but, did call it a sacred mission to do so. these new comments are coming, as we are seeing a whole lot unfold on the ground there as well, over the last 24 hours or so, including residents fleeing parts of southern gaza today, under a warning to do so from israel, as the idf strikes on the southern city of in announces what they call expanding operational activities. we re going to have a live report from jay gray in tel aviv, in just a moment. we want to start first though, with ambassador dennis roth, counselor at the washington institute for near east policy. msnbc foreign affairs analyst, he was the on the peace process in the clinton administration, and was instrumental in assisting israelis and palestinians to reach an interim agreement in 1995. ambassador, thanks for joining us on, this inflation. i have wanted to speak to you, ambassador, throughout this entire conflict. i m so happy that you are joining us this hour. i want to talk first about this new op-ed out
. this is cnn breaking news. good morning, everyone, and welcome, i m phil mattingly with erica hill in new york. poppy is off today. right now, secretary antony blinken back in the war zone in israel. we are expecting blinken to speak in just moments after meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his war cabinet. blinken s trip comes as one of the most intense nights. we watched rockets and missiles rain down live on cnn as flares list up the night sky. blinken, president biden and his top advisers are warning israel that the human suffering in gaza is eroding public support for the war and the outcry for a cease-fire could reach a tipping point. the israeli military says its troops are completely surrounded gaza city. the latest video in this morning from those ground operations, casualties are rising on both sides, the idf now says 23 israeli soldiers have been killed since that ground assault was launched in gaza. this morning the red crescent says israe
right now. an extraordinary new israeli offensive in the skies of gaza you re probably going to see a significant reenforcement of israeli ground forces did occur. israeli officials saying that they have encircled gaza city. cut the north off from the south. fears of a second war along israel s northern border intensifying, the leader of hezbollah is expected to break his silence. hezbollah fighters saying their fingers are on the trigger. you have secretary of state antony blinken back in israel. can the united states tell its ally how to fight a war? how we can set the conditions for a durable, sustainable peace for israelis and palestinians alike. there are just weeks before the public calls for a cease-fire becomes untenable. we can get the hostages out, we can get humanitarian aid in. this hospital will turn into a mass grave. there s nothing for this place other than a place to come and die. good morning, welcome, i m phil mattingly with er
A thirty day ceasefire across syria. As they dragged out the negotiation the bombs from assads fighter jets continued to fall but that agreement was hard forth with fiery exchanges between the u. S. And russia also ahead. Trumping trump democrats release their own memo regarding surveillance of a president ial aide during the twenty sixteen campaign. And nigerias president calls the plight of missing schoolgirls a National Disaster and sends more troops to search for them. So after days of heated to go. Consul has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a month long truce in syria and this comes after a week of government led strikes on the rebel held and place of east and which have killed more than five hundred civilians the resolution calls for an immediate end to hostilities for thirty days thats meant to allow window for much needed aid to be let into besieged areas including east and would also allow medical evacuations in just a moment well get the latest on the situation in
Areas the Iran Nuclear Agreement and defense departments role for relief efforts in puerto rico. This is 2 1 2 hours. Good morning. The u. S. Senate Armed Services Committee Meets this morning to receive testimony on u. S. Strategy in afghanistan and south asia. We welcome secretary mattis and chairman dunford back to the committee. We thank you both for your many years of distinguished service and leadership of our men and women in uniform. 16 years ago this week u. S. And Coalition Forces began combat operations in afghanistan to eliminate the al qaeda terrorists who attacked our nation and removed the taliban regime that gave them sanctuary. Very few, few would have predicted that 16 years later we would still be fighting what has become americas longest war. To date, we have achieved our mission to prevent afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terrorists to attack america or our allies and partners. But that success has come at a tremendous price, more than 2,000 americans hav