Have not seen any evidence, specific evidence that iran was directly involved with these specific sets of attacks. That doesnt mean yeah, look we are going to keep looking at it. The book is not closed on it. We are going to keep looking at that. But thats just where we are right now. Go ahead. Iran thing, but just briefly was it iran i said evita. What did iran know, where did they know it, where is the white house, and when they knew it about this attack . I think i would give you the same answer i gave jacqui. China, the Foreign Minister is coming to d. C. Soon, wondering if you can preview whats on the agenda, who hes meeting with and what the prospects are for a xibiden meeting and whether it might be in november at apec. Well have more than to say as we get closer to it. I dont have details now or announce or speak to between President Biden and president xi. John, im here. Yesterday i saw a heartwrenching stories of testimonies of israeli families who lost their loved ones, similar to the one that made you tear up on tv. One of them is the story of hahin catsman. His sister appeared to the Israeli Government, a peace activist, asking the Israeli Government not to kill in his name. Is this a message you carry, we have 11 u. N. Workers killed, four journalists and 1,100 civilians. How can you make sure these people are not Collateral Damage . I kind of addressed this before, happy to revisit quickly. We dont want to see any more innocent civilian life taken or lost. None. I mean the numbers should be 0 of innocent civilians killed or harmed right now. Sadly, thats not the case. And i cant stand here and wouldnt stand here before you and try to predict that in a war, which is still raging, and may rage for some time that there wont be additional civilian casualties. I wish i could promise you thats not going to be the case but i cant. We dont want to see any more but i cant promise that. All i can do is repeat what the president said, that this is what differentiates modern democracies like israel and United States from hamas. Hamas is deliberately, the whole purpose of the initial attacks on saturday were to kill, to murder, to butcher, to slaughter. They werent trying to occupy territory. They were trying to kill. And they are the ones placing the palestinians at greater risk by headquartering themselves in hospitals and schools. Thanks a lot. John, is the white house putting forward a Funding Package to congress that puts together funding for israel with funding for the border, funding for taiwan, and funding for ukraine . We are inactive conversations with congress with additional funding that we know we need specifically for israel and for ukraine. Im not prepared to detail those conversations for you right now or tell you what the parameters are going to be, frankly the parameters have not been arrived at or decided upon but we are inactive discussions about additional funding. We need it, as i said in my opening statement. Could you give a little bit of an update on what the administration is doing to find out more about the americans who are being held hostage and whatever you are able to discuss about what those efforts look like . Tough, tough to get more detail. We are obviously talking to the israelis about what they might know, they are on the ground and they have unfortunately had to deal with this sort of sen r i o before. So they have been tremendously forthcoming with the information that they have, but understanding that the information that even they have right now isnt all that specific. I mean, we just dont have a lot of granularity where the people are or what condition they might be in or whether they are being moved. So i truly wish i had more that i could provide because theres a lot of families out there really, really worried and the families frankly, too, for all their grief and sorrow, and the anguish they are going through, some of them have been helpful in terms of helping us understand where their loved ones were when they were abducted, some of them may have even seen it. So like its its a conversation that we are having with Family Members as well. Thank you so much. I have a question on the Role Tech Platforms are playing right now. E. U. Has specifically asked elon musk and others to crack down on misgiving information related to the attacks on israel. Has the administration had this kind of engagement, is it making the same kind of demands . Im not aware of such discussions with Tech Companies about that. Thank you so much. The u. S. Has been warning since saturday that hostile parties should not be escalating the conflict at this time. What evidence do you have of the message being heeded . Its not the thing they phone in and say ok, got it. We have not seen to date, we have not seen another actor intentionally try to widen the conflict. All we can do is by what we are seeing and not seeing. Its important we send that signal with the arrival of the Carrier Strike group and the rhetoric of course coming out from our administration, well keep doing that. And what variables and what time frame would the u. S. Look to consider when making a decision about deploying additional assets to the region. I think its going to depend how things are going in the region. Again, we dont want to see this conflict widen any more than it already has. Israels focus rightly on hamas opening up additional fronts for them, obviously, would be just a horrible scenario. We dont want to see that happen. Congressman waller said on tv that they are expecting announcement in 24 hours about an airlift of u. S. Citizens. Can you tell us anything about that . I dont have any details on that. I would tell you, peter, that we are in State Department is inactive touch