00:00Let's launch straight into it.
00:02A lot of news is already breaking as we sit down for our interview.
00:06We know Israel has launched the first stage of its Gaza City ground offensive.
00:12President Trump has previously stopped short of openly endorsing this plan.
00:17He has said, though, that Hamas can't stay.
00:22Does the administration support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to take full control of Gaza City?
00:30Well, the president's made it very clear that this is a decision the Israelis have to make.
00:35It's their future on the line.
00:36And they're also dealing with an issue that goes back to October the 7th,
00:40when they were overrun by the terrorists of Hamas who massacred and slaughtered 1,200 of their civilians
00:47and then took 250 people hostage.
00:50This has gone on for far too long because Hamas has been just stubborn in not wanting it to end.
00:57The president's message has been very clear and very consistent.
01:02Hamas can't stay.
01:03They have no role in the future of Gaza, and they need to let all of the hostages go.
01:10So that's consistent with his message to say that Israel has to do what Israel feels it has to do.
01:17The president's message to say that Israel has to do what Israel feels it has to do.
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