Maria, we will see you soon. Varney company picks it up, ill see you tomorrow. Stu, take it away. Stuart congratulations on your 30th anniversary, or maria. Maria thank you, stu. Stuart good morning, everyone. The mideast on the brink of wider war, and the president is struggling to stop it. He arrived in israel at 4 a. M. Eastern time. He met Prime Minister netanyahu looking tired and less than robust. The hospital explosion had derailed the visit, the air a wrap world arab world immediately blamed israel. Biden said, from what ive seen, it was the other team, not you, but theres a lot of people out there who are not sure. End quote. There is movement to the wider war. U. S. Forces foiled a drone attack on a base housing american soldiers. Protesters set fire to the American Embassy in lebanon. Hezbollah has called for a day of unprecedented anger. Theres a general strife and unrest in the west bank. The president will leave israel in a matter of hours, hell be on the phone Onboard Air Force one calling the jordanians, the egyptians, the Palestinian Authority trying to work on the hostages, on gaza and the involvement of iran and its proxies. Its a fast moving story, coverage throughout the the show. Minor losses for stocks just like yesterday. Profits and Interest Rates more important to investors than whats going on in the mideast. The dow down maybe 90. The s p down 23, the nasdaqs down just over 100 points. Modest losses. Interest rates holding at what i would call elevated levels and actually going a bit higher. The yield on the 10year treasury 4. 85, and look at the 2year. Last time i checked it was 5. 19, it is now 5. 20. Oil, last time the i checked 88 a barrel. Now its 87. 77 but rising gradually. Gold getting closer to 2,000 an ounce, youre at 1960. But gas, my lord, its falling again, 3. 57 for regular. Thats to down 30 cents in a month. Diesel actually up 1 cent at 4. 46. Politics. Another vote this morning to elect a new peeker. It is chaos speaker, and we have no clue as to whether jim jordan has enough votes. What a disgraces. The worlds on fire and the house has no speaker. On the show today, hamas supporters in congress, Rashida Tlaib immediately blames israel for the hospital blast and so does most of the media, accepting the word of hamas. Well show you the evidence of just who is responsible. Plus, the parallels between jimmy carters struggles with iran and President Bidens. Theres a long history of the mullahs upending american president s. When is it going to end . It is wednesday, october 18th, 2023. Varney companys about to begin. Stuart right to it, please. President biden is in israel this morning. He met Prime Minister netanyahu, but his summit with arab leaders is and his meetings with the Palestinian Authority all canceled. He wrapped up his meeting with israels war a cabinet. Lauren, what is the latest . Lauren the region is boiling after a blast killed more than 500 at that hospital in gaza. Both israel and and hamas are blaming each other. Israel released video and an intercepted audio call showing Islamic Jihad was to blame. The president stood with israel. Outraged by the explosion at the hospital in gaza yesterday. Based on what ive seen, it appears as it was [inaudible] but theres a lot of people out there there who are not sure. The worlds looking. We, israel has a value set that the United States does and other democracies. Lauren and thats why the second part of bidens trip to jordan to meet with the arab leaders was canceled. Now, the hospital explosion sparked protest in several middle eastern cities. There is a general strike on the west bank, widespread unrest. U. S. Embassy in beirut set fire by propalestinian rioters. The question today as i see it, what happens next. Is the hospital blast a pretext for iran to widen the conflict or for the u. S. To enter it or for israel to change its plan for a Ground Invasion . Stuart its a good question, we cant answer it. Lauren what now . Stuart cant answer it yet, but we will. Join Fox Corporation in supporting the united jewish appeal, donate at ujfedny. Org. A new quinnipiac poll shows that 85 of voters fear that the war in israel will escalate to a wider conflict in the mideast. Ben domenech with me now. Ben, put it all together, please. Fluid situation. I think it looks grim. Can the president prevent a wider war . Well, look, i dont think that joe bidens visit is coming in a way to save anybody. I dont think that its going to really salvage anything out of the Current Situation much as i think netanyahu has depended on the support of americans and leans on that american relationship in a lot of different ways, i dont think that what joe bidens mission there is in terms of what hes going to be saying behind the scenes is going to be something thats very welcoming for the leaders of israel. The simple fact is, stuart, we have seen i think a delay that ultimately hurt the ability of the israelis to do what they need to do in gaza and, ultimately, i think this hospital situation is only going to contribute to that. Look, i frankly would disagree with the idea that we have any confirmed number of deaths. Youre depending on hamas for that number. Youre depending on the Gaza NationalHealth Ministry which is, unfortunately, the kind of