el-sisi. thank you so much, we appreciate _ el-sisi.e your _ el-sisi. thank you so much, we appreciate your input. - el-sisi. thank you so much, we appreciate your input. let's - appreciate your input. let's unpack this further. during president biden�*s visit to israel, he restated his administration's commitment to peace between israel and the palestinians. one area where both live and work together is eastjerusalem. under international law, it's considered a part of the west bank, and therefore, palestinian territory. clive myrie was there and reports on what both communites think about the events of the last few days. in occupied eastjerusalem, some palestinians and jews living here prefer to keep a wide berth. but cheek byjowl, they live. to reach the western wall, a sacred site in thejewish faith, you enter the old city ofjerusalem through the damascus gate — an important cultural icon for palestinians. and in between, along al—wadi street, competing narratives of who owns the ancient stones beneath their feet, and beyond. hyatt a

it's interesting this the main reason why el sisi is slow walking this and there is a precedent for debt did something similar back in the 90s whenjoining the first something similar back in the 90s when joining the first gulf war. that's exactly right. george h w bushin that's exactly right. george h w bush in 1991 offered egypt $100 million in debt relief and got the pack paris club countries to essentially wipe out their debt and intern egyptians deployed 35,000 troops to the of saudi arabia as a part of operation desert storm that is what people are thinking in these terms now, what is it that each of needs, they need debt relief the second largest debtor in the world next to ukraine so it gives you a sense of how desperate the situation is in egypt. so there is a potential formula for debt relief, the question is whether there is the will in washington and other places to do this. and whether the debt relief is worth it to the egyptians to risk something that they have trying to been avoided at all costs was just having a large refugee population in the sinai peninsula when they're

tomorrow, president el-sisi is convening a summit in egypt aimed at deescalation as you mentioned.think whereas the u.s. has a leading role and the most leverage on israel, it is crucial at this time to involve the reegional arab actors. president el-sisi invited the leaders of iraq and qatar and alongside jordan european nations as well. many have confirmed. cyprus and greece have confirmed participation. of course, u.s. secretary-general gutierrez will be there. it is an international summit held tomorrow, the 21st of october, in egypt aimed at not only deescalation, but trying to see how the conflict. president el-sisi announced it is about finding a way to relaunch the israeli-palestinian peace process. work out what the end game of this is going to be and try to limit the conflict as much as possible. >> one thing i'm watching is there has always been pockets of anti-american sentiment within the middle east. what is happening now is it really feels like it flared up significantly in the last couple days. you see the demonstrators in lebanon and around the u.s. embassy. demons

in egypt, opponents of incumbent president abdel fattah el-sisi say they've faced violence and other obstacles preventing them from registering their candidates for december's election. under egyptian law, candidates have until october 14 to secure at least 25,000 signatures from supporters. but dozens have been arrested attempting to submit signatures, while others have faced attacks by well-organized mobs of pro-government activists. this is rania el-sheik, who says her delegation was attacked by "thugs" as they attempted to register signatures. >> when we felt the fight was brewing, we tried to move aside. i was pulled by my hair and they started beating my colleague on his shoulder. amy: ahmed tantawy, an outspoken critic of president el-sisi and the most prominent figure hoping to run against him, temporarily suspended his campaign last week after dozens of his supporters were arrested by police. meanwhile, researchers at citizen lab and google's threat analysis group found tantawy's personal smartphone was infected with predator spyware and that egyptian authorities were likely

it's rather interesting, there may be a good reason president el-sisi is slow walking this, and thereprecedent for debt rel. the u.s. did something similar w with was new mubarak. >> george w. bush offered egypt $100 million in debt relief and got the periscope countries to wipe out egypt's debt. in return, the egyptians deployed 35,000 troops to the desert in saudi arabia's part of operation desert storm. that is why people are thinking in these terms now. what is it egypt needs? ypt needs debt really. ukraine -- egypt needs to get relief. it gives you a sense of how desperate the situation is in egypt. there is a potential formula for debt relief. the question is whether there is the will and washington and other places to do this and whether it is worth it to the egyptians to risk something they've been trying to avoid at all costs, having to avoid a large refugee population in the sinai peninsula and its environs when they are hosting 300,000 sudanese refugees who fled the civil war just to egypt's south. christian: that's right, there is deep opposition not just because of the se

