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Sekulow | Sekulow - The War is Ove and the Hostages are Home | October 29, 2025
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- - on today's show, now that the hostages have been returned,
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- The next phase of trump's plan is critical for peace.
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- The united states and president trump
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- Definitely need to take a lotta credit for this,
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- As all of the hostages, the living hostages,
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- Have been returned home.
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- I can't believe we're saying it. i can't believe we're here.
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- As we are on the precipice of a peace deal,
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- Obviously that there is currently a ceasefire
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- In place with some restrictions,
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- We'll go through what that looks like,
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- But today is also another day to celebrate.
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- It's also a day to mourn with the families
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- Of those families that will not be coming home,
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- As we know that that was many people who did not survive.
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- Course, there are also many bodies and remains
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- That have not been returned.
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- Now, two cases,
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- Two aclj clients, we know, were part of this,
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- Including the twins, who we saw reunited yesterday,
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- And we didn't do a show yesterday.
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- I was traveling. jordan was traveling.
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- We also were working on this
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- To make sure we had full confirmation
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- That our clients were back safe.
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- They were back safe, and we also know, sadly;
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- We'll talk about this a little bit later;
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- That the remains of one of our client's families
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- Was one of those that was returned.
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- So again, there is excitement. there's celebration.
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- There's also the true somber side
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- Of what looks to be the end of the war.
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- President trump claimed it to be the end of the war.
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- We sure hope so.
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- I took yesterday to really just pray,
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- To watch all of the stories.
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- I tried to watch as many of the reunion videos as i could.
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- Sort of the stoic side of it, the interesting side of it,
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- Was seeing that the families were so emotional
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- And the hostages were as expected,
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- A bit shocked, a bit emotionless sometimes,
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- Because, remember, they have been being held in captivity
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- For a number of years now.
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- Who knows what they were going through?
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- And i tried to show my son yesterday.
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- We were watching all the different news channels.
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- I was flipping through, and he's aware of what's going on.
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- He's almost 13, about to have his bar mitzvah,
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- And i said, "hey, you know, you should watch this."
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- And we were kinda flipping between the channels,
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- And he's like, "well, what is the difference here?"
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- And i kinda told him.
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- I was like, "fox will be a little more right-leaning.
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- Msnbc will be much more left-leaning.
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- You have cnn, who claims
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- To be a little bit more in the middle,
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- But sometimes, they have better international coverage."
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- So we flipped over to cnn,
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- And of course, the first thing he sees
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- Is christiane amanpour,
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- Saying that the hostages were likely kept better
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- Than the regular people of gaza,
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- You know, 'cause they were the pawns in this.
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- And of course, he not only laughs.
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- He gets upset, and it's like,
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- "i can't believe they would say that.
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- These people have been hostages for multiple years,"
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- Because, again, the backpedaling
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- Now there is a peace plan
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- And one that a lot of the world
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- Has had to thank president trump,
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- Including those on the other side.
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- A lot of 'em didn't, especially in our own...
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- Well, it's weird. it's, like, the world did.
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- We saw keir starmer come out with very strong statement.
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- Of course, he's worried about his own political future
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- But make a very strong statement,
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- Saying, "yes, this was president trump."
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- We saw, obviously, pretty much every republican.
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- But we saw a lot of democrats;
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- I would say probably 98% of the democrats;
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- Leaving out his name,
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- Which is really just a shame
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- Because, look, i've had issues with president trump.
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- I think he's done, really, some great things.
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- I think he's done some things i disagree with,
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- But there is nothing you could take away
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- From this moment being historic,
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- And the fact that...
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- Even if this is it...
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- And i don't think it is.
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- I think we are headed towards a bigger peace plan,
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- And we're gonna discuss that in the next segment.
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- I'm gonna let will actually speak. i'm sorry, will.
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- I'm monologuing here. i got a lot to say.
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- We're gonna talk about that in the next segment coming up.
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- And i wanna hear from you what are your thoughts on this,
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- 'cause even if this is it
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- And it's just that the hostages were free
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- That would be enough. (touching music continues)
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- That would be enough. (touching music continues)
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- - there was this weight that felt like it was lifted
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- Off of a lot of our shoulders.
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- Though we were not the families of the hostages,
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- Though we were not the hostages ourselves,
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- Think a lot of us have been living, since october 7th,
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- With this heaviness,
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- With this, you know, just stress
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- That has been on the backs of people that support israel
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- And the people that support the jewish people
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- For the last few years.
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- So to say that it was a relief would be an understatement.
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- You know, i saw a lotta people
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- Removing their yellow ribbon pins,
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- Getting to do all the things
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- That they were hopeful to do within weeks.
