Off. No fuel means no electricity and no pumps to distribute water. Israel estimates 500,000 people have fled Northern Gaza for the south. Israeli Officials Say thats where theyre working with the United Nations to establish a humanitarian zone to provide those vitally needed supplies. With israerly preparing for a Ground Invasion of gaza, President Biden said in a 60 minutes interview aired sunday it would be a big mistake for israel to occupy gaza as part of its plan to eliminate hamas. What happened with gaza in my few is hamas and extreme elements of hamas dont represent all of the Palestinian People. And i think that it would be a mistake to, for israel to occupy gaza again. By the numbers, the state Department Says 30 americans have died in the hamas attack. 13 still unaccounted for. The Israeli Military says hamas is holding a total of 155 hostages in gaza. Cnns Clare Sebastian is live in london. Clare, good morning to you. The worsening humanitarian situation is pressuring everyone here, as israel, hamas, egypt, the u. S. Is it fair to say, its nothing compared to what might happen after israel invades . Yeah, kasie, its hard to imagine, given how bad things are now, but if you look at the size of the force that israel has sa massed, up to 300,000, including reservists. There are Tens Of Thousands on the border with gaza right now, if you look at the fact if they go in, which they are sort of heavily of hinting that they will, a new phase in the operation thats coming, saying it will involve significant Ground Operations, then they will be engages likely not only with hamas who has proven itself to be very well prepared for this. But also likely other militant groups in gaza as well. And that will worsen the humanitarian situation, though we know more than 500,000 people have evacuated to the south as they were told a few days ago. Many have left in hospitals, the vulnerable patient, doctors making the decision to stay behind to care for them. Increasingly dangerous if this becomes a Ground Operation to bring in aid that has not happened yet. A lot happening in the Rafah Crossing down on the southern border of gaza, with egypt. Both israel and egypt denying that a ceasefire corridor has been arranged as yet. There are truckloads of supplies waiting at the border this morning. Is this why you see the diplomacy intensifying, Secretary Blinken has now arrived back in israel. Pushing for more humanitarian assistance and stepping up efforts as the u. S. Has been doing at the start of this, to try to prevent the conflict from spreading, kasie. Clare sebastian in london for us, thank you very much for that. And moments ago, Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken arrived back in tel aviv in the latest Whirlwind American diplomatic effort. This comes as humanitarian aid deliveries accumulate at egypts rafah Border Crossings where thousands are waiting to Cross Includieing palestinian america. He promised the goods and services will start flowing. Rafah will be open, were putting in place with the United States, with israel and egypt and others, the mechanism by which to get the assistance in and get to people who need it. Blinken meets with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and the security council. Lets go to jenner is hanson. Jennifer, good morning, theres been a lot of back and forth about the rafah Border Crossing here. It doesnt seem to be clear how, when, it might open because the israelis are saying Something Different than what it seems the americans are saying. Whats going on for real there . And what is the goal of blinkens trip . Well, good morning, kasie, blinken told reporters yesterday the goal of his trip, he wanted to return to israel to be able to talk about everything hes heard and learned over his past several days of meetings. We have seen him go to six other countries in the past three days, jordan, qatar, bahrain, saudi arabia, the United Arab Emirates and egypt. And he wants to be able to brief netanyahu and other senior officials what he learned in those meetings. He also said he wanted to, quote, talk the way forward with israeli friends and that comes as stakes are incredibly highlyade of what Ground Incursion by Israeli Forces as weve seen 2600 civilians in gaza killed in the air strikes of the Palestinian Health ministry and the humanitarian situation there is incredibly dire. We expect him to bring up that situation in his meetings today. We saw the Biden Administration yesterday appoint a Essential Envoy on those issues. He will likely press netanyahu on the safe zones discussed last week. And he will discuss the Rafah Crossing situation where there is just so much confusion, as you noted. It is very unclear who is at fault for this holdup. But we have seen hundreds of civilians waiting, some of them days, to try to get out of gaza into egypt. U. S. Officials have blamed hamas for the holdup. They say that the group is not letting civilians out. They say egypt is not the holdup. Israel is not the holdup. But we will likely see him press, for especially Palestinian Americans, we know 500, 600 of them are in gaza. Not all of them want to leave, but some of them do he will likely press the israeli leader to figure out how to get these americans out. Of course, the other key issues he brought up on his trip in all of his meetings was the need for hamas to release the hostages to partners who have sway over hamas to push for that. And its unclear if he did actually make progress on those hunts, kasie. Yeah, we were just looking a moment ago at the plane, Antony Blinken, we expect be him