We do continue the Breaking News this afternoon, good Afternoon Everybody i Martha Maccallum and in New York and we are willing for updates, expect them very soon. You see the two Podium Tear the pentagon and the State Department we will hear from both, we just heard from Dixilyn Van get you caught up to speed on what he said just moments ago. But the Breaking News today is that iran has bombarded israel with 200 missiles ballistic missile just heard the Secretary Of State Antony Blinken put that number on it and theyre calling It Payback for the killing of Hezbollahs Leader and a hamas official. Hassan nasrallah and also ismail haniyeh. These were two of the highest individuals in iran and both of them, excuse me, 111 and one in iran, have been taken out so in both lebanon excuse me. They have promised crushing attacks if israel strikes back. U. S. Officials have warns iran will face severe consequences. Watch this. Martha that was the skies over Tel Aviv earlier today and jerusalem. Israels Military Reports that video shows iranian missiles flying over the old city of jerusalem. A holy sights for christians, and muslims. Here is a lack at the military power that we have, the u. S. As in the Middle East including three guided Missile Sport destroyers deployed to help defend against an iranian attack. Its an enormous show of force, to foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst live in haifa throughout all of the Breaking Use of the loss of run hours. Congressman Michael Waltz is standing by but purchase bring you tired for costar general Jack Keane for more about Army Vice Chief of Staff And Chairman for the institute of study of War And Fox news senior strategic analyst. General, become you with us. We have not heard from you yet so far this Breaking News. Tell us your reaction, sir. Certainly, iran launching 200 missiles against israel is like the significant event in itself and also providing an early warning that the event is taking place is also pretty significant. Whats going on with the iranians here. I believe iranians have been back on their heels for some time now. Ever since and iowas killed in the Highsecurity Zone where where many of their senior leaders lived. And the Promise Retaliation and eight weeks later, i think were almost in the ninth week, theres finally some retaliation. My israeli sources, relatively higher, told me that hamas, very frustrated with iran over this. Hezbollah very frustrated that they didnt get more support out of iran. And i think the iranians are collating they want their proxies to do the work for them, there was a concept from the beginning. But i believe that giving the tenuous situation that they have, mystically in the country, my sources also tell me its a much more fragile situation than many people realize. So what is the early warning all about . I think that is what its all about. Is letting israel know the attack is coming, about when its coming, to minimize the casualties so there is not a very effective response back on iran that would put pressure on the domestic population. And i think thats exactly what we should do, frankly. Anything the United States should make up its mind to take the houthis off the board, they have shut down the Suez Canal for months, they fired on u. S. Navy warships with antiship ballistic missiles were still playing defense with these guys. It makes no sense whatsoever. Im assuming the United States had a role to play tonight, in Helping Israel and certainly very worthy of that in a Skip Ability and i think the israelis will probably attack soon wrote sooner rather than later. Martha general, i want to go back to what you just laid out there. Because youre so this thing and correct me if im wrong that iran is in such a complex position right now, the leadership in iran, and weve seen the hierarchy charts of which everyone is locked out although theres a lot of deputies underneath those people. But that they essentially needed for their own power and their own country to show this display of an enormous Missile Strike On Israel in order to in order to sort of let that when people look, were responding to these hits against Nasrallah And Ismail haniyeh. Is that correct . And if thats the case, what do you think israel does do next . I think the h that they responded very lightly the last time just taking down an Air Defense Facility right outside the times which is an nuclear enterprise cremated internally from the country. Anything they wanted to show a little bit of living there that you could do something like that and not have to penetrate israel as my israeli airspace were at the same time, you know, they werent doing any real damage. This time i going to take some action, likely likely will be more forceful and comprehensive but also you have to keep in mind the main effort that is rarely israel is conducting right now is aware of . s In Lebanon. Then got a Ground Incursion going on and got a systematic campaign take down as many leaders as they can and as much of the Rocket Launchers and missiles and other infrastructure that they have their. So that is their main effort but i do think s this is a major event. 200 ballistic missiles is significant and i dont see how the israelis can ignore that and just go pushback lightly like they did the last time. Anything theyre very sensitive to the fact that Irans Leadership is in a much more fragile position with their domestic population and i think there may be more sensitive to the accident United States is. We share intelligence im assuming both of those are aware of it but the israelis are more sensitive to it in terms of wanting to do something about it. United states i dont think wants to do anything about it to be frank about it. Martha i want to get to that with you but its interesting, you know, i was listening to general kellogg before a new sake about netanyahu and what he has accomplished much has been extraordinary, thinking about this Page Academic you think about the decapitation of so many of these leaders across the board. And thinking also about netanyahu at the u. N. And he showed one chart called the blessing and one chart called the curse and the blessing is a future in the Middle East that had the united the arab states and Israel And Saudi arabia pushing towards a more advanced economic strong future for the region and the curse was iranian leadership. So if iran is back on his heels as you say, is this not the moment take advantage of this