importing an american idea. in fact, in the u.s., and 24 states there some form of legislation protecting people from hair discrimination in schools and the workplace. an initial bill passed the house in 2022 but got stuck in the senate. the french hair bill is now headed to that country's upper house of parliament. its prospects are still up in the air. back to you. >> sandra: greg palkot on that for us. thank you. >> yet another unprovoked violent attack in new york city, the same in brooklyn. >> police sources say the push was unprovoked and the victim was shoved onto the tracks as the train was entering the station. >> the suspect, a man with a history of violent assault and mental illness. >> more people fearing for their lives every time they rode the subway. >> we begin with the murder of an nypd officer on the job. >> this is gut-wrenching. another new york city police officer has lost his life, a young cop just 31 years old. >> sandra: a chilling week of

violence in the big apple capping off with day two of the week for a fallen nypd officer killed in the line of duty by a career criminal. hello and welcome back, eve everyone. great to have you here today, aishah. i'm sandra smith new york. >> aishah: thanks for having me. i am a aishah hasnie in for john roberts. new york city mayor eric adam says the city is not out of control. that's what he says. but the headlines from just this week speak volumes. take a look at this. from a man being shoved to his death in front of an oncoming subway train to a disturbing trend of women randomly punched in the face while walking on the street. >> sandra: dave rubin is standing by. we will get his take on all that it is moments. first let's go live to bryan llenas in new york city. what kind of criticism is the mayor now facing from progressives? >> aishah, good to see it. progressives are criticizing

new york city mayor eric adams and accusing him of exaggerating the city's crime problems while simultaneously saying that the city is under control and that new york is the safest big city in america. during a contentious interview on the popular iheartradio program "the breakfast club," adams was criticized for putting officers in the subway system and even called a fearmongering. >> that don't make us feel safe to really think something is wrong to be doing that. >> fear is perceived and felt. that's what fear is. >> in an effort to help people feel safe, mayor adams unveiled a pilot program to use body scanners at subways to catch weapons. adams and governor kathy hochul have also added 2,000 more officers and national guardsmen to the subway system. but the two are facing pushback from state democrats. for instance, on governor hochul's idea to toughen penalties against

criminals who attack retail workers in the state, the state assembly speaker carl hastie said "i just don't believe raising penalties is ever a deterrent on crime." the reality is mergers and shootings are down double digits in new york city. also overall crime down some 2%. but assaults, robberies, and transit crime are all up. aishah, mayor adams has mental health, repeat criminal offenders, and random acts of violence are the problems, but the solutions lie with democratic state lawmakers who control state government and aren't seeing eye to eye on the solutions. aishah? >> aishah: bryan llenas, thank you for that report. sandra? >> sandra: thank you, aishah. dave rubin joining us, host of the rubin report. people being pushed into subways, women being attacked, this fallen police officer out in massapequa. why would you have the new york city mayor insisting this is just the way people f

feel? >> sandra, he can twist the numbers and percentages any which way he wants, that i lived in new york city from 1999 until 2013. giuliani was a mayor for the good portion of that, and mike bloomberg, who extend most of giuliani's policies is related to policing. and the city was largely safe. crime dropped across the board. there was an influx of people coming in. eric adams has extended most of bill de blasio's policies as mayor. see you can go into stories and steal what you want. we know because they don't back the blue that the best police officers have fled. many of them have moved to florida where ron desantis has given big bonuses to former nypd officers. this is just a sort of microcosm of almost everything that the left has done wrong in virtually every big city. people do not feel safe there. i have two family members left in new york. about a few years ago we had 60.

my in-laws are moving to florida in a couple months. i think that is indicative of widely what is happening. people with the means to get out do not want to be there. the idea that you have metal detectors in the subway now, first off, does anyone believe the tsa is really doing a bang-up job? that's a band-aid on a much bigger problem. you need a culture that respects the law. you need a culture that respects attila citizens. new york city has gone down a path now that eric adams doesn't know how to get out of. so i think you will see more and more authoritarian control. that the iron age. more surveillance, more metal detectors, and none of that will really make people safe. it will just encourage good law abiding get out. >> sandra: and a city that hold criminals accountable for breaking the law. to your point, this is just some of what we are hearing. it is sort of a taste of what we are hearing and seeing on tiktok, people talking about what's happening to them here in

new york city. >> last week i was assaulted in new york city. as you can kind of see here with my black eye. >> i just got punched in the face walking home. i was literally leaving class. >> is literally just walking and a man came up and punch me in the face. >> sandra: these are the people getting hurt the most. in many cases young professionals, they take the subway, it's expensive to hop in an uber but it's not safe on the subway, and we have a mayor telling us it's not real, just the way you feel. as far as the political implications of all of this -- and you got this fallen police officer out in massapequa, day two of the week there. but former president donald trump opts to go there and visit with the family. he was invited to attend. that sort of split screen of president biden hanging with clinton and obama at his ritzy fund-raiser at the same time here in manhattan.

