into an election year photo. now president stewart also raised important questions about the new gaza pier project about other cheaper and faster options to alleviate zinast imposed famin on. gaza, let us hear what preston had to say. if this whole process, the gaza pier seems overly complicated and confusing, i'm with you, it is. it's still hard for me to understand how this is the best solution. if the goal for this specific project is to provide more aid in a timely manner to the people of gaza, there are other solutions. air dropping aid day after day is not the end all be all solution, that's never going to meet the volume that's necessary, but israel has port facilities that are open today, facility. take large ships, i don't, haven't seen any conversation about why can't those ports be used, the aid come in and then they're facilitated down into the gaza strip. i understand there's some challenges with with getting aid across the border with israel having the appropriate security mechanisms in place to search those vehicles before they go in, but it it seem, could that not be more e

pier is an absolute dark joke. president biden has turned the gauzet into a photo up for himself. there's no problem with getting food and medicine to the periphery of gaza. there are hundreds of trucks which are ready to go in. it doesn't change anything one wit if there is a floating pier on the water periphery of gaza. that's not the problem. the problem is getting the food and the medicine from the... refery to the people, and israel is blocking that, it's blocking it both physically and also by its continued indiscriminate bombing to terrorize the civilian population, there's something truly sickening when the president of the united states turns the morterdom of the people of gaza into an election year photo. now president stewart also raised important questions about the new gaza peer project about other cheaper and faster options to alleviate zinast imposed famin on gaza. let us hear what " priston had to say, if this whole process, the gaza pier seems overly complicated and confusing, i'm with you, it is, it it's still hard for me to understand how this is the best solution, if the goal for this specific project is to provide more aid in a timel

the israeli entity, the israeli occupation forces supervising the construction of this american pier off gaza's coast, so let's watch the video and see what i have posted about it. okay. i have then posted israel's military published footage of its forces supervising the construction of the american pier off the gaza coast. the protector is the thief and the killer, well i second his tweet, so moving on, we have another post on x criticizing the construction of this zionist controlled port from murad abu saad who tweeted, it's a ludicrous absurd comedy, what madness and planning is this, america cannot pressure israel and egypt to open the crossings, deliver aid and provide secure areas for distribution, has america reached such level of incapacity, or is the construction of this port a spectacle for public opinion in america and the world, bortraying america as exerting maximum effort to provide aid to the palestinian people. america is a malicious player in these massacers, complicit and creating the suffering of the palestinian people and complicit in starving them. completing this port woul

army boats would ferry trucks to a gaza pier but no american boots would be on the ground in gaza. that he the plan. >>> anti-war protestors caused problems at travis air force base 11 arrested for blocking air base parkway. 20 people gathered at the spot around 6:00 a.m. friday. stayed on the sidewalk an hour later. members entered the crosswalks blocking the main gate to the base. police say prior to the arrests, travis security forces discovered a pile of junk and debris in the road leading to the south gate. an anti-war banner was affixed to the pile. the road was closed for an hour while crews cleaned it up. >>> don't pickle our pavilion. protestors are saying over an apparent pickleball takeover at an east bay venue. protestors rallied against pickleball courts. developers installed them for a weekend tournament despite leaders rejecting a proposal to open pickleball courts last year. the developer has a new proposal in the works. but it wasn't supposed to build the courts yet. did anyway. now protestors are worried pickleball will takeover the pavilion. >> our issue is not w

is that us military ship moves to gaza, it will take some two months potentially before the pier it buildsin gaza. but the people behind the aid boat in cyprus say they are already working on a small temporary pier to receive the aid from that ship when it sets off. it is currently in larnaca and is being loaded. earlier, i spoke to nathan morley, a freelance journalist in larnaca. i asked when it might get the green light to set sail. according to the president, who spoke last night, it might move today or tomorrow. they'vve said there are last—minute boxes to tick. i am not sure what they are, i'm assuming logistical problems, but the word from nicosia is it will be tonight or tomorrow. and you have been watching it being loaded as well. what is going to be on board? well, it's mainly humanitarian supplies — food, baby care items, sleeping bags, 200 tonnes. so it's not a huge amount of aid. the problem is, as you mentioned earlier, how they will get it from the ship to shore. we understand there is a temporary harbour or platform which being harbour or platform which is being constructed

