[000:00:00;00] the, [000:00:00;00] the, the u. s. okay, is another $200000000.00 to use crane with bite and reassuring zelinski not to lose hope at the white house meeting. meanwhile, american politicians and the public appear to be losing trust in key of the idea of close up. i you and school in northern gaza where it claims to have discovered hamas infrastructure. and as the palestinian health ministry says, the best tool and die that has passed 18400. we hear from the palestine read presidents votes,

person about the situation in global hospitals and hospitals in the city, and the video was out of service. did you to, is there a lease targeting hospitals intentionally the live in the russian capital? i'm rachel ruble. you're watching archie international. we're covering the top news stories from around of the worlds. you as president joe biden has announced another $200000000.00 aid package to key of the also plans to stand with ukraine as long as it takes during the joint news conference with ukrainian president zalinski. how speaker mike johnson, however, asked the administration for more clarity on sending a to to ukraine. i have asked the white house since the day that i was handed to gabble, a speaker for clarity. we need a clear articulation of the strategy to allow ukraine to win,

and thus far their responses have been insufficiently have not provided us the clarity and the detail that we requested over and over since literally 24 hours after i was handed, the gamble speaker of the house and so what the bite administration seems to be asking for is billions of additional dollars with no appropriate oversight, no clear strategy to win. and, and none of the answers that i think the american people her own. well, as you've just heard, the speaker was less than impressed with that then skis page for more funds for the press conference folders, nothing much that we haven't heard before. 5 didn't said that the united states stands firmly with ukraine. the support its sovereignty and its rights to defend it . so he said america should be proud of the support that it's given when question on whether the ukraine would consider giving up type. theresa lensky replied, no. but he said that the very notion of this was simply insane, as he said, and the next year, nato summit was also raise. and of course, along with that,

whether you cry and would be invited to join the military alliance and item responded. and he said one step at the time, now he said the you claim must win the will 1st and then full. so it will some unspecified condition. so nothing you, nothing concrete and stay with the us has allocated another $200000000.00 in aid to ukraine. what's behind this will not fight the president biden said that he authorizes $200000000.00. this comes from a presidential drove down all sorts. and that means that i eat and military equipment can get to the front lines quicker is not really a lot of money. it falls far short of the $60000000000.00 that was proposed in the us congress last week said this is of course, voted that down this vote when laws leave alone policy lines. the republicans voting against and the democrats voting in favor. now the united states has given

$111000000000.00 since the special minutes you information began in february last year, but a few z as in for this continued a supply of, of financial aid to ukraine seems to be waning, particularly among republicans now. the citing, i'd like a strategy as we have from this speak in delivering this victory on the possible field. they've also spoken about some lack of oversight from the pentagon on how this money is being spent. and of course, the big thing that they want. and then not shifting on so fall is that all scheme for tying to immigration controls and supports for this bill. now, by doing the gain has seen the situation now he's described as one of hope. this is what he told us. and then skilled by didn't himself seems on show present, called on congress to do the right thing, to stand with ukraine to stand up for freedom. and i want to thank you for being here and help the cause.

the so steve, that does the us have the money for this seemingly never ending conflict. what washington says that the funds for ukraine, they're dry now that they could simply be finished by the end of the year. and of course, congress is due to break for christmas on friday, so that's why this is desperate attempt. the situation is critical and by doing is pressing forward. this bill to be pulse before set is leave a full that's a bright. you can now many old me americans and now back starting to question this constant supply of i do crane needy haul. from those said, the poll said that they think that the money spent is accessing lots according to a poll by michigan university. now the director of the us office of management and budget now she's recently admitted that the us only has $1000000000.00 left to were

planning. she was demanding street and stopped. you weren't in october and back in september that funding was running low. you sent a letter monday to the speaker saying we are out of money to support you create in this fight. this isn't a next year problem. when precisely where us funding be exhausted. like we have is either budgetary standpoint, we have about a $1000000000.00 left to replenish our own stockpile. what prospects to zalinski face following this visit? well, i think it's fair to say that this visit so far hasn't seemed to have turned up very well for him. he doesn't seem to go this money that he's come type in handful from the us senate. that doesn't seem to be a shifting very much, but he's also was noticing that he faces intense criticism at home. public support is waiting for the cranium president. and these have these very public spots with vitale glitch kind of who's of course america, who's accused zalinski of sliding the country towards also retiring. and he said

that the independent institutions no longer exists, but he's also accused the cranium president of lying to the public about the situation regarding the conflict. he's also open, the argued with his top military, you come on to evaluate your username, who and he said that the conflict has come to a style mike. so then skis probably can be criticized him over this, but also he has right back on that slightly by almost conceding that the, the frightening and counter offensive has filed. now, as we said, congress is shutting down for the holiday period on friday. and it seems that the christmas miracle is a long way off as a landscape. all right, let's cross live to richard black. a former us state senator from virginia. senator black and president biden announced that he allocated $200000000.00 in draw down funds for military equipment to ukraine. how significant is this,

