and that's what bank of america was for me. >> sandra: all right, 9:00 p.m. in the middle east and fighting is back on after a seven-day truce came to a close, signalling a new stage in this war. sirens are sounding across central and southern israel at this hour and the idf is striking further into gaza as we speak. the fate of roughly 130 hostages is still up in the air. welcome to our two, i'm sandra smith here in new york. hi, john. >> john: good to be with you for a second hour, i'm john roberts in washington and this is "america reports". israel urging all civilians in gaza to evacuate as operations expand into the southern part of the strip. the biden administration warning israel to proceed with caution, raising concern more aid and support to our ally may be limited. so, what is the strategy going forward? >> sandra: we will put that question to mark regev, a senior adviser to benjamin netanyahu in moments. but first, to nate foy, he's live on the ground in northern israel for us right now. nate, what are you hearing at this hour? >> well, sandra, it's actually been relatively quiet for the past two hours or so, but the sights and sounds of war are certainly back in israel, gaza, also lebanon, we did have significant action earlier today or earlier tonight local time. israel hit 200 terrorist targets in gaza. hamas has launched rockets and missiles across southern and central israel, tel aviv specifically, but the air defense, the iron dome system was able to shoot down all of those missiles and here on the northern front with hezbollah terrorists in lebanon, they made two launches across the border and israel's iron dome intercepted them. take a look at this. so sandra, after this happened for more than an hour we just constantly heard israeli artillery going over the border into lebanon, israel also announces as we take a look at the next video that the idf struck a terrorist cell near zarit, on the israeli side of the border. this on the lebanon side of the border, very close to where we are where people have been evacuated. the idf chief of staff said people will not be coming back here until the security situation is very different than it was on october 7th. and take a look at this next video when it became clear this pause in the fighting was over. i mentioned 200 terrorist targets, hamas terrorists hit in gaza, including in the south, in khan younis where leaf lets were dropped to warn palestinians to move to evacuation zones. unfortunately, john and sandra, we are seeing that many of them did not and the cost to property and life is extensive. meanwhile, 130 hostages remain in gaza, in hamas captivity. israel also announcing the deaths of four hostages today. we know that 20 women, according to the idf are still in hamas captivity. idf says that is why the truce broke down is that hamas would not release the final 20 women. so, the mission continues for israel to push deeper into gaza and eradicate hamas. meanwhile, back out here live, negotiations are back on with qatar, egypt and the united states, to now strike possibly a new deal to go back to a pause in the fighting, but based off what we have seen today it does not appear to be close. we'll send it back to you. >> sandra: nate foy on the ground in northern israel. john. >> john: a new poll shows more than half of president biden's own party is against israel's military action in gaza. some left wing organizations are even lashing out at the president publicly over his pro israel policies. peter doocy is live at the white house. how is the administration reacting to this criticism? >> john, the administration is reacting by basically saying they only support future military operations in gaza if they can figure out a way to be less disruptive. >> we do not support a move to the south unless or until they have adequately accounted for the protection of innocent human life, civilian life, in southern gaza. with the understanding that there's a whole heck of a lot more innocent civilians in southern gaza than there were a week or two ago. >> antony blinken said basically the same thing and now care is mad with this statement. hours after secretary blinken claimed israel had made concrete plans, benjamin netanyahu made a mockery, killing palestinians. and republicans say they want president biden to ignore that and be more supportive of israel's overall aims. >> this is not going to be let's just be peaceful and not do anything assume hamas out of the goodness of their heart will release it. they have to have pressure aplayed to them. the best hope for the hostages is more pressure. >> for the first couple weeks of this conflict after october 7th, president biden was in front of the cameras all the time explaining what exactly he wanted, what exactly he was doing, the first week he's taken things almost entirely behind the scenes, including today, nothing on camera. john. >> john: peter, a big concern among israelis and supporters of israel that the president is going to start going a little wobbly over support for israel, particularly as they move into southern gaza. in an email to me yesterday, john kirby insisted the president is not going wobbly but what are you hearing there? >> we are hearing that they don't support a permanent ceasefire but that they really like these pauses and they would like the pauses to continue because they think that is the best way to get hostages out. and so it's one of those things, they want a pause, they are not saying how long of a pause they want. it sounds like they would like one that lasts weeks or even months but the word permanent is not attached to any of that. >> john: ok, peter doocy with the latest. thank you, peter. from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. sandra. >> sandra: thank you, john. top national security leaders are gathering in simi valley, california, for the reagan defense forum. at least 74 times the forces has been attacked since the war began, and russia and ukraine war shows no signs of ending. the focus this year is on china, and artificial intelligence. jennifer, what is the mood out there at this year's defense forum? >> well, sandra, 38 years ago ronald reagan during the state of the union reached out to congress and the world's democracies with an olive branch and promise. >> i want to work with you to support the democratic forces whose struggle is tied to our own security. >> this year's reagan national defense forum now in its 10th year begins tomorrow. it will be streamed online, and panel discussions with head of the navy, marine corps, air force and cyber command. defense and commerce secretaries will be here, the new chairman of the joint chiefs, the admirals, and the focus this year on china, a.i. and new technologies that will position the u.s. military in race with china. 