Incredible hard work of so many people. The scientists and researchers, the drug companies, the national guard, the u. S. Military, fema, the nations governors, doctors, nurses, pharmacists. Everyone who has moved Heaven And Earth to get as many shots into arms of as many americans as possible. Its truly been an all Hands On Deck for the country effort. You know, some people said we could dont this, that it would not be until the fall that we had this many people vaccinated. That 2021 might be a lost year for our country as 2020 was. But we have proved the doubters wrong. I need to single out one more group to praise the american people. The american people. For more than a year, you have endured so much and so many lost jobs, so many businesses lost. So many lives upended. And so many months that our Kids Couldnt be in school. You couldnt see your friends or family. All the moments that mattered so much from birthdays to weddings to graduations, all postponed. And most tragically of all, the lost lives. I carry a card in my pocket with the Number of lives lost to covid as of the close of business yesterday. 580,073 lost lives. So many empty chairs. So many times a husband or a wife leans over to touch their spouse and theyre not there. Moms and dads, sons and daughters, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, grandparents. Your neighbors, your coworkers. Having been there in other circumstances, i know its of little solace right now, but i promise you the day will come when the memory of a Loved One you lost will bring a smile and brings a tear to your eye. Thats when you know youll get through it. You will get through it but its a long haul. You have endured all this. When your country asks you to get vaccinated, you did. The american people stepped up. You did what i consider to be your patriotic duty. Thats how we have gotten to this day. As president , i can say im pleased but im sure the Vice President agrees with me, were not surprised. Pleased but not surprised. Because the simple truth is this. The american people have never ever, ever, ever let their country down. Never. This country is proving what we have known and we have all known for so long. Theres nothing we are unable to do when we put our minds, our hearts and our souls into it and we do it together. Now, i want to be clear about what the cdc is saying. And what the cdc is not saying. The cdc is saying that its concluded that fully vaccinated people are at a very, very low risk of getting covid19. Therefore, if you have been fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask. Let me repeat, if you are fully vaccinated you no longer need to wear a mask. But if you have not been vaccinated or if the youre getting a Twoshot Vaccine and you only had your first shot, but not your second, or you havent waited the full two weeks after your second shot, you still need to wear a mask. Look, weve gotten this far. Please protect yourself. Until you get to the finish line, because as great as this announcement is today, we dont want to let up. We all know how tough this virus has been. The safest thing for the country is for everyone to get vaccinated. And getting vaccinated is easier than ever. We have worked so hard. We have 80,000 locations, 90 of you live within five miles of one of those locations. You can find a Vaccine Site near you by texting your Zip Code to the following Number. 438829. Let me repeat. Text your Zip Code to 438829, and get the place near you and you can get vaccinated now and many places dont require an appointment. Its free. Just walk in. Get the shot. Anyone 12 years or above in age is eligible. For now, after a year of hard work and so much sacrifice, the rule is very simple. Get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do. Its vax or mask. Get vaccinated. If youre vaccinated you can be around the vaccinated or unvaccinated people but if youre not vaccinated or not fully vaccinated, you should wear a mask for your own Protection And Protection of other unvaccinated people. The choice is yours. You all made this possible. Now, lets finish the work of beating this virus and getting everything back to normal. Remember, as fast as we have gone, most people under the age of 65 arent vaccinated yet. We have opened vaccinations nationally to all adults just four weeks ago. Its going to take a little more time for everyone to get vaccinated to get their shots. So for all of us, lets be patient. Be patient with one another. You know, some may say just feel more comfortable. Continue to wear a mask. They may feel that way. So if youre someone with a mask, you see them, please treat them with kindness and respect. We have had too much conflict, too much bitterness, too much anger, too much politicization of this issue about wearing masks. Lets put it to rest. Lets remember, were all americans. Lets remember that we are all in this together. If youre fully vaccinated, and can take your mask off, you have earned the right to do something that americans are known for all around the world. Greeting others with a smile. With a smile. So its a good day for the country. We arent done yet, were still losing too many americans