on wednesday, national security council spokesman john kirby said the administration. the us works closely with state and local authorities to identify and prevent potential threats. iryna shinkarenko, natasha mozgova, voice of america, seattle, washington. and then we talk about the largest military exhibition in north america, which gathered more than 700 companies from all over the world in the american capital. drones, anti-aircraft systems and weapons with artificial intelligence. andriy borys learned how defense technologies are changing today and how the russian war against ukraine affects it. washington, one of the biggest exponents of the american capital hosts the largest exhibition of gunsmiths in north america. hundreds of companies from the united states, australia, canada, and europe present their achievements in the military-industrial complex. the exhibition is opened by the secretary of the us army, christine wormuth. supporting the national sovereignty of ukraine directly corresponds to our national interests. it weakens the russian military, strength

john kirby| motivation for iranians. john kirby sa in: motivation for iranians.ation for iranians. john kirby saying tonight he _ motivation for iranians. john kirby saying tonight he doesn't - motivation for iranians. john kirby saying tonight he doesn't deny - motivation for iranians. john kirby| saying tonight he doesn't deny that iran is complicit because we know how close the links are. he's just not seeing direct evidence at the moment. i'm wondering if you are concerned there is a portion on the right to blame iran we the followed of that would be for that if turnaround was under pressure they would activate their other proxy in his brother to the north in lebanon. i don't think criticism or rhetoric is going to drive around to do that. it's a real threat. i think the hamas attack is kind of designed to create a cascading series of events that could lead to such an eventuality. what they are hoping for in the short run is for the violence to spread into the west bank and eastjerusalem to inspire people, whoever it is in the west bank or in gaza with arms,

i think back to john kirby on september 19th, i believe it was john kirby that if iran is found to promotewould be consequences. he was so sure it wouldn't happen he would say that and now looking at american citizens held hostage. brian mass said americans save americans, that is a big step and one the -- >> harris: we didn't do it in afghanistan. after kabul was hit, other countries were going to get their own and biden and his pentagon were not doing that. >> emily: they weren't and the landskein tenor created by this tepid relationship with israel, atrocities occurring there, it is not a battlefield, it is a massacre, it is not human. for this administration to ignore thus far the americans included and ignore our greatest ally, harken back to the state he set, it took him one month to call benjamin netanyahu. president trump called him one day after entering office and the white house said in terrible foreshadow and i think they talked about iranian threat and close consultation on iran and biden intended to strengthen cooperation with iran. lack of senate confirmed elected officials

the day before, john kirby said that the united states now wants congress to approve the request for additional funding for ukraine as soon as possible, so that there is not even a single day of gap in the united states' aid to kyiv. today, he really confirmed to me that the united states and the biden administration are doing everything for this possible, and i also asked him about whether it was somehow about a possible joint request to congress, which was reported by the american press, that they said that the white house and congress will discuss the possibility of giving a request for funding for ukraine and israel together. in order to have better chances for approval of aid for kyiv. he said he would not go into details about the negotiations the white house is currently having with congress. he said that now there is a request for additional financing for ukraine, for more than 20 billion dollars. he said it was white the house believes there is sufficient funding now, and they hope to approve that funding, he said, without going into details. but, answering your question, ca

john kirby, thanks for taking some time to speak with us today.nks. >> good to be with you. >> martha: breaking news. we have now -- we have the pictures of these two individuals that were just released. they are israeli hostages being held by hamas. they're getting medical care in rafah egypt, this is the southern pathway from gaza in to egypt. that's where the humanitarian aid is going back and forth. these are the images of the two women in the late 70s and 80s that thankfully will be making their way back too their families after they receive medical care in egypt. we're greatful for that news today. with that, i want to bring in the former white house policy adviser to george w. bush and co-author of "the genius of israel." i would imagine when you wrote the title, dan, you didn't expect what you'd see what you saw october 7. welcome. good to have you here. >> the subtitle last the world "resilience" in there. i think what you're seeing right now obviously, israel is going through a horrendous time. you're seeing the society incredible solida

we're going to ask john kirby about this news in a moment.

