right to self-defense palestinians have a right to peace and security a balancing act all right mike hanna live for us and washington d.c. mike thank you well the u.n. secretary general antonio has also expressed concern at the escalation in violence the secretary general is gravely concerned by the serious escalations in the occupied palestinian territory and israel including the latest escalations in gaza which add to the heightened tensions and violence in the uk in occupied east jerusalem he is deeply saddened to learn of the increasingly large numbers of casualties including children from israeli airstrikes in gaza and of israeli fatalities from rockets launched from gaza. well the arab league has condemned the air strikes on gaza and called on the international community to help stop the escalating violence and emergency meeting qatar's foreign minister mohammad bin abdul rahman anthony called for an effective arab position to stop attacks and violations palestine's representative demanded urgent action to mobilize international support to pressure israel let's bring in phyllis benni

botched arrest last may the incident led to huge protests all around the world as a correspondent mike hanna joins us now live from washington d.c. mike so this appeal was expected wasn't it. very much so in fact it was very prized seeing that this motion has been filed the defense having suffered a defeat in the court the next step will be to appeal the case so in this particular motion to ask for a mistrial to be declared now the defendant's lawyers quote some 10 examples of what was wrong with the trial principally they argue that the judge failed to change the venue that's contaminating the jury pool secondly the lawyers argue all the publicity that surrounded the case ensured that their it show them did not achieve a fair trial another point that is made is that the judge failed to sequester the jury during the trial he did sequester them during deliberations which lasted all of 10 hours but the defendants are arguing that he should have sequestered the jury throughout their also comments of. problems with the jury however the defendant's lawyers don't really explain this a are so judge

well live now to mike hanna in washington d.c. mike so you're section of state anthony blinken again calling for the immediate deescalation what glee make of the u.s. response so far. yes indeed will that call for deescalation from the state department echoed that made from the white house earlier in the day both the state that apartment and the white house insisting that both sides must stand down you heard the the type of balance that the biden administration is trying to keep israelis have the right to self-defense on the one side palestinians have a right to peace and security on the other. qualities between the 2 sides which many observers believe is not the case but it must be understood that the by that that ministration is attempting to recalibrate its relationship with israel that was a relationship that got very close under the trumpet ministration. to the point where trump ordered the removal of the embassy to jerusalem something which effectively put an end to any hope of resuming negotiations between israelis and pales

one life not to mike hanna in washington d.c. mike so we finally heard from u.s. president joe biden there what more they have to say. but basically president biden said what to us politicians generally say in this stressing his view that israel has a right to self-defense as he put it this is the view that one hears from the majority in congress regardless of what the context of this ongoing conflict is but the state department earlier in the day also made mention that there had been numerous contacts with all the parties involved in the course of recent days the white house says that more than 25 phone calls and meetings have been held in the past few days these involve u.s. officials with their israeli counterparts but also u.s. officials holding discussions with those in neighboring countries like qatar or egypt which have a particular influence in an area like gaza in particular so the bite in that ministration appears to be attempting to create a network of discussion attempting to get deescalation along these particular lines but it appears to be a quiet at

balance where none exists whatsoever given the capabilities of the actors on the ground already mike hanna live for us in washington d.c. mike for the time being thank you let's bring in phyllis bennis she's a fellow at the institute for policy studies and she's the author of the book understanding the palestinian israeli conflict a primer and she joins us live via skype from washington d.c. phyllis so the u.s. even the u.n. are all calling for both sides to deescalate the crisis nobody seems to be listening is the by the ministration sitting on its hands here and why is the u.s. trying so carefully with israel. well i think that we have to be clear that the by the administration has made it clear president biden himself has been very clear that foreign policy is simply not his priority the focus within foreign policy is on china and secondarily on the iran nuclear deal which does include israel of course but does not include the palestinians but that the israel palestine conflict is not on his agenda when this recent escalation broke out we're hearing the the rhetoric as mike just said we

