Biden Travels To Middle East, Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Worsens, House Speaker Vote

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🗓️ 17 October 2023

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President Biden on Tuesday will leave for a wartime trip to the Middle East. He will visit Israel, which continues to prepare for a ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza grows worse as supplies are running low. Why is humanitarian aid not getting to the people in need? And the House of Representatives is expected to vote on its next speaker.

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0:00.0	President Biden leaves today on a wartime trip to the Middle East.
0:06.3	Till visit Israel, which continues to repair for a ground offensive against Hamas and
0:10.0	Gaza, what does the White House hope to achieve with this trip?
0:13.9	I'm Steve Inskeep with A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:22.1	The humanitarian crisis in Gaza grows worse as supplies are running low.
0:27.0	Aid organizations say hundreds of thousands of people are in desperate need of shelter,
0:31.1	food, medicine, even water.
0:33.7	Why is aid not getting to the people who need it?
0:36.2	And the House of Representatives is expected to vote on its next speaker today,
0:39.7	Ohio Republican Jim Jordan is his party's nominee,
0:43.0	but will he get the necessary votes to take over that gavel?
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