and to push them further back and perhaps give the iranian people a chance of Brandnew Leadership the country, general . While you put your Finger Right on it. I dont want to be polyamorous about it and say theres going to be an overthrow of the regime that speak or so. But it takes time and i think it is time to push back here. And so many developed what the israelis have done In Lebanon is absolutely stunning and unprecedented in my i think its been something obviously been planning for a very long time and netanyahu made a commitment to up his game here. He knew full well the United States wasnt with him, what the United States wants to do is stop. You want to stop all the shootings In Gaza, In Lebanon and microscopic, stop it with the houthis, and take the Status Quo and the Status Quo was totally unsatisfactory to the israelis. Martha in. We heard President Biden said stop and ceasefire. General team thank you very much. From a President Trump in wisconsin right now responding to what we watched happened in israel today. Lets listen. Mr. Trump still suffering immensely and we need to help them and we are going to help them, their citizens in alabama, tennessee, virginia and a couple of other places got a little hit but in particular these places in georgia was very, very hard but i want to thank Elon Musk for responding to my request. [cheering] that Starling Feed providing to North Carolina. You know, the lines were all down, they had no communications. You can get martha stay with us we will keep close tabs on what former President Trump is saying but the pentagon is now breathing, lets hear what our pentagon has to say about this. Lets watch. U. S. Navy destroyers report to the middle East Region up Sand Vice President harris throughout the day to consult on the situation in the u. S. Actions. In addition to his Phone Call earlier this morning with Israeli Minister of defense gallant prior to the iranian Attack Secretary also spoke of the minister again just a short while ago to get an update. Here we are from the United States ironclad commitment to the defense of israel and underscored that the u. S. Remains the well postured throughout the middle East Region to protect u. S. Forces and defend israel in the face of threats from iran and iran backed terrorist organizations. Will provide a result of that Part Policy is responsible. To be crystal clear, a secondary Market Secretary also has that should iran and,s partners are as proxies use this moment to target american personnel or interest in the region when Marlene Understates will take every necessary measure to defend our people. Separately i do have an update to provide on the o. D. Support to Hurricane Helene Response efforts but ill provide that at The End. With that im happy to take your questions. Westark with ap. Thank you. What Navy Destroyers were involved in helping shoot down and intercept and given this escalation, whats being communicated between Secretary Austen and mr. Gallant right now in terms of pampering things down and prevent potentially brought avoiding you widen war . The two Navy Destroyers involved with the u. S. Is vocally in the Uss Cole. In terms of the conversations between secondary Austen And Mr. Gallant, you know, i wont get into, you know, the private discussions other than to say we are consulting closely with them on next steps in the new defense of israel. Reporter are there any plans underway to conduct a new given Increase Artwork of a wider war . Right now there has been no order to evacuate as youve heard her say before, we are Planning Organization so we of Course Plan for all contingencies. But as of right now, State Department has not called for an evacuation. Should be assumed that the S Ps were used by the Kolinda Buckley to shoot down or to intercept the missiles . My going to get into the specific type of ordinance, jennifer, other than to say, again and magnified a Dozen Interceptors. And iran said that they gave a Heads Up to the u. S. Into russia. How much warning were you given by iran . Im not aware of any rewarding by iran about their potential attack as you know, this is something weve been following very closely for a while. Based on the threats of retaliation by iran and so weve been closely consulting with israel for a while now to be prepared in the eventuality and as today demonstrated we were prepared and we were able to successfully work alongside israel to defend them from this attack. Thank you. You said the destroyers shut down iranian missiles. Where did they come from. Word from the all Inside Iran or were some also from Human Being shot by the houthis . To my knowledge and again were still assessing the leaves were all launched from iran. Ballistic missiles. And what i said was that they fired the interceptors towards those missiles. Were any other u. S. Assets involved in this defense . Of course we have a lot of Keep Ability and the region. A lot of things are there to be prepared for a wide variety of threats but in terms of the launching of these interceptors, it was those two destroyers. For this to be clear no groundbased interceptors were used in this . Were any of what were aware of any does that didnt fire off if iran fired more than the as i mentioned were still assessing the outcome of the attack and so we will have much more information later but these are all, you know, are initial reports. On the second call with secretary and the mr. Gallant, that he urged israel not to respond or to moderates as any response to iran or did Israel Share did gallant any israel again as a sure you can appreciate, im just not going to be able to get into the details of their calling other than to say again and Micro Consulting closely about next steps and the continued defense of israel. What is secondary austin think about the potential for an israeli response here . When he urged them to without saying what he said in a call necessary but what are the feelings about the potential that he urged restraint . If you take a step back here we fully support israels right to defend itself. You just saw a, you know, very significant ballistic Missile Attack by iran against Israel End and so, you know, will continue to work alongside them to support their defense. We of course do not want to see a wider regional conflict, conflict, you prestolite many times and will need to work that an but we will also fully understand the fact that this was a significant attack by iran so we will continue