in november, robinson will face off against josh stein, who won the democratic primary in north carolina. in another closely watched race, colin allred won the democratic senate primary in texas defeating state senator roland gutierrez and others. allred will face republican ted cruz in november. the world food program has accused the israeli military of blocking the agency from delivering crucial aid needed to avert a famine in northern gaza. health officials in gaza say at least 18 children have died from starvation in recent days. the biden administration is defending its decision to keep sending arms to israel even though it is blocking aid deliveries. national security communications advisor john kirby was questioned on tuesday. >> what is preventing the president from communicating to the israeli government that if they don't pull out, we will not continue supplying weapons? why is that not a fair trade? no aid, no. >> bombs. >> the president still believes it is important for israel to have what it needs to defend itself against a still viable hamas threat. maybe some people have