even el-sisi call for people to take to the streets and people did.me people carried on those protests into tahrir and some were chanting revolutionary chants. egyptian authorities have arrested over 100 people because of that. i think many see sisi as laudable of rejecting what is essentially an endorsement of a second nakba, but we have to remember him citing the palestinian cause really rings hollow and we have to remember egypt -- it's concerns are national security concerns, not wanting to have a mess population of palestinians who could launch attacks against israel from northern sinai and having to deal with the refugee crisis. egypt has helped enforce the siege on gaza for many years. he destroyed the tunnels that provided a lifeline to gaza. it has allied with israel in many different ways, security coronation, allow israel to convert aerial bombing campaign in sinai. it also treats palestinians coming in and out of gaza notoriously with and dignity. but so far, this idea of rejecting this kind of mass exodus, i think a lot of people are supp

mahmoud abbas, king abdullah and abdel fattah el sisi. those meetings canceled. kaitlan is with the president and had talk about what he can achieve. but it is these protests in the region that have now risen the stakes. the stakes have gone up and up and the protests are going continue even today in tunisia during the day they started last night 11:00 p.m. eastern in beirut, amman, baghdad. we have seen them. as you say, phil, they are anti-israel, they are pro-palestine, and they are increasingly in some cases also anti-american which is just proof of how closely president biden is now tied to this. of course, historically. of course, always in perception. showing up at this moment and only meeting with prime minister netanyahu with that great embrace, certainly adds to an image that the united states as biden says has israel's back and is inextricably linked to whatever israel does next. as we are waiting on biden to speak, that is what is at stake. i know he has been in closed dor meetings, made some comments in between, where are we in his meetings right now

he's not going to el sisi. float this idea, excuse me, of the president taking the middle east one-on-one and dealing with it, and he just isn't. stuart: we are told that he's going to be speaking a aboard air force one with abdullah in jordan, well sissy in egypt and -- with el sisi in egypt and with abbas from the palestinian authority. they wouldn't meet him in israel, but they will talk to him on the phone. he's trying to rescue the idea that, hey, you neighbors, don't join in. >> the great negotiator, you know? biden comes to the middle east, talks to everyone. he's overturned the abraham accords, he's destabilized by his boils in this -- policies in this want, this need for a deal with iran when it comes to the abraham accords and the stability that polled, neighbors began working together out of mutual interest. so now he's trying to pretend he can talk to people in this? abdullah's not taking refugees, meter is el sisi, neither is any other nation. they can't have the optics of being seen with biden. st

it's abdel fattah el—sisi . but also there is this el—sisi.rs, to try and seek a solution to the humanity crisis in the gaza strip. i say solution just supports as much as they possibly to can what is as they possibly to can what is a appalling situation there. according to international observers and ngos based in the gaza strip. but diplomacy is looking like it's going to continue on that situation. obviously, as they try and seek an urgent solution to what is a very desperate situation. there are also reports this morning that there were issues with regards to the road structure and that there were some holes caused by shelling. we haven't had verify those had the ability to verify those reports just yet. but clearly a tense and multi fronted diplomatic effort going on to secure some opening of the border crossing today in terms of the hostages , charlie, those of the hostages, charlie, those 203 hostages, we understand , are 203 hostages, we understand, are being held by hamas . being held by hamas. >> there was an update from the israeli

the president was supposed to meet with egyptian president el sisi at this summit. he really wanted face time to convince him to open up the corridor, but he continues to resist. >> this trip fraught not only with diplomatic risks but also security risks. how is the white house handling those? >> reporter: well, secret service sources tell cbs news that rocket launches into israel during the president's visit are a real possibility. but they stress that there will be plenty of military air support to protect the president. and they point to the fact that secretary blinken has been in the region and under protection for a week now, so they know what to expect. but blinken and prime minister netanyahu were forced into a bunker just yesterday as air raid sirens went off, something that you and your team also experienced. so it's nearly impossible to predict what could happen. norah. >> weijia jiang, thank you very much. >>> tonight the u.s. is reportedly sending an amphibious task force of thousands of sailors and marines toward israel. right now there are 2,000 marine