with american citizens in israel, many of them as you know are dual nationals, to try to make sure that a, we have the connection, and b, that we know if they have any concerns like in the case that they want to leave, so we are we are inactive conversations with americans on the ground there and we want to make sure right now there are still commercial carriers, not all, some, flying in and out of bengerian every day. There are viable Ground Routes if you wanted to leave safely out of israel, that is also an option to you. But neither of those options may necessarily be feasible or affordable to certain americans and so we are exploring actively a range of other options to assist if americans want to leave, im just not at liberty now to go into more detail about that. Can you identify, do you know how many of the 22 americans who have died and the 17 unaccounted for, how many are dual citizens versus just pure, you know, only american . The state Department Might be able to give you that. I dont have that data handy. But so Many American citizens in israel are dual passport holders. Do the israelis would we defer to the israelis in terms of deciding what actions to take if they are mostly their citizens. Dual national with an american passport is an american, and we will take seriously our responsibilities to get any wrongfully detained or hostage, american hostage home to their families where they belong. They are americans. John, you talked about the eisenhower i believe prescheduled deployment to potentially be out there in case positioned. What about reports of the u. S. S. George washington and the h. M. S. Prince of wales. Are they also being red i had . I dont know of any plans for them to be readied. I would refer you to the Defense Department to speak to other units. Again, i want to remind the eisenhower is preparing for a long scheduled deployment to the region, and i dont have any operational decisions to speak to. I just thought it was important to put that into some context, i saw some reporting that seemed it was a definite decision she was going to join the ford. That could happen, i dont know. But she will be deploying into the mediterranean and available asset as well as her escort vessels. Another followup here. It seems like you really have been trying to project the message that you want to contain this, you want to make sure that state and nonstate actors get the message that you want to keep this contained. So, how does it help that effort when you have statements like senator graham on capitol hill saying hezbollah and the north attacks israel in strength, we should tell the ayatollah we will destroy the ill refineries and your oil infrastructure. How worried are you about statements like that. I will let Members Of Congress decide what they think should be done or not done. The president is the commandser in chief, and a strong supporter of israel, has been his entire life in public service. We have to answer for the Policy Decisions that we make and we are comfortable doing that. Humanitarian quarter, i know you said there was conversations ongoing. Could you provide some more detail. What would the u. S. Involvement in that be. Are we talking encouraging conversations with israel and egypt, would we have direct involvement in creating humanitarian corridor here for the 2 million plus people to leave. They have no option at this point. We want to see that they have an option. And israel and egypt are the two most Significant Players when it comes to trying to get that corridor open. So, i think you can understand, at least i hope you do, i would not want to get into too much of the diplomacy here and the conversations that we are having, but we are having active conversations about trying to allow for that safe passage. So again, these civilians did nothing wrong and we want to make sure they have a way out. The Prime Minister and Benjamin Netanyahu have a conversation about this this morning, why ed . As i said in my first answer, im not going to get into too much of the diplomacy here. And some of the aid you said want to provide to the gaza strip medications, what kind of aid would the u. S. Normal kind of humanitarian assistance we provide normallily. We are the biggest contributor to humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian People particularly in gaza and we want to see the assistance continue. So its food, water, medical supplies, medicine, i mean its the whole thing of humanitarian assistance. These people are victims, too. They didnt ask hamas to do this. Is there an increase in the amount of aid thats going . I dont have any new announcements to make in terms of increases. We are the greatest contributor of humanitarian assistance. We are obviously proud of that. They want to see the humanitarian assistance be able to continue. I want to ask you about oil and the money its bringing in. The amount of oil brought in by iran, 85 to china and more oil above the price cap from russia, giving the president any pause on changing his Energy Policies for fossil fuels here in the u. S. . Let me back up a little bit. Its important to remember that iran gets most of its oil revenue off the black market, and evading sanctions, which they do, its costly to them, in fact, our evidence is that they really only receive a fraction of the market value of the oil that they sell because they have to sell it on the black market. We will always, as we do in any case typically revisit Sanctions Regimes to see if they need to be changed or adjusted, specifically with respect to iranian oil. The president , since beginning of the administration has been concerned about making sure we have a viable Global Market for oil, working hard to keep the