Now. Martha all right. Thanks. We have Breaking News right now just coming to us from the state department. U. S. Troops being told to be ready to deploy for further defense for israel if needed. Were working on how many troops have received this message. Theres some reporting from the Wall Street Journal that its in the neighborhood of 2,000 american troops told to be ready. Were going to dig into this for you this hour. Mike tobin is standing by. Rich edson will be available moments away. Well go back to john roberts who is reporting live from tel aviv this week for us. We will continue on top of these stories as we continue to get new information. Right now it is 10 00 p. M. In gaza. We are now ten days in to this war. There are 199 individuals who somewhere are being held at this moment in the hand of hamas. We know what they did to people in israel. We have seen the horrific videos over the weekend reportedly of some of the children that are being held by hamas right now amid a frantic effort to get those who are innocent out of the country as israel readies to move in with some 300,000 strong in force. So imagine what its like for the families of those that are being held captive right now. Those that have been taken hostage, possibly being held in the tunnels underneath gaza as israel prepares to move in with a tremendous force. We saw the brutality that theyre capable of and many of these images and stories are just beginning to come to light. So that is just the newest piece of video that we have now that was released from the body camera of a hamas terrorist. They want these images and these videos out there. They want everyone to see what they did. Ransacking these homes and killing the families that lived there. New reports indicate that this was all part of their carefully orchestrated plan. They targeted children on purpose. They targeted Elementary Schools as part of their mission here. Mike tobin on the ground in askelon, israel with the latest. Hi, mike. An idf spokes certain said when they decide the conditions meet their needs, israel will move forward with the ground offensive. The rockets continue the fly. Another barrage headed towards tel aviv 15 minutes ago. Earlier in the day, long range rocketed targeted tel aviv and jerusalem right about the time that Antony Blinken was there and israeli lawmakers were gathering. Reports that Prime Minister netanyahu was pulled by his Security Team by his vehicle and forced to take cover alongside the road the way so many israelis have had to do the last ten days. The National Forensics lab in tel aviv has been saddled with the grim task of identifying those that were killed in the october 7th massacre. So far they have been given 956 bodies and made positive identification of 504. The director of the lab there says that they have skip add lot of protocols because its taking too long because they have so many people to i. D. They have more than they have ever had to i. D. In the past. Behind these charred bodies, something terrible happened. This is difficult. I saw many things in my career. But the magnitude is terrible. The cruelty is terrible. Hezbollah continues to menace israel in the north with hezbollah releasing a video showing antitank fire. Several rockets have crossed the border from lebanon. Small arms fire. Israel has responded. A Deputy Hezbollah says they will get involved if they feel its their duty. Israel says the idf can handle the war on two fronts. If hezbollah gets involved, it will be deadly for them. You have 199 people being held hostage. You have rapid fire diplomacy with Ground Forces at the ready. Martha thanks, mike, reporting live in israel. Lets bring in jonathan conrekus, spokesman for the Israeli Defense forces. Thanks for being with us this afternoon. Were grateful for your time. We know how busy you are. We saw what happened last saturday in Southern Israel. Then we saw the rush of idf to come in and to combat what had happened there. So now you are in preparation mode. Give us a sense of the process of getting ready and what we can expect to see in the coming days, sir. Yes. Thank you for having me. Always a pleasure. I think its so important to speak exactly of what youre asking. That really is the reason why were going to battle here. Its fresh the fresh trauma for israel, the atrocities that happened in Southern Israel, the attack, hamas attack that killed more than 1,000 civilians. 300 soldiers. 1,000 civilians is what is shaping events here. Thats whats been guiding us as we have now for a week been engaged with hamas. We have been basically degrading their military capabilities. Weve struck a lot of command centers. Were hunting their commanders actively trying to kill every military commander. Definitely those that were involved in the brutal and gruesome attack against israel, those that planned it and those that executed it. Everybody else, the leader of hamas and downwards, theyre all dead men walking. Its a matter of time before well get our hands or missiles on them. Were gearing up indeed for significant combat operations. We will be focusing on the northern gaza strip. I can say that which usually a military doesnt advertise its intentions ahead of time. I can say it because weve asked the civilians to evacuate. We dont want them there because we dont want to kill theme because theyre not our enemy. The sad thing is, that out of about 1. 