according to the white house national security council, more civilian casualties and gaza will happen, as israel continues its military operation. that is just the reality that must be accepted. a ceasefire right now. really only benefits from us. this is for, it is combat. it is bloody, it is ugly and it's going to be messy. and innocent civilians are going to be hurt going forward. i wish i could tell you something different. i wish that that wasn't going to happen. but it is, he's going to happen and that doesn't make it right. doesn't make it the dismissal . it doesn't mean that we aren't going to still express concerns about that and, and do everything we can to help. these rarely do everything they can to minimize it. but, but that's, that's unfortunately the, the nature of conflict on the issue of potential double standards. so we discussed this with a auntie correspondent and yes, and ecken and 11 on his. what do you have this? this is real, has the right to, to defend itself, to the extent that collective punishment is considered ok. then the question that i have in mind is,

we heard from the white house national security council which asserts that the current u.s. intelligence about the gaza hospital blast backs up the assertions from israel that israel was not responsible. 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

this is what john kirby, the strategic communications coordinator of the white house national security council. despite the situation we've been through and despite the speed with which we provided all the aid to ukraine, ukraine may only have ammunition for a few months. america so far officially over from 40 billion dollars in arms aid to ukraine, and the government had promised to allocate another 300 million dollars for military aid to ukraine in the latest action. the military is not included in ukraine, and as we checked last night in the world today, the members of the us house of representatives removed kevin mccarthy, the speaker of this house. this is the first time in american history that such an event has happened. republican intra-party divisions as the majority of the us house of representatives finally got to the point where they ousted kevin mccarthy, the republican speaker of the house. the same extreme republicans. trump, who 10 months ago made mccarthy become the speaker of the house of representatives after 15 times of rigiri, and had set many terms and conditions for him,

the spokesman for the white house national security council, john kirby , also confirmed a few days agonorth korea has delivered more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and ammunition to russia for the war against ukraine. and even earlier, the analytical project of the american center for strategic and international studies, boyon parallel, referring to satellite images of the north korean railway, the tumangang railway station, announced the increase in rail traffic between russia and north korea after the meeting between putin and kimchen. we will talk in more detail about the political aspect of these restoration of relations later, and we will talk about putin's visit, which is planned to north korea, but now we will discuss military news. oleksiy hetman, a military expert, joined our broadcast. i congratulate you, mr. oleksiy. good morning transports were recorded earlier something along the railroad, and satellite images showed an increase in such activity. now we are talking about ships going from the dprk to russia, and you have doubts about what might be in those cars

the white house national security council confirming several americans are among the dead. new video showing how under the cover of rockets, hamas fighters infiltrated israel by paraglider. this music festival, one of their first targets. israeli emergency services saying 260 people were killed here. >> they were just all around me, and they were going three by three and shooting everywhere from two sides. and i saw many people, like -- people were dying, like, all around. >> reporter: here a festival-goer screams for help as she's dragged into gaza. her boyfriend's hands behind her back, helpless to save her. she's a 25-year-old student. and the only child of her father. noah seen inside gaza here, apparently unharmed. >> if you could speak to the people who are holding noa, what would you tell them? "please don't hurt her, please. this is a cry from a father. don't harm her. send her back in one piece, i beg you, please." we reached the southern city where bullet casings crunch underfoot, evidence of the thousands of rounds fired here. this is all that's left of an israel

not according to the white house national security council, most civilian casualties in gas or what happened as usual, continues its military operation. it's just the reality that must be accepted a ceasefire right now. really only benefits from us. this is for, it is combat. it is bloody, it is ugly and it's going to be messy. and it isn't. civilians are going to be hurt going forward. i wish i could tell you something different. i wish that that wasn't going to happen. but it is, he's going to happen and that doesn't make it right, doesn't make it the dismissal. it doesn't mean that we aren't going to still express concerns about that and, and do everything we can to help. these rarely do everything they can to minimize it. but, but that's, that's unfortunately that's the nature of conflict. and why washington insist that a ceasefire has not to take place because he would only benefit him us. let's take a look at the latest casualty numbers. now, so far, the conflict has claimed the lives of thousands in palestine with more than 16000 a. when that's in gather, he's role after the initial h

