Space Force Station Cape cape canaveral. In just moments, spacex will launch its crew nine mission to the international Space Station carrying two astronauts and two empty seats for the starliner astronauts, butch and sunny, Left Behind. Well take you there live and watch the blastoff together. Welcome to Fox News live, im griff jenkins. One more hour. Anita Im Anita vogel. First, hezbollah has now confirmed that its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an israeli strike in beirut following weeks of intensified fighting between hezbollah and the idf. Mike tobin is live in haifa, israel, with the very latest. Good evening, mike. Reporter good evening, anita. Theres been at least two additional airstrikes from israel that have gone into that beirut suburb, the same neighborhood where Hassan Nas Nasal nasrallah was killed yesterday, and another individual was taken out by one of the assassinations this evening. This as as israel continues it brutal and unrelenting Air Campaign that is december mantling the hezbollah command structure. The strike that went into the Neighborhood Yesterday was massive. The Collateral Damage is all but certain, we just dont have any figures as far as how extensive the Chat Corral Damage was Collateral Damage was. But the destruction will prevent future attacks and greater loss of life. When nasrallah was killed, he was meeting with remaining hezbollah commanders including Hezbollahs Number three who is now dead. Israel said nasrallah had blood on his hands, and he chose to be in this war when hezbollah fired on israel october 8th, and that choiced had consequences. Hezbollah is a threat to the state of Lebanon And Today concern to the world. As of Last Night, Hezbollahs Leader will no longer be able to terrorize the world. Reporter the death of Hassan Nasrallah didnt stop the rocket fire. There have been alarms all throughout the day and evening. Central israel just a short time ago had an alarm go off as a Ballistic Missile was fired out of yemen. It was intercepted resulting in no injuries. While Iraq And Iran if go into mourning, irans supreme leader promises Nasrallahs Blood will not go unavenge venned. Unavaninged. Unavenged. U. S. Posture will be enhanced in the region to, as biden put it, to prevent this conflict from widen. Benjamin netanyahu has returned from his trip to the u. S. he landed in Tel Aviv and returned to Israels Version of The Pentagon where he is being briefed on the latest and presumably planning the next stages ahead. Anita, back to you. Anita mike tobin, live in israel, thank you. Well, for more on this we are joined by former special Assistant To The President and senior director at the national security council, michael allen. Michael, thank you so much for coming in today on this big news. Thank you. Anita i wonder if you could just put this into context for us. Is this equivalent to the assassination of Qassem Soleimani or Osama Bin Laden . What does this killing mean . Its very much in both of those categories. Hassan nasrallah has been terrorizing not only the united states with, but especially israel for at least 20 years. And its been a big debate, i think, within the national Security Community and israel of whether this would be a good idea to go ahead and attack them. If i think after october 7th, as you well know, the Security Situation has changed so much for the israelis, they feel like they need to restore deterrence. They were worried that their enemies didnt fear them, so they needed to go in extra hard in gaza, and now theyre going after hezbollah. They simply cannot live with another general sidal Terrorist Organization on one of their borders. Anita well, do you think their enemies feel differently now . I want to put smudge on the screen. This is sort of the hierarchy of hezbollah and the people who are still left. I wonder if we could put that there we go. They are going down one by one by one. It looks like theres one Person Heft there there left there. So when you say their enemies dont fear them, what are they thinking now . Whats iran thinking now . Well, i think irans got to be impressed and worried. They, of course, also hit inside of iran recently, and the israelis have just done a series of daring events. Remember, they went inside of a mountain and blew up a hezbollah drone facility. They have done a decapitation strike, they did the pagers and the walkietalkie attacks. And so now i know that they must be very fearful for all of their security. And why is that a great idea just other than were taking people off the battlefield in its that whoever survives in hezbollah is going to have to spend most of their day figuring out how to stay alive, and that means theyre not planning external terrorist attacks. Anita yeah. Israel has shown a very aggressive posture in the past several weeks. I want to put reaction up on the screen now from mitch mcconnell. We have this from senator mitch mcconnell. He says, Hassan Nasrallah authored decades of Terror And Suffering across the middle east. Israelis, americans, lebanese and syrians are safer without him on the battlefield. America should heed this reminder of what it means to impose costs and justice on those who wish us harm. Let me ask you to react to that but also the fact that it seems like the u. S. Did not get any warning on this. Are you surprised . Im not surprised. I think that the israelis dont want to ask permission of the united states under any situation because theyre a sovereign nation. But