we'll speak with john kirby. that's coming up. we have new video that is just in of the brutality at this music festival. you can see everybody dancing one minute in a field near the gaza border. the next, they are running for their lives. you can hear people yelling, go, go, go as they escape. we see what happened to some of these people pulled out of the vehicles and puts in golf carts and taken away. the rockets rained down as gunmen opened fire. we'll speak with our former secretary of state and cia director, mike pompeo is standing by. first to trey yingst reporting live from sderot, israel. hi, trey. >> good afternoon. tonight prime minister netanyahu addressing his nation with one message saying hamas wanted war, hamas will get war. he described the atrocities taking place in southern israel the past 48 hours and the preparations by his soldiers to get ready for what will be days of fighting as netanyahu described it, the response from israel will reverberate through generations of gazans as israel prepares to continue stri

here's john kirby just moments ago. watch. >> it would be imprudent and irresponsible if we didn't have people thinking about different scenarios. we're not at a point of execution of evacuations right now. >> martha: this is one of the women released from hamas custody yesterday. they still have her husband. we don't know when this first photo was taken. this is her before and this is her after she was held for 17 days. she spoke of being beaten with sticks, held in a spider web of muddy at times tunnels. in moments, fox news senior correspondent mike tobin who has been in the tunnels in his reporting in 08. he will tell us what it's like down there. first to jacqui heinrich who has just left a short time ago today's briefing. hi, jacqui. >> hi, martha. as you point out, in the span of a few days, the message that we've been hearing out of the pentagon has shifted considerably as our team there points out last week nobody on the record would confirm that iran was behind the attacks on u.s. forces in the region by these

john kirby is on tours of duty with the navy.anges. thank you for joining us this morning. in your briefings with the president this morning, what will be your message at 1:00 p.m.? >> the most important message the president will deliver is about the united states' long-standing support of israel, the people of israel. our sympathies are with the loss and shock they are going through but our firm resolve to make sure that they can continue to defend themselves against these terrorist attacks and take action against hamas direct way. people talk about the military assistance we are providing and that we have to a expect we will pay going forward. the fear it is engendering in the minds across the region and here in the united states -- lastly, it is a strong message for a marriage can see her at home that anti-semitism has no place. neither does terrorism. the united states federal government will work with state and local authorities to make sure our jewish friends do not have to live in fear. tom: from an israel template, there

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i will have john kirby on a few minutes but i will ask him about that.a really interesting point as well. i had not thought of it in that way. aaron david miller, thank you very much. we are going to squeeze in some porting -- reporting before we get to john curry. speaking of john kirby, at the white house press briefing about an hour and a half ago, he pointed the finger at iran. he said iran is actively instigating a lot of this what can you tell us about what you are hearing of iran regarding what we have been covering now? >> reporter: iran's foreign ministers have been shuttling around the region. he has been meeting hamas leaders, hezbollah leaders and proxy groups under the patronage in the area. he keeps issuing threats, warnings and stinging ultimatums. not just to israel but to the u.s. as well. just today, he said i warned the u.s. and its proxy, israel, that if they don't i merely stop these crimes in gaza against humanity, anything is possible. at any moment and the region will go out of control. he added that the u.s. military support for

forces already in the region. >> sandra: and much more coming up, including john kirby's response to the president saying don't do those iranian proxies. and exchange with jacqui heinrich coming up. >> john: he says don't, they keep doing. and the latest on the looming ground invasion. any sense that you are getting there, alex, that it's any closer than it was yesterday? >> well, john, sandra, we have heard words from israeli officials here the ground invasion could be imminent, but not giving exact details. but there was this strategic significant victory for israeli forces today, saying that they were able to take out a senior hamas official, someone who was behind the planning of the october 7th attacks, take a look at the footage here. you can see the aerial images released by the israeli defense forces. they say the fighter jets took out the deputy head of the hamas intelligence directorate. the idf said he had other roles in hamas, and earlier this morning, israelis woke up to this news. a new ground attack, largest of its kinds since the conflict began. idf released footage of

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joining us now, national security council coordinator for strategic communications john kirby. john, thanks for being here. >> you bet, bret. good to be with you. >> bret: i want to start with -- i know you have been asked this different ways. "the washington post" is reporting that your administration is urging israel against a full scale ground invasion and, instead, to opt for a surgical campaign. is that true? >> well, i want to be careful here that i don't get into the private conversations we're having with our israeli counterparts. as you know, bret, this is their military operation and they will make the decisions that they feel like they have got to make to defend themselves and to go after hamas terrorists. i would just tell you that throughout the whole process of our conversations with them, we have been sharing our perspectives on what urban warfare looks like, all the difficulties and challenges. of course, we have been sharing with them about our concerns with about those hostages and safety and making sure we can find some way or ways to get them out and get them

you'll see that for yourself. >> john kirby gets tonight's last word.onight, that latest on the israel-hamas war. the deadly blast and a hospital in gaza killing hundreds of people. then, that race for the gavel now entering its third week as jim jordan fails to win the speaker on the first ballot.