38 years after president reagan promised security assistance to the world's democracies, willing to fight that are their own freedoms, those values long espoused by the republican party are under attack by populus ideas and those who want the u.s. to look inward. survey found most americans do want the u.s. to remain engaged in the world, providing military support to ukraine, israel, and taiwan. the survey found 73% of americans are concerned about a potential invasion of taiwan. 59% military aid to ukraine, 47% say the u.s. is not doing enough to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon. three-quarters worry about china surpassing the u.s. as the world's top superpower. 77% favor increasing military spending, nearly two-thirds think it's wrong to block military promotions to protest pentagon social policies. half say they would encourage military service, a third would discourage it. 70% of americans are not aware of a major new security agreement between the u.s., australia and britain, to develop technologies like nuclear subs. eight in ten are worried about the u.s. falling behind china technologically. all of this at the heart of the discussions at the 10th annual reagan defense forum over the coming two days in simi valley. >> sandra: we'll be watching what comes out of that. thank you so much. >> prime minister, referred to a decade fraught with danger. we can hope today that in meeting those dangers we have transformed this decade into a turning point, a turning point for our age and for all time. >> john: president ronald reagan and margaret thatcher created a special relationship between our two countries as they fought off the threat from the soviet union. >> sandra: another former british prime minister says the partnership is not there with president biden. liz truss joins us next to discuss what she feels american leadership needs to the world. is stressing your budget. but your family's service has earned you a big advantage. the va home loan benefit. with the lower rate newday 100 va cash out loan, you can pay off high rate credit cards and car loans. and can save $6,000 a year. that's real money you can use to take care of your family and home. okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. yay - woo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. 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(engine accelerating) (texting clicks) (tires squeal) (glass shattering) (loose gravel clanking) >> qatari officials are working for a truce after a week long pause in fighting. israel says more than 130 hostages still remain captive in gaza at this hour. and, just moments ago, we just got word from the idf, the idf has announced the death of a fifth hostage now, a 75-year-old man from kibbutz nir oz. let's bring in mark regev, senior adviser to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and former ambassador to the u.k. and welcome to you, sorry to lead in to you with the horrific news. first, your reaction to that. >> so it's clear that hamas is brutal and that we are extremely worried about how they are treating the hostages that have remained behind. we are thankful that we got 81 israelis out, 81 israelis who were in hamas's dungeons, they are out. unfortunately, as you said just now, there's more than 130 still left behind, and that's a problem. we have been hearing stories from the medical teams that have been dealing with the hostages come out and they are saying that the hostages went through a very difficult time. the ones that are now out and can talk, abuse after abuse after abuse. children suffered abuse at hamas's hands. but maybe we shouldn't be surprised. we saw the way hamas behaved when they invaded israel on october 7th, when they butchered our people, burned families eye life, machine gunned the young people at the open air music concert. we know what we are dealing with. hamas are brutal killers. we can have no illusions. >> sandra: ambassador, just reading through the update from the idf spokesperson here about this now, a fifth hostage pronounced dead, through the idf, the name of that hostage we are told, he is 75 years old, and his daughter was released last night. to clarify, and reading directly from the note from the idf, the bodies of five people, these hostages, are still being held right now by hamas in gaza. they are still being counted in the total number of 136 hostages, we believe that to be the case, at least. we are waiting for an exact response from the idf on that. what can you tell us about the negotiations now that this week long ceasefire is over? why did they fall apart? >> well, hamas took a decision that they did not want to honor the understandings that were reached, and as you know, the united states played a key role in reaching those understandings and hamas was supposed to release hostages and for releasing hostages, more hostages, we were willing to extend the humanitarian pause. but for its own reasons. hamas not only didn't follow through on its commitments about hostages, but hamas also opened fire and this