Welcome to our viewers joining us in the group and around the world. Im bianca nobilo. Im max foster. It is tuesday, october 17, 11 00 in israel and gaza. U. S. President biden will leave later today for an extraordinary wartime visit to israel. It is a strong show of support for the long time personal lie. T personal lie. Antony blinken has been on a Marathon Mission across the middle east. He is coming here at a critical moment for the region and for the world. The president will reaffirm the United States solidarity with israel and commitment to security. The president will hear what it needs to defend its people as we continue to work with congress to meet those needs. Also following major developments from Southern Gaza, the Palestinian Interior Ministry reports israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 people inkahn hunis. And a video shows a 21yearold talking about an arm injury that was that she was taken to gaza. Cnn decided not to show the video. It is unclear wit was taken or f
what exactly are america s goals going forward? nikki haley saying, by the way, again today that the u.s. will not leave syria until the goals are accomplished. she mentioned defeating isis. as for the other goals, that s the billing question, what exactly is u.s. policy in the future? david? bill neely in beirut for us. ambassador befall, let me we have an acting secretary of state, he s been in lima, peru, nikki haley, it strikes me, is or most high-parol file i want today. hocked and loaded is not a phrase you associate with
after he called all of his accusers liars. that context is key to understanding why at this hour at least 30 members of the democratic senate caucus, including 13 women senators, have called for democratic senator al franken of minnesota to step down following seven women in the last three weeks allege that franken touched them or tried to kiss them inappropriately. all of these 30 calls coming today, and this move by democrats comes one day after democratic congressman john conyers, the oldest serving member of the house, announced his retirement following allegations that he sexually harassed several staffers, his office paying settlements to some of them. the billing question here, can the democratic party, the party of bill clinton and ted kennedy, turn the page in 2017 and declare itself zero tolerance when it comes to officials from the party mistreating women? and will this contrast between a party that ousts its harassers versus one running to embrace a man credibly accused of