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let's get more on this with our correspondent david willis. sident is on the journey on what now is extremely complicated trip for him. it extremely complicated trip for him. , . , , �* him. it is an president biden left the building _ him. it is an president biden left the building behind - him. it is an president biden left the building behind me. him. it is an president biden| left the building behind me a few hours ago and is due to arrive in the middle east in a few hours from now. this was always a high—stakes journey always a high—sta kes journey forjoe always a high—stakes journey forjoe biden given the security as well as the diplomatic implications, you might say. he was due to basically underline what is being called the ironclad commitment to israel's security going forward and also to press the israelis for some sort of humanitarian aid to be allowed into gaza and for the minimisation of civilian casualties if this ground offensive goes ahead. butjust as he was in air force one, before he had even left maryland, 30 miles from us he

here's more from our north america correspondent, david willis.rlwind trip to israel, president biden sought to draw a link between two separate conflicts on two separate continents, which he said could have profound implications for the united states. hamas and putin represent different threats, but they share this in common. they both want to completely annihilate neighbouring democracy, completely annihilate it. hamas's stated purpose for existing is a destruction of the state of israel and the murder ofjewish people. more than a million people having already fled to the south of gaza in anticipation of an israeli ground offensive, president biden also stressed the need for israel to adhere to the terms of international law. but it is israel, along with ukraine, that will benefit from a new us military aid package thought to be worth around $100 billion. if we walk away from ukraine, if we turn our backs on israel, it's just not worth it. that's why tomorrow i'm going to send to congress an urgent budget request to fund america's national secur

to minimise civilian casualities as israel conducts its operations in gaza. 0ur correspondent david willis— antony blinken — says president biden will visit israel on wednesday to show his support for the israeli people. secretary blinken also said the us and israel have agreed on a plan to allow humanitarian aid into gaza — in a way that doesn't benefit hamas militants. and the un security council has rejected a russian draft resolution calling for a huminitarian ceasefire. the us ambassador said the draft�*s failure to condemn hamas was outrageous, hypocritical, and indefensible. let's start with more details on presidentjoe biden�*s visit to israel. top us diplomat, antony blinken said president biden will focus on securing the release of hostages taken by hamas. but he will also underscore the need to minimise civilian casualities as israel conducts its operations in gaza. 0ur correspondent david willis gave us this update president biden as part of this visit will be receiving what's called a classified and comprehensive brief on israel's war aims and strategy. now, of course, a key e

earlier, i spoke with our corresponded david willis.irmed in a statement by warner brothers a short time ago. i willjust read it to you. it says, "we are devastated to learn of his passing. "he was a true gift to us all. "0ur heart goes out to his family, loved ones "and all of his fans." here are the details that are being reported in los angeles. police responded to a 911 call at 4207, local time, in los angeles, a home in palisades and matthew perry was found dead in a hot tub apparently at his home. he was found by his assistant. officials have not revealed a cause of death but they said there are no signs of foul play. obviously, there will be a lot of interest in the coroner's autopsy report. we're looking at some images of matthew perry, along with some of cast of friends there. as we heard, and especially in his latest memoir that came out a couple of years ago, he was very outspoken about his struggles, wasn't he, with alcohol and with drug addiction? absolutely. he fought addictions to both and turned to alcohol to basically e

let's get more on this with our correspondent david willis, who's in los angeles. so, this trip is extremely important, happening tomorrow. tell us more.- tomorrow. tell us more. antony bfinken tomorrow. tell us more. antony blinken said _ tomorrow. tell us more. antony blinken said that _ tomorrow. tell us more. antony blinken said that this _ tomorrow. tell us more. antony blinken said that this was - tomorrow. tell us more. antony blinken said that this was all. blinken said that this was all about confirming the united states' solidarity with israel, and as he put it, the ironclad commitment to israel's security, and president biden, as part of this visit, will be receiving what is called a classified and comprehensive reef on israel's war aims and strategy. the key element of that strategy is thought to be some sort of ground invasion and it has become clear that given the full throated support for israel's right to defend itself earlier on, the united states has grown increasingly concerned about the possibility of some sort of humanitarian crisis given the fa

