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face of the middle east. face of the middle east. on that infamous day, hamas monsters savagely murdered 1200 innocent people including more than 40 americans. they beheaded men. they raped women. they burned babies alive. and they took 251 people hostage to the dungeons of gaza. well, mr. president, sinwar is gone. we've dez mated hezbollah. we destroyed the armaments and we crippled iran's air offenses. in doing, this we've defeated some of america's worst enemies. we took out terrorists who were wanted for decades for shedding rivers of american blood including the blood of 241 marines murdered in bay root. -- beirut. we've accomplished this with the indomable spirit of our people and the boundless courage of our soldiers. the bible says that the people of israel shall rise like lions, and boy, did we rise. today the roar of the lion of judah is heard loudly throughout the middle israel has never been stronger. and the iran terror axis has never been weaker. but as we discuss, mr. president, to secure our

and maybe the entire middle east.nd everybody i've spoken to. this was not a decision made lightly. everybody i've spoken to loves the idea of the united states owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent in a really magnificent area that nobody would know. nobody could look because all they see is death and destruction and rubble and demolished buildings falling all over. it's just a terrible, terrible sight. i've studied it. i've studied this very closely over a lot of months, and i've seen it from every different angle. and it's a very, very dangerous place to be. and it's only going to get worse. and i think this is an idea that's gotten tremendous. and i'm talking about from the highest level of leadership, gotten tremendous praise. and if the united states can help to bring stability and peace in the middle east, we'll do that. bibi. >> i mentioned again tonight our three goals. and the third goal is to make sure that gaza never poses a threat to i

and maybe the entire middle east. and everybody i've spoken to. this was not a decision made lightly. everybody i've spoken to loves the idea of the united states owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent in a really magnificent area that nobody would know. nobody can look because all they see is death and destruction and rubble and and demolished buildings falling all over. it's just a terrible, terrible sight. i've studied it. i've studied this very closely over a lot of months, and i've seen it from every different angle. and it's a very, very dangerous place to be. and it's only going to get worse. and i think this is an idea that's gotten tremendous. and i'm talking about from the highest level of leadership, gotten tremendous praise. and if the united states can help to bring stability and peace in the middle east, we'll do that. bibi. >> i mentioned again. tonight our three goals, and the third goal is to make sure that gaza never poses a threat

most of the middle east countries hate israel. just read the bible. they are all going to come against them. and the only thing to do is to stand with israel. i've been to israel. when you are there, you know if they would just recognize israel as a state, they could all live in peace. host: let's hear from carl, maine, independent. caller: hey, thank you for taking my call. i would like to say thank you to all the progressives who set out voting for kamala harris because they thought the democrats would perpetuate genocide since obviously they got their man, trump, who is now actively interested in committing genocide, thank you. host: michigan, democrat, hello. caller: yes, thank you. i was wondering what happened to america first? we need to try to rebuild california. thank you. host: the proposal floated by the press conference yesterday, (202)-748-8001, republicans. (202)-748-8000, democrats. (202)-748-8002, independent. texting us is available, too. (202)-748-8003. marsha, republican line, west virginia. caller: hello. i cannot believe that we a

one who doesn't care about the middle east. there's about its own interests and that aligns with a lot of what trump has been saying and doing before and to i think it's going to be a disaster. like why if he does send troops now trump says a lot of things. but if he does send troops and it's going to be a total disaster for everybody involved, we've been, we've been in this or for a year over a year and a half like we're, we're, we're exhausted. and now he's gonna send american troops. we've been protesting for so much about giving money. why, why are we getting so much money to israel? why are we doing this? and now he's now is gonna send american troops as well. but honestly, if, if, if, i mean, if a lot of americans don't see this as an enormous red flag and a repeal of the huge error that happened during your op and i really don't know what to say. to be clear, he didn't say he would send you as true, but he said he would if it's necessary. and it's not just who he may send, but also who he is advocating for leaving. he is

