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[national anthem] [national anthem] if. Rachel straight to a fox News Alert. The Israeli Military confirms hezbollahs leader, hasan nasrallah are, is dead the after a massive strike of hezbollah headquarters. Will the the idf launching another wave of flights as they work to dismantle the terror group. Pete Nate Foy is live on the ground in Tel Aviv with more. Reporter hey, guys, good morning. Massive breaking news, the leader of hezbollah, hassan Nas Nasrallah is dead after an israeli airstrike over Beirut Yesterday according to the idf. This is a man who has been called one with of the most dangerous terrorists in the entire world. The idf says this morning he has the blood of thousands on his hands. He was a Founding Member of hezbollah and that he oversaw the Groups Integration into lebanons politics and hezbollahs rise to becoming one of the most heavily armed, nonstate militias in the entire world. Take a look at the strike, it happened in the beirut neighborhood, the idf says nasrallah was in an underground bunker at the time of the strike. Shortly after it, israel warned residents to the evacuate nearby areas before taking out other hezbollah command centers and weapons facilities. Take a look at these next explosions. [background sounds] [inaudible conversations] reporter will change the way that hezbollah operate, but the idf says that it is ready for an education calculation. An escalation. Overnight hezbollah launched rocks into the city of haifa in northerns israel. The world now waits for the next step in Hezbollahs Response as leaders in the biden Administration Scramble to promote a diplomatic solution. According to the New York times, irans Supreme Leader, ayatollah khamenei, called an Emergency Meeting at his Home Compound Last Night after news of the strike on nasal a la. This is a massive blow not only to hezbollah, but the iranianbacked militias that are aligned across the entire region. Also amid news of the strike, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Net if an Ya Hue cut his trip short in New York after speak at the u. N. And did something quite rare, he flew back during the shabbat. So a situation here that is still developing, at least the reper if cushions of it, a massive repercussions of it, a massive situation right now in the Middle East. Back to you. Rachel thank you, nate. Stay safe. Reporter you got it. Pete lets bring in retired Major General dana petard, thanks for being here this morning. The leader of hezbollah, the leader since 19932, designated a Terrorist Organization shortly thereafter, been involved in attacks on americans but mostly on the state of israel for decades, with his death what does that mean . Well, good morning, pete, racheling and will. If i mean, this is huge. Hes been in charge of hezbollah since 1992, so for 322 years. 322 years. Not only as the leader who has helped put hezbollah on the map, per se, moving it to both military capability and, of course, what theyve done politically in lebanon, but also almost as a spiritual leader also. So this is a big deal. Yes, hes been a terrorist for decades, and hezbollahs been designated as a Terrorist Organization by most of the world over the past couple of decades. His most senior adviser who was just killed last week, ibrahim akill, was responsible for or took a part in the Beirut Bombing that killed 241 of our Usama Chiens and marines and soldiers back in 193. 1993. Will what do you make of the series of events that has unfolded over the past week, week and a half with what appears to be starting with the pager explosions, then the followup strikes across lebanon and now this . Israel has embarked on a major offensive against hezbollah. Why now and what is where is it leading next for israel . Well, again, it was a brilliant Operation Farce the opening stages of as far as the the opening stages of this campaign starting with the exploding pagers, the second round followed with the exploding walkietalkies. Israel, obviously, since October 7th has been really focused On Gaza. As gaza has taped down somewhat, its not over with, but its taped down what, it allowed israel to divert some resources to the north because hezbollah, with impunity, has been sending rockets and missiles against northern israel. 70,000 israeli citizens is had to flee. So what israel wants to stabilize its northern border and allow its citizens to go back peacefully to their homes. Thats what they want. And hezbollah was refusing to do that by continuing to send missiles and rockets into israel. So thats what israel wants out of this. Rachel Major General, i dont have to tell you that the Middle East right now is a tinderbox and that right here At Home theres a lot of uncertainty because we dont really know exactly whos in charge whether its Joe Biden or whether hes handed off those duties to Kamala Harris and whether shes focused on this as shes so busy campaigning. So i guess the question i think a lot of our viewers have as they look at whats happening there is what does this mean for america . If could this lead to the a wider war . Would it draw us in . What do you see happening in regards to that . Well, it always something like this can certainly lead to the a wider conflict in the Middle East. What israels doing is taking unique advantage right now of the fact we have a president whos a lame duck, and so between now and not just the