world food program director, cindy mccain. house divided. >> a speaker has not been elected. >> jonathan: the republican infighting leaves the house paralyzed with no speaker and no end to the chaos. >> we need to come together and figure out who our speaker is going to be. >> join with democrats in finding a bipartisan path forward. >> jonathan: all the week's politics with our powerhouse round table -- >> and -- >> these guys ought to get out. >> jonathan: we'll talk to republican presidential candidate tim scott. >>> good morning, and welcome to "this week." it has been 15 days since hamas militants launched their unspeakably cruel, early morning terror attack from the gaza strip, ruthlessly and indiscriminately striking from the air and the ground, murdering, torturing, and kidnapping civilians from the very young to the very old. crimes against humanity that israel says have now claimed the lives of more than 1,400 israelis. as israel strikes back against an enemy that hides behind the innocent and the vulnerable, the tol

. >> joining us is the executive director of the world food programme cindy mccain, she just returned from spending time on the ground there in the middle east. ambassador mccain, thank you very much for being with us "the new york times" this morning citing the red crescent says of the 28 trucks that were supposed to go through that rafah crossing yesterday, only eight made it in. what be done to change that? by the way, 20 is not nearly enough. >> 20, you might as well not do anything. we need to have a full access corridor that goes in, that is sustained and safe. and i mean a lot of trucks, because we're talking about a million plus people that don't have any access to food now. hunger is upon us. starvation is upon us. it is utterly necessary that we get in there so that we can take food, medicine, water as you just described, and we need it now. we need it desperately. >> for some perspective, i know wfp said about 500 trucks of humanitarian aid per day were going into gaza before the crisis. 500 compared to eight overnight. are we in a window of just days where people, includin

cindy mccain says safe and unfittered access into gaza is needed to feed its people and make sure they do not start to death. she added the wfp needs to rate $100 million us dollars to feed over million people in gaza to end to the end of this year. un humanitarian chief also warned aid is barely trickling into gaza. martin griffin said the world is failing to meet their entitlements of a part of humanity. european union's also called for humanitarian corridors and pausas and israel's war to get aid into gaza. beaucoup discuter. talked lot about absolute necessity of acting a humanitarian level, we can see the serious deterioration of the humanitarian situation and the importance of developing measures to guarantee access to equipment and humanitarian aid, food, water, electricity, medicines, we need to be very active, including with humanitarian corridors, humanitarian houses to allow the humanitarian aid to be delivered, speaking eu. summit and president of the european commission also spoke about israel's war on gaza. urderlion through her weight behind the regime bling palestinian

the world food program executive director cindy mccain said people are starving to death while the bureaucracy holds up the desperately needed aid in egypt. just 12 trucks made it in yesterday. the u.n. says its operations are being paralyzed by the lack of fuel. the remaining reserves are being used, but hospitals there warn they could soon start running out and shutting down. >> thank you. >>> minnesota congressman dean phillips says that he's challenging president biden for the democratic presidential nomination. he spoke exclusively with robert costa in an interview for "cbs mornings." >>> are you running for president? >> i am. i have to. i think president biden has done a spectacular job for our country, but it's not about the past. this is an election about the i will not sit still, i will not be quiet in the face of numbers that are so clearly saying that we're going to be facing an emergency next november. >> phillips will launch his campaign today in new hampshire, and you can see more of that interview later on today, as well on, "cbs mornings." >>> the new speaker of the house, lou

cindy mccain said safe and unfettered access into gaza is needed to feed the people and make sure they do not start death. she added, wfp needs to raise $100 million us$ to feed or people in gaza to the end of the year. the un humanitarians also warned that aid is... barely trickling into gaza, martin griff said world is failing to meet the bare entitlements of a part of humanity. european union is also call for humanitarian corridors and pausas and israel's war get aid into gaza. we talked lot about the absolute necessity of acting on humanitarian level, we can see the serious deterioration of the humanitarian situation and the importance of developing measures to guarantee access to equipment and humanitarian. aid, food, water, electricity, medicines, we need to be very active, including with humanitarian doors, humanitarian houses to allow the humanitarian aid to be delivered. i was speaking following. president of the european commission also spoke about israel's war on gaza. through her weight behind the regime blaming the palestinian resistance for the ongoing situation in gaza.