simon jones, bbc news. 0ur correspondent david willis joins me now from washington. t under way. what more can you tell us about this man they're for, the police, robert card? $5 man they're for, the police, robert card? �* , man they're for, the police, robert card? ~ , ., card? as you mention, police have identified a — card? as you mention, police have identified a 40-year-old _ card? as you mention, police have identified a 40-year-old robert i card? as you mention, police have l identified a 40-year-old robert card identified a ao—year—old robert card as a person of interest, as they put it. he is an army reservist and he is a certified firearms instructor. he was known by local law enforcement officers to be suffering, we are told, from mental health issues. he is deemed armed and extremely dangerous by officials, as you just reported. a massive manhunt is under way involving hundreds of police offices, schools have been closed and people have been advised to stay indoors. this is already the deadliest mass shootings so far this yearin deadliest mass shootings s

david willis - of a curse. ok, david, thank you | very much. david willis therefore of a curse. , many of them from actors who starred alongside matthew perry in friends. maggie wheeler, who played chandler's on—off girlfriend janice, wrote on instagram: selma blair played wendy, one of chandler's co—workers with whom he nearly cheated on his wife monica. she wrote: and morgan fairchild, who played chandler's mum, said: the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, went to primary school with matthew perry. he described the actor's death as "shocking and saddening. we can speak now to the entertainmentjournalist caroline feraday, who is in los angeles. for over a decade that friends was on tv and then obviously with all the repeats as well that went on after that, for many people matthew perry's face was a regular part of who they saw on screen. absolutely. if ou who they saw on screen. absolutely. if you think — who they saw on screen. absolutely. if you think back _ who they saw on screen. absolutely. if you think back to _ who they saw on screen. absolutely. if you think back t

david, finally a new speaker. willis is there. david, finally a new speaker-— willis is there. nd mike johnson of the _ new speaker. absolutely and mike johnson of the 217 _ new speaker. absolutely and mike johnson of the 217 votes _ new speaker. absolutely and mike johnson of the 217 votes that i new speaker. absolutely and mike johnson of the 217 votes that he i johnson of the 217 votes that he needed to cross the finishing line a short while ago. to become the 56th speaker of the house of representatives to the relief of many particularly those in his own party who have endured three very fractious weeks. weeks of infighting, name calling and at times what came close to physical altercation by all accounts as they wrestled to solve this problem of who could basically come together and represent the whole party. a party that is deeply divided at the moment between those on the right and those in the mainstream. when it comes to the mainstream, mike johnson is perhaps the ideal candidate in the sense that he is conservative, but a low—key conservative. he is very conservative,

david willis, bbc news, washington.dent biden agreed a deal with thejet. he has after president biden agreed a deal with the jet. he has warned that crossing would close if any aid was confiscated by hamas —— a deal with egypt. at the bottom of the match, the crucial entry and exit point for people and aid crossing the border from gaza. the un has warned the initial supply is simply nowhere near enough to help more than a million displaced palestinians. they say around 100 aid lorries a day are needed for gaza where supplies of food, fuel and water are running dangerously low. the prime minister rishi sunak food, fuel and water are running dangerously low. the prime minister rishi sunak is food, fuel and water are running dangerously low. the prime minister rishi sunak is continuing food, fuel and water are running dangerously low. the prime minister rishi sunak is continuing his food, fuel and water are running dangerously low. the prime minister rishi sunak is continuing his tour of the middle east. yesterday he met h

david willis bringing a fake news, thank you very much.y and there we are, this is the scene as the son is actually coming up over gaza. the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu now saying the warren gaza has entered a second phase, warning it will be long and difficult and he described the conflict as israel's second war of independence and declared they will win the war and bring every effort to bring the hostages held in the gaza strip back home. the prime minister has met families of israelis held by hamas and kayange promised to do everything possible to bring —— benjamin netanyahu, to bring them home. a senior minister said he believes that hamas will not release the hostages unless they were under pressure. it was a very emotional meeting and a long meeting and the prime minister heard each and every one of them, heard them out and said what needed to be said. and without going into what was said in the meeting, i can tell you what the position of the government is. that precisely because hamas are not humanitarians, we will

david willis, bbc news, washington.ing news this hour that the crossing between egypt and the gaza strip known as the rafah crossing, the first aid trucks, there have been dozens massing on the egyptian side of the border, the first tracks are being allowed in. joining us now on the line is our reporter at the rafah crossing, rushdie abualouf what can you see right there? we can see pictures of the crossing but on your side of the border what does it look like? hello? can you hear me? i think we seem to have a technical problem at the moment. but hopefully we can join our correspondent on the gaza side of the border as soon as we can. in northern israel at the border with lebanon there has been increasing tension throughout the week. regular exchanges of gunfire with the militant group hezbollah. like hamas it is designated a terror organisation by many governments including the uk and the us, backed by iran. the israeli military has evacuated many people from the vicinity and on the lebanese side of the border people h

