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>> the u.s. vetoes a security council resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in gaza. pressure builds on the university of pennsylvania president over controversy of anti-semitism. with aid for ukraine delayed over u.s. immigration policy, we take you to a town that has been overwhelmed with an influx of migrants who are now bracing for the cold. ♪ welcome to world news america. we begin with the israel gaza war. in new york, the u.s. vetoed a un security council resolution which called for an immediate cease-fire in gaz the u.s. envoy said the draft text would allow what he called terror attacks by hamas to continue unchecked. the u.k. abstained from the vote but all 13 other members voted in favor. our u.n. correspondent has the latest. correspondent: this meeting and

vote took place after the secretary-general antonio guterres used a rarely invoked article of the u.n. charter, article 99, to bring to the attention of the security council threats to international peace and security. he urged the council to call for a cease-fire because he said that there was a risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian system, that he anticipated a complete breakdown of public order. he laid out in stark terms the desperate situation in gaza, that there was no action of civilians there, -- no protection of cilians there, that they were risking starvation, that the health system was collapsing, most of the population displaced and more than 17,000 palestinians have been killed. here we saw the majority of the council supporting that call by the secretary-general, but despite that the united states

again cutting an extremely lonely figure in the council, raised its hand to block this draft resolution to veto it. and the united states said they did not support a cease-fire because they thought this resolution was imbalanced and divorced from reality, concluding that the u.s. couldn't support something that would just plant the seeds for the next phase of war and help hamas. but 13 of the 15 other countries voted in favor of this draft. the uae, which proposed it, along with 97 countries who sponsod it, they say that the imperative to end this war must supersede every other nsideration. they said they were disappointed. china is well said condoning the continuation of fighting while claiming to care about the life and safety of the people in gaza and humanitarian needs was self-contradictory. host: earlier the u.n. secretary

general said israel's military offensive left gaza at breaking point. aid agencies say they are struggling to keep up with the humanitarian consequences. 85% of gaza's 2.3 million people have now been displaced. israel's military campaign against hamas in the north and south of the gazstrip continues. the israel defense force says of the previous 24 hours, it has attacked 450 targets from land, sea and air. the idf confirmed two israeli soldiers were seriously wounded on friday during an unsuccessful operation and gaza to free hostages. -- in gaza to free hostages. jeremy bowen filed this report. a warning, it may contain images you find distressing. correspondent: gaza is on the brink of a full-blown collapse, says the u.n. almost 2 million people have been driven from their homes from israeli forces. civil order, the u.n. warns, is breaking down.

here, the mosque was bumped with such force that the hospital next door was put out of action. the hospital director said gaza's health care system is being targeted systematically. israel said it launched 450 strikes in the last 24 hours. it released these nightvision pictures without a soundtrack. the americans' repeated warnings that israel is killing too many civilians, it is a war crime to target civilians or harm them with an indiscriminate attack. more pictures are emerging on social media of israel's round of hundreds of palestinian men it says rms suspects -- are hamas suspects. they were forced to strip to their underwear and bound for driven away for interrogation. israel still has not beaten hamas in northern gaza.

fighting continues in an urban wasteland. the video has been traced to israeli soldiers posting out of gaza, and since it went viral has been deleted from tiktok. the way hundreds of thousands of palestinians in gaza are being forced to live was filmed by freelance journalists working for the bbc. onman is sheltering in a tent made of plastic sheets on the grounds of the hospital, in the middle area of gaza. gaza's people are looking into the abyss, according to the u.n. secretary general. he implored the security council to end their ordeal by passing a cease-fire resolution tonight. this man says he's trying to get his kids to forget the good food they used to enjoy. >> i don't know what to tell you. the only thing we have to eat is tea with no sugar. the only words we hear from our children are hungry, cold,

thirsty. we would rather die than see them get sick. correspondent: israel destroyed a historic mosque in gaza city. it is close to an area israeli troops are assaulting. palestinian diplomats at the un's says israel wants to force the people out. israel once again rejected a cease-fire. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. host: a growing number of donors, politicians, business leaders and students are calling for the resignation of the university of pennsylvania president. the uproar follows a heated hearing on capitol hill where representative elise stefanik grilled her on weather calls for the genocide of jewish people violated the university's code of conduct. she said it was "context dependent." she later apologized in a video, but it fair old -- it failed to quell further criticism. >> this is unacceptable.

i will give you one more opportunity for the world to see your answer. does calling for the genocide of jews violate penn's code of conduct when it comes to bullying and harassment, yes or no? >> it can be harassment. i was focused on our university's long-standing policies aligned with the u.s. constitution, which say that speech alone is not punishable. i was not focused on, but i should have been, the irrefutable fact that a call for genocide of jewish people is a call for some of the most terrible violence human beings can perpetrate. host: our correspondent is standing by for us at the university of pennsylvania tonight with the latest. very good to see you. what are students and people at the university saying about the president's hearing, and also that apology?

