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the u.n. security council to create an independent palestinian state. all this as israel continues to debate how and when to respond to iran's attack. nick schifrin looks at u.s.'s attempts to prevent even more regional escalation. nick: william, this afternoon, president biden and prime minister benjamin netanyahu's top national security aides talked about israel's potential response to the iranian attack. u.s. officials have made it clear, they think israel should not respond militarily and are trying to increase economic and diplomatic pressure on iran to help make their case. for the lay of the land in the u.s. and the region, we get two views. ambassador dennis ross played leading roles in the mideast peace process for more than 12 years. he is now the counselor and a distinguished fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. a washington think tank. and khaled elgindy has participated in past israeli-palestinian negotiations, and is now the director of the middle east institu
the u.n. security council to create an independent palestinian state. all this as israel continues to debate how and when to respond to iran's attack. nick schifrin looks at u.s.'s attempts to prevent even more regional escalation. nick: william, this afternoon, president biden and prime minister benjamin netanyahu's top national security aides talked about israel's potential response to the iranian attack. u.s. officials have made it clear, they think israel should not respond militarily and...
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reporter: israel has blamed the u.n. for food shortfalls. they hope not to lose the support of its closest ally. for the pbs newshour, nick schifrin. ♪ amna: a relatively rare east coast earthquake rattled much of the northeastern u.s. it freed nerves but caused no major cow -- casualties or damage. as the ground began to tremble in the new york area this morning, some reacted with fear. >> the building showed and i thought that the ceiling above me was going to collapse actually. amna: others with confusion. >> we felt the floor shake. amna: the u.s. said the 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit near whitehouse station, new jersey and may have been felt by some 42 million people in the region. new yorkers temporarily evacuated buildings. >> this crack was not here. amna: others documented some minor effects though there were no immediate reports of major damage. leaders came out and told people not to worry. >> we are masters of disasters. amna: while air and rail travel were temporarily disrupted, most people went back to their daily routines. t
reporter: israel has blamed the u.n. for food shortfalls. they hope not to lose the support of its closest ally. for the pbs newshour, nick schifrin. ♪ amna: a relatively rare east coast earthquake rattled much of the northeastern u.s. it freed nerves but caused no major cow -- casualties or damage. as the ground began to tremble in the new york area this morning, some reacted with fear. >> the building showed and i thought that the ceiling above me was going to collapse actually. amna:...
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much of gaza has already been reduced to a wasteland with u.n. officials estimating 37 million tons of debris to be removed. they said today, the clean-up operation will be a mammoth job. >> with 100 trucks, we're talking about 14 years of work with 100 trucks. so, that's based on that figure. 14 years to remove with approximately 750,000 work days, person work days to remove the debris. so, significant numbers when it comes to debris. amna: the u.n. said roughly 65% of the buildings destroyed in gaza have been residential ones. the u.s. military today announced a new weapons package to re-arm ukraine's air defenses. it includes more patriot missiles, but not the additional patriot batteries that ukraine had wanted. still, in washington, defense secretary lloyd austin said he believes this package along with other weapons will meet ukraine's needs. >> they need other types of systems and interceptors as well. and so, i would caution us all in terms of making the patriot the silver bullet. i would say that it's going to be the integrated air and m
much of gaza has already been reduced to a wasteland with u.n. officials estimating 37 million tons of debris to be removed. they said today, the clean-up operation will be a mammoth job. >> with 100 trucks, we're talking about 14 years of work with 100 trucks. so, that's based on that figure. 14 years to remove with approximately 750,000 work days, person work days to remove the debris. so, significant numbers when it comes to debris. amna: the u.n. said roughly 65% of the buildings...