brian kilmeade has an interview with former president donald trump on his visit to the wake and supporting the police. listen here. >> we are driving down the road and it felt like we were driving for miles, and they were men and women in blue. i think they have respect for what jonathan meant and they are the most brave people. it's getting worse and worse, because we are not taking care of them. we are not allowing them to do their job properly. if you think about it, the man is arrested 21 times, he's a killer. >> sandra: how much does it mean, do you think, for the american public to see donald trump show up at that week, show his support for the men and women in blue? look at the lines of people that showed up in the rain to attend that wake in massapequa yesterday, dave. >> it was incredible. there's a ton of videos online

juxtaposing trump doing that versus obama and clinton and joe biden at their event near you guys at radio city music hall. i think this is what trump is the best at, probably the best in modern politics, connecting with real people on the important issues. this is a question for eric adams. why are new york city police officers retiring in droves, going for early retirement, and literally fleeing the city? you know that. there are no police officers from texas and florida retiring to join the ranks of the nypd. they know they don't have the backing of the administration, and trump sees this. i think in this case he's doing the right thing because at the right thing, but i also think he sees it as an opportunity. trump really believes he can get new york into play, and i don't think that is completely outlandish. at some point, when push comes to shove, people want law and order. let's not forget that kathy hochul only one macquarie

election for governor by about 500,000 votes, and it's about 500,000 people who fled new york during the covid years, mostly to red states. so even though i think we are seeing the red and blue states going their own ways certainly electorally, i think a lot of people are fed up. people don't need that much from the government, but they do need basic law and order. you can't steal stuff, you can't just walk down the street and punch a girl in the face. you can't attack people on the subway. if the democrats can't provide that basic level of governance, then what are you really governing? what are they governing for? i don't know. >> sandra: it's a great question. dave rubin, thank you very much. aishah, this morning i had the opportunity to sit down with cardinal dolan. we asked him about his good friday message, and he was able to tie in these feelings, that it just feels like a mess right now. he was able to tie this into what happened with the fallen officer leaves behind a

1-year-old son. listen. >> why do we say "i wonder why the world is such a mess? i wonder why things seem upside down? i wonder what everything seems off?" because he forgot about god. we are looking for god and all the wrong places. most of the time, guess where we find him? when we are looking in the mirror in the morning. we turn ourselves into god. when that happens, it's over, okay? that's a narcissism and sense of entitlement. we see our god on the cross. which means people like stephanie diller, the cops of new york are going to say, he knows what we are going through. if that doesn't give us hope, i don't know. but why are we shocked? why are we shocked by all these killings and everything? >> sandra: it's an amazing message, and we will have more next hour, aishah. but really asking an important question. where is god in everybody's

life? today we talk about the decline in religion and believes in this country. you stop and you see all this news and what's happening in new york city and you do question. people do lose hope. his message is really important. >> aishah: this is where we all have to step up and be the good, and be the change, and we have to help those around us. so it's on us. sandra, i want to get to this breaking news. just moments ago, president biden taking questions before boarding air force one about visiting baltimore, the bridge collapsed site. watch this. >> mr. president, when will you visit baltimore? >> beg your pardon? >> when will you visit baltimore? >> do you have a message for evan gershkovich and his family today, sir? >> [inaudible] >> sandra: so there he is as he boards air force one, and he says he's going to be visiting

that tragic site as early as next week. we will be waiting and watching for those plans to be unveiled from the white house. >> sandra: and not giving up on bringing evan home. the detained journalist in russia. but we are going have more with this update on the cranes arriving. they are removing the wreckage. this estimates that to rebuild could cost $400 million, according to experts. he could take years to repair this. it's also a question about the environmental impact as the cleanup unfolds still. and right now they are still removing wreckage from this deadly bridge collapse. so we hope to get an update on all of that shortly. >> aishah: looking for the four missing construction workers, as well, thinking about their families at this hour. still to come, three democrat presidents enjoyed a lavish ritzy new york city fund-raiser, but they couldn't escape entirely the pro-palestinian activists right outside. ari fleischer has something to say about that.

he is with us next. >> sandra: as we just mentioned, it's been one year now since russia arrested reported evan gershkovich, but "the wall street journal" and his family are still fighting to bring him home. we will talk to an assistant editor of "the wall street journal" just ahead. >> when you see a person who is resilient, who is driven, who is keeping his own spirits up, but you also know that when you are there in a glass cage that smile is most likely not a natural sm. e ? sound effects. why are you doing that? why aren't you? gnnnarrrgnarrrr... eye care is healthcare. you deserve america's best.

