I will now recognize myself for five minutes. Mr. Bachai, over 85% of all online searches go through Google. Every online company in the United States depends on Google to reach users. A business may sink or swim based on Google's decisions alone. Numerous online businesses told us that Google steals their content and privileges its own sites in ways that profit Google but crush everyone else. Most businesses ask to stay anonymous due to fears that Google would retaliate against them. One entrepreneur, Brian Warner, told us his website was thriving until Google stole his content. After Google's decision traffic to his website dropped by 80%, he had to downsize his business and lay off half his staff. He told us, and I quote, if someone came to me with an idea for a website or a web service today, I'd tell him to run. Run as far away from the web as possible.  So my first question, Mr. Bachai, is why does Google steal content from honest businesses? Mr. Chairman, with respect, I disagree with that characterization. Just last week, I met with many small businesses. In fact, today we support 1.4 million small businesses supporting over $385 billion in economic activity. We see many businesses thrive, particularly even during the pandemic. Businesses, an example, Kettle Kings in Texas, which sells kettlebells, they've really expanded. I have a limited amount of time, so I don't want to interrupt you, but my question is very specific. We heard throughout this investigation that Google has stolen content to build your own business. These are consistent reports, and so your testimony that that doesn't happen is really inconsistent with what we've learned during the course of the investigation, but I'll move on to a new question. Mr. Bachai, most Americans believe that when they enter a search query that what Google shows are the most relevant results, but increasingly Google just shows whatever is most profitable for Google, be it Google Ads or Google's own sites. So my question, Mr. Bachai, isn't there a fundamental conflict of interest between serving users who want to access the best and most relevant information and Google's business model, which incentivizes Google to sell ads and keep users on Google's own sites? We have always focused on providing users the most relevant information, and we rely on the trust for users to come back to Google every day. In fact, a vast majority of queries in Google, we don't show ads at all, and we show ads only for a small subset of queries where the intent from users is highly commercial. For example, they may be looking for something like TV sets or so on. Mr. Bachai, what is the value of the part that you do use the Google Ads for? I mean, it's a substantial part of your business. What's the actual value? $200 billion, $300 billion? You know, in terms of revenue, it's around 100 plus billion dollars. That's a lot of money, Mr. Bachai. Let me move on. Really, Mr. Bachai, it's Google's business model that is the problem. Our documents show that Google evolved from a turnstile to the rest of the web to a walled garden that increasingly keeps users within its sites. Emails show that over a decade ago, Google started to fear competition from certain websites, web pages that could divert search traffic and revenue from Google. These documents show that Google staff discussed the proliferating threat, is how it was described, that these web pages posed to Google. Any traffic loss to other sites was a loss in revenue. One of Google's memos observed that certain websites were getting, and I quote, too much traffic. So Google decided to put an end to that. Mr. Bachai, you've been at Google since 2004. Were you involved in these discussions about the threat from vertical search? Congressman, without knowing the specifics, it's not fully clear of the context. But definitely, when we look at vertical searches, it validates the competition we see. For example, when users come looking to shop online, independent studies show that over 55% of product searches originate with Amazon and over 70% originate with the major e-commerce companies. In the few categories which are commercial in nature, we see vigorous competition, be it travel, be it real estate, and we are working hard for customers and users to innovate there. The evidence that we collected shows that Google pursued a multi-pronged attack. First, Google began to steal other web pages' content. For example, in 2010, Google stole restaurant reviews from Yelp to bootstrap its own rival local search business. Mr. Bachai, do you know how Google responded when Yelp asked you to stop stealing their reviews? Well, I'll tell you, our investigation shows that Google's response was to threaten to delist Yelp entirely. In other words, the choice Google gave Yelp was, let us steal your content or effectively disappear from the web. Mr. Bachai, isn't that anti-competitive? Congressman, when I run the company, I'm really focused on giving users what they want. We conduct ourselves to the highest standard, happy to engage, understand the specifics, and answer your questions further. Thank you, and just one final series of questions, Mr. Bachai, did Google ever use its surveillance over web traffic to identify competitive threats? Congressman, just like other businesses, we try to understand trends from data which we can see, and we use it to improve our products for our users, but we're really focused on improving our products, and that's how search works. I appreciate that, Mr. Bachai. Google's own documents and numerous interviews with companies affected by this conduct show that Google did just that, which is very disturbing and very anti-competitive. In addition to stealing content, Google also began to privilege its own sites. An investigative report published just yesterday found that 63% of web searches that start on Google also end somewhere on Google's own websites. And to me, that's evidence that Google is increasingly a walled garden, which keeps users on Google's sites, even if Google doesn't have the most relevant information, and it's economically catastrophic for other companies online. And so my time is running out, but Mr. Bachai, I'll just end by saying the evidence seems very clear to me. As Google became the gateway to the internet, it began to abuse its power. It used its surveillance over web traffic to identify competitive threats and crushed them. It has dampened innovation in new business growth, and it's dramatically increased the price of accessing users on the internet, virtually ensuring that any business that wants to be found on the web must pay Google attacks. And with that, I recognize the ranking member of the subcommittee, Mr. Sensenbrenner, for his first round of questions.


Hi friends, welcome back to my channel and a very special welcome. If you're new here, my name is Jen. I'm a certified weight loss and nutrition coach who has lost and maintained a 140 pound weight loss. And it is Monday, so it's meal prep day. I'm actually filming this video on Sunday Easter. Hence the fun Easter eye makeup. This was a fun filter I did over on my beauty channel on TikTok. So I hope that you had an amazing, amazing Easter. And I have three fantastic recipes for you. Breakfast, lunch and cake with protein.  Subscribe if you're not, turn your bell on because I do a meal prep every single Monday. All of today's recipes are on my website. I will link that at the top of the description box along with nutrition coaching, links and discounts to my favorite things and come join our free Facebook group. We'd love to have you. So let's head on into my kitchen for this week's meal prep. For my breakfast this week, I'm making a two ingredient dough breakfast roll. These are going to be high in protein and then I'll pair this with some fruit. So let me show you what you'll need. So to make two ingredient dough, you need self-rising flour. You can also use regular flour, just add in your leavening agents and then you're going to need plain non-fat Greek yogurt. For this recipe, you'll also need light butter, some type of bacon. I'm just going to use this fully cooked bacon, light shredded cheese, chicken or turkey sausage of your choice. I have the Amy Lou chicken breakfast links, salt and pepper and some eggs. So the first thing we need to do is make the two ingredient dough. So I have one and a half cups of self-rising flour and then we want equal parts Greek yogurt but what I like to do is add in a little bit at a time until I have the right dough consistency but typically it ends up being a one to one ratio and then you're just going to mix that together until your dough is formed. So I sprayed my counter with some non-stick cooking spray, formed my Greek yogurt and flour into dough and then we're just going to roll this out. I'm going to roll it in a thin rectangular shape. It doesn't have to be perfect but if you can go for a little bit thinner dough it's going to cook a little bit faster. You'll be able to have that dough stretch a little bit further. So once your dough is all spread out we're going to add two tablespoons of melted butter and just spread that evenly over the dough. And then I scrambled up four eggs and we're going to spread those evenly over the dough as well. Make sure that you stay away from about the outer inch so that we can roll this up in all of our inset. All of the good stuff on the inside doesn't kind of spew out when we roll this up. Then we're going to add one cup of light shredded cheese on top of our eggs. And then we have our 12 slices of bacon. I'm just going to kind of crumble that up on top. Also I forgot to mention that I did salt and pepper my eggs.  And then the hard part is we want to kind of roll this up. So starting from the end, just kind of roll your dough. Now there is a lot of toppings in here so my dough is kind of breaking as I roll it. But we're just going to try to seal all of the eggs, bacon and sausage on the inside. So the original recipe says to cut it into rolls from here but I'm actually going to cook mine first only because with two ingredient dough it's not as stable as dough using yeast. So I don't want it to completely fall apart but I am going to sprinkle my last cup of shredded cheese right on top. And then it's going into a 400 degree oven until cooked completely through. Look at how good this breakfast roll looks. I just pulled it out of the oven. I'm going to let it sit for about 10 minutes or so and then I'm going to cut it into 15 or so equal pieces. Let's see how many I get and I'll be back to share points, calories and macros. So here is what the rolls look like. Look how good that looks packed with protein, healthy carbs, I'll go ahead and put points, calories, macros here on the screen for you. And I did end up getting 15 rolls total. For my lunch this week I'm making hot honey chicken bowls. This is a great way to get in protein and lots of veggies. So let me show you what you'll need. First you're going to need salt and pepper, hot honey. Thank you to everybody who commented on my grocery haul and let me know that this isn't super hot. That makes me really, really happy. Hopefully I really like it because you guys said it's really good on avocado toast and cottage cheese. So I'm excited to try it out. You'll also need some minced garlic. I have some rice cooking in my little dash rice cooker. I did one cup of rice, two cups of water. You literally turn it on and your rice comes out perfect every single time. I will link my dash rice cooker down below. I got it on Amazon. I have a couple of zucchinis, a yellow squash, some carrots, a fresh lime, two small avocados. These are those teeny tiny ones. The recipe actually calls for one medium.  