that this front may escalate even further or turn into a full war. the enemy must calculate carefully. please understand the clock is ticking. my grandmother has no time. we are absolutely focused on getting hostages back. humanitarian pause could help that effort. is this the most complicated time of your presidency so far? thank you so much. thank you. nothing to it? john: secretary of state antony blinken back in israel to meet with that country s war cabinet as fears grow president biden may soon turn his back against israel s fight to defeat hamas. all this as just moments ago a rocket lands near foreign journalists in southern israel. trey yingst among them. john roberts in washington. so starts a friday afternoon. sandra: sandra smith in new york. in his third visit to israel since the start of the war, blinken telling reporters the u.s. stands in solidarity with israel s right to defend itself. also urged prime minister benjamin netanyahu to halt his gro
Reasons, for logistical reasons, can t get out, so our thoughts are definitely with them. you can check out all of our flashback fridays and my memories of japan s disaster on our website. that s going to wrap up this hour. thomas roberts is up next. hi, thomas. are your bags packed? ready to go to rome, yes. we ll probably be talking there next. our agenda next hour, unemployment ticking up, 236,000 jobs added in february. will this give president obama more ammo in the battle over spending cuts? we have the opportunity to speak with senator bernie sanders. he joins me, and we ll get a breakdown from jared bernstein as well. plus make former president bill clinton taking a stance against doma. and rand paul s 2016 star may be rising while john mccain