brian, interesting that they are talking about the logistics of building the pier of gaza.loading and then securely distributing the aid through the gaza strip. haifa securely distributing the aid through the gaza strip. how will that work? _ through the gaza strip. how will that work? the _ through the gaza strip. how will that work? the question - through the gaza strip. how will that work? the question is - through the gaza strip. how will that work? the question is not l that work? the question is not technical capability or logistical expertise of the us military. the question is, how will this operate in practice, not only when the food gets there, but how would get into gaza itself? the us military has not addressed the question, the government hasn't. president biden indicated israel would be providing security for this operation in some capacity, but the details haven't been fleshed out. again, it goes back to something addressed yesterday by the cia director before congress, to get adequate food and assistance into gaza, this pier won't be adequate. what is necess

gaza and bring aid. similarly, the us is sending a ship to try and build a port, a temporary port, a pier, if you like, off gaza so ships can be unloaded. but there's still no detail of how those supplies, when they actually get to gaza, will be secured and will be distributed throughout the strip. so even as people look at the aid distribution, there are still various questions that have to be asked about how the aid will get to people who, even now, months after this war started, find themselves in desperate need. there's little hope to be found amid the rubble in gaza. another night of israeli strikes has taken its toll. images like this travel around the world. across the atlantic, israel's main allies sees them too. the us presidentjoe biden said he still supported israel's right to defend itself but he cautioned the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu about the extent of the military operations he was sanctioning. he must, he must, he must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost as a consequence of the actions taken. he's hurting, in my view, he's hurting israel more than helping is

example right: now and that's the foolish idea of the united states um setting up a temporary pier off gaza and trying to supply the humanitarian needs of the people of gaza from that platform and i can tell you that's a very bad idea for three reasons if i may continue um the first reason is that it's not the best way it's a it's not a good way at all in order to respond to the lethal level of... uh famine and uh starvation, lack of medication that's currently taking place in gaza, which was so aptly described in your newscast just few minutes ago, um, the proper way to end to deal with that starvation crisis of medication, malnutrition, is for joe biden to pick up the phone and one minute five minute phone call and tell that uh, mr. netanyahu that the jig is up, that there will be no longer any more weapons, there will be no longer any... funding or or any veto at the united nations within days or maybe even hours uh israel would have to back down and sue for a cease fire um and they peer that they're talking about is a bad idea because uh it would take three weeks up to or up to two mont

translation: we will tow the | platform to gaza where the last mile will be the most complicated operation and this is the embarkation will be done on a pier that is being built now by the world central kitchen. now by the world central kitchen-— kitchen. gaza has no functioning - kitchen. gaza has no functioning port. - kitchen. gaza has no i functioning port. while kitchen. gaza has no - functioning port. while central kitchen says it will be a board to unload the supplies but it is not clear how. —— world central kitchen. nor it is clear how it will avoid things like this, the desperate scramble for aid. this person was lucky. we got a sack of flour. the other man was left skipping it out of the dirt. children are dying from malnutrition, says the moth run health ministry. the un is warning of widespread famine. —— hamas run health ministry. getting them food is the best way to meet the hunger needs, but not enough trucks can get three because hamas and israel cannot agree on a ceasefire. a search for survivors at a refugee camp in central gaza, hit by an airstrike on saturday. in an interview with media, president biden said israel's p

gaza. it includes constructing a floating pier off gaza that would allow aid to be delivered via sea. be constructed from us ships and then moved closer to shore. officials say the project could take more than 30 to 60 days to complete. separately on friday, the european union announced the opening of a sea corridor that it says will begin channelling aid to gaza from cyprus as soon as this weekend. 0ur middle east correspondent wyrie davies has more on the plans. the opening up of this so—called maritime corridor is an ingenious idea. the plan is this boat, would leave cyprus bound for gaza. there's no obvious way of off—loading this aid, and there will be no foreign troops on the ground. there's a lot of scepticism particularly amongst aid agencies that this is a plan that will work. it also comes on the back ofjoe biden�*s plan to build some sort of temporary harbour in gaza to allow aid and construction materials to help with the reconstruction. the israelis at the minute are only getting about 100 trucks' worth of aid in every day. that's way short of the 500 loads needed by the

