The story. Breaking news around the situation escalating by the minute in the Middle East right now. So where is all this headed. The pentagon has now announced the deployment of a small number of american troops to the region. We already have about 40,000 troops there but they have decided given what is going on that they needed to send more troops to the Middle East. That coming from the pentagon just a Sort While ago. Iran is warning that there will be Quote Dangerous Consequences as Israel And Hezbollah continue to trade fire. Israel says it has hit 800 other targets within lebanon and has intercepted most of what has been incoming missiles, from them. [ speaking alternate language ] for those who have not understood i went to quiet clarify. We do not wait for a threat we anticipated. Everywhere and every arena at anytime. Eliminate senior officials eliminate missiles, and we are still not done. Whoever tries to hurt us we heard him even harder. Martha Mike Token live in tel aviv. Hello. Israel Defence Minister it says over the past day the idf has been destroying what the hezbollah built up over the last 20 years he said that Hezbollah Secondary Generalists on announced it along at the top as many other top commanders have been eliminated. As you imagine the idf said they strike some 800 targets in Southern Lebanon from the air. The Casualty Figures change but the latest that we have out of lebanese Health Ministry is 356 people are dead over 1000 injured. Israel has been sending Text Messages warning civilians it to get away from a Hezbollah Weapon storages and launchers. The idf has released video making the point that there targets are rockets and other weapons ready to launch. One example they said is a Crews Missile and a home with an opening for the launch. They also released Video Reporting to show an Air Strike followed by secondary explosions of stored weapons. Israels Prime Minister sent a message directly to the people lebanon. For too long hezbollah has been using you as human shields. A place rockets in your living rooms, and missiles in your garage. Those rockets and materials or indirectly at our cities, directly at our citizens. Israels Homefront Command has been issuing warnings to the people in the north of the country. Against travel telling them to avoid Groups School has been cancelled both on the israeli side and the lebanese side of the border. Anticipating more warfare. Some rockets to get through Israels Defence is a striking in Northern Israeli towns but the injuries have been minimal on the israeli side. Lebanese civilians have paid a terrible price as israel has been turning up the heat on hezbollah. A starting tuesday with the electronic sabotage. Followed by an Air Strike into the neighbourhood thats populated by hezbollah that Air Strike taking out the top commanders in the run or of the brigade. Very close to a Secretary General although that followed by these Air Strikes intended to dribble Hezbollahs Ability to fire into israel. Martha Mike Tobin alive in tel aviv. Thank you very much. What that we bring again retired army general. He served multiple Account Combat tours and in 2014 lead u. S. Effort to stop the spread of i says in iraq and syria. He knows these reasons extraordinarily well. Major general welcome thank you. What is your assessment of what looks like a major escalation in war in the Middle East . s. This concern of a wider war in the Middle East but what what israel is doing with hezbollah and they have the right to defend themselves hezbollah has been lobbing missiles and record against israel, a day after October Seventh. Since october eighth. Israel was doing what they could but they were certainly occupied by the fight and gaza. Now theyre able to switch some resources to the north against hezbollah. And hezbollah has got to learn that they cannot keep Lobbying Missiles on Northern Israel. Israel has had 70 Thousands of its citizens displaced from Northern Israel because of those rocket attacks. Martha lets Take A Look at the chart that shows we heard and the report that he is alone at the top of his chamber of command. Must Take A Look at that the charge which shows the charge which shows westman taken out. So far and it shows that he is according to this information from the idf hes lost one, two, three, six of his top people only to remain and when you listen to the take that we get from report is on the ground the people of lebanon are not getting what they need and want in society from a hezbollah is this structure weekend, is he in danger of losing his position at this point create. The structure is absolute been weekend. Especially the recent death the trusted Senior Advisor to an. The hezbollah Command Structure going to go away . No. They will replace them but it we very difficult to do that. Martha with regard to this window that were in in the united states. As we wait for an election to take place, just a few weeks from now. Theres a lot of questions about who was in command at the moment. This is a President Biden speaking about this earlier today we have that scene not seen emma speaking out about this in recent weeks but here he is. President Joe Biden i have agreed to the latest developments i have been briefed. The team has been in constant content contact. Were looking to deescalate. Martha hes reading that off a statement in the Oval Office today. Thoughts on whether or not where Vonn Bell given how we are to the election . Elections and transitions or always points of time that would always concern me as a military person. And other places in the world. But this is the united states of america. President biden is in charge until his inauguration of the next president in january. We clearly have someone who is the president and theyre in charge. It is a point that the rest of the world is looking out. If they feel like Theres Weakness we will take Advantage Or Theyll attempt to take advantage of that