correspondent: a real sense of anger and frustration at the comments and also the apology. earlier i spoke to a young student, noah, who is jewish. he said he was angry at the president's inability to offer moral clarity. he told me about how there have been instances on campus which he describes as anti-semitic. he said there was one particular incident involving a group of people who were chanting chants that he characterized as calling for the genocide of jews. he said to hear the comments by the president was upsetting and he wants her to resign. i also spoke to another student, an israeli american jew, who described the president as incompetent. but it was actually criticizing elizabh mcgill as being

critical of pro-palestinian voices. she didn't want the president to resign, instead calling for the president to have a conversation with students. terms of the apology offered by mcgill, circling back to noah, he rejected that, he said the policy did not make a difference -- apology did not make a difference and said he wished what was said afterwards was said at the time when she was being questioned by the congers woman. -- the congresswoman. host: this seems to reflect the tensions we have seen across campuses over the israel must war. how has that played out at the university of pennsylvia? correspondent: at the start of the war there were hundreds of faculty members that called on the university to condemn hamas and support israel's right to defend itself. and then over the course of the war, many have said that the university has been too slow to act on anti-semitism, largely

because it does not know how to delineate the boundaries of free speech. on the other you have many who say they are being punished for expressing support for palestinians. the head of the middle east center here told us that he resigned, he claims, because he was frustrated at his voice not being heard. going back to the president, president mcgill, there is clear anger about that. just to let you know, there is a public petition calling on her to resign. it has gone at more than 24,000 signatures. even pennsylvania's governor has said that the board needs to make serious decisions about her future. host: thank you so much. now the anti-defamation league conducted a survey last month that found that three fourths of jewish students say they feel significantly less safe since the october 7 attack. we spoke to a ceo of the adl about that and those calls for

the president of the university of pennsylvania to resign. there are growing calls for the president of the university of pennsylvania to resign within her university -- to resign, within her university also those calls are coming. >> president mcgill and the other university presidents who testified in congress last week, i think their performance was catastrophic but also clarifying. it was clarifying in that i have heard for a long time that students at penn and other campuses don't feel protected by their administrators. now we know why. because of administrators aren't protecting them. if i look at penn specifically, in the last week we had a mob on campus that tore through the neighborhoods nearby, defacg "zionist" or jewish businesses. we had a board say they lost confidence in their leadership. we had a donor pullback on a

$100 million gift. these are all signs that not just because of what happened in front of congress, but in what has happened since then that president mcgill does not seem to have the leadership to lead penn through this difficult moment. so i think a change is definitely needed. host: we have seen jewish students harassed, abused. we saw three palestinian students at the university of vermont who were shot. why do you think we are seeing this surge in abuse and violence in particular surrounding and on college campuses? >> this is the key question. first, the palestinian-american students who were shot in vermont, that was reprehensible. clearly no one should be attacked for their identities. i don't know if the police have understood the motives of the person who committed this act. but it was still absolutely

indisputably deplorable and wrong. now on these college campuses we have seea massive increase on anti-semitism. adl does research. we do studies. we found when asking jewish students over the past 60 days, have you experienced anti-semitism, 73% say they have been directly affected or witnessed firsthand. that is unreal. so w hy is it -- why is it happening? number one, i think these universities have been poisoned by the toxin of anti-zionism. it is a normalized form of anti-semitism. it has been allowed to spread. the poison of anti-zionism has put us in this place. number two, our leaders have failed to lead. violations of these codes of conduct, no one is suspended, no one is disciplined, so there is simply no deterrence. >> whe does free speech and

allowing students to protest what they consider the policies of the state of israel begin, and where does then anti-semitism begin? >> there is nothing wrong with protesting policies the state of israel. there is nothing wrong with calling out bibi netanyahu or other elected officials in israel, but there is something profoundly wrong when in doing so you call for the genocide of a segment of a student body. let's be clear, freedom of speech is not the freedom to slander fellow students. freedom of expression is not freedom to incite violence against your classmates. and so freedom of speech, which is a value we should cherish, it ends when it involves harassing, victimizing, and calling for violence against other kids on campus. this really isn't hard. if you can't figure out how to protest, if you can't figure out how to plead for better policies

without injuring or inciting violence against your peers, you need to literally learn the basics, 101, of interpersonal relations. host: really good to have you on bbc news today. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. host: the fight over aid to ukraine is building on capitol hill. republican senators blocked an emergency funding package that would've provided billions of dollars in new security assistance for ukraine in israel, in part due to a failure to compromise on u.s. border security. support for ukraine on capitol hill has been waning, particularly among republicans. this week we saw a rigorous at times to resolve the deadlock as president biden pushes for an eight package. i spoke to the deputy pentagon press secretary about this. we saw the defense secretary lloyd austin meeting with the ukrainian defense minister. how worried is the defense minister about the prospect of military aid to ukraine drying

up quickly? guest: thanks so much for having me today. of course the ukrainians and the united states are worried about the potential of support running out for ukrainen their incredible site that they are in in there counteroffensive. that is why you saw the minister of defense making his own personal plea at the defense industrial base conference that was convened earlier this week. the secretary is laser focused on this issue, as are many members of this administration, to make sure we get the supplemental passed by congress and that we can continue to deliver it security assistance to ukraine as they need it on their battlefield. i would let ukraine speak to their needs, but it is obviously a concern that you don't have the supplemental pass. host: secretary austen said "we

