hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m laila harrak. hospitals in gaza facing a dire situation. al shifa hospital is almost out of essential supplies. test of thousands of pro-palestinian demonstrators march in london, demanding a cease-fire in the israel/hamas war. and the end to an historic career. megan rapinoe bows out of professional soccer. what she calls the worst possible outcome. the israeli military has offered to evacuate infants and other patients from gaza s largest hospital sometime today. while the hamas-controlled health ministry in gaza said three new born babies have died since friday night at al shifa hospital after nearby shelling knocked out a generator supplying oxygen to the neonatal unit. a gaza health official tells cnn the other infants were hand-carried to the operating rooms which still had oxygen, unlike other hospitals across ga gaza. idf says it s been engaged in heavy fighting with ham
long, m.j. add another one and that is averting this rail strike if possible, within the next few days. reporter: we heard the president ticking through everything that he would like to see congress get done between now and the end of the year. and you re right, that the rail strike looming large over the economy. that is been a big consideration for the white house. that is a urgent priority and he wants congress to get this done essentially so that they could sort of force all of the parties to agree to this framework that was agreed upon earlier this year. he has been very clear that if there is a strike, that would be disastrous for the economy. i couldn t quite hear over the reporters shouting questions whether he said that he feels absolutely confident that this could be averted. but that is obviously the outcome that the white house is hoping for. he also mentioned there, as you heard, that the important of funding the government, he mentioned wanting more funding for covid ai