Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, President Biden giving his final speech to the united nations, defending his legacy of creating global alliances, even as the world is racked with the wars in europe and the middle east. And israel pushes further into lebanon and the u. S. Sends troops to the region to evacuate americans if diplomacy fails. Fullscale war is not in anyones interest, even in a situation thats escalated, a diplomatic solution is still possible. In his first u. S. Televised interview, irans new President Wont Rule out retaliating against israel for assassinating a Hamas Leader in Tehrans Capital and tells me that hezbollah, hamas, and the houthis are not irans proxies, despite western intelligence saying otherwise. We will respond in a manner of our choosing. We support those who fight for their freedom. It doesnt mean that we have proxies. They dont fight on our behalf. Plus, my interview with nobel laureate, Malala Youssef and her continue for push for women in leadership around the world. Its not just about the title, its not just about that one position, its about the engagement of women. On the campaign trail, a republican Senate Candidate calls womens focus on reproductive rights, quote, a little crazy. As Donald Trump claims hes protecting women from even having to think about the issue. Because i am your protector. You will no longer be thinking about abortion. Its all they talk about. Abortion. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york. Where israels escalating conflict with hezbollah and u. S. Concerns that israel is not sharing its military plans with the administration are dominating the annual u. N. Meetings. President Biden Meeting right now with the u. N. s secretary general, after delivering his fourth and final address to the u. N. General assembly, as commander in chief. Mr. Biden ticking through decades of u. N. Accomplishments and the current effort to contain the spiraling middle east conflict. I put forward with qatar and egypt a Ceasefire And Hostage deal. Its been endorsed by the u. N. Security council. Now is a time for the parties to finalize its terms. Bring the hostages home, and secure security for Israel And Gaza free of a hamas script. Ease the suffering in Gaza And End this war. Weve also been determined to prevent a wider war that engulfs the entire region. The u. S. Is now trying to find an offramp and publicly criticizing israel. The State Department Spokesman saying that Israels Strategy of escalating one conflict to deescalate another has never worked. Three u. S. Defense officials tell Nbc News that israel has stopped sharing its military plans with washington. And without those details, the u. S. Is preparing for possible israeli Ground Invasion into lebanon, deploying u. S. Troops to the region in case americans need to be evacuated. Twice in the past few weeks, the u. S. Was not warned ahead of planned israeli attacks, first using Hezbollah Pagers as bombs. The second, those Air Strikes deep inside lebanon. The President Today insisting the region must get back on a path towards peace. Progress toward peace will put us in a stronger position to do deal with the ongoing threat posed by iran. Together, we must deny oxygen to its terrorist proxies, which have called for more October 7th and ensure that iran will never, ever obtain a nuclear weapon. We begin with my colleague, Nbc News Chief White House correspondent, peter alexander, plus, Nbc News Chief foreign correspondent, Richard Engel in israel. Former nato allied commander, james stavridis, and ben rhodes, former national Security Adviser in the obama White House. Peter, were really at a crossroads here. The administration has spent, since October 7th well, actually, since October 18th or 19th when the Refugee Camp was bombed, which was the first breach by many inside the State Department and elsewhere in israel by using a 2,000pound bunker buster bomb. That night i met with a top democratic senator, long ally of israel saying, what is going on here . Those are u. S. Weapons and israel said that they were going after one hamas terrorist underground. And thats when the u. N. Secretary general turned against israel. Maybe, you know, the u. N. Has always been arguably biased against israel, but thats when everything turned. And Joe Biden stuck with them, but now people publicly in the administration are on the record saying we dont know what our closeiest ally is doing. Thats particularly striking from the president s remarks earlier this day, his fourth and final time addressing the General Assembly. He wanted to make this a message about the power of those alliances, these relationships. But really today as much as anything, demonstrated the limitations of those alliances, as well. As the world is witnessing what israel is doing with real concerns, as you indicated from the State Department officials and others about the situation thats now continuing to escalate in lebanon. The president , though, continuing to make the case, trying to make the argument if we get a ceasefire and a hostage deal, this can all be