to consult closely and will continue to support their defense. Let me go to laura. Thank you. Just for clarification so you say that the u. S. Destroyers had intercepted or shot down the missiles or does that they as identified approximately a Dozen Interceptors against the incoming iranian missiles. And were there any u. S. Aircraft that what i read out is what participated in the defense of israel. Just one more. And you say if there were any drones or Cruise Missiles that were again still assessing rate right now. It appears it was blasted missiles, no drones but again will continue to assess. Illegal to do Stuff Josef and then will is want to turn to the israeli invasion In Lebanon. For the past couple of months, the Department And Secretary have called for the escalation, you guys have voice your opposition to any Ground Incursion, invasion or any operations. After we found out that the israeli strike last week killed the Hezbollah Chief has run the seller, it feels like the tone changed from the statement Last Night The Department Secondary said they supported what israel is doing. So what changed for a change in that tone and extends from the department . Yeah, i think the biggest thing, josef, is we fully support israels right to defend itself against hezbollah. As we understand it we will be conducting limited operations to destroy Hezbollah Infrastructure that is arrayed along the border there can be used to threaten israeli citizens and so we are continuing to consult with the israelis to better understand how they intend to go forward Argosy Average for you to them to talk or ask questions about, you know, details regarding those operations. But, you know, we fully understand this part of their overall efforts to return people whom did you need to address those threats along the border and so all that to say will continue to consult with the israelis and other partners in the region longterm about how we can ultimately deescalate those tensions and get to a ceasefire. Just for any help from you guys doing whatever it is they want to do . No. Were the United States this Surprise Manasco of the iranian attack On Israel . Look like i said before, weve been monitoring this for a while. Iran had been very public about its threats to retaliate and so is something that weve been monitoring. Certainly this was a significant attack, probably about twice the size in terms of scope of what We Saw earlier but again were still assessing the outcome to this. And as i highlighted at the top, recently condemned this reckless Attack And Magnus Breath Attack against israel and will continue to support israels defense. Several israeli media spoke about a respond israeli Respond Tonight to this attack. Including some doctors iran, some other mother Middle Eastern countries. Will leonard states assist the israeli in the response . Im not going to speculate about hypothetical. Of delivery to the Israelis Talk about, you know, with americans help them, you know, what youre asking me is if theyre going to do something and what im saying is im not going to speculate about what or if they may do. As i highlighted several of your colleagues were consulting closely with the israelis in terms of next steps. With the emphasis being the defense of israel. Holomego to essentially a followup to a question in the u. S. Willing to strike iran in response to this . Are you putting that on or off the table . Going at it again i dont want to get to hypotheticals i think i was very clear at the top that should u. S. Forces be targeted by iran or as proxies will take necessary steps to defend our people and i think weve also been very clear that supported defense of israel. And so not going to get into their theoretical or speculative operations at the stage other than to say, you know, we mean what we say and we see what we mean. Aaron combs have used in new missile which is also hypersonic busting Massage And Uss whether they did use new and advanced weaponry in this Attack And Weather they learned from april a document. Again were still assessing the attack and the outcomes and so we may have more to provide later but i dont have anything on that right now. Thank you for your time. Have two questions, please. Checked very awesome statement last night he referred to being supportive of operations along the border. Is he open to israel using operations on both sides of the border i think i go back to how responded to josef, we understand and support israels right to defend itself against hezbollah as we highlighted in there we got, we understand that part of that is dismantling some of the Attack Infrastructure that hezbollah has built along the border certainly again we dont want to see this broaden into a white and regional public movie understand again that what israel is doing are limited operations to destroy that Attack Infrastructure. And then enable citizens on both sides of the border to return home. Ultimately at The End of the day we do think that a diplomatic resolution is the only way to achieve lasting Stability And Security across the Israel Lebanon Border so we will continue to work to that end but we also again understand israels need to defend itself. A followup the State Department read out a report on an attack on diplomatic facility at the Airport Bagon Airport last night. Have you seen any other tax on u. S. Forces i guess in spite of . This one would seem to be on a diplomatic Quality Facility but me and lost vertically at his head in time of tension or just barley over the last couple of nights . Is a no not aware of any additional tax. Thank you. The iron dome, how effective is it against ballistic missiles and some of the televised images appear to show some of them landing on infrastructure. Are you a river that in general, was this attack more effective than the iranian attack in april . Again, understanding that a lot is still, you know, very initial. As i highlighted initial indications are that there were minimal damage on the ground. In terms of the specific though id have to refer you to israel really talk through that and again as more information comes in, we will certainly know more. But the initial assessment is that as well was able to successfully defend itself of course with the support the u. S. And so again we may have laid more later on. Thank you. I just want to be clear because it seems like were at a very dangerous time for any kind of ambiguity from the rest could lead to an attack on