some pictures coming out of egypt, rishi sunak meeting the egyptian leader, general abdel fattah el—sisieting between jill we saw following that meeting betweenjill biden and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that aid lorries will pass between the rafah crossing. —— joe that aid lorries will pass between the rafah crossing. ——joe biden. we have seen in the days after his visit that rishi sunak has been to saudi arabia, israel, and now egypt with abdel fattah el—sisi. a plane has slid off a runway while landing at leeds bradford airport. a spokesperson for the airport said the tui flight was arriving from corfu when it "moved off the runway whilst landing". the airport said its staff were working with the emergency authorities to address the situation and remove passengers from the aircraft safely. west yorkshire fire service said there were no reported injuries. more now on our top story, and our weather presenter chris fawkes joins me now from the newsroom. it has been windy and wet, storm babet continues to batter the uk, gareth. large waves brought in from the north sea,

instead biden plans to speak with abbas and el sisi on the flight home. nada bashir is live in jordan with more. of course there in anticipation of what this was supposed to be. but as becky was just outlining, domestic politics really made it impossible for them to go ahead with this meeting with president biden. nada, walk us through more of the reasoning here. >> reporter: look, i can't understate how significantly pop popular particularly here in jordan where around 50% are palestinian or palestinian dekr desk deac descent. we're seeing the protestors even attempting to storm the embassy. and there is support for the palestinians inside gaza who have been under israeli airstrikes for more than a week now and that pressure certainly felt by arab leaders not least here in jordan by the jordanian. and of course that meeting was set to take place today. first time that we've seen all four leaders gathered together. all key players in any prospect for some kind of peace agreement if there were to be one. of course now this has raised concerns that this cou

egyptian president abdel fattah el—sisi says the country will establish a "sustainable" aid corridorypt will allow 20 humanitarian aide trucks to roll through. so far, no timeframe was given for the aid's arrival. israel earlier said it won't get in the way of food, water and medicine getting to civilians, as long

now president biden did have a phone call with egyptian president abdel fattah el sisi and did give him credit for opening the border with gaza to allow 20 trucks of humanitarian aid, all to address a rapidly growing crisis on the ground there. but with anger only spreading across the region, more will need to be done. norah? >> imtiaz tyab, thank you. for more on this extraordinary visit, let's turn to cbs' chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret brennan. all right, margaret, i look at those protests in the streets across the middle east. i wonder what is president biden saying to some of these arab leaders? is he sharing that intelligence? what's their reaction? >> yes, and the president spoke on that flight back with egypt's president about all of this. but keep in mind the u.s. has a credibility problem in this region of the world when it comes to u.s. intelligence conclusions, and president biden referenced today the mistakes made by the u.s. after 9/11 when decisions were made too swiftly and based on rage. and that is likely a reference to the invasion of iraq. he did call f

el sisi is absolutely record low support right now, the economy is in the tank. so he has to be very careful. he doesn't want to look close to us -- we don't have ambassadors in the region so we had to draw in somebody like ambassador satterfield. >> i'm glad you brought that up because this isn't just about citizens of the -- of gaza and citizens of israel, this is about american citizens and there are -- if you are looking at that picture there that kind of gives you a better sense of what we're talking about when we talk about the border between gaza and egypt -- there are a lot of american citizens in gaza that the u.s. is and should be interested in helping get out. >> there are a lot of palestinian-americans both in the west bank and in gaza. there was some confusion about whether those with american and other passports would be able to get out of the rafah crossing, in fact, there were indications from the state department that american citizens might. that clearly is not something that has happened. we have seen evacuations of american citizens from israe

. >>> today president biden spoke with israeli prime minister netanyahu and egypt president el sisi about the latest in gaza as the uss eisenhower carrier strike group crossed into the mediterranean sea. schuyler henry is at the white house with more on the efforts to contain this conflict. >> reporter: as this war escalates, so does the criticism on israel's deadly siege on gaza. now the biden administration has repeatedly said that israel has every right to defend itself against hamas, but others are concerned about the siege's ripple effects, including the humanitarian toll. >> we do not stand for the killing of innocent people, whether it be palestinian, israeli or otherwise. >> reporter: national security advisor jake sullivan says challenges are growing for israeli defense forces as hamas militants have created an added burden of using civilians as human shields. >> but it does not lessen their responsibility to distinguish between terrorists and innocent civilians and protect to the lives of incinnocent civilians. >> reporter: critics are scrutinizing the military operation and add

