[background sounds] pete: israel continues its strikeses against hamas against forces in gaza advancing its ground activity in the region. the idf says its iron dome intercepted a drone coming from the lebanon earlier today after taking down rockets from gaza overnight. wisconsin e will this comes as iran said the u.s. would be, quote, hit hard if washington did not implement a ceasefire in gaza, but israel s maintaining a ceasefire is not an option. look, we re not going to have a ceasefire with hamas. it s like you having a ceasefire after the bombing of pearl harbor or with isis, it s absurd. and i was glad to see the administration say heir not even asking for a ceasefire. pete: meanwhile, thousands of pro-palestinian protesters raging through the streets of our nation s capital yesterday. rachel: vanned arals hitting vandals smearing red paint on the northwest gate. some even tried to climb over the gate. will: jonathan hunt is on the ground in jerusalem with the lat
We re getting in tomorrow to look at it, but that s not that big a deal. looking at this, it s crazy. i m really blown away, actually, at just the devastation that i ve seen, just driving around. it s crazy. and i think a lot of folks feel like the national media hasn t paid enough attention and i certainly take blame for that and we should have been here sooner. but i feel privileged to be here and witness, you know, how this city is rising. do you have any doubt that this city is going to come back stronger than ever? no. it s the kind of place that these are really talented people. it s a very artistic community that s you think of the things like the grand ole opry. that is, to me, it s an amazing place it s a show, is it not a building. the building has water in it. tomorrow night we re at the ryeman, but after that, i don t know where we ll be, but we ll find a place.
larry: let s now go to nashville to the ryeman auditorium at the grand ole opry relocation. larry gatlin is on stage, my old friend, a member of the opry since 1976. where, physically, are you. this is a substitute for the ryeman? well, no, larry, this is the ryeman auditorium. the opry was here for 50 or 60 years. they later moved out to the new opry out on the cumberland river, but we ve been rg the opry country classics right here at the old ryeman back when i first sang with dotty west in 1971. we do the thursday night opry here. and people have been asking us about the condition. the grand old opry is not a building, the grand old opry is a show and it s people with heart and soul and talent. so the grand old opry is continuing. we re going to have it yeah!
larry: tomorrow night what? tomorrow night right here on this stage, brad paisley will be here for the friday night opry on the ryeman stage. on friday night, alan jackson will be here for the grand old opry. on tuesday night, the old possum, george jones will be right here on the ryeman. and like i say, during all that time, the grand ole opry will keep going. nashville is alive and well. we are in business. so you people who have airline tickets and well, maybe not hotel ticks, but anyway, at least one hotel is that high in water. but our mission is to clean it up, to restore it, to rebuild it and to move back. so that s what we re going to do with the old opry out on the cumberland river. we re not going to quit. these
Larry gatlin is on stage, my old friend, a member of the opry since 1976. where, physically, are you. this is a substitute for the ryeman? well, no, larry, this is the ryeman auditorium. the opry was here for 50 or 60 years. they later moved out to the new opry out on the cumberland river, but we ve been rg the opry country classics right here at the old ryeman back when i first sang with dotty west in 1971. we do the thursday night opry here. and people have been asking us about the condition. the grand old opry is not a building, the grand old opry is a show and it s people with heart and soul and talent. so the grand old opry is continuing. we re going to have it yeah! there they are! god love them. larry: wow. okay, okay. but tomorrow night, right here from the ryeman go ahead, larry, i m sorry.