1 million according to u. N. Figures of people that live there, about 600,000 have heeded our warnings and evacuating. But hamas is actively trying to keep people there by Erecting Road Blocks and stopping people because they want the poor palestinians to stay and be used as human shields. Thats where we are now. Were gearing up for major combat operations. Martha i heard you say you lost people that you know, people close to you. What is your message to those that are watching this and theyre watching the israeli troops getting ready for this and they have hostages inside of gaza . What would you say to those families right now, sir . First of all, its personal for almost everybody in israel. I dont know anybody that doesnt have a first or second relation connection to the atrocities here, whether it is people killed, wounded, abducted or otherwise. We havent spoken about in many other medias, but theres been 6,700 rockets fired at israel. Kids and women and children are traumatized in Bomb Shelters constantly. The last Air Raid Siren in tel aviv was about half an hour ago. Many people think that is Business As Usual in israel. Its very important. Its skin in the game in the most little way. What i can say to those families, my own family included is that they should have and i know that they do have trust in the idea and in the Security Forces to once and for all rid Southern Israel of this menace. At the end of the war, when our hostages will be back in israel, most alive and well, but we cant guarantee that. At the end of this war, there will be no more hamas. Never again will hamas threaten or kill or abduct israeli civilians. Martha well, obviously we wish all of these idf forces the best of luck and godspeed in their mission. We want these hostages to be released. There are americans among them that obviously American Families are very concerned about as well. We understand that the need to retaliate is quite clear based on what we have all witnessed. We just watched a terrible story about a man who is in a hospital. He was managed to save his wife and his six children. He is in very difficult condition. John roberts just reporting on him. So individual stories do tell us and they break our hearts. So colonel, thanks very much. We hope well get a chance to talk to you in the coming days as this moves forward. Thanks, sir. Thanks for having me. So more now on the Breaking News that Defense Secretary lloyd austin has put a be ready to deploy order for u. S. Troops that may be sent to the region. Rich edson covering this and digging in to it for us this afternoon. This is a Breaking News Story that has just crossed. Rich, what can you tell us . Good afternoon, martha. A significant number of u. S. Troops are preparing to potentially if they are needed to deploy to israel within 24 hours notice. A u. S. Defense official telling our producer here that Defense Secretary lloyd austin initiated these be ready to deploy orders over the weekend if they are needed for further defense of israel. The Wall Street Journal first reported this story that the military had selected about 2,000 troops to prefair for a potential deployment to support israel. That is prepare. Doesnt mean theyre going. The journal reports the pentagon would task them with missions like advising, medical support. No intention of a combat role. They would come from across the services around around the world. Sabrina singh says the Defense Department has a small number of personnel in israel to augment embassy staff. That would be to advise and consult on hoes tinl recovery. The u. S. Is about doubling the Navy Presence in the region dispatching the eisenhower. The air force has announced its sending squadrons of f16, 15 and a10 Fighter Aircraft giving the u. S. More than 100 Attack Planes in the region. The pentagon says theyre working to fulfill israeli needs for munitions, medical supplies and more. The pentagon says that secretary lloyd austin has been holding almost daily calls with his israeli counterpart and expected to speak again today. Martha . Martha rich, thank you for that Breaking News. Rich edson at the pentagon. Chilling new comments from irans Foreign Minister today. Warning that the spread of a larger war is now approaching an unavoidable stage. Are you a veteran, own a home and need money for your family . Newday usa can help. Veterans have earned a lot of va benefits with their service, but the Va Home Loan Benefit is a big one. By using your benefit at newday you can borrow up to 100 of your homes value and take out an average of 70,000. Use that money to pay off high rate debt and get back on your feet financially. Heres why you should switch from chrome to duckduckgo. Duckduckgo is a browser you download to your mobile and desktop devices. Unlike chrome, the Duckduckgo Browser has privacy builtin. It comes with a private alternative to google search, which doesn■t spy on your searches, and it blocks cookies and creepy ads. And theres no catch. Its free. We make money from ads, but they dont follow you around. Join the millions of people taking back their privacy by Downloading Duckduckgo On Mobile and desktop today. Martha people trying to get out of gaza ahead of a possible Israeli Ground invasion. Antony blinken back in israel for more talks with Prime Minister netanyahu supporting the countrys right to defend itself after the barberous attacks last saturday. The u. S. Also urging the allow of Safe Passage Out of the southern point in gaza city during these military operations. John roberts is reporting live this week from jerusalem and he joins us now. John, its great to have you with us. Just watched your reporting from the hospital. Extraordinary story of that young man. I know you seen a lot since you got there. The last time i got here was 17 years ago. In that conflict, fewer than 200 people were killed from the idf. The death toll has surpassed 1,300. The Air Raid Sirens go off multiple times a day. The iron dome was activated, took out a couple missiles