ambassador michael herzog. thank you very much, dear friends, distinguished guests, it is a pleasure for. me and my wife, shireen, to be here with all of you today for what is truly a great, special gathering. i want to extend my sincere gratitude to mr. clifton truman daniel. thank you for your wonderful words, mr. alex burden and the team members of the truman presidential library and the board for organizing this event. to mark my moment in the history between, our two countries. and i want to thank all of you for joining us today. on a personal note, as was noted here, my grandfather was the first chief rabbi of the state of israel. and my father came here to was israel's first defense attache, the us, and later became israel's sixth president. both the honor of meeting truman and both were impressed and inspired by him and their stories running down and our family for generations about these meetings we are commemorating here today. the initial spark of what has become 75 years of a deep, unique bond betwe

we'll hear from israel's ambassador to the united states michael herzog and from secretary of state antonylinken. >>> after the stunning ouster of former house speaker kevin mccarthy, can the republican-led congress pull itself together and get back to work? we'll check in with south carolina republican congresswoman nancy mace, one of the eight republicans who voted to topple their speaker. >>> and a growing chorus of democrats warn that the migrant crisis is spiraling out of control. we'll hear from illinois governor j.b. prtizker and new york city mayor eric adams, fresh off a tour of latin america. >>> senator tim scott joins us to discuss his bid for the white house. >>> it's all just ahead on "face the nation." >>> good morning. it has been a stunning week in washington and overseas. congress no longer has a speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy was ousted just days after appearing on this program. it is the first time in u.s. history that the house ejected its leader. in the middle east this morning a war may be expanding amid an exchange of strikes between israel and hezbollah as th

. >>> i want to turn to the israeli ambassador to the united states, michael herzog.hank you for being with us. i want to start with you about what we were discussing with nic. hearing booms and the firing of rockets from gaza into israel tonight, can you tell us anything about these attacks that are under way right now? >> so israel is under attack. yesterday hamas launched an unprovoked war against the state of israel firing over 4,000 rockets which is more than the fired in the ten days of the last round of war we had with them two years ago and sending hundreds of terrorists into israeli territory, butchering hundreds of israelis. official numbers are around 700. but the count goes on and we believe the numbers are going to be higher, including women, children, elderly, they kidnapped dozens of people, including a holocaust survivor. these are difficult times for us. we are at war. they're firing rockets at israeli civilian populated area including all of israel, basically. >> our reporting suggests that hamas is claiming they're targeting the airport. is that tru

we'll talk live with israel's ambassador to the u.s., michael herzog later in the program. first the latest on the ground. mike tobin is in southern israel tonight. good evening, mike. >> reporter: good evening, bret. israel's iran backed enemies met in beirut today punctuating a multifront war. prime minister benjamin netanyahu insisted the tanks will roll when israel decides. >> translator: our war with hamas is a test for humanity. all of it. if the axis of evil of iran and others. >> reporter: israeli troops remain ready at the border with lebanon amid signs of increasing pressure. earlier today lebanon's hezbollah leader met with hamas and islamic jihad officials. they talked about what is needed to achieve victory for the resistance. >> wherever you go there are vikes. >> reporter: israel intensified bombings in south gaza despite a warning it would target the north. the idf said it's targeting road blocks that were preventing residents from evacuating. reports of death and hospitalizations continue to rise. life in gaza grows more desperate, the u.n. relief works age

michael herzog joins me live next.hen vice chair of the senate intelligence committee marco rubio. plus, on edge. as president biden strongly backs israel. >> we will make sure israel has what needs to take care of its citizens and to defend itself to respond in this attack. >> it is sprintering the republican field. >> israel is not ready. >> we need to have israel a back. >> how would a republican, nikki haley is here exclusively ahead. and house of cards? as the u.s. promises israel more support, they are still at odds with choice of speaker. with congress paralyzed will they be able to deliver aid? ♪ ♪ >>> hello. i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is rather terrified with this brutal war between israel and hamas that's about to get much bigger and much worse. more desperation in the middle east this morning. this was the scene after an israeli strike in gaza. now after eight days of a brutal air campaign it is preparing significant ground operation, a reminder that hamas embeds itself within

