Pavlich in for trey gowdy. It is sunday night in america. A world on edge as a war between israel and hamas claims thousands and thousands of lives. We have seen unspeakable evils unfold, innocent civilians targeted in the desperation grows to get american citizens to safety, questions remain about what role, our role will be as israel prepares a Ground Invasion into gaza. Meanwhile iran isnt bowing revenge against israel if they proceed and abide Administration Still stopped short of Linking Tehran to the Terror Worsening by the day. First we began with greg palkot live on the ground from the israeli lebanon border. Over to you. We are up here in Northern Israel keeping an eye on what could be developing as a second front the iranian back hezbollah Militant Group across the board and we will have more on that no moment. Lets run down what is happening, israels war with hamas militants. The military continues its buildup all around the gaza strip, tanks, vehicles, soldiers all poised, Israeli Defense forces again on sunday pretty much spelling out that ileana, sea and Air Operation against Hamas Inside Of Gaza could be beginning soon. This is the situation inside of gaza right now is nothing but desperate. Hundreds of thousands of civilians fleeing from the northern end of the gaza strip, and the crossfire with hamas militants that are still doing battle with israel, many remain in the real concern food, electricity, supplies, medicines are all running out and really catching the civilians out as well. The grim numbers build 1400 killed inside of israel by hamas militants including 30 americans, 155 held hostage inside of gaza. The number for americans unaccounted for now may be a part of the 13 palestinians, 2700 dead now. Again civilians caught by the hamas militants in the late word and escape might be opening to egypt in the southern end of the gaza strip. Humanitarian aid could get in including nationals including americans could get out. As for the situation vitally here as the israeli lebanese border we have been witnessing on sunday a really full day of backandforth strikes between israelis and hezbollah. We have seen gun fire, rockets, helicopters, drones, players, you name it. This is beginning to be a very hot situation as well. Israel says it does not want another war. Hezbollah is saying these are warning strikes but i think the final word is coming from iran. Iran is saying if israel escalates it will talk to its partners for example has below and get them to act as well. Thank you greg palkot on the northern border of israel, you mentioned iran as tensions escalate in the lead up to israels Gaza Offensive in the south, families of the citizens still unaccounted for our pleading for help. Think of us not just at the headline but we are people with families. This is a human issue, these are civilians that are missing and have been captured. I have to hold onto optimism and hope because right now its only option for me. My number one concern night and day is getting her family back. The binding of administration came under pressure early on scrambling to address the crisis and finally announcing earlier this week that the u. S. Would begin chartering flights from israel but this remains the worst american Hostage Crisis since 1979 in tehran and the u. S. State department is playing catchup to evacuate u. S. Citizens from a war zone that is growing worse by the second. Joining me now former National Security advisor robert obrien. Mr. Ambassador we look at the situation and we now have confirmed 30 americans have been killed by hamas terrorists, many taken hostage. First i want to get your Historical Perspective on what the situation really is especially given the worst Hostage Crisis of tehran in 1979. This is a really terrible thing for the United States. Hamas declared were not just on israel but the United States of america killed 30 americans, they knowingly have 13 american hostages, not to mention the israeli hostages it is time for them to be released and sent home iran talks about escalating hezbollah talks about escalating hamas has threatened to kill our hostages and all we can muster and say were stated by israel. We need to send a clear message to Hostage Takers and The Americans that you can run but you cannot hide and they better release our hostages forth with her the could be a severe consequences not just from israel but the United States of america. The white house has been adamant not sending american troops. They havent necessarily taken that off the table to rescue the hostages but given your background did all the work that you did in the Trump Administration successfully to bring americans home can you give us context about who negotiators are working with, theyre not working with the government there working with a terrorist organization and where the hostages might be and what the tactical strategy is to find them and get them home. Katie, that is a great question and the couple located situation because we have these americans in the israeli hostages and dispersed all over the gaza strip most likely in cages and tunnels and horrific conditions. First of all my heart goes out to the families i dealt with Hostage Families for many years, it is hardworking for these families as they dont know what is happened to their loved ones in the uncertainty to know for live or dead is a terrible situation but we have to use all of her diplomatic tools and third parties like qatar, turkey and maybe egypt, folks were in contact with hamas letting them know we want our citizens back but we also have to employ the military option, the israelis are highly capable and their great hostage rescue teams. But they dont have enough to handle all the hostages. We need to move them