i think he lloyd austin has begun the speaking. now let's listen to lloyd austin. we'll come back, he's almost touch. but it's good to see you again in person. and it's good to be back in israel. even during such terrible days as the us secretary of defense, i am here in person to make something crystal clear. america support for israel is our own client. and i extend my deepest condolences to the as rarely people for those killed or wounded in this terrible slaughter by how much i'm also here and solid. there already with all the families still living, the waking nightmare of not knowing the fate of their loved ones. and we will continue to coordinate closely with israel to help secure the release of the innocent men, women and children in the clutches of a marsh including american citizens. now, israel is a small country, a place where everybody knows everybody. and in times of trial, the intimacy of your society deepens the intimacy of your grief. but that's not a weakness. it is a profound strength. and then times of testing is really is know what to do. over t

in fact this is coming from the defense department, from lloyd austin, the defense secretary. now reporting that act of president biden's direction u. s. military forces conducted a series of what the pentagon described as self-defense strikes on a pair of facilities in eastern syria used by iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps, commonly referred to as the irgc, and unaffiliated groups. they say that the self-defense strikes were response to a series of ongoing, and is the pentagon describes, mostly unsuccessful attack against u. s. personnel in iraq and syria by iranian-backed militia groups that began just about a week and a half ago, on october 17th. the white house, we should say the pentagon, in recent days, is nbc news was first to report, shared an american citizen, a contractor died from a cardiac incident and sheltering in place there. and separately the 21 u.s. troops suffered from minor injuries. but they are said to have all returned. but johnson, obviously it is significant because it is demonstrate for the first time with the u.s. has now responded to iranian

lloyd austin met with u.s.and walked with the minister of defense and saw the second aircraft of u.s. weapons have arrived in israel. it arrived earlier today. the u.s. is sending a series of weapons most notably i earned him emissions expecting the hamas rockets to continue and small diameter bombs designed to be more precise and therefore cause fewer civilian casualties. what are known as the j-dam kits which turned older bombs into precision guided munitions and critical ammunition that israeli soldiers. the senior official told me that most of the weapons systems arriving are for "in k's" a second front is opened and that is the u.s. and is really focused right now to prevent the second front from opening and trying to contain the conflict to israel and hamas. u.s. officials described a nightmare scenario. not only israel fighting on multiple fronts but violence spilling and other countries across the region and that would threaten u.s. goals, normalizing relations between israel and saudi arabia and keepin

. >>> lloyd austin is in tel aviv so meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and antony blinken met with mahmoud abbas. for viewers who know you, they know how extensively you have reported throughout gaza for years. your assessment is better than almost anyone else. is that possible for a million plus people to immediately leave the north and go south? the u.n. says it is not without catastrophic consequences. >> reporter: no, it's not possible to do it in a reasonable amount of time. in fact, the u.n., the word they used is impossible. you're talking about 1.1 million people going from the northern part, the area around gaza city, which is quite large, to the south. there is an active bombardment of gaza going on. the fuel has essentially run out. there's no way to move those people from the south, from the north to the south, and then when they go to the south, where do they stay? already, more than 420,000 people in gaza have been displaced. that's 20% of the population. many of them have gone to gaza city from the outlying areas, there is like the northern edge of t

in a joint press conference with his israeli counterpart , lloyd austin said counterpart, lloyd austins of evil with iran. israel is amassing tanks and soldiers near the gaza strip border with the ground invasion looking increasingly likely. tension is also building on the northern border with lebanon. idf troops are on alert there after the hezbollah terror group said it would ignore calls for it to stay out of the conflict with hamas . meanwhile, in france with hamas. meanwhile, in france , a teacher has been killed and two others injured in a knife attack at a high school in the northern city of arras . local northern city of arras. local authorities are urging people to avoid the town centre. a suspect has been arrested and france's anti—terrorism office say they're now investing dating . they're now investing dating. prime minister rishi sunak met with northern european allies in sweden today. leaders at the summit were expected to focus on the threat from russia, but the gathering has been overshadowed by the conflict in israel and gaza. by the conflict in israel and gaza . and i

a little shorter than lloyd austin.tting ready and bring you news as it happens, john. >> john: looking forward to that in the minutes ahead. a report from a nonpartisan government watchdog group finds the biden administration's policies on iran may have popped more than $50 billion into the regime's coffers. william la jeunesse following the story. >> it's not that the administration provides any funds directly to iran but rather allows it, critics say, to sell billions of dollars in oil in international markets in violation of u.s. sanctions. so in 2018, the trump administration imposed stiff sanctions on iranian oil and gas exports warning that anyone doing business with iran cannot do business with the u.s. the following here iran exported as little as 500,000 barrels of oil a day. under president biden, however, those exports have tripled without the same enforcement allowing iran to sell more oil mostly to china in violation of u.n. sanctions. >> we found over the course of the biden administration their policy ch

