No question about that. We obviously respect andres decision not to continue operations at least for a time. Certainly we respect that. And others may make that decision as you talk about the world food program. Were not seeing any wholesale declination of humanitarian assistance, but yes, thats a concern. The more violent it gets for humanitarian aid workers, the less likely it is theyre going to be willing to take those risks, which means its more likely the people of gaza are going to suffer more. So yes, its a concern. Thank you. Secretary blinken during his presser in paris did not condemn the air strike even though as you confirmed there was a dual American Citizen who was killed. The French Foreign minister who was at the same presser did. You said youre outraged. Why is the u. S. Not condemning the strike . I think by saying were outraged, i think you can fairly characterize that as condemning the strike. Of course. Nobody wants to see this kind of violence happening to humanitarian aid workers who as was noted earlier, were doing all the right things. Just a follow up to what was asked earlier about the floating pier. Are you considering moving it off the coast of gaza . Just trying to figure out by definition, its going to be operating off the coast. Sure, but like further away. How do you insure any private partners that the u. S. Ends up partnering with to deliver aid is actually protected . Thats what i said were working on right now. Force protection for the troops and the people that are going to be operating the pier is obviously going to be of paramount concern but its only as good as the aid that gets to the pier and into gaza. Theres going to have to be planned made, plans with partners, to make sure the aid is safely assembled and collected at the pier then safely distributed into gaza. Its going to be a multistep process. Its going to take team work and were working our way through that. I have a quick clarification on something the secretary said in paris. He appeared to suggest iran delivered missiles to russia and that those are being used by moscow to target the ukrainians. Can you confirm this that was the case . Not just drone missiles but Ballistic Missiles . And if question, since when has this transfer been underway . I am not aware of specific verification that we can give to iranian missiles being delivered to russia for use in ukraine. They certainly continue to deliver drones and actually helping the russians manufacture iranian designed drones. And we do know the russian are and have been using for some time, Ballistic Missiles they have gotten from north korea, but im not personally aware of any verification that iranian missiles have been transferred and used. Admiral, you said theres going to be an investigation into the world Central Kitchen Strike and youre reserving the u. S. s judgment. But whats a reasonable time frame for the investigation to be concluded and how regularly will the u. S. Be getting updates on it . I think in terms of time frame as i said in my opening statement, we believe an investigation can be thoroughly conducted in a swift manner. Now, what is swift . Were not going to dictate a date on the calendar to the israelis, but its, its noteworthy that just before coming out here, i was informed that they have completed a preliminary investigation and are reporting that up the Chain Of Command. Thats good. That means theyve gotten some basic findings and some initial conclusions that theyre willing to make. They have noted publicly that they were responsible here. Thats another reason to suspect that it shouldnt need to be a long, drawn out, weeks long investigation. I think Something Like this would probably be resolved in a matter of days. On the strike in damascus, does the u. S. Expect iran to retaliate and if so, how . Well, i cant predict what the Supreme Leader and the irgc will decide to do or not. I dont know in terms of retaliation, i assume you mean against the united states. Let me make it clear, we had nothing to do with the strike in damascus. So the comments by the Iranian Foreign minister that somehow were to blame is just nonsense. We had nothing to do with it. We will, as we always have, take our Force Protection very seriously to protect our troops and facilities in iraq and syria, and as we have demonstrated in the past, as President Biden has made very, very clear through the actions he has ordered, we will do what we need to do to protect those troops. On china, you said the two leaders made a commitment to pick up the phone and call each other when needed. Im curious why it was needed now . Why not next week . Next month . Was there a particular catalyst . Not at all. They met again in november and the teams have been working a lot since november on fentanyl precursor, climate change, economic practices. Artificial intelligence. Theres been a lot of staff level work and both president s thought that now, a few months later, this was a good time to check in with one another and see how thats going. Discuss the future. Thanks. Just wanted to follow up with a question that came from, the conditions. And you said that the question wanted you to hang some conditions over their necks. The israelis. Your tone suggested you wouldnt do that. Why not . Ive already answered this question a whole bunch of times. We believe that the approach were taking is working in terms of making it clear to the israelis what our expectations are. Im not going to get ahead of decisions one way or the other that we might take in the future. We are continuing to support israel because they continue to need Military Assistance because they continue to face a viable threat. The point of condition, the president On February 8th issued a memo and it said, you know this, but just for context, it said it was the policy of his administration to prevent arms transfers that list facilitating or otherwise contributing to violations of human rights or International Humanitarian law. Is fighting a missile and people delivering food and killing them not a violation . Israelis have admitted this was a mistake they made. Theyre doing investigations and theyll get to the bottom of this. Your question presumes at this very early hour that it was a deliberate strike, that they knew exactly what they were hitting. That they were hitting aid workers and did it on purpose. Theres no evidence of that. I