so back to the middle east. now as president, trump has resurrected an earlier policy of maximum pressure on a ron. ron has down played the moves, saying the sanctions campaign he waves during his previous term still has no chance of succeeding. most of them to the maximum pressure policy is a failed experiment and trying it again will only lead to another failure. so if the main issue is preventing iran from pursuing nuclear weapons, this is a cheap level and not a problem. iran is a committed member of the non proliferation treaty and it stands on this matter is absolutely clear. additionally, there is the supreme leaders 5 law, which clarifies it for all of us that sorry, my almost ended up a 132 across live. now to our correspondence, the mancha jory who is in toronto. monro more can you tell us about this latest cycle of tensions between the us and the ron as well originally, and just south. now, presidents don't know. tom talked about the maxima pressure campaign, any signs, an executive board, or for inhe

most of the middle east countries hate israel. just read the bible. they are all going to come against them. and the only thing to do is to stand with israel. i've been to israel. when you are there, you know if they would just recognize israel as a state, they could all live in peace. host: let's hear from carl, maine, independent. caller: hey, thank you for taking my call. i would like to say thank you to all the progressives who set out voting for kamala harris because they thought the democrats would perpetuate genocide since obviously they got their man, trump, who is now actively interested in committing genocide, thank you. host: michigan, democrat, hello. caller: yes, thank you. i was wondering what happened to america first? we need to try to rebuild california. thank you. host: the proposal floated by the press conference yesterday, (202)-748-8001, republicans. (202)-748-8000, democrats. (202)-748-8002, independent. texting us is available, too. (202)-748-8003. marsha, republican line, west virginia. caller: hello. i cannot believe that we a

and maybe the entire middle east. everybody i have spoken to, this was not a decision made like, everybody i have spoken to love the idea of the united states owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs. >> he has a different idea. it is worth paying attention to this. we are talking about it. he is exploring it with his people, his staff. i think it is something that could change history. and it is worthwhile really pursuing this avenue. tom: trump also insisted that egypt and jordan will take in palestinians displaced from the strip. horizons middle east anchor joumanna bercetche joins me from dubai. how viable is this proposal from trump? he says the u.s. could own gaza. >> the region is reeling from that press conference a couple of hours ago. for several months now, president trump had floated the possibility of palestinian displacement, but this is the most explicit, yet we have gotten from him. he is saying the u.s. need to take ownership of the gaza strip. they will be responsible for

and maybe the entire middle east. and everybody i've spoken to. this was not a decision made lightly. everybody i've spoken to loves the idea of the united states owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent. >> for everybody we do know includes, to some degree, benjamin netanyahu. i was able to follow up with him directly and ask him about this view, and he called it fresh thinking. he said it was interesting. it should be considered as a new vision for the region, and he was open to it. obviously, there would be inherent benefits to israel if threats from palestinians were not at their doorstep and if there would be even potentially expansion of israeli settlements. again, the president was talking about the u.s. owning it, not expanding israel. but again, we're in a world of so many questions right now, but other certainly leaders in the region and richard can speak to this, have raised very serious questions. >> thanks so much. kelly o'donnell at the

floating the vision of the, quote, riviera of the middle east. now the white house walkback, saying the president wasn't committed to putting troops on the ground. kelly o'donnell reports from the white house and richard engel on the backlash across t middle east. >>> all as the white house eyes deeper cuts for the federal workforce including at the cia and intelligence community. >>> the new airport scare. one flight nearly slashing off the tail of another when they clip wings in seattle. the investigation tonight. >>> plus -- >> i've been shot in my neck. >> you took the gun away? >> the suspect in custody after a 12-hour manhunt after a workplace mass shooting near ohio statuniversity. we're on the ground. >>> and can those wildly popular weight loss drugs treat addiction? stephanie gosk on the cutting-edge research on the way. >>> and finally, from billboards to the ballroom, how bad bunny's hits are inspiring so many to get up and dance. ♪ >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. the question o