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the u.n. says israel has not yet presented a full evacuation plan even though today prime minister netanyahu said a rafah operation was on the calendar. >> [translated] victory requires entry into rafah and the elimination of the terrorist battalions there. it will happen. there is a date. nick: today the state department spokesman matt miller iterated that the u.s. opposes a ground invasion into rafah, regardless of israeli evacuation plans. >> it would, number one, harm all the more than 1.4 million palestinians. it would hinder the delivery of humanitarian assistance. he made clear we don't want to see that full scale invasion in any event. nick: in the last few days israel has opened additional crossings and today more than 415 trucks entered gaza, the largest number since the war began. but the u.n. and u.s. are pushing for the number to increase to prewar levels, above 500. >> it is not just important they take initial steps to facilitate the increase of humanitarian assistance, but that
the u.n. says israel has not yet presented a full evacuation plan even though today prime minister netanyahu said a rafah operation was on the calendar. >> [translated] victory requires entry into rafah and the elimination of the terrorist battalions there. it will happen. there is a date. nick: today the state department spokesman matt miller iterated that the u.s. opposes a ground invasion into rafah, regardless of israeli evacuation plans. >> it would, number one, harm all the...
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the u.n. says rate has been used as a weapon of war and for far too many victims, there is little support. >> i am depressed and completely shattered mentally. i need a psychologist or at least to change my environment to forget what happened to me because every time i remember what happened, i get panic attacks. nick: inside sudan, more than 6 million have fled their homes including this camp in the northeast. for this 10-year-old, there are moments of distraction and even joy. for her brothers, boys get to be boys. but the parents are not all right. they fear the future and are scarred by the past. press the children were frightened by any sound and they would hide under the bed. they were terrified and i would hug them at night to comfort them. nick: she fled her home while pregnant. >> there was no medical treatment. i was not able to test my blood for so many days. i did not know if the baby inside me was alive or dead. nick: they are twice displaced. all they can hope now is to protect t
the u.n. says rate has been used as a weapon of war and for far too many victims, there is little support. >> i am depressed and completely shattered mentally. i need a psychologist or at least to change my environment to forget what happened to me because every time i remember what happened, i get panic attacks. nick: inside sudan, more than 6 million have fled their homes including this camp in the northeast. for this 10-year-old, there are moments of distraction and even joy. for her...
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the u.n. says at least 196 have been killed since hamas' october 7 terrorist attacks. u.s. officials cite poor israeli coordination and deconfliction. today, defense minister yoav gallant promised to establish an independent investigation and brief ngos on the findings and to open a joint idf international ngo situation room. >> we will get to the bottom of this and we will share our findings transparently. nick: back in northern gaza, amid the ruins of gaza city, lies the damage done to what was once gaza's biggest hospital, al shifa. the world health organization said today the heart of gaza's health system had been ripped out. the israeli military says a two-week operation by its equivalent of navy seals killed or detained more than 700 terrorists hiding within the buildings. the palestinian health ministry says hundreds were civilians, and the u.n. says 20 patients died. after the world central kitchen incident, aid organizations are suspending their gaza operations, as the u.n. warns that gaza is on the brink of famine. for the "pbs newshour," i'm nick schifrin. amna:
the u.n. says at least 196 have been killed since hamas' october 7 terrorist attacks. u.s. officials cite poor israeli coordination and deconfliction. today, defense minister yoav gallant promised to establish an independent investigation and brief ngos on the findings and to open a joint idf international ngo situation room. >> we will get to the bottom of this and we will share our findings transparently. nick: back in northern gaza, amid the ruins of gaza city, lies the damage done to...
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. >> the u.n. said 65% of the buildings destroyed in gaza have been residential one. >> the military announced a new weapon's package. it includes more patriot missiles but not the initial battery that is ukraine had wanted. still in washington, defense secretary lloyd austin believes this package along with other weapons will meet ukraine's needs. >> they need other types of interceptors as well. so i would caution us all in terms of making patriot the silver bullet. i would say that it's going to -- it's going to be integrated era as we've said so many times before that really turns a tide. >> the new weapons package will cost some $6 billion. another member of secretary state antony blinken warned xi jinping about sum porting the russian war. blinken told xi that they must stop supplying russia with material or the u.s. will ago. >> we are committed to maintaining and strengthening the lines of communication between us so that we avoid any miscommunications, any misperceptions, any miscalculatio
. >> the u.n. said 65% of the buildings destroyed in gaza have been residential one. >> the military announced a new weapon's package. it includes more patriot missiles but not the initial battery that is ukraine had wanted. still in washington, defense secretary lloyd austin believes this package along with other weapons will meet ukraine's needs. >> they need other types of interceptors as well. so i would caution us all in terms of making patriot the silver bullet. i would...