would also remind you, sir, we continue to look at incidents as they occur. The State Department has a process in place and to date, as you and i are speaking, they have not found any incidents where the israelis have violated International Humanitarian law unless you think we dont take it seriously, i can assure you, we do. They have never violated International Humanitarian law in the past five to six months. The State Department has looked at incidents in the past and has yet to determine any of those violate International Humanitarian law. So were going to continue to listen in to this briefing but clearly, a very intense back and forth about the investigation that is going to be done about the idf strike that admittedly Israeli Forces committed and it killed seven workers for humanitarian workers who were feeding people in the near famine situation in gaza. I want to bring in White House CorrespondentAaron Gillcrist and josh lederman. You heard him say there is no State Department finding that israel has violated international law. The question a lot of folks are raising and aid organizations are pulling out, theyre calling gaza the most dangerous place in the world. Is whether israel should be the ones conducting an investigation into what they did given the fact that World Central Kitchens ceo has said that it was a targeted strike. Tell me what youre hearing from your sources in israel and what you make of this back and forth john kirby is going through right now. It was interesting to hear how he seemed to make a distinction when it comes to intent of the apparent israeli strike. He was asked about those potential violations and made the point it would be different if it was determined that israel had known this was a aid convoy and in real time, decided to hit it any way. He said theres no evidence of that that has yet come to light. Now, that does somewhat seem to be at odds with World Central Kitchen saying that they had very clearly coordinated with the Israeli Military exactly where their vehicles were going to be at the time that they were making that delivery. Now, whether that information actually got to the people who were pressing the button that launched that strike might be part of what israel is trying to get to. And in fact, john kirby disclosed there that the u. S. Has now been informed that israel has completed a preliminary investigation into what happened last night. He said that the results of that preliminary review are now making their way up the Chain Of Command within israels military. But we should say from the israeli perspective, the fact that within 24 hours, Prime Minister netanyahu came out and essentially acknowledged this was an israeli air strike is very different from what weve seen from israel in many past instances where there have been strikes on hospitals or other questionable circumstances in the gaza strip where it has taken israel days if ever to comment or acknowledge whether it was in fact an israeli strike that took place. I think that speaks to the fact that Prime Minister netanyahu and the rest of the Israeli Government know clearly that the entire world is watching. That for many folks who are inclined to support israels right to selfdefense, the targeting of aid workers if that was that, is a bridge too far. And israel working overtime now to try to get a handle on the pr crisis that has come about as a result of the strike that we saw last night. Yeah, without a doubt. You know already theres tremendous pressure on this white house. There have been conversations in congress about whether aid to israel should be conditional. And when john kirby was asked about the impact of this knowing the ongoing pressure, he said it certainly isnt helping. But tell us what you know and what more you can add to the conund rum that is facing this white house, which continues to say look, they keep telling israel that they have to minimize casualties but then you have a situation like what we saw unfold over the last 24 hours. Youre right. That seems to be the duality of what were getting from this white house right now. This verbiage and needing to do more to protect civilians an the aid workers who are trying to help prevent an absolute famine from taking over the gaza strip. And then conversely, you hear the administration saying again and again that it supports israels efforts to destroy hamas. And that that is unwaivering and is not going to change. So theres as you know, this conflicting messaging that were getting from the administration. I want to add on to what josh was saying. We heard from Admiral Kirby here about the investigation thats happening in israel right now into what happened that led to the deaths of these seven aid workers. While they know theres an investigation going on, he said they hope the findings will be made public. Which is to say they dont have a guarantee well know exactly what came out of this. He also suggested that the number of casualties could potentially grow. Thats something the administration is looking out for. Chris, i want to add that the Press Secretary did note at the beginning of the briefing today that President Biden spoke to the founder of World Central Kitchen. I want you to hear more of what she had to say about that call. The president conveyed he has grieving with the entire World Kitchen, World Central Kitchen family. The president felt it was important to recognize the tremendous contribution world central has made to the people in gaza and people around the world. The president conveyed he will make clear to israel that humanitarian aid workers must be protected. And that is a thought that weve heard from the president before. Weve heard from other Senior Administration officials as well. But obviously in this case, that seems to have fallen on deaf ears. The reality is that as john kirby noted, more than 200 aid workers have been killed in this conflict. Thank you both. Still ahead, is Donald Trumps home state actually in play for democrats . Why the Biden Campaign thinks this year florida is winnable. B. My Mental Health was better. But uncontrollable movements called td, tardive dyskinesia, started disrupting my day. Td felt embarrassing. I felt like disconnecting. I asked my doctor about treating my td, and learned about ingrezza. Ingrezza ingrezza is clinically proven for reducing td. 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