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our air defense system are ready. we don't know what will happen, but we're ready to protect our civilians and to retaliate if we have to retaliate. neil: all right, the distinction for the former ambassador to israel is how far you go when you retaliate. it might depend exactly who you're retaliating against, whether it's iran directly or one of the many proxies in the region. so far no attack seems launched for the moment. some very provocative behavior in the red sea and elsewhere. that's about it thus far. stephanie bennett now has more from london. >> neil, that's exactly right. everybody is bracing themselves for any possible attack that could come at any moment. no details when that could happen. it could happen as early as this weekend, but what we do know so far the wall street journal reports that two u.s. pre-positioned their destories, one already in the region and the other one they moved in and

according to israel's ministry, they're preparing to defend themselves. >> iran will bear the consequences for choosing to escalate the situation any further. israel is on high alert. we have increased our readiness to protect israel from further iranian aggression. we're also prepared to respond. >> and earlier this month, an israeli air strike on an iranian embassy compound in damascus killed advisors including three senior members of the revolutionary guard. eliciting vows from tehran to respond. and u.s. officials see indicators that iran could be ready to attack with missile and drone strikes and readed more than 100 cruise missiles and a sizable number of drones. new footage released today shows iranian revolutionary guards commandos seizing a portugese flagged ship linked to israel and that cargo ship

had about 25 crew members on board and was turning towards iran. the attack appears to use similar methods, this one here to the houthis that we have been seeing for the last few months. israel though has vowed there will be consequences. neil. neil: stephanie, thank you for that. stephanie bennett in london with that. and the president in delaware, and made it clear on what a challenge iran could do next, lucas. >> that's right, neil. officials say iran has moved drones and missiles into position to strike israel if ordered and president biden offered the following warning yesterday. >> mr. president, iran in this moment? >> don't. >> are american personnel and troops at risk?

mr. president, are american troops at risk? >> we're devoted to the defense of israel, and help defend israel and iran will not succeed. >> but it appears that iran has ignored the president. we've heard from stephanie, iranians hijacked the ship with links to israel. in the last hour you had a member of the kennesset parliament and any attack will depend on the origin. >> we will retaliate no matter what, there's a huge difference. if the proxy of iran like we saw in the past few weeks when the lebanon, from yemen or even iraq would send a uav into our direction, you're going to have a rocket or uav from iran flying into israel.

it's different and the retaliation will be different as well. >> as far as u.s. assets go in the region, u.s.s. dwight d. eisenhower terror strike group has moved closer to the red sea and they carry the ms6 which can shoot down ballistic missiles ap others can shoot down drones and cruise missiles. a brigadier general gave the following prediction what he thinks will come next. >> i sure don't expect them to do anything directly against israel because i don't think their forces are up to it. i do expect them to use proxies. hamas is pretty much defeated in gaza and perhaps hezbollah, perhaps some proxy forces operating out of syria is what i would expect from iranians at this point. >> of course, israel has some of the most advanced air defense systems in the world, including the arrow 2 and arrow 3 which can shoot down ballistic missiles in space as we saw earlier in this war dependence the houthis. and they have comparable to the

u.s. patriot missiles and iron dome can shoot down smaller rockets and drones. neil: indeed they can. thank you, lucas tomlinson with the president in delaware. with us is the former israel ehud olmert. good to have you back. do you draw the distinction that your former ambassador did, now a member of the knesset, a direct attack from iran or one of its proxies? >> i mean, in generally speaking, of course, everything depends on everything. it depends what will be the take. and i personally think that we talk too much and we speculate too much and we offer all kinds of what we will do, when we will do, why we will do. i think that the less we speak, the better off we are.