michael herzog. ambassador, thank you so much for being here tonight.ou heard jake sullivan's comments today saying that they do not believe that israel is pursuing a siege in gaza. but of course the defense minister of israel said there is going to be a complete siege which includes cutting off power, food, water and fuel. how do you reconcile those two statements? >> so let me explain the situation. we are at war. this is the fourth day of the war. the war was waged on us, imposed on us by hamas. you've all seen the scenes of the massacre of civilians. the border right now between israel and gaza is closed. this is a war zone. and we are under no legal obligation to provide them with anything save for the basic humanitarian needs for their sustenance. and we comply with international law. let's talk about facts. talk about electricity. the ten electricity power lines delivering electricity from israel to gaza were destroyed by hamas rockets. i can go on and on. the passage between israel and gaza which serves humanitarian purposes was destroyed by the

michael herzog, the israeli ambassador to the united states. thank you. >> thank you.owing to bring the american hostages in gaza home after what he called a heart-wrenching call with their families. alexandria hoff is live outside the white house with more on the administration's response. alex? >> reporter: hi or, rich. yeah, before these americans can be brought home, they have to be located, and right now it's unclear how many of the the 14 that are unaccounted for may have been taken hostage by hamas. now, yesterday president biden, while he was in philadelphia, spoke about the theory hour-and-a-half-long zoom call that he had with the families of those who are missing saying that the administration is working around the clock to learn more. >> they're going throughing agony not knowing what the status of their sons, daughters, husbands, wife, children are. you know, it's gut-wrenching. i assured them my personal commitment to do everything possible, everything possible to return every missing american to their families. >> reporter: the president called hamas pur

we have ambassador michael herzog joining us now. israel's defense forces have ordered a full siege of gaza, this as the death toll continues to climb. we are hearing more than 700 israelis killed, more than 570 in gaza and the west bank. ambassador herzog, first of all, condolences for all israel has suffered having been attacked. at this point hamas is saying they will kill a hostage for every air strike -- unwarned air strike against civilians. how do you deal with that? >> so i just heard it. hamas' methods are just like isis. we all remember the scenes a few years back when isis killed some people. they're animals and my message is that we will hold them accountable to each and every hostage they harm. >> will israel take steps to warn civilians to try to prevent the execution of hostages? >> we call on the free world to send an unequivocal message to hamas that they must release unconditionally all the hostages that they have taken and they will be held accountable for any harm done to any of them. >> there have been signs cert

the americans who've been caught up in this conflict, israel's ambassador to the united states, michael herzog saying americans were among those at the tribe of nova musical festival near the border that was attack ed by militants. some 260 were killed at this fes festival a fes festival along with more than a hundred at a kibbutz the israel defense forces attacked hamas munition storage and the siege on the gaza strip continues to intensify, as they've called up 300,000 reservists, the largest mobilization in history. and the israel defense minister saying that the gaza strip will be under a complete siege, cutting off food, water supplies, fuel, electricity, this all happening after hamas has taken dozens of israel hostages there's fear that could include americans into gaza, and they have said they will start executing these hostages if israel attacks civilians without warnin israel's prime minister also ratcheting up the rhetoric as he had this to say to hamas involving this military intervention >> translator: anyplace from which hamas operates will turn into rubble. what we will do to ou

michael herzog is the israeli ambassador to the united states. mr.dor, thanks for joining us and first let me begin by offering our condolences on the loss of life in israel yesterday. and i wonder also, if you could put it into perspective a little bit because i've found that when things happen in israel, it's such a relatively small country. everyone knows someone or knows someone who knows someone who's affected by this. amb. herzog: thank you very much for your condolences. and yes, this is serious blow to the state of israel. hamas waged war in israel yesterday, an unprovoked attack on civilians. they fired thousands of rockets at israeli populated centers and then they breached the border fence and sent in hundreds of armed terrorists, infiltrated almost all the border towns and basically murdered hundreds of people. right now, the official count is at least 700, but the number , we are still counting, and numbers will probably go up. there was a beach party not far away from the border in gaza. we just counted 260 bodies. this is unimaginable.

