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The Brian Lehrer Show

Monday Morning Politics: Biden, Israel and Gaza

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

Politics, News, News Commentary, Wnyc, Radio, Npr, Arts, New, Lerer, Media, Bryan, Nyc, Daily News, York, Public

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Susan Glasser, a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she writes a column on life in Biden's Washington and co-anchors a weekly roundtable discussion on "The Political Scene" podcast, and co-author with Peter Baker of The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 (Doubleday, 2022), talks about the latest national political news as Pres. Biden moves from the State of the Union to his presidential campaign.

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0:00.0

Brian Laird on WNYC.

0:12.0

It's been four days since President Biden's feisty State of the Union address.

0:16.6

Between that and the Super Tuesday election results last week for him and Donald Trump.

0:21.3

It is now almost fully general election season already, and it's only March 11th.

0:26.1

But Trump has his legal issues to contend with, and Biden has ongoing and perhaps growing dissatisfaction with his role in the war in Gaza.

0:35.5

On weekend edition yesterday, for the first day of Ramadan,

0:39.4

they played this clip of a Palestinian American from San Francisco named Marwansebeta,

0:44.9

who is beginning the daily fasting ritual, but thinking about his relatives back in central Gaza.

0:51.7

They will not have a meal.

0:56.0

So it chatter me.

1:02.8

When I eat, when it's time to break my fast, I'll be taken bites with a great deal of pain, sorrow, suffering, agony, and consumed with guilt.

1:09.2

And as for President Biden, he didn't get to Gaza until an hour into his State of the Union address.

1:18.7

And while he talked in some tougher language than before about the Netanyahu government and

1:23.3

humanitarian aid, it's still a joint Netanyahu Biden war because Biden will not threaten to end

1:29.6

the military funding over when he objects to the way in which the war is being carried out.

1:35.6

So here's Biden on MSNBC yesterday with an example of that, as the host Jonathan Capehart

1:42.1

asked Biden if he has any red line regarding continued military support.

1:47.8

What is your red line with Prime Minister Netanyahu?

1:52.3

Do you have a red line?

1:54.1

For instance, would invasion of Rafah, would you have urged him not to do?

1:58.6

Would that be a red line?

2:00.9

It is a red line, but I'm never going to leave Israel.

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