not totally clear how it gets off the pier and into gaza, who is going to supervise the distribution o not clear how long it is going to take to get this pier set up. the european union says it is going to try a trial run, sending a single spanish ship from cyprus to gaza over the weekend. but we are also, guys, following some potentially tragic news out of gaza today, the civil defense authority is basically the fire department in gaza is saying that five people were killed when a parachute in one of those aid drops malfunctioned. the aid came crashing down into a refugee camp in northwest gaza, apparently killing five people. nbc news has not independently veriied that, but if it is true, it is the most bitter of ironies that aid dropped from the sky intended to save lives instead caused death on the ground. and as we heard from humanitarian organizations over the last couple of weeks, these aid drops, they help somewhat, but they really are no substitute for the kind of large scale aid coming in by trucks or president biden hopes coming in by sea. >> raf sanchez, thank you so very

gaza. the us military has confirmed that one of its ships is currently sailing to the middle east, carrying equipment to build a temporary pierff the coast of gaza. the support vessel, the general frank 5 bessonjunior, left virginia on saturday. it will take at least a week to arrive and the pentagon says it could take up to 60 days to build the structure. meanwhile, talks involving mediators aimed at establishing a pause in the fighting before the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan have so far failed to reach a deal. both israel and hamas are accusing the other of preventing any progress. and the stakes are high. the hamas—run health ministry says more than 31,000 palestinians have now been killed since israel began its military action following hamas�*s attack on october the 7th. around 1,200 people were killed, and more than 250 people were taken hostage. with the latest — here's our chief international correspondent, 0rla guerin — and a warning, it contains images you may find distressing. from the skies over gaza, aid comes dropping. but so little, and so late. 0n the ground, a desperate rush. many are left empty—

military to build a temporary pier off gaza's coast, to allow aid in by sea. president biden saying the israelis will provide security, promising there will be no u.s. boots on the ground in gaza. just days before the start of the holy month of ramadan with no deal on a cease-fire, hamas tonight calling on worshippers to march on jewell's al aqsa mosque. tensions flaring ahead of friday prayers. you can see the real tension here. young men are not allowed into the al aqsa mosque up there, police moving them away. then peaceful prayers outside the walls amid fears of what the future may hold. david, just moments ago, president biden addressing a possible cease-fire before ramadan, saying it's looking tough. on that mission to build a pier off gaza, the pentagon saying hamas should not target that aid operation if it truly cares about the the palestinian people. david? >> david: tom soufi burridge reporting again tonight, tom, we thank you. >>> back here in the u.s., the former president trump, and just before the deadline the former president posting a $91 mill

gaza worsens. president biden in the state of the union announcing the construction of a pier off gaza's coast. >> to allow aid in a temporary pier enable a massive increase. the money meant resistance. could guys every day aid will be brought in from cyprus given direct access to the enclave who had at that point where we simply have low or for on the roads in recent weeks, including saturday, the u.s. dropping a ton from above more than 30,000 meals. at the time, the pentagon refuting reports on the ground at some of the us's drops struck unharmed. people in gaza. meanwhile, in the red sea central command announcing they shot down over 2 dozen drone saturday along to the cook. these who refused to back down as new recruits, drill and train. the group insists they will continue to carry out attacks in the region as long as the war in gaza continues. we came here to witness the readiness and alertness against tyranny against the arrogance of the u.s. uk and israelis and in support of our brothers in gaza and palestine as things stand. the war in gaza is set to continue. as hamas says they have no i