forward into the region, the delta force the seal teams and have them staged in israel and egypt ready to go so when the Ground Invasion starts and there are opportunistic opportunities to rescue hostages that we can do so quickly and dont have to bring them from fort bragg and get them all the way there, we know theyre there waiting right now so wooden opportunity arises we can strike. We mentioned the 30 americans were been killed 13 are still missing and atmos is allegedly holding 100 israelis in addition to that. I want to get to the broader picture here on the global world stage. It seems like things are falling apart and more unstable now under this president than they were of course under President Trump in the administration you worked for, President Biden was asked today whether he can handle or the United States were breaking out in a number of theaters. Take a listen. Are the wars in israel and ukraine more than the United States can take on. Were the United States of america for god sake, the most powerful nation in the history of the world, the history of the world. We could take care of both of these and still maintain our Overall International defense. Your response to that . Im glad to see joe bidens talk about peace through strength and being more aggressive, we have three primary under series, russia, iran and china, russia has invaded ukraine under the Biden Administration, iran has basically invaded israel and threatening to do further harm because are not deterred by us, we give them 70 billion in sanctions and 6 billion cash for hostages and my concern china which is been threatening taiwan which they never have before and never under the Trump Administration in the Republic Of China taiwan and we would have three adversaries and three wars, what causes that become a weaknesses in adversaries, america is not a weak country better adversaries perceive us of being weak and were perceived being weak and provocative and they try to take actions and see agaigap and try to take advantaf america. I never thought i would talk about the carter years is a good old days but jimmy carter after russia took nicaragua, finally when they went into Afghanistan Carter said too much and he changed his position we need the body to administration to do the same for the good of america. At the people have a lot of questions given the weapon shortages. Robert obrien thank you for your time and expertise. We hope we get those americans home. Thank you for having me with you. Massive propalestinian rallies across the u. S. And Around The World coincide with hamas leaders called for a global day of jihad a day of rage that had Global Leaders on alert for lowlevel attacks in the fears materialized friday after french schoolteacher was killed and the staff at the Israeli Embassy in beijing was stabbed. Is there still concern for Homeland Security here in america lets bring in former Coordinator Counterterrorism at the state department nathan sales, thank you for being here tonight. One thing i noticed with the propalestinian rallies weve been seen around the country, we see a few hamas flags inserted in their and the proisrael rally you see an American Flag flying you dont see the same at the propalestinian rallies and given how open the border is in iran has proxies all over the world, do you have concerns about islamic terrorism again rearing its head here at home. I do, the first thing that has to be said protesters have a First Amendment right to make complete fools of themselves and i tell you the prohamas protesters are exercising the right to be fools to the maximum extent that they can, we should be clear about what theyre protesting for, when they say that they want a palestine from the river to the sea, what they are calling for is the extermination of the jewish state. They think israel should not exist at all. This is Extermination Rhetoric and their First Amendment means that we have to tolerate this kind of speech but the antidote for that speech is more speech. We need to expose what the hamas sympathizers are really all about in the other thing that we have to do we have to locked on the southern border. In the past three and half years weve seen a dramatic spike in the number of watch listed individuals, suspected terrorist who made it into the country from and 2019 all the way to 154 in fiscal year 2022. All of this is happening on the Biden Administrations watch and those are just the ones we know about, what about the people who managed to make it into the country undetected. The First Priority for any government is to secure its border and protect his people were falling asleep at the job. What is your response to the white house saying that is not a concern for them. They continue to allow the border to be wide open, they throughout last week or the week before that we will build order wall, that is worthless when you allow people to walk in entering themselves and with no Background Checks or paperwork. What is your response to the white house saying one thing while doing another that completely endangers americans here at home while you see the perspective being spewed all over in cities across the country that going into civilian homes and murdering jews and israelis is perfectly fine its an active resistance. What i would expect to see in america is rallies of solidarity with jews Around The World. The attack on israel, the worst day for israel and the 75 year history is the worst slaughter of jews in the holocaust. We said never again, now is the time to show that we mean it in the way that you show that you mean it is being in the streets and showing support for juice who are now looking over the shoulders and fearing for their lives. My 3yearold daughter goes to daycare in