good evening and welcome to politics nation. tonight, seizing the moment. the verdict is in. and donald trump and his republican allies are raging against it. along with the judge, prosecutor and even the jurors who delivered the 34 count felony conviction, that ended his criminal hush money trial. here in new york, last week and for the last three days, congressional republics have republicans have criticized the verdict or attempted to diminish trump s actions, parroting the former president s claim that the verdict was politically motivated and politically motivated takedown, in fact, by president biden, they claimed. in the background, if you can believe it, is an election unveiling in five months and while republicans are closing ranks around trump, president biden has an opportunity to reach out to undecided voters this week, as he lays out his plan on immigration and border security, and proposals of tangible cease-fire plan for israel s were in gaza. all of that ton
real, real problems around the world, that needs humanitarian aid. but let me go to yesterday, israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu accepted congressional leaders invitation to address both chambers at the u.s. capitol, no date has been set. at the invite comes as political divisions continue to deepen in the u.s., over israel s war in gaza. on friday, president biden laid out his puzzle for a cease-fire agreement between israel and hamas, including hostage and prisoner released on both sides, and reconstruction of gaza. now i have been openly critical of netanyahu, what i believe is in is to state solution but what is your reaction to netanyahu coming to washington and the president s action on gaza while trump and republicans just talk? first, i commend president biden for laying out the three phased approach toward peace in the anne elise and to ensure
that first, we get hostages out, that week end and have a permanent cease-fire. that we search surge humanitarian aid to innocent palestinians in gaza. those are the steps that will achieve peace. long-lasting peace, so we can work toward that two state solution. but i find it ironic, that speaker johnson found time to invite prime minister netanyahu, when just last week, we had president from kenya. he refused to allow a head of state from africa to address a joint state of congress. that would have been the first in 20 years. he can make time for this but he couldn t make time for an important ally, for us. i support our leadership s
motivated takedown, in fact, by president biden, they claimed. in the background, if you can believe it, is an election unveiling in five months and while republicans are closing ranks around trump, president biden has an opportunity to reach out to undecided voters this week, as he lays out his plan on immigration and border security, and proposals of tangible cease-fire plan for israel s were in gaza. all of that tonight on politics nation. joining me now is congressman stephen, a democrat and chair of the congressional black caucus. congressman, thank you for joining us tonight. donald trump has cast himself as the law and order candidate in 2016 and he s carried that message into his 2024 campaign, even as he faces multiple felony criminal trials.
about the purpose of these strikes. the targeting of shipping, both military and civilian shipping inside the strait, has been going on well before the israel and gaza conflict, the recent one that occurred in october the 7th, actually came about. it has been happening for a while and it s been stepped up since israel s action on gaza. so i think that is the most important contextual point. the second bit is that this is a graduated. or the us and uk will argue this is a graduated and proportionate response because these attacks have been going on for some time now and there are some ministers inside the uk parliament and us congress that have been advocating that this military action should have happened earlier. the us and uk are justifying these actions under the article 51 of the un charter which is the right to collective self defence was doesn t require a united nations security council permanent five unanimous vote on a resolution, it is just collective self defence.