WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.067 THE BREAKING NEWS. THANK YOU. WE ARE OUT OF TIME. THE 00:00:01.068 --> 00:00:05.428 WE ARE OUT OF TIME. THE WEEKNIGHT STARTS NOW. 00:00:05.439 --> 00:00:06.239 WEEKNIGHT STARTS NOW. >> GOOD EVENING AND. 00:00:06.274 --> 00:00:07.574 >> GOOD EVENING AND. >> WELCOME TO THE WEEKNIGHT. 00:00:07.575 --> 00:00:09.066 >> WELCOME TO THE WEEKNIGHT. >> WE BEGIN THIS HOUR. 00:00:09.077 --> 00:00:10.176 >> WE BEGIN THIS HOUR. >> WITH BREAKING NEWS. 00:00:10.177 --> 00:00:10.533 >> WITH BREAKING NEWS. >> DONALD TRUMP. 00:00:10.544 --> 00:00:12.045 >> DONALD TRUMP. >> JUST ANNOUNCED THAT ISRAEL. 00:00:12.079 --> 00:00:13.536 >> JUST ANNOUNCED THAT ISRAEL. >> AND HAMAS. HAVE SIGNED OFF. 00:00:13.547 --> 00:00:14.280 >> AND HAMAS. HAVE SIGNED OFF. ON THE FIRST PHASE. 00:00:14.315 --> 00:00:15.238 ON THE FIRST PHASE. >> OF A. 00:00:15.249 --> 00:00:16.283 >> OF A. >> PEACE PLAN. 00:00:16.317 --> 00:00:16.616 >> PEACE PLAN. >> THAT IS. 00:00:16.617 --> 00:00:17.474 >> THAT IS. >> ALL WE. 00:00:17.485 --> 00:00:19.109 >> ALL WE. >> KNOW AT THIS STAGE. WE’RE 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:20.277 >> KNOW AT THIS STAGE. WE’RE GOING TO BE JOINED IN A. 00:00:20.288 --> 00:00:21.421 GOING TO BE JOINED IN A. >> MOMENT BY. 00:00:21.422 --> 00:00:22.422 >> MOMENT BY. >> LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ. 00:00:22.423 --> 00:00:23.423 >> LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ. >> AT THE WHITE HOUSE. BUT FOR 00:00:23.424 --> 00:00:24.848 >> AT THE WHITE HOUSE. BUT FOR NOW. 00:00:24.859 --> 00:00:25.192 NOW. >> SYMONE, YOU. 00:00:25.226 --> 00:00:25.482 >> SYMONE, YOU. >> AND I. 00:00:25.493 --> 00:00:26.693 >> AND I. >> HAVE TALKED VERY OFTEN. 00:00:26.694 --> 00:00:27.450 >> HAVE TALKED VERY OFTEN. >> ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY. 00:00:27.461 --> 00:00:29.119 >> ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY. >> GOES INTO THESE NEGOTIATIONS. 00:00:29.130 --> 00:00:30.330 >> GOES INTO THESE NEGOTIATIONS. >> YES. NOW, AS. 00:00:30.331 --> 00:00:30.564 >> YES. NOW, AS. >> OUR. 00:00:30.598 --> 00:00:31.188 >> OUR. >> UNDERSTANDING AND. 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:32.499 >> UNDERSTANDING AND. >> WE’LL HAVE LAURA 00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:33.256 >> WE’LL HAVE LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ FROM THE WHITE 00:00:33.267 --> 00:00:35.102 BARRON-LOPEZ FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IN JUST A MOMENT, WHO’S 00:00:35.136 --> 00:00:36.026 HOUSE IN JUST A MOMENT, WHO’S ON THE BEAT? WHO’S BEEN 00:00:36.037 --> 00:00:37.528 ON THE BEAT? WHO’S BEEN COVERING THIS? BUT WHAT USUALLY 00:00:37.539 --> 00:00:38.762 COVERING THIS? BUT WHAT USUALLY WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IS THAT 00:00:38.773 --> 00:00:39.506 WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IS THAT THERE WERE NEGOTIATIONS 00:00:39.540 --> 00:00:40.563 THERE WERE NEGOTIATIONS OBVIOUSLY, EARLIER TODAY, THERE 00:00:40.574 --> 00:00:42.075 OBVIOUSLY, EARLIER TODAY, THERE WAS A VERY DRAMATIC SCENE AT 00:00:42.110 --> 00:00:43.734 WAS A VERY DRAMATIC SCENE AT THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE DURING 00:00:43.745 --> 00:00:45.169 THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE DURING THIS MEETING, IF YOU WILL, WITH 00:00:45.180 --> 00:00:46.079 THIS MEETING, IF YOU WILL, WITH THE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY RUBIO 00:00:46.114 --> 00:00:48.315 THE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY RUBIO IS PASSES A NOTE TO THE 00:00:48.316 --> 00:00:49.516 IS PASSES A NOTE TO THE PRESIDENT. RUBIO THEN COMES AND 00:00:49.517 --> 00:00:50.741 PRESIDENT. RUBIO THEN COMES AND REPLACES SUSIE WHILE SITTING 00:00:50.752 --> 00:00:53.320 REPLACES SUSIE WHILE SITTING THERE. WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF 00:00:53.321 --> 00:00:54.354 THERE. WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF. THE