bloody blinken! secretary of genocide! you have the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocent people on your hands! we have -- secretary blinken: i respect your views, please allow me to share mine. >> we appeal to your humantism we write your letters, the blood of innocent civilians, of children is on your hands! we will not forget. we will not forgive we will hold you accountable. we will hold you accountable. bloody blinken! secretary of genocide so to continue, at the same time we strengthen america's robust regime on iran and deliver president biden's commitment that iran would not obtain a finally, we made significant progress on a agreement that would strengthen our partnership with saudi arabia and normalize relations between saudi arabia and israel. on october 10, 2023, i was scheduled to travel to israel and saudi arabia to help close remaining gaps in the normalization deal. and in particular to pursue an agreement on one of the essential components, an incredible pathway to the palestini

secretary blinken: thank you. happy to start. on ukraine, as we've been very clear, what we've all been working to do is to make sure that as ukraine engages this year, 2025, it can engage it from a position of strength, whether that means continuing the fight because russia refuses to stop, or whether it means entering into a negotiation to get at least to a ceasefire and maybe beyond. and as i mentioned a moment ago, we'll continue to the very last day of this administration to bring that support forward to ukraine. i know that our partners will continue well beyond. if there's going to be a negotiation, if there's going to be a ceasefire because we brought it to that point, i think it's going to be critical. and i believe that the incoming administration will want to make sure that they negotiate the best possible deal. and the best possible deal has to be one that builds into it real deterrence against russia repeating its aggression six months, a year, two years, you name it, because here's what we know -- putin has not and

the exit for antony blinken.re than a million miles on the job. >> every minute, every hour, every day of the time that we have left, we are focused on getting results. >> reporter: we flew with him in early december. >> welcome onboard. >> reporter: three trips ago, from washington to brussels for the most recent nato foreign ministers meeting. >> we have a new nato strategic concept. it recognizes russia as the most direct threat to the alliance. >> reporter: the main topic of skug was russian aggression in ukraine. but there was a lot of well wishing going on. there is blinken right in the middle of the so-called family photo. and now watch this. he photobombs the picture of all the women foreign ministers. >> a staunch alley and people like you very much. >> reporter: mark route a of the netherlands is secretary general of nato. all of this ceremonial show and tell might be seen as subtle messaging to the incoming trump administration about the value of nurturing alliances. the stronger together argument. >>

i quote that word used by tony blinken. in february of 2022, the threats by vladimir putin have changed with saying that the putin's russia is -- full-scale invasion in ukraine. it became more international. by exporting the conflict in asia and involving north korea. and became hybrid by getting into all fields of the conflict and by attacking members of the european union. like antony blinken said, gain that our prior fee is to support ukraine and allow ukraine to whenever they decide to do so, -- will make sure they have no return of the war in european continent. it means on behalf of europeans we need to deter the russia pushing toward the rest. this is quickly. interference. here again, europe has been clear. in 2022, time france was at head of eu council, which set clear rules and applied social network, and applied regulations on digital services, social networks has to do with it takes to make sure that their discussions on networks do not represent a new front, they may have to pay fines up to 6% of the turnover f

i think it may be a very basic mission for secretary blinken.ntry he is visiting has not even a prime minister but an acting president. so, i think blinken�*s simple charge would be to simply say we are still — we still have a tight alliance, nothing can disrupt us, we will get through this, america is behind you, blah, blah, blah. do you think this could be resolved in the next few days? i hope so. i don't think it will be fully resolved in the next few days. i think it's important that the president does go in for questioning as the warrant asks him to. then, it will be over the next — probably, i don't think it will take a month, i think it will take a couple of weeks for the constitutional court in parallel to decide whether he is fully impeached. once that happens and if he is impeached, then a criminal process would begin about his insurrection and other acts which are deemed to be illegal. the us department of state has issued a statement, he has met with the acting president choi sang—mok and in a statement, matthew millar says the secre

