the nsc spokesperson answering reporters' questions. we're going to keep monitoring that. just some highlights. he confirmed at least 27 americans have been killed in the hamas attacks over the weekend. 14, 14 remain unaccounted for. though the nsc spokesperson says he believes that fewer than a handful are currently being held hostage by hamas. he expressed that the united states is now mobilizing an effort to learn more information, information sharing with israel to get a sense of where they may be, exactly how many there may be and to move forward in recovering those hostages. he also talked about trying to offer resources to americans currently in israel experiencing difficulty in trying to get out. and notably he was asked repeatedly about reporting that is circulating that there was an agreement with qatar to hold on to $6 billion worth of iranian money that the united states recently unfroze as part of a negotiated deal to release americans that had been detained in iran. he refused to get into that reporting. he did say not a single dollar of that money has been s

help us with the distinctions with those in the nsc and nsc in the white house. >> our purpose is providel security council and we are there to lead coordination and implementation. that's laid out as clear what our mandate is in the white house. so to achieve that, we worked hand and glove with the national security council and with eop partners in order to execute the president's vision so that includes omb, ostp and national economic council, et cetera, but we have to be able to work hand and glove. so the reason for that is because cybersecurity is a national security concern that we also work with ostp and we also nsc and omb why because we are all in this boat together. we are all here to drive to the same vision and cybersecurity is clearly a national security concern but also one of tech innovation and one of economic opportunity and so we have to be able to make sure that we are cohesive when we drive, so we have to work hand in hand with the national security council, that's what that means. >> that helps. something that's near and tear -- dear to my heart and security outcomes

but then the nsc official, not confirming the american hostages.at there are americans in israel. >> yes, alicia. we want to be absolutely buttoned up and certain about it. the nsc the white house and the state department there are using every source to try to confirm whether or not that is true. nobody wants to make a premature announcement that turns out to be wrong. >> rick, lot of the reasons that i wanted to speak with you, specifically tonight is that you have a lot -- >> you have been in the room as his conflicts unfold. so, i want you to just pull back the curtain for. us give us a sense of the conversations that are likely happening across the biden administration this weekend. >> it's very complicated. it's an awful situation. it's not good for any party, including the united states. i am sure that the conversations going on between the white house, the state department and our allies in the region. and the people that we have relationships in the region. no one wants the lebanese to get involved. no one wants the syrians to get involved.

story, with all the toing and froing between president biden and his various spokespeople including nsc advisor jake sullivan and secretary of state antony blinken and various meetings and phone calls between them and prime minister netanyahu and his top people, i still can't answer the question, is the biden administration handcuffing israel? for example, here's nsc advisor sullivan on one of the sunday talk shows stressing the idf's responsibility to distinguish between terrorists an innocent civilians and protect the lives of innocent civilians as they conduct this military operation. take a listen to the actual full quote. >> hamas, this brutal terrorist organization that conducted the attack is hiding behind the civilian population which puts an added burden on israel to differentiate between the terrorists and innocent civilians but it doesn't lessen their responsibility under international humanitarian law and the laws of war to do all in their power to protect the civilian population. larry: so you know, folks, you tell me, what did he just say? it sure looks like the bidens are

the nsc report said by formally arguing that iran a more direct security threat to the american allies in the gulf and the soviet union. this report captured a broader shift from a strict fixation on and reagan had long course called the revolutionary regime a danger and he characterized as this lawless, malevolent actor on the world. he had denounced the barbaric persecution of the baha'i in iran. he regularly said that tehran, quote, a place where international and common decency were mocked. so while it was common for him to use these in his public utterances, at no time prior to this that i was able to find in the archives did the or the nsc say that tehran was as dangerous as moscow in the persian gulf. this, in the administration's thinking, shown most clearly in weinberger's june 1987 report to congress on gulf security. the 28 page document was intended address legislative fears that reagan had made an open ended, unilateral american commitment to all non belligerents shipping in persian gulf. this is during the iran-iraq war. the us started escorting oil tankers through the gu

