And the key question, will the conflict spread to other countries in the middle east . Promising an invasion by land, sea, and air, Israeli Forces made lastminute preparations to destroy naums retaliation for last weeks brutal massacre of hundreds of israelis in a surprise attack. There are more than a million palestinians, plus foreign nationals and american citizens, trapped in gaza. Israeli missiles have decimating the densely populated region all week. Evacuation efforts are still under way but time is running out. President biden has made it clear the United States make no mistake about it, stands with israel. The United States stands with israel. Around the country and the world, palestinian sympathiers are urging support for their cause and security has been ramped up with the increased threats sparked by hamas. All the news plus analysis just ahead on face the nation. Good morning. Welcome to face the nation. As we come on the air, israel is on the brink of an expanded war that
And the Biden Administrations efforts to find missing americans. Plus, well go through the new reporting on the massacre by Hamas Terrorists, that says the terror groups main backer may have been left in the dark. Well discuss how that aligns with previous reports. Also ahead, an update from capitol hill on the speakers race. Republicans have a nominee, but it is not clear if hes got the votes to get the gavel. I mean, willie, looks like more chaos. Rough timing. More chaos from republicans. We have, of course, just an existential challenge for the people of israel who are going to need support from congress. We have an existential challenge from ukraine. Yeah. And with all thats going on, i mean, you look and see what may be happening in taiwan, if, you know, one domino falls after another. We need congress and congress with a speaker. Steve scalise is the nominee, but nowhere in the neighborhood of having the votes he needs. Thats why they didnt hold a vote yesterday. They get in at
Hezbollah, and hamas and many other forces. And behind them stands china, which seems to be a neutral position, but we understand what is on the side, it is largely about this, it is not this, well, many say that this is the third world war, which has already started, well, it can be, you know, it could be the third world war, but not like the first or second one, but it may be more like a century or 30year war, it is by and large a war of civilizations, a war of totalitarian regimes, such as these. Uh, including russia with the whole civilized world, its, im sure that this war, well, well, in the end, the civilized world will win, but, well, we have to understand that , well, its going to be, you know, well, now north korea, south korea is threatening what they will do, something drastic, such as terrorist attacks on israel, there is a certain tension. Between kosovo and serbia, that is, the war, somewhere it will spread around the world, because russia just like it seems to us that w
Sustained, deep and dark role in providing all of this support and capabilities to hamas in terms of this particular gruesome attack on october 7, we dont currently have that information. Well continue to look for it. If we find it, well share it with you. Thank you, jake. Looking back at the last few days, how did israel miss this attack coming . Thats a question for you to ask the Israeli Government. Obviously the Israeli Government has placed a high premium on its Intelligence Capacity as it relates to hamas and the west bank and relates to hezbollah. Why it is they didnt have warning from this is not a question that i can answer. What about u. S. Intelligence . Anything that crosses your desk that suggests this was come something. We did not see anything that suggested an attack of this type was going to unfold any more than the israelis did. Your meeting in the Situation Room today, we saw images earlier. At some point the president has seen the images of the dead israelis. What h
Hamas, in terms of this particular gruesome attack on october 7th, we dont currently have that information. We will continue to look for it and if we find it, we will share it with you. Thank you. Looking back at the last few days, how did israel miss this attack coming . Thats a question for you to ask the Israeli Government. Obviously, the Israeli Government has placed a high premium on its Intelligence Capacity as it relates to hamas, to the west bank, to hezbollah. And why it is that they did not have warning from this is not a question i can answer from this podium. What about u. S. Intelligence . Is there anything that crosses your desk that would indicate this . We did not see anything that suggested an attack of this type was going to unfold any more than the israelis did. And your meeting within the situation room today, at some point undoubtedly the president has seen the images of the dead israelis. What has been his reaction when shown those . Youve seen him now twice. Youv