christopher wray. secretary alejandro mayorkas , i don't want you to feel left out. detach quickly on the homeland intelligence experts group that raises question will concerns about the departments impartiality and objectivity. in 2013, they announced the establishment of the homeland intelligence expert group to provide perspective on elledge intelligence and national security efforts to the office of intelligence and analysis and the department's office of counterterrorism and the coordinator? yes or no? we announced the group. >> yes, perfect. is the composition of this experts group includes former top level officer james clapper, and paul colby? >> yes. >> are you aware that they all signed a discredit a public statement on october 19, 2020 that implied the new york post reported about hunter biden's laptop and influence pillaging pedaling that was the product of rush and if this information?>> these are distinguished members of the intelligence community. >> this is a simple yes or no, did they

host: you mentioned fbi director christopher wray.is from pbs newshour, christopher wray because january 6 domestic terrorism. you can watch any testimony of christopher wray on our website, c-span.org. sam in hillsdale, michigan, democrat. good morning. host: i wanted to remind -- caller: i wanted to remind everyone of donald trump's snake story. it is the snake that is doing the warning. if you could play that i would appreciate it if the producers can do that. it is the snake that is warning people. thank you. host: newmarket, alabama. independent. caller: thanks to you and everone else on c-span for taking our call. i watched a presentation yesterday on c-span2 of mark levine discussing his latest book, the democrat party hates america. he was hosted by the ronald reagan presidential library. he argued that the democratic party, which he refers to as the democratic party because it is not democratic, but he argues the democratic party has a marxist agenda and wants to destroy freedom. he said the democratic party should be crushed

host: christopher wray was before the senate homeland security committee earlier. this is what he said about the threat environment. [video clip] dir. wray: the terrorism threat has been elevated throughout 2023 but the war in the middle east has raised the threat of attack on americans in the u.s. to another level. since the horrific terrorist attacks committed by hamas against innocent people in israel, we have in working to support our partners there and to protect americans at home. we assess the actions of hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we have not seen since isis launched its so-called caliphate years ago. in the past few weeks, multiple foreign terrorist organizations have called for attacks against americans and the west. al qaeda issued its most specific call to attack the u.s. in the last five years. isis urged its followers to target the jewish communities in the u.s. and europe. hezbollah has publicly expressed its support for hamas and credited to attack u.s. interests in the middle east. we have seen an increase o

christopher wray. secretary alejandro mayorkas , i don't want you to feel left out. detach quickly on the homeland intelligence experts group that raises question will concerns about the departments impartiality and objectivity. in 2013, they announced the establishment of the homeland intelligence expert group to provide perspective on elledge intelligence and national security efforts to the office of intelligence and analysis and the department's office of counterterrorism and the coordinator? yes or no? we announced the group. >> yes, perfect. is the composition of this experts group includes former top level officer james clapper, and paul colby? >> yes. >> are you aware that they all signed a discredit a public statement on october 19, 2020 that implied the new york post reported about hunter biden's laptop and influence pillaging pedaling that was the product of rush and if this information?>> these are distinguished members of the intelligence community. >> this is a simple yes or no, did they

this as fbi director christopher wray warns senators on capitol hill that war could inspire extremisttacks right here in the u.s. israeli forces are engaged in urban combat with hamas fighters as they advance toward the densely populated center of gaza city. two israeli soldiers were killed, the first since the ground incursion. israel says it hit about 300 hamas targets with air strikes in the last 24 hours, including at the gevalia refugee camp in gaza, causing catastrophic damage. several apartment buildings were destroyed, killing dozens of people. and we learned today that the u.s. is sending 300 more u.s. troops to the middle east. they won't go into israel, but they will help with things like communications, disposal of explosives, and other support. and back here in washington, protesters calling for a cease-fire disrupted secretary of state antony blinken's testimony on capitol hill. senators today confirmed former treasury secretary jack lew is the new u.s. ambassador to israel. that's actually a position that's been vacant for more than three months. we have team coverage o