the nsc report said by formally arguing that iran a more direct security threat to the american allies in the gulf and the soviet union. this report captured a broader shift from a strict fixation on and reagan had long course called the revolutionary regime a danger and he characterized as this lawless, malevolent actor on the world. he had denounced the barbaric persecution of the baha'i in iran. he regularly said that tehran, quote, a place where international and common decency were mocked. so while it was common for him to use these in his public utterances, at no time prior to this that i was able to find in the archives did the or the nsc say that tehran was as dangerous as moscow in the persian gulf. this, in the administration's thinking, shown most clearly in weinberger's june 1987 report to congress on gulf security. the 28 page document was intended address legislative fears that reagan had made an open ended, unilateral american commitment to all non belligerents shipping in persian gulf. this is during the iran-iraq war. the us started escorting oil tankers through the gu

it was set out in the top-secret strategic document of the us national security council (nsc)-68, which declared a struggle between the free world and the soviet world on the principle of who will win. between 1950 and 1953, the united states tripled defense spending from 5 to 14% of gdp. damage to free institutions anywhere amounted to a general defeat, and the united states was required to ensure a rapid and decisive buildup political, economic and military power of the free world. with its decision to enter the korean war that year, the administration put theory into practice, demonstrating the united states' commitment to defending the borders of the free world everywhere. in january '61, john kennedy, in his inaugural address, emphasized the rivalry between the free world and the communist world. he promised that the american people would pay any price, bear any burden, face any difficulty, support any friend, oppose any enemy, to ensure survival success of freedom, however, the regime of fideli castre in cuba survived. a new historical stage was the collapse of the berlin wall, th

it was outlined in a top-secret strategic document of the national security council usa (nsc-68), wheretween the free world and the soviet world was essentially declared, according to the principle of “who will win.” between 1950 and 1953, the united states tripled its defense spending from five to five. gdp. damage to free institutions, anywhere, amounted to a general defeat. and the united states was required to ensure a rapid and decisive increase in the political, economic and military power of the free world. with its decision to enter the korean war that same year, the administration put theory into practice by demonstrating its intent usa, protect the borders of the free world everywhere. in january '61, kennedy, in his inaugural address, emphasized the rivalry between the free world and the communist world. he promised that the american people would pay any price, bear any burden, face any difficulty, support any friend, oppose any enemy, to ensure the survival and success of freedom. however, fidel castro's regime in cuba survived. the collapse of the berlin wall became a new h

>> the first flight, the nsc, national security council wouldn't say where it's headed, only that it'somewhere in europe. from tel aviv, there's a number of options there. they said they'll keep the flights going, as long as there is a demand. you point out one of the key issues, how much of a demand is there? many of the american citizens are dual american-israeli citizens, and not tourist looking to get out. >>> oren liebermann, please stand by. let's get to kayla touche at the white whoa. he's been very vocal about his support in israel. what are we anticipating he will say? >> reporter: we expect a very familiar message from president biden in philadelphia, talking about bidenomics. even though that are wars rages overseas, there are still political battles to fight here at home. americans are viewing the economy poorly, and his advisers believe his message on the economy can and will break through. we do expect him to lead his remarks by talking about an emotional conversation he convened virtually with the family of americans who are believed to be held hostage in the region. tha

i know the nsc is trying to help. what's the latest on negotiations for the hostages?, negotiations are ongoing, and i have to be careful about what i can share publicly on this subject because of the sensitive and delicate nature of those negotiations, but we are in almost hourly contact with regional partners and with israel to try to get to a point where there is a deal to have the hostages released. it is difficult. it is challenging. the hamas terrorists have not been forthcoming about allowing these hostages to go, but we believe that there can still be a pathway to get their release and we are going to work tirelessly to make that happen and even though we've started to see israel move in on the ground that has not changed our basic view that had has to be of paramount priority and we have to keep moving on it and i would just say, jake, listening to that mother, i sat with president biden as he spoke to the families of the american hostages and it is difficult to hear the hurt and pain in their voice. it's impossible to understand what they're going through, no

