hello, i m christian fraser. the hamas run health authorities say at least 80 people have been killed in two israeli strikes on the jabaliya refugee camp in northern gaza. they say one hit a un run school that was being used as a shelter. a spokesman for the israeli military told bbc news it was looking into the incident but couldn t say if it had been caused by israeli action. hamas says the second strike was also on a school, saying it killed 32 members of one family, including 19 children. there has been graphic video posted online. bbc verify has gelocated it to the un run school, al fakhoura. the weather conditions in the video match today s forecast. and no previous versions of the video have been found online. this is some of that video but much of it is too graphic for us to broadcast. many people, including women and children, are seen with severe injuries or lying motionless on the floor in different parts of the building. many of the casualties were in one room on
up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken is now in turkey for meetings with the country s foreign minister. the country s cia director william burns is also now in israel, urging greater effort to avoid civilian casualties. and in the last few hours, the white house has said vice president kamala harris will discuss the conflict in a phone call with unnamed foreign leaders on monday. this is live, looking across at the gaza strip. it s just after 7am. in a moment, i llspeak to my colleague, mohamed taha, for the latest developments. but first lets hear from our correspondent, yogita limaye. the bombing over gaza has intensified tonight. communication lines have also been cut off, which means tomorrow will likely begin for many gazans like today did digging through rubble, looking forfamilies and survivors. this was a crowded refugee camp. it s not one of the areas that israel had asked civilians to leave. hamas says it was an israeli air strike
crossing into egypt. 79 americans including a family we ve spoken with repeatedly on this show made it through. the opals tell us all seven of them, abood who we spoke with yesterday, along with his wife and their 1-year-old, and hanine who we spoke with a couple of weeks ago, her two small children and newborn have all made it out, and they are on their way back home to the united states right now. a blessing. but what they left behind is a horror. another strike on another refugee camp. bread and water lines, the fuel crisis, and a gaza city that is no longer recognizable. the bombing has been so destructive and deadly. the calls for a pause, if not a cease fire, are now coming from the white house. we ll explain where president biden now stands and what got him there. his secretary of state, antony blinken, is in the air, and headed for another round of shuttle diplomacy, with one of the main focuses still on the hostages. on that note, there has been no news, and no known
d-day, president biden delivered a message to the american people, don t let the authoritarians win. he did it with the memory of what those, quote, brave boys did on those cliffs 80 years ago. and what they did it for. does anyone doubt that they would want america to stand up against putin s aggression here in europe today? they stormed the beaches alongside their ally, does anyone believe these rangers would want america to go it alone today. they fought to vanquish a hateful ideology, in their 30s and 40s. does anyone doubt they wouldn t move heaven and earth to vanquish hateful ideologies of today. these rangers put mission and country above themselves. does anyone believe they would exact any lesson of every american today. these rangers remembered with reverence, those who gave their lives in battle. could they or anyone ever imagine that america would do the same, wouldn t do the same. delivered 3,000 miles away. it was a message for americans back at home. he sai
Its always good to get out of washington and come to new york. Its less clever to do it on a day when theres a massive snow storm outside this backdrop is totally fake. Heres what manhattan actually looks like today, which is why ive retreated inside. So hello from new york, christian. Dont give away all the secrets they will think that im not sitting ina posh they will think that im not sitting in a posh office overlooking the thames there are some pretty ill winds blowing through congress at the moment. The latest storm relates to Donald Trumps pick for the Supreme Court. The man he nominated last week is neil gorsuch hes now paying Courtesy Calls on capitol hill to build support for his confirmation. But one of those senators, richard blumenthal, the democrat from conneticut, revealed after their meeting that mr gorsuch isnt too happy with Donald Trumps attacks on thejudiciary. My strong hope is that he will be more vehement publicly. He certainly expressed to me that hes Dishearten