weakness. Martha with regard to todays pagers and that attack one a Security Expert from the kennedy School Today said that these really have changed the game. And that once you start launching these sorts of attacks that are attached to technology other countries can accept a similar kinds of the battle technique. Do you agree with that and do you think that this attack was a truly a Game Changer . I thought the attack was brilliant. In so many ways. The know how to do that has been exercised before, but not on that scale. And not that scale to where all at one time all the pages blew up. With significant leaders and even lower Level Leaders and hezbollah and then they did it again with walkietalkies. Is it a Game Changer . No. But it was an innovative tactic that helped israel and in the opening stages of this new campaign. There some more this in the future. Martha understood. White about this decision to send more troops to the region. I think there is a lot of concern in this country about where all this is headed, its a very scary time. When you see this lack of stability in the Middle East and now you see more of our service members on their way there. I think we saw that in october. Its precautionary. We have troops throughout the region and additional troops to help as far as Forest Production and in other things i think its a prudent decision. Martha general thank you very much. At this moved along. Very serious times. Thank you so much general. Way taken out to pennsylvania where President Trump as former President Trump is speaking with farmers. Hes in pennsylvania. It was the best border we ever had when i was there. We build hundreds of miles of wall on everything else and there was a best border now is that weakest. I had to Handshake Deal with them it was going to happen very quickly and then this did not do anything about it. He said and he suggested to me anybody said fentanyl to the united states, its a death penalty. They get the maximum penalty they wouldve done it and then we had an election that they not exactly work out to good and it was a disgrace frankly and that deal went and a lot of other bad things happen like russia attacking ukraine, October Seventh. Inflation a lot of bad things happen the horrible way we got out of afghanistan. So many things happened that will not happen. And dead net of the last. Asked to the farmers we have a deal in place that china is it supposed to buy 50 Billion worth of product and they are not living up to it and they were living up to it and every farmer i spoke to, i spoke to a lot of them in iowa and theyre having the same problem. Than not doing well. They were doing great during the Jump Administration i think you would say. There is always dangerous do, i hope you would say you were doing well because youre not doing well now. Im hearing it from farmers all over the place and one of the big reasons is they have not enforced the deal with china. That was good Penalty Deal to china because it took advantage of you for 25 years and it was like a Penalty And Biden and harris and they will never enforce anything that group. That group is a disaster. Is a disaster for our country in so many ways but certainly the farmers are one of those ways. So i think either rick or are you starting off, why dont you start. We really appreciate you being here as part of the protecting America Initiative. We protecting America Initiative see china very clearly as we know what you do. China has quietly but strategically worked against us whenever we are distracted by wars, or covid19. China goes in and absolutely tries to distract of the american people. Martha that is also a rally later in pennsylvania that will be covering as well. Lets get a feel for this Campaign Advance and what to expect the rest of the day in pennsylvania which obviously is such a key state. And all this. The Correspondent Reporting from pennsylvania. Just outside pittsburgh she standing in the cornfield. Were in the middle of a area here the county and western pennsylvania. This is where former president is speaking and we talked to farmers out here just like the former president and they said they feel like china gets the upper hand at that american farmers are not the priority and they want an american who will be in that White House who will change all that. What would be a top concern if the Kamala Harris was president to . How would that impact your Bottom Line . Inflation, it would be the big thing. More inflation is something we cant handle. More regulations, weve had enough. And not for that. They want to focus on they the thought they believe china has on american agriculture. Republican say china is buying up u. S. Farm Line Land at the big clip taking over part of the american food supply. Which they believe as a national security threats. Its also an issue that has been in the national spotlight. Last year we went out to North Dakota i remember with a company linked to Chinese Communist Party those trying to buy land right near the grand Forks Airport to space here people they were outraged they put a stop to it. Now it passed be our bipartisan legislation that will add guidelines it to stop the chinese from acquiring american farmland. Vice president Kamala Harris and former President Trump have laid out their plans when it comes to this. They will use tariffs to expand u. S. Food experts while harris says she will not tolerate any unfair Trade Practices from china. Pennsylvania State Representative they will be putting america first. Lets stop your glass and put americans to work must i not for american lets grow our own food lets process our own be if can do that all right here. They do want a Working Relationship with china when it comes to trademark. They dont want a Trade War with china. So many farmers we talk to out here it said some people had to close up shop when it came to a dairy farm. Because they cannot make ends meet they say something needs