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Soldiers, tanks and supplies in the position along the border. Preparing for a fullscale assault against evil hamas terrorist. Welcome to brand new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Bill its hard to get away from this. Ground invasion has not yet begun. The white house is racing along with u. S. Allies. Meanwhile, you got a cruise ship filled with americans being evacuated out of israel. Its left the Northern Port City on the way to the island of cypress. President biden has suddenly canceled his trip to colorado scheduled for today. Only hours before heading out to highlight his economic agenda, in order to hold meetings back in washington for National Security advisors. A number of hostages said to be held in gaza has ridden to 199. Iran says hamas is ready to release hostages if israeli first, trey. Yeng begins coverage in israel. Where are we this hour . Reporter good morning. We are at an israeli artillery position. They are firing on the gaza strip as we speak. It comes after moments ago, there were sirens wounding in israels first an second largest cities, jerusalem and telaviv. There was a session of the session. Israeli prime Minster Benjamin netanyahu having to head to bomb shelters. The israelis are responding with artillery. You can see behind me, Israeli Artillery Unit continues to fire. The israelis targeting gaza from the air and ground, trying to put as much pressure on hamas as possible. Remarkable that the groups inside gaza still have the ability to target these major cities ten days in the war. Israel is learning more about the weapons that hamas brought Into Southern Israel last weekend when they committed that massacre. Take a look. You can see here rocket propelled grenades recovered by the Israeli Military. They found about a thousand of these brought in by hamas fighters to use against israeli communities along the border. This arsenal here just accounts for about 20 what was recovered. Hamas plan to battle for days. Israelis say most of this is homemade. They dont see any evidence of outside help but prepared what they will face inside gaza. Homemade explosives are very common in the gaza strip. They have factories of this. The troops of hamas. This is the tube of the bombing. This is a rocket here. Reporter you can see all of these made inside gaza by groups there. This is some of what the Israeli Forces will face when they enter the strip. I believe that they have about five times more at the gaza strip. Its good to know that we know all these and will have nothing to surprise us. Reporter as we peek, were getting an alert in about the northern part of israel, the bored with lebanon. Iisraelis calling on all residents to shelterinplace lock all doors and windows. Were also learning just a few moments ago that the israelis are shelling southern lebanon. It give you a sense how active all of this is. I want to you listen to idf spokesman. Hezbollah carried out a number of shooting attacks in order to distract from our war in the south. Iranian instruction and with iranian support. Reporter this comes as thousands of gazans trying to flee to the southern part of gaza after the i israelis warned them about a Ground Operation expecting coming in the days. We spoke to a israeli spokesman today who indicated those reports about a ceasefire are inaccurate. Bill thank you. Dana want to get to fox business Hillary Vaughan live on capitol hill with the u. S. Supporting not one but two countries at war at the same time. Hillary . Reporter good morning, dana. Treasury secretary janet yellen saying the u. S. Can afford to support ukraine and israel. House republicans need to elect a speaker so critical aid is not stalled. The president other the weekend also assuring people that helping israel and ukraine will not come at a cost. The u. S. Cannot afford. Are the wars in israel and ukraine more than the United States can take on at the same time . Were the United States of america for god sake. The most powerful nation in the history of the world. The history of the world. We can take care of both of these and still maintain our interNational Defense. Reporter that confidence is coming as concerns grow among National Security experts that the u. S. Needs to ramp up Defense Spending and prepare to face two Nuclear Threats both russia and china. The Strategic Posture Commission Bipartisan Group appointed by congress, reports that the u. S. Needs to modernize its nuclear weapons. This is the u. S. Military faces, Recruiting Shortages and any hope of passing aid for ukraine and israel remains roadblocked until a speaker is elected. House republicans say President Biden has failed to show strong leadership. Need to prevent these types of things from happening. When america show strength, it deters this from the very beginning. Weve said this with russia invading ukraine. re seeing this with our good friend israel. Reporter the National Defense authorization act, the bill that dictates Military Spending needs to pass both chambers by the end of the year. Something that cannot done until theres a house speaker. Bill i want to show you here, just remind viewers what trey was talking about. That northern border with lebanon. Apparently about mile and a half into israel has been evacuated. They are taking no chances after the skirmishes over the weekend. This is gaza down here. This entire coastline really is an area to watch whether its beirut, lebanon or telaviv and down into the gaza strip. The reason for that is