Starting a two day visit to the wider middle east. Mr sunak is expected to meet his israeli counterpart Benjamin Neta nyahu and israeli president isaac herzog for what he said, on arrival here, he hoped would be very productive meetings. This, after urging regional leaders to avoid further dangerous escalation. This is what rishi sunak had to say on his arrival. Good morning, Prime Minister. Good morning. Im very pleased to be able to be here. Its an important time. Its important for me to be able to express my solidarity with the israeli people, following what was a horrific terrorist attack. Productive meetings ahead of us today. Im looking forward to seeing the Prime Minister and president. Theres lots of work for us to do. That is rishi sunak who arrived in israel this morning. In gaza, meanwhile, egypt has agreed to let humanitarian supplies in, via The Rafah Crossing. An initial convoy of 20 trucks of aid are expected to enter gaza. Although that is not 100 confirmed. That, after
Welcome to Southern Israel. We are less than a mile from the border with gaza. In the last few minutes three more rockets fired by hamas have landed not far from here. Throughout the day we could hear and see israels in doing attacks against Northern Gaza. Continuing attacks. You can see the city where many of the residents have fled south, fleeing israeli air strikes where the attack still continue. In the latest and diplomatic development, joe biden has confirmed he will arrive in israel tomorrow to hear first hand from the israelis about their plans for an expected Ground Invasion. It follows the attacks ten days ago here in Southern Israel by hamas which killed 1300 israelis, including other nationalities. Hamas is an organisation designated as a Terrorist Group by many western governments, including the united kingdom. 0vernight local officials in gaza say they were more israeli air strikes, in gaza say they were more israeli airstrikes, more in gaza say they were more israeli air
witnessed also the emergence of major cleavages with the opposition. the assassination, brutal, cold assassination of weren t of the top military commanders of the rebels by a rebel unit tells you a great deal about the lack of unity in the opposition of the rebels and also it tells you a great deal about how ga doff hey been able to survive for as long as he has in the last six months. all right. fawaz and reva, thanks for the lightning tour. we ll spend more time on the israeli/palestinian question which obviously is not going away way. thanks for sharing your thoughts today. ed president is focused on jobs but will the crises over seas throw another wrench in his plans? and shouldn t he be able to walk and chew gum at the same time? we ll talk about that next. coming up on hardball, iowa fight night. the battle between the two leaders of the republican party. uh, forgot jack s cereal. [ jack ] what s for breakfast? um.
small drop in jobless claims. as the markets take notice of the numbers, right now, early morning, it is up, 9 points, 10 points, jumping around a bit and, had been up 160 points, but it has gone down since the high and of course we ll go live to the president, when he takes the microphone. bill: treading water. alisyn: it is. bill: a lot of folks are treading water, and president obama will meet many of them on a lightning tour of the midwest in ten days and he ll talk to folks, struggling in this economy and one of the hardest hit areas of the nation, and that is the midwest, what do the governors in america s heartland have to say about that? we re joined by ohio governor, john kasich out of columbus and sir, thanks for coming back here, appreciate your time. i think that one of the most i.. a buckeye myself, one of the most under reported stories in this nation is how life changed fundamentally for so many in