So in my Dutch oven, this is the caraway Dutch oven. Love this. You want to use a pan skillet Dutch oven that can go into your oven. So I'm using my caraway. I'll link caraway down below for you. I added my chicken tenderloin. I'm going chicken tenderloins. I'm going to allow these to cook for about five to seven minutes and then remove them from the pan. Just place them on a plate and set them aside. I removed the chicken. Now I'm going to add in my zucchini, yellow squash and carrots. Big scoop of our minced garlic and we're going to allow those to saute down for just a couple of minutes. So go ahead and turn off your heat and we're going to put our chicken right on top of our vegetables. We want one third cup total of hot honey. We want to reserve two tablespoons. I'm going to drizzle the rest over the chicken and then allow it to kind of coat the vegetables a little bit too. And then we're putting our Dutch oven in a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. So I just took the chicken and vegetables out of the oven. It smells so good with that hot honey. My rice is, ooh, or see me, my rice is also done. I have my avocado line and my hot honey. So I went ahead and packaged up the chicken and the vegetables. So this recipe makes six servings. So what I'm going to do is one sixth of the chicken and vegetables per day, which is a little bit over one chicken tenderloin. And then we'll top it with some fresh avocado, some fresh lime juice. And then we have those two tablespoons of hot honey reserved. So we're going to do about a half of a tablespoon, a little less than half of a tablespoon drizzled on top of each bowl. And then I'm going to do a quarter cup of rice each day as well. So I'll put down the rice, the veggies, the chicken, drizzle it with the hot honey, add some avocado and some fresh lime. So I'll go ahead and put points, calories, macros, here on the screen for you. For dessert this week, I'm making a cake, but we're making it protein cake. I'm really excited for this. We're going to do a decadent, rich chocolate cake with lots of protein. So let me show you what you'll need. So you're going to need chocolate protein powder. I'm going to use my favorite brand, Clean Simple Eats. You already know how much I love my CSE protein. This is the chocolate brownie batter. This is going to be amazing, amazing for this cake. Clean Simple Eats is 100 calories, 20 grams of protein, 100% grass-fed whey, so the highest quality whey protein, the best protein powder. If you follow me, you know I eat it every single day in some fashion. So I'm going to be using that as my protein powder. I will link Clean Simple Eats down below for you with a discount. You'll need some Lily's chocolate chips, sugar-free maple syrup, milk of your choice. I'm going with Fair Life just for some extra protein, unsweetened applesauce, baking powder, baking soda, and cocoa powder, vanilla extract, non-fat plain Greek yogurt, two eggs, and some flour. Started on the cake, you'll need a large bowl. I'm adding three quarters of a cup of flour, three scoops of my Clean Simple Eats protein powder, quarter cup cocoa powder, a pinch of salt, and then half of a teaspoon each of baking powder and baking soda.  Next, we're adding in one teaspoon of vanilla extract, three quarters of a cup of sugar-free maple syrup, three quarters of a cup of Fair Life milk, a quarter cup unsweetened applesauce, two eggs, and half of a cup non-fat plain Greek yogurt. And then stir to fully combine. And then add your batter to an eight by eight baking dish sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. And then our cake is going into a 350 degree oven for about 35 minutes or until it's cooked through. I just took the protein cake out of the oven. I'm going to let it cool completely about 10 or 15 minutes and then we're going to make a chocolate ganache to spread on top. So I melted 200 lilies chocolate chips with a couple of tablespoons of Fair Life milk and basically made a thick, yummy, chocolatey ganache. And I'm just going to spread this right on top of our cake. It is completely cooled, so make sure you let your cake cool completely. There is the completed protein cake. You can definitely have cake on a weight loss journey and just make it a little healthier with some added protein. So I'll put all the information here on the screen for you. Joining me for another weekly meal prep. I hope you enjoyed seeing all three recipes. Definitely try them out. 10 out of 10, they are all absolutely delicious. Don't forget to check out the description box where I will have my recipe website, nutrition coaching, links and discounts to my favorite things and come join our Facebook group. We'd love to have you. Happy Monday and I'll see you in the next one. Bye.


Attention to orders. The Kuwait Liberation Medal is awarded to Master Sergeant Teresa Alford for her participation in Operation Desert Storm and Liberation of Kuwait. Hi, I'm Master Sergeant Teresa Alford. I'm with ASG Kuwait here at Camp Arif, John. During Desert Shield and Desert Storm, I was with the 915 Transportation Company out of Council of Iowa and I was a truck driver. Receiving this award just feels so surreal. Not enough words that I can express my gratitude that people went out of their way and took care of me. I'm wholeheartedly grateful.


Mr. General Secretary, these last few days have been exciting indeed for both of us. For our fellow countrymen who follow the course of our discussions, I'm pleased to report that upon the completion of our business, that this summit has been a clear success. Like the star on the top of the National Christmas tree, which was lit the evening you arrived, Mr. General Secretary, this summit has lit the sky with hope for all people of goodwill. And as we leave it, leave it is up to both sides to ensure that the luster does not wear off and to follow through on our commitments as we move forward to the next steps in improving the relations between our countries and peoples. Mr. General Secretary, these last few days have been exciting indeed for both of us and for our fellow countrymen who follow the course of our discussions. I'm pleased to report that upon the completion of our business, that this summit has been a clear success. Like the star on the top of our National Christmas tree, which was lit the evening you arrived, Mr. General Secretary, this summit has lit the sky with hope for all people of goodwill. After we leave it is up to both sides to ensure that the luster does not wear off and to follow through on our commitments as we move forward to the next steps in improving the relations between our countries and peoples. I believe both the General Secretary and I can walk away from our meetings with a sense of accomplishment. We've proven that adversaries, even with the most basic philosophical differences, can talk candidly and respectfully with one another and with perseverance find common ground. We did not hide from the weighty differences that separate us. Many of them, of course, remain. One of my predecessors, President Franklin Roosevelt, once said, history cannot be rewritten by wishful thinking. Our discussions in that spirit were straightforward and designed to open a thoughtful communication between our governments on the critical issues that confront us. I believe that we, with the General Secretary, are proud of the fact that we have reached this meeting. We've proved that adversaries, even with the most basic philosophical differences, can talk candidly and respectfully with one another and with perseverance to find common ground. We did not hide from the serious differences that separate us. Many of them, of course, remain. One of my predecessors, President Franklin Roosevelt, once said, history cannot be rewritten by wishful thinking. Our discussions in that spirit were straightforward and designed to open a deeper dialogue between our governments on the critical issues that confront us. Our exchange on human rights has emphasized the first-rate importance that we, in Western democratic countries, give respect to the basic freedoms. I am pleased that during our meeting we discussed this issue, which has such a life-threatening importance, and provided a dialogue on human rights at the highest levels of our governments. At this point, these conflicts continue to take a heavy toll in lives and impose a heavy burden on East-West relations. The General Secretary and I expressed different points of view. We did so bluntly. For that reason alone, our talks have been useful in this area. Moreover, we agree that it is necessary to search for real political solutions to these conflicts. But so far, we cannot be satisfied with what has been achieved. We must now press ahead in the search for political solutions that advance the cause of peace and freedom for the people suffering in these wars. The door has been opened, and it will stay open to serious discussion of ending these regional conflicts. The General Secretary and I expressed different points of view. We did so bluntly. For that reason, our talks in this area have been useful. We agree that it is necessary to search for real political solutions to these conflicts. But so far, we cannot be satisfied with what has been achieved. We must now press forward in the search for political solutions that advance the cause of peace and freedom for the people suffering in these wars. The door has been opened, and it will stay open to serious discussion of ending these regional conflicts. The door has been opened, and it will stay open to serious discussion of ending these regional conflicts. We agree that it is necessary to search for real political solutions that advance the cause of peace and freedom for the people suffering in these wars. But so far, we cannot be satisfied with what has been achieved. We must now press forward in the search for political solutions that advance the cause of peace and freedom for the people suffering in these wars. We must now press forward in the search for political solutions that advance the cause of peace and freedom. We have both our peoples, yet it cannot help but believe that mankind is the biggest winner. At long last, we have begun the task of actually reducing these deadly weapons rather than simply putting limits on their growth. Alvin Kulich once said, the story is made only by the topic of action. Indeed, we needed a lot of effort, and almost above the human commitment to the negotiations on both sides. As a result, we received a contract that really goes into history. It is in the interests of both our peoples. But it seems to me that most of all of this has won over mankind. Finally, we have begun the implementation of the long reduction of this deadly weapon, rather than simply putting limits on its growth. The INF Treaty as proud of it as we are should be viewed as a beginning, not an end. Further arms reduction is now possible. I am pleased some progress has been made toward a strategic arms reduction treaty over the last three days. Individual agreements will not in and of themselves result in sustained progress. We need a realistic understanding of each other's intentions and objectives, a process for dealing with differences in a practical and straightforward manner. And we need patience, creativity and persistence in achieving what we set out to do. As a result of this summit, the framework for building such a relationship has been strengthened.power and agreement in and of itself will not give sustained progress. We will need a realistic understanding of our intentions and goals, a process of dealing with differences in a practical and straightforward manner. And we need patience, creativity and persistence in achieving what we set out to do. As a result, we will be able toories to continue working together, I am determined to use this framework. My goal, which I believe you share, Mr. General Secretary, is a more constructive relationship between our governments, long-lasting rather than transitory improvements. Together we can bring about a more secure and prosperous future for our peoples and a more peaceful world. Both of us are aware of the difficult challenges and special responsibilities inherent in this task. I am determined to use this framework. My goal, which I believe you share, Mr. General Secretary, is to create more constructive relationships between our governments and long-lasting rather than transitory improvements. Together we can create a more secure and prosperous future for our peoples and a more peaceful world on Earth. We are aware of the difficulties and special responsibilities