joe boyd is actually said, i need de escalation on the road to cease fire, but that hasn't put any timeline on it. and that's really interesting because president joseph biden is the one man they should be able to pressure these right these into coming to a sci fi. but instead, all the way through this, he's been using language like, well, israel has a right to defend itself, is ro, needs to be able to defend itself. but these words de escalation on the road to sci fi by no means gives you a tiny table for things like that said, there is still speculation that the sci fi may will come at 6 am friday morning, but who knows? quite, and it's all in the wording, isn't it? him and come in with tourism. thank you. so the international cold for a sci fi though, are gaining momentum. we've got the united nations general assembly holding a special session later on thursday. kristen salumi tells us what to expect. foreign ministers from a number of countries frustrated by the lack of international response to the ongoing crisis in the middle east, are on their way to new york to attend the special se

. >> it was all about the smear campaign against joe boyd en. -- biden. there were a number of interesting things. his trip to kiev alone was strange and peculiar. and another attempt at quid pro quo. we wanted president trump to voice support for our president before his first ever meeting with vladimir putin of russia. we passed along that request to rudy and one of the responses was that i guarantee you that president trump will tweet support. but i want him to meet with me as soon as i step off the plane in kiev. >> so transactional. >> it didn't feel right. >> how did you feel when you listened to it? >> i was shocked, scared and bewildered. i expected that phone call to be a casual nice to meet you phone call. we had to try and take an angle that rudy giuliani's past is mayor of new york, but his involvement with ukraine prior to the situation and try and distract, but also by assessing the level to which he influences u.s. policy towards ukraine. he made a u turn as soon as giuliani opened his mouth. >> when you are hearing this, what concerns did