about this cia director william burns said during a speech at a forum organized by the george w. center in texas. according to him, ukraine is currently going through a difficult moment on the battlefield, because it is running out of ammunition, and the united states has time to help it. therefore, says the top american intelligence, congressmen have no right to delay. mr. burns believes that without the approval of the us congress , there will be new avdiyivka for additional financing of aid to kyiv, but in the case of washington's continued support for kyiv, the armed forces of ukraine will be able in 2024, says william burns, to maintain positions on the battlefield, as well as to continue striking deep into crimea. and interestingly, during this speech , the chief american intelligence officer also mentioned how the united states of america transmitted intelligence information. to the russians before the terrorist attack in crocus city hall on march 22 of this year in the suburbs of moscow, he once again assured that this information had been passed on, at the same time they

cia director william burns said this during a speech at a forum organized by the george bush jr.ter in texas. according to him, ukraine is currently experiencing a difficult moment on the battlefield, as it is running out of ammunition, and usa time to help her. so says the main american intelligence officer. congressmen have no right to delay. mr. burns believes that without the approval by the us congress of additional funding for aid to kyiv, there will be new avdiyivkas, but if washington continues to support kyiv, the armed forces of ukraine will be able to maintain their positions on the battlefield in 2024, says william burns, and also continue striking deep into crimea . and what is interesting, i remembered during this performance. america's top spy and how the united states of america passed intelligence to the russians before the terrorist attack in crocus city hall on march 22 of this year in the suburbs of moscow, he once again assured that this information had been passed on, at the same time they had passed on all the available information that they had for the rus

cia director william burns said that without an american aid package ukraine will lose the war by the end of this year. on friday, the house of representatives of the american congress, with the votes of both democrats and republicans, voted on the procedure for consideration of draft laws on assistance to foreign partners, in particular. ukraine. the long-awaited review of aid to kyiv will begin this saturday, april 20, at 9 a.m. washington time. this is 16 after kyiv. we at the voice of america will conduct a special broadcast, follow how legislators will vote, communicate with experts and activists who advocated aid to ukraine and to inform you about the progress of this historic decision for ukraine. on whether congress will be able to vote on aid this weekend and what to expect? we are talking with kateryna lisonova. hello katya. congratulations greetings to our viewers. katya, today there was an important procedural decision on the consideration of this draft law. democrats and republicans showed very broad bipartisan support. tell me more about it. in fact, the important vote t

twenty-one, the american media it was assumed that the secret visit to moscow of the head of the cia, william burnss connected with the investigation of the havana syndrome. but a year later, the office of the head of us national intelligence officially declared that russia or any other foreign state was not involved in all incidents. we continue to closely review abnormal health incidents, particularly in areas that we have identified as requiring additional research and analysis. most agencies have concluded that it is highly unlikely that a foreign adversary is responsible for these incidents. they hastened to carefully disown the groundless speculations of the investigators in the white house. choose words. the intelligence community did not come to that conclusion, of course, the intelligence community prepared the assessment, so i must refer the question to the office of the director of national intelligence for his assessment. fear of sonic or microwave weapons has been circulating in the west for a long time. back in the early seventies, in one of the bond series called "live and let die, s

afraid of getting on the wrong side of history, and the compass was a meeting with the head cia william burnsot help but consult with him before supporting the laws. we often discuss whether the american approach to ukraine will change if the republicans win in november? despite donald trump's image as an outrageous firebrand, the room for change is smaller than it seems. let's rely on trump's first term, which is the only thing we can turn to when guessing about his second term. so, despite all the speculation around it. you could say trump was pretty a traditional republican president. during his time, two new countries joined nato. military support for ukraine continued, whether he knew it or not. and american spending on european security has not decreased under him. on the contrary, in spite of all the fossils they grew. he did not rise to the level of ronald reagan or george w. bush.

