Good afternoon. Welcome to the washington institute. Im delighted to welcome you all to the postlabor day gathering, a celebration, celebration of the publication of this this timely, important new book by my colleagues. When youre a leader and you get your face chiseled into Mount Rushmore or your picture on a coin, its not because you did nothing during your time in office. Its not because you waited out the term. Its because you took Big Decisions that affected the fate of your nation, often at moments of great crisis. Often decisions that were unpopular or that risked that this would be your last term in office. But decisions that reflected your vision about the direction of your nation and your people. And if you made it to rushmore or if you made it on a coin, its because decades later your people looked back and said, thank you for having the boldness, for having the courage to take those decisions. Israel today is remarkably a strong, selfconfident country for many reasons far
Good afternoon and welcome to the Washington Institute im delighted to welcome youut all to this post labor day gathering, a celebration of the publication of this timely, important new book by my colleagues. When you are a leader and you get your face chiseled into Mount Rushmore is not because you did nothing during your time in office. Or you waited out the term, it is because those were the decisions that affected the fate of the nation often at moments of great crisis often decisions that were unpopular or that risked this would be your last from an office. But decisions that reflected your vision of the vision of the people and if you made it to rushmore or on a coin it is n because decades later your people look back and said thank you. To have the boldness and courage to take those decisions and remarkably a strong selfconfident country for many reasons its too complicated to go into them just for this event but to be blessed with rushmore leadership from the founding of the st
Darkness. Its good to see you, have a good weekend. We got this story, former top general dana and former deputy nsa keep mcfarlane with us. Israel rapidly expanding ground operations and gaza tonight the white house doing enough to set up to run . Behind the attacks on israel and u. S. Troops plus should u. S. States do what europe is doing . Banning an outline anti israel protests swamping colleges and wall street here. They do not have free speech rights to be private. James, demands jimmy raskin apologize for disinformation on the biden impeachment inquiry. We got that and also u. S. Congressman french hill, mike johnson out of the box slamming democrat socialism for ruining america. I am elizabeth macdonald, the evening edit starts right now. Lets bring and retired Major General dana, former joint force Component Commander in iraq, operations for u. S. Central command third army base in kuwait and former Deputy National security adviser under former President Trump kt mcfarlane, i
Brian here we go. Fox news alert. Two major stories are still moving this morning. Overseas a second round of incursion into gaza. Targeting antitank weapons to, quote. Prepare the battlefield for a full scale attack. Steve this as the pentagon has confirmed that two u. S. Airstrikes happened overnight our time in syria on bases that the u. S. Department of defense says were being used by irans Islamic Revolutionary guard corps. The pentagon says it was done in response to the 20 attacks on u. S. Bases in the region over the last 10 days. Today was payback. Ainsley they hit syria, right . Who really wont fight back. Meanwhile back here at home right now, we are 36 hours no an allout manhunt in maine for 40yearold robert card. He is the prime suspect. He is in that picture there. In the Mass Shooting that took the lives of at least 18 people. Lawrence . Lawrence good morning, ainsley, we have Team Coverage on the man hunt. Im here in main outside the Lewiston Police department all morni
Americas late news, Fox News Night. A live look now at Columbia University. The campus was shot down because of hundreds of antisemitic protesters. Many of them are still there. We will cover Breaking News on that. And a short time ago antiisrael protesters lighting players near the campus. Police lined up with their helmets. You can see them trying to keep the crowds back. We will keep you updated on that. Meantime to Columbia University president testifying on capitol hill that she has seen no antisemitic protests. Watch. When mobs or people are shouting from the river to the sea palestine must be free or long live , are those antisemitic statements . Yes or no . Its not how you feel. I hear them as such. Some people dont. We have is that a yes . We have sent a clear message im not asking about the message. Does that fall under the definition of antisemitism . Yes or no . Why is it so tough . Because its a its a its a difficult issue. Have you seen protesters saying we are against je