a cindy mccain from the raw food program. speaking to algebra early, i'm not protestors in the us capital. have march to the white house demanding a sci fi and gaza the show of support for promising in things to put pressure on present. joe biden has shown on wavering banking for israel. his administration is increasing, may be nice to start funding the voice in gaza and to craig and live to she advertise. he was in washington, dc. 4 is not far from the protests. how big are the crowds as she had been? are they likely to make any difference at all the drops here? 1000 people? we estimates. i know the other on you have mike, have a uh about 3 kilometers away where the initial gathering took place of the washington monument to them or protests as much stop constitution avenue without pennsylvania avenue that was of interest to end up. yeah, of a piece, monuments in the shop or of capitol hill, a really rather appropriate lot, even though just because of the top of the monument, there's actually grief. so being covering her face

cindy mccain is the director of the world food program. she's in colorado, with the conference of globally, this is taking place when the executive director of the world food program and we, we, i, this is what we do receive the world and prices situations and in other situations as well. we already have a team on the ground and, and what we do is make sure that we can get no emergency rations in but more rations that are also sustained and also be able to give money to those who can then buy food on the market. none of this is accessible right now, and we're running low on stores both, both in our warehouse and for us and this, and the actual stores for people to go buy stuff. so, so this is a critical mass right now we've got to get our get more trucks and he's 20 our grades. and i've been assured that we're going to be able to starting monday to get more trucks in graduate. but we'd like to see it a little quicker and certainly in a more sustained and safe manner. we again, my, my whole purpose of being here is to make sure we can get t

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome ambassador cindy mccain. [applause] >> i hear my grandsons. good morning, everyone. i am so pleased to be here this morning to see not only all of you but certainly the president who is here. mr. president, madam governor, esteemed guests, welcome to what is a first step of many in the creation of an enduring,, impactful, and fitting legacy for my husband here it has taken five long years since john's of death to have the honor of standing here before you with the proud knowledge of what now stands for all of us. thanks to the work of so many people, this future library will provide the. beating heart and soul to help further the causes john so dearly believed in. and will be the impetus to bring them back to where they belong, to the place that he loved so, arizona. the road ahead is just beginning, but we know where it will lead. john would have hated if made this occasion just about him, but instead he would've wanted to make it about what is most important, john's constant mantra of service to a cause gre

joining us now is cindy mccain, executive director of the world food program and former ambassador to the agencies for food and agriculture. ambassador, thank you for your time. i want to fill out the picture of perspective. what was sent in on these first 20 trucks compared to what is needed. so fill that out for us, if you could. >> thank you for having me and talking about this issue. all the trucks for medical supplies, we took in food, water, we have take in as was said, it was a very small amount. 20 trucks only. and what we need know is for ths convoy like this to be sustained and to be safe and continue to run and continue to go into the country. this is a catastrophe going on on the ground there. people are starving to death. there's no water. there's no electricity. there's no fuel. this is ripe for disease and much more. so i'm really pleading with the world community to please get in here and help. >> ambassador, as you heard from some of our reporters, especially clarissa ward, who has been there on the ground near the crossing, she's been saying this is just a drop in th

>> i have talk to the qataris and the egyptians and the saudis and the world pfood program wit cindy mccainand this what the president will mount on wednesday is the rafah gate on the southern border in egypt will be opened to allow americans and foreign nationals to escape out, and also the wounded, you know, palestinians as well. but the rank and file palestinians the gate will be opened to allow humanitarian aid into gaza, because the world food program has always dealt in very war-like zones and they know how to do this, but we have to have the assurance of hamas that they won't steal the food and humanitarian aid going in and use for it the military uses. so for the sake of the 1 million children whose lives are at risk, we have to make it work. and finally, because the narrative is such that if you see children in southern gaza being impacted, that is going to light up hamas' narrative and impact hezbollah which is in lebanon and this is the nightmare scenarios that hezbollah gets involved with the 100,000 rockets. >> and speaking of the nightmarish scenario, and i heard that you are