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- But of course, it took multiple years,
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- You know, trees that were permanently marked
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- With those yellow ribbons,
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- The clothing that had been permanently
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- Marked with the outlines
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- Because of how long it had been.
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- No one expected it to last this many years,
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- But here we are.
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- And cece heil, senior attorney here at the aclj,
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- Is joining us because we were involved from very beginning.
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- And we're going to walk you through that,
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- But also, i'm gonna show you some the footage
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- Coming up in the next segment
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- So you have an understanding
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- Of all the work
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- That when you support the aclj, what you're supporting.
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- You're not just supporting our media work here,
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- Which is, by the way, excellent.
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- I love our team here. we do incredible work.
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- But obviously, it's our advocacy and our legal work
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- That is important, as well.
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- And when it involved the hostages
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- And the families of the hostages,
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- We are involved in a way...
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- And look, a lot of it...
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- There were some successes, and there were some heartbreaks.
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- And look, it's all heartbreaking,
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- And that's even what i said
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- Is that you could look at yesterday as a joyous day
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- But it doesn't come without major scars,
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- So let's just walk some...
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- Walk our audience through this.
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- - well, and i was just thinking.
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- And i was in israel in march,
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- And i visited one of the kibbutz and also the nova festival,
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- Where horrible events happened on october 7th.
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- So yes, just as you're saying is,
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- Yesterday was very much
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- A joyous, joyous day.
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- I think about just the memories
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- And all the people that were lost,
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- All the families that didn't have, you know, their hostages
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- Come back alive,
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- And i just continue to pray for those people.
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- And one of them would be one...
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- One of our clients was guy iluz.
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- Doris, his mother, is american,
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- And i just texted her because we just found out
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- That his remains had been returned.
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- - [logan] one of the few.
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- - yes, that's right.
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- And so again, this is an event
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- That's going to affect these people and their lives
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- And really, like you're saying, logan, all of us.
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- We will remember this day,
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- And we should never forget what happened on october 7th.
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- But what we were able to do with the hostages...
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- Not only were we able
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- To bring the hostage families over to the united states
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- And host them and take them to events on capitol hill
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- And meet with congressmen.
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- We also were able to represent 10 of the hostages
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- Before the working group
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- On enforced or involuntary disappearances
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- At the un.
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- And that is...
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- Their mandate is basically to engage
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- In the countries that possibly take these citizens hostages,
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- As well as israel,
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- So working with israel
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- And, even though hamas is not a country,
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- Working with israel and hamas,
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- We had 10 of them.
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- And like you said, we had victories and some sad moments.
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- Eight of our clients were released,
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- And that was, if you recall, the brodutch family.
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- It was a mother and her three small children,
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- 10, eight, and four,
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- And then two of the women,
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- Emily damari and doron steinbrecher.
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- And actually, emily was one that was taken
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- With the twins, ziv and gali berman.
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- They went to help her, and all three of them were abducted.
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- And then we...
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- Ziv and gali were two
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- Of the 20 that were released and alive,
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- And we were very happy about that.
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- And then we did have two clients,
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- One, of course, guy, who did not make it back alive,
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- And then another one, alon shamriz, who did not.
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- - yeah, i think with the aclj team,
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- There was some inevitability
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- Of knowing that there was a chance here,
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- But we've also had a great number of years of success,
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- Of freeing people who are falsely imprisoned
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- Or hostages in this sense.
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- So when that first wave came through
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- And we realized that a lotta the hostages
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- Were no longer alive,
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- I think it took...
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- A lot of us...
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- It shocked a lot of us, and it put us in a different mode.
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- That is something that it's hard to explain,
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- Because, remember, when you're kinda batting 1,000,
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- When you've done a great job,
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- And your team has, and jordan and my dad and everyone
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- Who's put together the legal teams around the world
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- And, for the most part, massive successes over the years;
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- The people have been freed;
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- And you're dealing with these families,
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- And a lotta times,
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- We have been able to celebrate with these families,
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- To know, two years ago even,
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- 'cause some of these we learned,
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- You know, within weeks or months,
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- That they had died,
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- It changed the tone of the way
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- That we even do our work here,
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- Because now we weren't dealing with the same kind of threat
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- That we even were dealing with
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- When you're dealing with a person in a iranian prison
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- Or you're dealing with someone arrested in china.
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- You're dealing with a different kind of regime
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- When it came to hamas.
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- And i think that was an eye-opening moment for a lot of us,
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- Not that we thought hamas was ever the good guys here
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- Or had any sort of thought
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- That they were gonna be operating like a normal government,
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- But when you started to deal with the actual loss
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- And knowing these people and seeing these families
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- And being face-to-face with 'em,
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- Like i said, it caused a lotta heartbreak for them,
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- And it caused a lotta heartbreak for our team,
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- Who had been there.
