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after escalation between idf and hezbollah puts entire middle east on edge. trey yingst is live on the ground. >> tensions build in the middle east, our commander-in-chief joe biden is taking his second consecutive vacation this week. donald trump and kamala harris are hitting the battalion on the heels of trump's endorsement from r.f.k. jr., the latest from the campaign trail. >> griff: did you see this? >> he gets it down. [cheering] >> going to win the little league world series championship. >> griff: the bunt heard around the world. florida clinching their first little league world title and we have the highlights. you are watching "fox and friends first" on monday morning, i'm griff jenkins. >> i'm ashley, in for carley shimkus and todd piro.

we are kicking things off with madeleine rivera. good morning. >> good morning. vice president kamala harris and former president trump are kicking into high gear. former president trump is going to michigan. this is the third anniversary of the attack outside of abbey gate, which killed 13 u.s. servicemembers. harris and tim walz are getting ready to kickoff a bus tour in georgia. democrats hope to capitalize on their momentum, although criticism that harris has yet to do a sit-down interview continue to hound her. >> she said she will sit down before the end of this month and that is going to happen. she's done 80 plus interviews this year already as vice president and been out talking

to voters and taking questions. >> over the weekend r.f.k. jr. explained his decision to back trump. it became clear to me i did not have a path to victory. 16 months of censorship, not able to get on any network x except for fox. when ross perot ran, he had 34 ap appearances on the networks, i had two. i was blocked out from the networks and debate, no path to victory. >> griff: thank you, maddy. fox news alert. u.s. joint chiefs of staff

chairman is in israel as u.s. works to avoid further escalation in the middle east after israeli was killed following strikes in lebanon. trey yingst is live in tel aviv with the latest. trey. >> trey: good morning. after israel launched preempative strikes against hezbollah over the weekend, the region waits to see what comes next. the group is claiming victory in sunday's exchange. they say they targeted close to tel aviv. t two-thirds of the rockets they prepared to launch were destroyed by israeli forces. the region surveys aftermath of the event joint chief chairman will speak privately with israel

defense minister gallant. the visit comes with american assets throughout the region to deter further attacks. ceasefire talks are going on, hopeful deal could deesqcalate regional tension. the you can tas were described as constructive, but rejected by hamas who say terms have changed. 325 days into the war, we know 100 israeli hostages remain inside gaza and there are concerns if a situation is not calmed there in gaza there could be larger escalation. >> griff: live in tel aviv, thank you. now bring in daniel flash, former senior advisor for israel's un mission and former p paratrooper. daniel, thank you for starts off

monday morning. what do you think of fear of wider escalation? >> good morning. it should be clear that we are in the midst of a broader regional war and escalation since october. october 7. israel has been fighting for 10 months on seven fronts supported by iran. to believe this could lead to broader escalation, there is escalation going on. particularly in the north, 80s,000 israelis are displaced from their homes. anything israel does to hezbollah is for security to the northern border. >> i want to bring it back to what you said august 5, you said the biden administration has undermined alie and embolden enemies which is recipe for war.

i want to play this sound bite of biden ignoring reporter questions on the situation. listen to this. >> mr. president, are you concerned about a widening war? how are the attacks affecting ceasefire talks? what is the latest with the ceasefire talks? mr. president shgs, you concerned about escalation in the middle east? >> not a good look. what do you make of that? >> it is clear this administration, biden-harris administration pursued policy of deescalation coming up on a campaign year. that has been a strategy against israel. in october, administration, the president went to deliver a bear

hug to israel and said every step of the way, slow down, stop or donald trump, whether going to khan yunis, going to rafah or engaging with hezbollah. there is a regional war going on because of iran, iranian proxies are attacking israel in lebanon, from iraq, from syria, from yemen and iran itself. to believe any response from israel would lead to broader escalation, framing has to be we are seeing wider regional war and america's allies and enemies see our response, whether with holding israel from engaging in fight and giving to iran and others enabling them to take the initiative and keep israelis displaced >> from their homes in the north. >> griff: we have two

anti-strike groups there, is iran getting the message, which is stay out of this? >> it is not a question of capability on part of the united states. in the mediterranean and persian gulf, it is a question of will. is there political and military will to actively engage israel and american enemies and i believe our enemies don't think there is will or we would have seen our administration take more proactive steps or let israel engage in matters they need to. >> griff: daniel flesch, thank you for your insight. today marks three years since terrorist attack that killed 13 servicemembers sdurg the biden-harris administration's disastrous -- kabul airport.