so to be honest with you, i don't know what the nature of the iranian attack will be, if there will be. i hope there will not be. but if there will be, and it's likely, i don't know what the nature will be. when there will be an attack, we'll have to think and respond in a smart and responsible manner which we haven't done lately. neil: does that mean, prime minister, here we are talking about people talking and the government has been talking, and benjamin netanyahu's office has been talking, an attack by iran might be where we seek out nuclear facilities and others in iran. how do you feel about that? do you think that takes this to a whole other level? >> obviously, if there will be an iranian attack and then depending on how and what, and where, and then if there will be an israeli reaction, then,

of course, it can start after certain exchange, which can get out of control. therefore, i hope, i pray, that all of the sides will be responsible and will be restrained. i know it's not easy for the iranians with you they have manifested in the past and they know how to keep certain restraint and i hope that after the attack, we'll think before we act. neil: you have been very critical of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. you had said, and of course, attacked former prime minister back in january, that it was time to start the war, that you had said a month later that benjamin netanyahu's arrogance and confidence actually led to the october 7th attacks. do you still stand by that? and does that mean if he does

counterattack on iran that you would be critical of that as well? >> two different issues. as i said, depending on what the iranian attack will be, if it will be, when it will be, the type, nature, consequences of such an attack. i hope the day will show a restraints and president biden into the prime ministers who caused them and warned them to be very careful. netanyahu, netanyahu i think, yes, he's largely responsible, perhaps more than any person in creating the circumstances which made the october 7th possible. he downgraded the palestinian authority which was a potential partner for peace negotiations with israel and he explicitly, openly and publicly said that financing hamas through qatar is a reasonable responsible way

of dealing with hamas. he is the one that provided hundreds of millions that enabled them to build the military power, the underground city in gaza, which made them -- provided them the facilities and the power and strengths to carry on the attack. there is no question about it. and he kept saying all the time, hamas is deterred. we have frightened them. we have deterred them. they will not dare do any attack on israel. and you know, you can't help it. he is responsible. he was the chief executive and in a normal society, when the chief executive expl explicitly, openly and publicly in this manner, he has got to leave. he failed. neil: so you extended that to his plans at a time of high

school choosing, to invade rafah. you thought that that would be a mistake. do you still feel that way? >> trust me, you know, i've been in these areas and i was sitting in those chairs where you have to take a decision. and it depends on -- you can look around and you don't see anyone that will take that decision for you. and i've been fighting with israeli in the north against hezbollah in 2006, i ordered the destruction in syria and i was in charge in gaza and i am familiar with these circumstances. at this point, as an israeli patriot, someone deeply involved with the israeli military and i know all the generals and all the commanders, there's nothing at this point that we can do in rafah which will be significant to justify the costs that we

will have to pay, and particularly, you know, the humanitarian aspects. now, this is not a simple story. you know, i thought that it was inevitable to take the hamas and gaza and i think that president biden and prime minister and macron and schultz in germany said, yes, israel has a right to react and we all knew that there are so many thousands of palestinians in the hamas' embedded inside the city's underground hospitals, underground the private residences and so many possible casualties amongst civilians and this, and we have to bury the more blood that's part of this. now at this point what is the merit of killing another 200, 300 palestinian terrorists,

many casualties amongst, possible amongst civilians, many israeli soldiers will be killed and we will lose the hostages altogether. so, the first priority of israel now is to bring back the hostages and if we need to stop the war, we should stop the war now. gaza is a long story and we will have sometime in the future a way to somehow settle the account with the gazans if we will have to. at this point now, there is not any advantage in continuing this military campaign in invading rafah, in killing so many more terrorists, in causing the deaths of so many non-involved civilians, of losing so manies rile soldiers and first and foremost, of losing the hostages, which i think is the first and most

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with golo and release, you're gonna lose the weight. >> all right. we always try to get both sides on this israeli conflict and it's going on after all of these months. six months since the october 7th attacks and israel no matter what you think of those on the left or right of this are dealing with this head-on. and the benjamin netanyahu's spokesperson find enough to join us, maybe to react what the former prime minister ehud olmert had to say. it's always good to see you. i think the gist of what the prime minister was saying, the former prime minister, go slow, be careful, let's not escalate

this. what do you think of this. thank you for having me on, neil. i did not watch the whole interview because i'm doing a series of interviews at this hour as you know. neil: sure. >> my country is on high alert right now. first, regarding iran. we don't seek war, we don't seek violence, but the concept that we're acting upon as the prime minister is seeing it, if someone is trying to hurt us, somebody is threatening to hurt us, we'll hurt them. we're not seeking war, but do whatever it takes to defend ourselves. we hope at that iran doesn't make another mistake and push us towards another escalation because, they will bear the consequences. neil: so could i-- one of the answers that has come up on the show with a number of people, including your former ambassador on the kenne knesset, that an attack by iran by one of its proxies.