meeting, taking place and coming out in cairo that will be attended by his director of the c i, a william burns. now this is viewed by the, by the end of ministration as a critical meeting in terms of achieving a c spy, in terms of him getting more humanitarian aid into gaza. and in terms of affecting a release of the captives being held in gaza in return for the release of palestinian prisoners any as well. they come out here has joined mexico and causing diplomatic ties with the equitable it's in response to ecuadorian, plays writing the mexican embassy in kito, where they rested the form of vice president george floss have been seeking political asylum the since december or the number of people killed in the russian veteran and miss armstrong, kentucky was no reason to h all forward. he say residential areas and high rise buildings in ukraine, 2nd largest city with a target at least 3 people have died and over 2000 evacuated. dr. damn, was breached in the russian city of us. the flood has affected more than 4000 times and about 11000 people in the region. officials say that that was breached

they will also significantly be attended by an israeli delegation and cia director william burns. holly williams leads us off from tel aviv. >> reporter: at a funeral on friday for seven members of the revolutionary guards killed in a suspected israeli airstrike, iran vowed to take revenge and that is fueling fears the israel-hamas war could widen into a regional conflict. tonight, across israel, there were protests against the government. many here are demanding the country's leaders do more to bring the remaining hostages home. around 130 are thought to be in gaza though some of them are believed dead. the body of one of them was captured by israel's military in an overnight raid. he was kidnapped from his home in kibbutz on october 7th, appeared in two hostage videos and was murdered by militants in january, according to an israeli military official. he could have been saved if there had been a deal on time, his sister posted on social media. but our leadership is cowardly. an internal investigation was released on friday into how israel's military killed seven world central kit

the twenty-first year, the american media assumed that the secret visit to moscow of the head of william burns syndrome investigation, but a year later the office of the director of national intelligence officially declared that russia or any other foreign country was not involved in all incidents. we continue to closely review abnormal health incidents, particularly in areas that we have identified as requiring additional research and analysis. most agencies have concluded that it is very low. it is likely that a foreign adversary is responsible for these incidents. they hastened to disown the groundless speculations of the investigators in the white house, choosing their words carefully. the intelligence community did not come to that conclusion, of course, the intelligence community prepared the assessment, so i must refer the question to the office of the director of national intelligence for his assessment. the fear of sonic or microwave weapons has been circulating in the west for a long time, back in the early seventies in one of the bond series called "live and let die", sound attacks

cia director william burns warned us congressmen that if they do not approve aid to ukraine now, kyiv may lose the war by the end of the year, burns' words were quoted by politico. he emphasized that thanks to military support, ukrainians are quite capable of holding out during 2024 and destroying the plans of the russian dictatorship. however, if the aid does not pass through congress, the picture will be much worse, he warned burns. his statement came after house speaker mike johnson unveiled his foreign aid package. and the united states vetoed the draft resolution on granting palestine full membership in the united nations. palestine is not carrying out the necessary reforms, and the resolution of the conflict should be... through negotiations between israel and the palestinians, explained the decision by the us deputy permanent representative to the un, robert wood. 12 members of the security council, including russia and china, voted in support of the resolution. switzerland and great britain abstained. currently, palestine is an observer. bird talk, trendy or timeless. the lviv

with the biden administration sending william burns, the head of the cia, for the latest round of talks us can apply on israel and hamas to find a truce? 01+. privately there is a great deal of pressure, publicly secretary has said we continue to have this typical conversation with the israeli government and part of the challenge is that it is unclear how much pressure is being applied to hamas. their greatest ally in the region is iran and while perjury does not want to see the situation boil out of control, they, no doubt are pleased that right now israel is on the defensive and that gives them a lot of room to manoeuvre. tehran has promised retaliation for the strike on its consulate in damascus, and accuses the us of giving a �*green light�* to israel for the attack. are you worried by the risk of regional escalation? we have already seen regional escalation. occasionally with respect to lebanon, clearly with respect to the houthis and the red sea, i think iran likes to keep this at a simmer. it is worried about it boiling over, and in fact, since the exchange of fire and attacks on

william burns, the cia head will be in cairo today for final talks on what happened last week betweendelegations and the indirect negotiations that happen. there will also be a meeting in the israeli cabinet today to look into what they have agreed. we don't know much about what they have agreed on, but we know the position of each party. hamas with a full withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza. they want the return other refugees northern gaza. they want talks about permanent ceasefire. israel wants to continue the war, obviously, after opposing fighting where hostages and would be exchanged and hamas want to avoid people being killed in that exchange. where are we in this position? we really do not know. we know also about the numbers that are going to be exchanged. there will be a0 hostages in the hands of hamas, mostly women and elderly, including women soldiers. an exchange of 700 palestinian prisoners in israeli prisons. this is roughly what we know about it. the position of the israeli cabinet is also clear. they want to pursue the war and as the bbc article said by aggression

