I spoke to michele servadei, who is a un representative in libya, and he gave us his assessment of what the immediate threats are now. Displacement is a major concern as well. There are over 30,000 people displaced in multiple areas, mostly from derna town, but also in other areas. As you mentioned, the Waterborne Diseases risk. So its not coming from the bodies. Its coming from potentially the Sewage Mixing with Drinking Water and with the water around. So we will need to provide safe water, but also repair quite fast the water and sanitation system and make sure that people in shelters have hygiene kits, but also that they have cholera prevention measures. And we are looking potentially at discussing with the government whether or not we need to do a Vaccination Campaign for that. And then, of course, in terms of children, for unicef, we are looking at psychosocial support, scaling up in shelters, but also for kids that have been affected themselves the night of the burst of the dam
Me came to that go very cool. You were alive in the sun and newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington well, roughly 87 of totality. We are just hours away from a Where Were You event the Solar Eclipse of 2020 for some 32 million americans will be in these socalled Path Of Totality this afternoon. That means from texas to maine, they will be plunged into darkness when the moon blocks out the sun for about four minutes. But if youre not lucky enough to the, in this narrow band dont worry, 99 of americans will see at least a partial eclipse. And this reminder, of course, be sure to wear those special Eclipse Glasses to avoid permanently damaging your eyes. Todays Celestial Wonder will be a site to savor. It will be another 20 years before the next total Solar Eclipse is visible. In the contiguous United States, were covering all the angles of this rare bent, including in the studio. And here, i mean, i dont know if we can take this shot for just a second here, but look at the set that are won
presidential election just around the corner, republican candidates are setting out their particular brand of foreign affairs. and a split is emerging, between traditional republican values and a new school of foreign policy, with far less support for allies caught up in conflict. for the next 30 minutes we re taking a closer look at the foreign policy of the grand old party and how it s impacting current armed conflicts across the globe. well, this week, it has become clear that the republicans evolving stance on foreign policy could significantly impact the support the us is able to offer to its allies, both in israel and ukraine. on wednesday, senate republicans blocked a $110 billion spending bill in part over a dispute on changes to border and immigration policy. now, the package would provide over $50 billion in security assistance to ukraine and another $14 billion to israel in its war against hamas. the white house warned that without the additional funding, us assis
israel, it s not good for the people of gaza. so we do not support that. the prime minister did offer some encouraging words about a possible hostage deal. we are following all the developments there. and the clock is ticking to a friday deadline for a government shutdown. and then you house speaker s hail mary seeming to be deflating by the minute. donald trump once his core tv, demanding cameras for his upcoming trials. plus this you think donald trump is a great president, president? i think donald trump is the king of the world. you ll find out. you think it was a great president? he did and credible job. he did an incredible job and anyone who said he didn t, something s wrong up here. our friends at the good liars, live this hour with what they heard from the maga faithful and trump s legal issues about trump s legal issues, that s coming up later in the hour as well. we begin this hour once again in the middle east and the israel hamas war whe