Dana world war ii era antisemitism erupts across College Campuses and the president is pandering to both sides. Im dana perino, bill hemmer is off today. Good morning, bret. Bret im bret baier. Former President Trump starting the day talking about the protests on College Campuses. Interesting outside were great americans. People that want to come down and protest at the court and they want to protest peacefully. We have more Police Presence here than anyone has ever seen. You cant get near this courthouse. Yet you have nobody up in a college where you have very radical people wanting to rip the colleges down, universities down. And thats a shame. But it all starts with joe biden and the signals he puts out are so bad. I can tell you, he is no friend of israel, thats for sure and no friend of the arab world, either. You look at what he said. He is no friend he doesnt know what to do. He doesnt know what to do. He wants to take a middle ground. Oftentimes that doesnt work but it is certainly not working here. What he has done to israel is abandon them and he is trying to be as nice as he can to the other side. Call it the arab world but thats not working, either. Because they get him and he is a an incompetent man. Peace will never happen with a guy like this. Thank you very much. Bret new jerseys democrat congressman will join us in a moment. Peter doocy is live at the white house with the latest. Bret, President Biden had a layup. He was given a clear opportunity to pick a side in these antisemitic oncampus College Protests but instead he said he has problems with both sides. Do you condemn the antisemitic protests on College Campuses . President biden i condemn protests and i have set a program to deal with this and i also condemn those who dont understand whats going on with the palestinians. Some at the white house see it as black and white. They are blatantly antisemitic and dangerous and no place on any College Campus or anywhere in the United States of america. President biden also mentioned that earth day event that he set up a program to deal with antisemitic protests and when you go to the webpage for that program right at the top in november it says we cant stand by and stand silent in the wake of antisemitic and islamic phobic incident. We must denounce antisemitism and denounce islamaphobia. That program that he is tolding up as proof that he takes the issue seriously he instructs the Justice Department and Education Department to keep an eye on things is clearly not working. Bret. Bret peter doocy live on the north lawn. Dana new jersey Congressman Gotheimer is joining us today. It is painful time for you to see what has happening at the university and what your own eyes what you witnessed yesterday. I mean, good to see you, thank you for having me and shocking to say the least of what i saw yesterday and all i heard from the students about being threatened and you heard about students being punched and shoved and intimidated and screamed and yelled at and what people are chanting is not the kind of civil discourse that we should be having on any university campus. Instructive debate is one thing. What they are doing right now and threatening and intimidating students is another. Bret do you think that President Biden should be saying more . I think he made a very strong statement yesterday in condemning antisemitism. You look at what well pass this week out of the senate im hoping today or tomorrow is what we did in the house over the weekend well sign into law this week makes clear we stand by our ally, israel, and how important the u. S. Relationship is. Getting humanitarian aid in as well but i think overall we have made very clear statements as a congress coming out of the white house that there is no place for hate or antisemitism and no place for islamaphobia, either. Dana congressman, you are a Speech Writer for bill clinton and know communications very well. I know you well in terms of public relations. Do you really think that statement by President Biden yesterday was a strong one . He was just answering a question that was shouted at him at an earth day event. He didnt even top his speech by saying something strong with moral clarity. Did you see also the white house put out a clear statement dana on sunday from the deputy press secretary. Do you not think the president of the United States needs to say with conviction . You saw former President Trump. We played it in the sound bite in his package. I think the president will continue to make strong statements, dana. The bottom line at this campus and every campus across the country we have to make it clear that this is unacceptable. You cant have encampments like this threatening and intimidating other students. We need to make sure the federal government and the Department Of Education and Title Vi Investigations make it clear all students must feel welcome. No one can be discriminated against and everybody regardless of their religion and race has to feel safe. It is up to the president s of the universities to do the right thing. You saw what people are screaming. I that i she certainly better step up right now. I leave it to the trustees to make that decision. What i said clearly yesterday on campus was this is the moment you either will step up and do the right thing and there has to be strong accountability. You saw, dana, im sure you saw some of these comments over the last days people screaming we are all hamas, never forget october 7th, it wont happen One More Time or a thousand more times. I saw that. It is dana lets get bret in here. Im monopolizing. Bret those are all questions i would ask, too. We see on these campuses these green and gray tents. They are all the same. This funding for this effort is coming from somewhere. Do you know where its coming from . Do you wonder who is funding these operations . I dont know but im sure that overall a lot of these College Campuses we have to see where the money is coming from. The bottom line, though, is, bret. What will the colleges do about it . Discipline harassers and encourage peaceful constructive civil dialogue and Restore Civility . Thats the question. You saw yale take action yesterday. Taking down the encampment. Columbia initially acted and had strong words before Congress Last week or the week before. This is about actions, not just words. Thats the key here. What will they do to Restore Civility and make it very clear that students of all religions and races and backgrounds shouldnt feel threatened and let education go on. Nobody should be scared to walk across campus or go to the library. The bottom line this is what is expected from all these College President s to Restore Civility. Dana one of the things that i wanted to just end with and have you comment on quickly. There was a tweet from, a post from senator john fetterman, if we could pull that up here. The Junior Senator from pennsylvania, democrat. I fully agree with the white house, these protests are antisemitic, unconscionable and dangerous and add particulary torches and it is like charlottesville. For the president of the university resign so is he right to make the compareson to the charlottesville. He is right to say the universities stere to act and the hate you are seeing in this country is out of control and unacceptable. The bottom line is all these College President s have to act and thats why frankly you see what weve been doing in the congress