on the button east coast, national security counsel spokesperson john kirby white house press secretary karine jean-pierre shutting down idea deporting foreign nationals including students who attend pro hamas demonstrations. >> on a the right among some republicans, who've called for students foreign issue nationals for demonstrating in some pro palestine demonstrations allegedly, to have a student visa pulled, or deportation. >> o we don't have to agree with every sentiment expressed in free country like this to stand by the first amendment and idea of peaceful protesters. >> a does president view anti-israels protesters sentiment on college campuses as ients semitism. >> president has been very clear wanting to maker that jewish americans that our americans muslims are protected as relates to peaceful protesting people have the right to do that. >> florida governor 2024 presidential candidate ron desantis have it being back on x, posting the biden administration is dead wrong, no one has a right to come to our country -- cheryl i think on to something here because it shouldn't be tha

what do you make of the fact that john kirby and secretary state blinken continue to say that they have no evidence that there's any link between iran and what has happened in hamas? by hamas? >> well, martha, to be honest with you, this is the same thing where they refuse to look at china as an adversarial nation even though they're partnered in the geo political alignment. iran is the largest state sponsor of terror. and we give them $6 billion? we are now seeing where afghan weapons are popping up and being utilized for hamas. we know the proxy malitias that iranians have been leading since soleimani. we saw it in yemen, we see it in palestine with hezbollah in lebanon. yet this administration has failed to understand the geo political alignment. the fact that the real terrorist, the real threat in this region is iran. the largest state sponsor of terror. >> martha: so the suggestion is that there are reasons why they can't make that link at this moment. do you buy that? >> no, i don't buy it at all. i've sat in many classified breedings. when you have the head of the ayat ayatollah.

they are looking, and they have not given up -- not closed the book as john kirby said on that, but any reports, there was a wall street journal report of a meeting in beirut, no evidence of that. >> john: let's go to eric now, in new york. eric, you've covered the middle east for most of your career, if not all of your career at some point in time. talk to us about the historical significance of these attacks, particularly in light of these negotiations between saudi arabia and israel that seem very close to producing some sort of normalization of relations, that seems to be totally off the table. >> yeah, at least right for now, john. you are and seeing the attacks by hamas is a way to try and derail the pending normalization between saudi arabia and israel. let me go back to 1947, british mandate ended and the united nations passed a resolution establishing land for the jews and for the arabs, that led, though, to the 1948 arab-israeli war and the recognition of the state of israel immediately by president harry s. truman. since that time, israelis have had to show defiance, courage,

was reported by the strategic communications coordinator of the council of of national security, john kirby. the president confirmed the resolute commitment of the united states in supporting ukraine, which is itself. protects, this support will last as long as it is needed, this was confirmed by all the leaders who participated in the call. the leaders discussed continuing to provide ukraine with the ammunition and weapons systems it needs to defend its territory, as well as continuing to strengthen ukraine's air defenses as they prepare for new attacks on vital infrastructure. this call was made of course after the congress passed the budget resolution last weekend. which did not include financial support for ukraine, while president biden made it clear that under no circumstances should we allow support for ukraine to be cut off, time is not on our side, we have enough financial authority to meet ukraine's needs on the ground fight for a while, but we need congress to act to ensure continued support. john kirby also noted that the majority of legislation from both parties, as in both the

here is john kirby. >> we know iran continues to support hamas. and hezbollah. we know that iran is closely monitoring these evens in some cases facilitating the attacks. and spurring on others. we know iran's goal is to maintain some level of deniability, we're not going to allow them to do that. larry: okay, now show us how you are not going to not allow it on happen, what is biden administration doing about iran, they are the financier, puppe pup ear. mr. kirby and secretary of state blinken have acknowledged, that iran is the problem. they are not doing anything about this problem. and the iranian puppets of attacking of u.s. military in iraq in syria anda our navy, fortunately our military stopped them, shot down the drones and the cruise missiles, but this is war against the united states, and hamas has killed over 30 americans, and taken 10 or a dozen hostages, these are actions of war! so, where is joe biden's so-called red line? when will the u.s. strike back? when will president biden stop appeasing iran, and start some deterrents against iran, when. p

