A high stakes presidential trip, a hostage video, and the tragic effects of the war being

felt right here at home, that's tonight on Lara Coates Live.

Now if you thought for a moment that what was happening in Israel and also in Gaza would

not affect what is happening here at home, you are sadly mistaken.

As the sun rises on yet another day of war in the Middle East, an American president

is not preparing to head that way.

We already had a secretary of state, secretary of defense, they've already gone to the region.

Well, let me add a word to that.

They've gone to the now dangerous region, and we are in the middle of a war with Hamas

and airstrikes and bombings above civilians trying to get away from the ground.

Perhaps only 200 hostages might very well be below, and President Biden said to undertake

a very risky trip on Wednesday, it will be a huge of support for Israel, and obviously

recognizing the stakes here at home.

Now when you really think about all this, it can't be overstated, just how risky it

must be for the president to go there to do this, and one can only really imagine the

security protocols that are going to have to be in place for an American president to

go in the middle of a war zone.

Look at the security issues on the ground that are happening right there, and all, and

I mean, all of the unknowns, like where are the Hamas leaders who plan this attack?

Where can the civilian to have nothing to do with this war, where can they go to escape,

and where are the hostages that were taken?

Well tonight, Hamas releasing a video that it claims shows a hostage, a 21-year-old French

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