza. and the saudis still want, and the americans are pushing, this wider so—called normalisation deal between the saudis and israel, which would be sort of dangled as a prize to the israelis to try and engage with the diplomatic process in the long term. but really, the diplomatic track on all this is in a mess because of what's going on with hamas, because of the israeli military assault in the north of gaza. and mr netanyahu appearing to show that there is a lack of interest, frankly, in diplomacy and much more in the military path. and that's what mr blinken is trying to do, is to sort of pull the israelis back towards trying to get a deal. but at the moment, all of that and the chance of any kind of breakthrough and even getting discussions back up and running seems very slim. tom bateman there from joe hart. families of footballers who died from chronic traumatic encephalopathy — includi

this is what she told me. >> what do you want secretary blinken to do?the time to push and he's got responsibility. keith is an american and we need keith home. it can't be only words, talking and talking and talking, it has to be that keith and the hostages all come home. >> reporter: a viva siegel, the other americans will be meeting with secretary blinken, that will be the last thing on his schedule tonight, later tonight, before he heads to some of the arab neighbors, first to jordan tomorrow, but the situation is dire. also on his agenda is to talk to israel about iran, stressing that the retaliation that they expect, the u.s. expects israel to retaliate against iran for its attacks against israel that is correct it should be proportional, it should not be so strong as to cause an escalation, they also want to stop the attacks in beirut that raf was describing and what you saw. josÉ? >> raf san schez and andrea mitchell who 25 hours ago was anchoring her broadcast on msnbc and is now in a very windy tel aviv to be a witness to history is something s

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meanwhile, secretary blinken declared the u.s. fully and fundamentally rejects the so-called generals plan. it is reportedly an israeli plan to forcibly remove palestinians from northern gaza. let's start with the rain. still ahead, some help on the way as the bay area constantly looks for more housing. the new community that's under construction in the east bay. a stanford doctor is sharing his experience and knowledge while also fighting for his life. the way he's educating future physicians in today's bay area, proud. and i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. we are tracking quite a bit here from a category five hurricane in the pacific to a system out here that will even bring the bay area some rain chances. we'll show you where the heaviest rain over three inches will be heading homes, and the city of dublin broke ground today on what's called the dublin center. that's on dublin boulevard and tassajara road. landsea will build a community within five small towns and 500 homes. landsea will also build a community swim center,

afterwards antony blinken gave this update on his talks. let's listen in. we have — on his talks. let's listen in. we have had _ on his talks. let's listen in. we have had good - on his talks. let's listen in. we have had good and - on his talks. let's listen in. - we have had good and important conversations this week including this morning on ending the war in gaza and charting a path for what comes next. those conversations will continue. but i think this is a moment of importance and urgency that we are working to seize. i also have the opportunity to speak to the prime minister of lebanon and there we also have a sense of urgency in getting to a diplomatic resolution. and the full implementation of un security council resolution 1701, such that they can be real security along the border between israel and lebanon and people on both sides of the border can have the confidence to be able to return to their homes. what my conservative leadership hopeful robert jenrick has given a speech this morning on his vision for the united kingdom fo

[inaudible] i am sending tony blinken.k about that how do we do our jobs and move on? [inaudible] mark: cease-fire, cease-fire that's a special word cease-fire under every circumstance under every condition. cease-fire, cease-fire has netanyahu agreed to a cease-fire? well, guess who would still be alive, sinwa. hmmm also be very vigorous, hezbollah would be shooting missiles so would houthi. cease-fire? and here of course is kamala harris who wants a promotion. she think she should be the commander-in-chief what did she have to say? go pick. >> today israel confirmed that yahya sinwa the leader of hamas is dead. justice has been served. and the united states, israel and the entire world are better off as a result. sinwa was responsible for the killing of thousands of innocent people including the victims of october 7 and a hostages killed in gaza. he had american blood on his hands. today i can only hope that the families of the victims of hamas feel a sense and measure of relief. sinwa was the mastermind of october 7. th