PRESIDENT READS THE 00:00:54.355 --> 00:00:56.456 STAFF. THE PRESIDENT READS THE NOTE OUT LOUD, NOTING THAT THEY 00:00:56.457 --> 00:00:58.124 NOTE OUT LOUD, NOTING THAT THEY WILL NEED HIM SOON BECAUSE THEY 00:00:58.126 --> 00:00:59.617 WILL NEED HIM SOON BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL 00:00:59.628 --> 00:01:02.285 ARE VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL BETWEEN HAMAS. PARDON ME? WELL, 00:01:02.296 --> 00:01:04.397 BETWEEN HAMAS. PARDON ME? WELL, YES, VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL IN 00:01:04.432 --> 00:01:05.122 YES, VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN 00:01:05.133 --> 00:01:07.334 THESE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL. NOW TO BACK 00:01:07.335 --> 00:01:09.126 HAMAS AND ISRAEL. NOW TO BACK UP AND, YOU KNOW, I’M NO ANDREA 00:01:09.137 --> 00:01:11.071 UP AND, YOU KNOW, I’M NO ANDREA MITCHELL HERE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN 00:01:11.072 --> 00:01:12.029 MITCHELL HERE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE. 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:14.198 TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE. IT THE DETAILS OF WHAT THIS IS 00:01:14.209 --> 00:01:15.542 IT THE DETAILS OF WHAT THIS IS ARE GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. 00:01:15.577 --> 00:01:17.468 ARE GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. MY FIRST QUESTION WHEN I HEARD 00:01:17.479 --> 00:01:19.203 MY FIRST QUESTION WHEN I HEARD THIS IS, WELL, WHO EXACTLY WERE 00:01:19.214 --> 00:01:20.280 THIS IS, WELL, WHO EXACTLY WERE THEY NEGOTIATING WITH? BECAUSE 00:01:20.282 --> 00:01:21.172 THEY NEGOTIATING WITH? BECAUSE IF WE REMEMBER OVER THE COURSE 00:01:21.183 --> 00:01:23.250 IF WE REMEMBER OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, 00:01:23.285 --> 00:01:24.809 OF THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, REALLY THE LEADERSHIP, THE 00:01:24.820 --> 00:01:27.788 REALLY THE LEADERSHIP, THE NEGOTIATING LEADERSHIP OF HAMAS 00:01:27.789 --> 00:01:29.223 NEGOTIATING LEADERSHIP OF HAMAS HAS BEEN DECIMATED, TAKEN OUT 00:01:29.257 --> 00:01:31.115 HAS BEEN DECIMATED, TAKEN OUT IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT WAYS BY 00:01:31.126 --> 00:01:33.327 IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT WAYS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL. AND 00:01:33.361 --> 00:01:35.319 THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL. AND THESE OPERATIONS THAT WERE LED 00:01:35.330 --> 00:01:38.366 THESE OPERATIONS THAT WERE LED BY MOSSAD. SO USUALLY IF A DEAL 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:40.091 BY MOSSAD. SO USUALLY IF A DEAL WAS ACTUALLY REACHED AND 00:01:40.102 --> 00:01:42.026 WAS ACTUALLY REACHED AND EVERYTHING IS ON PAPER AND IT’S 00:01:42.037 --> 00:01:43.070 EVERYTHING IS ON PAPER AND IT’S BEEN SIGNED, THERE WOULD BE A 00:01:43.105 --> 00:01:44.505 BEEN SIGNED, THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. 00:01:44.506 --> 00:01:46.630 LOT OF POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. YOU WOULD HEAR FROM THE 00:01:46.641 --> 00:01:47.498 YOU WOULD HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT, FRANKLY, VERY 00:01:47.509 --> 00:01:49.076 PRESIDENT, FRANKLY, VERY DIRECTLY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, 00:01:49.111 --> 00:01:51.235 DIRECTLY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, PERHAPS IN CROSS HALL ICONIC 00:01:51.246 --> 00:01:52.513 PERHAPS IN CROSS HALL ICONIC HALLWAY. THAT IS WHERE 00:01:52.514 --> 00:01:55.383 HALLWAY. THAT IS WHERE PRESIDENT OBAMA, WHEN THE RAID 00:01:55.417 --> 00:01:57.084 PRESIDENT OBAMA, WHEN THE RAID ON OSAMA BIN LADEN HE WAS 00:01:57.085 --> 00:01:58.285 ON OSAMA BIN LADEN HE WAS KILLED, HAPPENED. THAT IS WHERE 00:01:58.287 --> 00:02:00.345 KILLED, HAPPENED. THAT IS WHERE HE SPOKE FROM DONALD TRUMP. WE 00:02:00.356 --> 00:02:02.013 HE SPOKE FROM DONALD TRUMP. WE MAY SEE HIM FROM HIS DESK IN 00:02:02.024 --> 