america's top diplomat, secretary of state, antony blinken, has secretary of state, antony blinken, beenng str| has said that 100% of gaza's population is at "severe levels of acute food insecurity." his comments come as a united nations backed report says famine is imminent in northern gaza, as the war between israel and hamas continues. it could come as soon as may as the war continues. the un is warning that 1 million people, that's half of the territory's population, are now facing starvation. the european union's foreign policy chief, josep borrell, accused israel of using starvation as a weapon of war, a claim israel rejects. here's what us secretary of state antony blinken said a short time ago. according to the most respected measure of these things, 100% of the population in gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. that's the first time an entire population has been so classified. we also see again, according to, in this case, the united nations, 100% — the totality of the population — is in need of humanitarian assistance. blinken�*s comments follow us presidentjoe bi

here's what us secretary of state antony blinken said a short time ago. european union's foreign policy chief, josep borrell, accused israel of using starvation as a weapon of war, a claim israel rejects. here's what us secretary of state antony blinken said a short time ago. according to the most respected measure of these things, 100% of the population in gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. that's the first time an entire population has been so classified. we also see again, according to, in this case, the united nations, 100% — the totality of the population — is in need of humanitarian assistance. blinken�*s comments follow us presidentjoe biden�*s first call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in over a month on monday. mr biden told mr netanyahu that a major ground operation in the city of rafah would be a mistake. mr netanyahu defended the possibility saying opposing the operation was akin to opposing total defeat of hamas. let's get more on that phone call between the two leaders. joining us from new york is cbs news�* ja

as the crisis in haiti deepens, regional leaders, including us secretary of state antony blinken, meetnjamaica for emergency talks. also coming up on the world today... it was oppenheimer's night, winning seven awards. we'll have the latest. welcome to the world today, an hour of international news from the bbc. the princess of wales has apologised for the confusion over the family photograph issued by kensington palace on mother's day after several news agencies, including the largest uk news agency pa, pulled the photo, citing concerns over manipulation. pa said it had issued the image of the princess and her three children "in good faith", but was "killing it" — a term used by news agencies to describe when a photo is pulled from circulation, because no clarification had been received from kensington palace about its authenticity. several digital experts had raised concerns about possible manipulation of the photo, which is the first official one of the princess of wales since her recent abdominal surgery. let's get a quick look at the alleged changes. a closer look at the image rev

secretary of state antony blinken said the u.s.see a clear plan for israel's proposed assault on rafah including how civilians will be moved out of harm's way. president biden praised a speech made by chuck schumer in which the senator called for new elections and said the israeli prime minister is a threat to peace. pres. biden: senator schumer contacted my senior staff. i am not going to elaborate on his speech. he made a good speech. i think he expressed serious concern shared by many. >> the israeli government has pushed back against chuck schumer's comments. aid agencies continue to warn about the situation in gaza. a ship carrying supplies has arrived and is waiting off the coast. it is a test run for what hopes to become a new route for aid. >> israel has said it will send a delegation to doha are to discuss the new cease-fire proposal that was put forward by hamas which would involve a six-week truce. the release of some israeli hostages, dozens and possibly hundreds of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails. israel's pri

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. >>> tonight an update for you as secretary of state antony blinken is in jamaica, calling an emergency meeting with several caribbean leaders as the surge in violence in haiti has that country on the verge of collapse. over the weekend, the u.s. military evacuated some u.s. embassy workers for safety reasons. the turmoil started last month with these powerful gangs demanding that the prime minister step down. cbs's manuel bojorquez has more on the growing crisis. >> reporter: haiti is on the brink of collapse. armed gangs have a stranglehold on the capital, setting fire to police stations and storming prisons to free thousands of inmates. the latest violence led the u.s. to evacuate nonessential personnel from the embassy in port-au-prince over the weekend. but it's the haitian people who are caught in the middle. "the situation in the country is critical. people can no longer go about their business," says this man. the gangs are threatening all-out war unless haiti's prime minister, ariel henry, resigns. he's stuck in puerto rico after gangs attacked the main airport. today, secretar

