Biden heads to Israel to meet with Netanyahu & Israeli officials

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: President Biden cancels his trip to Jordan to meet other leaders. Plus, hospital blasts in Gaza are estimated to have killed hundreds. Also, the House Speaker vote continues tomorrow after Jim Jordan loses his first ballot. Ellison Barber, Richard Stengel, Roger Cohen, Rep. James Clyburn, and Ronen Bergman join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Now, it's time for the last word with Lauren, so Donald, good evening, Lawrence.
0:04.3	I think I came Jeffries maybe on his way to setting the record for getting the most
0:12.1	votes for Speaker, more than anyone else who hasn't been elected Speaker.
0:18.4	It's unbelievable to see those vote totals where Kim Jeffries is the leader on the board.
0:23.7	Shocking.
0:24.7	A to sign at the time.
0:25.7	We'll see what the board says tomorrow.
0:27.6	We sure will.
0:28.6	Thanks, Alex.
0:29.6	Thank you.
0:30.6	Well, Air Force One was wheels up at Andrews Air Force Base at 5.52 p.m.
0:36.2	President Biden is now four hours into the 10-hour flight to Israel where Air Force One
0:42.0	is expected to land about 11 a.m. local time in Israel, a little over an hour into the
0:48.9	flight at 7.09 p.m.
0:51.5	The White House issued this statement from President Biden on Air Force One.
0:56.3	I am outraged and deeply saddened by the explosion at the Al Ali Arab Hospital in Gaza and
1:05.1	the terrible loss of life that resulted immediately upon hearing this news.
1:10.6	I spoke with King Abdullah of Jordan and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel and have directed
1:16.0	my National Security team to continue gathering information about what exactly happened.
1:22.2	United States stands unequivocally for the protection of civilian life during conflict
1:27.6	and we mourn the patient's medical staff and other innocents killed or wounded in this
1:35.3	tragedy.
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