United nations secretary general set said hamas attacks did not happen in a vacuum. Emmanuel macrons mideast tour takes them to cairo this wednesday. The french president urges israel to delay any Ground Invasion and revealed there were some 31 french deaths in the hamas attacks of october 7. This is live from paris. A very good evening to you. As you join us, tensions still high across the middle east. This program will bring you the latest on the ground as well as source is trying to stop the gaza strip. On day 18 of the israelgaza war, there has been an increase in airstrikes on hamas. This has been confirmed by israels military. The gaza health authority, linked to hamas, says strikes killed 756 this wednesday, including 340 children. The palestinian test death toll is over 6500 since the october 7 attacks that shocked the world. The United Nations in gaza has confirmed this wednesday a strike at one of its schools that had been sheltering over 4600 people made homeless by the war.
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We are joined by the spokesperson for the embassy of saudi arabia. Welcome to the program. I want to start with the role that saudi arabia is playing in the discussion between israel and hamas. It was the king who promoted the arab summit in beirut and it offers full normalization in all 21 members of the league of arab states for comprehensive we fastforward to the Current Crisis and the results have been very clear in its policies. Weve advocated for an immediate ceasefire, the release of hostages and the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Going forward, we still need to get the talks back on political track. And a tract that charts a clear and irreversible pathway to two state solution. This is what weve been advocating for years and we see it as the only sensible way forward. But can you explain little bit more, when you say there would be normalization between saudi arabia and israel freight just and comprehensive peace and youre talking about it two state solution, what are the
Antisemitism in the u. S. Following the hamas attack on israel. We want to get your reactions to the speech. How do you define antisemitism . Do you think it is on the rise . If you are jewish, how do you define it . Republicans can call 202 7488001. Democrats at 202 7488000. Independent colors can call 202 7488002. You can also text 202 7488003. Welcome to todays washington journal. People get started with a portion of the president s speech from yesterday. [video clip] President Biden we must not give safe harbor to anyone for everyone in our nation. We know that scapegoating and demonizing any minority has affected every minority and our democracy. We had to put these principles into action. I understand people have strong beliefs about the world. In america, we respect and protect the fundamental right to free speech. To protest peacefully and make our voices heard. There is no place on any campus in america for antisemitism, hate speech or violence of any kind. [applause] whether
Different meeting. The first annual meeting since Charlie Mungers death at the end of last year. It raised questions of what Berkshire Hathaway will look like after Warren Buffett. Those are the things that shareholders have been asking about and the types of things we see reflected in the media. Big questions, obviously, thrown to Warren Buffett and greg abel and jane who will be on stage this weekend to answer those questions. Well talk about those over the next few hours. Some of the issues surrounding berkshire. These are issues that Warren Buffett was direct about in his annual letter to shareholders. He laid out the disappointments they have seen. Bnsf was a disappointment on earnings. Earnings dropped significantly from a year ago. Buffett laid out how its railroad has fallen behind the other five major north american railroads in terms of margins. He talked about bhe. Berkshire hathaway energy. The major Utility Company Berkshire Hathaway owns as well. Laid out the issues on th