over my left shoulder. Theres a sense here that people are trying to do the best of their ability live a bit of a normal life. Theyll be going to synagogue, trying to keep the shops open. They know that nothing is normal and wont be again until hamas is completely defeated. Example, we went to the western wall today down in the heart of the old city. This is the holiest place on a the planet for jews to pray. Typically you see tour buses there. People are lined up six, ten deep to get a chance to get up against the wall and say a prayer and maybe slip a note in the cracks between giant blocks that her rod but there 2,000 years ago. There were not many people there. We talked to a few of them. Some moved from the United States. Others visits from the United States. To a person, they said jews have to come together, they have walking to through history while other nations have fallen whether it was in ancient times or whether it was the nazis or now hamas. Theyre planning to survive this by pulling together. Martha its extraordinary to see the images at the western wall. I was there in june. Its an extraordinary place. Usually so packed with people from jerusalem and from all over the world. I know that you also visited some burn victims and learned about what theyre going through, john. What can you tell us about their story . There were so many victims that were killed in the attacks a week ago saturday there were hundreds more that were wounded. We went to the biggest hospital in the middle east. Its in tel aviv. The sheba medical center. We went through the new icu unit. They opened it early after the attacks saturday. 50 of the patients in this icu were victims of the massive attacks. We saw one Israeli Defense source soldier who had his Battalion Flag in his room. He was on life support. His injuries were very serious. Then we caught up with the brother of a woman who together with her husband and young baby are in the hospital. The mother and the father are in the burn unit with severe burns to probably about 70 of their body because they were in their safe room in their house, in their kibbutz when hamas tried to get in. They set fire to tires and threw them in the house and burned the entire of the house down. The extent of their burns shows how valiantly they were to keep their baby alive. Theyre backed 0 all over their back and legs and arms but not their torso. Heres what the womans brother said about this. They were protecting the baby. They hugged each other. The baby was in the middle. So they tried the best to save the baby. So thats where you see the burns, especially on the arms, legs and back. Youre saying the burns are on the arms and legs but not here not as many. My god. You can just imagine what it was like. Eby says that he was a typical left leaning israeli. But now hes joined together with just about everyone else ive talked to so far in this country saying that hamas has to be taken care of. This Game Of Cat And Mouse has to end, martha. Martha john, thank you. What a story. John roberts reporting live from jerusalem. John, we look forward to your reporting throughout the week. Good to have you there. Dozens of iranians, syrians, pakistanis, russians, afghans, chinese attempting to illegally flood the southern border of this country just over the course of the last several weeks as Israel Hamas War raises the threat that we could have terrorists here at home as well. Congressman Mike Gallagher, an Iraq War Veteran joins me next. Dry skin is sensitive skin, too. And its natural. Treat it that way. 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Join the over 1 Million People who have tried our 3week quickstart kit and feel the difference of Relief Factor. Martha were covering a Breaking News Story at this hour. We heard about this from a u. S. Official telling fox that Defense Secretary austin is issuing a be ready to deploy order to u. S. Troops that will be on stand by to go if they are needed to israel within 24 hours if needed. So they are at the highest alert at this stage to be ready to deploy to israel if needed. Were told they would be mostly in support or completely in support positions if they indeed are called upon to go. The Wall Street Journal has said that number is around 2,000 u. S. Member of our military. Meantime, the its Rail Hamas War Raising concerns about our own open borders here. Border patrol sources telling fox news that dozens and in some cases hundreds of migrants from the countries of ran, syria, pakistan, afghanistan, russia and china have been caught trying to use this very porous border to our south in in order to illegally get in to the United States over the course of a couple weeks this month. So 151 individuals on the terror watch list, which, you know, began after 911. They created this list to keep track of certain individuals that theyre concerned about. 