election, but between now and the inauguration of the next president in january, is taking the opportunity to, you know, attack its enemies. Thats not a bad thing because what israels doing is really defending itself. But if you look at the overall Middle East, in iran and certainly behind so much of it, nasrallah studied in iran, hes very, very close to the iranian leadership. But i what, by being so aggressive what israels doing is getting into their enemies Timeline Window as far as decision making. What hezbollah and others like to do is Plan And Plan and then at their choosing strike israel. By israel striking them like this, it is, its causing iran and others to the stand back, if theyre not sure what to do because theyre not ready to do anything right now. Now, they will have a response eventually, but they are not ready right now. So this is a tough time especially for iran, because Irans Circle of fire which included the houthis down south, of course, gaza, she that shia militias, syrians as well as hezbollah was surrounding israel in many ways. That is unraveling to an extent right now. Will what do you make, general, of the news that the ayatollah has called at meeting, bringing in his top commanders now immediately, or his top advisers . What do you expect the response to be from iran . Iran will need to respond in some way, but theyre not sure what to do because, you know, hezbollah was one of their arms, and hezbollahs not hezbollah still has capability, but its leadership is in disarray at this point. So theyre going to look at ways how do they rebuild Hezbollahs Leadership and structure and then how do they respond to what israel has done. Pete Major General petard, thank you for your time. Rachel thank you, major yen. Thank you. Pete their entire leadership is decimated. Youre right, rachel, in that question, theres always a possibility things could widen. I also think Israels Calculation is by hitting overwhelmingly right now, youre preventing something wider. Youre putting iran so far back on its heels, the entire Leadership Structure of hezbollah is dead, that their fighters are largely scattered. They dont know how to respond other than probably symbolically because israels probably making a bet that iran doesnt want a full scale war. Lets hope thats the case. If. Rachel im just worried, does America Want War with iran. Youre seeing a lot of the Drug Beats pete i dont think this administration does, to your question. Rachel well, i hope they dont. Whether its the assassination if attempts on Donald Trump, were hearing a lot more about Irans Involvement although the last guy who tried to kill Donald Trump seems, from what i can read, to probably be more of an asset of our government than iran. So im a little worried whenever i hear the Word Iran lately. Im just hoping it isnt meant to draw us into war. So will meanwhile, Security Back At Home, Kamala Harris made a trip to the united states southern border. He was there for approximately she was outside of her vehicle at the border, the legitimate border, at the Border Wall, for approximately 30 minutes. Pete 30 minutes. Will she visited a 2011 section of the Border Wall Pete Couldnt go to trumps wall. Will couldnt go the trumps wall, of course. It was a high Liquor Yo graphed situation. Highly choreographed. This is what she had to say. There are consequential issues at stake in this election. And one is the security of our border. The united states is a sovereign nation, and i believe we have a duty to set rules at our border and to enforce them. And i take that responsibility very seriously. These Men And Women who work there and at other places along our southern Border Help keep our nation secure. And they need more Resources Today their jobs. [applause] and the american people deserve a president who cares more about Border Security than playing political games and their personal if political future. [cheers and applause] and so even though Bob Trump tried to saab Donald Trump tried to the sabotage the Border Security bill, it is my pledge to you that as president of the united states, i will bring it back up and proudly sign it into law. [cheers and applause] pete its a pretty cynical move, clearly leaning into attempting to recreate an image that she has not been a part of the harrisbiden administration for the last three and a half years and truly cares about Border Security. I guess, guys, the question is whether that last line actually works, whether this Border Security bill, socalled bipartisan that would have handcuffed the next administration, is enough to make people think he really is proborder. Rachel it wouldnt just handcuff the next administration, pete, it actually was funding ngos to process. Whenever you hear Border Security coming out of a democrat, it just means more processing, more of a welcome wagon to make sure we dont have a holdup at the border and we dont have bad images that they dont like. And thats what thats about. By the way, image is the right issue. I think more thought was put into what she was going to wear there so that she could look, you know, like shes down to business. And when you pulled the shot out, i wish we had that video, you could actually see her team was surrounding and trying to get the right shot and directing press. I mean, they were they wanted the shot. They wanted her by that Barbed Wire so it could look like she was doing something. But if you were one of the