and the white house said president biden spoke with judith and natalie's family this afternoon. joining us now, white house national security councilpokesperson john kirby. admiral, how much did the white house have to do with the release of these two americans? >> we were very much involved in helping secure their release. and we certainly give credit to the government of israel and the government of qatar who obviously played key roles in this. it was a team effort. across the inner agency but also internationally and all, we're just glad that they're safe and sound and hopefully soon we'll be able to get back to illinois with the family where they belong. >> but why would hamas release them? they wouldn't do it out of the goodness of their heart. they're a brutal ruthless terrorist organization. why would they release these two americans. >> i think we'll have to be careful about what we say in terms of the machinations that were required to get them home or out of there. because we know there are still some americans being held hostage and we want to get them back to their families too, but i hope you could understand we can't

against possible action or support for the already more overt hamas, as john kirby, the white house national security council spokesman, said there was no evidence that iran was involved in the hamas attack. on israel, but it is absolutely obvious that terrorist networks, including hamas, were supported by iran , the leaders of iran publicly thanked, and said that it was good that hamas finally did what it dreams of, obviously iran, but here in this situation, if suddenly, the scenario we are talking about they talked to you about this multi-layered scenario, where there is ukraine, and african countries, south korea, and possibly taiwan , if iran has a place in this architecture of this chaos and wars in the world, if iran suddenly becomes a great power that can join of this war in the middle east, what it will mean for us, given that, well, i think the americans will do their best to neutralize iran's capabilities. well, this is a very multi-scenario development of events, i do not even dare to predict, because, well, you say, iran will go to war against israel, it will be a really catastrophic situation a

white house. he is the national security council coordinator for strategic communications. thanks very much for joining us. you heard that report. what is your understanding of the israeli military operations that are unfolding right now? >> they have said it for themselves. they are expanding ground operations. i will let them characterize that. we don't want to speak for military operations we are not in command of. they have continued throughout -- since the attack of october 7th and continued to try to put pressure on hamas leadership and to try to target hamas leadership where they are. i don't want to speak for them. but i think it's safe to say that the ground maneuvers are a piece of the larger effort. >> did israel notify or consult with the united states ahead of this expanded ground operation that's unfolding right in gaza? >> we have been talking to them since october 7th. i don't want to detail the content. i want to stress that these are israeli defense force decisions. we won't do that for them. >> a senior hamas official is peeling to the regional allies, ha

losses in the avdiivsk direction, the coordinator for strategic communications of the white house national security councilthe day before , john kirby. since october 11, russia has suffered significant losses during the attempted offensive, including at least 125 armored vehicles around more than a battalion of anti-aircraft guns and military equipment. as for the situation on the battlefield, according to the latest data from deepstate analysts, russian forces are taking advantage of worsening weather conditions and fog. they conducted a rotation, and also began to strengthen their positions on the territory and are trying to fortify themselves close to the avdiiv coke chemical plant. it is his loss, not terekon , that will create serious problems for the entire garrison of the city - analysts assume. in the morning summary of the ukrainian general staff , it is reported that the army is in the avdiyiv direction russia does not stop trying to encircle avdiyivka, actively uses aviation, but ukrainian soldiers firmly hold the defense and inflict significant losses on the occupiers. it was a quote. in the ru

and according to the white house national security council, more civilian casualties and gaza will happen is israel continued this millage reparation. but apparently this is just the reality that has to be accept a ceasefire right now. really only benefit from us. this is for, it is combat. it is bloody, it is ugly and it's going to be messy. and it isn't. civilians are going to be hurt going forward. i wish i could tell you something different. i wish that that wasn't going to happen. but it is. he's going to happen and that doesn't make it right, doesn't make it the dismissal. it doesn't mean that we are going to still express concerns about that and, and do everything we can to help. these rarely do everything they can to minimize it. but uh, but that's, that's, unfortunately, that's the nature of conflict. when we were discussing those comments on the situation that launch without you corresponded yesterday, and he's in lebanon, he explained what he calls a washington's position is a, well, he calls it a double stand to the pro trouble listen for yourself. this is real, has the right