151 of them have made their way across the border. Thats more than the total of the previous six years combined. In a moment, Mike Gallagher joins me, member of the house arm services and intelligence committees. Well ask him about this order and the larger picture with russia and china and their potential involvement in all of this. First to Griff Jenkins who gets us up to speed on these serious concerns ant our border in eagle pass, texas. Hi, griff. Thats right. Good afternoon, martha. You talk about that terrorist greening database, the terror watch list. Cbp sources confirmed to fox news that in the first 14 days of this fiscal year, october 1, theres been two known instances of iranian migrants being apprehended that hit that terror watch list. They potentially have ties to terrorism and could pose a Serious National Security risk to the homeland. Youre looking live now from our drone, a group of 50 migrants that have arrived here literally just in the last 15 or 20 minutes. Theyll be processed by the agents. Under that bridge, were watching these migrants being processed, this is 90 of this Border Patrol work force shift. That leaves 50 to 60 miles of this border area along the rio grande unpatroled because the agents have process the my grants. Sunday morning, another iranian was apprehended where we are along with thursday evening two lebanese men in their 20s. Theyre all special interest aliens and undergo heavy scrutiny. Ill leave you with the numbers weve had in the first 14 days. You mentioned more than 30 iranians, 60 syrians, 35 from pakistan, 285 from afghanistan and 2,000 chinese migrants. Back to you, martha. Coming across the southern border. Thanks very much, griff. With that, i want to bring in Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher, chair of the House Select Committee on china that serves on the intelligence and Armed Services committee and a retired marine. Congressman, good to have you with us. Thanks for joining us today. First, i want your reaction to this Breaking News from the Defense Secretary that we have is. Wall street journal reporting its about 2,000 u. S. Service members that are now told to be ready to deploy to israel. I think it shows you how precarious the situation is. Though these troops will be providing supporting functions, its still dangerous. Any time you send american troops in to what is now increasingly a war zone at least in parts of israel. Thats the job. Thats what you sign up for in the days of the all volunteer force. It further should highlight the fact that we in congress and the Executive Branch as well have a duty to provide the resources our troops need to be able to do a very difficult and Dangerous Mission and come home safe. There we still have a long way to go. As you know, we have not funded the military yet, Made A Generational investment in key Weapons Systems that are military needs but our allies like israel needs. Were falling down on the job. My hope is we can get a speaker chosen tomorrow and pass a defense bill that has robust oversight and robust funding so our troops when sent into harms way have the training and resources to come home safely. Martha i want to pull up this Wall Street Journal headline. How the hamas israel war is tilting the global power balance in favor of russia and china. It says china, russia and iran have long sought to undermine the u. S. Backed system and now taking advantage of americas distraction. This is a chilling report. Its now a huge surprise. How involved either tacitly or directly do you believe that russia and china are in what weve seen play out in ukraine, in israel, all of these areas that are now very hotspots that the u. S. Is involved in . My view is that russia and china have been waging a cold war against the west for a long time. Seeking to frey our Alliance Structures and benefit from our neoisolationism and retreat from the world stage and increasingly iran is part of this axis of authoritarian powers that is arrayed against us. Can i prove to you that a signal went up in beijing and iran says we will execute and proxies are executing attacks . No. These are countries that have interesting but increasingly share shared overwhelming interest in undermining america, destroying American Global leadership and severing our Alliance Structures is causing them to collaborate. I agree with the logic in that piece. It depends on our response, this should be a wakeup call moment. Its time to get rearmed and lead the free world again. If we dont, if we stay divided at home and distracted and disengage from the world, well create an opportunity for china, russia and terrorist sponsoring states like iran to fall that will be a dark and dangerous world, a world we dont want to live in. Martha i dont know if you saw President Bidens interview on 60 minutes last night. You know, he talked about the fact that he said yes to the question, do you support israels mission to end hamas . To eliminate hamas . He said yes. Im curious what you thought about the posture of the president s answers . Were you satisfied with his answers last night in that interview . Im very glad to hear that. Of course, now is the time to back up words with actions. The biggest action this Administration Needs to do that i fear theyre reluctant to do is abandon their iran policy. Their attempt to increase iranian influence but pursuing the Obama Nuclear deal. Until we fix that basic problem, well be struggling with regional chaos. It gets all of our alliances wrong. I urge the president to shift course when it comes too iran, reimpose maximum pressure. Hamas has benefitted from i ran a long time now. Martha thanks, Mike Gallagher. Very good to have you with us. Chair of the select committee over china as well. A mom from new jersey went to israel to find her 20yearold son thought to be missing at the time. Only to find out that she lost her only son. He was murdered by hamas. Her powerful message next. Im the mother of leor. He was murdered by hamas. He was 20 years old. I am begging the world, stop all the wars, stop killing people, stop killing babies. Woman why did we choose safelite . We were loading our suv when. Crack safelite came right to us, and we could see exactly when theyd arrive with a replacement we could trust. Thats service the way we want it. 