to deplane in israel any moment now. Of course, were also watching to see, weve been reporting that President Biden is considering a trip to israel. Well update folks on that when we get more. Jennifer hansler, thank you for being with us, appreciate your time. And coming up, could there be u. S. Boots on the ground in gaza if the war expands . Plus, divided House Republicans pick trump ally jim jordan as their nominee for speaker. More on his uphill climb for the gavel. Theres no plans or intentions to put u. S. Troops on the ground to fight between israel and hamas. We are actively trying to find out exactly where they are. Would you absolutely rule out the possibility of any u. S. Forces being on the ground there . What i wont do is rule anything in or out when it comes to get our hostages home. S that National SecurityCouncil Spokesman john kirby, not ruling the possibility of american boots on the ground in gaza. President biden calling Rescuing Americans the top priority. Lets bring in senator cedric leighton. Can i get your take on how he framed that, whats he saying or not saying there. Good morning, i think hes leaving his options open. When you look at israel and United States, its really rare for u. S. Troops to even come close to going into israel. Now, theres been training between Israeli Forces and American Forces in the recent past. In fact, just in the runup to this particular event, you know, over the last about eight or nine days ago now. And that, you know, shows that theres some mobility between u. S. And Israeli Forces. One possibility is that u. S. Forces would be used in a Hostage Rescue, but in a humanitarian role. Thats one possibility. The other possibility, of course, is rescue. But normally, the israelis would want to take that responsibility themselves. And make sure that they were in control of any Hostage Rescue operation. Well, thats interesting. I mean, what do you think that u. S. Special forces could i mean, youre basically saying that theres nothing really the u. S. Could add to a mission like that. Is that right . Yeah. The basic thing is this, kasie, u. S. Special forces are great, but they are not, you know, in that neighborhood. In other words, that have not worked in gaza. They have not worked in any other of those other areas that are under palestinian control, like in the west bank, for example. And that is usually been the province of the israelis. Now, could they do something . Yes, they could trainup very quickly and try do a Rescue Operation or Something Like that. But it would be very, very difficult to do that, because youre talking a very, very tough target. You know, especially in the hostages are in the tunnels. I think its highly unlikely, but nothing is impossible. So thats something you ought to keep an eye out for. Were obviously waiting, theres a wide expectation israel is going to launch the Ground Invasion of gaza, theyre asking them to evacuate. The rafah Border Crossing has been closed. People are amassing there. There seems to be a lot of finger pointing about why its not open, whats really going on there. Do you have an understand how the situation at that crossing plays into the israeli decisionmaking about the timing of any invasion . Yeah. So, i think what youre looking at, you know, the egyptians are saying the border is open, but they know it really isnt because from the gaza side, gaza has not opened the gates. And, two, the roads damaged by air strikes. The israelis are taking note of that saying we may not be able to mount an operation at this point in time when theres so many people that have fled from gaza city in that particular area. I think what we may be seeing is the possibility that israel might want to use an avenue of approach not just from the north or the northeast, but possibly one from the south as well, and, of course, they want people out of the way who are coming in from the south. Right. No, its of course. Whats your sense of the other factors at play here . I know weve seen reports about weather perhaps affecting their timing. Youve been you have an understanding of how militaries make decisions in these kinds of situations. What else are they thinking about . Yeah. So, on the weather point, there is that factor of rain. In fact, this morning in gaza, it did rain. And that makes it a little bit more difficult for Armored Vehicles to come into a particular area. It makes it a bit more difficult for other Military Operations to take place. So, depending on the severity of the storm, i dont think it was that severe. But depending on that, that could impact operations. You know, one of the most famous one was dday which was delayed 24 hours as the military launched that operation. So a huge factor in Military Operations weather plays and the israelis may be looking at it for it to dry out or Something Else to happen. Colonel cedric leighton, i appreciate your expertise. Appreciate your time. You bet. Americas top diplomat back in israel after a sixarea tour. How his message was received. Just ahead. The power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. And thats a good thing . Great in my book who are you . No power . No problem. Introducing stormready wifi. Now you can stay reliably connected through Power Outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery backup to keep you online. Only from xfinity. Home of the xfinity 10g network. Welcome back. Egypts president says israels response to the hamas attacks has gone beyond selfdefense is now a quote, Collective Punishment against gazans. Both leaders met with Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken as they crisscrossed the region over the past several days. Purpose of seeing all of our partners was first and foremost to listen to them. To hear how theyre seeing this crisis. And to look at what we can do together. All right. Lets bring in cnns max foster in london. Max, good morning to you. Blinken just landed in israel again. Hes also been, of course, working over time to try to convince arab leaders to condemn hamas, and to prevent this war from expanding. Its a herculean tansk. And the sort of balance around the sentiment towards whats going on is really on a knifes edge . Yeah, the first part of it asking them to condemn hamas isnt like it sounds because many of these countries are not fans of hamas. Theyre obviously concerned about palestinians more generally and the casualties coming from that and the efforts to get aid in there. Its not getting in there. Its a crigrim situation, weve been reporting on that. We did have a stark that they do have a right to defend itself but its tipped in Collective Punishment. That was very stark. Actually, over the course of the morning, weve seen that being echoed around the world. And similar language from the chinese and even the irish Prime Minister, would you believe. So, this is a real challenge for israel. Hes going back to israel and saying youve got to protect civilians. You cant target civilians. Youve got to get aid in there. And thats going on his big challenge right now. I spoke to the idf earlier today, they made tell clear, civilians arent their enemy, theyre doing everything they can to protect them, its hamas that made him vulnerable. Thats the argument being made that hamas is trying to keep people in their homes to use them as Human Shields. Weve just seen video at the rafah Border Crossing. Theres a lot of confusion whats going on there. The country is saying the intent is to be open. But the reality, we have not seen that. Americans waiting to cross, Palestinian Americans who would like to leave. Im sure youre probably more right in than i about civilians from the rest of the world looking to cross. Obviously, you mentioned the humanitarian aid the egyptians play. This is the border with egypt. Where are they in this . Well, i think fundamentally, well, its so complex, isnt it, who knows really whats going on behind the scenes. Right. Sort of messaging were getting is that egypt wont open the border in theres a promise that aid can get in. What weve heard from the israeli side, theyre not going to open the border in the hostages are released. Thats fundamentally, i think, the broad argument there. The egyptians are hugely concerned about sending their Truck Drivers in if theyre going to be hit by strikes as well. They want to fee in theres a ceasefire to protect the aid convoys. People have been told to go to the border there, to gather there. If there is a window to open, its going to very tight. So they have to rush through. But its not going to be a big evacuation of people. It just isnt. A lot of gazans dont want to leave saying why should we. No, of course. You are right to point out for folks who are trying to decide what to do there, that they are advising people, hey, go be nearby. Because were not going to get a lot of warning. Max foster, thank you as always, my friend. See you soon. Thanks, kasie. Meanwhile, iran now warning of consequences if israel doesnt stop attacks on gaza. More on fears and expanding global conflict. Good morning. Just before 5 30 here on the east coast. Thank you for being here early with us, i am kasie hunt. There are concerns this morning over the possibility that the war between israel and hamas could spread into a wider regional conflict. Over the weekend, the u. S. Send a second Carrier Group for deterrence, with hamas on the northern border, considered proxies for iran. Theres no evidence that iran is behind the attacks on israel. Now, iran constantly supports hamas and hezbollah, i dont mean that, but in terms did they have foreknowledge, did they help plan the attack, theres no evidence of that. Journalist Elliott Gotkine is with us from you no london. Elliott, thank you very much for being with us today. Lets take a look at this. Obviously, the second Carrier Group head zing into the region kind of underscores the concern over the population here. You can help us understand what could draw iran into this conflict and cause it to escalate . I think were more likely to see israeli boots on the ground than american boots on the ground. By have seen this proxy war going on between iran and israel for quite some time. You mentioned hamas and hezbollah in the south receiving support and islamic jihad. And weve already seen skirmishes with rockets being fired from hezbollah and israel and causing casualties and israel firing back as well. The real concern is weve seen not only the repeat of the war between hezbollah and israel in 2006, but it could be much more deadly. Back then, hezbollah fired around 4,000 rockets towards israel. By some estimates, its got as much as 150 rockets pointed towards israel. These will also be greater quality and much more precision guided for those rockets. So there is a real danger of a second front opening there. From a slightly different side, of course, one of iran and israels biggest kind of issues is over Irans Nuclear program. And it may be that iran wants hezbollah to keep its powder dry with those rockets, in order to deter israel taking out Irans Nuclear facility, something it has threatened to do over the years but at the same time, hezbollah may see this as a golden