off gaza's coast for delivering aid is enroute to the mediterranean. construction of the pier is expected to take weeks. another ship full of aid is still waiting in cyprus. as the civilian death toll in gaza climbs, president biden stepped up his public criticism of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in an interview on msnbc. pres. biden: he must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost as a consequence of the actions taken. he's hurting -- in my view, he's hurting israel more than helping israel by making the rest of the world -- it's contrary to what israel stands for. laura: biden also said an israeli military operation into the southern city of rafah would cross a "red line", but add that the u.s. would continue sending weapons shipments to israel. alabama senator katie britt responded to criticisms today about a misleading story she told in her republican response to president biden's state of the union address. in criticizing biden's border policies, britt talked about meeting a woman who had been sex trafficked at age 12. in rlity, the trafficking occ

gaza war. the us military says an army logistics ship carrying parts for a temporary floating pier is heading to gaza, as part of plans to deliver humanitarian aid by sea. separately, a spanish charity says a ship carrying 200 tonnes of food for gaza is ready to depart from cyprus. live from london. i am lucy grey. prince william posts a picture of his wife kate and their children for mother's day. it's the first image of the princess of wales since she took time away from royal duties because of abdominal surgery. labour's shadow chancellor rachel reeves warns the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg that her party is inheriting the worst economic situation since the second world war. i have to be honest, we are not going to be able to turn things round straightaway but we will get to work on that. hollywood's biggest night kicks off later with the oscars and all eyes will be on oppenheimer to see if it can break the record for the most wins. hello, i'm anna foster. a us military ship is headed for gaza, carrying equipment to build a temporary port for aid deliveries. the us military confirmed the ship set

gaza is at risk of famine. sumi: that was tom bateman reporting in virginia. the u.s.'s pierity -- the first ship departed the court on tuesday carrying two dozen tons of food and medicines. it was launched by the charity world central kitchen. that was founded and run by michelin star chef was andreas- -- jose andres. great to have you back on bbc news. open arms is on its way. getting aid to people on the ground has been difficult. who is going to distribute the aid and how? jose: we have been distributing the aid. i want to remind everybody that world central kitchen has been there for weeks, months, we have more than 65 kitchens, we have been able to do 50,000 home meals a day. we are trying to build a total of at least 100 kitchens in total. we have been able to bring more than 1400 tracks into gaza to cover the needs of our kitchens. obviously more is needed. the north has been difficult to reach. it's where our true humanitarian disaster has been happening. for us, the idea of this route opening the possibility of bringing food into the beaches of gaza was because we a

gaza is preparing to leave harbour in cyprus. the open arms is carrying food and medical supplies. the us military has also sent a ship carrying equipment to build a temporary pierfor their support, as kensington palace posts the first official image of her since she underwent abdominal surgery. in a mother's day message, catherine said thank you for the kind wishes she's received during her recovery. final preparations are taking place for this year's 0scars before hollywood's biggest stars hit the red carpet later this evening. christopher nolan's 0ppenheimer is up for 13 awards and is expected to clean up. box office hit barbie has eight nominations, while martin scorsese's killers of the flower moon has ten.

to be unl unlivable place, and the israelis already have put plans to reoccupied gaza, in to add to is the floating pier on the... coast line, that's what they are trying to do to occupy gaza, but i don't think they will succeed, because the israelis are facing internal problem that prevent them from reaching the victory that they are seeking to. well, i eu foreign policy chief joseph says israel's genocide in gaza has now turned the territory into the world's biggest open air graveyard, whereas before it was... is the world's biggest open air prison. your thoughts on his comments, because at representing the eu, one would think that uh, if he felt like that before, um, that perhaps he should have done something. when it was the world's uh biggest open air prison, but we didn't see any action coming from the eu. your your thoughts, we didn't see any action then and we're not going to see any action now. these statements are empty and they're a insult to the ocean of blood that has been spilled. um, which has been assisted by eu member states, in fact most of them are assisting in this genocide in one wa

gaza and the more than two million palestinians, mostly displaced and desperately short of food, water and health care. a ship carrying aid has set out from cyprus. the americans are talking of building a landing pier. but if the gaza war is a test of international crisis management, then it hardly looks like a success. my guest is the palestinian ambassador at the united nations, riyad mansour. does diplomacy offer any glimmer of hope? ambassador riyad mansour at the un in new york, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you on the programme. ambassador, do you have any hope left that talks can achieve a stop or at least a suspension to the war in gaza? i still have hope. and that's what drives me to work harder with all of my colleagues, to succeed in putting an end to this war, to have a ceasefire, and to be able to send humanitarian assistance up to the needs of the people in the gaza strip and to prevent a forced mass transfer to egypt. i mean, nobody would doubt that, for the two million and more palestinians who live in gaza and of course the 100 or so hostages who are being held in the tunnels in gaza as well, every day is a day of extreme suffering