blinken also noted that pyongyang's relationship with mosc has been growing. frances? >> matt bodner for us, thank you. >>> now let's get another quick check on the week's forecast with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. it still may be tough for a lot of people. >> we're going to see frigid temperatures keeping ice and snow in place. a tough morning commute in the east and a tough evening commute as well. we're looking at temperatures frigid, also in the northern plains, central plains. that's another big weather story today. we're going to see temperatures only in the single digits in some spots. also looking at the chance for height light rain, higher elevation snow. wednesday we are looking at well-below averages sticking around in the southern plains. windy and cold in the new england area, northeast and mid atlantic and temperatures in the ohio valley cold as well. friday, anothe central plains as well. cold, too, in the mid atlantic. that will set the stage for some snow, some ice and looking at storms in the south. all right. that's your monday forecast. >> a

i _ visits by antony blinken? no, i don't think so. i think- visits by antony blinken?aring the same thing, that they are on the brink of a ceasefire, and thenit the brink of a ceasefire, and then it has never happened. it becomes like the boy who cried wolf. if we look slightly more broadly at this in terms ofjoe biden's legacy. he is now in the last week of his presidency. obviously, one could see, were it not for the fact that all of these people involved in these talks are in or heading to doha, one could say that this is what jake sullivan, his national security advisor, which they are not briefing earlier, because they would want to put this on the best possible terms, that they are putting a deal on at the table that is there for the taking. t table that is there for the takina. ~ . , table that is there for the takina. ~' ., , , taking. i think the reality is that he is _ taking. i think the reality is that he is going _ taking. i think the reality is that he is going out - taking. i think the reality is that he is going out with i taking. i think the reality is

and, you know, tony blinken and secretary blinken, but certainly has been involved in it from my perspective. and i started reporting this after the day after the december 2nd announcement on truth social, when donald trump made that, you know, announcement that the people in the region. and you're right, it's the israelis. netanyahu was clearly listening to witkoff and wanting to please the incoming administration. richard, thank you so much for your perspective. we really appreciate. thanks, andrew. you're welcome. and joining me now is a key player who knows this so very well from decades of negotiating the middle east, as did richard haass, ambassador dennis ross, former special assistant to president obama. he's a counselor, and william davidson distinguished fellow at the washington institute. he's been a middle east negotiator in republican and democratic administrations. dennis, we are told that qatar is going to announce this deal. it is as we was described, and it's based in large part on what president biden proposed last may and what was almost agreed to in july when the hamas ne

secretary of state antony blinken on american leadership in the future middle east. this event is being live streamed on atlantic council tv. youtube facebook and x you can join the conversation on x by following the electric council using the hashtag #acfrontpage. this is in the context of a historic moment globally one that president biden again yesterday the speech of the state department describes as an action point. characterized by wars in europe middle east and africa rising tensions with china and accelerating competition for the commanding heights of technological change. before we go any further i want to salute you secretary blinken for your remarkable contribution through this moment of a stark challenge following your rich contributions over so many years of distinguished public service previously. returning to the middle east the region has been transformed after hamas terrorist attacks against israel and hostagetaking october 7, 2023 and everything that has followed the subsequent wars in gaza direct military exchanges between israel and iran unprecede

mr blinken is due to hold talks with acting president choi sang—mok shortly.ut it's unclear who is really in charge. on friday, investigators tried and failed to arrest the impeached president, yoon suk yeol, with his bodyguards preventing the officers from making the arrest. on sunday, they said they'd stop any further attempts to detain mr yoon. and in the last few hours, south korea's anti—corruption agency requested an extension to their arrest warrant, and sent a notice to police that it is handing over the execution of the arrest to them. meanwhile, mass protests both for and against the president have been taking place in seoul. thousands on each side have taken to the streets over the weekend as the country falls deeper into political divide. i'm joined now by kim joon—hyung, an opposition mp from the rebuilding korea party. get us up to speed about what you and your party have been doing in this month of turmoil for south korea? we doing in this month of turmoil for south korea?— doing in this month of turmoil for south korea? we are trying to monitor