and i e it bringing great stability to that part of the middle east and maybe the entire middle east. >> reporter: the president also said he would send u.s. troops "if necessary." nbc's garrett haake, pressing the white house today. >> can you explain this reversal and how building and owning squares with america first foreign policy. >> i would reject the premise of your question that this forces the united states to be entangled in conflilicts abro. the president has not committed to putting boots on the ground in gaza. he has also said that the united states is not going to pay for the rebuilding of gaza. >> prime minister netanyahu offered praise. >> he sees a different focus for that piece of land that causes so much terrorism. >> reporter: this would cause egypt to accept refugee. but their condemnnition was swift. inside gaza today, palestinians stood firm. >> how i can move to another land. it's my land. >> reporter: the premise channels the family business. son-in-law, jared kushner spoke out in march. >> gaza is waterfront property. it would be very valuable. if people woul

so it already been banned for the middle east. i posed the iraq war and that was it from that moment. and so now do you see any different 10 or a news rooms? do you hear any different sensibilities from the journalism world? has coverage changed on the middle east since that time gets worse? far worse. yeah. so i will look at the reporting on gaza. look at the reporting on the student protests. you know, they go up to columbia and race off to the hotel house and talk about how, you know, to a students, quote your students saying they feel uncomfortable. well, you know what, it's a genocide, you know, perpetrated by design just project that you support. so maybe you should feel uncomfortable usually that was worse than say, 1982 during the invasion or 11 or, or in the early. yeah. does. yeah. yeah, the whole, i mean, you know, we don't have time to critique the new york times, which was always going to lead us publication. beholden to centers of power. never good on is real. but the space has shrunk, because that's commercial becau

he is also telling to thele middle east he wants to be the palestinian people.day is uninhabitable and will probably be uninhabitable a for at least the next 10-20 years. that is how much work has to be done. >> sean: are other countries in the region, you have been>> o deep into the negotiations on all sides, are they willing to stepall up, help with this population and rebuild the area the demilitarize it? >> think everybody wants to see peace in the region.peac piece into the region means a better life for the palestinians. a better life is not necessarily tiedth to the physical space pale you are in today, a better lif thaee about a better opportunity, better financial conditions.r better aspirations for you and your family. it is not occuou ar because youd pitch a tent in th e gaza strip, and you're surrounded by 30,000y oumunitions that could go off at any moment. it is a dangerous place to live. and the president isan sayingle' let's make it better for these people. let's give the more hope. if they are in different places to live, the letter the make tht

i see it bringing great stability to that part of the middle east and may be the entire middle east. and everybody i've spoken to this was not a decision made lightly. everybody i've spoken to loves as the idea of the united states, phoning that piece of land developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent and a really magnificent area that nobody would know. nobody can look because all they see is death and destruction and rubble and, and demolished buildings falling all over. so what are the international know, say about strong plans to forcibly reset full palestinians from casa logical 49 of the geneva convention prohibits the deportation of people from unoccupied territory, right? and statutes of instructional criminal court to find full displacement as a crime against humanity. and a will crime humans actually general has also rejected the proposal saying a 2 state solution is the only way to resolve the conflict or doing in the studio now by tunnel comic is associate professor of public policy. the whole is to shoot for graduate studies time, a

we will bring stability to the middle east, and a totally war—torn part of the middle east. the middle east that has caused tremendous problem, tremendous problem, the gaza strip. we will own it — it's totally demolished right now, it's a demolition site. it'll be reclaimed, it'll be levelled out, fixed up. there won't be anybody there — hamas won't be there. we will be building through others of the very rich countries in the middle east. they'll be building some beautiful sites for the people, for the palestinians to live in. they'll be living in harmony and peace probably for the first time in hundreds of years. home or at least to where their homes once stood. deprived us of air. in the ruins of the north. the ceasefire that allows this is fragile. it one of the bombing campaigns in military history. more than 60% fbuildings, 5 buildings, particularly gaza's buildings, particularly in the north, have been egg... damaged. in the north, have been 35.5... damaged. but majority of israelis still support a continuation of the ceasfire. yuli, who embraced her father after 15 m

