the icc is headquartered in europe. it claims unchecked power, and power to enforce very loosely defined so-called international law, and the icc is a kangaroo court. u.s. has never ratified this treaty. neither has israel. we are not members with this group. this so-called court seems to me to just do the bidding of the country of iran. never issued arrest warrants for leaders of iran, never tried to prosecute assad the former dictator of syria. the icc embraces a legal fiction and a moral fraud. and it is the fraud and the fiction that israel violates human rights and sovereignty doesn't matter. they also believe israel doesn't have a right to defend themselves. come to the floor today to oppose h.r. 23. this is a bill that levels unprecedented mandatory sanctions on the international criminal court, the icc. i understand my colleagues' concerns about whether the court has jurisdiction over israel, and i share those. i agree the court should not focus its resources investigating u.s. servicemembers. i can't believe an

funding from the icc, every penny. critically it ensures american taxpayers are not in any way contributing their hard-earned money to foreign institutions that attack our servicemembers. passing this bill sends a strong message, an important message, that we in america will not tolerate the icc's lawfare against israel. if the icc attacks america or its allies, the consequences will be sift, will be serious and will be severe. this is about much more than israel. the icc also threatens america's safety, security, and our sovereignty. like israel, america's not a member of the icc. while israel is the target today, the icc could turn around and target american servicemembers and even our leaders in the future. the house of representatives has passed legislation to sanction the icc. they've done it several times. it's bipartisan support -- its bipartisan support continues to grow and has grown stronger in the recent passage and the majority of americans support congressional sanctions to sanction the icc. the most recen

mark: or biden decided not to stop the icc.tements and so forth he could've done a lot more and he hasn't. what he did do the other week as he handed out a presidential medal of freedom the highest civilian honor there is. to george soros. or the biggest self hating jews on the face of the earth who funds a radical left-wing organizations that seek to destroy the state of israel by the left-wing organization seek to destroy the united states of america. what do you make of joe biden, his policies awarding this metal to this kind of reprobate? >> i will admit joe biden without the shackles of possible reelection in front of him, you see the real joe biden we were assured he's a kindly old gentleman turns out is just an older gentleman. he is an awful person with the fact is given a medal of freedom to people including george soros that demonstrates what he is affected by the way he decided to commute the sentence is a 37 people on death row including child rapist and murderer's the fact he's trying to shut down oil drilling befo

you so confident that assad himself because what the syrians have learned in the past 14 years, the iccosed off to syria because syria wasn't a signatory to the rome statute, and then, even in... get steps towards justice without a court that was available like the icc. in the united states, setf, our organisation, worked with law and the sense of accountability. so it's a very different situation. assad is a liability he no longer buys his weapons or backs his worldview, you know, that it'sjust the imperialist west and it is just trying to protect itself. and assad has lost all the value that putin and can be done. i don't want to see assad poisoned off i want to see him come back to damascus, where, in damascus, a syrian court can try this dictator ahmed al—sharaa, the leader of hay�*at tahrir al—sham, was, islamic state—style militancy. well, first of all, it's not just now, all of a sudden, and i want to reiterate that we cannot reduce the entire whose position and loyalty sits directly with him. or the turkish—backed groups in the northern countryside of aleppo, idlib was governed

i think the icc has done — rein them up. i think the icc has done tremendous - rein them up.done tremendous damage to its global credibility of strip it's going after a namib estate on claims _ it's going after a namib estate on claims that i think, in the last— on claims that i think, in the last 24— on claims that i think, in the last 24 hours, the israeli high court — last 24 hours, the israeli high court filed an appeal, even though— court filed an appeal, even though it's not a member state, and i_ though it's not a member state, and i saw— though it's not a member state, and i saw some of the filings from — and i saw some of the filings from the _ and i saw some of the filings from the persecutor involved in the process. he argues they have — the process. he argues they have the _ the process. he argues they have the right to go after nonmembers for their activities within— nonmembers for their activities within the — nonmembers for their activities within the confines of member states, — within the confines of member states, in— within the confines of member states, in

