martha: good afternoon. i m martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. the story happening right now is new reaction coming in about the white house as president biden has said i think we need a pause in the israel hamas war in order to get humanitarian aid in and people being held there out. but others say that that only gives hamas time to reload as the u.s. tries to accomplish those goals. here s john kirby moments ago. localized that would allow us to get aid in and to get our people out is a good thing for the people of gaza, a good thing for the americans that are being held hostage and it s not going to stop israel from defending itself. the security assistance we re providing continues to flow. a temporary pause doesn t mean a general cease fire when the war is over. it means pause for a specific purpose. martha: so let s go to tel aviv now and speak with danny dannon, a former israeli ambassador to the united nations. good to have you with us tod