thing that we sew happen again and again see happen again and again. And yet those numbers are always things that seem to be revised after the fact, and many few media organizations do the work of revising them. I also think theres very strong visual evidence that this was a rocket that a went off and, frankly, broke up in a way that led to this tragic death. But certainly, you know, these are the kinds of things that happen quite a lot when youre depending on rockets that are being fire by various terror antiisrael organizations from within gaza. Look, its going to be hashed out in the coming days, but it is right now a pretext for canceling meetings that were a lot more important, i think, than the one joe biden is currently having with israeli officials. Tour or stuart ben, please stay right there. I want to move to the separate subject of the house meeting on a new speaker. Yesterday jim jordan didnt have the rotes votes. How many republicans went against jordan . Lauren 20. After this first round of votes, jordan is shy of the 217 he needs to take the gavel. He gets another chance today, round two of voting is expected after 11 00. Can he close the gap, or is his bid for the speakership on life support . Does another candidate have to emerge in order to take care of israel . Stuart lets bring back ben domenech into this. Ben, i find it hard to restrain myself. This failure to elect a speaker at a time like this, again, im going to use that word, i think its a disgraces. What say you . It is a disgraces, which is one of the reasons i think the timing of it is going to go down as one of the worst experiences for the Republican Party in years. They have shot themselves in the foot at the worth possible time and, unfortunately, as much as there are a lot of conservatives out there who really like jim jordan, would like to see him become speaker at some point, he didnt are anywhere the time he needed to ramp up a race for the speakership s. And a lot of people just assumed Steve Scalise would be the next in line. Now what i think is increasingly likely after today, at least one member has said hes going to put it forward if jordan once again fails as all of us really expect to be able to achieve the speakership, theyre going to put forward the idea of empowering the current speaker pro tem, patrick mchenry, probably through the end of the year, just in order to keep the government running and keep the house running to a certain degree. But9 with the understanding that he isnt the longterm speaker, but they can give his position more power to do the things and advance the bills and legislation needed to fund the government, keep the doors open and, frankly, address the numerous problems that they have in front of them around the world at the moment. Stuart will they need the democrats help to put in the pro tem speaker with more permanent powers . Thats a big question. I think that its possible that they get some democrat support for that. Thats already been teased by a number of democrats who, frankly, are frustrated and want to do something when it comes to israel in particular. So i think they may get it. Whether they need it or not is really a question of how much people want this are ridiculous chaos to continue. If they want the chaoses to continue, then i think that they will be opposed to it. If they want to actually have some temporary resolution and just say were going to, weve got to kick the can on this because nobody can get to the right number, i think youll see a number of democrats who could potentially vote present, lowering the threshold in order for mchenry to have the kind of powers he needs. Stuart pathetic. Ben domenech, thank you very much for joining us. Back to the markets, please. Modest losses pretty much across the board. Dows down 70, nasdaqs down 1 to 90 100. Eddie ghabours with with us. Eddie, if we get a wider war in the mideast, the price of oil will go up. Its already going up. I think the market goes down. Is that how you see it . Wider war, oil up, stocks down . Stuart the, i think investors need to be prepared for 1000 oil and and a 10year treasury note over 5 . 100 ill. If this war does escalate and oil does blow through 100, that thats going to be a problem here domestically. So this is the not a time to do nothing in regards to ignoring these are risks. But, look, oil as weve talked about with our clients is an area that it will make money, in our opinion, if the war escalates. And if we get peace, it will go up as well too. So its an area where you can make money in either scenario. I pray for peace there, but i dont think the probability of that happening anytime soon, or unfortunately, is really high. Stuart at some point this war, this situation, i should say, will have an impact on stocks and eddie, i think its negative and you do too, correct . Absolutely. And, look, i hate the bring this up, now the bigger risk, in my opinion, is because were so vulnerable as a country financially and now were funding potentially two wars, a possible government shutdown, is this the time where chinas going to look to make their move. I hope that doesnt happen, but if youre going to do it, youre going to do it when were at our weakest, and i dont know a time in the last three decades when weve been as vulnerable as weve been. So the risks are real, and its reckless to ignore them, in my opinion. Stuart eddie ghabour, thank you very much for joining us on a very important day. Coming up, aoc stumbled through her explanation of how israel should respond to the hamas. Roll tape. What is israel supposed to do the about hamas after they murdered, brutalized, abducted over 1,000 of their citizens . Are they supposed to just do nothing . What is important is for us to identify our goal in terms of what safety means, in terms of defense means. 