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controversy. with pro-palestinian protesters inside the event, disrupting the evening. >> shame on you, joe biden! shame on you! shame on you! >> today we are also watching as the biden campaign is making a direct appeal to republicans who supported former u.n. ambassador nikki haley, an ad which will air in battleground states chewing clips the former president trump skewering nikki haley as voters make their appeal. >> i'm not sure we need too m many. >> lease on the screen it says "save america, join us." former president trump preparing to hit battleground states which could make all the different this fall. he's getting ready to go to wisconsin and michigan, states that of course made a big difference in 2020 for president biden. we also know the president is going to be heading out of town in washington, at least briefly next week. he said a few minutes ago he's going be going to baltimore, the sight of the bridge collapse. we don't know exactly what date

you will be there. he told us tuesday he was going to go as soon as he can but he had those fund-raisers already on the schedule. >> sandra: mark meredith on a sunny day at the white house. thank you, mark. aishah? >> aishah: let's bring in ari fleischer, fox news contributor and former white house press secretary. thanks for being on. we'll get to the protesters and a second. i want to pick your brain a little bit because you are a comms guy and you did this for a living. explain to me everything the detail of the president's movements. when he does, what he doesn't do, what he says, he doesn't say. every single thing matters. i'm just a girl from indiana. if my town is riddled with crime and my cop's got murdered by a repeat offender, and my president comes to visit my town, i expect him to say something. what did you think about what you saw yesterday? >> not only did he fail to say anything, he failed to call the widow, to call stephanie. i don't understand it. he called mayor adams of new york city to convey his condolences but he didn't called

the woman whose husband was just taken from her? i don't understand it. he's the president. he is supposed to be the leader of compassion, the compassionate leader in chief, and he doesn't call but thinks it suffices to call politician? this is part of joe biden's problem about being out of touch. where donald trump has earned his reputation of being the blue-collar billionaire. somehow he instantly puts his finger on the sides of issues, like when he went to east palestine when the train derailed, and joe biden didn't go for a year. it's a difference between somebody was in touch and somebody is out of touch. and yesterday showed it. >> aishah: this event yesterday, it is not something i would ever be invited to. we are talking about a very bougie, ritzy event with three former presidents, which probably hasn't happened in a long time, if ever, and celebrities all over the place rubbing shoulders. and "the new york post" puts it like this: president biden's

celeb-packed $25 million fund-raiser is the height of democratic elitism. what do you think about that? >> i don't begrudge anybody for holding a fund-raiser. this is what you do in politics. you rally with your people. what i find notable about this is how the democrats are becoming the party of the rich, and republicans are becoming the party of working-class people. it's a real phenomenal change to watch in american politics. it used to be republicans earned of the votes of those who made a hundred thousand dollars a year or more. now those voters go democrat regularly. now the democrats have all these rich donors, more than republicans do. on top of that, the democrats have labor unions which been disproportionately more than corporations do. so the democrats are not only the party of the rich where they built that way, but they are the party it's going to raise the most money in the campaign. that, aishah, is a warning sign to republicans that they need to step up, because they're going to get out fund raised on the presidential level, the senate level, and the house level, they don't want the gap to be that

huge where it's going to be hard to win seats. >> aishah: really quickly, last word, just ten seconds left here. on all the protesters, not only outside radio city hall but inside, calling him all sorts of words. >> president biden has earned this. he has earned the ire of the palestinian community and the jewish community. he has mishandled this war in gaza. he's trying to have it both ways. he's going to end up losing, politically speaking, in both directions. >> aishah: ari fleischer, thanks as always for joining us. have a great easter weekend. >> sandra: a live look now at sparrows point maryland will be are awaiting the update on the bridge collapse happening any moment now. as we learn more about the cargo ship that brought that bridge down, and the financial fallout from it. >> aishah: plus, the fight for freedom as we now mark one year since wall street you know imported evan gershkovich unjustly detained in russia. assistant editor for "the wall street journal," paul beckett, is going to weigh in on