morning at about 5:30 a.m. local time there was rockets being fired from gaza into israel and so they broke the quiet by attacking us and the same time were not following through on their commitments under the understandings, and so they -- they, they jettisoned the pause and if the people of gaza are now in once again in a war zone, they have no one to look to except for hamas who has deliberately in a premeditated action started the war once again. >> sandra: just reading through some updates from the white house's john kirby who is speaking right now to this, answering that very question, ambassador, why the negotiations fell apart, his response, because of hamas that this pause has ended. some other things he's saying right now, and reaction from you as i read these, it's more than plausible, kirby says, that hamas has more women and children hostages who could qualify for an exchange. he also says in these remarks, gaza must remain palestinian land and cannot be reduced. i'll get your thoughts both of those items as they are now coming across the wire, ambassador. >> so we agree. we believe there are more women and children that hamas could have returned and we agree that israel doesn't want to occupy or rule gaza, that we are only in this war to protect our people, we are only in this war to create a situation where israelis who live on the southern frontier no longer have to live in fear of terrorist, murderers crossing the border in the middle of the night and butchering their children. we are only in this hamas says given the capability and opportunity they would do the october 7th massacre again and again and again. their words, and not mine. so our action is defensive and the goal is, and it's shared with the united states, we have to create a new reality in gaza, where that territory is no longer ruled by a territory group. and model is what the united states did and destroy isis in syria and iraq. isis had what they called the caliphate, controlled territory they could inflict pain on others from their territory. just as isis was destroyed in syria and iraq, we will destroy hamas in gaza. >> sandra: ambassador, we appreciate your time today. mark regev, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> together our nations have faced the challenges of our time and have not flinched. thanks to your courage and your leadership, the fire of individual freedom burns more brightly, not just in america, not just in the west, but right across the world. >> john: that was then british prime minister margaret thatcher along with ronald reagan 1988, alliance on full display as they tackled the communist threat from the soviet union. liz truss says america would benefit from more of that leadership today and joins us now. good to be with you, nice to see you. >> good afternoon. >> john: as the world becomes a more dangerous place with wars in israel and ukraine, china with designs on taiwan, iran causing instability in the middle east and pursuing a nuclear weapon, you write this in "wall street journal," for as long as most of us can recall, the u.s. has led the free world. during the cold war, american power held off the communist threat. president reagan was unflinching calling soviet union an evil empire. and america would benefit from that leadership today. how would you assess the biden policy and the application of it. >> we have to ask why president putin felt emboldened to invade ukraine. why is it president xi is lauded when he comes to america and american ceos, and hamas commits atrocities in israel essentially backed by iran, and the reason that we are in this position is the west is not being strong enough, and in particular, the u.s. leadership, whether it's by trying to get a nuclear deal rather than getting tough on iran, not acting strongly enough back in 2014 when putin took various parts of ukraine and the donbas, or whether it's allowing china to have access to western technology which now they are using against us. i think we have to ask, why is all this happening. >> john: ronald reagan had a simple philosophy, peace through strength. does this administration not project strength anymore? >> i think things like the withdrawal of afghanistan gave authoritarians around the world the green light. the green light that if you push the west, if you push the united states, might not be the resistance than there was in the past and this is why i want to see conservative american leadership. i want to see the kind of alliance we saw in the 1980s of peace through strength, increase defense spending on both the part of the united states and european partners, economic policies that are coordinated to actually hold china to account, hold iran to account and russia to account and what we know, these regimes are working together. we saw hamas go to moscow. we saw beijing helping iran and russia evade the sanctions. so we can't just treat these as three separate things. this is a threat to our way of life in the u.s. and the u.k. and i frankly don't think we have that much time to take a different position. >> john: the idea of looking outward but also suggest in the op-ed we need to look inward as well. write we must halt the rot we have allowed our own societies, whether anti-capitalist, woke agenda promoted in the schools and campuses, we urgently need to counter ideologies that undermine our way of life and give sucker to our enemies. reaction across europe with some politicians in parties, italy, finland, sweden, slovakia,s holland, hungary as well. mele just elected in argentina. do you see it as being a reaction that may go too far? >> what i see is on the streets of london. i see people demonstrating in favor of terrorists. and that being allowed to happen. and you've got the trans extremist, ecoextremists, degracer, and what they are about, they are about saying the way of life that we have in britain or america, that's not the right way of life. actual