secretary of state antony blinken says there is consensus between the u.s.aders on the need for an immediate cease-fire in gaza. mr. blinken's in cairo on his latest middle east tour for talks to shipboard -- to shore up support on a cease-fire. the top diplomat says israel needs to do more to allow humanitarian aid into gaza, where he said the entire population faces significant levels of food insecurity. the ua and also called for a cease-fire on thursday. the u.n. has issued a draft resolution to the security council for the first time calling for an immediate cease-fire tied to the release of hostages. the security council is expected to vote on the u.s. draft resolution on friday. we will take a listen to what mr. blinken had to say. >> there is clear consensus around a number of shared priorities. first, the need for an immediate, sustained cease-fire with the release of hostages. that would create space to surge more humanitarian assistance, to relieve the suffering of many people, and to build something more enduring. negotiators continue to work, th

secretary of state antony blinken in jamaica.a huge delegation there representing the u.n., france, and other stakeholders. they are trying to sort something out. but how much hope is there within haiti itself that this is going to happen? harold: well, hopes are high, but people are also very realistic about the possible outcomes, as the political situation remains very complicated. there are several proposals presented to the caracol man the international community. it is unclear if they will find one common ground to help the country get out of t political void we are facing right now. maryam: how worried are you personally about what is happening? harold: like everybody else, even if we are somewhat -- and personally i am in a safer part of town, we don't know for how long. the gangs have calmed down in the last few hours but it is unclear for how long and that threatens all the suppliers. we are totally not in a normal day. things are difficult. we have to be out and about and resupply. maryam: thank you very much. harold is

the resignation follows a meeting between regional leaders and us secretary of state antony blinking to discuss a way forward for the country which is currently being ravaged by gang violence. a thousands of patients, families have been forced to sleep, did homes as um gang take control of much of these capital. i worked for the ministry of social affairs for over 20 years and was able to build my own house. but now here i am homeless. i'm fleeing without knowing where to go. it's an abuse divided into the ramped up once again in pato, prince over the weekend gigs a tech police stations and said part of the indeed, m. list street on fire. many haitians have stuff like gunshot wounds or be killed, it's a matter of life and death, and there's no question of public or private ownership of state property. imagine if we were all killed in poor to print, what use would this building be? what are we going to do with it? i'm groups and the skills in lead february, in an effort to always deprive mr. audio, henry, who was visiting kenya and i need, we sign the a he lobbied for the you in big d

united states as one of the all of guns is now facing starvation, secretary of state antony blank, and that made the remarks as a prepared to head back to the middle east is to, to meet officials in saudi arabia and egypt to try and broke a ceasefire. and to increase a deliverance the gaza has been growing on ease amongst israel's allies about the human cost of its war against thomas, which followed the radical islamist groups. october 7, 10 attack these children are waiting to receive a portion of food being prepared by volunteers in rafa the. this could be the only mean for some dozens in days. we have no option but to come here with some guys, especially we have no money and we are living in tents. the charities providing us with food because food shortages are becoming more acute every day. the world health organization has accused israel of provoking an imminent fireman. this is completely man made and it's, it's affordable. we need more for to come simply on one hand because of the facilities. there is no a way of reducing fluid inside gaza. secondly, there is a restricted access

the announcement follows crisis talks between caribbean leaders and us secretary of state antony blinking, aimed at halting the searching unrest in haiti. the country has been described as being at a tipping point. as criminal guns overwhelmed the capital, the gangs have been demanding all these resignation for weeks while unleashing what some of called a low scale civil war insides hazy which has left school is dead and to thousands homeless. haiti is rapidly descending into anarchy of violence in the capital of products and brands continues to escalate the gangs not controlled large slates of the city, the alliance of gainesville, and the civil war in 5 minutes that we had only did not step down. and with the international airport close to all flights, he's being stranded in puerto rico. unable to attend to the emergency summit to the group of kind of be a nation is known as carrot con, concluded that the trouble of the nation needed new leadership. a multinational secuity focus on the outside of the money. the prime minister apparently got the message and made this statement. why might