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year since "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich was detained in russia. he was arrested on charges of espionage, which gershkovich in the u.s. vehemently denied. the front page of today's "wall street journal" left blank, with the headline "his story should be here." let's bring in paul beckett from "the wall street journal." that was an entirely powerful message as we all received our papers this morning. your thoughts as we continue to see these efforts to bring evan home? >> thank you. i think one year is an excellent moment to express our admiration for our colleague. we knew evan was a great reporter when we hired him. we are in awe of him as a young man. he spends 23 hours a day in a jail cell and the 24th hour in a tiny courtyard that is really just six steps square, so how he's held up over this year is extraordinary. a great moment to remember that. it's a good moment for us to dig deeper. the thing we have all been working towards is not yet happened.

he is still there. would like him to come home as soon as possible. so it's a good moment to redouble our efforts to see what we can do to help get him back. >> sandra: as you know, i spoke with the publisher earlier this morning, and here he was on the case against evan. listen. >> these charges are bogus. the proceedings are bogus. incidentally, it is all taking place, other than these hearings that you see, in secrecy. even his own lawyers have to sign nda's so they can't even comedic it with us. this is all taking place under the cloak of secrecy with a manufactured message. >> sandra: and russia has never made an attempt to even provide any evidence of these charges. >> correct. we should probably see this for what we believe it is, using evan as a pond, a bargaining chip, as a way for russia to try to gain leverage of the united states. i ultimately don't think it is about anything that he did.

he certainly did nothing wrong. he was an accredited journalists. the russian government knew he was there. it is also true that, in putin's russia, what you and i consider to be independent and fair journalism is now considered a crime. >> sandra: the timeline obviously extends now one year since the day he was detained. this day, march 29th, 2023. as indicated a few moments ago, there is now this child to look forward to and this is the moment to push hard for his release. his family has remained calm throughout, and optimistic, as they said they have to be, paul. this was his sister earlier this morning as she sees her brother, as we all do, for instance, in that picture we just showed on tuesday behind that glass wall. listen. >> evan is innocent, so i think that might be part of it. he is an accredited journalists on assignment from

"the wall street journal," so he's an innocent man behind bars. i just see my little brother there, too. he's just always been kind of mischievous and silly. so it's very near and dear, his smile, to me. >> sandra: really incredible, their optimism. you see this picture here where he's smiling. this morning it was suggested that perhaps he is coerced into smiling like this. i can't imagine what it's like being in that cell 23 hours a day, paul. >> he's her micro for keeping his equilibrium, and he worked hard to do that. we see him smiling and we are happy to see him smiling. his letters are positive. we are very happy to see that. but he works really hard at it, and the circumstances are so b bad, he exercises, he does yoga, he meditates, he reads, he does all the things that we are happy he is able to do to stay

himself, stay the course, and wait for the u.s. government and the russian government to come to some agreement that will bring him home. and for us, of course, that can't come soon enough. >> sandra: the optimism is important. his family urges everyone to be cell, including evan, because that's what it's going to take. and we think of him today, one year after his detainment. paul, thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. we really appreciate your support, and everybody at fox. thank you. >> sandra: aishah? >> aishah: now we go to the bridge collapse in maryland and the growing financial fallout. we are awaiting a news briefing by maryland governor wes moore any minute now. watching the podium live. we will bring that to use live as soon as he begins. meantime investigators still trying to figure out what happened, what went wrong with that ship, as the public is waiting to find out when they

will see that bridge rebuilt, and just how much it's going to cost. grady trimble is live near the side of the collapse. the biden administration just approved $60 million for the state. what does that mean? >> well, that means that is the first step toward removing the wreckage that is in the patapsco river behind me as well as the vessel that is still sitting right where it was a couple of days ago when it ran into the key bridge. they've got that $60 million, but we have a lot of questions for the governor and the federal government in terms of how long this operation is going to take and how much it's going to cost. you might be able to see behind me some trucks moving in. this is the first movement we have seen from this vantage point in the last couple of days as they set up some concrete barriers and prepare for a lot of activity in this area in the coming days. we do know, and our griff jenkins has shown us a live shot of the largest crane

barge on the east coast out in the patapsco river, not yet working, and there's another barge on the way, as we await remarks from governor wes moore. he has been -- he has said the crews are moving as quickly as possible, that he's been reminding everyone how difficult this task is going to be. >> if the eiffel tower was laid down, this vessel is almost the size of the eiffel tower, and the only difference is that it now has the key bridge laying on top of it. this is are markedly compl complicated. >> as you know, president biden promising to come here in the next week or so, and also promising the federal government will foot the entire bill for the bridge rebuilt. but maritime attorney michael winkleman tells me he has no doubt the federal government at some point will file a lawsuit against the shipowner to recoup some of the costs. he also expects companies who are losing money because of the collapse and the port closure to do the same.

