navy vice admiral brad cooper said deliveries by sea from cyprus would now go to the israeli port ofshdod. the pier had limited success, partly due to bad weather. president biden announced the project in march because israel was holding up deliveries by land. aid agencies say it still is. israel frequently blames the delays on the un. in the coming weeks, we expect millions of pounds of aid will enter into gaza via this new pathway. the establishment of this new route builds on logistics and coordination best practices from thejlots pier. while the us military pier is no longer required, the us will maintain coordination elements in place in the near term to ensure humanitarian assistance continues to flow into gaza through this maritime pathway. he told us the project failed. this he told us the pro'ect failed. this is a new in _ he told us the pro'ect failed. this is a new in a — he told us the project failed. this is a new in a series _ he told us the project failed. ti 3 is a new in a series of failures to provide aid to the people who are in bad need of this aid in gaza. the pe

navy vice admiral brad cooper said deliveries by sea from cyprus would now go to the israeli port ofto bad weather. president biden announced the project in march because israel was holding up deliveries by land. aid agencies say it still is, though israel frequently blames the delays on the un. in the coming weeks we expect millions of pounds of aid will enter into gaza via this new pathway. the establishment of this route builds on logistics and co—ordination and what the us military appear no longer required, it will maintain co—ordination elements in place in the short term to make sure humanitarian systems continue to flow into gaza through this maritime pathway. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. it feels like a failed project, this peer. this is in a series of failures to provide humanitarian aid to people in bad need of this aid in gaza. it worked less than 25 days for weather and security reasons. aid agencies are saying this was a waste of money and effort and a distraction of the situation in gaza and insist the core problem is israel is using starvation as a weapon

and also in the press briefing, a brad cooper that the deputy come on to after the us central come on. and he said, and to quote him the pure achieved its intended effect in what he called an unprecedented operation. that sounds like a bit of face saving at this point a given that it's a failure given that there's a lack of cooperation from israel in terms of getting age through. and so the bulk of the beer was to make some people feel good about themselves. but it was a success perhaps right? the same with the air drops to meet affectively meetings and appear. and by the way, again, i actually supported appear at the outset as one additional channel into gaza. but it, it, it, it never materialized, it didn't, it didn't turn out to be an effective shuttle. and the gaza, there was, it was on a, the food i did get in from the pier was, you know, hard to distribute. and it was a $400000000.00 colossal mistake. so it's really hard to understand why that would be considered, you know, a success in the eyes of some of the central command hi dave origin. thank you so much for speaking to us.

brad. >> no. i didn't ask the question. >> oh, i thought that was the question. >> reporter: cooper recently branched is bringing her show on the road, covering the 2024 paris olympics with nbc sports. >> bruce, henry! mommy's going to the olympics! >> mommy's going to the olympics. >> i'm going to the olympics. >> it is so exciting to sit with you. and i'm going to tell you something. first of all, i can feel it. right? >> it is an honor to even be here in person with you. i feel like i just watched you and now i'm like, oh, my god. you're real. i'm here. what is happening? >> can i tell you something? i recently watched your podcast with simone biles before i did an interview with her. i watched it carefully, and i thought, this girl hit it out of the park. >> thank you. >> and i 100% am so -- just get why you are going to paris. you are so good at what you do. but i want to take it back. here you are. you are a kid in college. you are in film school. you are just doing what kids in college do, okay? >> yeah. >> what happened? how did -- what was the genesis of this? >> i think it was a whirlwind.