in jerusalem. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is scheduled meet with several arab leaders today as the u.s. tries cool tensions in the middle east. blinken is in amman, jordan where he will meet with his counterparts from jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and qatar. a palestinian authority will also be in attendance. the trip comes after he met with israeli leaders in an attempt to get them to agree to humanitarian pauses in the war against hamas. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. we ve been clear that as israel conducts his campaign to defeat hamas, how it does so matters. it matters because it s the right and lawful thing to do. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is refusing the idea of a cease fire, saying the more than 240 hostages still held by hamas must be released first. the united states would not agree to a cease fire after, the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agree to
killing, the human toll. they don t want to acknowledge it. but let s make one thing clear trump also focusing on border enforcement and the need on change the system alsoee appreciates as we all do that legal immigrants add tremendously and have consistently to the nation s unfolding story. our economy and our culture. any media person who says differently about trump and what he believes is lying to you. the president also correctly understands that our safety, our security, our american culture and our prosperity have at times then compromise and our people harmed by feckless politicians who would rather complain on msnbc than offer a way forward. the president is now calling their bluff with his sensible plan. that s the ankle. despite the common sense of trump s immigration plan still in broad stroke form, why are democrats reflectively rejecting any type of compromise? even though joe biden claims to be the consensus builder, hasmp