Urgent needs that need to be met. First, of course, potentially more aid for israel. Phil. Poppy. Lauren fox, thank you. And cnn this morning continues right now. This is cnn Breaking News. It is the top of the hour. We continue to follow all of the Breaking News out of israel and gaza. Im poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. 8 00 a. M. Here on the east coast. 3 00 p. M. In tel aviv where defense secretary lloyd austin is on the ground. You heard him speaking as this war between israel and hamas intensifies with up to 150 hostages, including americans, believed held in gaza. We will continue to coordinate closely with israel to help secure the release of the innocent men, women, and children in the clutches of hamas. Including american citizens. Now, this is no time for neutrality or for false equivalence or for excuses for the inexcusable. There is never any justification for terrorism. This Morning Hamas is claiming that israels bombardment of gaza killed 13 hostages but the
they re putting their emphasis as they continue this. r jeremy bash, government employees, public servants can hear this attorney general whenl he talks out loud and they know better. 37,000 employees of the fbi can hear the president refer to the bureau as scum in his speech tonight. what is any of this doing, do you think, for morale? what s amazing, brian, bill barr is the chief legal officer of our country. he oversees not just the fbi, but a multitude of law enforcement elements. in some ways he s the embodiment of law enforcement. here he is, denegrading law enforcement because that s the political direction that president trump has given him. he s not merely undercutting chris wray but the entire law enforcement professionals on the front lines, defending our freedom, keeping the country
middle of next year, by the summer. often times in investigations we re not told when the end is going to be. they re putting their emphasis as they continue this. jeremy bash, government employees, public servants can hear this attorney general when he talks out loud and they know better. 37,000 employees of the fbi can hear the president refer to the bureau as scum in his speech tonight. what is any of this doing, do you think, for morale? what s amazing, brian, bill barr is the chief legal officer of our country. he oversees not just the fbi, but a multitude of law enforcement elements. in some ways he s the embodiment of law enforcement. here he is, denegrading law enforcement because that s the political direction that president trump has given him.
this point. i have a lot of confidence in all the law enforcement elements involved in this. nypd is phenomenal. the fbi. it is amazing how we looked to an organization like the fbi, so professional, so dedicated. i m just glad that our president is not characterizing them as being in tatters because this proves they are not. i need to include atf in there, too. and so there is a lot of, i know, a lot of resource, a lot of dedication, a lot of energy and a lot of professional being dedicated to tracking down the perpetrator or perpetrators and people should take heart in that. terrorism, by definition, is designed to terrorize and strike