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Laura Coates Live

Intensifying strikes, hostage relative speaks out, House Speaker drama

Laura Coates Live

CNN

News

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Israel conducts “large-scale strikes” on Hamas, as 300,000 troops amass near the Gaza border, according to the Israeli military. Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper joins to discuss what’s likely to be happening behind the scenes, and what could happen next. Plus, Laura Coates speaks with a dual US/Israeli citizen, who says five of her relatives have been kidnapped from a Kibbutz by Hamas. And, Rep. Steve Scalise is picked as the GOP Speaker nominee, but struggles to lockdown votes to win the gavel. Also tonight: The FBI and DHS warn of potential safety concerns around places of worship in the US after the attacks in Israel, and, what the Israel-Hamas war means for US allies. For daily information on the Israel-Gaza conflict, check out CNN’s podcast 'Tug of War: Attack on Israel'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There's also so much hope, and I just want to end on that note before you get started.

0:11.8

There's a lot of hope still out there, so we'll end with that.

0:15.4

Abby, thank you so much.

0:17.2

And speaking of what could be tomorrow, it is actually already tomorrow in Israel.

0:23.5

But the sunlight is actually not bringing more answers on the fifth day of a brutal war.

0:29.9

I don't know about you, but every time I see the death toll rise, my mind

0:36.9

it immediately goes to the hostages.

0:39.6

I wonder where are they?

0:41.4

How many are they?

0:43.5

Where might they be?

0:44.8

Is there any way to get them out safely?

0:48.6

And as you've heard, some of these hostages are also Americans.

0:52.4

So the question then turns to this country of what will President Biden do about it?

0:59.0

Well, what can he do about it?

1:00.9

What should we do about it?

1:03.4

And right now, it feels like we at home, all we can do maybe is bear witness.

1:09.9

And I don't know, but something about that feels truly really difficult.

1:17.0

I mean, normally, when we've heard that the government is talking about bringing in American

1:20.6

home, it's through the normal, albeit difficult, channels of diplomacy.

1:26.1

Those channels that we've normally seen, they aren't obvious here if they even exist at all

1:32.4

with Hamas. So what now?

1:36.0

And I am just like all of you.

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