an attack is an attack, whether it's blessed by iran, but it's still not great. do you draw that distinction. i don't want to speculate here on air what will happen as you understand everything is so sensitive. neil: i understand. >> we'll wait and see how things unfold. i can tell new the latest developments in the region and i'm sure you reported in the past hour, you know there with as the seizure of that ship in the strait of hormuz. neil: right. >> you've had over 40 missile launches from lebanon into israel, additional missiles this morning, two hezbollah drones. but i think to set the record straight here, so the viewers will understand, iran has been threatening in attacking israel via its proxies for a very, very long time. you know, hamas and the october 7th attack was another very brutal example of that and then on october 8th, hezbollah took their marching orders and funding from tehran and decided to join in, so to say, and open

another front. we also hope we won't see escalation there. but you have other iranian funded proxies across the region that have been attacking us from various territories, if it's iraq, if it's in syria, and you have the palestinian islamic jihad which is fully funded by iran. the houthis in yemen pose a global threat, a threat to maritime commerce, militias in iraq -- iran, rather. and the drone in our southern city are the same militias that have attacked u.s. bases in the region. neil: when is the last time prime minister netanyahu spoke to joe biden? i guess what i'm asking, have they spoken since that phone call that got a little tense, i think that's probably putting it politely.

have they spoken since the iran developments. >> since we put out the last statement, i'm not sure, but i can tell you there's constant contact between jerusalem and washington because we do see eye to eye in what pertains to the war objectives in gaza as we defined them and we're fully coordinated in what pertains to this threat from iran. general karilla is sent to the ground and certain things underway and fully coordinated on this. and everyone in israel, that his message to iran was simply don't and reaffirmed that the commitment of the united states. he called it ironclad, to israel's security. neil: so, let me just-- i don't want to belabor that point, you've been very patient. but this rafah invasion, regardless what happens with iran is still on, you've heard--

maybe you didn't, you've been busy doing interviews, prime minister olmert said that would be a mistake, and president biden said that would be a mistake, you obviously don't feel that's a mistake. >> no, there are four battalions in rafah, we're not going to leave them untouched. he said that would be equal to putting out 80% of the fire, leaving 20% and you know, hoping for the best. we know that's not the case. if we leave these battalions there, hamas will rearm, regroup, attack us again and carry out another october 7th massacre as they vowed to do. we will not tolerate 16 more years of hamas ruling gaza with missiles raining on our community. that's not an option and you know very well rafah is located in a strategic position, neil. it's the southernmost city in gaza which borders egypt. from that border, this is where much of the ammunition and the

terror infrastructure has infiltrated into gaza over the years. we cannot allow that to happen and you also-- >> and i don't mean to jump on you, but what you're clearly saying is that rafah is still an option and the prime minister is considering. so, thank you, tal, very much. i do appreciate that. be safe. >> thank you, neil. neil: and just want to sort of button some of the big issues. the u.s. has moved some war ships around the region in preparation to defend israel if it is indeed is attacked. and france has pulled some of its diplomatic staff from tehran and not given notice when it can return. and others are advising citizens not to travel not only to israel, but to iran, to lebanon, palestinian territories and a wide swath of the region and the american embassy already told its personnel to limit travel outside of central israel. it's still early. we're still watching.

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>> all right. it's sort of like a military version of waiting for gado and dangerous is that. israel is waiting for a counterattack in response to the consulate in syria. that's then and this is now. and iran has vowed a response. and we in the united states has urged a cautious response when it comes to iran and any thoughts of an aggressive attack. and don't. you've heard that. and anything you could do, paraphrasing here, sending out warnings and any talk of a direct israeli response by