inherent in this task. During World War II, when so many young Russians served at the front, the poem Wait for Me became a prayer spoken on the lips of Russian families who dreamed one day of the happiness that their reunion would bring. The cause of world peace and world freedom is still waiting, Mr. General Secretary. It has waited long enough. General Secretary Gorbachev, Mrs. Gorbachev, it is good that you came to America. Nancy and I are pleased to have welcomed you here. Your visit was short, yet I hope you'll take with you a better sense of the spirit and soul of the United States of America. Thank you. Mr. General Secretary, Mrs. Gorbachev, it is good that you came to America. Nancy and I are pleased to have welcomed you here. Your visit was short, but I hope you'll take with you a better sense of the spirit and soul of the United States of America. And when you get back to Moscow, please pass on to the Soviet people the best wishes of the American people for a peaceful and prosperous New Year. Thank you and Godspeed on your journey. Dear Mr. President, Dear Mrs. Reagan, Ladies and Gentlemen! I wish you the best wishes of the American people, peace and success in the new year. Thank you and God bless you. Dear Mr. President, Dear Mrs. Reagan, Ladies and Gentlemen. Mr. President, Dear Mrs. Reagan, Ladies and Gentlemen. In these last few hours before the arrival of the people, we are pleased to note that the visit to Washington has completely justified our hopes. It has been three days of intense work of business and an open discussion on the cardinal problems of the Soviet-American relations and the current aspects of world politics. In these last hours before our departure from home, we note with satisfaction that the visit to Washington has on the whole justified our hopes. We have had three days of hard work of business-like and frank discussions on the pivotal problems of Soviet-American relations and on important aspects of the current world situation. It has been done quite a lot. I would especially like to highlight the unprecedented in the history of nuclear age chess. The signing of the agreements, in accordance with which the two largest military-strategic relations of the state have taken on themselves the obligation to practically destroy part of the nuclear weapon. And thus, we hope that the beginning of the process of nuclear weapons has been laid. A good deal has been accomplished. I would like to emphasize, in particular, an unprecedented step in the history of the nuclear age. The signing of the treaty, under which the two militarily and strategically greatest powers have assumed an obligation to actually destroy a portion of their nuclear weapons. Thus, we hope, setting in motion the process of nuclear disarmament. Our negotiations with President Ronald Reagan have marked the famous progress of the central issue of this process. In the case of significant reduction of strategic offensive weapons of the most powerful in the world, although there is still a lot of work to be done here. It has been useful to change the opinion that allowed us to understand the position of each other in relation to regional conflicts, the development of bilateral ties and human rights. We will soon be able to find something out of this. We will soon be able to find a solution. The rightful angle of the change of view, which is very familiar, and is undoubtedly constructive. Although the main course of the visit was negotiations with President Mshat, I am not inclined to reduce the importance of meeting members of the congress, other political figures with business circles, representatives of the public, science, culture, leaders of mass information. This communication allows deeper, more fundamental, to find out more about each other, opens rich sources for checking views, prices and even established stereotypes. All this is important both for politics and for the people of the country, and for the people of the country. We will soon be able to find something out of this. We will soon be able to find something out of this. All this is important both for politics and for the people of the country. This meeting confirmed the impression that in the American society, the desire for health, improvement of the American-Soviet relations is growing. That is, we have seen the meeting movement, which has long existed in the Soviet people. These meetings have confirmed the impression that there is a growing desire in American society for improved Soviet-American relations. In short, what we have seen here is a movement matching the move that has long been prevalent among Soviet people. In bidding farewell to America, I am looking forward to a new encounter with it, in the hope that I will then be able to see not only its capital, but also to meet face-to-face with its great people, to chat and to have some lively exchanges with ordinary people. I believe that what we have achieved in the end of today's meeting and negotiations will help the modern and significantly improve the atmosphere in the world, and in the United States in terms of a more correct and tolerable event of the Soviet Union. I believe that what we have accomplished during the meeting and the discussions will, with time, help considerably to improve the atmosphere in the world at large, and in America itself, in terms of its more correct and tolerant personality. The perception of my country, the Soviet Union. Today, the Soviet Union and the United States are closer to the common goal of strengthening international security. But this goal is yet to be reached. There is still much work to be done, and we must get down to it without delay. Mr. President, esteemed citizens of the United States, we are grateful for your hospitality and we wish success, well-being and peace to all Americans. Thank you and goodbye.


T. F. N. N. Headline news update. Welcome folks. We're in the down industry. Let's finish down 210. NASDAQ off 52. S&P's down 10. Gold contract up $14.60. Trading is 18.68 an ounce, you get silver up 17 cents, $25.12 an ounce, light sweet crude down 232, $78.44 a barrel notes and bonds, the 10-year up 14, up 12.6, 30-year up 24.6 at 160.24 and $king dollar. $king dollar down 135.6 trading at 95.780, Euro 113, Yen at 114, the British pound 134. Let's get over and take a look at the dollar first because it's going to get intriguing to see. My take is that, you know, there's a 137 number out there that can get tested. Now we hit 136.241 today and we'll see what we get any follow-through in the way down. It's been a one-way move on the way up. There's no doubt. It's based on the way up. It had shot pullbacks on the way up. You get this 97.500 area out there that looks like it wants to get tested. Now if we go over to the Euro, we take a look at the Euro because it's all about the Euro right now. The Euro rejected lower price today at 112.64 and if we take a look at this Euro, we pull this back and what you're going to see when we take a look at this, what you're going to see, it went right into its strength. The bottom of this strength is 111.85. Now if you don't make the 111.85 and that was a rejection right there, this is going to get really intriguing, man, because what the Euro hasn't been able to do is get to a higher high. We've had two lower highs and only one higher high. The last high was a lower high, folks, okay? So that certainly is not an uptrend, okay? It is an uptrend in the context of you went higher lows, but you need higher highs simultaneously. I suspect inside the queues is going to be interesting when NVIDIA comes out because NVIDIA has been on fire in a monster way. That being said, my take is NVIDIA is basically going to pull back out here. The reason I'm saying that is that it looks to me like NVIDIA has finished not only an ABC structure in the way up, folks, it did over a 1 to 1.618 ABC structure in the way up. When you do that, when you go more than a 1 to 1.618, what that means is that the first moves 10 points, the next moves 16.18 points, okay? When you do that, normally, no, not normally, it is a change of trend ASAP. Have a great night, have a safe night, come back and visit Tommy tomorrow morning, kicks us off 9 in the morning.


Let's think about Allah's daily blessings. Bismillah. Can you see the sun rising so bright in the morning sky? The sun helps the grass to grow and the flowers to blossom. A new day has begun. Alhamdulillah. So at the end of every page, you guys think you could say Alhamdulillah with me? Can you say that? I didn't hear everybody say it. Okay, let's try all together. Alhamdulillah. Oh, one more time. I think we can do it better together. Alhamdulillah. Good. Mashallah. And Alhamdulillah means praise and gratefulness to Allah. The sun is like a bright light for us to see all of Allah's creations. The different shades of green of the tree, the grass and the mountain so high. What a beautiful world Allah has made. You guys, Alhamdulillah. Good. Allah created the clouds to give us shade during sunny days. I love to look up at the sky and see the clouds that Allah has made.  That one looks like a turtle and that one looks like a sheep. Alhamdulillah. Excellent. Allah has made the clouds to send down the rain. The plants get water and we have fresh water to drink. Clouds are amazing as are all of the creations of Allah. Alhamdulillah. And look at that. Again, we're seeing the benefit of rain. Alhamdulillah. After the rain, Allah sends a special gift for us to see a beautiful rainbow. Rainbows look like a bridge with all different colors. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Can you see the beauty of Allah's creation? Alhamdulillah. When it's time for the sun to set, Allah changes the color of the sky. From blue to orange, this special time of day is called dusk. The sun seems to disappear. It's a dazzling sight to see. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. When night falls, the sky becomes dark, but Allah sends us the stars in the moon to light up the night sky. Wow. How peaceful and lovely the night sky is. Alhamdulillah for you guys. Really helping me out like that. Allah created the night as the time to rest. I read my da'at and I go to sleep and think about all the wonders of Allah I saw today. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings. Insha'Allah. In the Quran, Allah tells us to think about the differences between night and day. That's in Surah Al Imran. Behold in the creations of the heaven and earth, the alteration of the night and day. There are indeed signs for people of understanding. In the Quran, Allah guides us that guides us that the night is for sleep. We should not be staying up too late. Otherwise, we will be too tired for school and to wake up for Fajr prayer. That's in Surah An-Naba. We created sleeping so you can rest. Alhamdulillah. Wait. So does that mean I have to even say Alhamdulillah when I get to sleep at night? Yeah. Why should I say Alhamdulillah when I sleep at night? That's good. Yes. Alhamdulillah so that we can show gratitude to Allah. But why else are we grateful for sleep at night? Because only get our body rest. Good. So we don't have to be tired when we wake up. Good. I'm too exact. So we don't go on too tired. So Alhamdulillah for sleep. So is everyone tonight going to bed saying, Yay, I'm going to go to sleep tonight. Be good for mom and dad. I see a lot of people thinking about that one. The Prophet Muhammad SAW encourages us to go to the mosque. Abu Harira, said the Prophet SAW reported that the Prophet SAW said, He who goes to the mosque at dawn or dusk for Salah, Allah prepares a house for him in Jannah for every time they walk to and from the mosque. So remember, we guys were talking about the benefit of our feet and Alhamdulillah to walk to the Masjid. Alhamdulillah. Did you know that if you walk to the Masjid, that Allah prepares a house for you while during Salah for dawn or dusk? Alhamdulillah. The Prophet Muhammad SAW understood the beauty and blessing of rain, especially in the dry land of Arabia. The Prophet SAW would use this dua when it rains. Allahumma s-saibun nafi'a. Oh Allah, make it a beneficial rain. Alhamdulillah.


