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What to know as Israel and Hezbollah reach ceasefire U.S.-Iran talks delayed · DEEP INSIGHT

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  Speaker 1: Let's start without breaking news as we watch the war
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  Speaker 1: with Iran. A ceasefire between Israel and Hasbelah is holding
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  Speaker 1: now after back and forth strikes between them wrapped up overnight.
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  Speaker 2: Look at that.
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  Speaker 1: If you live in the region, this was your view
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  Speaker 1: looking towards the south.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 1: Lebanon says Israeli strikes killed eighteen. The Israeli military says
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  Speaker 1: four of its soldiers died in those same blasts. The
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  Speaker 1: fighting prompted this warning from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who
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  Speaker 1: said Israel will not tolerate attacks on our soldiers or
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  Speaker 1: our territory, and he says it will exact a very
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  Speaker 1: heavy price from Hezbollah for these attacks. He went on
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  Speaker 1: to write, as I have made clear unequivocally, Israel will
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  Speaker 1: remain in the security zone in southern Lebanon as long
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  Speaker 1: as necessary to protect the northern communities. Close quote. So
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  Speaker 1: let's break this down. CBS News contributor Robert Berger joined
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  Speaker 1: us live from Jerusalem, where this is all the talk today. So, Robert,
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  Speaker 1: what do people in Israel have to say about whether
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  Speaker 1: that ceasefire holds, especially after such intense strikes overnight.
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  Speaker 2: There's enormous skepticism in Israel about this ceasefire. Just you know,
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  Speaker 2: keep in mind that fighting between Israel and Hezbelah has
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  Speaker 2: been going on off and on, with quite a number
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  Speaker 2: of ceasefires in between that simply haven't held since October eighth,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, a day after the Hamas massacre inside Israel.
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  Speaker 2: The problem now is that you also have Israeli troops
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  Speaker 2: on the ground in South Lebanon. They've moved in because
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  Speaker 2: tens of thousands of Israelis have been moved out of
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  Speaker 2: their homes because of Hezbelah rocket and drone attacks on
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  Speaker 2: the northern border. So you know, the seaspires haven't held,
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  Speaker 2: and it really doesn't take a whole lot to upset one,
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  Speaker 2: which is what we just saw in the past twenty
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  Speaker 2: four hours when Hisbela carried out an ambush against Israeli
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  Speaker 2: troops and killed four soldiers, and then Israel responded with
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  Speaker 2: dozens of airstrikes. So this is a fragile ceasefire to
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  Speaker 2: say the least, and probably we have some rough sailing.
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  Speaker 1: Ahead tricky business. Indeed, is your take the political pressure
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  Speaker 1: on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyaho may have encouraged this?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, I mean Nettayaho doesn't want this cease fire
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  Speaker 2: because his goal is to cripple his Blah, and Israel
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  Speaker 2: has been making gains on the battlefield against his Belah,
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  Speaker 2: And as I mentioned, you have tens of thousands of
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  Speaker 2: Israelis who have had to flee their homes in northern Israel.
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  Speaker 2: That is not a popular thing. It's not good for
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  Speaker 2: Netta Nyaho politically with an election coming up in a
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  Speaker 2: few months, and so you know, he would like to
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  Speaker 2: cripple the group so that it can't carry out these attacks.
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  Speaker 2: But we've seen a lot of pressure from President Trump
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  Speaker 2: and Vice President Advance just in the past few days,
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  Speaker 2: in which they've harshly criticized Israel for its actions in Lebanon,
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  Speaker 2: accusing Nettayaho of bad judgment and of an excessive use
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  Speaker 2: of force. So that's what Natanyahu in an uncomfortable position.
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  Speaker 2: He's not in a position to say no to Israel's
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  Speaker 2: guardian ally, so he's gone along with this ceasefire reluctantly,
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  Speaker 2: even as Hezbollah continues to pose a threat on Israel's
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  Speaker 2: northern border.
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  Speaker 1: All right, watching it all from Jerusalem, Robert Berger, thank
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  Speaker 1: you so much for taking the time to talk to
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  Speaker 1: US on CBS News twenty four seven. We're also following
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  Speaker 1: this breaking bit of news planned talks between Iran and
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  Speaker 1: the US. They're off for now. Those discussions were supposed
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  Speaker 1: to kick off a sixty day period of negotiations laid
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  Speaker 1: out in that memorandum of understanding that you just saw
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  Speaker 1: President Trump signing at Versailles. The White House has not
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  Speaker 1: said when they plan to reschedule those So let's talk
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  Speaker 1: about that live to the White House and CBS News
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  Speaker 1: correspondent Natalie Brands. But Natalie, Israel has Belah, they've since
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  Speaker 1: agreed to that ceasefire that Robert was just talking about.