00:02:03.291 MAY SEE HIM FROM HIS DESK IN THE OVAL OFFICE, RIGHT. HE MAY 00:02:03.325 --> 00:02:05.049 THE OVAL OFFICE, RIGHT. HE MAY DECIDE TO GO TO THE BRIEFING 00:02:05.060 --> 00:02:06.261 DECIDE TO GO TO THE BRIEFING ROOM. BUT AGAIN, WE DON’T WE’RE 00:02:06.295 --> 00:02:08.496 ROOM. BUT AGAIN, WE DON’T WE’RE WE’RE WE’RE LOOKING TO GET 00:02:08.497 --> 00:02:09.287 WE’RE WE’RE LOOKING TO GET DETAILS WERE SCANT ON THE 00:02:09.298 --> 00:02:11.156 DETAILS WERE SCANT ON THE DETAILS. BUT IF A DEAL HAS BEEN 00:02:11.167 --> 00:02:13.267 DETAILS. BUT IF A DEAL HAS BEEN SIGNED, WHO SIGNED THAT DEAL? 00:02:13.302 --> 00:02:14.459 SIGNED, WHO SIGNED THAT DEAL? WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE 00:02:14.470 --> 00:02:16.437 WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE CONTOURS OF THAT DEAL AND WHAT 00:02:16.438 --> 00:02:17.271 CONTOURS OF THAT DEAL AND WHAT ARE THE ACTIONABLE ITEMS? WE 00:02:17.306 --> 00:02:20.308 ARE THE ACTIONABLE ITEMS? WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE WHERE 00:02:20.309 --> 00:02:22.410 HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE WHERE THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, THE WHITE 00:02:22.411 --> 00:02:24.145 THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS WE HAVE A DEAL AND 00:02:24.146 --> 00:02:27.071 HOUSE SAYS WE HAVE A DEAL AND COME TO FIND OUT, THE DETAILS 00:02:27.082 --> 00:02:28.082 COME TO FIND OUT, THE DETAILS ARE NOT AS MONUMENTAL AS WE 00:02:28.117 --> 00:02:29.217 ARE NOT AS MONUMENTAL AS WE HAVE THOUGHT BEFORE. 00:02:29.218 --> 00:02:30.318 HAVE THOUGHT BEFORE. >> AND, MICHAEL, WHILE. 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:31.576 >> AND, MICHAEL, WHILE. >> WE WAIT FOR THOSE DETAILS, 00:02:31.587 --> 00:02:33.421 >> WE WAIT FOR THOSE DETAILS, ONE DETAIL WE DO NOT. 00:02:33.455 --> 00:02:34.178 ONE DETAIL WE DO NOT. >> HAVE IS THAT A. 00:02:34.189 --> 00:02:35.456 >> HAVE IS THAT A. >> SPOKESPERSON FOR THE QATARI 00:02:35.457 --> 00:02:37.048 >> SPOKESPERSON FOR THE QATARI GOVERNMENT HAS AFFIRMED THAT, 00:02:37.059 --> 00:02:38.026 GOVERNMENT HAS AFFIRMED THAT, IN FACT, AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN 00:02:38.060 --> 00:02:39.260 IN FACT, AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED WITH ALL PARTIES. 00:02:39.261 --> 00:02:39.484 REACHED WITH ALL PARTIES. >> YEAH. 00:02:39.495 --> 00:02:41.429 >> YEAH. >> OKAY. LET’S SEE. I YOU KNOW, 00:02:41.463 --> 00:02:43.130 >> OKAY. LET’S SEE. I YOU KNOW, I’M A TRUST BUT VERIFY KIND OF 00:02:43.132 --> 00:02:43.288 I’M A TRUST BUT VERIFY KIND OF GUY. 00:02:43.299 --> 00:02:45.333 GUY. >> I WANT TO SEE WHAT SEE WHAT 00:02:45.367 --> 00:02:46.367 >> I WANT TO SEE WHAT SEE WHAT THE DEAL SAYS. 00:02:46.368 --> 00:02:48.092 THE DEAL SAYS. >> I WANT TO SEE WHAT. HAMAS IS 00:02:48.103 --> 00:02:48.303 >> I WANT TO SEE WHAT. HAMAS IS EXACTLY. 00:02:48.337 --> 00:02:49.294 EXACTLY. >> SIGNED OFF ON. 00:02:49.305 --> 00:02:50.838 >> SIGNED OFF ON. >> WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. 00:02:50.873 --> 00:02:52.440 >> WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. THERE’S A LOT THAT’S GOING ON 00:02:52.441 --> 00:02:52.764 THERE’S A LOT THAT’S GOING ON DOMESTICALLY. 00:02:52.775 --> 00:02:53.365 DOMESTICALLY. >> POLITICALLY FOR THIS 00:02:53.376 --> 00:02:53.631 >> POLITICALLY FOR THIS PRESIDENT. 00:02:53.642 --> 00:02:55.376 PRESIDENT. >> AND THIS JUST HAPPENS TO 00:02:55.377 --> 00:02:56.400 >> AND THIS JUST HAPPENS TO LAND AT THE RIGHT TIME TO SORT 00:02:56.411 --> 00:02:58.946 LAND AT THE RIGHT TIME TO SORT OF CREATE ANOTHER LANE OF 00:02:58.981 --> 00:03:00.081 OF CREATE ANOTHER LANE OF CONVERSATION. NOW, WITH. 00:03:00.082 --> 00:03:02.507 CONVERSATION. NOW, WITH. >> THAT IN MIND, HOW SERIOUS IS 00:03:02.518 --> 00:03:03.318 >> THAT IN MIND, HOW SERIOUS IS IT? 00:03:03.352 --> 00:03:04.485 IT? >> ARE ALL THE PARTIES. 