as you know, president biden is also going to be meet being the president of egypt, el sisi, in jordan. so, that could be one option. if egypt is cooperative on that and if that's something that the u.s. thinks it can put together. >> and anderson, as we were talking about the families of the hostages that you've been speaking with, tonight you spoke with the family of a young french israeli woman, mia shim. she is being held, we believe, in the gaza strip. she was in a video hamas releesd tonight. this is going to be something that is brought up while president biden is there. what did you hear from her family tonight? >> for her family, her mother, brothers, this was the first proof of life they had had that mia is alive. they had not had any word. she was at the supernova music festival. she had gotten a call or text to her mom. i spoke to karen a short time ago about how her daughter looked to her. listen. >> she's been through pain. she's in pain. and she's injured. she looks a bitter bit terrified, but she's alive and stable. she's very, very strong. that's why we all believe in

el-sisi is widely expected to win egypt's upcoming december election.in niger, the government has declared 3 days of national mourning after an attack by suspected militants killed at least soldiers in the country's western border with mali. niger's defense ministry also said several dozen terrorists were killed. local residents lamented the attack and the ongoing insecurity. >> we wish this sadness, the families of the soldiers feel, that nigerians feel, that this would be the last time and this insecurity stops. we want peace to return to niger. peace to return to sahel and mali and burkina. amy: violence in the sahel has plagued niger, mali, and burkina faso for over 10 years, leading to military takeovers in the three countries, which recently formed a defense alliance to fight armed groups and external military intervention. the countries have moved to sever ties with former colonizer france, whose mission to combat terrorism has largely failed or worsened the situation. the u.n. also recently withdrew its forces from mali as the country's military

what he heard from el-sisi.among one of the only arab countries to push back a little bit on secretary blinken and to say that already the israelis had exceeded some of the retribution and the gaza strip. some of what they've seen in the gaza strip, and this is before the mass crowded nation that weren't dissipating, it's already tantamount to something like collective punishment. the egyptians are unique among the arab world. they share a border with the gaza strip. i'm sorry it looks like war, the let's attorney. not we're having a rolling blackouts now and lebanon, alex. i can tell you that this is something that el-sisi has pushed back on secretary blinken, saying that this is the book collective punishment. they've exceeded the retribution but they were trying to beat up in the gaza strip. this is before we had this ground invasion. again, the egyptian share aboard with the gaza strip. this makes them unique among arab countries. a lot of these arab countries, they are concerned not just for the human right

the president said el sisi agreed to open to humanitarian aid and affirmed israel was not responsible for the hospital explosion. >> what happened last night is not a murder mystery, but an open and shut case. it was a palestinian islamic rocket that misfired from the gaza strip and landed in the parking lot of that hospital. >> israel's neighbors, though, remain unconvinced. tens of thousands of protesters turned out today. tonight on the streets of the neighboring countries with large demonstrations in several locations in jordan and morocco. and with that anger rising, the state department sent a cable to all u.s. embassies and consulates around the world. the message ordering embassies to conduct emergency security reviews in light of current events to. the question of where events might lead and what israeli officials warn could be a long war, president biden offered these words today. >> i understand and many americans understand, you can't look at what has happened here to your mothers, your fathers, your grandparents, sons, daughters, children, even babies and not scream out f

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the president will instead speak to el sisi of egypt and to mahmoud abbas when he flies back aboard airorce one later. the key take away from what you saw moments ago is it's not just the president standing with israel but standing in israel as bibi netanyahu the prime minister of israel said here. in this moment that played out about a half hour ago is really the moment, the image i think that will reverberate around the world today, that embrace between the prime minister and the president. for netanyahu that alone makes the president's trip worth t to demonstrate the support of the united states at this time. we are told by multiple administration officials that the idea of this visit was first floated not long after the awful attack where more than 1,400 israelis, individuals, were killed on october 7th. the president visiting with members of his team on monday said he felt strongly it was important to stand in solidarity with israel and the israeli people in as it was described to us their hour of need. we will hear from the president with more formal remarks a little bit later tod