that's what we heard from christopher wray the other day. what are your thoughts there?risk here is real. we've known for a long time that there are islamist, radical islamist cells operating in and around europe. we mow that the islamists tried to the attack the saudi ambassador at a restaurant in georgetown. we know this as a very real threat to the united states of america. and the fact that we don't have control of our borders, that we don't know who's coming in and out of our country is something that the bad guys have been observing for years, and goodness knows the scale of the infiltration many just these last two years with now 7 million people coming across our border, how many of them came here with malintent. maria: and, of course, none of these issues come up when 3r50eud ifen meets with xi jinping. the reason we keep putting a spotlight on the reason for bribery, influence peddling here, is because we want to know if he is compromised and and actually unable to deal with this threat because he's taken money from china. what are your thoughts in terms of the

fbi director christopher wray was on capitol hill today warning the risk of a terrorist attack on thes risen "tool a whole other level." not seen since the emergence of isis. scott macfarlane reports tonight from capitol hill. >> a sober warning from the director of the fbi a war between israel and hamas could lead to attacks in the u.s. >> our most immediate concern is that violent extremists, individuals or small groups will draw inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks against americans going about their daily lives. >> director christopher wray said the mystic terrorist could target jewish or muslim communities and he specifically mentioned the arrest of a man in houston earlier this month. >> he had been studying how to build bombs and posted online about his support for killing jews. >> he was referring to sohaib abuayyash and court records prosecutors allege allege that 20-year-old jordanian living in texas seen here at a firing range trained with weapons to possibly commit an attack and talked of killing people of particular religious faiths. >> we s

that's what we heard from christopher wray the other day. what are your thoughts there?the risk here is real. we've known for a long time that there are islamist, radical islamist cells operating in and around europe. we mow that the islamists tried to the attack the saudi ambassador at a restaurant in georgetown. we know this as a very real threat to the united states of america. and the fact that we don't have control of our borders, that we don't know who's coming in and out of our country is something that the bad guys have been observing for years, and goodness knows the scale of the infiltration many just these last two years with now 7 million people coming across our border, how many of them came here with malintent. maria: and, of course, none of these issues come up when 3r50eud ifen meets with xi jinping. the reason we keep putting a spotlight on the reason for bribery, influence peddling here, is because we want to know if he is compromised and and actually unable to deal with this threat because he's taken money from china. what are your thoughts in terms of

. >> homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, and fbi director christopher wray instant testimony on tuesday said the ongoing war has ramped up the threat landscape inside the u.s.. >> our most immediate concern is that violent extremists, individuals, or small groups will draw inspiration from the events in the middle east, to korea attacks against americans going about their daily lives. >> wray says, it is not just violent extremist inspired by foreign terrorist organizations who are effected the muslim and jewish communities in the u.s., but also lone wolf through after gutted those groups since october 7th. >> we have already seen that with the individual we arrested last week in houston, who had been studying how to build bombs, and posted online about his support for killing jewish. with a tragic killing of a six-year-old muslim war in illinois that we are investigating as a federal hate crime. >> the top jewish and muslim civil rights organizations in the u.s. both report huge spikes in incidents targeting their groups. the anti-defamation league says, since october 7th, t

plus, fbi director christopher wray says threat of terror attack on u.s. oil is a whole other level. he is warning hamas action will inspire greatest u.s. terror threat since isis. first we begin with the white house's refusal to classify violent antisemitic threats as domestic terrorism. this is "outnumbered," i'm kayleigh mcenany here with emily compagno and harris faulkner. senior fellow for independent women's forum kayleigh and kevin walling. the white house is being accused of hypocrisy when it comes to hatred, you should be able to call hate hate. antisemitism, antisemitism. biden administration directed the fbi to direct concern parents, parents after they protested about pornography at the school board meetings in front of their young children. they had no problem targeting catholics, remember the fbi memo warning that radical traditional catholics, never heard of those, could be "violent extremists" and remember pro-life catholic innocent father that the fbi treated like a domestic terrorist. they arrested him at gunpoint, fbi agents in his front

that's what we heard from christopher wray the other day. what are your thoughts there?e risk here is real. we've known for a long time that there are islamist, radical islamist cells operating in and around europe. we mow that the islamists tried to the attack the saudi ambassador at a restaurant in georgetown. we know this as a very real threat to the united states of america. and the fact that we don't have control of our borders, that we don't know who's coming in and out of our country is something that the bad guys have been observing for years, and goodness knows the scale of the infiltration many just these last two years with now 7 million people coming across our border, how many of them came here with malintent. maria: and, of course, none of these issues come up when 3r50eud ifen meets with xi jinping. the reason we keep putting a spotlight on the reason for bribery, influence peddling here, is because we want to know if he is compromised and and actually unable to deal with this threat because he's taken money from china. what are your thoughts in terms of t