press secretary, but also nsc coordinator for strategic communication will be there, too, that is john kirby. and the manhunt is continuing and look, you got to stay behind closed doors if police tell you to shelter-in-place. i know it's been almost 18 hours at this point as they search for the mass shooter suspect. "america reports". >> night of bowling and he just came in and there was a loud pop. >> i've had all my friends on the phone with me to make sure they are safe. >> i believe it, i know it's real. i don't want to believe it, you know. to see people killed like that, especially children. >> what are the things they are looking to do, get into his phones, his computer applications. >> the full weight of my administration is behind law enforcement's efforts to capture the person of interest, robert card. >> a live look at the scene in lewiston, maine, police and the fbi are searching for the gunman suspected of killing 18 people, deadliest mass shooting in the united states this year. john, hello to you. >> john: tragic news and obviously a lot of concern in the community. john rober

we say that because right now john kirby, brigadier general, said they don't see that happening right now. joey, thanks for joining us. i want to bring your attention to the board here, gives idea of the u.s. naval forces that have been deployed to the middle east and the u.s. military might that has now surrounded the region. you had the u.s.s. eisenhower, in the eastern mediterranean sea, moved to the persian gulf. 26th marine unit, and gerald ford and the whitney. and joey, toss this question, news from the pentagon a moment ago, attacks into israel from gaza paints the picture really of the rocket attacks and mortar attacks, anti-tank fire and the drone strikes. you can see them obviously throughout this region here. what we just heard from the brigadier general is an update from the pentagon on the u.s. forces attacked now at least ten times in iraq and three in syria. sort of highlighting the u.s. military bases in the region and joey, can you talk to the growing threat to some of our own as this conflict continues? >> yeah, i would love to have more details on the attack, not j

and israel, said the coordinator of strategic communications of the council of the white house, john kirbyrding to him , the corresponding request can be sent to congress already this week. mr. admiral did not specify the amount in question, but he added, and what he added was the direct speech of john kirby. look, we have an appropriation to help ukraine for a while longer. we have the authority and appropriations to help israel some more time, but because of the fact that it is desirable. as these conflicts show no signs of ending anytime soon, we will absolutely need additional funding and support from congress. and here, returning to the previous news, it is extremely important for us to have a permanent speaker in the house of representatives as soon as possible, and again, for this speaker to be from the wing of the republicans who support ukraine and support us in our just struggle. with the russian invasion, in order for these 100 billion, he already said 100 billion dollars, john kirby did not exactly say the amount, but the bloomberg agency reported on tuesday that, with referenc

joining me now is john kirby. thank you for being here with me. we've heard you and others in the administration, the president himself, say specifically that the u.s. won't tell israel how to run its war. there is reporting, though, that u.s. officials are advising israel not to conduct a ground invasion and to stop bombing areas near the rafah gate. is that accurate? more importantly, is israel, from your perspective and the perspective of the president, managing the war the way that it should? >> i'll let our private conversations between us stay private, dana. you can understand why we would want to do that. however, we have since the very beginning of the conflict been talking to our israeli counterparts at all levels, from the prime minister on down, about the need to respect civilian life, to minimize civilian casualties and to allow humanitarian aid to get in. in the context of those conversations we're talking about vehicles, means, ways in which those things can be achieved. not to mention the importance of getting the hostages out. ther

this is what john kirby says about linking iran to hamas's attack on israel.tape. >> irani and destabilizing behavior. what you're trying to get at is this particular set of attacks, what jake said still holds. we recognize there is broad complicity by the uranian's because of long-standing support for hamas. hamas wouldn't have been able to function at all had a not been for propping up by the uranian regime but we haven't seen any specific evidence that tells us they were involved in the planning or involved in the resourcing and training that went into these attacks. blue when complicity but no direct link. congressman mike waltz joins me now. the you believe iran is behind the attacks? >> john kirby is full of it and this is the worst kind of spin and he knows and he knows better. you can't say that hamas would not be able to operate, wouldn't be funded, wouldn't be supplied, wouldn't have the training without iran, but then say there was no uranian involvement because we don't have some kind of tape of the ayatollah personally leading the squads as they g