our correspondent david willis has more from washington on president biden�*s speech, in less than oner's time. the white house is saying that he will be seeking to reflect on the events of recent weeks — particularly, of course, those in the middle east — and look to address both the conflicts in ukraine, as you mentioned, and in israel, and seeking to draw a line between them and the impact that they potentially have on democracy around the world and, of course, also on the american people. this at a time when it's said that the president is about to ask congress for a military aid package in the region of $100 billion worth of aid, both for israel, for ukraine and also for taiwan. all this just a few hours after the president returned from that whirlwind trip to the middle east, having given his warm endorsement to israel and pledged unwavering support to that key ally in the middle east, whilst also securing the agreement of both israel and egypt for humanitarian aid to pass into gaza, possibly as early as tomorrow. right, david, of course, america goes into elections next year. ho

as noted correspondent in north america david willis, in his address to the americans, president biden for the first time compared the actions of putin to hamas. he called it a turning point in history and said that if the united states does not stop the current aggression, it will generate further aggression in other parts of the world. the president tried to connect and draw his native parallels between the conflicts in ukraine and israel. he said that, in his opinion, russia and hamas have something in common. they are trying to destroy a democratic neighbor. he too said he would ask congress to approve a massive military aid package. it is assumed that the cost of this package is 100 billion dollars, of which 60 billion is military aid to ukraine (14 billion for israel). the president called it a smart investment that will pay dividends when it comes to security for future generations. to me, it was an appeal to american patriotism. the president's speech had notes similar to reagan's rhetoric, especially when he spoke of americans' commitment to the ideals of freedom and so on. ba

live now to our correspondent david willis in washington. hello david. for president biden to be speaking from the oval office. just how significant was what he had to say? highly significant. he called this and inflection point in history and he said that if the united states did not stand up to the sort of aggression that was going on than it would only spawn further aggression in other parts of the world. the president sought tojoin other parts of the world. the president sought to join the dots, if you like, between the conflicts in ukraine and that in israel. a sickly by saying that they shared the common aim of hamas and russia in his view of hamas and russia in his view of annihilating a neighbouring democracy. he also announced that he was urging congress or would be urging congress to approve a massive military aid package thought to be although the president did not specify, worth about $100 billion, that is 60 billion in military aid for ukraine, 1a billion for israel. which the president described as a smart investment and one that would pay

our correspondent david willis gave us this update.possibility of some sort of humanitarian crisis, given the fact that water and food supplies are already said to be running low in parts of the enclave and so on. so part of this meeting today with benjamin netanyahu on the part of the us secretary of state, antony blinken was it's thought to ring some sort of humanitarian reassurances on behalf of the united states and some of its arab allies regarding the possible terms of that ground invasion, if you like, the creation of safe areas for palestinian civilians who obviously do not want to get involved in what's going to be happening there, and also some sort of means of getting humanitarian foreign aid into those who are not involved with hamas. that was the latest from the white house from david willis. just to remind you if you're away from television there was much more detail on what is a fast developing story in the middle east on the bbc live page there with some of the latest updates and we've heard about the humanitarian situa

live now to washington where our correspondent david willis joins us now. here we go again.olutely it looked as though, the cited - here we go again. absolutely it looked as though, the cited as| looked as though, the cited as the whole saga would drag on until christmas not necessarily this christmas, but behind closed doors last night, the republicans came up with this candidate, he's hardly a household name, mikejohnson, a conservative lawyer from louisiana and he is a staunch supporter of donald trump. he is currently or about to undertake a vote in the house of representatives, a full floor vote. they will be nominating speeches and it will be up to mr johnson to get the 217 votes that he needs in order to be elected speaker. as you mentioned, the fourth republican nominee in the space of three weeks. there is, however, every indication that mike johnson can go where steve scalise, jimjordan and johnson can go where steve scalise, jim jordan and tom emmer failed where they had the nomination for all of four hours and ten minutes before patrolling yesterday. before the s

president, mike pence, has withdrawn from the 2024 presidential race. 0ur north america correspondent, david willist took a lot of people, including the event's planners themselves, by surprise. members of mike pence's team were even caught unawares by this announcement. but mike pence making the declaration that, as he put it, now is not his time, and since he entered the presidential race back injune, he has been struggling to attract the sort of support, particularly the financial support that he needs, and that one needs in a presidential race here in the united states. it is just a couple of weeks away before the next republican presidential debate, and mike pence, by all accounts, had been struggling to get the financial support he needed to qualify for that. so in many ways, despite the incredible name recognition that he enjoyed going into this race, it is perhaps, lewis, little surprise to hear that mike pence has now dropped out of that very crowded field. and david, where does this leave the race then? well, it leaves mike pence's former boss donald trump with a considerable lead over ri