well, according to the white house national security council, more civilian casualties in gaza will happen, as israel continued this managerial operation, though, it's just the reality that needs to be accepted. this is for it is combat. it is bloody, it is ugly and it's going to be messy. and innocent civilians are going to be hurt going forward. i wish i could tell you something different. i wish that that wasn't going to happen. but it is, it is going to happen a ceasefire right now. really only benefits from us? well that's cause a lot. that's why he's a yes and i can study by for us in 11 on yes and good morning to you right. there are washington a clearly stating that the consequences of the bombing of gaza will be more civilian casualties. what are your expectations on the international reaction to those very strong stipends coming out of washington? yes. of the robbery and the words of john, very b. i wish i could tell you more of preparing for this live broadcast. i had a number of questions in my mind. i tried answering some of them, but it just left so even more questions and i

white house national security council strategic communications coordinator kirby, when asked whetherld respond to this attack, whether the united states believes iran should pay some price or should face some kind of retribution for supporting hamas all along. the question is almost, and i'm not picking on you, but it implies that we are only now waking up to the fact that they supported hamas, and others. hamas is one of the most heavily sanctioned terrorist networks on the planet, and iran, oh my god, we've sanctioned about 400 superfluous organizations, with more than forty different sets of sanctions regimes, 30 of them in the past year alone. the palestinian-israeli conflict is growing rapidly. the idf is checking reports of a hezbollah incursion into lebanese airspace and deploying its reservists in towns along the border. tension is growing in the north of the country, where a second war front is emerging on israel's border with lebanon. israeli troops exchanged blows with hezbollah forces. the cbs television channel witnessed the massive transfer of tanks and soldiers after r

speaking to the bbc, the white house national security council spokesman, john kirby, said the us wase wa nt we want to make sure that support will help them better defend themselves and to go after these hamas terrorists where they are and to affect their ability to continue to conduct terrorist attacks. that is the main purpose is giving israel the capabilities that they need to better defend their citizens. nobody wants to see any more innocent civilian life lost and certainly, hamas, is responsible for the civilian life lost here. the slaughter, the butchery of innocent israeli civilians. nobody wants to see civilian life thrown away that way and wonder of the great things and the president talked about this in his speech — one of the great things about our relationship with israel as we are to make vibrant democracies and respect human life and the rule of law and we respect the need to observe the law of war specifically. the president talked about that. so, again, we do not want to see any more innocent life taken, but we also recognise that what has been visited upon the israe

white house national security council spokesman john kirby says the u.s. believes kim, north korean leader kim, is seeking sophisticated russian weapons technologies to boost north korea's military and nuclear program in return for those munitions. white house releasing images that it says shows containers loaded onto a russian flagged ship before being moved via train to southwestern russia. >> bret: house republicans have nominated ohio's jim jordan to be the next speaker. it's not final in the total house vote and the secret ballot in the conference came after the previous nominee steve scalise withdraw his name last night. chat pergram is live on capitol hill tonight and tells us it's always about the m math and so r jordy tan's math looks a little short. reporter: gutierrez evening, bret, the house still lack as speaker and jim jordan of ohio defeated austin scott of georgia behind closed doors as the new gop nominee. but jordan remained well short of what's needed to win on the floor. >> we got to get two days to lobby and make phone calls to underst

joining us now from the white house, national security council coordinator for strategic communications john kirby. thanks for joining us. hamas could be holding 20, maybe more, american hostages right now in gaza. i understand the administration is in contact with the families, and the president said he's sending experts to assist in hostage recovery. can you expand on what that actually means? how actively involved is the u.s. right now in trying to bring these american citizens home? >> it's early days right now, and we don't have a lot of information about where they are, what condition they're being held, if they're being moved around. we have to remember, this is an active war zone, which makes any hostage recovery effort that much more difficult. we're obviously going to be sellinsell i developing options, looking at uponties how we can get them back with their families, communicating with the israelis. they're on the ground, they're closer to it, they have contacts we could benefit from. we're having active conversations with the israelis about what they're seeing. second thing,

