>>> 11 DAYS AFTER HAMAS LAUNCHED ITS ATTACK --
>> THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CONTINUES TO RISE WITH MORE THAN
1,400 IN ISRAEL AND NEARLY 3,000 IN GAZA
>> ISRAEL PREPARES TO LAUNCH A GROUND INVASION INTO
HAMAS-CONTROLLED GAZA.
>> ALL EYES ARE ON THE WHITE HOUSE AS PRESIDENT BIDEN
PREPARES TO DEPART FOR ISRAEL.
>> HE WILL ALSO TRAVEL TO JORDAN TO MEET WITH ARAB STATE LEADERS.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS A UNIQUELY FORCEFUL AND CAPABLE
VOICE HERE GIVEN HIS FIVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN FOREIGN
POLICY.
>> IN IRAN, I SAID THE WORLD IS AN INFLECTION POINT.
THE WORLD IS CHANGE, BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
IMAGINE IF WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCEED IN GETTING THE MIDDLE
EAST WE WHERE WE HAVE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS.
IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENS IF WE UNITE ALL OF EUROPE.
WE HAVE ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY, ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE
IT A BETTER WORLD.
>> A MASSIVE HOSPITAL BLAST IN GAZA, WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE
KILLED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS BLAMING
ONGOING ISRAELI AIR STRIKES. THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES
CATEGORICALLY DENY ANY INVOLVEMENT.
THE GAZA HOSPITAL BLAST HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING WITH ARAB
LEADERS NOW CANCELING THEIR SUMMIT.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DELICATE JOURNEY NOW.
>> THERE IS STILL SO MUCH POTENTIAL FOR ESCALATION.
>> PROTESTS HAVE BEEN BREAKING OUT ACROSS THE ARAB WORLD.
>> EXPLOSIVE GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION.
>> COULD ESCALATE MUCH FURTHER.
>> THE REAL QUESTION IS CAN DIPLOMACY EVEN WORK?
>> IT'S AS VOLATILE AND UNCERTAIN A TRIP AS I'VE EVER
SEEN A PRESIDENT TAKE.
>> THE U.S. IS NOW BANKING ON ITS HISTORIC INFLUENCE.
DOES IT STILL HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
>> AMERICA IS A BEACON TO THE WORLD STILL.
♪
>>> HI, ERRIN HAINES.
>> WELCOME, ERRIN.
>> EDITOR IN LARGE OF THE 19th.
>> AT LARGE.
>> CHEERS, ERRIN.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HERE'S TO AT LARGING.
>> THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE ON ONE THING.
EVERYONE IN THE WORLD IS A LOOK AT ONE PLACE, ONE CONFLICT, ONE
STORY. ISRAEL AND HAMAS.
>> HOSTAGE COUNT IS NOW UP TO 199.
>> HALF A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE FLED FROM NORTHERN GAZA INTO
SOUTHERN GAZA. THE BORDERS ARE NOT OPEN.
>> RIGHT. SO WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO
GO?
>> 2800 PALESTINIANS NOW DEAD. THE COUNT IS LITERALLY CLIMBING
BY THE MINUTE.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE LONG, UGLY AND COMPLICATED.
>> JUST ALL CONSUMING.
>> WHITE HOUSE IS LOOKING TO HAVE JOE BIDEN GO TO THE REGION
TO EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH ISRAEL.
>> ALL RIGHT. SHOW HIM AS A STRONG LEADER.
SHOW HIM LEADING ON THE WORLD STAGE.
WHAT'S A HUGE LEADERSHIP MOMENT LIKE.
>> NORMALLY IN A TIME OF INTERNATIONAL CRISIS LIKE THIS,
PEOPLE SUPPORT THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
GIVEN THE LAST WEEK, BIDEN'S GOT ENORMOUS CREDIT ACROSS
MAINSTREAM AND CONSERVATIVE MEDIA FOR DOING A GREAT JOB.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE HE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER, AND YET HIS
SUPPORT IS DOWN.
>> 18% SAY THE U.S. IS SUPPORTING ISRAEL TOO MUCH.
29% SAY TOO LITTLE. AND --
>> 49% SAY JUST ABOUT RIGHT. AND WHILE PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS
PLEDGED UNWAVERING SUPPORT TO ISRAEL, LOOK AT HIS APPROVAL
RATING ON HANDLING THE WAR, UNDER WATER AT 41%.