joining me is david willis with more on this news and matthew perry, such an icon of the 90s so whatnces of his death? ~ , ,., , about the circumstances of his death? ~ ,,., , .,, death? absolutely. in the last few minutes _ death? absolutely. in the last few minutes a _ death? absolutely. in the last few minutes a statement - death? absolutely. in the last few minutes a statement was | few minutes a statement was released from warner brothers, which, of course, was the company that made and syndicated friends, saying we are devastated to hear of matthew perry's passing. it was a true gift to us or stop all of our hearts, to his family, loved ones and all of his fans. as far as reports are concerned from los angeles, they are saying police responded to a 9/11 calljust saying police responded to a 9/11 call just after four o'clock this afternoon at matthew perry's home in pacific palisades, which is in los angeles. officials have not revealed a cause of death but they say that matthew perry was found dead in a hot tub at his home. as i say, there was no sign of foul play but an invest

our north america correspondent, david willis, has more.ind trip to israel, president biden sought to draw a link between two separate conflicts on two separate continents, which he said could have profound implications for the united states. hamas and putin represent different threats, but they share this in common. they both want to completely annihilate neighbouring democracy, completely annihilate it. hamas's stated purpose for existing is a destruction of the state of israel and the murder ofjewish people. more than a million people having already fled to the south of gaza in anticipation of an israeli ground offensive, we're just interrupting that report to bring you a live conference with the un secretary—general. to bring you a live conference with the un secretary-general. medicine, no fuel, the un secretary-general. medicine, no fuel. that — the un secretary-general. medicine, no fuel, that is _ the un secretary-general. medicine, no fuel, that is under _ the un secretary-general. medicine, no fuel, that is under fire. _ the un se

david willis, bbc news, washington.spondent tom batemanjoins us now from jerusalem. tom, the international red cross described the women's release —— the rilee from the one family is probable. we heard from the father a moment ago —— relief. just talk about the possibilities this opens up. at this stage it is just two hostages. yes, of course, absolutejoy yes, of course, absolute joy from their families. yes, of course, absolute joy from theirfamilies. you heard from natalie raanan�*s father that i think this does show that there is a line of communication that there is dialogue and that hostages can be released. it has taken, of course, two weeks for two people out of more than 200 and they are 200 that are known about, to be released. but i think that president biden talked about being overjoyed, he thanked qatar for being involved about being overjoyed, he thanked qatarfor being involved in about being overjoyed, he thanked qatar for being involved in this. clearly there is a process. it shows when antony blinken and

david willis has the latest on the 2024 presidential campaign.ntial campaign. ii age: pence is an announcement was 2024 presidential campaign. ii 12 pence is an announcement was on the one—handed a surprise and on the other hand really no surprise at all. he had been almost sense the campaign was launched back injune struggling to get the support from donors that he needed and was evenin even in danger of running short of both cash and endorsements to qualify for the forthcoming third republican presidential debate due to take place in miami on the 8th of november. what was a surprise was the timing of this announcement coming in the middle of a speech to republicanjewish coalition in las vegas. many event organisers were unaware as well that mike pence would be making this declaration and withdrawing from the race. he told the crowd that this was not his time and that after much prayer and deliberation he had decided to suspend his campaign for president. using the sort of language is used in the past to criticise the man who he fell out with th

i spoke to our correspondent david willis.hink? it was in some ways a surprise and in some ways no surprise at all. mike pence campaign has been struggling virtually sensi launched it injune is set far as donations are concerned and in terms of polling. the campaign has been heavily in debt with only a couple of weeks to go to the next presidential debate in miami on the 8th of november. he was struggling in terms of polling and donor thresholds to even qualify to take part in that debate. this announcement to this gathering of republican, jewish donors in las vegas caught by all accounts some by surprise. including some by his own team it was this statement in the middle of his speech, apparently organisers were even aware that he was do to make this announcement. as you say, he told the crowd that this was not the time and that after much prayer and deliberation he said he had decided to suspend his campaign for president. he called on the party as well to select, this is the language they use to criticise his old boss donal