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And you can bring your own device. Oh, and all on the most reliable 5g mobile network nationwide. Wireless that works for you. Its not just possible. Stuart President Biden is in israel this morning. At the same time, Vladimir Putin is in china meeting with president xi jinping. Edward lawrence joins us. Please, edward, break down these two very different meetings for us. Reporter yeah, stu. Lets start with israel. President biden hopped right off air force one, went into a bilateral meeting with the israeli Prime Minister, and thats with he compared hamas to isis and expressed outrage. Its beyond my comprehension to imagine what theyre thinking. Beyond my comprehension. Theyre committed evils and atoes atrocities that make isis is look somewhat more rational. Reporter so because of an explosion at a hospital in gaza, the palestinian leader, the king of jordan and president of egypt canceled a meeting with President Biden. The white house says therell be a phone call later tonight with those leaders. Still, President Biden now saying the explosion at the hospital not israels fault based on u. S. Defense Department Data and pledged support is. And i want to say to the people of israel, their courage, their commitment, their bravery is stunning. Its really stunning. Im proud to be here. Reporter the president also gathering with israelis war cabinet telling them the u. S. Will work towards three goals. The United States stands with you in defense of this that freedom and pursuit of that a justice and in support of that peace today, tomorrow and always. We promise you. Reporter now, as we see these images, russian president Vladimir Putin in beijing where the chinese reaffirmedded mutual trust and support for russia. The chinese president celebratedded the deepening political and economic ties. China now has record trade and Oil Purchases with russia under president joe bidens tenure. Back to you, stu. Stuart thanks, edward. Congressman darrell issa, republican, california, joins us now. Youre on the House Foreign Affairs committee. What is the republican position on bidens israel visit . Well, stu, doing the right thing after youve done the wrong thing should always be remember as the right remembered as the right thing. The president showing solidarity with our ally and saying the right things about the terrible atrocities of hamas, palestinian jihad and even hezbollah, its a good thing. Stuart a good thing. But the visit has been really derailed by the hospital explosion. And blame for it. The outcome is not what the president was hoping for, i suspect. Well, iran flipped the switch. They flip the switch everywhere including embassies around the world. It shows the power that they have and how emboldened they are by the bad policies of this administration that have let them gain money and gain back the ability to spread terror and to do what theyve been doing since 1979. Stuart it looks like a wider war is starting. Would you agree with that . Its going to get worse before it gets better. The youre going to put the genie back in the bottle, you literally have the take the playbook of Ronald Reagan and not give an inch on anything when it comes to combating terrorism. You know, remember, Ronald Reagan sunk iranian ships, warships, in the persian gulf because they tried to deter the ability of oil to flow. At the time he was denounced, but in reality its the only thing that put the genie back in the bottle for a number of years. Stuart would you be comfortable seeing American Forces firing shots in anger either in the air or on the ground if theres a second or third front opens against israel . You comfortable with that . I want to see our military doing everything it can to allow israel to do what it needs to do and to secure a lebanon that is free of hezbollah. We have to engage in this area. And, stuart, this is one of those times in which many of the things being done, the movement of ships and so on, sends the right message. Israel doesnt need our boots on the ground. It does need the protective missileses and rockets, the iron dome support, the support for patriot missiles. It needs that right now more than ever. And, by the way, so does ukraine. And if were not careful, so will every embassy. Stuart okay. Lets turn to the speakers vote. Jim jordan failed to get enough vets yesterday. Votes yesterday. If youre not careful, congressman, if the republicans are not careful, the democrats will elect a speaker, and they will exact a nasty price. Youve got to get this done. Weve got to get it done, but anytime you get 96 and its a failing grade, its a pretty tough one to meet. You know . Speaker mccarthy had 96 and got a failing