that breaking news out of the capital and the attempted carjacking of a secret service vehicle happening last night in georgetown. agents protecting the president's granddaughter opened fire thwarting the carjacking. details coming right up. striking back with deadly force, the u.s. launching new air strikes of proxies in syria. asme owe dana perino. bill is off today. hi, mike. >> mike: i'm mike emanuel. "america's newsroom." sources say one of the american strikes killed at least half a dozen iranian-backed fighter after a flurry of attacks against american troops throughout the region. >> dana: coinciding with israel's war on hamas. they continue to hunt the terrorists in gaza and fending off strikes from lebanon where the iranian-back terrorists of hezbollah have become increasingly active. >> mike: general jack keane analysis but alex hogan is live from northern israel where fighting is on the rise. >> major escalation here in the northern part of israel. the sound of artillery and drones is constant. we can hear some machine gunfire far in the distance. it was yesterday, sunday, it was the most active day of fighting we've seen since the beginning of the war. 21 people wounded including soldiers and civilians. >> attacks and retaliation has increased in the past few days. >> israeli military in northern israel this was just -- now this is used as an idf base targeting hezbollah sites on the other side of the hill behind me in lebanon where it will continue to put pressure on israel using new ammunition and weapons. idf here says it is ready to respond in the event of any continued strikes. >> as long as they keep quiet on the other side, we'll keep quiet here. >> with hezbollah's use of advanced long range missiles the idf fortified border with the largest military presence here in nearly two decades. looking south israeli forces today have reached the gates of gaza's main hospital. the idf says this area, because of the underground tunnels, is a hamas stronghold and key to their goal of taking control of northern gaza. the world health organization warns that the major hospital there has been without electricity or water for three days. that means no power for incubators. workers say 32 patients have died including three nicu babies. the israeli government says it is attempting to help rescue some of those babies and bring them out. help the hospital denies is happening. >> mike: alex, many thanks. >> dana: more with general jack keane, strategic analyst. can we talk about the northern border there? just last week the head of hezbollah seemed to say that they were staying out of it. are they? >> well, i think he is threatening the use of force. he doesn't appear all that committed to the use of it. i don't think he is the decision maker anyway. i believe the supreme leader in iran really will call the shot here. what they're trying to do by conducting limited measured attacks on troops in northern israel is to tie up as much of the idf in the north as possible so that they're not deployed in the south and why hamas has been encouraging hezbollah. they want them to do more than that. what hezbollah really has and where they would have something of an advantage is the 130,000 rockets and missiles that have a greater range, more precision and more lethalality than hamas. they could reach every city in israel. israelis would respond significantly with air power. if they couldn't stop it and the casualties were unacceptable, only then would they ask the united states to get involved. we would get involved with our air power only. it would be quite effective. that's what's potentially in the offing. >> dana: could you speak to us about the air strikes that killed some iranian proxies yesterday in syria? >> well, the focus certainly changed. this is the third strike and this time the focus was on people. a training center and safe house where people were in there. and as opposed to weapons and ammunition and storage sites in the last two. i don't know if it's going to be effective. i would want it to be effective as everybody does. my sense is it will not be because it is not comprehensive enough dealing with the proxies themselves. go after the leaders, go after the fighters, go after the rockets, missiles, drones, go after all the infrastructure. do it all at once in one night. that's well within u.s. strike capability. no risk to a single pilot in doing that. that, i think, may get their attention. but still, i think you have to tell the iranians and give them a warning and hold the irgc at risk who is superviseor, directing, and supporting all these operations with hamas, hezbollah, with the houthis and also with these iranian and syrian proxies that are attacking the united states. and remember, iran is trying to send a message here to the allies in the region. the united states can't protect its own bases what makes you think they'll protect you. we should not let the message stand, frankly. and put the assets in iran that the irgc owns. we had two presidents that broke the code here. reagan under attack in the persian gulf, u.s. capability, our allies capability and the flow of oil. he attacked iran's oil platforms and irgc bases and they shut him down. president trump attacked solomony by the same prox less attacking us now and went after the leader of the force and killed him. they did respond militarily as they would in this case but most of our judgments are they would eventually shut down because of fear of direct conflict with the united states. >> dana: let me also ask you one last question about this hospital. this is in gaza, the idf maintains this is where underneath the hospital