we speak. The road is an active scene as in fear that Hamas terrorists are still roaming around. What is happening now? Yes, Ellie. It is a completely active scene. In fact, within the past one minute, we've heard actual helicopters overhead firing from their helicopters as well as two flares lighting up this field behind me to try and give these Israeli troops more light because it's dark out here. It's nightfall. And so as nightfalls, becoming more and more difficult to find and locate all of the terrorists to have infiltrated this area here in the south here in stay wrote. So we do know that Israeli troops are actively looking for other citizens. In fact, some of these armored vehicles are driving past right in front of my eye line right now. So armored vehicles continue to patrol the area, even taking their time to stop as they see some cars parked on the side of the road. They want to make sure that we are not either some of those citizens or some of those terrorists or citizens that are in harm's way as well. So very much an active Israeli presence out here. As I said, we continue to see different things and I continue to hear gunshots in the distance as well. And so we are hearing that exchange of gunfire between Israeli forces and active terrorists.  And it is very, very dangerous for any citizens to be outside right now. In fact, I'm gonna turn our pan our camera a little bit towards the road right now just so you can see some of these armored vehicles that are now passing on the road. I know it's dark out. It's difficult. But we do. You can see there's a very much a heavy, heavy military presence here trolling the area trying to see exactly what's happening. So that's why we are continuing to see. Oh, I'm gonna pan our camera over here once more, Ellie, because you can see one of those flares that I mentioned earlier. So this is the third flair lighting up this exact area within the past three minutes, maybe so over this field right now, they're trying to gain a little bit more light to see exactly what's happening in the area. So definitely an active search right now. And for any citizens who are in the area, please do stay inside. No one should be on the roads right now because as you can see a very, very active scene out here, not on the road and not anywhere outside your your bomb shelter really lock down the doors and simply do not open. Um, it cannot be any clearer than that. And this is unfortunately the situation elsewhere down south as well. Nicole said take care, stay safe and we'll get back to you later on in the broadcast and active scene. It's the lot the nightfall not making it easier. Um, an IDF forces to locate all the Hamas terrorists that are still in Israeli territory down south, not just in Sirot. So to try and get a better understanding of the current set of affairs and the current challenges joining us now in studio or failure, show me former senior intelligence officer at the IDF Mr. Shalmi. Thank you so very much for joining us. So nightfall is making the the specific task. What was defined as stage one of this work clearing Israeli territory of Hamas terrorists. It is making it even more difficult as in we will enter a third day of war without knowing that the entire the entirety of Israel, Israel south is cleared from from terrorists. Yes, unfortunately, we haven't cleaned the south of Israel from the terrorist threat yet. First of all, we have to find out whoever is still roaming around. But also we fear there might be more infiltrations coming from Gaza. Fresh ones. Fresh ones because of the success and they have enjoyed so far. And of course, at night, it's also easier for them. It seems strange with all the technology that exists today, the sensors, the thermal imaging, and knows what they're still an advantage for a lone person or two or three persons to move around in an open air area at night. On the other hand, the night gives also the idea of superiority. We have night vision. Tonight's the strikes that we are going to perpetrate over Gaza will be easier for us. There is less like pollution, light pollution, noise pollution, movement pollution to strike targets in Gaza to strike surgically air strikes. Yes. So night can be an advantage for either of the signs. As I said, the real problem now sooner or later, we'll manage to find out whoever is still roaming around hoping they will not encounter an Israeli citizen, of course. But the main threat is more infiltrations, like like a copycat in a way, not only from Hamas, but from other factions and even from the border. Fence is still open. The border fence was a joke from the start. They was relying too much on concrete and technology and not enough on human cleverness and instinct and vigilance. I used to say that in the beginning, and I'm not an expert, so I didn't insist because I thought maybe they know better. Apparently they don't. But also you have to understand that this fence is not in a proper state of maintenance, and there are many holes in it. And some of the fence is not concrete at all. It's just barbed wire that you can cut with with a cutter. So and in the battle between a fence and and and determination, we see what's the result. Mr. Ushami, obviously, we will unpack much more of the current unfolding security situation. But as we speak, thousands of Israelis still have no idea what is the what is the status of the so many missing people, many of them abducted in the Gaza Strip as we speak. And we want to turn now to Maria Vernikov-Golden, the sister of Corrine Vernikov, who was at this rave party that's only this past hour. We we're learning the scope and scale of the massacre there. Corrine still missing. Maria, like, thank you so very much for speaking with us this evening. The mind cannot comprehend what you're going through. When was the last time you've heard from Corrine? What do you know at this point in time? Today in the morning. Yeah, we're Maria, we're having some technical difficulties hearing you properly. And we want to hear every single word, of course, that we will try to fix that and get back to you as soon as we can. Mr. Ushami, if the situation was not complicated already, the number, the large numbers of Israelis kidnapped, we're talking civilians, we're talking elderly, we're talking women, we're talking children. Being held captive in the Gaza Strip is making everything more complicated, even in the sense of Israel's strategy vis-à-vis the Gaza Strip, because simply if there are so many Israelis there, the operations underground would look very different. First of all, these people are the priority, even though there's a final objective to dismantle the Hamas in the end. The Hamas can be dismantled tomorrow and it can be dismantled next month or next year. We've been waiting 20 years to dismantle the Hamas. The Gaza Strip is not going anywhere. Not going anywhere. So it can wait, I should say, but we still have to strike and to make a point and show our determination. This being said, the priority is to try and save these people. Of course, it's super difficult. First of all, simply because they are disseminated in different locations by one, two or three, but they could be anywhere in Gaza. And you're talking like maybe 50 to 100 locations that we would have to find out to discover somewhere underground, very well hidden, and then to reach and then to manage to liberate the hostages without them being hurt. I mean, your talking mission impossible. It has happened. We've had. But we need to be clear. Any I would even dare to say any fantasies on on a heroic operation like in the movies where where you go in and really and bring back the abducted. This is not the scenario we're talking about these people, the civilians can come back home only if they will be released. So negotiations in some sort of capacity is mandatory. First of all, there is that few things. And the first is, of course, the diplomatic channels and international pressure. So right now, the Egyptians are trying to convince Hamas leaders to make humanitarian gesture concerning children and elderly. They're telling them, keep the others. But at least these ones now unconditionally, please on a humanitarian ground, give them up. That's the efforts that the Egyptians are now trying to accomplish. Then there is some international pressure that could work if Arabic countries or Muslim countries join in, such as Turkey, such as the Emirates to put some kind of pressure. So we have to try these diplomatic channels without much hope because the Hamas is holding on such a treasure that it can exploit and capitalize upon. That's OK. So that's that's one. The other is might still be to force the Hamas to free them. We could reverse the situation and be the ones who hold the cards by, for instance, I'm afraid to go back to the Middle Ages, but we just spoke of a wall that was also not very modern. So back to the Middle Ages, when personality was held hostage in a castle, the castle was besieged and the inhabitants, inhabitants of the castle were starved until they would surrender the hostage. So we might have to resort to strangling Gaza, to starve Gaza and say when you get water and you get food and you get electricity when you give our hostages back. Mr. Oshami, I want us to stress this clearly because even for us who are well familiar with how this neighborhood works, it might be striking to realize the Gaza Strip, Hamas terrorists are receiving power from Israel, electricity, that is, they're receiving money through Israeli Israel facilitating that. Guess not to speak about concrete and all those other infrastructure materials that were brought in. They're really hijacking it, right? And we take it in their pockets because this power, this merchandises, the work permits that bring money into Gaza, all this is addressed by Israel to the Palestinian people. No, no, but I'm talking about this point in time, Mr. Oshami, not about normal times if there were any. At this point in time, isn't there, shouldn't be an option to cut all this supply to the Strip if you're talking about strangling it? Yes, of course, but then we would lose a few things for intelligence, because if we cut communications and electricity, it will be harder for us to detect the movements and exchanges of information between Hamas people. So, so long as they have power and so long they have network, we can hope to catch their messages between them. We can hope to see them switch a light on and switch a light off so they're at home or they're not at home if we want to target the elimination. So it's not so sure that a complete blackout would serve our purposes. So I'm again trying to ask you the questions that many Israelis are asking themselves to know how come and you are explaining the complexity of any decision that is being made at this point in time. When we're talking about Israel again facing or beginning its counterattack vis-a-vis Hamas. And Mr. Oshami, you're staying with us because we want to reconnect to Maria Vernikov Golden over the phone. Sister of Karin Vernikov who was at this rave party turned massacre. No other way to put it. Karin is still missing. Maria, thank you once again for speaking with us. When was the last time you've heard from Karin? What do you know? Yes, sure. Thank you for speaking with me. My sister Karin is missing from yesterday morning. The last time that we spoke was over seven o'clock in the morning yesterday. She told us that she's on the way home and she managed to run away from this party. But the last time that when the last thing that we know that she came to aluminum area and there stopped their car, the policemen. And then there was some terrorists there. The last thing that I know from her friend, he told me that she and one more of her friends, her name is Sapir, Sapir Bilmas, the two of them run away to the forest. And since then, we don't know anything, any information, any thing that someone know or can tell us or share will be much appreciated because