when asked john kirby admitted they don't have enough information right now to make that move. defense secretary lloyd austin says the u.s. has people on the ground in israel to help with intelligence and planning in regard to hostage recovery making comments in brussels for a meeting for the north atlantic triteee organization. >> for anyone thinking about trying to take advantage of the agony in israel, to try to biden this conflict, spill more glad, we have one word. don't. >> president biden also vowed to work every aspect regarding the hostage crisis in israel. but he says when it comes to specifics, he said it would be bizarre to discuss those steps. his administration is currently taking to bringing everyone hopefully home. >> trace: jeff, thank you, former fbi agent nicole park, navy seal special forces cameron hamilton. former fbi negotiator, he said this about recovering hostages. quoting here "it's not -- it's just not clear why the hostages were taken and exactly by who are these little gangs or groups not part of the main infrastructure? were they taken to negotiat

. >> sandra: just getting some word from admiral john kirby. e it's an sound only gaggle, it's not on camera, john. don't know his exact location. according to the white house spokesperson, the u.s. has asked the israelis what their aim is as we are getting word directly from the army tonight that they are escalating their ground invasion there in gaza. we are not getting word to be clear that this is the expected full scale ground invasion into northern gaza, john. but kirby said they have asked the israeli what their aim is, strategy is, and how this is going to end. >> john: i assume a lot of that would be geared toward the hostages as well, president biden and this administration very worried about the fate of the hostages and of course if israel goes in with the full scale ground invasion, it's going to put the 225 maybe people at extreme risk. so i would assume that's probably what kirby is talking about. >> sandra: he did speak directly to the hostage situation saying we would support a pause -- this is different. so, kirby said we would

john kirby at the white house 10 americans remain unaccounted for. some are being held by gaza, by hamas in gaza. larry? larry: how do you read the release of hostages? god bless them. everyone wants release of hostages. is hamas playing us? is hamas stalling for time? how do you read this? >> reporter: certainly feels that way, larry. both women are in the 80s. appears not in the best of health this appears from hamas's standpoint a little bit of goodwill, no question trying to delay this anticipated israeli ground assault. larry: they have not released any u.s. hostages, no american hostages? >> reporter: correct and french president emmanuel macron comes here to israel on tuesday. there is a number of french israeli hostages being held and certainly there is some pressure not just from the whitehouse but also from european governments on israeli government not to launch the assault with all the hostages being held in gaza. larry: got it. lucas tomlinson, thank you for the report. please be safe. president joe biden deserves credit, i have given hi

john kirby said the u.s. is not dictating terms to israel for ground invasion, and we have been able to see in the past hour or so, the u.s. sent a few military advisers to israel. as you put that together now, knowing the assets we have in the region, what are you able to draw from that, morgan? >> well, i think it is surprising that israel has not responded yet, all we know from the reporting they have been held off for whatever reason from the u.s. i think what we can control more is not the israeli response, but the american response. and in just the past week alone, there have been at least nine attacks on u.s. bases or our military facilities, nine in one week and we have not responded yet. that's from the u.s. perspective. >> sandra: morgan ortagus, thank you. and that does it for "america reports." thank you for joining us. a lot of breaking news throughout the two hours. i'm sandra smith. >> bill: martha takes over for now. we'll see you a bit later. >> martha: thanks very much.

listening to that conversation you had with john kirby, it puts me in mind to explain physically what we saw. let me explain. the smell when you step into a shelter is what hits you first. you realize that this stuf the floor is what you fear it is. it's blood. you realize in an instant looking at the strewn shell casings on the floor, looking at the bullet holes in the concrete in front of you, you can understand what happened, people were used to going to these shelters for safety and security from hamas rockets. when hamas was chasing them, they were hoping there was safety and security in these concrete bunkers. of course, there wasn't. we could see what happened. hamas had gone in there with guns and quite literally shot them -- this is a deployment of military hardware going by. i'm going to pause. -- had quite literally shot them in calculated cold blood as they were cowering there on the floor. their blood is on the wall and on the ceiling. there are bullet holes in the concrete wall. you know in that instant how horrible and how terrible it was. your conversation brought that