to change. Martha alexis thank you very much. That It Will Number 2 senate republican minority with South Dakota who is in the agriculture committee. Estate has restricted foreign on a Ship Of Agricultural Lands since 1979. Thank you very much. Is always good to see you. Obviously roll part of the country in 2016 President Trump called the forgotten Men And Women Of America and he resonated with them and a large white, people came out to had not voted a lot in the past and voted for him. We know that from looking at the polling after the election. And now were talking about farming in this Country And Land that has been sold to chinese entities in some senses were not even sure how much land they have because they have to declare their bind line. How Big A concern as all this for you . I think its a big concern and the reason farmers and ranchers are so supported a President Trump and his policies is because under the Bidenharris Administration what they seen with inflation is a huge rise in cost. Declining Commodity Prices and a record Trade Deficit. We never had a Trade Deficit and agriculture we had Trade Surpluses last year was a first year ever we had a Trade Deficit this year will be over 30 Billion and theyre saying that year after that 42 billiondollar Trade Deficit for agriculture in this country. And so when you look at the increase in Fertilizer Cost Increase in Diesel Costs and land under clement, and then at the fact that prices are going down and then you see like you said with whats happening what chinese interest in this country. And acquiring farmland. These are just policies they been absolute failure when it comes to farmers and ranchers. Agriculture needs a new direction for this country and the policies that present a trumpet brings win it comes to energy when it comes to taxes when it comes to trade, is going to make american farmers and ranchers competitive again and thats why we have to come with a change in November Spray dont you read what the former president was saying. He said that he had a deal when he was president that china would have by fitted billion dollars of that was rage. He said theyre not doing that Biden And Harris would never make them do that. Do you agree with that . And has that deal slipped apart and do you think that if harris were president she would hold chinas feet to the fire . Weve heard nothing about China Policy through the course of this campaign except from what we just heard. I think thats a problem problem. They dont respect or revere Joe Biden or Kamala Harris. They pray on their weakness, and they take advantage of that weakness in countries like china where a president Mike Trump they were worried, they were fearful of what was going to happen next. And so the way President Trump used selectively and in a targeted weigh for people who were cheating when it comes to trade with the united states countries like china, tariffs and trade policies, i think that is an normally helpful and was helpful when he was in the White House previously and i think thats why farmers and ranchers are so anxious to have them back. If you look at what Business Administration has done and all those areas they projected weakness and whether thats a national Security Energy Security those issues are all linked and this administration is sending signals to countries like china that our country can be taking advantage of. The way to change that is to get a strong leader in the White House. Martha youve seen a lot of elections in your time in the u. S. Senate. What is your take on this. You see how close it as hes in pennsylvania right now, 48, 47. Trumpharris in pennsylvania. What is your sense of where this thing is headed giving is that tightest president ial Election Weve had at this stage of the game and american history . I think in The End people well vote with their pocketbooks and the issues we voted. Inflation is up groceries or up over 20 percent, people are spending 13,000 a year or more under this administration for their basic cost of living, i think in The End thats whats going to win. I spent a couple days on the bus, we did Agriculture Event they are, in michigan and other state thats important in the selection of the president ial level. The polls are tied, i get that, at The End of the day when people think about that selection the question they will ask his and my better off than i was a four years ago . The answer is in most mines is this country is headed in the wrong direction not the right direction. And the way to get back in the right direction is to make that change in the White House and led to President Trump. Inviting people across the heartland and states like pennsylvania, other states where we have competitive senate races as well are in the process right now. The Sugar High is wearing off with Kamala Harris they know her policies are wrong and theyre going to be i think anxious it to get trump in the White House and give them a majority in the u. S. Senate to work with sprayed it let me ask you about this odd situation thats happening in israel right now. We are sending additional troops to the region i just spoke to general Dana Pittard. It is that concern you equate and do you see this headed towards a situation where the united states is going to have to help Israel Defend itself with our own boots on the ground . I think we have to be prepared to drive israels back. Whatever that takes. And we all know whos behind this. Its iran. Its iran its hezbollah its hamas, its all these iranian militias thats been attacking american troops in places like syria, this is iran and at some point well have to confront that reality. One of the things this administration has done is they have again projected weakness, lifting sanctions, making dollars available for iran to be able to find these Terrorist Organizations are harassing israel on a daily basis on their borders, we have to make sure that israel is a safe and secure an