More food into the besieged enclave. A us military ship is also sailing towards the middle east, carrying equipment to build a temporary pier off the coast of gaza which has no Functioning Port to get aid there by sea. Israel has been accused of preventing aid getting into gaza, and us President Joe Biden says Benjamin Netanyahus conduct in the war is doing israel more harm than good. My colleague anna foster is in jerusalem and gave us this update. First of all, to the Skies Above Gaza and these pictures that show the latest drop of aid that has been carried out by Us Central Command and also by thejordanian air force as well. This is the latest air drop into gaza, which provided, they said, meals more than 11,500 meal equivalents. Things like food, including rice, flour, pasta and canned food. Weve seen these air drops really starting to increase over gaza in the last two weeks or so, since the us air force also got involved. But of course it is still nowhere near to meeting the huge
Waiting to dock in la, a lack of port workers, distribution centre staff and truck drivers are all reasons why the goods can t be unloaded. now, our next factor is politics. when donald trump fired up a trade war between the us and china, he placed an emphasis on local and regional manufacturing over a reliance on china. and trump s successor joe biden has also turned to the issue of overreliance. we need to prevent the supply side crisis from itting in the first place. in some cases, building resilience will mean increasing our production of certain types of elements here at home. this is both practical and political. practical because relying on something from the other side of the world brings an increased risk that it won t arrive. political because being so reliant on china could also be framed as a risk that impacts health and national security in america. that was particularly acute at the start of the pandemic when countries had shortages of ppe. here s president biden on that.
Front of the mardi gras. reporter: the crews ship here at fort canaveral is quite the attraction and has been throughout the day. look in the distance across the border, we seen people out here all day long and all of the ship waiting and watching as it prepares to set sale in a little more than an hour and you start to understand the excitement when you see how massive the ship is. it weighs over 180,000 tons, et decks with a roller coaster on top. it certainly lives up to its name tons of food, drinks and you name it. we are already seeing a lot of excited people with the ship, many accept and swipe out in their best mardi gras attire and ready to have fun. we ve had a couple of cancellations due to covid and
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Tell us he can t wait to be reunited with his children in egypt. when some refugees get angry at the sight of our camera no, no, no. peace. reporter: though small in stature, the accountant rushes to protect us and we quickly leave the warehouse. wait, wait, wait. okay. okay. here s why the crowd is so anxious. they re desperate to board this egyptian navy ship waiting at the dock outside. around 1200 very tired but very relieved egyptian refugees are lined up right now to board this egyptian navy ship, one of several that have been sent to help evacuate stranded people. but the united nations says more ships and boats and planes need to be sent in to help move out these legions of stranded travelers. they say the number that are being taken out on this ship is just a drop in the bucket. it s a drop in the ocean so