especially the biden administration who would have just immediately started to try and talk them out of it. I think the biden administration have not read the room well since october 7th. They are repeatedly trying to force our ally into ceasefire situations. I get it, we do want to deescalate this crisis. We dont want a war. But the israelis had some business to settle, and i think it would be wiser if the biden administration recognized that instead of beating up israel all the time. Anita ive got 15 seconds left, what does this mean in terms of a wider role and what role, if any, does the u. S. Have . If iran comes back at israel like they did in april, our role will be to help defend israel like we did last time. But iran has a big decision to make, and that thats whats happening today. Anita do you think theyre going to do something . I think they have to. The question is by way of a Terrorist Proxy somewhere in the world, or will they hit the israelis directly like they tried to do in april. Anita well, the world is waiting to see. Thank you so much, michael allen, for coming in today and gives us your insight. Appreciate it. Griff. Griff anita, three iranian nationals have been charged by the doj for allegedly hacking former President Trumps president ial campaign and sending stolen material to people associated with the biden campaign. Madeleine rivera is live with the latest on this story. Hey, maddie. Reporter hi, griff. This alleged Hacking Campaign is wide ranging, but its not necessarily surprising to Intelligence And Security officials who have long been what they call a pattern of aggressive behavior the from iran. These are the men who have been indicted by the Justice Department. The doj accuses them of stealing Campaign Material from the personal accounts of people associated with former President Trumps team. And then over the summer, they allegedly leaked this information to members of the media and folks then linked the president bidens campaign. While theres no indication that any of the recipients of the stolen Campaign Information actually replied, Irans Attempt was clear, to sow Discord And Shape the the outcome of our elections. Reporter per the doj, the suspects are members of irans islamic revolutionary guard corps. The agency says they made fake email accounts impersonating Government Officials to trick their recipients, and they did so from iran. The u. S. Is offering a reward of up to 10 Million for information leading to their arrest. Still, its unlikely theyll be extradited to the u. S. So when asked about the types of consequences these three might face, heres what attorney general Merrick Garland had to say. This is a allofgovernment effort, and so it includes sanctions, it includes rewards for justice. And, third, i think as history has shown the Justice Department has a very long memory, and we are going to the pursue these people endlessly. Reporter u. S. Officials say iran has targeted trump since 2020 the keen on revenge after the killing of general Qassem Soleimani. They warn the threats arent only coming from iran, adding Russia And China are also working to undermine the election. Griff. Griff Madeleine Rivera live in washington, thank you very much. Reporter you got it. Griff were now joined by republican congressman from texas and member of the bipartisan Trump Assassination Attempt Task Force pat fallon. Congressman, thank you for taking time on a saturday. I want to get to your Task Force and whether or not President Trump, former President Trump is safe at this moment. But first, i want you to sort of react, if you can, to this latest news of these three iranian nationals in this hacking attempt. Well, griff, its very clear that we have to enforce the sanctions that are already on the books. Under President Trump when the sanctions were being enforced, the iranian oil exports amounted to about 8 Billion annually, and now its up to over 4 4 the 2 billion. So you can sow a lot of mayhem, murder and what not if with an exthere 35 million. We need to also go on the offensive in the cyber sphere as well, and we need to sanction their drones, missiles and, again, particularly their energy. Griff lets turn now to the safety of the former president. We had a busy week of developments. I want to start with the Secret Service, director rowes sort of statement, if you will. His latest, we thank congress for dreag addressing some of the u. S. Secret services most immediate needs in this heightened threat environment. This shortterm funding will better equip the u. S. Secret service to Enhancer Hasnt enhance Security Measures in the months ahead. He continues, we look forward to working with congress on fullyear funding to deliver the additional personnel, Technology And Equipment our Work Force needs to do their jobs. Congressman, your reaction to that statement. I think that we need to be very clear here. The Secret Service has 8,000 employees and a 3. 