several hospitals in northern gaza surrounded as they look to end hamas' rule in the palestinian enclave. >> ainsley: israel's prime minister maintains that a cease-fire ♪ an option until all the hostages are released. but, insists that it has no long-term intentions of governing gaza. >> pete: this comes as the pentagon confirms 46 attacks carried out by iran backed proxies on u.s. bases in the middle east. >> lawrence: great we'll target another depot. trey yingst with the latest. >> trey: hey, guys, good morning. we understand right now there are heavy battles ongoing inside gaza city. i do want to just step out of the frame and show you the northern part of the gaza strip. quite a bit of destruction here as the israelis are using artillery units and their air force to support the infantries inside gaza. israeli media reports three hospitals in gaza city are currently surrounded. israelis believe there are hamas fighters inside. the complexity of this, though, there are still patients inside. thousands of palestinians still not heeding warnings by israelis to the south. some in the hospital simply don't have the ability to do so. we know the israelis overnight say they killed a number of members from hamas' elite forces who participated in the october 7th massacre. this includes company commanders and la to an commanders from hamas. and also the head of the organization sniper array took evacuation root from the northern part of the gaza strip to the sensory part just yesterday. they are encouraging as many palestinians to get out of the battlefield as possible. overnight bret baier asked prime minister benjamin netanyahu about a potential pause in the fighting this somewhat he had to say. >> bret: the administration talked about four hour pause numerous times. is that true that there's going to be some stoppage? >> no. the fighting continues against the hamas enemy, the hamas terrorist. >> trey: we do know that raids inside gaza continue. the israelis say they have recovered a number of weapons and plans by hamas fighters inside the strip. and it does come as the fighting intensifies not just here but also along the northern border with lebanon. the israelis say they are striking lebanon at this moment, following anti-tank guided missile attacks. lots of developments here on the ground. can you hear an israeli drone overhead. and the fighting is expected to intensify in the coming hours. guys, bark to you. >> brian: hey, trey, how valuable is this guy winwar. they say that's their bin laden the guy on the ground who orchestrated all of this and in charge. how furious is that man hunt? >> trey: he is the number one target for the israeli military following the october 7th massacre. just to give you some background on hamas as an organization. you have sinwar who is the head of the are military wing and a man who based in qatar to deals with the political bureau of hamas. so these two figures are critical to the organization but sinwar is largely seen as mastermind behind the october 7th massacre. known as the biewmper of han jury. nas. killing anyone israel in the past. is he incredibly dangerous person. we should note one person we have been asking to the israelis is do they know what where he is? >> if you are originally they said he may be underneath the she if a hospital in gaza city. network gaza strip. fled to the south. may not be s inside gaza. israelis say he is the number one target following the massacre on october 7th. >> lawrence: trey, now that they have a lot of these hospitals surrounded, are they going through the hospitals before? are they trying to evacuate civilians before they make their move? what's the plan? what are you seeing on the ground there israelis have multiple hospitals in the northern part of the gaza strip surrounded according to reports. again, there are still patients inside. this is incredibly complex battlefield for the israelis. and they're being urged by the united states and other international body to be careful as they operate inside gaza city. we know hamas is fighting from civilian areas not only from civilian areas but from hospitals. the shifa hospital largest in the strip. housing militants according to the israelis. we saw a video released yesterday from another hospital in northern gaza where you could see gunmen inside where there are patients questions how the israelis will deal with this complexity how they will operator operate to kill hamas but not kill civilian notice process. >> ainsley: trey, thank you so much. benjamin netanyahu was on with bret baier as trey was mentioning. he said a cease-fire is not an option unless hostages are released. if we have a cease-fire that means surrendering not only to hamas but to terrorists. he says we do not seek to govern or to occupy gaza because that's a rumor. they want to take over that property. he is saying no. we're just trying to reduce the civilian casualties by going in strategically. and wiping out hamas' terror organization. he says two days ago there were 50 bassed through the south through safe passage. israel has said if you live in the north, get out. if you are a civilian get out and got south because gaza city is in the north and that's where hamas headquarters is. he said today, he was speaking yesterday with bret baier. yesterday another 70,000 have passed. so many are wondering, you know, israel is bombing this area. all these civilians are dying. but they do have the opportunity to get out. the numbers, according to benjamin netanyahu are pretty high of those who are leaving. >> pete: they have had the opportunity time and time again to allow civilians to leave. it seems only our state department and white house clamoring for these pause after pause after pause and bibi made it clear we're going to finish this fight. do you know who else has made it clear? iran, they are not deterred at all. we bomb weapons depot, whatever that means. >> brian: second time. >> pete: for the second time and four more attacks. if your counter attack is leading to more attacks, that's the definition of not deterring anybody. and that makes it more likely that it does escalate by not doing enough, you lead to more