had to find ways of trying to get steps towards justice without a court that was available like the icction, dual nationals, all these things were used. you saw the koblenz case in germany. in the united states, setf, our organisation, worked with law enforcement to arrest the brigadier general... sure, but the bottom line, though, and you know it much better than me, is that assad has one key ally, and that is vladimir putin, and assad is sitting in moscow. there's no way, at the moment, the russians are going to give him up. again, i'm thinking of the future of syria and the sense of accountability. if assad can't be brought to justice, how do you deliver that ultimate sense that those responsible have been brought to justice? so, number one, you know, what happened in iraq was a foreign invasion and then kind of a kangaroo court in terms of... i'm not a legal, you know, super expert on this. so it's a very different situation. in terms of assad, i think he can be brought tojustice. assad is a liability for vladimir putin. he no longer gives him his warm water port in syria, he no lon

you think the sanctions against the icc may undermine efforts to bring justice to the russian government and do you agree with this bill? rep. jeffries: i voted against the bill in the last congress and i will evaluate if i will vote against or for the bill in the next. >> where do you specifically see places for bipartisan cooperation on immigration? is the border deal on the congress floor? rep. jeffries: is a starting place for a serious bipartisan discussion and we are willing to have that conversation because we believe as democrats we need a safe and strong and secure border and we also need to fix our comprehensive broken immigration system and a bipartisan and comprehensive manner. >> yesterday at his press conference, speaker johnson said the democrats were still going through an identity crisis. what's your response to that in any updates on these listening sessions or the reevaluation. rep. jeffries: i'm not quite sure what that means, but it will be interesting to see how the republicans with their overwhelming majority in the house and the senate and an overwhelming electora

also, house will vote to impose sanction on icc officials and put the prosecutor in his place, he does not have jurisdiction over israel or united states. icc is equating israel and hamas as hamas still holds israeli and american hostages, the house will not tolerate rogue actors who circumvent international law, after we vote on it with leader thune in now, chuck schumer out. i am expecting it to be brought toou senate floor for a vote, today we have chant to honor president late jimmy carter as he lies in state here in retundra, aware rare opportunity we have to honor former president, i hope you join us to remember president carter and mourn with his family and the nation. >> mr. speaker, talk about unity of conference, there is dissension over how to handle debt ceiling. how quickly do you want to address that debt ceiling, and fashion do you see a remedy here. >> the attention or intention is to handle debt limit in reconciliation in process, that way, as republican party party in charge, of both chambers we get to determine the details. if is runs through regular order and proces

it needs to come from the icc. it needs to come from the icc. it needs to come from the icc.eds to come from the top. it needs to be a really clear message but obviously it is really complex. i know that cricket in afghanistan has given a huge amount of hope for people in the country. so it is not as simple as boycott and then things will change. gael monfils has become the oldest winner of an atp tour singles title. he won the asb classic in auckland at the age of 38 years and four months, taking the record from roger federer by two months monfils beat belgium's zizou bergs 6—3, 6—4 in the final to claim his 13th tour—level title. the world number 52, who won his first tour title 20 years ago, has a quick turnaround — he heads to melbourne for the australian open. asi as i said yesterday, it is the second final as a dad and i am really happy i am super happy let's say. i am happy that i could win the tough final. it means a lot. age is a number but if i keep on i believe i can play high quality tennis and i have been showing it this week. i am very happy. i am very happy. an

the icc see opened in economic analysis. a yale professor won the nobel prize on climate economics. you probably have never heard a summary of his work either. we went from a 50% increase in atmospheric co2 unit the current rate of warming we will warm another degree tread into surgery. there's a wide range of economic analysis and who knows what the world will be like in 80 years but the range of projection of the impacts from this continued warming range between 0.2% and 2% reduction in per the income three generations from now. so we are going to lose as few months may be a year of economic growth in the next 80 years. is that a crisis today? is that justification for all sorts of government policy change is? now look to. up to that what i call the true energy crisis today also stuff you don't hear about much a third of humanity, 2.5 billion people cook their daily meals burning wood done in agricultural waste inside of their homes and huts. i've been to many these places around the world to the world health organization estimates around 3 million people are killed every year but

