secretary blinken too. amazon shows arlington as the home of our east coast headquarters in 2017 and we are proud to call the dmv our second home. we have our headquarters in seattle, where the company was founded. this building is part of what we call metropolitan park and it's the first phase of our expansion. we currently operate two 22-floor powers and this is one of them. there's one directly across from this one. it totaled more than 2.1 million square feet of office space and is home to many amazon employees on this footprint and growing. you will have noticed we have 50,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor and i would strongly encourage everyone to visit. it just opened on the corner directly below us. good doughnuts although i see they offered coffee outside but they are worthy of your patronage and we are proud to have the partnership with locally loaned -- locally owned small businesses on the ground floor of our building. we did that very deliberately. i hope everyone will come ba

antony blinken, the current secretary _ four years. of _ four years. antony blinken, the current secretary of state, - four years. antony blinken, the current secretary of state, we i current secretary of state, we have seen him travel to the middle east numerous times to try and broker a ceasefire there. how do you think marco rubio might approach the job? it is a good question and i am not aware of what he thinks except he is again a very strong supporter of israel and has supported the israeli military operation in gaza. so he is already out there in that sense, giving more or less unconditional support to israel. 0bviously trump and the administration would like to do something to stop the fighting, trump said that on the campaign trail. so i think marco rubio will undertake some diplomacy there. i am will undertake some diplomacy there. iam not will undertake some diplomacy there. i am not sure that i can see his administration putting as much pressure on the netanyahu government as the biden administration has tried to do, althou

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secretary blinken noted a permanent member of the u.n. security council is violating security council resolutions that it agreed to two. so at the direction of the president, the trend will continue to surge security assistance to ukraine, so will allies and partners in the ukraine defense contact group. that includes artillery and air defense, armored vehicles, munitions and other crucial capabilities. united states will announce additional security assistance for ukraine in the coming days. and at our meetings yesterday and today we discussed with our rok allies how we're going to work together with our allies and partners to respond to this dangerous and destabilizing escalation. we are closely tracking other bullying by the dprk, russia, and the peoples republic of china. that's why the united states and the rok are working so closely with our partners to stand up to coercive destabilizing actions in both the indo-pacific and the euro atlantic. our work together central to ensuring peace and stability and to enhancing deterrent. forei

. >> secretary of state antony blinken says it is time to end the war in gaza.says israel accomplished its goal and he's asking for extended pause is now in fighting to get assistance to those who need it force washington correspondent basil john reports. >> u.s. officials are again calling for an end to the war in gaza. this should be a time to end the war during his visit to nato headquarters in brussels, secretary of state antony blinken said israel's efforts have created an opportunity to end the fighting and get aid to the palestinians. we need to real. an extended pause large areas of gaza. pauses fighting any combat blinken says so far israel has enacted most of the steps. the u.s. requests fulfill to provide some relief for palestinians risk its funding. the u.s. still wants to see israel ensure people evacuate from an area and guarantee more humanitarian goods get even with all of these steps. the situation, so difficult. and so dramatic blinken believes the release of the hostages is a key part of ending the violence. we have to make sure that the host

we have seen antony blinken - the next four years. the - the next four years. we have i seen antony blinken the current secretary of state travelling to the middle east numerous times over the last year to try and broker a ceasefire there. how do you think marco rubio might approach thejob? how do you think marco rubio might approach the job? it is how do you think marco rubio might approach the job? might approach the “ob? it is a aood might approach the “ob? it is a good question _ might approach the “ob? it is a good question and h might approach the 'ob? it is a good question and i]— might approach the job? it is a good question and i am - might approach the job? it is a good question and i am not. good question and i am not aware that marco rubio has been definitive about what he thinks except is again a very strong supporter of israel and has supported the israeli military operation in gaza. so he is already out there in that sense giving more or less unconditional support to israel. obviously trump and his administration would