i see it bringing great stability to that part of the middle east and maybe the entire middle east said everybody i have spoken to this was not a decision made lightly. everybody i've spoken to loves us the idea of the united states, phoning that piece of land developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent. all trying to dismiss the idea of his reading, supplements, and gaza colon, a dangerous and unnecessary. he also ruled out probably stimulus or to control over the street saying it's impossible, a stance new to me. yeah. who has long pushed for one thing his clear on have mass has no future. just like mention yahoo again. trump is calling for its complete destruction. and once again, the last leader is reviving his most controversial proposal. forcibly relocating guys is around 1500000 people to foreign countries. no, just ages or jordan. he claims all their states will eventually going to right now . they say no, but drum says and then says that they will come around. so all the countries, the american president is banking on even remotely on the s

they go through the middle east, alice, i need to resolve this. thank you. tom knows i have a quick look at some of the other stories in the headlines today. thousands of rallied against donald trump and you must skin cities across the us. opponent say from spring or the executive orders on democratic a ques, mosque of trying to take over the government. trump as high as him to downsize, federal agencies would have to china thailand options rights than the relation chinese president. she didn't thing is hosting thailand's prime and as the page on time sheet a website and they j t. c as well, to track down on scan networks that abducted chinese citizens along the time. yeah, a mobile. that's all we were getting the so mean i can so said in from the senate has adopted the 2025 budget after the minority government forced the legislation through the lower house fall that will make us cold for to know confidence votes against finding the stuff fall swap, i will choose which he survived. the budget must now be approved by the constitutional counsel. in germany is

i see it bringing great stability to that part of the middle east. the force displacement of a population by an occupying power. israel highlights international law trop, reiterated his call for egypt and jordan to take in the 2000000 displays palestinians plan both countries have rejected. still trump believes he'll convince air of nations to sign onto his vision for gaza ideas. benjamin netanyahu also endorses president. trump is taking it to a much higher level. he sees a different, he sees a different future for that piece of land that has been the focus of so much terrorism . i think it's something that could change history. a trust referred to gaza repeatedly as hell edit demolition site, but he believes it can be transformed by envision world people living there, the world's people. i think you'll make that into an international unbelievable place. i think the potential and the gaza strip is unbelievable. and i think the entire world representatives from all over the world will be there and there. and they'll look that palestinians also. i don

and maybe the entire middle east.rybody i have spoken to, this is not a decision made lightly. everyone i have spoken to loves the idea of the united states owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent. >> sean: and before meeting with the prime minister, donald trump signed executive orders restoring maximum pressure sanctions against iran and withdrawing the u.s. from the israel hating u.n. human rights israel and u.s. u.n. human rights council agency. this amid disturbing reports that iran could already have north korean designed nuclear missiles that would be capable of hitting europe. the president was asked about that today, take a look. >> how close are they to developing nuclear weapons? >> i think they are close. they are too close. but again, you could go back for years and i would have said they would have had it during this intervening period. but they are pretty close, peter. >> sean: herewith more, the u.s. special envoy to the middle east,

president trump revealing his proposal to redevelop gaza into a riviera of the middle east, what do youhink of trump's plans to rebuild the enclave? is this why americans elected trump for his outside the box ideas? let us know x and instagram we are back with the nightcap crew which includes you! next. >> trace: back with the nightcap crew. tonight's topic, outside the box. would he think about trump's plan to redevelop gaza, is this why americans elected trump for his unusual ideas? >> yes, i can sum it up better than what aaron it did in your previous segment but when at these pictures in gaza, the place in total ruins any obviously sees a need to clean that up and he will do what he says he wants to do but in november he was still be in a state of limbo we are seeing in gaza for over one year. >> trace: emily? >> on the contrary i really don't see trump developing gaza unless he wants morrow gaza, i think he is using it as a bargaining chip to show the middle east wake up, if i can do it too and it set up like a blueprint for them to follow. >> trace: christina? >> i appreciate them