because we still have too many unvaccinated people. We have to get to 70 of adults, started on vaccinations and by july the 4th. We have to take this pandemic, tackle it, not just here but overseas as well, to truly be safe in the long run. Theres still more work ahead. But i have said many times, as tough as this pandemic has been, we will get through it. We will rebuild our economy, reclaim our lives and get back to normal. Laugh again, well know joy again and well smile again. You know, now, look at the smiles on the peoples faces. Better days are ahead. I promise you. And the best days for america are still to come. I promise you that as well. Thank you. God bless you and remember, its never, ever, ever been a good bet to bet against the american people. Thank you. Mr. President [ indiscernible ]. We dont enforce it. We in fact if you dont if you havent been vaccinated u wear your mask your mask for your own protection and the people who also have not been vaccinated yet. Its not an enforcement thing. We wont go out and arrest people. But the fact of the matter is, i still believe the vast majority of the american people care about the safety of their neighbors and care about the safety of their families. Like i said, if you have been vaccinated, you dont have to wear your mask and shake hands. Even give Each Other a hug, but if you have not been vaccinated please wear the mask. Please wear the mask. Thank you. So is there meeting with the republicans, sir . Very, very good meeting. You know, it was great to be back with so many of my colleagues that i had served with in the senate and i am very optimistic that we can reach a reasonable agreement. But even if we dont, its been a good its a good Faith Effort thats been started. Compromise on anything other than the corporate tax . We didnt compromise on anything. What we did was i laid out what i thought we should be doing, how it should be paid for. And my colleagues in the senate came back and said theyll come back to me with a counteroffer of what they are prepared to do and fund and how to fund it and then well talk again next week. Thank you all very much. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. The president is walking out without a mask on, walking back into the White House without a mask on. He heralded the new Cdc Guidance saying those who are fully vaccinated no longer need to wear masks, indoors and outdoors. You can shake hands and give Each Other hugs as long as everyone is fully vaccinated. The president did praise the people who are fully vaccinated, got the country to this point and while noting other countries are still struggling with new outbreaks or a slow vaccine rollout. Lets bring in dr. Sanjay gupta to talk more about this incredibly important moment. Perhaps the most important since we learned that there actually was a vaccine that worked. Sanjay, tell us how important this moment is, this decision by the cdc. It feels like a very big moment, jake. I think for the long time we have been wondering when wed get to the point like this. Some people were thinking it was rushed a little bit, although well think that its been a long time coming. What i would say is that the science i think has been clear for some time on not only how well these vaccines work as you alluded to. But also, how well they protect you how well they work in terms of preventing you from getting sick and how well they work in terms of preventing you from getting infected and most importantly and recently, how well they work in terms of making it unlikely you would pass the infection on to Someone Else. Remember, jake, you say, well, im vaccinated, why do i need to continue to wear the mask . Well T Idea is you could be an unwitting carrier, silent carrier of the virus still. I think the data i just got off the phone with dr. Walensky, because i still had some questions after the announcements but the data that came out over the past couple of weeks really shows that even if you have been vaccinated, even if you tested positive for the virus after you have been vaccinated, which does happen, the data is now increasingly clear that youll be unlikely to transmit it to Someone Else and that was a crucial ingredient in this. It wasnt known for sure. There was an increasing sort of anecdotal evidence about this and a couple of papers, one out of the lancet, one in the new England Journal of medicine makes this point and it swayed many people at the cdc. My colleague, elizabeth cohen, points out, there was a lot of back and forth in the last few days about this. Its not a slam dunk, everyone agrees in terms of timing, but the science i think is pretty clear, jake. Just to remind people, the cdc as is its charge is a very cautious organization. They recommend against, you know, eating a rare steak. So its not surprising that they would make to sure there was data that backed it up and we saw a maskless President Biden walking out today, declaring today a great day for america in our nations long Battle With Coronavirus and, you know, obviously hes right. Hes modeling the behavior that a lot of us had been wondering about for some time, which is if hes vaccinated and everybody