yesterday during a meeting with the italian prime minister georgia maloney, mr biden said he didn't think it would happen by monday but again the us was working very hard to agree that deal. now, this potential agreement is something that us secretary of state antony blinken and several other us officials have been working on for several weeks now. they have been diplomatic ping—pong balls bouncing around various capitals, capital cities in the middle east, in europe, trying to negotiate this deal. what it would entail is potentially a six—week pause in fighting, the release of dozens of hostages held in gaza, some of whom who are of course us citizens, and also crucially, more access for international aid.— also crucially, more access for international aid. yeah, and talking of aid, the us _ international aid. yeah, and talking of aid, the us have _ international aid. yeah, and talking of aid, the us have carried - international aid. yeah, and talking of aid, the us have carried out - of aid, the us have carried out their first of aid, the us have carried out theirfirst airdrop int