the icc is equating israel and hamas even as he holds israeli and american hostages, it is absurd. the house will not tolerate rogue actors to attack israel and threaten america. we will do it is chuck schumer, i expect them people to the senate floor we will have the honor the rotunda. i hope you all join us to remember president carter. with that, i will take questions. >> to address this. the intention is to handle the debt limit. get to determine should the process. it is probable of the appropriations we will do it ourselves so there is broad range and conference and working. we will have deliberate sanctions with numbers and something i look forward to. i love this process in because great life experiences and it's a healthy thing have that's what will devote ati lot of my time chairs and everybody is on the same age. the debt limit is one of the most important. t i will say this every time the issue comes up. the house ande senate, our intention admission is to reduce the size and scope of government spending in a meaningful way to get sandy get our country back on track so

caller: i looked up the icc thing. host: i will leave it there because, as we said, the senate meeting to formally gavel in the 118th does gavel out the 118th conference -- gavel out the 118th congress and begin the new session. we take you live on c-span. >> the senate will come to order. guest: that's it --. host: that's it. the senate gaveled out. a quick pro forma session from them. they are expected to come back at noon eastern time. watch gavel to gavel coverage on c-span2. here on c-span we are simulcasting on c-span one and c-span2 this morning. washington journal on c-span. minute gavel-to-gavel coverage of the house floor. c-span cameras will be in the chamber. we will be controlled and what you see and how the vote unfolds. will speaker mike johnson get the vote? he can only afford to lose one is all those we expect to show up today do so in the house chamber at noon eastern with the vote will take place. if they can elect a speaker, then they can go about their governing business. then they will vote on a r

it's been suggested the heads of cricket in australia and england will meet with the icc to discuss splittingthree to play each other more often. if west indies were placed in a second division of nations, lloyd fears for the future. i think it will be terrible for all those countries who worked so hard to get to test match status. and now they're playing among themselves in a lower section. how will they make it to the top? how will they — when you play against better teams, you improve. that's how you know how good you are. how bad you are. so i think that — i'm very disturbed about this. and i hope that something, you know, is done, it must be, you know, stopped now. the way to go is to give them the same amount of money so they can improve their facilities, get better systems in place, so they can improve their cricket. it's just about from us. you can get more on the app. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. the rest of this week is going

we just pushed back on the icc's disgraceful anti-semitism.i want to take a look at what you just proposed. i'm open to assessing that and i want to work with our oversight members to do so. i think it is important that no u.s. taxpayer dollars, that there is any connection to that, because it is counter to our values. sen. lee: therein lies one of our problems. we are the largest donor nation to the united nations. we also are in a situation in which most of the money we contribute is voluntary. nobody else comes close to what we dole out, and yet any of our interests are contravened by things that the ewing does or has been doing, has been inclined to do. and that creates a problem. that problem is compounded by virtue of how a lot of this money makes its way to the u.n. we put something in the neighborhood of $20 billion a year in there. we can say we don't want our money going to x, y, or z, but it all gets put into a large sort of balloon. and what we might take out here, they might use somewhere else, so we are still funding a lot of thi

it is why i let calls for the white house to speak out against the corrupt icc. and it is why four years i've been a leading proponent of partner to president trump in his historic support for is really independency and security including the embassy to the rightful place in jerusalem. the negotiation of the historic abraham accords, the greatest ride towards peace normalization and more than one quarter century. adopting the strategy to align u.s. central command with israel a change that fostered daily communications with the idf, joint exercises and crucial coordination with british and arab partners that help defend against the iranian attack. and, finally, president trump's wise decision to call out for what it is. a hive of anti-semitism and to eliminate every dollar of u.s. funding. when the enemy is inside the gates of the united nations, america must be the one to call it by its name and destroy it. president trump understood desk. we will return to that strategy soon. you know, as well as i, that the enemy is inside more than just the gates of the unite