if you get a widening conflict that will come in play. What is the uss military done. This is what the u. S. Government done now already in position in the eastern mediterranean. You got the uss gerald ford. We talked about that last week. Over the week Uss Eisenhower was deployed out of virginia. Expected to leave on friday. It did set sail on saturday. It will take some time before situated here in the mediterranean as well. These Strike Groups that have 6, 10 ships that go with them. They pack power. Well watch that as we move throughout the day. For more, we got a good military. Dana joining us is former defense secretary mark esper. Bill sir, good morning to you. Thank you for your time. What would the posture be for the Strike Groups in that region . I think first of all, bill, the posture will be to maintain an active patrol in the eastern mediterranean, prepare to support. First of all the message of the presence is political to send an assurance to israel that we got their back for them. Second, its a very strong deterrence message to iran, to syria and to hezbollah and southern lebanon, not to do anything. Not to open up a second front or a third front. Then, the third is it can facilitate other operations whether its an evacuation, Hostage Rescue. I might add, we get back to the fact opening up other fronts. The ships have incredible contain to deploy munitions by aircraft but also to do antiballistic missile engagement. Thats another capability that come in play should iran get involved. Very important capabilities and messages being sent by the Strike Groups. Dana im back with you mr. The Secretary Of State Antony Blinken has been in the area if the last four days im curious what you think about the state departments diplomatic efforts in order to make any action by our military necessary . I think hes been backandforth in the region. I think its good that hes there sending messages. Hes meeting with the ratio state arab states in particular saudi arabia. I think thats a smart call. If i view, if hamas start this war, partly because they want to foil that deal, iran does not like a Normalization Deal between israel and saudi arabia. Thats a good reason to pursue it. What that would mean will be alignment between arab state its and israel against iran. Thats why tehran is fighting back so hard. I think all those are good moves. I think the presence of military lloyd austin going to the region was another strong message of support to the netanyahu government. Bill these terrorists were go pros and they went into israel. Clearly, they wanted to make sure people knew what they were doing. Its absolutely sickening. With regard to the u. S. Military and eastern mediterranean, would any of that the number of hostages we thought was 150. Today the israelis say it could be 199. Regardless, would the u. S. Militarys presence there be able to assist the Israeli Military to locate them . We have special operators on the Ground Saucing and advising. They will be there if we were able to locate americans. Maybe we would join the israelis on such an operation. Going back to your first point, the fact they were wearing go pros and videotaping and taking hostagehos hostages back and g them in the street. It was horrific. They are attacking communities, civilians with infantry assault weapons. There was not about attacking military objective. It was about killing jews. It was about trying to knock down the state of israel. We know their aim is to destroy israel. This is part of what weve known for many years. The world finally getting unfortunately for the israelis a really look at the barbarism and the immorality of everything hamas. Which is why they need to be defeated. I sound like a broken record. This all goes back to iran. Eventually, if you will defeat hamas, you have to figure out a way to take on iran and cut that stream of funding. Dana secretary esper, thank you so much. Bill, iran has said an expansion of the war between israel and hamas increasingly becoming unavoidable. If you looking at this sophisophistication of the weap. They get the funding somewhere. We have to be realistic were not trying to expand the war to the United States. Iran has made decisions and hamas has made decisions that have led to the torture and mutilation of people through a Terrorist Act in order to achieve a political means that they will not get. Bill more questions for the white house this afternoon. If you watched john kirby on fox news sunday, he was emphatic, not a single dime has left that bank in qatar. The questions are obvious. They are still there. Nearly 200 hostages held in gaza more than dozen americans were told. What needs to be done to win their freedom. Expert insight into what could be involved in a moment. Dana critics are voicing concern that israel could commit war crimes with a Ground Invasion because of civilians in the area. Illegal look at the legal angle. You do not agree with the israeli total siege of the gaza strip . Im confident that israel will act under the rules of war. Car loans. 