michael herzog, the israeli ambassador to the united states.hank you very much for joining us. >> thank you very much, wolf. >>> israel says hamas is holding 239 hostages in gaza. up, nexext, a manan whosese sis among themem. we'l'll discuss s when we cocom. >>> and you're looking at live pictures right now gaza. it's relatively quiet. the united nations relief agency says thousands have broken into warehouses in gaza taking basic survival items this as many are desperate for food and water. cnn's melissa bell has more. >> a catastrophic failing according to the precedent of the international red cross. that's how he was speaking about the situation for civilians inside the gaza strip even as desperate efforts for aid trying to getmore aid trucks in. so far the palestinian red crescent says there have been 94 trucks that have managed to get through. an extra ten went through on sunday and that is a tiny proportion of what they should be getting through. we've also been hearing and seeing from inside the gaza strip those images of people despera

. >>> meanwhile israel's ambassador to the united states michael herzog is joining us live. ambassador, thank you for joining us. let's start with the news, cnn has learned that u.s. officials are pressing israel right now to try to delay any full-scale ground offensive in gaza. would you like to comment on this report? ? >> yes, that is not true. there is no reason to delay the ground operation. we have very close consultations. many questions coming during the consultations. but as the white house said and as we said, israel is a sovereign nation and they don't tell us what do. they understand the situation. so there is no real pressure. there is a dialogue, all questions coming up in the dialogue, they give us advice, but they are not telling us what to do or what not to do. >> is the advice to delay a ground invasion? >> again, i'm telling you the u.s. -- [ inaudible ] -- operation has to do with tactical operation as well as considerations. in the dialogue with the u.s., there is a lot of questions but they are not telling us what to do or what not to do and they said a

michael herzog. if you can't catch us live, set your dvr.me tonight. fair, balanced and still unafraid. the ingraham angle is coming up right now. >> laura: good evening, everyone. this is ingraham angle from washington tonight. moments before this show started iran took aim at sry

going back to the hostages, listen to this sound that we have from michael herzog. ambassador for israel to the united states and your reaction. >> we gave a chance to talk through the qataris and others to see if we could get out hostages, ultimately it was obvious to everyone involved that hamas was just playing for time and not serious about this we're applying pressure now inside of gaza, but i till hope that our -- still hope our pressure will encourage them po release hostages as we move and press them on and on. >> hostages are such a prime, so key to getting these people back. but why does that number also keep fluctuation it went up again today. >> if shows how large the massacre was over 1400 israelis killed, you have a number of duel citizens also, about half of the hostages are actually dual citizens from white house up to 10 americans could be among them about 50 of hostages for thailand. there is farmworkers and the kibbutz that were assaulted and taken captive that is a big issue. they are not all israeli. or not all many are dual is thes, it con -- c

michael herzog. if you can't catch us live, set your dvr. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. fair, balanced and still unafraid. the ingraham angle is coming up right now. >> laura: good evening, everyone. this is ingraham angle from washington tonight. moments before this show started iran took aim at secretary of state antony blinken. according to reuters, said blinken was wrongly blaming iran for the conflict between israel and hamas and says the u.s. is exacerbating the conflict by overly aligning itself with israel. also, new details on what's happening to u.s. troops overseas. they've been attacked 14 times in just the last week. centcom is telling us two dozen service members were injured on drone attacks in iraq and syria in just one day. earlier today another rocket was fired at u.s. forces in iraq. it was intercepted. no injuries have been reported. now we go live to jerusalem where fox news at night anchor trace gallagher is standing by. is there concern in israel that this conflict is destined to grow wider and more da