antony blinken secretary of state is speaking in a moment, we'll show you more of it in a moment but cease—fire talks are, quote, in its final stages. we'll return to that in a moment or two, but i've also in the last hour or so been speaking to lina sinjab is our correspondent in beirut — she said people there are worried for their lives. the situation in beirut today is catastrophic, you know. there were more than 20 air strikes in almost two minutes, targeting parts of the city. some of them were sent without warning, you know, people are rushing out in different directions, they are worried for their lives, thinking that it's the hell before the end of a catastrophic period, or a start of a new period. terrible messages are being sent with these air strikes continuing inside the city. people are really hoping that a deal will take place but also worried that the details of this deal may not meet the success or the hopes that people want to go back to normality as soon as possible. lina, you take me to what is actually thought to be in this deal. take me through what we think is o

antony blinken condemned the lawn following talks with his south korean counterpart. in the strongest terms. the latest launch of many, another provocative actions that have been taken. flagrant violations all of multiple un security council resolutions. all countries should be demanding that the dprk cease these destabilising actions. antony blinken and to a couple of stories before we let you 90, of stories before we let you go, russian court has find google a biggerfine go, russian court has find google a bigger fine than you could ever imagine — more than the world's total economic output. restricting russian state media on youtube. the fine was for two undecillion roubles or 20 decillion dollars. in dollar terms, roubles or 20 decillion dollars. in dollarterms, it's about two followed by 36 zeros. a spokesman for the kremlin admitted he cannot even pronounce the figure right. he said it is filled with symbolism. the fine is the latest moving ongoing feuds between the us tech giant and frusher. google has not responded. —— russia. the la dodgers�*s baseball team w

secretary of state blinken's plea for china to interview. >>> and it's not just l.a. going wild over the dodgers. japan is in celebration mode thanks to a couple of hometown heroes who helped lead l.a. to victory. it's friday, november 1st. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm christina ruffini. with four days left in the race, the presidential candidates will hold dueling rallies in wisconsin. vice president harris will be join by rapper cardi b, while former president trump who has faced scrutiny over his comments about women increased personal attacks against harris in his rally last night. >> she can't handle the presidency. she'll get overwhelmed, meltdown and millions of people will die. this is not a charity event. this is an election for the biggest and most important job in history. do you want to lose your job? or maybe your house? or pension because kamala has the economic understanding of a child? she's a child. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez has more from the campaign trail. >> reporter: with just days to go, vice president harris with renewed urgen

>> antony blinken also commented on that situation in lebanon, saying the cease-fire deal between israel and hezbollah would boost security in both countries and helped pave the way for peace in the gaza strip. this was part of the news conference in italy following the close of the g7 meeting. >> good evening, everyone. as i'm sure you are tracking, we are in a final stages of a cease-fire agreement would lebanon. we are not there yet, but i believe we are in the final stages. this has been an intensive diplomatic effort by the united states, partners like france, working with israel, working with lebanon, over many months, and if we get to the conclusion that i hope we reach very soon, it will make a difference. it will make a big difference in saving lives and livelihoods in lebanon and in israel. it will make a big difference in creating the conditions that will allow people to return to their homes safely in northern israel and in southern lebanon. i also believe that by de-escalating tensions in the region, it can also help us to end the conflict in gaza. in particular, how must wi

imagenes que vemos a ver ahora llegan desde el v vaticano, donde el secretario de estado, antony blinkenon el papa francisco despues de que blinken asistiera al encuentro de ministros de asuntos exteriores del g7 en la ciudad de fugi, cerca de roma. >> el le obsequio al pontifice una obra de arte realizada por un artista estadounidense radicada en el italia, mientras que francisco le regalo a blinken algunos de sus documentos mas importantes. >> y nos vamos ahora hasta mexico donde han desplegado un amplio operativo para proteger a las personas con campesinos y productores de limon de los grupos criminales que los extorsionan, los secuestran y los matan especialmente el c conocido como los viagras. >> isa osorio, buenas tardes. >> ¿que nos puedes contar de esta esta situacion. >> nicole, muy buenas tardes. >> 800 elementos del ejercito y tambien de la guardia nacional van a cuidar durante 100 dias a los en el estado de michoacan. >> este operativo consiste p principalmente en resguardar los terrenos donde se siembra el limon, pero tambien van a cuidar las rutas de distribucion ante una z