these last weeks of just making it very clear its unacceptable on any part in any corner of our country and the bottom line is we have to keep making that statement. I think its great Senator Fetterman has been so strong and others are speaking out. We have to keep speaking out. Now is a time for the University President s to act. Rhetoric is not enough. It is action that matters. Dana Congressman Gotheimer, thank you for being with us today. Bret take you back to the trump trial in new york. A man was just arrested outside of the Overflow Room after being escorted out of the room as court went into session. Handful of Police Officers appeared to be arguing with them over where he was standing or sitting in the room, about how he could get into the courtroom itself. Police asked him to step out in the hallway and leave after a long conversation with him. He refused to go and was detained. The Gag Order Violation Hearing is going on. The prosecution is arguing that former President Trump should be held in contempt for violating a gag order not once but several times. Up to ten times actually the violations. The d. A. s office has handed the court ten different posts from truth social. They allege violate the gag order. Eight of the posts were on truth social the other two on the Campaign Website and the Prosecutor Says the posts pose a real threat to the proceedings. Were monitoring this as it goes on and we are getting information from inside the courtroom. We expect the judge to make a ruling on whether this is a violation, whether the former president of the United States will be held in contempt and what that means, which is a big deal. Dana certainly is. One thing that has not been lost amidst the hate is power of prayer. The University Of Florida coming together to hoist the largest Passover Seder last night. The feast was held in the gators home arena. 1200 students and staff were in attendance. Defiant message to protestors at colleges around the country and great to see that indeed. The State Department has listed israel at the top of its annual report of Human Rights Abusers. The designation comes on the documents first page, Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken is seen defending the decision yesterday. Do we have a Double Standard . The answer is no. As this report makes clear, in general, as were looking at human rights and the condition of human rights around the world we apply the same standard to everyone. Dana Gillian Turner live at the State Department. Hi, gillian. As you know, yesterday was also the beginning of passover. A major jewish holiday. It is notable the State Department condemned what it says are israels Human Rights Abuses that very same day. Rolling out this report yesterday state officials tried to explain the decision to equate israels government with some of the worst abusers around the world. Listen to this. Weve been clear with israel own the moral obligations to protect civilians and the human rights of civilians and firm in stating that israel must abide by humanitarian law. This from the report about israel quote, we continue to raise concerns surrounding the deaths and injuries to Tens Of Thousands of Palestinian Civilians in gaza including women, children, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable persons. The state Department Report features israel among the worlds most deadly regimes on page one. This includes hamas in gaza, taliban in afghanistan, Vladimir Putin in russia and chinese communists carrying out genocide today. When it comes to allegations of incidents of whether its violations of International Humanitarian law, rights abuses, you name it, we have processes within the department that are looking at incidents that have been raised. Critics, though, are insisting that this approach perverts the actual truth. They take on the israelis and try to be even handed it is really not. There are bad guys and good guys in the situation. Israelis are the good guys this this situation. So as the fallout from this human rights report is continuing to reverberate here at the State Department, secretary blinken, speaking of the worlds most egregious Human Rights Abusers is headed to china later today. Dana isnt that ironic. Thanks from the State Department. Bret live on capitol hill the u. S. Senate floor is open for business and there you see senator Mitch Mcconnell getting things ready. The votes are expected as soon as today on the 95 billion foreign aid package for ukraine, israel and taiwan after months of delay it is expected the senate will approve that bill passed in the house. Votes are expected to begin, as we mentioned, early this afternoon. Its primary day in pennsylvania. Will uncommitted voters vent their anger and frustration at President Biden in a key Battleground State again like we saw in wisconsin . Well see. Dana remember when the world had israels back on hamas Terror Attacks on october 7th. Fast forward to today. Antiisrael protest thes are the norm on College Campuses and elsewhere. We need to maintain the order and assert their authority and say this is a university. We do not do this here. You people are ignorant. Go to the library if you are students enrolled here and read about what happened in the holocaust. 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We have seen that before. Bryan llenas is in pennsylvania, polls are now open. Good morning. The uncommitted campaigns goal is to get over 40,000 voters to write in uncommitted rather than to vote for President Biden in a Protest Calling for a permanent ceasefire in gaza and the end to all u. S. Aid to israel. Were also watching today pennsylvanias democratic primary in the 12th district. Represented by congresswoman summer lee. Can she win again despite opposing house resolutions, condemning antisemitism and condemning hamas . She was endorsed by bob casey. The senate race has already begun. Caseys Campaign Event was interrupted by antiisraels protestors over the weekend. Dave mccormick campaigned yesterday alongside congressman jim jordan. Mccormick telling us the antiisrael protests are a disgrace. I think its really important our Public Officials be very clear and strong with their moral clarity. John fetterman has been a clear voice. Bob casey has been very unclear and in part he has endorsed summer lee who is really a good example of the antisemitism we dont want in our leadership and our representatives. But ultimately voters weve spoken to in pennsylvania over the last week at church and protests tell us the most important issue to them is inflation. Economy. Its kind of tough right now. All the prices are all the way through the roof and basically it is challenging. My grocery bill has more than doubled and i get less. Every single thing has gone up under biden, everything. Im not voting for biden, ill tell you that. I would lean more for trump, to be honest. I dont like a lot of the january 6th stuff. Today is a close primary. Independent voters cannot participate. The polls close at 8 00 p. M. Bret thank you. Dana a meltdown on campuses, antiisrael protests breaking out on College Campuses spreading like wildfire. The world largely backed israel in october 7th in its fight to wipe out hamas. Charlie hurt, an opinion editor of the washington times. Listen to ocasiocortez at an earth day event and said this. It is especially important that we remember the power of young people shaping this coun