. >>> white house national security council spokesman john kirby is with us. john, thank you very much, admiral kirby, for joining us. i want to begin, we just heard those very important remarks from secretary austin, and they continue. i want to begin with what israel is directing people that live in northern gaza to do. they are saying go south. i think we have the sound. it might not be ready yet, but we spoke with the head of the -- one of the colonels of the idf who told us immediately. he said the evacuation needs to take place immediately. this is more than a million people, and the u.n. says that's impossible. does the administration think it is possible? >> well, i think we're going to be careful not to get into armchair quarterbacking the tactics on the ground by the idf. what i can tell you is we understand what they're trying to do. they're trying to move civilians out of harm's way, and giving them fair warning. now, it's a tall order. it's a million people, and it's a very urban, dense environment, already a combat zone. i don't think anybody's u

white house. wayne will also be with white house national security council spokesperson jake sullivan and secretary blinken. weighing speaking to anthony blinken saying they have disagreements and have in-depth and comprehensive dialogues and stabilize ties, we know that china has been supportive of iran in iran supportive of hamas and hezbollah, your reaction to the approach to china as well. >> there is a triumvirate of a threat to the west today and emanates from beijing, moscow and tehran. we used to think these were three threats and three threats to the united states that reinforce each other but were not coordinated. today we know they are coordinated, iranian weapons, drones, suicide drones are in russia fighting there. beijing and russia are doing close business with hamas and iran, this is all interconnected you cannot isolate the threats. i think we in the west need to wake up to what were dealing without their because the threats are gathering into a storm and we have to be eyes wide open about the way the threats are interconnected with one another. maria: for sure, great analysis, goo

the president's national security adviser, jake has been in touch with his israeli counterpart, and moments ago we got the first statement from the white house national security council spokesperson writing that, the u.s. unequivocally condemns the unprovoked attacks by hamas terrorists, and there's never any justification for terrorism, and we stand firmly with the government and people of israel and extend our condolences for the israeli lives lost in these attacks. we also saw a statement online from the acting u.s. ambassador to israel. she talked about israel's right to defend itself and said that she was sickened by images coming out of southern israel. she saw dead and wounded, civilians. her statement ends, the united states stands with israel. we know that the u.s. embassy there has been issuing alerts telling americans to remain vigilant, that the u.s. embassy personnel are sheltering in place. of course, it was just two weeks ago that president biden met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu here in new york at the general assembly. the president that day, of course, described the u.s./israeli relationship as ironclad, but this morning we are stil

this comes after hamas released to a macon hostages on friday, at the white house national security councilation that is john kirby said in a press briefing the u.s. will be postured appropriately in the middle east as fears grow the israel hamas war could escalate into a regional conflict, at least 5007 debtor people have been killed so far including 1400 israelis and 32 americans. the war enters its third week, let's go live to mike tobin and asko on israel with the very latest. >> the very latest is a release of the two hostages. a couple of sources speaking with fox news trey yingst that these two have been released in the is militant wing of hamas has released out to the general public say in a couple of israelis have both been released, they are fairly old 79 and 80 years old they are not said to be in good health, that could be a factor in the release. hamas is saying they're doing on humanitarian grounds with this particular release, people on the periphery there are many people within the negotiations talking about people on the periphery are very suspicious about the hamas tactic

the white house national security council confirming several americans are among the dead. new videos showing how under the cover of rockets, hamas fighters infiltrated israel by a paraglider. this music festival, one of their first targets. israeli emergency services say, 260 people were killed here. >> they were just all around me, and they were going and shooting -- everywhere, from two sides, and so many people were dying all around. >> here, a festival goer screams for help as she is dragged into gaza. her boyfriend's hand behind her back, helpless to save her. her name is noah, a 25-year-old student. the only child of her father. no what is seen inside gaza here, apparently unharmed. >> if you could speak to the people who are holding noah, what would you tell them? please do not her, her place did not hurt her, this is a cry for my father, did not hurt her, send her back in one piece. thank you. please. we reach the southern city of -- where bullet casings crunch underfoot. evidence of the thousands of rounds fired here. >> this is all that is left of an israeli poli