in the Rose Garden is vaccinated, especially because theyre outdoors but even so indoors, why the mask and now theyre not wearing a mask. I do want to ask though what about traveling . If i get on an airplane, im vaccinated fully and i have been for a while now. Am i still not going to be expected to wear a mask . So this is precisely what i was trying to get at with the director of the cdc, dr. Walensky, when i spoke to her after and she was asked twice about this during the conference. Once by kaitlan and she sort of dodged it, saying theres going to be more guidance forthcoming on this. The Science Sort of applies still here. Still applies, the science is indoors, large gathering or small gathering if everyone is vaccinated you dont need to wear a mask. So the two questions that sort of come up, how do you know if everyone is vaccinated or not . Is there going to be proof of a vaccination being required. Many businesses and institutions have sort of signalled Theyll Start to require a proof of vaccination. The second issue is really, you know, what is the Aviation Industry have to say about this . This was directed toward individuals as dr. Walensky told me. As far as institutions some will make their own decisions based on the guidance but theyre going to provide more guidance to the Aviation Industry and other industries forthcoming. Keep in mind, theres even technically theres still a federal Mask Mandate on federal properties. That has been lifted at the White House now as you have may have heard. But what about all the other federal buildings . Technically its still in place. Hopefully well see further steps over the next few days. The concern i have right now is that i have two children, 11 and 13. I know you have three girls and theyre not vaccinated. Ill get them vaccinated as soon as they can. But theyre not vaccinated. If im going to get on an airplane, i dont have to wear a mask, but ill have my kids wear one. Im also worried i have to say about people who dont get vaccinated for whatever reason who kind of now piggyback on the fact that people like you and my did get vaccinated and they go about their lives, maskless, even though they could be carriers of the virus. Yeah. This is a really tricky sort of Inflection Point between science and the Social Psychology of the whole thing. First of all, just for clarity sake, as things stand right now, airplanes are still requiring masks. That may change, whether youre vaccinated or not. Theyre still requiring masks because they dont want to get into the business of trying to prove who is vaccinated or not. But the other point youre raising, yeah, there are people who are saying, prove im not vaccinated, im not going to wear a mask. So the real Question And President Biden Sort of touched on this at The End of his comments is that vaccinated people are still largely protected. So the unvaccinated people who are doing this are putting other unvaccinated people at risk. Thats the real issue here. Youre basically seeing two communities emerge, the vaccinated community and the unvaccinated community. As a vaccinated person, you are wearing a mask because up until recently over the last month, the concern was you could be an unwittingly spreader of the virus. That seems very, very unlikely now based on pretty recent data so youre not doing a disservice to your community by no longer wearing a mask if youre a vaccinated person. The unvaccinated person could be putting other unvaccinated people at risk. Thats the truth. And theyre going to have to figure that out. Whether institutions are going to say we want to have some sort of proof of vaccination, who knows . And thats going to be a tough call for a lot of the places to sort of make. I think whats important for people to understand, look, i know people who have not been vaccinated yet who are skeptical or fearful of the vaccine. I think whats important for people to understand is not only is this vaccine safe, but if you are a carrier and you are not wearing a mask, youre not just putting children at risk and children do get coronavirus and children do get very sick and hundreds have died from coronavirus, but there are lots of adults who are going through chemotherapy, who would get vaccinated if they could and they cannot and youre putting their lives at risk. That is right. Thats the entire point of Herd Immunity in a way. Jake, look, at any population of people, because people are too young, in some cases its because theyre too old or i they have the conditions, they cant get vaccinated so you create enough of a Herd Protection around those who cant get protected so you essentially protect the entire community. Were not at Herd Immunity. We are about a third of the country, 35 of the country is fully vaccinated right now. And thats what im hearing from some of my Public Health colleagues, other reporters saying this was coming based on the science but why did they decide to do this now given were not at that level of protection . By the way, where i am in Georgia Versus where you are in d. C. Or boston, these are different communities in terms of how much protection there is out there. Youre right, the science is