At the white house, right now, President Joe Biden preparing to Face Congress and the American People and deliver a speech that could have huge consequences for his reelection campaign. Theyll soon leave for the us capitol to give his state of the Union Address. Less than 48 hours after his long anticipated rematch with donald trump became a reality. Welcome to a Special Edition of ac360. Im Anderson Cooper and im jake tapper. About an hour from now, President Biden will walk into the House Chamber under enormous pressure to forcefully and successfully sell his vision for america and his argument for a second terme. Mister President Biden needs to take advantage of this opportunity with tens of millions of americans watching to make his case and perhaps, perhaps the most important speech of his decades long career in public life, this will be a critical test of the 81 year old commander in chief. He will try to convince skeptical voters that they have benefited from his presidency, and
Im Chris Jansing. A Protest Movement expanding and challenges are growing. Less than an hour from now, columbia students face an ultimatum over their israelhamas war protest. Leave or be suuspended. But also the major shockwaves in the race for president. And Donald Trumps time scrunch, can he log enough time in Battleground States when he is not in court . His plans this week in michigan and wisconsin. The help he is getting from a conservative group to swing hispanic voters. But also the worries he reportedly has about the impact of an outspoken ally. And u. S. Officials think that they have a dwindling window to push for a ceasefire. The talks happening right now as the world waits for hamas to respond to the latest hostage offer. But we begin with the growing protests across the u. S. That are setting off a politically charged blame game. Finger pointing at students, outside agitators, administrators. And then there is a political fallout that could be consequential for an already
the crown divides critics. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in gaza city, where israel says its soldiers have found a tunnel shaft and a vehicle containing a large number of weapons at al shifa hospital as the military operation there continues. israel is under pressure to back up its allegation that al shifa gaza s biggest hospital has been used by hamas for military purposes. hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments denies locating a command centre in tunnels beneath the buildings. nearal shifa, israeli soldiers also found the body of a 65 year old woman, one of the 240 hostages who was kidnapped by hamas last month. we begin our coverage with this report from lucy williamson who was taken into the hospital by israeli forces. we are inside the gaza strip with the israeli army. this with the israeli army. is what israel says hamas has this is what israel says hamas has been tr