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just this past week the prc vessels acted dangerously and unlawfully as our philippine friends conducted a routine resupply mission in that your own, their own exclusive economic zone in the south china sea. i want to be clear, very clear, the united states defense commitment to the philippines is iron clad, is iron clad. any attack on the filipino aircraft vessels or armed forces will invoke the mutual defense treaty with the philippines. and mr. prime minister, today we renewed our commitment to defend the values that are at the heart of this alliance. and we continue to stand as one to forge a better future for both of us and all the region. so, i want to thank you again for being here. thank you for your partnership and your leadership in this critical moment. and i would like to now turn it over to you. well, thank you very much, mr. president. australia and the united states have stood together for more than a century and it is indeed a great honor for me to sta ....
so, you know, they are seeing him as a good ally in this fight. also, you know, echoing the message we heard from joe biden in that rare oval office address. you know, i think those lines of communication remain open, but i think this is something that mitch mcconnell just believes in a similar fashion to joe biden, and they re happy to have someone from the other party be a spokesperson and advocate for this significant aid package. all right. we ll see what happens in the capitol today. white house reporter for the washington post, tyler pager, thank you, as always. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this tuesday morning. morning joe starts right now. welcome to morning joe. it is 6:00 on the east coast, oz yau take a live look at washington, d.c. it is tuesday, october 24th. this morning, for the first time, we re hearing from a hostage freed by hamas. we ll play for you comments from one of the elderly women released yesterday by the te ....
i m boris sanchez. jake tapper is in tel aviv and we re following the latest out of israel where talks are continuing to free a large number of the more than 200 people being held hostage by hamas. this as one of two israeli hosta hostages released yesterday is now speaking out about her harrowing experience. i went through hell that i could not have known. i was kidnapped on a motorbike on my side while they were driving towards gaza. as we got there, the people told us that they are people who believe in the koran and they will not harm us and we will get the same conditions they get in the tunnels. we begin walking inside the tunnels with the wet ground. there were guards and a paramedic and a doctor who took care of the fact we would have the same medicine that we need. there, we laid on mattresses. they took care of the sanitary side so we won t get sick and we had a doctor who came to see us every two to three days. as israeli troops gear up to launch a possib ....
breaking tonight, hamas is blinking? well perhaps. earlier today two elderly hostages were released. one 79, the other 85. now tears of joy for sure but still they claim one quarter of their community is either murdered, missing or was abducted. more details on that in moments. also tonight we re going to talk to one muslim scholar who viewed raw footage of all the horrors, murder, torture, all of it that was committed by hamas. plus a survivor of the festival attack, her startling assessment of america s rising anti-semitism later in the show. we are also learning more about other atrocities the terrorists planned to carry out, cyanide bombs reportedly coming from al qaeda. fox s lucas tomlinson is standing by. what can you tell us? reporter: laura, moments ago a helicopter delivered the hostages released from hamas to a hospital here in tel aviv. what s striking one of the hospitals used to volunteer to drive palestinians into israel for better medical care. israeli ....
breaking tonight, hamas is blinking? well perhaps. earlier today two elderly hostages were released. one 79, the other 85. now tears of joy for sure but still they claim one quarter of their community is either murdered, missing or was abducted. more details on that in moments. also tonight we re going to talk to one muslim scholar who viewed raw footage of all the horrors, murder, torture, all of it that was committed by hamas. plus a survivor of the festival attack, her startling assessment of america s rising anti-semitism later in the show. we are also learning more about other atrocities the terrorists planned to carry out, cyanide bombs reportedly coming from al qaeda. fox s lucas tomlinson is standing by. what can you tell us? reporter: laura, moments ago a helicopter delivered the hostages released from hamas to a hospital here in tel aviv. what s striking one of the hospitals used to volunteer to drive palestinians into israel for better medical care. israeli ....