Iran took aim at Secretary Of State antony blinken. According to blinken was wrongly blaming iran for the conflict between israel and hamas and says the u. S. Is exacerbating the conflict by overly aligning itself with israel. Whats happening to u. S. Troops overseas. Theyve been attacked 14 overseas they have been attacked 14 times and sitcom telling two dozen Service Members killed in iraq and in syria in just one day. And earlier today another rocket fired at u. S. Forces in iraq and intercepted and no injuries reported. We go live to jerusalem, Trace Gallagher is standing by. Is there concern tonight in israel that this conflict is destined to grow wider and more dangerous, especially when it comes to the risk to our troops in the region . Yep, i think it is already there, laura. You are pushing in that direction. You talked about the 14 attacks against u. S. Servicemembers and blinken, who is blaming iran, as is the Biden Administration vowed to defend u. S. Forces and you have u. S. Forces being wounded and so far no response from the United States. That could change in the days to come. The days to come. It is also important to note israel, were all still waiting for that ground war, that so far has not begun. But its not without saying that it is important to note the ground war has not begun. But today they had to defend themselves on four fronts, rockets coming from hamas and hezbollah in lebanon, coming from syria to israel today, as well as hamas divers who were found in the ocean apparently moving toward a southern israel beach. They were killed and the tunnel near the gaza border was blown up. Response to that, israel launched 400 airstrikes in 24 hours, killing top hamas. Four top hamas leaders in the process and we are now being told that the Prime Minister netanyahu met today with Israeli Defense forces, going back to the ground war, he said they are ready. He said the quote is, the next stage is coming. The question around the world is when does the next stage come and the back 2k4r9 up question, does hezbollah get involved from the north and does this become a wider conflict . Laura Trace Gallagher, i know you visited with families who have been displaced and lost Family Members on october 7. What do they tell you . Trace they are now living in a kibbutz. They spent the past two plus weeks going to the hospital, visiting family and friends, some attending funerals. Some say they have attended four funials per day. They are worried about their children, there are hundreds of children at this kibbutz and it is difficult to know what to do with them, they do not have enough teachers or coaching, or activities. One told me these kids are going to lose out on one aspect of their life. Watch. Missing out on lessons, what are we going to do with them . How are they going to keep up and finish their grades, their tests . We go back home in a month, how do they go back to clas . They are missing classmates and kids in their grade, some abducted, some killed. How do we deal with that . What do i tell my kids . Trace and the psychological aspects, he said his son had to crawl under his school bus and stay there for sometime because Air Raid Sirens has gone off. Everybody has been affected by what is going on in israel, laura. Laura hamas does not think about the children in gaza, they are all disposable to terrorists, everyone is being hurt by the bar bearity. Thank you. Negotiating with terrorists is the focus of tonights angle. We know its been a longstanding u. S. Policy that our government does not negotiate with terrorists making threats or taking hostages. It makes sense, saying otherwise would put invisible bounties on the head of americans traveling or working abroad. U. S. President s generally maintain this policy. As usual, obama muddied the water, claiming to stick with the old policy. I believe u. S. Government paying ransom to Terrorist RiskThe Americans and fund the terrorism we are trying to stop. Government, family of hostages or third parties who help the families and when appropriate our government may assist families and private efforts in communications. Laura we all understand and try to understand the pain that families of hostages are going through and desperation. But obamas move did nothing to disincentivize hostage takers, if anything, it did the opposite. This move came after obama absurd swap at gitmo for one u. S. U. S. Army deserter bo bergdahl. We seized that opportunity. In terms of potential threats, the release of the taliban being held in guantanamo was conditioned on the qataris keeping eyes on them and creating structure to monitor their activities. We will be keeping eyes on them. Laura oh, yeah, we know how that ended up, one released prisoner is suspected of returning to the battlefield, the qataris were on it, though. More dangerous precedent set with at least 10 americans taken by hamas during the october 7 attacks. Rather than being held accountable and quickly for the barbaric murder of civilian and torture of women and children, hamas is using hostages to win Propaganda Points in the invasion. Hamas video at the start of this piece, not clear what Propaganda Purpose they may have been thinking of when they allowed this to be filmed. This is the extraordinary moment an 85yearold israeli grandmother was released by hamas. Its okay, lets go. In video recorded by the