israel defense forces are almost a full day into what they call a precise and targeted operation to hunt out hamas in a hospital. what exactly does that mean? the lead starts right now. inside of that hospital, in gaza, now a military scene where israel and the u.s. say hamas is hiding a command center under the hospital. what is the goal of this targeted operation? also brand-new on the lead. 100 minutes of horror, exclusive video from the body cam of a terrorist for the first time, you could see video from inside of a hamas tunnel. before that group s horrific october 7th attack. plus, you might not believe this, hunter biden wants to subpoena donald trump. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. gaza s largest hospital is under siege. israeli forces launched a raid on the al shifa hospital in the early hours on wednesday after accusing hamas of operating from tunnels, souped by american intelligence. a report he inside of the hospital said the complex is surround
us from california. are you hearing anything about how this meeting went, the meeting started obviously with reasonably optimistic statements and smiles by both leaders. reporter: it did. it felt like it started on a positive tone, jack. i m a bit surprised that it went just a little over two hours as i look at the clock, wrapped up around 1:35 local time. we all saw that long list of issues between the two countries, and you expected it to go over the four hours allotted. they are still together. it s moved on now to a second portion of this, and that s essentially a working lunch. so they will dine together and continue discussions. you mentioned that optimistic tone starting things off. we expected that from joe biden. there s a bit more transparency on the u.s. side going into this. they wanted to cool those tensions. it s another issue off his plate. if he can stabilize things between the u.s. and china. but what surprised me is president xi in his opening remarks, he
US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone call discussing various issues like Taiwan, artificial intelligence, and security matters, aiming to restore regular dialogue between the two nations leaders. The call follows their November summit, focusing on strengthening ties and cooperation.
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping reviewed and encouraged progress on key issues discussed at the Woodside Summit, including counternarcotics cooperation, ongoing military-to-military communication, talks to address AI-related risks, said White House
U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are expected to hold talks over the phone this spring as part of efforts to responsibly manage tensions between their countries, a senior administration official says.