parents of the women who were recently killed by illegal immigrants who have come 20 the minutes and nothing, nothing more. Will well, to me, the defining image of the Bidenharris Administration when it comes to the border wail can be stats which well share in one moment, but it is the Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. Each individually defaming Border Patrol agents as emblems of White Supremacy and whipping haitian migrants as racistsen on horses. Complete defamation. And its the defining image for me of how they treat those who would secure our southern border. But here are the statistics. If imagery isnt what paints the picture, perhaps numbers do. Under Donald Trump in 2017, migrant encounters under the bidenharris under the Trump Administration showed in 17 it was 135,000, thats february through september, down in 18 to 5 22,000, and 202 20, 57,000. Compare that to bidenharris where the numbers are 250,000, 373,000 and almost half a million. President they exploded. And this is the same administration that, as you pointed out, rachel, the Border Wall that the Trump Administration had that could have been put up, they made sure it was not put up. Instead, standing in front of a wall built under the obama administration. Thats their view. Obama built a wall, wall good. Trump builds wall, wall bad. Kamala shows up and says i want wall now too because i want votes. And i dont think people are going to buy that as much. I mean, im sure they screened exactly who these two agents will be, to the find two Border Patrol agents that would say nice things about Kamala Harris. Rachel yeah. Exactly. By the way, the numbers that came out by i. C. E. , i thought the timing was interesting. What do you guys think was behind that . Pete were going to talk more about those additional numbers, Hundreds Of Thousands of known criminals including murderers and rapists in our country, they came out the day Kamala Harris showed up . I dont know, i mean, they could have been planned that way. I guess it was based on a request that had been waiting for months, so maybe they held on to it knowing she was going to the border. If so, smart politically really really really rachel really smart. Pete in fact, were moving to that topic right now, i. C. E. Is releasing shocking new data. Will It Rell Veals Tens Of Thousands of illegal immigrants with sexual Assault And Murder convictions are roaming free in the united states. Rachel madeleinely very are rah joins us with the details. Reporter hi, guys. I. C. E. Says theyve expelled the majority of migrants theyve encountered at the southwest border, requiretizing those who pose prioritizing those who pose if safety risks. I. C. E. s Acting Director says as of july the 21, 2024, there were more than 660,000 noncitizens with criminal histories on i. C. E. s national docket. That number includes migrants detained by i. C. E. And those not in federal custody. More than 400,000 have been convicted of a crime and roughly 2227 the ,000 have pending 227,000 have pending criminal charges. Among those not detained, more than 13,000 are convicted of homicide and nearly 16,000 have Sexual Assault charges. Almost 2,000 have pending homicide charges, and more than 4,000 have pending Sexual Assault charges. East identifies i. C. E. Identified Sanctuary Cities in its letter saying their policies can shield dangerous criminals. Democrats pushed back, still there is bipartisan concern over the resources dedicated to immigration enforcement. Men and women at i. C. E. Are working their guts out, and theyre professionals and they want to do the job but they lack resources, they lack manpower. And you look at the problem set, you look at the sheer number of people just and this was as of july, this isnt as of today. The numbers only compounding. We really need to dedicate resources, give them the resources they need but also the policy. As soon as you start deporting some of these people, it lowers. Reporter the White House has not yet responded to the report. Will, pete and rachel. Will thank you rachel thank you, madeleine are. Reporter you got it. Rachel the people coming across the border are not being dna tested, and by law were supposed to be doing that. And the Whistle Blowers At Homeland security, there were three of them that came out and said theyre not doing this, which is why we have so many. Its one thing to open the border for everybody, but you might want to the just at least kind of screen these rapists and murderers, and if you did that, you might be able to screen some of them. Theyre not doing it. There are a Couple Whistleblowers who called that out. They had their careers destroyed. This is what theyre doing on the democrat side. They dont want anything to stop the flow. Pete i know a guy who said theyre not sending their best. Turns out to be by the way, this is only from the countries that share that kind of data, which most dont. Rachel correct. Pete and Known Gotaways, 2 million, this doesnt include the Known Gotaways so this is, at a bare minim minimum, the will to the a fox weathers alert, at least 45 deaths since helene made landfall in florida. Right now in Eastern Tennessee a flash if Flood Warning in effect for areas below the knoll La Chuck Key dam. Areas downstream are already flooded out, and a breach would be catastrophic. Rachel not far from that dam, 54 people were rescued from the roof of a hospital after flood waters surrounded