. >>> president biden met with minister netanyahu and president el-sisi about gaza as the "u.s.social services eisenhower" crossed into the mediterranean sea. cbs's skyler henry is here with more on the efforts to contain this conflict. >> reporter: as this war escalates so does the criticism on israel's deadly siege on gaza. the biden administration has repeatedly said that israel has every right to defend itself against hamas but others are concerned about the seizure's ripple effects including the humanitarian toll. >> we do not stand for the killing of innocent people whether it be palestinian, israeli, or otherwise. >> reporter: national security adviser jake sullivan says challenges are growing for israeli defense forces as hamas militants have created an added burden of using civilians as human shields. >> it does not lessen their responsibility to distinguish between terrorists and innocent civilians and to protect the lives of innocent civilians as they conduct this military operation. >> reporter: the biden administration says it will hold israel accountable if the country v

has been vocal in condemning the violence and calling for an end to the siege as has abdel fattah el sisi. we are seeing that diplomatic movement, particularly focused on a border crossing and attempts to get crucial aid into gaza. the death toll continues to mount in the gaza strip, these protests are going to intensify. we have seen that march earlier today begin to dwindle now. we are nearing the afternoon. what we are anticipating this evening is another enormous show of solidarity with the palestinians. another enormous show of protests than what we have seen the last couple of nights is hundreds of people gathering forwards the israeli embassy here in amman. a huge security presence. that has not deterred the protesters. erin. >> reporter: all right t thank you. and phil and poppy, what we see sara dealing with on the ground in ramallah, it is so important. these are pro-palestinian protests but there is the perception of where american media stands. you are not welcome here. there is an anger and resentment and rang, it is real and it is important and it is a part of the story as w

i understand people on the street might not get it how could king abdullah, general el-sisi how could others in the region cancel meetings and quickly assume that israel blew up a hospital? didn't you -- are you surprised by that? >> trey: i'm not surprised by that look, there are politics at play amid the fog of war here. and we know president biden was supposed to have a very important meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. that meeting was canceled in response despite the evidence following this hospital explosion, both the king of jordan and top egyptian leadership in cairo, many countries in the gulf including qatar and bahrain immediately blamed israel. the reality of war, especially in the middle east, is that people take sides. it's part of our job to gather as much information as we can cut through the emotion, and try to gather the facts on the ground. the facts that we have point to this being a failed launch inside gaza. >> ainsley: trey, when you look at iran ayatollah blames america. merge is responsible for this. u.s. is responsible for the recent crimes. the

and today, prime minister el—sisi urged the population in egypt to protest tomorrow .o it's highly likely tomorrow. so it's highly likely that we'll see further protests and rage outside american , and rage outside american, israeli and indeed british embassies across the arab region. but i think the most concerning development for the security of the region today is those reported missile and suicide drone attacks on american troops in syria and iraq. almost certainly conducted by terror groups aligned to the iranians, who of course, have been posturing, very aggressive since this war started. if american soldiers get killed in this region during this war, it will be a major escalation. >> it certainly would. charlie peters from tel aviv, thank you very much indeed. i'm going now to houston in texas to be joined by kelsey norman, fellow for the middle east at rice university's baker institute and director of the women's rights, human rights and refugees program . good and refugees program. good evening. thank you forjoining evening. thank you for joining us from texas

israel to refrain from a ground operation and this statement is due to the fact that abdal-fattah el-sisi that could pour out of the palestinian enclave, in this case into the territory of the sinai peninsula , all this needs to be taken into account by benjamin netanyahu, postponing the start, and we see that it is being postponed, of course, yes, on the ground... in the gas sector and this of course, his political opponents are taking advantage, now trust in the cabinet of ministers is falling according to the latest poll, however, trust in the military is growing, and what political consequences this will have is a question, but here we must understand perfectly well, keep in mind that israel cannot with all this data, it’s different, to abandon the task of destroying hamas, it’s just that the narrative in society after... october 7 is such that the question cannot be posed otherwise, especially after the publication of terrible evidence, video documents, stories of hostages, stories of liberated people and stories, four people are now free , these are elderly people, as we know, they

trip will include a stop in amman where he'll meet with king abdullah ofjordan, egyptian president el—sisipalestinian authority president abbas. president biden met earlier on monday with his national security team in the oval office. spokesperson john kirby told reporters after blinken�*s announcement that the us is not dictating directions to the israelis when asked about the timing of an expected ground offensive around the president's visit. the announcement comes as hundreds of thousands of palestinians are trying to escape gaza amid a near—total israeli blockade. israel's siege has plunged gaza into a deepening humanitarian crisis, cutting off fuel, food and electricity supplies. the un says hospitals are close to complete collapse, threatening thousands of lives. people hoping to flee across the rafah border crossing in the south of gaza are still unable to escape because egypt won't open the border. this, despite diplomatic pressure for the evacuation of foreign nationals. on the egyptian side of the crossing, a convoy of humanitarian aid waits, blocked from delivering vital suppli