i, e and egypt. meanwhile, us defense secretary lloyd austin has arrived in israel. and a further show of solidarity is expected to discuss strategy and security in the gaza war with this really leaders, us officials say austin is going to meet israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu . we're going to go to villa, marks his life for us in tel aviv. the message that to enter the blinking gave was pretty clear. what can we expect from lloyd austin to the us defense the well rob, no doubt, a very similar message. it's worth noting that yesterday, while he was at a nato defend sexy meeting in brussels, he made it very clear that united states expects and a host. or is there any minute you to do what he called the right things when it pertains to the conflict in gaza, a reference to the possible precautions, all possible proportions of lincoln thoughts about yesterday to avoid civilian casualties. he's meeting with us now. who with us go on, we're expecting to hear from the 2 of them the to depends ministers. any moment now and also benny guns, the form of defense minis

the table negotiations very interestingly, the secretary of defense, united states of america, lloyd austin, said yesterday, a phrase that i remember, he said it twice, once at one press conference, once at the second press conference, that putin wanted to demoralize the ukrainians, but after all he is demoralized his own army. and nato will exert, nato allies will exert maximum efforts in order to further demoralize and ultimately help ukraine to defeat the aggressor. and on the sidelines, they also talked about the fact that, well, about missiles, we were all wondering if there would be planes, even more planes, and if there would be atakms missiles, the atakms missile is unfortunately not available now, and again, the us secretary of defense , lloyd austin, when asked about it, he said he had no information about it, and when asked about it, maybe the german taurus missiles, he says, it is to blame to ask the representatives of the national delegations, that is, from germany , whose chancellor, olaf scholz, well, he is now so openly pulling with the provision of such important for us mis

and that’s what he also calls lloyd austin in the united states. they know so interesting, but it’s time for us to tell the world this too. the us military-industrial complex is such a bottomless barrel into which billions and billions of dollars are constantly pouring. in fact, the department of defense of the united states of america is the curator and coordinator of these funds, which actually come through the ministries of defense to private and public companies, well, rayton, where he was a direct member of the board of directors, one of the three largest american corporations, is boging, this is lotkikh martin and this. which really supplies the troops of the united states of america with everything they need in this case - it's not just fighters, it's gps navigation, it's missiles, it's jewellins, it's not. directly missile manpads patriots and we see as soon as secretary of defense austin becomes directly minister of defense, immediately this rayton directly receives multi-billion, tens of billions of dollars, is directly narrowed through t

secretary of defense lloyd austin haustin has just announce u.s.l receive ready to deploy orders for the u.s. also has moved aircraft carriers as you know to the region at this time just there for support for israel and clearly as a deterrence rate let's turn to retired air force brigadier general candidate for maryland senate general jon thank you so much for being here. first, your reaction to these new prepared to deploy orders from the defense secretary, what you make of those? >> jonathan i think first of all it's an implicit understanding by the bite administration that iran is the root cause of all these problems we've seen in the middle east and the last 15 days or so. primarily i say that because secretary austin is now directed the shifting of one of those carrier not there in the eastern mediterranean butt around but e central command area of responsibility which makes them more useful and ultimately deterring iran. then my second thought is the things we do to deter an adversary by dennis tran capability and will are the same things we

i think he is the one questioning lloyd austin.e also have another hearing happening on homeland security where christopher wray the f.b.i. director and mayokas on homeland security are being questioned. rand paul is questioning christopher wray at the moment. more as we have it on that. >> if it stopped with israel and start with the jews it will never end there. europe will be next and why we're fighting a battle on behalf of the entire world. >> john: israel's president outlining just what is at stake as the war rages on with hamas. newly released video shows idf fighter jets bombing hezbollah infrastructure. that organization is afraid of escalating it into a regional war . greg palkot is live from the israeli/lebanon border. so far the temperature remains fairly low compared to what's going on in gaza, greg. >> not full scale yet. we have been watching the slow and steady escalation back and forth across the israeli/lebanon border linked to that surging ground incursion down in gaza by israel against hamas. iran-backed, lebano