they were trying to screen afghans trying to make it on to a flight leaving the country. zip then, the taliban has taken over. first failure causing the u.s. to appear weak on the world stage, leading to russia innovation of ukraine and hamas attacking israel and now china on brink of invading taiwan. one servicemember was 20-years old and his mother will join us today. >> and an investigation on assassination attempt on trump. there will be a press conference around 3:00. five secret service agents are on administrative duties, including one of trump's team.

a whistleblower is claiming secret service headquarters told u.s. not to request extra security. security measures denied included counter sniper teams and counter division personnel, counter snipers were approved day before the event. ceo of telegram says he has nothing to hide as his arrest sets off international free speech debate. cheryl casone will be here later with details. >> griff: and kamala harris fa facing -- in michigan, and as donald trump heads back to detroit, we're talking to the pastor who hosted him back in june about the role faith-based voters will play in november. that is next.

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>> former president trump will be in detroit today to address the conference for national guard association. trump campaign is planning this and another michigan stop on thursday, three total visits to the state in a week. the latest poll there has trump and harris in a head-to-head tie. many wonder if harris can win back michigan's muslim vote. a pastor who hosted trump back in june joins me now. what do you make of the timing of trump coming back today? >> i'm holy ghost happy to be here. president donald trump is doing what every republican needs to do, reaching out to the

disenfranchised, marginalized. for him to come back to the motor city, we're grateful. only a president like him is reaching out to people that typically would not vote republican and switching to republican party because he's showing he genuinely cares for those who are most disenfranchised. >> trump has talked about kamala's history with police. i want to run this sound bite and talk on the other side. >> let's review kamala's pro-crime anti-police record. he repeatedly endorsed defunding the police at a level that never goes away. when you are a defunder or even a politician, you first thought

is the thought you go with. if she had a chance, she would do whatever she could to defund the police, that is where her spirit and heart is. >> talking specifically about the black vote in michigan, right now trump is earning only 14% from black voters in michigan. do black voters really want less police on the streets? >> absolutely not. no one wants less police. we are knocking on doors and bringing every soul to the polls and everything we're hearing people are saying they want to switch from the democratic party. we know the polls don't neglig necessarily tell the story. >> president biden is returning to rohoboth beach for another vacation.

he spent six days in california, it seems like he's dropped out of the presidency. how do your members feel about this? >> they are spending about $1000 on school supplies, they are feeling pain and pinch of bidenomics. people are saying, pastor, how can i afford to send my children to school, that is because of the biden and harris administration and i believe president trump coming to detroit and my church, he wants to make america strong and wealthy again and great again. we look forward to november 5, we will get black voters out to make a change. >> do you think president trump can make headway with people not polling for him? do you think he can make headway today? >> absolutely, just because pollsters are not talking to our

community, we know he is making a change. he came to my church, him coming to the national guard and coming to detroit, he is etch radioing out to communities that did not vote to him in the past, he cares about our present and our community and november 5, we will see a black wave come into the republican party. >> okay. we'll see. time is ticking away. thank you so much for your time this morning, we appreciate it. >> thanks, ashley. >> griff: ashley, there is a party in lake berry florida, after their team became champions in the little league. watch. >> will they bunt? he gets it down. [cheering] >> lake berry is going to win the little league world series championship. >> griff: the bunt heard around

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weather forecast. >> adam: an impactful storm, hurricane one hurricane and now back down to a tropical storm. moving west 14 miles per hour, this storm is dragging away. we are seeing impact early monday morning, this evening, will be winding down. pacific is active and one of several storms that are active. next up is hurricane gigilma. this is a weakening storm. we continue through this week, we are expect ing the storm to wind down by friday night and saturday, another weekend storm, some sort of impact moving across the island. areas so 15 to 20 inches of rain. heat in middle of the country, 98 in kansas city and that will

stick with us for a while temperature is warm this morning. tons of heat advisories. give yourself extra time if you are going to be outside today. >> griff: adam klotz, thank you. today marks three years since the horrific abbey gate terror attack. one killed was kareem nikoui. his mother joins us now. shanna, good morning. three years ago you woke up to a military parent's worst nightmare. what were your thoughts this morning when you woke up to be with us? >> first off, good morning and thank you for having me. when i woke up to be on with you, i thought that you'd be asking questions about kareem