last month, the us secretary of state antony blinken gave israel a ultimatum.se the trucks going into gaza or risk losing supply of weapons. there is aid crossing into gaza, but the un agencies are saying that israel has not done enough to meet the threshold. this deadline comes as the israeli president isaac herzog is in the us holding talks withjoe biden. we can talk to our united nations special reported on special aid to food. we know the deadline has expired and the deadline has expired and the trucks going and are not enough. give us an insight into your impression of what is happening on the ground in gaza. the situation in gaza continues to be incredibly dire. what we hearfrom continues to be incredibly dire. what we hear from famine experts and humanitarian workers on the ground is it is just days away from getting even worse. i just days away from getting even worse.— just days away from getting even worse. i will give you an example- _ even worse. i will give you an example. the _ even worse. i will give you an example. the last _ even worse. i will

president biden was vice-president under obama, secretary of state blinken was deputy secretary of state, and national security advisor jake sullivan was deputy. they all basically got a promotion, but the sense because biden was a fundamentally different politician than obama was, came from a fundamentally different ideology that it would different. at theened of the day, i don't think there's the same ideological roots as the obama administration they've ended up in the same place and the difference is not that different. i think when some people pose out there the sort of question, will the harris administration be more like obama 2.0 or biden 2.0. i don't think it's the right question, is it obama 4.0 or not. and the major thing at the end of the day, they used the word repeatedly more recently, deescalation. not the word that obama used so much. the idea is to de-emphasize america's role in the word and de-emphasize american interests for so-called transnational issues in different ways, with the hope of focusing on domestic trans formational issues that the biden administration beg

. >> we are going to leave to take secretary anthony's -- antony blinken speaking about ukraine and the middle east. we joined this in progress live here on c-span. >> but also what it means in the indo pacific. we see that a security between the indo pacific and they atlantic community are joined. the relationship between russia and north korea is a two-way street. but we also are looking at tentative the bash attentively at what russia is and may be doing for north korea including potentially this -- boosting missile and nuclear capacity. so this was a shared concern among all the g7 partners. but in our support for ukraine we are also finalizing getting out the door the $50 billion secured on the basis of russian cyber assets that are frozen. last week the united states unveiled its latest nations on russia's financial sector including -- bank and we anticipate further action by g7 countries as well. g7 and partner countries have committed more than $2 billion to the energy sector in ukraine since russia escalated its attacks on that sector. we app g7 plus donors supporting among oth

. >> basically what you have seen from secretary austin and secretary blinken is a letter to their israeli counterparts that says here is a set of steps we expect you to take and we are going to measure you against the progress you're making towards those steps. this week we will make our judgments about what kind of progress they have made and then secretary austin, secretary blinken, the president will make judgments about what we're going to do in response. i'm not going to get ahead of that. >> very quickly president xi and president biden will be in the same place. will the president confront him? >> president biden every time he sees his chinese counterpart, president xi, speaks to him about cyber enabled espionage. >> this is a significant attack. >> yes, it is. absolutely significant attack. something the fbi, our department of homeland security and our entire national security enterprise is digging into in a big way. it will be on the agenda between every american official and every chinese official in the weeks ahead. >> jake sullivan, a lot happening in the world. thank you for

house of representatives, the secretary of state, and geneva -- antony blinken, in contempt of congress. the republican that has has -- there has been back and forth between the house foreign affairs committee and secretary blinken. it will culminate with some vote this week, likely to find him in contempt. when final days of this administration, with the attorney general try him, but it is something the republican congress will contend with while biting still in power -- biden still in power. and at some point, they have to refill the disaster loan fund. that was tapped out by hurricanes helene and milton. homeowners who need emergency loans to rebuild, congress has got to get about refilling those coffers. some of those disaster state senators and congressmen verse happened raising alarms about this. the administration did so earlier this morning. congress won't tend to that today or tomorrow but will have to soon. host: where are we on government funding? guest: december 20 is the deadline. there are very few legislative days left. they will not pass all the preparations bills robust

