This week on “Face the Nation,” Margaret Brennan, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan discusses the latest in Israel and Gaza; plus to Robert Mardini, the director-general of the International Committee of Red Cross. Source
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Face The Nation: Vance, Al Ghoul, Mardini
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on…Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio tells “Face that Nation” that he doesn’t think the U.S. should provide aid to Palestinian citizens because “if you deliver a large amount of humanitarian assistance, CBS News producer Marwan Al Ghoul lives in Gaza, and he tells “Face the Nation” that he saw “death, bodies, everywhere around the hospital, Robert Mardini, the director-general of the International Committee of Red Cross, tells “Face the Nation” that three additional truckloads of medicine, medical equipment, water and sanitation equipment have made it into Gaza on Sunday. Source
As war between Israel and Hamas enters fourth week, pain is what Israelies and Palestianians share
As the war between Israel and Hamas enters its fourth week, Holly Williams reflects on the magnitude of the story — and how the unimaginable, is now reality. Source
3 truckloads of aid from Red Cross has gotten into Gaza today, director-general says
Robert Mardini, the director-general of the International Committee of Red Cross, tells “Face the Nation” that three additional truckloads of medicine, medical equipment, water and sanitation equipment have made it into Gaza on Sunday. Source
Bayard Rustin: The man who transformed the civil rights movement
It was strategist Bayard Rustin – a pacifist and gay Black man – who organized the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I have a dream” speech. But Rustin’s role in transforming the civil rights movement has been largely forgotten. “Rustin,” a new film directed by George C. Wolfe and produced by former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company, is an attempt to correct the historical record about a marginalized figure who helped change society. Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with Wolfe and Barack Obama about Rustin’s legacy, and what his story means for today’s generation. Source
CBS News producer describes scene in Gaza: “I saw death, bodies, everywhere”
CBS News producer Marwan Al Ghoul lives in Gaza, and he tells “Face the Nation” that he saw “death, bodies, everywhere around the hospital, waiting for any car to pick up them and bury them in the graves.” Source
Full transcript of “Face the Nation,” Oct. 29. 2023
On this “Face the Nation” broadcast, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Robert Mardini, director-general of the International Committee of Red Cross, join Margaret Brennan. Source
Attacks on U.S. installations in the Middle East could “change the calculus,” Gen. Joseph Votel says
Gen. Joseph Votel, former Commander of U.S. Central Command, tells “Face the Nation” that any attacks on American installations in the Middle East could “significantly change the calculus for us.” “It’s very clear … that Iran is behind” the militia attacks in Syria and Iraq, Votel said. Source
U.S. and Israel have had “conversations like friends do on the hard questions,” Jake Sullivan says
National security adviser Jake Sullivan tells “Face the Nation” that the U.S. has pressed Israel to distinguish between Hamas and Palestinian civilians amid growing pressure to protect civilians in Gaza as Israel expands its raids. “We have conversations like friends do on the hard questions that I talked about before — on issues associated with humanitarian aid, on distinguishing between terrorists and innocent civilians, on how Israel’s thinking through its military operation,” Sullivan said. Source
Netanyahu declares “second stage of the war” has begun
While Israeli officials stopped short of calling the situation in Gaza an invasion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the “second stage of the war” had begun. Charlie D’Agata reports from Tel Aviv. Source