so we have been listening that the us secretary of state antony blank and he's giving his annual address at the state department in washington dc. he was talking about a number of global issues, including the role in ukraine, china and most importantly, the more on gaza listing into that. as i correspondent mike hannah. he's joining us live from washington, dc and mike anthony blinking very much reiterating the us position on the sofa, which is that as well, has a right to defeat him off. so the us supports as well, and it's goals of the fees and come off. but at the same time that it must protect civilians and that it has an obligation to do so. it is indeed the secretary of state repeating what has been the mentor of the binding, the administration in recent weeks saying 1st of all that the us is helping israel ensure that what's happened on october. the 7th will not happen again. but the then speaks about ways in which to break the ongoing cycle of violence and insisting that the only long spring solution is a plan full piece, which would be based in the us view on a 2 state solution.