White House: We Want Pauses 'Irrespective of a Hostage Deal' But Israel Wouldn't Do That

On Wednesday's broadcast of MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports," White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk said that the White House supports "humanitarian pauses irrespective of a hostage deal" but President Joe Biden realized the only way to get a humanitarian pause was to have an agreement to bring hostages home.