Save the Children president and CEO Janti Soeripto tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that amid the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, the organization is trying to connect more than 17,000 separated Gazan children with their family members “It’s a real moment of hope and peril at the same time,” she said. Source

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, who was one of the senators on the Armed Services Committee who questioned Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth closely, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that he believes Hegseth would be a “very dangerous Secretary of Defense.” Source

The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Jan. 19, 2025. Source

The following is the transcript of an interview with Brett McGurk, the White House National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Jan. 19, 2025. Source

No date has been set for Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial choice to lead the FBI. Despite comments by former Trump administration officials about Patel and what Patel wrote in his book, Graham tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that he is “ready to vote for Kash Patel.” Source

As the first three Israeli hostages held by Hamas were released to the Red Cross, Brett McGurk, the White House National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the ceasefire deal is a “detailed, complex arrangement to leave nothing to chance.” Source

The following is the transcript of an interview with Save the Children president and CEO Janti Soeripto on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Jan. 19, 2025. Source

President Biden marked the long-awaited ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas in remarks Sunday as the deal officially took effect, celebrating that it had “finally come to fruition.” Source

Mike Waltz, who will take over as national security adviser in the incoming Trump administration, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the new administration will support Israel if Hamas “reneges on this deal.” Further, he said “Hamas will never govern Gaza.” Source

Fifteen months after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, it is too soon to say the war is over — but it is on pause as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect Sunday morning. Elizabeth Palmer reports from Tel Aviv. Source