so i do hope. >> sandra: that's what we heard from john kirby. is still the priority, getting the hostages out. also earlier, we did hear when it came to administration officials that the less said the better. that's difficult. that's difficult for everyone who wants more communication rather than less. that's part of it, right? these hostage rescue operations are top secret the way they're going in and how they need to get in. >> absolutely. the forces know that. they don't talk. they know they get the mission, they get the warning order. they're going into a target. doesn't get anywhere else but their small team. has to be that way. the times where news has leak out that there's a mission going forward, it's really hurt the troops. and the u.s. attacks as well. so yeah, it's got to be kept quiet. >> sandra: don, if i could take this big picture and your experience. we heard from the israeli defense minister saying we will achieve absolute victory. at a time when many are wondering what exactly that end game looks like and how that will ultimate

john kirby should say we're freezing the funds. say that. some of the other things but you have to say you're freezing those funds. >> john kirby's dance today. i was watching it like a hawk. what does that mean, jonathan? it's stupid watching it like a hawk. here's the problem, obviously, is that if they say iran was behind it, and everybody knows they were. everybody knows iran backs hamas and hezbollah. then we put ourselves in our footing in possibly a world war. they are being delicate about the language. but the truth is when joe biden comes out and when austin comes out and says don't. it reminds me of nancy reagan when she said just say no to drugs. you know? it doesn't work. all right. it doesn't show how firm we are. what about the hamas guy living in qatar. why aren't we sanctioning qatar over there who is behind hamas and all of this other stuff? we're like pushovers and we haven't shown any strength. >> in a neighborhood where only strength is respected. that's the problem. >> when nancy reagan told me to just say no, i did just

and here is john kirby, whom we already mentioned today, the coordinator for strategic communicationsy council of the white house, at a briefing the other day he also stated that they have information that the russian military executes their comrades in the service when they refuse to follow orders. an american official says that russian commanders are threatening to shoot entire units if they try to retreat from artillery fire in ukraine. that was it. dad oleksandr musienko, head of the center for military legal studies, joins our broadcast. mr. alexander, i congratulate you. i congratulate you. as for avdiivka, it is clear that for now the general the headquarters of ukraine will not publish data on promotions there, confirmation of new positions, and so on. they don't dare to talk about it, but deepstate analysts say that the russian forces are trying to get to the coke plant itself. how important is this plant in the context of knowledge itself. combat operations and what can give control over it, so how can you evaluate? well, control over it in itself does not give anything, the

and moments ago, i spoke with john kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the national securityncil. welcome back to the newshour. john: thank you very much for having me. geoff: the u.s. is beating up its presence in the middle east, moving fighter jets to the eastern mediterranean and providing israel with more weapons and ammunition. does that massive response, beyond sending a show of support, does it signal that the u.s. is concerned about the potential for other parts of the region being drawn into this war between israel and hamas? john: what it demonstrates is how seriously we take our national security interests. there's two messages coming out of this. one is reassurance that we have national security interests in the region and we will make sure that we are able to meet those commitments and two, deterrence. that no other actor, be it a tourist group -- terrorist group, think that this is a good time to take advantage of the violence inside israel for their own ends because their interests are in a michael to that of israel -- inimical to that of israel. israel is a p

joining us now, white house national security council spokesperson john kirby.dmiral, how much did the white house have to do with the release of these two americans? >> we were very much involved in helping secure their release. and we certainly give credit to the government of israel and the government of qatar who obviously played key roles in this. it was a team effort. across the inner agency but also internationally and all, we're just glad that they're safe and sound and hopefully soon we'll be able to get back to illinois with the family where they belong. >> but why would hamas release them? they wouldn't do it out of the goodness of their heart. they're a brutal ruthless terrorist organization. why would they release these two americans. >> i think we'll have to be careful about what we say in terms of the machinations that were required to get them home or out of there. because we know there are still some americans being held hostage and we want to get them back to their families too, but i hope you could understand we can't talk much about motivatio