resolved. But we have been waiting for resolution now, approaching a full year. There were a couple of other takeaways in this room that were striking, particularly as a conversation, getting a lot of attention behind the scenes right now, relates to whats going to be delivering this address on behalf of the united states next year, with a real concern among global leaders that Donald Trump may return with this america first policies, as opposed to the policies of partnership, by this president right now. The president , some of his toughest words were basically effectively saying that we need to make sure that the forces holding us together remain stronger than those trying to pull us apart. And as he talked about the successes, he credited Kamala Harris for helping him in the course of the way that war has been handled. This is tough and ukraine has its own concerns, as we witness what is happening right now. Volodymyr zelenskyy, the president of ukraine, who is here, will be in washington, d. C. meeting with both Kamala Harris and Joe Biden this week, delivering what he is calling his victory plan, as we approach or are approaching three years in that war, as well. Really, the takeaway is the limitation of the president s desired policies. And still has not persuaded this president to sign on to using longrange weapons into russia, whereas the allies, israel, and excuse me, england, the uk and france, want to and want to use their weapons, at least to get the u. S. Blessing for it. Thats another example of alliances that are frayed over it. Richard engel, there you are in the hot seat. What is israel saying or not saying about a potential Ground Invasion into lebanon . And the world is criticizing, increasingly criticizing the use of the pager, because it was the use of a new weapon, a weapon of mass destruction, arguably, and they dont know how to deal with that. Ill start with the pagers, if i can. Actually, military officials, including in the united states, are i dont want to say celebrating it, but they were impressed with the israeli operation. They were impressed with its with its execution, the fact that they were able to carry it out, smuggle these explosive devices into israel, get them into hezbollahs hands, carry out the operation the way they did. There were some civilian casualties, but considering that many explosives went off, relatively speaking, a very precise operation. There has been criticism on an international Human Rights level, but when you compare the Pager Attack to whats happening in gaza, the Pager Attack was far more precise. It was aimed at hezbollah, it was aimed at the operatives. We saw the operatives having their pockets blown up and being knocked off motorcycles, rather than the block by Block Destruction at the beginning of the Gaza War more than a year ago. Now were in yet another escalatory phase. And people are very concerned across the region that israel is going to turn large parts of lebanon into a new gaza. That Southern Lebanon is going to be destroyed, as israel carries out, its for now Air Campaign to eliminate hamas excuse me, hezbollah weapons sites, particularly drone launching facilities, missile facilities, and rocket facilities. But not just the south, also the Becca Valley in the west along the border with syria. That, israel says, is a key route, that hezbollah has used, and its a wellestablished route. Its not just israel that says this, to smuggle weapons into lebanon. And south beirut. So three targets at the moment. South beirut being the political headquarters of the hezbollah leadership. So at least three areas right now, in Southern Lebanon, western lebanon, and in beirut itself are being targeted in a campaign that could escalate. I spoke earlier today with an israeli military spokesman, and he said that for now, its just an Air Campaign. Theyre focused on an Air Campaign. It was the same thing that Admiral Hagari said. Its the same thing that prime Minister Netanyahu said. It is a talking point, that this is an Air Campaign. But as Admiral Stavridis can attest to, no War Plan survives the first contact. Right now its an Air Campaign. Hezbollah is firing back. And if hezbollah, one of its rockets suddenly hits a school or hits a Retirement Home or something, we could see a Ground Campaign coming out of this war. I think were still in the early phases. And andrea, it is quite shocking to hear that Israel Isnt cooperating with the administration, but it isnt cooperating it isnt shocking at the same time. Its shocking on one level, because israel has depended on the united states, the israeli government of prime Minister Netanyahu has been dependent on centcom, has been dependent on u. S. Intelligence, particularly to stop attacks like the one that came from iran. It was really the u. S. That came in and provided the intelligence, provided the antimissile support, using resources that israel had and bringing in a lot of other resources. But its not shocking, because many in this country, many ive spoken to around the region, believe theres a vacuum of leadership in the u. S. That they are