Arlington Virginia right across the street is the Jewish Community center, there are two police cars parked in front of the Jewish Community center around the clock, what is going on in america where peaceloving innocent american citizens now need 24 hour protection because they are afraid of violence being committed against them because of their faith. Moving forward what do you think that americans can do for themselves given that the administration is outputting a protection for them if they are worried about their own communities and a threat to th them. We need to back israel to the health, they have suffered one of the deadliest terrorist attacks the world has ever seen. It needs to degrade and destroy hamas to the point its no longer capable of threatening militarily or acting as a quasigovernment in gaza. What we heard from the administration is helpful words but now its helpful deeds and it means making sure israel has a diplomatic space that it needs when the critics at the un, with the critics in europe and edible he starts saying well guys arent you going a little too far, the United States needs to stand strong with israel and make shrews able to finish the job so it never has to face a threat like this again. We wiped out isis and hamas should suffer the same fate. Thank you for being here. Katie coming up israel sees iran as a Puppet Master behind the attacks of hamas and has black but is that enough for the white house to finally stop negotiating with the wel this sheâ– s a hero moment. Even today, only a quarter of Stem Graduates are women. Theyd go, oh, you dont look like an engineer. There is this preconception. Some things are for boys. But diversity drives innovation. My goal is to really flip the script. Pick something that you love and go for it. How do we live in space . How do we live on the moon . I want to help figure that out. You can create the blueprint. If you can see her, you can be her. Heres why you should switch from chrome to duckduckgo. Duckduckgo is a browser you download to your mobile and desktop devices. Unlike chrome, the Duckduckgo Browser has privacy builtin. It comes with a private alternative to google search, which doesnâ– t spy on your searches, and it blocks cookies and creepy ads. And theres no catch. Its free. We make money from ads, but they dont follow you around. Join the millions of people taking back their privacy by Downloading Duckduckgo On Mobile and desktop today. Katie welcome back to sunday night in america. Iran under severe scrutiny for financial military legs thomas as a nations Foreign Minister reportedly threatened a huge earthquake from hezbollah if israel moves forward with the Ground Offensive in gaza. Whether you believe iran is a puppetmaster or not. Iran always has but a country opposed to the interest of the United States and its allies, especially israel. Criticism is mounted against the binding approach negotiating with the totalitarian regime. The white house is stopping short of blaming iran as House Republicans push for more information on reports as state Department Employees with potentially compromising ties to tehran. Washington free beacon Senior Reporter adam credo has been at the forefront of the story and he joins me now. Adam the president was just as about irans role and i would hear from him and get your response. Is iran behind the gaza war. I do want to get into Classified Information. But to be very blunt there is no clear evidence of that. At this point no evidence iran is behind any of this. Iran constantly supports hamas and hezbollah i dont mean that but in terms did they have for knowledge, did they help plan the attack, there is no evidence of that at this point. Katie adam how can the white house, particularly the president say iran is not involved but also say that they have for years supported the Terrorist Organizations with money and weaponry, these two things are not squaring up. It is laughable and it is not classified iran has been funding and directing hamas for years and years and asked supported hezbollah on the northern border as well. Hamas leaders were in tehran before this attack took place and to say iran did not have a role in this is a complete fabrication into Sales Classified is even more laughable that iran is upfront with her support about hamas and very proud. As you seen from the iranian leadership in the statement of the past days. Katie youve written a lot about the issue and bit at the forefront of the story on iran and funding in the Biden Administrations approach i want to put on the screen some of your work. In august you brought the head by the body to administration raise concerns about palestinian aid boosting hamas and they went ahead with it anyway. He wrote a story in october about iran making 80 billion in illicit oil sales since joe Biden Took Office. How much culpability does this administration approach have to what we saw happened a week ago. This administration came in on day one and made a cognizant decision to restart funding to the palestinian authority, the Palestinian Government and the surrounding territories including the gaza strip. When they came in and tried to make that decision. The state department internally warned very early on when they were seeking licenses to exempt them from antiterrorism laws, they said there was concerns that it could reach hamas and other Terror Groups in the region. They know exactly what happens to the money, hamas controls the gaza strip and what happens there it is easy for them to steal it. The second thing that they did on day one was restart diplomacy with tehran, this looked like relaxing sanctions we had Oil Sanctions in place under the Previous Administration that cripple irans economy and crippled the hardline