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
Whether against muslims, jews or anyone. Propalestinian protests outside the white house gate, conflicts that have struck a cord here at home, not just overseas. It crosses the broader middle east. We have seen protests in almost every country. Aid trucks lined up as long as the eye can see, thats to go into gaza. Water is the issue right now. We dont have any utilities. Israels Defense Minister telling troops they would soon see gaza, quote, From The Inside. And as you can see, very Significant Developments overnight. Im poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. We have Team Coverage on the ground in israel, erin burnett in tel aviv, Matthew Chance on the border with lebanon. President biden back from the war zone, and today he is pushing congress to approve more war time aid for israel and ukraine. He made that case in a primetime oval office address. Hamas and putin represent different threats. But they share this in common. They both want to completely annihilate democracy. Whe
smith. john: i m john roberts. the story with martha starts rights now. martha: good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. right now breaking on the story, israel s prime minister saying the fight in gaza is the second war of end. he calls it an existential battle. any calls for a cease fire, he says, would be a surrender as idf expands their ground operation and rescues an israeli soldier who was kidnapped october 7th. a huge development this afternoon. they have vowed to carry out more raids and put pressure on hamas to release the 229 or maybe north of that number remaining hostages that are believed to be in gaza including ten, is the estimate, we think is the right number of americans now being held hostage by hamas. the biden administration has teed up big meetings that could be central to what happens next. senior members of biden s cabinet will sit down with top saudi officials over the next few days. saudi arabia could be very pivotal in the future of the middle eas