. >> secretary of state antony blinken says it's time to end the war in gaza.ael accomplished its goal he's asking for extended pause in fighting to get assistance to people who need it. kron four's washington correspondent basil john reports. >> u.s. officials are again calling for an end to the war in gaza. this should be a time to end the war during his visit to nato headquarters in brussels, secretary of state antony blinken said israel's efforts have created an opportunity to end the fighting and get aid to the palestinians. we need to see real. an extended pause large areas of gaza. pauses and in any fighting, any combat blinken says so far, israel has enacted most of the steps. the u.s. requests fulfill provide some relief for palestinians risk its funding. the u.s. still wants to see israel ensure people evacuate from an area and guarantee more humanitarian goods get even with all of these steps. the situation, so difficult. and so dramatic blinken believes the release of the hostages is a key part of ending the violence. we have to make sure that the h

secretary of state blinken was the deputy secretary of state. the national security advisor was deputy. biden is fundamentally different as a politician then obama was. he came with a fundamentally different ideological framework. at the end of the day, even if they came from different places -- and i don't think there are the same ideological roots -- they have ended up more or less in the same place. the difference is not permanent. when some people pose questions like will harris's administration be more like obama or biden guide is the right question. it is more like it is obama 4.0 or not. the major thing at the end of the day was they have used the word more recently and repeatedly -- de-escalation. that's not a word that obama used as much. but i think the basic idea is to deemphasize the american role in the world, deemphasize the importance of certain american commitments, and deemphasize the importance of american national institutes, with the idea of being able to focus on domestic transformational issues that the biden administration

secretary of state antony blinken says it's time to end the war in gaza. he says israel has accomplished its goal. he's also asking for extended pause in fighting to get assistance to those who need our washington correspondent basil john reports. >> u.s. officials are again calling for an end to the war in gaza. this should be a time to end the war during his visit to nato headquarters in brussels, secretary of state antony blinken said israel's efforts have created an opportunity to end the fighting and get aid to the palestinians. we need to see real. an extended pause large areas of gaza. pauses and in any fighting, any combat blinken says so far, israel has enacted most of the steps. the u.s. requests fulfill provide some relief for palestinians risk its funding. the u.s. still wants to see israel ensure people evacuate from an area and guarantee more humanitarian goods get even with all of these steps. the situation, so difficult. and so dramatic blinken believes the release of the hostages is a key part of ending the violence. we have to make sure t

secretary of state antony blinken says they have made good progress toward a truce in lebanon.isors are heading back to the u.s. after spending thursday in tel aviv, working with israeli officials on a cease-fire deal. our white house coordinate -- the specialists are pushing to ensure civilians in both countries can return to their homes. tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border have left their homes to escape cross-border fire between hezbollah and israeli forces. during talks with the senior american delegates, prime minister benjamin netanyahu said any agreement must ensure israel can counter threats to its security from lebanon. the lebanese prime minister said he was cautiously optimistic about an agreement. efforts to secure a cease-fire agreement between israel and hamas are also continuing. the director of the cia is in the egyptian capital of cairo with mediators, exploring options to end the fighting and bring hostages back to israel. a regional editor sent this update. >> even as there is a new diplomatic push to get a cease-fire between israel and he