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- I tried to set up our offices here
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- So you know that going in,
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- That you know, going in, that there's a chance
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- Not just that it could be a legal...
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- When it's these stakes,
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- It's not a legal case that could be lost.
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- It's lives that can be lost, and that happens sometimes.
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- And it's brutal, and it's horrible,
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- But it's the reality of working in these high-stakes things.
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- And we can't have...
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- We have to have people like you,
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- Who are unafraid of that,
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- And people who are at least willing
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- To take on that stress and that responsibility
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- Work all night because of the time change,
- 00:10:40.106 --> 00:10:42.375
- All those different things that i don't know
- 00:10:42.375 --> 00:10:44.477
- If people put into perspective
- 00:10:44.477 --> 00:10:46.079
- Of what our team is doing around the clock.
- 00:10:46.079 --> 00:10:49.215
- - well, and i also wanted to bring up the fact
- 00:10:49.215 --> 00:10:51.151
- That, whether it's a court case that lasts years
- 00:10:51.151 --> 00:10:54.687
- Or it's advocating for someone
- 00:10:54.687 --> 00:10:56.656
- That's being falsely imprisoned or held hostage by hamas,
- 00:10:56.656 --> 00:10:59.993
- Our attorneys don't stop.
- 00:10:59.993 --> 00:11:02.195
- We've talked about the meetings in capitol hill.
- 00:11:03.163 --> 00:11:05.331
- We had teams in europe going to the european union
- 00:11:05.331 --> 00:11:08.668
- And representing before the un.
- 00:11:08.668 --> 00:11:11.204
- So there's no limits to how far we will go
- 00:11:11.204 --> 00:11:13.973
- To advocate and to fight,
- 00:11:13.973 --> 00:11:15.975
- And we see results.
- 00:11:16.442 --> 00:11:18.778
- Many of those families now have their loved one home.
- 00:11:18.778 --> 00:11:23.449
- And also, some have closure now at the final end of this,
- 00:11:23.449 --> 00:11:27.587
- But it's a battle
- 00:11:27.587 --> 00:11:30.657
- That is taxing and exhausting
- 00:11:30.657 --> 00:11:32.926
- But does not end for the team at the aclj that fights these.
- 00:11:32.926 --> 00:11:37.630
- - and we do.
- 00:11:37.630 --> 00:11:39.098
- We are committed to fighting to the very end,
- 00:11:39.098 --> 00:11:41.467
- And it is a different level
- 00:11:41.467 --> 00:11:43.670
- Of emotional commitment
- 00:11:43.670 --> 00:11:46.406
- When you're not just fighting to get someone out of prison,
- 00:11:46.406 --> 00:11:49.409
- Like if we're talking about pastor brunson in turkey
- 00:11:49.409 --> 00:11:51.811
- Or these hostages in gaza.
- 00:11:51.811 --> 00:11:55.148
- When you're literally fighting to keep them alive,
- 00:11:55.148 --> 00:11:58.117
- That's a different issue.
- 00:11:58.117 --> 00:11:59.519
- It's not just trying to get justice in a court case.
- 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:02.889
- It's literally "we need to do whatever we can do
- 00:12:02.889 --> 00:12:05.959
- To keep these people alive."
- 00:12:05.959 --> 00:12:07.527
- And i'm hopeful that our efforts at the united nations,
- 00:12:07.527 --> 00:12:11.698
- Because unrwa was actually one of the places that held...
- 00:12:11.698 --> 00:12:15.635
- Emily damari, who is one of our clients,
- 00:12:15.635 --> 00:12:18.238
- Said she was held at an unrwa facility,
- 00:12:18.238 --> 00:12:20.640
- So we are
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- Hopeful that- - as a hostage.
- 00:12:22.141 --> 00:12:23.243
- - as a hostage.
- 00:12:23.243 --> 00:12:24.444
- - just to clarify. - yes, absolutely.
- 00:12:24.444 --> 00:12:25.845
- And so we're hopeful that us bringing attention
- 00:12:25.845 --> 00:12:28.248
- Of their specific names
- 00:12:28.248 --> 00:12:29.849
- To this un working group...
- 00:12:29.849 --> 00:12:31.618
- In some small way, perhaps we helped keep them alive,
- 00:12:31.618 --> 00:12:36.155
- And we are thrilled that they have been released
- 00:12:36.155 --> 00:12:39.425
- And that we could've played a small part
- 00:12:39.425 --> 00:12:41.694
- In them being released alive.
- 00:12:41.694 --> 00:12:44.364
- - absolutely, and i'm seeing a lotta the comments come in,
- 00:12:44.364 --> 00:12:46.232
- A lotta people thanking our team and all that,
- 00:12:46.232 --> 00:12:47.767
- And of course, you know, we have to thank our team.