grade. Quite candidly, its over 90 for jim jordan, and its time for all ofs us to swallow our pride and go with the give an a and not give it as a failing grade. Weve got a standard that cannot with met by anybody. Not even you, stuart, and we love you. Wed love to have you as our speaker, but we have to accept that 90 is a very good grade and move on. And my hope is well do it today. I certainly know were going to move up. If its not enough, i think jim jordan is somebody who is a statewide and a National Figure in wrestling, i think hell go another round. Stuart okay, congressman, were off the time. We will talk to you again real soon, and thats promise. Darrell issa. Thank you, stuart. Stuart laurens back with us. Seemed to be a lot of tension between Steve Scalise and jim jordan. Lauren you could say that. There is a daily caller report that jim jordan asked Steve Scalise to make a speech supporting his bid for the speakership, and scalise reportedly refused. That would make it, if he did refuse, much harder for jim jordan to clinch the 217 votes that he needs. So translation, chaos continues. Do want to point out scalises office says scalise did whip for jordan and did, in fact, flip some members to discover tans side but jordans ooh side but didnt comment on the speech. Stuart look at futures, please. Dow down 60, nasdaq down 100. The opening well is next. Explore endless design possibilities. To find your personal style. Endless hardie® siding colors. Textures and styles. Its possible. With james hardie™. Is it possible to fall in love with your home. Before you even step inside . Discover the Magnolia Home james hardie collection. Available now in siding colors, styles and textures. Curated by joanna gaines. If your child has diabetes, youll want the most accurate cgm, dexcom g7. Its on. And, hes off. You can see his glucose numbers right on your phone, so you can always be there for him with dexcom g7. Stuart check the markets, premarket trading this is, dow down 30, 40 points and the nasdaqs down 100. Shah ghailani joining us now. Wait a minute, you think the markets going to rally even with all thats going on in the world, right . This is certainly an impediment to that happening, but i still think theres a good chance we see seasonal i think take effect, and i think we can rally. Market has held up incredibly well, and i think thats a positive. The thing thats holding it back right now is certainly, in my opinion, the bond volatility. Thats whats holding the market back. As far as whats happening in the middle east, it seems to have shrugged that off and is now looking at earnings. I think if we get good earnings, the i think the market can rally into the fourth quarter. Stuart are all bets off if the war expands to involve iran and the price of oil goes up . I mean, youll change your forecast at that point, presumably. Yes, absolutely. And, again, speaking of impediments, the rising price of oil would certainly be a big one. And iran now threatening to boycott and maybe cut production and export of oil is going to be a problem. But if the mideast in general blows up, hen i think all bets are off, and this market will likely turn south. Stuart are you buying anything at all . You think the markets favorable towards aally assuming that the mideast doesnt blow up entirely. Are you buying anything or or just holding off . No longterm commitment, stuart, but certainly buying some shortterm positions, trade, if you will, to cap upside moves. I think buying spy, buying some call options and some spreads on the dow, on spy, on some of the on the qs, on some of the index, the etf indexes that i think have a chance to go up but certainly not committing any serious capital until we see what happens in the mideast. Stuart what key indicator are you looking at more than any other . For me, its the price of oil and the 10year treasury yield. How about you . Definitely 10year treasury yield, and the other really for me, stuart, is the s p 500 has support at 4200. I think if we get down there, we bounce back higher, then were fine. If we break through that, all bets are off. Stuart whats it like in the Investment Community at the moment . Youve got this situation in the mideast, yet the market is fairly stable. You talk to other investors and other investment advisors. What are they saying . Are they nervous . Very nervous. And nobody really has a feel, nobody can see over the horizon. Everyone is nervous about whats happened in the middle east and also whats happening in the bond market. As the 10year continues to rise, the yield that gets above 5 , i think thats going to stair a lot to scare a lot of investors. Bonds obviously look very handsome relative to equities bonds are looking pretty good. And theres a lot of money on the sidelines, and i think of going into instead of going into equities, if we get above 5 on the 10year will go back into fixed million. Thats not 30r9ive of equities, but weve got earnings, and i think so far so good on the earnings. Stuart okay, you got it. Shah ghailani, thanks very much is for joining us. The market has hope opened, and weve opened slightly lower for the dow industrials. Look at that level, 33,957, with all thats going on in the world. And weve got about onethird of the dow stocks no, less than that, a few dow stocks up, most are down. Some red ink lauren and up three days in a row coming into this session. Stuart thats true, yeah. Lets have a look at the s p 500. That has opened. Its down about onethird of 1 , just over that. The nasdaq composite also opening with a more profound loss, thats down two of twothirds of 1 . Big tech, where are we now . Microsoft, the only winner. Alphabet, metaor, apple, amazon on the downed side. And then we have morgan stanley. I know they reported before the bell, i see the stock down. Didnt do well, do did they . Lauren down 4. 