and the icc?would you support a negotiation of the united nations headquarters agreement to clarify that the u.n. shouldn't be housing other international organizations to which the u.s. is not a party, particularly those organizations that take positions hostile to the interests of the united states? >> well, thank you for the question, senator. i have a significant record pushing back on the icc. it is, first of all, we are not party to it. it's target u.s. service members as well as targeting israel and we just passed on the house side important legislation pushing back on the icc's disgraceful anti-semitism. i want to take a look at what you just proposed and assessing my work with members to do so. i think it's important that no u.s. taxpayers dollars, that there's any connection to that because it is counter to our values. >> right. and therein lies one of the problems. we are the largest donor nation to the united nations. we also are in a situation in which most of the money that we contri

at his wife i led calls for the white house to speak out against the corrupt icc.y for years i've been a leading proponent and partner to president trump in his a stork support for israeli independence and security. and it's also why i led the fight against the anti-semitism in our higher education institution. last year i demanded congress host a public hearing to hold college and universities accountable for their moral failures. let me ask you, how many of you saw that hearing with university presidents? i said university presidents, they are no former university presidents. and let me tell you it's not just you in this room. the world saw that hearing and i want to take you into that moment. my question was the last question of the hearing, the most junior member of the committee yielded me her remaining three minutes and i ask questions earlier going back and forth with the president of harvard, now former president, and i was not getting direct answers. so when thinking to that last question, which about that and pencil to myself, i thought how can i ask this

i heard some good advisors first of all who knew the inner workings of the icc and the cab and those other agencies you mentioned. that was kind of an unpublicized willingness, i would say, within the congress, to make the changes that i proposed. for me it was a high priority. for the congress, there was an element of dormancy about it, that these were not highly controversial issues. even some of my best supporters from georgia, like delta airlines, didn't like my deregulating the airlines, because they have prospered since then. there had been some adverse consequences in a way because with a monopoly on a particular route which existed before de-regulation, so eastern airlines could say ok, we fly from miami to atlanta and then up to new york. if our workers want a 50% raise, we will not argue with them, we will just give it to them and then pass it on by a 20% increase in fares -- this is the way things were done before. i thought i was wrong. i think the main reason we were able to get it passed is they were intensely interested in it and congress wasn't all that interested in

i called on the democratic leader to bring up an icc sanctions bill that had already passed the house, again with bipartisan support. the icc's rogue actions only enabled the terrorists who seek to wipe israel off the map and they cannot be allowed to stand unchecked. in november i removed that if leader schumer wouldn't bring the icc sanction's bill to the floor, republicans would and we'll soon fulfill that promise and have a vote to support our ally israel. senators can also expect a vote on another commonsense measure this month, as thousands of pro-life americans come to washington for the 52nd annual right for life. this straightforward bill states that a baby born alive after an attempted abortion is entitled to the same protection and medical care that any other newborn baby is entitled to. this vote will ask democrats to answer whether a living baby born after an attempted abortion should be provided with medical care or left to die. it shouldn't be a hard question. mr. president, the senate will also be working to give president trump's deem in place. beginning next week wil

caller: i looked up the icc thing. host: i will leave it there because, as we said, the senate meeting to formally gavel in the 118th does gavel out the 118th conference -- gavel out the 118th congress and begin the new session. we take you live on c-span.