and today is a very hard day for me. i will be reliving today, the day that i lost my son, which is today. >> shana, what can you tell us about kareem to remember him today and his last moments of his life? >> kareem loved life. he was very adventurous and loved outdoors, going hiking, riding bicycle, working out. he loved live and did it to the f fullest. he trained five to six days a week and would do tournaments when tournaments would come around. i had posted a video on my instagram yesterday, last video that we received from kareem, which was him comforting a

little girl in kabul. he is sitting there telling her we're friends, trying to make her feel safe and comfortable. that was the last time we heard from kareem. >> griff: in the tragedy, you have lost not one, but two sons. >> yeah. my oldest son took his life almost a year after kareem had passed, august 9, 2022. sorry about that. he was grieving kareem and it became a little too much for him, he took his life to be with his brother. >> griff: shana, what is your message to the country, what do you want the country to know as we honor and remember the 13

servicemembers killed, including kareem nikoui. >> i want them to know that my s son, i can only speak for my son, i know all 13 felt like this way. they loved their jobs. my son loved his job and being a marine. before he became a marine, he put others before himself, always wanting to help people and made sure he helped people. he would help our neighbor down the street. it wasn't until after kareem nikoui passed away, the neighbor let us know. kareem i thought he was hiking, he was down the street at the neighbors shoveling rocks to

help him out. he was always wanting to be helpful. i know while he was in kabul, kareem was doing his job and was wanting to help people get to freedom and safety and putting others before himself. >> griff: thank you for sharing your tribute and spend time with us. my final question, do you have a message for president biden in the biden-harris administration this morning? >> you know, i blame biden for the death of my son. anything i have to say to the biden-harris administration would probably not be something that could be on the news. the biden administration is 100%

at fault while my son lost his life. now look at the way our country is going and this is not what my son died for. he did not die to watch our country go down the path it is going and under this administration, uh-huh. >> griff: shana, our hearts go out to you and your family. thank you for the service of your son kareem and we're thinking about you today and appreciate you taking time this morning. >> thank you so much. >> griff: shana chappell, thank you so much. it is tough when you hear from mothers like shana talking about the frustrations she feels with disastrous pull out as we mark the three-year anniversary. >> ashley: it is tough and gut-wrenching to hear that and to hear her other son took his life almost a year later because

the pains so bad to endure. i don't want to make this about the biden administration, today is honoring those 13 ser servicemembers and their families. since harris is a part of this biden-harris administration, she needs to answer for this. that should be the first thing she talks about when she sits down for an interview. my heart goes out to those families. >> griff: it does. there is nothing we see on the white house press sheets, you would think this would be a good day, even if mistakes were made to honor the 13 heroes lost. we see nothing about a commemoration from the white house. >> ashley: we will talk with congressman michael waltz, we'll

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is endorsing former president trump during an interview. listen. >> it became clear i did not have a path to victory. 16 months of censorship, not being able to get on any network except fox, i had no path to victory. >> griff: joe concha joins us. democrats from the star did not want r.f.k. jr. in the race, multiple dnc lawsuits to push him out. i doubt they thought this, what do youic maof it? >> joe: r.f.k. jr. 110% correct regarding censorship around his campaign . that was led by many in the

media. when he launched his campaign, you found him on cnn i, abc, nb. but that went away as he climbed in the polls. he was portrayed as a cook and someone who should not be taken seriously. he was a threat to joe biden, the party nominee at the time. now kennedy is endorsing donald trump, attacks on his character are on steroids. democratic party fought tooth and nail to keep him off every state ballot in the country. the party made sure joe biden would not debate him during the primary process and fixed to make sure the sitting president was protected. the democratic party, i'll leave

it here, if they lose, they only have themselves to blame. if kennedy makes difference in key swing states it could be decided by fractions of percentage points. a kennedy endorsed a republican, what a world and time to be in this business. >> ashley: never thought i would see that happen. from r.f.k. jr. to kamala harris, she says she will do an interview before the end of the month. listen to this. >> vice president said she would sit down for an interview before end of this month and that will happen. she's done 80 plus interviews this year already as vice president. i think vice president owes responses to american people, we will not explain to donald trump or people the vice president will talk to the american people about what her positions are.