unleveled. unlivable place and the israelis already have put plans to reoccupied gaza and to add to as the floating pier on the coastline, that's what they are trying to do to occupy gaza, but i don't think they will succeed because the israelis are facing internal problem that prevent them from reaching the... that they are seeking to, well, ily eu foreign policy chief joseph says israel's genocide in gaza has now turned the territory into the world's biggest open air graveyard whereas before it was the world's biggest open air prison, your thoughts on his comments, because at representing the eu, one would think that uh, if he felt like that before, um, that perhaps he should have done something when it was the world's uh biggest open air prison, but we didn't see any action coming from the eu, your your thoughts, we didn't see any action then, and we're not going to see any action now, these statements are empty and they're a insult to... the uh ocean of blood that has been spilled um, which has been assisted by you member states, in fact most of them are assisting in this genocide in one way or anot

gaza. the announcement with respect to establishing a pier that will facilitate surging humanitarian assistanceould be welcomed everyone. because no one should be able to accept the suffering tha we've seen. in israel and now the casualties and the conditions that civilians are dealing with, and as president biden appropriately pointed out, could care less about its own citizens. and that's a very challenging situation and there's a clear need f t in the way that president biden has articulateed reporter: if i'm not mistaken, the discharge position for his version of ukraine as it occurs today, and a couple days ago he mentioned there might be in thet might need to happen in the events to try to win other some democratic members for thato measure. have you spoken with him what the changes would be in order to win other members on your side of the aisle. mr. jeffries: president biden made clear in the state of the union address we need to make sure we are surging humanitariar across the world. and there's not a dime of humanitarianation that's been introduced by representative fitzpatrick. so th

mission to establish a port off the gaza strip. this is what we know so far. now based on the announcement by the pentagon, military will set up a temporary offshore maritime pier off gaza's mediterranean coast. these are some of the details as you see. it will receive ships carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters. now the operational procedure is going to be as follows: the shipping vessels are going to transfer cargo to what's called jlots. now jlots is capability that enables us forces to enter the land area from the sea due to lack of port infrastructure since gaza does not have a functioning port. now this land area is reached via a causeway or peer. the cause would then finally lead to a port. that's the general outline of what we're seeing here. the construction of the jlos will require considerable. construction process. there's another claim that the pentagon has made when it comes to the number of meals that it can be delivered. this is what it has said, which is pretty ambitious that it can process more than 2 million meals to the citizens of gazen per day. now loading that much food inside the gaza strip, well that's a mammoth task. no

speaks: about aid to ukraine, about aid to israel and of course about humanitarian aid to gaza, building a piere, that is all not will solve the problems, but it will at least demonstrate his interest in the humanitarian problems of gaza. israel lives its own political life, prime minister netanyahu is absolutely not interested in who is elected president of the united states, moreover, he does not absolutely do not want to be elected. ugh, to him biden is absolutely unnecessary, he will absolutely not mind if his turn is trump, so no one will bother him, he will calmly finish this operation, drive hamas out of gaza and that will be the end of the story, it seems that they do not care as much as we care the question of aid, they care about the question of aid, it is more difficult for them to fight, but i am simply telling you that biden is not a soy, netanyahu is not an ally of biden, only biden, it is one, you see that even the leader of the democratic majority in the senate. chakumer says israel needs new ones elections, because this government will not listen to us and it may cost us a vict