although the united states uses a relatively new tool, intelligence diplomacy, because ex-diplomat william burns headed the cia, the central intelligence agency, so he tries to use his previous career to try to get information that he available at your new place of service. during the negotiations, how well he succeeds, we will find out a little later, when he writes another book, but not yet, but i emphasize that for example, the head of the turkish foreign ministry, this is a long-term, experienced head of the turkish secret service mit, so in this world you never know if he is negotiating as someone, as a diplomat, or under his cloak? something else, that is why contacts can theoretically take place, because diplomats can be on duty in traditional cover institutions at the same time, spies can be there, in particular in russia, mr. minister, look, this is also a theoretical issue, purely theoretical, because i do not want to disclose secrets, maybe it is a secret, maybe not a secret, it's purely theoretical energy to me. say, hint that they are surprised that the intensive bombing of the ener

perhaps, in particular, this week , cia director william burns spoke before the congressmen. he directly warned the american... legislators that if you don't vote, ukraine will fall. there is a very real risk that the ukrainians may lose the battlefield by the end of 2024, or at least put putin in a position where he can essentially dictate the terms of a political settlement. it is not only about russian aggression, but also about china's cronyism, its ambitions and our allies and partners in the indo-pacific region. it's really a question of whether our adversaries understand the... and do our allies and partners understand it? however, there is another explanation why speaker johnson agreed to put the bill to the vote without reference to the issue of security of the us-mexico border, which republicans have insisted on before, is donald trump. thanks to the support of the ex-president, the little-known congressman from louisiana mike johnson headed the lower house of the parliament of the most powerful country in the world, and his opinion for johnson. weighs much more tha

in particular, this week cia director william burns addressed the congressmen.ly warned american lawmakers if you don't vote. on the decline. there is a very real risk that the ukrainians could lose the battlefield by the end of 2024, or at least put putin in a position where he can essentially dictate the terms of a political settlement. it is not only about russian aggression, as well as china's posture, its ambitions, and our allies and partners in the indo-pacific region. it is really a question of whether our adversaries understand ours.

coming to a head at a meeting in cairo on sunday, when among others, the director of the c i, a william burns will be representing the us, as well as intelligence feed us from other parties to this ongoing crisis. they will be discussing the possibility of a c spy along with ways in which to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. so this is a critical point, but very clearly united states is now in box on a multi pronged way of attempt to get agreement on a ceasefire among all the parties. and this is something that it hopes will be achieved on sunday in cairo. now the us has made very clear that in order to get humanitarian aid into gaza to alleviate the absolute crisis, the, it is actually essential that a cease fire be put in place by kind of, i'll just sierra washington. russia has launched 5 missiles on you. kai and southern city of operation killing at least 2 people and in june of 19 others, including a 9 year old boy. the attacks damaged several, the residential buildings and an industrial facility alia russia, if used cables attacking these operation nuclear power plants. b

a director william burns also attended. the mediation on washington says how mazda is now reviewing. the latest proposal is riley negotiate as will lead by the head of the intelligence agency. most sad, less. bringing laurie chapman's. he's and all the parties tourist lim, rory, what have you heard so far from these rarely is about the tools of the will start the mind delegates of less now and then taking with them a set of new proposals to discuss with the so you paid or is this a lot of noise coming out of the monument or from the battery? is different policies involved in these negotiations difficult at the moment. so what kind of want to signal is that you know that noise, but here's what we know so far. so that's cautious, optimism from bike the categories, and the egyptians with the cast reform administer the spikes best and citing the the deal of a discussing. it would be some sort of a 3 stage c spot with the 1st stage, focusing mainly on humanitarian issues and egyptian officials. it's been quite a, it's in a diffe

