Good day to our viewer in the United States and around the world. Im kasie hunt. It is wednesday, october 18. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington, noon in tel aviv where we just heard from President Biden who is in a bilateral meeting right now with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The president commenting for the first time on camera about the explosion at a hospital in gaza city that officials there say killed hundreds of people. Deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in gaza yesterday. Based on what ive seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. But there is a lot of people out there who are not sure. Said to be unparalleled and indescribable. A spokesperson says most of the victims are children and women. Hours ago israel released this edited 30 second drone video that Spokesman Says proves that Israeli Military did not cause the explosion. He says craters and other damage are not consistent with an israeli airstrike. They also int
Difficult mission that the president was embarking on became even more complicated just yesterday afternoon amid the blast at that hospital in gaza. The second portion of the president s trip ultimately was canceled. He was set to travel to jordan to talk about establishing humanitarian aid, establishing a corridor to get aid into gaza. But that trip was up ended in the aftermath of the blast. White house officials have down played the expectations of concrete deliverables. Of course the president is hoping to press both Benjamin Netanyahu as well as others on trying to alleviate some of the humanitarian concerns. But it is unclear what specific announcements the president might leave israel with. But part of his agenda while he is on the ground there today is to try to ascertain what exactly the israelis need as they continue to try to root out hamas. The u. S. Of course has said israel has the right to defend itself, but we have also seen the white house in recent days really trying
military communications, getting the two teams to work on artificial intelligence, particularly in the national security realm. there was a lot of very good outcomes out of this meeting between president biden and president xi and the president is looking forward, we are looking forward to managing this relationship in a more responsible way and moving things forward, looking for ways we can cooperate, but also not afraid to confront where we can. including on the tensions in the south china sea. so the president and his whole national security team is focus forward out of san francisco. still call him a dictator each time he sees him? the president made it very clear. he was asked a direct question and he gave a direct answer and stands by the answer. as true as the statement was doesn t mean there are not still prospects to cooperate and compete with china in a more responsible way going forward and that s where the president s head is. when these two leaders met, did
america, l.l.j. cool j.. and joan shangang shanga god save the queen, man. sandra: a live look now as we begin a brand-new hour at the white house, press secretary karine jean-pierre and the nsc spokesman john kirby are set to take question a short time from now, the oldest president in history, celebrates his 81st birthday. a new batch of bad polling, and on into the holiday week, john. great to start this week with you, i m sandra smith in new york. john: john roberts in washington. when you have 81 candles on the birthday cake, i m not sure if it s just so hard to blow them out or you know, that could contribute to global warming. either of those things or both could be true. democrats in panic mode as poll after poll shows the issue of biden s age still top of mind for voters, and left leaning media taking notice with headline after headline. biden s donors and fundraisers reported by don t think the campaign has come up with the right response to the age question