going to positions in iran itself and the fallout is pretty worldwide right now. i want to go to julia, the national politics reporter. julia, the administration's position on this be careful on both sides here, but the israelis have certainly taken that to mean, you're much more prone to lecture us than you are the real bad guys, that is how israel's responding, but the administration, it seems to be responding to the political pressure within its own party. i'm just wondering what you make of it all. >> that's absolutely, right. neil. you know, this foreign conflict in gaza and in israel is so different, i think, from a-- in this election is different from past elections because we've seen the infiltrates u.s. politics to the point where it could likely impact a presidential election. you have two major voting blocs, the arab american vote

and the jewish vote. and arab american vote in michigan, that they could sit out in the match-up between joe biden and donald trump. and young progressives very upset with how president biden has handled this war, saying he's too pro israel. a jewish american vote majority wants president biden to be very pro israel. they want the u.s. to take a pro israel stance and protect israel. and those voters live, you know, also in michigan. there's a large population, but outside of new york city, we know that the road to the house majority runs through areas like new york. so, both of these voting blocks really, you know, impacted by this conflict and that's playing out in u.s. politics. neil: you mentioned something very interesting as you always do, julia, but we talk about the vote and where it is and there's always been the view, you know, from those who look at this dust-up and say, all right, well, right now

president biden is risking the arab-american vote in a state like michigan that could hurt him. especially if they sit it out. forget about voting for the other guy, that seems unlikely. the same with the jewish-american vote that's locked in monolithic democrat, but not across the board. the argument from the white house where else are those voters going to go. that's a risky strategy because they could sit it out. >> it's a very risky strategy, one thing i'm reminded of, neil, and you know, you're seeing this play out in a number of house primaries, this is really roiling the democratic party in many ways. if you look to congressman jamal bowman's district in new york. cori bush's district in missouri, some other districts. you have pro-israel roots that are getting in the primaries and supporting challengers to more members of congress who

are more pro-palestinian and you're seeing the party, more maybe more moderate israel part of the democratic party. so it's fascinating to watch because everyone is sort of getting hit on all sides. neil: if i can extend that, even on the student loan forgiveness plan, the understanding was, cynically, that was about to sort of young voters to win them over who had student loans to paid them off might be ticked and sometimes it might hit you back in the face. >> it really is and biden taking a hardline stance could argue, very possible to make the point that there's a connection to his stance on student loan debt. these, you know, student loan debt or forgiving that debt is a promise he made to younger voters and he wants to fulfill that promise.

if he's seen as turning his back on those voters, that could be major-- that could be a big problem for him and we know that with generation z voters, and democrats are struggling with the voters, like we said, it's not a question of voters going in droves to trump. no, it's a question of enthusiasm and to begin with, there isn't much enthusiasm for biden or even trump for that matter. neil: well-said and you linked a lot there. thank you very much, julia manchester, the hill national politics reporter. we'll keep that and what's happening in israel and the latest what's happening along our border. you know how this guy was on a terrorist watch list somehow slipped through twice and now he's back in custody and came the very same week there was this push to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. so far that doesn't appear to be going anywhere, after this.

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homeland security alejandro mayorkas. the house moved to do that and the senate where the trial would be held has held off on doing anything about it. mike tobin in new mexico on the fallout from this. >> new numbers from border protections show almost 190,000 encounters of migrants trying to get into the u.s. for march. that's the lowest number during the biden administration, but still significantly higher than before president biden took office. in lasalle county, texas, troopers with the department of public safety, i tried to stop a truck, and someone got out and ran. they found 25 migrants concealed in the floor. guatemala, honduras, and mexico. and they were treated for dehydration. the driver who ran is missing. in two smugglers with arrested

after illegals were found in an suv. both the driver and passenger were charged with five counts of human smuggling. >> in chambers county, texas, they went to an address where child pornography, a group of immigrants, asian and hispanic, seized the phones and computers and the investigation is underway to determine what was on the devices. >> we start our investigation from there and start trying to figure out who did it and usually end up executing a search warrant behind it because we're not going to tolerate that in our county. >> included in the new numbers released by the cbp, 70 people were picked up on the terror watch list trying to get into the u.s. during the last fiscal year. neil: thank you. the national border patrol, all of this is at the afghan national on the terror watch