00:03:04.487 --> 00:03:06.178 >> ARE ALL THE PARTIES. >> IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 00:03:06.189 --> 00:03:07.588 >> IN THE MIDDLE EAST. >> APPRIZED OF. THIS SIGNED OFF 00:03:07.590 --> 00:03:08.413 >> APPRIZED OF. THIS SIGNED OFF ON THIS? 00:03:08.424 --> 00:03:09.081 ON THIS? >> DOES IT. 00:03:09.092 --> 00:03:10.358 >> DOES IT. >> DOES HAMAS AGREE? 00:03:10.393 --> 00:03:12.451 >> DOES HAMAS AGREE? >> BECAUSE, NO. WHAT THE. 00:03:12.462 --> 00:03:13.461 >> BECAUSE, NO. WHAT THE. >> PRESIDENT SAYS IN, IN. 00:03:13.462 --> 00:03:15.153 >> PRESIDENT SAYS IN, IN. >> HIS, IN HIS. 00:03:15.164 --> 00:03:16.788 >> HIS, IN HIS. >> TWEET IS, YOU KNOW, WE 00:03:16.799 --> 00:03:17.722 >> TWEET IS, YOU KNOW, WE AGREED UPON LINE AS. 00:03:17.733 --> 00:03:19.434 AGREED UPON LINE AS. >> THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS. 00:03:19.468 --> 00:03:20.501 >> THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS. >> THIS IS THIS IS. 00:03:20.503 --> 00:03:21.326 >> THIS IS THIS IS. >> THE FIRST STEP. 00:03:21.337 --> 00:03:22.194 >> THE FIRST STEP. >> I MEAN, SO. 00:03:22.205 --> 00:03:24.096 >> I MEAN, SO. >> EVERYBODY, LET’S NOT JUST 00:03:24.107 --> 00:03:25.340 >> EVERYBODY, LET’S NOT JUST SLOW THE ROLL HERE AND START 00:03:25.374 --> 00:03:26.574 SLOW THE ROLL HERE AND START THE, YOU. 00:03:26.576 --> 00:03:27.509 THE, YOU. >> KNOW, THIS PIECE IN THE 00:03:27.510 --> 00:03:28.433 >> KNOW, THIS PIECE IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONVERSATION. THIS 00:03:28.444 --> 00:03:30.445 MIDDLE EAST CONVERSATION. THIS IS THE FIRST. STEP OF PHASES 00:03:30.480 --> 00:03:32.137 IS THE FIRST. STEP OF PHASES THAT A WE DON’T KNOW THE 00:03:32.148 --> 00:03:34.249 THAT A WE DON’T KNOW THE CONTOURS OF. B WE DON’T KNOW 00:03:34.283 --> 00:03:34.539 CONTOURS OF. B WE DON’T KNOW HOW MANY. 00:03:34.550 --> 00:03:35.407 HOW MANY. >> OTHER. 00:03:35.418 --> 00:03:36.285 >> OTHER. >> STEPS ARE GOING TO BE. 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:37.342 >> STEPS ARE GOING TO BE. >> INVOLVED IN. 00:03:37.353 --> 00:03:39.688 >> INVOLVED IN. >> THIS OR THAT ARE NECESSARY. 00:03:39.722 --> 00:03:41.389 >> THIS OR THAT ARE NECESSARY. THIS IS THIS IS A COMPLICATED 00:03:41.391 --> 00:03:44.083 THIS IS THIS IS A COMPLICATED DANCE. OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF 00:03:44.094 --> 00:03:46.294 DANCE. OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF PLAYERS HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST 00:03:46.296 --> 00:03:48.430 PLAYERS HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST AT STAKE HERE. AND SO I JUST I. 00:03:48.431 --> 00:03:49.254 AT STAKE HERE. AND SO I JUST I. >> JUST WANT TO HEAR MORE. 00:03:49.265 --> 00:03:51.867 >> JUST WANT TO HEAR MORE. >> I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THE. 00:03:51.901 --> 00:03:53.525 >> I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THE. >> THE TWEET, BUT IT’S JUST A 00:03:53.536 --> 00:03:55.260 >> THE TWEET, BUT IT’S JUST A TWEET. IT’S NOT IT’S NOT. YOU 00:03:55.271 --> 00:03:56.171 TWEET. IT’S NOT IT’S NOT. YOU KNOW. 00:03:56.206 --> 00:03:57.363 KNOW. >> SOMETHING THAT’S COME OUT OF 00:03:57.374 --> 00:03:58.674 >> SOMETHING THAT’S COME OUT OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT. IT’S 00:03:58.708 --> 00:03:59.231 THE STATE DEPARTMENT. IT’S SOMETHING THAT’S COME FROM 00:03:59.242 --> 00:04:01.266 SOMETHING THAT’S COME FROM NETANYAHU’S OFFICE. YES. WE 00:04:01.277 --> 00:04:02.644 NETANYAHU’S OFFICE. YES. WE HAVE OTHERS WHO OTHER PARTIES 00:04:02.645 --> 00:04:03.311 HAVE OTHERS WHO OTHER PARTIES THAT ARE STARTING. 