Ability to fund itself beyond the middle of november. So the president has a real sales pitch to make to the American People, to leadership on capitol hill, north of 100 billion in the coming days. Kaitlan, President Bidens popularity here in israel has soared since this attack began, both for the speech he gave and also for the speech he gave here and the visit here, first time a president visiting during wartime. What are you expecting tonight . Its kind of remarkable how tied he is to everything that is happening here. Well see what that looks like once israel go into gaza, as we expect them to do. Obviously as kayla was noting, this is going to be a bigger speech on multiple fronts, ukraine, taiwan, democracy period, and how the u. S. Helping these countries fight these fights keeps u. S. Troops out of it, keeps the u. S. Out of it to a degree. But he is so closely tied to this. He came here yesterday and sat in on a Cabinet Meeting. Not just any Cabinet Meeting be, ah wartime Cabi
The east coast. We begin with a Rare National address from the oval office by the u. S. President , who urged all americans to stand for both israel and ukraine, arguing that military and economic assistance to both countries is vital to global stability in u. S. National security. During his 15minute long speech, President Biden said while ukraine and israel faced a different enemy, the threat is the same. Annihilation by tyrants and terrorists. Hamas and putin represent different threats, but they share this in common. They both want to completely annihilate democracy, completely annihilated. By now plans to ask congress for 18 Billion Dollars in Emergency Assistance for israel, such A Billion Dollars for ukraine. This just today earlier biden was in tel aviv under dramatic show of support for israel which also saw a deal to allow humanitarian assistance into gaza. Our reporters live with this hour from london. The agreement to let the humanitarian assistance into gaza, is against th
Ive often said i remember the first time that i was in israel with [ inaudible ] just before the sixday war and she was telling me how terrible everything was. All of a sudden she looked at me and she said, would you like a photograph . And i thought thats unusual. We have no place else to go. Well, the truth of the matter is the war in israel the truth of the embrace israel and a lot more to say and i can talk to you in private if i can. [ Inaudible Question ] all right. All right. You are looking at live pictures of President Biden in israel, in tel aviv standing next to and speaking with the world and the families who have had some of their Family Members kidnapped by hamas and some of their Family Members killed in that horrific attack on last saturday, october 7th. He is here to speak with the israeli leadership, he is here to also try and have conversations to try and figure out a humanitarian corridor for those who are in gaza suffering from the air strikes and the dire conseque
Expected to raise while here, which is the humanitarian aspect of this, the fact that no humanitarian aid has been able to get into gaza, that has been something that Secretary Blinken and his Marathon Trips that hes been making here in The Middle East over the last several days and now i should note theyre just next door to where i am speaking to you meeting with that entire wartime cabinet and next he will hear from first responders, from victims families, from the families and relatives of hostages but there are going to be key questions between what he and the Prime Minister have discussed, humanitarian aid, poppy, is right at the top of that so well see if there are any announcements when the president comes and speaks in this room behind me. Thats whats next on his agenda but the white house said President Biden was walking into this with key questions not just about humanitarian aid, but also what israels goal is here. If they do go into gaza, with that expected Ground Incursion
Hospital in gaza city. This hospital is vital to the northern part of gaza. The explosion in gaza was caused by an Islamic Jihad rocket that was misfired. These images are having a huge impact across the region. These protests are only going to get larger. All of that made the president s planned summit in amman, jordan, effectively untenable. President biden is meeting with netanyahu at length. It appears as though it were done by the other team, not you. Good morning, everyone. Very significant day on the world stage. Im poply harlow with phil mattingly. Clarissa ward and Kaitlan Collins on the ground in israel and President Biden is at a volatile moment in the war between hamas and israel after an explosion at a hospital killed hundreds of innocent civilians. Officials there claim it was an israeli air strike but israel insists it was a misfired rocket that was launched by Palestinian Militants, Islamic Jihad near the hospital. President biden appeared to take israels side. Listen.