state blinken back in israel to deliver president biden s message for humanitarian pause to benjamin netanyahu. we believe that each of these efforts would be facilitated by humanitarian pauses. that was an important area of discussion today with israeli leaders. how, when, and where these can be implemented ultimately we believe this can be a critical mechanism for protecting civilians while enabling israel to achieve its objectives of defeating hamas. israel s prime minister is still unwilling to give an inch without the release of hostages, instead pressing forward with a massive military operation. and in lebanon, a leader of the iran backed hezbollah defends the actions of hamas and threatens an escalation in their rocket attacks on israel, warning all options are on the table. also an update on americans and other foreign nationals making it safely out of gaza and the efforts to free the 242 remaining hostages. plus, we ll recap another week of trump family legal