david willis, bbc news, washington. morning. very much focused today on the possibility, the notion that this humanitarian aid, a limited number, 20 lorries, good sites today. what do you well, there are at least 100 lorries which are backed up on the egyptian side of the border, but once we have with the border, but once we have with the visit by the border, but once we have with the visit b— the visit by president biden to israel the visit by president biden to israel this _ the visit by president biden to israel this week _ the visit by president biden to israel this week was _ the visit by president biden to | israel this week was effectively the visit by president biden to i israel this week was effectively a deal because the americans are promising, as you've been hearing, about the military aid for the israelis. what president biden secured was an agreement that the israelis would leave alone, not on the crossing, they would allow for it to open. the hope had been as early as today but it is limited, only 20 lorr

henry arundell, jack willis and david ribbans are all england world cup players who've already movede set to follow. there were bigger markets there. so the gap between football and...and rugby is smaller and more equal than it is clearly here. so it's a bigger market and probably more dominant. the rfu announced they'd be looking to create hybrid contracts for around 25 players in a move to stem the flow of those leaving. players generally have a short playing career, so they need to make as much money as they possibly can and also develop prospects for career transition. if you look at the scenes - in france, it's pretty special. there's a lot of people over| here jealous of what they're doing with the game over there. just off the french coast, though, liesjersey, a rising club. last season's championship winners and with big ambitions. that was until this season. faced with uncertainty over central funding, a potential investor pulled out and the club ceased trading. a fourth club to go bust in 12 months. i had no prior knowledge whatsoever, and that is a real kick in the teeth.

and there's a sort of willie whitelaw, douglas hurd, david gauke , ken clarke, who genuinely gauke, kenant to reduce prison numbers and reduce the unnecessary imprisonment of people who do very short sentences. i think he's in the tradition of all justice secretaries, which is he's tried to keep his lid on a problem that justice secretaries find it very hard to control, because the one hand, the because on the one hand, the public, poll them, are public, if you poll them, are generally favour tougher generally in favour of tougher sentencing. generally in favour of tougher sen they 1g. generally in favour of tougher senthey1g. more people in prison. >> on the other hand, the public don't want to pay the taxes. after all, the tax burden at after all, the tax burden is at a record so whoever the a record high. so whoever the justice secretary is, they're wrestling between these two things. and some of them , like things. and some of them, like your chris grayling , your colleague chris grayling, your colleague chris grayling, you will remember, were sort of at tougher end. the others, at

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david: homebuilder confidence hitting its lowest level since january. more young people are turning to their parents to purchase their first home. gerri willisis. >> reporter: a record number, 40% using a cash gift or inheritance in order to afford the down payment and they are calling it the rise of an epo homebuyers come inside the family, young people choosing this route, the american dream becoming increasingly unattainable without that leg up and median down payment is down $30,000 so have to have a significant nest egg to secure that home. down payment over 11% year over year, almost $30,000 per home. historically high interest rates are a reason for that, the other is a shortage of supplies. in the short-term it doesn't look like prices are coming down. >> demand is high and the only way they can afford a home is the bank of mom and dad. they are just as in supply. we are not focused on housing. >> reporter: if you plan to help your kids with cold, hard cash for down payment, remember, the irs has rules for that. the exclusion threshold for gifts is $17,000 a year. that's not going to get you a house. there could be tax consequences.

along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of "way too early" jonathan lemire, senior writer for the dispatch, david drucker and co-host of showtime's "the circus" jennifer palmiary. and nbc news national affairs analyst john heilemann. >> willie, obviously just the absolute chaos in the house. which i think the wall street editorial page, republicans cut off their own heads. we'll get to that in a little bit. but, as big of a story that is, what's unfolding in court, in new york state, also massive. people that have known donald trump for a very long time say this is getting to him in a way that none of the criminal trials have gotten to him and i think it's starting to show. >> yeah. entire identity, isn't it, big-shot businessman. this is how he was elected president. how he became famous, all of those things. likely being stripped from him as we watch this trial unfold. now the judge reminding him yesterday you cannot go after in a public way members of the court, witnesses, other people. that's not how this works. it's not who you are or who you think you are. you cannot attack people associate

willy walker, chairman and ceo of walker and dunlap. are you behind the sentiment of that letter? >> i am, david.te hikes have hit a small percentage of the economy, things like government that's 35%, didn't get impacted by rate hikes, health care people are still spending, that's 18% of the economy. banks and real estate are getting slammed by the rate hikes as a result we sent the letter to secretary powell. >> real estate and banks in the cross hairs. we like to get a read on the market particularly with the recent move up at the longer end in terms of yields, it's come back a bit. what are we seeing there? what are the implications? >> r as the yield curve has flattened, we have seen people who had a floating rate loan and try to move to a fixed rate loan have a harder time doing that as the long rates have gone up. so there was a moment earlier in the year where somebody who decided to float years ago could say i'm going to flip to a fixed rate equivalent. today it's harder to do that requiring people to go back to raise capital or add leverage to their fixed rate loans to use the proceeds a