on wednesday, secretary of state antony blinken said the u.s.ts real extended pauses of fighting in gaza so assistance can get to those who need it, adding the best way to do that would be to end the war. let's turn now to matt bodner, what do we know about this initial proposal? >> reporter: frances, good morning. we still don't know very much about the content of the proposal but they are optimistic a cease-fire can be reached. officials have signaled some optimism for some kind of deal. the energy minister, eli cohen said prospects for a cease-fire were the most promising since the start of the conflict. based on previous efforts to secure a cease-fire in lebanon, we would potentially see something like a 60-day cease-fire with hezbollah pulling forces back from the lebanese-israeli border among other things. the biden administration is pushing for a cease-fire before leaving office, and the "washington post," citing three current and former israeli officials is reporting that netanyahu himself may be looking to secure a cease-fire to present

as secretary of state antony blinken said here in peru. sec.: we we strengthened and wove together our alliances and partnerships in new ways to advance an increasingly shared vision for a future that is more free, more prosperous, more resilient, more connected. nick: it is those relationships that both the trump administration and biden administration have used to respond to china's aggressiveness in the region. whether any biden administration efforts survive the trump administration will be up to the new team. william: that is our nick schifrin in lima, peru. thank you so much. during their meeting today, xi told president biden that china's goal of a stable, healthy relationship with the u.s. is unchanged following the presidential election. xi said he is "ready to work with the incoming trump administration and manage differences to benefit both nations." ♪ for years, wildfires across the american west have served as an urgent reminder of the threat posed by extreme weather, which is often made worse by climate change. but over the last f

it's time to hold secretary blinken accountable for this cover-up. and for the state department to fully comply with the congressional investigation into the withdrawal that puts americans into danger and the failures that resulted in the deaths of 13 courageous american service members at abby gate. thank you. mr. speaker, last night president-elect donald trump announced commissioner brenda carr would be named as the chairman of the federal communications commission. over the past several years i have been proud to work with commissioner carr to help deliver reliable high speed internet to the communities across south central and southwestern pennsylvania. together we sat down with teachers, doctors, and business owners in pennsylvania's 13th congressional district and heard firsthand about the hardships that occur with the lack of access to internet connectivity. we spoke to a teacher who could tell which students had internet access by how well they had prepared their homework assignments. we spoke with a doctor about how spotty connections made

here is secretary antony blinken.>> we are in the final stages of securing a cease-fire agreement for lebanon. we are not there yet, but i believe we are in the final stages. this has been an intensive diplomatic effort by the united states, parties like france working with israel, with lebanon over many months.>> and as you so rightly pointed out, richard, smartly of course, that this does give netanyahu some running room because going into lebanon and getting these families, more than 60,000 families out of their homes since october 7th, getting them back is almost universally supported in israel , unlike aspects of gaza and the hostage negotiations, there so much support for this gallant toll of reporters, as we were talking about in july, we should be done in gaza, but now we have to get hezbollah, get this done in the north. of course he later was fired for being so blunt about gaza, among other things. this does give netanyahu more freedom, right ?>> absolutely, and what is interesting, it gives him political momentum if he chooses to use it vis-@-vis hamas and gaza, but what is

. >> brian: i watched antony blinken the last four years run around and go to all these meetings never ever happened. >> lawrence: nothing. >> brian: everything got worse. when he goes over and meets with officials in the region. he knows exactly what he is doing. he identified them as a huge threat set. talking about the multiple areas infiltrated our country. do you think is he going to take a backwards step when he is one-on-one even with vladimir putin, official with iran. iran right now, this is the critical time. right now their nuclear program is totally exposed. totally exposed. and they promised an attack on israel. that's going to be front and center for the secretary of state to do they do a deal at the last minute to preserve their country? or not? >> lawrence: brian, it's apparent. you got marco rubio who will presumably be at state. walz who is going to be the national security adviser and then on the world stage, you have got elise fan nic critical of the regime. i'm wondering who going to be secretary of defense. but right now that pairing together, you got. >> ainsley:

