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>> a maritime call radar to gaza could begin operating this weekend to boost aid to the territory, according to the european commission chief. it comes a day after president biden said the u.s. planned to build a temporary port in gaza. the reaction from washingtonnd jerusalem. joe biden delivers a far -- fiery state of the union speech, setting up the key issues likely to be in his reelection campaign. he takes a swipe at donald trump. has he done enough to stop the doubters? the great barrier reef showing signs of strains after record sea temperatures show another mass bleaching event. ♪ the u.n. has been warning gaza faces famine and children are dying of hunger. there have been overwhelming obstacles when it comes to

getting aid into the territory. on friday, a potential breakthrough. the u.k. will join the u.s. and other allies to create a maritime corridor to deliver essential aid directly to gaza. in a statement from the u.k., u.s., eu, cyprus, and uae, said the humanitarian situation in gaza is dire. innoce palestinian families and children desperate for basic necessities. the corridor can and must be part of a sustained effort to increase thelow of humanitarian aid and commercial commodities into gaza through all possible routes. the plan is to establish a shipping route that would get aid from cyprus to gaza by c, working with the u.n. to coordinate and vify the flow of aid. efforts would be closely coordinated with israel's government. shipments would arrive by cyprus, where israeli security inspections will take place.

the israeli foreign ministry spokesperson reacted, saying the initiative will allow the increase of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip after a security check, according to israeli standards. the corridor development follows president biden's announcement of the u.s. military setting up a temporary port in gaza to allow more aid to be delivered. here's the british foreign secretary. >> this new idea from the u.s. president, building a temporary harbor in gaza, means aid will go directly from cyprus to gaza. it will take time to build. the crucial thing is today, the israelis must confirm they will open the port in israel. it is a working port that can take aid that would increase the amount of aid and can be driven into gaza. that would make a difference. we need to make a real difference right now. >> the head of the european commission said the new maritime coidor will begin operating very soon. hopefully by sunday.

>> the republic of cyprus, the european commission, the united arab emirates, and the united states, supported by other critical partners, announced our intent to open the maritime corridor to deliver much-needed additional amounts of humanitarian assistance by sea. we are launching this cyprus maritime corridor together. cyprus, the european union, uae, and u.s. it is your relentless work to get this corridor up and running. despite the challenges. this is truly inspiring. we are very close to the opening of the corridor. hopefully this sunday. and i'm very glad to see the initial pilot operation will be launched today. >> let's get perspective from

tom bateman and wera davis. >> what we have from president biden was the establishment of this floating port constructed by the u.s. military off the coast of gaza, but would be floated to shore. that would allow a very large amount of aid to be delivered. the problem being nobody seems to know once he gets onto the beach how it will be secured. then you have the same problems, security collapsed around aid convoys, especially north of gaza. it is about distribution. and also, it will take up to two months, according to briefings. we are not talking about that happening imminently. >> the opening of this so-called maritime corridor is an ingenis experimental idea. some aid on it, it would leave

cyprus bound for gaza. there is no natural harbor in gaza of floating this aid. there will be no foreign troops on the ground. there is a lot of skepticism among aid agencies that this is a plan that will work. it also comes on the back of joe biden's plan to build some sort of temporary harbor in gaza to allow aid and construction materials to help with the reconstruction of gaza and supply of aid. that would be ready in a couple of months. the way to get aid into gaza's by road. the israelis and the aid agencies are only getting about 100 truck's worth of aid in every day. short of the 500 truckloads needed by the people of gaza. to the north of gaza, there is malnutrition. children are dying from hunger. aid agencies in particular. israel allies have warned there is a dire humanitarian situation. >> just getting a couple of

lines through from the pentagon about all of this. they had been talking with aid groups, ngos, partner nations, and the u.n. about aid delivery. and it will take several weeks planning and execution to build that temporary port, adding the u.s. eventually aims to provide 2 million meals to gazans daily. they don't have a cost estimate yet of making that temporary port. let's bring in amy potter, who has recently returned from gaza. thank you very much for joining us. i mentioned the pentagon saying they have been talking to aid agencies with the delivery of this aid. it is the key issue for you on the ground. this ability to move the aid through gaza and reach the people who need it. it is wondering getting it in on these air drops, but it is getting in two people.