coming to a head at a meeting in cairo on sunday, when among others, the director of the c i, a william burns will be representing the us, as well as intelligence leaders from other parties to this ongoing crisis. they will be discussing the possibility of a cease fire along with ways in which to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. so this is a critical point, but very clearly the united states is now in box on a multi pronged way of attempt to get agreement on a ceasefire among all the parties. and this is something that did hopes will be achieved on sunday in cairo. now the us has made very clear that in order to get to mandatory an 8 into gaza, to alleviate the absolute crisis, the it is actually essential that a cease fire be put in place by kind of, i'll just sarah washington. the impression is now in mexico, as president says, his country will break diplomatic ties with a equitable this comes off to police in key to arrested form of weiss president hold hey, gloss was being seeking refuge in the mexican embassy offices, stone, the embassy on friday, taking blossom to custod

question of american support for ukraine has gone on too long and it is his view, and the view of william burns american help, ukraine will lose this war. so you could say this vote is about ukraine's future. and that view has been reinforced by europe's inability to plug the gap left by europe over the recent months, as well as russia's capitalising on it as well. it seized the eastern town and has taken hundreds of square kilometres more of ukrainian territory. it is on the outskirts of another town in the east so that is much more concerning for kyiv. this is welcome news. this american equipment could arrive quickly but it is not the silver bullet it was once seen as that would allow ukraine to win. it is simply about keeping ukraine in this fight. talk us through is the latest movements in terms of drone strikes that have come from ukraine to russia. it is a continuation of ukraine using small, unmanned drones packed with explosives, that they manufacture in ukraine. they are continuing to launch them into russia itself, despite the hesitancy or nervousness from its western allies over tho

meeting, taking place and coming out in cairo that will be attended by his director of the c i a william burns. now this is viewed by the, by the end of ministration as a critical meeting in terms of achieving a cx 5 in terms of even getting more humanitarian aid into gaza. and in terms of the effecting a release of the captives being held in gaza in return for the release of kind of sitting in prison is any as well. so this is something that is being very closely watched by the, by an administrative sion at a time when pressure is mounting because of its policy towards israel. my kind of, i'll just say, or washington, well for weeks as well as military carried out, rates on dollars is i'll ship a hospital calls the extensive damage to what was was the strips law just medical complex. the troops for 3 on monday and the world health organization team has since and to the facility to assess the devastation. we have a body polls, an empty shell with human grief, or that's how the world health organization describe the state of, of she for hospital one scholars of the largest and most vast medical

meeting, taking place and coming out in cairo that will be attended by his director of the c i a william burns. now this is viewed by the, by the end of ministration as a critical meeting in terms of achieving a c spy, in terms of him getting more humanitarian aid into gaza. and in terms of effecting a release of the captives being held in gaza in return for the release of public opinion, prisoners any as well. so this is something that is being very closely watched by the, by an administration at a time when pressure is mounting because of its policy towards israel. my kind of, i'll just the era washington is really a strong, some struck several areas and 11 honest because that a, the area as deep inside level fall from the border region where most strikes have been taking place. no casualties have been reported separately. hezbollah says it's down and is really drawn over lebanese tower tree. $75.00 is have been killed and israeli attacks and southern 11 on over the past 24 hours. the think of the other one has joined mexico. in caution diplomatic ties with ecuador, it's in response to a rai

meeting, taking place and coming out in cairo that will be attended by his director of the c i a william burns. now this is viewed by the, by the end of ministration as a critical meeting in terms of achieving a ceasefire. in terms of him getting more humanitarian aid into gaza. and in terms of effecting a release of the captives being held in gaza in return for the release of palestinian prisoners any as well. so this is something that is being very closely watched by the, by an administrative sion at a time when pressure is mounting because of its policy towards israel. my kind of out is there a washington. the ceremony is getting underway. no longer to mont facility. at the end of the 3 of the 1994 genocide in just 100 days for 2, munitions kills more than 800000 people upon the estimate to see mine archie motor, it's from the hook to majority. it began with the assassination of the who's, who president of juvenile have you had him on a, which was blame the tootsie rebels who they belong to in patriotic from shooting down his plane. they all pay us denied involvement between april and july,