1 billion budget. They may need a few more resources, but to sit there and ask for, essentially, the doubling of their budget when they had an end pin, historic, Catastrophic Failure is not going to sit well with the american peep, and it certainly doesnt sit well with me and other members of congress. It wouldnt have cost them anything, griff, to have surrounded the Agr Business in butler, pennsylvania. Very little to put cameras on the roof or, for that matter, local Law Enforcement on the roof and had one command post, if not two. There were nine different things they could have done, and they chose not to do them, and almost none the of them cost any money, and some cost just a fraction. So they need tome brace technology. From the whistleblowers ive talked to, they say they simply need to spend the money that they have more efficiently, and they said embrace technology, change some of the training and really change the culture of the Secret Service to better protect the president and the other Protecte E es under their care. Griff and, congressman, i would ad one more to the list. It was just startling Rev Legses of failures. Revelations. One that stood out to me was the lack of Radio Communications between the local Law Enforcement and the Secret Service. Uhhuh. Griff i want to play for our listeners just a snippet from i one of the Butler Emergency services people. Here listen to this. I do not believe they could hear us at all. They did not have a radio from us, and we did not have a radio from them so, you know, in the local command if post there was no way for us to hear any of the Secret Service radio traffic. Griff congressman, theyre not talking to each other . As former president now heads back to9 butler, the big question is, are you confident about his safety . I think hes, his second trip to Butler Hell be safer, but, you know, we need to this is a zerofail mission, griff. [laughter] and the fact that were talking about in 2024 they cant employ radios where [no audio] talk with Secret Service is damning. I mean, this could cost people their lives, and it did Cost Corey Comperatore his life. It would have cost them nothing to have let local Law Enforcement in on the fact that there was a Nationstate Threat against President Trump is also some of their own local Law Enforcement or Secret Service agents from the Pittsburgh Office didnt know that either. So its about changing culture, figuring out what happened in butler, figure out what happened in West Palm Beach to make sure those never happen again. But also in a strategic sense changing the way they do business from the top down. Griff and just in the last 30 seconds or so ive got, congressman, i want to ask you, you know, its not nothing that a weve learned that former President Trumps Wisconsin Event today moved inside because of what appears to be a shortage of resources for Secret Service. Again, i think that you have to tart at the top, and whos the first person they have to protect . The sitting president and then the Vice President and then president ial candidates. President trump is right up there. Hes arguably the most famous person in the world, so for them to say they dont have the resources to protect these top three people is absolutely absurd. Start there and then go down the list, because they have many protectee, s. If somebody is the uncle of of some protectee, if some Family Member has to save off one or two, thats the way it has to be. Theres a few different things they need as far as the Technology Standpoint goes and also using other resources, because to train more Secret Service agents is going to take a couple of years, griff. Griff texas congressman pat fallon, we look forward to following the continued hearings and investigation by your Task Force. Thank you for taking time. Thanks, griff. God bless. Take care. Anita after a Delay Due to Hurricane Helene, a space, and rocket is about to take off Spacex Rocket is about to take off. The spacecraft will ultimately return in february with its initial crew plus two more astronauts being Left Behind by the Boeing Starliner. Jonathaner is isly joins us now live from the kennedy space center. If so, jonathan, are we, are we onboard for a takeoff here . If are we tminus this happening . If. Reporter yes. So far so good, and thewet has been improving weather has been improving. In addition to that 2day Hurricane Delay that you mentioned, crew 9 has had to adapt to some major changes including who actually gets to go up on the rocket. The names of the original four Crew Members were removed from the official mission patch. Nasa pulled to two astronauts from this afternoons launch to allow one cosmonaut to travel to the international Space Station with two empty seats or on the space, and Dragon Spacecraft, those seats reserved for butch will more and sunny williams. Were going to launch as a 22person Crew and land as a 44person crew, and one 2person and 4person, and one of the unique challenge as is integrating them into the to operations when theyve had a min maul Dragon Training before they launched. Reporter earlier this month, starliner returned without astronauts because nasa was concerned about thruster problems during their inbound flight back in june. I dont look back and say would have, could have, should have. I look back and say, going forward, how can i fix what can we do to make this better. I think the up part is were here with our friends. Weve got a ride home, and, you know, were looking forward to the next couple months and doing a lot of stuff for the international space sayings. Station. Reporter and, anita and griff, butch and sunny will officially join the crew 99 Mission Conducting Experiments onboard the international Space Station for the next five months and then all four will return together on that Dragon Spacecraft. And now we are just seconds away from the launch of crew 99. Lets crew 9. Lets watch. Griff as our viewers are looking live, jonathan, at the Space Station in Cape Ca Canaveral and this liftoff, it really is a