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, warns the entire population of gaza is suffering "severe levelse people most in need. 100% of the population of gaza is that severe levels of acute food insecurity. that's the first time an entire population has been so classified. and the princess of wales is seen for the first time since her surgery, out shopping with prince william. the president of the european council calls for economies to be put on a war footing against russia. and the local community fighting the pollution of one of britain's most beautiful rivers. hello. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the entire population of gaza is in need of humanitarian assistance and is suffering "severe levels of acute food insecurity" — those are the words of the us secretary of state antony blinken today. it's a stark assessment of the ongoing crisis in the territory as american pressure on israel grows. mr blinken has urged israel to prioritise the delivery of supplies into gaza. it comes as the un human rights office has said is

us secretary of state antony blinken said the united states needs to see a clear plan for israel's proposedilians will be moved out harm's way. and on friday, president biden praised a speech made by us senate leader chuck schumer — in which he said the israeli prime minister was a threat to peace and called for new elections. any comment on the senator schumer's speech on israel yesterday? senator schumer contacted my staff, my senior staff he was going to make that speech, and i'm not going to elaborate on his speech. he made a good speech, and i think he expressed a serious concern shared not only by him, but by many americans. mr netanyahu's government has sharply dismissed the comments made by senator schumer. meanwhile, aid agencies are continuing to sound the alarm over the humanitarian situation in gaza. a ship carrying food supplies for gaza has arrived and is now waiting off the coast. it's a test run for what is hoped will become a new route to get aid into the territory. the bbc�*s mark lowen is injerusalem with more. now, a military incursion into rafah would of course be very

suffering severe levels of acute food insecurity — those are the words of the us secretary of state, antonynken, today. it's a stark assessment of the ongoing crisis in the territory as american pressure on israel grows. mr blinken has urged israel to prioritise the delivery of supplies into gaza. it comes as the un human rights office has said israel's continued restrictions on getting aid in may amount to use of starvation as method of war. in a phone call, president biden told the israeli prime minister of his deep concerns over a planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. in the last hour, the white house has said that a meeting between the us and israel to discuss rafah will likely take place next week. but benjamin netyanyahu has just said there's no way to destroy hamas in rafah other than by a ground incursion. all this as talks continue in qatar in a bid to secure a ceasefire deal. let's get this report from anna foster, injerusalem. at gaza's southern tip, the aftermath of another israeli air strike. 1.4 million displaced people are now sheltering in rafah, and israel has made it

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secretary of state antony blinken attended a summit on haiti held in jamaica. >>> members of the department of justice, fbi, and other national security officials will brief house members on tiktok today. the house votes wednesday on a bill that would force the social media app to divest from its chinese-owned parent company. >>> and a star-studded tribute to jimmy buffett. a-listers, including paul mccartney and the eagles, will perform at a concert in his honor next month. >>> for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected >>> it's tuesday, march 12th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." >>> breaking overnight, the shakeup of a government. the prime minister is stepping down as the country spirals out of control. >> i looked ahead and there's another guy on the ceiling and two people flying through the air. >> mid flight fright. what caused a plane carrying 240 peole to suddenly nosedive throwing passengers around the cabin. >>> and royal controversy. princess kate fesses up to altering the photo of her and her kids, but the apology is leaving more questions than answe

the us now hope to achieve a push to the two state solution. antony in the region for his tour number six. he is trying to put this conflict in a wider perspective, trying to convince israel that it could be a normalisation to the relationship with saudi arabia and a contribution to arab states in the future rule of gaza and also a contribution to the palestinian authority. that is versus the vision of benjamin netanyahu inking the one state solution should be the only solution by the presence of israel in gaza and the continuation of that. he will also — the continuation of that. he will also keep a close eye on what is going on inside gaza, the military effort there. what's the latest on the raid on the al—shifa hospital, the key medical centre in gaza that israeli troops returned to? whenever there is a tour by a top american diplomat in the region or the negotiation between israel and hamas, we see this intensifying of fighting in gaza and more than 400 people died in gaza in the last day during the month of ramadan, and the aim is targeting what

