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🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Speaking from the White House, President Biden confirms that Americans are among those currently being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas. The president reiterates that Israel will have unequivocal U.S. support as it responds to ongoing attacks by Hamas forces. Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren discusses the effect of the war on the Israeli psyche. President Biden participated in a voluntary interview Sunday and Monday with Special Counsel Robert Hur, signaling that the criminal probe could be coming to an end. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Meet the Press.
0:12.4	Now I'm Gabe Gutierrez in Washington, where we have breaking news about the Americans
0:16.2	caught in this escalating war between Israel and Hamas.
0:20.2	Speaking from the White House this afternoon, President Biden confirmed that Americans
0:24.1	are among those currently being held hostage by Hamas terrorists following this weekend's
0:28.8	brutal attack inside Israel.
0:31.4	Moments later, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters that the administration
0:35.3	believes at least 20 or so Americans are missing.
0:39.2	Sullivan caution, that does not mean everyone missing has been taken hostage.
0:43.7	And the State Department just announced that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will
0:47.4	be traveling to Israel, leaving tomorrow to assess the situation.
0:52.2	President Biden also said today that the number of Americans killed has risen to 14.
0:57.3	And he reaffirmed America's support for Israel while decrying the brutality of Hamas' actions.
1:03.4	The brutality of Hamas, these bloodthirstyness brings the mind the worst rampages of ISIS.
1:14.3	This is terrorism.
1:16.6	But sadly, for the Jewish people, it's not new.
1:21.4	This attack is brought to the surface painful memories, and the scars left by a millennia
1:26.9	of anti-Semitism and genocide of the Jewish people.
1:34.0	So in this moment, we must be crystal clear.
1:38.3	We stand with Israel.
1:41.7	We stand with Israel.
1:43.4	I'm directing my team to share intelligence and deploy additional experts from across the
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