Here in the USA, leaked memo revealing what State Department
staffers really think of the White House's response to the
conflict in Israel.
It reads, quote, When Israel supports settler violence and illegal
land seizures or employees excessive use of force against Palestinians,
we must communicate publicly that this goes against our American
values so that Israel does not act with impunity.
GOP Alabama Senator Katie Britt joins us now.
Senator, thank you for coming in for us.
Thank you so much for having me.
We really appreciate it. What's your reaction to that?
They're outstanding with the president.
Listen, it seems like they are following Barack Obama,
and it's completely and totally unacceptable.
This is what happens when you have weakness in the
White House,
when you have a weak commander in chief.
We see what's happening overseas.
We can see what's happening at home.
And here you have people in the State Departments.
We've seen the protesters on the street,
but to see that we have them in the State
Department is alarming and unacceptable.
We have to stand firmly with Israel.
Those people calling for a ceasefire need to realize there
was a ceasefire.
It was October 6th and Hamas has chosen this path.
And their path is brutality.
It is completely and totally beyond comprehension what I saw
when I was in Israel two weeks ago,
and anyone who thinks that they are not going to
do this again,
not only is wildly misled,
but isn't listening to Hamas.
They said that they will continue the attacks just like
October 7th,
over and over and over again until they eradicate the
Jewish people and the State of Israel.
And we must stand firm with Israel.
This is unacceptable. Tell me about your trip.
I know
Lindsey Graham LED this group bipartisan.
What? What did y'all do and what did you see?
Yeah, Senator Graham did an incredible job.
He wanted to make sure that people knew both here
and abroad,
that we firmly stand with Israel.
But what we saw was unthinkable.
Not only did we meet with the families of hostages,
which will just absolutely rip your heart out.
And we need to remind people there are still
240 hostages overseas there and in Gaza that Hamas has.
And we have to make sure that we do everything
we can to get them back safely.
But also watching the footage,
we we met with Israeli
minister of you know, defense.
We let we met with everybody over there on the
Prime Minister and others and then we watch the footage.
These sick terrorists are barbaric.
We watch them murder children in front of their parents.
We watch them burn parents in front of alive in
front of their kids,
rape women, pull their clothes off,
bash men's head with sledgehammers.
It is absolutely unthinkable that anyone could behave like this.
We must firmly stand with Israel and eradicate Hamas.
Yeah, absolutely. Now, you also are doing a book tour
this week to talk about your journey.
Yes. And you grew up in a very small town
in Alabama.
And you have two children back at home,
13 and 14. And we were talking during the break
about living in Washington.
Kids are back home, but they supported you.
And that's the title of your book,
right? That is So My children are why I am
doing this.
That's why I'm serving in the United States Senate.
That's what pushed me to do this.
It's the next generation. And that's what this book is
about.
My kids, when I tried to tell them,
you know, I don't know if I should run,
my son set me down first,
then followed by my daughter.
And when I tried to tell her it was a
really hard thing to run for the US Senate,
she looked back at me and said,
well, Mama, doesn't God call you to do hard things?
And I think right now that message is more important
than ever.
Reaffirming the values that this nation made this nation so
great,
those of faith, family and freedom,
telling life's lessons. So a lot of times we see
the peaks of people's lives,
and particularly in a social media error.
And I in this book talk about my valleys because
I believe that's where God carves you up.
And if you were honest about how you got there,
you're more prepared to walk forward and to serve his
purpose for you.
And each of us has a different purpose,
but we're called to be in the arena.
And it is my hope that this book inspires the
young and the young at heart for to have a
new lease on life and to be engaged because we
need them. Absolutely. What a beautiful message you're raising your
kids to,
to follow the Lord. And I think that's beautiful.
The book is called God Calls Us To Do Hard
Things,
Lessons from the Alabama Wire Grass,
which is a small little town where she's from.
close to love in Alabama.
That's right. All right, Senator,
thank you so much. God bless you.
Thank you. And in order to get to the mountain,
you got to go through the valleys.
Absolutely. And every generation is called to do hard things.
I think we see in front of us what ours
is,
and it's time to step up.
Our country needs prayer. That's right.
And strong, senators. So thank you.