clear. Its all about the implementation now and how the private organizations decide to deal with that. The one thing that i will say thats maybe a little bit of a headline is just about outside, which you and i have talked about. I think its very clear that you dont need to wear a mask outside regardless of your Vaccination Status and thats because a year into this now, we know that Outdoor Transmission we didnt know this in the beginning, Outdoor Transmission is very, very unlikely. We dont know there have been cases of Outdoor Transmission. No masks outside period, but i think its the indoor settings and the implementations are the key. Thank you. Coming up in the next hour, dr. Anthony fauci will join us. So the cdc guidelines may not mean you never have to wear a mask. One mode of public transportation is keeping that Mask Mandate in place as sanjay and i just discussed. Thats next. Stay with us. The light. It comes from within. It drives you. And it guides you. To shine your brightest. As you charge ahead. Illuminating the way forward. A light maker. 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Trying to send a clear message and the Vice President standing next to him. Right before he started speaking, Vice President harris said he has a beautiful smile and this is a Milestone Moment and for White House thats been a little bit of a complicated place in terms of how they should personally adjust to Cdc Guidance. The president has been criticized for wearing masks in meetings, for not necessarily following the exact Cdc Guidance that had been put out to this point and they have been waiting for this. Just a couple of minutes after they finished the announcement, the white House Staff got an email that masks are no longer needed at the White House. Theyre looking to model the behavior of what is in place and that didnt just happen publicly but in the oval office. Listen to what what one senator said when she was meeting with the president. You took your masks off . We did. We heard all about it. The president took off his too. Wasting no time to take their masks off. One, the White House has been waiting for this moment and it underscores the progress that they have made and the president sees this as an incentive and in a push to continue to drive people who havent been vaccinated yet to get those shots, to try to reach the 70 of american adults with at least one dose by july 4th. Incentives are important, they have certainly aligned with that over the course of the last several weeks in the messaging and this absolutely underscores that point. That announcement comes out after months of political contention over why vaccinated people like President Biden were wearing a mask in a room with other vaccinated people. Yeah. Look, it was there was a recognition here in the White House that this was politically problematic that some to some degree. And i think they made clear they wanted to follow what the cdc had to say and the president didnt seem to be totally aligned with that guidance but the president was surrounded by many people, reporters, Secret Service as well. However its very clear theres growing political pressure to adjust this guidance. The White House has made clear theyre not going to intervene with anything that the cdc does but you have to pay attention to Capitol Hill earlier this week when rochelle walensky, the cdc director, got hammered by republicans for being behind the 8 ball when it came to moving guidance along for the vaccinated. We didnt have any idea this was coming today, the president s remarks it wasnt on the schedule and all of that started shifting over the course of the day. Clearly, the White House is moving very quickly to capitalize on what the president said is a Milestone Moment. Phil, thanks. Nick watt is joining me now. Nearly every day for the last Year And Change i have thrown to you and youre wearing a mask and then you take off your mask before you do your standup. Look at that beautiful face. Yeah, it became a pathetic Signature Move of mine but it was necessary. I stopped to do it a couple of weeks ago that when the cdc said if you were vaccinated you didnt need to wear one outdoors. Im fully vaccinated, the Camera Guy is fully vaccinated. So i stopped. As phil was just saying, they were under pressure to update this guidance. People said it was way too cautious or confusing. The little cartoon man, wearing a mask, not wearing a mask, i cover this every day and even i was confused by that. They needed to move forward. You know, the governor of utah told the president the other day, we have got people who are fully vaccinated, we should start acting like it and the president was pretty receptive to that. Here is one final point i want to make, jake. I dont have to wear a mask outside anymore, but still, i have in it my pocket, because old habits die hard. Im sure im not alone. Im sure there are a lot of people who feel this way. Yeah, absolutely. Ill keep it my pocket for now. Thanks so much. Lets bring in the aviation correspondent, pete muntean. You are getting new guidance from the airlines. Tell us about it. Well, theres a key caveat here. The Transportation Administration said that the Mask Mandate will stay in place in spite of the new cdc guidelines. Theyre required on trains, planes, buses, boats and in terminals and thats set to expire after September 13th and the tsa says it will stay in flight. The federal Aviation Administration has received 1,300 reports of unruly passengers on board commercial flights in the last three months alone and the agency says thats a significant uptick so the new cdc guidelines are not necessarily applicable everywhere. Thank you. 