Qatar’s prime minister said Sunday that the location of the Hamas leader believed to have planned the Oct. 7 attack in Israel is currently unknown, saying that information was likely only known by those close to him. CBS’s Margaret Brennan asked Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on...
Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said Sunday that a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas could be extended if the militant group releases more hostages than was agreed upon days earlier in a deal in which a total of 50 people are expected to be released. Israel...
2024 GOP presidential primary candidate Chris Christie slammed calls for voters to consolidate their support behind either his campaign or fellow candidate Nikki Haley’s. “This idea of people just doing math and adding up numbers, that's not the way voters vote,” in an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “And, so, I would...
2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said on Sunday that President Biden deserves credit for helping release the hostages in Gaza, but he criticized the deal as “lopsided” in favor of Hamas. “Look, I think that any time there's return of hostages, that's incredibly helpful. And President Biden and his administration has played a role...
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that he is “hopeful” that four-year-old Israeli-American hostage Abigail Idan will be released at some point, but would not specify the timing of such release. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sullivan told anchor Dana Bash that he has “reason to believe” that an...
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said 10 American hostages remain in Gaza as of Sunday, and that three of them qualify for release under the latest deal because they are women and children as anticipation builds for more hostages to be freed this weekend. Sullivan made the rounds on the Sunday political news shows as...
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan sidestepped a question Sunday on whether the Biden administration would support restrictions on aid to Israel. CBS’s Margaret Brennan asked Sullivan about President Biden’s response to a question on some Democrats’ calls to put conditions on military aid to Israel, where he said it was a "worthwhile thought.” Sullivan clarified Biden’s comments,...