as self-defense has led to massacres in gaza the west bank and jerusalem that's going to elton john hendren in washington so john just a bit of palestinian reaction there to. what we've had so far from the u.s. administration on this crisis what is the what is the debate the general reaction would you say. of the position a president biden has taken on this. well the official position of president biden and the u.s. government is that it once as a deescalation of the conflict as soon as possible but the actions of the biden ministration is taking our leaving are sending a different message and that message is that they're not in a big hurry to get this done the president could have spoken through the united nations security council where the u.s. representative actually blocked a statement that would have condemned what was going on there the u.s. position was that holding the meeting itself was enough but there's also a kind of lopsided diplomacy going on where the president has spoken to benjamin netanyahu the prime minister of israel but hasn't spoken to mahmoud abbas the head of the pal

has been the worst affected country in the world let's bring in john hendren in washington d.c. or us john so president biden calling this a great milestone what's prompted the c.d.c. to issue this new guidelines. well there's been a lot of criticism of this c.d.c. for being too slow and too cautious on opening the us back up but it seems that people at the c.d.c. have been listening now you can wear a mask not just outdoors that happen a little earlier you can go without a mask that is not just outdoors but also in most indoor spaces but there are restrictions. you can't wear one in a prison hospital or are you must wear one rather in a prison hospital or in airport or on a plane but for most open spaces for most indoor spaces you can go without a mask now under the c.d.c. guidelines if you have been vaccinated now this is largely to reward those people who have gotten vaccinated that's 111000000 americans of course those under 12 are not eligible but it's also an incentive to those who haven't been vaccinated and some of the concern is that about 30 percent of americans in poll

wait to see if the american president's call for a cease fire will actually make a difference john hendren al-jazeera washington want to keep the elder israeli political analyst he says the israeli public overwhelmingly support the minute transactions there is a call that i just saw a news websites that indicates that only 9 percent of the israelis 'd. want to stop this operation or war 70 percent will see the government until they destroy hamas this is the opposite. 21 percent say that they want it to continue until hamas will beg us for ceasefire so when it comes to public so all the government has got free right the only as good full support if you listen to israeli commentators on the mainstream media on national channels the message is we have now it is different must be different than it was in 20142012 now it's about television it's not just the saudis and we can't afford it to happen again so this must be the last operation but protests against israel's action are gathering momentum around the world hundreds marched in argentina's capital towards the israeli embassy but police prev

on mascot wearing so let's go now to john hendren in washington d.c. i mean over the past year or so we've seen how masks were incredibly controversial in the u.s. became very political so what are the changes now that's right barbara it's a red letter day here in the u.s. and i can go bear phase not just for the usual reason which is that i'm in a windowless booth alone here at al-jazeera h.q. in washington but now because i'm one of the 111000000 americans who have been vaccinated in the c.d.c. wants to reward that if if you are vaccinated fully vaccinated 2 weeks out from your shots you are now allowed under the c.d.c. guidelines to go without a mask in most indoor spaces and they already had issued this rule for an outdoors but now it includes all outdoor spaces now that doesn't apply to a number of people children under 12 are still not eligible for the vaccine doesn't work for hospitals and the transportation security administration says at airports you will still be required to wear a mask and on planes until at least mid september same rule goe

john hendren. after continued israeli strikes on gaza and persistent pressure from his fellow democrats president biden is now calling for a cease fire in a phone call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu the white house says in his statement the president expressed his support for a cease fire democratic congresswoman ileana omar one of the most persistent critics of the president from within his own party tweeted finally our delay in supporting a cease fire has caused the slaughter of children and destruction of lives now biden has to push for an end to the occupation the white house press secretary has been insisting the biden administration is engaged in why it diplomacy to end the conflict and reduce palestinian and israeli casualties the president we are making all of our decisions through is how can we help bring an end to the violence and bring an end to deescalate the situation on the ground in march president biden's own secretary of state promised to make human rights the found

john hendren reports from washington d.c. . from the washington monument to the u.s. capitol thousands swarmed the national mall in a show of propellants stinney in support we have a voice and our voices being heard and we this is to have some politicians doing something about what's going on the crimes that's that's are taken place in palestine today as not get a pass without punishment this time. across the u.s. demonstrations took place in washington new york chicago and at the state capital in colorado where even pros really voices joined the call for peace but nice new press are our men and are here or. are all inhabitants of the region at this moment. the protests coming on the day of nakba meaning catastrophe your exit is in arabic spanned the globe. thousands of palestinian flag waving supporters also emerged in london rome and madrid. in the german cities of cologne and berlin protesters clashed with police. in paris 2 there were confrontations and in baghdad demonstrators burned israeli and american flags here in washington an unusually large crowd of propel