because as we heard from the c, i, a director william burns, he said, the real fear is if this doesn't pass and it weapons don't get to ukraine's that they could lose direction 2024. so the pentagon says the aid, if it's past the weapons, will start shipping in within days. so all i is right now on the crane. the road has just started too early to tell, but it seems likely to pass, but i'll keep. all right, patty will speak to you at the top of the next hour. thanks so much for the time being. uh, that's it for me as well for the time being or what's coming up next is the weather . and then inside story will be examining the impact of india as general election. and as always, you can head online for all the latest stories. our website is alpha 0 talk. com. thanks for watching. bye for now. the on the low theres been more flooding in southwest saudi arabia once again and ask for providence we get that much rain. that fast water logged, the roads here. still the threat of more rain falling along the huge as mountains here in southwest saudi arabia. also around you have been seen some bur

coming to a head at a meeting in cairo on sunday, when among others, the director of the c i, a william burns will be representing the us, as well as intelligence feed us from other parties to this ongoing crisis. they will be discussing the possibility of a c spy along with ways in which to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. so this is a critical point, but very clearly the united states is now in box on a multi pronged way of attempt to get agreement on a ceasefire among all the parties. and this is something that it hopes will be achieved on sunday in cairo. now the us has made very clear that in order to get to mandatory an 8 into gaza, to alleviate the absolute crisis there, it is actually essential that to cease 5 be put in place by kind of, i'll just sarah washington. the columbia is asked to join south africa's genocide case against is ro, at the international court of justice and his application, columbia cold on the you ends on his goal to ensure the safety of the very existence of the palestinian people. last week, the only c j judges ordered as well to take all neces

a william burns intelligence chief from the interested parties would also be taking part. and the question of a ceasefire will be discussed and hopefully resulted certainly if the us has anything to do with the team really wants to get that's the spot into place. the us position has been very clearly, but a c spot is intent is absolutely essential. if you are going to get him monetary an aide into gaza, in addition to that, the release of those hostages being held in gaza, the captives being held in gaza, the palestinian prison is being held in israel. now this has been a template of some kind of potential deal and exchange of those captains from gaza in exchange for palestinian prisoners in egypt. now that is what is going to be discussed further on sunday. the letters from the president to the lead is off of kata and egypt trying to ramp up pressure. just as is conversation with the is ray, the prime minister was attempted to get him to move along in terms of creating the conditions in which a ceasefire can take place and in which the captives can be released and the pal

caa director william burns highlights u.s. foreign aid to ukraine and the role look at play in repelling russia's invasion during an event in dallas. director burns also discussed china, the situation in the middle east and u.s. intelligence sharing. dr. burns was introduced by a former republican president, george w. bush. >> first of all, i want to thank today's panelist. the discussions were relevant, fascinating, intelligent, and we can't thank you enough for participating in our conference. secondly, i hope a lesson from the conversation was that if the united states withdraws, the world gets worse. and that if we expect to be secure at home, we had better worry about the lives of others abroad. [applause] he works at the george bush intelligence center which in my case is not oxymoronic. we are really lucky to have them here today. he is knowledgeable, he is a thoughtful guy. so please welcome to the stage cia director bill burns. [applause] >> you are famous. >> yes, sir. william cowan -- david: i am the executive direc

well, there is also the gas sector, among other things, which is now being destroyed, so william burnssals for the exchange of hostages, but this proposal was sent to hamas, hamas, naturally, rejected this proposal, now everything hangs in the air again, in these conditions, such a proposal is made, what do you think will happen, well, probably, it would be difficult to choose a better time for such a step, because now it is inconvenient for everyone, neither great britain, nor france, nor the united states of america, who could veto , they won’t do this now, there have been a number of statements from american western politicians that palestine should be created, and now it turns out that they are being held accountable for their own words, i think that the united states, namely biden will make a statement in the spirit of what is right and good, after which they will... nuclear weapons, listen to the statement of the president of shahid bishitri university, mahmoud riza agameri. now, according to the fetfa of the revolution, the construction of an atomic bomb is prohibited, but the q

this deal that comes from the cia director william burns has the boss would release 40 of the 100 hostagesange for 900 palestinian prisoners from israeli jails included 100 that are serving long sentences because of terrorism related charges. how are we supposed to believe that hamas is going to release any of the hostages. we should just believe that that is going to happen? >> they released the hostages back in november. i think it's likely going to happen but the difficulty has been over the number of palestinians that they won't release. they want to be able to pick who they want released and of course there picking the people who have the most serious charges against them and leaders of the organization so they can get back out and strengthen the fight against israelis they have certainly been pushing back on that. but the pressure in stressing the enough is on israel not on hamas. as i said before were strengthening hamas' hands by wire brushing israel and public by the way we continue to do. maria: that is right. it is been unnerving to watch this a public fight, trying to isolate i