>> IT LITERALLY MAKES NO SENSE. THERE IS SOME GIANT CHUNK OF
PEOPLE WHOSE ATTITUDE IS I LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING BUT I
DISAPPROVE OF IT WHEN YOU MENTION JOE BIDEN'S NAME IN THAT
CONTEXT.
>> THE FRUSTRATING THING FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IS THEY THINK THAT
THEY HAVE DONE A LOT TO ENSURE PEACE.
>> YEAH.
>> LEADERSHIP ON THE WORLD STAGE.
>> AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE ECONOMY.
IT'S A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE SAME THING THAT'S HAPPENING ON
THE FOREIGN STAGE.
>> THIS IS TRULY CONFOUNDING BECAUSE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS
STILL UNHAPPY WITH HIS PERFORMANCE, EVEN THOUGH
ECONOMIC GROWTH IS HIGHER THAN EXPECTED, WAGE GROWTH IS HIGHER
THAN EXPECTED, UNEMPLOYMENT IS LOW.
>> THE PROBLEM IS THE ADMINISTRATION OF SUCCESS IS NOT
FEELING LIKE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S SUCCESS.
PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IS THINKING ABOUT WHAT DENOMME
ABOUT WHAT DENOBIDENOMICS IS NO DOING.
IT'S NOT LOWERING THE PRICE OF GROCERIES AND GAS.
>> IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
>> THE ECONOMY IS A PROBLEM, BUT THERE IS ONE THING THAT
OVERSHADOWS AND UNDERGIRDS EVERYTHING ELSE.
MOST AMERICAN VOTERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT HIS FITNESS.
>> 74% OF VOTERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS AGE.
>> AND HE IS ONLY GOING TO GET OLDER BETWEEN NOW AND ELECTION
DAY.
>> REPUBLICANS WANT TO SAY THE WORLD IS ON SAY AND THIS GUY IS
TOO OLD. HE IS INFIRM.
THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT GUY.
>> HE'S JUST GOT TO FLIP THAT AND SAY THE REASONY DEAL WITH IT
BECAUSE I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. I'M EXPERIENCED.
I KNOW THESE ACTORS. I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE.
YOU NEED THE AGE AND WISDOM.
>> BUT STILL, IT MAKES PEOPLE NERVOUS.
YOU HAVE TWO-THIRDS OF DEMOCRATS WHO DON'T WANT JOE BIDEN TO BE
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, AND THE DEGREE OF FALL-OFF WITH CORE
DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUENCIES, BLACK VOTERS, LATINO VOTERS AND YOUNG
VOTERS IS HUGE. JOE BIDEN RIGHT NOW, I'M DOING A
GOOD JOB SUBSTANTIVELY IN HANDLING A REALLY CHALLENGING
ENVIRONMENT. YOU WALK TO TALK ABOUT CHAOS?
TRUMP'S EMBROILED IN ALL HIS LEGAL DRAMAS.
>> BIDEN'S POINT, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD ONE, WHICH IS DON'T
COMPARE ME TO THE ALL MIGHTY AND THE GUY THAT IS GOING TO BE RUNG
IT WHICH IS PROBABLY DONALD TRUMP.
>> AND THEN REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL.
>> AT A TIME THAT DEMANDS REAL LEADERSHIP IN THE COUNTRY WE
DON'T HAVE ANY IN THE CONGRESS.
>> TWO WEEKS WITH THE SPEAKER.
>> CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN IS TRYING TO SUCCEED KEVIN
McCARTHY, TRYING TO BRING HOLDOUTS TO HIS SIDE.
>> THE GOVERNMENT MAYBE IS ABOUT TO SHUT DOWN.
THEY'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEND SOME FUNDING OVER TO DEAL WITH
THIS WAR. NONE OF THAT CAN HAPPEN RIGHT
NOW WITHOUT A SPEAKER IN PLACE.
>> IF YOU'RE JOE BIDEN AND YOU'RE LAUNCHING YOUR REELECTION
CAMPAIGN, YOU WOULD WANT ONE MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS.
HE NOW HAS TWO.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE HIS TOUGHEST TEST YET.
>> RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, ISRAEL AND HAMAS, THE ECONOMY, DOUBTS
ABOUT HIS AGE, DEMOCRATS WHO DON'T WANT HIM TO BE THEIR
NOMINEE. YOU ADD ALL THAT UP, EVEN FOR A
GUY WHO HAS BEEN TESTED A LOT IN HIS LIFE AND IN THE LAST THREE
YEARS, A DIFFERENT KIND OF CRUCIBLE TO GO THROUGH ALL
TOGETHER. ♪
>> THIS IS A WEEK WHERE YOU JOAO THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION
TRYING TO BALANCE NICK PRIORITIES WITH INTERNATIONAL
CRISIS. AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS
HERE. TRYING TO SHORE UP YOUNG VOTERS
AND VOTERS OF COLOR.