wait to see if the american president's call for a cease fire will actually make a difference john hendren al-jazeera washington. let's look at some other news now in a powerful cycle in a sweat to show in western india killing at least 21 people already. took 10 years now weakening to making landfall instead of goods it off on monday it's also caused damage in states right along the coast from maharashtra down to carolina the severe winds and heavy rainfall small than 200000 people from their homes as well sea levels well as high as 3 mazes the winds are up to more than 185 kilometers per hour. and there is a search underway for 127 people missing after a barge sank off india's coast as well nearly 190 people have been rescued 2 other vessels are adrift in rough seas now less adverse weather of course complicating the fight against cove but 19 on india's west coast front line workers have been diverted the number of daily deaths has risen as well to a record of 4300 slots bring it all together with the mittal now. let's deal with the side 1st of all and the damage it's brought. yes so the

wait to see if the american president's call for a cease fire will actually make a difference john hendren al jazeera washington. university of beirut he says the u.s. government lacks the political will to be an effective part of the peace. the call for a ceasefire by the president which was reported by his staff about a phone call that's about as low intensity as it gets there's nothing really more on that in terms of putting on behind your desire for a ceasefire so it's not very serious he's doing it because he's feeling pressure from democrats in congress his feeling the moral outrage of the world he's hearing everybody around the world not everybody but many people around the world demanding that palestinians be protected and he sees that the destruction of so disproportionate and diac and gaz of vs anything in israel that he just felt he had to say something and what he said was very low intensity hopefully it's the beginning of. more the decisive process behind the scenes but we'll have to wait and see and of course it came after 3 days of stopping the security council the one for m

security council to come up with a joint statement on the violence john hendren reports now from washington. president biden has responded to a number of his democratic party critics by doing exactly what they wanted him to do and that is to call out for a cease fire in a readout written by white house press office after the meeting with netanyahu over the phone the press office there says that biden specifically said although he supports the right of israel to defend itself it ended with a statement with him saying the president supports a cease fire the president had received heavy criticism not just among those in the u.s. house of representatives which tends to be a bit more liberal on the democratic side but also by a majority of u.s. senators who are democrats who had signed a letter calling for the president to offer as ceasefire and he has consistently said he has supported israel's right to defend itself and he's consistently condemned the hamas rockets raining down on israel at one point saying that israel's response was not disproportionate but there have been several days of air

see some action on that john hendren with the latest there from washington d.c. thank you. well the u.s. secretary of state says here seen no intelligence from israel that shows hamas was using the tower housing media including al-jazeera that was the story to in gaza on saturday. israel has a special responsibility to protect civilians in the course of its self-defense and that most certainly includes journalists. you said that you requested additional information have you received that have you seen it and did you find it credible i have not seen any information provided and again to the extent that it is based on intelligence that would have been shared with other colleagues and i'll leave that to them to assess. still to come in this half hour military violence against me and more civilians leads to fresh sanctions as fears grow for people who fled fighting the town of. after being locked down and locked out for months presidents are finally allowed to go back inside pubs and restaurants. now that monday morning frost is now a memory things have warmed up considerably t

accuse the government of funding what they call israeli war and torture in palestine as bring in john hendren in washington for us john you were at one of the rallies in d.c. earlier tell us about the crowds how big they were and what was the message. this really was an unusually large global show of support for the palestinian cause here in the u.s. there were demonstrations in new york chicago colorado and here in washington d.c. we saw an unusually large pro palestinian crowd of several founders and people and they really had 2 things to say one they wanted peace. in the israeli palestinian conflict right now but also they want the u.s. government to exert more pressure on israel to end this conflict and there is a real sense of dissatisfaction that the biden administration's policies are really not significantly different than the policies of the trumpet ministration or any other u.s. administration over the past several years but there does seem to be increasing support for the palestinian cause here in the us streets and bats one we're seeing fauzi people gather in several cities here a

