well, dw reported michelle stockman is with us now for more on the us perspective. michelle present biden has invested a lot in getting this cease fire deal in place before he leaves office. tell us more about the president biden. is a man in the waning days of his presidency steering into the void of his legacy and looking for something to hang his hat on. because he has lost the right to will to his biggest political f o. and many are looking at this presidency with very skeptical eyes. at this point, he has put a norm as effort in reaching the steel. if you look at the diplomats that he sent anthony blinking months of shuttle diplomacy to try and get the hostages released and to end the destruction that's happening in gaza, that's largely affecting civilians. also, he has put breton burke, who is a very experienced negotiator in the middle east. he purley negotiated the release of american hospitals from iran who have lived the architecture for this deal. however, it's just not sure that he's getting everything he wants last night. he addressed the american public

well dw reporting michelle stockman is with us here in the studio for more on the us perspective. michelle, both body and trump are claiming credit for the c spar. what does that say about where the middle east stands in the list of priorities for washington? i think it is front and center for both of these men who have both claimed credit for it. of course, they want this conflict to be over by then he's looking at his legacy and he wants starting into the void of it and kind of the troubled end of his presidency. he wants something going to hang his hat on. trump wants to enter the white house with a big victory and move forward away from this. and if we look at it generously, they're listening to calls from around the world to end the suffering, the death and destruction both of palestinians. and if the is really hostages, if we look at it more cynically, this conflict has really drag down america's image around the world being tied to israel and the images of the death and destruction out both of these 9. want that to be done. the war and goes, what has been hugely controversia