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That simply is not the case. Nothing is normal about these times. American officials are telling us there are acute Security Threats which prevent them helping any americans trying to cross that border. Acute Security Threats, obviously is a statement of the blindingly obvious. Egypt does not want to open the gates of that border and allow refugee crisis, humanitarian crisis to move from gaza into the northern part of its country. While they say they are operating it normally, that means if anything, a trickle of people going through there. Theres great concern about the tunnels that hamas dug underneath that border. If the egyptians want to keep it closed, they want to watch those tunnels. All easier said than done. Talking of the southern part of gaza, i spent lot of time there over the years. If you think its hard for Israeli Forces going into the northern end, the southern end is more difficult. As you look at the map there. They come in from the north. They got the might of the israeli army behind them. Only One Direction they are moving in. Look at the bottom end of that. They cant go in from that Southern Side because that is egyptian territory. They have to go in from that eastern border. That means they could be potentially attacked on three sides from the north, from the west, from the south. I can tell you that major city there in rafah, warn streets will be brutal fighting if Israeli Forces or if anyone else goes in there to find the hostages. Theres very good changeup chanf the hostaged are held in gaza. Bill thank you, sir. Former Deputy Assistant director spent 30 years and Jake Sullivan talking about the american hostages. For President Biden they are a priority. He has sent Hostage Experts to coordinate and consult with the Israeli Government on hostage recovery efforts. One important point when it comes to navy seals we do no have pinpoint Location Information for where the american hostages are. We have to continue to refine our understanding of where they are and even, jake, who they are. Bill two Big Questions at the end. Youre the founder of the fbi Hostage Rescue team. Youre the expert. What are they in for on both sides the hostages and israelis . Well, the biggest problem they have is finding them. I conducted lot of operations. I the benefit of knowing where my victims are. Now we dont know that. That is the biggest problem. What they have to do is that be prepared. Be on the ground, be ready to go. Ready to launch and as intelligence develops and israelis have great intelligence, as they develops, go get him. Not mess around about it. Just do what you have to do. I was concerned they might try to do this them at one time. If they find them, they will go get them. Three counterterror teams that we have are very good. They Work Together all the time. They train together. Dana what about the suggestion or the worry that the Hamas Terrorists are basically laying a trap for the Israeli Forces . I think they are. You have to be prepared for that. Thats part of your training. Know how to avoid those traps and go into options. When you go into crisis situation, you dont go through the front door. You go through a wall or window or multiple breaching. They know how to do that. They can do it. Is it easy . Its terribly hard. I can tell you, we have the capability of doing it. I think the fact that were over there says a lot about what were doing. Bill there was video, it was online, it appeared to me that these were hamas fighters. I assume they were in gaza. They were essentially they are holding young babies. They werent more than a year old. It almost strikes me as if they are taunting the israelis. Whats your observation on that . I think they are. What they want you to do with hostages and with Human Shields is to pause. Give them more time. Its a terrible situation. Im not saying its easy. Its not even scientific. Our people are trained to do that. They work on that everyday. They train. Bill we all want to remain optimistic for the outcome here. You seen these tunnels. This isnt dirt. Its not earth. Its reinforced concrete. Who knows how deep it runs. This is massive operation if you will make it successful. It is going to be. Its gong to be terribly hard. I think its the most significant Hostage Situation ive seen in my lifetime. Im not trying to minimize it. We have the people that can to it. It wont be without cost. There are people to hostages, may be to innocence. In our business, we cant step back and sucker thumb and say this is too hard. Ego. We go. I dont mean to overstate their ability, i think you have to know the resolve they have. No matter how hard it is, they keep going. Thats a credit to our country and to our teams. Im not minimizing that. Im say it will be terribly hard. We have no choice. Were going to do it. Its going to be hard. Bill well stated. Danny coulson, thank you for your time today. Dana we have rockets firing on and off between Israel Forces and hezbollah and leb lebanon. Where does this go from here . Reporter the escalation from hezbollah is real. The roam from iran is real. Heres great news. At newday weve been granted automatic authority by the va to make our own loan approval decisions. In fact, if youve had Credit Challenges and missed a payment along the way, youre more than five times more likely to get approved for the newday 100 va cash out loan. No one knows veterans like newday usa. This is Spring Semester at over 13,000 us school districts, which have become top targets for Ransomware Attacks. But theres never been a reported Ransomware Attack on a chromebook. Which is why thousands of schools like the fairfieldsuisun Unified School District switched to google tools for education. So they can focus on teaching and 22,000 students can focus on learning, knowing that their data is secure. bill 10 31 in new york. Approaching night fall in the middle east. Back to the war now. We got live coverage in benjamin hall, will tell us what could be second front in the