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christopher wray, fbi director christopher wray on october 31st, was actually, he did make a statement about -- he was asked are you concerned about with the war erupting between israel and hamas? are you concerned about attacks on u.s. soil. he said we cannot, do not discount the possibility that hamas or another foreign terrorist organization may exploit the current conflict to conduct an attack here on our own soil. that is an exact quote from christopher wray. >> yeah, i think that was an understatement, and i watched his testimony. i know chris wray, he is trying not to overstate it but i think in that statement he understated the terror threat. this is a huge vulnerability we opened up on our borders and created a significant security challenge again because anybody, anybody, any terrorist can come in here and do damage too easily. cheryl: chris, i appreciate you being with us. i want to make sure our viewers. we want to make sure we're careful to report the facts, more importantly what we do not know right now. and again, alexis mcadams and sources her sources are telling her an

all of this is fbi director christopher wray warns the threat of a terrorist attack on u.s.l is rising to a whole other level after the hamas attacks on israel. we have the very latest on the holy land coming up. markets looking like this, the first trading day of a new month, we are looking at the clients across the board extending the selloff that we saw in october, scary numbers for the month of october, dow industrials down on the month by one another present, the nasdaq down almost 3% for the month of october. all of this as we await the decision for the two-day policy meeting today 2:15 p.m. eastern, we are covering it. european markets are in the green take a look, the eurozone higher across-the-board, fractional across-the-board and asia overnight markets finished higher, across-the-board as well, the one weak spot was hong kong, hang seng, the nikkei average up in japan 2.5%. 82000 e-mails featuring joe biden cinnamon names by vice president biden have been exposed to a new lawsuit as its discover the hunter biden was built hundreds of dollars for a ministry oversea

christopher wray was talking about this heightened risk about a terror attack.ro mayorkas is there also. i imagine they are getting some criticism along with this testimony that they're providing? >> oh, absolutely. look, i mean, for republicans, there's a lot of focus on the concerns about the border because as we reported in the last few weeks, john, there is concern about the number of people who come across the border who did not -- it wasn't until after they were inside and given some kind of parole status that the united states understood or -- learned, or the fbi learned about the protections of a facilitator, someone who was human trafficking and connected to isis in turkey and so things like that are being brought up by members of congress because of the concern that the border is porous and the number of people coming across and the ability of the homeland security department and other departments to actually vet these people before they were allowed in and that's the focus of a lot of the questions from republicans. obviously, this is a hostile questi

. >>> and fbi director christopher wray is testifying on capitol hill this morning in just a bit. what he is saying about the israeli-hamas war, and what it means for the u.s. and potential terror threaeats, that's's ahea. >>> all right. we are going to go live now to the committee that is looking at threats to the homeland. we have fbi director christopher wray talking about that, and some of the first things he mentioned were the israel-hamas war, and the impact it may have here, the threat it may cause here. let's listen in. >> it's been more than five weeks since hamas terrorists carried out their brutal attacks against innocent israelis, dozens of american citizens, and others from around the world. and our collective efforts remain on supporting our partners overseas and seeking the safe return of the hostages. but this hearing, while focused on threats to our homeland is well timed given the dangerous situations, the fluid situation in the middle east has for our homeland security. in a year where the terrorism threat was already elevated, the ongoing war in the middle east

fbi director christopher wray sounding an alarm that the risk of a terrorist attack in the u.s. has risen, quote, to a whole other level not seen since the emergence of i.s.i.s. this comes as a cornell university student is charged in connection to violent anti-semitic threats on campus. the 21-year-old junior will face a judge today. let's get to shanelle kaul here in new york following both of these stories for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. federal authorities are deeply concerned the conflict in the middle east is now inspiring both anti-semitic and islamophobic attacks here rat home, the war could get terrorist groups around the world to target the u.s. >> this cruelty by new yorkers against new yorkers must stop. >> reporter: days after social media posts surfaced threatening jewish students at cornell university, federal authorities have made an arrest. new york governor kathy hochul saying 21-year-old patrick dai was questioned by state police and the fbi's joint terrorism task force on tuesday. >> i reaffirm that there is zero tolerance for hat