66 . This is the last of the big banks to report. Their profits fell 9 , less deal making. Their revenue from Investment Banking down a sharper 27 . And heres a big number, they set aside 134 million in provisions for credit losses. That number a year are ago, 35 million. It end went up by 100 million in one years time. Stuart 5 is a big drop for a big bank. Thats a fact. Procter gamble, theyre up . Lauren prices for items up an average 7. 7 . Yet volume with only down 1 . So their margins are really solid at 52 . They have pricing power, the street knows it. Stocks up stuart pricing value. You got it, you do okay. Winnebago, whats the story . Lauren Industry Sales are down 17 from last year. That is why winnebago revenue fell 35 in the quarter, and they expect continued pressure on the market. Not just the consumer buying the rv, but also the retailer reluctant to accept rvs in their inventory because they dont think that they can sell them. Stuart all right. I know that netflix and tesla, they report after the bell this afternoon. Lauren can i say this is when it gets exciting . Because you have the big, megacap Tech Companies that a start reporting. Netflix, okay. How many subscribers did it add because it started to crack down on password sharers. It is expect to have added 6. 1 million. 10 more than last year. Total number of subscribers just shy of 239 million. Okay, those are big numbers. Will we see price hikes . What about content . You have the strike, and even before that is the content weaker . If you look at a nielsen data, they see fewer netflix shows in that top 10 of all streaming titles. So if theres not enough good content de, are you going to sign up for netflix . Stuart fractional loss at this moment. How about tesla . Lauren three ps, pricing, profit margin, products. Tesla has been cutting prices, that hurts their margins. If youre in the market for a model y, the price is now 25 cheaper than a year ago. So their margins coming way down. Maybe just 17 . The street wantses the know, is that the bottom . What about their delivery numbers. They want to deliver 1. 8 million vehicles this year. Are they on track to do that . The answer is, yes. And when will the cyber truck finally be delivered . That weird looking, rectangular, octagon sort of thing . Stuart what struck me in your report is the price of the model y is down 25 from a year ago . Lauren yeah. Stuart what other product is down 25 in price . Not a single one. Lauren i know. Theyre trying to gain market share. And successfully, i think theyve done so especially with the uaw strike. Stuart okay. Heres another favorite of ours, nvidia. Down 4 yesterday and look at it go down again today. I know the problem, but youre going to spell if it out. Lauren u. S. Curved on some of nvidias Technology Including the two chips that it made specifically for china to abide by previous restrictions on the a. I. Chips that we send to them. The government does not want our Technology Used to advance their military. So nvidia comes out and they say, look, this doesnt meaningfully impact our business, but china is 2025 of their revenue, and the desperate might be differing and disagreeing with what nvidia has to say. In fact, citigroup cut their price target to 575 a share. Granted, its more than nvidia ares at now, but it was 630. So citigroup disagrees. Stuart united airlines, theres a big drop there, 6. Lauren wow. Stuart has this got anything to do with israel . Lauren israel is and jet fuel. United is out with a weak Current Quarter front forecast. Youre seeing record numbers of people going overseas, so how are they forecasting a weak quarter . Their flights to tel aviv. Flights are suspended. How long . Through the end of october, through the end of the year, we dont know. The other problem is jet fuel. If you look at the price of jet fuel, its the up 11 from the start of last quarter. So jet fuel, israel hurting united. Theyre not the only airline down, the others are down as well. Stuart thats a looking chart, isnt it . I remember seeing Ford Motor Company cut back production of the ford lightning, their ev. I believe gm is doing something similar, tell me. Lauren gm pushed back by a year the conversion of a plant to all electric. This is the factually factory thats going to make the big electric trucks like the sierra and silverado. They pushed it to the end of 2025. Theyre questioning the profitability equation here. They need to align investments that they make with demands that they have. Wheres the demand . The average price for an ev is actually down by so ,000 10,000 according to one report in the past year. So if the prices are down and the lots are more full, where