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Her 20yearold son was killed in a bomb shelter by hamas. She joins me from israel in just a moment where she went immediately when she heard her son was in danger. First to our greg palkot reporting live from the Israel Lebanon border to the north. Hello, greg. Yes, hi, martha. Theres concerns about a second front developing here. Were close to the border. We have been seeing israeli artillery going out and flares going up as they track down hezbollah fighters next door. Take a look at what we saw earlier today. Youre looking at lebanon in northern israel. Theres hezbollah middle and the fighting positions there. They have been engaging with the Israeli Military all this past week. Things escalate down south, things here could definitely heat up. Intense exchanges between israel and hezbollah. Artillery, small arms fire. 28 villages evacuated. Locals think they know hezbollahs intentions. You think theyre doing this because of the action down south . I have no doubt. Do you have doubts . Its very obvious. Yes. Israeli Military Building up here. Tanks and armor, resur resuchists and commando teams. You ready . Woosh ready for anything. Strong determination. Hezbollah a serious enemy of israel. Backed by about 100,000 fighters and 150,000 rockets. They clashed with israel in the past and could be clashing big time here again. We heard from Benjamin Netanyahued today. He told hezbollah, dont make the same mistakes of the past. Hezbollah spoke out. They said be ready for all possibilities. Were watching. Thanks, greg, greg palkot in the northern part of israel. With that, we want to bring in michal halev. Her 20yearold son was killed in a bomb shelter. He was attending the music festival. Were so sorry for you loss, michal. I cannot imagine the grief in your heart right now. Tell me initially what you heard. When was the last time that you heard from your son . Well, i heard from him the day before. He was in touch with his father. His father lives in israel. He was touch with him from the shelter. He texted that he arrived to a shelter and hes safe. We havent heard from him since. Martha you saw a photo of him in the bomb shelter. Then you went directly to israel. Tell me about that part. Well, yes, thats the photo we got. We were relieved seeing the photo. I was somewhere in colorado at the time travelling with my rv. I woke up very early in the morning. Opened my phone and saw many missed calls. His father called and said hes missing. I just drove as fast as i could to an airport and started my journey, which i dont know how i got here. I just did everything i could to get here as fast as possible. Imagining that hes going to im going to receive a phone call by him somewhere on the site or in between the sites, him telling me how much of a nagging mom i am, that i worry about him. Martha the photos of him. Hes just a handsome young man. Your only son. He was living with you. Then he left to go to israel to train in the military, right . Tell me about that. He moved in we both moved to new jersey. Then he lived with me with my husband over there. During before covid, he went to visit his father. He was back and forth. Eventually he said he wants to be with his friends and finish school in israel. Because he finished school in israel, he had to goo to the army. Its ama mandatory thing. He was a year in the army. As you see, hes a gentle soul. He couldnt survive there. He was released because of his mental state. It was impossible for him. Martha were so heart broken for your loss. We pray for you and for so many families who are experiencing what youre experiencing in israel right now. We thank you for speaking with us. It does help people to understand the broken hearts that are out there. Yes, maam. Im sorry. Thank you so much. Its really important for me to say something. Its such a hard thing for me to speak right now, but i cant i cant breathe one more moment in this World Without asking all of the leaders of the world to just find a way to heal this broken world, to do anything that you can to teach the children of the hamas and the other people that are fighters to heal their hearts and to learn relearn how to be humane. I dont think any mother in this world, no matter where shes from, no matter what god she believes in, no mother in this world should go through this nightmare that were all its the worst possible nightmare anyone can go through. I big from the world, we want to know, i want no vengeance. I dont want please, no more death. No for war. Thats not the answer. Im asking please do anything, people of the world, do anything to save the innocent in gaza and in israel. Especially bring back the kidnapped survivors. This is unbearable. We cant live in a world where were this where these horrors are happening. We have to fix this. Vengeance is not the answer. Please. Martha thank you, michal. I think theres so much who share your sentiments and who hope for a peaceful future. We pray for you and for your family and your son. We thank you for being here, michal. Thanks very much. Well be right back. If youre a veteran wife, homeowner, and the family bookkeeper, youre the first to know when high rate debt is stressing your budget. But your familys service has earned you a big advantage. The Va Home Loan Benefit. With the lower rate newday 100 va cash out loan, you can pay off high rate credit cards and car loans. And can save 6,000 a year. Thats real money you can use to take care of your family and home. Martha were updating on Breaking News that top officials are stressing to fox that the u. S. Troops, that theyre discussing that they want on stand by, potentially go to israel within 24 hours as we mentioned before would not be in combat roles. They would be advising and doing Support Functions for israeli forces. We talked about that earlier when we talked to congressman gallagher. Also breaking today, former