considering the billions of dollars that's already been spent right now, they're just trivial amounts that are being allocated. they're sort of scraping up little bits and pieces of funding that they can keep something going and, and they present the damage that something's going. but what's really happening is the pipeline is being dramatically restricted for the lack of, of major congressional funding. i want to ask you about this reaction that we saw from zelinski, and by then when they met with reporters asked them whether ukraine could win the war. and if it can do so without us military aid, they both laughed, but then answered with a silence. what do you make of that room? uh, yeah, i think the answer is that right now ukraine is essentially a welfare state supported by the united states. we are paying all of their entire

civil service, all the people who, who deliver mail and process pensions. and so forth, they're all paid by the united states. in addition, we're paying about half of all of the, all of the military of arms and equipment. and, and then we're getting nearer to come on board is the rest of it. there's very little that ukraine is contributing father them, you know, trying to feed their own people and they're, they're doing what they can, but it's very level as a landscape has already met with us. senate members, republican eric schmid, said he heard nothing new well, democrat leader chuck schumer called the meeting, very powerful and productive. what are your thoughts and how the meetings played out? well, i think the best indication is what the mainstream media is recorded. r n b. c. news reported that after the landscape made his arguments to the senators. it

did not move the needle in congress. and other words, it just really had no effect on the new york times. reported that so landscape that a wall of resistance from congressional republicans. i think that sounds that up pretty well. um there, there is not a reason for optimism on the part of ukraine at this time. what has happened now is that, you know, the landscape came here a year ago. aaron, a great deal has changed since that fact and he was treated as a, as a conquering hero. but now the republicans have taken over the house of representatives. they have a great deal of power skepticism has arisen about the war is why we're finding it in the 1st place. and most importantly we have these enormous distractions. we have the, the conflict in the gaza strip is right. and also we have the fact that the american

southern border has collapsed. they're trying to 1000 a 3rd world immigrants rushing across their every single day, essentially changing the face of america. yeah, the house speaker has called for the by the administration to prioritize the us to southern border over ukraine. do you think that we'll see a bite in focus more on internal problems now, is this, this funding for ukraine's rise up because we really haven't seen much focus on the southern, but border in this administration. you know, i think you to be, to be very honest the, by the administration has had a major strategy of changing the, the athletic religious, racial composition of america. and basic way to, to shatter the, the national cohesion of the country through this massive wave of immigration. these are not just people who are coming here because they're, they're coming for

a better life or something. these are people who are being funneled in their mega billionaires global s tour funding their funding, people in africa to catch airplanes, to catch tickets. and then they, they fly into mexico and from there they're transported to the us border. this is, this is really a, a tremendous trojan horse operation by the, by the administration. they do not want to give up this program that they're running to basically, you know, push all of the, the americans on a basis where they're relying on government and they have no more independence. you talked about the, the changing narrative with this latest visits by zalinski and, and how previous visits he was treated almost as a conquering hero. do you think that the honeymoon is over for ukraine, or is this more just a glitch? and us support for to have given what's happening, you know, elsewhere like in,

in israel and does it, do you think that the us will return it down the line to a supporting kids more like it used to? i don't think they will. i don't think it's just one of these waves almost from the beginning of the war moving forward. there has been a steady erosion of support for ukraine. shortly after russia entered the war, there were ukrainian flags on one buildings. there were bumper stickers with the blue and yellow. those have disappeared. and now there, there's a fairly recent gallup poll that said it's 41 percent of americans think we're really doing too much for ukraine's more important though. 2 thirds of all republicans believe that we are doing too much for ukraine. that's a tremendous number of people. and it suggests that there's going to be

a lot of pressure on the, on the republican congressmen to resist further funding for ukraine. yeah, especially coming up into the uh, the election next year. a senator of us, secretary of state anthony, blinking said war funding for ukraine is quote, a win win investment for q of and the us military industry. so who do you think groups the most benefit? well, you know, certainly any time that we engage in, in conflicts around the world, the arms industry makes a huge amount of money. and so lensky has promoted that. he said, well look, you know, this money is going to, to create jobs in your factories and that kind of fine. i don't know that that goes a long ways with the ordinary american homework. they're, they're a little uneasy about the idea that we make money off of blood in,

in other countries. but it is real and there's, there's an element of the population. there are these, these global list, billionaires, the mega billionaires who control so much of what happens in the world of those people have profited enormously, their, their, their, their earning fortunes. the, you know, the wealth of solomon is, is going to them because the, the us congress tours these vast sums of money to ukraine, where they're unaccountable, they disappear. now, a lot of money is going to legitimate purposes for changing count on it. they say the politicians and t as including some of the, some of the ukrainian generals, are bleeding off a great deal of this money. and it's not, you're sure craniums,