list arrested twice. and i wonder, i bore you with the repetitive question, what about those who get away? >> well, and that's the problem with border security. when you look at the dangers that we're facing right now, when you look at the turmoil from around the world, all of these countries understand what our policies are and how to exploit our policies, they know at that right now is the time that they can get people into the country illegally, and they can sit and wait. we understand that when 9/11 happened, that these individuals came here and they were laying in wait until they were actually activated. and so when you look at the dangers that we're facing today. when you're looking at the turmoil around the world and the countries that want to do us harm, that want to see our government, if you will, o overthrown, we have to understand that border security is a serious issue and we're not seeing the administration taking any steps whatsoever to curb the flow of illegal

immigration, which then facilitates the got-aways we see every single day. it's a dangerous situation and unfortunately we're going to pay the price sometime down the road. neil: and you've been doing this for a while even though you're a young spiffy looking guy and i can imagine when you first started this was relegate today a few countries, mexico, guatemala, ecuador, and some others and now it's more than 120 countries. that alone says something, doesn't it? >> yeah, when i started my career in 1997 we were dealing-- the vast majority of people we were dealing with from mexico. every now and then a trickle from the northern triangle countries, but we never saw people in large numbers from china, from the middle east, from eastern ukraine-- i'm sorry, from eastern european nations, from the african nations, a small trickle. now we're seeing large numbers, 161 nations, when the united

nations only recognizes 195. and we're seeing people from 161 of these countries. so, again, when we look at border security, this is all about-- it's all about the safety and security of the american people. and until we recognize that, and until the people actually put pressure on their elected representatives to get something done. we are unfortunately, we're going to continue to be under attack. neil: you know, you've heard about this mayorkas impeachment, after impeached in the house and want the trial going in the senate and chuck schumer dragging his feet on that. i do want to ask you next, obviously, let's assume that, you know, it goes to trial and he's not going to go anywhere. he won't be convicted. so, then the issue becomes to what end? i mean, even if he were thrown out or even the president fired him and replaced him with someone else, that other person isn't going to sing a different tune or have a different policy. will he or she? >> no, you're absolutely

correct. you've got to remember that the cabinet member-- cabinet level members, they are appointed by the president so they're there to do the president's, you know, bidding, if you will. but what the reason why i want to see a trial is because all of the evidence is going to show everything that's happening. it's going to show what's happening on the back end as well. everybody talks about the numbers we're seeing on the border daily, but look at what's happening on the back end. every single time somebody gets a notice to appear they fail to show up to their court appearance and a warrant of arrest is issued. we're not going after that. we're not fulfilling those warrants and so on the back end as well, once people are here illegally they're never leaving this country. ice doesn't have the resources to go after every single person. we've only got a few thousand ice agents throughout the entire united states. it's dereliction of duty and a trial, what that will do, it will show the american people and the mainstream media will have to cover it and it will show all of the evidence that's

currently happening and that is very important for people to make an informed decision when they're going to go before-- when they're going to go to the ballot box and to me, that's the most important thing about this. neil: interesting, what it could reveal. brandon, thank you very much. brandon judd the national border patrol council president. now about monday, donald trump's trial, the hush money trial begins. for most americans, probably april 15th brings something else that happens, tax day. and taxes are due and the irs is looking to get them from more than just the super rich after this. ♪ ♪ because i'm the tax man, yeah i'm the tax man ♪ ght line, we do them this way. this way has people who start early. people who care and inspire each other to do things the way they should be done. this way uses technology (♪) and goes the extra mile (♪)

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after rich people, at least it won't be me. bad news for you, it is going to be you. gerri willis has more on that. >> neil, so much for promises. after saying repeatedly that middle class americans wouldn't be targeted by increased tax enforcement efforts, president biden's irs is doing just that. listen. >> the tax inspector general has found in their review of the data that those earning less than $250,000 are seeing higher audit rates by the irs over the past year or so and that does come at a time when the irs had promised to congress and the american public that audit rates for everyday folks would not be rising above historical levels. >> the irs in an april 2023 strategic plan pledged its audits would target those earning $400,000 or more, but the treasury inspector general found they earned $200,000 or

less. and it's easier to get money out of the middle class because they're less likely to get expensive accountants or attorneys. and registered voters say they're paying too much for taxes some 64%, up 9 percentage points and 16% since it was first asked in 2004. one change you notice, refund are up 6%. the average $3100 as of mid march. why? likely because the standard deduction and tax brackets have been changed to reflect inflation. what will americans use that refund for? a new poll from lending tree shows, 40% of americans will rely on their refunds just to make ends meet. neil. neil: that is a sad commentary right there. gerri willis. and you would be started how much average americans, state by state by state by state in taxes over the course of their

