Biden to make prime-time case for US assistance to Israel and Ukraine
President Joe Biden will address the nation in prime time on Thursday, fresh off a wartime visit to Israel. President Joe Biden will address the nation in prime time on Thursday, fresh off a wartime visit to Israel, a high-stakes test of his personal diplomacy and U.S. world leadership in a crisis. Speaking from the Oval Office at 8 p.m. ET, Biden will make the case to Americans that it's vital to both global and U.S. national security to assist Israel as it responds to the terror attacks by Hamas, as well as to continue help for Ukraine as it fends off Russian invaders. "What the president is going to be doing is laying out for the American people a description of this moment that we are in," deputy national security adviser Jonathan Finer said on ABC's "Good Morning America." Biden will use the remarks to "connect that national moment to American lives back here," Finer said, and explain why the administration and lawmakers need to continue to...