Late israeli prime minister. Following her remarks, congressional leaders from the house and senate expressed their support for israel. We should not be daunted by the enormity of the worlds grief. Instead we are commanded always to act, always a way to shape our world, not merely be shaped by it. And together we gather together, to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly and to face grief with action. And we gather in washington to say to the world, we stand with israel. We stand in israel with our words and deeds and action. Im joined today by the heads of our 50 National Organizations and dozens of local Jewish Federations from across the country representing a broad and Diverse Coalition of American Jewish life. And we are eternally grateful for our elected leaders who are here this morning to share their own words of support. Our presence together in this historic synagogue in our Nations Capital gives us comfort and strength. Only by working together can we ensure that israel wi
Congress, Jewish Community leaders invited Administration Officials this event was hosted by the conference of president s of major American Jewish organizations. It runs an hour and 45 minutes. [background noises] good morning. I am harriet and i have the honor of being conference of the president of jewish organizations. We gather in the nations capitol in sadness and morning. October 7 was the darkest day and modern israeli history. As news reports last week turned to unimaginable numbers 1300 dead. 4000 wounded. Almost 200 kidnapped. Our shock turned to fear, anger, disbelief and utter devastation. We mourn the loss of precious life. We pray for the healing of wounds that will never fully mentioned and today, we wear these blue ribbons and initiative started in the hope the safe return of our brothers and sisters now held hostage in gaza. Our savior teachers that we should not be daunted by the enormity of the world to grief. Instead we are commanded always to act. Always a way to
Heart full of grief. I come shaken by anger and fear, but with a resolve to act. I come with my move down to its core by the terrible things i saw these past few days. This morning, i return to the United States after leading a bipartisan delegation to israel, along with senators rosen and kelly and romney and cassidy. As the first jewish majority leader, as the highest ranking jewish elected official ever in america, i wanted to be there and i felt an obligation to be there. It was a trip ill remember for the rest of my life. A visit to the only jewish state on earth facing one of the darkest hours of its 75year history, probably the darkest hour. We traveled to deliver a simple and unmistakable message, we, the american people, stand with the people of israel in this moment of need. We said to the people of israel, we have your back. We feel your pain. We ache with you. And in the coming weeks, the United States senate will do Everything Possible to help israel eliminate the threat t
The authors of the books featured. The u. S. House plans to meet tomorrow at noon eastern till the first floor vote to elect a speaker since congressman Kevin Mccarthy was ousted from the position nearly two weeks ago. Watch our live gavel to gavel coverage of the house on cspan. In the meantime the senate is returning to the after a weeklong recess. Lawmakers will debate the nomination of Jeniffer Hall to be use District Court judge for delaware. A vote to advance her nomination is scheduled for this afternoon at 5 30 p. M. Eastern. And now live to the senate floor here one cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal lord god, the author of peace, as wars and rumors of wars bombard us, we turn our eyes to you. In the past you have brought order from chaos, light from darkness, truth from falsehood, peace from conflict, and hope from despair. Please do it again. Today, use our lawmakers as instruments of your peace. May they strive to please you in all that they think, say, and do. Lord,
Investigative journalist focusing on terrorism in the middle east region come at a moderator carla thorson, Senior Vice President of programs and World Affairs. We are recording tonight program so please take a moment to silence your cell phones. Im a Program Officer at World Affairs. If you enjoy two nights discussion and your interest in learning more about the organization i will be around after the program so please introduce yourselves. I would now like to turn over to our moderator, carla thorson. So good evening everyone and thank you for joining us. Its my great pleasure to introduce our guest this evening, jere van dyk, a journalist, author, and cbs news consultant who covers afghanistan and pakistan. He has authored a book called captive, my time as a prisoner of the taliban, and another work in afghanistan. Hes also written for such publications as the New York Times, newsweek and national geographic. And in 1981 1981 while workinga correspondent for the New York Times, he l