american troops and when you say understand when you say that we are going to defend any attack on american troops. I also understand that norm you said that no american troops were. So therefore are you saying the rest is not planning on can extract against iran because right now when you saying there will be consequences all of that you are leaving italy and people to understand that. I want understand. Are we going to be joining israel and heading back against iran in a kinetic manner . Soul with all due respect your talk about hypothetical future, right, and presupposing what Israel Air may not do. From registering out you said it will be consequences and gentlemen said there will be consequences so what does that mean . I think wally speaking, you know, u. S. Is been clear that there will be security, economic consequences, should iran attack, but i just dont have anything to preview, you know, specifically as it relates to that. Thank you, just to clarify, did any u. S. Aircraft track any of the missiles either before the launch or during the attack even if they werent involved canonically in the defenses of israel . s funeral going to specifics other than to say as you well know we have a wide variety of isr capabilities throughout the region. Monitor and track potential aerial threats to include aircraft not do that. Saw this even there. Okay. Thank you, general. You said repeatedly that iran is in telegraphs attacks yet from early this morning we were told that an attack would be immanence. Sure were getting some sort of information from somewhere. Based on whatever that was based on where does iran stand now . This is just the first salvo from your assessment or are they position to go ahead and pull the trigger again and will . That is really a question for iran. You know, as evidenced by this attack. Marketing certainly maintain the capability to conduct additional tax as i highlighted on the top. Recall in them to hold any further attacks. And, you know, will continue to assess, will also continue to be prepared to respond in a defensive israel should be up to do another one. We certainly hope they do not. But we honestly have to be prepared in that eventuality. Just want to clarify i think you said earlier this is twice the Size And Scope from attack on April 13th . Yeah. Its about twice as large in terms of the number of ballistic missiles that they launch from the last. Was their intent to actually do damage this time . Look. You dont watch that many missiles are the target without the intent of hitting something. To absolutely. Just like the last time, their intent is to cause destruction. And so fortunately, you know, israel has very significant Air Defense capabilities in the u. S. Of course played a role in helping on that front as well where my thank you. Thank you. He said theres been no no new attacks on u. S. Forces in the region but is the Department Tracking A Greater Threat Note u. S. Forces or are you taking any extra measures on top of the recent plus for Force Protection . As you know were always always taking Force Protection very seriously. Were all very aware well aware of heightened the region and u. S. Central command has been for a long time now, you know, constantly assessing and reassessing the threats to ensure that our forces are protected. Like i mentioned im not aware of the Company Podium im not aware of any additional attacks beyond the one that mentioned. But is something that will obviously be, you know, keeping a close eye on to protect our forces. Secondly, whether it is there any other nations other than the United States and israel who took part in the intercepting missiles or helping to track them or anything like that . I dont have anything to provide on that and obviously i will speak for other countries from here. I would like to ask you if you guys talk to your European Allies and if u. S. From literary support in protecting israel in terms of another attack from israel and their proxies . Or is a at the moment is only the u. S. Helping israel . Allow other countries to speak for themselves. I will say and will put a readout on this this afternoon, you know, as soon as were done here, the secretary did have an opportunity to talk to his french counterpart earlier this morning just to talk about the situation in the Middle East. This was before the iranian attack occurred. And so, you know, will get that out momentarily. Broadly speaking though again, you know, in terms of any European Coordination or cooperation with Israel And Mark that is really for individual countries to talk to. Once before them are Michael Megaw to the phone will quickly forget trouble. Task and purpose jeff strobel. Thank you. Understand that the story spread about a Dozen Interceptors. The day hit any of the missiles . Is so, how many . Thank you. So again as you highlight 995 interceptors, were still assessing again outcomes of that, so i cant really i dont have more information about it at this time. Okay. Legal to have there from u. S. Now. Thank you so much. You mentioned that the unit states has the Ability And Intent to respond to any of its members are attack, over on friday you had three u. S. Sorry, two u. S. So would that give, you know, to any i guess any attempts on to launch any attacks in response to those Service Members coming under attack . You know, first of all, have their, as you are aware, you know, there one there were no u. S. Service members injured in any of those attacks are not, we will respond appropriately at a time and place of our choosing but im not going tell you telegraph or wacky speculate on any punches at this time. And patrick the thank you from doing this. So on the announcement of three additional aircraft squadrons, f15s, it 16, attends, i presume that they werent involved in any of intersubjectivity, any talk a little bit about why we were there and watch world he he might fill now in terms of enhancing security for u. S. Forces in the region. Absolutely. You know, as weve been highlighting for a while, we have a robust amount of humility in the Central Command in and u. S. European command regions and what was capabilities provide us is versatility in terms of responding to a variety of contingencies. And so, you know, basically having the right tools in the toolkit to be able to respond appropriately to any type of Attack Or Contingency situation. And so as you well know, Fighter Aircraft can perform a variety of missions to include