linda greenfield just a few minutes ago is calling for this toe be passed.at the vote is in the general assembly. don't bet on a harsh condemnation of the terrorist group. martha? >> we're seeing a lot of that these days. thanks very much, eric. thanks for joining us on the u.n. so switching gears right now to a story that is very important when we look at education in this country and look what's going on on college campuses. think about this. a staggering 14.7 million public school children in this country chronically absent from school in the most recent assessment. 30%. 30% of all enrolled students in the country are chronically absent. lauren simonetti with fox business here with the details. that is an absolutely stunning number. >> let me give you the prepandemic number. 16%. we have students chronically absent, which is missing 18 days in an academic year. nearly double in just a few years. many reasons for this. everything from the child sick to being bullied in school to parent thinking class could be made up online. as we have seen from recent tes

but the us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield, has not clarified if she wouldfourth time the vote has been postponed this week. it has been delayed since monday — as member states have been trying to work out a draft that the united states won't veto.

they were going to maintain that position that was clear from what ambassador linda thomas greenfield said. she said that they support aspects of this resolution uh and that they support the amendments that have been filed. but she said anything that calls for an immediate cease fire would be that any a meet that a full ceasefire would be temporary of best and dangerous at worst because it would leave him off and power. clearly the united states is not on board with a ceasefire. that would allow him us to stay in power and that's what they are arguing. this would allow because it would be brought in and israel would not be able to continue its military operations that would not serve the long term interest. she argued of palestinians and israelis and the desire for a 2 state solution, something that the united states and israel has argued will not be possible as long as him off susan power. right, kristen, thank you actually say that again, that they don't even with the amendments. they don't intend to support this christian. thank you very much. i as right, so daniel leaders left us

linda thomas-greenfield, the ambassador said that the u.s. did not ultimately vote for it because of the lack of condemnation of hamas and its attack on october 7th, saying she will never understand why certain members of the council did not support that. she did welcomed the fact that this resolution will appoint a senior u.n. official to help coordinate and facilitate the entry of aid into gaza. israeli officials, for their part, or not altogether condemning this resolution but they are saying that they will continue this war against hamas until all hostages are returned and until hamas is eradicated from the gaza strip. there is an effort to scale up the flow of aid into gaza. today i was at the kerem shalom crossing from israel into gaza, where for the first week, after a lot of u.s. pressure, israel has been allowing the entry of u.n. trucks directly into gaza from israel after they undergo those security checks. but they still have a big disconnect, in terms of the number of trucks that are getting in and the enormous need and gaza for

ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield. she said to reporters the gap was narrowing.now a bit of optimism after frantic negotiations, but i should add the diplomats will be back in consultations later this evening to try to see if they can finalize the language on the mechanism in a way that can withstand a u.s. veto. caitrÍona: they will have the consultations. what does that say about the likelihood of there being a vote either later or tomorrow? nada: yeah, russia in particular is really pushing for a vote tonight. we have seen frustration from other councilmembers who also want to see these delays end and for this measure to move forward because they are ready to cast their votes on this resolution. so the goal is for the vote to take place tonight, but as i say it is very much dependent on how consultations go. but there is a lot of pressure on the security council to act here. just today we had two reports, one from the who, saying there is no hospital operating in northern gaza that patients are literally waiting there to die and that there was a threat now of

us ambassador to the un linda thomas—greenfield said the us abstained because the council did not condemn�* october seventh attack on israel. here's what she said after the vote. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right but today, this council provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering. today, this council called for urgent steps to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access and to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities. for more on the negotiations that led to this deal, my colleague carl nasman spoke tojose de la gasca, the ecuadorean ambassador to the united nations, who currently serves as president of the security council. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. after these days of intense negotiations, how satisfied are you now with the results of this resolution? hi, carl. thank you for the interview. i am very satisfied for what we have come as a council from what we have achieved and, most of all, from what we can deliver for the people in need in gaza. can

us ambassador to the un linda thomas—greenfield said the us abstained from the vote because the councildemn hamas' october seventh attack on israel. here's what she said after the vote. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right. but, today, this council provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering. today, this council called for urgent steps to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access. and to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities. a live look at gaza now from southern israel, where the humanitarian situation remains dire. the united nations says the entire territory's population is short of food and 500,000 people are facing "catastrophic risk" of starvation. and just days before christmas, our correspondent shaimaa khalil reports from bethlehem in the israeli—occupied west bank, on the worsening situation in nearby gaza. the mood here in manger square at the heart of bethlehem is one of sadness. it is sombre and muted. normally this time of year you would see the famous chris

