There are still "20 or more" missing Americans after the surprise Hamas attack on Israel, the White House said today.

• "I have no higher priority than the safety of Americans being held hostage around the world," President Biden said in a forceful speech this afternoon.

Zoom in: Biden confirmed at least 14 Americans were killed and U.S. citizens are among the hostages being held by the militant group, Axios' Barak Ravid and Erin Doherty write.

• Biden spoke from the White House's State Dining Room after a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The big picture: The confirmation that Americans have been killed and are being held hostage will likely draw the U.S. deeper into the crisis.

• "The brutality of Hamas' blood thirstiness brings to mind the worst rampages of ISIS. This is terrorism," Biden said, standing alongside Vice President Harris and Secretary of State Tony Blinken.

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A new free app allows people to get their videos dubbed into 28 languages — in their own voice and with their lips synchronized to the translated audio, Axios AI+ co-author Ina Fried writes.

• Lipdub, a free iOS app available for pre-order from AI startup Captions, demonstrates just how useful generative AI can be.

🔎 Zoom in: The app requires people to record a video on their phone with only their face in view.

• It uploads the video and returns it to the user in a few minutes with the new language overdub applied.

In addition to foreign languages, Lipdub has added options like Texas slang, Gen Z, pirate and baby talk.

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ABC's George Stephanopoulos will be out in May with "The Situation Room" — a new book on "the decisions made in that windowless warren in the basement of the West Wing."

• "Along with the Oval Office, no place better exemplifies the power and mystery of the Presidency than the White House Situation Room," Stephanopoulos said in a release.

There's been no comprehensive history of the room in nearly two decades, according to the Clinton White House aide.

• "When I discovered that fact, I knew I had to write this book," Stephanopoulos said.

He's represented by Matt Latimer and Keith Urbahn, founders of the Javelin agency.

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