the next package of support was announced by the secretary of defense of the united states, lloyd austin, at a meeting of the contact room group on defense of ukraine in brussels. according to him, the package will include completely new air defense systems. they will soon be delivered to ukraine. there will also be artillery, rockets, and ammunition. pppo and weapons to combat russian drones. putin is once again preparing to use winter as a weapon against ukraine, and this must be prevented. this was stated by nato secretary general jen stoltenberg during a joint press conference with the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky before the start of another meeting in the ramstein format in brussels. air defense. is crucial for the protection of cities, economy and critical infrastructure of ukraine. this will help ukrainians to help themselves, because then their economy will function, then everything can work in ukraine, in turn it will increase their ability to finance and independently provide themselves with ammunition for war. putin is going to attack ukraine's energy system and gas

so us defense secretary lloyd austin has arrived in israel in a further show us solid guarantee. he's experienced the discuss strategy and security in the gospel with his readiness. yes, officials say austin, we'll meet as well as probably minister benjamin. yes. speaking of the press conference a short time ago, so it doesn't have this to say. america support for israel is our own client. and i extend my deepest condolences to the as rarely people were those killed or wounded in this terrible slaughter. or by how much i'm also here and solidarity with all the families still living. the waking nightmare of not knowing the fate of their loved ones. and we will continue to coordinate closely with israel to help secure the release of the innocent men, women and children. in the clutches of a mush i let's be to have the how many who's studied by for some west reasons, be monitoring that press conference and how do i really the message that from lloyd austin just backing up what was happening yesterday with the extra estate yeah, absolutely, very much along the same lines that we hear

defense secretary lloyd austin putting additional forces on prepared to deploy orders.loy were going to talk next to an american rabbi gets ready to head to israel tomorrow like so many americans to help those who lost so much in the brutal hamas attacks. more on that rabbi's mission, next. i always hear people say, you know, when you get older, you know, people lose memory. i didn't want to be that person. i decided to give prevagen a try. my memory became much sharper. i remembered more! i've been taking prevagen for four years now. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. i'm not one of those players that can kind of sit back and enjoy the ride. i'm always trying to find an edge, always breaking down the film, always trying to get better for the next game. oofos is one of those things that i take value in, and when i'm done with the game, i put my oofos on. i'm making a conscious effort to recover. the quicker you can recover, the quicker you can be back out there playing 100%. oofos definitely help me recover faster. (door bell) yo camping buddy. boom.

that is from lloyd austin policy statement earlier tonight. he added that they will not hesitate to strike again if iranian proxies continue threatening u.s. troops. , quote, "they are separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas and do not constitute a shift in our approach to the israel-hamas conflict. we continue to urge all state and nonstate entities not to take action that would escalate into a broader regional conflict. that from lloyd austin's statement earlier tonight. >> i want to pick your brain. people forget that you stood where i am standing for many years for fox news channel as the israeli bureau correspondent. you know the middle east better than anybody. i am curious. when you talk about the administration telling iran to tell their proxies to stand down, is there a direct connection between iran and the proxies? are there some wildcards in these proxies that could fire off more attacks as a result of this u.s. strike tonight without iran's approval? or is that deemed bad behavior from iran? >> rep

flee the ground invasion, lloyd austin declares unwavering support. >> we're going to continue to do everything we can to provide them the support they need. >> then, a new international study reveals how gender affects cancer patients treatment. while on docket immigrants are being held in jail. >> major funding has been provided by >> consumer cellular , how may i help you? >> you get nationwide coverage with no contract. it's kind of our thing. >> with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and, friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions made by viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. tension is building across gaza as the israeli there is late word that 29 americans are among the dead and 15 unaccounted for. i will report is from a special correspondent. >> israeli soldiers at the border. benjamin netanyahu visited some soldiers asking if they are ready for what comes next. >> residents of gaza have the same western as they scramble desperately to get out of harm's way. israel

omierov does not have such a close relationship with the same lloyd austin and with other representativesf the defense departments of other countries, so i think that this was exactly the goal, to do, to do such a trip in exactly this format, well, by the way, the day before, or even tonight, we received information that belgium, in which ramstein will take place, will allocate us its f-16s, but in the 25th year, when they receive new ones from the americans new generation f-35 aircraft. to what extent does this statement and this information provide us with optimism? just this morning i read an interview with former british prime minister boris johnson, where he says that, unfortunately, democracies are one step behind autocratic regimes, and actually, this is a very good characteristic, because while the democracies check some... legislative things, while they think for a long time, think about possible escalations, think about possible exacerbations, at this time russia and similar countries from the already so-called axis of evil, which is being formed at this very hour, they act acco

