cooper, it airs sunday at 9:00 eastern and pacific. and the lead with jake tapper starts now. hostage being held by hamas is being celebrating her ninth birthday. happy birthday emily wherever you are. the lead starts right now. meanwhile disturbing finds inside gaza, the remains of a hostage, second such discovery this week as israeli forces comb areas around al-shifa hospital and uncover evidence of a hidden terrorist operation run by hamas. and plus in the 2024 race, age still a problem. perhaps a bigger problem for president joe biden as voters in a key primary state weigh in in a brand new cnn poll. and i ll be joined by a different republican who says that he was also once given unwanted hostile physical attention from then speaker kevin mccarthy. and we ll start with the world lead as israel continues its seize of gaza s largest hospitals its forces have found the body they report of a second israeli hostage near al-shifa, a 19-year-old. she was a corporal in the
rubble. some were burned. israel s attack on hamas in the refugee camp is part of its expanded offensive inside gaza where overnight hamas underground tunnels came under fire. israeli forces saying they struck about 300 hamas targets that includes the idf says military compounds inside those underground tunnels. at the same time, a new threat to israel is emerging from iran. iran-backed houthi militants in yemen claimed responsibility for targeting israel with drones and missiles near the red sea in the south. israel saying it thwarted that attack. israel also facing incessant rocket fire rockets at us here in tel aviv, intercepted by the iron dome just a couple of hours ago. [ siren ] that s the intercepting missiles going up. and earlier today, here is what my team and i witnessed when we were driving north of tel aviv. we heard an explosion to the west, and every car on the highway pulled over. we all got out, and we ran into a ditch that was built there. we re drivin
anniversary of d-day and right now president biden is in normandy, france with veterans and world leaders to commemorate the turning point in the war. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. today the world will pause to honor u.s. and allied forces who stormed the beaches of normandy in 1944, leading to defeat of nazi forces and liberation of western europe. lucas tomlinson will walk us through today s ceremony. lucas: president biden and first lady just arrived on the beaches of normandy, 80 years ago, troops landed to begin to defeat berlin and nazi germany. here is president biden, he will be meeting some of the last surviving members and biden says, today we remember all the americans who laid down their lives on d-day to end tyranny and ensure flame of liberty would burn bright around the world. 73,000 of those who landed in france were young american soldiers, they faced 50,000 germans. the battle began with paratroopers j
now. not saying the united states military is not great and vast, it is all voluntary, but reality is what made up those individuals and what led them to success was not a clear reliance on technology. technology played its part, but the individuals themselves had a vision, they had dedication and they carried that out. politics out of the way, dei, all that stuff, did not exist then. and the goal was to make a military fighting force as vicious and determined as they possibly could and this is the result you get from that. i don t know if that exists now. todd: i m not questioning the bravery of brave men and women who sign up for our country today, they are heroes, i m comparing how we are with
they destroyed entire city . ocks to honor george floyd they destroyed independent medical practices with obamacarend. they destroyed free speech on college campuses and they ree hoping to destroy the electoral college. the filibusterrde, the u.s. i senate. and if we lete them, the constitution itself. so basically anything that holds traditional american ideals has to be destroyed. it looks like they reoy on the path to destroy our all o volunteer military. and as the media obsess on the fate, climate change crisis, they re glossing over a real crisis, the gradual depletion of our military fighting force. a result, most americans don t have a clue about how dire the situation is . so how bad is it with thef army is right now short of its sixty thousand soldier recruiting goalecru for the fisa year by half, that s thirty thousand soldier deficit . and for next year it s expected