but blinken says there's no need to change our own policy. shameful. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields. the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri, mr.alford, for five minutes. mr. alford: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the 80th birthday of mr. franco cupini, born in the heart of rome, he was determined to make his mark, excuse me. let me start that over. i rise today to honor the 08th birthday of mr. -- 80th birthday of mr. franco cupini. he learned the intricacies of italian cuisine and earned himself a position at via ma dama of the presidential palace. he moved to the united states in 1968, bringing the flavors of italy to the midwest, with his brother carlo. they owned several restaurants and he solidified his place as a top tier chef at the ritz carlton in st. louis. in 2023, franco and his son, eddie, opened up a restaurant in kansas city, in west port, cupini's. we eat there often. what began as a modest 1,500-square-foot deli quickly became a local treasure. over the next 21 years, the restaurant grew in size and dedicat

it's a phrase that secretary blinken uses repeatedly.ked at the way america has behaved and they've thought, "rules—based international order? actually, it's our rules, it's our order, they apply to our friends if we choose that they will, and we'll treat other countries differently." now, this, actually, should come as no surprise, because that's how big, powerful nations tend to work. they're not. . .they�*re not consistent. but i think for a lot of people around the world, it's been particularly egregious. nada, given whatjeremy�*s describing, this weakening us influence, certainly over the last year, what are we seeing from kamala harris? and i think a real hit for her was when a palestinian american wasn't allowed to address the hall, even though the parents of hersh goldberg—polin, who was one of the hostages taken by hamas on october 7th, did speak. in an inflamed middle east, - we know the one thing that can most immediately release pressure and bring calm . to the entire region — - a deal that brings this diverse group of 109 ho

but, the -- they fundamentally believe as secretary of state blinken said to his chinese counterpart in anchorage, when they first met. blinken gave some remarks where he said in the middle -- >> on the eve of election day going live to from republican vice presidential nominee j. d. vance with supporters at a a y and la crosse, wisconsin. you are watching c-span2. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you. it is, thank you all. [chanting] thank you, thank you. it is, it is great to be here. and la crosse, wisconsin. it's a beautiful town. we appreciate you all come out. i'm sad this is actually my last visit to the state of wisconsin in this election but that's okay. i think, i promise i will come back as your vice president of the united states because were going to win this thing. now, only to recognize a few people who are very special guests who decided to join us. i never met them before but governor tommy. well you? god bless you. we've got represented tom tiffany with us. where are you? god bless you, man. thank you. [applause] we have representative derek van order. where are you?

blinken presented the pope with a ceramic plate with the on its symbolizing peace, blinken's wife and 2 children also got to meet the pope. and kron four's highlighting the bay area's remarkable women with the story of a pro tennis player turned nonprofit leader working to coach kids on how to win in the game of life by changing how we think about success. we sat down with san francisco zone. peanut louis harper. >> read it with me. if you'd like ready at millbrae meadows elementary. what is 6 s? >> that's easy to see is trying to be the best. you can be. a special assembly is underway raise your hand. are you ever afraid to fail? holding the microphone is keen at louis harper co-founder of harper for kids. a nonprofit now in its 17th year of empowering children. >> starting with this simple message, it's really about just trying your best, no matter if your first place last place. if you've done everything you can. >> you should feel very proud of yourself. it's perspective. louis harper says she shared with tens of thousands of kids over the years and more than 100 schools in the ba

it's a phrase that secretary blinken uses repeatedly, but a lot of people around the world have lookedhey've thought, "rules—based international order? "actually, it's our rules, it's our order, they apply "to our friends if we choose that they will, and we'll treat "other countries differently." now, this, actually, should come as no surprise, because that's how big, powerful nations tend to work. they're not. . .they�*re not consistent. but i think, for a lot of people around the world, it's been particularly egregious. nada, given whatjeremy�*s describing, this weakening us influence, certainly over the last year, what are we seeing from kamala harris? what is she saying that she would possibly do differently than joe biden? well, you know, sumi, in the beginning, when she became the nominee, everyone was watching to see if there would be a switch. you know, you think back to july, when the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, visited. she actually did not attend his speech in congress. she said she had another prior commitment. she did meet with him privately. and, after tha

