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east coast eight on the west coast it's day 27 on america's late news fox news at night. while the israeli ground war continues to expand in gaza where the death toll on both sides is rising, and while many are still calling for a ceasefire, we now have a hamas official on the record, and on video, saying they won't stop until they rid the world of israel. we have team fox coverage, lucas tomlinson in tel aviv, steve harrigan in northern is real, we'll get to them in moments but we begin here in the u.s. with the big-time concerns about the attack on the homeland. the fbi director sa...

All of those will be at joni ernst's roast and ride. the one candidate not here is donald trump. i also want to loop in a little bit of breaking news here just in the last few minutes, yasmin, as to why an event like tomorrow is especially important. it's because there's new debate qualification rules that just came out from the republican national committee here. we're looking at the first gop debate now formally taking place august 23rd. less than three months from now. an event like tomorrow is crucial for the likes of these other candidates, like asa hutchinson and even nikki haley. there'...

A lot of scrutiny that is related to race and to gender. i think those things are real andos they really contribute to the -- to the problem. and i don't know about changing the rules mid-stream. but we certainly have to look at rules where a candidate so qualified like a kamala harris is not even in the game before the first vote is cast. that is a problem for the democratic party. and i don't thinkth it's one that's gonna be cured by just fixing thee rules of a debate qualification. but looking structurally at what kinds of barriers are keeping billionaires on stage and qualified women off s...

The wind. >> reporter: ali, i think that very last bit of what o'rourke said there, he was talking about the gun proposal specifically. but i think it speaks pretty broadly to where this campaign is right now. time to speak clearly, throw caution to the wind. he's competing from essentially the back of the top tier, hanging onto the bottom of a debate qualification. the time is now to try something bold if you're beto o'rourke and that's what i think we're going to see. >> garrett, thank you. coming up as we mark the 400th anniversary of the beginning of american slavery this month, our own ...