killed because they are being used as human shields by hamas, that is then twisted and used by the icce icj with all the false war crimes charges against israeli officials. they are trying to set this president and body of law that makes it much harder for democracies to fight on the asymmetric battlefield. we all know that israel goes above and beyond what is required by the laws of armed conflict so there has been that law fair but it will be reversed. >> trace: brooke goldstein, doctor sheila nazarian, daniel flesch, thank you for coming on. meantime attorney general nominee pam bondi says the weaponization of the justice department will end under president trump. as she began her confirmation process in the senate. senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in d.c. with what happened. >> reporter: another day another round of heated interrogation or president-elect trump's incoming cabinet members. in the case of the attorney general nominee pam bondi, lawmakers scrutinized her loyalty to the incoming president and wild of larmand -- former florida ag insisted she would oper

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and that is why i let calls for the white house to speak out against the corrupt icc. is why four years i've been a leading proponent and partner to president trump in his historic support for israeli independence and security. it is also why i have led the fight against anti-semitism in our higher education institutions. [applause] last year i demanded congress host a public hearing to hold college and universities accountable for their moral failures. how many of you saw that hearing with the university presidents. [cheering and applause] university presidents, now former university presidents. and let me tell you, it is not just you in this room, the world saw that hearing. i want to take you into that moment. my question was the last question of the hearing. the most junior member of the committee yielded me her remaining three minutes and i had asked questions earlier going back and forth with the president of harvard, now former president and i was not getting direct answers. in thinking through that last question which i wrote down a pencil to myself, i thought

still, like a lot of those indicted by the icc, including putin and other russian officials, it's unlikelyt they will actually spend time in the hague and be be be tried. but, you know, there were indeed the terrorist attacks of october 7th and much of the bombing by the israelis did indeed violate some pretty fundamental principles of international humanitarian law. and if the individuals are not brought to justice, at least i hope it will raise some consciousness and awareness so that, you know, these kinds of atrocities must not be allowed to happen again. >> all right. we appreciate your perspective today. professor stephen zunes from the university of san francisco. great to have you on. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> still ahead on the four, a long overdue milestone in marin county. coming up, a conversation with the county's first black supervisor about his goals as he behold! a glorious round table pepperoni pizz... huh? behold, the pepperoni, grilled chicken and bacon pizza from round table! three magnificent toppings. try it at round table pizza! there was sworn in as the first bl

i believe in fact i think just in the last 24 hours, israeli high court filed an appeal before the icc even though it's not a member state and i saw some filings from the prosecutor mr. kahn was involved in that process. and he argues they have the right to go after nonmembers for their activities within the confines of member states in this case. and i think first of all the whole premise of his prosecution is flawed beyond the process of it and the precedent it sets which is dangerous precedence for the united states of america. this is a test run, trial run to see can we go after a head of state from a nation not a member, and we can get it done with regards to israel they will apply that to the united states at some point. in fact, there have been threats to do so in the past. but the premise of the prosecution itself is completely and utterly flawed. they didn't travel around the world. he's not with us any longer but he didn't travel around the world. no risk of being apprehended. second, moral equivalency piece was offensive. let me explain and i think i don't need to explain. h

rubio: the icc has been doing incredible damage to its credibility. i think in the last 24 hours, the israeli heil court -- is really high court filed an appeal -- the israeli high court filed an appeal. i think the whole premise of his prosecution -- the president that it sets is very dangerous for the united states of america because this is a test run, a trial run to see if they can go after a head of state of a nation that is not a member. if they can go after them and get it done, they will apply that to the united states at some point and there have been threats to do that in the past. the premise of the prosecution itself is completely flawed. they went ahead, they also went after -- he is not with us any longer, but he doesn't travel around the world and is at no risk of being apprehended. the moral equivalency part was offensive. hamas carried out an atrocious operation, sending a bunch of savages into israel with the express and explicit purpose of targeting civilians. they went into concerts, they went into these music festivals. they knew