us secretary of state antony blinken arrived in italy on sunday. it will be his last g7 summit before the trump administration takes over at the white house in january. donald trump's choice to be the next us national security adviser says the president elect is concerned about recent developments between russia and ukraine. congressman mike waltz told fox news that mr. trump is focused on setting up negotiations to end the conflict. >> the president elect has been very concerned it's all going. president trump has been very clear about the need to end this conflict and so what we're need to be discussing is who's at that table whether it's an agreement, an armistice, how to get both sides to the table. and then what's the framework of a deal clare sebastian joins me here in london. >> well, he just outlined all the problems here, deciding who's around the table, getting them to the table. i mean, this is not something that's going to be done in 24 hours, as trump has suggested. >> well, and especially not given what we saw last week which was a cl

here's us secretary of state antony blinken speaking after talks with his south korean counterpart. werms. the latest launch as many and _ terms. the latest launch as many and other— terms. the latest launch as| many and other provocative actions it has taken. flagrant violations of all, of multiple security council resolutions. all countries should be demanding that the dpr k ceases these to stabilising actions. —— destabilising. at least 158 people are now confirmed dead after the worst flash flooding to hit spain in decades. king felipe held a minute's silence for the victims today nearly all of whom were from the region of valencia. almost a year's worth of rain fell in just eight hours on wednesday causing these terrifying scenes you can see here. water rushing through the streets, sweeping away bridges and roads. emergency teams are continuing to search for survivors and the �*dozens' who remain missing. officials are warning residents to remain at home with more heavy rains predicted over the next 2a hours. 0ur correspondent bethany bell sent this report from valencia. 0ur corre

in that letter the secretary blinken and austin referenced u.s. law. they reference 620 eye of the 6e foreign assistance act they referenced an sm 20 the president's national security memorandum. and they said this, the humanitarian situation for over 2 million civilians in gaza is increasingly dire. they also said trucks carrying humanitarian commodities including the perishable goods funded by the united states are delayed crossing platforms. we are particularly concerned recent actions by the israeli government including halting commercial imports, denying or impeding nearly 90% of humanitarian movements between northern and southern gaza in september and continuing burdensome and excessive dude restrictions among other things they list are impeding the delivery of absolute necessary lifesaving aid. they then go out on this letter to spell out what needs to happen. to meet the conditions and standards of u.s. law and policy. i will just read from the first part ahead of winter surge all forms of assistance throughout gaza by number one, enabling ame

secretary of state antony blinken, who is in large part responsible for the blatant lies pushed in a letter written by 51 former intelligence officials right before the 2024 election received 28 republican votes in the senate. secretary of education cardona received 14 republican votes. secretary cardona supported mandatory covid vaccines for schoolchildren of all ages. he doesn't believe parents should have to have any say in their children's education. it's up to the teachers. he has also directed his department to destroy -- and i will repeat, destroy title 9 and allow men to compete in women's sports. in my opinion, that is a total disgrace. and he had 14 republicans who eliminate he for him here on this -- who voted for him here on this senate floor to confirm him. secretary of interior deb h haaland received several republican votes. many senate republicans had no issue voting to confirm these democrat nominations and that is their prerogative. even though many were unqualified, radical and in some cases completely out of their minds. i'm not going to get into that point. but y

blinken says he is concerned that north korea might receive russian missile technology in exchange forp moscow fight the war in ukraine. cbs' tina kraus has more from london. >> reporter: for the first time in almost a year, north korea launched a new and more powerful missile that could potentially reach the u.s. mainland. south korean and japanese officials say the missile was fired almost vertically thursday, traveling upward for 86 minutes, reaching a height of more than 4300 miles before falling into the sea that would be north korea's longest flight time and highest altitude ever. north korean leader kim jong-un said it shows, quote, our will to respond to our enemies. air forces from the u.s. and south korea staged joint aerial drills in response to the missile launch, a launch u.s. officials called a flagrant violation of multiple u.n. security resolutions. the test came as a south korean delegation visited leaders in washington, and just days after the u.s. confirmed pyongyang deployed soldiers to russia to likely join russia's war against ukraine. >> we now assess that there