>> MAJOR STORY DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW.
>> A GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS
>> A GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY SA HUNDREDS OF HNS ARE DEAD AFTER
AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN GAZA.
>> ISRAEL IS NOT CONFIRMING THAT THIS WAS A STRIKE BY ITS
MILITARY. IT SAYS IT IS LOOKING INTO THIS.
>> IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE HIGHEST
RANKING FEMALE OFFICIAL IN U.S. HISTORY, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA
D. HARRIS. [ CHEERING ]
>> I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE.
I'M DOING THIS TOUR TO HEAR FROM YOU AND TO TALK WITH YOU.
YOUR NATION IS COUNTING ON YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS CONTINUED TO DEPORT CHILDREN AND
THEIR FAMILIES. CHILDREN CONTINUE TO DIE AT THE
WALL BECAUSE OF THIS COUNTRY'S INHUMANE POLICIES, MUCH LIKE THE
POLICIES FUNDED AGAINST THOSE IN PALESTINIAN.
TODAY ISRAEL BOMBED THE LAST CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL IN GAZA.
WHY TAKE AWAY THE LIFE OF THE CHILDREN IN GAZA AND AT THE
BORDER?
>> I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A NATION THAT WAS
FOUNDED BY IMMIGRANTS. ON THE ISSUE OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST, I BELIEVE THAT ISRAELIS AND
PALESTINIANS BOTH DESERVE PEACE, DESERVE SELF-DETERMINATION, AND
DESERVE SAFETY. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE ALSO THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
HAMAS AND THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE CONFLATED.
THE SUFFERING THAT IS HAPPENING IS SOMETHING WE MUST TAKE
SERIOUSLY. SO I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING THE
SUBJECT, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE SUMMIT BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN
AND SEVERAL ARAB LEADERS IN JORDAN HAS BEEN CANCELED.
>> THERE'S BEEN A HORRIBLE HOSPITAL BOMBING IN GAZA, AND
THE FACTS OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE ARE STILL IN DISPUTE.
AND NOW THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THE SUMMIT WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN
AND ARAB LEADERS HAS BEEN CANCELED.
GIVEN THE MOUNTING CHAOS, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE
PRESIDENT HOPES TO ACCOMPLISH BY GOING TO THE REGION.
>> IT'S OUTRAGEOUS AND I THINK ANYONE AS HUMAN BEINGS IS DEEPLY
SADDENED BY THE HOSPITAL INCIDENT TODAY.
BUT AS A GENERAL MATTER, LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT THERE IS A
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION THAT STRUCK ISRAEL IN A WAY THAT
CAUSED EXTRAORDINARY LOSS OF LIFE, I THINK OUR PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN IS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED AND SKILLED TO DO THE WORK THAT MUST
BE DONE BY AMERICAN LEADERSHIP TO STAND WITH OUR FRIEND ISRAEL
AND TO SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS
AND TO SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING THAT
THE ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS ALL SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXERCISE
SELF-DETERMINATION.
>> I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN FRONT AND CENTER WITH THE PRESIDENT AS
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DEALT WITH AMERICA'S RESPONSE IN THE
REGION. BUT TODAY YOU PIVOTED.
YOU WERE HERE WITH STUDENTS. TO DEMOCRATS WHO ARE WORRIED
GOING INTO THIS ELECTION, WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM?
>> IN THE FIRST TERM OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, JOE BIDEN AND I
DELIVERED PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN TRANSFORMATIVE FOR OUR COUNTRY.
YOU'VE GOT OUR ADMINISTRATION'S STEADY LEADERSHIP.
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU GOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHAOS.
AND SO LET'S ALL BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE CHOICES ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN DEPARTED ON HIS TRIP TO ISRAEL JUST MOMENTS
AGO.
>> IT'S A CRITICAL TRIP THAT WILL PUT HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF AN
ACTIVE WAR ZONE FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL NOW ONLY MEET WITH ISRAEL'S PRIME
MINISTER. WHAT'S EXPECTED TO COME OUT OF
THIS VERY RISKY VISIT?
>> PROTESTS AGAINST ISRAEL AT THE UNITED STATES BREAKING OUT
ACROSS THE REGION.
>> MAJOR PROTESTS AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW IN THE WEST BANK.
>> HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS IN LEBANON CLASHING WITH SECURITY
FORCES AND TRYING TO BREAK THROUGH SECURITY BARRIERS NEAR
THE U.S. EMBASSY.
>> I AM STRUCK BY THE SCENE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES FLYING INTO THIS UNCERTAINTY.
>> ISRAEL HAS SHARED ITS EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS IT SAYS IT
WOULDN'T BE AN ISRAELI STRIKE THAT CAUSED THIS HUNDREDS OF
DEATHS AT THIS HOSPITAL IN GAZA. THE FRAMING THIS AS AN ERRANT
ROCKET FIRED BY ISLAMIC JIHAD.
>> U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS LANDED HERE IN ISRAEL JUST A
SHORT WHILE AGO.
>> NOT ONLY TRYING TO AFFIRM U.S. SUPPORT FOR THE COUNTRY,
BUT ALSO TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE TO POTENTIALLY ROGUE
ACTORS IN THE REGION NOT TO GET INVOLVED.
>> I'M DEEPLY SADDENED AND OUTRAGED BY THE EXPLOSION AT THE
HOSPITAL IN GAZA YESTERDAY. AND BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN IT
APPEARS AS THOUGH IT WAS DONE BY THE OTHER TEAM.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE PENTAGON HAS SHOWN HIM THAT IT
WAS NOT ISRAEL BEHIND THAT EXPLOSION THAT HIT THAT
HOSPITAL.
>> U.S. UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL HAS REALLY STRUCK A SENSE
OF ANGER HERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
>> AMERICAN EMBASSIES HAVE BEEN FACING PROTESTS IN A NUMBER OF
MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES.
>> THOSE PROTESTS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE IN BEIRUT, IN AMAN, IN
BAGHDAD.
>> THE REGION IS STARTING TO BOIL.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS MEETING WITH FIRST RESPONDERS AND
VICTIMS' FAMILIES.
>> YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY DOING YOUR BEST.
>> I COME TO ISRAEL WITH A SINGLE MESSAGE.
YOU'RE NOT ALONE. MY MESSAGE TO ANY STATE OR ANY
OTHER HOSTILE ACTOR THINKING ABOUT ATTACKING ISRAEL REMAINS
THE SAME AS IT WAS A WEEK AGO, DON'T.
DON'T, DON'T. SINCE THIS TERRORIST ATTACK TOOK
PLACE, WE'VE SEEN IT DESCRIBED AS ISRAEL'S 9/11.
I'M SURE THOSE HORRORS HAVE TAPPED INTO SOME KIND OF PRIMAL
FEELING IN ISRAEL, JUST LIKE IT DID AND FELT IN THE UNITED
STATES -- SHOCK, PAIN, RAGE, AN ALL CONSUMING RAGE.
JUSTICE MUST BE DONE. BUT I CAUTION THIS WHILE YOU
FEEL THAT RAGE, DON'T BE CONSUMED BY IT.
AFTER 9/11, WE WERE ENRAGED IN THE UNITED STATES.
WHILE WE SOUGHT JUSTICE AND GOT JUSTICE, WE ALSO MADE MISTAKES.
AND GOD PROTECT ALL THOSE WHO WORK FOR PEACE.
GOD SAVE THOSE WHO ARE STILL IN HARM'S WAY.
♪
>> THIS WAS A HISTORIC TRIP. JOE BIDEN, I HAVE TO SAY HAS
DONE SOMETHING I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY PRESIDENT PULL OFF, GOING TO
A WAR ZONE WHILE THE SHOOTING IS STILL ONGOING, PUT HIS ARM
AROUND AN ALLY, CONSOLE THE VICTIMS OF A TERRIBLE ATTACK,
AND ALSO ISSUE A PRETTY STARK WARNING TO OUR ADVERSARIES,
DON'T EASTBOUND DON'T EASTBOVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
>> MONDAY THEY ANNOUNCED THEY'RE GOING TO ISRAEL.
>> YEAH.
>> THIS IS A GOING INTO A WAR ZONE.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS CALL. PRACTICALLY AS HE IS GETTING ON
AIR FORCE ONE AFTER THE HOSPITAL IS BOMBED IN GAZA, WE LEARN THAT
THE ARAB LEADERS ONE BY ONE HAVE CALLED OFF THIS MEETING IN
JORDAN.
>> IT WAS A GUTSY CALL FOR THE PRESIDENT TO KEEP THE TRIP ON
THE BOOKS.
>> BECAUSE?