taking down drones, taken down missiles, in particular kinds of missiles as well as, you know, providing isr chronic wel welfare, types of capabilities. So all of this come together to provide us with options on how best to respond to any type of attack and to protect our forces. Let me come back to thank you, general. First on iran after Todays Attack and that expected response from israel, in the assessment at the pentagon still that the situation in the Middle East is under control and we are not in an allout war yet . In a second question on lebanon, excuse me, what is your understanding what israel is pulling holding limited run operations or incursions, isnt limited okay in time, and scope, how do you see this . Sure. In terms of your first question as you know, weve been working very hard from the beginning to prevent a wider regional conflict, certainly the type of aggressive action that We Saw by iran today. It makes it more challenging. But that continues to remain in focus and remain our goals to prevent a wider regional conflict and so will continue to stay laser focused on that. In terms of israels operations again, there are in the best position to answer questions. But our Understanding And Consulting with them is that again, these will be committed operations focused on Dismantling Facilities that hezbollah has but along the border to stage attacks in israel and so part of the discussions again have been focused on, you know, making sure that your understanding as far as potential mission creep. And so, is a release to the broader tensions in the region, but again, we support their right to defend themselves from hezbollah attacks and so will continue to consult with them on that. As i mentioned, ultimately, we do believe the diplomatic resolution is the only way to achieve lasting Stability And Security there. A few more. Couple of small questions, why werent the blackmails s an opportunity to attack u. S. Forces, we will respond appropriately. Okay. Last question. Thank you. I just want to clarify a few things that you said in terms of irans capabilities going forward, is it clears clear from the u. S. A. That this is the imminent risk is over of a another attack from iran . Look, It Something will keep an eye on. We certainly hope that theres not another attack on the Sea Iran maintains a capability and is this demonstrated that theyre willing use it to directly attack israel. And so were going to continue to dysfunctional consult closely with israel on next steps and importantly defense of israel. On israels limited incursion have the provided any sort of timeline on how long they could would stay there . I would refer you to israel nothing and be appropriate for me to talk about that. Okay folks while theres been an incredible Focus Today on the Middle East and met before we conclude i would like to provide a quick update on the Topic Culture to whom as dod continues to work with federal, state, and local officials to support Hurricane Helene Response efforts. As of this morning the department has post to smoke more than 6500 Service Members actively engaged in Relief Efforts across six states. Florida and georgia has around 1400 guardsmen on duty. South carolina had activated nearly 500 guardsmen along with two helicopters for the recovery efforts. Tennessee has 130 guardsmen and seven helicopters activated and virginia had activated nearly 60 guardsmen along with one helicopter and numerous high water vehicles. Additionally since The Storm passed North Carolina has emerged as an area of particular focus after the historic levels of flooding that occurred in the western part of that state. A multistate, Multiagency Effort is surely underway with more than 80 guardsmen and 13 helicopters from connecticut, maryland, pennsylvania, iowa, ohio, new York Anne Mclellan Carolina excuse me, North Carolina and florida joining more than 800 North Carolina government in providing support to devastated North Carolina communities. New and response teams to georgia as well as them, Levy And Bridge expect expectant in Tennessee And Kentucky and temporary Partner Carina for further questions about National Guard missions i would encourage you to contact specific states in questions and for active Duty Support efforts to fema, u. S. Northern command is standing by. For service specific Evacuation Efforts is best to contact the service directly. As the dod continues to aid Response Efforts in mexico very often and department leaders will continue to be engaged and staying close contact with federal, state, and local efficient officials to ensure resources are available and to maximize a coordinated response and entities i had an apartment will continue to keep our fellow americans who have been impacted by the Storms Devastation in our thoughts. Think you very much, everybody. Appreciate it. Martha okay. We have the living News Conference going on there at the same time. Berger general pat ryder at the Pentagon And Marc miller was Marc Miller was speaking at the department of state. Will bring you what each of them was saying what will you bring you back in with us. Retired fourstar general Jack Keane former Army Vice Chief of staff now chairman of the institute of the study of War And Fox news senior strategic analyst. General, your reaction to what you are there and have a couple of questions and specifics. Certainly am delighted to see that the United States participated in this operation. We share intelligence certainly with the Israelis And Weve got excellent intelligence as they do. And the coalition did not have to participate the scale that ended the last time. But certainly, the israelis took down the majority of Interceptors Maturity of missiles. Most interested to find out if they had the same degree of malfunction that they had the last time the iranians that is close to 40 . But i would like to make another comment because of some further information. I think the tension that is going on inside the israeli Thought Process as i understand it is that as i mentioned before them their main effort is hezbollah and trying to dismantle the most popular organization that threatens them in terms of the number of forces they have and also the number of rockets and missiles in the proximity all of that is israel. So they have made that their effort and they dont as the cochlea about what to do this trip with district with iran they dont want to have the iranians get involved and interfering with that