injured as well as israeli police we call on all sides to exercise restraint and to exercise calm mike hanna joins us live now from washington and mike i suppose this is the 1st significant crisis between israel and the palestinians that biden administration is now having to deal with what the white house been saying. well it comes at a very difficult time for the biden administration because since president biden took office he's been attempting to recalibrate the relationship between the u.s. and israel moving it away from that extremely close relationship that was forged by the trump administration which was reached essentially by excluding the palestinian from any form of negotiation process the palestinians themselves walking away after then president trump moved the u.s. embassy to jerusalem so the biden administration in recent months we understand his people have been in touch with israeli officials pointing out for example that hope that the actions that the destruction of homes is not conducive to creating a climate in which negotiations towards a 2 state solution can begin to take

more manufacturers to make the jobs and help millions of people in poorer nations get inoculated mike hanna has more from washington there's been a lot of pushback from many pharmaceutical companies and in recent weeks the biden team has been negotiating discussing with representatives from the pharmaceutical industry on the other hand as well you've had immense pressure coming from some of the bamboos of president biden's own party within congress several democratic representatives have gone on record as saying that this is not just a moral imperative but it's also in america's national interests in terms of already creating the pandemic around the globe that is the only way in which americans can ultimately be safe. india has sets new daily records for corona virus infections and deaths so most 4000 people died in the last 24 hours while another 400000 new cases where reported. unions in colombia have held an 8th day of anti-government protests with mass marches across the country anger over tax reforms has turned into a wider movement against inequality and rising poverty china has suspe

keep the limit imposed by trump more than 62000 people can now be admitted this year up from 50000 mike hanna has more from washington d.c. he says that 15000 was always a figure that was going to be reviewed he's attempting to walk himself back on this particular subject following that massive blowback you had from fellow democrats in particular but now the cap is set at 62 and a half 1000 but here comes a cabby at the president says that it's unlikely that this cap will be reached during the remainder of this fiscal year which ends in october because he says there are such immense staff shortages in bodies like the department of homeland security. and there is fast approaching 20000000 confirmed coronavirus cases after recording a 12 straight day of more than 300000 infections 24 patients have died after yet another hospital ran out of oxygen colombia's finance minister has resigned after days of protests against proposed tax increases left at least 17 people dead have been cause for more mass demonstrations this week despite president even decay withdrawing the plan. his move from bogota.

concerned despite the fact that this is very much just the tip of an iceberg many thanks for that mike hanna there for us in washington d.c. . india is fast approaching 20000000 confirm coronavirus cases also recording a 12 straight day of more than 300000 infections 24 patients have died after yet another hospital ran out of oxygen the devastating surge has led to the deaths of at least 40000 people in just the past 2 weeks medical experts say the real numbers may be up to 10 times higher and those with chronic reports from new delhi. relatives of patients who died when this hospital's oxygen supply ran out overcome with grief. already. my boy had recovered 75 percent oxygen was available he would have survived but without oxygen last night he died and the. others vent their anger at hospital staff in the state of karnataka one man said his brother called him at midnight asking for help. because a call at midnight that is not getting his oxygen supply he got married just 2 months ago now who look after his family. karnataka is one of india's richest states but also one of the worst affected

mike hanna with the latest on that from washington thank you. let's take a look at some of the day's other news of reporter into the global response to covert 1000 says february 2020 was a last month as countries took a wait and see approach to the swift spreading disease independent world health organization experts found the failure to react to early warnings allowed the fire is to spread into a catastrophic pandemic the panel is recommending a new global system be set up to respond faster to disease outbreaks india meanwhile has seen its deadliest day of the pandemic so far with 4205 people reported to have died from the virus the number of new infections also rose in the last 24 hour reporting it proportional period after a 2 day drop india has now recorded more than 23000000 cases since the pandemic began elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. that was. a modified look sits on his mother's grave as it's being prepared he's not yet ready to say goodbye his story of mourning is one of thousands around the country every day. as india streets