the us defence secretary lloyd austin arrived vowing his full backing for israel, and he met the israelieighbours is hamas, the isis of gaza, an organisation enjoying the iranian payroll. i cannot let the world forget the brutal attacks hamas terrorists conduct against israeli children, israeli women, israeli elderly and entire families. washington wants to stop this warfrom spreading, from engulfing the wider region, but israel's attempts to push a million palestinians south in gaza also risks greater instability and that is because it puts them closer to the border with neighbouring egypt, and the egyptians have made it clear they won't accept refugees. there are many ways this crisis can now slip much further out of control, and the israeli tanks are still lining up on gaza's perimeter. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. the israeli military has been asked about those accusations, you heard that it was a breach of international law. what they have said in clear terms is the blame lies with hamas, the fact they have to go in, especially with those hostages still being held by hamas, is

defense secretary lloyd austin is meeting with israeli defense minister and netanyahu today as the war enters a new phase. you are watch ing "fox and friends." i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. this is expected to be a significant and forceful ground invasion by israeli forces. trey yingst is live on the ground in southern israel. hi, trey. >> trey: hi, guys good morning. after a 10-hour lull in rocket fire, hamas and islamic jihad have started to fire again. there were sirens sounding in the southern city of ashkelon and people headed to bomb shelters. israel is bracing to find more scenes of devastation along gaza and preparing for orders to enter gaza. evacuation order was given to northern gaza telling them to leave within 24 hours. yesterday we visited the site of the music festival massacre. many are at the hospital behind me. i will show you the scene close to the gaza border. >> trey: you can see here in the parking lot motorcycle used by hamas militants when they entered southern israel. cars are filled with things you bring to stay over and shoes and bags, hair br

so time and to a secretary of defense lloyd austin pledges his country's military a america support for israel, his iron quiet and often says more munitions and defense systems on the way the i'm gonna have those as well come to the program and goals more than a 1000000 people are facing a situation that the u. n. has described as impossible. these really military has given them 24 hours to flee that homes as it seems to prepare for the ground defensive against the terrorist organizations. moss mouse controls the territory and has, has told residents to even all of the warning. but many thousands have decided it's time to go of the go on breaks and gaza to a wave of aerial bombardment, biology of explosions, destroying buildings in the region. and today the attacks came along with unofficial loading as he is rarely, military continue domestic and tanks and troops near the gauze and border a head of an expected ground invasion cold. for this some 1100000 people located in gaza city to relocate to the south within 24 hours. this involves a journey across the water. you guys have what plan

and do a secretary of state lloyd austin, flights of stairs countries, ministry america, support for israel is iron quiet. and general often says, no new nations and defense systems on the way the i'm so glad you're welcome to the program we still have in gaza, where most of the 1000000 people are facing the situation that you and has described as impossible. these really miller trees just gave them 24 hours to flee that homes as a protest for unexpected ground defensive on us, which controls the tattered tre, has told residents to ignore the warning, but many have already decided. it's time to go of the go on, breaks and gaza to a wave of aerial bombardment, about some explosion is destroying buildings in the region. and today the attacks came along with unofficial loading. as he is rarely military continue domestic tanks and troops near the cause and border ahead of an expected ground invasion cold. so there's some 1100000 people located in gaza city to relocate to the south within 24 hours. this involves a journey across the water. you guys have what plans the river dividing the t

lloyd austin also saying these are targeted and in self-defense. what is your reaction to the way that he directed this at iran but tried to say it's limited in scope? >> well, abby, first you have to know that there are 900 u.s. military personnel at the base that was attempted to be struck and was struck by these rhiiran proxies. there is great intelligence. we've been watching the proxies with various means, various intelligence means. that's the way the u.s. military works. so when secretary austin who fought in this area before, in fact, he was my boss in iraq, he says that, hey, we know they're hiding their hand, we know they're hueding their hand. there is intelligence behind them giving orders to iranian proxies and the mobilization fronts saying strike the americans. and because there have been so many strikes in the last few days, these are not the typical random strikes by the parra military troops. this is a planned attempt at untim dating the u.s. and what the secretary is saying is we're not going to allow you to do that. and we know

