Washington Today (4-29-24): Sec Blinken urges Hamas accept 'extraordinarily generous' ceasefire deal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls a proposal for a Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release “extraordinarily generous” and urges Hamas to accept it.

U.S. State Department confirms five Israel Defense Force military units were found in violation of the Leahy Law that prohibits U.S. aid to foreign security force units where there is credible information that the unit has committee "gross violation of human rights", but that the violations happened before the start of the current war, and four of the five IDF units have taken steps to remediate the violations.

Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University defy a deadline to leave their encampment or face suspension.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg makes an unannounced trip to Ukraine, criticizing the U.S. and European countries for failing to deliver promised weapons, although he says he expects that will change soon.

Vice President Kamala Harris travels to Atlanta to discuss the economy.

Poor People's Campaign co-chair Rev. William Barber talks about a March on Washington and to the Polls scheduled for June 29 designed to mobilize poor and low-wage workers, whom he says are the largest, potential swing vote bloc in the country.

There is a special election on Tuesday to fill a seat in the U.S. Congress in Western New York. We will hear from the two major party candidates on the economy and federal spending.

Col. Ralph Puckett, Jr., the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the Korean War, lies in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

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