now the us and bass, or the un linda thomas greenfield, made some brief comments to reporters as she left the security council chambers. and she basically said that this is not watered down and that they support this, these new changes without going into the details that i just told you. but, but clearly there are other members now that are saying that these changes go too far for what they're willing to vote for. yeah, clearly some way to go there. gabriel was under life worse uh at the united nations . when rabbani is the co editor of the online magazine, jo, delia and an arab israeli conflict analyst, the georgia slide. now for montville, thanks very much for being with us. so let me ask you, 1st of all about what's happening at the u. n. right now, and this kind of parsing of the language and wrangling over just what's going to be included in the, in the text. so this deal, is it really going to make any difference in the well i, i think the dilemma here is that any resolution that could make a meaningful difference in terms of the situation on the ground and the gaza strip certa

let's hear from the us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas—greenfield. ready to vote on it, and it is a resolution that will bring humanitarian assistance to those in need, it will support the priority that egypt has in ensuring that we put a mechanism on the ground that will support humanitarian assistance, and we are ready to vote for it. let's get more now from jo floto, our middle east bureau chief, who's injerusalem. i think at the moment we are seeing in new york diplomacy meeting reality. what we have here are two sides violently opposed to each other but with very different views on when the next ceasefire should happen. hamas and the other palestinian factions fighting in gaza have come out very publicly in association with egyptian mediators to say there will be no pause or negotiation for a transfer of hostages unless the conflict finishes, unless the ceasefire is permanent. the israeli side say we will not agree to that because we are fighting an enemy who inflicted a huge amount of suffering and damage in our country on october the 7th, and

linda thomas-greenfield has been leading our efforts. i hope we can get to a good place. to the last part of your question, what i have seen from day one is that countries throughout the region as well as countries around the world want to work with us and are looking for american leadership in this crisis, even countries that may disagree with us on certain issues that have come to the fore. that has been a common refrain. i have been not only in the region multiple times and traveled not just to israel but virtually all of our partners and others, including turkey, we have been on the phone constantly, including this week, with all of our partners. the common refrain is that they are looking for american leadership and we are working to provide that. >> quickly on gaza, how would you characterize the talks on a new hostage deal? is that imminent? are you making progress on that? more broadly, as we end this year with much of the world blaming the u.s. and israel, seeing it as america's war, it is hurting america's image in the world. there's a stalemate in ukraine and n

here's the us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas—greenfield. resolution and we are ready to vote on it. and it is a resolution that will bring humanitarian assistance to those in need and it will support the priority that egypt has in ensuring that we put a mechanism on the ground that will support humanitarian assistance. and we are ready to vote for it. for more we can speak now to our un correspondent, nada tawfiq, in new york. where are we? diplomats still expect the resolution to go to a vote. that, after numerous delays over several days. and really, the focus of this resolution is to urgently get more aid across the entire gaza strip to palestinians. we have heard from the un countless times that they need a ceasefire in order to be able to deliver aid at scale. but because, as they say, nowhere in gazais because, as they say, nowhere in gaza is safe due to israel's relentless bombardment campaign, will this resolution for short? it originally called for a sustainable cessation of hostilities, a phrase we have heard more and more from pa

when you listen though, to the statements by the us ambassador to the you and linda thomas greenfield, a very different narrative she talks about. it's hard to overstate how urgent this is, and it's calls on us all to do more, almost as if she's not a way that it was the us that's actually been blocking the previous attempts to get a resolution through the security council. how do we connect the reality with the i don't know if it's by design. if she knows, of course, she knows. i mean, she's unable to do it, but i'm at the stage really. i mean, it's the only conclusion is that we have lost the moral compass thoughts and you started by isn't it? because the old and the disconnected from reality media as most of the thing was the status of the board. those knows the, the, the, the situation and goes and, and it's, it's, it's sofa, disconnect, sofa disconnect. all right, thanks so much tom and how to move for coming in my pleasure. it is ready for us as of right in the column, the refugee camp in the north of occupied east jerusalem. several palestinian youths were arrested before his r