. >> up next, defense secretary lloyd austin speaks about the strength of the u.s.sraeli alliance amid the attacks on israel by hamas. he comments on a potential ground invasion in retaliation. the israeli defense minister joint secretary austin and taking questions from reporters. -- the israeli defense minister joined secretary austin in taking questions from reporters. >> we are ready? >> hello everyone. thank you for joining us. ks for joining us, the minister of defense and secretary of defense will deliver statements to the press and we'll have a few questions at the end. please, minister. prime minister: the secretary of defense and mr. lloyd austin, you said when you stand with israel, you showed up. you stand here with us. mr. secretary, you have shown us what it means to be an ally, to be a friend, to be a brother. the secretary and i have just left the room and said what decisions are made on israeli security, on our most sensitive interests. i briefed the secretary on strategic developments in our region and the chief of staff together with the idea of l

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secretary of defense, general lloyd austin. when you said that you stand with israel, you showed up. you stand here with us. mr. secretary, you've shown us what it means to be an ally, to be a friend, to be a brother. the secretary and i have just left the war room. we said what the sieges are made on israeli security on our most sensitive interest. i briefed the secretary on strategic developments in our region, and the chief of staff together with the i.d.f. leadership shared our operations. defense cooperation and u.s. support in the pentagon, in the white house, in the -- insure freedom of operation and enforce our capabilities. in fact, today, we will receive the secondary craft carrying essential munition to the i.d.f. u.s. deployment of assets on land, in air, and at sea sends a strong message to both our partners and enemies in the region. on behalf of israel's defense establishment and on behalf of our citizens, mr. secretary, thank you very much. let me remind you all our audience, who is the enemy. our neighbor is ha

and that statement from lloyd austin says that u.s. will not hesitate to use force force if there are further attacks against u.s. personnel. the reason they hit those bases used by the iranian revolutionary guard is because the attacks on u.s. personnel are said to be directed from iranian proxies in the region. if you notice, iran doesn't do a lot of its own dirty work. it uses proxies to do attacking and destabilize destabilize the region. as it relates directly to the israel-hamas war, there was new activity overnight, of course, new activity in the form of airstrikes that is part of every night. but there was another incursion into gaza strip just to the northern side of gaza city, on the northeast side of the gaza strip. this incursion was on the ground. what we got directly from the israelis is it was a preparation for the ground invasion. it involved hamas personnel and anti-tank positions of hamas. what we saw two nights ago when when israel went into the gaza strip and back out, they used the big armored plated d9 bulldozers.

and as we heard from lloyd austin tonight, the u.s. military action, these defensive strikes, if as you describe them, they do come amid the rising tensions in that region with the rising tension between israel and hamas, but also called these attacks and his words separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. they said they do not represent anything in the u.s. approach of the conflict. the simplest terms in this effort, it was an effort to restore a deterrent in the region. obviously, the u.s. is trying to avoid the situation that is already so dangerous involved right now from escalating in any further than it already has right now. but as the president said in the rose garden yesterday, i was with him during a news conference that took place there alongside the prime minister of australia, he delivered a clear warning to the ayatollah after these recent attacks largely by drone and by rockcut on a series of u.s. bases in iraq and in syria. he said my warning to the ayatollah staff was that if they contin

defense secretary lloyd austin with israel leaders today. reaffirming u.s. support in the war against hamas. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is in jordan. within th past few hours, blinken met wit palestinian president and jordan's king abdullah. they reportedly talked about efforts to secure the release of hostages and about the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza . a the death toll climbs on the palestinian side, the former head of hamas calling for protests worldwide today and what is being termed a day of rage that has prompt increased security measures in the u.s. and around the globe. natalie brand reports from washington. >> reporter: leaflets rained down on northern gaza friday, israel telling palestinians to move south, a sign that they ground invasion is likely comin soon. residents packed into vehicles. more than 1 million people live in and around gaza city. even if people moved to south, there is no way out of gaza. the border to egypt is blocked. as israel's aerial bombardment of hamas targets in gaza continues, hospitals are overwhelmed

[inaudible] >> of the honorable lloyd austin secretary of defense and mrs. charlene austin. reporter: secretary? [inaudible] tradition kept by president kennedy through biden.