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. >> ambassador michael herzog, thanks for joining us. >> thank you very much, wolf. >>> the white house is now weighing in on the surprise attack by hamas of israel. we're following all of the late-breaking developments. our special breaking news coverage will continue right after this. >>> we're following the breaking news out of israel right now, israel is clearly at war right now with the palestinian militant group hamas in gaza. that war started earlier this morning when hamas launched various strikes against israeli targets. i want to bring in cnn's sam kiley who has covered israel and reporting from israel for a long time this. appears to be at least so far a major failure of intelligence on israel's part. what is your analysis? >> i think it is clear that it is a disastrous failure of intelligence, but that is the backward look, for historians already, i think, wolf, because right now, there is an ongoing firefight in israeli kibbutz, plural, there are hostage situations inside israeli territory, and now hamas, as has been partly confirmed by the israeli defense forces, claiming

and today he is pinch hitting for our dear friend, ambassador michael herzog who would have been heret president biden departing for israel. in this moment and in this hour of need, his voice is absolutely critical. so mr. deputy ambassador, we want to express our profound shared grief with the people of israel. all of us, all of us have family, a friend, colleague, loved one, who have been directly affected by this grotesque crime. and all of our hearts are scarred and broken. as much as we are hurting, we are resolved and want to show a message of strength to the people of israel. we stand here together with you. and so with all of our brothers and sisters in israel and you fight to protect the jewish state, we will stand with you every step of the way. so, friends, please join me in welcoming the deputy ambassador. [applause] >> thank you, jonathan for those warm and welcoming words. thank you to the members of congress. thank you secretary mayorkas and deer friends and colleagues, brothers and sisters. i would like to thank for organizing this solidarity gathering with all the par

michael herzog joins me live next.hen vice chair of the senate intelligence committee marco rubio. plus, on edge. as president biden strongly

aishah: joining us now is the israeli ambassador to the united states, michael herzog.mbassador, thank you very much for joining us on this subject, we appreciate it. >> thank you. aishah: i want to start with this, we know that israel is entering this new phase of this war, this new phase of the ground invasion. are we to understand, ambassador, that this is happening now because perhaps the talks to release hostages has essentially fallen apart? >> well, we are extending, we're expanding our operations inside gaza to apply pressure on hamas, part of our strategic goal of ultimately destroying the hamas regime. we gave a chance to the talks through the qataris and others to see if we can get our hostages. ultimately, it was obvious to everybody involved that hamas was just playing for time, they were not serious about this. so we are applying pressure now inside gaza, but i till hope that our pressure -- still hope that our pressure will encourage them to release hostages as we move. aishah: let's talk this through, because i know the two goals for israel right now is

when i asked about it, michael herzog, israeli ambassador to the united states, he's an intelligencest and he said we're not 100% sure. it wouldn't surprise him given their past military support for hamas, but they have no hard evidence. no smoking gun. that has surprised a lot of people because this clearly by their own acknowledgment was a total surprise, a surprise john brennan our former cia director said was an epic proportions. >> andrea, talking about the white house and navigating this, we heard from israeli prime minister netanyahu just a little while ago, we know we're allies, he did specifically thank the u.s. for their support. how does the white house navigate this conflict? what is this like for the president and the white house? what's the plan? >> the plan is to be 100% as the president himself said yesterday rock solid in support. when it comes to israel's security there's no question, no tuition, no daylight between them. they have had a very difficult relationship. you'll recall going back to 2009 when vice president biden, then vice president biden arrived in isra

be back at noon eastern with live interviews with the israeli ambassador to the united states michael herzog and senator marco rubio of florida. that is in the noon eastern right here on cnn. thank you for spending your sunday morning with us. fareed zakaria "gps," starts next.

room and gag as a marine corps combat veteran and on the subcommittee and have intelligence in michael herzoggo of arizona, he's a candidate for senate in 2024. congressman, what can you tell us about your conversation with the israeli ambassador? >> well, i can tell you a couple things. number one, i communicated the deep sorrow that i feel, my family feels, and all americans feel for the atrocity that was committed upon israeli citizens, and citizens from all around the world. what hamas did is a war crime, is a barbaric, and it's something that cannot be forgotten. number two, i want to communicate determination. determination that we will stand with israel and help them in this fight against terrorism, and that we will be there every step of the way like we have for the past decades that we've been together. and then i also communicated to them my personal feelings about what i fear for some of these young soldiers, going into gaza is very difficult. these young soldiers weren't much different from my age when i went into combat in western iraq. i know that's what they're doing is very di