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but egypt's president abdel fattah el sisi criticized israel's bombing campaign.a's crown prince mohammed bin salman after making blinken wait many hours before meeting said israel must first stop the siege in gaza. administration officials have said that there are no plans to deploy u.s. troops to rescue american hostages in gaza or to join the fight. the 2,000 now with heightened alert would provide communication support and others would beef up security at u.s. installations across the region. norah. >> norah: weijia jiang at the white house, we can hear some of the protests out there, thank you. the fbi is warning attacks in israel are leading to more threats of violence right here in the u.s. the news comes as the justice department is investigating an alleged hate crime in illinois over the weekend. a 6-year-old palestinian american boy was killed and his mother was wounded in a stabbing attack that authorities say was motivated by the war. cbs's jeff pegues has the disturbing details. >> reporter: today at this mosque near chicago, surveyors on the pavement

now, president biden did have a phone call with egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi, and gave himhelping to open the border with gaza to allow in 20 trucks of humanitarian aid. all to address a rapidly-growing crisis on the ground there. but with anger only spreading across the region, more will need to be done. norah? >> norah: imtiaz tyab, thank you. for more on this extraordinary visit, let's turn to cbs's chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret brennan. all right, margaret, i look at those protests in the street, across the middle east, and i wonder, what is president biden saying to some of these arab leaders? is he sharing that intelligence? what's their reaction? >> reporter: yes, and the president on that flight back with egypt's president about all of this, but keep in mind, the u.s. has a credibility problem in this region of the world when it comes to u.s. intelligence conclusions. and president biden referenced today the mistakes made by the u.s. after 9/11, when decisions were made too swiftly and based on rage, and that is likely a reference to the invasion of i

and today, prime minister el—sisi urged the population in egypt to protest tomorrow .o it's highly likely tomorrow. so it's highly likely that we'll see further protests and rage outside american , and rage outside american, israeli and indeed british embassies across the arab region. but i think the most concerning development for the security of the region today is those reported missile and suicide drone attacks on american troops in syria and iraq. almost certainly conducted by terror groups aligned to the iranians, who of course, have been posturing, very aggressive since this war started. if american soldiers get killed in this region during this war, it will be a major escalation. >> it certainly would. charlie peters from tel aviv, thank you very much indeed. i'm going now to houston in texas to be joined by kelsey norman, fellow for the middle east at rice university's baker institute and director of the women's rights, human rights and refugees program . good and refugees program. good evening. thank you forjoining evening. thank you for joining us from texas

what sort of pressure is on el—sisi internally?he feel the pressure internally to do something for the palestinians? the pressure internally to do something for the palestinians?— for the palestinians? the main concern of _ for the palestinians? the main concern of egypt _ for the palestinians? the main concern of egypt nowadays - for the palestinians? the main concern of egypt nowadays it'sj for the palestinians? the main - concern of egypt nowadays it's the problem has been raised over the last few days by calls from the israeli side to displace the palestinians in gaza. this has been a rising concern in egypt, a high—level officials including the president himself has warned against this. today, the egyptian national council met in what could be called an emergency meeting and made it clear that egypt will work for the sake of its national security, it does reject any plans to move the palestinians in gaza into the north, because this will link the palestinian cause as per the statement issued after the meeting today. however, e

egyptia president abdel fattah el—sisi says the country will establish a "sustainable" aid corridor usinghe rafah crossing, which connects egypt to gaza. president biden says egypt will allow 20 humanitarian aide trucks to roll through. so far, no timeframe was given for the aide�*s arrival. israel earlier said it won't get in the way of food, water, and medicine getting to civilians, as long as the assistance does not "reach hamas." mr biden says they are a few more things that need to happen before the aid can come in. this has been a very blunt negotiation i have had, so we want to get as many of the tracks out as possible. there are a 150 or so there. not all will go. the first tranche, if there is a second tranche, see how it goes. we want to bring you some live pictures out of gaza, where it's just after 4:00am. this is the main entrance of nasser hospital in khan yunis. protests across the middle east erupted over the explosion at the al—ahli hospital in gaza tuesday that left at least a71 people dead. arab states, and the main palestinian militant group, hamas, have continued to b

