Life propaganda, featuring another american hostage meld gaza, appearing very much under duress. President biden vows that he will not rest until every hostage is returned and sent his top diplomat back to the region. Plus, with 61 billion in aid now headed to ukraine, republican leader Mitch Mcconnell apologizes to Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Senate Republicans role in that delay that took its toll on the countrys war effort. Do you feel your party is responsible for those setbacks . Many of them, yeah. We took too long. Plus whats helping fuel those campus protests coast to coast . Well tell you. Its all just ahead on face the nation. Good morning. Welcome to face the nation. We begin today with Foreign Correspondent debora patta in jerusalem. Reporter like most days in rafah, this one began with mourning. After more israeli strikes hit what is mostly a tent city in the south sheltering over half of gazas 2. 3 million palestinian crammed up against the egyptian border. There were heartbreaking farewells to tiny bodies, wrapped in shrouds. This infant has known only war her entire life. Its been a brutal week for children, even medical baby sa breen who was saved from her dying mothers womb a week ago lived just five days. Shes being buried next to the rest of her family. Rafah is already under daily bombardment, but israel keeps threatening a Ground Invasion and palestinians who have already fled multiple times, keep asking, where will they go . Much of gaza lies in ruin. The destruction on such a scale, it is uninhabitable. This morning, more humanitarian aid was airdropped over the territory, and this idf footage shows the floating pier being built by the americans near the gazan coastline which Officials Say will be compleed early may, allowing more supplies to flow into gaza. But the dire warnings of imminent famine have not gone away. Already the u. N. Says one in three children under the age of 2 is acutely malnourished. Prior to october 7, hardly any. And despite an increase in aid, the u. N. Says it is still not enough to avert famine, which could spread across the north next month. Ahead of a possible rafah invasion, there are now lastditch attempts to revive ceasefire talks. Hamas has stepped up the pressure by releasing propaganda videos that show three hostages, including two americans, still alive, but speaking under duress. Debora patta in jerusalem. Were joined by hannah segal whose uncle keith segal is one of those american hostages. Good morning to you, hannah. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Thank you for speaking to us. I know that the Biden Administration has reached out to you and your family. The fbi is analyzing that video leased yesterday. What stood out to you . I think this is the first proof of life so far. Weve always believed that he was alive. We have to believe hes alive, and his wife, my aunt, who was held for 52 days, released in the deal that took place in november, she was with him. When she came out she told us he was alive, but this is the first time that were seeing him, hearing him. Its surreal. You have 205 there, thats the number of days he has been held. In the video your uncle under duress mentions the protests that have been taking place in israel, pressuring the government for a deal. Do you think that a deal can be reached at this point, and is it up to the United States to close it . I do think a deal can be reached. I mean, we know that. A deal was reached in november. Dozens of women and children were released, including my aunt, so we know that its possible. I think thats really important to remember. The United States plays a Critical Role, played a Critical Role in november, and i think, you know, ultimately, this is a negotiation between hamas and Prime Minister netanyahu and israel, and one of the things that really worries my family and worries me is that its arguably not in Prime Minister netanyahus political interest to close a deal. You know, for us, this is the moment. These videos, as you know, there was a video released a couple days ago of another american hostage, Hirsch Goldberg pollen. I think these videos are a signal theyre ready to make a deal and american citizens are being held including keith. There are 133 hostages we know of, five of them americans. Why do you believe it is not in Prime Minister netanyahus interest to cut a deal to bring them home . I think, you know, there is a lot swirling in the Political Landscape in israel, and im not here to talk about that, but there have been negotiations going on for months now, were at 205 days. There have been deals on the table and theyve proven elusive and i worry thats because of Prime Minister netanyahu. So i think now is the moment. I think i have faith that we can do a deal now, but i also think if that isnt possible, then the Biden Administration should think about what they can do directly to bring our american citizens home. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is flying to the region now, and is going to talk about a ceasefire and a hostage deal. Do you know if the Biden Administration is considering making a deal to bring the americans home without the israeli governments approval or role here . I dont know. But you want them to look at that option . What i know is that the Biden Administration has shown unwavering and relentless commitment to my family and the families of all of the hostages, and i know it is their priority to bring all hostages, including the americans, home. I know that they are doing absolutely everything that they can. Keith, in this video, i mean, he starts the video by saying, how much he loves us. He loves our family. Hes, obviously, under duress. Hes gaunt. He looks weak. But thats real. I know that he misses his family. He talks about, you know, i think the hardest part of the video he breaks down talking about being alone on passover. Those of us siegels in america got together for passover and those in israel got together for passover and we had we had this little picture of keith at the table, but hes not home. And so i have such faith and i have felt the commitment from the Biden Administration to get him back. Keiths daughter sent a recorded message to protesters who are in the streets in israel last night, and she said, i demand the countrys leaders watch the video and see their father crying for help. Hamas leased this as propaganda. Why do you think watching that video is important . What do you think is not understood by the government . First of all, my cousin, keiths kids and his wife, a hostage survivor herself, are incredibly brave and they have spent every single day going to anybody who will listen around the world and telling them, reminding them, that there are peoples lives at stake. I think theres so much swirling in the political realm that its easy to forget that these are human beings. Keith is a grandfather, hes a husband, hes a brother, hes an uncle. Were a very, very close family, and thats what were feeling. More than any of the political considerations, more than thinking about the day after and what happens, those are really, really important questions, but i think this video is a reminder that these are human beings and they need to come home. The u. S. Says hamas is standing in the way of a deal. Are you concerned that if an invasion of southern gaza, of rafah happens, that your uncle will be at risk of death . Very concerned. I mean, he talks in the video about hearing bombs all around him. Yeah. And so we worry about the fact that hes being held underground by a terrorist group, of course. We worry about the fact that hes starving. When aviva came out she talked to us about how they were beginning to starve, and i cant imagine that that hasnt gotten so much worse. You can see it on his face. And we also worry about the bombs going off. Of course. Around him. Of course. Thank you for reminding us about the humanity here. And we wish you luck. Thank you so much for having me. We visited Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell on capitol hill thursday just after he apologized to president zelenskyy for the delay of passing the 61 billion aid package for ukraine. Leader mcconnell acknowledged to us the sixmonth process, four in the senate, it was a costly delay for the ukrainin war effort. In the time of the holiday russias military land forces have grown back to where they were before the invasion. The arms 15 larger and reinforced 20 of ukrainians territory they hold. These are all the words of the supreme allied commander himself. Do you feel your party is responsible for those setbacks . Many of them, yeah. We took too long. This issue is like a Family Reunion if you will, with a lot of different points of view being expressed around the table. All the democrats were for ukraine. Theres no question that the debate was in our family on our side and there was a lot of skepticism for a long time, but i think it got better and i think we proved that earlier this week. What do you think changed minds . The actual facts. Once we realized we were not going to get a border result, i think our members really started focusing on the package. It was clear that it was not going to have a border provision attached to it, and there are almost no good arguments against this. Every argument that made it made by the opponents, is provably wrong, and the fact, i think, were convincing for a number of our members, and they changed their minds. You are leader for another eight months. But you said youre going to stay and serve out your term. Donald trump may, again, become president. According to our latest cbs polling, 79 of selfidentified republicans told us that the source of information they most trust on ukraine and russia is donald trump. This sentiment doesnt seem to be disappearing. How are you going to counter that . What i want to do and what ive focused on is not the president ial race, its getting the senate back. This isnt the race. This is persuading public opinion. I think the single most important thing i can do is make sure my successor is the majority leader no matter how the election comes down. I think the fact that our nominee basically decided not to continue whipping people against the package, was a good sign, and im going to be advocating increasing the Defense Budget, no matter who gets elected, and preparing ourselves for the long term, which is china, russia, and iran. This administrations budget requests for defense havent even kept up with inflation. You said the republican nominee decided not to whip against the package. In other words, stop telling lawmakers that not to vote for it. But we know, donald trump is not a fan of zelenskyy. Viktor orban, the Prime Minister of hungary, recently had dinner with mr. Trump at maralago, and then told reporters that trump said he wont give a penny to ukraine and that will be the way he forces an end to the fighting. If thats the fundamental belief of the man who is going to be comander in chief, how do you stop him . What im doing is trying to change the senate so that we have a majority, no matter who wins the president ial election. I cant control that. I have some influence here in the senate and i intend to use it, no matter who gets elected senate, to increase our Defense Budget and get ready for the challenges that we have ahead of us. But thats a challenge where you might have to be the firewall against