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the u.n. and u.s. are pushing for the number to increase to prewar levels above 500. >> it is not just important they take initial steps to facilitate the increase of humanitarian assistance but the increased flow of humanitarian assistance be sustained over flint -- overtime. >> increased assistance is one of hamas demands on hostage negotiations. regional officials tell me cia bill burns, qatar's prime minister and is really an egyptian spy chiefs have created a new proposal that has gone to hamas in which israel has softened resistance to a hamas request to let gazans returned to northern gaza but not by enough to expect an imminent breakthrough. what officials fear is imminent, and attacked by iran in response to an israeli strike i damascus that killed senior iranian commanders. overnight israel launched a series of airstrikes into southern lebanon killing one of hezbollah's most senior commanders. in beirut today, hezbollah supporters mourned his death. u.s. officials feared as blow or iran itsel
the u.n. and u.s. are pushing for the number to increase to prewar levels above 500. >> it is not just important they take initial steps to facilitate the increase of humanitarian assistance but the increased flow of humanitarian assistance be sustained over flint -- overtime. >> increased assistance is one of hamas demands on hostage negotiations. regional officials tell me cia bill burns, qatar's prime minister and is really an egyptian spy chiefs have created a new proposal that...
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vanessa: a separate internal u.n. investigation is still looking into israel's allegations that unrwa staffers were involved in the october 7th attacks. a moscow court has rejected the latest appeal from american journalist evan gershkovich, keeping the wall street journal reporter detained in russia through the end of june. the 32-year-old appeared in court today with his lawyers to seek an end to his pre-trial detention. he was arested in march of last year on espionage charges. five migrants died today as they tried to cross the english channel from france to the u.k. among them was a seven-year-old girl. officials say their overcrowded boat hit a sandbank off the coast of northern france. their deaths came hours after the british parliament approved a bill to deport migrants who enter the u.k. illegally, to rwanda. aid groups warned, the measure will do more harm than good. >> we will not see the boats stop because of this. we will see more deaths. we will see more dangerous risks being taken. but, yeah, it defini
vanessa: a separate internal u.n. investigation is still looking into israel's allegations that unrwa staffers were involved in the october 7th attacks. a moscow court has rejected the latest appeal from american journalist evan gershkovich, keeping the wall street journal reporter detained in russia through the end of june. the 32-year-old appeared in court today with his lawyers to seek an end to his pre-trial detention. he was arested in march of last year on espionage charges. five migrants...
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. >> israel hasn't responded to those statements yet but argued it's a fault of u.n. capacity in terms of distribution of aid inside of gaza and it called the killing of those aid workers inadvertent, the product of a misidentification and it's calling for what president biden is calling for, an independent open investigation >> and the president also call forward cease-fire. that demand is noteworthy. >> it is because up until now the president has said there should be a cease-fire as part of a hostage deal. there is a hostage deal on the table. 35 to 40 hostages would be released from hamas in exchange for a six-week cease-fire but hamas has insisted that part of that deal must be to allow owl of those gassens in rafa to return north into northern gaza. israel has resisted that hamas demand. in israel there are also hostages but also hamas militants and israel said it would be difficult. but a u.s. official told netanyahu, get the hostage deal done, no more posturing, event if that allows gassen civilians to move north from rafah. another sticking point, the exact n
. >> israel hasn't responded to those statements yet but argued it's a fault of u.n. capacity in terms of distribution of aid inside of gaza and it called the killing of those aid workers inadvertent, the product of a misidentification and it's calling for what president biden is calling for, an independent open investigation >> and the president also call forward cease-fire. that demand is noteworthy. >> it is because up until now the president has said there should be a...