effort and they have been handsoff so far. And also what has is happening publicly is the administration is certainly supporting the effort and what the israelis have done no in the supporting the ground invasion, limited as it is, that supported the air attacks, you dont want that to change and publicly the the administration is supporting israeli doing something about this attack but but at the same time behind the scenes, were telling the netanyahu government to deescalate. In other words to something similar like the last time, dont go back forcefully against the iranians. And that is the tension i think that the israeli government is dealing with. They cant be completely dismissive of the United States and some of the request, there are certain ones but they cant be completely dismissed if i think of this one because their main effort, man is dismantling hezbollah. They committed themselves to that and you see that level of commitment that theyve made with their intelligence forces, with the Air Campaign that theyve got going on and now the third element, underground campaign. That is the Tension Point and well see how that plays out in the next few days. Martha Marc Miller was over the State Department stressing that there are diplomacy is still there favorite option in this situation and that they want to see a ceasefire In Gaza. I also as we leave it here, general, its interesting that netanyahu has been so aggressive during this period of President Bidens essentially lame duck period. Because he doesnt know what hes going to get when the selection is over. For just a thought as we leave it here, general, thank you so much for being with us today. Great talking to you, martha. Martha so irans president says that his nation is not looking for war but will defend itself against any threat. Masoud pezeshkian Warning Israel that it could face more intensive intense attacks, today We Saw that minimalistic but department sent watch this for Marc Miller. Were not going to give up on reaching a ceasefire In Gaza because we believe is the best way to free the hostages, is the best way to alleviate the suffering of the brazilian people, is the best way to ensure longterm Peace And Stability for the entire region. So no of course were going to continue to stay engaged on this. But you cannot keep our top 20 talk about two parties in conflict you need both parties to engage in right now we have a refusal to engage by one of those parties. Martha nakba sorry for quite some time really. Is bringing florida republican congressman Michael Waltz, former green Beret Commander who serves on the Oxford Committee and always good to have your, thank you very much. Your reaction to this 181 ballistic missiles fired into israel it doesnt seem that there were, once again but your reactions to this intense situation in the Middle East . Martha, this is maddening. Literally this is the definition of insanity from the bidenharris administration. Every time a major attack like this happens, they come to the podium and say deescalate, deescalate. And they really what they mean is for israel to deescalate and deal, disarm. And what does iran do in response . They see that our opportunity to escalate every time they say dont do our adversaries, they do. And that what i would have loved to see in the Press Corps as Jake Sullivan who are your go to the Middle East was actually principal is what consequences has iran suffered for all of these attacks for attacking international Shipping Macaque for trying to fascinate a president of the United States and leading political candidates. What consequences have they suffered . And we all know he does the question because the answer is zero. I hope j. D. Vance has on the opportunity to ask Walz Tonight at the debate what consequences has iran suffered . Until they suffer consequences directly, then this is going to continue. Israel has realized amazing, bold successes against hezbollah and hamas but their tactical. On the Matter Iran is flush with cash and this is what trump at his core and of his policy knew that until you cut off the cash with iran, all of this is going to continue. Hereunder than one peace, has in one piece. Hamas in one peace, and houthis dont want peace. Iran is the core issue. And sullivan can come to the table and said weve looked in the mirror, our policy was wrong, and were going to shift policy now and put maximum pressure back on iran but they refuse to do it. Martha they certainly couldve used this opportunity to say that the were making is shipped. Shall abandon say this is a significant escalation by iran so what that translates to we will see. Congressman waltz, thank you very much. For standing by with us as we watch all of this unfold. We can forget our hostages, martha, absolutely 360 days and a conservator in the tunnels of gaza. Thank you very much. Martha thank you for reminding us all. Congressman waltz good to have you with us. Former President Trump speaking on Irans Attack On Israel moments ago in wisconsin. Usually scent. Mr. Trump a short time ago iran launched 181 ballistic missiles at israel and we ive been talking about World War iii for a long time and i dont want to make predictions because predictions always come true, im not going to make it but there were close to global catastrophe. We have a nonexistent president and a nonexistent Vice President who should be in Charge But Nobody knows whats going on. Martha that was just a short time ago. Bret baier is running me know, Fox News jeep l anchor, x11 Eric Caire of executive report. Interview with us this afternoon. Rbc were preparing for the right potential Debate Tonight and they have an extraordinary October Surprise News Cycle to deal with as they walk on that stage this evening. It likely will be the first couple of questions i would guess if we were moderating that, we will probably do that and its probably going to be a big part of the beginning here. Lesson, you have an escalation, he heard from Wokeness A Major isolation by iran. Is 181 ballistic missiles, thats up from 110 the last time they fired at israel. Interestingly the pentagon responding with israeli forces firing a Dozen Interceptors from Navy Destroyers, one of the destroyers interestingly was the Uss Cole which 24 years ago came under attack by al qaeda, 17 sailors were killed. And s nicole looked part in that as well as the uss buckley. So just an interesting thing from the pentagon briefing. And i think this is a major