>> ashley: we would love to know what position she issic taking, she is getting off scott free with this. >> joe: this is so pathetic, democratic nominee and her handlers are petrified of doing even friendly interviews. majority of questions will be about donald trump anyway. they can't put her out there outside of a teleprompter. it bears repeating, she is ron burgundy, whatever you mutt put in teleprompters, she will read. she goes into word salad, they know it, we know it. it is about explaining things to voters in way you are speaking on behalf of yourself and not what is written for you. good monday. >> ashley: running from passage of time.

>> griff: sitting vice president and candidate for change, how do you have it both ways? not sure. joe concha, thank you. have a good one. don't go anywhere, florida congressman michael waltz is standing by. >> ashley: check in with steve doocy to see what is coming up on "fox and friends." >> steve: coming up on "fox and friends" in 11 minutes, the spe speaker of the house mike johnson will be here live with a special announcement and r.f.k. j jr.'s sister slamming her for endorsing donald trump. we have tammy bruce's scathing open letter to the kennedy's who turned on r.f.k. jr. coming up. founder of telegram, the anticipate, arrested in paris, the free speech implications coming up.

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nor vice president harris have said -- even said these families' names out loud the last four years, heck, the entire democrat party was at the dnc last week and not a single one even said the word afghanistan, which is just a slap in the face to everyone who served there. and a slap in the face to these families. so, it is just unconscionable. the thing that is so upsetting to them is not only has neither harris nor biden acknowledged them, won't meet with them, won't even take their calls or answer their questions, but they don't believe that they have learned the lessons. and that the leadership has learned the lessons of what happened. they're still at this point saying this was an outstanding success. meanwhile, you have al-qaeda, you have isis, you have the taliban hunting down our allies and have you terrorism now that's back again and that's on

the march and they know and i know and all the veterans out there know that future american soldiers are going to have to go clean up this mess. and you contrast that with president trump. is he going to be with those families today. he has spent time with them. i was with them up the bedminster when he spent an entire weaving them. met with them individually. the most important thing to them he has promised them transparency. when he is back in the white house is he going to release all the videos, all the tapes. answer all their questions and give them the transparency and the closure that they deserve. >> griff: congressman, you put your finger on something that i think is important there when you were talking about lessons learned. because we don't know what sort of foreign policy approach a future president harris would have. she has no policy page on her website and she certainly hasn't spoken about it. but we do know her last words from the situation room when she was with biden.

we're not going to play that for you. as you know she said that she was the last person in the room. what do you make of that? >> oh, she puffed her chest and patted herself on the back. she was proud of it. she was proud to tell the world that she and biden made that decision together in those final moments that led to this debacle that abandoned over 800 americans. left over 150,000 of our allies that stood and fought with us that are being hunted down by the taliban as we speak. and sent a signal to putin, xi, the ayatollahs, and the world that america was in retreat. so, griff, we do know her foreign policy. we have seen it the last four years. this isn't day one. this is year four of an appeasement first, find another concession to give the dictators and the bad guys, and apologize for america. because, at their core, the progressives believe america is a country that is racist,

misogynist and colonialists and, therefore, needs to apologize for around the world. president trump knew that by demonstrating strength, by having the strongest military in the world, but that also having strength in the white house, that's how you keep the peace. that's how you establish deter reasons. look at the middle east under his watch. isis defeated. iran broke. peace accords broking out. and made it crystal clear that we stood with israel. there was no daylight between us and our greatest ally and you certainly didn't see hezbollah, hamas, and the houthis on the march. in fact, you saw them in retreat. they were complaining that they were out of cash. because tehran was out of cancht president trump knew that iran was the core issue and that's why you didn't see october 7th type of attacks in israel under president trump's watch. you also saw that even though he wanted out of afghanistan, absolutely. he was going to leave that air base at bagram.

the only air base in the world, sandwiched between iran, russia, and only a few hundred miles from china. totally different, completely different global dynamic with president trump to what we see now under biden and harris. and what we would see, god help us all if we had four years of concessions first, appeasement first under kamala harris. >> ashley: i'm really glad you said that we have seen four years of this. because people keep saying what's her policy? what her policy? we know what her policy is she has been in office with biden since 2020. we know that this is happenings. we know what is going on. congressman michael walz, thank you so much for your time this morning. we appreciate it. >> griff: thanks, congressman. >> thank you. >> ashley: griff, as always, it's always good hosting with you and i hope you have a great day. >> griff: you too. great to be with you. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