we are desperate. We are really desperate. Have you heard anything from authorities, Maria? No, nothing. Today morning, we went for the family committee. This is the police and, you know, all the people that are looking for the missing people and we gave all the details that we could and our DNA and everything, but still it's already more than 30 hours. And we get no information. We are really desperate and we must to know something, some clue, something it will be much appreciated. Yes, of course, and Maria, in disrespect, you know, people all over the world are watching us now. Any message, anything you would like to tell to all those people around the world who are watching and all those decision makers who are listening to you? Yeah, I just wanted to say that I hope that my sister will be healthy and sound and will come home soon. And if someone knows something and can share it with us, it will be much appreciated. You can. I can share my phone number or my email, whatever it's need. I will be glad for any any clue. Yes, and during our conversation, we're seeing the pictures of your sister, Karine, all throughout our conversation here. Maria, we share your your your prayer, your hope that Karine will be back home safe as soon as possible, that and that any information will be available. As soon as thank you, thank you so much. Thank you very, very much for this. Stay strong. Thank you. We want to turn now to our 24 news as senior diplomatic correspondent joining us. Owen Alterman, we've been discussing here in studio with the Mr. Phil Ushalmi short moments ago, the complex the complexity of the situation in terms of decision making, taking into consideration this the the the scope of the scale again, the magnitude of the of the of the kidnapped. We still don't have a clear number of how many Israelis civilians soldiers alike are being held by Hamas captive and they got a strip. But this is just another component in this in this equation. And I want to begin with something that has nothing to do with politics at this point in time, but rather national security. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Premier, do we have any indication of what is currently being assessed, being discussed in the security cabinet meetings that he's convening? Not a lot, Ellie. Again, we have statements from the security cabinet meeting last night, for example, where the objective was set out to destroy the military and governing capabilities of Hamas. Now, what does it mean to destroy the governing capabilities of Hamas? I'm a lawyer. I'm not sure I understand. And Hamas control over the Gaza Strip and governance of the Gaza Strip. That's an objective I think we all understand. But to destroy Hamas's governing capability in the Gaza Strip is to me to a lot of gobbledygook. And again, there seems to be this indecision, right? On the one hand, there seems clearly to be a need for a different kind of objective in this war, as the prime minister has put it. Now the security cabinet has defined it versus the operations that we've seen in Gaza in the past, right? Which in a sense meant, as we always said, to mow the lawn, right? To mow the lawn and then allow the grass to grow back and mow the lawn again, if you will, using a problematic but still accurate metaphor versus here where there seems an obvious need to uproot the grass to continue to use that metaphor. But on the other hand, a hesitance on the part of the prime minister to commit to doing that, because I think he's concerned he won't be able to achieve it and doesn't want to set himself up for failure. By the other hand, by virtue of not committing himself to that, I think causes himself not to get really the confidence of the public, given all that we're seeing, including of course that conversation just had about those who have been kidnapped and taken to Gaza or who are missing or who are killed, 700 or more of them. So again, the lack of clarity about the objective is I think something that's troubling. Now I should say, we did get from the IDF spokesperson again, the spokesperson for the military earlier today, a very clearly defined objective that within the next day, and we're now about 12 hours after this statement. And I think Rafael Ushami might have actually been in studio with me at the time this happened, or just about that within the next 24 hours, there would be an evacuation of those within the frontline communities on the Gaza border. And those communities would be clear to terrorists. It seems not to be happening, Ellie. So even that very defined and measurable objective at this hour seems not to be being met. So I think again, the Israeli public while united and of course hoping for victory and I know we'll talk about politics in a moment. I think people have to be very, very concerned about the performance of the military to this point. And this again brings me, Owen, to stress before I ask you to talk quote unquote politics. This has nothing to do with politics at this point in time since the trust between Israeli citizens and their leadership has been completely shattered. And so the formation of an emergency unity government that will bring together leadership from all across the board is pivotal is paramount of paramount importance and yet it is still not happening 40 hours after this war broke out. Well, a couple of things. First of all, Ellie, I think obviously confidence in the military establishment and the intelligence establishment obviously has been completely shot and dented. Of course, at the end of the day is really done a bunch of a choice, right? There's no alternative army. There's no alternative to intelligence services. So people aren't left with much of a choice, right? Other than civilian initiatives that we've seen blossoming right up and down the country over the course of the last two days. As to the political echelon, look, it's undetermined at this point. And one end, of course, Prime Minister Netanyahu has been in his position. Israel's longest serving Prime Minister for a very long time. And so it's been overseeing, right? Decision making vis-a-vis the Gaza Strip for a very long time. But at the end of the day there, too, Israelis don't have much of a choice but to put their trust in the political establishment. And you are right to ask about what constellation the government takes. First of all, to make something very clear to our viewers. In this situation, nobody is playing politics in the traditional sense, right? If over the course of the last nine months, we've all seen the ruptures in Israeli society. That's not part of the discussion right now. And of course, that there's a united front, right, among parties across the Zionist political spectrum, if you will, in terms of the motive and in terms of the goal and in terms of the will to achieve it. There also hasn't been too much of a debate on ideological lines about the objective, right? We've seen left-wing intellectuals coming out with a more hawkish position, for example. And some on the right, you know, maybe the surprising way coming out with a more dovish perspective. So there are tactical differences of opinion but they're not necessarily ideological. You are right there's discussion what to do about this national unity government. Very, very quickly. Yet here will appear the opposition leader laid out a condition. He was willing to bring his party, which is a very large segment of the Israeli parliament, into such a government on condition. On condition that Netanyahu then take out of that unity or emergency government the far right, right? The religious Zionism party, but the little smotridge, the Jewish power party, it's in our bender. Just seems unwilling to do that. So instead of it's on the table. Also representing a chunk of Israeli public that is currently fighting as we speak on different fronts. Yeah. Absolutely. Now, right. Yeah. So again, Benny Gantz potentially coming in, talks underway, Ellie. That one seems like it's something that will happen. So of course watch the space of the next 24-48 hours. May well be that we will see Benny Gantz and Gotti Eisencourt from his party, two former IDF chiefs of staff, joining the government and being part of the decision. And in addition to the fallout in terms of the military in terms of the war, also of course fallout in politics as well. Oh, and very briefly, before we let you go, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking once again with American President Joe Biden. A lot of information coming out of Washington and those past hours, no doubt on how supportive Washington is being. But is there any sense in Washington of what is happening, what has happened, not just vis-a-vis Hamas, but vis-a-vis Iran and what aid is on its way as American officials are putting it? Three points. First of all, Ellie, Joe Biden is a very popular guy in Israel these days, right? Across the Israeli political spectrum. And it is healthy in the long term for the US-Israel relationship for this to be happening with a Democratic president. And to see Joe Biden coming out so emotively and so forcefully in support of Israel and really wanting to give the country the help that it will want and need. Second again, reports that US military carriers right are on their way. So the United States in a short force in the Mediterranean Sea obviously will be very welcome. Where the Americans seem to be especially useful in addition to providing material, if you will, is in sending that message to Iran and to his ballot to butt out, right? To not become part of this war, right? Because if they were, it would make the task much, much harder. So the United States essentially signalling to his ballot, right? Ellie, not in so many words, that if his ballot decides to enter the war, they might not be messing just with Israel, right? But implicitly, the threat is there, that they run the risk of messing with the United States as well. And that obviously sends a very, very powerful message. And I think one that's welcomed by all Israelis, of course, Israel's national security strategy has never depended, right? And that kind of helped from the United States. And I think it's in a sense troubling that that's even, even remotely on the table. But nonetheless, given the situation, that's what the United States is offering and certainly welcome, welcome to by the Israeli public. I 24 news this in your diplomatic correspondent Owen Ultriman. Thank you very much for this. Mr. Rafale Ruchal, Mr. With us here in studio, listening with us to Owen Ultriman and the American aid that is on its way, but not less important as Owen is saying the messaging to Tehran and to be root. Of course, it's a very strong signal when we have to be really grateful for this American position. At such a difficult time, the signal is clear because the fleet that is approaching is first of all going to help a lot in the in the intelligence domain. So for us in the immediate, it will be to help us have a look at what's going on in Gaza, but also in south Lebanon, the American intelligence and the American technology will help us have a clearer view of that. But at the same time, the Americans and I'm sure we'll use that same technology to have a little look at Syria and Iran. Of course, their presence, their mere presence. And that's the purpose of the fifth and the sixth fleet. Their mere presence is already a threat and a signal and a very strong message to the forces around. Let us not forget that apart from this, we are going to get from the Americans a lot of logistical and weapon support starting by more ammunition for the Iron Dome, because we unfortunately would see what happens tonight, for instance, expect more missiles above our heads. So first of all, more ammunition from the Iron Dome, special explosives and drones that will help us if there is urban guerrilla warfare. These special explosives and drones are able to penetrate buildings and explode into rooms and corridors. So we're going to