let's hear from the us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas—greenfield.it is a resolution that will bring humanitarian assistance to those in need, it will support the priority that egypt has in ensuring that we put a mechanism on the ground that will support humanitarian assistance, and we are ready to vote for it. let's cross to jo floto, our middle east bureau chief, joining me live from jerusalem. if the us signs up and it seems that they will, how significant will that moment he? they will, how significant will that moment be? it’s they will, how significant will that moment he?— they will, how significant will that moment be? it's not as significant as callin: moment be? it's not as significant as calling for _ moment be? it's not as significant as calling for a _ moment be? it's not as significant as calling for a ceasefire _ moment be? it's not as significant as calling for a ceasefire and - moment be? it's not as significant as calling for a ceasefire and i - as calling for a ceasefire and i think diplomacy is meeting reality in new york because

here's the us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas—greenfield.olution and we are ready to vote on it. and it is a resolution that will bring humanitarian assistance to those in need and it will support the priority that egypt has in ensuring that we put a mechanism on the ground that will support humanitarian assistance. we will be live in new york in the next few minutes, talking to our correspondents. but so much focus on the humanitarian side of what is happening in gaza but also a tremendous amount of focus on the hostage situation that continues, injuring nine weeks of what we have seenin injuring nine weeks of what we have seen in the middle east with over 130 people still being held. live now to nabil fahmy, who was the foreign minister of egypt between 2013 and 2014. egypt is of course playing a key role in trying to negotiate some sort of formula around as a station of hostilities and hostage releases. thank you forjoining us. how much of a problem is the impasse we are currently in?— currently in? very much so, first of all let me — cur

the united states ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, spoke after the resolution was passedsome of what she had to say. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right. but today, this counseled provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering. today, this council called for urgent steps to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access. and to create the conditions for sustainable cessation of hostilities. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, spoke after the resolution was passed. he says despite the diplomatic pressure, nothing seems to be changing in gaza. over the last weeks and days, there has been no significant change in the way the war has been unfolding in gaza. there is no effective protection of civilians. intense israeli bombardment and ground operations continue. more than 20,000 palestinians have reportedly been killed. the vast majority, women and children. meanwhile, hamas and other palestinian factions continue to fire rockets from gaza into israel. the uk ambassador to the un emphas

international law and standing for you and do you and charles, when we recall back to what linda thomas greenfield, the us and bass that i had to say about protecting civilians but in a different conflict in ukraine last year when the us wanted to get a un security council resolution through we've seen reports of attacks on kindergartens and often that just babys newborn babies in an intensive care unit have been evacuated into make shift bomb shelters to we have a solemn obligation to not look away. the people of ukraine will soon need food, and water, and shelter, and medical aid. they will face displacement and lose everything they've worked to build. for these reasons, we and i'll be in the, in consultation with our allies in partners have proposed this draft resolution holding russia to account for his aggression against ukraine. there is no middle ground. any doubters, i say, look at the kindergarten that was bomb this morning. take a hard look. so colleagues, this is a simple vote today. let me put it plainly. but yes, if you believe in upholding the un charter and when you just take some o

but the us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield, has not clarified if she wouldote yes or abstain. the wording of the resolution has been significantly watered down. it's the fourth time the vote has been postponed this week. it has been delayed since monday — as member states have been trying to work out a draft that the united states won't veto. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, has the latest. still very much under... in the works. it's come down from cessation to suspension to now creating the conditions. i don't think there's any shortage of diplomacy. what we're in shortage of really is the agreement on a humanitarian truce, pause, ceasefire that will allow aid to come in in a sustained, consistent way. and not only that, but distribution has also been a key hindrance here. this... the relentless bombardment, the continued fighting has... has meant that even the little aid that comes in and we've understood from the united nations, for example, that the aid that comes in is about 10% of the general need of the population in gaza, that hasn't been distribut

and to the united states i would like to thank ambassador linda thomas-greenfield's personal dedication and commitment to help save lives made today possible. this outcome will enable lifesaving humanitarian assistance to get into gaza and reach those in need. it will quite literally make the difference between life and death for hundreds if not thousands of civilians. it is vital but this council lives up to its responsibility by ensuring its full implementation. but as we help save lives here in gaza, so too must we focus on restoring the hope and resolve in the conflict in today's resolution is an important step on problem during the head, and any lasting and comprehensive solution demands an end to the war, addressing the dramatic situation of those internally displaced, uniting gaza and the west bank under a single, legitimate and representative palestinian authority, reconstructing what has been destroyed, and ensuring that never again shall violence, incitement, and terror be allowed to survive. none of this, none of this will be sustainable if there is no equality between israel

