john. >> peter ducey force at the white house. thank you. the u.s.d aircraft closer to israel as a show of force and to support israel. which edson live at the pentagon with the latest on this. what assets are we sending to the region? >> it is a host.r strike. support for f-16 fighter squadrons they are. a way to bolster the deterrent aspect of all of this. the defense aspect. they have presence in the middle east. defense secretary lloyd austin says he has directed the uss gerald r ford strike group to that eastern. steps to augment fighter aircraft squadrons in the region he goes on to say "the u.s. maintains ready forces globally to further reinforce deterrent posture if required in addition the united states government will be rapidly providing the israeli defense forces with additional equipment and resources including munitions." they spoke with israeli defense administer. facebook yesterday as well. the defense department says they agreed to stay in close contact in the days and weeks ahead. secretary of state says the department is working t

peter ducey is joining us from the white house.his comes just a couple hours after we got additional word of additional sub work coming from the united states. moving to the u.s. navy ships closer to the region. >> we are hearing more about the second call in today's. the big headline is that president biden told netanyahu is sending help. sentence or two from the white house. the president also conveyed assistance for the defense forces is now on its way to israel with more to follow over the coming days. the leaders discussed ongoing efforts to ensure that no enemies of israel believe they can or should seek advantage from the current situation. defense secretary austin says depending on the gerald ford carrier strike group to the eastern mediterranean, that includes an aircraft carrier, guided missile cruiser, destroyer as well as air force f 35 f-15 f-16 and a 10 aircraft. they are not ready to detail the intelligence ahead of yesterday's widespread attacks. but they do say that the u.s. was not warned in advance about the plan

peter ducey is live for us. >> reporter: white house officials said that they want to show the president can do many things at the same time. that is apparently not the case today as they scrap this preplanned trip to colorado. >> the president will be staying home to focus on national security issues. he'll be meeting with his national security team. this will be the top of the agenda of those discussions. >> reporter: a major concern, citizens held captive in gaza. so far nobody here has ruled out using american special forces to rescue them. u.s. troops on the border, the israeli gaza border does not seem likely. >> can you foresee u.s. troops? combat in this new middle east war? >> i don't think that's necessary. israel has one of the finest fighting forces in the country. i guarantee we'll provide them everything they need. the conflict is not necessarily going to make things go quicker for jack lou. >> here is a guy that has supported for their iran deal. there is no way he should be in there. he's no difference than what biden had been doing. heather is doing a great job there. we