have given me my marker so inspiring to see someone who spent more than half a century doing what they loved. and also giving you hope to overcome fears he this he said that he wants was always so nervous when a movie began shooting that he actually threw up the night before and yet to think of what he accomplished incredible thanks for joining us. the situation room starts now happening now with just one week to go before the historic biden trump debate right here on cnn we ll take you inside the radically different ways the two candidates are getting ready and they re strategies when they step on stage also tonight, new reporting that the judge in the trump classified documents case rejected advice to step aside. when she was first assigned ignoring the urgings of two more experienced federal judges, and the biden administration appears to be expanding an agreement with you ukraine, allowing counter-strikes inside of russia using us weapons. how far will ukraine go and hi
eric: former president trump returned to battleground michigan today one day after celebrating his 78th birthday at a fan club bash in west palm beach florida plays a key to cut into president biden s blue wall of states with a stop at a church and longtime democratic stronghold of detroit. this as president biden is expected to attend a star-studded hollywood bash in los angeles tonight. his campaign said will be the biggest democratic fundraiser and history welcome to fox news live i am eric shawn. hi arthel. arthel: hi eric, hello everyone i am arthel neville. this is jim s fourth visit to michigan this year. his first campaign event there since his conviction in new york city last month. trump is making a play for black voters who according to recent polls are peeling away from president biden. trump is said to hold a roundtable with pastors in the motor city. madison is a life in detroit with more. madison is this considered an endorsement or fact-finding mission? what
downplay it, but this back-and-forth with iran, unprecedented as it is, has affected israel s plans for an offensive in rafah, which the biden menstruation says it has still not seen an acceptable israeli planned for i don t think there was any ever any question that the israelis we re gonna go into rafah. i think that the biden administration has done what it can to put a brake on this operation, but i think that there is consensus within the war cabinet. those consensus within the security cabinet. and quite honestly, there s consensus among the israeli public that a major yep operation in rafah to root out what remains are what they believe remains of hamas is necessary and just this, of course, the concern on the part of the united states and others is the terrible toll that this will likely take on civilians in the gaza strip. and that s why there has been the biden administration has said that they wanted to see a plan that they opposed the plant. but i think there was never an
by those western countries by some of israel s closest friends who came to their defense on saturday night to say, listen, we re with you we are taking this action against iran. we are trying to weaken iran, but at the same time, please don t ratchet things up. and carry out a counter strike against iran. but we are told now, laura, that that communication was made by the israelis to the biden administration earlier today, that there was an imminent counter attack are retaliation coming by the israelis against the iranian sayyed, i m told by one senior us official that the range of time i m was actually quite large that came earlier today. and then of course tonight, we have seen this retaliation. i just want to point out that there were two significant calls between biden menstruation officials and israeli officials today the israeli defense minister spoke with his us counterpart, secretary of defense lloyd austin we also know that there was a virtual phone call with the national stre
take out a hamas leader in beirut itself, and now a hezbollah leader in southern lebanon. the big concern for the biden menstruation is having once been a confined to military action in gaza spread to the northern border and also invite in interference from iran. irate northern border and also invite in interference from iran. northern border and also invite in interference from iran. we know that antony blinken interference from iran. we know that antony blinken has interference from iran. we know that antony blinken has told interference from iran. we know that antony blinken has told israel s i antony blinken has told israel s prime minister to avoid further civilian harm in gaza what does it tell you three months into this war, that he s having to repeat again that he s having to repeat again that really basic message? i mean, it seaks that really basic message? i mean, it speaks a that really basic message? i mean, it speaks a little that really basic message? i mean,