already looking beyond President Biden. Theyre looking to see who the next president is, so theyre not terribly concerned about the opinions of the current president. Theyre doing what they want for as long as they can, and well deal with the consequences with the next administration. Thats certainly what the prime minister seems to think, especially with his visit to maralago, which is traditional, but it was a very pointed visit during his last trip to the u. S. And same with zelenskyy, also doing the same thing, going to see trump. Hes going to see harris. Hes presenting the victory plan. And thats normal. Biden thanks, its been great. Yeah, but that is normally done, at this stage in the administration. In the transition. But Admiral Stavridis, if you want to pick up on what richard was just saying, there is a breach here. And it is different from anything weve seen in the past 11 months. Yeah. And let me also address the pager issue. Ive looked at that pretty sign. As a former Military Officer and as dean of the Fletcher School of law and diplomacy, a Graduate School of international relations, International Law, i for one have no qualms about it. It was precise, as richard said, it was also a mechanism of war. It was a communications device. I think it was justifiable in terms of proportionality, precision, and intent. In terms of of what the israelis are doing now, as richard said, im not sure they know where this is going to go. My inclination is that they will not seek a major Ground Intrusion into lebanon. Last time they did that was almost 20 years ago. It turned into a pretty long, bloody encounter for the israeli defense forces. That was 2006. Since then, israel and the united states, Israel And Hezbollah have had a kind of a back and forth. Youre seeing a manifestation of that now. Again, this is the period where a miscalculation could really explode the whole situation. And what i define, ill conclude here with a regional war, would be if iran comes in, overtly, not just fighting to the last houthi, but actually using iranian guards, iranian troops. That would probably pull the united states into the conflict. Thats a regional war. I think thats not impossible, but i put the chances of that at below 20 . Still uncomfortably high, andrea. Well have to watch over the next week or two to see how far the israelis want to press this militarily. But the israelis are facing a lot of trouble on the West Bank now. Jordan has been alienated. Theyre worried about their own domestic situation, with such an angry palestinian, large Refugee Camps. How dangerous is it for israel not to clue the u. S. In on its plans . And does this involve netanyahu making a very political calculation, as well . As a Military One . Yeah, i think its quite dangerous. Because theyre engaged in an openended war in gaza. The Ceasefire Deal appears to be dead. They dont really have a plan for whats going to come next in gaza. Thats been one of the gaps with the administration. Theyve now just escalated over the objection of the united states, pretty significantly, in lebanon. Again, without the clearest objective. Theyre talking about bringing people back in israel. Its hard to see how a war is going to accomplish that objective. So they continue to escalate in different directions, continue to move further away from the united states, continue to enflame regional and global opinion, and its not clear where the end games are, in any of these circumstances, particularly with that kind of Ceasefire Deal, appearing to be on ice. And look, i think with netanyahu, you always have to factor in political calculation. That is just a reality, anybody who has observed this person and his governance of israel over the last 15 years, and i think clearly, netanyahu believes the perpetuation of these wars, you can use the plural now, is in his political interests. Its helping to solidify his political survival. Its avoiding an election that might be unpredictable for him. Its holding his kind of Farright Coalition together. So this is serving his political interest in israel, and frankly in the united states, i think, you know, his preferences were pretty clearly be for Donald Trump. And so if Joe Biden looks embarrassed, if Joe Biden looks feckless in the current dynamic, well, thats a secondary benefit, as well. And look, i just think that you have to take that kind of political context into account when were talking about bibi netanyahu. Peter alexander, Admiral Stavridis, ben rhodes, thanks to all of you. And in just 90 seconds, its back to the campaign trail, as the Swing States take top priority from both campaigns, with six weeks to go. Youre watching Andrea Mitchell reports, this is msnbc. Watchil reports, this is msnbc. otherwise the flakes will come back. Hes right, you know. Is that tiny troy . The ingredients in head shoulders keep the microbes that cause flakes at bay. Microbes, really . Theyre always on your scalp. But good news, theres no itchiness, dryness or flakes down here. I love tiny troy. And his tiny gorgeous hair. 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