we are joined now by the executive director of the world food programme, cindy mccain. line was muted. we can hear you now. you have made an adjustment to the apologies for that. i was asking how desperate the situation on the ground was and i wonder if you can start your answer again. it wonder if you can start your answer aaain. , . wonder if you can start your answer aaain. again. it is catastrophic on the round. again. it is catastrophic on the ground. there _ again. it is catastrophic on the ground. there is _ again. it is catastrophic on the ground. there is no _ again. it is catastrophic on the ground. there is no food - again. it is catastrophic on the l ground. there is no food getting again. it is catastrophic on the - ground. there is no food getting in per se. there have been dribbles of trucks but nothing specifically large. we have 1.6 million people in need of food right now and we do not have the ability for safe transport or sustained transport in. that's what we need right now, to be able to get in with our trucks to feed people on the ground. i to get

when we go to cindy mccain, the director of the world food program, she comes to a slide from cairo. we have a conference that we've just been speaking about of global leaders is taking place . thank you very much for your time here on al jazeera, 1st of all, how much work has gone into just getting these 20 trucks only 20 trucks in the gaza? me? well, it's been a lot of work and we're grateful for the 20 trucks. but this is, you're not, we need to make sure that we have sustain shades to access through that, through the borders, to be able to feed the people that we need to feed. people are starving to death right now. cindy, can you just explain your role in getting this ident and, and how you were trying to push for more to get into cancer, to be by me, executive director of the world food program. and we, we, i, this is what we do. we feed the world and prices situations and in other situations as well. we already have a team on the ground and, and what we do is make sure that we can get no emergency rations in but more rashes that are also sustained and also be able to give mone

cindy mccain, the former -- the wife of a late senator john mccain, is the chair of the world food programme. she called a bureaucracy around trying to get these trucks inside gaza, insane. alicia? >> nbc's meagan fitzgerald, thank, you feel meagan. joining me now former u.s. ambassador to nato, ivo daalder, the president of the chicago council on the -- thank you for your time, ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, gregory meeks, confirming today that the biden administration is pushing for a humanitarian pause. take a listen. >> i want to make sure that we try to protect and save as many innocent lives as possible. i think that's what the biden administration is doing, why they called for a humanitarian pause. not a cease-fire, a humanitarian pause. because folks are not talking about hamas is still firing rockets into israel. so, they won't agreed to a cease-fire. >> ambassador, talk to me about the distinction between a cease-fire and a humanitarian pause and your thoughts more generally on the role that a pause could play in this crisis. >> well, a pause is really an ag

we heard from cindy mccain who is the executive director of the u.n.ld food programme this morning. she posted this update saying, quote, we have lost contact with our teams in gaza. this silence is deafening, as conflict rages on, i'm worried for the safety of all humanitarian workers and civilians. she says we're at a tipping point. humanitarian -- humanity will prevail. still a lot that u.s. officials are trying to resolve as this counteroffensive continues, alex. >> ali, one more question, the u.s. and china have agreed to work towards a meeting between presidents biden and g this month. what can you tell us? >> that is, right u.s. officials familiar with these plans are telling us that a, quote, agreement in principle has been reached for president biden and chinese president xi to meet on the sidelines of an asia-pacific leaders summit in san francisco next month, alex. obviously the stakes for the meeting are very high considering how much tensions have risen between the u.s. and china since the last time these two met face to face. that was bac

world food program executive director cindy mccain says constant aid shipments are necessary given thellenges they face in delivering it. >> the israelis will ultimately dictate in one way or another where you guys can go in addition to hamas and the authorities that are on the other side there. so how do you navigate that? >> well, we're hoping, of course, that the world sees it for what it is, and this is an area that we have to get into, so whoever is in charge, please give us unfettered access, and allow us to go in and feed these people. >> reporter: there remains hundreds of americans and others with foreign passports trapped in gaza, and a big question, will those people be let out here into egypt once aid was allowed in? at least so far that does not appear to be the case. those hundreds of americans, as well as the hundreds of thousands of palestinians in gaza, remain trapped, janai, at this point. >> janai: and, matt, that's exactly what i want to ask you about. this time last week we were reporting on the agreement to open that border crossing, but that hadn't happened until