00:04:03.346 --> 00:04:04.346 THAT ARE STARTING. >> TO SAY. 00:04:04.347 --> 00:04:06.305 >> TO SAY. >> THERE IS A DEAL. BUT AGAIN, 00:04:06.316 --> 00:04:07.416 >> THERE IS A DEAL. BUT AGAIN, NO ONE IS SAYING WHAT THE DEAL 00:04:07.417 --> 00:04:09.041 NO ONE IS SAYING WHAT THE DEAL IS. 00:04:09.052 --> 00:04:10.676 IS. >> YOU KNOW, I DO I DO THINK 00:04:10.687 --> 00:04:11.319 >> YOU KNOW, I DO I DO THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE 00:04:11.354 --> 00:04:13.655 IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE HUMANITARIAN TOLL THAT THIS WAR 00:04:13.656 --> 00:04:14.479 HUMANITARIAN TOLL THAT THIS WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAS 00:04:14.490 --> 00:04:17.292 BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAS TAKEN ON THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE 00:04:17.327 --> 00:04:18.184 TAKEN ON THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED BY THIS, THE 00:04:18.195 --> 00:04:20.162 BEEN DEVASTATED BY THIS, THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, THE ISRAELI 00:04:20.163 --> 00:04:21.797 PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, THE ISRAELI PEOPLE, THIS WAR HAS BEEN 00:04:21.831 --> 00:04:23.665 PEOPLE, THIS WAR HAS BEEN RAGING, PARTICULARLY THIS 00:04:23.667 --> 00:04:24.190 RAGING, PARTICULARLY THIS RECENT ITERATION TRIGGERED 00:04:24.201 --> 00:04:26.759 RECENT ITERATION TRIGGERED AFTER THAT VERY FATEFUL DAY ON 00:04:26.770 --> 00:04:29.939 AFTER THAT VERY FATEFUL DAY ON OCTOBER 7TH, WHERE HAMAS 00:04:29.973 --> 00:04:32.074 OCTOBER 7TH, WHERE HAMAS ATTACKED THESE ISRAEL. 00:04:32.075 --> 00:04:35.277 ATTACKED THESE ISRAEL. LITERALLY, IT WAS IT WAS JUST 00:04:35.278 --> 00:04:36.201 LITERALLY, IT WAS IT WAS JUST HARROWING TO THINK ABOUT IT. 00:04:36.212 --> 00:04:38.414 HARROWING TO THINK ABOUT IT. WE’RE OVER TWO YEARS LATER NOW. 00:04:38.448 --> 00:04:40.205 WE’RE OVER TWO YEARS LATER NOW. IT SEEMS TO BE THE FIRST PHASE 00:04:40.216 --> 00:04:42.351 IT SEEMS TO BE THE FIRST PHASE OF A DEAL IN THE PEACE PLAN IN 00:04:42.385 --> 00:04:44.409 OF A DEAL IN THE PEACE PLAN IN GAZA. I THINK THINGS TO LOOK 00:04:44.420 --> 00:04:45.687 GAZA. I THINK THINGS TO LOOK FOR ARE WHAT DO OTHER PARTNERS 00:04:45.689 --> 00:04:47.280 FOR ARE WHAT DO OTHER PARTNERS SAY? RIGHT. OTHER PARTNERS IN 00:04:47.291 --> 00:04:50.425 SAY? RIGHT. OTHER PARTNERS IN THE REGION? WHAT ELSE DO 00:04:50.460 --> 00:04:52.394 THE REGION? WHAT ELSE DO WESTERN ALLIES SAY? REMEMBER, 00:04:52.396 --> 00:04:54.063 WESTERN ALLIES SAY? REMEMBER, NOT A WEEK AGO, DURING ABOUT A 00:04:54.064 --> 00:04:56.265 NOT A WEEK AGO, DURING ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO DURING UNGA, 00:04:56.266 --> 00:04:57.757 WEEK AND A HALF AGO DURING UNGA, THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NEW 00:04:57.768 --> 00:04:59.702 THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NEW YORK, A NUMBER OF WESTERN 00:04:59.703 --> 00:05:02.295 YORK, A NUMBER OF WESTERN ALLIES RECOGNIZED THE 00:05:02.306 --> 00:05:03.630 ALLIES RECOGNIZED THE PALESTINIAN STATE AND THEY GAVE 00:05:03.641 --> 00:05:05.174 PALESTINIAN STATE AND THEY GAVE SPEECHES. EVERYONE FROM 00:05:05.208 --> 00:05:08.133 SPEECHES. EVERYONE FROM PRESIDENT MACRON TO THE THE TO 00:05:08.144 --> 00:05:10.245 PRESIDENT MACRON TO THE THE TO THE UK, THE PRIME MINISTER OF 00:05:10.280 --> 00:05:11.937 THE UK, THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE UK, SO ON AND SO FORTH. 00:05:11.948 --> 00:05:13.082 THE UK, SO ON AND SO FORTH. THIS WAS MONUMENTAL. OTHER 00:05:13.116 --> 00:05:14.216 THIS WAS MONUMENTAL. OTHER COUNTRIES OBVIOUSLY HAVE DONE 00:05:14.218 --> 00:05:15.685 COUNTRIES OBVIOUSLY HAVE DONE SO PREVIOUSLY WELL IN ADVANCE 00:05:15.686 --> 00:05:17.544 SO PREVIOUSLY WELL IN ADVANCE IN THE PAST, BUT TO HAVE SO 00:05:17.555 --> 00:05:19.312 IN THE PAST, BUT TO HAVE SO MANY WESTERN ALLIES, MAJOR 00:05:19.323 --> 00:05:22.215 MANY WESTERN ALLIES, MAJOR PLAYERS RECOGNIZE PALESTINE AS 00:05:22.226 --> 00:05:24.994 PLAYERS RECOGNIZE PALESTINE AS A STATE WAS ALSO A MONUMENTAL 00:05:25.028 --> 00:05:26.252 A STATE WAS ALSO A MONUMENTAL PIECE IN THIS. NOTABLY, THE 00:05:26.263 --> 00:05:27.363 PIECE IN THIS. NOTABLY, THE UNITED STATES DID NOT 00:05:27.398 --> 00:05:28.431 UNITED STATES DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THAT. THE 00:05:28.432 --> 00:05:29.155 PARTICIPATE IN THAT. THE PRESIDENT CAME OUT. 00:05:29.166 --> 00:05:31.234 PRESIDENT CAME OUT. >> THE PARTNERS WALK AWAY FROM 00:05:31.235 --> 00:05:32.125 >> THE PARTNERS WALK AWAY FROM A PALESTINIAN STATE ONCE 00:05:32.136 --> 00:05:33.370 A PALESTINIAN STATE ONCE THEY’VE GONE OUT. PUBLICLY AND 00:05:33.404 --> 00:05:34.261 THEY’VE GONE OUT. PUBLICLY AND SAID THAT’S WHAT THEY SUPPORT. 