there are americans there. you know, there are americans for making huge amounts of money. we saw what happened with hunter biden, and his involvement in the bar is not a company that has become in a growing scandal in the united states. so, you know, we're is very profitable. it always has been, i'm not talking about just this war, but all wars are immensely pop, the profitable force, various people. so there are people who have a great incentive to continue the war in the bloodshed. but i think we're reaching a point where they're just are not the more waves of ukrainians who can be drafted and thrown into the fraud the only the only ones i'm aware of. i think the sons of the rich and she have a, you know, they're still a party and drinking cocktails every once in a while. you see it

a little video of them and, and they've, they've got their girls in arms and they're bama whiskey and, and they're, uh, they're living the high life. while the, you know, the people in the rural areas are being drafted and sent to the front windshield in a matter of hours. senator, if, if the u. s. funding for kids does dry up. what do you expect? what happen? well, i think already we can see a split between the, the, the come i of the generals in ukraine general. so loose a was very popular. his popularity is up in about 70 percent. he has made it clear that this war is not going well. it's here to stay all night and then you have the last e who has a low popularity rating ethics,

i saw 37 percent. and so there's friction. that's broken out. i think if, if the money turns off, if the american money turns off, the european money turns off, they're not gonna find this. if the united states is not. and if, if the money turn, so the war must and there's, there's no alternative. no, i don't want to get too optimistic that the world will and because of these things have a way at the last minute, there's some money that gets, gets appropriated. all i can tell you is that for the moment there is no money inside the speaker of the house of representatives. speaker johnson, very powerful, very shrewd individual. he has, he has put this, this ukrainian funding together with the need for immigration control. and

he's really, he's really headed various forces against one another. so i think if, if the funding does hold, it's certainly going to have an effect on ukrainian morale. so we're just going to get out, we're not getting more money. and i already know, you know, i've watched the war very closely on the battlefront and we saw, but the total failure of the ukrainian counter offensive. and this is what i'm seeing emerge now. oh, all along the front is the, the russian forces are beginning to each out, gains here. they're not just a single twice as big as is, you know, that's

a big deal. but there are other places and they're, they're moving forward. and it suggests to me that there are not sufficient reserves for the ukrainians to back up their offenses and the russians are, are moving forward. so there, there will have to come a time where the general solution a will talk to is other generals and ukraine. and say, look, we're just showing people for nothing, we can't go on. this can't be about the personality and the mood of a single man. so the landscape is going to have to go. i, i see that coming at some point. senator, we are seeing growing calls from republicans against sending further a degree of do you expect to see further bi partisan division over this issue?

i think there will be, i think it's growing last week. the senate uh, had a bill before it and it would have provided a $110000000000.00, most of it for ukraine, but some of it for, for is real tiny little bit for the border. and i think it's starting to everyone because of the, the bill was voted down 49 to 51. they actually needed 60 because of their procedures to move the bill forward. and so they felt far short of it. and i think, i think that was a bit of a shock to people on the republican and the democratic side did even in the senate, which has been more pro ukraine and the house cited why they slammed the brakes on and they blocked. okay. ukraine a okay. all right,

we're gonna leave it there. richard black farmer, us the state senator for virginia. thank you. thank you very much. all right now to gaza. we're one of the idea of recent strikes and targeted the un relief and works agency school located in the north. but it shows the moments of the explosion, the idea of claims, a quote from us infrastructure was uncovered at the school and red told r t a cannot confirm the news until it gets further information. we'll bring you the latest updates as soon as we have them. also in northern dogs is really forces storms that come all odd one hospital, heavy gun fire and shelling, rains down and reports indicate medical workers were among those killed and involved far scott, the palestine. read present societies spokesperson says, idea of strikes or bringing medical facilities across the region to a breaking point. the old houses in the city and the north already went out of

service. did you to, is there a lease targeting hospitals and attention? do they have a home where the hospitals bc's the hospitals with israel, 80 times, denying anyone from getting into the hospital or going out of the hospital? this is the situation of what your mouth when hospital in north. oh god zone right now. over is 65 percent on most of the hospitals in gaza strip have already went out of service now and goes to the city. and. and of course there is not even a single hospital that is suspended at open 18. um you'd have since the rescue teams can 3, it's many areas where people are and this brittany, it's for our service and the audit trapped in their homes. there is injured f people at the hospital. that's austin. all 3 things in medicine sort of goes