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nikki haley out of the race at officially start is rematch swift, president by and secretary of state, antony blinken holds a high-stakes meeting with the qatari prime minister in hopes of making headway on a ceasefire in, gaza. >> hello. i'm wolf blitzer in washington, and you're in the cnn newsroom happening now across the country, americans are heading to the polls and making their voices heard at this hour. voting is underway in all 16 super tuesday states. and what effectively could be the beginning of the end of the 2024 presidential primaries? tonight, barring a major upset, the country will be one step closer to the contentious rematch that many americans do not necessarily want for democrats, president, excuse me. for many americans, for democrats, in particular, president biden's path to the domination remains virtually unchallenged, but questions remain about whether voters disillusioned by his support for israel will stay home. and on the republican side, with more than one-third of the total delegates at stake tonight could be nikki haley's last stand as trump, inches closer to c

secretary of state antony blinken when he comes to israel on friday, at the end of a middle east tourin saudi arabia and then egypt. that was -- of israel leg of the trip was previously unscheduled and comes amidst this increasing acrimonious relationship between the u.s. biden administration and the netanyahu government. antony blinken's aim, i think, will try to restrain an israeli leader who seems increasingly intent on pushing on with this like, both in the war and for his political survival. caitriona: more than 31,000 people have been killed in gaza since israel's military operation begin. the humanitarian situation has grown worse by the day with children starving to death. people are reported to be surviving off animal feed. antony blinken has remarked 100% of gaza's population is suffering from severe food insecurity. the u.s. continued to carry out what it calls humanitarian air drops on wednesday, delivering 6000 pounds of food to northern gaza where need is most critical. the u.k.'s largest delivery of aid has crossed the border and being distributed by the world food prog

secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in israel to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu as the united states has introduced a u.n. security council resolution for a ceasefire in gaza. despite mounting international pressure, israel is continuing its war on the besieged territory. the israeli military raid on al-shifa, gaza's largest hospital, has entered a fifth day. hundreds of palestinians have been reported killed or detained by israeli forces. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to go ahead with an invasion of rafah, where more than half of gaza's entire population has sought refuge. blinken spoke thursday from cairo, egypt. >> the need for an immediate sustained ceasefire with release of hostages. that would create space to search more humanitarian assistance, to relieve the suffering of many people and to build something more enduring. amy: a vote at the u.n. security council on the u.s. proposal could come as early as today, but the language of the resolution has been criticized for not going far enough. a group of non-permanent members of the u.n.

here's what us secretary of state antony blinken said a short time ago. to the most respected measure of these things, 100% of the population in gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. that's the first time an entire population has been so classified. we also see again, according to, in this case, the united nations, 100% — the totality of the population — is in need of humanitarian assistance. our state department correspondent tom bateman is in the philippines travelling with mr blinken, he filed this update a little earlier. after this visit mr blinken will head — after this visit mr blinken will head to — after this visit mr blinken will head to the middle east. on to cairo to media _ head to the middle east. on to cairo to media gypsy leadership. the point of this_ to media gypsy leadership. the point of this is_ to media gypsy leadership. the point of this is to _ to media gypsy leadership. the point of this is to with up support not 'ust of this is to with up support not just to — of this is to with up support not just to get _ of this i

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, warns the entire population of gaza is suffering severe levelsout shopping with prince william. the president of the european council calls for eu economies to be put on a war footing against russia. and the local community fighting the pollution of one of britain�*s haiti descends into anarchy — violent gangs now controlling large parts of the caribbean nation. hello, welcome to verified live. the entire population of gaza is in need of humanitarian assistance and is suffering severe levels of acute food insecurity — those are the words of the us secretary of state, antony blinken, today. it�*s a stark assessment of the ongoing crisis in the territory as american pressure on israel grows. mr blinken has urged israel to prioritise the delivery of supplies into gaza. it comes as the un human rights office has said israel�*s continued restrictions on getting aid in may amount to use of starvation as method of war.