blinken: good question. look, i think the answer is yes, and certainly we tried in advance of the russian aggression, we made a full court press, full court effort to engage the russians and engage mr. putin. in fact, even before, well before the russian aggression, look, we were trying to get the relationship with russia to a different place, one that was a little bit more stable, a little bit more predictable. president biden, president putin met in geneva, had a lengthy meeting. this is well before the aggression, and that's what we were trying to see if that was possible. that's the direction we wanted to move things in. this is near the beginning of the administration. there were so many other things we wanted to be focused on and concentrating our time and resources on, not conflict with russia, whether over ukraine or anything else. unfortunately, i think what proved out over the last three years is that putin's had imperial designs for a long, long time, starting really close to home in chechnya, goi

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will be| state, antony blinken, will be in tokyo related to of the tensions. the japanese prime minister has described the move as perplexing. let us took the deputy director of the hudson institute. a free think tank. tell me about who you think is right here. president biden does not want this deal to go ahead. that is protectionism. but nippon say that the us is acting and lawfully.— acting and lawfully. they are aood acting and lawfully. they are good trading _ acting and lawfully. they are good trading partners - acting and lawfully. they are | good trading partners despite the intervention of president biden. nippon steel has promised to invest the $3 billion to replace ageing equipment. it will help us deal to continue to employ steelworkers. the us needs investment in technology to produce competitive steel. the accusation _ produce competitive steel. the accusation of _ produce competitive steel. the accusation of joe _ produce competitive steel. the accusation ofjoe biden is that he is caving to politically motivated lobbying. from w

the us state department says mr blinken will meet senior south korean government officials to discuss. he will also travel to japan, before heading to france to discuss challenges in europe and the middle east. mass demonstrations have taken place in seoul, both in support of and against the suspended president, yoon suk yeol. investigators have sought to bring yoon in for questioning over his failed bid to impose martial law , but have so far been repelled by his supporters and security officers. the warrant is set to expire monday. joining me live from seoul is sung—yoon lee, global fellow at the woodrow wilson international centre for scholars. very good to have you with us here on the programme. we have seen extraordinary scenes in seoul, we know that an arrest warrant for the impeached president is set to expire monday — what do you forsee happening then? the element it is an extra ordinary situation. in the post 20th—century world order, and importantly in the post—world war ii order, no importantly in the post-world war ii order,— war ii order, no sitting president _ war ii ord

we also had in washington a pretty significant intervention by the secretary of state antony blinken.reiterating that the administration believes they are on the brink of a deal here, but he also went into some details about the postwar plan that the administration wants to hand over to the trump team for what would happen in gaza in terms of both reconstruction, but also future governance. and this is where things get important because it gives you a sense of what the biden administration thinks it has achieved and its diplomacy and the wider region that it can try and get backing for this. what they are talking about is an interim governance proposal that would not involve the full control of the palestinian authority. that is the entity that was set up after the oslo accords that now has some form of self—governance in the occupied west bank. but instead there would be a mix of local politicians, some palestinian authority, but also international partners as mr blinken put it, the united nations. critically on the issue of security, that it felt this would largely be an internation

the outgoing us secretary of state, antony blinken, has just been speaking.immeasurable" suffering on the region, and spoke of the need to "forge a new reality" in the middle east. mr blinken said he believes there will be a ceasefire, and that the "ball is now in hamas�*s court" 0ver over the past several weeks our intensive — over the past several weeks our intensive efforts have brought us to — intensive efforts have brought us to the _ intensive efforts have brought us to the brink of full and final— us to the brink of full and final agreement. us to the brink of full and finalagreement. 0n us to the brink of full and final agreement. on sunday the united — final agreement. on sunday the united states, qatar in egypt put forward a final proposal. the — put forward a final proposal. the batt— put forward a final proposal. the ball is now in hamas's court _ the ball is now in hamas's court if_ the ball is now in hamas's court. if hamas accepts the dent— court. if hamas accepts the deal is _ court. if hamas accepts the deal is ready to be concluded and imple