opportunity, as an opportunity that may not come around in the future, when israel is being drawn very likely in on the ground in gaza, trying to deal with hamas militants. And, of course, trying to help as those 199 its now been confirmed, hostages that were taken by hamas in that terrorist attack taken into the gaza strip. Right. So, israel, theyre hoping it gets brought down in gaza that may see it as an opportunity to attack hezbollah. And perhaps create tension between israel and its allies in the region. Kasie. Right. Elliott, can you talk about the saudis and how theyre involved here . They obviously have their own tensions with iran and they werable to sign a Norm Amization pact with israel. Right, we saw saudis normalize operations with iranians earlier this year, overseen by the chinese. That perhaps has some concern. But even the saudis were, you know, not keeping it a secret that they were inching towards some kind of Normalization Agreement with israel. I think we also need to bear in mind what you may see israels allies in the region, the emirates and saying public, there grow among the allies as the civilian death toll rises. What they say in public is not necessarily what is going on behind the scenes and ultimately these countries including the saudis will act if their own interests, if if they find it is ultimately within their own interest to normalize with israel, perhaps not now, but slightly later that is Something Likely to happen. But no doubt, theyll number talks with americans. But i dont see what diplomatic leverage the saudis have in this fight right now, kasie. Elliott gotkine in london, i appreciate it. State police in illinois have arrested a chicago area landlord after he allegedly stabbed a 6yearold muslim boy 26 times, killing him and seriously wounding his mother. He was a lovely boy who loved his family, his friends. He loved soccer. He loved basketball. And he paid the price for the atmosphere of hate. Officials say 71yearold joseph czuba faces multiple charges including first degree murder, Attempted Murder and two counts of hate crimes. The mother told her sons father saying that czuba attacked both of them while yelling, quote, you muslims must die. And a block to the congressman jim jordans path to the leadership. Hes pushing ahead for a floor vote tomorrow. Listen to what republihasay abo into supporting jordan. Were not what i would really recommend to jordans allies, too, a lot of them have gone to this highPressure Campaign. Theyre going to whip up twitter against the people against jordan nap is the dumbest way to support jordan. And im supporting jordan. The dumbest thing you can do is continuing pissing off those people and entrench them. Lets bring in michael snell, congressional reporter. Michael, griet have you there. Crenshaw being direct about it. Theres also reports from your hill colleagues about pressure from sean hannity on some of these members. This is getting pretty ugly. How does this play automatic over the course of the next 24 hours . Look, kasie, a lot of converging dynamics right here, all set and focused on tuesday, when House Republicans are planning to bring jim jordans nomination for speaker to the floor. Despite it being unclear whether or not he has the votes. Of course, last week, he beat his challenger austin scott in that internal election. 124 to 81. But in a secondary vote which was seen as a validation vote, asking those lawmakers would you support jim jordan. The nomination came to the floor, the vote was 152 to 55. Those 55 lawmakers saying they would not support jim jordan keeps him very far away from the gavel. Jim jordan has been talking to lawmakers, talking to holdouts, trying to see how he can get them on board. I think its safe to say, that will continue today and tomorrow, as you mentioned there is a Pressure Campaign on the holdouts to flip and support jim jordan. And you saw crenshaw say there, someone who supports jim jordan, this Pressure Campaign is not the way to move forward. Housarlee prepared to have that vote on tuesday. Time is 51ing out and jordan remains far away from the 217 he needs on the house floor so it looks like the republicans are using whatever leverage available to get the holdouts on board. This is one thing that scalise didnt do, right in his bid to speaker, is take it to the floor and dare people to vote against him but that does seem to be the strategy that jordan is pursuing her. And it echoes on What Mccarthy did. And it seems that mccarthy is working behind doors for his path. Right, bringing the nomination to the floor, even right now, he remains far away from the 217 he needs. They think that could pressure the holdouts to actually supporting him. Folks say when the cameras are on and lights are bearing down on lawmakers that they have to put their name on a vote to support jim jordan. When you talk about a number 55, he can only afterward to lose four lawmakers thats assuming everyone is in the chamber voting, all democrats, vote for hakeem jeffries. And you bring up another good point, this is what Kevin Mccarthy back in january. Well remember that election took four days and 15 ballots. At the end of the day, six of those holdouts ended up voting presence. Which ultimately allowed Kevin Mccarthy to get the gavel. The only difference at the beginning of Kevin Mccarthys time on the floor, there are 20 holdouts and they was able to bring that down to six. Right now, were at 55. Well see if that shrinks if jim jordan does bring that to the floor but a Starting Point thats far, far back from Kevin Mccarthy. All of this playing out as