nation's chief diplomat, secretary of state antony blinken is anthony blinken.king on taking on an issue that hits close to home. lincoln is calling on other countries to step up and helped the u.s. fight. the fentanyl crisis. our reshad hudson talked one-on-one with secretary about his efforts. >> secretary of state antony blinken is used to dealing with problems on the world stage, but now he is turning his attention to the fentanyl crisis here at home. every city, every state has been affected by the opioid crisis thursday. blinken travel to vienna for the annual meeting of the un commission on narcotic drugs. he is calling on other countries to do more to stop the trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. this an international problem, not a domestic problem. >> blinken says most of the fit in all killing americans is coming from china. he says president biden has been forceful and getting china to crack down on making the deadly china has put out the regulations. >> telling its companies that they can't be involved in this in the strait. it has act

i'm up the yeah, it came shortly after us secretary of state antony blinking, said washington to a double aid to haiti, including another $100000000.00 put into a national security for us to restore order. we support the plan to create a broad based, inclusive, independent presidential college. second, enabled the swift deployment of the multi national security support mission. and 3rd, for that deployment, through a reinforce patient national police, create the security conditions that are necessary to whole free and fair elections . to haitians stuck in the middle of gang violence, so weeks, these kind of come back to promises. meetings every little label is a solution driven by haitians. come cannot do anything for us. it's like when you run for the rain and ends up folding and the much, the only thing i can say is the abby along we is out forever. they can't do anything for his anymore hates. he has not towels in election since 2016. as probably to scramble to find a solution, the question loons, who could be up to the task of governing haiti. and rosa should, as i freelance during th

this fall is crisis talks between caribbean leaders and us secretary of state antony blank and aimed at halting the surging unrest has been described as being at a tipping point as armed criminal gangs over whelmed parts of the capital. r e o. re has held the rules of prime minister and acting president since 2021. following the assassination of president he drove, and at least he has made this statement in the last few hours. but not the a week was a nice, i swear. last night i see the council of ministers accepted to put a transitional presidential council in place. of course i owe, rather, the members of this council will be picked after agreement with different sectors of the national life. with the government i am running will the move itself immediately after the establishment of this council armed criminal gangs had been demanding on res resignation for weeks while i'm leasing what some experts have called a low scale civil war. inside haiti, scores of people have been killed and thousands have been left homeless. thousands of families in height, you have been forced to free t

today secretary of state antony blinken flew for an emergency meeting with other nations.y that they are in touch with americans trapped in haiti. >> if they are in haiti, they should leave once it's safe for them to do so. >> reporter: henry took over after the station nation of jovenel moise and 2001 and has obtained new elections. it has had 15,000 patients over the last week and 1200 have been killed. and 700 injured since the beginning of the year. jacqueline charles covers the caribbean for the "miami herald." what is the lifelike right now for a normal haitian family? >> there there's only a few days of fuel that is left for electricity. schools are closed, hospitals have also been overtaken by the gangs have also done the same with police stations. i mean, people are really just on their own. >> reporter: for u.s. citizens in haiti tonight, options to evacuate tonight are limited because major u.s. carriers have suspended flights. if the situation does not improve, cbs news has learned a full evacuation of the u.s. embassy is likely. norah. >> norah: very dangerous

. >> and haiti in crisis, secretary of state antony blinken in jamaica for an emergency caribbean summit as nonessential u.s. embassy employees are evacuated and criminal gangs run rampant. good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington facing growing protests and votes against his support for israel. president biden has now sharply escalated his criticism of prime minister netanyahu's military policy. telling msnbc's jonathan capehart we cannot have another 30,000 palestinians dead. and he should not invade rafah. >> do you have a red line? for instance, would invasion of raffa, which you have urged him not do, would that be a red line? >> it is a red line, but i'm never going to leave israel. defense of israel is still critical. there is no red line that i'll cut off all weapons so they don't have the iron dome to protect them, they don't have -- but there is red lines if he crosses -- you cannot have 30,000 more palestinians dead. >> netanyahu responding bluntly saying that he would go into rafah to clear out remaining hamas brigades to make sure october 7 never happens again. and that a

the us secretary of state has flown to the middle east to discuss a post—war plan to govern and secure gaza. antonynken is in the egyptian capital, cairo, where he's meeting senior ministers from six arab states and the palestinian authority. in a news conference with the egyptian foreign minister, us secretary of state antony blinken set out their shared priorities. there set out their shared priorities. is a clear consensus shared there is a clear consensus on the shared number of priorities. need for immediate sustained cease—fire with the release of hostages. that would create space for more humanitarian assistance to relieve the suffering of many people and to build something more enduring and we have been working with egypt, with israel to put a strong proposal on the table and hamas responded to that and negotiators continue to work in the gaps are narrowing and we are continuing to push for an agreement in doha. there is still difficult work to get there but i continue to believe it is possible. here's the take of our correspondent in jerusalem mark lowen diplomacy very much in motioned tal