cia chief william burns said shy that is by far -- china is by far a bigger threat than russia and chinat and he's encouraged that the u.s. is continuing to talk with chinese leadership. maybe a little poly anna but that's jamie dimon. stuart: thanks, ash. you've got to look at this. squatters in new york city can now get free lawyers. can you believe that? well, that's new york and that's america. the full story coming up. biden authorized hundreds of thousands of work permits for venezuelan migrants. one restaurant owner in chicago says that's offensive and it's unfair. that business owner joins us next. stuart: nice gain for the dow and up 303 points and solid nasdaq up 9 o 0* and s&p up 306789 we got green today and lou basenese along for the ride for the hour and he's got stock picks. dock u -- doc u sign? is that oj simpson's lawyer? >> no, we use that multiple time as day and that's true of my businesses. in a tough tape and a market where we're see ago lot of red, want to focus on companies that are consistently putting up e arnings growth and docu sign has come up with that. stu

william burns in cairo to speak with his counterparts about the cease-fire and possible release of thoseges. back to you. stuart: jack keane on the set in new york city. welcome back, good to see you. is biden pushing israel to accept a hamas win? >> certainly pushing israel to make concessions to go to a cease-fire but i think behind the motivation of the president and his team is they want the fighting to stop. they are not saying that but that's the implication of it and if that happens, underscore what you just said because if you leave multiple battalions effective in gaza and most of the leaders effective in gaza and the war terminates under those conditions, hamas wins militarily in the long run because they are effective enough to re-attack at some point. there objective in conducting the attack is to make the security situation in israel so volatile for the people they don't want to live there anymore. they always value their government, their security services and military services and ability to protect them. the october 7th created a wound that was very different for the peop

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president as team jake sullivan who are extraordinarily competent, are engaged in that diplomacy, or william burns the diplomacy. to make it clear that there should not be any expansion. what i'll tell you is there responsible, by candidly, republican colleagues who have gone on twitter and called for the united states to engage in retaliatory strikes against iran. but let me tell you, there is no appetite in the united states to get into another war in the middle east. we should not make that mistake, we need to figure out how we condemn unequivocally these attacks, and how we also avoid an escalation in the region. >> with the congress, the house of representatives responsibility, as far as finances and budgets are concerned, i understand i was looking through acts that steve scalise said he hoped that the house of her presented lives would as early as next week deal with the issue of more aid to israel. the issue of aid to israel, aid to ukraine, aid to taiwan has been a long held issue, is there anything that the house of representatives could or should be doing in immediate manner regarding t

. >> cia director william burns is expected to travel to cairo this weekend for a new round of talksng a cease fire and the release of hostages in london. greg pochardt, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, it ain't over until the last hailstone falls and we still have heavy rainfall and hail in the bay area. the weekend outlook is just minutes away. >> all right, let's go. to ktvu. frank mallicoat now with a look at some of the stories we're working on for west coast rap at seven right here on ktvu. all right, greg, good evening. >> hi everyone. that we can get started with storm to deserve from roberta. >> they are crossing the west coast as well. well, hail, rain, snow in the mix. we'll show you how people are managing the weather and breakdown preps for wind gusts up to 80mph in some spots, and an emotional moment for las vegas police officers tonight. they share video of a team effort to get help for one of their canine officers stabbed on the job. got those stories much more coming up at 7:00 on west coast wrap, followed by ktvu, fox two news at 730 as well. we will. see you at the top