is the shopper . Stuart demand is short. Maybe demand people are just not buying evs like we thought they would. Thats the bottom line, isnt it . Lauren a miscalculation, and now theyre pushing back the conversion of that a factory. Stuart all right. Dow industrials, were now down 100 points. Thats just a little bit shy of onethird of 1 . Look at the dow winners, if there are a few. Procter gamble doing well well, boeing, unitedhealth, mcdonalds, travelers. The s p 500, that list is topped by nasdaq inc. , state street, procter gamble, okay. Lets move on to the nasdaq. Ono big no big names there, palo alto networks, lululemon up again because theyre joining the s p 500 lauren today. Its today. Stuart so theyre up again. Now, heres the important numbers the watch for today. The 10year treasury yield, yeah, going up, 4. 87 . The price of gold going up. That tech in the mideast is, thats what gold does. High inflation, tension around the world, gold goes up. Just shy of 2,000 an ounce. Bitcoin, 28,300. Not doing much. Oil, this is another key denominator today. Moving up, 87. 85. Nat gas, i believe its up again, 3. 12. The average price for a gallon of regular gas, my goodness me, its down 2 cents overnight to 3. 57. Its down 30 cents in a month. Diesel actually up 1 cent. Coming up, could bidens missteps in the mud east cost him the mideast cost him the white house . Liz peek certainly thinks so. She says bidens presidency has so many similarities to the catastrophes of the carter years. The Mainstream Media quick to blame israel for the hospital blast. And an in res lille official predicts u. S. Military involvement if iran and hezbollah join the fight alongside hamas. Lieutenant general Keith Kellogg next. This is american infrastructure. Megawatts of power, rails and open road, and essential services of every kind. 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Reporter yeah, stuart, the highly anticipated Ground Invasion of gaza will likely begin in the coming hours or or days according to officials that weve talked to. We understand that this visit for President Biden is quite the juxtaposition if because we are watching as troops behind me are headed toward the border. We saw israeli airstrikes against positions across gaza throughout the day, and meanwhile, the leader of the free world was alongside Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu in tel aviv not just showing support, but talking about the next steps in this conflict. Understanding this could unravel into a much larger regional war. And all of this is complicated by the hospital ec motion that took place explosion that took place last night. Hundreds of palestinians were there when an explosion occurred. Immediately hamas officials inside gaza blamed israelis, later the israelis gave fox news evidence it was an islamicy mad jihad rocket. You saw protests and riots in front of the u. S. Embassy in beirut, in front of the Israeli Embassy in to oman, in front of the consulate9 in istanbul. And the rhetoric that is being discussed across the region is not good. Its headed in the wrong direction, and we do understand according to israeli media that President Biden was here not just to show support, but also to discuss those plans for the future and basically give netanyahu, the Prime Minister of israel, the green light to move forward with the operations he has planned for gaza. Stuart . Stuart trey, you should be winning awards. Trey yingst on the ground. Thank you, trey. Retired general Keith Kellogg joins me now. General, if a second front threatens to overwhelm the idf, what should our military role be . Yeah or or stuart, thanks for having me. Look, if the Northern Front opens with hezbollah, that is an iranian surrogate. And iran has their hands all over it. There needs to be a preemption, and what i mean is im hoping hat biden administrations reaching out to iran through surrogates and say if you do that, you are now party to this conflict. And the reason we have two carrier Battle Strike groups sitting there, or soon will have two there including the [inaudible] ready group, is we can reach out and touch you. Its not by aircraft necessarily, but onboard those two task forces, theyre uploaded with guided missile cruisers and guided missile destroyers around 600 attack missiles. Those range over 1500 miles. They can reach tehran. They can reach por conuclear facility. We need to tell them, if youre involved, dont do it. And that gives israel a backstop. It allows them to go into gaza and handle hamas. Theyve done this before, stuart, in 2014. They only lasted about a month, this time they need to go in and clean hamas out. Stuart but, general, the iranians would have to believe that our commander in chief would order that kind of tom hawk missile strike d tomahawk missile strike, and they may not believe it. Yeah, stuart, thats the 64,000 question. Do you have the will to do it. You can have the greatest military in the world, but if you havent got the will to pursue, then youve got a problem. Look, id remind everybody, 30 americans are dead, over 19 held hostage right now. When, in our last administration when we were there, they killed one american and we took out soleimani. The message was sent we were willing to drop gloves, to use a