icc haven't had hasn't had un hasn't had much agency in in affecting the trajectory of this war.this that if gaza is going to be reconstructed, there has got to be a political frame here. gaza first cannot be gaza only. you're not going to get a dime out of the emiratis or the saudis or the kuwaitis, if in fact, the money is simply going to be used to rebuild namely hamas and israel, are going to continue to go at it. and i suspect the inconvenient reality here is that hamas is going to survive. it cannot govern gaza, but it can survive as an insurgency through co-optation, through intimidation, in an effort to effect whatever political framework or entity the international community or the region wants to put up. and this gets to the issue of the absence of any serious implementation of mechanisms, governance, security, reconstruction on post-conflict gaza as long as the war goes on, which is why the second phase becomes critical. as long as the war goes on, i see very limited possibilities other than humanitarian assistance, maybe to solve and to relieve the suffering of 2.3 mi

don't do any on arms sales and try to neuter the icc and the icj. and the most the western countries seem to go along. this it's one of the most perplexing and awful of this situation, which makes me sense that what the israelis are is not only exploiting pagers and telephones, they're exploding whole system of international law and rights that the western world developed after world war two. in response, the genocide against the -- and supreme ironies of this are supreme they're just awful. but this is what's going on, and we have to figure how to do it. so the change that i think, you know, the question was how would when will the media and others go and people change? we know from a shift from like the terrorism label that cuts off to do this unlawful acts that we can get any targeting of civilians than just labeling of someone one group as terrorists. right. that's way too sophisticated an argument for anything in the public realm. that's where legal cases but it's it's an important distinction in the public realm. what happens is that the zioni

board, not only with the laken riley act, which will get a vote on later today, but also on issues like iccsanctions. we are seeing democrats, especially those moderate democrats, in states that trump won, especially those up for reelection in 2026, being much more willing to maybe vote with republicans on some of these early bills. >> all right, steph curry for us this morning. very grateful to have you on the show. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> all right. ahead here on cnn this morning those wildfires continue to rage in los angeles county. how firefighters are battling these new mega fires. plus a final farewell to jimmy carter, all five living american presidents are expected to attend his funeral later this morning. >> kobe believed in himself at the youngest possible age. >> it's one of the most remarkable stories in sports history. i don't want to be remembered as just a basketball player. >> kobe premieres january 25th on cnn. >> dry. i still feel gritty, rough or tired with my bow eyes can feel i bow. my bow is the only prescription dry eye drop that forms a pr

um, and until we do those things and incentivize the latest icc or international code council building codes, we're going to continue to see these problems get worse and worse. um, as the hazards increase or change. >> all right. brock long, sir, i'm always grateful to have you on the show. i do hope you'll continue to join us, because this is going to be a story we're going to be covering for a long time. thanks very much. >> thank you. keith. >> thank you. all right. let's turn now to what we saw yesterday. remarkable scenes through the state funeral for former president jimmy carter. it was a rare time when all five living presidents gathered side by side. and we saw their interactions. their vice presidents were also there. donald trump in the same room for the first time since january 6th, 2021, with his former vice president, mike pence. you can see in this video there, pence stood to greet donald trump. this is a slightly different video here, but pence's wife, karen, yes, she stayed seated. she did not greet the president elect. a few moments later, here it is. here's the momen

keep in mind, the icc also indicted leaders of hamas for their war crimes appropriately and their holding, which continues to this very day. and 45 democrats joined all republicans to support this bill. we know which vision of american global engagement the trump administration will carry out. but it isn't just trump, who this week is making an absolute mockery of every last lecture we deliver to the russians or the chinese or anyone else about respecting human rights and international law. it is president joe biden, too, leaving a disgraceful legacy. a liberal president doing untold damage to the doing untold damage to the liberal if you have heart failure or chronic kidney disease, farxiga can help you keep living life, because there are places you'd like to be. (♪♪) serious side effects include increased ketones in blood or urine and bacterial infection between the anus and genitals, both which may be fatal, severe allergic reactions, dehydration, urinary tract or genital yeast infections, and low blood sugar. stop taking and tell your doctor right away if you have nausea, vomiting, st