that fit. Officials used Rescue Boats and and helicopters to get the staff and the patients to receivety. Pete right now over 3 Million homes and businesses are without power across the southeast. Lets turn now to chief Meteorologist Rick Reichmuth for our fox weather forecast. Rick that hospital, guys, was a fairly new hospital, one of the rural hospitals built across the country and maybe never if opens up again. Take a look at just the extent of the flooding. Obviously, you have the immediate impacts especially with that Storm Surge which was the case down around the big bend, but look at all of the flooding we had across Interior Areas where we saw some spots over 2 feet of rain. 28 Flash Flood emergencies were issued, the most weve ever seen in any day. Before that the record had been 13. Tell you just how much this flooding was. Atlanta, your 3day Rainfall Event almost at your record and asheville, the other area, thats once you get up into the mountains, that much Rain Falls and it just funnels down through those ravines so quickly, and that causes this flooding. By the way, still millions of people without power. When you get this many people without power, its going to take a long time. A lot of those people might be without power for weeks. Guys . 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Thats what i do. Is that Love Island . Stopping Transnational Criminal Organizations and strengthening our border is not new to me, and it is a longstanding priority of mine. I have done that work, and i will continue to treat it as a priority [cheers and applause] when i am elected president of the united states. Rachel Vice President harris getting a Photo Op while visiting an Arizona Border Town yesterday after trying to talk tough on immigration. But after nearly four years on her watch, i. C. E. Reveals Tens Of Thousands of migrants or illegals with Sexual Assaults and Murder Convictions are now roaming free in the u. S. Cocheese county Arizona Sheriff mark can els met Kamala Harris yesterday, and he joins us now. Sheriff, thank you for joining us this morning. You met with her. Did you get the talk with her . If did you have words with her about the situation for people like you . I did. Thanks for having me, rachel. Rachel of course. Let me just say this, americas sheriffs have been very vocal on this because we represent communities here throughout the united states. Cochise county, we extend the invite just like with President Trump to president harris and President Biden to come visit us on this border, especially with the election going on. But one thing that i shared with president Vice President harris along with President Biden through correspondence is the fact that americas sheriffs have to have some kind of a gate with this White House. That has not happened. I presented her with a Letter Yesterday that outlined that to include a letter from the lines of americas sheriffs about our frustrations and the fact that we tried to meet with her. I told her yesterday that we have tried to meet with this White House, we even spoke to Tom Perez who works in the White House, and she asked me why i felt that they were not meeting with us, because they havent. Lets just be honest, he hasnt and neither was the president. If so, again, it was a meeting that was honest, it was impactful but also shared our stories our realities and our tragedies here in to Cochise County. In 31 months we arrested almost 3800 people for borderrelated crimes, thats the Cochise County Sheriffs Office and local law enforcement. Rachel yeah. I mean, youre arresting 3800 crimes from illegals, that means youre not able to focus on the crimes that would naturally happen in any community, youre overwhelmed. So what was her reaction . Youre telling her this is what our community is facing, this is the strain on our System And Law enforcement, and she says what . Well, i told her this too, out of almost 38000 people arrested in this county, people from all over the united states come in here to smuggle. And i know wills been down here, hes rode with us, myself here, and hes seen the impact, the tragedies were seeing, the murder in this county and the 12. 5 million that the federal government has not supported a dime on this. So we shared those stories, the impact and the Frustration Rachel and did she seem concerned . She actually did, ill give her that. Im not going to sit her and politically talk about it, i told her politics has no business in this. This is an ugly picture with a beautiful frame around it. But she committed that she would work with americas sheriffs is what we as sheriffs want to hear. Sadly, for three and a half years we havent seen that, but she did put that commitment, were going to hold her to it if shes elected, and thats what were looking for. I told her this too, her visit comes with mixed reviews based on the time timeliness of it and based on the political season. Rachel yeah. It makes no sense why she hasnt done this before, and im sure that people in Cochise County feel the same way. Sheriff, thanks for joining us, appreciate it. Thank you, rachel. Rachel you got it. Fox News Alert Ors Israel confirming theyve killed the leader of hezbollah. Could a possible Ground Invasion into lebanon if still be in play . Our Expert Analysis next. Crystals Pop And Fizz when you throw them back. And who doesnt love a good throwback . Now with Vitamin D for the dark days of winter. Lowes knows its easier to make the right calls, when you have the right team. Cj stroud putting up points with mylowes rewards. He is really cleaning up. Cmon, man. cause the cart, hes got all the Cleaning Supplies in his cart. In store. Online. Our Lowes Team has you covered. She worked her way up. I had a Summer Job at mcdonalds. He was born there. Im very rich. She fights for you. When our middle class is strong, america is strong. He doesnt. Youre rich as hell. 