you mentioned the active conversations that the nsc's john kirby says that they are having with israelis about a humanitarian pause. this is something they have been pushing for over the course of the past few days to allow for more time to get aid in and to get those hostages out. on the question of where those conversations stand about the hostages, multiple u.s. officials are telling us that those conversations are ongoing. they do admit that they are not in as good a place right now as they were earlier today or even yesterday. but certainly the qataris are pushing hamas to get those hostages out. but without question, jake, what we're seeing tonight has hugely complicated the prospect of getting those almost 230 hostages out of gaza. >> and these new air strikes by israel on gaza come as u.s. forces have had to take their own actions in the middle east as fears of a wider regional conflict arise. tell us about that. >> reporter: we've seen 20 attacks on u.s. forces in iraq and syria over the course of the last ten days or so, according to the pentagon. mostly drone and rocket attack

eastern, white house press briefing, nsc coordinator for strategic operations will join karine jean-pierretate department briefing with matthew miller. hear about more hopefully of the hostages. you cannot talk about them enough. 2:00 p.m. eastern, brigadier general patrick ryder. a lot going on. we will get to as much breaking news as possible so you see the story of what's going on. thank you so much for watching "outnumbered." great recording, kayleigh, with the new speaker of the house. "america reports" now.

for example here is nsc adviser or sullivan on one of the talk shows stressing idf responsibility toish between terrorists. >> hamas, this brutal terrorist organization, is hiding behind the civil yap population, that puts an added pressure on israel. it does not lessen their responsibility under any humanitarian law and the laws of war do all in their power to protect the civilian population. larry: you tell me, what did he just say? it looks like the bidens place the burden on israel. by the way, hat tip to excellent "new york post" editorial, ref rephrase those statements and put the burden on hamas or. the bidens seem to oppose an out right ceasefire, what is the talk about a quote, humanitarian pause? humanitarian pause, sounds like they cease-fire. surely it would help hamas, all of the aid groups, u.n., world health organization, there is a winner, and the others, they are pro-hamas, i don't see how any of this stuff could help israel at all. let us not forget three weeks later hamas killed 1400 civilians. on october 7. israeli civilians. on october 7. they beheaded kids, they

when the nsc is the lead one for the so—called shelter cluster, which is emergency housing for peoplether local staff are themselves from bomb departments and also from areas in the crossfire. yes. 30 seconds, if you would. given what we are seeing with the reality on the ground, you would anticipate things are going to potentially get far worse? , ., ., things are going to potentially get far worse? , . ., ., , far worse? yes, all! am hearing is that things — far worse? yes, all! am hearing is that things will _ far worse? yes, all! am hearing is that things will become _ far worse? yes, all! am hearing is that things will become really i far worse? yes, all! am hearing is| that things will become really much worse and very innocent people will suffer and the bitterness and hatred will be fuelled on both sides. it is the worst possible development. yes. the worst possible development. yes, janjan the worst possible development. yes, jan jan egeland, _ the worst possible development. yes, janjan egeland, thank you for joining us very much on bbc news. you can hear against the backgrou

we have briefed staffs of congress and brief representatives from the white house and the nsc. this is probably our second or third webinar on this matter. we are getting the surround but what would you say, ryan? ryan: it's a great question. it's hard to correct misinformation about who is responsible are at fault are at risk because there is so much polarization and finger-pointing in certain public discourse at the moment. there are people, including former extremist who are doing, challenging people who are pursuing others and trying to pursue prosecutions against those so they recruit veterans and others. that broader healing question of can we stop having these impressions about these overly simplistic ideas about who is at risk and was at fault. that's a civil society question that i wish i knew the answer to. i think we are just hunting around in the dark for solutions . as well as trying to have civil conversations that are supported by data if there is data on an issue with one's friends and neighbors. that's a great way to do it and then larger forums are a great way

