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baker knew austin was hospitalized >> >> harold: i hear hypotheticals today, the actuals are damming, the thingses going on in the world and 101 times our men and women have been hit in the middle east on bases and stations in the middle east 101 times. i think the actual, that is ongoing threat. is he in charge or not? two things struck me in early reporting with peter doocy because information was just coming from john kirby. not that they didn't know they were lied to. they were manipulated. what the situation room did when it checked in to see which cabinet members or staff were aware, they were told austin was in the d.c. area when in fact he had left his home to go to the

ukraine, and dealing with israel and dealing with middle east crises and dealing with china and this been a difficult time and he's gone on top of chips, but it's preceasely because of this, that if he is are he's inxas tated in any way, the immediate of the united states, certain he his done needs four, i know that he understands that he could have done a better job here and it's important and it has to be made clear not just to him, but other key cabinet members that when they face this kind of situation, the white house and president need to be quickly informed. >> we still don't know why he was hospitalized to begin with. there's a talk now for a need for transparency and accountability. what does the transparency look

hospitalized, but also in the intensive care unit for at least four days, according to two senior administration officials. asked why his stay wasn't disclosed sooner, a pentagon spokesperson items nbc news, "this has been an evolving situation in which we had to consider a number of factors," adding secretary austin has been recovering well and he resumed his full duties. the pentagon declining to say what the procedure was and what complications occurred the lack of information strongly criticized >> when presidents have issues, when other cabinet members have issues, the public is notified so there's no real justification. it's unacceptable. >> america's commitment to israel is unwavering >> reporter: the secretary in israel as recently as mid-december as its war with hamas raises tension in the middle east on thursday, the u.s. carried out a strike that killed an iran-backed militia member in iraq while austin was hospitalized >> and ali is in delaware,

>> that's not true. my point is that the palestinian authority was undermined by this current israeli administration which empowered hamas and i have a problem. it's what we did to the mujahideen in afghanistan. we did the same thing. >> before what you said happened, we did the oslo accords. but came out of them? >> benjamin netanyahu won an election. he became the prime minister of israel for the first time in opposition to the oslow accords. >> after he was elected, he said he was going to abide -- >> i'm not sitting here making arguments in favor of hamas or terrorists. it's hard for you to make arguments in favor of netanyahu because you know what he really is. you know that he's not a guy who wants peace. >> i've opposed netanyahu all of my life. i think he's done bad things for israelis and israel. i am represented by two other cabinet members who take making decisions -- they are united. as long as benjamin netanyahu is commanding this war, which i believe is a just war, we have

recovering well and he resumed his full duties. the pentagon, declining to explain what austin's procedure was, and what complications occurred. the lack of information, strongly criticized. >> when presidents have issues, other cabinet members have issues, the public is notified. so there is no real justification. it's not acceptable. >> america's commitment to israel's unwavering. >> the secretary in israel, as recently as mid december. as its war with hamas raises tension in the middle east. on thursday, the u.s. carried out a strike that killed an iran-backed militia member in iraq, while austin was hospitalized. >> and alex, the senior administration official tells me today that austin and the president, who also found out about this hospitalization three days later, had a phone call last night. they say it was a very warm conversation and that the president still has full confidence in his defense secretary. and just minutes ago, while

the event of a crisis is the way to go. >> and i think everyone is happy and relieved that the secretary of defense, lloyd austin, is okay and is on the right end of hospitalization as far as we know. but, again, as you underscore the outstanding questions about his hospitalization, whether the public was adequately informed as well as white house and other cabinet members. victoria coats, appreciate it. thank you so much. >> thank you, fred. meantime, we're also learning new details about the alaska airlines plane involved in a midair scare over oregon, when a part of the boeing 737 max 9 jet was blown off, leaving a gaping hole right there, as you see. the national transportation safety board says the sudden depressurization from that incident was so strong the headrests and cushions were ripped off seats near the hole.

bank. among other things, blinken will discuss the next military steps as well as plans for post war gaza. the eu diplomat will speak about his talks to dial down tensions on the border with israel. and in israel, the idf say it is will launch two parallel investigations into what has called its internal military and an, ternl one conducted side by side by former senior officials. the military didn't say what the investigations will will focus on. the statement came after cabinet members clashed on thursday over how to investigate the hamas attack on october 7th. they faced backlash from cabinet members over his proposals for gaza after the war. for more we're joined by nic robertson, senior international editor live from tel aviv. good to see you, nick.

we would do whatever it takes to make sure that americans were taken care of and that we had our say. so i will tell you, i think israel is doing what they have to make sure it doesn't happen again, because what did hamas say? they're going to go back and do it again. they're not finished. [ applause ] >> and ambassador, i know you're ambassador to the u.n., you went into the tunnels. obviously with what's happening in gaza, there is a horrific loss of civilian life going on. a huge stratospheric life. two israeli cabinet members came out this week. they advocated for relocating palestinians out of gaza, and some in the israeli government support that. would a president haley support that? would you support removing palestinians from gaza? >> i don't think you have to remove palestinians from gaza. i think you have to remove hamas from gaza. but i also think you need to make sure that israelis can feel

war cabinet, prime minister netanyahu, has a parlance who were definitely in favor of this amendment being struck down. the amendment would have weakened the powers of the supreme court and in a sense strengthened the prime minister's hand. but that is not what happened by a ruling of 8-7, in fact the justices said that they were opposed to the netanyahu reforms. and almost immediately afterwards, the reactions from at least two of the leading cabinet members was very interesting to see that this unity within the cabinet. benny gantz, a long time netanyahu opponent, said the verdict must be respected and lesson from the conduct of this past year must be internalized and we are all brothers, we have a common destiny. therefore kind of emphasizing the unity of the cabinet. but on the other hand, a

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