- 00:12:47.767 --> 00:12:50.436
- We have to thank god.
- 00:12:50.436 --> 00:12:51.704
- We have to thank the trump administration
- 00:12:51.704 --> 00:12:52.906
- For really getting involved
- 00:12:52.906 --> 00:12:54.340
- In figuring out a very unique roadmap
- 00:12:54.340 --> 00:12:57.844
- To getting the release of these hostages.
- 00:12:57.844 --> 00:13:00.580
- And i see a lotta people...
- 00:13:00.580 --> 00:13:02.181
- Cece, thank you, obviously for the work, for pastor brunson,
- 00:13:02.181 --> 00:13:03.783
- For all the different things that we've worked on
- 00:13:03.783 --> 00:13:05.218
- Over the years.
- 00:13:05.218 --> 00:13:06.686
- It is nice to kind of put closure on these cases,
- 00:13:06.686 --> 00:13:09.522
- To say, "we are done. this is over."
- 00:13:09.522 --> 00:13:12.025
- And that's why i even said,
- 00:13:12.025 --> 00:13:13.993
- "if the peace plan works, fantastic.
- 00:13:13.993 --> 00:13:17.130
- We all pray for that,
- 00:13:17.130 --> 00:13:18.398
- But if even this was all the result,
- 00:13:18.398 --> 00:13:21.000
- Which was that these remaining hostages were freed,
- 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:24.037
- That would be worth it."
- 00:13:24.037 --> 00:13:25.338
- And i think it'd be worth it for our team,
- 00:13:25.338 --> 00:13:26.940
- And it's worth it for everyone here.
- 00:13:26.940 --> 00:13:29.375
- And i wanna thank you 'cause none of that happens
- 00:13:29.375 --> 00:13:31.778
- Without those of you who are watching right now
- 00:13:31.778 --> 00:13:33.613
- And support the work of the aclj.
- 00:13:33.613 --> 00:13:35.715
- You know, i'm not doing a big fundraising pitch right now,
- 00:13:35.715 --> 00:13:37.817
- 'cause i think this is a day to just spend time
- 00:13:37.817 --> 00:13:41.120
- And watch those videos, watch the stories.
- 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:42.855
- And in the next segment, we're gonna give you
- 00:13:42.855 --> 00:13:44.691
- A full sort of rundown,
- 00:13:44.691 --> 00:13:46.292
- Like, a five-minute piece that our team put together,
- 00:13:46.292 --> 00:13:48.494
- That shows you how our team was involved
- 00:13:48.494 --> 00:13:50.296
- From the very beginning of this until just yesterday.
- 00:13:50.296 --> 00:13:53.066
- And of course, we're gonna be involved
- 00:13:53.066 --> 00:13:54.434
- In the future-planning as well.
- 00:13:54.434 --> 00:13:56.135
- We still have aclj jerusalem.
- 00:13:56.135 --> 00:13:57.704
- That's not going anywhere.
- 00:13:57.704 --> 00:13:59.105
- We still have an incredible team that's ready to...
- 00:13:59.105 --> 00:14:00.873
- We know that the push for antisemitism
- 00:14:00.873 --> 00:14:03.409
- And the push against israel
- 00:14:03.409 --> 00:14:04.677
- Is going nowhere,
- 00:14:04.677 --> 00:14:06.179
- But we can at least take a moment to breathe,
- 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:09.949
- Just a moment today.
- 00:14:10.416 --> 00:14:16.001
- Just a moment today.
- 00:14:16.001 --> 00:14:17.481
- - yeah, i did wanna give you a bit of a setup here, will,
- 00:14:18.616 --> 00:14:21.452
- 'cause this is a piece our team put together
- 00:14:21.452 --> 00:14:23.087
- That really gives you a broader look
- 00:14:23.087 --> 00:14:25.589
- At everything that the aclj had done.
- 00:14:25.589 --> 00:14:27.992
- I mean, obviously, everything...
- 00:14:27.992 --> 00:14:29.593
- I'll put that in quotes 'cause this is a five-minute version
- 00:14:29.593 --> 00:14:31.562
- Of the history of what we've been working on here
- 00:14:31.562 --> 00:14:35.733
- And, of course, the results from yesterday.
- 00:14:35.733 --> 00:14:37.735
- And you're gonna hear a message from my dad, jay sekulow.
- 00:14:37.735 --> 00:14:40.471
- - that's right, so, when we first learned
- 00:14:40.471 --> 00:14:43.140
- Of the horrific attacks
- 00:14:43.140 --> 00:14:45.309
- On october 7th, just two years ago,
- 00:14:45.309 --> 00:14:48.646
- The aclj is uniquely positioned,
- 00:14:48.646 --> 00:14:51.582
- Because of our office in jerusalem,
- 00:14:51.582 --> 00:14:53.150
- Because of our status at the un,
- 00:14:53.150 --> 00:14:55.419
- To get right to work,
- 00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:57.054
- And that's what we did.