militant group, you can see her shaking the hand of a masked Gunman Shilom or peace, she said as she walked away. Laura hamas Got A Valuable photo op with the handshake. We all want hostages to be released safely, we risk losing sight of what they have done to innocent israelis by parroting line about the wartime preparedness. We know the tunnels have ventilation and air conditioning, there was shampoo and medics, it is stunning, contrast that with what is happening above the ground, there is not water, never mind shampoo. Hamas stock piled that underground. Laura well, true, but that is not all, hamas did not simply have ac and meds, they were prepared for female hostages. Everyone surprised by the attack itself, preparation seemed to be a significant piece of the plan. When they say prepared for womens needs, they were there prepared, i mean, just go ahead being honest, they had tampons and things, that is a level of preparation for what they were going to do. Laura if i didnt know better, i would say cnn is giving hamas a fivestar recommendation on trip advisor. Shampoo and antibiotics, those specifics are most striking. Laura what is most striking is how little we learned about Terror Groups taking hostages. If you give them an inch, they will take a mile and next time they will take more prisoners. We should let israel make their own decision, when the biden people get involved, 910 times it goes bad. Same white house that gave them 6 billion, only for humanitarian needs. Under pressure postoctober 7, white house ordered the funds to be put on hold, but not permanently frozen. I understand hamas has not accessed it yet, it is for humanitarian purposes. Yes or no if iran wanted to access this today, could they . I will not speculate one way or the other about future transactions, none of it has been accessed and we are watching every dime, as you would expect we would, watching it very closely. Laura this is not the time for amateurs, but that is what america has in charge. At a time when americans are being asked to go further into debt to support biden Foreign Policy, we need clarity now more than ever. You cant understand how young people get fooled when our own press refuses to define the conflict. Bitterness and anger on both sides exist. It claims terrorism and terrorist have become politicized, therefore they are not using those terms to describe specific groups. Chalk up another victory for the prohamas propagantist who got an,a cyst from the white house podium yesterday. What is level of concern about antisemitism going on in israel . We have not seen any credible threats, i know there is always questions about credible threats. And so want to make sure that is out there. Muslim perceived to be muslim have endured disproportionate number of hatefuelled attack. Laura those comments sparked outrage in the israel community, which led to karine jeanpierres 180 today. Sgll when jews are targeted because of their belief or identity, when israel is singled out because of antijewish hatred, that is antisemitism and that is unacceptable. There is no place for antisemitism, full stop, period. This is important to the president , it ask important to me personally and everyone in the administration. Laura full stop, period, this is embarrassing. Shes been embarrassing from day one, why is anyone surprised here . Hard reality is that as long as joe biden is president , america is going to continue as a nation, that just careens from crisis to crisis. Our adversaries know this, they will use our misstep to advance their interest and propaganda efforts. Without a staff with biden in charge, staff chosen on merit, not on the basis of symbolism or because you are a first, israel should politely tell americans, thanks, but we got this. Biden team came into office firmly believing the biggest threat to america was americans who didnt agree with them. The most ruthless person in the entire administration is merrick garland, he is the one fighting us. As far as the others, they are so hapless, they are duping. That is the angle. We have domestic news to get to. Ned, biden said israel is making their own decisions, but we know that is not true, dont we . There is a reason the Ground Invasion of gaza has not taken place and im afraid it is biden and blinken exerting pressure on netanyahu to hold off on that. The other thing were seeing play out is incredible weakness. I called them amateur, they are weak amateurs. Bidens weakness has brought us to this place. He is giving them money and lifting sanctions to give them tens of billions in oil revenue to fund hamas and hezbollah. The other thing that is apparent in watching this weakness play out in this specific situation and watching those abhorrent comments from the white house yesterday about anti, they are in a spot here at home. Rabied left, the Democratic Base is antiantisemitism and propalestinian. You have the 2024 election coming up and if they alienate that rabied left, they will go to cornel west. You lost the white house. Weakness put them in an awkward place politically here in this country. Laura well get into that later on with ed rawlines. Mollie, john kirby was out today and asked to grade bidens presidency thus far. Give him a report card, a plus, balancing a lot of priorities, domestic and foreign and the president is managing well because of his long experience