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I have been told by a source familiar that actually, Kevin Mccarthy was trying to pressure, was hoping that Liz Cheney would actually resign. That he wouldnt have to have this vote. We know from our colleague manu raju, they had a Phone Call a couple of days leading up to this. I dont know if this is because the votes were not as lopsided as he thought they would be. Or cheney backlash. We did reach out to Kevin Mccarthys office. They deny that he was hoping she would resign. However, lets remember at the White House yesterday, he said i dont think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the president ial election. He has been doing that for months. This is trumpian. This is the problem with mccarthy and the others who go along with the election lie. Theyre willing to lie and when he says int didnt what to do that, but we know youre liars. Hard to believe. So Liz Cheney ducked the question if she plans on running for president in order to stop trump and in order to enact a conservative agenda. She doesnt support the Biden Agenda either. Is she seriously considering running for president . She ducked it three times, but she never said no. To me in politics, in washington, you and i have been here a long time. I think that is very seriously considered yes and what we also know is she said she doesnt want to let him anywhere near the oval office. That she thinks he is a Clear And Present Danger going forward. I think it is very possible that she will consider running. We also have i just want to show you cnn has some exclusive Behind The Scenes photos of the last couple of days of Liz Cheney taken by the extraordinary Photographer David Hume kenerly i know david. Great reporter. At the half Liz Cheney preparing the speech. This is walking to the floor and that shot is after the vote, after shes been ousted in the blue with everybody around her. It certainly looks very president ial to me. Like someone running. But those were the moments right before she delivered the speech. David Hume Kenerly was the reporter and hes known Liz Cheney for a long time. Theres a photo of her with her father and she went to see him at The End of the day, after she was ousted from leadership. They talk almost every day on the phone. She is very proud of him. They wrote books together. Hes very proud of her. Im sure he is. Shes risking it all to save the country from what she says is a Clear And Present Danger. No small thing. Jamie gangel, Great Reporting as always. Lets discuss with our panel. Ana navarro, its clear that the majority of the Republican Party in terms of her party officials and Republican Party voters according to polls theyre with trump, not with her. So how do you or Liz Cheney or mia love, how do you begin to wage that fight . With principle, with conviction. Look, jake, theres something very liberating about doing something because you believe its the right thing to do not the politically exped Yents Thing to do. Not the easy thing to do it might cost you friends. It might have professional consequences but youre doing the right thing. Theres this Peace Of Mind and this resoluteness that coming from looking at yourself in the mirror and knowing you have a Back Bone and you have the principles and are putting the country first. I see that Peace Of Mind in Liz Cheney. I see that resoluteness, and that Belief And Confidence that acting according to your conscience gives you. Youre not doing it to be in the majority. Youre doing it because your conscience is dictating that you stick to the truth and to facts and to patriotism and put the country over a cult to a faux demigod. Mia love, i want you to take a listen to why Liz Cheney say she believes former President Trump has such a hold on your party right now. Take a listen. I think its a cult of personality and i think people were betrayed and misled by him. Its a real betrayal to get back in power. Do you agree . I certainly do agree. I think that it is definitely about personality. It is not about policy. It is about 100 loyalty to the former president. If you step out of line, even a little bit, he will throw you under the bus as the former Vice President Mike Pence would attest to. I have to say now more than ever its important to form a message outside of the influence of the president. And unify the party because he doesnt have Liz Cheney to blame any longer from where im sitting and from the things i know in being a former member of congress, hes got a tall order. It is incredibly important for him to decide now is hes going to have to define what the Republican Party stands for. And paul, first of all, happy birthday. You just turned 60. You dont look a day over 58, 59. All of this republican infighting is happening while democrats, your party, are trying to pass two massive bills. 