lloyd austin says he intends to support ukraine as best he can. he talked about it when he sat down with nick schifrin in brussels this weekend. tonight, part two of the exclusive interview. >> i spent a week in the front line toward crimea and they have made a bit of progress but they have notchieved what they described as their own minimal objective. >> this is going to be a tough fight. they are going against a russian adversary that had the time to prepare positions and use extensive minefields. as they work through their way through that complex challenge, it has been a tough slog. it is probably not going as quickly as many people would like to see but i think they are very determined to continue making progress and to take their sovereign territory back from the russians and we are determined to provide them support as long as they are committed to doing that. nick: some officials are concerned ukraine will not make much progress if at all in the next few weeks or months. do you share that sentiment? >> i think ukraine will continue making

today blinken and lloyd austin will appear before senate panel to push president biden aid package for israel and ukraine. new house speaker has a different idea. >> todd: interesting idea. hamas blocking americans in gaza from leaving, how should the u.s. respond? doug collins is here next to tell us. can we get real clear about life with psoriasis? yeah, i'm ready. is your treatment leaving you with uncontrolled symptoms? like the cover-it-ups and brush-it-offs? enough with good enoughs. don't stay hiding or hurting. when your lotions and creams don't do enough to help treat the inflammation beneath the skin, causing plaques and pain, it's time to get real about psoriasis, so, your dermatologist can help you get clear. make the appointment and ask about real clear skin. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only

defense secretary lloyd austin, he was talking about the situation on abc earlier today.et's listen to this and talk about it on the other side. >> we're concerned about potential escalation. in fact, what we're seeing is a -- is the prospect of a significant escalation of attacks on our troops and our people throughout the region and because of that, we're going to do what's necessary to make sure that our troops are in the right -- good position, they're protected and that we have the ability to respond. >> mr. secretary, the word escalation has been tossed around over the last couple of weeks. i mean, there are fears about things really getting out of hand in the region. your thoughts on all of this? >> i think secretary austin is right to be concerned about the escalation. hezbollah has been sending antitank missiles into israel and continues to be aggressive on that part of the border. you've got these proxy wars going on in iraq against our services, in syria, and then we had these missiles that were launched from yemen. so when you look at the situation, there are

[inaudible] >> of the honorable lloyd austin secretary of defense and mrs. charlene austin. reporter: secretary? [inaudible] >> and now a photo opportunity for president biden and the australian prime minister in front of the white house. the president will escort prime minister all's to the dining room for the dinner. president ulysses as grant started the practice of honoring a foreign head of state with a dinner back in december of 1874. he hosted the then king of hawaii. over the years this specific photo opportunity has become

defense secretary lloyd austin is arriving there. what we are hearing from the pool of reporters traveling along with secretary austin, you see the shot is getting fixed and set up, what we believe you are looking at is austin is there to observe a u.s. aircraft. this was moments ago. u.s. aircraft, a c17 that's arrived carrying munitions from united states for israel. that is part of this show of force and show of support. as secretary austin said in his remarks earlier, u.s. support for israel is iron clad. you can hear that in their words. this is the physical manifestation of that as you are seeing them walking towards what will be, this was moments ago, we could be hearing from secretary austin as well as minister of defense afterwards. as we are seeing this is part of the show of force. the air base is where the support has been flown in. i believe this is where we saw the cargo unloaded earlier this year. these are live pictures of secretary austin now. this is where the munitions are being unloaded. it's about 40 miles east of

and that's significant because as lloyd austin said in explaining these strike, they looked a at those attacks on u.s. forces, not just in syria, but also in iraq, as iran threatening u.s. personnel in the region. and austin was very specific saying the u.s. will protect its forces and it will respond accordingly when they see iran and others target those forces directly. it just gets to something we have been talking about frequently the last several weeks, the tinderbox that this region is. you have multiple players. it's not just israel and hamas. you have u.s. forces here. you have iran-backed forces here. and that provides the elements at least for potential escalation. these strikes in that broader background are significant. >> to that point, is there a redline, is there a threshold here? you talk about narrowly tailored. this is from the statement, but going after facilities for higher d.c. troops actually are, do they know? is there an understanding this is not escalatory. how does this work? >> reporter: narrowly tailored is in the eyes of the beholder, you might say. for ins

lloyd austin sat down with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, said that the u.s. has israel's back. jeremy diamond has been following that from ashdod. i want to get to the latest of what austin told you. first, you're at a shelter. what is happening there? >> reporter: we just came back out to the balcony, sorry. our shot is a little fluid. the sirens went off in ashdod. i heard at least two booms of the iron dome missile intercepts and it is relevant to the story this you're going to come to us to talk about, which is what we saw today at the air base in southern israel where the second shipment of u.s. military aid to israel arrived just this week and we were the only news crew on the ground to witness that plane landing. and also as secretary of defense lloyd austin came and greeted that plane, the reason why it is relevant to what we just did now is that one of the munitions that the united states is providing israel with as part of this latest package is additional iron dome missile interceptors. and beyond that, they're also providing cluster munitions as well as precision gu

