as the this is dw news life from bar let us president joe biden makes his case to the american people in a speech from the oval office by then appeals for american unity saying both israel and ukraine need washington support. now it's more than ever will bring you to highlight. also coming up as real hit targets across the gaza strip, including an air strike on a densely populated area in the side, a region. israel had told people to relocate to come off media reports, several people killed or wounded in the black.

the i'm not even know welcome to the show you as president joe biden has urged americans to support tens of billions of dollars in funding for israel and ukraine . saying they were fighting for democracy in a rare speech from the white houses oval office. he stressed backing both was quote, vital for us national security bite inside the world was looking to america for leadership. and that to you at the us, couldn't afford to abandon its allies, not the murder you repeat. mazda is not the american leadership is what holds the world together. american alliances. what keep us, america, say? american values, what make us a partner the nation you want to work with to put all that a risk and we walk away from ukraine. return our backs on israel. it's just not

worth it. that's why the more i'm going to send to congress an urgent budget request to fund another dispatch. so security needs to support are critical partners, including israel and ukraine. is a smart investment is going to pay dividends for americans. security for generations help us keep american troops out of harm's way. help us build a world that is safer, more peaceful and more prosperous for our children and grandchildren. that's bringing our correspondent staff in simons now who's in washington dc. following the story, stephan biden's spoke about requesting aid for both ukraine and israel. but what kind of political problems does he face and securing that funding, especially when it comes to congress, are you named it? the name of the problem is congress. and what i mean by this is that the house of representatives is more or less for the last 2 weeks. this functional doesn't get anything done. why is this? because the g o p, the republican conference in the house of representatives,

which were supposed to be there for having a speaker because they are majority speaker of the house is not elected. and with that, the house is basically in apt to do anything to approve money requests. those urgent budget requests the president will send tomorrow on friday is that's exactly his problem. congress is not functional. and that is a problem. why? because you know, all the weapons, all the munition and all the stuff america cents to israel for the are and don't defend system or to ukraine, has to be replenished. has to be resupplied. so the shelves are emptying, and congress needs to approve money for biting to go shopping for more immunization and more weapons to put on shelves in america. not biding, also ours americans to remain united in these difficult times. let's listen to what he had to say. this is in a moment there's no,

i'm almost like ease and when fear and suspicion, anger rage, run hard and we have to work harder than ever to hold on to the values and make us who we are. we're a nation of religious freedom. freedom of expression, we all have a right to debate and disagree without fear of being targeted and schools, our workplaces are in our communities. i must renounce violence, of vitriol. see each other not advantage was but as follow americans. what hours it is were yesterday. i said that one american experienced the hell of 911. we fell and race as well. while we saw it and got justice, we made mistakes. so i cautioned the government of israel not to be blinded by rage . here in america, let's not forget who we are. we reject all forms. all forms of 8, whether against muslim jews or anyone. that's what great nations do. and we are a great nation. stephan, i want to come back to, you know,

so by didn't says americans have to stick together, but does the public share the sentiment, especially with regards to sending funding to israel on ukraine? or let's say maybe help. so let's hope so because you know the numbers speak a different language. they have been an increase in violence and incidents and to some is under submitted and incidents or some of phobia related incidents in the united states. but of course, in the last 2 years, and that is also in the stats from f, b i. and from the department of homeland security. that those numbers speak a different language and they say that actually, you know, hate crimes are on the rise of the last 2 years. that's why the president have to and he really believes in this appeal to the american people to be well american, in his words, anything else but being peace, loving in helping people of the people of nations the need would be in his mind.

and in his words on american dw correspondent staff assignments, thank you so much for all of your insights. palestinian militants continue to fire rockets from gaza into israel on thursday. this as, as rarely forces drop targets in the gaza strip throughout the day, including in the science of the territory where israel had told thousands to head for their own safety. one explosion reportedly killed and injured several people, including children. her father carrying his child to the grave. and so was one of 3 children that was receiving the final rights on this barren patch of land for as a house to the sound refrigerator, the aircraft hovering above concept minutes to the palestinians below. and a reminder of the strike on the town of con, eunice killed, the civilians being buried here. hundreds of thousands of palestinians have set the

northern part of the gaza strip of to israel, told them to leave for the south running out of food and desperate for shelter. they have found no reprieve from israel's relentless bowman campaign. the we came from kansas city. they told us to come to the south and so we came to the south and then we found that the strikes intensified in the south. i thought about it. we stayed in a house in front of us and they were strikes behind us that strikes. there's no safety, there's no way to say thank god, so how does it so you have to be ready to dine and to just to stay in. your house also is around vows to continue talking. how much of a gaza be when there is a threats originating or uh, being conducted against israel from the south and we will strike absolutely and it