your own party, and its leader again. Ive been willing to do that. I had something to do with changing opinion in the senate on this issue, and i think a lot more of my members now understand the importance of it. About a month after january 6th you voted to acquit donald trump after he was impeached and you said on the senate floor trump didnt get away with anything yet. We have a criminal Justice System in this country. We have civil litigation. And former president s are not immune from being accountable by either one. Do you still believe that former president s are not completely immune from liability . Lets put it this way. I addressed that issue on february 13th. Its active before the Supreme Court as we speak. And january 6th of 2021. I stand by everything i said. Obviously, it will be up to the Supreme Court to decide whether i was correct. Part of what you said is part of this case in some ways. Because you argued for the senate not to convict mr. Trump and central to his immunity argument is the claim that a former president , who is impeached and convicted by the senate, can be criminally prosecuted. He was not. Do you regret your choice . Its part of the defense . I dont regret anything i said then. I havent taken it anything ive said back. But the answer to your question is going to be in the courts, the Supreme Court is going to decide that. So you stand by your description of trump as practical and morley responsible for provokes the events of january 6th and potentially criminally responsible and libel . I dont know how many times youre going to ask me the same question. I stand by everything i said on january 6th and february 13th of 21. Well im asking you the question because since the past few months have passed and our last conversation, youve endorsed him for reelection. You need to get better research. I was asked that question three years ago, if he were the nominee would i support him. You said you would support whoever the nominee was. Yes. Because the voters of my party across the country have made a decision as the republican leader of the senate, obviously, im going to support the nominee of my party. But you have taken stands on issues you feel are of Strong National security interests and morally imperative. That was your argument on ukraine, and that you were bucking in some ways a populist opinion, so on this one im just wondering how you explain that, when you say, it was good enough for a number of republicans that he be the nominee . Because that is the populist opinion. Its not taking the position that he has he doesnt live up to the role. The issue is, what kind of influence, even if i had chosen to get involved in the president ial election, what kind of influence would i have had . Youre one of the most powerful republicans. Im the republican leader of the senate. What we do here is try to make law. I like us to be in the majority. Your world view seems more aligned with joe biden when it comes to american leadership. I wouldnt with global conflict than with donald trump. I certainly wouldnt have who has spoken against Volodymyr Zelenskyy, not endorsed the package you just worked so hard to get over the finish line. Okay. Look, i wouldnt have withdrawn from afghanistan. I wouldnt have submitted four budgets in a row for defense that dont even keep up with inflation. I have plenty of differences with the current administration. Whether i will have differences with the next administration, remains to be seen. I know what i think, and it doesnt make any difference what the outcome of the president ial election is. Im going to be focusing on this with the remainder of my time in the senate. What i hear you saying, tell me if im getting it wrong, is that you can stop donald trump if hes commander in chief . Even if youre not leader, youre going to do the most you can to counter this isolationist world view and to counter or limit what he could do if reelected . Im going to counter, no matter who is elected president , advocating things that i think are not good for america. What i care about is what does the person who actually gets elected, ultimately do . Should mr. Trump, as candidate, as representative of your party, go and see ukraine for himself . Im not going to give him any advice. Im focusing on turning the Senate Republicans into the majority here, and focusing on advocating, as i think i successfully did this very week, from moving away from the isolationist movement that began with Tucker Carlson. It began with Tucker Carlson . It did. He had a huge audience among rank and file republicans, and i think it was very disruptive and very impactful on regular Republican Voters and creating a big problem. Because he mimicked republican propaganda and amplified it and thats been repeated on the house floor as the intel chairman said. I certainly disagreed with him, and he certainly ended where he should have been all along, interviewing vladimir putin. Will you factcheck donald trump when he says these things . Because he has also repeated sme of these claims im not going to give any advice to our candidate in the president ial election. What im focusing on is turning the senate into a majority republican. Our full interview with leader mcconnell is on our website and our youtube channel. Well be right back. Thanks for swinging by, carl. No problem. So what are all those for . Uh, this lets me adjust the base, add more guitar, maybe some drums. Wow. So many choices. Yeah. Like schwab. I can get full Service Wealth management, advice, invest on my own, and trade on thinkorswim. You know carl is the only front man you need. phone rings oh, i gotta take this, carl. Its schwab. 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