in jerusalem. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is scheduled meet with several arab leaders today as the u.s. tries cool tensions in the middle east. blinken is in amman, jordan where he will meet with his counterparts from jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and qatar. a palestinian authority will also be in attendance. the trip comes after he met with israeli leaders in an attempt to get them to agree to humanitarian pauses in the war against hamas. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. we ve been clear that as israel conducts his campaign to defeat hamas, how it does so matters. it matters because it s the right and lawful thing to do. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is refusing the idea of a cease fire, saying the more than 240 hostages still held by hamas must be released first. the united states would not agree to a cease fire after, the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agree to
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but i think for her it is a difficult position and let s remember what protesters want. they want this extradition bill th . they want not just withdrawn which is what the chief executive has done but scrap all together. they want her to resign. now i think beijing would find it difficult to fire her right now. they can t be pleased of the way she has handled this. they could, ali, just double down. they could as a result of this you know have some kind of next time you do this, we ll crack heads in a serious way. we ll watch it closely with you bill. thank you for your analyst. bill neely with us in hong kong. president trump cool tensions with china saying the u.s. would not place additional tariffs on chinese goods.