in Government Issue the wisdom he brings to the job, the relationships he has, hes on top of it all. Laura literally no one on the face of the planet believes that, not anyone. Mollie no one i have lost more respect for than john kirby, saying things absurd right there. Joe biden was clear he opposed every aspect of domestic and Foreign Policy and he ran on that. We are seeing the fruits of that opposition with president trump, you saw in the middle east, expanding peace with jerusalem and signing of the abraham accords, when soleimani was attacking our troops, we took him out. You saw expanding peace in the region. With biden, we have hostages, americans are going to have to pay for this and it really is, just reminder, he said he opposed Foreign Policy, we are suffering from that. Laura ned, in the house speakers race, it is interrelated, the house speakers race, still going on. Trump came out against tom emmer, killing his chance of being the next choice and wrote on truth social today, the Republican Party cant take that chance, it would be a tragic mistake. Tom emmer was out in a matter of minutes. Correct, tom emmer, it is hard to believe tom emmer was nominated to be speaker, he is a puke rhino pushing the vote funded by soros. It is appalling he was nominated. Too bad jordan couldnt persuade big Spending Republicans who want to see the ukraine gravy train continue you hear rumors how someone might strike a deal with democrats, you are definitely a benedict arnold, if you do that. Some in fighting that took place in who would be supporting the 2022 midterm led to republicans have be fourseat majority instead of a 20seat majority. You have Swamp Creatures and more establishment types fighting, i dont see a way forward. People in the greater world says if there is no speaker, does that mean we will not get spending to sell us out. Laura mollie, we are learning moments ago, there may be a deal proposed where it would be cospeakership with jordan and mccarthy. Is this more trial balloons going anywhere, or is that interesting idea . Real quick. Mollie we are having the conference come to terms with how bad the situation is. As number of votes get lower and lower whether people might try a strategy like that, two people broadly liked, might satisfy two wings. Laura right now it is not done yet, panel, thank you. Vivek ramaswamy just said, made attentiongrabbing headlines about israel, well be on it next. This she■s a hero moment. 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What hamas did to israel was wrong, morally outrageous and israel has a national right to selfdefense, laura, and capability to do it. Diplomatic iron dome mean institutions like the un that would criticize israel for concerns of proportionality, drawing false equivalence by those who attack israel. Israel has a right to national selfdefense, the premise of israel in first place, the project based on the idea of right to selfdefense and existence and i stand for that. That is different from saying the u. S. Needs to get involved in another nowin war for the u. S. In the middle east. From iraq to afghanistan, weve made these mistakes before. Six and a half trillion dollars of our National Debt is attributable to those two wars. Laura the difference though for israel is our ally. That is different, certainly different from ushg yoo. Im with you on iraq and afghanistan, i was on the other side early in the iraq conflict, it turned out to be total nightmare for us. In this case, theyre our ally and we dont let our allies down and doesnt mean we give people a blank check either, tossing it you hava as remade mistakes in iraq, that is a mistake. I want to be precise laura, many in israel dont want the u. S. Secondguessing decisions they make. Laura that is difference. That comes with aid. If the u. S. Provides aid, it is up to the u. S. To ask questions, what are objectives in gaza, what comes after hamas in gaza. No aid to israel at least until we have clear answers of what exactly are the objectives of the Ground Invasion, which i have serious concern about. That is israels decision to make, not the u. S. Or anybody elses to get in the way. If the u. S. Is going to fund it, then answer those questions. That is where im at and been precise about that. Laura i trust israels judgement on this better than biden and blinken. Bret baier had interesting segment with chris koonce and john thune and subject of iran came up. Iran funded, supplied, trained fighters of hamas and behind the other proxies and need to be striking back and prepared for the prospect this will get harder. Not responding is not an option, you have the animating force behind evil is iran. Message has to be sent, we cant afford not to act. Laura seems to be back. I do not think war with iran is in the u. S. National interest. My view, laura, you have arab countries issue including saudi arabia, turkey, israel, all of whom have shared interest in middle east to make sure iran does not present a problem. Not saying that is stable balance of power, u. S. Involvement is not the answering in this long war that will not advance our interest. We have to look at every situation through prism of what advances. My moral obligation is to citizens of this country, that includes standing for our allies. Laura we are limited time, sorry to interrupt. You have been spending a lot of money, im lo