regime. The Biden Administration decided to start relaxing them not enforcing them this allowed tehran to export oil mainly to china, venezuela, russia and other countries and get about 80 billion proceeds since Biden Took Office and did a runaround on the tough sanctions of the Previous Administration. While they try to spend the 6 billion that they claim was not being used yet, the number is like 80 billion. Finally i want to get to your work on this issue back in the United States within the United States government has to do with the biden to Administration Policy towards iran and the fact that Robert Malley were working outside the state department and other dod staffers who have topsecret Security Clearances and connections to iran. Can you explain what exactly is going on. Earlier this year rob malley the u. S. Iran envoy was placed on leave and congress did not even know about it when they first ask questions about it, they were told he is on personal leave, he came to be a couple months later that it was suspended in the Security Clearance was yanked and baited investigation into his mishandling of Classified Information. The investigation has been passed on from the state department to the fbi, fastforward a little bit, your reporting from jay solomon revealed the existence of vast iranian government connected influence operation, this included at least three senior advisers that worked with malley these are individuals that worked with him at his previous role in one who worked with him at the state department and now works at the pentagon in a position that requires classified intelligence this is raising questions of Whether Malley and his associates may have played a role in leaking Classified Information that made its way back to iran or somehow leaking Classified Information that may have made a runabout and got back to him. The Woman Working at the dod, there is information in email traffic eating with our agc and emailing what she should possibly say, certainly more to the story and we will be watching, thank you so much for coming on to explain all of those details. Thank you. Next and update from the Israeli Defense forces as troops gather at the gaza border preparing for a fullscale offensive. Katie welcome back to sunday night in america. The Hair Ween Stories coming on the israel with the most important to tell to see the realities unfolding in real time, also to teach us about the resilience of the israeli people. Our next guest is from ashkelon in southern israel were the hamas brutality continues. He was able to evacuate and now joins me from paris. Thank you so much for being here tonight we are a week out from the horrific start of this entire situation. Tell me about your experience and where you are now. Hello and thank you for having me here i am in paris now she said on Saturday Octobe october 7 i woke up to a very powerful siren and soon after i heard these explosions, these are my neighbor that got direct hits with missiles. It was pretty chaotic and ashkelon we were under massive bombings. And like the rest of the world knows by now what is been going on ever since, we have been seeing the horrific footage from this battlefield all over. Ashkelon as you know is located very close to gaza you only have 15 seconds to get into a bomb shelter when the sirens go off. Israel is not a stranger unfortunately to the rocket fire and the tax but what was different about this time . Indeed ashkelon is 30 kilometers so there are very few seconds for us as a chance to get safe room or a shelter and were talking about a huge amount of missiles, in the thousands. It is ridiculous. The whole Missile Situation in the south israel has been going on for years. But the past week the amount has been unimaginable and its absolutely insane. Katie everything has been absolutely horrific. Israel is a small place and everybody has their small communities and people know people who were killed or injured were taken hostage in the situation. At the same time despite israel being under threat constantly now we see this play out in a way that we have a before. The israeli people have the resilience and positivity that the light will come at the end of this and after evil is destroyed you will be able to get back to somewhat abnormal is not something that you see in the. Group with your family and with the morell inside the country . I have to say this is in my very dna i am an immigrant child to my entire family. I was looking up to my grandfather throughout my life and really admiring him having been through the worst of horrors and losing his entire family to the nazis in auschwitz. And seeing how he was really resilient and built a life and moved on with that. This is something in the dna of us is really is one of the absolute best countries in the world we have the most amazing people in the world and whenever there is a crisis or tragedy anywhere in the world israel will be the first one to send out a plane, aid, military and hospitals, we will be the first one to help anywhere. Now with the crisis i have to tell you in addition to all the horrors we see in israel i am horrified to see the very little support of the community. I myself am an artist and i have a very vast network of artist and colleagues and i dont know if people are scared to express and stand for that but this is really disturbing to see how we are as a community and the year 2023 with the power that we have two connected to communicate in these times. Katie we are happy that you are safe and we are so grateful to you came on and shared your story. As you said the israeli people will prevail, good will prevail and happiness will return again. Great to talk to you. Thank you. Amen. Thank you very much. The deadline for