- 00:14:57.054 --> 00:14:58.522
- We, through other groups that we work with, were able
- 00:14:58.522 --> 00:15:02.460
- To be in contact with families of hostages
- 00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:05.830
- And be able to start advocating on their behalf
- 00:15:05.830 --> 00:15:08.899
- Almost immediately.
- 00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:10.167
- And one of the very early things
- 00:15:10.167 --> 00:15:12.336
- That the aclj was able to do
- 00:15:12.336 --> 00:15:13.904
- Was take those family members of hostages
- 00:15:13.904 --> 00:15:18.075
- To washington, d.c.,
- 00:15:18.075 --> 00:15:19.343
- Not just to hold a sign or call for advocacy
- 00:15:19.343 --> 00:15:23.948
- But to meet with the speaker of the house,
- 00:15:23.948 --> 00:15:26.350
- Democrat leadership as well,
- 00:15:26.350 --> 00:15:28.619
- Having bipartisan meetings
- 00:15:28.619 --> 00:15:30.387
- About what american congress could do
- 00:15:30.387 --> 00:15:33.023
- To put pressure on to get their family members released,
- 00:15:33.023 --> 00:15:36.093
- And that work went on for two years.
- 00:15:36.093 --> 00:15:39.396
- So what you're gonna see is kind of some of that footage
- 00:15:39.396 --> 00:15:42.633
- From when we first went to d.c.,
- 00:15:42.633 --> 00:15:44.902
- Culminating with the historic day yesterday,
- 00:15:45.803 --> 00:15:48.873
- So let's go ahead and roll this piece for everyone to watch.
- 00:15:48.873 --> 00:15:52.243
- - the first thing we could do is...
- 00:15:52.243 --> 00:15:54.712
- We knew, of course, leadership in congress,
- 00:15:54.712 --> 00:15:57.848
- And we also had connections to these families,
- 00:15:57.848 --> 00:15:59.817
- Who wanted to come tell their stories.
- 00:15:59.817 --> 00:16:01.485
- - the israelis decided who they were sending over.
- 00:16:01.485 --> 00:16:04.088
- Calev and whoever he was working with in israel, officials,
- 00:16:04.088 --> 00:16:07.925
- Sent over a delegation.
- 00:16:07.925 --> 00:16:10.094
- We hosted that delegation in our office.
- 00:16:10.094 --> 00:16:13.030
- There were a series of meetings that we had been working on
- 00:16:13.030 --> 00:16:16.133
- With bipartisan members of the house and senate,
- 00:16:16.133 --> 00:16:19.637
- Republicans and democrats and even independents,
- 00:16:19.637 --> 00:16:22.373
- That we thought it was essential for them to meet.
- 00:16:22.373 --> 00:16:24.308
- The first order of business, though,
- 00:16:24.308 --> 00:16:25.743
- When they arrived in the united states
- 00:16:25.743 --> 00:16:28.646
- Was to meet at our offices in washington, d.c.,
- 00:16:28.646 --> 00:16:31.982
- So that we could brief them
- 00:16:31.982 --> 00:16:34.151
- On protocol, what was to be expected,
- 00:16:34.151 --> 00:16:36.887
- And what they should be sharing.
- 00:16:36.887 --> 00:16:38.088
- - so when my dad contacted me and said,
- 00:16:38.088 --> 00:16:39.990
- "we're gonna be able to bring some of these families to d.c.
- 00:16:39.990 --> 00:16:43.227
- How do you wanna use our government affairs team?"
- 00:16:43.227 --> 00:16:44.695
- I said, "first, lemme talk to them,
- 00:16:44.695 --> 00:16:46.263
- But i'm gonna go to some people i know.
- 00:16:46.263 --> 00:16:48.199
- I'm gonna go to elise stefanik,"
- 00:16:48.199 --> 00:16:50.134
- Who's the republican conference chair;
- 00:16:50.134 --> 00:16:52.403
- So, she's a third ranking member of the republicans
- 00:16:52.403 --> 00:16:54.805
- In the house of representatives;
- 00:16:54.805 --> 00:16:56.140
- "and i'm gonna go to jared moskowitz,"
- 00:16:56.140 --> 00:16:57.808
- Who is a new congressman outta florida.
- 00:16:57.808 --> 00:16:59.743
- But he's been very outspoken on issues involving israel,
- 00:16:59.743 --> 00:17:02.980
- And he's worked across party lines before.
- 00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:05.015
- He was able to bring in a group of democrats
- 00:17:05.015 --> 00:17:07.484
- That support israel strongly.
