christiane amanpour and david axlerod join us next to discuss. the middle east comes at a crucial time. a new cnn poll shows a mixed reaction over how much trust americans have in the president to make the right decisions in israel with 46% feeling positive. joining us to discuss is christiane amanpour and cnn senior political commentator david axlerod. christiane, to start with the trip itself, it's a risk without question. it was a surprise for many people. what's your read on what the end game is here? >> well, look, i think you heard what john kirby was saying. you just put up a poll. so let's talk about the polls from israel. you know, more than half the israeli people listen to president biden's speech when he made that speech in defense and support of israel ace right to its own self-defense. it turns out it appears that israelis are craving leadership right now. they do not trust their own government, according to the most credible israeli polls. and so president biden knowing that the really only influence that a u.s. president can have

and i think, hopefully, people will see this. >> david axlerod, adam kinzinger, thank you for joining me. we have breaking news right after this. nice footwork. man, you're lucky, watching live sports never used to be this easy. now you can stream all your games like it's nothing. yes! [ cheers ] yeah! woho! running up and down that field looks tough. it's a pitch. get way more into what you're into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network.

joining us cnn political commentator david axlerod and republican strategist doug hyde.oug, you are the republican strategist. what the heck? at a moment like this, in all seriousness. >> clean it up, man. >> well, that's what the whole purpose is about. you both spend a lot of time in the capitol and you know when the republican conference meets after 5:00 p.m., it's not good news. in they meet more than once in a week, it's not good news. that's the very real situation where we are now. we heard this talked about as a family meeting. the reality is, this is mom and dad having the fight in front of the kids and the kids all have phones in their hands where they are telling people outside of the living room exactly what's happening in that fight and those can be interesting and fun parlor games. here's why it's not fun and interesting -- it may be interesting, but not fun parlor games. after that motion to vacate was gavelled we heard a member on the floor yell, what's the plan? that's the reality where republicans are right now. there is no plan. there is no end in sigh

you hear it from david axlerod, jim carville, people speaking out and people listened to in this partyd this huge piece in "the new york times" questioning why she has not been able to define herself as a vice president and pointing out that her numbers are the lowest on record for any vice president in this terms of, in terms of support is another marker in this narrative of maybe they're looking for someone new. stuart: the times, they are a-changing, i suspect. martha, i guarantee we'll watch you, 3 p.m. eastern on "the the story." see you later. >> thank you. stuart: back to the markets. tepper's with me for the hour. something unusual's going on. stocks are up, bonds are up, gold is up, everything's up. >> very strange market dynamics over the course of this week, right? obviously with a full-out war going on in the middle east, you would expect at least some sort of a knee-jerk reaction, a selloff. but instead we're getting very mixed signals. on one hand, we're getting risk-off signals when you look at the bond market. investors are flocking to safety. they're buying bondses whi