>> of next, testimony on worldwide security threats with cia director william burns, director of national intelligence admiral haynes, and fbi director christopher wray. they join other members of the community to talk about the continued importance of support for ukraine, competition with china, border security, artificial intelligence, and efforts to combat the spread of misinformation. held by the senate intelligence committee, this is about two hours, 15 minutes. continued su, the israel-hamas war, competition with china, and efforts to combat the spread of misinformation. this is about two hours and 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. i would like to call this hearing to order and welcome to our witnesses. >>> good afternoon. i'd like to call this hearing to order and welcome our witnesses, director of national intelligence, admiral haynes, cia director bill burns, fbi director christopher wray, assistant secretary for intelligence and research at the department, director of national security agents the, and defense intelligence agency director lieutenant general jeffrey cruz. thank you f

judgment and senator cotton also mentioned that austin's statement was a lot better than cia director william burnsnd national intelligence director avrill haines, both of whom dodged the same question at an intel committee hearing last month. now of course, israel is going after hamas because they're cutthroat terrorists and murderers and, as secretary austin just said, what happened on october 7th was absolutely horrible. but israel has no intention of destroying palestinian civilians though unfortunately they are blamed for this by people on the far left who don't know what they're talking about and it is not true. it has never been true. i went back and looked up the legal definition of genocide and i found it. section 1091 of title 18 of the u.s. code, defines genocide as quote, violented attacks with specific intent to destroy in whole or in part a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, end quote. israel has not done this. lloyd austin is correct and lloyd austin's defense of israel is just what joe biden should be doing and should have been doing and saying all along. now i'm now waiti

>>> it is nearly 6 months since october 7th terror attack in israel this weekend cia director william burnshe latest rounds of cease-fire hostage talks according to multiple reports, officials from egypt and qatar, who act as a mediator on hamas's behalf are taking part in the talks, as is the head of mossad. the israel spy agency. speaking at brussels at the 75th anniversary of nato antony blinken spoke about the pledge to allow more humanitarian aid to enter gaza and open additional land routes. saying the proof is in the result and we will see those unfold in the coming days and in the coming weeks. this comes on the heels of an israeli strike that killed seven aid workers with the group world central kitchen. he was official told abc news, the incident which is drawn once for condemnation is, " and megaflood to put in is worth. " israel has taken responsibility for the strike publicly apology and calling it a , " grave mistake and serious failure. tournament in brussels, secretary antony blinken offered his dark assessment of the humanitarian situation in gaza and the future of u.s. pol

we are expecting the cia director william burns to be in cairo meeting with the mossad director david barnea, again to continue those discussions, we know of course that over the last a few weeks, a major sticking point has been discussions around the number of palestinian prisoners to be released in exchange for the number of israeli hostages currently held captive in gaza. be released. and of course we did hear from a senior hamas official earlier in the week saying that they had rejected israel's latest counterproposal because they fail to address two of their key and newest demands. now they are calling for palestinians in gaza to be permitted to allow to return to the north. and they are of course, also still calling for withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza that has not been addressed according to sources and diplomats familiar with those discussions and ongoing negotiations, israel wants to see a system put in place to inspect those attempting to return to the northern. of course, has said it will not be redeploying its troops from northern or central gaza. and in fact, we'll

on thursday, cia director william burns warned that barring more u.s. aid in ukraine could lose on the battlefield to the end of 24. is apparently that intelligence that finally motivated speaker johnson to action. you think there is the possibility that the aide passes and we look back at this moment with 2020 vision and say, by the time they did this, it was already too late? >> i think it is a very serious question. the reality is, republicans have refused to believe intelligence reports. republicans have refused to bring the aid package to the floor. as you remember. and they brought in israel aid package without the ukraine aid package. that is why democrats at that time said no. we need to have ukraine aid package. and that i think is an important moment. it absolutely will pass. i would be enthusiastically supporting the ukraine aid bill. and every democrat i think will. i would say that this sort of goes to your question earlier. also to yours, alicia, that we had timothy snyder -- rochon a asked him a really important question about this. he sa

cia director william burns, israeli intelligence chiefs and hamas officials are expected to all attendg to agree on terms for a hostage release in exchange for a cease fire in gaza. hamas is asking israel to release palestinian prisoners and allow more aid into gaza. today, israel is expected to reopen a northern border crossing to allow aid trucks to cross. coming up on abc's this week, we hear from world central kitchen founder chef jose andres following the deadly airstrike that killed seven aid workers with his organization. the question now is how will joe biden, the president, respond? you can watch the full interview on this week at eight this morning right here on abc seven. this morning, russia declared a federal emergency after floods forced thousands of people to evacuate. it happened after a dam broke on friday in the orenburg area. the surge of water destroyed a total of 6300 homes, and officials have now launched a criminal investigation into how the dam was built. back here at home, telephone captioning services enable millions of hearing impaired people to talk by phone