white house national security council john kirby saying they shouldn't have taken hostages i the first place. and to take anything hamas says with a, "huge grain of salt." jack ibanez is live with what w are learning tonight. jackie peter, hi, trace. president biden facing growing pressure to save americans bein held hostage in gaza is a war between israel and hamas is willing to its second week. we are working this literally b the hour but we are not going t get ahead of where we are into the policy options since we don't have necessarily all the information we need to try to get them home. >> today iran's foreign administrator said hamas leader are ready to release non-israel hostages. but they cannot until israel stops bombing gaza. the binder administration is taking this with a grain of s salt. national security council coordinator john kirby said, "i cannot comment on the reports that hamas might be willing to negotiate. they shouldn't have how they hostages in the first place. they should release them immediately." is a colligative matter that usurpers are missin key information

strategic communications coordinator at the white house national security council kirby in response tonce, talks about sanctions. even if at the moment there is no direct evidence of iran's involvement in this attack. does the us think iran needs to pay some price or should there be some kind of retribution for supporting hamas all this time? the question is almost, and i'm not picking on you, but it implies that we are only now waking up to the fact that they supported hamas, hezbollah and other terrorist organizations. hamas is one of the terrorist networks with the most severe sanctions on the planet, and iran, my god, we have imposed sanctions on about 400-odd organizations, the conflict is rapidly growing. the idf is checking reports of a hezbollah incursion into lebanese airspace and deploying its reservists in towns along the border. tension is growing in the north of the country, where a second war front is emerging on israel's border with lebanon. israeli troops exchanged blows with hezbollah forces. the cbs television channel witnessed the massive transfer of tanks and soldie

a spokesperson forthe white house national security council toldbcews that the u.s. assesses that israel was not responsible for the explosion that killed -- -- thousands of protesters clashed with security forces in turkey, prompting israel's national security council to urge israeli citizens there to leave as soon as possible. police used water cannons to disperse protesters, who tried to enter the israeli consulate in a stan bowl. thousands gathered outside the u.s. and israeli embassies in amman, jordan yesterday, and scores attempted to storm the israeli embassy there as well. in lebanon, the u.s. state department issued its highest level of travel advisory, a level four do not travel warning. part of that warning was about the massive demonstrations that erupted yesterday, and the potential for violence from enraged protesters. but the top line warning in that travel advisory was about the increased exchanges of fire between israel and the terrorist group hezbollah, on the lebanon israel border, and the potential for this war to open up a whole new front. joinin

that was drafted by the national security council input provided by agencies the whole of government the implementation is done through a whole of government approach the white houseic strategy, our u.s. and a pacific strategy does not shy away from recognizing the threat china presents to the region. that's identified in the first page of the end of pacific strategy. that is the context in which the end of pacific strategy is developed. my point earlier is simply that china is a part of the region we have a china strategy that is within the actions across the region strategy for the region is fundamentally ensuring the peace that's really where the focus is it the whole of government approach that's absolutely in alignment with the other strategies that you mentioned. >> okay i'm going to go to one question for the virtual audience and over too next. this is from kevin wheeler as a military member i appreciate your comments and multilateralism as a viable way forward strong bonds. my concern comes from motivate the next generation to share our vision. how do we get the american people excited about the strategy? what positive information campaigns for the good th

a spokesperson for the white house national security council told nbc news that the u.s. assesses that israel was not responsible for the explosion that killed -- -- thousand of protesters clashed with security forces in turkey, prompting israel's national security council to urge israeli citizens there to leave as soon as possible. police used water cannons to disperse protesters, who tried to enter the israeli consulate in a stan bowl. thousands gathered outside the >> and it's not clear the air patience will take the assessment of israel and the united states. last night into today, there were massive protests across the middle east and north africa, in egypt, yemen and tunisia and iraq. in iran, there were chants of death to france, england, america and the sinus. in the west bank, two teenage palestinian protesters were killed by israeli defense forces, the idf. thousands of protesters clashed with security forces in turkey, prompting israel's national security council to urge israeli citizens there to leave as soon as possible. police used water cannons to disperse