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As long as hezbollah chooses the path of war, israel has no choice, and israel has every right to remove this threat and return our citizens to their homes safely. And thats exactly what were doing. Pete senior Vice President for research at the foundation can for defense of democracy, dr. Jonathan schanzer joins now. Thank you for being here. Break down for our audience is the significance of the developments of the last 24 hours. Weve been focused so much On Gaza is, now between the pagers and the killing of senior leadership and the killing of nasrallah, where is israel in its fight against these groups . This was major Momentum Shift Last Night across the entire Middle East. This is something that lebanese are cheering, that syrians are cheering. Youve got to remember hezbollah took part in the Civil War there that led to the slaughter of tenses of thousands. S israelis are obviously cheering it, there are iranians that are cheering it. Americans and french should also be cheering this. But this is significant. This is a man who led hezbollah, one of the worlds most formidable Terrorist Organizations, hassan nasrallah was in that chair since 19932, 322 years of running this organization, developing it into a really formidable force, one that has 200,000 rockets that has essentially held the middle East Hostage on behalf of iran. This is an iranian subsidiary. And if so now hes gone, a lot of the other top leaders are gone, the israelis are now openly mulling a possible Ground Operation in South Lebanon to finally take care of the threat that i think you rightly know has gone unnoted here in our media. Hezbollahs fired something like 8,000 rockets, missiles and drones at israel since October 7th. Its a war in its own right, and you finally see the israelis turning the tide after 11 is months. Its really a remarkable day. Pete unlike hamas, which is tied to iran and its goals, hezbollah has been a compliant state of iran from the very beginning founded by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to be an extension of their fight against israel. What does iran do now . What is their calculation . That is really the million dollar question, you know . When youre watching the media in the region right now, everybodys waiting for an official response from thes us Ham Lick the islamic republic. There is supposed to be a speech coming up by the socalled Supreme Leader of the islamic republic. Last night the iranians were, you know, threatening that the iranians had opened up The Gates Of Hell and that they were coordinating with hezbollah, promising that there were leaders Waiting In The Wings to fill the shoes of hassan nasrallah, but ive got to say when i look around right now at what hezbollah has left in terms of leadership, i dont think theres a lot there. I think right now that the iranians look like theyve been beaten at least on this front. Youve got to remember also the iranians have been fighting israel on seven fronts. They still have shiite militias in Iraq And Syria that can be deployed, theyve got the houthis in yemen that can be deployeded. The iranians have, of course, their own ballistic missiles and drones that they can fire. They did back in april, they can do it again. So this is a big moment to see whether they, you know, try to step in and try to push israel back or whether they cede that theyve lost this round, they go back to their corner and then we see what happens from there. Pete yeah, that will tell us a lot, ultimately, about the condition they believe theyre in. Its one thing to replace a leader, its the another thing to replace a leader when your entire organizational Chart Underneither it is gone which is whats happened with hezbollah at this point. Dr. Schanzer, thank you for your time. Pleasure. Th. 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Will fox weather alert, helenes historic Rain Afall causing major flooding sweeping across parts of ashevilles and communities across the appalachians. Residents are being urged to evacuate. So far at least 45 deaths across multiple sateses have been reported since helene made landfall as a Monster Cat four hurricane. Lets turn now to to chief Meteorologist Rick Reichmuth for our fox weather forecast. Rick yeah, this flooding across the Southern Appalachians is going to be record breaking. Probably never seen anything like this. Ly tell you when you get into the more active part of hurricane season, a pattern can set up, and were watching the next system. This is where helene formed down across parts of the western caribbean, now weve got another disturbance, a 40 chance of development somewhere in the gulf. Not saying this is going where helene did go, but with were going to start to touch turn our eyes to to it and watch. In the meantime, helene is raining itself out across parts of dye and tennessee the. The flooding goes on across the Southern Appalachians, and thats going if to be the case for