For joining us, cnn newsnight with abby phillip starts right now carnage and catastrophe in black and white. Thats tonight on newsnight good evening. Im abby philip in new york. What is it like to watch chaos unfold at your feet, unable to stop it, unable to do anything but watch well, tonight, the world knows this is video from the Israeli Defense forces. And thats warm, that buzzing nucleus. Those are people, Desperate Gazans surrounding aid trucks, who are carrying food and supplies now this hour, 112 of those people are now dead. Hundreds more are injured as cameras caught. A clear eyed view of what this war is doing to innocence inside of gaza. All of what youre about to watch is disturbing and its shocking. And we thought long and hard about whether to show this to you but the brutality of what happened is in escapable. This was the scene that was surrounding that aid convoy before the disaster intervene, palestinians huddled there chatter. You could hear here it there over the d
discussion it lasted about 35 minutes, during which time the chinese leader acknowledged that the two sides had candid and in-depth conversation and acknowledged common understanding. it appears that any talk regarding any more contentious topics may have happened away from cameras. remember, this visit was already delayed once after a chinese spy craft was found drifting over the u.s. president biden this weekend called that airspace intrusion silly. but blink s visit he said to the country could serve to ease tensions. the white house recently acknowledged that china had secured a i do buckeye base in china there had been tensions to sooth. this conversation between blinken and xi capped hours of high stakes meeting between the secretary and other chinese officials including top diplomat wang ye, according to the state department, the meeting with ye, quote, underscored the importance of importance and manageability competition between the united states and china through op
just to keep the country running. this news coming on the heels of a politico report that says, concerns are mounting on capitol hill about the administration s ability to properly account for all the money and weapons heading to ukraine. it s coming under increased scrutiny from members of both parties from progressive elizabeth warren to libertarian ran paul. some lawmakers warning the administration that a future aid package for ukraine could lose the overwhelming support past efforts have had if the pentagon doesn t step up its oversight on previously allocated funds. with no cease fire or peace agreement in sight, the fight between ukrainian and russian forces slogs on. zelenskyy, this week told lawmakers in luxembourg that nearly 12 million people have been internally displaced since the russian invasion started. he also conceded that russian forces are advancing in the eastern part of ukraine, and now control a greater amount of territory than they did before the war s
military aid and humanitarian aid for ukraine, bringing america s support for the effort to nearly 54 billion with no other country having that large of a financial or military or humanitarian commitment, it s expected to pass the senate early next week before heading to the president s desk for signing. that bill along with leaks from the biden administration in recent days seems to underscore just how embroiled the united states has become in the war in ukraine. on may 4th, new york times reported senior american officials said the u.s. provided intelligence that allowed ukrainians to take out as many as 12 russian generals. the next day, an nbc report cited anonymous u.s. officials u.s. intel also helped ukraine sink the flagship of the moskva. there s growing concern the aid the u.s. is providing ukraine could trigger all-out conflict with russia. my next guest re-enforced that fear in a recent column the new york times, they suggest we are no longer in an indirect war
will: benjamin netanyahu rejecting the biden administration s call for a humanitarian pause and gaza as they push deeper into the gaza strip as the leader of hezbollah threatens further escalation with israel and warns the us involvement in the conflict will not scare us. i am griffin jenkins. alicia: i am alicia acuna. there s a much calling for cease-fire and end to us aid to israel. we have coverage with steve harrigan on israel/lebanon border, trey yingst in southern is reliant mike emanuel in washington. we start with you for the latest on the pro-palestinian march. reporter: good afternoon. the crowd to build steadily, people coming from all over, some pro-palestinian, others antiwar, the bottom line is they are calling on president biden to defund support to israel and calling for end to military action in the middle east region. you can see freedom plaza is inside of the capit0l building. the streets have been closed off. all kinds of signage and us aid to israel, l