arrest last may the incident led to huge protests around the world let's go to our correspondent mike hanna is live for us in washington d.c. so mike talk us through these multiple ground cited in the appeal. well 1st of all it's make clear that legal experts point out that this motion was not at all an expected in fact it had been predicted that there would be an attempt by the defense to declare a mistrial in this particular case and the 4 page protest from the defense team basically hones in on 3 important issues one it criticizes the judge for failing to change the venue of the trial saying that it lead to a tainted jury pool secondly it complains about the publicist around the case and certainly in the main points that the defense makes the judge failed to sequester the jury for the entirety of the trial making them open to public comment or public issues on the better that they were adjudicating on so those are the main points that are brought up in the. proclamation made to the district court of minneapolis the defense also contends that there was jury misconduct in that the jury fel

leadership to address global health challenges mike hanna is live from washington d.c. for ascending to the barn and recession had faced pressure both from at home and abroad to make the move why the change of mind. very much so lauren and pressure in particular from progressive members of president biden's own party who had been arguing very strongly in lobbying actively that these intellectual rights should be waived now the argument from these members of congress is that it's not only a moral issue it's also in the best interest of the united states to eradicate the pandemic around the world as quickly as possible and the fact that while there are still incidence of the virus prevalent in other places the americans themselves will not be safe so it's being counted very much in terms not only as i said of a moral imperative but also in terms of the national self interest the actual announcement came from the world trade representative in the u.s. catherine tie who issued a statement confirming that the bided administration would now back this waiver it is something th

mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well india has been one of the countries pushing for the waiver on vaccine patents elizabeth raman joins me now live from a vaccination center in new delhi before we talk about santa behind some relief relief for indian vaccine manufacturers now boyd by that u.s. decision over intellectual rights. so yes it is very good news for india for so many low and middle income countries who can't afford to buy the intellectual property rights the patients for these vaccines india has been pushing leading the push rather at the world trade organization to remove the patients on the back scenes so that other low and middle income countries can produce them at cheaper costs so that they can. increase their production and ocular more of their people and also inoculate others india is the world's largest that's the manufacturer it makes 60 percent of all the vaccines in the world and it submitted a proposal in september of last year asking for the world trade organization to remove the peyton's on

mike hanna al-jazeera washington well india has been pushing for the waiver on vaccine patents a lot of the problem has more from new delhi. we asked a vaccination center in new delhi where people with appointments are the lucky ones because they aren't enough doses in the country this is a private facility so people here are having to pay for their vaccines now the government expanded the vaccination program to include everyone above the age of 18 from the 1st of may but they asked states to make their own arrangements with vaccine manufacturers who say they just don't have enough doses the indian government has been leading a push from low and middle income countries to remove patients to remove the intellectual property rights on vaccines so that india and other countries can manufacture them at no cost so that they can ramp up production and inoculate more of their people and others to they submitted a proposal to the world trade organization in september along with south africa to remove the patients on the astra zeneca and also the pfizer vaccine just for the duration off the p

convicted of 2nd and 3rd degree murder as well as manslaughter for the killing of george floyd mike hanna has the latest from washington d.c. this motion was not at all unexpected in fact it had been predicted that there would be an attempt by the defense to declare a mistrial in this particular case the 4 page protest from the defense team basically hones in on 3 important issues one it criticizes the judge for failing to change the venue of the trial saying that it led to a tainted jury pool secondly it complains about the public around the case and thirdly in the main points that the defense makes the judge fail to sequester the jury for the entirety of the trial making them open to public comment or public issues on the better that they were adjudicating on. india's official count of corona virus infections since the start of make half the past 20000000 with more than 220000 deaths a surge in cases has been blamed on government mismanagement and more contagious covert 19 variance. israeli forces have attacked demonstrators in occupied east jerusalem and stopped all the protesters from