evacuation out of the gaza strip has passed and israel is preparing to invade gaza in the coming days, the goal in courting to Benjamin Netanyahu is to exterminate blood he monsters this as the u. S. Moves the second Carrier Strike group to the region with further action against her ally were during the israel Defense ForcesSpokesperson Lieutenant colonel jonathan and recast. Im sorry its not a better terms. There has been a lot of news today, people are standing by as the idf prepares to going to gaza, give us an update on what weve seen on the northern border today were lebanon, hezbollah says these are Warning Signs but are you worried this turning into a contested front work . Thank you for having me. The northern border has indeed and the tensions have escalated and hezbollah has fired several antitank missiles killing a civilian and causing additional injuries. There was an attempt of infiltration which at this stage i cannot attribute to hezbollah but they have taken responsibility for all of the antitank missiles fired which is a clear statement that they are trying to escalate the situation perhaps on a full escalation but definitely wanting to remain tension in the area. We are deployed along the border and we are vigilant in sending a message to hezbollah that it would be very bad for hezbollah in lebanese interest if hezbollah were to be aggressive and attack israel. We know has below has Hundreds Of Thousands of rockets pointed out israel from the north but going down south can you give us an update on the Gaza Offensive in the reported pending Ground Invasion and offensive. We saw hamas is now refusing to allow Palestinian Civilians to leave their despite israels warnings. Where are you with that . This tragedy is ongoing. Hamas, as you said, this is been confirmed by International Sources on the ground. Hamas is stopping Palestinian Civilians from evacuating the dangerous area of the north to the safer area of the south that is extremely sad. I think it cynical the unbelief, what we are doing is assessing the situation, we are urging palestinians by various means and messaging another means to evacuate and care for their own survival and interest, not to heed hamas and the directives and basically not to become pawns or Human Shields for hamas in this war, we said it very clearly the civilians are not our enemies, hamas is our enemy and were only after hamas and his military capabilities. The civilian population as far as we can go we do not want them harm. Two more things before we have to let you go, what is the status with the egypt opening up their border because im announced too many the gaza strip shares a border with egypt whose government is not allowing refugees and civilians and the other question, israel turned back on the water for gaza. What is lost, hamas through the years has dug up pipes or pipes imported to the gaza strip and use them not for Water Sourcing but to make rocket launchers. What was the decision behind that. Especially given out of the hostages happen return to america or israel. It is a complex situation with lots of countries and organizations that are trying to influence, were basically trying to do the right thing were trying to evacuate civilians in preparation for significant combat activities in Northern Gaza and we are trying to assert an extent to alleviate the humanitarian situation in the south. It is absurd because about 90 of the water in gaza is not provided by israel it is water that they pump themselves. If they dont have electricity they cannot pump the water. Hamas has stockpiles of fuel which they can use the Power Generators in order to pump water but they are not doing that they are keeping the fuel for the military purposes and knowingly letting the population starve of water, which again i think is a testament to what type of organization we are dealing with, they are prioritizing their own needs over those population. Katie on egypt, the question about egypt i noticed been pressure from International Community to open the border and allow palestinians to go into egypt, what is the progress there from that country. Sorry you had to repeat the question. We tried a day and a half ago together with The Americans and the egyptians to allow a safe exit of americans and a few other internationals that failed because hamas refused to open the gates on the palestinian side. I do not know the logic behind their action but i know that was a result on the ground and unfortunately the whole effort failed. I think that it proves again that the priorities of hamas are not to alleviate the humanitarian situation, and to instances they basically made active choices to enhance suffering not letting people out and trying to keep people in the northwards were dangerous and probably in order to use them as Human Shields in the future. Katie restated by to see whats next, thank you for your time we will be watching as israel goes into the gaza strip and looks at the north as has below ramps u from chrome to duckduckgo. Duckduckgo is a browser you download to your mobile and desktop devices. Unlike chrome, the Duckduckgo Browser has privacy builtin. It comes with a private alternative to google search, which doesnâ– t spy on your searches, and it blocks cookies and creepy ads. And theres no catch. Its free. We make money from ads, but they dont follow you around. Join the millions of people taking back their privacy by Downloading Duckduckgo On Mobile and desktop today. Katie we are back with Israeli Defense spokesperson Jonathan Cohen recast, thank you for sticking around. We want to get your reaction to joe biden today, he was asked about the potential for American Military to get involved directly,. Can you foresee u. S. Troops and combat in the new