00:05:34.272 --> 00:05:36.206 SAID THAT’S WHAT THEY SUPPORT. >> WELL, AGAIN, THIS IS WHY WE 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:38.364 >> WELL, AGAIN, THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF 00:05:38.375 --> 00:05:39.209 NEED TO LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN, BECAUSE FOR EVERYONE, 00:05:39.243 --> 00:05:40.366 THE PLAN, BECAUSE FOR EVERYONE, THEY HAVE ALWAYS SAID, EXCEPT 00:05:40.377 --> 00:05:41.477 THEY HAVE ALWAYS SAID, EXCEPT PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, THAT 00:05:41.512 --> 00:05:43.403 PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, THAT A TWO STATE SOLUTION IS THE 00:05:43.414 --> 00:05:44.170 A TWO STATE SOLUTION IS THE ONLY SOLUTION. I BELIEVE WE NOW 00:05:44.181 --> 00:05:45.448 ONLY SOLUTION. I BELIEVE WE NOW HAVE. LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ, SHE 00:05:45.449 --> 00:05:47.550 HAVE. LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ, SHE IS JOINING US NOW FROM THE 00:05:47.551 --> 00:05:48.184 IS JOINING US NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. LAURA, TAKE US 00:05:48.219 --> 00:05:50.377 WHITE HOUSE. LAURA, TAKE US INSIDE. WHAT YOU KNOW, AT THIS 00:05:50.388 --> 00:05:52.045 INSIDE. WHAT YOU KNOW, AT THIS HOUR, WE WE ACCORDING TO THE 00:05:52.056 --> 00:05:54.391 HOUR, WE WE ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE QATARI PRIME 00:05:54.425 --> 00:05:58.261 PRESIDENT AND THE QATARI PRIME MINISTER, THERE IS A DEAL. 00:05:58.262 --> 00:05:58.485 MINISTER, THERE IS A DEAL. >> YES. 00:05:58.496 --> 00:05:59.195 >> YES. >> THERE’S. 00:05:59.230 --> 00:06:00.330 >> THERE’S. >> A FIRST PHASE AGREEMENT. 00:06:00.331 --> 00:06:02.065 >> A FIRST PHASE AGREEMENT. >> THERE’S AN AGREEMENT TO. 00:06:02.066 --> 00:06:03.366 >> THERE’S AN AGREEMENT TO. >> THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS DEAL. 00:06:03.367 --> 00:06:04.467 >> THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS DEAL. >> SO OBVIOUSLY. 00:06:04.468 --> 00:06:06.059 >> SO OBVIOUSLY. >> THERE ARE OTHER POINTS TO. 00:06:06.070 --> 00:06:06.293 >> THERE ARE OTHER POINTS TO. >> THE. 00:06:06.304 --> 00:06:07.203 >> THE. >> INITIAL PEACE PLAN. 00:06:07.238 --> 00:06:08.338 >> INITIAL PEACE PLAN. >> THAT THE. 00:06:08.339 --> 00:06:09.272 >> THAT THE. >> PRESIDENT RELEASED. 00:06:09.273 --> 00:06:10.573 >> PRESIDENT RELEASED. >> A WEEK. AGO WHEN ISRAELI 00:06:10.574 --> 00:06:11.464 >> A WEEK. AGO WHEN ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. 00:06:11.475 --> 00:06:11.941 PRIME MINISTER. >> BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. 00:06:11.942 --> 00:06:13.299 >> BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. >> WAS HERE AT THE. 00:06:13.310 --> 00:06:13.643 >> WAS HERE AT THE. >> WHITE HOUSE. 00:06:13.678 --> 00:06:14.244 >> WHITE HOUSE. >> AND THIS. 00:06:14.245 --> 00:06:17.137 >> AND THIS. >> FIRST PHASE OF THE AGREEMENT 00:06:17.148 --> 00:06:18.348 >> FIRST PHASE OF THE AGREEMENT INITIALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO 00:06:18.349 --> 00:06:19.940 INITIALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE A CEASE FIRE, THE. 00:06:19.951 --> 00:06:20.350 INCLUDE A CEASE FIRE, THE. >> RELEASE OF ALL. 00:06:20.351 --> 00:06:22.085 >> RELEASE OF ALL. >> HOSTAGES IN GAZA IN EXCHANGE 00:06:22.086 --> 00:06:24.144 >> HOSTAGES IN GAZA IN EXCHANGE FOR PALESTINIAN PRISONERS. 00:06:24.155 --> 00:06:24.378 FOR PALESTINIAN PRISONERS. >> NOW. 00:06:24.389 --> 00:06:25.545 >> NOW. >> ACCORDING TO. 00:06:25.556 --> 00:06:26.413 >> ACCORDING TO. >> THE PRESIDENT’S POST TONIGHT, 00:06:26.424 --> 00:06:27.557 >> THE PRESIDENT’S POST TONIGHT, HE DIDN’T EXACTLY MENTION 00:06:27.592 --> 00:06:29.059 HE DIDN’T EXACTLY MENTION PALESTINIAN PRISONERS IN THERE. 