previously blocked measures championed by india and south africa or the world trade organization mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . this is a major step by the u.s. government which is going to have immense ramifications in terms of attempting to get it all together but there is a company had to know all of this and the world trade organization and must be remembered is a body that runs on consensus now there has been a drop proposal put on the table by india and south africa but now the u.s. has joined in it's going to be back to the drawing board in a way a new text has to be drawn up and importantly every member has to agree to the contents of that particular text but nonetheless the fact that the us is now involved the fact that the us is now pushing for a waiver of these property rights is very very significant indeed it must be noted as well though as pointed out by the white house press secretary that this is a very narrow way that this has to do purely with combating the pandemic it would not go any wider the point being that the us continues to protect intellectual property

mike hanna al-jazeera washington well india has been pushing for the waiver on vaccine patents and is the problem has more now from a vaccination center in new delhi. that is very good news for india for so many middle income countries who can't afford to buy the intellectual property rights the patients for these vaccines india has been pushing leading the push at the trade organization to remove the patients on this vaccine so that other low and middle income countries can produce them at cheaper costs so that they can. increase their production and more of their people and also inoculate others india is the world's largest vaccine manufacturer makes 60 percent of all the vaccines in the world and it submitted a proposal in september of last year asking for the world trade organization to remove the peyton's on the astra zeneca and also on the pfizer vaccine just for the duration of the pandemic it was supported by $100.00 other middle and low income countries strongly opposed by the largest economies by the u.s. by the e.u. and by big pharmaceutical companies and so now this is goo

mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well the head of the world health organization has called the move a monumental moment in the fight against the virus and that's because called in 1900 to being an equally distributed between richer and poorer countries latest figures show 62 percent of israelis have received at least one vaccine bills and in the united states nearly half of all americans have had at least one job now compare that to brazil the 3rd worst affected country in the world only 14 percent of its population has been vaccinated and india which is still struggling to control a 2nd wave while that country is trailing further behind only 9 percent of its population has received at least one dose julie fisher is an associate research professor of microbiology and immunology at the georgetown university medical center she says intellectual property rights are just one of many hurdles to achieving fairer vaccine distribution. i think there's no question that we must do something to address the tremendous vaccine in

manufacturers to make the jobs and help millions of people and put the nation's going inoculated mike hanna has more from washington d.c. there's been a lot of pushback from many pharmaceutical companies and in recent weeks the biden team has been negotiating discussing with representatives from the pharmaceutical industry on the other hand as well you've had immense pressure coming from some of the bamboos of president biden's own party within congress several democratic representatives have gone on record as saying that this is not just a moral imperative but it's also in america's national interests in terms of already creating the pandemic around the globe that is the only way in which americans can ultimately be safe. facebook's oversight board has upheld the company's ban on donald trump's account but says the decision must be reviewed in 6 months a former u.s. president was suspended after january's attack in the capital building on called the board's decision a total disgrace. israel's president has asked yet feed the political rival of prime minister benjamin netanyahu to form a ne

mike hanna al-jazeera washington. the head of the world health organization has called the u.s. move a monumental moment in the fight against a virus and that's because covert 1000 vaccines are being unequally distributed between richer and poorer countries latest figures show 62 percent of israelis have received at least one vaccine bills and in the united states nearly half of all americans have had at least one job now compared to brazil the 3rd worst affected country in the world only 14 percent of its population has been vaccinated and india which is still struggling to control a 2nd wave is trailing further behind only 9 percent of its population has received at least one doze or w.h.o. says nearly half of the world's coronavirus infections during the past week have been in india new cases continue to surge with more than 400000 reported in the last 24 hours and a record 3980 deaths hospitals are seeing shortages not just of beds and oxygen but of health care workers elizabeth random reports from new delhi. one room a good while decided to be a doctor he didn't expect to h

allow more manufacturers to make them and help millions of people in poor nations get inoculated mike hanna has more from washington d.c. there's been a lot of pushback from many pharmaceutical companies and in recent weeks the biden team has been negotiating discussing with representatives from the pharmaceutical industry on the other hand as well you've had immense pressure coming from some of the benders of president biden's own party with in congress several democratic representatives have gone on record as saying that this is not just a moral imperative but it's also in america's national interests in terms of already the pandemic around the globe that is the only way in which americans can ultimately be safe the world health organization says nearly half of the world's coronavirus infections in the past week have been in india hospitals there are seeing shortages of beds oxygen and health care workers canada has become the 1st country in the world to approve pfizer's coronavirus vaccines for children over the age of 12 the pharmaceutical giant says it's trials on 12 to 15 year olds so

