that was a pretty constant theme. with regard to immigration, we talked about that at every stop including here in saudi arabia. there is a interest in pursuing that. there is a clear interest in the region in pursuing that. it will require that the conflict in in gaza and it will require that there be a practical pathway to a palestinian state. this is what i heard from everyone i talked to. interest is there and it israel , and it could be transformative. thank you for you are listening to secretary of state anthony blinken and he is on a whirlwind tour of the middle east as this war between israel and hamas continues on. he is leaving saudi arabia and his next stop is israel.
run for senate wide, i m doing everything that i can to try to fix this. but really, i m a father terrified about what kind of path or countries going down. for my kids to go up and. and i hope that a lot of people feel that same way. this anxiety, this chaos, this conflict ever going through as a nation. it just cannot last. we cannot sustain that. we have to find a way to break this fever, and be able to heal our democracy. all i gotta tell you, along the conversations i have just echo the sentiments very much. you re not alone in those feelings. let me ask you about the escalating tensions in the middle east. in the past few days, secretary blinken has shown that he s got to be there on this whirlwind tour in the region. he just addressed reporters in greece before he heads back to the middle east. let s take a look at what he said. there is clearly a strong desire among the majority of people in the region for a future that is one of peace. of security. of de-escalation and
along the border in israel, families returned to the festival site to mark three months since the october 7th attacks, including one woman that fox spoke with several months ago when we interviewed her when her little sister was taken. i m still stuck on october 7th, maybe the eight, i can t switch days i cannot turn the page, i can t open the new year. meanwhile, tensions flaring once again along the border of israel and lebanon where gallant made a visit to the northern command and a lot of growing concern as foreign leaders flock to the middle east to cool rising tensions. european policy chief is expected to be in lebanon to discuss the ongoing conflict, germany s foreign minister will visit israel on sunday. antony blinken set off on this week-long whirlwind tour of the region which really will include israel and the west bank and growing concerns of how to
post. tonight, hezbollah chief is speaking out for the second time this week saying it cannot be silent about the killing of a hamas official outside of beirut earlier this week. hezbollah points to israel calling it a drone strike warning that lebanon would be exposed if hezbollah does not respond. he was secretary of state antony blinken set off on this weeklong whirlwind tour around the region which will include trips to israel in the west bank. the state department said protecting civilians in both israel and in gaza will be one of the top priorities. another key focus of this trip will be on making sure the war does not escalate and spill out into other regions. the outcome of course, something we hear u.s. officials say for months. as we approached three month mark clearly that tension and that concern is still just as strong, neil. neil: alex, thank you very much. i told you what secretary of state is doing, the former one, mike pompeo will be my special
> good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, july 22nd, the second best day of the week. i m amber walker. i love saturday. saturdays feel like everybody has gotten through the week. sure. here we are. yes. finally exhale. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. thank you for being with us. amber is back after a whirlwind tour. it was you and beyoncé all over europe. did you just compare me to beyoncé? can we save this tape? the one time this will happen. yes, happy to be back. it was a trip to the alps and italy and then to greece where it was really hot, and got back to hot-lanta as well. so didn t get a reprieve from the heat. good to be back. thank you. here is what we re watching for you this morning. former president trump is set to stand trial in the classified documents case in the middle of