with his predecessors constant criticism and his frequent hints that he wants a rematch in 2024 john hendren 0 washington. go to the polls later to choose a group of people who will write a new constitution and the process is being seen as crucial to reforming social rights the election has already been postponed wilde's because of the pandemic now it'll take place over 2 days to reduce crowding latin america dissolution even reports of santiago what's at stake. 19 months ago a social uprising exploded in what was thought to be latin america's most stable economy and democracy no one side coming. angry protests spread throughout chile including widespread vandalism and looting. nothing it seemed could put out the fire. or satisfy citizens demands for better social rights the revolt forced the conservative government and congress to give chileans the right to draft a new constitution with freely elected delegates for the very 1st time if the voters want to be in pick is process is in fact a democracy response to a conflict that could otherwise any authority or in is a perfectly democracy will

pressure from members of his own party accuse him of ignoring the plight of palestinian civilians john hendren as more from washington president biden has responded to a number of his democratic party critics by doing exactly what they wanted him to do and that is to call out for a cease fire in a readout written by white house press office after the meeting with netanyahu over the phone the press office there says that biden specifically said although he supports the right of israel to defend itself it ended with a statement with him saying the president supports a cease fire the president had received heavy criticism not just among those in the u.s. house of representatives which tends to be a bit more liberal on the democratic side but also by a majority of u.s. senators who are democrats who had signed a letter calling for the president to offer as ceasefire and he has consistently said he has supported israel's right to defend itself and he's consistently condemned the hamas rockets raining down on israel at one point saying that israel's response was not disproportionate but there have b

describing it as self-defense has led to massacres in gaza the west bank and jerusalem let's go to john hendren now who is in washington and john what can you tell us about efforts underway to secure a cease fire. well president biden's official policy is deescalation of this conflict as soon as possible but the white house's actions are essentially allowing israel to consolidate its military gains and to do what benjamin netanyahu the prime minister there has said he wants to do which is to exact a heavy price from hamas with those military strikes there the white house did call president biden did call benjamin netanyahu recently but he didn't not call the head of the palestinian organization the rather. mahmoud abbas the head of the palestinian leadership there the secretary of state anthony blinken did so but it makes a difference that the president actually makes these calls the president has also been keen to say that israel has a right to self-defense any said that the strikes from israel were not disproportionate that despite the fact that the body count is considerably heavier on the g

describing it as self-defense has led to massacres in gaza the west bank and jerusalem it's going to john hendren who's in washington and john what can you tell us about any efforts or bilateral communication taking place to secure a cease fire. well the white house says it wants a deescalation of the conflict that is the official position of the white house but the message is it sending suggests it's not perhaps in such a hurry the president called benjamin netanyahu he did not call the head of the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas when asked about that the white house spokeswoman said that in fact the secretary of state anthony blinken had called both sides but in the world of diplomacy a call from the president really says a lot the white house is sending a junior official a deputy undersecretary of state for israeli palestinian affairs not the secretary of state himself all of this suggests that the administration does not want to get deeply involved in resolving this conflict jen psaki is the white house spokeswoman here's a little of what she had to say a little earlier israel has the rig

john hendren with the latest there from washington d.c. john faine q well khalid the bonn is a humanitarian worker and palestinian citizen he joins us now from gaza city via skype thank you so much for being with us as we're entering week 2 of this conflict week 2 of gaza being on the airstrikes what is your initial reaction when you hear our correspondent talk about the inability for anything to get done of the united nations effectively the the international community standing by and looking on. the problem is that here what i'm feeling is that it's not they can't it's rather they want for me as a palestinian it hurts me a lot to learn that the united states is blocking our misery here every night here in gaza it's apocalypse it's hell is unleashed on us and unfortunately as gazans we have to go 3 through this over and over again for the lurker of the of the strong will to tackled the root causes of what we are going through to tackle the actual causes of of of why this is collision actually has to take place every time which is the occup

is not doing enough to pressure israel on this conflict john hendren thank you very much indeed. people around the world have been rallying against israel's bombardment of gaza. this was the scene in baghdad earlier demonstrators gathered into his square to show support for palestinians in gaza some in the crowds were seen burning israeli flags. in the street is also gathered her solidarity protest in the cattery capital doha hundreds of protesters wave palestinian flags at the grand mosque in the center of the city . and hundreds gathered in tunisia as capital despite a coronavirus knockdown that was imposed recently according on arab countries to reject normalizing ties with israel after 4 did so last year. in paris police used tear gas and water cannon against demonstrators who defied a protest planned to rally in support of palestinians and the city's police chief deployed moment 4000 officers on the streets and close shops where the march was meant to start the court had banned the protest over fears of violence demonstrations were allowed to go ahead in other cities includi

