massacre on israeli citizens living so close to the border with hamas killers. now the israel response, war. and they are on the ground and they have surrounded on that strip of land the city of gaza. israeli defense force with its ground offensive, their soldiers striking hamas command posts, weapons and infrastructure. they are also looking to push into the interior of the city and take out the terrorists who brutally attacked innocent israelis one month plus one day ago. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." the israel military today says it has gained control of a hamas stronghold in the northern part of gaza. they are pounding those hostage-taking serial killers' targets. [shooting] >> harris: president biden and the biden administration are still pushing for a humanitarian pause. others are calling for an all-out cease-fire. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, yeah, he is not planning to hold back. >> there will be no cease-fire, general cease-fire in gaza without the release of our hostages. as far as tactical little pauses an hour here and there we have had them before. i suppose we will check the circumstances in order to enable goods to come in or our hostages and individual hostages to leave. the only thing that works on these criminals in hamas is the military pressure that we're exerting. >> harris: you hear that. it's a laser focus by the israel military to destroy hamas's main advantage and network of underground tunnels loaded by booby-traps. once they go inside those tunnels, the idf expects to face brutal hand-to-hand combat like what we saw in fallujah and vietnam. they built tunnels in vietnam like this. they didn't have quite a money, but the enemy were doing it. in "focus" now former secretary of state mike pompeo. first team fox coverage, fox business's edward lawrence at the white house. we'll start with trey yengst on the ground in israel. trey. >> harris, good morning. israeli troops say they are now operating inside gaza city for the first time in decades. this is a significant development and the first time the israelis have acknowledged they made it into the largest city inside gaza since the ground operation began. as we talk about the movements on the ground and the israeli efforts to destroy hamas, we do have to remember the people who were slaughtered here just one month ago. we spoke with family members of two hostages currently being held by hamas, take a look. >> two years ago ramone and anything eve got married. they made a life for themselves in the kibbutz. >> it is an incredible place to grow up. a green supportive community she explains. what happened on october 7th turned our world up side down. incomprehensible. it has been one month since hamas militants crossed into southern israel slaughtering and kidnapping civilians. one month since the mother has seen her 34-year-old son. one month of agony. it's very hard. the pain is excruciating. i feel a hole in my heart. her daughter-in-law was seen in a hostage video released by hamas last week. the first proof her family has that she is still alive. >> on one hand we're very happy to see her alive, she says. on the other hand, we haven't seen or heard from our son. >> over the weekend i was reporting inside the gaza strip with the israeli military and noted the belief of the israelis is that the majority of hostages are being held in that tunnel network beneath gaza city. the israelis say they believe 80% of hamas fighters are inside gaza city. the battles that will unfold over the coming hours and days will be critical and very difficult, though, amid the urban battle environment. we know the israelis have tried to destroy more of the tunnel entrances comes as they are facilitating the exit of civilians in the northern part of the gaza strip. they say they have opened a humanitarian corridor and thousands of civilians waving white flags headed south. >> harris: all right, trey, thank you very much. the war across the ocean now has taken a toll on americans here and abroad. in southern california a jewish man died after a confrontation at dueling pro-israel and pro-palestinian demonstrations. witnesses say this is what they've told police, 69-year-old paul kessler fell backwards hitting his head on the ground during the altercation sunday. he died yesterday. authorities expected to give an update on his death at 1:00 p.m. eastern. there is a lot more detail to that story. we'll get it from those authorities as they begin to fill in and confirm hopefully some of the facts. last week in indiana, police arrested a woman who said she intentionally crashed her car into what she thought was a jewish school. several people were inside. no one was hurt. the number of attacks on the united states military men and women in iraq and syria has now crept up to 38 since october 17th. i'm sorry, the sound of biden's administration doing anything in response, can you hear it? of course you can't. most pinned on iran back groups are behind it. those are the terrorists that iran pays to go out and do its dirty work. this week it's focused on our men and women. secretary of state antony blinken was in baghdad over the weekend begging leaders there to deter attacks by iran proxies. one day after that meeting i iraq's prime minister was praising iraq terrorist. they didn't get the message and don't care we're talking. >> it's easy to see who your friends are there. harris. fox news confirmed through a source familiar with the ask by the administration, $320 until presags guided bombs will go to israelis, those dropped from an airplane as israel is going after the tunnel system where the bombs could play a big roll. the president pushing for a humanitarian pause. all attacks haven't been officially linked to iran yet but since october 17th, '38 americans sites have been struck, 46 u.s. service members have been hurt in those attacks. >> to ask for who is responsible, i think while we can't pinpoint a certain group on a certain day at this point, obviously these attacks are all coming from these militia groups that are backed by the irgc, the revolutionary