it is my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd j. austin, iii. he will deliver opening remarks and i will moderate questions and call on journalists. due the to our schedule, limit your follow-ups. with that, mr. secretary. secretary austin: good afternoon, everyone, we had a great few days of discussion with my fellow ministers of defense. before i get to that, let me add a few words about the terrible situation in israel. we are appalled by the emerging scope of the atrocities committed by the terrorists of hamas. our hearts are with all those whose loved ones were murdered or wounded or taken hostage. no country would live with the wholesale killing and kidnapping of innocent people including the very old and the very young. yesterday, i mentioned the changes to our force posture to reenforce deterrents in the region and i want to underscore that message. nobody should try to take advantage of this vial hamas assault to cause more bloodshed or instability. our support for israel is rock solid. we are working urgently to get israel what it need

now lloyd austin also stressing that the president has no higher priority than the safety of u.s. personnel, these u.s. personnel based in iraq and syria and that the u.s. will not tolerate these types of attacks and will defend itself. while they're not looking to escalate this, they will defend themselves as necessary. but are hoping that by striking these two facilities using f-16s, with precision-guide munitions, that they can put a stop to these attacks. one was described as an ammunition storage area. the other is a weapons storage area. the attacks have been carried out by drones and missile attacks. in a time of tension in the region, but stressing that this action is separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. and it does not constitute a shift in the u.s. approach to this conflict, adding that there is no coordination with israel before these attacks, making sure that it is clear that this is not directly linked to the ongoing conflict between hamas and israel, but they, the u.s. saying they will continue to protect u.s. personnel based in t

they. com is west and officials of visiting israel to show solidarity us defense x tree, lloyd austin, the latest to come to tennessee. the price is really ami as professional and disciplined. he said washington is ready to deploy ministry a to israel, but also in caution. this time for result and not revenge america support for israel is our own client. and i extend my deepest condolences to the israeli people for those killed or wounded in this terrible slaughter. by how much i'm also here and solid. there already with all the families still living. the waking nightmare of not knowing the fate of their loved ones. and we will continue to coordinate closely with israel to help secure the release of the innocent men, women and children in the clutches of a marsh. as lloyd austin now it's going to bring you the latest death toll that we're hearing from does a 1799 of being killed in the past week and approaching 2001799. we're going across now to west drew slim a 100 up to how much going to speak about to us defense equity, lloyd austin, time who we just heard from. and how does so oft

. >> so more now on the breaking news that defense secretary lloyd austin has put a "be ready to deploy" order for u.s. troops that may be sent to the region. rich edson covering this and digging in to it for us this afternoon. this is a breaking news story that has just crossed. rich, what can you tell us? >> good afternoon, martha. a significant number of u.s. troops are preparing to potentially if they are needed to deploy to israel within 24 hours notice. a u.s. defense official telling our producer here that defense secretary lloyd austin initiated these be ready to deploy orders over the weekend if they are needed for further defense of israel. the "wall street journal" first reported this story that the military had selected about 2,000 troops to prefair for a potential deployment to support israel. that is prepare. doesn't mean they're going. the journal reports the pentagon would task them with missions like advising, medical support. no intention of a combat role. they would come from across the services around around the world. sabrina singh says the defense department has a

defense secretary lloyd austin was quick to note in his statement, in fact noted twice, this does not change the u.s. posture in terms of support of israel in the war with hamas. nothing of that -- none of that has changed, this is direct response to attack on u.s. forces. the u.s. has supported israel and supports it in this case in the form of artillery, 105-millimeter shells and the interceptors with the iron dome. the iron dome in great use because of all the rocket fire coming out of the gaza strip. that is the situation as relates to the new u.s. airstrike, it was directed at iranian proxies and intended to send a message at iranian meddling in the region. the u.s. says they will not hesitate to use combat. another incursion in the gaza strip on northeast side, brief incursion. what we get from the israelis, they are prepping the ground and attacking 18 anti-tank. we saw them with armored personnel and bulldozer, they were doing work on the ground. what i have seen palestinians do in the past inside gaza, built big sand burms. they can attack hamas infrastructure and try to dism

yes, and we return to the statement of the chapter. of the pentagon, lloyd austin, therefore, he assuredhe continuation of the steady and uninterrupted supply of all necessary weapons to ukraine and emphasized that the united states has the necessary resources and capabilities for this and remains focused on supporting ukraine, well, the presidential administration noted that the head of state thanked the united states for the new military aid package and informed about the urgent needs of the ukrainian army, we will also talk about new aid packages today, well, but anyway: we understand, the key story is what is happening on the front of the russian-ukrainian war, as well as the last days, outlined by a rather high activation of the enemy in the avdiyivka district, there are assaults with levies and with the involvement of several columns of armored vehicles, heavy equipment of the enemy, the defense forces of ukraine understand what is happening and understand the enemy's plans , therefore they effectively ... deter and repulse these attacks, but they also have certain losses, this mus