>> WELL, IT'S RISKY BECAUSE IT -- THE TRIP CAN BE SEEN AS
COMPLETELY ONE-SIDED. THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME TENSE
CONVERSATIONS AMONG JAKE SULLIVAN AND TONY BLINKEN AND
OTHERS IN THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT HEY, SHOULD WE GO FORWARD NOW
THAT THESE ARAB LEADERS HAVE CANCELED?
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THOSE ARAB LEADERS JUMPED THE
GUN. THERE WERE CONSEQUENCES.
THERE WERE RIOTS AND PROTESTS OUTSIDE U.S. EMBASSIES.
FOR ALL WE KNOW VIOLENCE MAY STILL SPILL OVER BECAUSE OF A
BREATHLESS HEADLINE THAT IS TOTALLY DEVOID OF FACTS.
>> OKAY, NOW I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME CLIPS FROM THE TRIP.
THIS IS --
>> HE IMMEDIATELY EMBRACES BEBE NETANYAHU.
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS HAD HIS DIFFERENCES WITH BEBE NETANYAHU,
BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THIS MOMENT IS PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING
I'M GOING PUT ALL THOSE ISSUE ACE SIDE, BECAUSE FRANKLY, THEY
PALE IN CONSEQUENCE TO WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE.
>> AND IS THERE A BACKLASH TO THAT IN THE ARAB WORLD?
>> IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IN SOME PLACES ON THE ARAB STREET PEOPLE
WILL LOOK AT THAT IMAGE OF THEM EMBRACING AND OH, THE U.S. IS
JUST HELPING ISRAEL. THE U.S. IS JUST ONE-SIDED.
BUT I THINK AT THIS MOMENT AMERICA THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT IS
SAYING WE ACTUALLY ARE PICKING SIDES HERE, AND WE'RE STANDING
WITH ISRAEL.
>> THIS MOMENT IS ON THE WAY BACK FROM ISRAEL ON AIR FORCE
ONE. HE WENT TO TALK TO REPORTERS
ABOUT HOW HE HAD TOUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH ISRAEL ABOUT
HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IF PALESTINIAN
CIVILIANS ARE HURT.
>> ISRAEL HAS BEEN BADLY VICTIMIZED, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE
TRUTH IS THAT IF THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RELIEVE SUFFERING
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE -- HAVE NOWHERE TO GO, THEY'RE GOING TO
BE -- IT'S WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE GOING
TO LOSE CREDIBILITY WORLDWIDE.
>> HAD HE NOT GONE TO ISRAEL, HOW WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED IN ISRAEL?
>> WELL, THOSE COMMENTS IN A VACUUM SEEM ONE-SIDED.
BUT OF COURSE IN THE CONTEXT OF EVERYTHING PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS
DONE THIS WEEK, IT MAKES IMMINENT SENSE.
THE ASSURANCE THAT THE ISRAELIS GAVE PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY WAS
WE WILL NOT STRIKE CONVOYS OF HUMANITARIAN AID COMING INTO
GAZA. NOT.
>> HE IS GIVING HIMSELF THE ROOM TO MOVE.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DONE THIS REALLY SMARTLY.
HE HAS SAID NO ONE IS GOING TO COME BETWEEN ME AND ISRAEL.
I'M GOING TAKE A BACK SEAT TO NOBODY.
MY SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IN ITS HOUR OF NEED, AND THAT'S GOING
GIVE ME A LOT OF CREDIBILITY. CREDIBILITY TO CALL OUT THE
HUMANITARIAN SITUATION.
>> TENSIONS AMONG DEMOCRATS ON THIS ISSUE OF ISRAEL --
>> THERE IS FRUSTRATION BUBBLING.
>> EVEN AS WE CONDEMN THE HURT THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED
AGAINST OUR ISRAELI BROTHERS AND SISTERS, PALESTINIANS DESERVE
SELF-DETERMINATION. SO WE DEMAND CEASEFIRE NOW!
PRESIDENT BIDEN, NOT ALL AMERICA IS WITH YOU ON THIS ONE, AND YOU
NEED TO WAKE UP AND UNDERSTAND THAT.
STOP WITH THE BULLSHIT!
>> CEASEFIRE NOW! CEASEFIRE NOW!
CEASEFIRE NOW!
CEASE CEASEFIRE NOW!
>> HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE BACK AT SQUARE ONE IN THEIR CHAOTIC AND
VERY DIVISIVE BATTLE TO TRY TO CHOOSE A PERMANENT SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE.