the nsc did not give an exact number. americans are among at least 700 people killed so far.s been on the ground covering the war since the first rockets were fired 36 hours ago. >> good evening with the update that american citizens were killed in the wall street journal is reporting iran directed and helped hamas against israel. there are new questions how israel and the united states will respond to the massacre of civilians. this is not simply an attack on soldiers, combat noncombatant, this is an attack on civilians against mothers, children, grandparents, they were dragged and slaughtered. israel will not let this go. what we are likely to see in the coming hours and days it is really encouraging into gaza. first hamas and islamic jihad came into israel and israel is planning to go into gaza in israeli prime minister japan got yahoo is planning to destroy all hamas infrastructure not just military infrastructure but the government infrastructure, critical day ahead. jon: more bloodshed it would appear. trey yingst, thank you. that is how fox reports on the sunday the ei

. >> the blast at the hospital, the idf has put out evidence that they have, that the nsc and the united states has also publicly said the u.s. has intelligence preliminary that indicates they also agree with israel's assessment. obviously we've seen demonstrations all over the region. they are unlikely to be swayed by the evidence that has been put forward. but facts matter and the truth matters. when you heard of this blast, immediately of course hamas put out this statement. you've seen this before. >> yeah, we've seen it before. it happened more than once. rocket fell very close to the launching place. in fact, i was 15 minutes afterward, i was interviewed by a tv station in the gulf, some uae station. and they asked me -- i can promise you that no israeli general ordered any time, anywhere, whatever circumstance, to target a hospital. >> you have an incredible military background and military experience as commando. you were head of the chief of the idf. you know what fighting in gaza is like. you know what street fighting is like. how difficult is this going to be? and how importan

also john kirby, the nsc coordinator that also briefed in that room a short time ago talking about the incident at the airport in russia when a plane was landing from tel aviv. it was rushed with people chanting kill the jews. he called ate chilling demonstration of hate, bigotry and i intimidation. he also said he doesn't think a cease fire is for now. a lot of information out of the white house. all of this is happening as you're looking at the night sky at the israel gaza border. it's 10:12 p.m. there. israeli to forces are pushing deeper in gaza. so where is this all heading? welcome. i'm sandra smith in for neil cavuto. this is "your world." first, let's get to mike tobin on the southern -- in southern israel for us on ground forces getting a kidnapped israeli soldier out. what are we learning about how that played out? >> a remarkable be development. the private is back with her family after having been kidnapped october 7. what we know, it was actions of the elite real forces on the ground. we have no idea how she was rescued, but she's been checked out by doctors around reunite

on friday nsc spokesman john kirby reiterated that saying they should be released regardless of whethernot a humanitarian pause. earlier today, jake sullivan had this observation -- >> we will continue to talk to our israeli counterparts, we'll continue to ask hard questions about how they are thinking this through, how they are proceeding. but ultimately, these are their decisions, this is their action and their best posture to be able to answer questions about how it's proceeding. >> reporter: this comes as israel increases its ground offensive in what prime minister netanyahu calls the second teenage of the -- stage of the war. republican senator james lankford says now is not the time for a pause. >> if you stop right now and if you pause, it gives opportunity for hamas to dig in more and to be able to lay more booby traps. so it is a judgment call that has to be made on the ground based on intelligence right now. >> reporter: meanwhile, aishah, president biden is taking criticism from members of his own party for standing firmly behind israel. congress juan pennsylvania mill -- con

when we talk to the nsc and white house yesterday, they have adequate funding in the short term.ential we elect a speaker and get back to the business of the people. the first bill on the floor will be my bill condemning hamas for this terrorist assault on israel. what they will also need, aishah, will be replenishing the iron dome weapon system itself. in addition they need precision guided missiles but also the 155s, ammunition that is so desperately needed on the ground as they go house to house. we will have our elections for speaker on wednesday and i would urge my colleagues to not play games with this. this is very serious. it sent a message to the rest of the world that we are weak and dysfunctional. it worries me people like chairman xi saying democracy doesn't work or iran or russia or north korea. democracy has to work right now. the world is simply too dangerous. >> aishah: i think many people across party lines can agree on one thing. the message is wrong right now. thank you so much, chairman. we appreciate your time. >> dana: we'll have more live coverage of the is