israeli police we call on all sides to exercise restraint and to exercise calm let's go live now to mike hanna in washington d.c. mike so the u.s. sect of state anthony blinken again calling for an immediate deescalation of violence what do you make of the u.s. response so far that. well what we heard there from secretary of state was also heard from the white house or call for deescalation at the same time almost equating the positions of each of the sides saying that israel has a right to self-defense palestinians have a right to peace and security. administration has been attempting to recalibrate in a way its relationship with israel a relationship that under the trumpet ministration was very close indeed to the point of the embassy being moved to jerusalem which effectively ended any hope of resumption of a negotiation process but while some off by in the fischel is have been into changing with their israeli counterparts we understand that the message has been passed that home of dictions the destruction of property is not helping cheve the end of a 2 state solution or negotiations toward

we're live now to mike hanna in washington d.c. mike so we finally heard there from u.s. president joe biden what will that he have to say. or president biden saying that his administration is constantly engaging with various parties from various sides in this conflict saying as well that it's not only that his officers are talking to israelis and palestinians they are also talking to other countries in the region such as cut and egypt which have particular influence in an area in gaza in particular but president biden clearly walking a tightrope war here he has said he wants to recalibrate the u.s. relationship with israel given the exceedingly close relationship that evolved under the previous administration as yet he has not done so his administration continuing to look at ways in which it is going to reestablish the relationship and those changes that were made under the trump administration still in place for example the u.s. embassy remains in jerusalem having been moved from tel aviv so president biden clearly saying he wants to recalibrate the relationship at the

shaven was convicted of 2nd degree murder as well as manslaughter for the killing of george floyd mike hanna has the latest from washington this motion was not at all unexpected in fact it had been predicted that there would be an attempt by the defense to declare a mistrial in this particular case the 4 page protest from the defense team basically hones in on 3 important issues one it criticizes the judge for failing to change the venue of the trial saying that it led to a tainted jury pool secondly it complains about the public around the case and thirdly in the main points that the defense makes the judge fail to sequester the jury for the entirety of the trial making them open to public comment or public issues on the back to that they were adjudicating on. india's official count of corona virus infections and start of the pandemic house the past 20000000 with more than 220000 deaths the government says cases of beginning to go down the testing has also dropped the opposition is calling on prime minister narendra modi to impose a national lockdown. the u.s. president says he hopes 70 per

let's get more we can speak to mike hanna is live for us in washington d.c. mike how significant is this. well it's deeply significant because it's the most major case dealing with the portions in decades what the situation is at the moment is that the issue of abortion is has been governed by a 1973 decision roe v wade which killed that the woman had a right to an abortion up until the point at which the fetus became viable that is could live outside the womb doctors estimate that to be between 24 to 28 weeks now this mississippi court has restrained this period to 15 weeks saying that after 15 weeks. can only be performed if we're medical reasons we're medical health is threatened but does not include for example rape or incest now judges in lower courts have already thrown this out both a single federal judge and then a full bench of the 1st circuit court have rejected this particular law but now it has come up before the supreme court the supreme court has transformed during the period of the trump administration widely seen as a 6 to 3 conservative court

as israeli police we call on all sides to exercise restraint and to exercise calm well there is mike hanna is in washington d.c. and joins us now and mike we're hearing early on in the program about president joe biden sending this letter to palestinian president mahmoud abbas who's been who has been quite silent actually since all this started we've not heard from one of the fast but what do we know about that the contents of that letter. well that's very much a red herring in fact that particular letter was sent a while ago for a start and also it is in no way in connection with the current escalation in violence that letter was in response to a letter from president abbas congratulating president biden on assuming the presidency so essentially that letter has nothing to do with the current situation but what you heard there from the state department was encapsulate to the biden administration's died at the present on the one hand stating that israel has a right to self-defense on the other hand saying that palestinians have the right to peace and security now since he's taken office by