policy in afghanistan john hendren head washington d.c. thank you for that. now there's been violence in iraq's capital baghdad between protesters and security forces former members of the iran backed popular mobilization forces stormed the ministry of finance earlier today they fought during the war against eisel between 2014 and 19 now they're demanding they be rehired so wonderful team has more from baghdad. these kind of protests have been taking place in the capital baghdad for a few days now and the crowd mostly composed of members of the popular mobilization forces which is this umbrella group of paramilitaries that was formed to fight isis call in 2014 and these people are demanding to be hired or rehired by b.p.m.'s and this request comes just a few weeks after the iraqi parliament passed its 2021 budget in which to increase the budget chair of the p.m.s. by over 20 percent for now there is a discussion going on within the ranks of the p.m.s. how that money should be used some advocates that the salaries of existing fighters should be increased while

pressure from members of his own party who accuse him of ignoring the plight of palestinian civilians john hendren reports from washington. the president his changed his approach in that earlier today he was asked about the potential for a cease fire he said he would be talking to netanyahu but he didn't throw his support behind it at that point but apparently in the call that he held with netanyahu the president was explicit according to the white house the president expressed his support for a cease fire and discussed u.s. engagement with egypt and other partners toward that end and other views a fierce cyclers blast of the shore and west of india killing at least 21 people cycling across the coast into goods at that stage on monday it is being described as the most powerful storm in decades coastal areas are reporting extensive damage up to see the oval swells as high as 3 metres and winds reached more than 165 kilometers. that of the world health organization has described the disparity between vaccine rollouts and wealthier countries and poorer nations as a form of apartheid to address other

will actually make a difference john hendren washington. r. and c. 1000000 kenyans have lost their job since the beginning of the pandemic many people have been forced to make difficult decisions to survive in nairobi. had to go into sex works put food on the table. marry names. 2000000 kenyans. in the capital nairobi. she said she's had to do sex work ever since to be able to feed her 2 children my life has just turned into something that i never thought i would live to be in my life because. even look at my children in my house they'll go hungry so this is what i was left to you don't have much choice but to something that makes you feel is all money to me to feel and wifey she says men paid about $10.00 for sex at 1st that's now dropped to about $2.00 because the economy's contract it over the last yeah the markets are much quieter than they were before the pandemic a lot of people lost their jobs here in the city of move back to the countryside the people selling food here say demand is really down and they say that means more wastage of p

the rocket attacks that are indiscriminately fired in the population centers it's going now to john hendren in washington d.c. so in a sense we've heard the similar mantra as always that israel has the right to the fend itself and the jew pick up anything. and what joe biden was saying that might hint at a slight change in policy. this seems pretty consistent with joe biden's policies over the decades as he's been a senator there are 2 main parties here in the u.s. but there's really one policy toward the israeli palestinian conflict and you heard it right there its condemnation of rocket attacks out of gaza by hamas and then essential the support for what israel is doing and in this case. this statement that it's not a disproportionate response by israel which seems to be belied by the body count which is much heavier on the guns aside. but it is consistent with biden's position over many years the president has been essentially acting as if this all started with rocket attacks firing out of out of gaza and he's gotten some heat increasingly democrats are separating with the president on t

on it replaces liz cheney who was pushed out for her recent criticism of the former president john hendren reports from washington d.c. . donald trump might seem like a man enjoying semi retirement but his grip on the republican party hasn't slipped just ask fellow republican liz cheney she spoke out against him i will do everything i can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the oval office her party repaid her by ousting her as the republican conference chair the party's number 3 leader in the house of representatives even though donald trump is no longer commander in chief even though he no longer sits in the oval office he still controls the party he still will be enormous influence over the party and what you're seeing are republicans making it started effort to try to not only rewrite history but also rewrite it and the way that center is everything around donald trump and that's for good or bad cheney was replaced on friday by a least a funny who made no secret of where her allegiance lies i believe that voters determine the leader of the republican part

