Israel Says Hamas Cease-Fire Proposal Falls Short

THAT IS TO APPLY MILITARY PRESSURE. I CANNOT IMAGINE THIS SITS WELL WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. >> IT WAS ALREADY PRETTY FRAGILE. HE WAS VERY TENTATIVE AND COMMENTING ON ANYTHING. HE SAID THIS IS THE MOST SENSITIVE TIME. WHERE WE ARE REVIEWING THE NEGOTIATIONS AND WHAT EXACTLY THEY HAVE A GREAT TO. THEN WE LEARNED THAT ISRAEL REJECTED IT. THE U.S. IN SOME CASES IS BACK TO SQUARE ONE. BACK TO A VERY FRAGILE, COMPLICATED SITUATION WHERE THEY ARE WAITING FOR SOME SIGN THAT HAMAS WILL ACCEPT SOMETHING. WE ARE JUST NOT THERE YET. KAILEY: ISRAEL SAYS THEY WILL STAY AT THE TABLE. IT IS JUST SO QUESTION OF WHETHER YOU CAN CLOSE THAT GAP AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE HEARD OFFICIALS IN THE ADMINISTRATION SAY THERE IS NOT REALLY ANOTHER PLAN YEAR. IT IS A CEASE-FIRE DEAL OR NOT. >> WE HAVE HEARD FROM VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU CANNOT HAVE A PLAN B IN THIS SITUATION. THAT IS WHAT THAT REMINDS ME OF. THEY DON'T WANT TO BETRAY ANY SITUATION WHERE THEY OPEN UP FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN BEING LASER FOCUSED ON THE HOSTAGE DEAL. WE HAVE TO GET THE HOSTAGES OUT AND HUMANITARIAN AID IN. ISRAEL IS IN A DIFFERENT POSITION HERE. AS THEY HAVE SAID REPEATEDLY. THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD ON THAT OPERATION. THAT IS THEIR NEGOTIATION TACTIC. HAMAS IS NOT SEEING THAT AS ACCEPTABLE. KAILEY: TOMORROW, THE PRESIDENT WILL BE GETTING AN ADDRESS ON ANTISEMITISM IN PART OF MARKING HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. HE WILL BE SPEAKING ON CAPITOL HILL. HOW SHOULD WE EXPECT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE CEASE-FIRE TALKS WILL COLOR THE REMARKS THAT HE GIVES? >> IS A GREAT QUESTION. IT WILL NOT BE AN EASY ADDRESS TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT WILL PROBABLY TRY TO DO IS ISOLATE THIS. THEY WANT TO ESTABLISH WE ARE STILL THE FRIEND TO ISRAEL THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN. ESPECIALLY WITH ISSUES AROUND HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE AND ANTI-SEMITISM. I THINK THE MESSAGE TOMORROW WILL BE LASER FOCUSED ON HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE AND WILL NOT INCLUDE ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS IN THE BACKGROUND THAT ARE COMPLICATED. KAILEY: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE LOOK FORWARD TO COVERAGE OF THAT ADDRESS TOMORROW. NOW WE TURN TO THE TRUMPED TRIAL. THE JUDGE HOLDING THE FORMER PRESIDENT IN CONTEMPT AGAIN. HERE IS HOW HE REACTED AT THE END OF THE PROCEEDINGS TODAY. >> THIS JUDGE HAS GIVEN ME A GAG ORDER THAT SAYS YOU WILL GO TO JAIL IF YOU VIOLATE IT. OUR CONSTITUTION IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN JAIL. IT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE. I WILL DO THAT SACRIFICE ANY DAY. KAILEY: IT SEEMS THAT HE IS SUGGESTING HE IS WILLING TO GO TO JAIL. PERHAPS THERE ARE WAYS THAT THAT COULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO HIM POLITICALLY AS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO PURSUE THIS NARRATIVE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM IS BEING WEAPONIZED. >> THERE ARE WAYS IT CAN BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO HIM. I THINK IT IS A LITTLE BIT RISKY TO BE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT LIKE THAT. IT DOES REINFORCE HIS NARRATIVE THAT HE IS WILLING TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF TO FIGHT THIS LARGER FIGHT ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO FEEL DISENFRANCHISED. HE HAS TAKEN THE PROSECUTIONS AND TURNED THEM INTO A VALIDATION OF HIS COULD TAKE OF THE U.S. AND THIS IDEA THAT PEOPLE ARE DISCONTENTED WITH AMERICA AND FEEL PERSECUTED. AND HE IS BEING PERSECUTED ON THEIR BEHALF. KAILEY: THERE IS A LOT OF DISCONTENTMENT GOING AROUND. DONALD TRUMP HAS COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE IS PURSUING A MOTION TO VACATE AGAINST HIM WHICH COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. SHE SAID SHE WILL CALL FOR A VOTE. SHE IS NOW IN A MEETING WITH HIM. WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING COME OUT OF THAT MEETING. JUST HOW CRITICAL IS THIS MOMENT FOR SPEAKER JOHNSON? >> IT IS IMPORTANT. HE WILL WIN THIS VOTE. HE WILL WIN THIS FIGHT. BECAUSE HE HAS THE DEMOCRATS FOR NOW SAYING THEY WILL BACK HIM. BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT TEST FOR HIM. IF HE GOES THROUGH THIS BOAT AND SHE CHALLENGES HIM AND A NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS BREAK AWAY. THAT WOULD REALLY WEAKEN HIM. THE DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT IS NOT CARTE BLANCHE. THEY COULD WITHDRAW IT AT ANY TIME. IF HE CONTINUES TO PRESS HARD-CORE REPUBLICAN PRIORITIES, AT SOME POINT THEY WILL WITHDRAW THAT SUPPORT. IF HE CAN GET MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE TO SOMEHOW GO THROUGH THIS WITHOUT ACTUALLY TRYING TO OUST HIM, THAT WOULD HELP HIM TREMENDOUSLY. IT WOULD ALSO HELP PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OTHER REPUBLICANS BY UNIFYING THE PARTY INSTEAD OF DIVIDING THEM. KAILEY: IS SHE ABLE WALK AWAY AFTER THREATENING THIS FOR SO LONG? >> THE TRADITIONAL WAYS THAT A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OR OTHER CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO PUNISH SOMEONE DO NOT MATTER TO HER. THEY HAVE ALREADY TAKEN COMMITTEE SEATS AWAY FROM HER. HER POLITICAL STRENGTH IS NOT BASED ON WHETHER SHE AND GET SOME AMENDMENT TO SOME BILL OR GET AN EARMARK OR AN APPROPRIATION. HER POLITICAL STRENGTH IS BY BEING AN AVATAR FOR THE ULTRACONSERVATIVE, HARD-LINE PART OF THE PARTY. SHE GETS IN THOSE FIGHTS THAT ENHANCE HER BRAND.

Channel: Bloomberg Television

Views: 2,268

Keywords: Cease-Fire, Donald Trump, Gag Order, Hamas, Hostages, Israel, Israel-Hamas War, Kailey Leinz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Michael Dorning, Michelle Jamrisko, President Biden, Speaker Johnson, hush money

Id: YNMaQHRFoOQ

Length: 7min 19sec (439 seconds)

Published: Mon May 06 2024