>> NOON TODAY THE HOUSE IS SET TO HOLD A THIRD VOTE TO ELECT A
SPEAKER AFTER JIM JORDAN AGAIN FAILED TO WIN THE GAVEL.
>> JORDAN LOST THE FIRST ON TUESDAY, THE SECONDED ON
WINDOWS.
>> THE OHIO CONGRESSMAN ACTUALLY LOST GROUND IN THE SECOND VOTE.
>> JORDAN IS BLEEDING SUPPORT THE LONG THEIR DRAGS ON AND IS
UNDER GROWING PRESSURE TO DROP OUT.
>> WE'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS BY TALKING TO REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MAYS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA WHO HAS NOT ONLY
BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS, SHE WAS ONE OF THE EIGHT
MEMBERS WHO VOTED TO DEPOSE KEVIN McCARTHY.
WHO IS THAT?
>> THIS IS LIBERTY.
>> SHE HAS BEEN AN ASSHOLE SOMETIMES.
WE FIGHT OVER WHO IS IN CHARGE, BUT EVERYBODY LOVES HER.
IT'S VERY "GAME OF THRONES" UP HERE TODAY.
YOU HAVE DIFFERENT TEAMS, AND IT'S PETTY, AND IT GOES BACK
YEARS. AND IT'S LIKE WE NEED TO BE THE
ADULT IN THE ROOM AND COME TOGETHER AND REPRESENT THE
PEOPLE, GIVING EVERYBODY A VOICE.
>> IT HELPS TO HAVE SPEAKER.
>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SPEAKER. YOU CAN'T VOTE ON ANYTHING ON
THE FLOOR UNTIL YOU HAVE A SPEAKER.
>> AND YOU GUYS ARE IN THE MAJORITY.
>> YEAH. IF IT WERE UP TO ME, IF IT WERE
UP TO ME, WE WOULD HAVE LOCKED OURSELVES IN A ROOM IN THE FIRST
24 HOURS AND NOT LEFT THE HILL UNTIL WE HAD IT FIGURED OUT.
>> SO YOU ARE ONE OF EIGHT WHO VOTED AGAINST McCARTHY AND LED
TO THE SITUATION WE'RE IN.
>> THIS IS A GUY THAT MADE PROMISES TO CONSERVATIVES, TO
MODERATES, TO DEMOCRATS, AND DIDN'T KEEP THEM.
AND WE PROMISED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WE WOULD HAVE A BUDGET,
THAT WE WOULD HAVE 12 SPENDING BILLS TO SUPPORT THAT BUDGET.
AND ALL OF THAT JUST WENT OUT THE WINDOW.
THIS HAS BEEN THE LEAST PRODUCTIVE SESSION OF CONGRESS
IN 30 YEARS.
>> BUT AREN'T YOU GUYS GOING GET BLAMED FOR THAT?
SINCE YOU HOLD THE HOUSE?
>> I'M BLAMING US FOR THAT. AND I SIMPLY WANT A SPEAKER AND
A LEADER WHO WILL TELL THE TRUTH.
>> SO JIM JORDAN NOW HAS LOST TWO VOTES IN A ROW.
DO YOU THINK HE IS THE RIGHT PERSON TO BE LEADING?
>> WHEN YOU TALK TO CONSTITUENTS, THE PEOPLE LOVE
HIM. HE WORKS REALLY HARD ON
JUDICIARY.
>> BUT HE'S NEVER PASSED A BILL OUTSIDE THE COMMITTEE.
>> WELL, THIS IS A GUY THAT IF HE SAYS YES, HE MEANS YES.
AND IF HE SAYS NO, HE MEANS NO. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO HAVE OUR
THIRD VOTE FOR THE SPEAKER THIS AFTERNOON.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT ENDS UP.
>> YOU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE AT THIS POINT?
>> I'VE ONLY BEEN UP HERE FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS, AND
I'M ABOUT AS JADED AS I'VE EVER BEEN.
>>> WE HAVE THIS BREAKING NEWS FOR YOU.
FIRST CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN WILL NOT HOLD A THIRD ROUND OF
VOTING TODAY AFTER PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCING THAT IT WOULD IN FACT
HAPPEN THIS AFTERNOON.
>> AT THIS POINT, WOLF, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO
SOLUTION IN SIGHT TO END THE CHAOS THAT HAS REIGNED IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR WEEKS NOW.
>> IN JUST MOMENT, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL DELIVER AN OVAL
OFFICE ADDRESS TO THE NATION.