with his predecessor's constant criticism and his frequent hints that he wants a rematch in 2024 john hendren al-jazeera washington. your charges are with me so rob a reminder of our top stories a refugee camps been hit in the latest israeli air strikes on gaza at least 8 people have been killed including 6 children rescue workers have been digging through the rubble for survivors in the shati refugee camp after the house was hit at least $137.00 palestinians including 30 children have been killed since the israeli offensive began on monday. but also if i think if it's my cousin's house we were surprised by an airstrike that hit the house without any warning we ran outside we saw the 4 story house get completely demolished it was completely leveled he sister and her kids were visiting they were all killed all of their. elbows are so what is the missiles hit in the windows got shattered there was glass all over and it hit our head we got wounded we started running barefoot and my sister left all our belongings behind. we are still trying to recover more bodies and figure out who is who this is

incumbent chairwoman list cheney was voted out over a criticism off donald trump let's bring in john hendren in washington d.c. john so is elise stephanie again and what does her election say about what's happening and have a topic and right now. well at least the front is a 36 year old republican congresswoman from the state of new york and until recently she was known as a moderate someone who was willing to cross the aisle and work with the other party the democratic party brought she is also someone who seems to know which way the wind is blowing and although donald trump's reputation has taken a bit of a hit since he left office he is still popular with a solid majority of republican voters according to most polls and he made it known that he did not like the fact that liz cheney was speaking out against him and yet was a member of the republican party leadership holding the number 3 post that of the republican conference chair in the u.s. house of representatives and republican leaders responded to that that includes the republican leader in the house kevin mccarthy and they held a vot

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the palestinian president mahmoud abbas is going after john hendren in washington d.c. what we know about those course. what we have read out from the white house on both of them to mahmoud abbas president biden expressed sympathy for the lives lost among palestinians he expressed concern that so many of them were children and he expressed concern about what he called the intergroup violence that is the street violence between non military israelis and palestinians is well he condemned the rockets being fired out of gaza by hamas and he expressed their desire that ultimately this could all be resolved by a 2 state solution that is the official u.s. policy to benjamin netanyahu the president made his 2nd call and in that he expressed his support for israel's right in his words of self-defense also condemning those hamas rocket attacks and expressing concern about the loss of life and updating netanyahu on the diplomatic efforts which have not really seemed to have pressured israel to strongly to curtail their actions there because as you have reported

if not in government policy john hendren al-jazeera washington. and dozens of protesters in mexico city have been showing support for the palestinian people. calling for an end to israel's bombardment on the stablish mint of a palestinian state now a palestinian flag was painted on the square at the solidarity valley demonstrators were marking the 73rd anniversary of the start of the arab israeli war which broke out a day after israel declared independence. well still ahead here on al-jazeera china becomes the 3rd country to land on mars we'll look at what it's hoping to discover on the red planet plus a cut above the rest we meet designers making a fashion statement by trying to save the environment those stories after the break . well let's show you that cycle and spinning in the arabian sea rate now watch what it did to careless state in india $124.00 millimeters of rain in just 24 hours we show you where the disturbance is on sunday it's go as chance now to get 100 maybe 200 millimeters of rain and by monday i will be impacted 20000000 people

on wednesday incumbent chairwoman least cheney was voted out over her criticism of donald trump john hendren has more from washington. although donald trump's reputation has taken a bit of a hit since he left office he is still popular with a solid majority of republican voters according to most polls and he made it known that he did not like the fact that liz cheney was speaking out against him and yet was a member of the republican party leadership holding the number 3 post that of the republican conference chair in the u.s. house of representatives and republican leaders responded to that that includes the republican leader in the house kevin mccarthy and they held a vote in the basement of the capitol a secret vote an overwhelmingly chose 1st to oust liz cheney on wednesday and then on friday to vote in a least a phonic and the thing that really says about the republican party is that it is still solidly within the grip of donald trump's define it was asked who is the leader of the republican party and she said donald trump there are very few republicans who are willing to speak out agai

pressure from members of his own party to accuse him of ignoring the plight of palestinian civilians john hendren has more now from washington d.c. . the president his changed his approach in that earlier today he was asked about the potential for a cease fire he said he would be talking to netanyahu but he didn't throw his support behind it at that point but apparently in the call that he held with netanyahu the president was explicit according to the white house the president expressed his support for a cease fire and discussed u.s. engagement with egypt and other partners toward that end a fierce cyclon has come ashore in the west in india killing at least 21 people so i think i'll take crosstie posting to graduate state on monday that is being described as the most powerful storm in decades there are fears hospitals already dealing with a devastating coburg 19 outbreak become overwhelmed and india has recalled its highest danny kona virus death toll so far at least $4300.00 died in the past 24 hours but the number of confirmed dead infections dropped below 300004 the 2nd day in a row and the

