>> more than half a day after israel's strikes against iran, the white house had nothing. >> i'm just going to be really mindful. look, i'm going to, again, be super mindful. i just want to be mindful here. >> peter: monday officials wanted to wait and see. >> if israel retaliates against iran. will the u.s. support that. >> to answer bluntly i'm not going to get into hypotheticals. >> it's no longer hypothetical but, still, no comment. >> the official lawn that we're not going to talk about this, that is the line. that is the choice. >> i think that this reflects the tension in the u.s. relationship with israel. >> white house officials are also now defending president biden's claim about his uncle bazzi who dyed in world war 2-6r7b8ghegot shot down in new . they never found the body because there used to be a lot of cannibals, for real in that part of guinea. >> there is no official record backing up that claim. >> second lieutenant am brothers jay finnegan was a war hero.