quite a while. Take a look at all these rivers at their alltime highest crest. Go up here towards north carolina, South Carolina and parts of north georgia, those are the areas that are the worst of this flooding, but some of it across Central Georgia as well. Its going to take a long time for this water to drain out into the ocean basin, so it will remain these lives rivers at very high levels certainly for quite a while as this cleanup, i think, will, is going to take years in some cases with this Record Flooding that weve seen. Will thank you, rick. Embattled new York Mayor eric adams pleading not guilty to the federal corruption Charges Yesterday in aen manhattan court. His attorney doubling down on his Clients Innocence and distancing the mayor from an adviser whose phone was seized by the feds. The entire body of evidence is one staffer, one staffer that says there was a conversation. What you have not learned is that that staffer has lied. When that staffer was first interviewed, that staffer said that mayor adams knew nothing about this, he was not involve in this involved in this and that the he is innocent. They have that information. Will so here to react is New York criminal Defense Attorney and constitutional expert ken belkin. Lets go over the charges first. They read as a follows, one Count Conspiracy to commit if wire fraud, federal program of bribery and to receive Campaign Cricks by foreign nationals. Contributions. Another count of wire fraud, two counts of solicitation of contribution by a foreign national. There are allegations he was an unregistered foreign agent. This ties back to the turkish, government. Is so we have two things going on i think we need to hold serious allegations, influence on a politician by a foreign government, but yet not, not that salacious in terms of the details of what he is alleged to have received. Flight upgrades, discounted hotels . Yeah. Weve got allegedly a scheme that dates back to 2026 2016 where the mayor, Thenbrooklyn Borough President , received about11 upgrades to flights to Turkey And China and paris, and he received discounts at the st. And what did he get for this 10year scheme for upgrades . Well, the Turkish Government may have gotten their Consulates Fire Inspection expedited. Seems a little Headache Key that a 101year scheme shaky. That a 101year scheme would result in this. Will its obviously, first of all, do you think this indictment, we know only so much. We know that there are some staffers involved as we mentioned yesterday, a phone seized from one of his staffers. He sounds, his response sounds a little bit like Donald Trumps response in some of these doj investigations. He feels like he has been targeted by a weaponized doj, and i think the implication is because of the stance hes taken on illegal immigration. Lets be clear or the mayor of one of the largest cities in mesh, and he is the only prominent democrat who has voiced criticism of the Bidenharris Administrations failed immigration policy. Thats a fact. And, look, youve got Donald Trump on camera a year ago saying, hey, look, this guys critical. He may end up indicted. While Donald Trumps not a psychic as far as i know, there is something going on. And people have raised the specker that maybe our prosecutors are being weaponized for political purposes, and its certainly something every american should be concerned about. Will i think its something we have to throw into our consideration. And we also have to consider, as weve talked about, you and i, here, that it doesnt feel like a huge Bribery Scheme at this point in terms of what he received and what was perhaps returned to the Turkish Government. At the same time, american politicians under the influence of foreign governments, a massive issue. Massive issue. We dont want it. And there is a second aspect to this indictment that he solicited foreign campaign contributions. But remember, all the evidence hinges on one Adams Diswhree Staffer adams staffer whos not named in this indictment, hes referred to as Staffer Number one, i believe. Hes not named in the indictment, hes not named as a coconfident which means this guy is cooperating codefendant. And he may have an axe to grind with his former, boss, he may have his own problems. Whether or not the mayor knew about it remains to be seen. Will well see if this thing holds weight, if the charges are as valid as insinuated, but the issue of american politicians under the influence of foreign governments is something i think that we should be giving a lot more attention to, and lets hope that mayor adams isnt just a victim of this, but maybe the start of looking at how many politicians are under the influence of foreign governments. Appreciate you shining a light on this specific case as we need to start following this. Thank you so much, ken. Thanks for having me. Will all right. Tanking confidence in higher education. But a New School in texas promising to bring back Americas Trust in college. When my doctor gave me breztri for my copd, things changed for me. Breztri gave me better breathing, symptom improvement, and reduced flareups. Breztri wont replace a Rescue Inhaler for sudden breathing problems. It is not for asthma. Tell your doctor if you have a Heart Condition or high Blood Pressure before taking it. Dont take breztri more than prescribed. Breztri may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. Call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, Mouth