the region to discourage the escalate the violence on the ground let's get more from 0 to 0 as john hendren who joins us now live from washington president by the spoken to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the past few hours what we know of what was said in that phone call. well president biden has responded to a number of his democratic party critics by doing exactly what they wanted him to do and that is to call out for a cease fire in a readout written by the white house press office after the meeting with netanyahu over the phone the press office there says that biden specifically said although he supports the right of israel to defend itself it ended with a statement with him saying the president supports a cease fire well among the critics that you were showing there earlier was omar a congresswoman who began her tweet after that by simply saying finally the president had received heavy criticism not just among those in the u.s. house of representatives which tends to be a bit more liberal on the democratic side but also by a majority of u.s. senators who are democrats wh

protest movement in the us marks a noticeable shift in public sentiment if not in government policy john hendren al jazeera washington. well israeli media is reporting the u.s. envoy heidi i'm out is meeting israeli defense minister minister benny gantz to discuss the conflict i'm arrived on friday sent by the u.s. president joe biden effort to calm hostilities biden has called for a deescalation but in a phone call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu expressed strong support for israel's campaign by north spoke with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. or phyllis bennis is a fellow at the institute for policy studies and author of the book understanding the palestinian israeli conflict and she says the u.s. isn't pressuring israel to stop the attacks and explains why what we know about the conversation between president biden and the israeli prime minister and mahmoud abbas is that he has not called for a cease fire he has not put any pressure on israel to stop the slaughter that's underway in gaza and that this is a very familiar situation in which it appears that the u.s. is ta

least one dose of a covered 1000 back seen the us has been the worst affected country in the world john hendren has more from washington. the most indoor spaces you can go without a mask now under the c.d.c. guidelines if you have been vaccinated now this is largely to reward those people who have gotten vaccinated that's 111000000 americans of course those under 12 are not eligible but it's also an incentive to those who haven't been vaccinated and some of the concern is that about 30 percent of americans in polls have suggested that they won't get vaccinated at all this is a way of saying to them there are rewards for being vaccinated but it creates some issues for state and local governments they have to scramble now to come up with new rules because those rules haven't gone away the c.d.c.'s rules are just guidelines it is the state and local governments who actually come up with the rules but they are doing that right now j.b. pritzker the governor of illinois through a spokesman has issued a statement saying the governor firmly believes in following the science and intends to revise his e

protest movement in the us marks a noticeable shift in public sentiment if not in government policy john hendren al-jazeera washington. well phyllis bennis is a fellow at the institute for policy studies and author of the book understanding the palestinian israeli conflict she says the u.s. is playing a pivotal role in the conflict what we know about the conversation between president biden and the israeli prime minister and mahmoud abbas is that he has not called for a cease fire he has not put any pressure on israel to stop the slaughter that's underway in gaza and that this is a very familiar situation in which it appears that the u.s. is taking the lead from israel on when they are ready for a cease fire and netanyahu has made clear he is not ready for a cease fire he said that our aim is to send him as a message that it's not worth sending these rockets he is still sending that message and this is very reminiscent of earlier situations in 2006 with the the israeli war in lebanon come to liza rice then the secretary of state to to george bush said we aren't we don't want a ceasefire yet impl

wait to see if the american president's call for a cease fire will actually make a difference john hendren al-jazeera washington rami corey is the director of global engagement at the american university. joins us now live via skype from boston good to have you with us rami this is the 1st major foreign policy test for the. ministration how do you think it stop. oh i give him a c. minus at best not very well certainly not living up to the words his own words on his secretary of state's words when they 1st came into office about promoting human rights and working for peace and justice everywhere. the call for a cease fire by the president which was reported by his staff about a phone call that's about as low intensity as it gets there's nothing really more limp than that in terms of putting on behind your desire for a cease fire so it's not very serious he's doing it because of history when pressure from democrats in congress is feeling the moral outrage of the world and he's hearing everybody around the world 'd not everybody but many people around the world demanding that palestinians be

john hendren al-jazeera washington. is there with me so rob a reminder of our top stories a refugee camps been hit in the latest israeli air strikes on gaza at least 8 people have been killed including 6 children rescue workers have been digging through the rubble for survivors in the shati refugee camp after the high.

