president biden heading to israel this morning on a wartime journey that could prove to be the most important foreign mission of his administration to date. but even before touchdown, mr. biden is encountering turbulence. it just might destroy any hope of warding off a full blown mideast battle. good morning, everybody. kevin corke in washington with live one hour coverage. a special on the latest developments in the mideast. it is 3 a.m. here in the nation s capital, 10 a.m. in israel this morning. people there across in fact, across the mideast are waking up to growing concerns about a possible escalation of hostilities in the region. and now president biden s efforts to tamp down the tensions are already facing a massive setback. the latest disturbing images from gaza explain why widespread carnage at a hospital once with wounded war victims and palestinians seeking shelter. at least 500 reported dead, many of them children. israel s military says it was a rocket fired by
that s yankee stadium. this is live, new york city. and already already new york university is bracing for jewish hate protests as their graduation ceremony is underway at yankee stadium. they knew that some protests might happen. they are ready for this. they are. but does it change anything for those students who really this is their special day? we ll be watching. there has been an explosion of anti-israel hate on our nation s college campuses ever since october 7th when the hamas savages invaded gaza and killed israelis on their side. there was torture, rape, you know the story. and years of hard work now for these students potentially marred by agitators who come from different parts of the country. there is outside money mixed in because of all the tent encampments we ve seen. we never real ohno what we ll get. free speech is welcome but all the rest, the threats on jewish lives, that sort of thing not protected by free speech. we don t know what we ll get here. nyu i
on wednesday, president biden will visit israel. he s coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region, and for the world. the president will reaffirm the united states solidarity with israel and our ironclad commitment to its security. israel has the right and, indeed, the duty, to defend its people from hamas and other terrorists, and to prevent future attacks. the president will hear from israel how it will conduct the operations in a way that minimizes civilian casualties and allows humanitarian assistance to flow to citizens in gaza in a way that does not benefit hamas. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken announcing president biden s trip to israel ahead of that country s looming ground offensive into gaza. the visit will come amid a growing humanitarian crisis in the territory and desperate efforts to get civilians out of the war zone. we ll go through all of that and get a live report from the israel-gaza border in just a moment. willie, of course, t
outfits worn by many celebrities. we ll talk to one journalist about the challenges of covering it. let s start with the campus protests in the us. reporting them is creating a challenge for us journalism, and we re going to talk it through with journalists who ve been on the ground. but before we meet them, let s remind ourselves what s been unfolding over the past month. so, these protests started at columbia university in new york in mid april. according to a bbc tally, there have now been demonstrations at nearly 140 colleges across 45 states and washington, dc, too. according to the ap news agency, around 2,500 people have been arrested at campuses across the us. and the protesters are demanding a number of things, including that their colleges financially divest from israel. now, in some locations, police have been sent in, not least at columbia university in new york, and that was seen as being hugely significant, not least because it s the first time there have been m
outfits worn by many celebrities. we ll talk to one journalist about the challenges of covering it. let s start with the campus protests in the us. reporting them is creating a challenge for us journalism, and we re going to talk it through with journalists who ve been on the ground. but before we meet them, let s remind ourselves what s been unfolding over the past month. so, these protests started at columbia university in new york in mid april. according to a bbc tally, there have now been demonstrations at nearly 140 colleges across 45 states and washington, dc, too. according to the ap news agency, around 2,500 people have been arrested at campuses across the us. and the protesters are demanding a number of things, including that their colleges financially divest from israel. now, in some locations, police have been sent in, not least at columbia university in new york, and that was seen as being hugely significant, not least because it s the first time there have been m