. >> ever to a state entity blinken spoke to the atlantic council about the situation in the middle east. include the state of a cease-fire agreement between israel and hamas. throughout the event secretary blanket was interrupted by protesters who are critical of american support for israel and its ongoing war in gaza. this runs in just under an hour. ♪ >> greetings to those joining us in person here at our new headquarters in washington d.c. in virtually from around the world from fred kemp president present theatlantic council ando welcome you get this edition of atlantic council front page a fe platform for globalge leaders. we are here today at seven for secretary of state antony blinken on american1s leadership in the middle east. this event is being live streamed on atlantic council tv, youtube, facebook, and acts x pg during the conversation on x by following the atlantic council using theci # ac front page. secretary blinken, we are honored that you comes the atlantic council to deliver what we are told will be your final speech as america's top diplomat. focusing on the middle

meanwhile, north korea has conducted another missile test, coinciding with blinken's visit. the missile was an intermediate ballistic missile and flew about 700 miles out to sea. blinken said it underscored the importance of collaboration between the u.s., south korea and japan in the region and noted that pyongyang's relationship with moscow has been growing. >> matt, thank you. >>> funeral observances have begun fofor form president jimmy carter. on saturday, a motorcade transported mr. carter from the medical center where he died a week ago to his hometown of plains, georgia. the late president will lie in state at the presidential center then be flown to washington where the public will be invited to pay respects as he lies in state at the capitol. all living former presidents, including president-elect trump are expected to attend the ceremony. >>> let's get another quick check on the weather for the week ahead with michelle grossman. hi again, michelle. >> hi there, frances. we're watching the storm today. also watching really cold air from the northern plains, central

quickly, antony blinken's arrival and _ blinken's arrival and intervention, what difference will thatome awkward and lump—sum conversations, but secretary lincoln is here to underscore the importance of the alliance, but the united states has only two friendly democracies in this rough neighbourhood called northeast asia, so the relationship among the us south korea and japan is key to exerting us interests and defending basic freedom and democracy in the region against the autocratic nations, russia, china, north korea. brute china, north korea. we appreciate _ china, north korea. we appreciate your - china, north korea. we appreciate your views on this from woodrow wilson international centre for the scholars, thank you. political turmoil in south korea. let's now turn our attention to canada. lcal media are reporting that prime ministerjustin trudeau could step down in the coming days. the globe and mail quoting sources close to the matter said mr trudeau may resign as leader of the liberals ahead of a party meeting on wednesday. it follows months of pressure to resign, including f

mr blinken is due to hold talks with acting president choi sang—mok shortly.end as the country falls heavily into a political divide. on friday, investigators tried and failed to arrest the impeached president, yoon suk yeol, with his bodyguards preventing the officers from making the arrest. on sunday, they said they'd stop any further attempts to detain mr yoon. and in the last few hours, south korea's anti—corruption agency requested an extension to their arrest warrant, and sent a notice to police that it is handing over the execution of the arrest to them. kim joon—hyung is an opposition mp from the rebuilding korea

i thank secretary blinken for presiding over this meeting. i thank secretary-general guterres for the important statement and i also thank the professors for their important briefings. at present with the development of a.i. accelerating and its role as inenabler, a.i. has become an important force to promote progress. a.i. is like a double-edged sword which become a conducive force for social governance and international security or become a source of threats to fairness and justice and a source of danger to peace and stability. the international community should jointly strengthen the a.i. governance to ensure that a.i. governance is safe, reliable and under control in this manner. china has been exploring the scientific path of a.i. development and governance in a responsible manner as early as 2017, the chinese government issued the development plan for the new generation of a.i., clearly indicating the need to address the double-edged attributes of a.i. with the views of preventing risk to the greatest possible extent. in 2021, released

mr blinken is due to hold talks with acting president choi sang—mok shortly.rest the impeached president, yoon suk yeol, with his bodyguards preventing the officers from making the arrest. on sunday, they said they'd stop any further attempts to detain mr yoon. and in the last few hours, south korea's anti—corruption agency requested an extension to their arrest warrant, and sent a notice to police that it is handing over the execution of the arrest to them. meanwhile, mass protests both for and against the president have been taking place in seoul. thousands on each side have taken to the streets over the weekend as the country falls deeper into political divide. i'm joined now by kim joon—hyung, an opposition mp from the rebuilding korea party.