will soon move its power into the strip. israel's defense minister told troops messing on his border. oh my god, i promise you that whoever sees garza now from a fall will see it from the inside. good luck and he's ready to ground operations will likely focus on the north, at least in the initial stages, with how much expected to put up face resistance, but by the confines of southern god, the may still prove a century of thoughts. so a limited number of trucks are expected to deliver humanitarian aid into the besieged, gaza strip through egypt in a few hours. following applying the 9th by u. s. president joe biden. garza is currently experiencing severe shortages, a few food on medicines. israel launched airstrikes and gaza and sealed the territory all from supplies since i'm off militants entered israel almost 2 weeks ago and killed at least 1400 people. the united nation says more than 2000000 are

at the risk of dehydration on water born diseases in golf. c v. that was even guys, a desperately needs car services and supplies and photographs. we need the rep if any be this you may have had an excess as we need swords. what sort of may have the cnn, sl, now we need it at scale and we need it to be sustains, is for else has more than $200.00 people were taken hostage by him off during the terror attacks earlier this month. that includes the elderly, the disabled children and even babies. the hostages, captured in southern israel and taken to gaza are likely to be used as a bar guessing to as a bargaining tool. but they're distraught. families are pressuring the is really government to prioritize their safe return on a wall outside the is really defense ministry in tel aviv and on was across is real . the images of those taken and missing. these are the government's most

focused, 1st the for one, doing whatever is necessary. you know that to release the hijacked people in the october 7th attack from us terrace, killed indiscriminately and it kidnapped civilians, soldiers, the elderly, disabled, and children. so many children. now the hostages are somewhere in the gaza strip, or under it in the untold hundreds of kilometers of tunnels. come off as bills now that be lots of effort putting to coordinating identifying the load, casey, where the hostages all being kept as much as possible. and of course in the background, this talk of potentially hosted rescue attempts. but these are very, very dangerous options with no way to guarantee chance of success. what, how much recognizes scott walker says,

is that is we all has consistently prioritize the safe return of their citizens. so you can add the vin on case in point the 19 year old is rarely soldier held by him . us for 5 years is we'll got him back by giving up more than a 1000 palestinian prisoners to him. us. they always want to take captives. they know what captains can do. one is really soldier people actually, and that's the price of israel is willing to pay. the hostages ruthlessly taken on october 7th, and likely guarded now by some of the homeless kidnappers face a link the captivity. and indeed, the threat of death from the captors. the families of those hostages are shaken and afraid desperate for any word, and hopeful that the images of their sisters, brothers, parents, grandparents remain in the forefront of israel's moves against come us. let's take a look now, some other stories from around the world or in front of the president around you.

around the cronan, his wife have attended the funeral of a teacher killed in a knife attack last week. dominic bernard was stopped to death at his school in a run by a former pupil and a suspected as list incident. a former lawyer for donald trump, sidney powell, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to interfere with the election results in georgia in 2020. she will get 6 years of probation on define. she must write an apology to the citizens of georgia on testify against from if required to you're not going to back down to ukraine now. it took almost a year for the us president to make the decision. but a month after binding promised to deliver attack comes a long range, missiles to ukraine. the weapons half an hour arrived, corresponded, mathias billing, r has more on the missile systems capabilities. there, here the,

the cranes on forced to say, these are american attack and dismissal. students, this could be what they did, the governor, you, ukraine, reduce this video from matthew and you book your pipe and youngs being hit and had a cup. this being destroy sources. told the american media, it was a tech comes at what was that the whole yeah. so what do you, what sometime especially grateful to the united states are agreements with president invite and they are being implemented and they are being implemented very accurately. attack comes, have proven themselves because all the attack comes as the ground launched, ballistic missile system, with a range of up to 300 kilometers. they can be deep behind the lines in action here

in south 3. the ukraine has long been asking for them, but the us hesitated to deliver fear of escalation. it was only after britain then franz deliberate aircraft loans crews besides with a similar arrange that the us position shifted. both systems can destroy the targets like supply lines. i mean, do some dumps and f use deep enough if i territory both systems have the pros and cons but having to tucker gives you create an additional option, which in times of limited supplies of everything is very welcome. and that's all for now, but stay with us as doc film takes a look at artificial intelligence and the future of elderly care. you can get your news. 247 on our website, that's dw dot com. and our handle on social media is at dw use. i'm out of him out

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