so the two people who the icc views as potentially war criminals as well, or at least supporting it,eporting from early. >> not long after october. >> 7th, that benjamin netanyahu himself was trying to get egypt to open the border so that there would be. >> a mass forcing. >> of palestinians out of. gaza and they would not be allowed to return. i mean, israel has never allowed. >> palestinian refugees who were. >> expelled to return, so there's no reason to believe it would allow them to now. right? >> this is. >> utterly monstrous. >> utterly depraved, and. >> just a. >> sign of how profoundly racist and dehumanizing the american public discourse, especially in the republican party, is about palestinians, as if they're not. >> human beings who. >> have who are deserving of equal. >> dignity. >> to all the rest. >> of us. >> yeah. you wrote a piece. i want to change course just a little bit. you wrote a piece, and i actually watched the video of you discussing it on your substack. and it's a controversial title because it gets to a thing that people always talk about. and you wrote s

you mean the icc warrant? >> what happens to these leaders after they age out and they leave their mandates in their countries, and nothing's going to happen. >> years old. >> his his plane is not going to be on trial in israel. >> first of all, he's got a nominee for the cabinet and say, i'm not going to entertain a hypothetical. okay, let me i'm just saying, let me ask you this, because one thing i have seen some of is some i told you so from muslim americans who said the right thing to do was to not back the, you know, the biden-harris administration. >> some some of them made a calculation that trump actually would ultimately be better for their right cause, ending the war. i mean, were they right? >> i don't see it that way. what i see is for people who are a part of the uncommitted movement, were experiencing immense pain for their family members that were living in gaza and innocent people that were being murdered, and they wanted relief, and they didn't feel like the biden administration, right or wron

condemnation of the way that israel has conducted this war and charges of genocide, etc, coming from the icc and the international community. what position is israel in with this new administration coming in, in your view? >> well, i think unfortunately, it's not just israeli right wing types who are calling for the annexation of west bank. the person who's been named to be the u.s. ambassador to israel, mike huckabee, also has called for that annexation. so i think there are a lot of hard line views. i don't think bibi netanyahu was ever interested in pursuing any type of peace process that would give the palestinians self-determination in their own state, and until those palestinian aspirations are addressed in a meaningful way, i think we're going to continue to have this cycle of violence. yes. i'm so glad that there's a respite in the bloodshed that is going been going on in gaza and for the next 42 days or so. i'm pretty confident that they can manage this in a way that's going to allow those hostages and prisoners to be exchanged. but the phase two and phase three aspirations of this

the icc court should put the crime -- even biden should be charged. it is not over yet.t will continue. the next step will be iran. just wait and see. they will not allow nuclear weapons over there. that will be the next target. i wish all the killing would stop. they are both claiming to have done the deal. i don't know who will get the credit. kind of like a jimmy carter when he's going out. anyway, it is good they are thinking about stopping but they are not going to. have a good. host: vince in houston, texas. independent. good morning. are you with us? caller: how are you doing this morning? i'm sorry. a couple of comments. i'm an independent. i have voted for both republican and democratic presidents. i'm so sick and tired of everybody has to win. if the hostages get released, who cares if biden did it or trump did it? they are getting released. number two, on the confirmation hearings, i'm embarrassed when i hear people act so self-righteous and go after these people on their character when they don't look in their own bedrooms. hegseth about having affairs. well,

forefront and uses them as human shields but that is who hamas is there's no moral equivalency the icc if they don't drop this will find its credibility badly damaged i think the united states should be very concerned because i believe this is a test run for applying it to american servicemember and american leaders in the future. >> will set it cannot agree with more. certainly the court is badly damage the reputation it has a long ways to go to recover from that. so, without. >> thank you, mr. chairman for senator rubio in the sediment opening statement i hope this committee can better collaborate swiftly confirm foreign military officers as patriotic americans have served under both democratic and republican a administrations. they worked to advance u.s. national security interests. delays in vacant posts hurt interests. i know you agree with that because it had that conversation. when you commit to working with us to prioritize the advancement and confirmation of career state department officials? >> the answer to that is yes out also point to the fact i think we are going to begin