refugees allowed in this year from the historic low or 15000 set by the trunk administration all mike hanna is live for us in washington d.c. why do you think he's done that my. well there was a man blowback from his own party in particular and individuals within it when he insisted that he was going to retain that cap of 15000 set by president however this is being announced in the memorandum to the secretary of state and in this memorandum the president says that that figure was something that he was looking at he made very clear at the time that he said he was keeping the $15000.00 that it would still be reviewed this is a now in effect that review having taken information from the department of state among others but no doubt whatsoever this is a consequence of immense resistance within the party to him retaining that old cap now what must be noted as well is that in his statement president biden makes very clear that it's unlikely that this figure of $62500.00 will be met this year this is because he says there are insufficient services still in place the inheritance from the last admi

imposed by donald trump well the 62000 people can now be admitted this year that's up from 15000 mike hanna has more he says that 15000 was always a figure that was going to be reviewed he's attempting to walk himself back on this particular subject following that massive blowback he had from fellow democrats in particular but now the cap is set at 62 and a half 1000 but here comes a caveat the president says that it's unlikely that this cap will be reached during the remainder of this fiscal year which ends in october because he says there are such immense staff shortages in bodies like the department of homeland security and there is fast approaching $20000000.00 confirmed coronavirus cases after recording a 12th straight day of more than 300000 infections 24 patients have died after yet another hospital ran out of oxygen. colombia's finance minister has resigned after days of protest against proposed tax increases left at least 17 people dead have been calls for more mass demonstrations this week despite president even decay withdrawing the plan was heavily criticised for punishing the m

mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well india has been one of the countries pushing for a waiver on but let's hear from our correspondent has withdrawn a. we at a vaccination center in new delhi where people with appointments are the lucky ones because they aren't enough doses in the country this is a private facility so people here are having to pay for their vaccines now the government expanded the vaccination program to include everyone above the age of 18 from the 1st of may but they asked states to make their own arrangements with vaccine manufacturers who say they just don't have enough doses the indian government has been leading a push from low and middle income countries to remove patients to remove the intellectual property rights on vaccines so that india and other countries can manufacture them at no cost so that they can brand up production and inoculate more of their people and others to they submitted a proposal to the world trade organization in september along with south africa to remove the patients o

convicted of 2nd and 3rd degree murder as well as manslaughter for the killing of george floyd mike hanna has the latest from washington. this motion was not at all unexpected in fact it had been predicted that there would be an attempt by the defense to declare a mistrial in this particular case but the 4 page protest from the defense team basically hones in on 3 important issues one it criticizes the judge for failing to change the venue of the trial saying that it led to a tainted jury pool secondly it complains about the public around the case and thirdly in the main points that the defense makes the judge fail to sequester the jury for the entirety of the trial making them open to public comment or public issues on the back to they were adjudicating on israeli forces have attacked demonstrators in occupied east jerusalem and stopped other protesters from entering the area there is anger over a court ruling forcing several palestinian families to leave the shaikh neighborhood which is that home and his official count of corona virus infections since the start of the pandemic has surpa

mike hanna with the latest on that from washington. let's get a look at some of the other news.ort into the global response to covid-19 says february 2020 was a lost month. as countries took a wait-and-see approach to the swift spreading disease. independent world health organization experts found the failure to react to early warnings allowed the virus to spread into a catastrophic pandemic. the panel is recommending a new global system be set up to respond faster to disease outbreaks. india has seen its deadliest day of the pandemic with 4205 people reported to have died from the virus. the number of new infections arose in the last 24 hour reporting period after a two day drop. india has recorded within 23 million cases since the pandemic began. elizabeth reports from new delhi. >> he sits on his mother's grave as it is being prepared. he has not yet ready to say goodbye. his story is one of thousands around the country every day. as india's streets empty because of localized lockdowns, burial grounds and crematorium's continue to work day and night. in india's poorest states