. >> jonathan: as we were coming on the air, we heard from cindy mccain who is the head of the world ready to get supplies into gaza, desperately concerned that civilians will be starving. there's the threat obviously of being hit with acts of war, but concern about starvation and they're pleading with the u.s. to pressure israel, egypt to allow the humanitarian supplies to get in. >> there's no question, and i just want to echo something you said. look. iran has played a role in this region. they funded hamas and the terrorist activity that we've seen, and they must use their leverage to end the roadblocks so that innocent civilians who are fleeing gaza city can make their way down south to safety. these are urgent concerns, but we must not lose the moral clarity of what happened last week because it was a terrorist organization that attacked innocent civilians at a dance party in a ka buts i visited. they're living in shelters, worrying about their lives and you have palestinians who are also worried about their lives trying to flee to safety. so yes, we need -- we need cogent, str

cindy mccain, the world food programme's executive director, she's demanding a continuous delivery of food and other supplies for all of the civilians in the gaza strip. >> this cannot be the last convoy. we need to have sustained, safe access to be able to get our trucks across the border, so that we can feed the millions of people that are depending on emergency food. >> today, an nbc news producer on the ground in gaza shot this video, in aftermath of an airstrike. i spoke to a woman whose home was destroyed. just as the blast killed her entire family. more than 4000 people have died in gaza since the outbreak of the war, it is according to the palestinian health ministry. in the meantime, a spokes man for the military says that it will continue its bombardment of gaza as it seeks to dismantle the hamas terror group, two weeks ago, hundreds of hamas gunman attacked southern industrial, leaving more than 1000 civilians dead and taking more than 200 hostages. nbc news learned that president biden's national security team grief him today ahead of unexpected ground invasion of gaza. wi

i just got a message from cindy mccain, the head of the food program in dharres strait. our friends in egypt. open up, allow gaza residents to go into the sinai and the international community. we have to help our friends in israel. we need the time and space to destroy hamas. all palestinians are not the same. hamas has destroyed israel is safer and the pathway to peace between the palestinians and the world gets wider. so i start this morning somewhat optimistic that iran's goal to destroy the peace process between israel and saudi arabia will fail. >> and you don't think the peace process at this point is dead as we sit here? >> no. i never felt better about the drive to peace by saudi, israel and the united states shall continue. we need to change the world as it is. nothing will change for the better more than saudi arabia, israel and the united states to form agreements to end the arab-israeli conflict as we know it. >> i do want to ask you about the crisis on the ground in gaza, and you have said that israel should go to plaza and quote, level the place. >> if nec

today's delivery of aid is not nearly enough cindy mccain world food programme. executive director she is demanding a continuous, delivering food and other supplies all the civilians in the gaza strip. >> the last convoy we need to have. system say that, to be able to get our troops across the border so that we can be. millions of people that are depending on emergency today. >> producer, on the ground in gaza shot this video after an airstrike. was a strong jacques, blast killed her entire family within 4000. people have died in gaza outbreak of the war according to the, palestinian health ministry meantime a spokesperson. for israel's, military says it will continue its bombardment of gaza as it seeks to dismantle the hamas target to mexico hundreds of hamas gunman attacks southern. israel leaving more than 1000 civilians dead taking more than 200 hostages, nbc news has learned president biden's national. security team briefed him today had of unexpected ground invasion of gaza with us now from the israel gaza border nbc news correspondent. alison barber alison