moment and i dont sense from the israelis that anything is going to stop what they have been doing which is systematically dealing with their threats to the state of israel. Martha yeah, it seems clear that Benjamin Netanyahu the prime minister has decided that although obviously this is his most important alliance with the United States, here to do what he has to do. And he has been doing that over the last several weeks in a huge weight. And want to play this montage about President Biden has said over the last several months and asked whether or how he would confront iran primarily in our adversary. Watch this. President Joe Biden i have one word, dont. What is your message to hezbollah and its Act Backer Iran . President Joe Biden dont. Dont. Dont. Dont. Dont. Dont. Dont. What is the message to iran . Dont. Ruggiero might be launching unlimited operation into iran . Are you comfortable with their plans . President Joe Biden im more aware than what you might know and im comfortable with them stopping. Martha he said at The End he said they should have a ceasefire right away so is that what were going to hear from Vice President ial candidate tim Walz Tonight that he doesnt want to see any more of this, stop, ceasefire . We may hear that and that is really interesting and something that the Trump Campaign i think will jump on. Because they will point back to all the way back to the obama years when it was Vice President biden and all that happened to try to get iran to be the center of the Middle East policy. You look at whats happened since all of that money flowed that way and that administration pushing back that they had caveats on how the money could be spent about a lot of experts think that money went right to Terrorist Proxies all around. About what happened. The enrichment increased end the i. E. Has said that there enrichment was going through the roof were nuclear grade weapons, material. The Assassination Attempts on pompeo, morton, Brian Hook and former President Trump that has not really been the focus of anything publicly. And now the second major Missile Barrage On Israel and, you know, people are saying that this this is just check and they knew it was going to be stopping by the State Department said the u. S. Was not elated with number 1. Number 2181 number 2 121 as opposed to targeted strikes against martha yeah, it will be really interesting to see what direction is and what j. D. Vance has to say when he takes the Stage Tonight about this. You know, is the u. S. Willing to respond . And what we hear from several people i spoke to today on the israeli side, you know, its an open question is whether or not they see this moment as one where they should attack and take out those nuclear facilities or at least some of them to mitigate the threat thats over their border. This administered and could deal with that before the election potentially. Or they could at least speak more strongly about the ability for israel to respond how they wish. Most of the messages from the administration have been slow down, Pullback End dont escalate. You hear Senator Graham and others saying that the israelis should take on the iranian Oil Fields and really hit iran where it hurts him as far as the money goes. What their biggest threat obviously is the nuclear facilities and weather they could get to them and whether that would mean any escalation in the region is real to the question. Martha like to talk about tonight. He got the Sport Situation and he got the Hurricane Relief efforts so i think that everything thats been standing over the past few weeks changed a lot in the past few days as they prepare for this. Bret, with you tonight. Thank you for coming by this afternoon and in the meantime as we have been telling you iran launching the largest ballistic Missile Attack ever On Israel. Martha so in response to the u. S. Thousands of u. S. Troops in the region on high alert, take a look at this man. We have so many assets, all through the middle East Remove u. K. Prime Minister Starmer saying we stand with israel and we were we recognize the right to self defense. Thats bring in senior correspondent benjamin hall. Always good to be with us as. That is reaction from the u. K. Prime minister. Were in the sense on the ground on what they will happen next . Well thank franco here in the u. K. Everyone is looking to see what israel will do and how america will back them. The u. K. Is not going to get involve themselves, they were not part of this defense so we were part of the Defense Back in april so they have clearly been paying apart what i think one of the bigger question that iran is asking at the moment is what threat does Iran Iran continue to play to Israel And Region . The message we heard over the last 15 years is that iran is a country behind all these attacks. Iran in the Back Iran is the power there really is threatening so much of the region. And israel will be thinking right now whether this is the chance to try to push them back, to really hold them back. Look, 15 years ago, iran was always a powerhouse in the region and record their sheer presence, it controlled iraq, Iran And Mcsherry are, as balaam. You had all those proxies that it was rooting using at the time. Someone of that had not been pushed back periods proxies on the back foot, rockers are not getting through. Masada is very active Inside Iran. We saw the leader of hezbollah of hamas being killed Inside Iran recently. Irani and domestic politics are on their back foot at the moment. Iranian regime is struggling. So the israelis right now will be thinking closely, is this the time to take out the one last threat that iran has. And that is their nuclear facilities so that integration will be asking themselves right now because iran is on the back foot in the israelis know it. Do anything stopping them in that israel is currently fighting on three other fights. Is still involved In Gaza against hamas, is now moving into lebanon against lebanon affords front against iran at this point . Select what they will be waiting at the moment. Martha yeah, and what Rosalie Demers steeply and helping them achieve those goals will be a huge question. Benjamin hall, thank you very much. Good to see you, benjamin. Thanks, martha. Martha right now israel Security Cabinet in its meeting. Lets go to chief foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst reporting live in Hifi Israel as Israels Security is very much in the forefront