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•  Mr netanyhu's visit startedlast night hundreds of Jewishdemonstrators saging a sit in at thecapital to protest against the war inGaza those people were later removed bypolice so let's go back live to CapitolHill live to Katrina Perry who is therefor us and uh we've seen more and moreprotesters Gathering quite close towhere you are I know you're going totalk to Tom bitman our correspondentwho's among them in a moment or two soaside from all of that tell me a littlemore about the raw politics of whatwe're going to get a little later inCongress well this is a very divisiveissue here in the US obviously President Biden standing so strongly squarely beside prime minister Benjamin Netan yahu over these past months since those October 7th attacks but hissupport is not universally welcomed noteven within his own party where theisn't Unity somewhere between 30 and 50 Democratic lawmakers will boycott this speech today you mentioned dick well the only Democrat that's senior tohim is Chuck Schumer he has said he willbe there but very many of his colleagueswon't many of them holding counterevents rallies and joining the proteststhemselves um opposed to how prime minister nanah who is handling this andthere are those who are protestbecause they want a stronger position interms of getting the hostages home andthose who are protesting because theyare want more done for the Palestinianpeople in Gaza making the point toPresident Biden that he will he shouldtell prime minister netan Yahoo