i think the other thing he wants to do, which john kirby has said, and which are the people at the nsc has said, he wants to talk -- about restraint, about being careful about civilian casualties. that's also something a friend can do. >> well, after this event, that is an unavoidable discussion. it's a discussion that israel has to be even more welcoming to, after this event today. >> yes. again, -- >> that isn't to say that israel is to blame for this at all. but it is a matter of perception that they have to be very much concerned about. >> yes, any loss of civilian life is tragic. no matter what israel says about this, the arab street will probably not believe it. so, he is there to talk to netanyahu about how he sees the future. about being more restrained. one of the unintended consequences is that if there is going to be a ground invasion, it's not going to happen while president biden is there. that's a change. >> yeah, so, a minimum, some level of delay in president biden making this trip. it pushes off whatever the schedule might have been on any kind of ground invasion. we a

white house press briefing will include obviously karine jean-pierre, the press secretary, but also nsc communication will be there, too, that is john kirby. and the manhunt is continuing and look, you got to stay behind closed doors if police tell you to shelter-in-place. i know it's been almost 18 hours at this point as they search for the mass shooter suspect. "america reports".

the nsc spokeswoman says the assessment is based on overhead imagery, intercepts and open source information what israel had already said that the explosion came from within gaza. but in the immediate aftermath, some of the media was quick to run with claims from hamas. listen to this exchange between cnn and the idf. >> we all are trying t seek the proof and that was the question that i asked you and you have provided what you can at this point and i appreciate that. but please don't suggest we are not trying to identify this because that is exactly what we are doing, sir. >> you'll never be content with whatever i share because you ask for more and more and more and more. you can take what i say for face value. you don't have to believe -- >> i am reporting what the palestinians are asking for. >> but it's not the palestinians. you are parroting -- >> sandra: the claims it was israel that attacked that hospital came from hamas, that was a remarkable exchange. peter learner responded to that on "outnumbered" a short time ago. >> i could not stop the thinking about an organization that butch

constant communication between the secretary of defense, the pentagon, and the idf, between i'm sure, the nscnational security adviser, jake sullivan and his counterparts. tony blinken did a shuttle of diplomacy around the region. and really, the position of united states has meant -- president biden has put himself in. he saw the trauma that this attack imposed on israel, they the horrific nature of it. and the imperative to respond. he wrapped his arms around israel, quite literally, with his initial messaging. but then, obviously, they're also looking to see there's risk here. there is risk that this military operation goes forward in haste, that it could prompt a regional escalation. as we've talked about, hezbollah coming in, the west bank exploding, arab public opinion exploding. there is risk, obviously, to the civilians in gaza. clearly, what the united states has been trying to do, saying to israel, let's take just a moment here, and think through how can we manage this operation? we know you are going to undertake that in ways that mitigate that risk. but they're more likely to prev

what do you make of this story, now the president and fbi director wray and nsc spokesman john kirbyay there's potential terror threats against americans inside the u.s., but the president collapsed the border. look at the numbers, 7.6 million illegal border crossings. we're tracking more than 1,042 terrorist caught trying to cross the border. what do you make of the president here? >> totally out to lunch. they're now first concerned about the national security threat of the open border policy as presenting to america. we've had about 1.7 million known got aways during the biden administration and close to 6 million people have been apprehend, not even apprehended and encounterered and disbursed throughout america and enormous amount of people but 1.7 million known got aways and we don't know who they are and they got through the bodder without being enoriented or processed and you think there maybe a terrorist or two in there? more than 50 nations have been represented and people coming in illegally. hundreds of people on the terror watch list and this is the first time fbi directo