limit imposed by donald trump more than 62000 people can now be admitted this year from $15000.00 mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . he says that 15000 was always a figure that was going to be reviewed he's attempting to walk himself back on this particular subject following that massive blowback he had from fellow democrats in particular but now the cap is set at $62.00 and a half 1000 but here comes a caveat the president says that it's unlikely that this cap will be reached during the remainder of this fiscal year which ends in october because he says there are such immense staff shortages in bodies like the department of homeland security. and it is fast approaching 20000000 concern coronavirus cases of a recording a 12th straight day of more than 300000 infections 24 patients have died after yet another hospital ran out of oxygen. the world health organization is considering whether it can approve chinese made vaccines for covert 900 emergency use the decision to rise or rejects uniform and scene of actual its will impact global supply which is slowed down due to shortages chine

more manufacturers to make the jobs and help millions of people in poorer nations get inoculated mike hanna has more from washington d.c. there's been a lot of pushback from many pharmaceutical companies and in recent weeks the biden team has been negotiating discussing with representatives from the pharmaceutical industry on the other hand as well you've had immense pressure coming from some of the bambis of president biden's own party within congress several democratic representatives have gone on record as saying that this is not just a moral imperative but it's also in america's national interests in terms of already creating the pandemic around the globe that is the only way in which americans can ultimately be safe facebook's oversight board has upheld the company's ban on donald trump's account but says the decision must be reviewed in 6 months the former u.s. president was suspended after january's attack on the capitol building tom called the board's decision a total disgrace. israel's president has asked if you are lucky that the political rival of prime minister benjamin netanyah

on now from i was serious mike hanna in washington president biden saying that his administration is constantly engaging with various parties from various sides in this conflict saying as well but it's not only that his offices are talking to israelis and palestinians they are also talking to other countries in the region such as cutter and egypt which have particular influence in an area in gaza in particular but president biden clearly walking a tightrope walk here he has said he wants to recalibrate the u.s. relationship with israel given the exceedingly close relationship that evolved under the previous administration as he has not done so his administration continuing to look at ways in which it is going to reestablish this relationship and those changes that were made under the trump administration still in place for example the u.s. embassy remains in jerusalem having been moved from tel aviv so a president biden clearly saying he wants to recalibrate the relationship at the same time using the phrase used by u.s. politicians for decades and that is that israel has a right to

biden administration faced widespread criticism after it said it would maintain the previous limits mike hanna has more from washington. well it's a complete turnaround by president biden the massive u. turn a few weeks ago he was insisting the cap would stay at 15000 as a stablish by the trumpet ministration but now in a memorandum to the department of state he says that this cap will be lifted to $62.00 and a half 1000 now he says the change of mind came because the $15000.00 figure that he'd agreed to was always an indefinite one that he was going to take further advice from colleagues and various departments about that particular figure but the major reason in all likelihood is the immense pressure that was brought to bear by members of his own democratic party there was absolute fury at the fact that president biden chose to stick with that 15000 cap but now you've got a cap of 62500 but there's a caveat with that the president says that in all possibility this cap will not be reached by the end of this fiscal year which is october simply because he says there is not enough staff in depar

imposed by the trump administration more than 62000 people can now be admitted this year from 15000 mike hanna has more from washington well it's a complete turnaround by president biden a massive u. turn a few weeks ago he was insisting the cap would stay at 15000 does a stop lift by the trumpet ministration but now in a memorandum to the department of state he says that this cap will be lifted to 62 and a half 1000 now he says the change of mind came because the $15000.00 figure that he'd agreed to was always an indefinite one that he was going to take further advice from colleagues and various departments about that particular figure india is fast approaching 20000000 confirmed coronavirus cases after recording a 12th straight day of more than 300000 infections 24 patients have died after yet another hospital ran out of oxygen. colombia's finance minister has resigned after days of protests against proposed tax increases left at least 17 people dead have been calls for more demonstrations this week despite president iran do with drawing the plan at least 30 people have been killed by gunmen