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second retear of state antony blinken congratulated sweden's prime minister after assessing the documentsthe swedish flag will be raised on march 11.quarters in brussels >> distinguished guests, the secretary of state of the united states, acomp nid by the prime minister of sweden and the minister of foreign affairs of [applause] >> good morning, everyone. thank you for being here today. prime minister cristerson, accompanied by forch minister gilstrom, will foz sit the documents recognizing the united states of america as dpoz tear -- dopositary of the treaty. [laughter]]k1 >> thank you. [applause]8 >> good things come to those who wait. no better example. but with receipt of this instrument of accession, let me be the very first to welcome sweden as a party to the washington treaty and the 32 p member of the north -- and he 32nd member of the north atlantic treaty organization. [applause] prime minister, to friend the foreign minister, a personal note of thanks. for your extraordinary leadership.n, and your resilience. this has been a little bit of a road but i think we've known■ from d

here's what us secretary of state antony blinken said a short time ago.ording to the most respected measure of these things, 100% of the population in gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. that's the first time an entire population has been so classified. we also see again, according to, in this case, the united nations, 100% — the totality of the population — is in need of humanitarian assistance. blinken�*s comments follow us presidentjoe biden�*s first call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in over a month on monday. mr biden told mr netanyahu that a major ground operation in the city of rafah would be a mistake. mr netanyahu defended the possibility saying opposing the operation was akin to opposing total defeat of hamas. us national security adviser jake sullivan called that "nonsense" and a "straw man" argument. the situation is enormously difficult. half of the population has been displaced. some 1.5 million palestinians from other parts of gaza are seeking refuge in rafah. let's find out a little bit more about the situat

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the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said today gaza's 2 million people are experiencing "severeecurity". how do you characterise what we are seeing across gaza? thank you so much for having me. i think the results that we've seen yesterday of the report really speak to the horrific images we have been seeing coming out of gaza on a daily basis. whether it is people resorting to extreme measures to feed themselves, such as making bread out of animal feed and animalfodder, to children who are acutely malnourished, their rib cages are literally poking out of their bodies, to people risking their lives and putting themselves in the line of fire to reach aid convoys, because they want to spare their children the excruciatingly painful fate of death by starvation. no one can claim that they didn't see this coming. we have been warning, sounding the alarm bell since november, and 1.1 million people suffering the severest level of acute food insecurity, hunger, this is double the number that we had in december, in a matter of months. a stain on our collective humanity. we need to act no

us secretary of state antony blinken urged prime minister benjamin netanyahu not to launch an assaultay look like, i spoke to former us ambassador to pakistan, lebanon, and jordan the wilson center�*s david hale. i want to start with what we saw there with the un secretary general on the egypt side of this rafah crossing. again calling for an immediate ceasefire. are there any signs, you think, that that could be on the cards any time soon? well, obviously, carl, there have been intense negotiations going on. the qataris have been a key player... reached a deal obviously the intention here is to have a ceasefire in exchange of hostage releases and see if that can be built into a longer—term cessation you also saw friday, the un security councilfailed to pass the resolution that would call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza linked to a release of hostages. russia and china used their vetoes. this almost seemed like a reversal of roles, didn�*t it? because we have seen the us vetoing similar proposals. what did you make of that scene there at the un on friday? to be perfectly honest, i