war. >> ainsley: what would you do, with your military experience? >> pete: i have never been the commander-in-chief but somebody else has. donald trump was on univision last night, and here's a portion of what he said about how you stare down someone when you have got that kind of a threat. watch. >> you are going to end up in a world war. we have an incompetent leader of the united states. he can't walk off the stage. he can't find the stairs. he can't put two sentences together. he can't talk. and this man is dealing with putin and president xi and all of these people that would probably not say they love us but we have somebody that's negotiating for us and do you know when you talk about negotiating, you are talking about the biggest threat in this world today, the biggest threat is nuclear weapons. >> pete: his point is speak clearly and boldly to your enemy and then make decisive action that sends that message. >> brian: how much is a risk averse pentagon and how much is him? >> i think it's probably -- what trump is pointing out there a combination of both. you have a pentagon who has a track record of failure, looking at afghanistan. you got a lot of leaders. >> brian: didn't stand up to the political leaders and said it can't happen? >> pete: outside of their depth on that. unwilling to stand up. and to trump's point, what kind of strategic thinking is joe doing right now? >> lawrence: he also seems insistent of undermining bibi publicly. he did not have to answer that question the way he did yesterday about being disappointed, i guess, about the pause not happening soon enough. and of course bibi when he was on bret baier, bret asked him about that. is he not going to be critical of the united states. the u.s. is all that he got, that he has right now. but, to send that flare up so the international community can see hey, we are putting pressure on israel in the middle of a conflict that hamas started right now. so, i don't understand the white house's play on that. >> ainsley: when benjamin, when bret played that soundbite of biden saying it's not happening quick enough. he said it's not happening quick enough for me either. we don't have isis or al-qaeda because the u.s. took an lo time to wipe them out. he says i hope it doesn't take that long. we are not leaving until we eradicate hamas. he also talked about rashida tlaib and asked about that video she posted on x says she doesn't agree with president biden and then she posted the protesters yelling from the river to the sea. and he said let me tell you what that means. that means from the jordan river all the way to the mediterranean. that means no israel. and he said people might be naive and might not be able to understand all of this. she knows what she is saying. and he praised our house lawmakers for censuring her. he also said this about all the protests at higher education. all of our colleges. >> i think the protests that you are seeing i'm sure includes naive people. but there are a lot of people know exactly what they are saying. they are lining up with identifies, al-qaeda, murders, baby murderers and rapists and mute later and head choppers and we have to protect not only our lives but our future. can our world survive if people go and with such moral confusion and, in fact, moral depravity support these killers, these murderers? and i will tell you something, this is an indictment -- higher education in many places in the west when people who are supposedly educated cannot distinguish right from wrong and good from evil. hamas is evil. hamas is evil and we have to defeat evil not protest and demonstrate on behalf of evil. >> brian: never thought i would see the anti-semitism. 12:00 kids walked out of school yesterday, supported by pro-palestinian causes. 4:00 a massive demonstration off fifth avenue right in new york city. as you guys know, he went to college here. he understands america. he doesn't need to get a briefing. he understands the nuclear process. when the nuclear deal he didn't have a part with obama he went right to congress. right now he is looking at a situation where he is dealing with hamas getting blow back knowing hezbollah is another major issue. the big problem is iran. is he going to do hamas the best he can and then leave that nuclear program intact, really? >> pete: i think that's the right question, brian. ultimately israel is fighting for existential existence, gaza and hamas is a portion of it. imagine if iran had the nuclear weapon they are close because of obama and biden administrations. if that's going to be taken care of -- >> ainsley: the jewish people, it's a small group. i think 16 million. and if you talk to your friends that are jewish, they are going through a lot. they are not sleeping. they are scared to walk through your college campuses. you've talked to a lot of them, lawrence. >> lawrence: ainsley to your point about what is happening with the jewish friends going through, bibi, as brian noted, went to school here. so i went to mit to see what was going on here. i went to campus reform who monitors what is happening on college campuses. unjewish student on the college campuses said she was outraged because they were chanting from the river to the sea and also calling for intifada. she went to the campus harassment office to report. this they are supposed to handle anti-semitic attacks, any violence against students, and they told her that she needed to go therapy. that's what is happening on the college campuses. now, imagine. >> ainsley: instead of doing something about it. they are telling her she has a problem. >> pete: imagine any inverse situation of that. >> brian: say a muslim kid was being harassed. >> lawrence: go therapy: are you kidding me? >> brian: i love this in columbia major donors resign from the board this guy henry is why the can a regret columbia university no longer something he wants to be a part of a local lot of billionaires pulling money out. a lot of hollywood is divide, too. people realize it's not okay to get along? you have to make a division. good luck with that go side with the palestinians see where that gets you. >> pete: yeah. and then there is the tens of billions