>> so much so that there's a risk of companies going bankrupt, insurance companies going bankrupt. the ripple effects of litigation as a relates to this disaster are going to be gigantic. >> as to when the port might reopen, as i mentioned, you can see behind me the first steps as they put at these concrete barriers. but of course that is going to be a big question for the governor. every time he steps to podiums for these press conferences, when is this wreckage going to get cleared? when are you going to be able to reopen the port? as you know and as he has stress at every single one of his press events this week, the maryland chamber of commerce estimates that the state, this state alone, is losing $15 million for every day that the port remains closed. 8,000 jobs rely on this port. so they are going to be working

as quickly as they can to get this port back open, aishah. >> aishah: yeah, it's a come located mess because, not only do you have people waiting for the bridge to be rebuilt, you've got the families of the four workers still waiting for those bodies to be found. it is just a very tough situation. grady trimble live for us. thank you. >> sandra: watching for the news conference to start any moment now. give us a heads up if it is. attempts to hold the biden administration responsible for the border crisis will soon head to the senate. but will democrats take any action? >> aishah: plus, a state department staffer so upset over the u.s. support of israel that she reportedly quit her job, publicly. dan hoffman joins us on that, what it means, and israel's fight to take out hamas, next. i, i'm on my way with clearer skin. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. and skyrizi is just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses.

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we're travelling all across america, talking to people about their hearts. wh-who wants to talk about their heart! to focus on recovery, because we have to bring a sense of closure to these families. second, we need to be clear, we

need to clear the channel and open the vessel traffic to the port, because the health of the maryland economy and the national economy depend on it. third, we need to take care of all the people who have been affected by this crisis. that means the families, the workers, the businesses, the first responders, everybody. and, fourth, we need to and we will rebuild the key bridge. first, on our recovery efforts. as i mentioned yesterday, we need to do more work clearing the channel to move forward. this is a remarkably complex operation, and our focus needs to be on unity of command and unity of effort. every morning we have a unified

command briefing which includes state police, the u.s. coast guard, the army corps of engineers, our federal delegation, and other leaders who are essential to this mission. during that briefing, colonel butler, the superintendent of the maryland state police, discussed the conditions in the water making it unsafe for divers. but as soon as those conditions change, his divers will go back in the water. second, on clearing the federal channel and opening vessel traffic to the port, as of this morning i have been briefed by the maryland department of transportation on clearing wreckage and moving forward. our team went out with the coast guard just a few hours ago, including the coast guard commandant, to survey the damage. to see the wreckage of close. to see a freight that is nearly

the size of the eiffel tower. and to see that same freight with the key bridge resting on top of it. to see shipping containers that were ripped in half as if they were papier-mache. to know that out there you have to navigate high winds and electrical wires, to go out there and see it up close. you realize how daunting a task this is. you realize how difficult the work is ahead of us. with a salvage operation this complex and, frankly, with a salvage operation this unprecedented, you need to plan for every single moment, and every time you take action to move a piece of wreckage you understand that requires you to reassess the situation. so when i saw soldiers in combat, i knew perforation is everything. you don't go into the field of battle without getting the intelligence you need for us.

as the mission continues, you need to stay frosty, reassess, and you need to adapt. that is the mindset the army corps is applying with unified command. we have the best inspectors, the best surveyors, and the best engineers in the world working and setting up and executing a plan of action right here in maryland. and i've been informed by the u.s. navy that they are supplying us with four heavy lift cranes, two have already arrived, one arrives tonight, and the fourth is arriving on monday. one of the cranes is called the chesapeake 1000, and it can lift about 1,000 tons. but the big part, and one of the challenges, is that the key bridge, which sits on top of the vessel right now, that weight is

somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 tons. so our team needs to cut that trust into sections in a safe and responsible and efficient way before it can lift those pieces out of the water. this crane that we are looking at is massive. what we also know is this: so is the challenge ahead of us. so, in the coming weeks, we expect to have the following entities inside of the water. seven floating cranes, ten tugs, nine barges, eight salvage vessels, and five coast guard boats. i've said it before, i will say it again, and i will keep on saying it. this is not just about maryland. this mission is not just about maryland. what we are talking about today is not just about maryland's

economy. this is about the nation's economy. the port handles more cars and more farm equipment than any other port in this country. at least 8,000 workers on the docs have jobs that have been directly impacted by this collapse. our economy depends on the port of baltimore and the port of baltimore depends on vessel traffic. maryland's economy and maryland's workers rely on us to move quickly, but that's not just maryland. the nation's economy in the nation's workers are requiring us to move quickly. third, on taking care of our people. i want to talk a little bit about the work we are doing with the maryland legislature. i want to thank speaker adrienne jones, senate president bill ferguson, and minority leader

steve hirschi. they have been in touch with our team since day one. i also want to thank luca boger, johnny ray sailing, and other members of the district six and district 46 teams. and i want to thank all of the maryland legis legislators who e reached out and offered their support. legislators, frankly, on both sides of the aisle. and i want to thank our federal delegation, too, to include jamie raskin, who is here earlier but unfortunately could not be here now. but to the members of the maryland general assembly, we know this. we are ten days away from the conclusion of this legislative session, and there is a lot of work to do. the top priority in that work is going to be finalizing our budget. my administration proposed a responsible budget that makes important investments in housing

and child care and environmental protection and transportation. so now it is vital that the house and the senate find compromise as soon as possible, pass the budget, and provide certainty at this challenging and uncertain time. we also need to ensure that we pass legislation to support the families and the victims of the bridge collapse and everyone else who has been affected by this emergency. i will be proposing the creation of a permanent state scholarship for the children of surviving spouses of transportation workers who lost their lives on this job. we will continue to push for legislation that seeks to protect workers like the six victims of the key bridge collapse. i have also asked the general assembly to ensure that any legislation we work on provides the flexibility our administration needs to support

port workers, businesses, and our transportation network. we cannot possibly find every answer to every problem in the next few days before the session ends, but we can give the state the ability to respond over the coming months. fourth, on rebuilding. as i said yesterday, we cannot rebuild the bridge until we have cleared the wreckage. i have always believed -- >> sandra: and that will be an incredibly remarkable job. aishah, there is a huge task before them, as he set off the top. they must focus on recovery efforts at this time. there's tough diving conditions at the moment, but they will resume the expedition to find and recover those. but it's also going to be a huge rebuilding effort, and the details are still yet to come on that. but you're talking about huge

efforts and huge costs involved to get this back up and running. >> aishah: huge pieces of this bridge, sandra. the headline was how large, 3,000 to 4,000 tons is how much this. ways. they have to start cutting up those pieces of the biggest crane they can find on this planet can actually move the parts away. it's going to take a long time to even get cleared up before they can think about rebuilding. >> sandra: the size and scope is really something. the staff size of the eiffel tower on its side, aishah. we will continue to monitor that news update and conference and bringing updates from it as they come in. meanwhile, biden's israel strategy drawing new backlash. dan hoffman says the situation in the middle east is wickedly complex. he's next. d jen z. each planning their future through the chase mobile app. jen x is planning a summer in portugal with some help from j.p. morgan wealth plan. let's go whiskers. jen y is working with a banker to budget for her birthday.

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here she did it. how much does this actually help the public information war that hamas is waging? >> certainly she's within her rights to resign from the state department and processed but it is indicative of a larger challenge for the biden administration which is we are losing the information war and i don't think the biden administration reminds her own citizens not to mention our partners overseas and adversaries that it was hamas that conducted this terrorist attack in israel. rampaged through southern israel and murdered and raped innocent israeli civilians and pointed out on the internet with videos deliberately so they could galvanize their followers and fundraiser. it i think induce the israeli army to come to gaza which hamas wants to be a kill zone. the more dead palestinian civilians the better for hamas.

the biden administration is losing information war and i think that's having certainly an impact on israel and their ability to conduct the war and it's also impacting president biden's reelection. we are seeing that. >> it's incredible because netanyahu is not turning away from plans to going to rafa and it's unclear how the president is going to respond to that if it indeed happens. dan hoffman thank you for joining us as always. good to see you and have a gooda weekend. we'll be right back. her >> my name is dan and i live in. >> my name is dan and i live in. san antoni as >> i'm not good being retired. i'm a pain in the neck. i like to be able to have a purpose.

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