prices of gasoline down here in the United States. Part of that is making sure you remove some of the volatility in the Global Supply and demand. I dont have any announcements or decisions to make today with respect to any changes to the domestic Oil Production. Isnt it a National Security issue when you have countries that are profiting off of oil and the increased price of oil, that dont like israel, that dont like america . We dont want, for instance, russia to be able to get a windfall in profits from the oil market so that they can then turn that around and apply that to weapons in ukraine. We dont want to see iran be able to do much of the same, which is why we are putting as much pressure on them as we are. Why not increase Oil Production here . I dont have any announcements thanks. Just to follow up on brians question, i know contours and congressional package are taking shape, can you give us a timeline and how quickly the u. S. Will exhaust before congressional action we have existing appropriations to support israel in the near term, and i got asked last time what is near term or whats a bit mean. I cant give you a date certain on the calendar because a lot is going to depend on the Expenditure Rate and replenishment need and what the ability to do is it. In the near term we have appropriations and authorities for both, ukraine and israel. But you dont want to be trying to bake in longterm support when you are at the end of the rope, and in ukraine on the ukraine funding, we are coming near to the end of the rope. We announced 200 million, and well keep that aid going as long as we can. But its not going to be indefinite. So, are we moving with a sense, yes, no date on the calendar. Follow up on that for a second. The lack of a speaker in the House Of Representatives ill venture to say has probably not had any impact on the situation at the moment. Are there, though, coming to be immediate needs for israel if republicans get their act together on the hill. I dont need to tell you, sav saving savings one civics 101, its critical moving things forward. So the sooner there is a speaker of the house the more comfortable in terms of supporting israel and ukraine. Right now, you are right, because of existing appropriations and existing authorities, we have been ok but it will not last forever. Immediate needs at all do you see . In the immediate term right now, we can continue to support with the authorities and appropriations we have, with ukraine. But we are running out of runway. Two questions. Given the situation in the middle east, will the white house lean on the senate to move some of these military promotions more quickly and one by one if necessary . And then second, more generally, given hamas has killed 22 americans and 17 are still in hostage, i know you said the goal here is not to widen the conflict, but why has the United States only assumed a supplemental role thus far . On your first question, whats going on in israel right now just underscores how important it is that our military has the leadership they need in place. And its not just the ones in the jobs now that are being held up, its the jobs they are supposed to go to. Right now the incoming fifth fleet commander, the three Star Navy Admiral in charge of the naval forces in the gulf region is not confirmed for that job, so the guy in the job is still doing it. So these rotations matter and they do have an impact on the militarys ability to fleet up and to improve the Leadership Capability across the force so it is having an impact and it would anyway. But i think now that youve got these moves in israel and you have the need to provide additional military resources from the navy and the eastern med, all i think just highlights how Dynamic The Security Environment is around the world and how much more critical that the leadership of the military be able to address that through the normal Promotion Process and the normal assignment process. I would take issue with your comment about a supplemental role. Im not quite sure what you mean by that, but to assess, offer advice and counsel. Thats right, we are, and we are going to have the conversations with the israelis. If you are talking about the hostage Recovery Efforts well have those conversations. But as jake said yesterday, well do what we need to do for our citizens who are being held hostage. We will do what we need to do, well do what is possible to do, but i think as you heard in my answer to mary, we just dont have a whole lot of fingertip feel. Its hard to come up with a Policy Option when you are not really sure where they are, how many they are, whether they are being moved. So, we are working this very hard hour by hour, but im not going to stand up here and lie to you and say we have it all figured out. Thanks, john, karine, thank you, john. Appreciative for the administrations support in words and in deed, and a few quick questions. Follow up on the reports that hamas is calling for mobilization friday, october 13th. Any specific proactive measures that American Jews should take in your opinion. Here at home . Here at home. Well, first of all, i mean youve heard the president talk about this, we understand the anxious the anxiety, the concern certainly here in the United States as antisemitism, unfortunately, rears its head but also we know that the Jewish Community is almost like a family. Its big but its small, and Everybody Knows somebody, and we know theres so Many Americans in the Jewish Community here who are worried about friends and Family Members that are there, we share that worry with them. We want them to know that we know that theres fear and that we are going to do everything we can to reduce that level of fear, that th