- 00:17:07.484 --> 00:17:09.520
- Again, we've been on the other side of many issues before,
- 00:17:09.520 --> 00:17:12.456
- But on this issue, we can work together.
- 00:17:12.456 --> 00:17:14.191
- From there, it went from elise's office
- 00:17:14.191 --> 00:17:17.094
- To the speaker's office,
- 00:17:17.094 --> 00:17:18.662
- And speaker johnson, who'd only been on the job,
- 00:17:18.662 --> 00:17:20.864
- What, a week and a half at the time,
- 00:17:20.864 --> 00:17:22.733
- Said, "let's put together a press conference.
- 00:17:22.733 --> 00:17:24.835
- We'll first have a meeting,
- 00:17:24.835 --> 00:17:26.370
- Where we'll bring in the family member representatives.
- 00:17:26.370 --> 00:17:29.240
- We'll meet with them,
- 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:30.774
- And it'll be about four or five of the house leadership.
- 00:17:30.774 --> 00:17:32.810
- And then we're gonna go do a press conference
- 00:17:32.810 --> 00:17:35.446
- With all the republican leadership."
- 00:17:35.446 --> 00:17:37.014
- - today, the house republican conference is joined
- 00:17:37.014 --> 00:17:39.650
- By the families of four of the over-200 hostages
- 00:17:39.650 --> 00:17:43.721
- Taken by barbaric hamas terrorists on october 7th.
- 00:17:43.721 --> 00:17:49.159
- As a mother, sister, and daughter,
- 00:17:49.927 --> 00:17:51.795
- My heart breaks for the unspeakable pain they are enduring
- 00:17:51.795 --> 00:17:56.166
- Every second of every day.
- 00:17:56.166 --> 00:17:59.069
- On this issue of standing with israel and these families,
- 00:17:59.069 --> 00:18:02.373
- There can be no moral equivocation.
- 00:18:02.373 --> 00:18:05.376
- - house republicans met with and heard
- 00:18:05.376 --> 00:18:06.944
- From family members of some of the victims,
- 00:18:06.944 --> 00:18:09.280
- Not only to understand their grief and pain and worries
- 00:18:09.280 --> 00:18:13.250
- But to make clear why israel must do everything in its power
- 00:18:13.250 --> 00:18:16.654
- To wipe out hamas and ensure
- 00:18:16.654 --> 00:18:19.390
- That what happened october 7th can never happen again.
- 00:18:19.390 --> 00:18:23.260
- - we are pleading you, the world,
- 00:18:23.260 --> 00:18:26.263
- To help us to speak with hamas.
- 00:18:26.263 --> 00:18:29.300
- We have no clue what's happened to them.
- 00:18:30.134 --> 00:18:33.003
- We only know that they are in gaza.
- 00:18:33.003 --> 00:18:34.972
- We don't know if they are injured,
- 00:18:34.972 --> 00:18:37.174
- If they are together and they are still alive.
- 00:18:37.174 --> 00:18:39.977
- - and i will say again, or reiterate once more,
- 00:18:39.977 --> 00:18:42.146
- We will stand against these atrocities
- 00:18:42.146 --> 00:18:44.548
- And we will stand with israel
- 00:18:44.548 --> 00:18:46.016
- And we'll stand with each of you and your families.
- 00:18:46.016 --> 00:18:48.352
- We'll be praying for you, and we'll be taking action,
- 00:18:48.352 --> 00:18:51.155
- 'cause that's what we're gonna do here.
- 00:18:51.155 --> 00:18:52.122
- That's what's called for.
- 00:18:52.122 --> 00:18:53.524
- I know that your time is short and you have to leave.
- 00:18:53.524 --> 00:18:55.326
- I wanna thank jay and jordan sekulow
- 00:18:55.326 --> 00:18:56.960
- And the american center for law and justice
- 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:58.529
- For helping facilitate the visit today.
- 00:18:58.529 --> 00:19:00.397
- - from that meeting,
- 00:19:00.397 --> 00:19:01.632
- We took the group of family members
- 00:19:01.632 --> 00:19:04.101
- To hakeem jeffries.
- 00:19:04.101 --> 00:19:05.402
- Hakeem jeffries is the democratic leader
- 00:19:05.402 --> 00:19:07.471
- In the house of representatives.
- 00:19:07.471 --> 00:19:08.639
- They meet with him for about an hour.
- 00:19:08.639 --> 00:19:10.708
- In between that,
- 00:19:10.708 --> 00:19:11.909
- I head down to meet
- 00:19:11.909 --> 00:19:13.677
- With jared moskowitz, democrat congressman from florida,
- 00:19:13.677 --> 00:19:17.348
- For the meeting he's setting up
- 00:19:17.348 --> 00:19:18.949
- And the briefing he's setting up.
