And he is coming here to do with the following. First, the president will reaffirm the United States solidarity with israel and our ironclad commitment to its security. President biden will again make clear, as he is done unequivocally, since hamas slaughter of 1400 people that israel has the right in the duty to defend its people from hamas and other terrorist and to prevent attacks. The president will hear from israel what it needs to defend its people as we continue to work with congress to meet those needs. Second, President Biden will underscore our Crystal Clear message to any actor, state or nonstate, trying to take advantage of this crisis to attack israel. Dont. To that end, he has deployed two Aircraft Carrier groups and other military assets to the region. Third, the president will continue to coordinate closely with our israeli partners to secure the release of hostages taken by hamas, including men, women, small children, holocaust survivors, and american citizens. As an indispensable humanitarian efforts. Fourth, President Biden will receive a comprehensive brief on israels war aims and a strategy. Fifth, the president will hear from israel how it will conduct its operations in a way that minimizes civilian casualties and enables humanitarian assistance to flow to civilians in gaza and a way that does not benefit hamas. To that end, today and at our request, the United States and israel have agreed to develop a plan that will enable humanitarian aid from donor nations and multilateral organizations to reach civilians in gaza and them alone including the possibility of creating areas to help these civilians out of harms way. It is critical that aid to begin flowing into gaza as soon as possible. We share israels concern that hamas may seize or destroy aid entering gaza or otherwise prevent from reaching the people who need it. If hamas in any way lacks humanitarian assistance, including by seizing the aid, we will be the first to condemn it and work to prevent it from happening again. We welcome the government of israels commitment to work on this plant in the president looks forward to discussing it further when he is here on wednesday. Thanks very much. Cspans washington journal, our live forum involving you to discuss the latest issues on politics and Public Policy from washington, d. C. And across the country. Coming up Tuesday Morning, the hills Michael Snell talks about the latest on the House Speaker battle and previews tomorrows expected vote on the house floor and the professor of peace and Development Talks about the latest on the israelhamas conflict and well talk about u. S. Aid to ukraine and iz kale with jim gilmore. The former u. N. Ambassador to security and cooperation in europe. Guideline the conversation live at 7 00 eastern Tuesday Morning on cspan, cspan now or online at cspan. Org. A healthy democracy doesnt just look like this. It looks like this. Where americans can see democracy at work. Where citizens are truly informed. Get informed, straight from the source on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased word for word from the Nations Capital to wherever you are, to get the opinion that matters the most, your own. Cspan powered by cable. President biden and the first lady spoke at the Human Rights CampaignNational Dinner where they touted the administrations work to protect lgbtq rights. The president also spoke about matthew shepard, who was beaten to death in 1988 because he was gay. This is nearly 25 minutes. [cheers and applause]