get that. And the usual ammunition that we need for mostly all the equipment is going to be for urban warfare that we're going to get from from the Americans. This help is crucial. And I think like Owen said on you also, it brings also a lot of good feeling to the Israeli people. We feel the support. We feel that this being hugged and we need that hug. If if there was any doubt who's the friend that will stand by Israel in times of need. There you go. But let's do stay with them with the issue of capabilities. You've mentioned the the barrages of rockets that Israel is bracing itself to to face in terms of Hamas's military abilities, the arsenal. Or was Israel surprised by that as well? Are we to expect more surprises in that sense? Again, when we're talking about the amount of munition in the strip? Well, we know what we know and we don't know what we don't know. And the former chief of Mossad, the frame and levy came out by saying that we were surprised, or at least he was surprised that the Hamas had so many rockets, quoting a number of 3000. If you would have interviewed me a couple days ago, I would have told you that my estimate was 7000. So we don't know what we don't know. I think my estimates with all due respect to former chief of Mossad is a little more realistic. I don't think if they only had 3000, they would have thrown them all on one day. So I suppose that if they allow themselves, they wanted to strike hard from the start, okay? So they must have thrown maybe a quarter or a third of what they have. I don't think they would use more than that because they knew that the response would be coming from the IDF and then they have to have, of course, the level of threat still high up enough rockets, especially long range ones towards Tel Aviv that are always a signal at the beginning of the war. I don't think they're ready, but we are not the wiser. I don't think I'm afraid I'm certainly not a former chief of the Mossad. So I don't have the info and it's a little disquieting. If really at that level, they didn't have the info either. Yes, and it's important to perhaps note in this respect, Mr. Are you or show me that perhaps one of the reasons that we're still saying ongoing a shootout to between Israeli forces and Hamas terrorists that is because we're the Israeli policy this point in time is not to let any quote unquote elite command Hamas commando fighters to get back to the strip as in most of Hamas's senior fighters are now gone or will be gone soon. Yeah, we have to remember that they were still talking about a border that's 60 kilometers long. That's 60,000 meters. You can't have a soldier every 10 meters. And you also are talking about open areas with a lot of places to hide. So it's really not so easy as it seems. We also I think I would like to point out we noticed how slow was the progress in the villages that were invested by Palestinian tourists? How slow was the progress to recuperate to these villages? So in a year again, you have to to be on the ground on the ground. It's not as simple as it seems. You have to try a few things when you approach a house that's occupied by with terrorists holding hostages. You have first to try to negotiate in a couple of times. It did do the work a couple of times. The terrorists accepted the deal. So you have to try that then you have to a few hours ago a house in the city of a Fakim, not a border community whatsoever inside Israel was released that way after being taken hostage for hours. Yeah, so a different perception or conception of fighting when we're talking counter terrorism. And when we're talking about what's happening and what will be happening in the Gaza Strip. Mr. Feligo, show me. Thank you so very much for helping us get a better understanding perhaps of what is happening. Thank you very much, sir, for this crossing now live to the hospital, the Barzila hospital down south in the southern city of Oshkilon. I 24 news correspondent Robert Swift is there. Robert heartbreaking gut turning scenes there all throughout the day. Parents, relative civilians from all over the country arriving at this hospital looking hoping to find a clue on on the state, the status of their dearests. What can you tell us? Indeed, that's correct. As it stands right now, the death figure remains at 700 with being confirmed just recently that 260 of those dead individuals alone came from one event. That was the the nature party, the rave where party goers were gunned down. Now a little earlier, we spoke to the director of this hospital and he told us that the majority of the casualties that they've been dealing with over the course of the last almost 40 hours now, they were victims of gunshot ones. And he explained that due to the fact that many of these patients had to be operated on immediately and the scale of the casualties that they were dealing with that this became an extremely complex operation for the hospital to deal with, as you can see just behind me appears that possibly more casualties arriving. We have been having ambulances coming in all all evening sporadically bringing in casualties. Some of them is really IDF soldiers. But of course, the the events of the of the last day and a half, there is not just about the the dead and the wounded. There's also the factor of the hostages that have been taken with Hamas and Islamic jihad, both of them saying that they are holding hostages and the Israeli government confirming that there are at least 100 being held by those two organizations.  And let's take a listen to what she had to say with us earlier today. Now, it's worth bearing in mind that the scenes that we're seeing, scenes like that that you've just you've just witnessed. These are not just taking place at this hospital here. This is one of several hospitals operating in the south of the country dealing with mass mass casualties. Now, Israel is a country that is accustomed to severe security events, but many people have noted that they've not seen anything like this before. And the events of yesterday, the events that are continuing into today as the IDF continues to fight just south of us. These are events have not been seen by this country before by its fighters or by its medics. Yes, fighting at the frontline in hospitals across the country as well. Numbers keep on spiraling up of the of the dead, of the wounded, of those in critical condition. Robert Swift from the Barsadai Hospital. Thank you very much for this. Joining us now in studio. Major General in the Reserves Itan Dangot, former military secretary of course of three Israeli defense minister, former coordinator of government activity in the Palestinian territories. Major General Dangot, let's try to map out the current state of affairs because we are talking about different scenes that are unfolding first perhaps and foremost. What was defined as the first stage of this war, the pursuit of clearing Israel's south, Israeli territory down south of Hamas terrorist objectives seems not just not to have been achieved so far because there is an active scene down south in Salot and elsewhere, but will not be achieved until day three of the war. Yes. And we have to be patient. This is the reality that was entering of hundreds of terrorists and I think that some thousands are also in the area itself and I'm taking also on account opportunity the defense that is opening area in some places more than 10 are also they are trying and succeeding some places to enter from Gaza back in order to continue, try to continue waiting. This is their goal as more as they can hold such a text in the area it is count like a success but you have to work in such scenarios very slowly you have to take on account that each area that in each apartment that you have a terrorist there is opportunity that he hold hostage in that place so it's more time more carefully activities collect local intelligence and then to be active and I thought that it will be ended this night we have to wait I believe till tomorrow lunchtime to see and then we can assess I will not be surprised if it's take another one day it's much more better in these circumstances to say we succeed everything is clean then to be surprised again this is the area of Gaza but meanwhile on the same time you have a lot of strikes on Gaza by the Israeli Air Force and some kind of ground arms or missiles that are launching towards Gaza they are covering areas like Bet Hanun that is very close to the road you just mentioned that was the local base that the unit that led the activity on Saturday organized itself and today I think one street was completely destroyed in this place has been used for this kind of activities and you see that the strikes has some meanings first of all are looking in infrastructure of Hamas symbols of the entity of Hamas and other kind of activities all over the Gaza it is not in my opinion the main attack that we will see as we will declare about cleaning the area out in our territory and we will have some information about the hostages that are kept in Gaza it will free the commanders and the cabinet to decide to go to another stage in Gaza itself but Major General Damgut the analogy of Hamas targets have been hit from previous rounds this is no previous round have we so far seen any strikes that are not on the Israeli from on behalf of the Israelis that is the Israeli Air Force in the Gaza Strip striking targets that are unlike previous rounds Yes, I tell you something about the change the concept of the mechanism that we familiar for many years in Gaza even since 2007 when Hamas took the entity by the revolution in Gaza we are in a different story there is no mechanism of checking there is no humanitarian issue in Gaza but Major General Damgut there is still this procedure this humanitarian procedure of no defying some places yes but there are some already I heard the reporters from Gaza that it coming surprisingly and I think that Israel is moving towards another step another mechanism that has one thing the humanitarian has been broken we don't have any duty in my opinion towards Gaza from humanitarian issue we have to to disconnect the electricity the water the fuels the goods that are going to Gaza we have to stop everything after what happened here that Hamas and some hundreds of civil people from Gaza that entered also to Israel and behaved as they are al-Qaeda ISIS and others I think that Israel should leave it immediately and in such circumstances in about 4 to 5 days from my experience Gaza will raise a red lamp to say we are under attack we are under closure this is why timing matters here legitimation for Israel is something that the west world and some other modern countries will have to continue to give Israel and meanwhile also you have to bring the to push back the terrorists or to kill them in the Israeli territories you have on the second issue to see what will be with the hostage numbers and try to build the mechanism the third is you have to assess all the time what's going in west bank especially in the north with Hezbollah and then will come what we say I believe that Israel is going now to a different story if it's not going to do it we will make a great mistake what does it mean among the timetable don't wait for anything in one day strike in another day try to kill the leaders of Hamas on the third day you have to find out another intelligence information it's another rules another principles it's changing completely the story with not with Hamas speaking to that point exactly major general we want to jump up north still no control down south but all this while the northern front is some sort of a ticking bomb and the Israeli is there several incidents there throughout the day what can you tell us yes there were several incidents and I think that Hezbollah is trying to test the waters check Israel's alertness especially that yesterday Israel was caught not in a state of alert and this is a lesson Hezbollah wants to study but the situation is relatively calm