he warned america about antony blinken. tony blinken. listen to the way he talks. he is a communist, you can see it. jack smith, who has a name jack smith? even trump said it himself, i wonder what his real name is. the southern border being wide open, when biden first came in and what he did with our southern border, of course, so what, that guy was in our military that did that, that's a shame, and i'm praying for their families and i will do so for a long time, but what needs to be done is we need to slow down, get rid of our fbi at the top, get the u.s. marshals to take over this investigation because even senator kennedy from louisiana said it himself, and you can hear it between the words that he spoke when i heard him speak, and he was talking about the fbi and about the complete investigation that is done correctly and the american people being informed correctly the way they should be. host: that is roy in florida, our last caller in this first segment of the washington journal. plenty more to talk about this morning including up next, we take a closer loo

now, secretary of state antony blinken sat down with our own andrea mitchell earlier today. i want you to take a listen to a little bit of what he had to say. >> andrea, we are closer than we've ever been. the ball is in hamas court, but it's very close. and we are very hopeful that we get it over the finish line. finally, after all this time, we've had lucy in the ball moments before where the ball gets pulled away at the last minute. you can never exclude that. but as i said, we are closer than we've ever been. >> now, assuming the negotiators are able to get this deal over the finish line, the actual structure of it would be familiar. it's what president biden has been talking about since he gave that speech at the white house back at the end of may. it would be a three phase deal. the hope would be to ultimately see the release of all of the hostages in exchange for an end to the war in gaza, increased humanitarian aid to palestinian civilians, and the withdrawal of israeli forces. it's only the first stage of the deal, though, that at this point it has a lot of detail t

us secretary of state antony blinken is traveling to south korea this weekend amid a political crisisior south korean government officials to discuss ways to promote a free and prosperous indo—pacific region. he will also travel to japan, before heading to france to discuss challenges in europe and the middle east. mass demonstrations have been taking place in seoul both in support of and against the suspended president, yoon suk yeol. investigators have sought to bring yoon in for questioning over his failed bid to impose martial law but have so far been repelled by his supporters and security officers. the warrant is set to expire monday. earlier i spoke to sung—yoon lee, a globalfellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. it is an extraordinary situation. in the post—20th century world order, and importantly in the post—world war ii order, no sitting president in a democracy has been arrested. but then again, no head of state in an advanced democracy has declared martial law. so this was a colossal political blunder on the part of president yoon. and now the opp

it impacts continues, secretary as it impacts continues, the secretary of state for the us antony blinken been there. south korea democracies face challenges in this weekjust as us democracy has faced challenges, but you have responded by demonstrating your resilience. the united states has full confidence in south korea's institutions and we are firm are unwavering support to the korean people as the work tirelessly to uphold those institutions. john nilsson—wright is associate professor at the university of cambridge, and head ofjapan and koreas programme at the centre for geopolitics. he gave me this assessment of what happens now. well, it's a very precarious position. president yoon, despite having been suspended as a result of the impeachment vote by the national assembly, is trying to play a long game, i think, using his public statements to double down on his assertion that the martial law declaration was valid, rejecting the request from the corruption investigation office to hand over material and to hand himself over for investigation. and i think this is demonstrating that the

we had antony blinken— power, who?linken the us secretary of state saying one, hamas had recruited _ state saying one, hamas had recruited almost as many members over the past 15 months as israel— members over the past 15 months as israel had killed and he also — as israel had killed and he also said there needed to be a credible — also said there needed to be a credible alternative to hamas to come — credible alternative to hamas to come in later on in this ceasefire _ to come in later on in this ceasefire. there doesn't seem to be — ceasefire. there doesn't seem to be one _ ceasefire. there doesn't seem to be one obviously apparent at the moment. he to be one obviously apparent at the moment-— the moment. he wants the palestinian _ the moment. he wants the palestinian authority - the moment. he wants the palestinian authority to - the moment. he wants the palestinian authority to be | palestinian authority to be able to lead a unified palestinian state with gaza and the west bank but israel fiercely opposed to that.

