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Been bothered and worried by. so there are reasons on the a israeli side for not continuing as well. also prime minister netanyahu is in a stronger position politically than he was before. and if this dragged on and became a full-on land assault right now, he could see his position worsen, and he's facinw charges. he's trying to put a new government together, hold onto the government. so his political position has on been fragile, but it is stronger now than it was. so, is it going to last the e night? if i had to go out on a limb -- and i guess i just did -- i think it might.es but it doesn't...

Of, that he had that portfolio p of middle east peace in his deck of cards. >> and, richard, how effective was the united states as an interlocutor? we saw the white house being or very sort of careful but also somewhat transparent about theii strategy, communicating publiclt around this. they were saying, we are doing diplomacy. the president bragging about how intensive the effort was. but the white house was insisting over and over again that their diplomatic efforts were quiet, they were behind thi scenes, they were -- while they were applied and deliberate and consistent, they were not e ...

>> president biden tonight speaking less than two hours before the cease-fire was due to go into effect.ef due to go into effect at 2:00 a.m. local time, which is 7:00 p.m. eastern time tonight. the president, after those prepared remarks, ignored shouted questions from reporters as he walked away. basically all the reporters er seemed to be shouting a different version of the same question, which was, do you really believe it will hold, wh mr. president? is this cease-fire essentially the real deal? well, joining us now live from israel, where it is just past 4:00 in the morning, just over tw...