there have been reinforcements of troops not to the amount of the kind of reinforcements that we are seeing toward the Gaza Strip more reinforcements to contain the threat of Hezbollah there's been a recommendation issued by the regional councils of the northern border to for the residents that live in communities adjacent to the border to leave their homes and seek shelter in the center of the country of the south and indeed residents have been living we were in Kibbutzchanita two thirds of the 200 families living there have already left the place testing the place instead of the residents and creating some sort of closed military area which we could not enter as a result of the state of alert now the question is whether this affects the residents here in Naria for instance you can see that the streets are pretty empty in that home in a sense and some people are more relaxed than others are saying nothing will happen here some others expect that there will be rocket fire but no one knows and the big test for Israel regarding Hezbollah in a sense is how does Israel handle the situation in the south because ironically the scenario was that Hezbollah would invade community villages around the border and take hostage and that happened with Hamas not with Hezbollah what quote was anticipated with Hezbollah up north happened down south with Hamas one of many misconceptions that is and will be discussed of course Pierre Kluschendler for this and the rest of the I-24 news team there with you Major General Dankot before we get back to let's hear it from Hezbollah itself training for this moment of truth so to speak for years watching closely what is happening on Israel's southern front let's take a listen we salute all our beloved Palestinian resistance factions in Palestine no matter to whom they belong we are united in the resistance we tell those that the nation is with you our heart, minds, souls our history and guns and rockets and all that we have is with you because we are the resistance that was founded originally for you and for Palestine and Jerusalem Major General Dankot obviously there is idea of mobilization to the north and if we've learned anything from what is happening down south that quiet is completely deceiving complete misconception and yet we do not have an indication that the Lebanese will join that Hezbollah will join yes but the silence in this border and after what happened in Gaza is much more weight and meaning and without any kind of declaration what we can identify today the morning started with shooting motor shells towards the area of Dov mountain when you have open space and where there is an agreement between Hezbollah Lebanon and Israel concerning the borderline and that's brought some kind of reaction immediately from Israel like a second message we will react immediately towards you by the way we shoot on the 10 that was on our area I don't know the situation exactly now they built it again for months we've been talking about this today it was shoot second issue and the other area between Roshanikra and Metulla this is the sensitive area with the area of the Kibbutzim and the Moshevim and other places what we can see first of all we have to be in a stronger lot because this is the time that we already assess that before the holidays that Hezbollah has let's say they are looking to be active secondly you see that concerning the reporters said each Israeli civilians making its own personal personal assessment towards what to do to live to see what's going on you cannot avoid it even you have to courage it to because it's something that I think it's good for the people secondly or the third point that besides what happened in Saturday also a lot of reserve forces were called and were sent to the border with Lebanon you cannot take a risk it's another story if it happened there it will move the weight of the IDF from the area of Gaza towards Lebanon when it's IDF especially Air Force and others and it's another story for Israel you ask me whether it's the silence shoot something I believe also that the United States today evening statements by President Biden and the know that they are going to send here some ships coming to the area it's a signal to Iran be careful we will support Israel it's something to balance this situation so it's sensitive if you ask me we are not yet the bus has not come to the station but it's very close and in this respect you know you were talking about the calculations every Israeli civilian is now making among themselves but when we're talking about the overall Israeli assessment of what is a greater risk that his father will join or that will be deterred how do you balance those two fears I think that at the end we cannot not to be honest to say that what happened yesterday in Gaza brought a lot of uncertain lose a lot of self-confidence and brought the people for such reaction and even of thinking about we are very close to a war on defending our home and our future here it can become as a war from terror and this is something that we said all the time that the new clear is the terrorist but the issue is coming from the round us and inside the question and I believe in the IDF the Israeli population as we see brave people what they did saving their children saving this country we don't have any other opportunity besides win and we will win yes we do have you for another few minutes before we wrap up this our major general down got obviously referencing what Goldomir said 50 years ago when she was asked about the objectives of the Yom Kippur war Israel will win because it simply we have no other choice this is the case now as well but in this respect as we are entering day three of this war in a few hours what are the immediate objectives of the Israeli army what should what is the focus for the coming day first of all I hope that the army will succeed to clean the area as soon as possible as it more taking time it's bringing more problems the moment that we will be sure that we succeed to move back or to kill those terrorists in our territory it's something you're going to another fence you can centralize them to do what you have to do concerning the north and concerning the south there is something I think that the loss of price for Hezbollah and Iran by opening any kind of escalation with Israel has a lot of meaning it means that Iran will not have very soon or very soon I mean few years from now another opportunity to create any kind of escalation in the Middle East and that is Iran based its policy in the area based on the Hezbollah is the main proxy the moment that Iran release and it start a fire it means a big disaster but we will win and Iranian will suffer from the fact that we stop their activities in terror in the region so well that might be the end goal but it seems that now we're at the very beginning of a very tough campaign thank you very much Mr. General it and dangos for this for a quick break we'll be back at the top of the hour today I'm making three different dishes with edible flowers a salad which is a mix of seasonal leaves and flowers a spelt pastry filled with our greens and a beet dish served with our sour cream topped with wood sorrel and wild mustard flowers flowers more than any other plant indicate the season of the year thanks to their high sensitivity to climate changes such as temperature and light so when you serve a dish with flowers it's almost like presenting the current season on a plate we're in moshav matah located in the Jerusalem district of Israel our agricultural family farm is called Yerukaleh and it includes its yellow struck and our flower greenhouses we grow edible flowers herbs leaves and berries in a special technique using cultivation tables and harvesting by hand another field of the farm is the wild vegetation growing in its surroundings that we forage seasonally some of the flowers are very typical to the Judean hills area such are the wild mustard and the asphodel which blossoms in springtime


What's the word, y'all? All right, man, the Western Conference Finals have officially started. All I'm asking for is eventually we get some fun, like close games. I would argue that this was fun just because Warriors basketball went at its peak. It's like the most pure version of basketball.  Even though I ended up being a blowout and it seemed like they had the game from tip off, it still was enjoyable. But I do, y'all, I do want to see some close games. So hopefully tomorrow's game between Boston and Miami's either close or the next game in this series is even close. I mean, Dallas just won a series versus the Suns where every single one of the games was a blowout. I think the average margin of victory before we even get to the game, 7-30 point blowout with 17 and a half points.  If they're not shooting well, they're gonna lose by 20. If they are shooting well, they're gonna win by 20. Like, I don't understand the people that try to overanalyze game ones because it's so hard to tell what the hell you're gonna get from game two to game seven, especially when you have some of the most elite coaches. I saw the Dallas Mavericks go down 0-2 in their last series. Jason Kier makes them change and boom, they won their series, you know what I'm saying? But I gotta give a lot of flowers to the Warriors because they did their thing. Let me go ahead and look at my notes. I love the amount of different coverage as they threw at Luka Donchich. There was one thing that the Phoenix Suns didn't do last series. They pretty much had one singular game plan and when that game plan did not work, then that was it. But in this one, Steve Kerr threw, I saw boxing one or what I seem to see as boxing one. Maybe it wasn't, but in those possessions that felt like a boxing one, there was zone. There was straight up a one-on-one defense between Wiggins and Luka and they did such a good job of not allowing them to cherry pick matchups, right? In the last series, Luka was like, we won Chris Paul, we won Devon Booker and I'ma give them 40. With the Warriors defense worked so much, so much harder and they were like, yeah, you're gonna get some possessions where Steph Curry's guarding Luka but we're gonna do everything in our power to allow Steph Curry to be guarding whoever we need him to guard. And that was one thing that Reggie Miller was talking about on the broadcast, even though that broadcast the team might not be the best, I thought they gave some good insight. He was saying that the Mavericks aren't doing a great enough job to get Steph Curry as the primary defender and in my mind, I'm watching these games. I'm like, well, that's because the Warriors are not allowing it, they're just not allowing it. It was just great team defense where the rotations was all great and they were doing everything. Wiggins had one of his, can I say one of his best defensive performances? Wiggins has been a great defender all season long but it's on the main stage. Now, when he's going to get Luka, who just averaged like 30 something points per game in the last series and turned into Michael Jordan in the game seven, but he contained Luka. Especially when we get to that third quarter, Steph Curry comes out, 10-0 run by the Warriors. He's shimmying and doing some dances and stuff but it was like back-to-back possessions where Luka tried to get to the paint and they cost turnovers. Draymond Green getting the cookie job and one thing I like about that play specifically Draymond Green got the steal and he was on a fast break. Draymond Green, not a guy that normally looks to score often and he kind of got the Kenny Beecham syndrome. I hate being on fast breaks by myself because there's so much pressure and though the layup is the easiest shot in basketball, if you missed that layup you'd laugh and start but he passed it to Clay Thompson who at that point had zero points and that guy Clay Thompson going. Even though he only hit one three on the day, they got him going. He was hit and turned around, fade