Laurinwhitney gottbrath joins us, world editor from axios. And joyce karam is the Senior Editor for almonitor. Welcome to both of you. Lets start about the situation right now. I want to ask you about casa. Guest great to be with you. It is a devastating situation. The numbers coming from gaza and from gaza indicate at least 4000 are dead. The wounded is above 12,000. The hospitals the United Nations said they have 24 hours before running out of fuel. We are looking at a very dire situation and unprecedented catastrophe in casa. The israeli airstrikes have identified and are hitting harder gaza. Harder inside gaza. The trucks at the border of egypt are still waiting. Host they were supposed to start moving this morning, local time. Guest they have moved but not entered. Now, i have spoken to people on the ground and the expectation is they will start moving tomorrow morning. Guest 2 the british Prime Minister, rishi sunak, is in israel. This says Israels Netanyahu warns of a long war.
Lets start about the situation right now. I want to ask you about casa. Guest great to be with you. It is a devastating situation. The numbers coming from gaza and from gaza indicate at least 4000 are dead. The wounded is above 12,000. The hospitals the United Nations said they have 24 hours before running out of fuel. We are looking at a very dire situation and unprecedented catastrophe in casa. The israeli airstrikes have identified and are hitting harder gaza. Harder inside gaza. The trucks at the border of egypt are still waiting. Host they were supposed to start moving this morning, local time. Guest they have moved but not entered. Now, i have spoken to people on the ground and the expectation is they will start moving tomorrow morning. Guest 2 the british Prime Minister, rishi sunak, is in israel. This says Israels Netanyahu warns of a long war. What are the implications and what are people saying about how long this could be . Guest 2 in terms of the implications more locally,
Host good morning. It is friday, october 20. The president addressed the nation last night the oval office, arguing that u. S. Security interest require supporting israel and ukraine. He is asking congress for more funding for military support for those countries, and in the house, presented of jim jordan said he would temporarily suspend his bid to become speaker but then reversed course and says he will make a third run. The house gavels and at 10 00 a. M. Today, and we will keep you updated. We are taking your calls on either or both of those topics. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can post to social media, we are at facebook. Com cspan and x and instagram at cspanwj. Welcome to todays washington journal. List start with the Oval Office Address last night. Heres a portion where President Biden makes the case that we should send funding to israel in ukraine. [end video clip] [video clip] President Biden tragedy inflicted on the people
Embassy in israel from tel aviv to the city. It has already prompted a heated reaction, with arab leaders warning there could be dangerous repercussions. Earlier, i spoke to the bbcs north america correspondent peter bowes, and asked him about the possible reasons behind the expected decision. Well, its not entirely sure why now. Certainly it was a Campaign Promise by mr trump to move the American Embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. And perhaps some domestic politics is playing into this, in that he wants to be seen to be making good on those big Campaign Promises in his first year in office, where perhaps he might have failed on some other issues. But, to the wider issue, in terms of peace and the Peace Process in the region, why now . Its difficult to fully understand without hearing the details of what hes got to say in a few hours time. Certainly the white house and the Trump Administration has been working on a peace plan for the region for many months. We dont know the details. B