the news coming as we await a white house press briefing, set to begin any moment now, a live look inside the white house. national security council spokesman john kirby will be joining karine jean-pierre as pressure is building for president biden to rescue those americans held captive by hamas at this hour. hello, welcome. sandra smith in new york. >> john: i'm john roberts in washington and this is "america reports." it is now 8:00 p.m. in israel, and here is what we know right now. more than 150 hostages are being held in gaza, among them, some 20 americans. israel warning gaza of a potential ground offensive imminently. >> sandra: and the first batch of u.s. weapons we can report is in the hands of the israelis, as a u.s. aircraft carrier has arrived at israel's shores, sending a stark message to those in the region. >> john: fox team coverage across the global in the next two hours and the breaking news of the war in israel. let's go straight to our trey yingst live on the ground in the southern part of the country. what's the latest where you are? >> good afternoon, we have returned from a small community that sits just ove

antony blinken is in israel where he is meeting with officials, earlier today on msnbc white house national security councils about the ongoing negotiations to help those fleeing. >> the humanitarian situation in gaza is getting worse by the day, if not by the hour. there are thousands and thousands of people, now, that have left the north part of gaza, and are trying to get down south to that rafah gate. we want to make sure they can get out. >> joining us now is nbc's mona gallego. are there any plans for the president to go to israel? he's been invited to go. >> reporter: the invitation was extended by benjamin netanyahu and the white house is taking it under consideration, having all of the necessary conversations you can imagine would accompany a request like this, any kind of presidential travel, even when the president is going somewhere domestically or internationally for a summit requires so much security planning, so many logistical considerations so imagine adding to that the potential for any kind of a trip into an active war zone, and then you can really kind of contemplate what they might be t

national security advisor of the trump administration, america first policy institute, center for american security co-chair, and we welcome richard goldberg, senior adviser at the foundation for defense of democracies and formerly white house national security councilirector. general keith, my friend, it just -- you know -- [laughter] you tell me, okay? this guy, kirby -- but kirby's not alone, i just happened to single him out because he went on this stupid, goofball show. but the fact remains with all this the hand-wringing, we always worried that iran will escalate. guess what? they've already escalated. they've been escalating for a couple of years under this policy of appeasement which has given them $80 billion or more in foreign exchange and energy reserves. keith, this is no way to run a railroad, this is no way to run a national defense or national security policy. >> yeah, larry. thanks for having me. look, they're living in an alternative universe, one that i didn't -- i was never part of and neither were you. thank the lord for that. look, i want to remind everybody listening, there are 33 dead americans from the attack by hamas into israel. 33. 12, plus or minus, are missing right now. and you've got to show strength. the fact of the m

white house national security council spokesman john kirby said we're looking at one or two days, asoon as that road is repaired. but even then, you know, people inside gaza, people in the south who have evacuated there say that it is a major undertaking just finding food and drinking water every single day. 20 trucks a day won't cut it. they desperately need more. that is what the united nations has been saying. it's not clear when that will happen. one more thing, i know richard mentioned the issue of fuel. that is not something that the israelis were willing to agree upon. this deal includes transport of food, water, and medicine, not fuel. jose, ana. >> kelly cobiella, thank you so very much. >>> we continue to monitor those images in gaza where it appears the air strikes are underway this morning. obviously it's the afternoon there. we see more smoke coming from big buildings right there in gaza city. let's head to the white house now because president biden has since returned from his trip to israel. peter, what can we expect to hear from president biden's address tonight? >> r

moments ago we just got a statement from the white house national security council asserting that israeld on the intelligence they've acquired, is not responsible for that explosion at the hospital in gaza yesterday. this follows president biden on the world stage asserting that he has seen sufficient evidence to convince him that the israeli defense forces are not e horror the gaza hospital. two stories with hugely important consequences across the globe and cnn is on the front lines of both. i'm jake tapper in washington. >> and i'm dana bash on capitol hill where we still have a speakerless house of representatives. in minutes, jim jordan plans to take his second shot at the speakership on the house floor. tuesday's vote did not go well. 20 republican defectors say he is not fit to hold the gavel, well more than jordan's sources tell us that they expected and today the ohio republican needs to hold his entire conference minus four republicans, a tall order considering what happened just a little less than 24 hours ago. >> and i'm sara sidner in israel where the american president has

