Gaza Cease-Fire Talks, Violent Online Rhetoric, Chicago Migrant Crisis
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Three days of negotiation and still no agreement for a ceasefire in gaza.

s. Continued to search for a resolution that the U. S. Won't be to. There could be a vote today, a total gaza to twenty .

thousand, tina. And this is a first from M. P. R. news. Talk of civil war is cropping up in some places online after colorado high court lock Donald trump from the state's ballot watchdog said their worried violent retaliation is .

being Normalized. We're seeing the mainstreaming of this extremism in this encouragement .

of violence in wing media strugling migrant crisis. Our house there in temporary shelters will hear from a venezuelan woman who says, conditions are deplorable. Stay with us. We've got all the news. You need to start your day.

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the death toll in gaza has topped twenty thousand, according to health ministry. There there had been proposals at the U. N.

Security council to call for a ceasefire and to let the U. N. Inspect aid trucks to the speed of food and fuel dust. And for.

but under the threat of a possible U. S, B, to the councilor has been deadlocked for three days, and those ideas seem to be losing steam. There could be a vote on something today.

M, P, R, diplomatic been following all this. We show three days, three days of negotiation. What's making IT so difficult for the council to get a vote?

So the ted album switches on. The security council has been working with other arab states to push for humAnitarian ceasefire, and they want to speed up aid, and the first time after resolution they put out, called for the united nations to inspect the trucks going into gazza, rather than israel, which has gaza under blockade. You know, right now, israel inspects all the trucks to make sure there are no weapons being smuggled in for hama's.

And the us. Has been working really hard to get israeli to speed that up. The by administration really didn't want A U. N.

Resolution to further complicated and already complicated situation, but they also didn't want to be in a position a vetoing yet another security council resolution as U. N. Officials warned of famine and as health officials in gaza report that the death toll has top twenty thousand.

what might they be able to pass at the security count?

So last night, the united states ambassador to the U. N. Linda is Green field to reporters that there is a new text, and he seemed to be satisfied with the changes. And I take a listen.

We have worked hard. And over the course of the past week, with the immoralities, with others, with egypt, to come up with a resolution that we can support. And we do have that resolution now we're ready to vote on IT. SHE didn't .

say how the U. S. Would vote, whether he would support, say yes or abstain. But the goal of all these changes, a is to make sure that the us. Is not going to veto the resolution as IT has done with others, and not look as isolated for .

that to happen. How much of that draft to be water down?

Well, IT IT doesn't call for a new inspection regime. Instead, he asked the U. N. Secretary general to a point in aid coordinator for gaza. IT calls for urgent steps to allow safe and unhindered humAnitary arian access, but IT drops call for an urgent sensation of hostilities.

IT simply calls for creating the conditions for a sustainable sensation of hostilities time, as Green field says that the draft remains, in her words, very strong, um SHE said. That gives arab countries what they think they need to get more aid. And to gaza.

the U. N. And israel have really been going on at each other over gods us since the israeli offensive began. So how does all that play into this?

Well, there's a lot of mistrust, and I think that was behind all these tough negotiations. One hundred and thirty five thousand workers have been killed in gaza, and the U. N.

Has been warning of mass hunger as israel continues to depress its campaign against amazon. Israel often accuses the U. N. Of being biased against israel.

That's been a long time complaint, but particularly in the wake of the attack by homes on october seventh, israel says the U. N. Just hasn't done enough to condemn homos for that.

That's nbr. Diplomatic respondent Michelle Kelly .

mmi thinks thank you.

Violent rhetoric c is raging in some corners of the internet for this week's historic ruling from the colorado .

s supreme court judge by Donald trump s from the state's primary ballot. Some supporters of the former president are fuming over the decision, and people online have begun circulating personal information about colorado supreme court justices road against trump. Some are even calling for civil war and P.

R, domestic extremism. M, correspond, or that U. F, is here to tell us more. Was reading some of this, or dead. And I, i've seen all this before and then I thought to myself.

that's not good yeah I mean a on some of these four rate platforms, this kind of talk is everyday stuff um but when there are events that affect trump adversely, whether it's an endorsement or say the sort of is property at maroo go its bikes. And so this time, you know we're seeing claims online that ah this is a democratic party conspiracy to interfere in the election. We're still calls to ARM up or to hurt or even killed perceived political foes. You know so far people monitoring these spaces say they're not seeing indications of incredible or imminent threat, but they also caution that this doesn't mean that should be ignored.