is where hamas has its headquarters. we are seeing some images that are very troubling. you have little babies that are at this hospital. israel is doing pauses to help get people out of the area. they are in a war. what should the idf be thinking about right now as it plans to go in? they want to eradicate hamas but hamas puts itself underneath innocent civilians. >> how diabolical and sinister is all this and certainly they want all those film of what's taking place in that hospital out there in the public media certainly as propaganda tools. your heart goes out to what is taking place and the suffering. all the suffering is caused by who? the leaders have set up their major command and control facility where they direct their operations underneath a hospital. the israelis have evidence of it. they have visual evidence of it and audio evidence of it. the united states supports that from our own intelligence services, by way. this should no longer be in dispute. obviously hamas is lying when they are denying its existence. the israelis do not want to go into that hospital and have to fight in that complex. they are trying to force, certainly, hamas to get out of there. and that's why there hasn't been an operation directly conducted in it. at some it is likely some kind of military operation may indeed have to be conducted underneath the hospital to get these folks out of here. remember, the hostages, they've got these hostages for a purpose. one, to protect the regime leaders at the end of the day. two, to get israel out of gaza at the end of the day to keep some hostages to do that. but also to get a cease-fire. whether there will be a play here protect themselves remains to be seen. given the focus at the hospital now by the israelis i doubt seriously if the hamas leaders running this operation are still there. if israel has managed a it is indicating to surround the place. they are in the business of self-preservation first and they're likely some place else. it doesn't diminish the significance of taking down a command and control facility certainly. that's directing the operations in gaza for hamas, it is something that needs to be done. >> dana: general jack keane, thank you for kicking us off on this monday. appreciate it. and over the weekend, i had a conversation i haven't been able to stop thinking about on israel's fight for survival and dan's own personal reflections. you can listen to it now on the fox news rundown podcast. >> if you ever want to love your country more, run for president. i love america more today than i had on may 22. but when i go back to iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate. i am suspending my campaign. i think the voters who are the most remarkable people on the planet have been really clear that they are telling me not now, tim. >> mike: senator scott's announcement shocked even his own campaign staff. after he dropped out of the gop presidential race he refused to endorse any of his competitors. david spunt is live in washington. good morning, david. >> good morning. it shocked trey gowdy, too, the host of the program last night. tim scott will still watch from the sidelines, he says, to help turn something bad into something good. >> the voters are smart. they are savvy. and i think what our country is going through right now is a very challenging time. and our goal should be to unite this country and not take advantage of the divisions of this country. >> scott ran his campaign as a positive beacon aiming to stay above the food fights on the debate stage. someone who wanted to restore true optimism to the white house. it came as a surprise not only to us in the news media but even members of his campaign staff who reportedly sent out a fundraising email shortly before the event. when asked if he would consider the number two spot as vice president he said this. >> being vice president has never been on my to do list. for this campaign and certainly not there now. i look forward to keeping to working hard to make sure that in the future i can continue to win the respect and admiration of voters. >> scott did not say who he plans to endorse telling people to instead do their homework, do some research on different candidates. the best way for him to be helpful, mike, is not to endorse someone. interesting to hear that rhetoric. usually people endorse right away but making it clear now he doesn't seem like he will endorse at all. >> mike: there is only one candidate from south carolina now. david spunt, thank you very much. >> dana: great to have him on. internal dissent memo exposing the white house divisions on israel. the document accusing the president of spreading misinformation. plus this. >> are you okay? 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[limu emu squawks.] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >> dana: an internal state department memo is accusing president biden of spreading misinformation. that's according to axios. 