it was a hastily organised summit by the egyptian leader, abdel fattah el—sisi.absences. the americans were only represented by their charge d'affaires in cairo. tells you the americans didn't think it was probably worth attending. it was an opportunity for arab leaders to voice some of their very grave concerns about the way this crisis is going. the egyptian president is extremely anxious and has been saying so for days about the possibility palestinians might be forced out of the gaza strip and into the sinai peninsula, something he says will be extremely dangerous. others like the king ofjordan has spoken about the fact that what we are witnessing at the moment in gaza, what has been going on the last couple of weeks is an inevitable result of international community taking its eyes off the peace process for decades and letting the situation drift. it was an opportunity for getting things off their chest. no agenda, no final declaration, no plan. in some ways, it didn't really serve much of a purpose. let us show you the scene live at washington where people

the president was supposed to meet with egyptian president el-sisi at that summit, he really wanted facee him to open up the car door, but he continues to resist. norah? >> norah: yeah, this trip brought not only with diplomatic risks, but also security risks. how is the white house handling most? >> reporter: secret service sources tell cbs news that rocket launches into israel during the president's visit are a real possibility, but they stress that there will be plenty of military air support to protect the president. and they point to the fact that secretary blinken has been in the region and under protection for a week now, so they know what to expect, but blinken and prime minister netanyahu were forced into a bunker just yesterday as air raid sirens went off, something that you and your team also experienced, so it is very nearly impossible to predict what could happen. norah? >> norah: weijia jiang, thank you very much. tonight, the u.s. is reportedly sending an amphibious task force of thousands of sailors and marines to israel. right now there are 2,000 marines in the red sea r

that country's president, el-sisi, hasn't opened the border yet. the rumor is that may happen. it could happen today. so, isn't he part of the problem? why won't he open the border? and why hasn't other nations condemned his actions? it's hard to grasp. >> we're following very closely. the secretary-general is moving to states in the region, to do what they can to o leavoeave alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe. i've seen the reports you refer to, there might be hope on the horizon. it's important to stress that all people have the right to seek asylum, if they are fleeing persecution and violence. this is a right in international law. what's crucial, number one, there is a pause in hostilities, a humanitarian pause, for aid to get through. number two, all parties respect international humanitarian law. they are the rules of war. and that hamas releases the hostages immediately. >> let's hope all of that gets done. if israel gives the go ahead, what will likely happen to the palestinians that weren't able to evacuate northern gaza and the people you refer to in the hospitals

. >> is el—sisi. >> well, this is el—sisi.'s two things about this important about administration. about his administration. firstly, they've been allowing these you these tunnels. where do you think missiles and think all these missiles and these rockets have been coming from? they've racehorses these rockets have been coming from'ebeenv've racehorses these rockets have been coming from'ebeen taken racehorses these rockets have been coming from'ebeen taken throughiorses have been taken through those tunnels, on the tunnels, and that is on the rafah crossing. so you don't tell me egyptians aren't tell me the egyptians aren't complicit second complicit in this. the second thing is his military government in is predicated on in egypt is predicated on opposition to the muslim brotherhood, to brotherhood, which are allied to hamas. my hamas. therefore, it's my enemy's enemy is my friend on this particular occasion. but what hypocrisy, he what rank reeking hypocrisy, he says, them you says, send them to you. you won't even them acr

all those who are responsible for enabling this to go forward, president biden, president el sisi ofgypt, if this goes through to the people who need it, they're enabling it to happen. it's a positive step. we have to recognize the world health organization has just told us they need 100 trucks a day to prevent catastrophe. not 20 trucks every two weeks. so that is the first issue. and this is part of the larger issue, fred, of preventing violence against civilians. all of the violence against civilians, by far the majority of people who have suffered from this violence are civilians, both in israel and in palestinian. the siege, the cutting off of food, water, medications, the taking of hostages, far too much of the missile damage, both fire from hamas and fire from israel, are landing on sites that are clearly out of bounds by any rules of war, schools and refugee camps and hospitals, houses of worship and residences. so this has to stop and there has been to be -- after this aid is delivered, there has to be relentless pressure from the international community to enable more aid t