this is from the nsc's adrian watson, while we continue to collect information, the intercepts and open source information is that israel is not responsible for the explosion at the hospital in gaza yesterday, unquote. let's bring in the spokesman for the israeli defense forces, lieutenant peter lerner. lieutenant colonel lerner, what can you tell us about what intelligence the israelis have shared with president biden and with the u.s. that backs up the idf claim that it was islamic jihad that was responsible for the rocket hitting the hospital? >> well, you can imagine that we shared more than we've shared with the public and obviously what is shared behind closed doors and will remain behind closed doors and it's obviously along the same themes and understanding. we utilized our intelligence and our operational data and our aerial footage in order to identify exactly what happened last night and we came to the conclusion and asserted that the idf was noonsible for the strike, for the explosion in the al ahli hospital and it was a palestinian islamic jihad rocket that malfunctioned an

that is according to a national security council spokesperson the nsc says they are continuing to monitor the situation closely. the state department is ready to provide assistance and u.s. citizen still the country. that confirmation comes as retaliatory airstrikes continue to hammer gaza city. turning several residential buildings into rubble. some are living close to the israeli border. they began to flee the israeli ground invasion. it could be imminent. the situation escalated on sunday. an ally of hamas aspiring dozens of rockets and shells in a disputed area along the border. the military responded by firing back into lebanon. there is no immediate word on casualties adding to the dire state of affairs the uncertainty surrounding those being held captive israel has confirmed that they've taken both military and non military as well as captive into the territory. israeli media says that numbers at least 100 and includes women and children an elderly now u.s. officials say they're looking into reports that americans may be among those as well. they have confirmed reports of unaccount

that was a question that was asked specifically of nsc spokesperson john kirby earlier this evening. he said the u.s. is involved at all levels but declined to talk about how the u.s. and qatari government were able to secure a deal from hamas to free these two hostages, citing the sensitivity around the continued negotiations for the estimated ten americans still held in hamas captivity. >>> i spoke to a man from kibbutz hala where judith and natalie were captured. they were visiting there. his name is amir tbonn. he met judith and natalie -- he, his wife, and two young daughters woke up to the sound of incoming mortar fire, then machine guns, and men speaking arabic around them. they spent the next ten hours or so in their safe room in the dark with no electricity, no food, very little water. ten hours with two little girls, the youngest just a year and a half old. i talked with him about that, but we began with the two hostages freed today. >> the two american hostages who were released today, judith and natalie, were visiting your kibbutz for a celebration before the attack. i'm

>> what i can tell you is what the nsc just said which was all indications are that this was not israel. so they've got overhead imagery, they've got intercepts of voice communications that this came from within gaza. that's what it -- what is indicated right now. i'm going to get a briefing in about an hour and a half. so i don't have all the details. let me just say, though, i think it's important to point out that hamas committed a heinous, brutal, barbaric operation against the israelis, women, children, over 1,000 people just murdered in a way that i have never seen before. when myself and my colleagues went over there on sunday, we spent about 13 hours in tel aviv meeting with the entire israeli leadership and the ambassador or the charge affairs. we don't have an ambassador because of the united states senate now. but just the stories were just so heartbreaking. a horrific attack. and you know, just to see these folks in this hospital just, you know, injured and killed is -- is just another point to be made about hamas and how horrible of an organization it is. and that israel --

sullivan, you know, nsc adviser sullivan denied it. kirby, they don't want to talk about iran. do you think they still were going to try to make a deal with iran after this barbaric invasion? >> well, isn't it shocking, larry e, that the administration that wants to talk about the root causes can't seem to see what the root cause of this disruption in the middle east is in the root ca cause is iran. they're the destabilizing force, and the ability for this to happen goes right to the heart of what the biden administration's foreign policy failures have been. allowing iran to enrich itself, it's the failure in afghanistan that has put if our weapons in the hands of hamas. it's failure after failure from a foreign policy standpoint that has delivered this problem right here in the middle east. and the fact they won't look the cause in the eye is shocking. i'll say one thing, joe biden did finally acknowledge israel's right to defend itself, and as u.s. senator, i'm going to hold this administration to that. it's a shame it took them days to get to this point. you'll recall the fi