- 00:19:18.949 --> 00:19:20.417
- That meeting had in it
- 00:19:20.417 --> 00:19:21.852
- People like debbie wasserman schultz, jamie raskin.
- 00:19:21.852 --> 00:19:24.722
- I mean some of these folks who have been
- 00:19:24.722 --> 00:19:26.056
- On, again, very different positions than us,
- 00:19:26.056 --> 00:19:27.624
- And yet this issue brought us all together.
- 00:19:27.624 --> 00:19:31.128
- And kind of, for that moment in washington,
- 00:19:31.128 --> 00:19:33.897
- Partisanship went away.
- 00:19:33.897 --> 00:19:35.999
- (tender music)
- 00:19:36.367 --> 00:19:38.202
- - with the historic agreement we've just signed,
- 00:19:38.202 --> 00:19:41.138
- Those prayers of millions have finally been answered.
- 00:19:41.138 --> 00:19:45.008
- As you know, the hostages have been returned,
- 00:19:45.008 --> 00:19:48.712
- And further work goes on.
- 00:19:48.712 --> 00:19:51.148
- - we've heard the good news, and that is
- 00:19:51.148 --> 00:19:52.649
- President trump arrived in israel
- 00:19:52.649 --> 00:19:54.752
- And announced that the 20 remaining hostages that were alive
- 00:19:54.752 --> 00:19:58.255
- Have been returned to their families
- 00:19:58.255 --> 00:20:00.858
- And been reunited with their families.
- 00:20:00.858 --> 00:20:02.326
- This is a major development.
- 00:20:02.326 --> 00:20:03.927
- As you recall, the american center for law and justice
- 00:20:03.927 --> 00:20:06.430
- Has been front and center, representing hostage families.
- 00:20:06.430 --> 00:20:09.933
- Our office in jerusalem is monitoring the situation
- 00:20:09.933 --> 00:20:13.003
- As it develops.
- 00:20:13.003 --> 00:20:14.238
- There's going to be bumps in the road
- 00:20:14.238 --> 00:20:16.240
- Because that's what happens in this region of the world,
- 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:18.942
- But i am very hopeful
- 00:20:18.942 --> 00:20:20.444
- That we are about to see a era of peace and prosperity
- 00:20:20.444 --> 00:20:25.015
- For all sides.
- 00:20:25.015 --> 00:20:26.250
- I'm very optimistic and very pleased.
- 00:20:26.250 --> 00:20:28.852
- The president deserves a lotta thanks
- 00:20:28.852 --> 00:20:31.155
- From the american people but also from the world
- 00:20:31.155 --> 00:20:33.290
- For brokering this peace agreement.
- 00:20:33.290 --> 00:20:35.759
- This was not easy. this kind of diplomacy is hard.
- 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:38.429
- But president trump did a fantastic job,
- 00:20:38.429 --> 00:20:40.564
- Building, of course, on the abraham accords.
- 00:20:40.564 --> 00:20:43.367
- - and that was a great video put together by our team,
- 00:20:43.367 --> 00:20:45.169
- Hopefully giving you a good understanding
- 00:20:45.169 --> 00:20:46.437
- Of all the work the aclj has been doing
- 00:20:46.437 --> 00:20:47.805
- Over the last few years
- 00:20:47.805 --> 00:20:48.939
- In that special message from my dad.
- 00:20:48.939 --> 00:20:50.040
- I did wanna take a call.
- 00:20:50.040 --> 00:20:51.375
- Let's go ahead and go to michael in florida,
- 00:20:51.375 --> 00:20:53.110
- Who is watching on youtube.
- 00:20:53.110 --> 00:20:54.378
- Michael, go ahead.
- 00:20:54.378 --> 00:20:55.612
- - [michael] gentlemen, i, like you guys, am really
- 00:20:56.647 --> 00:21:00.717
- Over the moon over the hostages that have been released.
- 00:21:00.717 --> 00:21:05.789
- I've just got two things that really concern me.
- 00:21:06.757 --> 00:21:11.361
- First and foremost,
- 00:21:11.361 --> 00:21:13.263
- I just am absolutely angry
- 00:21:13.831 --> 00:21:18.769
- Over biden trying to take any piece of the credit for this.
- 00:21:18.769 --> 00:21:24.074
- I realize that they had tried but failed epically
- 00:21:25.075 --> 00:21:29.580
- Before he did the transition.
- 00:21:30.214 --> 00:21:33.917
- And then secondly,
- 00:21:34.351 --> 00:21:36.153
- All of the people who are, like, in congress,
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- Who were, you know, at the podium,
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- Saying, "free palestine.
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- Free palestine. free palestine"...