talked about aid to ukraine, about aid to israel and , of course, about humanitarian aid to gaza, building a pier this will not solve the problem, but it at least it will show his interest in the humanitarian problems of gaza, israel lives properly. political life, prime minister nittanyak has absolutely no interest in who is elected president of the united states states, and more, he does not absolutely do not want biden to be elected, uh , he does not need biden at all, he will absolutely not mind if his turn is trump, so no one will bother him, he will calmly finish this operation, drive out hamas from gaza, and that's the end of the story, they don't seem to care as much about aid as we do, they care about aid, it's harder for them to fight, but i 'm just telling you that biden... not soyu-netaho not an ally of biden, just biden is not an ally, he is one, you see, even a leader the democratic majority in the senate chuck shumir says that israel needs new elections because this government will not listen to us and it could cost us an election victory, or congressmen, democrats victory not befo

on that point, the administration, some call it a pier, port, a structure in gaza and the president said this about it tonight. >> president biden: temporary pier will enable a massive increase in amount of humanitarian assistance getting into gaza everyday and israel must do its part and allow more aid into gaza and make sure humanitarian workers are not caught in the crossfire. >> trace: put workers in to build this pier or port to distribute aid to people of gaza. i'm unclear whether this is a good idea or not, cameron, what do you think? >> it is a misprioritization of our resources and time. this will come at cost to american taxpayer and i do nots think we can make that case. nobody talks about egypt, jordan and other nations could be assisting and they are not. putting this on the back of the american taxpayer when we have wide open southern border and abhorrent responsibility. >> trace: he said china is not the threat we think it is. you have a lot of people, including his top generals that say no, china is threat number one and the fbi has parroted that. your last thoughts on th

gaza. tonight, i'm directing the us military to lead emergency mission to establish a temporary pier in the mediterranean on the coast of gaza, they can receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters. no us boots will be on the ground, a temporary pier will enable a massive increase the amount of. assistance getting in gaza every day, en contra, against. allah, allah. "the israeli occupation demonstrates its hatred on houses of the lord. this mask was reduced to rubble by f-16 warjet. their way destruction of the houses around the mask causing the fall of martters and injuries amongst neighbors of the mosque. the palestinians did not stand on the romans of the most idly, but they created temporary most that don't protect." ich will noch also meine studium zu ende bringen, ja, dann hoffe ich, dass einen guten job finde. da gab es durchaus konflikte. your headlines on press tv now in his 157th day, the israely genocide in gaza claims more civilian lives as death toll tops 31,00, mostly women and children. palestinian resistance fighters carry out more retaliator

united states. to get more humanitarian assistance to gaza, tonight, i'm directing the us military to lead emergency mission to establish a temporary pier shipments, carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters, no us boots will be on the ground, a temporary pier will enable a massive increase the amount of humanitarian assistance getting in gaza every day, en contra. against. his royal highness sh'. assalamu alaikum, peace be upon you and welcome to iran islam, the show where we look at current affairs through an islamic lens. each week we evaluate a trending new story and we break it down from an islamic perspective. with muslims observing the holy month of ramadan, many will be engaging in social activities with their brothers and sisters, including iftars, communal prayers and events.

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the takeaways from the us president stated the union address a temporary pier on gaza's coastline to allow aid to enter as famon. looms and a reafirmation of iron clut support for apartide israel. similar words from eu chief ersel of underlion. violence in the west bank, israeli forces beat and arrest worshippers around the alaksa mosk with the holy month of ramadan only days away. health officials in gaza say 20 people in the enclave have died from malnutrition and dehydration, adding to the nearly 31,00 palestinians who have been killed and the... more than 72,00 injured since october last year. with us on this edition of the program, publisher and political analyst desmond thompson, and joining us via skype, dr. matthew alford, author, filmmaker and lecturer of politics, languages, and international studies at the university of bath. welcome to you both. dis, i'll start with you. if i may, we're going to take a deep dive of course into the other issues soon, but "your reflections first off on the relentless bombardment that have been going on, has been going on in the gaza strip?

