hello, everyone. i m christiane amanpour. we will take you around the world to ask questions and tackle the big problems and let history be our guide. here is where we re headed this week. the united states fights fires on multiple fronts. will it win? a briefing from one of america s best-known generals, david petraeus. we face more challenges in number and more complex and more dangerous challenges than arguably at any time since the end of the cold war. also ahead, the imf chief optimistic about the u.s. economy. cheer up, this is a new year, people. then can you feel it rock star lenny kravitz on life, legacy and vying for an oscar. and from the archive, the anniversary of the pope s first visit to atheist communist cuba. welcome to the program, everyone. i m christiane amanpour. this year crises overseas could also tip the scales. first in ukraine where the war grinds on and president biden s request for emergency funding could die in congress.
can actually destroy hamas, again, dismantle the political wing. by the way, also keep hamas from reconstituting because, of course, there are some additional big ideas that have long been needed such as, you know, the post-conflict operation. who is going to oversee gaza? no hands are going up in the region. there s certainly no competent, capability, trustworthy palestinian entity that can be brought over from the west bank, and it appears by default israel will have to do that. i think the sooner that that reality is acknowledged and washington accepts that as well, because there is no viable alternative if you want to be sure that hamas cannot reconstitute, then they should be planning accordingly. but, above all, who is going to get the additional humanitarian assistance that s desperately needed for the people? what is the vision for the people of gaza and, by the way, for the west bank while we re at it, and who is going to oversee,