and maybe the entire middle east. not a decision made lightly. everybody i've spoken to loves the idea of the united states owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent in a really magnificent area that nobody would know. nobody can look because all they see is death and destruction and rubble and demolished buildings falling all over. it's just a terrible, terrible sight. i've studied it. i've studied this very closely over a lot of months, and i've seen it from every different angle. and it's a very, very dangerous place to be. and it's only going to get worse. gaza is a hellhole right now. it was before the bombing started, frankly, and we're going to give people a chance to live in a beautiful community that's safe and secure. and i think you're going to see tremendous, tremendous outflowing of support. i can tell you, i spoke to other leaders of countries in the middle east, and they love the idea. they say it would really bring stability. and what w

and i read it like immediate.an like d you, >> carley: major shakeup in the middle east. trump has a new plan. >> todd: america has a new top cop, pam bondi will be sworn in today. why law enforcement is ecstatic over the news. >> carley: super bowl sunday is drawing closer. we'll hear from small business owners how they are getting ready for the football festivities. you are watch ing "fox and friends first," i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: this is todd piro. lucas tomlinson has more on how to take over the gaza strip. lucas. >> lucas: standing alongside prime minister netanyahu, president trump offered following solution for gaza and involves united states. >> president trump: u.s. will take over the gaza strip and do a job with it, too, we'll own it and be responsible for dismantling the unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site and get riof dest destroyed building and create an economic development that will supply jobs and housing for people of the area, real job, do something different. can't go back. if you go back, it will end up same as the last

the real divide in the middle east is more than just this.ve thing on the street. whatever reason, left tilts heavily -- and the iranians are at the head of almost all the -- that cause trouble for mike thomas, lebanon, across the middle east. donald trump is putting them back in the box where they belong. he is limiting their ability to project power across that. they wanted it all the way over to lebanon. he is letting them know, as you say, there is a new sheriff in town. not going to put up with it. let's see how they react. over all of this is also the fact that netanyahu wants to hit those facilities like tomorrow. >> i would say one cautionary table which has to do with the enemy of the enemy is my friend. don't doubt for a second that they will not unite against us. >> and they do. if you can take them out of the mix, however, we have much better prospects. >> a nexus between this conversation and all prior one. respectfully to the president, it's a travesty that the security detail of secretary of state michael pompeo was deactivated

can turn the territory into what he said could become the vieira of the middle east. and the terms of us foreign policy. it's probably fair to say that the previous american presence has ever suggested anything quite like it. so today has been full of outrage on the question. what she's thinking, i'm feel go and by then, and this is the day the, the us will take over the guys a script. we have lived through war for a year and more. and then he comes and says, we should leave our land for the future of this region is actually a declination of water on that god. some people will get to take over that piece. so we're going to develop it, create thousands and thousands of jobs, and it will be something that the entire middle east can be very proud of. i think he's, he's got it. got the right idea. target implemented is this different story ethnically leading to the area is or crowd or leaders and people should respect the wishes of instead of seeing. and also on the day, 3 months after the stock of student led protesting sub yeah, there's no sign of them ending vivian goa