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>> all right. you're probably worried about taxes and maybe some of you haven't done your taxes and we have a great accountant for you and for a very, very high fee he can help you out, but the one thing i love about dan is he crunches some of the numbers and numbers that we pay in taxes over a lifetime. on average, half a million. and in some high state taxes where i'm from in new jersey, that's just what we pay in a year, even if you don't make that. i exaggerate to make the point here that everyone is knee deep in this stuff and should be knee deep in finding out more

about it. enter dan to help make sense of it all. dan, this is a lot of money when you look at in terms of what you pay year in, year out especially in high tax states like new jersey and new york and some of the others. you can't escape the tax man, whether it's federal level or capital gains, they do pile up. what do you tell folks? neil, that's why we see the polling you had on before, how people feel they're overtaxed. neil: yeah. >> overall in the country. you have people paying over $500,000 in taxes and that's 34% of your lifetime earnings. now, that's not all income tax, neil, that's about two-thirds income tax. the rest of that, the other third is sales tax, property taxes, and other things. now, in a state like new jersey where you and i are from, that number's almost a million dollars and more disturbing than that, it's 50% of your

lifetime earnings. so, think about that. half of what you're making, you're paying in in various taxes. it's outrageous and there's not a lot you can really do about it. >> you know, you think about it, too, forget about the federal tax bite for folks and it's more for some, less than others, i get that. even those in the lower income ranges and everyone pays sales tax and taxes on gasoline. so those are very, you know, taxes that hit everybody here and i'm just wondering where this goes, because, i find that commute state, the federal government. creative coming up with ways to get your money and not one of them very good add trying to save you money. >> here is what's going to happen, neil. all of this covid money that went to the various states, that's starting to run out now, now, as states continue to spend because they didn't look at that covid money and say,

maybe we should put some away for a rainy day or another pandemic or anything else, what they were doing was increasing the spending. so, sooner or later, we're going to have a number of states that are going to be in budget crisis like we've never seen before. and by the way, the top 10 states in terms of being taxed over a lifetime, nine out of 10 are in the northeast. only one is outside of that and that's california. and if you look at that list, every single one of them has bugetary challenges that are only going to get worse, neil, as they continue to spend. neil: well, we do know that a lot of the trump tax cuts on the federal level expired and so in another couple of years the tap rate goes up and a number of politicians say they have to pay their fair share. and for the life of me, it hasn't been that long, two, three years--

or maybe three or four or five decades. i've always been bedeviled by that. what was fair share, 70% for the top rate, 90%. and then a moving target. ronald reagan, 21%, 27, 28, 29%, bouncing around that level. no one tells me fair share. the one who came closest bernie sanders, referred to those days it was at 70 and 90%, as if to say it could be that high. what do you make of that? what is fair share to you? >> you know, neil, that's so hard to come up with what is fair share. what i tell you right now, it's certainly unfair share. if you look at these numbers, neil, 1%, the top 1% pay 46% of the income tax and you'd say, all right, well. aishah: maybe it should be that way, but let's look at it this way, that top 1% is

contributing only 26% of the total income. so, that number is more than fair share. think about it. you may 46% of the tax, but you're only producing 26% of the income. so, if you ask me, what's the fair share for the top tax bracket, it should match their income, 26% or unquarter. neil: we'll never get to something so simple. dan, thank you very much. we're very close to the point the government will ask you, how much do you make? all right, just give us that. dan, great to see you again. jacqui heinrich and griff jenkins are coming up on this news day. i don't know if they're addressing the tax situation, but i know they're on top of israel and the fallout depending how things go. fox continues. is smart here, right ? feel more confident with stock ratings from j.p. morgan analysts in the chase app. when you've got a decision to make... the answer is j.p. morgan wealth management.

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