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
biden and so on. mitch mcconnell, lindsey graham, his allies have impressed upon him and his top aides, that s just too dangerous a road to go down. it sounds as though tonight the president is listening. the question is whether or not he s preparing to leave joint base andrews outside of washington in a few moments to head down to mar-a-lago. the question is what happens when he gets down there. he will be meeting with friends, long time outside advisers and so on. the donald trump that emerges from that period of time may be different from the one right now. it sounds as though he s listening to the words of caution right now. people don t want mick mulvaney or john bolton there. who knows what they will testify to. the president can get himself worked up into a lather down there. is the public posture what s being said outside the same as what s been said behind closed
bring in general kelly and lose reince priebus as the white house chief of staff? well, i have a tremendous regard for general kelly. he s just a top-rate person. i had a very good relationship with reince priebus. i have nothing to say about reince priebus. this is the president s decision. i m not going to question. also had a very good working relationship with, and i wished him well, wished reince well. i certainly think secretary kelly will do an outstanding job. what was the mood like on that plane, air force one the flight from joint base andrews outside of washington to macarthur airport out on long island, and coming back? we know anthony scaramucci, he was on the flight going to long island. he stayed in new york. he did not fly back on air force one. did you see any interaction between reince priebus and anthony scaramucci? no, there wasn t any interaction. there wasn t any hostility.
the very least. basically the story broke minutes after air force 1 took off from joint base andrews outside of washington. rebecca, this is the president s first foreign trip, very important trip. with all the commotion and all the crises, matters unfolding here in washington, how is this going to impact this trip? ways speaking earlier this week with a republican strategist who works closely with the administration. this strategist told me they were hoping before the stories of the past couple of days that this trip would be a reset for the administration. that this would afford the president an opportunity to move on from all of these daily correspondents, scandals, suggestion of scandals to come and reset his administration but now this is going to be presumably the is up text for the entire trip. would you expect that in meetings with foreign leaders there might be questions from donald trump about how he handles the scandal and chaos
special breaking news coverage of a a moment that will make history. in mere minutes, the plane carrying pope francis is scheduled to touch down in washington, d.c. and president obama, the first lady and vice president will all be on hand at joint base andrews outside of washington to greet him. we have our eye on live pictures as we watch and wait for the pope to touch down stepping on to u.s. soil for the first time in his life. this is just a meet and greet right now. we are told, but tomorrow the pope will be heading to the white house as well as addressing congress before coming here to new york and on to philadelphia. you see his schedule for five days of history expected to draw crowds by the hundreds of thousands and tenderly as well testing the security and secret service. they are on high alert and have been for a security detail