. >> do you know anything about the reports from egyptian sources that president el sisi delivered a to benjamin netanyahu that something big was going to happen from gaza? the associated press is reporting this. >> all i know is what the israeli response to that has been. i believe they have denied that being the case. i can only speculate that, if that were the case, i don't know why israel would ignore that. i don't believe they would. to the extent of -- that's all i can comment. that's all i've seen. i saw the reporting on it today and, obviously, i've seen the israeli denial. >> is there a way for israel to destroy hamas without causing massive casualties against the innocent people of gaza? there are more than 2 million people in the gaza strip and roughly a million of them are children. >> i don't think there's any way israel can be expected to co-exist or find some some diplomatic off-ramp with these savages. these are people that deliberately targeted teenager girls, women, children, the elderly, not just for rape and murder, but then dumping their bodies off in the streets

. >> and the leader of evipt el sisi called on the egyptian public to get on the streets and protest in solidarity with the palestinian people. how unusual is that to have a demonstration on the streets of egypt? >> reporter: well, when it's in response to a call from president sisi, it looks like all the usual bureaucratic hurdles have been wiped away. we understand that state supported political parties trade unions and other organizations have very quickly received their permission to hold protests in egypt since sisi came to power ten years ago, strictly forbidden. any unauthorized protest, strictly forbidden and oftentimes brutally sue pppress by the security forces, but in this instance looks like a go-ahead. he said meeting with the german chancellor yesterday in cairo you will see millions of egyptians come out in support of the egyptian position. it's important to stress what exactly is the egyptian position? the egyptians have been ada adamantly opposed to any idea of palestinians from gaza coming in to egypt. remember there is a deep feeling that when palestinians are forc

here is biden on air force one talking about his phone call with president el sisi. >> he agreed thathat he would do is open the gate to do into things. one, let up to 20 trucks through to begin with. >> so cnn asked biden if he was disappointed that his stop in jordan was canceled in the wake of that explosion at the hospital in gaza. >> no. disappointed? look, i came to get something done and i got it done. >> let bring in daniel strauss, cnn national politics reporter. good morning, always great to have you. sounds like biden was able to make some progress in terms of getting aid in from egypt. they agreed on 20 trucks. that is a very limited amount and there are obviously conditions attached, but it would be a major change from what is happening right now which is nothing getting in and it sounds like the message he gave to the israelis that this will be untenable for you to continue to maintain this position that no aid will go into gaza. >> yeah, and let's remember this is a very, very complicated conflict ongoing with no clear easy solution. so the fact that president biden got

and i expressed my deep personal appreciation for the leadership of president el sisi of egypt, primeinister benjamin netanyahu of israel and the united nations to allow the resumption of this assistance. of course, we should mention that president biden did speak with egypt's president this week where the two agreed for this crossing to be opened. of course, this remains a challenge. we have heard from eight organization -- aid organizations that welcomed the trucks that passed into gaza so far, but they note that this can only be the beginning. they still need so much more. so the white house still working on trying to facilitate that working with their counterparts in the region while also keeping focus on getting palestinian americans out of gaza which they have still not been able to do. amara, victor. >> priscilla alvarez for us, thank you. >>> joining us a spokesperson for the palestine red crescent society. thank you for being with us. let me start with the 17 trucks in egypt waiting at the rafah crossing hoping to get into gaza. our reporters have spoken with those truck driv

. >> let's go to cairo and the president, president el sisi, summit for peace ended without any jointtement. i don't know how high the expectations were going into this, but coming out of it, what was accomplished? what did we learn? >> i new it reveals the bind that the states are in, certainly the ones with -- peace with israel and even the abraham accord agreements. the more civilian casualties there are, the more hamas propaganda infiltrates throughout the region, the greater pressure on these regimes by their respected publics. i am not sure without israel there and, obviously, hamas is not going to be able to be present, but those are the two main players in the drama right now. the u.s., obviously, sent a relatively -- i think it sent a charge to the conference. it's an embarrassment to washington because right now we're caught between the arab states pushing for major humanitarian relief and a ceasefire with the u.s. clearly wanting to facilitate humanitarian relief, but also determined to support the israelis. so low expectation spas and the summit produced what i thought it