here is fbi director christopher wray. >> our most immediate concern is that violent extremists will draw inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks against americans. tradi traditional, formal terrorist organizations have made statement of potential attack here. >> jonathan: director wray said that the potential threat level is reaching what he called "historic levels," todd and carley, dangerous times we are living in. >> carley: one of the most concerns thing you could hear was said by christopher wray yesterday. on the breaking news regarding rafah crossing, we know for weeks hamas was reluctant to open their side of the gate and egypt didn't want the people either. what changed? >> jonathan: this has been a deal in the works for sometime now. qataris have been playing a major role in the mediation efforts on all levels, regarding the hostages, as well. this agreement is entirely separate from talks about the hostages. the various groups, including the u.s., got together and hammered out this agreement. it is only foreign nationals that are being allowed

. >> john: david spunt who covers the justice department reminds what christopher wray said, he said here in the united states our most immediate concern is violent extremist individuals or small groups will draw inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks against americans going about their daily lives. he went on to say here in the united states, oh, no, sorry, repeat of the same thing. but here is a question for you, bill, and that is these likely would not have been people who came into the united states yesterday. it's easy enough to procure a vehicle, but you've got to procure explosives as well. and then you have to have the know how to put those together into a vehicle. now again, maybe this vehicle exploded accidentally which would indicate potentially a level of expertise with explosives that was less than competent, or maybe they just thought that they were going to get caught and decided to pull the trigger on it. but this is something that would have required some measure of planning. >> you are right, john. and if we are -- if the information we

wray. then hakeem jeffries speaking with reporters about passage of a short-term spending bill in the house to avoid a shutdown friday. later, president bidennd xi jinping talking about relations between the u.s. and china before their bilateral meeting in woodside, california. thursday, a hearing on how scammers use artificial intelligence create voice clones and deepfakes to target older americans. you can watch the hearing live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and our mobile app, c-span now, or on c-span.org. c-span is your unfiltered view of

although short on solutions even the fbi director christopher wray is sounding the alarm.take a listen. >> i think anytime you have a group of people in the united states that we don't know nearly enough about that's a source of concern for us from a perspective in our line of protecting americans here. wording at another way if that number were lower and the border wasn't as open as it is we would be safer? >> i think greater fidelity about who is coming in this country and how they are getting in is essential to making sure we protect americans from all sorts of threats including potential terrorist attacks. >> i do too. >> here with reaction former senior adviser to president trump stephen miller and former arkansas governor my cup of the. governor huckabee, correct me if i am wrong. i've heard over and over again the department of homeland security secretary mayorkas and i have heard over and over again from joe biden and from kamala harris and over and over again from karine jean-pierre and circle back to jen's sake that the border is closed and the border is secure.

he's going to weigh in on all of this in just a moment. >>> fbi director christopher wray warning about rising terror threat here at home. roll it. >> the cyber targeting of american interests and critical infrastructure that we already see conducted by iran and nonstate actors a alike, we can expect to the get worse if the conflict expands. stuart: there's a lot more where that came from, and we'll tell you all about it. >>> 15 israeli soldiers have been killed during a ground invasion in gaza. prime minister netanyahu says it's going to be a long, tough war. mike tobin is in southern israel with the latest. he'll report after this. ♪ ♪ ameritrade is now part of schwab. bringing you an elevated experience, tailor-made for trader minds. go deeper with thinkorswim: our award-wining trading platforms. unlock support from the schwab trade desk, our team of passionate traders who live and breathe trading. and sharpen your skills with an immersive online education crafted just for traders. all so you can trade brilliantly. say goodbye to daily insulin injections with omnipod 5... a tubeless

