Netanyahu remains defiant amid pressure to reach Gaza cease-fire deal

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHT COMING UP. >>> PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS REMAINING ON THE SAME STICKING POINTS INCLUDING A CONDITION THAT ISRAEL WILL KEEP CONTROL THE BORDER BETWEEN GAZA AND EGYPT. THOUSANDS TOOK TO THE STREETS TO PROTEST YESTERDAY DEMANDING A DEAL. IT SPARKS THE DEMONSTRATIONS AND AMONG THE VICTIMS WAS AN ISRAELI-AMERICAN MAN HIRSCH GOLDBERG POLIN. IN THE MEANTIME PRESIDENT BIDEN TOLD REPORTERS THAT THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER IS NOT DOING ENOUGH TO SECURE THE HOSTAGE DEAL. CBS NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT IS FOLLOWING ALL OF THIS FROM TEL AVIV. >> MORNING ANN MARIE. YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE IS A LOT OF ANGER ON THE STREETS AS THEY ARE STILL PROTESTING FOR THE CEASE-FIRE. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU CONTINUES TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THE PRESSURE. TO AGREE TO THIS DEAL FOLLOWING THE KILLINGS OF THE SIX CAPTIVES IN GAZA INCLUDING HIRSCH GOLDBERG POLIN. THEY CONTINUED TO DEMAND THEY BRING AN END TO THE WAR IN GAZA AND FREE THE REMAINING CAPTIVES. HE DID SEEM TO SHOW IT SOME OF THEM ARE DESCRIBING AS A RARE ACT OF CONTRITION ADDRESSING THE NATION AND ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS. I HAVE TO SAY HIS TONE DID QUICKLY SHIFT AND THEN HE SAID HE WOULD NOT GIVE IN TO PRESSURE AND WENT ON TO WHAT SOME ARE DESCRIBING AS A LECTURE WHERE HE INSISTED THAT ISRAEL MUST RETAIN CONTROL OF THE PHILADELPHIA CORRIDOR WHICH IS THE NARROW STRIP OF LAND ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF EGYPT WHICH THEY SAY ARE USED TO SMUGGLE WEAPONS. THIS IS AN ALLEGATION WITH HAMAS SAYING THERE WOULD BE NO DEAL UNLESS IS REALLY FISCHEL'S WITHDRAWAL. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID IT WAS CLEAR THE BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS NOT DOING ENOUGH TO END THE WAR. THIS IS AS THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED IN JERUSALEM TO SAY THEIR LAST GOODBYES TO IS REALLY AMERICAN HIRSCH GOLDBERG POLIN WHO WAS RECOVERED FROM THE GAZA TUNNEL AMONG SIDE REMAINS TO OTHER HOSTAGES. ALL WERE FOUND SHOT DEAD WITHIN DAYS OF BEING FOUND. AND THIS IS AS THE WAR CONTINUES TO RAGE ON. EIGHT PALESTINIANS WERE KILLED WHILE THEY WERE TRYING TO PURCHASE BREAD. THE U.N. CAMPAIGN TO VACCINATE 640,000 PALESTINIAN CHILDREN AGAINST POLIO CONTINUES. STILL PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU STILL IS CRITICIZED CALLING THIS UNFOUND POLITICAL SPIN AND THAT HIS INSISTENCE ON HIS REAL SECURITY RELIES ON HIS FORCES REMAINING IN THE PHILADELPHIA CORRIDOR AND HAS NO RELATION TO REALITY. >> WE ARE GOING TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THIS CONFLICT. WE ARE GOING TO BRING IN OUR SECURITY CONTRIBUTOR IN THE U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COUNTERTERRORISM. WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE PHILADELPHIA CORRIDOR SOME HAVE ACCUSED THE PRIME MINISTER OF MOVING THE GOAL POST BECAUSE EARLIER NEGOTIATIONS WERE THERE AND I DO NOT REMEMBER THIS BEING A NONNEGOTIABLE. THAT IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS NOW. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU COULD TELL US ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE AND DOES BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAVE A POINT? IS IT CRUCIAL WHEN IT COMES TO SECURITY OF ISRAEL IN THE FUTURE? >> HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN DISCUSSIONS POST OCTOBER 7th I CAN TELL YOU THAT PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SINCE OCTOBER 7th AND WELL BEFORE HAS BEEN UNIQUELY FOCUSED ON THE COMPLETE ERADICATION OF HAMAS. THAT HAS BEEN A STICKING POINT FROM HIM FOR DAY ONE. SO IT HAS BEEN AN ACCIDENTAL MATTER BECAUSE HE DOES BELIEVE THAT IF THIS CORRIDOR IS NOT CONTROLLED BY ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ERADICATED AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GET WEAPONS AND FUNDING FROM EGYPT AND THAT IS WHY HE HAS BEEN SO FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING CONTROL OF THE CORRIDOR. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE DOING ENOUGH TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES. I KNOW THE WORDS ARE NOT PARTICULARLY STRONG WORDS. THERE ARE OUTRIGHT AND HARSH CRITICISMS BUT IT IS A SHIFT IN LANGUAGE AND SEEING WHAT HAPPENED WHERE THEY VOTED IN FAVOR OF HOLDING BACK ON THIS MILITARY ASSISTANCE THEY'VE BEEN GIVING TO ISRAEL HOW MUCH SHOULD WE READ INTO THESE WORDS AND DECISIONS? >> THE UK DECISION TO WITHHOLD CERTAIN WEAPONS IS NOT LINKED TO THIS POSITION OR NEGOTIATION. IT IS LINKED TO THE FACT THE UK GOVERNMENT BELIEVES THAT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THESE WEAPONS COULD BE USED FOR PURPOSES THAT COULD HARM HUMANITARIAN MATTERS OTHERWISE. BIDEN CERTAINLY HAD A CHANGE IN THE TONE AND I WOULD EXPECT MORE OF THAT IF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU STICKS TO THAT INSISTENCE THAT ISRAEL NOT FULLY WITHDRAW FROM THE CORRIDOR DURING FOR EXAMPLE PHASE ONE OF THE BRIDGING LEVEL THAT WAS LAID OUT. OTHER THAN HARSH RHETORIC PRESIDENT BIDEN IS BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE IN TERMS OF LEVERAGE PUT ON ISRAEL TO CHANGE THIS POSITION IN THE NEGOTIATIONS. I DO WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT HAMAS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BRUTAL LEVEL HERE AND IT'S NOT JUST HIS LEVEL BUT IT'S WHAT PRESSURE IS BEING PUT ON GUITAR AND EGYPT TO MAKE THIS DEAL AS WELL. >> I KNOW YOU'RE NOT A POLITICAL COMMENTATOR BUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE A HANDFUL OF MONTHS AWAY FROM AN ELECTION MAY ALSO BE PUTTING ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON PRESIDENT BIDEN? >> I AM NOT A POLITICAL COMMENTATOR BUT I HAVE WORKED HERE SINCE 2009 AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT POLITICS HAVE NOT DIRECTED THIS POSITION OR HUMANITARIAN ISSUES. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IT IS PUTTING ADDITIONAL PRESSURE AND HAVING BEEN IN THE ROOM POST OCTOBER 7th RETURNING HOSTAGES AND GETTING A CEASE-FIRE DEAL AS WELL AS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN A MORAL AND A SECURITY