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go ahead. >> joining me now is our middle east correspondent. to have you with us this evening. the world has been getting to grips with and reacting to the proposal from the u.s. president. how is it being received in israel? >> and israel and the wider middle east i do not think it is being taken that serious. donald trump is the world's most powerful man but one commentator said donald trump is thinking outside the box as he often does but this plan is neither viable or logical. there are those on this extreme right wing of israeli politics who welcome this plan with open arms but extremists who previously called themselves for either the forced transfer of palestinians from gaza -- they want benjamin netanyahu to adopt this as policy but most israelis , whatever their views, do not think the plan as it is set up by donald -- this plan may complicate the move from the first stage of cease-fire which has been pretty successful. the move to a second phase may be damaged by the repercussions to this donald trump plan. on the outside of things, p

i was tony is to to meet with the us middle east and voice div with gulf in florida. that's later on thursday. the meeting comes ahead of the next exchange is randy captives for palestinian prism is part of the goal is to cease 5 deal and that exchange is expected this coming saturday. let's take this home is all my home done. who's a senior specs person for her mass joins us live. so i'm just having done this meeting between the country prime minister and steve witt, gulf cover, of course, acting as mediators. what message will the prime minister be taken to the americans? i'll put on to the when the psalms mostly kind of i read the question these tell you what, listen to this underway. just gonna leave it for me to try and make this connection a little better for you. and we'll come back to you in a little bit later in the program. thanks very much. in the meantime. in the meantime, you'll see michael bag is a senior consulting fellow with the middle east and north africa program at chatham house in london. and the right me, cory is a distinguished public policy fel

it allies in europe in the middle east. didn't think that this is uh, a good plan. they see if they've been as a crime, it was journalist probably expanding their reporting from tell a be here in germany for administer island to bear buck and strongly rejected. donald trump's suggestions. a buck said that gauze belongs to the palestinians and she added that the expulsion of the palestinian civilian population from gaza would not only be unacceptable. and contrary to international law says it, but also lead to new suffering and new hatred. earlier i spoke with mark welder, he's a professor of international law and international constitutional studies at the university of cambridge. i asked him if us president trump has any legal authority to quote, take over the gaza strip. you know, he's speaking without any legal authority, whatever. it sounds like he is thinking in terms of his domestic practice as a property type, coon who can take over some dialect, wasteland, and turn it into a flower to florida. right. or a says florida like races, but here of course it's not

part of the middle east and part of the middle east has caused tremendous problems.lems, the gaza strip, and it is totally demolished right now, it is a demolition site. ,,wi,u 7 735,17 out, fixed up levelled out, fixed up and there won't be anybody there. hamas be there we be building the will be building through the other rich countries in the middle east, there will other rich countries in the middle i oft, there will baa other rich countries in the middle i of beautifulvill baa other rich countries in the middle i of beautiful sides building of beautiful sides for the palestinians to live in. they will living in harmony they will be living in harmony and peace probably for the 915i e??? effiiééiélif f? flfifififim "7 7” time in hhh hhhkh effihéhl’f fhf ehhhww'” "7 7” time in hundreds hhh hhhkh effihhhl’f fhf ehhhww'” "7 7” time in hundreds of donald trump's comments come as thousands cut the territory in half. the withdrawal is part of of the current ceasefire strip from the south. the bbc, along with other international broadcasters, isn't allowed by israel to report fr

well, i mean, this is another war in the middle east and the last war in the middle east. we took part in, uh, ended up stretching out much longer, was much more complicated and cost about $2 trillion. so, you know, it seems very unlikely that this can go smoothly. you can imagine american power forcing the egyptians to do something, forcing the jordanians to do something. but you're going to have to put military on the ground to get hamas to cede power, to get the palestinians to move, to secure that area. and that is another that is another military intervention in the middle east. and i thought president trump ran in 2016, explaining that that was precisely why he was running. he wanted to stop america's senseless adventures in the middle east. >> yeah, that's what he has repeated time and time again. he said, no new wars on his watch. he has talked about that. but also just in this moment for a region that is going to be waking up to these comments from the president. i mean, i've been messaging with sources already. even an israeli official acknowledging how difficult