. >> dana: john kirby is here with us. john, the families earlier that gave the press conference, they are asking for the united states to help them. they are looking for specifics. will they get any of that from president biden when he speaks at 1:00 today? >> i think you will hear specifically the president address the concerns of american citizens in israel. those that unfortunately we know have perished. those who are missing and wounded. he will absolutely address those concerns and make it clear we have offered and will continue to offer hostage recovery assistance and expertise to the israelis as they might deem appropriate. i will tell you, dana, we don't know right now here at 10:00 in the morning whether we can -- we can't confirm that americans are in the pool of folks being held hostage by hamas. we have to accept the grim possibility that that could turn out to be true. but as we're speaking right now we don't know whether any americans are in that group. >> bret: it's bret baier. we heard from families of amer

we did not hear any confirmation of that from john kirby and simply said no updates on that right now. >> the qatar rendition of anthonys helping to negotiate and to deliver the message if any americans or israeli hostage tans are hurt or killed that there will be consequences. you also heard the president yesterday saying saying that he would not tell reporters when he was addressing jewish leaders at the white house and would not tell reporters what he was going in terms of moving special operations forces into the region or around the region. he wouldn't tell them what he was doing to get the hostages home because that's not what you do before you have intelligence and staged a possible rescue. some of this criticism is a little oust sized and defense secretary lloyd austin spoke this morning from nato headquarters after basically two days of meetings with nato defense ministers to talk about ukraine and israel. here's what he said. >> make no mistake, we can and will stand by israel even as we stand by ukraine. united states can walk and chew game at the same time. >> "i briefed t

an update from john kirby. he is going to be joining karine jean-pierre at the white house press briefing, expected to begin just moments from now. >> bill: also we'll hear from the pentagon as a new report reveals the u.s. military is stepping up its surveillance now in the middle east. >> sandra: a lot happening at this hour, over on capitol hill, lawmakers on the house foreign affairs committee are set to receive a classified briefing on the threat from iran. another busy day in our nation's capital and beyond. sandra smith in new york. bill, great to have you here. >> bill: i don't know roberts is off today. bill hemmer. welcome to "america reports". top biden officials are concerned it could expand. white house preparations are in the works. >> sandra: and we hope to hear more from the white house, a new report revealing the biden administration is gearing up for the possibility of a maybe evacuation that would require hundreds of thousands of americans to leave the middle east. >> bill: begin anew, over t

while all this is happening, president biden's mouthpiece, john kirby, went on "the view," which is aind of hare-brained, far-left tv show on another network, thankfully, and he said this. listen and weep. >> we don't seek a conflict with iran. we're not looking to escalate into some sort of period of hostilities here with iran. larry: there is already a conflict with iran. this is the most unimaginably dumb thing that any white house spokesman could possibly say. mr. kirby and his boss, president biden, i have breaking news for you. iran is at war with the united states. as well as israel. if has been for quite some time, by the way. the very fact that iran financed ask planned the barbaric hamas invasion of israel is the most important evidence of their war-like intentions against the u.s. and, of course, against israel. the very fact that iran is the largest state sponsor terrorist country in the world is absolute proof that they have escalated their war with the u.s. and israel. now, will team biden, including mr. kirby, ever understand this? and why are biden officials, including

in a moment will bring in john kirby from national secure to counsel and senator tom cotton first let'sn to trade gang's life on the ground in israel. >> good morning and date number nine on the war between israel and gaza here in southern israel preparations continue for a massive ground operation. we have seen thousands of israeli infantry troops and tanks apcs all wading along the border for those orders to enter the gaza strip. you can see behind me a large explosion in the northern parts the israelis continued to strike gaza ahead of an expected groud operation. right now there is a massive rocket barrage coming up the gaza strip. you can see one rocket after another appears to be toward the center of israel. day and night israel continues to hit positions inside gaza for the death toll they are quickly taking up to more than 2300 people many women and children among the dead. we do not functions inside gaza including hamas and islamic jihad fire rockets into central israel air raid sirens across tel aviv. this comes as thousands continue to try and fleet south following warnings b

jacqui heinrich asking john kirby about charter flights for americans. take a listen. >> directing american citizens to basically find their own way to u.s. help on the other side. you have other countries sending military in or doing evacuations in a more formal way. >> sometimes it is hard to get a sense of what the population is. in places like israel, there are a lot of americans, most of them -- not most, maybe most are dual nationals, a lot of americans are there. other nations have smaller populations and have to make their own decision about how to handle the smaller populations. >> todd: brian, you are doing the work of evacuations, your reaction from john kirby in what appears to be history repeating itself, afghanistan, ukraine and now israel. >> don't forget sudan, everyone forgets about sudan. this is project dynamo fourth war zone deployment in 24 months. started afghanistan, ukraine then to sudan and did russia and now here we are in israel and maui and hurricane ian. in 24 short months, we've seen this pattern ofern ms being left or being