. >> this weekend, cia director william burns is expected to travel to cairo for a new round of talksng a cease fire and the release of hostages. mcdonald's is taking back ownership of 225 restaurants in israel as it faces a growing boycott. the company, colonial limited, operates mcdonald's restaurants in israel, and after the october seventh attack by hamas, it announced it would be donating free meals to the israeli military. but as the war has gone on, the protests and backlash have gotten louder. the company is now selling the franchise back to the mcdonald's corporation. >> president biden traveled to baltimore today, one week after the deadly francis scott key bridge collapsed. he's urging congress to quickly approve federal funding to help with the bridge rebuild. fox's rebecca castor is in maryland with more details on the visit as crews work to clear the tons of debris from last week's bridge collapse. >> president biden is renewing his support for the city of baltimore. >> your nation has your back and i mean it. your nation has your back. >> president biden, doubling down

meeting is taking place in cairo on sunday, and that will be attended by the us c i, a director of william burns along with intelligence chiefs from all the interested parties and the discussion that will be the cease fire potential. then the also the exchange, the release of hostages being held in gaza and palestinian prison is being held in israel. now this has been a template over weeks and weeks of tools. it's now focusing in on sunday to try and get some form of agreement to move it forward. the way it works is that you have all the lead is from the interested parties sitting in cairo in the meeting messages. i've been passed on to the leadership of a mass. now, president biden, that is understood in his conversation with the is ready prime minister, thursday judge these ready prime minister to fully impala his delegation to cairo, to allow them to take decisions on the spot to try and va, the pause single messages backwards and forwards between the capitals, so this is now a real pushed by the united states to seize the moment, get a safe spot in place, and through that, get the exchange o

if that is, they have homes to return to cia director william burns is in cairo along with the cut thatforeign minister, the hamas delegation is led by senior leader highly little higher israeli officials tell cnn, there delegation should to cairo will have an expanded remit to negotiate the details though the final decisions still risks with the cabinet failure once more to reach an agreement will have deadly consequences. i'm ben wiedemann, cnn reporting from beirut aaron david miller is a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace, and a former us state department middle east >> negotiated. he joins me now from washington. good to have you with us thanks for having me was very six months into the gaza war that was triggered by the october 7 hamas attacks in israel. >> is this conflict at a turning point as a result of last week's deadly israeli strikes on those seven world central kitchen aid workers that angered president joe biden and intensified the strained relations between him and prime minister benjamin netanyahu turning point toward a better outcome or wo

cia director william burns, israeli intelligence chiefs and hamas officials are expected to all attendas and israel have been trying to agree on terms for a hostage release in exchange for a cease fire in gaza. hamas is asking israel to release palestinian prisoners and allow more aid into gaza. today, israel is expected to reopen a northern border crossing to allow aid trucks to cross. coming up on abc's this week, we hear from world central kitchen founder chef jose andres. following the deadly airstrike that killed seven aid workers with his organization. the question now is how will president joe biden respond? you can watch the full interview on this week at eight this morning right here on abc seven. this morning, russia declared a federal emergency after floods forced thousands of people to evacuate. it happened after a dam broke on friday in the orenburg area. the surge of water destroyed a total of 6300 homes, officials launched a criminal investigation into how the dam was built. back here at home, telephone captioning services enable millions of hearing impaired people to ta

. >> william burns warned that without more u.s.ne could lose the war by the end of the year. the question is, is this aid enough? but we come in time? >> reporter: that is the question. this is something that has been desperately needed by ukrainians for a long time. it has been eight months since president biden requested these billions of dollars to help ukraine. it is interesting to hear speaker johnson talk in this way about how important this aid is to push back against american adversaries but this is a shift for johnson. he was not so full throated endorsing additional aid to ukraine. he has a divided party on sending more money to ukraine. it is notable that in the past few days and today that he is now taken a stance that this is absolutely enough it -- necessary. we know he has restaurant internal intelligence that he has been able to view that showed him how important u.s. support continues to be for ukrainians who have been struggling on the lines against russian aggression. >> that message has not gotten through to all