THE ADVANCED IN OUR CAPACITY PROVE HIM WRONG. UKRAINE HAS THE WILL TO WIN THIS WAR AND WE HAVE THE WILL TO SUPPORT THEM. >> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT ISRAEL. HAMAS HAS MADE ANOTHER OFFER CONVEYED BY EGYPT TO GET THE HOSTAGES OUT. NOT OFFERING AS MANY AS THE 40 THAT WERE ORIGINALLY ON THE TABLE. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS 33 WERE BEING OFFERED. THEY SAID THEY DON'T HAVE 40. THEY ARE DEMANDING A PALESTINIAN STATE. IS THERE A WAY TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK AND GET RELIEF TO THE FAMILIES? THE PRESIDENT SAW THE 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL. IT'S A HEARTBREAKING SITUATION. >> IT'S HEARTBREAKING. I HAVE MET ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE HOSTAGES. I TRY TO SEE THEM EVERY TIME THEY ARE IN TOWN. I TRY TO BE STRAIGHT WITH THEM. WHEN I THINK THINGS ARE DIFFICULT, I TELL THEM THAT. WHEN I THINK THERE'S NEW POSSIBILITIES OPENING, I TELL THEM THAT. >> WHAT ARE YOU TELLING THEM NOW? >> A WEEK AGO, I WOULD HAVE SAID I FELT WE WERE IN A DEADLOCK. NOT THAT IT'S HOPELESS, BUT WE WERE AT AN IMPASSE. TODAY, I BELIEVE THERE'S A RENEWED EFFORT INVOLVING QATAR AND EGYPT AS WELL AS ISRAEL TO FIND A WAY. CAN I GUARANTEE THAT WILL HAPPEN? I CANNOT. DO I THINK THERE'S NEW MOMENTUM, NEW LIFE IN THE HOSTAGE TALKS? I BELIEVE THERE IS. IT'S OUR JOB TO TRY TO TAKE THAT NEW LIFE, PUSH IT FORWARD AND GET TO AN END GAME WHERE EVERY ONE OF THE HOSTAGES, INCLUDING THE AMERICAN HOSTAGES, IS HOME SAFE WITH THEIR FAMILY. >> WE, OF COURSE, SAW OUR INTERVIEW WITH RACHEL AND HER HUSBAND AFTER THE VIDEO WAS RELEASED. MISSING PART OF HIS ARM AND HAND. HEARTBREAKING, TERRIFYING. YOU HAVE HAD -- THE U.S. HAS HAD THAT VIDEO FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM IT? WHAT CAN WE SURMISE ABOUT ANYTHING ABOUT HIS CONDITION AND ABOUT OTHER HOSTAGES FROM ANALYSIS? >> I WOULD START BY SAYING THAT I HAVE DEALT WITH A LOT OF HOSTAGE FAMILIES IN MY TIME AS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. HOSTAGES BEING HELD IN MANY COUNTRIES. I HAVE NEVER SEEN TWO PEOPLE LIKE THESE PARENTS, WHAT THEY PUT INTO THIS, THEIR HEART, SOUL, BRAINS, THEIR ENTIRE BEING. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SEEING THAT VIDEO. IT'S TRUE THAT WE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE VIDEO AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK. WE IMMEDIATELY TURNED IT OVER TO THE FBI HOSTAGE RECOVERY FUSION CELL. THOSE ARE THE EXPERTS WHO CAN EXAMINE THE VIDEOS TO LEARN ABOUT HIS HEALTH, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY INDICATION OF HIS WHEREABOUTS. ANY OTHER INFORMATION WE CAN GLEAN. THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING THAT. THAT TAKES TIME. WHATEVER WE LEARN FROM IT, WE WILL PUT TO USE TO GET HIM HOME. >> TRAGICALLY, AN INFANT DIED. WE REPORTED -- MY COLLEAGUE RAF SANCHEZ -- IT'S NOT EVEN A BIRTH. THEY SAVED A BABY FROM A MOTHER KILLED IN AN AIR STRIKE, A PREGNANT MOTHER. SHE WAS PREMATURE. SHE LIVED FOR A LITTLE WHILE. SHE WAS NAMED AND THAT CHILD DIED TODAY. THE MEDICAL FACILITIES IN GAZA ARE DESTROYED. PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING NEEDLESSLY. HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY INDICATION FROM ISRAEL THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN YOU A PLAN TO SHELTER THE 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE IN RAFAH? ISRAEL SAYS THEY'RE STILL GOING IN. >> FIRST, TOO MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN GAZA. THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE THAT CLEAR. HE FEELS THAT DEEPLY. WOMEN, CHILDREN, INNOCENT PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES MATTER, WHOSE LIVES NEED TO BE VALUED, INCLUDING THE YOUNG INFANT WHO DIED TODAY. SECOND, WE HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT OUR POLICY IN GAZA WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE STEPS ISRAEL TAKES, WITH RESPECT TO FACILITATING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE THAT CAN SAVE LIVES AND WITH RESPECT TO CIVILIAN PROTECTION AS IT CONDUCTS ITS OPERATIONS. WE HAVE MADE CLEAR OUR ABSOLUTE DEEP AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCERN ABOUT A MAJOR MILITARY OPERATION IN RAFAH, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE FIRST, IT'S WHERE THE AID IS COMING IN. IF YOU CUT THAT AID OFF, IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT TO FEED AND HOUSE PEOPLE. SECOND, AS YOU SAID, IT'S WHERE MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE ARE SHELTERING BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN PROGRESSIVELY MOVED THERE AS ISRAEL HAS CONTINUED ITS CAMPAIGN. IT'S NOT CLEAR TO US THAT THERE CAN BE A CREDIBLE PLAN FOR WHERE THEY GO TO HAVE SHELTER, MEDICINE, ALL THE THINGS THEY NEED. WE EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS PUBLICALLY AND PRIVATELY. I HAVE DEALT WITH THEM ON THIS ISSUE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO DETAILS OF SENSITIVE DIPLOMATIC CONVERSATIONS. THE U.S. POSITION REMAINS CLEAR. ISRAEL UNDERSTANDS WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM. >> DO YOU THINK ISRAEL IS LISTENING? >> ULTIMATELY, IT WILL COME DOWN TO DECISIONS TAKEN BY ISRAELI LEADERS WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. I CAN'T CHARACTERIZE THEIR CURRENT -- >> WOULD THEY BE -- IF THEY GO IN WITHOUT ASSURE -- >> THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT OUR POLICY IN GAZA IS DICTATED BY ISRAEL'S CONDUCT IN GAZA. I WON'T GO BEYOND THAT ON SET TODAY. I THINK ISRAEL UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S AT STAKE HERE WITH RESPECT TO THE DECISIONS THAT LIE AHEAD. >> IN THE U.S., THE PROTESTS ACROSS CAMPUSES, TO SOME PEOPLE IT REMINDS FOLKS ABOUT 1968 AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THAT ELECTION YEAR. WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THIS? YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE ON A CAMPUS. HAD YOU AN ACADEMIC LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER PUBLIC SERVICE. WHAT DO PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE ISSUES? HOW CAN AMERICA ADJUST TO THIS? WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT PREPARED TO DO? >> I THINK -- I SAW THE CLIP OF SECRETARY BLINKEN SPEAKING IN CHINA WHEN HE WAS ASKED A QUESTION THERE IN A COUNTRY WHERE YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PROTEST, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE PROTESTS IN THE UNITED STATES? OF COURSE, HIS ANSWER WAS IT SHOWS THE STRENGTH OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. YOUNG PEOPLE OUT INDICATING HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS. THERE ARE STRONG VIEWS ON THIS ISSUE, STRONG FEELINGS AND STRONG POLICY VIEWS. THAT'S ALL TO THE GOOD. WHAT IS NOT ALL TO THE GOOD IS THE HATEFUL RHETORIC, THE ANTI-SEMITISM WE HAVE SEEN, THAT SHOULD BE CONDEMNED, THAT HAS BEEN CONDEMNED BY OUR PRESIDENT AND EVERYONE IN OUR ADMINISTRATION. AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST AND MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD. PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE CLEAR HE UNDERSTANDS THE DEPTH OF FEELING ON THIS IN. HE HIMSELF FEELS DEEPLY ON THIS ISSUE. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT HE BELIEVES IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND IS MOST CONSIST