President Trump now under a limited gag order in his trial in washington d. C. On charges of interfering in the 2020 election. The judge barring him from commenting on prosecutors, possible witnesses, court staffers. The former president says he will appeal that order calling it an abomination. More on that as we get it. President biden delaying a trip today to promote Green Energy Initiatives in colorado. Hes staying at the white house were told in order to be in close contact with his Leadership Team as they focus on the war that is unfolding in the middle east. The white house released this photo of a briefing with the national Security Team. The president also this weekend sat down with 60 minutes. This is part of the intro from correspondent scott pelley about that interview. Rarely does a president confront so much peril. The catastrophe in israel, the war in ukraine and no help from a paralyzed congress. Late thursday, we met President Biden at the white house. It had been a rough week and we could see it on him. Mr. Biden will be 81 next months and he has said that when hes tired, his lifelong stutter can creep back in. Martha with that, we want to bring in media buzz post, howie kurtz. Good to have you with us. An interesting interview during a very significant moment in the biden presidency. He juggles our involvement, our lead involvement in a War In Europe and now a War In The Middle East as well. I was curious when i watched that intro about it just journalistically and as a reporter. What did you see of pellys disclaimner that intro . The president spoke to 60 minutes. Hes got to be seen leading and get on television in this time of crisis. It was a smart move for the president to cancel his trip to colorado where he was going to give another boring speech on clean energy. It would have gotten very little coverage anyway. The mideast war is blowing out just about Everything Else on television. Muff better for biden to meet with his national Security Team. What did you think about scott pelley saying when he gets tired his stutter comes back . The president is going to be 81. I think maybe it was a way of trying to explain away that biden was not when hes tired, you see that hes makes more mistakes, that he stumbles, he sometimes mixes things up. That cant be separated, i believe, from the president s age, which obviously is of concern to a great many, even democrats who worry about that. This is the test for biden. By the way, he faces a challenge now, 100 times more difficult, diplomatically and in terms of messaging than when he first gave that emotional speech saying we support israel against the blood thirsty terrorists of hamas. Now in that interview, the president is saying it would be a mistake, a big mistake, for israel to occupy gaza, the invasion is obviously coming. So hes got to now balance the humanitarian crisis that is taking place in gaza strip with strong u. S. Support for the israeli cause. Israel was attacked in the most brutal and almost unspeakable fashion. Martha indeed they were. 30 americans lost their lives, killed in this attack. 13 or so, the number keeps moving, missing or being held hostage by hamas at this hour, which is just a terrifying thought for those families that are searching for their loved ones at this hour as well. Howie, thank you. Always good to see you. Martha all right. Were going to take this live. Thank you very much. This is mcconnell. If we fail to present clear and devastating consequences, further violence against america as well as our friends in israel, we will make deterring an even bigger strategic adversary in asia even more difficult. Reestablishing effective deterrence means investing in American Military strength. It means investing in an Industrial Base that is capable of equipping u. S. Forces and our allies and partners to meet authoritarian aggression in europe, in asia and in the middle east. It means responding to challenges with credible and unflinching resolve. This is a fundamental responsibility of governing with. Full stop. Ill have more to say in the coming days. For right now, this is not merely a terrorist war against israel. Its part of a Clear And Present Danger to the United States and the entire civilized world. This, Madam President , is the time for choosing as israel looks to eliminate the terrorists. The United States must confirm their commitment to israels security. We have to demonstrate by our leadership that no country should offer safe haven to those who aid and abet terror. Martha okay. Mitch mcconnell, senator Mitch Mcconnell on the floor talking about the need for the United States to be ready for a number of pressing geo political conflicts that are obviously drawing the attention of President Biden at this stage. Talking about the readiness in terms of what is happening in europe and ukraine, also in asia. Continuing concerns about china and also with regard to what is going on in the middle east right now. Saying it is a time for choosing. Mitch mcconnell obviously calling on congress to get their act together on the house side. They search for a speaker so that they can provide the proper funding required for all of these challenges that we face. Before we go, our Friend Susanne Summer was was supposed to be celebrating her 77th birthday today. Her family says theyre celebrating her extraordinary life. 300 was wiped out. Do you realize how long it takes me to save how long . I dont know. Im still saving. Martha susanne summers, tv icon, chrissy snow on threes company, she wrote books and health and wellness. She died at her home in california. She will be sorely missed and were grateful for how much light she brought in to everybodys life every