is joining me from jerusalem. what in terms of the focus, what have we seen here for the president s visit? reporter: well, we just saw president biden arriving in bethlehem at the presidential compound where he was greeted by mahmoud abbas. this is the first visit by a u.s. president to meet with the palestinian authority president since president trump visited in 2017. and this comes as the u.s. is really trying to shift its policy towards the palestinians. we have watched the biden administration turn back on the spigot of humanitarian aid to the palestinian people that was cut off by the trump administration. we ve seen since president biden came into office about half a billion dollars of aid. and today we re expecting president biden to announce a total of $316 million of additional aid for palestinians including $100 million for the east jerusalem hospital network that serves palestinians. here is the president earlier this morning at one of those hospitals in east j
that serves palestinians. here is the president earlier this morning at one of those hospitals in east jerusalem. so today i m pleased to announce the united states is committing an additional $100 million to support these hospitals. your staffs that work for the palestinian people. your commitment of both resources and expertise. reporter: and white house officials have also told us that the president will announce $201 million for the u.n. relief and works agency for panhandle refugees and another $15 million in food aid. there is also a series of key confidence building measures between the israelis and palestinians, israelis have apparently committed to opening 24/7 access for the bridge that allows palestinians to travel to jordan. there is also going to be a restarting of this