and joining us from the white house is national security council coordinator for strategic communicationsng that the u.s. is waiting for we need to get the palestinian americans ouch the gaza strip, talking about it being safe enough to do so. what details can you give about the efforts and what is currently the holdup? >> this is a very complex set of discussions we're trying to have with multiple partners, egyptians, and those with direct communications with hamas. we don't. it's imperative to find safe passage out of the strip for people desperate to leave, including 700 americans very hard at work trying to get out. hamas is holding this up predominantly. they're the ones that won't allow the gate to open on their side. we're working on this hard. i wish i had better news. i wish i could tell you there was a time line and schedule for it. it's at the top of our list of things to get done, and we're still at it. >> you're saying hamas is holding it up. what happens when the gates open and aid goes through. i don't understand the logistics there. >> there's a difference between getting

look like some of those were the same national security council officials who'd at the white house and prepared documents in the past. but that was too much for trump i took it back. i stayed up all with one of our top counterterrorism at dhs, and we rewrote that memo. and the title was something absurd. this is very close to what it actually was called, afghanistan how to put america first and when exclamation point, 28 point font, bold. and then in the text it said, right now, the terrorists think we are, but we don't want be losers if we want to be winners, we've got to show them that we're tough and to be tough. dot, dot dot and then in bullet points the recommendations we had for not precipitously pulling our forces from afghanistan shipped that off to the white house i sent it to mike pompeo at the cia i sent it to secretary of tillerson. i sent it across the administration. they went into the war cabinet with that document. i'm relieved to say that at least in that moment, trump was convinced that he did not want to be a loser. he wanted to be winner, and he ended up making a se

well, the kidding of why was family was raised at a white house briefing by the us national security council spokesman. white house correspondent, kimberly healthcare attended that briefing. the national security spokesperson, john kirby says, the president has little confidence in the numbers release 5, because a controlled health ministry because it is controlled by him. us and the white house maintains that her mazda is a terror organization. and even though the us state department has at times use those very same casualty numbers. the white house says they have no credibility. it says that they don't dispute that. there is a rising number of civilians being killed. but at the same time, they cannot verify those numbers. i did ask specifically john kirby to react to the death of the family. members of al jazeera, arabic correspondent, and bureau cheese, whiles i do. and here's what he had to say about whether or not algebra journalists are specifically being targeted. doesn't believe the targeting journalist at all in any way is appropriate, but i can't speak to the specifics of that case

. >> white house national security council spokesman john kirby joined press secretary karine john. to update reporters on the unrest in the middle east. the white house clarified the administration stance on anti-semitism and discussed recent attacks on u.s. troops overseas. the briefing is just under one hour. >> good afternoon, good afternoon everybody. want to make that the clear at the top. i understand how important clarity is, especially now. when jews are targeted because of their beliefs or their identity, when israel is singled out because of anti-jewish hatred, that is anti-semitism. that is acceptable. there is no place for anti-semitism,. ,. it is important to the president and to meet personally, and everyone in the administration. following the hamas terror attacks in israel, the deadliest for juice since the holocaust, the president has been consistent and clear that we must all do our part and forcefully speak out against anti-semitism. and we must ensure that there is no place for hate in america. not against jews, muslims, arab americans, palestinian americans, or

when we asked the white house in the national security council about that information. they were able to confirm that there are u.s. citizens who are unaccounted for at this point and the work is still happening around the clock to figure out exactly who those people are and where they are and what condition they may be in. >> i understand, i'm sure that's the top priority for the biden administration. the state party as well. all right, gentlemen. msnbc's ali velshi, alan carol crest, thank you both so much. as mentioned, the united states is ramping up how it is supporting israel. senior white house correspondent gabe gutierrez has more. with the fighting raising and gaza, congress paralyzed and unable to act without a house speaker. there are mounting questions about future u.s. aid to israel. >> any sort of additional procreation would require a functional house representative. we'd like to see that situation was all this is possible. >> the u.s. already provides 3.8 billion dollars a year in military assistance to israel. one of its closest allies. president biden