guard corps in tehran. we'll do what we have to do to defend our troops and defend our facilities. >> the u.s. has responded by hitting two proxy sites in syria and iraq. house republicans say the administration needs to move more forcefully against iranian proxies. >> how do you negotiate a cease-fire with a group of terrorists that literally cut the throats of babies? and rape women and take defenseless civilians and americans as well hostage. this whole thing is convoluted. the only way we'll negotiate this is let the israelis at the end of a barrel of a gun. >> you talked about the secretary of state going around the middle east meeting with partners. in some cases other countries to listen to their concerns about how israel is playing out their ground offensive. >> harris: we're checking the date but it has been more than ten days since -- it was october 22nd -- 26th that we responded with that double hit on syria and iraq. look at all the things that have happened since then. that was the lightest thing we could have done. thank you very much. i will move on to former secretary of state mike pompeo now in "focus." i want to ask you. let's start there. so 46 u.s. military men and women hurt, 38 attacks, one dead, killed a u.s. contractor and we responded on october 26th sending in two planes and dropped a couple of things. >> great to be with you. your voice is exactly. i can hear it in your voice, this is nothing in the eyes of the ayatollah and the eyes of the president and the leader of the irgc external terror plotters. they see us shooting at two empty warehouses as literally nothing. a green light for them to continue this aggression. i think if we don't respond forceful plea not just against the proxies itself. if we don't take on the iranian leadership itself. don't get serious about responding to the the person who is underwriting training and providing all of the instruments of power that killed americans on october 7th, resulted in the death of an american yesterday. if we don't get those right. if we are weak we'll continue to provoke and increase the risk to every american in the united states. >> harris: look, being weak-kneed at this point is to ignore the facts. i remember under former president donald trump that when it was time in his estimation a red line, when it was time to hit syria, he hit them with tomahawk missiles. this was proportionality there off a battle ship. i don't know what we're doing now. he is ignoring the facts, the president of the united states. >> that's right. ignoring the facts and it is important president biden has said he will respond in the same way the trump administration. if we do x, we'll do y, when you tell them you will respond and you don't. obama's failure to fire missiles into syria when he said he would. when the red lines are crossed and you do nothing the bad guys will move around the cabin and do enormous harm. i'm worried about what could be happening inside of our own country. an open southern border, an ayatollah being supported by the chinese communist party and russia who are feeling their oats and feel there is no cost to their actions when they attack americans. got to get serious about this. we know how to do it and have all the tools. we need leadership that is prepared to deter the iranian regime. >> harris: the early year do that, the better off we are. fewer of our people have to die and be harmed. "politico" has gotten a leaked memo in which state department staffers are going after biden's administration's handling of the israel/hamas war marked a sensitive but unclassified document and reads in part we must publicly criticize israel's violation of international norms. failure to limit offensive operations to legitimate military targets. the message states when israel supports settler violence and illegal land seizures or employs excessive use of force against palestinians it goes against our american values so israel does not act with impunity. what do you make of that? >> harris, i wish i could tell you i'm surprised. having led that organization, the state department, this is the aoc, rashida tlaib wing of the state department. these are classic appeaseers who don't understand that israelis are acting in self-defense. they are taking out a terror threat that killed 1400 of their citizens. they have not only the right to do it but an obligation to do it. i saw it at the state department during my 1,000 days of secretary of state. there is a progressive element that sits inside of that organization that pulls and pulls and we've seen one senior person quit. i hope folks will all decide they no longer want to be part of an important institution the united states diplomatic core. >> harris: if only they could be woke to that and wake up one morning and decide job change. wow, thank you. rashida tlaib lane at the state department. that's troubling. secretary, thank you. what happens in virginia may not stay in virginia. what today's election from the commonwealth could mean for 2024. governor glenn youngkin crisscrossing the state trying to turn it all red. >> what's happening across the commonwealth of virginia is like in 2021. people are coming together and it is not just republicans. it is independents, democrats. we've determined that we are going to finish the work we started in 2021. >> harris: it's not just virginia. elections in some three dozen states will tell us what voters are thinking and which party has a leg up in 2024. the republican governor of new hampshire chris sununu in "focus" next. 