away, mid-range jump shots and sometimes you just need to see that ball go in and Draymond Green just dissing it off to Clay Thompson for an easy layup on a fast break helped that a lot. But man, Jason Kier got to figure it out, man. Like I said, this Dallas Maverick team was down 2-0 in their last series. So they know how to fight back the sand goals. The series is not starting to a home team loses and so far in the conference finals, the home team is won. So it is what it is. Kevon Lune deserves another MVP award just like he deserved to get in the last series, the last game of the last series. Cause I thought he did a very good job. There's a lot of times where in order to prevent Steph Curry from being the one that was guarding Luka Donchich, it was Kevon Lune. And I was like, do we like this matchup more than Steph Curry? And the answer was yes. It was like the slow footedness of Luka being countered by the slow footedness of Kevon Lune. We felt like every time Kevon Lune was guarding in Luka Donchich, it was like step back three attempt. And he made a few of them. I'm Jaylen Brunson made a few of them as well, maybe not threes, but just overall jump shots when Kevon Lune was switched on to him. But Kevon Lune was playing some really good defense in space versus the better ball handlers on this team. So thumbs up to Kevon Lune. They used to talk about it on the broadcast that he looked dead tired out there and he did. And I was like, y'all up by 22 points at this point. Can you get him two, three minutes of rest? You got some other, the mind you'll be Elitsa, you know, John of the Kaminga. Cause at this point, one of the other reasons other than the Dallas Mavericks losing the three point game or just shooting terribly was the rebounds. In the last series, they pretty much won the rebound battle every single game versus the Suns. And it was one thing I remember talking about in the pseudo preview that we did at the end of the Warrior series. I was saying that the Dallas Mavericks are a good rebounded team. So I wonder how the Golden State Warriors are rebounding against them, because Dallas had won the rebound battle in every single game in their previous series. And in this one, the Warriors dominated the glass and dominated the paint. Total rebounds is 46 to 58 by double digits. Steph Curry led all rebounders with 12.  It was the good old Russell Westbrook thing. We're like, we know Stephen Adams couldn't average like 12 rebounds a game in those years in OKC, but we were okay. We're letting Russell Westbrook get the rebounds because of course he was chasing history, but also that means our offense starts immediately because we don't waste one and a half seconds trying to out let it to our guard. Now Steph Curry got it, and we can just straight up run. And this is what happened when you got Kevon Looney on a switch with Luka Dodgecich. And that was one of the reasons why the bosses, no, not the bosses. Luka Dodgecich and the Mavericks rebounded the ball so well in the previous series as they're like Luka with toy with the opposing big man. And now they can't go out and rebound where the Warriors turn into a great team rebounded team. You know what I'm saying? That allowed Wiggins to go out there and get some more. Drey Montgomery was great today. He was flexing out of air one. The defense from him and Wiggins and Kevon Looney was elite today. And if you continue to get that, it's gonna be a hard series for the Dallas Mavericks. Like I said, man, this Warriors team is the purest version of basketball imaginable. And I'm a guy that loves a lot of different kind of basketball.  I enjoyed watching that style of offense mostly because it was different. And the Warriors offense is different because it's so fluid. And that's how you get the games where you have 17 turnovers because they may have a trouble reading and reacting to what they teammates be doing. But in this one, I mean, when it is working, it's the most beautiful thing of all time, bro. It's legit. Every basketball fans wet dream, which I'm being honest with you. And dang, they don't have the play-by-play up just yet. I have a couple screenshots of times of plays. Every time I watched in this game, I was like, ooh, that was nice. I screenshot at the timeline. Oh, no, I didn't because YouTube TV, YouTube TV is trash and you cannot screen record and or screenshot. So I'm about to show you the plays and I ain't got them because YouTube TV, anytime you screenshot them, it goes blank. That's such an ale. What am I gonna do with a screenshot? I understand screen recording because I can record a 22 minute episode of whatever. But screenshotting, bro, that's ridiculous. And now they got me looking for him and I don't even remember what they were. I think one of them was a pass by Clay Thompson. So let me go find Clay Thompson's assist. No, no, no, no, no. Kevon Lune is actually the real deal. I know there's the meme about him being the next Kevin Durant when he was back in high school. Obviously he's not that. His role has changed dramatically since back then.  Everything about him has become underrated. The passing.  Things like this happen. This is one of the plays that made me say, wow. You got Wiggins trying to ice up right here. Shout out to Jaylen Brunson for helping. Luca, who's obviously not a great one-on-one defender. Pass Kevon Lune hands might not be the greatest, but look at that. Look at that. The decoy of, oh my God. Look, this is what I mean. The decoy of Steph Curry. They tried to switch step, but Reggie Bullock is lost in the sauce and now it's a lay-off of Clayton. One more time. One more time. Boom. Oh my God. Come on. That's pure basketball. In this game, they were using Kevon Lune more in the pick-and-roll than Draymond Green. And it just made Kevon Lune such a better passer. And you saw some of that because they weren't really guarding Draymond out there, which makes sense. I mean, if I'm coaching against the Warriors, my job is not to prevent Draymond from beating us because if Draymond beat you, he deserves it. Put that to his resume. But this is an amazing job. That's all. Did I mention the name Jordan Poole yet? I don't think I mentioned the name Jordan Poole at all. Jordan Poole, great. There was one play in the third quarter with one minute to go that I'd put in my notes. And the reason I have this clip right here is because I was thinking to myself, I don't even, I don't think that even though they won this game by double digits, and it was a good event to win from the tip off, that Steve Curry's completely content with the way his team performed. And that might be saying something crazy because, well, you won by 20 in the first game of the series. There were still a lot of mental lapses from the Warriors defense. And I think this is one of them that I kept in my mentions. You can see right here, I don't even remember exactly what happened. So we lab reacted to this one. Oh, here it is. This is what it was. So they're getting back on defense, right? And now when you get back on defense, you've got to pick up and match up well, right? So you get to kick out to Jalen Brunson. Both of these players, Otto Porter and Jordan Poole, are looking right at Jalen Brunson. But Jalen Brunson got the most telegraph looking on his face. He's throwing that ball. You know what he's throwing that ball. He's looking right at Spitzer Divinity, right in his eyeballs. But this is what happened. Nobody dumped down. Kevon Looney's telling Steph Curry to step up. Steph Curry's telling Otto Porter to step up. So like these are like mental lapses that probably shouldn't happen. And Spitzer Divinity had a very good game. He was one of the few people that showed up for the Dallas Mavericks today. But you cannot do this often in game two because I don't expect the Dallas Mavericks to shoot as bad as they did tonight for the rest of this series. So that could have been Dwarf and Smith who struggled today or Reggie Bullock who struggled today. So, you know, stuff like that, I'm sure they're gonna look at two in a film room and get the communications back up so you don't get these open looks from good shooters. This game was fast AF. Also on my notes, literally in my notes, it says fast AF. There were not a lot of foul calls and because of that, they let them boys play. I think the overall time was a little over two hours of gameplay or like overall TV time. And that's counting what like commercials and halftime shows, which was cool. The pacing was good in this game. Could there have been more fouls called? And the favor of Luka Donch is probably, probably, but they was letting them play out there. There's that one play where Dwarf and Smith got called for an offensive foul that I completely disagree with. But like I've mentioned in videos before, our fish eating is hard. They're not gonna get it right 100% of the time. So I'm just cutting them some kind of slack in that sense. And this is what, it's rough about the conference finals because what do I talk about now? I guess the all rookie teams came out, but even that is like kind of nothing to talk about because nobody remembers all rookie teams. I saw Josh Giddy upset that he was on the second team. I understand why he's upset. He had a great season. I think he won rookie of the month every single month that he was healthy, but he wasn't healthy for basically the last month or so. And he dropped down to the second team and Jaylen Green went up and then like the NBA Statenurge or like how is Herb Jones not on the first team. Only five people can make it. You know, it is what it is. Nobody's gonna remember it at the end of the day. It doesn't even improve your overall resume when you retire and try to make it to the Hall of Fame. We can't let Josh Giddy in because he was on the second team when he was an 18 year old, not on the first team. So the rest of the stuff don't really matter. But no, I like that the players when they're upset about it because maybe that's the fuel for Josh Giddy to get in the lab and with him in the second overall pick and Shay and Lou Dorton. Hopefully they can stay healthy and boom, they do a little something, something I don't really know. But that was released today. The only problem in us doing semi-daily videos like this is that the other things that happen revolving around the NBA that may not be on court kind of get overshadowed. We didn't even talk about like Patrick Beverly going on TV for 48 hours and just talking trash about Chris Paul. We didn't even get to talk about that. And I guess Danny Green responded to Patrick Beverly and then now Patrick Beverly responded to Danny Green. NBA is a soap opera. And I'm okay with that. I'm okay with that. Let me hear what Danny Green said about this all.   How would you like that? Is this recorded? Is this recorded? Is this recorded? Shout out to Danny Green, I guess. That's great. And what did Patrick Beverly say? NBA is a soap opera. I can get behind this. Once it started getting to the political thing, the epidemiology, that's why I draw the line. But if we just trash talk from NBA players, I'm here for this 100% And Patrick Beverly responded to saying what? And when I tell you it took me 15 minutes, no exaggeration, a full screen this tweet, here it is. He tweeted that Danny Green and said, health and wealth. And I swear Patrick Beverly is gonna use this graphic until the end of his career, end after. He's tweeted it like five times in the last 48 hours. I mean, I don't blame him. You feel me? That's the elite company. But he's using it a lot. And Danny Green said, oh, love bro, I'm not the person who we talking our stuff. Keep doing you champ. He kind of backtracked a little bit. I'm not a fan of that. All right, that's enough for this. I've been, normally I'd be using this keyboard from High Ground, but I recently got this new one and it's now a little bit different. It's an attack on Titan one. This is just me showcasing a new keyboard that I really like. Okay, all right, bye.