with his predecessors constant criticism and his frequent hints that he wants a rematch in 2024 john hendren 0 washington. petrol shortage is still ongoing in parts of the united states after a cyber attack on a major fuel pipeline led to panic buying a washington d.c. it's almost run out of petrol but government officials are telling motorists that supplies will soon return to normal the colonial pipeline was shut down for 6 days after being hit by a cyber attack last week reportedly paid hackers $5000000.00 in untraceable cryptocurrency as ransom to get the system back up. genetically modified mosquitoes have been released for the 1st time in the united states pilot program in the florida keys is aimed at reducing the spread of potentially deadly diseases florida issued an experimental use permit last year but some people and environmental groups are outraged i got her reports now from miami this is the 8 is to get time muskie to an invasive species it's made florida home only the females bite and spread disease and in 2009 were responsible for an outbreak of dengue fever that ripped throu

pressure from members of his own party who accuse him of ignoring the plight of palestinian civilians john hendren has more now from washington d.c. . the president his changed his approach in that earlier today he was asked about the potential for a cease fire he said he would be talking to netanyahu but he didn't throw his support behind it at that point but apparently in the call that he held with netanyahu the president was explicit according to the white house the president expressed his support for a cease fire and discussed u.s. engagement with egypt and other partners toward that end. a fair sancho has blasted ashore in western india killing at least 21 people across the coast into good droughts on monday and is being described as the most powerful storm in decades there are fears hospitals already dealing with a devastating code 19 outbreak will become overwhelmed resilient towns close to rivers in the amazon not flooded after heavy rains led to record rising water levels 400000 people have been affected many of them have been moved from their homes. the head of the world health organizat

to israeli prime minister netanyahu as well as palestinian leader mahmoud abbas let's go now to john hendren in washington. what do we know about the cole in particular as we had some of the readout tell you about the netanyahu. we did get a readout from both of those calls from the white house and to mahmoud abbas the president expressed sympathy for the loss of life among palestinians he ultimately said the solution to this is a 2 state solution in israel and he went on to say that. he went on to sympathize essentially with with the palestinian side of this conflict but there was a very different message given to benjamin netanyahu in that one the president expressed israel's right to self-defense he expressed a condemnation of what he called indiscriminate rocket attacks coming out of gaza from hamas and he also expressed concern to a boss on that score and notably of course the president did not talk to the people actually controlling gaza and that is hamas because the u.s. considers them a terrorist organization but this is the 2nd round of talks with netanyahu the 1st directly from the

have received at least one of their vaccine doses john hendren with more now from washington d.c. .for most indoor spaces you can go without a mask now under the c.d.c. guidelines if you have been vaccinated now this is largely to reward those people who have gotten vaccinated that's 111000000 americans of course those under 12 are not eligible but it's also an incentive to those who haven't been vaccinated and some of the concern is that about 30 percent of americans in polls have suggested that they won't get vaccinated at all this is a way of saying to them there are rewards for being vaccinated but it creates some issues for state and local governments they have to scramble now to come up with new rules because those rules haven't gone away the c.d.c.'s rules are just guidelines it is the state and local governments who actually come up with the rules but they are doing that right now j.b. pritzker the governor of illinois through a spokesman has issued a statement saying the governor firmly believes in following the science and intends to revise his executive orders the scienti

has been the worst affected country in the world john hendren has more from washington. for most indoor spaces you can go without a mask now under the c.d.c. guidelines if you have been vaccinated now this is largely to reward those people who have gotten vaccinated that's 111000000 americans of course those under 12 are not eligible but it's also an incentive to those who haven't been vaccinated and some of the concern is that about 30 percent of americans in polls have suggested that they won't get vaccinated at all this is a way of saying to them there are rewards for being vaccinated but it creates some issues for state and local governments they have to scramble now to come up with new rules because those rules haven't gone away the c.d.c.'s rules are just guidelines it is the state and local governments who actually come up with the rules but they are doing that right now j.b. pritzker the governor of illinois through a spokesman has issued a statement saying the governor firmly believes in following the science and intends to revise his executive orders the scient