>> it is difficult getting it to people. there are logistical problems around that. even more so, there is aid. outside of the border of the peninsula. when i entered gaza and when i left, there's hundreds, if not thousands of trucks. getting aid to gaza is not necessarily a logistical problem. getting it into gaza is where the problem lies. we have ways to get aid into gaza. we just need to solve the political problems to get it across the border. >> tell ua little bit about the situation. i know it is desperate. what was it like when you wear there -- when you were there? >> it is awful. every day, you see people lined up just waiting. i remember driving by the food distribution points. there were always kids in line. i would ask staff members my there will always kids in line. they explained you could only

get one aid distribution per day. there is not enough time to get more. because water is too heavy, they would send the adults and the kids would line up for food. these are the decisions people have to make. i was in south gaza. it is far worse in the north. they don't have access to nearly as many supplies or aid as needed. >> hearing from the u.n. saying a quarter of gaza's population is on the brink of famine. hearing about children potentially starving to death already. do people have any faith at all that things will change? we heard these talks and they break down, and delegates don't turn up. do people have any hope? >> the only hope is a cease-fire. everyone i talked to and interacted with, most were in the rafa area and all of them had relocated from the north. they had moved many times over. one child i spoke with moved 10

times. he said there was nowhere left to go. there are so many ideas back and forth about getting aid and everything. that is fantastic. aid is needed. we need more than anything is a cease-fire. there is nowhere safe in gaza. >> people in the north, how are they getting anything? >> i was not working in the north at all. from what i understand, the u.n. was the organization sending convoys in on february 20, they suspended convoys after one of theirs was hit. last i heard, they suspended it. the north is incredibly desperate. they need far more aid than is being provided right now. >> in tes of the medical facilities where you are and what you guys are having to work with, explain what the situation

is in the hospitals and the like. >> hospitals are overcrowded, people are lying on the floor, multiple patients on a stretcher. if you can find one, there is no mattress. i ran a primary health care clinic with doctors without borders. we ran it out of the back of a truck. we had a hard time finding a facility that could house us for quite a while. there's not enough places to provide medical care. and when rafa is invaded, we will lose some of the only functioning health care facilities that existed. >> thank you for talking to us, really appreciate your time. that is amy potter, thank you. let's go to the senior associate fellow in national security studies at row united services institute for defense and security studies. thank you very much for coming on.

in terms of what president biden , how he can sell this, he mentioned in his state of the union address. in terms of showing his inability to have talked israel around prior to this, he's having to launch a core door from a boat onto land. persuading israel to let more aid in on land, how do you see this? is it a win for biden? >> good evening, thank you for the invitation to come onto your program. this is frankly an admittance of failure by president biden and the administration when it comes to the gaza crisis. israel is dependent on the united states in numerous ways. not least of which includes the transfer of arms, defense of israel at the united nations security council.

and yet, for the last five months, the administration has been unwilling to use the leverage it has on israel to force a change of haver. >> why is that? >> it is a choice by the biden administration. it is unable to do so. other american adminisations have done so. the most famous of which was republican president ronald occasions.the 1980's on several it is very clear to the international community if the u.s. wanted to force israel to open up one of the six land borders it has completely under israeli control to let aid in, it would do so. it has been unwilling to do so. as a result, we are reduced to these ridiculous scenes of air

drops, air drops that have actually killed people, as we saw today. against the background of a massive humanitarian crisis unfolding in gaza. it is not potentially children are dying from starvation, it is a fact that has taken place recently. yet we are celebrating the opening of this maritime corridor which we are taking a great deal of time, will not be the amount of aid necessary, and will not be comparable to the aid that could be transferred immediately if those land borders were opened up. land borders that the israelis are obliged to open up. the israelis are in occution of the gaza strip since 1967. it is the occupying power. law is applied to take the welfare of its population under control. as of yet, not only failed to do that, but is the major threat to the welfare of that population. >> you mentioned these air drops

potentially having killed people. the pentagon has given a prince conference -- press conference. they said it resulted in civilian casualties on the ground that they are false. that the aid blunders -- the aid bundles landed safely. that is going on at the moment. we can see that on our screen. israel is going to provide temporary security on gaza's coast to receive the humanitarian aid. that is coming from president biden. he said that earlier today. it is a bizarre situation to have israel providing security for these measures that america feels it has had to do because it has not had the access from the land border. what would it take for the u.s. to change president biden's mind to make him withdraw to stop sending arms?

what would it take for him to act on that? >> just to reiterate, witnesses on the ground have said that people were killed as a result of these air drops falling on top of them. i think we ought to take those reports very seriously. in terms of what it would take for americans to change their position, you have to ask that question to the biden administration themselves. being the last five months of a massive bombardment of gaza. not hamas. it is not hamas that is in the crosshairs. it is the palestinian population. and we only need to rely on the statements of israeli officials themselves who say they are not simply holding hamas responsible, but they hold the entire palestinian nation responsible. it is a quote from the israeli president himself, let alone the prime minister and ministers in

the cabinet making it clear collective punishment is being enacted. yet the bideadministration is unwilling, i should say unable, but unwilling to use the leverage it has to force a change in this israeli behavior. >> thank you for talking to us. ♪ >> some breaking news to bring you now. from the un security council. it has adopted a british resolution on sudan that calls for immediate cessation of hostilities. during the month of ramadan. for all parties to ensure the removal of any obstruction and enable full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian axis. the un security council adopting the representation on sudan. 40 members voted in favor, and russia abstained. around the world and across the u.k., this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other