america's top diplomat, the us secretary of state, antony blinken has just arrived in the egyptian capital, cairo, where he'll meet senior ministers from six arab states and the palestinian authority, as the us pushes for a pause in the fighting in gaza. these are pictures of mr blinken arriving in cairo a short while ago. he's pushing for more desperately needed aid to enter gaza. it's mr blinken�*s sixth trip to the region since the war began and comes after a un—backed food security assessment warned that a man—made famine in gaza is imminent. let's go live tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. this knell. is mr blank and's six the trip to this is mr blank and's six the trip to the region. is he having much success —— mr blinken. we to the region. is he having much success -- mr blinken.— to the region. is he having much success -- mr blinken. we will have to unaue success -- mr blinken. we will have to gauge that _ success -- mr blinken. we will have to gauge that at _ success -- mr blinken. we will have to gauge that at the _ success -- mr blinken. we will have

secretary of state antony blinken also announced humanitarian aid.sey senator bob menendez and his wife plead not guilty today to new obstruction of justice charges. the veteran democrat return to federal court in new york to enter his plea. he's already facing bribery and corruption charges in an 18-count indictment. the couple allegedly took cash and gifts from three businessmen in return for help on projects they supported. the secretary of housing and urban development, marcia fudge, will step down on march 22. the former ohio congresswoman is reportedly wanting to spend more time with her aging mother. president biden praised fudge for her vision, passion, and a focus on economic opportunity. in britain, a social media storm erupted today over a picture of kate, the princess of wales, and her children. it was her first official photo since abdominal surgery in january, but it turned out to be altered. in an online posting, the princess said, quote, "like many amateur photographers, i do occasionally experiment with editing. i wanted to express m

this hour on msnbc, breaking news overseas, secretary of state antony blinken antony blinken is in themiddle east this morning as the u.s. makes a new and urgent call for an immediate cease fire in gaza to the u.n. >>> also ahead, the ticking clock on capitol hill, the new plan to avoid a government shutdown before midnight tomorrow. time also running out for donald trump to pay a massive $464 million judgment. new reporting on his growing frustration that he just can't find the cash. >>> and a dangerous inmate on the run in idaho after a daring escape, the latest on the manhunt to track him down. ♪♪ >>> and we begin with breaking news overseas this morning, secretary of state antony blinken announcing overnight from the middle east that the u.s. has drafted a new resolution to the u.n. for an immediate cease fire in gaza tied to the release of israeli hostages. the u.s. has vetoed three previous cease fire resolutions at the u.n. the reversal coming as the toll of the destruction in gaza grows, and amid growing tension between israel's benjamin netanyahu and president biden. nbc's raf

. >>> diplomatic breakdown, secretary of state antony blinken has a contentious meeting with israelime minister benjamin netanyahu after the united nations vetoed a u.s. resolution calling for a cease-fire. what it all means for peace talks in the middle east. >>> breaking news, tragic discovery, the body of college student riley strain found in a river in tennessee, what police believe happened to him after he went missing in nashville. >>> and, elmo's message, the beloved "sesame street" character has some new tips to help with your mental health, and all you need to do is hum along. looking forward to that later. >>> we begin this hour with the breaking news involving the british royal family. princess kate has announced she has been diagnosed with cancer. that news coming in the form of a video she recorded on wednesday but was released today. it is the first time that we've heard from her in months since she was hospitalized for an abdominal surgery in january. take a alone to what she said about her diagnosis and treatment. >> in january i underwent major abdominal surgery in l

secretary of state antony blinken is in israel meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and thesraeli war cabinet. tomorrow israel is expected to send a delegation to qatar for talks on a potential hostage release. joining us now, nbc's raf sanchez in tel aviv. how did the blinken/netanyahu meetings go? >> reporter: well, jose, secretary blinken, prime minister netanyahu meeting earlier this morning, before blinken met with the israeli war cabinet. it was all smiles. the prime minister thanking the u.s. for its support over the course of this war. and then repeating a point that has been a source of deep, deep disagreement between the united states and israel. prime minister netanyahu saying israel is determined to press ahead into the city of rafah in southern gaza where more than a million palestinian civilians are sheltering. netanyahu says that is necessary to destroy the four hamas battalions that are hiding there. the u.s. has made very clear at this point that it opposes any large scale military operation and then netanyahu going a little bit further than he has in the pa