about little changes, not that little, that do happen. they are smart but they all meaningful. they re meaningful. i think that s why you see a lot of tension in this country. because the progress happens in small steps, but it s happening. in palpable ways. it s happening. this evening was interesting, the speech by president biden, the address from the white house. i thought what was interesting about it was the quiet normalcy. the idea that the lack of superlatives, there isn t punditry all over the place. twitter is not it could be a tree falling in the woods. the president of the united states gives an important address. first of all. and it s okay. and said nice things about republicans and nobody set their hair on fire. that s the way it has to work. you pointed out, even in the obama days, it would ve been hard-pressed to pay a compliment to the speaker of the house. yes. that s what joe biden did tonight. the normalcy was the part that amazed me
the leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, has arrived in cairo for talks on a fresh ceasefire. israel s president has said his country is now ready for what he calls another humanitarian pause . nearly 20 thousand people are now reported to have been killed in gaza. 1,200 were killed and 240 taken hostage when hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october. the un security council is about to start discussing a new draft of a gaza resolution and a vote could take place any minute now. the white house has just said discussions for a humanitarian pause are quote very serious . it s all about the wording of the text. it s all about the wording. the draft is very long, but the key section talks of extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access . it remains to be seen if the wording is now acceptable to the united states. in the past half hour, the us secretary of state
tell us what is happening. i tell us what is happening. i was reachin: tell us what is happening. i was reaching out tell us what is happening. i was reaching out to tell us what is happening. i was reaching out to diplomats - tell us what is happening. i was reaching out to diplomats as - tell us what is happening. i reaching out to diplomats as they were leaving consultations. i was told the vote had been delayed yet again until tomorrow. we were able to hear directly from the uae which offered this draught resolution. their ambassador told us that they decided to give additional time to try to see if diplomacy could yield a positive resolution. in other words, if they could avoid a us veto here. and we have seen these negotiations drag out over days, which i thinkjust underscores how high stakes these talks are. the ambassador said that these discussions are happening at the highest levels in capitals, with everyone who has leverage, and while the united states does
tuesdays vote was delayed. nearly 20,000 people are now reported to have been killed in gaza. 240 were taken hostage when hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october. we mentioned the un security council. the text has just been released of a draft resolution on the wall. it is going to be put to the un security council in a few hours time. it is all about the wording. the draft is very long, but the keys section talks about extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable full rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access. it remains to be seen if this wedding will be accepted to the knighted states. an extended humanitarian pause, and corridors throughout the gaza strip. no mention of a ceasefire, do you think that means it will be acceptable to the united states? nice to be with you. like based on the language that you have just read out, one would hope that because the word ceasefire is no longer in this curre