EGYPT HAS SENT A HIGH-LEVEL

DELEGATION TO ISRAEL TONIGHT,

HOPING TO REVIVE TALKS FOR A

HOSTAGE DEAL AND CEASE-FIRE WITH

HAMAS.

BUT, CAIRO ALSO WARNED AGAINST

AN ISRAELI ASSAULT ON THE

SOUTHERN GAZA CITY OF RAFAH

ALONG THE BORDER WITH EGYPT.

MUCH OF GAZA HAS ALREADY BEEN

REDUCED TO A WASTELAND WITH U.N.

OFFICIALS ESTIMATING 37 MILLION

TONS OF DEBRIS TO BE REMOVED.

THEY SAID TODAY, THE CLEAN-UP

OPERATION WILL BE A MAMMOTH JOB.

>> WITH 100 TRUCKS, WE'RE

TALKING ABOUT 14 YEARS OF WORK

WITH 100 TRUCKS.

SO, THAT'S BASED ON THAT FIGURE.

14 YEARS TO REMOVE WITH

APPROXIMATELY 750,000 WORK DAYS,

PERSON WORK DAYS TO REMOVE THE

DEBRIS.

SO, SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS WHEN IT

COMES TO DEBRIS.

AMNA: THE U.N. SAID ROUGHLY 65%

OF THE BUILDINGS DESTROYED IN

GAZA HAVE BEEN RESIDENTIAL ONES.

THE U.S. MILITARY TODAY

ANNOUNCED A NEW WEAPONS PACKAGE

TO RE-ARM UKRAINE'S AIR

DEFENSES.

IT INCLUDES MORE PATRIOT

MISSILES, BUT NOT THE ADDITIONAL

PATRIOT BATTERIES THAT UKRAINE

HAD WANTED.

STILL, IN WASHINGTON, DEFENSE

SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN SAID HE

BELIEVES THIS PACKAGE ALONG WITH

OTHER WEAPONS WILL MEET

UKRAINE'S NEEDS.

>> THEY NEED OTHER TYPES OF

SYSTEMS AND INTERCEPTORS AS

WELL.

AND SO, I WOULD CAUTION US ALL

IN TERMS OF MAKING THE PATRIOT

THE SILVER BULLET.

I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S GOING TO

BE THE INTEGRATED AIR AND

MISSILE DEFENSES, AS WE'VE SAID

SO MANY TIMES BEFORE, THAT

REALLY TURNS THE TIDE.

AMNA: THE NEW WEAPONS PACKAGE

WILL COST SOME $6 BILLION.

IT'S PART OF $61 BILLION IN

MILITARY AID THAT CONGRESS

APPROVED AFTER MONTHS OF

DEADLOCK.

MEANWHILE, ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE

BIDEN CABINET, SECRETARY OF

STATE ANTONY BLINKEN, WARNED

CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING

TODAY AGAINST SUPPORTING

RUSSIA'S WAR IN UKRAINE.

THE TWO MEN MET IN BEIJING.

BLINKEN SAID HE TOLD XI THAT

CHINA MUST STOP SUPPLYING RUSSIA

WITH CRITICAL WAR MATERIEL OR

THE U.S. WILL ACT.

HE DID NOT ELABORATE, BUT HE DID

ACKNOWLEDGE PROGRESS IN OTHER

AREAS.

>> WE ARE COMMITTED TO

MAINTAINING AND STRENGTHENING

THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION

BETWEEN US SO THAT WE CAN AVOID

ANY MISCOMMUNICATIONS, ANY

MISCONCEPTIONS, ANY

MISCALCULATIONS, AND WE ARE

COMMITTED TO RESPONSIBLY

MANAGING THE RELATIONSHIP.

AMNA: FOR HIS PART, XI SAID

CHINA AND THE U.S. MUST SEEK

COMMON GROUND RATHER THAN ENGAGE

IN WHAT HE CALLED VICIOUS

COMPETITION.

BRITAIN'S KING CHARLES WILL

RETURN TO PUBLIC DUTIES NEXT

WEEK AFTER A THREE-MONTH BREAK

FOR CANCER TREATMENT.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE SAID TODAY

THAT DOCTORS ARE VERY ENCOURAGED

BY HIS PROGRESS SO FAR.

THE PALACE HAS NOT SAID WHAT

KIND OF CANCER CHARLES HAS.

HERE AT HOME, THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION HAS AGAIN DELAYED

A BAN ON MENTHOL CIGARETTES.

XAVIER BECERRA, THE SECRETARY OF

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,

ANNOUNCED IT TODAY.

HE SAID, "IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE

ARE STILL MORE CONVERSATIONS TO

HAVE, AND THAT WILL TAKE

SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TIME."

THE BAN COULD HAVE ANGERED BLACK

VOTERS SINCE 80% OF BLACK

SMOKERS USE MENTHOL CIGARETTES.

U.S. POULTRY PRODUCERS WILL HAVE

TO CUT SALMONELLA BACTERIA IN

SOME CHICKEN PRODUCTS TO VERY

LOW LEVELS TO PREVENT FOOD

POISONING.

A FINAL AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT

REGULATION ISSUED TODAY APPLIES

TO FROZEN BREADED AND STUFFED

RAW CHICKEN.

IT TAKES EFFECT NEXT YEAR.

SALMONELLA POISONING CAUSES

ROUGHLY 420 DEATHS AND 1.3

MILLION INFECTIONS ANNUALLY IN

THE U.S.

THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC

SAFETY ADMINISTRATION IS

INVESTIGATING WHETHER LAST

YEAR'S TESLA RECALL WENT FAR

ENOUGH.

THE SOFTWARE UPDATE AIMED TO

KEEP DRIVERS ALERT WHILE USING

THE AUTO-PILOT FEATURE, BUT

THERE'VE BEEN MORE CRASHES SINCE

THEN.

TODAY, THE AGENCY SAID THE

AUTO-PILOT FEATURE "MAY LEAD

DRIVERS TO BELIEVE THAT THE

AUTOMATION HAS GREATER

CAPABILITIES THAN IT DOES."

AND ON WALL STREET, STRONG

EARNINGS AT MICROSOFT AND

ALPHABET PUSHED THE STOCK MARKET

HIGHER.

THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE

GAINED 153 POINTS TO CLOSE AT

38,239.

THE NASDAQ ROSE 316 POINTS.

THE S%P 500 ADDED 51.

STILL TO COME ON THE "NEWSHOUR,"

THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FORCED

NORTH KOREAN LABOR AND THE

SEAFOOD THAT ENDS UP ON AMERICAN

PLATES.

DAVID BROOKS AND JONATHAN

CAPEHART WEIGH IN ON THE WEEK'S

POLITICAL HEADLINES.

MUSICIAN JON BON JOVI ON THE NEW

DOCUSERIES CAPTURING THE HIGHS

AND LOWS OF HIS GRAMMY

AWARD-WINNING BAND'S FOUR

DECADES TOGETHER.

>> THIS IS THE PBS NEWSHOUR FROM

WETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON, AND

IN THE WEST FROM THE WALTER

CRONKITE SCHOOL