will stand with ukraine for the long haul, i am confident our allies and partners will be there as well." that is not what we are seeing in congress at the moment, where support among some republicans has waned. there is a poll from a month ago showing the number of americans who believe that the u.s. is doing too much for ukraine is rising. do you think that is a promise that the defense secretary can still make? guest: supporting ukraine is in our national security interest. that is why we are arming ukraine with what it needs on the battlefield. i have to emphasize as well, we are invigorating our defense industrial base. we are increasing the production of some of the most -- some of the munitions and capabilities ukraine is using everyay on the battlefield, which is creating jobs at home in the u.s. i think that is an important to make. but also, we are talking about a very small majority of republicans in congress who are not supportive of security

assistance to continue to flow to ukraine. we have seen broad bipartisan support ithe house and senate. we are hopeful that support will continue. we are aware of a small minority opposition to the. -- to that. you saw the secretary make public and private comments to the senate, to the house earlier this week, urging them to support this crucial supplemental request. host: i also want to ask you about the israel hamas war. you have said that the defense department is continuing to engage the israelis on ensuring that civilians in gaza are protected. the u.s. does however continue to flow security assistance to israel without any conditions at this point. with rising concern in the u.s., at the u.n. as well about the mass loss of civilian life, should that change? guest: again, we expect any of our allies who we support with

security assistance to uphold the humanitarian laws that those weapons need to be used under. israel is fighting a war, and we have to remember they are fighting a war against a terrorist organization that committed horrific atrocities on october 7. we have been in all of our conversations continuing to emphasize the point to protect innocent civilians, especially in these urban dents areas like gaza -- urban, dense areas like gaza. we cannot forget that hamas is a terrorist network, a terrorist organization that has an extensive tunnel system it is using in gaza, and using innocent civilians and hostages as human shields to conduct and conceal its operations. host: we talked about the long haul for ukraine. how long will this security assistance for israel continue,

especially because the israelis have and not -- have not themselves defined how long this opation to defeat hamas will take. guest: you heard the president say our commitment to israel will be there for as long as they are in this fight with hamas. we stand with them, as does the international community. security assistance continues to flow to israel, and since you mentioned, also to ukraine, but we cannot do it without a supplemental package passed by congress. we just won't be able to support, whether it is israel, ukraine, our efforts to modernize our fleet in the indo pacific, we need the support of congress. we urge congress not only to pass this supplemental request, but we are operating without a full term, full year appropriations bill. we are still operating under a short-term cr, which is not ideal for this department, and our adversaries do not operate

under cr's, so we would urge congress to give us in on time full appropriations funding for the year. host: thank you so much for joining us on bbc news today. guest: thank you. host: republicans in the congress continue to call for tougher immigration policies at the u.s. border with mexico in exchange for israel and ukraine eight. our partners say border patrol processed near record numbers of migrants crossing the border in the past several days, making some 10,000 apprehensions every 24 hours. our north american edor has more from california. >> just get in line. correspondent: this is not what the u.s. border patrol are used to. illegal immigrants who snuck into america lining up to hand themselves in. >> easy, easy. correspondent: so many of them, the authorities are overwhelmed by hundreds of people waiting for their chance to claim asylum in america.

coming from afghanistan, this man does not want the taliban he is escaping from to see his face. his journey through central america was brutal. >> very, very horrible and very bad. they treated all the people, especially asians, i don't know how to say this, like a dog. but the moment we crossed the border, we felt very different. we felt safe. you do feel safe. correspondent: migrants can no longer cim asylum at official border crossings, so they are coming in illegally instead, undeterred by the infamous border wall. there is a huge border fence, but it just comes to an end right here. if you look through there, you can just walk from x ago right into a -- from mexico right into america. but then these people haveo wait up to a week before they can be processed by immigration. the only food and wer comes

from local volunteers. >> i have been told by the border patrol that the only way this will change is if we stop doing this and people start starving and being sick and possibly die out here. correspondent: i take it you are not about to stop feeding them in order to get the authorities to take responsibility. >> no. i just don't trust them to do it. correspondent: this crisis on the border is a huge political problem for president biden, threatening his chances of reelection, and even putting aid to ukraine in jeopardy. because republicans in congress won't vote for more money for ukraine unless joe biden agrees to crack down hard on illegal immigration. it basically puts an end to scenes like this. it is a makeshift mess. a local landowner thinks it is time to make the border more of a political priority. >> we want our government to do something to stop this because this can't go on forever like

this. enough is enough. correspondent: it is a problem you think joe biden needs to tackle? >> he needs to put it into high gear instead of worrying about the ukraine and everybody else. he needs to come visit these people here. correspondent: children playing in the dirt and sleeping in the open. it is very unusual to see this inside america, and it can only increase the pressure to tackle this growing immigration emergency. bbc news, california. host: thank you for watching world news america. stay with us. ♪ narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors.

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