themselves out of goes as well already over one. and they have already exceeded their couple cities and they are overwhelmed with the wounded people and where you can see those wounds that are just waiting on hospitals credit or lying on the grounds. because there is newness over at please. and even the intensive care units are completely packed and there is no way they can get a new patient. and this is comes with extreme shortage of medicine and medical supplies as well. and what we have received since the beginning of the escalation up into this a moment from the humanitarian aid is fairly me. 10 percent of the needs of staying in northern dogs of destruction and death have consumed the depaula like a refugee camp where refugees had been forced to flee from idea of attacks in the area. local journalist, mohammed's above reports from the ground. this is how the sea looked following the withdrawal of the occupation forces from the body a comp area,

specifically the area of course, the cya ruin and destruction results against the people and the landscape from the costume area to the west of the jamalia comp. we see the extent of the destruction caused by the israeli occupation forces following that incursion. fest bottles took place here between the r e s and the palestinian resistance. they withdrew from the area leading devastation in their wake. now we can observe the magnitude of the destruction left behind to bodies live and these the debris following strikes, spies, ready, war planes, rescue and medical teams were unable to reach their managers, the challenging conditions on the grounds. the destruction also reached the shelters, including the un, released some work agency schools, which were crowded with thousands of displays. people were forcibly evacuate to these despised people, return to the schools, to retrieve their centrals and salvage whatever they could to survive. amid the result shortages and challenging humanitarian conditions and northern gaza saw them i live in the different members who have no shelter,

successful this agency. what receipts they came with that bold doza. so they all mean tanks. we haven't found any of our belongings or anything. we are also destroyed about my brother and sisters. we have not heard from them for 8 days. no contact, no sign of why the alive will dad's the young people who joined the army without weapons and tags. they surrounded us, us for all i. d's made us raise all hands and forced us to leave with them as the people with helpless. what can we do back in washington, president biden believes israel is starting to lose support from the international community over it's in discriminant bombing of gaza. here's the latest and the series of comments criticising israel's war on the enclave coming out of washington is one of the things that b, b understands, i think now. but i'm not sure. israel administer of national security. then g, b, i r, and his war cabinet do is that his real security can rest on the united states. but

right now it has more than the united states. it has the european union, it has europe, it has most of the world supporting it. but they're starting to lose that support by the indiscriminate bombing that takes place. all right, let's cross live now to our, to correspond that, rachel blevins. rachel, why does us think israel is losing the international community is support. what's behind this apparent change and washington's narrative on israel? well, as we heard there, president biden, maybe as most critical remarks yet regarding israel's and boardman of cause us is october 7, as he admitted to donors at a 2024 campaign event. the prime minister netanyahu and his government are losing public support, but well, by them, claims international support for israel is wavering. netanyahu is saying the opposite, as he think the us for helping is real deal with international pressure. take a listen. i mean, the com music. i mean,

i really appreciate to america simple for the destruction of home us and the return of our objectives. it'd be a ball for intensive discussion with president by john, his people we received full bucking for a ground incursion and coping international pressure to end the wall. good. so who is telling the truth here and is defined in ministrations message to us outline different behind closed doors than it is in public? where us officials say they are calling for israel to follow international law and their defense netanyahu. and his officials have like in the october 7th attack by him off to their version of $911.00. and they have compared their indiscriminate bombing of palestinian civilians in the gaza strip to us bombings during world war 2 reports of a private conversation involving by to say that he replied to those claims by arguing that is real. doesn't have the right to make this a mistake saying, quote, that's why all these institutions were set up after world war 2 to see to it,

that it didn't happen again. don't make the same mistakes we made in 911. there's no reason why we have to be in a war in afghanistan, but the us doesn't seem to be too concerned about israel repeating those mistakes as it sends funding and weapons to as close ally. the binding administration continues to do nothing, as israel carries on with it's been boardman of gaza, which includes pumping sea water into the underground tunnels, used by him off. despite the fact that find it has admitted, he doesn't know if there are hostages present or not. but fighting doesn't appear to be taking any action to discourage israel's targeting of civilians. despite the encourage netanyahu to change his government and claim it, they need to get ready to accept a 2 state solution. here's what he said. i think he has to change and this government in his real is making it very difficult for him to move this as the most conservative government in israel's history. we have an opportunity to begin to unite the region and they still want to do it. but we have to make sure that the b

b understands that he's got to make some moves to strengthen. you cannot say no a palestinian state. this however, netanyahu has reportedly brandon himself is the only one who can stop a palestinian state in order to remain in power. and he has promised he will not quote, repeat the mistake of also referring to the oslo accords of the 1990s were concessions were made in a bid to achieve peace. in fact, it seems as though peace is the last thing because really government wants. and the us, as usual, is encouraging them to carry on with a steady stream of money and weapons for support. no matter the cost to civilians on the ground. all right, r t correspondent, rachel blevins. rachel, thank you. can you try to stay with our to international up next, the documentary, the trust fall tells the roofing story of julian assigns and the wiki leaks controversy by