right now on the story, israeli defense forces on extreme high alert on their northern border where fears of a second front opening up in this war are escalating this afternoon in terms of what could happen with hezbollah on the northern border in lebanon. the terror group s leader made his first statements since the october 7th massacre. he praised those actions as heroic. he called them brave and well-designed. thousands are gathering to cheer him to watch him. listen to the background here. this is the scene in beirut just a few hours ago cheering him on as he calls it something praise worthy. watch this. some say that i m taking us to battle. no. we join the battle immediately following october 7th. what is taking place today is unprecedented since 1948. all israeli military positions are being attacked daily. there s concern that this front may escalate even further or turn in to a full war or that this front may stumble in to a wide ranging war. this is possible.
i want to hear policies and see what other people have to offer as well. nothing against donald trump. i would support him if he were elected as the main candidate. but i m interested in others. you know? jamari, what do you think about the fact that he shows not to come? does that bother you? no, with everything he has going on right now, i feel like this is the last of his worries in trying to make sure that he moves in aisle. he s still leading in the polls. this is all the calm before the storm for him right now. once we figure out what is happening in d.c. and georgia martha: if he were to be convicted, how would that impact your thinking? it doesn t wouldn t impact my thinking at all. i think as a party, i don t want to shoot within inside my own tent. who is our main candidate, that s who i m going to be supporting for 2024. martha: what about you? doesn t bother you?
me as a proven conservative with a long career of consistent conservative principle and they know that voice not only belongs on that debate stage but millions of americans know we re the one that needs to be carrying the banner in to the fall of 2024. martha: you hope your former running mate, donald trump, is on that stage and would you welcome the opportunity to challenge him on that stage? you better believe it i would. people ask me, would you debate donald trump? i ve debated him a thousand times. just not with the cameras on. it s not all about january 6. i m going to make my case as strongly as i have every day since. i know i did my duty that day. i m going to call the president out on the fact that he called upon me to choose him over my oath to the constitution. i chose the constitution. i ll also there s an increasing difference between this version of president trump
being iowa, new hampshire, nevada and south carolina. we re going to be neutral. we want to make sure the voters have a chance to see our candidates. at the end of the day, this is what i know. we have to beat joe biden, we have to beat the democrats and water going to have to come together around whoever the delegates and voters choose to be our nominee and make sure we win the white house, take back the senate and keep the house in 2024. martha: thanks, ronna. we brought you on for another topic wu we got breaking news. thanks. let s go back to jonathan turley, george washington law professor and fox news contributor. it looks like the amount now is $5 million that would be coming to e. jean carroll from the former president, donald trump, based on the combination of the battery charge and the defamation charge. your thoughts on that. well, that s a fairly consistent amount given, what they found as to the violation,
submit to you, that people are suffering and hurting in this country under the biden administration. the biden administration has been disastrous economically and a national security level. trump will appeal this case. it will be resolved. if anyone honestly believed this will stop president trump for running for office, you re wrong. if you honestly believe that he will take a dip in the polls, you re wrong. trump supporters are loyal. they ll remain with him until he wins the election in 2024. martha: it s interesting. we see a lot of people in the polling, even though they re supportive of this former president said that they would like to have different choices. 70% want a different president than joe biden and 60% want a different candidate than donald trump. that s the question here. right? leo is making his point very