a war rages in gaza. And theres No End In Sight to this fight to actually install a speaker of the house and the u. S. Government can function. Thank you very much for starting us off on what promises to be a wild week in d. C. President biden says the twostate solution isnt dead. Well have live reaction from israel, up next. Would you support the Israeli Occupation of gaza at this point . I think it would be a big mistake. Do you believe that hamas must be eliminated entirely . Yes, i do. But there needs to be a Palestinian Authority. There needs to be a path to a palestinian state. That was President Biden suggesting that a twostate solution in israel and palestine is still possible. Lets bring in avi mayer, editorinchief at the jerusalem post. Avi, its great to have you back on the show. I just want to start there your reaction to what President Biden had to say. I think id sign on to everything the president said. I think that hamas does need to be eliminated. I think the massacre last weekend demonstrated that. If ever we thought that it was a pragmatic rational organization that can be reasoned with. We now know its an isislike organization that needs to be destroyed. So, i think thats absolutely true. I dont think theres any israelis like the president said on the other hand wants to be pats of the gaza strip. No one wants to administer that territory. No won wants to run the lives of 2 million palestinians. I think hes right on that. And the twostate solution, palestine and israel living side by side, thats not what hamas is about. Hamas exists solely to destroy israel and murder as many jews as it possibly can. Thats not a factor. But its how to get to a point where the Peace Process is possible. Avi, can i ask you what the egyptian president had to say over the weekend. He said what will israelis are doing is amounting to Collective Punishment of people in gaza. It was a bit of a diplomatic i dont know if you want to call it a warning shot exactly. But it was a signal to the International Community about where they are here. What do you read into that . What do you hear when they say that . And what do you have to say in response . Im going to try to take that kind of statements very seriously. I think the president of egypt, all the leaders in the region, certainly those pragmatic and moderate know the threat posed by the hamas. Knowing that hamas has used people as hostages and used them as Human Shields in toward to develop infrastructure in civilian areas. I dont know id put a great deal of weight on it, i think he has to say that perhaps for internal reasons, perhaps. But at the end of the many in israel and other modern states in the region see the situation similarly. And know that hamas needs to be eliminated as a Terrorist Force in this area. What do you think needs to be happening at the Rafah Boarding Crossing right now . What are the concerns that israelis have. It seems like theyre saying out loud, they want it to remain open but it remains closed. Not 100 clear why. Whats your understanding of it . I know there are conversations ongoing with the egyptians to ensure that theyre enabling palestinians to seek safety and shelter in the sinai through the Rafah Crossing. We dont know why that hasnt happened yet. It seems that the egyptians are holding out for conceptions or something to sweeten the deal. Which is unfortunate, if you have an unhumanitarian situation, you do whatever you can to get people to safety. Israel has done whatever it can to enable palestinians, Palestinian Civilians to vacate the areas being held by hamas, that are most entrenched in the northern part of the gaza strip to enable them to seek safety in various place. Theres been a humanitarian corridor established. Time has been given a very difficult situation that israel has acknowledged. As we said w ke know this is th pull thing. Israel said wee going to send this as long as it takes to get civilians out of the area and seek shelter. Right. Avi, were obviously waiting for this Ground Invasion which seems like it could come any moment. Youre obviously big into the fabric of your country. Hundreds of thousands of reservists have been called up. For people who arent familiar, its basically everyone in the country, right, serves in the military. Whats the feeling ahead of this . Do people feel like its imminent . It promises to be a difficult situation with loss of life . Im actually in southern israel. In the area where the troops are being assembled to get a sense of whats going on the ground. I can tell you, ive seen several places along the way in which the roads are lined with parked cars of reservists who have come, reported to duty and ready for the battle ahead. Theres been a massive mobilization. By the way, not only of Army Reservists but entire country to support the residents of southern israel who have been devastated over the past week after the massacre last weekend. We know it will be difficult. We know there will likely be israeli casualties when we go in with ground forces, obviously easier for israel to carpetbomb gaza. They would never do that because it draws casualties. It would endanger their own soldiers to go in on foot to know that hamas is eliminated and peace. Avi mayer, i appreciate your time, stay safe. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer is in israel saying he will push forward an aid package for the jewish state despited speakership. The divided congress for aid over both israel and ukraine, the president seems confident they can get both down at the same time. Take a look. Are the wars in israel and ukraine more than the United States can take on at the same time . No, were the United States. The most powerful nation in the history, not in the world, in the history of the world. The history of the world. We can take care of both of these and still maintain our Overall National defense. For gods sake. Lets bring White House Reporter at the wall street journal. Katherine, thank you very much for being here. President biden says were going to do both of these things at the same time. The reality is, you know, were talking about money and advice. Were not talking about boots on the ground. With that said, getting the money out the door for both of these places at the same time is potentially tricky. And right now, its impossible because theres no speaker of the house. How do you see this playing out . Thats right, kasie. This will be hard with a functioning congress, right . And at the moment, the president is not dealing with a functioning congress. And he said in that interview that the dysfunction among hill republicans isnt helping. The white house is working on this, lawmakers were at the white house on friday. The white house is talking about an aid package that would include israel and ukraine. And some other security challenges. And theyre thinking and their home is by bundling this all together, it will be easier to get aid for ukraine, which republicans so far have some of them have resisted. But its not one, again, the Congress Needs to function. But, its also not clear if they can get support for both of these priorities. And there are, i think, its important to note, you know, divides and tensions, you know, within both parties, right. So, you know, in congress, the republicans are more united on aid for israel. But have divisions on supporting ukraine. And, you know, democrats are supportive, largely, at helping ukraine. But there are some tensions in their caucus about what to do with israel. So, its its a very thorny problem for the president. And were going to see what plays out this week. In terms of, you know, Congress Actually getting going again. Right, yeah, look, a speaker speaker jim jordan is going to put ukraine aid on the floor no matter what it takes, maybe hell ultimately be jammed. The white house trying to work with a jim jordan is harder than a speaker mccarthy. Catherine, theres a new poll showing americans are very sympathetic, and seeing the israeli response to the attacks as justified. Obviously, the white house will probably say publicly, i dont Pay Attention to polling, but the reality is theyre doing research and looking into this all the time. How much does public sentiment play into how they handle these things . Well, the president has been very clear about, you know he keeps using the phrases Like Rock Solid Support for israel. I dont see that changing. Hes been very vocal about that. And he sees support for israel in the way that he sees support for ukraine, as really a foundational support of democracies and the importance of u. S. Supporting democracies. Certainly, the president is running for reelection. The white house is aware of howl the public is thinking about these things. And its helpful for the president if this moment is supported, you know, Foreign Policy tests matter on the campaign trail, right . So, this is something that they are going to be watching to see how people react to it, as he starts and continues to, you know, campaign. And it was very interesting to see late last week, the former president george w. Bush talking a little bit about how public sentiment could change. And how biden might face touch going ahead. Hes obviously had some experience with that. Cath catherine lucey, wall street journal, thank you. The Palestinian Authority denouncing the Terror Attack but not everyone in gaza might have heard that. Were going to explain. You are looking at live pictures of gaza city, smoke rising over gaza city. This happening just in the past five minutes or so as the israeli bombardment of the gaza strip continues ahead of an expected Ground Invasion. Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, making his first clear denunciation of the deadly attacks in israel in a call with venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro saying those actions, quote, do not represent the Palestinian People. But later the official Palestinian News Agency scrubbed the direct reference to hamas from president Mahmoud Abbas remarks without explanation. Kasie, the Palestinian Authority, the p. A. , runs things in the west bank, not in gaza. He put out a statement saying we reject the killings of on both sides, we reject the mutilation of bodies, saying some practices violate law and moral. That was last week. As you pointed out he went further than being quite direct and clear when it comes to hamas actions in israel saying, quote, the policies, quote, the policies and actions of hamas do not represent the Palestinian People. This is a pretty clear in your face denunciation of what hamas has done. This morning, though, the writeup or the readout of that call with Nicolas Maduro, and the Palestinian Press agency wafa writeup was taken out. It was replaced with this no party represents the Palestinian People except the plo, the palestinian liberation organization, headed by Mahmoud Abbas and his fatah party representing the Palestinian People. The plo does not include hamas. Hamas and the plo have not seen eye to eye for some time. They really fell back back in 1997, when hamas violently, in violent clashes, booted the plo and the fatah party. But the bottom line, why this was taken