Or Tongue swelling, problems urinating, vision changes, or Eye Pain occur. Ask your doctor about breztri. Rachel with the Fall Semester underway, more americans are struggling to trust colleges across the country. Pete a new survey reveals only 36 of americans are confident in higher education, down 19 from 2015. Finish but a New School is looking to change that. Will joining us now is the Provost And Dean of intellectual foundations at the university Of Austin. Professor, thank you so much for being with us. So i think a lot of people are excited about the university Of Austin to the extent that people know about it. Tell us a little bit about the university, how many students so far youve managed to attract to the university Of Austin and what your promise is. Well, thank you. Our university is dedicated to the fearless pursuit of truth. We were founded actually, we were on the back of a napkin less than three years a ago, and is we just opened our doors three weeks ago. We were founded because universities are supposed to be about the fearless pursuit of truth and the preservation, Extension And Transmission of knowledge and wisdom. Too many of them, especially among the elite universities, are really joyless centers of indoctrination where students are afraid to speak up because theyre afraid of being canceled if they make a mistake. If so weve launched and we have outstanding faculty, we have outstanding students, and were off to a great start. Will and how many students, just as a followup, did you attract here as you open your doors . Oh, yeah. So we have 99 2 student student. These students, by the way, are so intellectually and entrepreneurially energetic that over the summer, before they had even started class, they got together to write and producean excellent dramatic film. They started two reading groups, and they started a substack called the Austin Beacon which has already published an issue which is on the question, what is a university. Rachel wow. And thats just the liberal arts side. Let me tell you about the other kinds of students who are highly entrepreneurial. Just in the past three weeks weve had three students whose startup received its first six figure customer. We have another student who received a 50,000 injection for his prototype, and we have two other students who already have financed and Operating Income for their companies. So its a very, very energetic, intellectually enthusiastic group of students. Rachel wow. I understand that those students, by the way, in this first year had their tuition paid for because you have some donors for this first year. Clearly, youre attracting a, as you said, a very motivated student body. Your critics say, well, theres nothing behind this. You talked about how quickly you got the university up. What would you say to those who are already criticizing a school thats only been around like, what, a month . Watch us, watch what we do. [laughter] we accepted 26 of the students who applied. Our students are in the 91st Percentile on their standardized exams. We look for academic Achievement And Leadership and creativity potential. And these students are just exceptional. There was just an event the other night at utaustin, and it was, you know, a lecture by Lord Andrew roberts whos the worlds leading biographer of churchill. If we told our students, if wow youre interested in this, this guys a great speak, the speaker, you should show up. A third of our class showed up, and they asked almost all the questions. Seven or eight students. Theyre the best students ive ever seen in three and a half decades of being a university professor. Pete and your faculty must feel liberated as well to actually speept speak their mind inside the classroom which is not what its like in other colleges and universities. Professor, weve got to leave it there. Thank you for your time, appreciate it. Thank you very much. Pete check it out, the university Of Austin. Will Alabama Ahornacek is live in orlando as ucf Face Off against colorado today. Abby. Reporter good morning, will. Oh, my gosh, it is electric here already. We have can You Gaves guys give me a cheer . [cheers and applause] this is what weve been experiencing all morning long, and this is probably the most people ive ever seen at a College Football Game this early. When did you get here in. 7 p. M. Last night. Reporter Last Night. Okay, i was walking around saying who was the person who got here earliest, and everyone pointed to you. Did to you sleep here . Yeah, ety. I did. Ive slept on worse. It wasnt that bad. Reporter were going to come back and talk to you because this game is going to be amazing, and i want to hear more about you and just what kept you here all night long. All right, guys, well see you in a bit. Well check back in later. [cheers and applause] Pete Stick around, you can hear from the dude in the cowboy hat. More Fox Friends still ahead. When we started Feeding Bogie the farmers dog, he lost so much weight. Preportioned packs makes it really easy to keep him lean and healthy. In the morning, he flies up the stairs and hops up on my bed. In the past, he would not have been able to do any of those things. To me, harlem is home. But home is also your body. I asked myself, why doesnt pilates exist in harlem . So i started my own studio. Getting a Brick And Mortar in New York is not easy. 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