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here is the russian ambassador to the u.n. describing his home forhildren as a secret military training camp. >> in a number of regions in ukraine they have set up children's camps where children are hosted. one was a camp in mariupol where children were. . turned into future fighters simon: the vilification of the pastor's organization is no quincy that's. russia's propaganda machine has systematically sought to characterize evangelical christians across occupied ukraine as extremists or charlatans to justify the seizure of their property. >> all kinds of religious -- the activities of the swindlers has been curtailed considerably since the start of the special military operation. >> the orphanage from mariupol, it was like competition. they said pastor, you have just 14 minutes. not 45, not 50. the last chance. it is crazy. ♪ simon: once the pastor and his orphans were out of mariupol, there weren'-- there was no way back. russia and ukraine established an impenetrable frontline. . 's church was eventually gutted in the fi
here is the russian ambassador to the u.n. describing his home forhildren as a secret military training camp. >> in a number of regions in ukraine they have set up children's camps where children are hosted. one was a camp in mariupol where children were. . turned into future fighters simon: the vilification of the pastor's organization is no quincy that's. russia's propaganda machine has systematically sought to characterize evangelical christians across occupied ukraine as extremists or...
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. >> but his focus remains on gaza , as the u.n. warms a famine and gazans pray on ruins. >> it is very hard not to know someone who was killed in this conflict in gaza. >> he goes to work every day and talks to worshipers about ending the war. >> it is about a call for cease-fire, for sustained humanitarian aid, for, for really like a marshall plan to rebuild the gaza strip. >> but that call feels far off even in the old city. with the sound of nearby gunfire in a war that is miles away but also close to home. for the pbs newshour, i am nick schifrin. geoff: some 80 years after their wartime efforts, real life rosie the riveters are receiving the nation's highest civilian honor from congress. john yang has the story. >> the call came clear. wake up, miss america. >> some of them went to work in factories during world war ii to join the war effort. some to help make ends meet while their husbands were fighting the war. >> i have the honor of presenting this medal to rosie the riveter. >> today about 30 of them represented millions o
. >> but his focus remains on gaza , as the u.n. warms a famine and gazans pray on ruins. >> it is very hard not to know someone who was killed in this conflict in gaza. >> he goes to work every day and talks to worshipers about ending the war. >> it is about a call for cease-fire, for sustained humanitarian aid, for, for really like a marshall plan to rebuild the gaza strip. >> but that call feels far off even in the old city. with the sound of nearby gunfire in a...
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the u.n. health agency said more than 20 patients died. the israelis denied that claim but said they killed hundreds of hamas fighters. mangle buildings spread across the hospital complex and surrounding blocks. palestinian patients said israeli forces allowed them only limited supplies amid the strike. >> they let in a very small amount of food. we were 150 patients and 50 medical staff members. not sufficient at all. no treatment, no medicine and bombing for 24 hours that caused immense destruction to the hospital. amna: the israeli military said some hamas fighters had barricaded themselves inside hospital wards and others launched mortar rounds inside the complex. workers from the international aid organization world central kitchen and their driver were reportedly killed in gaza when an israeli airstrike hit their vehicle. they had been delivering aid that arrived in a ship earlier in the day. the israeli military says they are investigating the airstrike. the aid ships are carrying some 400 tons of food and supplies. they left from -
the u.n. health agency said more than 20 patients died. the israelis denied that claim but said they killed hundreds of hamas fighters. mangle buildings spread across the hospital complex and surrounding blocks. palestinian patients said israeli forces allowed them only limited supplies amid the strike. >> they let in a very small amount of food. we were 150 patients and 50 medical staff members. not sufficient at all. no treatment, no medicine and bombing for 24 hours that caused immense...
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the u.n. relief chief martin griffiths tells us why we should all be outraged in his first interview since announcing he is stepping
the u.n. relief chief martin griffiths tells us why we should all be outraged in his first interview since announcing he is stepping