the takeaways from the us president stated the union address, a temporary pier on gaza's coastline to allow aid to enter as famine looms and reaffirmation of iron clut support for apartide israel. similar words from eu chief ersel of underline. violence in the west bank. israeli forces beat and arrest worshippers around the alaqsa mosque with the holy month of ramadan only days away. health officials in gaza say 20 people in the enclave have died from malnutrition and dehydration, adding to the nearly 31,00 palestinians who have been killed and the more than 7200. injured since october last year. with us on this edition of the program, publisher and political analyst desmond thompson and joining us via skype, dr. matthew alford, author, filmmaker and lecturer of politics, languages and international studies at the university of bath. welcome to you both. i'll start with you. if i may, we're going to take a deep dive of course into the other issues soon, but your reflection. first off on the relentless bombardment that have been going on, has been going on in the gather strip, well it'

gaza tonight. i'm directing the us military to lead emergency mission to establish a temporary pier in the mediterranean on the coast of gaza, that can receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters. no us boots will be on the ground, a temporary pier will enable a massive increase in the amount of humanitarian assistance gett in gaza every day. en contra, against. this is not a war, it is systematic genocide, but whatever they try, palestine will never die.

gaza. israel says it welcomes president biden's plan to build a floating pier on the gaza coast, which wouldhich are falling far short of meeting the tremendous need. the urgency is growing by the hour as talks for a cease fire and hostage deal appear to have stalled. families of the american hostages who attended last night's state of the union tell nbc news the biden administration did give them some hope that those negotiations aren't totally dead, but there is no sign of an imminent deal to pause the violence. nbc's richard engel is reporting from jerusalem for us. so i know european officials say the first ship with aid could set out from cypress as soon as today. what do we know about how this might work and the potential impact, richard. >> more likely on sunday, and this would be really a trial run with a small shift, more like a barge, the kind of thing that you can just push right up against the shore in gaza without needing a pier, a floating pier or any kind of dock because the dock isn't built yet. the u.s. has promised to build this. that's what president biden announced last n

it is expected that the ship will moor off the coast of the enclave south of gaza city, at a pier thatpecially built for this purpose from the rubble of destroyed rubble buildings. let me remind you that the creation of this humanitarian corridor was agreed upon by the european commission and international donors last friday. israeli authorities said they welcomed the development of such a canal supply, but warned that they would carry out safety checks of supplied goods. a former employee of the boeing aircraft manufacturing corporation, who criticized the company's negligence in the production of aircraft, was found dead in the united states. john barnett has been discovered. shot dead inside his car, which was parked next to the hotel where the man lived. over the past few days, he has been testifying in court against his former employer. according to a quality control engineer, bung management repeatedly turned a blind eye to the defects of an entire line of airliners and forced its subordinates to work outside established procedures. the us civil aviation administration confirmed

gaza. tonight, i'm directing the us military to lead emergency mission to establish a temporary pier in the mediterranean on the coast of gaza. i can receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters. no us boots will be on the ground. pier will enable a massive increase in the amount of humanitarian assistance getting in gaza every day. en contra, against. from the rev to the occupation tonight on expose western media inactly described the reason behind behind aaron bushnell's actions as a protest on the israeli hamas war, despite him stating it was to protest the genocide of palestinians at the hands of the designist entity. now the new york times is embroiled in controversy over a discredited article claiming hamas sexually assaulted a zianist settler during the al-aqsa flood operation and bushnel hailed as hero receiving praise for many pro-palestinian activists who saw his extreme act of protest as success in drawing attention to the genocide and suffering of the palestinian people. welcome to expose, the show that leaves no stone unturned.

gaza. at the same time, ensuring that we can deliver and distribute aid securely. >> the plan is to have the pier built and operating in the next 2 months. the pentagon expects the mission to eventually provide 2 million meals a day to gaza. >> in the east bay, firefighters will continue monitoring the site of a 19 acre grass fire this evening. it started about 4 this afternoon. lot of black smoke there. flames burned along west 4th street until they were put out about 7 o'clock this evening. no injuries reported. no structures were threatened to the cause is under investigation. >> happening tomorrow in the castro after more than 2 decades in business seafood restaurant catch will be serving its last dinners. the business announced its closure earlier this week. the location was officially deemed a landmark back in 2004 for being the original home of the names project. that's the memorial honoring the lives lost to aids. tomorrow, san francisco's union square meantime will be blooming with thousands of 2 lips 80,000 tulips that that's all part of union square alliance spring and summer initiativ