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exciting is that there is a clear recognition that common sense conservative governance wins, it delivers and people like it because it's common sense. >> harris: he has been so busy all day that he is still talking. let's go live to governor youngkin in virginia. >> concerned that tax relief is going out to virginians money. they delayed the signing of a budget that could have been done last march or april if they had done their jobs. this is at the end of day i hope people in virginia recognize the senate that has been controlled by democrats has truly been working against things like job growth, things like tax relief, things like excellence in education and safe communities. this is our chance to stand up as virginians and charge a different direction. i hope virginians understand we're the party trying to do everything we can to create jobs. 230,000 new jobs in the last 22 months. we've gone from near the bottom of job growth to three in the country in job growth. we have tax relief and working hard to reestablish excellence in education. i'm so excited about the insensitive tutoring program in third through eighth grade across virginia because of bad decisions by the previous administrations and school boards to block kids out of school. we are trying to forge a better day in virginia. what the other side stands for honestly is simply chaos. they are doing everything they can to strike fear into people's hearts over topics that the bottom line is we're moving forward in order to build a better virginia and we're the party of hope and hope beats fear every day of the week >> ask a gap between the party that donor class and the conservative activist how you close that gap and maybe through the prism of early voting can you tell us a little bit about the task, what is task it has been to get your party to show up to the polls to turn in early ballots this year. >> we're unified in virginia and we have a very clear direction that we have set. all the candidates are committed to supporting our platform and that's a unified republican party. it has been great to see. we launched early voting because i was tired of seeing virginians come to the poll on the last day and see republicans behind by tens of thousands and votes. we've invited everybody to vote early. good turnout. we've seen a major difference. had 500,000 people that voted for the great lieutenant governor and attorney general and me in 2021 that didn't turn out and vote in 2022 mid-terms. this was at the heart of our effort. i am pleased we've seen increased participation in absentee ballots and early voting and today on november 7th we have to get everybody out to vote. encourage everyone to vote as governor. as a republican i ask you to send me a team in richmond to work with me and not against me. we can unleash unlimited prosperity here and we have a plan that has worked. this is not about two philosophy, this is about proven results of job creation, of raising expectations in schools, doing the work necessary so our kids are prepared for the future. reducing taxes. this is real and this is what we can do even more of. i just need a team in richmond working with me. i ask folks here we are in prince william county. elect bill wolf to be the next senator and elect ian love joy as your next delegate. lets open up -- >> harris: just to let you know all 140 seats in virginia's general assembly are up for grabs. gop control would guarantee passage of youngkin's legislative priorities like abortion, taxes, parental rights in education, so on and so forth. you hear him making the pledge for people to let him do that once he is confident, it sounds like he will win but now get the legislature to change, too. you have all those seats up for grabs. he is hoping that republicans can do well in those races as well. chris sununu is the republican governor of new hampshire and he is in "focus" right now. i don't know, governor, if you caught the previous question there with governor youngkin. it was a really important one. how do you get republicans in 2023 and going forward to vote before election day when it has been so really put down? the left did it, they cheated at it and blah blah blah blah blah but now you know you have to get people out early. is glenn youngkin going to be part of that voice? how effective was that pitch that he says he has done in virginia. >> he has done a phenomenal job but making sure that as a governor he is talking about the citizens first, individual liberties, local control, limited taxes, pro-business. results matter. focusing on the results not just litigating the past or talking in hype that calls but a governor can do and asking citizens to say give me a team to work with. he has done a great juvenility i think we have a new governor in kentucky. i think reeves gets reelected. it could start galvanizing the party about winning. you can't govern if you don't win. >> harris: democrats have beaten republicans badly through the years because they get early voting. with the pandemic stepping in, you could get ballots sent to every house in america. it barely cost anybody everything. now campaigns have to pay for it. can republicans snatch that victory out of the hands of democrats to change republican voters' habits? what they've been told is most effective is vote on election day. if they wait until that day and you don't bank votes it will be uphill with no climbing sticks. >> there is no doubt in states that allow that, we don't do early voting or mail in ballots. people show up on election day. to your point where the efforts are allowed you have to play by the rules and be aggressive about it. i think they had some success in california in 2022 with new congressional seats. they focused on the early voting. they allow ballot harvesting and insanity. play by the rules. if you don't you'll lose. to your point where it's allowed play by the rules and get the right leadership in there and win elections to get things back to normal. >> harris: a razor thin contest in deep red kentucky. voters are headed to the polls as they are in 36 other states. incumbent governor andy beshear is facing a challenge from daniel cameron, the state's attorney general. it could map out a 2024 blueprint. andy beshear says it is not about president biden. let's watch. >> governor's race has nothing to do with who is in the white house but what is going on in your house and bringing in good jobs. not expanding healthcare. at the end of the day this should be about the best candidate with the best plan and the best track record. >> harris: i tell you, i've been watching that race a lot. he has a lot of competition