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you are live with bbc news with lucy gray. a forceful joeiden delivered his last state of the union address before november's election. in a sometimes fiery speech, he warned the u. is fading a greater threat to its freedom and democracy than any time since the presidency of abraham lincoln in the 1860's. he took swipes at donald trump using the term my predecessor, 13 times. >> this was president biden's make or break moment to show americans why he should be reelected. noressure. >> good evening. if i were smart, i would go home now. >> amor fiery speech than usual as he tried to prove he's not too old for office. the speech turned quickly into campaign mode. >> what makes it rare is freedom of democracy, we are under attack at home and overseas.

at the very same time. >> he never referred to his election rival -- >> now my predecessor, a former republican president tells vladimir putin "do whatever the hell you want." >> but donald trump was on his mind. he reminded america of what happened in this building on january 6 three years ago. >> many of you were here on that darkest of days. we all saw with our own eyes the insurrectionists were not patriots. >> there were some boos by his republican opponents. he touched on issues voters care about. immigration, the economy, and reproductive rights. >> many of you in this chamber, and my predecessor, are promising to pass a national ban on reproductive freedom. what freedom else would you take away? >> the journey to get here was not straightforward. protesters are gathered here

blocking the main roads from the white house to the capital. resin abide and ended up taking a longer reach to make his address on time. but his handling of the war in the middle east is proving to be one of the biggest issues he's facing ahead of the election. >> he's already lost votes for many people, younger voters, voters from jewish voters. >> the war wasn't ignored in a speech. he paid tribute to the families of israeli hostages invited to the addrs. mr. biden said he was working to deliver aid to palestinians. >> i'm directing the u.s. military to lead a mercy mission to establish a temporary period on the coast of gaza to receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine, temporary shelter. >> the state of the union was mr. biden's big opportunity to get some fresh momentum ahead of the election. if he loses in november, it would be the last one he delivers. >> let's talk it through with

u.s. democrat strategist and lawyer kelly hyman. there have been a lot of chat about whether his delivery would prove he was up to the job for the next four years. did he show he was? >> on a scale of one 10, it was a 12. he definitely showed that he's ready. they were even chanting four more years. in the overriding theme was freedom and democracy. not only in the u.s., but abroad. freedom in the u.s. for reproductive rights in the u.s., united states supreme court, overturned roe v. wade, which gave women a right to choose what they wanted to do to abort a child or not. the majority of americans support roe v. wade. so that is a key issue coming into 2024. the sides of issues. >> should we talk about foreign

policy for a moment? there is a lot of anger about the way he has handled what is going on in gaza and his seeming inability to get israel to do his bidding. in terms of normally, how much does foreign policy play on voters minds when they go to the ballot box? >> it will vary depending on what is going on in the u.s. at that time. but it definitely plays a key role. not only did he address that, he also addressed issues with making sure wealthy corporations pay their fair share. and the fact that that is really important to hard-working americans and making sure they have homes and paying for their mortgage and making sure social security is not cut. the gamut of different issues he discussed in this over 60 minutes of his speech. >> i don't know if you heard my previous guest saying this

maritime corridor biden announced is basically an admission he has not been able to persuade israel to act in a different manner in terms of what it is doing in gaza. do you refute that? >> as he said, he does not work for the biden administration. he doesn't know exactly what is going on behind closed doors. >> certain people who don't like him to push israel more and use the leverage more on that. >> in those discussions, we definitely want peace in the middle east. that is very important to all. we think about our allies, and we think about how we are all in this together in regards to making sure about the climate and all of these other issues. the factor is humanitarian

effort is important. biden at times does not get credit for the things he's done and continues to do. we have to look at the economy in the u.s. and how great it is in regards to other unemployment rate. he's not only affecting the u.s., but also abroad, how he wants to get aid. he's had someone from sweden who was just now in nato, which is great, which is our allies. >> with the economy, he called it the envy of the world. the issue is whether people feel they are better off. whether you can talk about new jobs. but it is if people feel they have money to spend. that is the problem with inflation. >> we can agree to disagree that we are in a lot better position than his predecessor in the u.s. we have his predecessor that has

been indicted on over 60 counts. where we were in regards to the economy -- >> we are totally out of time. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. stay with us. announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. bdo. accountants and advisors. cunard is a proud supporter of public television. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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