On this 'Face the Nation' broadcast, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell join Margaret Brennan.
On this 'Face the Nation' broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, Democat of MichiganU.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Pennsylvania, and Jared Golden, Democrat of MaineOksana Markarova, Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. Fiona Hill, former White House Russia expert Click here to browse full transcripts of 'Face the Nation.
Our Robert Costa will be here with political analysis and news about Nikki Haley's next steps.Then, on to the international challenges sparking political turmoil here at home. Will backlash over President Biden's support of Israel's war in Gaza hurt him in Tuesday's Michigan primary? We will talk to a key Democrat, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell.
How long can Nikki Haley stay in the race? Mr. Prime Minister, the U.S. is working on a hostage deal that President Biden has said would bring with it at least six weeks of calm. The intelligence chiefs met on Friday. Are we close to a deal? Mm-hmm. On the issue of the hostages, as you know, time is of the essence here. So, if this deal happens, and there are six weeks of calm that go with it, does that provide an opening to end this war? Or will you still go into Southern Gaza, into Rafah regardless?
Well, the White House says they need to see a credible and executable plan to protect civilians and the 1.4 million people who are sheltering in Southern Gaza. This morning, the White House says they still have not seen such a plan, and no major military operation should proceed without it. Have you approved the plans that you've said you've asked for?
That's where you're going to move… To move 1.4 million people into Northern Gaza? Can you guarantee that the IDF will not push… OK. Sure. You said that victory is within reach. … of you personally, sir – you know this – in the U.S. Congress and within the Biden White House. When your closest ally is telling you things like this and telling you that you need to reconsider a strategy, isn't it worth considering?
Yes. Sure, but the former head of Central Command was on this program just a few weeks ago and said, basically, you have not articulated any specific endgame here. So – but, putting that aside, I want to come back to a few different things you said. Yes. And we will win this war. I hope that's true.
And, if it's true, then – then that will reinforce the decision made by the government – by the people of Israel, through their elected representative.And, by the way, if people try to foist it on us, it will be a terrible mistake… … committed against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. I didn't say it was wrong. I said – I said some good friends gave us advice. It turned out to be that we performed a lot better than they anticipated.
I – I think that any civilian casualty is a tragedy. And I don't say that halfheartedly. I lost a brother in war. I myself was wounded while releasing hostages from a kidnapped – from a hijacked plane. I have lost friends in battle. I – I know what it means to lose friends and what it means to lose family members. So, I – we don't have an argument there.
He gives Mosul as a comparison. Well, it is, but it – that's the answer. You can't say, oh, you – you give immunity to the terrorists because they're hiding amongst civilians and forcing civilians not to leave.
Yes. … sending pamphlets. We have done that effort. Hamas tries to keep them at gunpoint. … a secure future for Israel, a better future for Gaza, a better future for the Middle East, and a setback for the Iran terror axis. That's in all our interests. It's in America's interest too. So I want to say to you, I know many of this community. I have lived in Dearborn for many years with my husband, and there are two campaigns. One is an abandon Biden campaign, but the other, the major campaign that has made over 100,000 calls – we'll see how many people vote on Tuesday – are trying to make sure the president hears them. They have so many family in Gaza.
And I – I continue to talk to the White House every day, tell them how important it is. And they assure me that the president is very engaged in delivering very direct messages. You know, I know we need a cease-fire. A temporary cease-fire… … that – we need the hostages to be returned. We will be right back with a lot more Face the Nation, including the latest push for Ukraine aid. Stay with us.
I want to make that clear. It's been a purple state as long as I've been doing presidential elections. This is a very important issue here, but there are going to be other issues too. This state's going to be purple from now until November. And I'll tell you one more thing because I am the person that fought 30 years to have a state like Michigan as one of the early primaries.
Now the Republicans are scared to death and all running out and saying they support IVF. You know what, they've never been someone who's tried to get pregnant. They've never had to live through all of this. And I think a lot of women are going to be very emotional about their women's health decisions should be made between them, their doctor, their faith and their family, and the federal government's got no business in it.
do. We have a bipartisan bill. It's the only one in the House. And as of Friday, we have filed with the clerk, expedited consideration. Normally any kind of discharge like that would take 30 days to even be considered right , but we figured out a way with the parliamentarian to expedite that to a seven-day period.
Well, I think the - the most important thing to remember here is that the votes are there to support Ukraine and our other allies, Israel, Taiwan, and I think that the votes are there on border security as well. You know, the Senate started with a bill. They had to boil it down to whatever it could get, 60 votes. The House needs to go through a very similar process. Brian and I are actually talking about having a more open debate on the House floors. Amendments should be in order.
Although I think that we also have to set priorities. And so, at the end of the day, what are the most important crises that we have to deal with in the here and now in the very short term? And I would say that that would be securing our border and also helping avoid battlefield catastrophes in Ukraine.
I would. If our bill gets to the floor, it will also have a lot of votes. I mean Jared can – can reflect the Democrat caucus perspective, but we think, you know, super, you know, super majority, I think two-thirds of the House would support this. It is open to amendments.
Correct. That's right. Absolutely, and maybe we hitch a ride on the CR with this, right? I mean, hopefully, we can - This is a paired down - well, it's military aid, which, by the way, 80 percent of which gets spent inside the United States. That's a big misnomer that's being perpetuated. You either believe that what we're doing for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan is an act of charity or you believe it's an act of global security. We believe it's an act of global security. That's an investment.
That's always a risk. I mean any time you have a one person motion to vacate, which, by the way, is never going to happen ever again. We're not going to buy that line ever again because you see what – how it's manifested on the floor this cycle. It's basically created gridlock. We will never, ever agree to that ever again. But we've got to get through this cycle. We have time sensitive existential challenges right now.
We're - our – our vehicle is bare bones. It's going to be opened up to amendments. And let the House work its will. Good morning, Margaret. Absolutely. And that support could be there within a month. Like, we hear - Well, the war has always been about weapons, you know. We always had enough motivated Ukrainians to defend our homes and we always needed more weapons at any given time. But, of course, now the situation is critical. And I wouldn't call it a victory because we defended Avdiivka for ten years. And Russians simply destroyed it. They did not take it over. They - they destroyed the whole town, like they've done to so many.
And I think the only competition there could be how to do it faster, how to win faster, how to show that democracies can stand their ground. They said 700,000. So, it can be as bad as that. And, literally, you know, it's - it's one of the first times after World War II and Nazis when they simply abduct children, put them up for speedy adoption, torture them, indoctrinate them, put them through these reeducation camps. That's why we have created this Bring Kids Back UA initiative and that's why we're so glad that so many countries, and I'm so glad that U.S.
Thank you very much. Yesterday the body of opposition leader Alexei Navalny was handed over to his mother after she had asked for more than a week to have him released, his corps released. Why do you think Vladimir Putin changed his mind and let it happen? This past week, though, we – we saw not only the victory in eastern Ukraine, you saw the death - death of Alexei Navalny. You saw Russia take another American prisoner because she donated $50 to a Ukraine charity.
Well, we're in the middle of an election in this country. You worked for Donald Trump when he was in office. He has continued to call himself a political dissident. He actually compared himself to Alexei Navalny. LAURA INGRAHAM, FOX NEWS: It's a lot of - a lot of . So, we hear from Trump supporters at rallies, though, questions about aid to Ukraine. Is what he is talking – is he planting seeds that last, even if Joe Biden wins the election?
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