blinken is the first high level u.s. official to visit the country since the political turmoil began last month. >> korea's democracy has been tested in recent weeks, just as america's democracy has faced challenges throughout our history. but you are responding by demonstrating your democratic resilience. the united states has full confidence in south korea's institutions, and we reaffirm our unwavering support for the korean people as they work tirelessly to uphold those institutions. >> blinken's visit comes as south korea's anti-corruption agency plans to seek an extension of an arrest warrant for impeached president yoon suk yeol is set to expire at midnight local time. yoon is accused of abuse of power and leading an insurrection over his brief, botched attempt to impose martial law last month, the country's corruption investigation office is now delegating the execution of that warrant to the police, who are said to be reviewing the request. joining me now from seoul is in-bum chun, a retired lieutenant general wi

in a statement, blinken said "the rsf and allied militias have systematically murdered men and boys,nts, on an ethnic basis, and deliberately targeted women and girls from certain ethnic groups for rape and other forms of brutal sexual violence." blinken accused those same militias of targeting and murdering "innocent people escaping conflict" and preventing civilians "from accessing lifesaving supplies." ahmed mohammed helped to dig the graves and bury the dead near khartoum. >> most of those people died because of disease and starvation. rsf fighters deprived us of everything. >> the u.s. treasury department levied sanctions on rsf leader mohammad hamdan, also known as hemedti, plus seven rsf-owned companies based in the united arab emirates. the rsf stems from the government-backed janjaweed militias, a largely-arab force that brutally crushed an uprising of non-arabs in the 2000's, killing hundreds of thousands of people. in 2004, the u.s. declared that war in darfur a genocide. years later, a 2020 peace agreement was quickly undone by a coup and subsequent fighting the following

secretary of state antony blinken said they were on the brink of a deal.ues, officials tell me, are these, that where exactly, literally to the meter, that israeli forces will be deployed along the border of gaza, and also the names and the sequencing of the palestinian detainees, many hundreds of which are convicted of terrorism and face life sentences. s, what comes after those initial six weeks? nick: there's a phase two where you would see another round of israeli hostages released, another round of palestinian detainees released, and a full israeli withdrawal from gaza. that would begin phase three, which is really the long-term phase. you would get the final israeli hostages left, which, sadly, would be mostly the bodies of many of the hostages who are believed to have died in captivity, but you would get the long-term plans for gaza and palestinian future. but, geoff, that is a long way away. got to get to phase one. you have got to get through phase one. and in order to do that, you have to get the israeli cabinet to agree on phase one. and you hea

now, we also had in washington a pretty significant intervention by the secretary of state antony blinkenieves that they are on the brink of a deal here, but he also went into some details about the post—war plan that the administration wants to hand over to the trump team for what would happen in gaza in terms of both reconstruction, but also, future governance. and this is where things get really important because it gives you a sense of what the biden administration thinks it has achieved and its diplomacy and the wider region, that it can try and get backing for this. what they are talking about is an interim governance proposal that would not involve the full control of the palestinian authority. that is the entity that was set up after the oslo accords that now has some form of self—governance in the occupied west bank. but, instead, there would be a mix of local politicians, some palestinian authority, but also, international partners, as mr blinken put it, the united nations. and, critically, on the issue of security, that it felt like this would largely be a sort of international

secretary of state antony blinken says korean investigators are trying again to impeach president yoonl. donald trump's pickford defense secretary pete hegseth valves to restore a warrior ethos to the military but faced questions from senators over his views about women in combat. welcome to world news america. we will have the latest on the gaza cease-fire talks in a moment. first the developing story in south korea where investigators are attempting to enter the official residence of south korea's impeached president and say they will detain anyone that tries to prevent them from arresting him. we will take you to the president's home in seoul. yoon suk yeol is facing charges of insurrection and abuse of power after he impose martial law for a short period in december. that arrest could be blocked by the presidential security team. reporters are outside -- outside the residence, vowing to stop any attempt. opponents of mr. yoon suk yeol are gathered and ordering his detention. our correspondent is in seoul for us. what's happening? >> we entered the third hours since the investigatio