hockey term. This president does as well, can and he needs to send that message, and he needs to follow it with force. Thats you have a great concern, so do i. Will they really do that if something happens or try to go as well we need to mediate, we need to try to let them figure out how to go to a peace agreement. They shouldnt. Hamas is a terrorist group. They need to finish them off, clear it out, and its going to be a tough fight going this in, but its going to be a fight they have to do. Stuart general, Quick Response to this one. U. S. Defense Officials Say we down two drones that tried to strike a base in iraq that houses american soldiers. Is the war, the widening war, has it already started . Well, weve been at war with basically iran ever since, you know, two decades ago. And we need to understand that. These are the messages, stuart or, we need to send to them if you kill an american, we are coming for you. And we need to do that, and is we need to president that. So if those drones, which they probably did, came out of iran or iranian you are gates surrogates inside rack, then iraq, then we need to let them know were coming for them the, and they have to believe that message. Im not too sure, unfortunately, they believe that message. And heres why, because they restarted funding, they tried to normalize relations with iran. We backed away from that. They funded the Palestinian Authority. We took money away from it. Remember, theres an act that restricted any money going to the Palestinian Authority because its called aid for slayers. We took that money away in the last administration, and this administration reinstated that. This normalization of iran and u. S. Relations is a huge mistake. Irans a terrorist state. They chant like they did 12 days ago death to america, to israel. Remembergold da my year a few years ago said when an opponent says they want to kill you, believe them. We need to believe them. Stuart general Keith Kellogg, always appreciate it. Thank you, sir. Thanks, stuart. Stuart President Biden met with israels Prime Minister benjamin yet an ya hue earlier today. I have the make an observation of the president s demeanor. He looked very tired. He was not forceful. He was not robust. The two leaders hard hardly made eye contact. Well talk about that in my take, top of the next hour. 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As all eyes are overseas in israel, here at the border they continue to come in wave after wave. You can see a group of migrants, stu, more than 100 since weve been out here in the last hour have crossed and are being processed under the bridge. You can see some continue to the make it through the wire, and the majority of these, stu, are from venezuela. Fox news just moments ago getting brand new numbers, stu, that in the first 17 days of this fiscal year that began on october 1st, there have been over 108,000 migrant encounters just like this of which, stu, 83,000 have been released. Thats a 77 are release rate. The majority of the migrants youre looking at right here on your screen will be released with a notice to appear and then disappear into the country. Meanwhile, you mentioned those 11 more special interest aliens. They are not released, they are turned over to i. C. E. , and they are in this area the 11 are 6 from iran, 3 from lebanon, 1 from china, 1 from saudi arabia. Yesterday they had the texas dps, colonel steve mccraw was here seeing this firsthand, and hes worried about what he sees. Take a listen to this, staw. Absolutely, were always concerned. The people were talking about seek to destroy us and our way of life. Theyre very patient and theyre persistent. So if they infiltrate between the ports of entry undetected, that increases the threat dramatically. Reporter and one last shot, i just want to show you, stu, the Unsung Heroes of the Border Patrol that rarely get credit for what they do, they do it almost every day. You see them here saving a man that nearly drowned. He was from honduras. Hay got him into an ambulance. He spoke english, i said are you okay, he said they saved my life, or i just want to say thank you. This is all a part of what Border Patrol agents do down here and texas dps officers every single day. Lastly, one last number i want to leave you with, stu, the chief of the Border Patrol yesterday releasing a number that should alarm everybody, and that is in the these first 17 days of the fiscal year there have been more than 18,000 known gotaways. That means they werent taken into custody. We dont know who they are, where theyre from or why theyre here. Stu, back to you. Stuart got it. Thank you, griff. Quick check of the markets, please. Downside move, red ink. Dows down 100, nasdaqs down 80. The 10year treasury yield going up, at latest count it was up, still up 4. 85 is your number. And the 2year treasury, way above the 5 level, youre at 5. 19, almost 5. 20. Still ahead, the next speaker vote expected to start in a little over an hour. Does new york congresswoman, republicanny e coal malliotakis, does she understand the frustration the so many have with the gop . Israel and hamas blame each other for the deadly hospital attack. Martha maccallum responds to the blame game. 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