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- All you hear from them right now are crickets.
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- - yeah, silence is deafening, clearly,
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- Coming from that side.
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- You're right.
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- Now, when it comes to biden taking credit for it,
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- I do believe we have the statement.
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- And then i have some commentary on that,
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- Michael, maybe not exactly what you think,
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- But let's go ahead.
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- - so, this is what former president biden put on x.
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- I'll skip the first part.
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- It says, "the road to this deal was not easy.
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- My administration worked relentlessly
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- To bring hostages home,
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- Get relief to palestinian civilians,
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- And end the war.
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- I commend president trump and his team
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- For their work to get a renewed ceasefire deal
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- Over the finish line,"
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- So yes, as michael points out,
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- He is, in this post saying, "look, we got it here."
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- What this completely ignores
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- Is the abraham accords
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- And what you pointed out, logan,
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- The fact that all those nations were there.
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- None of this-
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- - [logan] none of that
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- Was happening. - was possible,
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- So we may say, "president trump got here in 10 months,"
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- But in reality, it's four years and 10 months
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- Because of all the work
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- That no democrat president,
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- No republican president dared try to do.
- 00:22:53.263 --> 00:22:56.233
- - well, the idea, michael, that this was the plan,
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- That this was the biden plan, is hilarious.
- 00:22:59.269 --> 00:23:02.573
- He knows he's not convincing anyone.
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- Let the old man talk into the void.
- 00:23:04.141 --> 00:23:05.976
- I mean, that's kinda how i feel.
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- If he wants to celebrate himself
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- And pat himself on the back for this, whatever.
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- Who's it hurt? none of us, because we all know the truth.
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- We all see democrats coming out, bill clinton.
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- None of them say, "joe biden did this," you know.
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- - [will] hillary clinton
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- Herself, right? - hillary clinton,
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- Keir starmer,
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- These are people all saying, "this was president trump."
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- So you know what?
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- If joe biden wants to pretend and his people want to pretend
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- They had anything to do with this,
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- You know, god bless 'em.
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- Let them have their own fun.
- 00:23:30.968 --> 00:23:32.469
- Let the old man think what he wants to think,
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- Because we all know the truth.
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- We all know the truth that this plan, this concept,
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- Wasn't even on the table.
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- No one was thinking about this.
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- This was a brand-new idea
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- To not only get the abraham accords-type countries together
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- But really the world together
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- To say, "we're gonna prevent world war iii.
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- We're gonna prevent this going any further."
- 00:23:51.021 --> 00:23:53.724
- The idea of "what are you gonna do?
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- We're gonna take out the nuke facilities in"...
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- Was it iran?
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- - in iran. - iran, yeah, in iran.
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- Because why?
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- That's gonna send a message
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- That's then gonna have a ripple effect,
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- All of these things.
- 00:24:05.502 --> 00:24:06.970
- None of it would've happened under joe biden.
- 00:24:06.970 --> 00:24:09.039
- And look, you know this.
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- I am not the person out here
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- Advocating for one side or the other.
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- I will tell you the truth
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- When i feel like i have to tell you the truth.
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- This one is...
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- There's no other thing you could really give credit to,
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- Other than god, for this
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- Than the trump administration,
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- And that is why you are seeing the ripple effects
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- Of that as well.
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- You are seeing the thankfulness coming through
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- From the world,
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- From the people in israel,
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- From the people in the arab states around israel,
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- From the western world.
- 00:24:39.036 --> 00:24:41.505
- This is probably the most celebratory of president trump
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- I have seen
- 00:24:44.741 --> 00:24:46.476
- In his entire run, both terms,
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- Where you have to have people go, "you know what?
- 00:24:50.080 --> 00:24:52.349
- Ya gotta say he did a good job when he did a good job,
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- And this is one of those times."
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- You've, obviously, gotta thank jared kushner.
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- You gotta thank all
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- The teams. - steve witkoff.
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- - steve witkoff.
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- Look, you gotta thank a lotta the people,
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- Look, including you, aclj supporters,
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- Who stuck with this when it was a very difficult road,
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- Difficult road personally.
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- You gotta thank all the jewish people
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- Who stuck with the americans
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- When it felt like a really rough time.
- 00:25:14.237 --> 00:25:15.806
- You gotta think of all the celebrities that did stand up:
- 00:25:15.806 --> 00:25:17.908
- Your patricia heatons, your john ondrasiks,
- 00:25:17.908 --> 00:25:21.678
- David draiman, all the people who really took a lotta flack.
- 00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:25.615
- Gotta thank them too.
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- - [jordan] as always, let me thank everybody at tbn
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- For providing this time to us at no cost so we
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- Can update you on the most important issues of the day.
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- From all of us at the aclj, thanks, tbn.
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