north. I want to get to mike tobin hes live in the southern border with gaza. A Heart Breaking report you brought us last hour. I know that the assignment youre on is not a good one. Hello to you again. Reporter yeah, its difficult. Theres no sensible way to talk about it. This is National Center for forensic medicine. This is where they are identifying the bulk of the victims from the october 7th attack. Theyve been brought 959 bodies this location. Thus far they made 504 identificationings and little less than 300 to go. They have to ballpark that number, they are finding they have two victims in one body bag and one victim is spread out in more than one location. The director of the facility here gave examples of a parent and child who was bound together with a steel cable when they were set on fire. They had individuals hands zip tied behind their back. Others with defensive wounds like bullet holes through the hand as they were trying to shield themselves. Others they have found with soot inside of their trachea, an indication they were still breathing when they were set on fire. When you hear the stories of these people, theres something terrible happen. This is difficult. I saw many things in my career. The magnitude is terrible. The cruelty is terrible. Reporter the director of forensics say the identification has been slow because they have so many victims they need to identify. Theyve bin skipping lot of the protocols to try to move this along. He says the remaining identification will take a long time because the victims are in rough shape. Youre dealing with people who dont necessarily have a lot of data already on the books. He said theres a real possibility that some of the victims from the october 7th attacks will never be identified. The director of dna matching at the this lab pulled me aside, said she reached point when she was just emotionally and physically taxed. Couldnt go on. She heard that speech from new york mayor eric adams. That told her that the people in the u. S. Are behind them and it gave her inspiration to continue with this difficult task. Bill mike tobin in southern israel. Dana israel is accusing iran of ordering hezbollah and lebanon to launch attacks into northern israel. Benjamin hall has more on that. Little bit earlier on the show, we reported that israel was telling people that live in the northern part of the country to lock their doors and shelterinplace because they are worried about an incursion . Reporter absolutely. This is what the big fear is. The israeli said clearly, they want to go into hamas and they want to go into gaza and get rid of hamas. Thats their focus. Now we have iran really pushing on a whole lot of other fronts in particular from the north. Not only on the ground, theyve been vocal about it. Weve seen at the same time that secretary blinken was touring the region, the Iranian Foreign minister touring the region. To has been going on numerous countries. He has said that if the Gaza Offensive continues, iran will get involved. He said iranian hands already on the trigger. He reached out specifically warned and threaten america, said if this war expands there will be significant damage also to the u. S. On the ground, they are escalating. The iranbacked hezbollah they are firing across the border in the north. The rockets and antitank missiles. Israel more iranian weapons are on their way. Theyve been heading through syria. Seven trucks were broken up by israelis in the last few days. Iran is believed to be bringing weapons in. We know in the last day that iranianbacked Military Leaders from Iraqi Militias they have moved to the Israeli Border along with their fighters. It is clear right now that iran is actively moving people, weapons to that northern border with israel. The administration in the u. S. , theyve been trying to warn iran. They sent two Aircraft Carrier groups to the region. Jake sullivan said the u. S. Reached out to iran. Theyve warned to them to stand down. Then you have Lindsey Graham saying to iran, if you escalate, were coming for you. Its not just iran. This is on a global level. We got a glimpse of that yesterday from hamas weapons that were found. The ones used inside the attack. Yes iranians and many were made in gaza. There were chinese weapons, north korean weapons and russian weapons. It is a reminder all these countries are working together. They want to degrade the u. S. And perhaps they think that right now, this is a great way of doing so. Dont forget iran in the last year has done deals with china, with russia, with venezuela. They are all talking to one another. There will be questions about whether or not whats being done to keep them down. Its very interesting, were in a crucial moment. We expect israelis to the on the ground force. Iran said if that happens, they will respond. Dana benjamin, thank you. Bill just to show more about what ben was talking about. Heres the northern border. Theres little bit of activity. Its not nearly to the degree that weve been reporting in the southwestern area here in gaza. If you look at what the israelis have done here so far, hezbollah is down here in the valley. Heres your border. Theyve taken roughly about 1. 