00:06:29.060 --> 00:06:30.417 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS IN THERE. SO THERE’S A NUMBER OF DETAILS 00:06:30.428 --> 00:06:31.561 SO THERE’S A NUMBER OF DETAILS THAT WE’RE STILL WAITING TO 00:06:31.596 --> 00:06:33.220 THAT WE’RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR. BUT ALL DAY LONG, SYMONE, 00:06:33.231 --> 00:06:35.265 HEAR. BUT ALL DAY LONG, SYMONE, AT. THIS WHITE HOUSE, WE’VE 00:06:35.299 --> 00:06:36.890 AT. THIS WHITE HOUSE, WE’VE BEEN WAITING TO SEE IF THERE 00:06:36.901 --> 00:06:38.201 BEEN WAITING TO SEE IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME UPDATE. 00:06:38.202 --> 00:06:39.325 WAS GOING TO BE SOME UPDATE. BECAUSE THE MIDDLE. 00:06:39.336 --> 00:06:40.470 BECAUSE THE MIDDLE. >> EASTERN ENVOY, STEVE WITKOFF, 00:06:40.505 --> 00:06:41.428 >> EASTERN ENVOY, STEVE WITKOFF, AS WELL AS THE. 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:42.997 AS WELL AS THE. >> PRESIDENT’S SON IN LAW. 00:06:43.008 --> 00:06:44.641 >> PRESIDENT’S SON IN LAW. >> JARED KUSHNER, ARRIVED. IN 00:06:44.675 --> 00:06:47.076 >> JARED KUSHNER, ARRIVED. IN EGYPT FOR THOSE PEACE DEAL. 00:06:47.078 --> 00:06:48.302 EGYPT FOR THOSE PEACE DEAL. NEGOTIATION TALKS WITH. 00:06:48.313 --> 00:06:50.613 NEGOTIATION TALKS WITH. >> THE QATARIS, WITH. 00:06:50.615 --> 00:06:51.281 >> THE QATARIS, WITH. >> TURKISH LEADERS. BETWEEN 00:06:51.282 --> 00:06:53.583 >> TURKISH LEADERS. BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS AND THE 00:06:53.584 --> 00:06:56.109 ISRAEL AND HAMAS AND THE PRESIDENT. A FEW HOURS BEFORE 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.322 PRESIDENT. A FEW HOURS BEFORE THIS. ANNOUNCEMENT ON HIS TRUTH 00:06:59.324 --> 00:07:01.248 THIS. ANNOUNCEMENT ON HIS TRUTH SOCIAL. PLATFORM SAID THAT HE 00:07:01.259 --> 00:07:02.393 SOCIAL. PLATFORM SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE VERY 00:07:02.427 --> 00:07:03.427 THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE VERY CLOSE, THAT. 00:07:03.428 --> 00:07:04.528 CLOSE, THAT. >> HE MAY END. 00:07:04.529 --> 00:07:05.319 >> HE MAY END. >> UP TRAVELING. 00:07:05.330 --> 00:07:07.221 >> UP TRAVELING. >> TO THE MIDDLE. EAST THIS 00:07:07.232 --> 00:07:07.455 >> TO THE MIDDLE. EAST THIS WEEKEND. 00:07:07.466 --> 00:07:08.666 WEEKEND. >> ON SATURDAY OR. 00:07:08.700 --> 00:07:10.324 >> ON SATURDAY OR. >> SUNDAY IN THE. HOPES THAT HE 00:07:10.335 --> 00:07:11.225 >> SUNDAY IN THE. HOPES THAT HE WOULD BE THERE. 00:07:11.236 --> 00:07:13.003 WOULD BE THERE. >> FOR SOME. TYPE OF CEASEFIRE 00:07:13.004 --> 00:07:13.260 >> FOR SOME. TYPE OF CEASEFIRE SIGNING. 00:07:13.271 --> 00:07:15.372 SIGNING. >> BUT AGAIN, WE DON’T KNOW IF 00:07:15.406 --> 00:07:17.407 >> BUT AGAIN, WE DON’T KNOW IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO 00:07:17.409 --> 00:07:19.300 THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REACH A FULL DEAL BY THIS 00:07:19.311 --> 00:07:20.867 REACH A FULL DEAL BY THIS WEEKEND. 00:07:20.878 --> 00:07:21.335 WEEKEND. >> I THINK. 00:07:21.346 --> 00:07:23.237 >> I THINK. >> LAURA. THAT THAT’S THE. 00:07:23.248 --> 00:07:25.683 >> LAURA. THAT THAT’S THE. >> THE NUB OF ALL OF THIS. 00:07:25.717 --> 00:07:28.509 >> THE NUB OF ALL OF THIS. >> AND ARE YOU HEARING ANYTHING. 00:07:28.520 --> 00:07:29.310 >> AND ARE YOU HEARING ANYTHING. >> SPECIFICALLY OR EVEN 00:07:29.321 --> 00:07:30.521 >> SPECIFICALLY OR EVEN TANGENTIALLY AROUND. 00:07:30.522 --> 00:07:31.555 TANGENTIALLY AROUND. >> THE REST. 00:07:31.556 --> 00:07:33.080 >> THE REST. >> OF THE DEAL THAT. 00:07:33.091 --> 00:07:34.392 >> OF THE DEAL THAT. >> TOUCHES ON THE PALESTINIAN 00:07:34.426 --> 00:07:35.983 >> TOUCHES ON THE PALESTINIAN STATE THAT. 00:07:35.994 --> 00:07:37.995 STATE THAT. >> TOUCHES ON THE THE LINES OF 00:07:38.029 --> 00:07:40.354 >> TOUCHES ON THE THE LINES OF DEMARCATION IN THE REGION, THE 00:07:40.365 --> 00:07:41.365 DEMARCATION IN THE REGION, THE BALANCE OF POWER, WHAT THIS 00:07:41.366 --> 00:07:42.156 BALANCE OF POWER, WHAT THIS LOOKS. 