. >> during a news conference of the french foreign minister and paris secretary of state antony blinken pushed back president elect donald trump's openness to u.s. military action

blinken says he believes there will be a cease fire and that the ball is now in hamas' court. >> overt several weeks, our intensive efforts have brought us to the brink of a full and final agreement. on sunday, the united states, qatar, and egypt put forward a final proposal. the ball is now in hamas' court. if hamas excepts, the deal is ready to be concluded and implemented. annita: we will get more analysis on what is happening in the middle east in just a few minutes. right now, let's return to the evolving situation in seoul, south korea, where we understand there is about to be another attempt to execute an arrest warrant for the impeached president yoon suk yeol. let's talk to our correspondent in seoul for us. bring us up-to-date, shed more light on what is happening there. >> we are very, very close to the outer premises of the presidential residence. let me show you around a little bit. these are dozens and dozens of police officers that have surrounded the area. also much further from the entrance. we are close to the alleyway that leads to the entrance. we understand the co

but first, i sat down with secretary of state tony anthony blinken this morning.nbc news can report a possible breakthrough on a ceasefire in gaza and the phased release of all the hostages, two u.s. officials and a diplomatic official familiar with the talks telling me that israel is now on board and the deal could be announced as soon as this week unless hamas backs out at the last minute, which has happened before. i asked the secretary of state about all that and a lot more, as well as the administration's close coordination on the hostage deal with president elect trump's special middle east envoy, steve witkoff, who also is in qatar. he arrived three days ago for the talks and who the biden administration says has been very helpful at key points. mr. secretary, thank you so much for making time for us today. we appreciate it. >> always good to be with you, andrew. >> we're told that there is potentially some very good news that there is a breakthrough, that we've been close before, but that this time there could be a deal, a cease fire deal with the hostages

hyou heard secretary of state antony blinken saying they believe hamas recruited as many fighters as they lost and we're talking anywhere from 17 to 20,000 since the beginning of this conflict. and so the war will take a pause, it's not over. and the israelis have not reached that critical objective that they laid out at the very beginning of this conflict -- to completely dismantle and destroy hamas inside the gaza strip. there are massive questions about what the day after looks like inside gaza. and while the focus for the israeli people right now is just ensuring that these hostages come home, they do look at the death toll among their soldiers and they point to that as often times something that will stick with the israeli psyche for decades co to come. more than 400 israeli soldiers killed fighting hamas since the ground operation began in late october and they don't even know if this ceasefire deal will hold. they don't know if all of the hostages will come home. and even talking to top officials here in tel aviv and also in jerusalem, they're not sure among the list of hostag

secretary blinken led the effort. secretary jake sullivan, is it not? national security adviser jake sullivan, bill burns, jon finer, brett mcgurk, amos hochstein and the vice president worked relentlessly as we worked to deliver this deal. i'd also note that this deal was developed and negotiated under my administration, but its terms will be implemented for the most part by the next administration. in these past few days, we've been speaking as one team. this has been a time of real turmoil in the middle east. but as i prepare to leave office, our friends are strong, our enemies are weak, and there's a genuine opportunity for a new future in lebanon. there's an opportunity for a future free from the grip of hezbollah in syria. a future free from the tyranny of assad and for the palestinian people, a credible, a credible pathway to a state of their own. and for the region, a future of normalization and integration of israel and all its arab neighbors, including saudi arabia. at the g20 in delhi in september 23rd, i rallied key countries behind a vision