2mile stretch that borders and mirrors those southern border with lebanon. Theyve cleared out israelis who live about 28 communities within that area just for safekeeping and to ensure theyre okay in case this thing goes to another level. Well keep an eye on this and keep a wa watch on this. Theres a town here in the north. Metulas northern most town in israel. I spent there in the summer. It was raw. It was 247. They eventually reached a ceasefire. It took two months to get there. Theres a lot of animosity that you can find on this border. Even during times of peace sometimes. Pops up as well. We talked about the americans who are evacuated. Thats the town of hyfa the report city. About 2500 americans have boarded a cruise ship and head out to cypress and then to europe from there. Were talking about it now because its relevant. Hopefully, dana, it doesnt get to the point where you got a second front in this war. Theres a lot of time and attention. We have lot of diplomats working this story. Dana there are also legal issues over in israeli invasion of gaza. Lets bring in eugene. He serves as director of Scalia Law School center. Its great to have you here. When you see the reporting of mike tobin who is showing us the evidence that we can show of the tortures the mutilation to what happened in israel. Now you have possible Ground Incursion coming in gaza. You have lot of talk including at the u. N. Security council about legal issues that israel needs to follow. How do you look at this . The bodies are not yet buried of these people who were burned alive, children burned alive in front of their parents. Parents burned alive in front of their children. Their bodies are not boweried in the United Nations are accusing israel of war crime. Its not true. Israel will go into gaza. The hamas government that runs gaza and is responsible for this invasion. In any war, civilians will get killed. Its a tragic consequence. Its why its so evil to start a war like hamas did. Israel only attacks Military Targets. Under International Law, something youre not going to hear a lot this from the u. N. , theres a rule called proportionality. When you attack a Military Target you can have civilian casualties. What military advantages israel seeking to secure, saving itself from barbaric destruction. Hamas must be removed. Hamas has chosen a specific tactic. They operate from civilian areas. That is against International Law. The fact that they operate in hospitals, near schools, does not immunize those targets from israeli attack. They are using their own civilian as a weapon against israel seeking to maximize their own civilian casualties hoping countries like the United States will hold israel back. One has ohope that doesnt happen. Israel is fighting this war purely under International Law and all those civilian casuals are the responsibility of hamas. Dana eugene, from you on the u. N. Security Council Going to vote on to rival resolution this afternoon. Yes, the United Nations Security Council never going to say anything to truly condemn hamas. It cant really be of any use. 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Protest erupting across College Campuses as americas elite university face backlash for not doing enough on the war. How are they doing today. They deleted that tweet from last weekend. Reporter it continues to go on. A week after this horrific attack by hamas on israel. There were dueling rallies on harvards campus. On saturday, more than a thousand democrat tray stores demonstrators rallied in support support. Organized by graduate Students For Palestine the rally called on participants to stand with palestinians under siege and stop the genocide. On sunday more than a thousand people gathered outside the Prestigious University library for a vigil to stand in solidarity with israel. Many attendees held candle, some wrapped in israeli flags. In a video addressed thursday, harvard president pushed back on calls to hold Student Accountable after more than two dozen Student Groups calling israel responsible. Embraces a commitment to free expression. That commitment extends even to views that many of us find objectionable. Even outrageous. We do not punish or sanction people for expressing such views. Reporter as propalestinian rallies and proisraeli counterparts creating tensions, one College President , Called Out Elite Academia as weakened by moral confusion. This is morally complex. Its easy to condemn evil as evil. If they want to wrestle with complexity, why dont the University President stand up and read the Hamas Charter on their campus and grapple with the call for the genocide and eradication of the jewish people. Reporter the Way University leadership has responded or has lacked in therapy their response may cost them money. We are talking money from billionaires here as some of those very wealthy donors to those universities including harvard and u penn promise to withdraw future donations. Dana thank you. Everything is a threat. Everything is built up. There are you go after one shooter and there are 12 others that are behind the corner. Its about taking us out. Thats what they are there to do. Hamas has no respect for humanity. Bill that was a guest last hour. Former army soldier David Bellavia on the battle with hamas. General, good morning to you. Its been 30 years since you did time in gaza. I imagine the area has changed. You were also in fallujah ju july 2004 when you arrived there. Do you think if theres an agreement that arrived out between israeli and americans and the egyptians that Southern Gate of rafah, if you allow alleviate some of the pressure among the citizens who you can confirm are citizens with no association to Hamas Terrorists, how would that change the picture in gaza . It will change it dramatically. I think one of the advantages i think, fallujah was a tough fight. One of the advantages we had city 400,000 was down in november 2004. What was left in the city were the elderly, who had nowhere to go and nowhere to help them and the enemy and the enemy moving around broadly through the city. You think about the challenge of gaza with 2. 