., the alarming new terror warning tonight from fbi director christopher wray, saying the israel war with hamas raises the potential for an attack on americans to, quote, a whole other level. what he warned just today and pierre thomas standing by. >>> the protests erupting during a hearing on capitol hill today. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin shouted down while making the case for billions in federal aid to help israel and ukraine defend themselves. rachel scott live on the hill. >>> the halloween deep freeze, and the snow tonight. temperatures plunging overnight into the 20s and 30s from texas all the way up to the northeast. ginger zee is here. >>> our team with new reporting tonight on the missed warning signs before the horrific mass shooting in maine. abc news obtaining court documents that show what the gunman's own family had warned authorities months before the attack. >>> for the first time, the harrowing body camera video, you'll see it. officers in maui trying to save families during those fires. and what's being done now to help prev

. >> facing off with homeland secretary mayorkas and christopher wray in a hearing today.rning the u.s. is at a heightened risk of a terrorist attack due to the biden administration open border policies. which has seen a record number of suspected terrorists crossing our southern border. texas republican congressman tony gonzalez joining us now, a member of the homeland security committee and held that hearing. first off, what are your top take aways from what you heard in that room? >> yes, sandra, thank you for having me. first off i'm disapointed that house republicans failed to impeach mayorkas this week but i am hopeful that we will continue to push and we will hold him accountable and there will be other -- there will be other in impeachment votes hopefully marjorie taylor greene leads. i was able to ask the secretary three questions that got him to acknowledge. first thing was that increased -- right now the penalties for smugglers do not match the crime and asked if it was important to increase that. he agreed to that. and increase the number of people deported, he

. >> wednesday fbi director christopher wray and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas testifiedbal security this subcommittee hearing live 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span three, he stands now, free mobile or online at work. >> a healthy democracy doesn't just like this, it looks americans can see marcus the work, citizens are truly informed. but i want on c-span, unfiltered, unbiased, word for word from the nation's capital to wherever you are, the opinion that matters the most, this is what democracy looks like. c-span, part by cable.

christopher wray was asked about threats to the jewish community and he said this.ality is that the jewish community is uniquely, uniquely targeted by pretty much every terrorist organization across the spectrum, and when you look at a group that makes up 2.4% roughly of the american population, it should be jarring to everyone that that same population accounts for something like 60% of all religious-based hate crimes. >> sandra: alarming numbers. >> you know what scares me here and always did, when i was doing this kind of work, coming out of this sort of flavor of counter terrorism was more hezbollah than hamas. because they are much more capable of projecting power. the overhead command for lack of a better term for both hamas and hezbollah, is iran. who funds them. a nation state. they have tremendous capabilities. we have a weak secretary of homeland security, that's just factual. take a look at the border and his answers in congress. so you have that. at the same time, you have venezuela. the former vice president of venezuela heavily linked to the middle eas

>> that's what fbi director christopher wray testified saying because of the unrest in the middle eastwas monitoring a variety of possibilities that there could be a radical islamic terrorist attack here in the united states, including potentially covered by hamas. not saying that is the case here, but we have a story up on fox news this morning which that is exactly what is in the hamas charter, seeking to go after middle american targets and this sort of thing, and any type of american western value representative of a situation. according to alexis mcadams, two men in the vehicle, according to high level police sources, are dead. the vehicle, the car packed with explosives, we are told. that car tried to drive right into that customs and border patrol building, the gate, the watch gate. you stop when you present your passport to go through the border. the injured man is 27-year-old potentially, that is the customs and border patrol officer, he's in good condition we are told at a local hospital. when you are talking about radical islamic terrorisms and attacks against the you state,

this comes as the fbi director, christopher wray, is warning of attacks from individuals inspired byas. before this, he appeared to be, this college student, he appeared to be a normal college student at cornell. does that make this incident even more disturbing? >> yeah, look, this incident is terrifying. the idea that someone would post to a message board at an ivy league university that he wants to "slit the throats of jews," that he wants to rape jewish women for what's happening in gaza, i mean, look, jews are no more collectively responsible for what's happening in israel than asian americans would be for what's happening in china or any ethnicity for what's happening in another part of the world. anti-zionism is anti-semitism, wolf, and it creates the conditions in which these kind of things happen, which jewish people and the israelis are dehumanized and demonized so people think they can say these kind of things with impunity. >> the fbi director, christopher wray, is also warning that anti-semitism in the united states is reaching what he calls, and i'm quoting him now, "hi