linda thomas-greenfield had to say about why the u.s.n the way of this resolution. >> it is hard to overstate how urgent this is. just yesterday humanitarian groups released a report on the dire food security crisis in gaza, and the word famine has started to enter the vocabulary of humanitarian leaders i've met with. surgeries are being performed without anesthesia, people are huddled in overcrowded u.n. shelters, others are sleeping in the streets. this resolution speaks to the severity of this crisis. >> so this resolution passed with 13 votes, two abstention, including notably the u.s., but the fact that the u.s. didn't veto it was enough to allow this resolution to pass, and critically, chris, a big impetus for the uae and other supporters of this resolution in the first place was to try to get that kerem shalom border crossing from israel into the gaza strip open for humanitarian aid. that actually happened anyway in large part due to u.s. diplomacy, and so that rendered parts of this resolution not quite as significant bt still a

that's listening to what linda thomas greenfield had to say. you lost the, as we've seen reports of a tax on kindergartens and often that just babys newborn babies in an intensive care unit have been evacuated into make shift bomb shelters to we have a solemn obligation to not look away. the people of ukraine will soon need food and water, and shelter, and medical aid. they will face displacement and lose everything they've worked to build for these reasons.

according to her, the us ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield , should first explain why usappear in ports in south korea rather than calling north korea's satellite launch illegal. she has real power. the oppressive state, of course, is run by her brother, but the trust between brother and sister is obvious. i believe that kimyo jung enjoys the full kimjeong. who is a key member of the royal family. close relationships between brother and sister probably began to develop here, in the swiss capital, bern. this is where north korea opened its largest diplomatic mission in europe. the purpose of the dprk embassy schweitz. their surnames were pak, for some time the children attended the local school, then the pak family simply disappeared at one point. kim cheneun and his younger sister strengthened their position in the state and party. the bond of trust between brother and sister helped them strengthen their strength. but the european union seems to have finally figured out how to use the assets stolen from russia to further help zelensky. according to bloomberg, on december

linda thomas-greenfield in new york has been leading our efforts.d place. to the last part of your question, let me say this, look, what i have seen from day one is that countries throughout the region, as well as countries around the world, want to work with us and are looking for american leadership in this crisis. even countries that may disagree with us on certain issues that have come to the fore. that's been a common refrain. i've been not only in the region multiple times, and traveled to not just israel, but to virtually all of our part naernz and others including turkey, we have been on the phone including this week with all of our arab partners and the common refrain is they're looking for american leadership and we're working to provide that. >> all the way in the back. >> hey, michelle. >> just real quickly on the gaza, how would you characterize the talks on a new hostage deal for a pause? is that imminent? are you making progress on that? and more broadly, you know, we end this year with much of the world blaming the u.s. and israel fo

linda thomas-greenfield, the ambassador for the united states says this is a positive step but not perfectesident u.s. didn't vote for it, they simply didn't veto it. that allows it to go forward. take a listen to what the ambassador to the u.n. had to say about the importance of this resolution. >> it's hard to overstate how urgent this is. yesterday, humanitarian groups released a report from the dire food security crisis in gaza, and the word famine has started to enter the vocabulary of humanitarian leaders i've met with. surgeries are being performed without anesthesia. people are huddled in overcrowded u.n. shelters. others are sleeping in the streets. this resolution speaks to the severity of this crisis. >> reporter: even though this resolution in the eyes of many, alex, was watered down. it's a significant development, after so many delays and previously vetoed resolutions, the u.n. security council was able to speak with one voice. >> let me ask you about the israeli official in charge of gaza who said there's no food shortage in gaza, denying the heartbreaking images we have all

and you have just been listening to linda thomas greenfield, the us ambassador to the united nation. she was reacting just a short while after the un security council adopted a resolution 1029 on the war in gauze. and now the main thrust of this resolution is to allow in a lot more humanitarian aid into the gaza strip and a lot faster on this trend. debrief all of this with gabriel. let us onto. it was joining us from un headquarters in new york gave. we've got a few minutes to try and, and bring our viewers up to speed. we haven't been with us the last hour and also understand what, what we're, what we're hearing here. so i'd like to actually address 1st the, the question that the, our producer ask um, which was very pertinent about this disconnect between what's in the resolution that was just approved by the un security council. and then what the secretary general said. moments afterwards he was calling for a ceasefire. that is not in this text. it's not in the best text and it's not even close to in this text. uh and so well it, well. busy then to thomas greenfield, the us ambass