00:07:42.167 --> 00:07:43.891 LOOKS. >> LIKE THE HOSTAGE PEACE, 00:07:43.902 --> 00:07:45.002 >> LIKE THE HOSTAGE PEACE, IMPORTANT. 00:07:45.036 --> 00:07:46.527 IMPORTANT. >> HUMANITARIAN PEACE. 00:07:46.538 --> 00:07:47.294 >> HUMANITARIAN PEACE. >> GOOD, GOOD. 00:07:47.305 --> 00:07:48.305 >> GOOD, GOOD. >> TO GET. 00:07:48.340 --> 00:07:50.097 >> TO GET. >> THAT SETTLED. BUT THEN THE 00:07:50.108 --> 00:07:50.274 >> THAT SETTLED. BUT THEN THE REST. 00:07:50.275 --> 00:07:51.208 REST. >> OF THIS. 00:07:51.243 --> 00:07:53.077 >> OF THIS. >> SEEMS TO ME TO BE A. 00:07:53.078 --> 00:07:54.078 >> SEEMS TO ME TO BE A. >> LITTLE BIT MORE. DIFFICULT 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:56.547 >> LITTLE BIT MORE. DIFFICULT AHEAD. AND LIKE YOU SAID, AND 00:07:56.548 --> 00:07:58.072 AHEAD. AND LIKE YOU SAID, AND TO GET IT DONE BY. 00:07:58.083 --> 00:07:59.574 TO GET IT DONE BY. >> THIS WEEKEND COULD BE TOUGH. 00:07:59.585 --> 00:08:02.352 >> THIS WEEKEND COULD BE TOUGH. >> IT COULD BE. AND NO. 00:08:02.354 --> 00:08:03.087 >> IT COULD BE. AND NO. >> UNFORTUNATELY, MICHAEL, 00:08:03.088 --> 00:08:04.312 >> UNFORTUNATELY, MICHAEL, WE’RE NOT HEARING WHETHER OR 00:08:04.323 --> 00:08:05.422 WE’RE NOT HEARING WHETHER OR NOT THOSE OTHER KEY. 00:08:05.457 --> 00:08:07.048 NOT THOSE OTHER KEY. >> ELEMENTS OF THIS DEAL ARE 00:08:07.059 --> 00:08:09.217 >> ELEMENTS OF THIS DEAL ARE GOING TO BE FALLING INTO PLACE. 00:08:09.228 --> 00:08:10.294 GOING TO BE FALLING INTO PLACE. WE SAW THAT SECRETARY. 00:08:10.295 --> 00:08:10.594 WE SAW THAT SECRETARY. >> OF STATE. 00:08:10.596 --> 00:08:12.797 >> OF STATE. >> MARCO RUBIO, WHO ALSO SERVES 00:08:12.798 --> 00:08:13.331 >> MARCO RUBIO, WHO ALSO SERVES AS THE NATIONAL SECURITY 00:08:13.365 --> 00:08:13.588 AS THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. 00:08:13.599 --> 00:08:14.365 ADVISOR. >> TO THE. 00:08:14.366 --> 00:08:16.023 >> TO THE. >> PRESIDENT, WAS. 00:08:16.034 --> 00:08:16.400 >> PRESIDENT, WAS. >> HERE AS WELL. 00:08:16.401 --> 00:08:17.468 >> HERE AS WELL. >> WAS STANDING. 00:08:17.502 --> 00:08:18.459 >> WAS STANDING. >> NEXT TO THE PRESIDENT. 00:08:18.470 --> 00:08:20.528 >> NEXT TO THE PRESIDENT. >> PASSING HIM A NOTE EARLIER 00:08:20.539 --> 00:08:21.096 >> PASSING HIM A NOTE EARLIER TODAY SAYING. 00:08:21.107 --> 00:08:22.273 TODAY SAYING. >> THAT THEY WERE VERY. 00:08:22.307 --> 00:08:24.675 >> THAT THEY WERE VERY. >> CLOSE TO A DEAL. 00:08:24.676 --> 00:08:25.466 >> CLOSE TO A DEAL. >> AND WE SAW AN AP 00:08:25.477 --> 00:08:26.367 >> AND WE SAW AN AP PHOTOGRAPHER TAKE A PHOTO OF 00:08:26.378 --> 00:08:28.412 PHOTOGRAPHER TAKE A PHOTO OF THAT NOTE. SO THAT’S HOW WE 00:08:28.413 --> 00:08:29.570 THAT NOTE. SO THAT’S HOW WE KNOW THAT THAT’S WHAT IT SAID 00:08:29.581 --> 00:08:31.315 KNOW THAT THAT’S WHAT IT SAID ON THERE. AND THEN LATER ON, 00:08:31.316 --> 00:08:33.340 ON THERE. AND THEN LATER ON, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. 00:08:33.351 --> 00:08:35.186 SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. >> AND VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE. 00:08:35.220 --> 00:08:37.421 >> AND VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE. >> WERE IN THE OVAL, WITH 00:08:37.423 --> 00:08:40.482 >> WERE IN THE OVAL, WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP APPEARING TO 00:08:40.493 --> 00:08:42.249 PRESIDENT TRUMP APPEARING TO TALK THROUGH THE POTENTIAL. 00:08:42.260 --> 00:08:44.118 TALK THROUGH THE POTENTIAL. >> PARTICULARS OF AT LEAST THIS. 00:08:44.129 --> 00:08:46.297 >> PARTICULARS OF AT LEAST THIS. >> FIRST PHASE. AGREEMENT OF. 00:08:46.332 --> 00:08:46.588 >> FIRST PHASE. AGREEMENT OF. >> A DEAL. 00:08:46.599 --> 00:08:48.457 >> A DEAL. >> BUT AGAIN, THERE IS A LOT OF 00:08:48.468 --> 00:08:49.301 >> BUT AGAIN, THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, I SHOULD. 00:08:49.335 --> 00:08:51.402 INFORMATION, I SHOULD. >> STRESS THAT WE STILL DON’T.