the us secretary of state antony blinken says that negotiates have made good progress towards a truce baby food in low income countries in asia, and asks — if there's a link to the rises in obesity and disease. —— and diabetes. hello there. you're welcome to bbc news. we start in spain, where at least 158 people are now known to have died in catastrophic floods, the country's worst in decades. residents are told to stay at home, because of rising waters, and the prospect of yet more rain. and officials say there are still many people missing. the valencia region was devastated by an entire year's worth of rain injust a devastated by an entire year's worth of rain in just a few hours. it triggered flash flooding and swollen rivers in the mountains flowed down to the mountains flowed down to the coast, bursting river banks and sweeping away bridges and roads.

i'm sure that tony blinken is well aware of voters in michigan!ey're saying things that we haven't heard them say over the last whole year that this humanitarian crisis has been so dire. so the other kind of sleeper thing that i'll be watching on election night is new york, which is an odd thing to be watching on election night, but i think because of the house races that helped — with the house races in california — hand the house to the republicans in 2022, and... you're always looking kind of for tells, right, early on in the night? and because it's new york, and so polls close earlier and it's on the east coast, you start to get feedback earlier. and these are smaller races, so we may get results pretty quickly from those races. if those republicans in new york — in long island, the hudson valley, right up to syracuse — across the board do well, you might be able to say, "actually, that's..." i mean, they're local. they're much more local races. but again, if you were the trump campaign, you wouldn't be unhappy with that. but they're very diff

in fact one when secretary blinken was there in israel., madam president, the issue here is not whether or not the united states is supporting israel. the issue is whether or not, as we provide that support, we have a two-way street, a partnership should be a two-way street, not a one-way blank check. and at a minimum, the netanyahu government should comply with american law as we talked about today. and when they're not, we have an obligation to the american people and american taxpayers to make sure that we withhold that support until netanyahu comes into compliance. that's what we're saying here. just meet the requirements of american law and all of us have an obligation to american taxpayers to make sure that we are not complicit in violating american law and american values. so, madam president, that's why i encourage my colleagues to support these joint resolutions, to send that message. this is the one opportunity we have to do so. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. welch: i ask unanimous consent

my fellow americans, first lady, vice president harris, second gentlemen, secretary blinken, austin,most importantly our veterans, servicemembers and their families, i have said it many times before, i got in trouble for saying it, we have many obligations but only one truly sacred obligation — sacred. to prepare those we send into harm's away, to care for them and theirfamilies when harm's away, to care for them and their families when they return home and when they don't. 0bligation not based on party politics, but on a promise that unites us all, today, as we strive on, to finish the work of our moment, to bind a nation's wounds once again, we commit, recommit to the sacred vow. this is the last time i will stand here at arlington as commander in chief. it has been the greatest honour of my life to lead you, to serve you, to care for you, to serve you, to care for you, to defend you, just as you defended us, generation after generation after generation. you are the greatest fighting force, this is not hyperbole, the finest fighting force in the finest fighting force in the history

speaking at the nato military alliance headquarters in brussels, the secretary of state, antony blinkenhe u.s. needs to see longer breaks in fighting inside gaza. he said there will be no let up in the war against hezbollah and israeli forces have again hit southern beirut. hezbollah says it fired missiles. >> -- to people who need it. there are huge challenges in that regard. we have also seen real solutions. it is the one thing that has been very successful in gaza. hundreds of thousands of children got polio vaccines, but success in doing that was having a -- katrina: -- let up in the war against hezbollah, not the u.s. secretary of state. the bbc has traveled to the demilitarized buffer zone. -- 1974 cease-fire agreement between the two countries. the disengagement observer forces as israeli vehicles and personnel recently crossed into the demilitarized area. israel denies that, saying it is boosting defenses on its own. a report from the occupied golan heights. >> already fighting wars on two of its borders, israel has been quietly building trenches along its buffer zone. 24 hours