there's a parallel effort happening at the united nations led by us in bass or to the un linda thomas greenfield, where she is attempting to rally nations at the u. n. to condemn human. and it's a tax on these commercial shipping specials. so overtime i anticipate we will see this international coalition grow as human continues, it's a great, okay, from what we know of who's involved sofa. you were speaking about the capabilities . how involved do you think older countries in the fullest will be in targeting hookey positions? well, each company to each country will make its own announcement. so what ships it will bring, of course, the united states as fleets all across the world and the most advanced ships. but there are times where we'll see other countries brandon ships that, for instance, can help with logistics or some that will help with communications in sophisticated radar systems, or sometimes as simple as escorts of the commercial vehicles that are still vessels that are still going through the red sea. as this process of balls, there's going to be decisions that this international coal

that's listening to what linda thomas greenfield had to say. last year we've seen reports of a tax on kindergartens and often that just babys newborn babies in an intensive care unit have been evacuated into make shift bomb shelters to we have a solemn obligation to not look away. the people of ukraine will soon need food, and water, and shelter, and medical aid. they will face displacement and lose everything they've worked to build. for these reasons, we and i'll be in the, in consultation with our allies in partners have proposed this draft resolution holding russia to account for his aggression against ukraine. there is no middle ground. any doubters, i say, look at the kindergarten that was bomb this morning. take a hard look. so colleagues, this is a simple vote today. let me put it plainly. but yes, if you believe in upholding the un charter. is james listening to that some of the woods that if you just take out the headline of ukraine, babies, people needing food, water, and shelter, people facing display. so i mean, those are exactly t

and to the united states i would like to thank ambassador linda thomas-greenfield's personal dedication and commitment to help save lives made today possible. this outcome will enable lifesaving humanitarian assistance to get into gaza and reach those in need. it will quite literally make the difference between life and death for hundreds if not thousands of civilians. it is vital but this council lives up to its responsibility by ensuring its full implementation. but as we help save lives here in gaza, so too must we focus on restoring the hope and resolve in the conflict in today's resolution is an important step on problem during the head, and any lasting and comprehensive solution demands an end to the war, addressing the dramatic situation of those internally displaced, uniting gaza and the west bank under a single, legitimate and representative palestinian authority, reconstructing what has been destroyed, and ensuring that never again shall violence, incitement, and terror be allowed to survive. none of this, none of this will be sustainable if there is no equality between israel

the united states ambassador to the un, linda thomas—greenfield, spoke after the resolution was passed what she had to say. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right. but, today, this council provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering. today, this council called for urgent steps to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access. and to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities. here's what the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, had to say about the vote. over the last weeks and days, there has been no significant change in the way the war has been unfolding in gaza. there is no effective protection of civilians. intense israeli bombardment and ground operations continue. more than 20,000 palestinians have reportedly been killed, the vast majority women and children. meanwhile, hamas and other palestinian factions continue to fire rockets from gaza into israel. the uk ambassador to the un emphasised how the resolution should help aid supplies to gaza. and, today, we supported thi

and to the united states i would like to thank ambassador linda thomas-greenfield's personal dedication and commitment to help save lives made today possible. this outcome will enable lifesaving humanitarian assistance to get into gaza and reach those in need. it will quite literally make the difference between life and death for hundreds if not thousands of civilians. it is vital but this council lives up to its responsibility by ensuring its full implementation. but as we help save lives here in gaza, so too must we focus on restoring the hope and resolve in the conflict in today's resolution is an important step on problem during the head, and any lasting and comprehensive solution demands an end to the war, addressing the dramatic situation of those internally displaced, uniting gaza and the west bank under a single, legitimate and representative palestinian authority, reconstructing what has been destroyed, and ensuring that never again shall violence, incitement, and terror be allowed to survive. none of this, none of this will be sustainable if there is no equality between israel

. >> that's the united states ambassador to the united nations linda thomas greenfield calling out theistent unwillingness to condemn hamas for the october 7th terror attacks on israel that spark the current war in gaza. joining us now, nbc news foreign correspondent josh lederman who joins us live from israel, josh, good to see you this morning, give us an update as to what is the very latest there. >> reporter: hey, good morning, jonathan, well, there is a deep sense of mourning in israel right now, one funeral after another, for days now, as israel says that it has lost at least 17 of its troops on the battlefield, just since friday, and for palestinians in the gaza strip just behind me, the losses have been even far more stark. this morning, gaza is reeling from one of the deadliest stretches of the war, some 250 palestinians killed in a 24-hour period, the hamas-run palestinian health ministry says, including at least 70 in a christmas eve air strike on a central gaza refugee camp. this is what's left of the camp now, the dead and wounded piling up at a nearby hospital, itself bar