middle east were. I dont think that is necessary. It has one of the greatest fighting forces in the country a guarantee we will provide everything that they need. Katie im sure you agree you have one of the finest fighting forces in the world but is there a role in what is a partnership between the United States and the military moving Aircraft Carrier and destroyers closer to israel and what does that look like . Thank you. We definitely dont want anybody to fight our fights and i would not want to see a single drop of american blood because of israel. I wish only the best for the u. S. Armed forces and i wish that you continue to defend your great country. Hezbollah is capable as the president said of defended itself and were also very, very appreciative of the leadership that President Biden has established in the very clear support of the United States to israel in the senate and the congress, Secretary Blinken and defense secretary, everybody is basically very clear of their support to israel. I think what is very important at this stage is that israel knows it can rely on the u. S. To replenish its missiledefense at the iron dome and it can rely on the presence of the u. S. In order to prevent further escalation and the region which is not only is really interested is lebanese and his. And furthermore interest. It is also un interest was stability in the middle east and iranian relations or hezbollah launching a war against israel would be detrimental. In short we are very appreciative and hope to be able to fight for ourselves. 30 americans have also been killed and american hostages are being held by hamas. Im sure that complicates things a little bit. We appreciate your time tonight, thank you so much, its great to see you. Israel has formed in Emergency Unity government as a war against hamas rages on in the government had seemingly fractured over judicial Reform Efforts plaguing the country. The recent Terror Attacks i galvanize is really leadership to unilateral action, joining me to discuss the former israeli ambassador to the United States michael orens, think of for being here tonight. For people who dont know much about Israeli Government or politics what does it mean for there to be a unity government in the face of the terrorist organization of the new war that israel is fighting. Good to be with you our Assistant Government is different than americans government we dont have much of a difference between the legislative and Executive Branch as if the president and the United States and every member of his cabinet were active members of congress at the same time. We have a coalition and a multiparty system in order to put together government used to take representatives of the various governments in various parties and put them into a Coalition Government were each member of those parties and the leaders of the party get senior positions one will become the foreign one will become the defense, one will become the finance minister. Its very rare to have a unity government of the leaders of a coalition joining with opposition its only happened twice before in israels history most during the 1967 war it was very effective we were very deeply divided over many issues before the summit come together during the war and extremely important for israels defense and our sense of sanity. Equating hamas with isis has been an effective strategy. Thank you very much. Katie former Israeli Soldiers join forces to support their own and the relentless fight, how you can help u ah, these bills are crazy. She has no idea shes sitting on a goldmine. Well she doesnt know that if she owns a Life Insurance policy of 100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. Even a term policy. Even a term policy . Even a term policy find out if youre sitting on a goldmine. Call Coventry Direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect. Com. Welcome back to sunday night in america. Many of us are looking for a way to help in the middle east, our next guest is a medic who served in the Israeli Defense forces. Cofounder gilead, is joining me. What compelled you to get this drop together. Thank you for having me on. Saturday morning october 7, 2 th when the invasion from gaza began my best friend, David New Man was at a party on the border, he went to try to save him, he did not manage to save him but he saved many other peoples lives while in a war zone, we went home that night with support of our family and friends, we decided to step up and do something. We opened a whatsapp group, lets do something, we started supporting Israeli Forces protecting our civilians, one thing we did was bring drones and a helmet to my brother who was about to go into battle. I met him there, he was not wearing a vest. I took the vest off my chest and i gave it to my brother. This inspired an idea. The idea is that america, brothers of israel will take the vest off there are chest and support their brothers in israel. In honor of our friend david that is amazing, if people are looking to provide aid it is best advised to go through groups like yours. We have a web site, soldiers save lives. Org, you can donate or be in contact with someone in the organization, everyone is help. The way we put it together, quickly. We got in touch with cargo ll cargo and the a nonprofit, everyone could help. And we really could use any help we could get, please just do what you can, support the country of israel at this hard time. I think your efforts show the israeli spirit to fight on in memory of your friends who were just dancing when they were horrifically killed, thank you for coming on. We hope that people check you out. Than thank you very much. Thank you for spending part of your sunday with us, good night from washington