back to us the newsbreak spear deputy national national security adviser under presiden trump, white house national security counciljust want to put this up. we talked about former attorney general bill barr and the secretary of state, mike moore pompeo was on "fox news sunday" and he had this to say about middle eastern worries. >> i worry greatly that hezbollah and lebanon and the israelis on the ground in syria today will seize this moment to do even more harm to the peace that we had built out of the middle east over our few years in office. >> if i was hezbollah in the north come israelis use to get an attack from multiple sides o this would be a pivotal one. >> i think that is right that this is the time when israel needs unequivocal support from the united states. i was glad when president biden said on saturday that america's support for israel is rocksolid. we know that his support has no been rocksolid through his presidency. he's constantly criticized benjamin netanyahu and he's snubbed yet not yahoo by not giving him a white house visit. giving hundreds of millions of dollars, which the administration k

that depravity which i discussed led to this response from white house official national security council spokesman john kirby when i asked about some of the immanuels we've been seeing on "the lead" just a few minutes ago. >> i -- i -- sorry. it's very -- excuse me. it's very difficult to look at these images, jake, at the human cost. these are human beings. they're family members, friends, loved ones, cousins, brothers, sisters. it's difficult and i apologize. >> of course, he has nothing to apologize for. some of the images had to deal with elderly people at a bus stop who had been slaughtered. young women taken hostage, their pants filled with blood because of being repeatedly raped. our coverage starts with nic robertson in re'im israel where hamas, reportedly young women raped next to the dead bodies of their friends. now you're in sderot miles from the gaza border. israel has been people melling gaza all day. what do you expect will happen this evening? >> jake, i was hoping we might talk -- i'm emotional by listening to the testimony of the people that you were talking to just the

by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap.org] >> live shortly the white house briefing will begin. the national security council's john kirby will be at the briefing today as the war in israel continues. also expecting questions to come up about the election for a new house speaker. we'll watch and wait live here at the white house for the briefing to begin. >> spence committees, representative hill guest: i think what's the most important thing in my view is that we have consensus. that's what's lacking. we need consensus. it's hard to achieve after what our conference went through last week. last week was a disaster. it was bad for the house of representatives. it was bad for kevin mccarthy, who in my view was doing an excellent job leading the house republicans. and it was bad for our country. the first time in over 200 years that this has happened. i think that's a problem. but that means it's hard to get out of the hard feelings that people have from last week and find consensus. host: speaking of hard feelings, what's the mood towards the

the american government, the white house, the national security council still not giving us any clearbers on that, probably for security reasons. they have also received no proof of life videos. we saw the video from the french israeli citizen a few days ago that was posted. we have had no videos like that from any american citizen that we are aware of, but the american government is said to be keeping in close contact with the israeli government. joe biden speaking to benjamin netanyahu once again this morning just for this news came to light. i've spoken with some analysts in the united states who said that these hostages being released as a release of pressure almost four hamas, as a way to get israel to delay any impending ground invasions they could be planning, which is actually expected to be imminent. we know the israeli government has given the green light to the army to eradicate hamas, it says, but that does not necessarily mean they will release the other 200 hostages who are currently being held. a spokesperson a few moments ago saying that even though these hostages has

national security team to find new information that perhaps they did obtain new information. we just don't know what that is and reached out to the white house and national security council to figure out exactly what did transpire overnight and whether anything informed the president's significant shift when he was sitting next to prime minister netanyahu this morning where he said that he believed that the hospital strike was carried out by the other team and essentially was backing israel's assessment of who was responsible for that attack. that is a significant departure from where the president was just before his departure, even though the republican statements did say that they did not know who was behind the attack, i'm told by my own sources that when advisers briefed the president before his departure that the u.s. did not even draw a conclusion behind closed doors and at that time we're not even certain they could draw one in a timely manner. that being said, they are certainly downplaying the expectations for any deliverables on this visit with a critical cancellation of that summit in jordan. officials telling me that if the president is able to show his support and so