. >> defense secretary lloyd austin talked about the attack by hamas on israel and continued u.s. military support for ukraine. he was at a nato headquarters along with the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, general c.q. brown. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you so much for being here today. it is my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd austin iii and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general c.q. brown jr. the secretary and the chairman will have some brief opening comments and then we'll have time to take just a few questions. please note, i will be moderating those questions and due to our time constraints, i just ask your follow-ups to give your colleagues a chance to ask their questions. with that, mr. secretary. >> sorry about the delay. it's a busy day, as you know. the chairman and i were on a conference call that went a bit long. but we just held another highly successful meeting of the ukraine defense contact group. but before i turn to that, i want to take a few moments to discuss the vicious assault by hamas on the state of israel. the more we lea

we have lloyd austin, the us secretary of defence, and we are waiting to see him and the israel defencehoto due to give a statement. that is the press conference being set up in tel aviv. it is a constantly developing story. israeli air power continues to strike the gaza strip. buildings flattened in the blink of an eye. entire neighbourhoods reduced to rubble. israel says it's dropped 6,000 bombs on hamas targets in gaza over the past six days. with every fallen building, stories of human suffering. we're told this girl has lost all her immediate family. doctors say the entire health system here is close to breaking point. i think the whole medical sector and the health department maybe will collapse maybe in two or three days. i don't think that we can manage it. the hospital is full of patients. the israeli military has called for the entire population of northern gaza to relocate to the south within the next 2a hours. the un says this would involve the displacement of more than a million people and that such an undertaking would have devastating humanitarian consequences. israelis a

press conference, first of all, of the minister of foreign affairs, the united states of america , lloyd austinato secretary general enns stopenberg. for me personally, the first was a purely practical press conference, and the second was a summary. although not in summary, because the final summary will be tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. kyiv time, when they will be summing up in general, the general secretary will sum up the results of two days of work, but in summary, that is, he summed up the results of how the world helps ukraine, the world this helps ukraine, and we saw it precisely at lloyd austin's press conference , that is, he said that coalitions are being created and each coalition of partners will be responsible for... something different, one will give us tanks, one will give us planes, one will help us in demining, there is even a coalition , which will fight against some cyber attacks that russia will use to blackmail us. in short, it really was a productive day, it really was a day that showed that the allies are really united and united, i think also because today's visit by the ministe

the extraordinary support package was announced by united states minister lloyd austin at a meeting of the contact group on defense of ukraine in brussels. according to him, the package will include completely new air defense systems. they will soon be delivered to ukraine. there will also be artillery, missiles, anti-aircraft ammunition and weapons to combat russian drones. the first evacuation flight from israel with ukrainians will leave on saturday, ukrainian ambassador to israel yevhen korniychuk said. in the priority group for evacuation, citizens from vulnerable segments of the population who were undergoing treatment, came with children or tourists whose flights were canceled. the plane will take them to romania, an additional flight is also planned for sunday. according to the ambassador, israel is not a problem at the moment, but due to the great excitement there are simply not enough places, but the biggest problem the situation in gaza remains, there are 160 ukrainians waiting for evacuation, they are planned to be taken out via egypt. the israeli army eliminated one of the

and he was secretary of defense lloyd austin pledges his country's military age america support for israel, his iron quiet pulse and also says more munitions and ad defense systems on the way plus dw returns to the sides of the music festivals. edwards from us gone down. hundreds of people i with this is describe the heart of the surprise attack the guy both as welcome to the program in garza, i'm more than a 1000000 people are facing a situation that the when as described as impossible, these really military has given them 24 hours to flee that homes as it for pass, for a ground defensive against the terrorist. organizational moss. a mouse controls the territory and has told residents to ignore the warning bonds many guys. and so i've decided it's time to go of the dawn breaks in gaza to a wave of aerial bombardment. about ours you've. explosion is destroying buildings in the region. and today the attacks came along with unofficial loading. as he is rarely, military continue domestic in tanks and troops near the cause and border, a head of an expected ground invasion cold. so this some 11