Is that enough to refreeze the 6 billion to unlock to exchange the prisoners . We have not had a dollar of that 6 billion spent, and i will leave it at that. Will you refreeze it based on this activity that you just laid out all of the ways that they are complicit in this . The administration said if we see them going in the wrong direction that we would stop that down. I understand the position that you guys have that not a dollar of this has been spent. So im not going to get ahead of the president s request and the director who will present the request that we send out, but the president was very clear today that we will be making a request to the congress, and it will include a request for funding for support to israel and he made clear that we will renew the question for congress for aid to ukraine. What exact form that all takes that will be worked out and presented by others and not by me and the notion that we will go up and ask for israel aid and ask for ukraine aid, thats une
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
Cover it all here on cnn. Hopefully, we will have who can hear from him himself onon that. Right no cnn news night with abby phillip starts. Retaliatory strikes are underway tonight, as israelis compare this devastating attack by hamas to the terror of 9 11. This is the deadliest attack against jewish people since the holocaust, with a degree of barbarity not seen since isis. Israels Prime Minister is now saying or the next few days violence will really wear it across generations. Im abby philip, and this is new light. Youre fine, youre fine, youre fine, youre okay. [sound of artillery] youre all right, youre all right. [sound of artillery] okay. Thats the iron dome, okay . Yeah. At this point, we want to get hello. Okay. Standby. Hello, john, so forgive me im slightly inelegant thisish and, but we just had a massive barrage of rockets coming in here not too far from us. So we have had to take shelter here by the were just five minutes away. Gaza is in that direction. You can hear now
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
More than 1000 civilians slaughtered. Slaughtered in israel. Among them at least 14 american citizens killed. We believe there are 20 or more americans at this point are missing. Laura i Laura Ingraham that the sobering news of the impact on american lives from the hamas Terror Attack will there be a Rescue Mission . We will speak with the former Israeli Special forces who has insight then we will hear from the Senior Advisor of the amassing Israeli Forces tonight on the gaza border but First American next . That is the focus of tonight angle. Today finally joe biden emerged 90 minutes late to speak about the evil attacks by hamas against the israeli people. Although he was unequivocal about americas support and the depravity of these incur incursions, there was no mention of irans role in the planning and funding of these attacks. Nor did he announce any reconsideration of the 6 billiondollar payment for the prisoner swap. Mostly it was generalities. This is a moment for the United St