retired general david petraeus, thank you for being here, sir. >> good to be with you, willie.>> mika. >>> joining us now, national security council coordinator for strategic communications at the white house, retired rear admiral john kirby. thank you for coming back on. if you could explain to us what president biden's message to the world is as he heads to israel, but also address, if you could, the challenges ahead as palestinian citizens might very well be in the line of fire from the israeli response to the savage attack on israel. >> thanks, mika. president is looking forward later today to heading over to israel and then, after that, to amman, jordan. really, there's three things on his agenda. one is making sure he sends to strong signal of support to israel, obviously as they defend themselves. he'll get a briefing on how things are going on the ground and where things are going in the future. number two is our hostages. we'll continue to talk with our partners in the region about getting the hostages out, all of them, certainly including those americans we know are i

our good friend david ignatius is reporting from kyiv, and it is incredible reporting there. before, willied, where these guys have been acting outrageously. we're joking around about it, just how stupid and outrageous they've been behaving, but this goes back to -- you know, we talk about gravity. these people lied for years. >> yeah. >> just lied for years. they called for martial law. they lied through their teeth about stolen elections. they lied about smartmatic. they lied about -- you know, they put people -- you know, rudy giuliani put people's lives in danger by lying about them stealing votes from, you know, georgia vote counting centers. and the bill comes due. i mean, the bill is coming due for donald trump. this is the phase we are in in american history. we're in the age of trump. you could lie about stolen elections. you could lie about people that were election workers. you could lie about -- you could lie about -- >> anything. >> -- the sandy hook parents. you could say the most horrific lies. all of those bills came due. all of them. now, we're seeing it for the ringleader

david french. and former nbc news tel-aviv bureau chief, martin fletcher joining us this morning. willie?ur, mika, with the latest out of the war between israel and hamas. earlier today, israel's military called on civilians in gaza to evacuate the northern part of the country and to head to the southern part of the territory. for more, let's go live to nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez. he's in the southern city of ashdod. tell us more about the order from the israeli military, the warning to evacuate the entire northern half of gaza into the southern half in a 24-hour period. >> reporter: willie, this is an evacuation order unprecedented in scope and scale, and it appears to point to an unprecedented military operation being planned. there are more than a million civilians who live in the northern half of gaza, and israel is telling them, the entire area is full of hamas military targets. it is going to be targeted. people, for their own safety, need to leave the area. but the united nations this morning is pleading with israel to back down on this evacuation order, saying ther

david ignatius, thank you. former israeli ambassador to the united states, mike oren, thank you, as well. we appreciate your coming on. willieentlemen. >>> joining us now, white house principal deputy national security adviser jon finer. thanks for joining us this morning. we're all just absorbing that historic moment between secretary of state blinken and the prime minister, netanyahu, of israel. can you expand a little bit more on the position of the united states here? secretary saying, as long as america exists, we will always be there by your side, talking about israel. what does that mean now practically in terms of support? >> well, i certainly couldn't put it any better than secretary blinken did just now or that president biden did yesterday, the day before, in his remarks about solidarity with israel. there's obviously a deep cultural and emotional connection between our government and theirs, between our people and the israeli people, but the support the united states is providing for israel goes well beyond reassurance, encouragement and comforting. as you know, the president has authorized, and we have now provi

willie on this holiday monday. with us on this busy monday, we have president emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass, and columnist and associate editor for "the washington post," david ignatius. katty, an extraordinary weekend, a tragic weekend, now we deal with the unfolding story on this monday morning. >> yes. lucky we have richard and david with us this morning, john, to get us through all of this. we have tons of questions for everybody. we're also going to be going to the region and speak to richard engel, as well. let's have a catchup of where we are. we begin this morning with the israel/hamas war. the combined death toll at the moment has topped 1,200, and that number is expected to rise. the war began early on saturday morning in an unprecedented surprise attack. hamas militants stormed the blockaded gaza strip, entering about 20 different israeli towns and communities. the chaos stretched across land, air, and sea, as thousands of rockets were fired into israel. militants were seen bulldoing through barricades between gaza and israel. one of the first targets was a music festival held in the desert just 3 miles from the border. more than 200 bodies have b