reported that president biden had urged the israeli prime minister to halt a pre emptive strike against his brother forces in lebanon, days after hamas militants october 7th assault on southern israel, warning that such an attack could spark a wider regional war. further north, this is the view across the israel lebanon border. in the past couple of hours, we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky there. in our continued hostilities in that border area. in our continued hostilities in that borderarea. in our continued hostilities in that border area. there are continued hostilities. we ve been hearing from the israeli prime minister today here s a little of that. translation: last night, - i talked again with president biden. i do appreciate us steadfast position at the security council a position which backs our war effort. yesterday, i told president biden that we will fight until total victory, as long as it takes. the us understands this. i saw false