As a storm introduces heavy rain and severe gales in some parts of the country. Details later. President biden will visit israel tomorrow, in a show of support after more than moo people were killed by gunmen from hamas, a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. The trip was announced by the us secretary of state, Anthony Blinken, who also revealed that israel and the us had agreed to develop a plan to get aid to civilians in gaza. Un agencies have warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis in the territory, where more than 2,700 people have been killed by israeli air strikes. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest. Israel says it is hitting hamas targets as barrages of rockets are still fired from gaza. But a world leader is heading this way. I wednesday, President Biden will visit israel. He is coming here at a critical moment for israel. For the region and for the world. Itruiith critical moment for israel. For the
On the next washington journal a look at the president s strategy for combatting isis. Well talk with American University law professor Steven Vladeck and Charles Stimson and also Lou Anna Simon. Begins live at 7 00 a. M. On cspan. The Congressional Black Caucus opens thursday in washington. Well be live from their National Town hall examining the impact of voting, starting at 9 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan2. This weekend on the cspan networks. Friday night in primetime on cspan. Featured speakers include ted cruz and ran paul. And saturday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern, a National Town hall on the critical and historic impact of voting. And sunday evening at 8 00 p. M. On q and a, sally kwin. Friday night at cspan2 just before 9 30, daniel green and william mullen, two freedom veterans talk about their experiences in iraq, isis and the use of american force. And saturday night at 10 00 p. M. On book tvs after words, matt richtel. And sunday at 1 00 p. M. Eastern the ninth annual brooklyn b
Good afternoon. I am delighted to welcome you to the brookingss decision Brookings Institution. I am even more delighted to welcome sylvia burwell, burwell, tolvia this event at brookings. I have known sylvia a long time. Over 20 years. Sylviafirst encountered in the clinton administration, i thought of her as that friendly, competent young woman who worked for bob rubin at the National Economic council. I learned that sylvia was the go to person and a cando person. That was a useful person to have around. I also learned that she liked to keep in touch with real people out around america, not just in washington. And that she grew up in West Virginia. One day, i found myself in a hard hat, deep underground in West Virginia in a coal mine with sylvia, barbara ven and rich trumka. I was not the only one who noticed that sylvia was competent and levelheaded hearing the president notice to that, president clinton. By the end of the administration, she was the director of shes had a distingu
In italy, the rate of new infections slows for four days running, but in the south of the country cases are on the rise. The virus is surging in the us the country has almost 70,000 confirmed cases and more than 1,000 deaths. Hello and welcome to viewers here in the uk and around the world. The uk government is expected to announce new measures to help self employed and freelance workers struggling with the coronavirus downturn. The chancellor, rishi sunak, is expected to unveil a package of measures to help 5 Million People, including taxi drivers, hairdressers, and it consultants, who work for themselves. Vaccum cleaner maker dyson is given an order to make 10,000 ventilators for critically ill covid i9 patients in the nhs. And the government scraps Parking Charges for nhs staff after 400,000 sign petition. Across the world, more than 21,000 people have now died. Nearly half a Million People are recorded as having contracted the virus. In the last few minutes spain has reported that
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