Lets look at the wider situation. With me is Mohamed Taha from bbc arabic. Thank you forjoining us on The Programme. The Breaking News in the last few minutes. We knew that the israelis had discovered some bodies in rafah. Now we know that one of them is an American Citizen. What more do we know about whats happening there at the moment . 50 whats happening there at the moment . ~ whats happening there at the moment . ~. ,. , moment . So we knew about recovering moment . So we knew about recovering the moment . So we knew about recovering the Bodies Moment . So we knew about recovering the bodies of moment . So we knew about recovering the bodies of the | recovering the bodies of the hostages a few hours ago. And the announcement from the White House came just a few minutes ago that one of these bodies is american. The American Citizen is hersh Goldberg Polin, and his parents were really vocal about him. They had interviews in the us and in israel, and i gets you did an interview with
Across the globe. Well bring you insights into what voters and World Leaders are hoping to hearfrom the us president this evening. The speech marks a crucial moment in his presidency. This will be his third State Of The Union as president and last planned National Address before voters head to the polls this november. Withjust under eight months until election day, the us is preparing for a 2020 Rematch Betweenjoe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Its a match up that 48 say they feel negative about and 42 call depressing. Will President Biden be able to reassure voters hes best able to tackle the countrys issues and that the State Of The Union is still strong . We will hear all about but a little later. Well bejoined tonight by our experts, reporters, white house veterans and lawmakers attending the speech on capitol hill. First, lets go to our reporter Helena Humphrey live on capitol hill. This is one of the busiest nights on the hill. Of all of the knights of the year, what is
why not give your wealth a second look? book your free meeting today at creativeplanning.com. creative planning a richer way to wealth. john: a live look from israel where we are expecting secretary of state antony blinken to speak soon after crucial meetings with mideast leaders to try to reach a new ceasefire deal between israel and hamas. i m john roberts in washington. even though it says u.s. embassy jerusalem, the shot is from tel aviv. sandra: it is indeed. sandra smith in new york. israel has now rejected hamas s latest counteroffer as the war enters its fifth month now. it would have eventually freed all the remaining hostages but at a steep price. john: we have team coverage, former cia station chief dan hoffman reacts in moments. sandra: but first to mike tobin on the ground in tel aviv for us. mike, where do these talks go from here? given what we just heard from prime minister netanyahu, the counter proposal was not received, hamas responded to the pr
it s good to be back with you on this second hour. at this hour, president biden s critical next move. he says he has decided on the u.s. response to the drone attack that killed three u.s. soldiers in jordan but what it is, where, and when, he isn t revealing. plus, cori bush confirming she is the target of a justice department probe over her campaign spending. what we know this hour live from washington. plus, homeland security secretary under the microscope as house republicans hold another meeting moving closer to impeachment. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. let s start with keir simons now. president biden has made his decision clear. at least that he s made the decision clear, but what he s going to do against iran is an ongoing question. what s the latest, keir? secretary of state blinken not saying when the response from the u.s. might come, but saying it would likely be sustained over time, multilevel and could come in stages. as quest
the end of the fighting in gaza but israel has already made it clear it won t tolerate a palestinian state once the guns go silent. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said that if it s a question of israeli security or palestinian sovereignty, he will opt for the former. but that s at odds with the two state solution which washington favours and unlikely to go down well in the rest of the middle east. also ahead tata steel has confirmed that 2,800 jobs will go when it turns off its blast furnaces at port talbot. the company says it will greatly reduce carbon emissions other voices are worried the uk will be dependent on imports for a vital resource. and a newborn baby has been found abandoned in a park in east london. we ll look at how the uk and the us are tackling issues like this we will get reaction to all of that. our panel this evening, joining us from miami, the democratic strategist hilary rosen, and in london, the chief political commentator from i newspap