Nominee to be the next ambassador to israel. Questions about the Iran Nuclear Deal when he was treasury secretary and the Obama Administration. Some ergonomic is alleged he was not forthcoming about the deal financial implementation. He denied the allegations. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] click. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [background noises] the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Todays hearing carries great importance for the United States, israel and the region. The attacks by hamas over ten days ago in israel of the deadliest day for juice since the holocaust. Objective elevate and wheelchairs, burning people alive, killing babies in front of parents, not only horrific and barbaric but methodically planned and carried out. Hamas started a war. We need someone to reinforce the message the United States