what you're not hearing a lot of from the administration is any suggestion that -- >> in about the 30 seconds we have left, do you get the sense that what we've seen unfold in the middle east has been a particular inflection point? >> reporter: it's an inflection point in the rhetoric, saying thing that placate the base in terms of a cease-fire. but president biden is not calling on israel to stop retaliating against the rocket attacks. you're seeing the administration fight the in terms of statements that the u.n. security council wants to put out. >> yeah. >> reporter: so the policy is not changing right now. >> nbc's jon allen. that's it for this hour. ayman mohyeldin picks up our coverage, coming up next. but most importantly? they give us something to eat when we drink beer.