of 2nd and 3rd degree murder as well as manslaughter for the killing of george floyd let's go to mike hanna who joins us now from washington d.c. so mike what exactly are these multiple grounds including jury misconduct. well eric holder who is chauvinist lawyer has filed this with the minnesota district court he contends in this 4 page appeal to the court that there were multiple problems with the verdict in this particular case now among them is the fact that the judge in the case peter cahill declined to move the venue despite the attorney the publicist ted got in that particular area within minnesota itself but he also makes very serious charges about jury misconduct now this appears to be connected to the fact that one of the jurors in the case has now reportedly to have attended a rally in washington d.c. back in august a george floyd. rally now this according to many legal experts is a critical issue the fact that a sitting juror did attend police protest and did not declare so on his jury form when he sat in this particular case so here we've got an issue with the attorney for derek

convicted of 2nd and 3rd degree murder as well as manslaughter for the killing of george floyd mike hanna has more from washington. this motion was not at all an expected in fact it had been predicted that there would be an attempt by the defense to declare a mistrial in this particular case and the 4 page protest from the defense team basically hones in on 3 important issues one it criticizes the judge for failing to change the venue of the trial saying that it led to a tainted jury pool secondly it complains about the public around the case and thirdly in the main points that the defense makes the judge fail to sequester the jury for the entirety of the trial making them open to public comment or public issues on the better that they were adjudicating on so those are the main points that are brought up in the. proclamation made to the district court of minneapolis the defense also contends that there was jury misconduct in that the jury felt intimidated says the complaint it also maintains that the jury did not fully consider the instructions given to it by the judge in terms of definin

more than 62000 people can now be admitted this year up from 50000 mike hanna has more from washington d.c. he says that 15000 was always a figure that was going to be reviewed he's attempting to walk himself back on this particular site.

injured as well as israeli police we call on all sides to exercise restraint and to exercise calm mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . both the state that apartment and the white house insisting that both sides must stand down the type of balance that the biden ministration is trying to keep israelis have the right to self-defense on the one side palestinians have a right to peace and security on the other as a quality between the 2 sides which many observers believe is not the case but it must be understood that the by that the administration is attempting to recalibrate its relationship with israel that was a relationship that got very close under the trumpet ministration. to the point where. ordered the removal of the embassy to jerusalem something which effectively put an end to any hope of resuming negotiations between israelis and palestinians and yes there have been some moves from the biden administration to take a stronger line we understand that some biden the visuals approach the israeli counterparts suggested that the ific sions the demolition of homes was not good for the

mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well the head of the world health organization has called the u.s. move a monumental moment in the fines against a virus and that's because govern 1900. 90 s. latest figures show 62 percent of israelis have received at least one vaccine bills and in the united states nearly half of all americans have at least had one job compare that now to brazil or the 3rd worst affected country in the world only 14 percent of its population has been vaccinated and india which is still struggling to control a 2nd wave is trailing further behind only 9 percent of its population has received at least one dose and india has set a new daily record for corona virus infections and deaths almost 4000 people died in the last 24 hours while another 400000 new cases were reported hospitals are suffering shortages of beds oxygen and staff it is a random report some new delhi. when ruin a good while decided to be a doctor he didn't expect to have to choose who lives and who dies a year before completing his med

the state of mississippi is trying to ban the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy al-jazeera as mike hanna reports from washington. well it's deeply significant because it's the most major case dealing with abortion in decades what the situation is at the moment is that the issue of abortion is has been governed by a 1973 decision roe v wade which held that the woman had a right to an abortion up until the point at which the fetus became viable that is could live outside the womb doctors estimate that to be between 24 to 28 weeks now this mississippi court has restrained this period to 15 weeks saying that after 15 weeks both ins can only be performed it with medical reasons where medical health is threatened but does not include for example rape or incest now judges in lower courts have already thrown this out both a single federal judge and then a full bench of the 1st circuit court have rejected this particular law but now it has come up before the supreme court the supreme court has transformed during the period of the trump administration widely seen as a 6 to 3 conservative court and