hi everyone and thanks so much for joining me this afternoon. i m in dc and we are following two major international stories this afternoon. the first of them out of israel or the us and jordan have conducted more humanitarian aid drops into gaza. and the first equipment to build a temporary port in gaza for aid is now in route to that region. we re going to get to more on that in just a moment. again, in haiti, where the us military has evacuated nonessential personnel from the us embassy in port-au-prince. the airlift operation was ordered as the gang violence in that island nation worsens. gang leaders are now threatening civil war if the prime minister does not leave office. and now at is under a state of emergency until april 3, cnn chief national security correspondent alex marquardt is joining us by phone and cnn s patrick oppmann is live from cuba with the latest details. alex, let s start first with you. tell us more about this evacuation well jessica sig
we will have a special programme in 30 minutes. hello, i m nicky schiller. we start in the united states where president biden has delivered his last state of the union address before the presidential election in november. in a fiery speech he warned that the us is facing a greater threat to its freedom and democracy than at any time since the presidency of abraham lincoln in the 1860s. he repeatedly took swipes at donald trump, using the term, my predecessor 13 times. he described mr trump s recent remarks about nato as unacceptable. mr biden said he had inherited an economy on the brink after the turmoil of covid pandemic, but it was now the envy of the world. but it was his repeated attacks on mr trump which drew the biggest cheers on capitol hill. nomia iqbal has the story from washington. cheering. this was president biden s make or break moment to show americans why he should be re elected. no pressure. good evening. if i were smart, i d go home now. laughter. it
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we start with the situation in gaza. a ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend as part of a planned maritime aid corridor. it s a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and united arab emirates aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. the un says a quarter of gaza s population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. organisers hope the plan could allow large amounts of extra aid, but say it will be complex and continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. these are the latest pictures from larnaca, in cyprus, where, as you can see, aid is being loaded onto a ship, which is due to depart in a couple of hours. earlier i spoke to hiba tibi she s the country director of care international palestine and she explained the challenges of getting aid into gaza. any plan that is being taken currently to increase aid in gaza is welcome. these are, unfortunately, a
i have to be honest, we are not going to be able to turn things round straightaway but we will get to work on that. hollywood s biggest night kicks off later with the oscars and all eyes will be on oppenheimer to see if it can break the record for the most wins. hello, i m anna foster. a us military ship is headed for gaza, carrying equipment to build a temporary port for aid deliveries. the us military confirmed the ship set sail in the last few hours from a military base in virginia on its way to garzo but it will take time to construct a port. time is in short supply. the un warning and a quarter of the population of gaza, more than half a million people are currently facing famine. there is a separate aid ship with around 200 tonnes of food that has been loaded on board over the last few days which are still waiting to be given the all clear to set sail from cyprus. the eu announced this over the weekend, a joint operation between the eu, the uk, the us and others and the