They should not occupy gaza. I think it would be a big mistake. We will destroy hamas. They opened this war. We will win it. The work to rescue hostages including americans is becoming more complicated. The president had no higher priority than getting americans back safe. Those are innocent civilians. They have rights. This is the closest thing to the holocaust weve seen. I dont have another land. Were on the edge of the abyss here. The slogan never again, it wasnt a suggestion. It is something we intend to act on. Good morning, everyone. Right now Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is also in israel meeting again with Benjamin Netanyahu. It is a dire humanitarian crisis escalating in gaza and Israeli Ground offensive appears to be imminent. Blinken said this morning the u. S. Is actively working to ensure humanitarian assistance like water, food and medicine can get into gaza. He also said yesterday a Safe Passage Way Into Egypt via The Rafah Crossing would be open as half a Million P
quick break and come back with a whole lot more. breaking news coverage as first group of hostages is released. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc and i thank you for that. e diaz-balart reports on msnbc and i thank you for that you want to be able to provide your child with the tools or resources they need. with reliable internet at home, through the internet essentials program, the world opened up. fellas, fellas. that s how my son was able to find the hidden genius project. we wanted to give y all the necessary skills to compete with the future. kevin s now part of this next generation of young people who feel they can thrive. good morning. just over 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. 6:01 p.m. in tel aviv. breaking news on msnbc, a regional diplomat with knowledge of the situation confirms to nbc news that the 13 israeli hostages have been freed and are in the hands of the red cross. they are in egypt. a live look at what is
Do is refit these troops, resupply them, and put them back into ukraine for offensive operations somewhere else. so the bottom line is, they re having fuel problems, they re having food problems, this might not be a trust building in terms of negotiations with ukrainians in might be that there repositioning, as john kirby says, refitting their troops for another fence that might be coming, steph. ali, always good to see. you thank you for joining us at this very early and early our, where you, are in the. thank you, ali. with, that let s bring in our experts this evening, phil rucker, paul rudd surprise winning deputy editor at the washington post. retired general, barry curry, a decorated former battlefield commander in the persian gulf. and eddie fishman, he served at the state department as a member of the policy planning staff where he led work on economic sanctions, and he was also the state departments russian sections lead during
Resupply them, and put them back into ukraine for offensive operations somewhere else. so the bottom line is, they re having fuel problems, they re having food problems, this might not be a trust building in terms of negotiations with ukrainians in might be that there repositioning, as john kirby says, refitting their troops for another fence that might be coming, steph. ali, always good to see. you thank you for joining us at this very early and early our, where you, are in the. thank you, ali. with, that let s bring in our experts this evening, phil rucker, paul rudd surprise winning deputy editor at the washington post. retired general, barry curry, a decorated former battlefield commander in the persian gulf. and eddie fishman, he served at the state department as a member of the policy planning staff where he led work on economic sanctions, and he was also the state departments russian sections lead during the obama administration. general, i want to turn to you
And i don t know, you know, our assessment would be as we said yesterday that they are going to refit these troops, resupply them, and then probably employ them elsewhere in ukraine, but i don t believe that at this stage we have seen the refitting going on, you know w any specificity. on the reports of putin not being advised, i m going to be careful not to getting into intelligence, but we would concur with the conclusion that mr. putin has not been fully informed by his ministry of defense at every turn over the last month. now, i want to caveat that. we don t have access to every bit of information that he s been given, or every conversation he s had, and i ll be careful not getting into too much more detail on this.