Giving you a front row seat to democracy. Coming up, a conversation about defense priorities for the u. S. And lithuania with u. S. Ambassador to nato julian smith and the defense minister of lithuania. It will talk about the russiaukraine war and other challenges. The discussion was hosted by the Atlantic Council. Good morning and welcome to the Atlantic Council for todays event, a back to business birthday, priorities for the nato summit in washington. The North Atlantic Alliance turned 75 in april and there is much to celebrate. The alliance is larger and more united than ever before. Addition of finland and sweden, the adoption of a new defense plan and after decades, allies have ramped up defense spending in support of ukraine and in recognition of the mounting russian threat. These causes for celebration, however, are juxtaposed with a deteriorating security environment including russias illegal war of aggression against ukraine and a collection of Unfinished Business from last y
Issues with the proposal. A phone call between President Joe Biden and israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, is said to have focused on the negotiations. Americas top diplomat Antony Blinken has arrived in Saudia Arabia at the start of a new trip to the middle east. Hes also expected to visitjordan and israel. Israels military says Aid Deliveries into gaza will increase in the coming days, as the un warns that palestinians are facing catastrophic hunger. The Israel Defense force chief spokesperson Daniel Hagari says aid going into gaza has increased in recent weeks. Lets listen to what he said. Over the last few weeks, the amount of humanitarian aid going into gaza has significantly increased. In the coming days, the amount of aid going into gaza will continue to scale up even more. Food, water, medicalsupplies, Shelter Equipment and other aid. More of it is going into gaza than ever before. Live tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent yolande knell. It is good to have you,
Translation after reflection, we are all agreed that these critical attacks against innocent people political attacks, a Hate Campaign on the part of the right. It is itisi it is i think to destroy our national politics. Sound problems. Iam i am conscious of the fact that i have recognised a situation that really upset me. There are times. You are watching the spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announcing whether or not he will resign, we are monitoring that speaks volume now. And we will be giving you an update, apologies we are having some sound issues. But he began considering whether to step down last week, when i caught opened a Corruption Investigation into his wifebusiness dealings. That is why you may have been hearing some of the translation. He was talking about the impact this had on his family and his concerns around political campaigning that targets politicians families. He has been in office since 2018 and says it is politically motivated. That is what we have been hea
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Forecast for the total eclipse just in a new our of Cnn News Central starts now not only can you see it, but you can feel it if youre in The Path Of Totality, tens of millions of americans are preparing to see a total Solar Eclipse. The dramatic celestial show set to begin just a few hours from now and the United States, bracing for the real possibility of a wider war in the middle east, iran vowing revenge for an apparent israeli airstrike right that killed top iranian commander and another big attempt at clearing Student Loan Debt, the Biden Administration unveiling details on a new plan they say could benefit more than 30 million americans. On sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. This is Cnn News Central this morning, the existential question, if there is a total Solar Eclipse in the sky, but it is too cloudy to see does it make a sound . We are just about t minus six hours to show time. Everyone scanning weather reports to figure out if they will get a view roughly 32 gil