anita: mike lawler on how he sees are all in the middle east. good to have you with us today.here is so much to talk about when it comes to the region. i want to start with this plan that trump put out there to take over and rebuild gaza. last week towards the end of the week, he walked back the idea that any american troops or american military would be on the ground, involved in this was what can you tell us about this plan? >> obviously the president put forward an idea that has caused the discussion within the middle east with our allies from many ambassadors throughout the middle east, met with benjamin netanyahu just yesterday. obviously a lot of details to be flushed out here. but i think the point the president was making was what has been discussed in the past is not working and obviously hamas being in control of gaza is not a plan. this ensures the safety and security of israel, ensures that a two state solution whatever work, ultimately, that stuff has to be worked out but has to be worked out with our allies around the middle east including jordan and egypt. anita

did we ever seen in the middle east? it really shows such as the responsible steed craft and it took completely away from any credibility from mike to gathered for himself, claiming that he is indeed the one put the pressure on them. yeah, i'll just stop the war. well yeah, i'll quit. it's also very interesting. is that, as we've all agreed, we've heard these phrases from his son in law, but now it's the state policy. this is the policy of the united states. it's not as a reference, you know, wouldn't be good if we did bill. now, this is policy here and what it is and again to many people in the west, the want to admit it is that the united states is turning into the guarantor of a genocide. in palestine the most certainly, i mean i have to say i was certainly not shocked, but i did think i was hallucinating at one point watching donald trump say palestinians must not be a awesome at i had to watch it twice. i had to watch movies, to be honest. and regardless of how many times you watch it, i mean admitting garza has and

these decisions were canceled till the end while talking about the middle east. he went on to mention trump's decisions in his 1st term. for example, saying that the golan heights are, is really, or another example of cancel culture that he gave is the fact that the west has been trying to cancel a rational cultural events band, russian athletes or bullish the russian orthodox church. now, abolishing just as he says, that no investigation was done when it comes to the quote in ukraine or the burning in other sites 2014 or even the 5. the 2 days after a russian troops withdrew from ki, of suddenly thousands of dead bodies appeared. now he says that russia has been trying to get the names of the bodies that should be part of an investigation. but of course, that was to no avail, even after appealing to the un human rights office when it comes to the noise from pipeline. well, sweden and denmark can seem to find the reason behind the sabotage. germany continues and investigation, but he's presenting absolutely nothing. or again, the cancellation of russian media, wh

, a totally war—torn part of the middle east.art of the middle east that has caused tremendous problem, tremendous problem, the gaza strip. we will own it. it's totally demolished right now, it's a demolition site. it'll be reclaimed, it'll be levelled out, fixed up, there won't be anybody there. hamas won't be there. we'll be building through other of the very rich countries in the middle east, they will be building some beautiful sites for the people, for the palestinians, to live in. they will be living in harmony, at peace, probably for the first time in hundreds of years. the president's comments come as thousands of palestinians have been returning to their homes in northern gaza after the withdrawal of israeli troops from a key militarised zone, that had cut the territory in half. for more than 2a hours now these live pictures have shown a constant flow of families inching along the road in cars and trucks laden with their possessions. but what many of the returnees will find is rubble. around 700,000 people fled their nei

well, i mean, this is another war in the middle east and the last war in the middle east. we took part in, uh, ended up stretching out much longer, was much more complicated and cost about $2 trillion. so, you know, it seems very unlikely that this can go smoothly. you can imagine american power forcing the egyptians to do something, forcing the jordanians to do something. but you're going to have to put military on the ground to get hamas to cede power, to get the palestinians to move, to secure that area. and that is another that is another military intervention in the middle east. and i thought president trump ran in 2016, explaining that that was precisely why he was running. he wanted to stop america's senseless adventures in the middle east. >> yeah, that's what he has repeated time and time again. he said, no new wars on his watch. he has talked about that. but also just in this moment for a region that is going to be waking up to these comments from the president. i mean, i've been messaging with sources already, even an israeli official acknowledging how difficult