the united nations where the security council could vote as early as today on whether or not to admit the palestinian authority. it s a vote that convert force united states to use veto power here. the u.s. has said establishing an independent palestinian state should have been through direct negotiations between the parties and not at the u.n. u.s. ambassador to the united states says america is going to support israel as it faces unprecedented threats. we will also continue direct diplomacy to advocate for normalization of ties between israel and its neighbors. as well as a political horizon towards two s state solution so that palestinians and israelis can live side-by-side in peace. we are committed to achieve incrincredible steps toward a two-state solution. the resolution needs at least nine votes in favor and the u.s.
interference but using deliberate language in their letters to jim jordan and varying testimony to congress. jon: quickly on thes gun charge hunter biden was charged with very serious crimes. most americans i mean as u.n. u.s. attorney you must have prosecuted those cases. would most americans get that kind of deal? yeah we broke words in northern district of alabama prosecuting gun cases and what i can tell you is only 4.4 of all cases are diverted pre-trial. and i for the life of me can t find one a single one 22g charge of gun charge like hunter biden facing here that was pre-trial diverted. these just everybody gets some period of time for a very serious offense which is somebody who is addicted to illegal narcotics possessing a firearm in this country, and so it really is sort of astonishing to me that not only did he get tax misdemeanors after evading taxes for really decades but certainly
i want to talk about what is going on in mariupol. we were talking to matt about those 20 civilians that were evacuated. do you have any hope that there will be a breakthrough here? i ll note that it seemed that in some way shape or form, the u.n. s secretary-general had gone to see putin last week and seemed to have some kind of an understanding. and yet we entered the same demoralizing cycle where they announced that there might be a humanitarian corridor and then no one is rescued. it is very heartbreaking. from the very early days of this war, we were trying all the effort possible, through civil societies, through experts understanding conflicts, how to help ukrainians, humanitarian efforts to evacuate civilians. and all the feel who understand how russia fights say it is close to impossible because russia uses civilians as hostages. they do not respect geneva