2 million people, again, one of the most densely Populated Areas in the world. Bringing that force in and going through what is the hardest, all warfare is hard. Nothing is harder, grittier, dirtier fighting. Alleviating that pressure to get civilians out through the rafah gate will be in the best interest. Bill lets say thats a accomplished to a degree. Youre trying to sift through 2. 3 million people. Not easy. With regard to your experience in fallujah, is that a fair comparison with the tunnels of gaza . We talked with a soldier last hour, he was in fallujah. He said everyone in fallujah was an enemy combatant. Thats not the case here. You got men, Women And Children who have nothing to do with Hamas Terrorists. Yeah, absolutely. Sorting out. The advantage the enemy has is the defender has the majority of advantages in military operation. He is prepared. Hes fighting on interior lines. He understands the neighborhood. He understands where he can store his supplies. The Tunnel System in gaza is supposedly very complex and very well built. There was a sewer system in fallujah for sure. I think nothing rivals complexity of the submediterranean tunnels that are in gaza at this time. Bill last question, do you think the israelis know where these hostages are right now . Bill, i will be purely speculating like any of us. I would have to you have to believe that the hostages are spread out over the entire area that they are not being held together. My sense is the israelis may well know, based on the intelligence where some are. I think youre talking about more than 150 hostages. The chance anybody knows where all of them, i think would be quite slim. Bill thank you for your time. Thank you, sir. Alex hogan is live in london with more. Hi, alex. Hi, dana, this comes after months of discussions. The government of qatar is opening up of some of these deals that were broke in order to bring four ukrainian children home. Take a look at this statement that was released, detailed some of the involvement of the hosting of the children of the Qatar Embassy moscow in the situation. It acomapanies these children ensuring of their wellbeing. It has reunited at least one sevenyearold boy with his family and three other children will soon be reportedly be returned to their Family Members as well. They have taken 20,000 kids across the border since the start of the invasion. Qatars Prime Minister visited in july. It was ukraines first request to take on this role as mediator. The discussion was quite difficult. A lot of lack of information on this issue. Gradually, we move to the step we are at right now, where we have the communication of these children are happening. One ukrainian official telling me that the government does not want to comment too much, dana, just to ensure most of those other children that are part of this will return home safely. It is good that they can be reunited with their family. Alex, thank you. House republicans gearing up for critical votes on who may be their next speaker. Jim jordan may hold the gavel or may not. It is not a sure thing. Chad pilgrim has been watching all the movement. Where are we now . Reporter good morning, jim jordan is believed to be short of the necessary votes to win. His allies are trying to narrow the deficit before a midday vote tomorrow. This is to get jim jordan Elected Speaker and get this Congress Moving again. It is one thing to get elected and another thing to govern. I realized how difficult it is. It took me 15 rounds. Jordan did score a major win this morning. Mike rogers is for jordan. On friday, rogers opposed jordan. There is talk of a coalition of lawmakers teaming up to tap a bipartisan speaker. Desperation is seeping through the house. There were informal conversations have been under way. When we get back to washington tomorrow, it is important to formalize those discussions. It is time to end the republican civil war. It is about the math. Jordan can only lose four votes and still become speaker. Some republicans opposed jordan because of what they interpret as strong, armed tactics. Another candidate for speaker could emerge tomorrow. Bill . Okay. Thats why they call it tomorrow because it never comes. Thank you so much. Chad program there on capitol hill. It has been a big two hours, dana. It is. We know President Biden was meant to go to colorado for about an event but they canceled early this morning to reschedule because President Biden said he wanted to be at the white house to consider and monitor the situation which may give you a little bit of a clue as to how close the Ground Incursion may be in israel. Gaza, excuse me. Benjamin netanyahu is making calls, too. I think one of the key bits of information we need to find out is what were these discussions Antony Blinken had over the weekend. Apparently, there is an origin that Benjamin Netanyahu is on the phone with the head of the uae, i do believe. Hes working the phones, too, to try to get some sort of maybe, there is a hidden coalition there . I think a lot of the focus is on getting the hostages back. The israeli hostages and there are hostages around the world including americans. All of that very much top of mind. Well take you through it all day. I will see you later on the 5 00 p. M. Harris faulkner is going to take you through