100 federal employees are urging biden and his administration to reassess their policy toward is rand and demand a cease-fire in gaza. some echo things like tlaib who is now being censured over her rhetoric. >> i know folks say they are just cleaning up this place because all the fancy leaders are coming into town. that's true. because it's true. but it is also true for months and months and months prior to apec we've been having different conversations. >> mike: much needed effort to clean up san francisco coming with a dash of skepticism ahead of the asia pacific economic summit there this week. the city has long struggled with high crime, spreading homelessness and public drug use. dave rueben is the host of the rueben report. good morning. >> good morning. former california resident, that is the key to this whole conversation. a million others in the last three years. >> mike: we'll get to it. let's start with a taxpayer on the timing of this cleanup. >> what about the people who are here year round, local, hard working, working class folks? >> can you blame the taxpayer for feeling that way, dave? >> no, not at all. you can blame one guy, gavin new some. once the mayor of san francisco. largely destroyed that city. now become the governor of california, largely destroyed that state. anyone watching this, you guys on fox are probably the only mainstream network that covers the urban decay that's happened in most of these democrat-run cities. people have seen. the drug use is completely out of control. it looks like a scene, san francisco normally until they just cleaned it up in the last 2 or 3 days, normally looks like a scene out of a zombie movie. it isn't safe. a million people have fled california. if you look at the people, the producers and the people who create companies and wealth out of silicon valley, which were largely based in san francisco, they virtually all fled. everything you are showing right there is what's happening in that city. last time i went there was a couple of months ago to meet with musk at twitter. that's where they get the drugs and buy the drugs and do the drugs and everything else. everyone knows it could have been dealt with. newsom cares for about chinese leadership than the people of san francisco. >> mike: robberies are up in san francisco, a 14.3% increase. but for this high-profile summit police presence is up. do city leaders tell the police to stand down after the dignitaries leave? >> probably. although i would say -- i don't mean this in a cynical fashion. i'm certain newsom is getting ready to run for president when they decide to push out joe biden. it would behoove him to have a clean san francisco and clean california as a whole. maybe he will stick with this thing. where are these people right now? there were thousands, literally thousands and thousands of them mentally ill, ill, bloody. the entire thing, everything you can think of and some things you can't think of. what did they do with these people and where are they right now? that's the question people should ask newsom. >> we'll see protests of corporate profits, the israel/hamas war and other things. thank you for your time today. >> my pleasure. >> dana: fox news alert president trump's oldest son don junior arriving at court in down hone manhattan moments ago. he will testify today as the defense calls witnesses in the civil fraud trial today. eric shawn outside the courthouse this morning. hi, eric. >> good morning, dana. quite a scene this morning. defense turn, donald trump junior about to take the stand here at state supreme court in lower manhattan trying to stave off a quarter billion fine and potential ruling by the judge that could dissolve the trump organization company and prevent it from doing business here in new york state. the president's elder son about to take the stand and testify, questioned by his lawyers. when he was on the stand already from the prosecution he rejected the allegations that the trump organization committed fraud, inflated values improperly, and did this as part of a conspiracy to increase their values to save money on loans and insurance fraud. the former president' son relied on lawyers and accountants on valuations, very differently depending upon the experts. the judge has already found the trump organization, quote, liable for persistent fraud and his ruling could dissolve the company's licenses to do business in the state. president trump attacked the judge. there is no jury, it is called a been much trial meaning the judge who already made that ruling will decide the ultimate penalties. the former president says no banks were misled. he and the organization relied on disclaimers, the experts and all the loans were paid back. >> they have frankly failed. we outlined it clearly. they have failed completely to prove their case and to go through the essential elements of this case completely. >> in his testimony the former president said we will bring in bankers and explain what the process is. they paid little attention to documents. they were more interested in the deals. but new york state attorney general james, who brought the civil case, says the trump organization, quote, grossly inflated assets and the former president tried to seek better loan terms to quote enrich himself and his family. >> at the end of the day the documentary evidence demonstrated that, in fact, he often inflated his assets to enrich himself and his family. he continued to persistently engage in fraud. the numbers don't lie. >> former president's defense lawyers could call him back on the stand. his other son eric, an executive vice president, expected to also testify in their defense. this defense portion will go for perhaps another month. there will be a parade of lawyers, accountants, real estate experts as former president trump fights back against this case. dana, back to you. >> dana: keep tabs on it for is. thank you, eric. >> mike: president biden switches focus to his 2024 reelection campaign as more challengers emerge and growing concerns over his age and fitness for office. the f.b.i. widens its investigation into mayor eric adams. they are looking to see if the mayor improperly granted favors to turkish government interests here in the u.s. what can i do to make a better cotton crop? 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