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Laura Coates Live

The implications of Middle East tensions for the US

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

The panel discusses CNN’s exclusive interview with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, and the enormous implications of Middle East tensions for the US. Plus, a newly released video shows Trump taking the fifth in a deposition with the New York Attorney General. And, Alec Baldwin and the armorer from the movie “Rust” are charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal on-set shooting of Halyna Hutchins.Also tonight: several of the former officers charged in connection with Tyre Nichols' death had been cited for departmental violations, Rep. George Santos tells House Republicans he wants off of his committees until his issues are resolved, Governor Tim Walz talks about abortion rights in Minnesota, The Israeli Prime Minister speaks about anti-Semitism, and two monkeys missing from Dallas Zoo have been found in a closet. Hosted by Wolf Blitzer and Laura Coates. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Thank you for watching our full exclusive interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

0:10.6

I want to throw it over to CNN tonight and my friend and colleague Wolf Blitzer, who has

0:14.4

of course covered Israel for decades in interviewed Netanyahu many times.

0:18.0

So, Wolf, what did you think of the Prime Minister?

0:20.1

Well, I thought your interview, first of all, was terrific, Jake.

0:23.4

I thought you asked really important very, very strong questions and you followed up.

0:28.1

You gave him an opportunity to make his case and he didn't make his case.

0:31.7

And he also made some news.

0:32.7

I thought on several key issues, I was taking notes on Ukraine, for example.

0:36.9

He made some news on Iran.

0:38.8

I had never heard the Prime Minister of Israel acknowledge, confirmed that Israel has already

0:43.7

launched military action to try to destroy various Iran military weapons, weapons that

0:50.5

could be given to Russia, for example, so to Russia, in its war against Ukraine.

0:55.5

And he made that clear that Israel was doing that covertly, clearly.

0:59.0

I thought that was significant.

1:01.2

And you had a good discussion on U.S.-Israeli relations right now, which are going through

1:06.6

various elements.

1:08.0

I thought it was very significant a couple of weeks ago when the U.S. and Israel had their

1:12.6

largest ever joint military exercises, the U.S. military's central command, which for

1:18.6

many years didn't want to be involved with Israel because the Arab countries would be

1:22.7

upset. This is the U.S. military's Middle East region area.

1:27.6

But now the U.S. military central command had this huge exercise with Israel and the Mediterranean

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