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>> AS WE WATCH FOR EVENTS TO UNFOLD IN THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER THOSE DRAMATIC OVERNIGHT STRIKES BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON. IT'S NOW BEEN 323 DAYS SINCE THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF OCTOBER, 7TH, WHEN A HAMAS ATTACK LEFT CLOSE TO 1200 PEOPLE DEAD, ROUGHLY 250 MORE TAKEN AS HOSTAGES, INCLUDING ISRAELI-AMERICAN HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN HERE WITH US NOW IS HER SON'S MOTHER, RACHEL GOLDBERG-POLIN. RACHEL, WELCOME BACK TO HE SHOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. OF COURSE, I WANT TO START WITH THE LATEST NEWS COMING OUT OF THAT REGION. WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THE AIR STRIKES OVERNIGHT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH? HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT THIS WILL IMPACT CEASE-FIRE TALKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAPPENING IIN CAI? >> WELL, IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT FOR US TO REALLY ASSESS WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. WHAT IS THEATER, WHAT IS PART OF THE OPTICS? WHAT IS PART OF THE GAME WHAT IS ACTUALLY SERIOUS AND A PROBLEM. WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS THAT IT A FRIGHTENING FEW HOURS THIS MORNING AND THAT SORT OF TIP FOR TAT SITUATION THAT ALWAYS FIND OURSELVES. AND I DON'T MEAN SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR THIS CONFLICT. I MEAN, WE HUMAN BEINGS ALWAYS FIND OURSELVES WHETHER IT'S RIGHT NOW IN CONFLICTS ALL OVER THE WORLD WAR AND WORLD HISTORY WERE VERY INTO THIS. YOU KNOW, LET ME GET MY LAST LICKS AND IT SEEMS THAT THAT HOPEFULLY HA PASSED FOR NOW. OF COURSE, ALALL OF THE HOSTAGE FAMILIES. WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN A STATE OF THE AMBIGUOUS TRAUMA WORRYING ABOUT OUR LOVED ONES WORRYING THE RAMIFICATIONS OF ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE REGION ON THE TALKS THAT ARE SUPPOSEDLY HAPPENING. BUT WE ALSO HAVE BEEN IN RODEO MANY TIMES BEFORE. THIS IS PROBABLY THE 7TH 8007TH OR 9TH TIME THAT WE'RE BEING TOLD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING IT'S MONEY TIME. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE AND WE HAVE BEEN AROUND THIS BLOCK WAY TOO MANY TIMES TO BELIEVE THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS ABOUT THE NUMBER 3.24, THAT YOU'RE WEARING ON YOUR T-SHIRT. IT'S BEEN 324 DAYS SINCE YOU'VE SEEN YOUR SON SINCE HE WAS TAKEN HOSTAGE ON OCTOBER 7. I JUST WANT TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS OF THAT NUMBER. SO GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID, YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE. ARE THE FAMILIES BEING TOLD ANYTHING BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT FOR THIS CURRENT ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS? >> NO, WE ARE NO MORE PRIVY TO ANY INFORMATION ANYONE ELSE WHO'S WATCHING OR READING NEW PRESS MEDIA. WHAT SO IT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY ANXIETY RIDDLING DEPENDNG ON WHERE YOU'RE GETTING YOUR INFORMATION FROM AND KNOWING THAT THERE'S ALWAYS ANGLE. >> FOR THE PRESS TO BE TELLING THIS IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT DRAMATIC. AND MAKES IT MORE ENTICING FOR PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO FEED ON YOU KNOW, THIS STORY. >> HAVE YOU HAD HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT HER CHURCH? WILL THEIR SIGN? >> YOU KNOW, WE IT SOUNDS STRANGE TO SAY THE LAST 2 AND A TO RECEIVE PROOF OF LIFE VIDEO THAT WAS IN THE FORM OF THE PROPAGANDA VIDEO WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE HEARSE WAS ALIVE, THEN HEAR HIM TALKING AND SEE HIM MOVING SEE THAT HE'S LEFT DOMINANT FOREARM IS GONE. SEE THAT HE HAS BRUISING ON HIS FOREHEAD AND HIS PALE AND GAUNT. BUT SEEING HE IS ALIVE WAS SUCH A BLESSING. AND WE HAVE HAD SO MANY OF THE HOSTAGES. FAMILIES SAY THAT WAS WHAT THEY WOULDN'T GIVE TO HAVE VIDEO LIKE THAT. EVEN THOUGH, OBVIOUSLY AS A PARENT TO AN PARENT CAN IMAGINE OR ANYONE WHO HAS A PARENT CAN ' S L KEI MATGO INE

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