>> THE OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS IS THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL THE
PRESIDENT HAS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME HE HAS GIVEN AN OVAL OFFICE
ADDRESS. NOW EVEN THOUGH THE MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS SUPPORT ISRAEL, THERE IS SO MUCH CONCERN ABOUT THE
U.S. BECOMING INVOLVED IN A QUAGMIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
AND SO YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS IN THE U.S. INTEREST,
BUT WHY THE U.S. INVOLVEMENT IS GOING ABOUT THE LIMITED.
>> GOOD EVENING, MY FELLOW AMERICANS.
EARLY THIS MORNING I RETURNED FROM ISRAEL.
IN ISRAEL, I SAW PEOPLE WHO ARE STRONG, DETERMINED, RESILIENT,
AND ALSO ANGRY. THE ASSAULT ON ISRAEL ECHOES
NEARLY 20 MONTHS OF WAR, TRAGEDY AND BRUTALITY INFLICTED ON THE
PEOPLE OF UKRAINE. I KNOW THESE CONFLICTS CAN SEEM
FAR AWAY. IT'S NATURAL TO ASK WHY DOES
THIS MATTER TO AMERICA. HISTORY HAS TAUGHT US THAT WHEN
TERRORISTS DON'T PAY A PRICE FOR THEIR TERROR, THEY KEEP GOING.
AND THE COST AND THE THREATS TO AMERICA AND THE WORLD KEEP
RISING. HAMAS AND PUTIN REPRESENT
DIFFERENT THREATS, BUT THEY SHARE THIS IN COMMON.
THEY BOTH WANT TO COMPLETELY ANNIHILATE A NEIGHBORING
DEMOCRACY. THAT'S WHY TOMORROW I'M GOING TO
SEND TO CONGRESS AN URGENT BUDGET REQUEST TO SUPPORT OUR
CRITICAL PARTNERS INCLUDING ISRAEL AND UKRAINE.
WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT LET TERRORISTS LIKE HAMAS AND
TYRANTS LIKE PUTIN WIN. I REFUSE TO LET THAT HAPPEN.
WE'RE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THERE IS NOTHING,
NOTHING BEYOND OUR CAPACITY.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN DELIVERED A FORCEFUL MESSAGE THAT AMERICA
REMAINS A BEACON OF DEMOCRACY.
>> HE WAS TRYING TO BALANCE SOME DIFFICULT FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
POLITICAL CHALLENGES.
>> A WELL EXECUTED SPEECH AND ALREADY GETTING PRETTY GOOD
REVIEW, EVEN FROM SOME DETRACTORS.
>> I THINK IT MAY BE REMEMBERED IF ONE OF THE BEST IF NOT THE
BEST SPEECHES OF HIS PRESIDENCY.
>> I THINK IF YOU'RE IN THE WHITE HOUSE NOW WHAT YOU'RE
THINKING IS HE HAD TO INSPIRE US ABOUT AMERICAN LEADERSHIP AND
WHY IT MATTERS IN THE WORLD. AND SITTING AT THE RESOLUTE
DESK, IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.
♪
>> HOW YOU?
>> I'M GOOD. HOW YOU?
>> YOU'VE BEEN OUT FOR NOW --
>> EIGHT MOIRNGTS
>> EIGHT MOIRNNTH.
>> HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
>> IT FEELS LIKE I'M GETTING A LOT MORE SLEEP.
>> I THINK WHAT KIND OF PRESIDENT THEY SAW LAST NIGHT.
WHAT I SAW WAS A LOT OF CONVICTION BEHIND THE PRINCIPLES
HE WAS ARGUING, A PRESIDENT WHO KNEW HIS CASE AND WAS MAKING HIS
CASE, AND THAT'S WHEN HE'S AT HIS BEST.
>> DOES IT SURPRISE YOU THAT SINCE 10-07 THAT JOE BIDEN HAS
BEEN IN SOME RESPECTS AT HIS BEST, REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN AT
THEIR WORST, AND YET HIS APPROVAL RATING HASN'T MOVED.
>> YEAH.
>> I'M CURIOUS WHY YOU THINK HE DOESN'T GET MORE CREDIT FOR
FOREIGN POLICY ACCOMPLISHMENTS?
>> LOOK, I THINK THAT IN AMERICAN ELECTIONS, DOMESTIC
POLICY IS ALWAYS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE.
AND I THINK THE ELECTION DISEASE BE MUCH MORE ABOUT CHOICES ON
THE ECONOMY, ON FREEDOM, ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, THE ISSUES
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AROUND THEIR KITCHEN TABLES AT HOME.