israel's ambassador to the united states, michael herzog, said in a statement earlier today, this ist to win, and deter the terrorists from any future attacks. for more on israel's response to today's attacks, is former israeli master to the nine states, michael -- . he was also a member of the israeli -- at their parliament. ambassador thank you so much for making time for us tonight. just to pick up, on the point that i was reading there, from the current ambassador, ambassador herzog, what will victory look like going forward? >> it will look like, the victory look, like a man, the restoration of peace and quiet, along our borders, and all of our borders, the return of our hostages, that have been taken. punishing hamas, certainly, to a great extent, so that this can never happen again. that is what victory would look. like it is it is not -- like declaring. victory it will be a long, struggle and a painful struggle. but israel is determined to raise that struggle and determine the. when >> i know this has been extremely difficult day for israel, and certainly it is it still in th

michael herzog, the israeli ambassador to the united states. we mentioned the president of the united states. he's not made a personal statement. he's released one. we know 11 american citizens were among those killed. many made a second home in israel. for american citizens currently in israel, the state department is providing assistance and updated security alerts for those that desire to leave commercial flights and ground options are still available. please take sensible precautions in the days head. i want to go to jennifer griffin, the fox news national security respondent. jennifer? >> the u.s. has reached out to u.s. defense industries to accelerate existing contracts for weapon shipments to israel. the u.s.s. gerald r. ford has been ordered to the area in a loud message of deterrence to iran and their proxies. this includes the navy's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier the u.s.s. gerald ford as well at a guided missile destroyer. the u.s.s. thomas hudner, u.s.s. roosevelt and u.s.s. carney. air force f-15, f-16 and a-10 fighter

michael herzog 0 would have been here were it not for the fact that president biden is preparing to departhis moment of crisis, in this hour of need, his voice is absolutely critical, so mr. deputy ambassador, each of us here today want to express our profound shared grief with the people of israel. all of us, all of us have family or friends, colleagues, loved ones, who have been directly affected by this grotesque crime and all of our hearts are scarred and broken, but equally important, as much as we are hurting, we are resolved and we want to share with you and the nation you help a message of strength and solidarity from the american jewish community to the people of israel. and we with combined leadership stand with you and so with all of our brothers and sisters in israel, and as you fight to protect the jewish state we will stand with you every step of the way. so, friends, please join me in welcoming the deputy ambassador, his excellency. [applause] >> thank you, jonathan, for those warm and welcoming words. thank you, senator. thank you senators for being here. thank you members

. >> joining us now is the israeli ambassador to the united states michael herzog.s it stands now. also there's been a lot of talk this morning on the options for civilians that might be in the way of any response to the savage attack on israel. >> good morning. we are in the ninth day of the war imposed on us by hamas. they carried out the most severe terror attacks in modern history, claiming the lives of 1400 israelis, injuring ing nea hostages, not only israelis, but americans and others. 30 americans were killed in their attack. we are at war. [indiscernible] we are not talking about a diplomatic solution at this phase, much the same as nobody will talk to the american -- [indiscernible] about diplomacy on 9/12. >> your connection is not great, just fyi to our viewers. >> breaking up a little bit. mr. ambassador, let's move forward on that a bit and take it one step further. you are right, nobody was talking on september 12th about diplomacy to the united states or the day after pearl harbor. we often hear language when we've talked about hamas in the past that

. >> carley: that was the israeli president herzog saying his country will defend itself. let's bring in michael allen, former special assistant under president bush. good morning to you, that was one of the most hostile press conferences i've ever heard from a country that was attacked and the media is questioning war crimes that took place against israel. what do you think of this? >> that was -- display. i knew some point there would be blame shifting on to israel, but i can't believe it is already happening. i heard these suggestions that the israelis were going to commit war crimes because they need to go after terrorists in gaza. i thought it was outrageous and speaks to latent antisemitism, which i believe is in all sorts of quarters across the globe. >> carley: why do you think the narrative is forming that israel, although having just experienced horrific terror attack against its people, they are the ones in the wrong for defending themselves? >> yeah, it is just ridiculous. right of self-defense is absolute. we the united states after 9/11 went after al qaeda everywhere we could on th