4 Trillion worth. How does biden negotiate with a party that at least on the House Side is led by people who refuse to tell the truth . Its very difficult. Its not really led. I think representative cheney is right, that mccarthy is weak and unprincipled. Look what Nancy Pelosi is doing. Shes put forward an agenda that is broadly popular in the mainstream. In a cnn poll, 73 of the republicans supported the tax credit. An equal 55 supported the funding of reopening the schools and it has an appeal to republican voters at the Grass Roots so if theyre listening to the republicans at the Grass Roots, maybe theyll listen to them on issues but theres a big risk if i can get to it. Democrats have to have strong leadership too. I think they have it but when extremists say things like defund the police, abolish the police, that is stupid and selfdestructive and if you want moderate republicans to lead the Republican Party because trump is lawless, you cant allow extremists to define the democratic party. And the difference is that the president and the Vice President had been strong about that, saying theyre not for that stuff. Ana, and people outside of texas might not know who George P. Bush is. Hes the texas land commissioner, the son of Jeb Bush and his wife calumba. During the 2015, 2016 primaries Donald Trump attacked Jeb Bush and his wife who is i believe from mexico originally. Attacked them in very clearly racist and ugly ways. That and refused to apologize about it. That said, thats who George P. Bush is. Hes attacking Liz Cheney. He calls her opposition to trump a vendetta. Take a listen to this. Instead of Training Fire on the president she should have been training it on biden and the agenda. Thats what you want out of your leadership and she didnt rise to the challenge. What do you think . I yi yi, i have known Jeb Bush forever, hes my friend, a mentor and i love him. I have known p. Since he was very, very long and it brings me no joy to say this. The tweet made my cringe and it reflects poorly on him. Hes trying to run for governor or whatever. P. Is whatever he is, the secretary of Waste Management in texas, No One would be discussing this except for his last name is bush. I think the bushes are out here. His last name is Bush And Dick cheney was the Vice President with his uncle. Look, its it doesnt feel good. I think its a terrible, terrible look and its also inaccurate. To say that Liz Cheney does not represent republican conservative ideology is hugely inaccurate. In fact, she is far more conservative than the person who they are hoping will replace her, elise stefanik. I should note that George P. Bush refers to biden as biden, but calls trump the president which is a strange way to look at the world. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. In our world lead today, the fight between israel and hamas. Not slowing down. Only heating up. The u. N. Says it can become a full Scale War and over 100 people have been killed by israels targeted Air Strikes. Including 27 children. Casualties have been reported by israel as well according to The Times of israel, a 5yearold boy was killed. And the violence has unfortunately spread throughout arab and jewish towns across israel that have peacefully coexisted for decades. Five major airlines have canceled flights and jerusalem is where we find our correspondent. Reporter as hamas and the military Wage Battle over israel and gaza, an alarming level of Rage Spilling into the streets. Mob violence, spreading through lod, acre. I saw, death, death. Do you know what death is, people throwing stones at me. Reporter arab citizens attacking a man they think is jewish. Jewish citizens attacking someone they believe is arab. The communal violence reaching such a fevered pitch, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily warning vigilantes to stop or face consequences. Translator i do not care if your blood is boiling, its not interesting. You cannot take the law into your own hands. You cannot come and take a simple arab citizen and try to lynch him. Just as we cannot see arab citizens doing this to jewish citizens. This will not stand. Reporter police getting reinforcements on Horse Back in Riot Gear in lod to quell the unrest. Sirens ring constantly. A warning of incoming rocket fire. The Iron Dome stopping 90 of those fired thus far according to the israeli military. But israeli Air Strikes targeting hamas and jihad militants in gaza, the Casualty Count is rising with each exchange. The displaced in gaza growing with every building reduced to rubble. The threat in the skies so grave that many western airlines have canceled flights to Tel Aviv and they are launching now suicide drones. Drones that israeli forces have shot down. Diplomatic efforts under way overseas with nations weighing in on the conflict and urging calm. While in Tel Aviv and elsewhere, signs popping up urging peaceful coexistence. Translator we need to live here together. Coexistence. We need to be together. Partners, to