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  Speaker 1: But do you see from the White House perspective that
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  Speaker 1: the strikes overnight had anything to do with the delay
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  Speaker 1: between the US and the negotiations on the nuclear front
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  Speaker 1: with Iran.
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  Speaker 3: And read we've seen this play out before that the
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  Speaker 3: flare ups between Israel and Iran backed HESBLA have complicated
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  Speaker 3: these larger negotiations between the US and Iran. And in fact,
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  Speaker 3: the Associated Press was reporting that Iranian officials did not
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  Speaker 3: travel as planned to Switzerland ahead of today, saying that
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  Speaker 3: the fighting in Lebanon must stop. And remember point one
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  Speaker 3: paragraph one of the tentative agreement, the Memorandum of Understanding
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  Speaker 3: said that military operations must be terminated on all fronts,
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  Speaker 3: including in Lebanon. Now. The White House statement, in announcing
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  Speaker 3: that the Vice President would not travel to Switzerland late
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  Speaker 3: last night as planned, said that there you know, the
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  Speaker 3: plans have not been finalized on these upcoming technical talks,
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  Speaker 3: noting that logistics over these negotiations have never been simple
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  Speaker 3: or predictable, but adding quote, we look forward to beginning
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  Speaker 3: technical talks as soon as possible. Unclear again when and
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  Speaker 3: that will be, and we're waiting for an update from
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  Speaker 3: the White House, but knew this hour read. An Iranian
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  Speaker 3: Foreign Ministry spokesperson put out a new statement saying that
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  Speaker 3: consultations are ongoing through mediators regarding the next phase of
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  Speaker 3: these talks, that sixty day window that began earlier this
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  Speaker 3: week according to the White House, and said that the
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  Speaker 3: public would be informed if and when the necessary conditions
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  Speaker 3: for launching negotiations are met. But he also said that
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  Speaker 3: because the MoU was already signed by the President and
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  Speaker 3: the Iranian president, Trump and the Iranian president, that there
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  Speaker 3: is no longer urgency around the meeting in Switzerland. And
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  Speaker 3: said that there is planning underway for a direct meeting
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  Speaker 3: between the two sides, perhaps in the coming day. So
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  Speaker 3: a lot of moving parts to continue to follow.
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  Speaker 1: That's right, And we understand that there's some reporting in
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  Speaker 1: Axios with President Trump. Does that give any sort of
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  Speaker 1: foreshadowing of what's ahead? Natalie?
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  Speaker 3: What was interesting read in this new interview with Axios.
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  Speaker 3: The President acknowledged that he negotiated the deal to keep
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  Speaker 3: the war from turning into a global economic depression. That's
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  Speaker 3: also something he alluded to during his news conference at
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  Speaker 3: the G seven summit. And he was also asked what
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  Speaker 3: he learned from the war and if he has any limits,
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  Speaker 3: and he made kind of a headline grabbing statement, Let's
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  Speaker 3: take a listen.
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  Speaker 2: What have you learned about not just the exercise of power,
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  Speaker 2: but the limits on your power as a result of
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  Speaker 2: the conflict.
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  Speaker 3: There are no limits.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, not I haven't learned that lesson yet.
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  Speaker 3: I know there are, but you know there are no limits.
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  Speaker 1: We defeated them totally militarily.
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  Speaker 3: Now, the statement comes a lot of criticism amid a
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  Speaker 3: lot of criticism from Capitol Hill and bipartisan backlash to
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  Speaker 3: you know, the tentative agreement that's been negotiated so far
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  Speaker 3: in a lot of skepticism over what is going to
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  Speaker 3: happen in the next sixty days during this more complicated
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  Speaker 3: phase two, when discussions begin in earnest on the future
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  Speaker 3: of Iran's nuclear program, the US's desire to curb all enrichment.
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  Speaker 3: You know, some Democratic lawmakers reader calling the war a failure,
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  Speaker 3: and even Republicans are critical about what they know of
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  Speaker 3: this initial agreement so far, particularly the economic relief that
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  Speaker 3: it would deliver to Iran. You know, the White House
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  Speaker 3: argues that that would be based on good behavior, but
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  Speaker 3: there's a lot of skepticism that the next sixty days
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  Speaker 3: will produce a final agreement.
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  Speaker 1: Read all right, Natalie Brand live from the White House.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Good to talk to you.