here. Martha, absolutely israeli leadership right now is trying to determine what the response will be to this ballistic Missile Attack more than 180 missiles launched towards as well. Sirens were stunned sounding across this country as many of the incoming projectiles were intercepted but some did impact areas causing large creatures and there are reports in the city of jericho of at least one fatality. We are working to confirm some of the latest details details about the israeli Security Officials and what we are seeing tonight regarding the posture of israeli defense across this country. They do say that the Interceptor Round works quite well. This is the arrows we system the most advanced system that israel had, each Shot Cost about 2 Million to intercept these massage and We Saw it in Action Tonight here in the city of haifa is according to syrian officials israeli interceptors make their way out of israeli airspace to intercepted ballistic missiles, in some cases before they actually made it to israel. And we are getting one statement from an israeli Security Official who said that the israeli Air Force operated in an effective and precise manner, intercepting most of the missiles, several hits were identified in the damage is being assessed. We have seen a number of video circulating online, showing some of the damage to southern and central israel especially next to our school. We saw some soldiers going to the debris, no injuries at that location but it does give you a sense about the destruction looks like when these missiles slipped past the missile defense system. For right now again the israeli Security Cabinet is trying to determine how exactly they will respond to this attack and according to iranian State Media for the first time, the factor for missile was used. This is a hypersonic monastic missile and it was not used during the april attack. Certainly does to be seen as an escalation for the israelis and as bret talked about the real concern here for israel and that iran is getting closer and closer to the development of a nuclear weapon, international watchdogs have indicated that iranian nuclear facilities are enriching uranium closer to Weapons Grade Material and this gives them a much shorter breakout time to produce a nuclear bomb. Such a bond could attach to a ballistic missile like one of the missiles that was fired towards Israel Tonight and that is the real Concern And Escalation from an israeli standpoint of what comes next in this broader regional conflict because remember its not just the attacks from iran that happened tonight, is the ongoing rocket and Missile Attacks from irans largest proxy, hezbollah, mack and as the Pentagon Spokesman noted earlier today, there was coordination from our Defense Standpoint and there likely will be coordination from an often standpoint as we understand according to israeli officials that u. S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and his israeli Counterpart Defense Minister Yoav Gallants are speaking on a daily basis about the current Center Security Situation across the Middle East. Marc staal . Martha trey, think you very much for your reporting throughout the day and will continue throughout the night of course. New York Republican Congress Woman Elise Stefanik is here, shall be in a Spin Room at the next best president ial debate, congressman, good to be with us. Argosy one of the biggest concerns we have is our route u. S. Assets under region and is put up the map that shows the u. S. Navy assets and we do know you can two of those assets were used today to destroy two destroyed for you today to interceptor motors missiles but we are we heard Brigadier General ryder said that, you know, basically is a Game Changer if u. S. Personnel or assets were hit in that region . What is your take. My take is the fact that we are at the situation, martha, is a direct result of the Weekend Failure Policy of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and gibbons forfeit nuclear anything were going to hear a lot about that on the Debate Stage from j. D. Vance tonight. This is a result of the millions of dollars sanctions released from the biden administration, essentially writing the check for these attacks On Israel whether they were through the proxies of hamas and hezbollah or this unprecedented direct attack from a hypersonic bullet statements down. It is iran who has escalated this and israel had a right to defend itself in the United States Congress Martha one issue downright important Document Cross or desk was providing critical Military Aid to israel it is most important time of need but the Biden And Administration and Kamala Harris slow walks without a, that the United States congress overwhelmingly bipartisan passed. So of course this is a concern to every american and i was done at a lunch of an earlier with supporters and many of them have Family Members in israel, had to leave the events more fearful of their Family Members, lives and wellbeing so this is a real impact of real week four policy of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on display. Martha is put up the other map that shows u. S. Bases and facilities in the middle sheet Middle East and you can see that obviously is not only concern for israeli citizens which is completely understandable but also for american families who have young Service Members who are serving all of these places, i mean, israel is so tiny that you can barely see it on this map. And take a look at the iranian Missile Range as we put this map up again in a israel obviously on the eastern mediterranean in that image. You can barely see it but this is the Missile Range that iran has access to in that region. Is this the moment that israel should be empowered to take out or to at least mitigate the nuclear threat that is presented on the border . It is no question that israel has a right to defend itself but you bring up an important point, congressman, martha, as we have watched 181 missiles launched from iran into israel, will wait for any updates so far, no casualties which is wonderful news for the israelis but this is a huge Breaking Story and will impact clearly donates huge debates between j. D. Vance and governor tim walz. So join us at 8 20 p. M. Eastern for our special coverage of that debate this evening and will be with you. Yours truly and Bret Baier and are greatly team, we look forward to joining us tonight. Stay tuned, your world starts right now. [siren wails