I THINK OBVIOUSLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JOE BIDEN AND DONALD
TRUMP IS THE DIFFERENCE WE RAN ON 2020.
THE DIFFERENCE WE RAN TO SOME EXTENT ON 2022 AND HISTORIC
RESULTS OF THE MIDTERM. I THINK IT'S A CONTRAST THAT
WILL SERVE THE PRESIDENT WELL IN 2024.
AND THAT CONTRAST IS JOE BIDEN DOING HIS JOB AS PRESIDENT, AND
DONALD TRUMP JUST BEING DONALD TRUMP.
>> AND YOU'RE A STUDENT OF HISTORY, RIGHT?
GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH OBVIOUSLY THE BEST EXAMPLE OF
SOMEONE WHO HAD AN INCREDIBLE FOREIGN POLICY PRESIDENCY AND
GOT BEATEN BY A GOVERNOR FROM ARKANSAS WHO HAD NO POLITICAL
EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER ON THE FOREIGN STAGE.
NO ONE CARED.
>> VETERAN OF THE 1992 CLINTON CAMPAIGN, ONE OF PRESIDENT
BUSH'S PROBLEM WAS NOT ONLY WAS HE A FOREIGN POLICY PRESIDENT,
IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE HE HAD MUCH OF A DOMESTIC POLICY AGENDA.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN SAY THAT ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN.
>> I'M GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM WHICH IS
THE QUESTION ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AGE.
>> I THINK IT'S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION FOR PEOPLE TO ASK.
AND THE PRESIDENT, HIS AGE IS HIS AGE.
I THINK WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THE MAKE THE CASE THAT HIS AGE GIVES
HIM A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, A LOT OF WISDOM.
IN THE END, VOTERS MAKE A CHOICE.
THE CHOICE IS BETWEEN TWO CANDIDATES WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. AND THE PRESIDENT'S AGE IS
DEFINITELY GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR LIABILITIES.
DONALD TRUMP IS ONLY THREE YEARS YOUNGER.
HE HAS A LOT OF OTHER LIABILITIES.
>> 69% OF DEMOCRATS IN POLLING SAY HE IS TOO OLD TO BE
EFFECTIVE A SECOND TERM. DO YOU THINK JOE BIDEN HAS AN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS AS BIG A PROBLEM AS IT
IS?
>> THE PRESIDENT KNOWS HOW OLD HE IS.
>> THEY HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT.
>> AND HE CAN READ THE NEWS COVERAGE THAT SAYS THERE ARE
POLLS THAT SAYS VOTERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
IT DOESN'T MAKE THIS GO AWAY ALL TOGETHER, BUT HE UNDERSTANDS HE
HAS TO GOVERN IN A WAY THAT SHOWS HIS VIGOR, THAT SHOWS HIS
STRENGTH, THAT SHOWS HIS CAPACITY TO ANOTHER FOUR YEARS
AND CAMPAIGN IN A WAY TO DO THAT.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE THAT
UNDERESTIMATES THIS PROBLEM.
>> I MEAN, JOE BIDEN HAS GONE THROUGH A LOT OF SHIT, YOU KNOW,
IN HIS LIFE. A GUY WHO HAS BEEN TESTED A LOT
IS GOING THROUGH KIND OF EVEN BY HIS STANDARDS THE ULTIMATE
CRUCIBLE RIGHT NOW.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHY ARE YOU SO CONFIDENT HE IS NOT GOING TO GET BURNED TO A
CRISP IN THIS PROCESS?
>> BECAUSE I WAS THERE WHEN THEY BROUGHT HIM EVIDENCE THAT THE
RUSSIANS WERE GOING TO INVADE UKRAINE, AND A LOT OF OTHER
YOUNGER SUPPOSEDLY SUPER SAVVY FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS SAID NO
WAY IT WILL HAPPEN. HE SAID NO, NO, THIS IS GOING TO
HAPPEN. WE NEED TO GET THE WORLD READY
FOR IT. HE WAS THE PERSON WHO LINED UP
THE EUROPEAN LEADERS. GOT ZELENSKYY READY TO DEAL WITH
IT. SO I SAW HIM IN ACTION.
IT'S MY VIEW HE IS THE BEST PERSON IN OUR COUNTRY TO BE
PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW AND TO BE PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS. ♪ I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FIRE TOO
LONG ♪ ♪ I'M RUN TO THE HIGHER GROUND,
GET AWAY UNTIL IT ALL BURNS OUT, AND I WON'T GO DOWN IN FLAMES ♪