it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. breaking right now, reports of strikes near several hospitals in gaza. the palestinian red cross saying israeli snipers are opening fire at one facility. israel has said it does not target hospitals. we ll ask an idf spokesperson about what is happening in just a couple of minutes. also breaking, the white house announces a crucial in person meeting between president biden and china s xi jinping in california next week. on capitol hill, time is running out. we re just one week away from the deadline to come to a deal and avert a government shutdown. we got brand-new reporting on where negotiations stand. meanwhile, the fbi investigating a series of letters containing suspicious powder sent to election workers in several states. and former president donald trump defends his family s separation policy at the border. we ll play for you what he had to say. we begin this hour with breaking news out of the i
being overly cautious, particularly when it comes to air travel. we re learning about what into the decision by the cdc. joining me now is jeremy diamond at the house with much more on this. what are you learning? reporter: well it appears that the cdc did consider the possibility of changing these travel restrictions, but ultimately decided not to do that. two federal health officials telling kaitlan collins that the possibility of changing travel recommendations was discussed but there was never really any real momentum behind the idea of changing those travel restrictions right now. but right now really is the operative word here because these are interim guidelines by the cdc. and the cdc director rashiel walensky made that very clear yesterday as she announced the new guidelines. we saw new guidelines here in terms of how individuals who have been vaccinated could interact with one another as well as others in low risk settings in terms of removing masks but they did n
From the Nigerian Government today. Half of the food aid meant for people whove been forced to leave home because of islamists in the north east has not reached them. Heres a statement from the acting president diversion of Relief Materials has dogged food delivery, he then references the reported diversion of over 50 trucks in every 100 trucks sent. He also announced that hundreds of soldiers and police will guard the convoys in an effort to keep them safe. You want a measure of how pressing the situation is for some nigerians, the situation is for some nigerians, the un is estimating eight and a half Million People are in need of life saving aid. Close to 6 million require Emergency Health care and with reference to that Islamist Insurgency being driven by boko haram in the north east of nigeria, that has left over 2. 5 Million People away from their homes. We saw that statement from the acting president in nigeria, we got in touch with our correspondent there, martin patience and he
From the Nigerian Government today. Half of the food aid meant for people whove been forced to leave home because of islamists in the north east has not reached them. Heres a statement from the acting president diversion of Relief Materials has dogged food delivery, he then references the reported diversion of over 50 trucks in every 100 trucks sent. He also announced that hundreds of soldiers and police will guard the convoys in an effort to keep them safe. You want a measure of how pressing the situation is for some nigerians, the situation is for some nigerians, the un is estimating eight and a half Million People are in need of life saving aid. Close to 6 million require Emergency Health care and with reference to that Islamist Insurgency being driven by boko haram in the north east of nigeria, that has left over 2. 5 Million People away from their homes. We saw that statement from the acting president in nigeria, we got in touch with our correspondent there, martin patience and he
So proud of the bravery of Pc Keith Palmer, so grateful for what he did to keep us safe and i would like to add my tribute to all the policing here At Westminster and the parliamentary staff who acted with such calmness and professionalism yesterday, and i would like to pay tribute to the Emergency Trauma Team at Kings College hospital who are caring the injured. This was an horrific crime and it has cost lives and caused injury, but as an Act Of Terror, it has failed. It has failed because we are here and we are going to go about our business. It has failed because despite the trauma that they witnessed outside their windows, our staff are here and they are getting on with their work. It failed because as the Prime Minister so failed because as the Prime Minister so rightly said, we are not going to allow this to be used as a pretext for division, hatred and islamophobia. This democracy is strong and this parliament is robust. This was an horrific crime but as an Act Of Terror, it has