Hi there, I'm Kristen Welker. I just stepped off the Meet the Press set where I interviewed

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and House Democratic

Leader Hakim Jeffries. We led our broadcast with our continuing coverage of the war between

Israel and Hamas. Throughout the week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited with leaders

in the Middle East in a diplomatic effort to try to contain the violence from spreading

as some analysts in the global stage worry about the possibility of Israel getting caught

in a multi-front war. And as the U.S. dispatches a second carrier strike group to the Eastern

Mediterranean, some onlookers are left wondering whether America also might find itself pulled

into the fight.

So to get the very latest on what's really happening, I'm sitting here now with NBC News,

Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent. She's also the network's chief Washington correspondent,

Andrea Mitchell. She's fresh off the panel as well. Andrea, thank you for being here.

So great to be with you, Kristen. Well, it's great to have you because no one knows this

region as well as you. And I know you've been working your sources throughout the week,

tracking the Secretary of States moves on the Middle East, in the Middle East. Where do

things stand right now? Because the focus is on trying to rescue the hostages and trying

to secure a safe passage for the civilians who are in the region. And right now, it's still

critical to try to get that safe passage out and to try to get some humanitarian aid in.

It peers from Jake Sullivan that they are going to restart the water to South Gaza. That

is really important because the images and the prospect of people without water, without

fuel generators and hospitals, not being able to operate reports of 50,000 pregnant women

in Gaza. That is what people are watching around the world. That is what has been in

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