So yeah authorities still want to be watchful.

Then of course, I mean you may recall a that after the maroo go search, uh for example, um online reta headed up and there was an individual who attacked an FBI field office in since ini. So IT is important to understand how the baseline threat level is evolving. You know one person I spoke to who's been keeping an eye on this online activity is Daniel jay Jones. He's with the non partisan, non profit advanced mocs acy. He says he's not just watching the uptake in violent language.

I think it's equally concerning that we're not seeing push back against this language. We're not seeing push back against dehumanizing language from present of republican omani. We're not seeing push back from language from political leaders on the right. We're seeing the mainstreaming of this extremism and this this encouragement of violence in rightwing media.

And I, you know hear this across the board. When I speak to extremism researchers, you know what they are concerned about is violence from the right. And they say that if high profile figures would just clearly disavow that violence that some are calling for, you could really help bring the temperature down.

But when IT comes to this ruling, color A, I mean, many are expecting that the ruling from that court may not be the final word on this or any acknowledgement of that.

yes. In fact, I spoke with Katherine knee of another organisation, the institute for strategic dialogue um and he said he noticed this.

We can also see a large number of people post statements that they weren't concerns because they believe that the U. S. Supreme court is going to shoot IT down anyways. So um common refrain that I started saying was the use of nothing.

So there's no predicting, of course, know where this trajectory will go. People like Jones are saying it's critical to stay aware because we are in an environment where the baseline threat is alarmingly high right now. And there are fears that you, a loan actor or small group, could take some kind of action. And I also want to add that even absent violence, you know, this is still very concerning to people who care about democracy, right? Because, you know, even when threats of violence against judges voters rate anyone participating in civic life become Normal, that can have a .

chilling effect.

Thank you.

Leaders say they need federal help to deal with a migrant crisis in chicago. Texas governor .

greg abbot on tuesday said his state flew one hundred and twenty migrants from the southern border to chicago. It's an escalation of the republicans push against brighton administration immigration policies. Texas is already delivered the six hundred buses filled with new arrivals to chicago and other cities, and some migrants say the conditions are facing now are worse than back home.

Michael, us. now. He's a reporter with member station W B, E, Z. In chicago. Michael, do, chico and cook county have the capacity, the ability to care for these new arrivals?

Well, yes and no. I mean, right now, the city is a sheltering nearly fourteen thousand new arrivals at twenty seven temporary shelters. Living conditions are not graded, no shelters, but IT may be Better than being outdoors intense during the winter months.

In chicago, the city is no longer housing migrants in local police stations, but that could change if the numbers continue to climb. Earlier this week, at one shelter, five year old john court martial died. The exact cause of death has yet to be determined, but health officials say he does not appear that he died of an infectious disease. But migrant africans are calling for the city to do Better and for the state and federal governments to do more. what?

What the conditions? Where were they like? Where he was.

house cramped, more than two thousand people, about half of them children, are in shelter where the Young boy died as they sort of converted warehouse. They have cats right next to each other, a leaky roof, unsAnitary, ary conditions, no milk for children. You know, reporters cannot go inside, but i've received several photos and videos from at least two women are living there.

They described IT as terrible, like a prison. It's so bad that the women told me they regret coming to the united states, or is what one woman named gottman had to say to me. And and by the way, we're not using a full name because he fears retaliation .

ation from shelter officials. SHE says that she's experiencing .

more hunger and need her, that her family doesn't have medical caring. Her kids are effectively imprisons because they can play or move freely, SHE says. Right now, she's very sorry he left her country.

Now there are other shelters, so our conditions any Better in those places.

what all depends where they are at. Some are in converted hotels. None of these places are for long term stays. In fact, the city is now limiting how long migrants can stay, some places only sixty days. So it's it's hard to get information out of these places. But we rely on migrants coming forward to talk to us reporters, but many of them feel scared to do so.

Any word on what could be done now?

Mary Johnson says the buses can come the chicago, but they are limited in what time they can drop off migrants. And that's what's causing this recent rift between chicago and texas. Some of the buses have been arriving after midnight, violating a city, or in the city has impounded one bus. That's what anger governor abbott, who is now sending migrants by airplane.

as Michael point with member station W B E, Y in chicago. Michael, thanks.

You're welcome.

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