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hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining us. i'm fredericka witfield in atlanta along with woflf blitze in tel aviv. dramatic new developments where israeli troops are closing in on gaza city. secretary of state antony blinken joined ministers for a high stakes meeting. >> it's our view that a ceasefire now would leave hamas in place, able to regroup and repeat what it did on october 7th. you don't have to take my word for it. just a few days ago a senior hamas official said it was their intent to do october 7th again and again and again. >> meantime, more heavy shelling poundi...

Of 1979 and 1980 and you have a sort of ted copple day 74, day 75, that could be debilitating to this administration. they need to figure this out somehow and nip this in the bud in the next few weeks. >> one of the questions when you're trying to negotiation with former enemies, the taliban, now in charge in afghanistan. the question is what are you willing to give in one of the things they would like is diplomatic recognition from the president. the president of the united states yesterday said not yet anyway. >> reporter: will you recognize the taliban? >> no. that's a long way off. that's ...

To bring this war to a halt. >> i think that's a really interesting and important point that you just made, that we don't want assad to fall write now. perhaps that answers some of the questions that i want to get into, that we have -- we're seeing unenthusiastic support or lack of support from the arab world for a strike no matter how -- despite how much effort we give to egypt. they're not with us. tunisia's not with us. algeria's not with us. why is it that the arab world is not supporting this strike when the arab league expelled syria several years ago? >> well, toure, like anything else ...