be partners to Each Other. Reporter but the israeli foreign Ministry Spokesman said we dont think this is a right time for a ceasefire. Reporter as this conflict intensifies and escalates between israel and hamas, especially with the possibility of a ground invasion, there is an equal perhaps even a more deep seeded concern about this communal violence, the likes of which we have seen not here for decades and what that could mean for the future of israeli society. Jake . Thanks so much. Yesterday we interviewed the israeli ambassador to the u. S. And now were joined by the coeditor of the palestinian studies, and the author of the book the hundred Years War on palestine. Lets pick it up with what hadas was talking about, not just from the Gaza Industrial or the missiles, i want to warn the viewers what youre about to see is disturbing. Israeli police say that in acre there was a Lynching Attempt by an arab mob Attacking A Jewish man and in batyam, theres video of them lynching a jewish driver. Tell us what you think is going on here. Well, i think that this started really with issues in jerusalem, whether around the moux, they go back to the problems that this whole conflict is rooted in. Were talking about refugees who have lost property in israel, who are being about to be evicted from their homes, thats what really started it and then the israeli police rather heavy handedly came into the mosque with Tear Gas grenades, flash grenades while people were worshipping and that set things off and it set off the same kind of issues within israel who themselves have been displaced, who has been dispossessed. It gave hamas an opportunity to say that they were the defenders of jerusalem so it goes back to issues of dispossession, going back to 1948 of palestinians, threequarters of A Million of whom who are displaced and are living in the houses that the settler groups are trying to take over in the jerusalem suburb. It goes back to the roots, back to 1948, back to Expulsion And Dispo session and with hamas and israel engaged in the awful exchange. Its highly asymmetrical. Look at the casualties, 131 and thats typical of this kind of bloodletting. Volumes have been written about this conflict, but we have only a little time so i want to ask you a couple of quick questions. I have heard and seen comments from palestinians saying they wish that hamas had not started firing the missiles from gaza because the focus was on what you were talking about, the six families being ejected from east jerusalem, evicted, although that was going through the Israeli Supreme Court there hadnt been a final ruling. Do you agree . I think that the issue is still where it was. Even though hamas has now inserted itself as it has and prime Minister Netanyahu for his own reasons is escalating as he was in jerusalem. I think we have to go back to the politics that are behind it. In particular for the israeli government but i would say perhaps for hamas. Both of them are taking advantage of this, but i think you have to go back why is the Prime Minister allowing the police to enter with tear Gas And Flash grenades . It is inconceivable. Last question for you, sir. You talked about the you alluded to the disproportionally of the israeli military response and israeli military power compared to hamas. I hear that a lot. What would the appropriate response be to missiles being fired on civilian centers in israel . I would say ending the siege of gaza, i would say stopping Israels Effort to keep them divided. They have deep problems of Division And Israel has been assiduously been trying to keep them apart and preventing my kind of unification and so they can negotiate, even as hamas said its eager to do. Instead, i think israel in some way i hate to say this, happier to have a Disunited Palestinian National Movement and a militant hamas as against the palestinian movement not fighting and in a situation where these issues of disposession, refugees, have to be addressed. I think our government bears responsibility for not addressing this over the decades when the united states has monopolized the socalled peace process. When i was a negotiator in washington we were not allowed to talk about jerusalem. Thank you so much for joining us today, we appreciate it. Thank you, jake. Goodbye masks, hello smiles. The cdc says if youre fully vaccinated you dont need to wear a mask indoors or outdoors. Dr. Anthony fauci will join us next to talk about the mask milestone. Because out here, you Cant Fake a job well done. Hear Renaes Story at deere. Com ive got moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Now, theres skyrizi. Things are getting clearer. I feel free to bare my skin yeah, thats all me. Nothing and me go Hand In Hand Nothing on my skin, thats my new plan. Nothing is everything. Achieve clearer skin with skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90 clearer skin at 4 months. Of those, nearly 9 out of 10 sustained it through 1 year. And skyrizi is 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. I see nothing in a different way its my moment so i just gotta say. Nothing is everything. 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