of undisclosed donations to those institutions over the last 20 years. >> ainsley: from the middle east. >> pete: indeed. we have got more this morning including. this coming up live today on the fox news channel, at 10:00 a.m. congressman james clyburn will file paperwork on behalf of joe biden for the south carolina primary. then at 4:00 p.m., secretary of defense lloyd austin set to hold a joint press conference in india concerning ne-yo pacific talks. >> brian: get them to stop financing russia. >> pete: lastly happening today sag-aftra and hollywood studios revealed the studios behind their deal. >> brian: going back to the movies, see ya. >> pete: bring you all the coverage on these events all day long. >> ainsley: three more hours and go back to the movie. >> brian: be in the movies. i'm sure i will be cast in something big. >> lawrence: man intentionally hit two deputies. hospitalized. >> ainsley: watch this. >> lawrence: latest on the investigation. >> ainsley: oh my gosh. >> brian: president biden in denial dismissing trump's lead in five key battleground states to reporters. i will pause. peter period why do you think it is you are trailing trump in all swing state polls. >> don't read the poll. >> you don't believe you are trailing in battleground states. >> no, i don't. >> ainsley: a.g. brenberg endorsed trump why she thinks the country should unite behind him. i'm sarah escherich, i'm the life enrichment director at independence village, the senior living community in waukee, iowa. everybody here really, really make you feel like family and that they love you. our goal with tiktok was to enrich the lives of our residents and just to be able to show people what senior living can be like. i think i am a tiktok grandma. my kids think i am. i mean, we're the ones that are being entertained. time goes faster when you're having fun. ♪ with fastsigns, create custom graphics that get tails and tongues wagging. ♪ fastsigns. make your statement. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? 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>> i do. i think that president trump will win. he is strong. he is doing very well in my home state of iowa, and i think people recognize that biden's leadership has been an absolute failure, and they remember what it was like under president trump and they want him back. >> ainsley: what's the relationship like with you and kim reynolds? she is your governor and she just endorsed ron desantis. >> well, i have to say this. iowa governor kim reynolds is the best governor in the country. she just awesome and has led on important issues like tax reform high of and school choice. she has done a great job. as jua iowans we support differt people in the caucuses but we come together and support the nominee. i think that will be president trump. >> ainsley: do you think that will hurt down the road. approval rating is higher than awf all five candidates we saw on debate stage. he endorsed her. >> i think that kim reynolds is a great governor. i think at the end of the day, after all the caucuses and primaries are done, we're going to have president trump as our nominee, and i think he is going to defeat joe biden. i think he is gonna be a great president, and i'm looking forward to it. >> ainsley: donald trump said president biden is not up for the job when you are looking at what is happening in israel and all around the world, really. he said he can't walk up the stairs. he can't put two sentences together. what do you think will happen in the elections? >> well, i have to say as a mom and a prosecutor, what's going on with the biden administration just makes me sick. terrorism in israel, the southern border out of control, biden is an absolute failure. his policies have hurt farmers, families, everybody who works is worse off under biden's failed leadership. and we need a president who will make america great again, who go l. lead america back to the greatness that we used to have and that we can have again. that's president trump. >> ainsley: brenna, what do you say about what happened on tuesday? we had these elections. you see the polls. president trump is up. you see the state of our country. you see the state of our world. we need a stronger leader. if makes republicans feel very optimistic about the next presidential election. you see what happened on tuesday. how far do you explain that what do republicans need to do differently? >> well, i think the key thing about winning elections is to campaign on the issues and to make sure that people get out and vote, that nobody takes it for granted that there's gonna be some kind of red wave. that each american understands that their vote matters and that they need to go to the polls and get their friends and family to the polls because we can't take four more years of a failed biden administration. >> ainsley: one more question. did you hear from donald trump after you endorsed him? >> oh, absolutely, yes. we campaigned in iowa together. and i'm looking forward to campaigning together some more. he is very popular in our state, bringing out a lot of new voters and i think that is part of the secret to his success because people see that they're going to be better off with president trump with the economy, with the security, and with a secure border. >> ainsley: brethrenna, thank you so much for coming on with us, waking up this early. >> thank you. >> ainsley: you are welcome. hand it over to carley for headlines. >> carley: hard to watch. two florida deputies in the hospital suffering from serious injury this morning after police say a driver intentionally hit them with his car. [crash] >> carley: can you believe that in the officers were responding to a call from the suspect's mother. officials say ralph bowzy drove away when the deputies arrived but circled back to mow them down. the suspect is charged with three counts of attempted murder on a law enforcement officer. turns out of he has three prior felony arrests and 14 misdemeanors. a source says an impeachment vote against homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas could come within days. congresswoman marjorie taylor greene introducing the re