what of what john kirby said stood out to you? >> one of the things in addition to all the things you mentioned, boris, was the allusion to the laws of armed conflict and words by both the secretary of state and the president of the united states that israel must follow the rules of armed conflict. the white house was i think trying to make sure that that message got out without making it too public. but the fact of the matter is there's some concern that israel will not follow the same rules like we're used to, for example, if the american military goes in there and the concern i think on the white house's part is that it look good in the sense that if israel goes in to a ground invasion, if they actually go into gaza like that that they do it under the strictest control with a minimum of civilian casualties. >> yeah, that is a major concern going into an area like gaza, a very tight strip of land with over 2 million people in it. let's talk about the timeline of a potential ground operation because we're seeing not only a massiv

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we will get back to you as well. >>> i want to bring in john kirby from the white house. he is the national security council coordinator for strategic communications. thanks very much for joining us. you heard that report. what is your understanding of the israeli military operations that are unfolding right now? >> they have said it for themselves. they are expanding ground operations. i will let them characterize that. we don't want to speak for military operations we are not in command of. they have continued throughout -- since the attack of october 7th and continued to try to put pressure on hamas leadership and to try to target hamas leadership where they are. i don't want to speak for them. but i think it's safe to say that the ground maneuvers are a piece of the larger effort. >> did israel notify or consult with the united states ahead of this expanded ground operation that's unfolding right in gaza? >> we have been talking to them since october 7th. i don't want to detail the content. i want to stress that these are israeli defense force decisions. we won't do t

this was also john kirby, this was this morning, a different interview. he was asked about that after kevin mccarthy called on the president to refreeze, if they are still sitting there, refreeze the $6 billion in iranian funds. he said that could happen. >> the $6 billion, it can be refrozen at any time. not a single dinar of that 6 billion has ever gone into iran for humanitarian purposes, none has been allocated, none have been spent. so it's all still sitting in a bank and that's an option available to us. >> sandra: if it truly has not, the 6 billion allocated, any of it or any of it been spent, why not go in there now and refreeze those funds so that they cannot be accessed for any other reason? >> if what john kirby is saying is true, then the president should say that he has refrozen those funds. put an end to it saying we are going to hold that. and the billions of dollars, u.s. taxpayer funded equipment we left in afghanistan, instead of blowing it up, desantroying , is that on the battlefield and used answer americans and israel, reports sugges

national security council spokesman john kirby will be joining karine jean-pierre as pressure is building for president biden to rescue those americans held captive by hamas at this hour. hello, welcome. sandra smith in new york. >> john: i'm john roberts in washington and this is "america reports." it is now 8:00 p.m. in israel, and here is what we know right now. more than 150 hostages are being held in gaza, among them, some 20 americans. israel warning gaza of a potential ground offensive imminently. >> sandra: and the first batch of u.s. weapons we can report is in the hands of the israelis, as a u.s. aircraft carrier has arrived at israel's shores, sending a stark message to those in the region. >> john: fox team coverage across the global in the next two hours and the breaking news of the war in israel. let's go straight to our trey yingst live on the ground in the southern part of the country. what's the latest where you are? >> good afternoon, we have returned from a small community that sits just over the border with gaza. up until about 12 hours ago, there were firefights and t

vadim, the weather forecaster from john kirby is useless, judging by his forecasts, he doesn’t understandut the weather, and in general he has no idea about the climate of the dnieper region and donbass. so, according to kirby, the apu has 6 to 8 weeks left before the weather worsens. the same kirby emphasizes that the administration. has the funds to continue financial support for ukraine for just 2 months, that is, the american white house is clearly hinting to the kiev regime that it is time speed up your counterattack, otherwise, quote: the situation for the ukrainian armed forces will become difficult, although it would seem much worse. in meat assaults, the ukrainian army suffers colossal losses in any accumulation of enemy manpower and equipment; russian artillery shells, missiles, or kamikaze drones immediately arrive. here are just a few recent episodes. for example, this is the destruction of a ukrainian field camp approximately 20 kilometers west of marinka. and in this video - a strike by a guided missile rszo tonado s on a cluster of vssushnikov at the training ground in the