cindy mccain is the director of the world food program and is attending that summit in cairo. we already have a team on the ground and, and what we do is make sure that we can get no emergency rations in but more rations that are also sustained and also be able to give money to those who can jim biases on the market. none of this is accessible right now, and we're running low on stores both, both in our warehouse and for us in this, in the actual stores for people to go buy stuff. so, so this is a critical mass right now we've got to get our get more trucks and he's 20 our grades. and i've been assured that we're going to be able to starting monday to get more trucks in graduate. but we'd like to see it a little quicker and certainly in a more sustained and safe manner. we again, my, my whole purpose of being here is to make sure we can get the food data in. and that's what we've been working on. and today we're seeing seeing a little bit of movement. i'm hoping this, the peace conference has some, you know, gives us some help in this and make sure that we do have full sustain

early on, my colleague tom mccray spoke to cindy mccain the director of the world food program. she explains the needs in gaza. we already have a team on the ground and, and what we do is make sure that we can get no emergency rations in but more rashes that are also sustained and also be able to give money to those who can den 5 so that on the market none of this is accessible right now, and we're running low on stores both, both in our warehouse and for us in this, in the actual stores for people go buy stuff. so, so this is a critical mass right now we've got to get our get more trucks and he's 20 our grades. and i've been assured that we're going to be able to starting monday to get more trucks in graduate. but we'd like to see it a little quicker and certainly in a more sustained and safe manner. what is the hold up now that we've seen the 1st 20 going, why counts another 20 going in the next few hours we, we know that there is a huge build of all the supplies, all vide that is sitting at nearby. so need 40 or 50 kilometers away from the roof across and what is stopping tha

biden did appoint some wonderful republicans to top people like cindy mccain as an ambassador overseas, a number of others. but i think there is a scenario where we might be able to arrest this development, a potential spoiler candidacy, and have a coalition that unites against donald trump. i'll amend that by saying, in the long view of american politics, looking out at the rest of the century, i do think it's very important we introduce more choice and more competition. that's a multi-party democracy. it's factions within the parties. our democracy has gotten very, very stagnant. but now i don't think is the moment to go run untested. third party candidate when we know for sure that one of the people that could benefit is someone who probably will do irreparable damage to the fabric of our republic republic. yeah this is your book talks. i'm not even going to talk about what i think any of that. we had a great conversation, got really strong views. i had a good coalition of independents. we have an amazing coalition of independents, democrats and some republicans. it was it was 2020

. >>> the executive director of the world food program, cindy mccain, who just returned from a trip toou can -- welcome back to the show. it's good to see you. >> thank you. >> what the world food program has been able to do? what are the challenges it's facing given this dynamic of the inability right now to supply fuel. >> well, first of all, thank you for having me. we ran into the same problems and issues that many other agencies have and that is very complicated on the ground. one request that we've had all along is to be able to make sure we could have complete, unfettered access that was also safe. that has not occurred so far. the few trucks that did get in, there was some food on board those trucks, the initial trucks that went in. but that was on enough for a night. it was a very little bit. the more we wait, the mores do pratt the situation gets and right now it is catastrophic as to what's going on. so, we keep asking our egyptian officials, our officials in israel, everybody, please let us get our food in, in quickly and in a safe manner so we can keep from starvation and

we have a new update from cindy mccain who is the executive director of the u.n. have lost contact with our teams in gaza. the silence is deafening as conflict rages on. i'm extremely worried for the safety of all humanitarian workers and civilians. we are at a tipping point, humanity will prevail. and, on the ongoing effort to get americans out of gaza john kirby said the main holdup continues to be hamas controlling the gaza side of the rafah border crossing. he said that the egyptians are spearheading these conversations with israel, the u.s., and hamas to get that gate open to finally get americans out. so, despite this counteroffensive, obviously ongoing, u.s. officials are still trying as hard as possible on those ongoing efforts. katie? >> yeah, and it has been ongoing for a while. my thanks to you, nbc news white house correspondent allie raffa. >> joining me now, lieutenant general steph twitty, nbc news military analyst and former deputy commander of the united states european command. general, thank you for being here. what do you make of this escalatio