of course, as ruby pointed out when i talked to him, as andrea just said as well, you know, you blinken, sullivan, burns the amount of work that has gone into this on the part of administration officials to get this deal done. what would you expect to hear from president biden? and are both men right in taking credit? peter, you may be muted. all right. sorry. there we go. great. >> chris, i think you're exactly right. i think both presidents will certainly take credit. and both of them have a share to claim. joe biden has been working on this for a year, practically, and he has devoted an endless energy. his team has been living in the middle east, practically flying back and forth. you know, you know, just extraordinary efforts to make this happen. and as andrea said, it's pretty much the same deal today that it was, you know, eight months ago or so. so obviously you can't take away that from them. but at the same time, it's hard to imagine that trump's arrival on the scene didn't prod this to a completion. and the fact that the two teams were willing to work together, that steve witk

. >> well, secretary of state antony blinken visited south korea monday. north korea tested a ballistic missile. we condemn. >> the dprk is missile launch just today. yet another violation of multiple un security council resolutions in blinken's likely last overseas trip before leaving office. he warned of the deepening relationship between russia in north korea. >> it comes as thousands of north korean troops joined russia on the battlefield in ukraine. now we have reason to believe that moscow intends to share space. >> and satellite technology showing both republicans and democrats in congress say the alliance of these 2 adversaries is concerning both koreas invading europe right now, which is a testament to this axis of authoritarianism. massachusetts democrat jay caulking class as the u.s. should support ukraine and allies facing threats globally. >> he says he's concerned about that under president elect donald trump that requires in america. >> strong approach with our allies on america. first approach that retreats behind a protective walls. but re

had happened in admiral kirby and antony blinken and jack sullivan. their dedication has just been phenomenal. i'm optimistic about some of the characters that trump has nominated. host: who are you worried about in particular? caller: hegseth for one, and tulsi gabbard. i've called a couple times, i'm a john mccain republican converted to independent, but i'd like to remind congress and our representatives that when matt gaetz was still up for nomination, congress decided should be let all this news come out about him or not, i think we need to remind our representatives that it is not a big boys club that they've got going on up there. they are representatives of the united states and me and all the people that vote for whether it is trump or kamala harris, if there is stuff going around in the background of these people, they need to put that stuff out and not decide whether it should be put out or not because it may be detrimental. that's not a big boys club they've got going up there. it is not a private club. and trump doesn't read the daily bri

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. >> well, secretary of state antony blinken visited south korea monday. north korea tested a ballistic missile, weakened them. >> the dprk missile launch just today. yet another violation of multiple un security council resolutions in blinken's likely last overseas trip before leaving office. he warned of the deepening relationship between russia in north korea. >> it comes as thousands of north korean troops joined russia on the battlefield in ukraine. now we have reason to believe that moscow intends to share that space. >> and satellite technology is appealing both republicans and democrats in congress say the alliance of these 2 adversaries is concerning both koreas invading europe right now, which is a testament to this axis of authoritarianism. massachusetts democrat jay caulking class as the u.s. should support ukraine and allies facing threats globally. >> he says he's concerned about that under president-elect donald trump that requires an america strong approach with our allies on america. first approach that retreats behind a protective walls.

secretary blinken led the effort. secretary jake sullivan, national security advisor jake sul vin, brett, and others and the vice president worked relentliesly as we worked to deliver this deal -- relentlessly as we worked to deliver this deal. i also note this deal was developed and negotiations under my administration, but its terms will be implemented for the most part by the next administration. these past few days we have been speaking as one team. this has been time of real turmoil in the middle east. but as i prepare to leave office, our friends are strong, our enemies are weak, and there is a genuine opportunity for a new future. in lebanon, there is an opportunity for a future. free from the grip of hezbollah. in syria, a future free from the tyranny of assad. and for the palestinian people, a credible, credible pathway to a state of their own. and for the region, a future of normalization, integration of israel and all its arab neighbors, including saudi arabia. the g-20 in deli -- delhi in september of 2023