wray said. but we just know. what you just have to go outside and feel, sort of the tensions. a lot of communities right now in the united states. that threat environment this heightened. but, in other words it's not this synagogue or that synagogue it's just a general heightened threat against the jewish community and also as christopher wray said, the islamic community. so you're getting sort, of the two sides. both feeling disempowered and targeted by whatever hate is out there. specifically on the jewish community though, of course because of the threats that you're seeing online. it was targeted against synagogues and others that's proceeding, maybe not specific threats button over all concerned for their community. that's what you've seen heightened police presence and others law enforcement presence and synagogues, jewish communities and neighborhoods. >> can you explain something again that you pointed us to this phenomenon -- unfortunately, over the last decade? online extremist groups

christopher wray says authorities are watching for groups or individuals who may exploit the violence in the middle east to encourage or carry out an attack on u.s. soil. brian todd has the details. >> reporter: a raging war in gaza and boiling tensions in the middle east since hamas attacks on october 7 have ratcheted up the terror threats in the u.s. to a whole new level according to a top official. christopher wray laid out the dangers with brutal clarity. >> the most immediate concern is that individuals or small groups will draw twisted inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks here at home. >> reporter: the greatest number of threats reported have been against the jewish community. >> hate directed at jewish students, communities and institutions with increase of anti-semitism in the united states and around the world. >> reporter: they are the report a rise of threats against muslims worrying examples on both sides, a man arrested in houston accused of studying bomb making a littnd talking about kg jewish. and a cornell student charged with threatening

. >>> and now this, fbi director christopher wray firing back at a republican congressman who pushed him on a january 6 conspiracy, we'll show you that. >>> plus the house bracing for the ethics committee report in the congressman george santos. we know one thing that won't be in it, that is ahead. c'mon, we're right there. c'mon baby. it's the only we need. go, go, go, go! ah! touchdown baby! -touchdown! are your neighbors watching the same game? yeah, my 5g home internet delays the game a bit. but you get used to it. try these. they're noise cancelling earmuffs. i stole them from an airport. it's always something with you, man. great! solid! -greek salad? exactly! don't delay the game with verizon or t-mobile 5g home internet. catch it on the xfinity 10g network. republican member of the house homeland security committee during a hearing on capitol hill wednesday, it happened while fbi director christopher wray was testifying about potential terror threats. congressman clay higgins of louisiana accused wray of using fbi agents to fuel the violence on january 6. watch. >> if you are

fbi director christopher wray was asked about this growing threat. >> can the fbi guarantee the americand terrorists, including those from hamas or other terror groups are not amongst the gotaways? >> certainly the group of people you are talking about are source of great concern for us, that is why we're using all 56 join terrorism task forces. >> you think that increased number creases the threat to the american citizens? >> any time you have a group of people in the united states we don't know nearly enough about, that is a source of concern for us from perspective in our lane of protecting americans. >> emily: record number of migrants have been arrested that are on the terror watch list. this year an explosion of such, but "new york times" thinks, it is not a big deal explaining from act last year to this september, officials arrested 169 compared to 98 during the previous fiscal year and 15 in 2021. according to government data, then they go on to qualify, "but that is a miniscule fraction of the total number of migrants aphundreded at the border over the past year, more than two m

i think christopher wray's use of alarm was very careful today.was focused on those that were, in his words, inspired bit conflict. and that's important because the fbi and homeland security are not principally focused on either hamas or even hezbollah, based in lebanon, launching an organized attack in the united states, but they know that this conflict is absolutely setting fire to what was already a rising tide of antisemitism and anti-muslim sentiment in the u.s. and over the past several years, antisemitic events, attacks, speech, physical attacks have increased significantly. again, since october 7th in the hamas attack on israel and israel's response, those threats, those acts of violence have increased not just here in the united states, but really around the world. >> so director wray says antisemitism is reaching historic levels. take a listen. >> the reality is that the jewish community is uniquely, uniquely targeted by pretty much every terrorist organization across the spectrum. and when you look at a group that makes up 2.4% roughly

security hearing, christopher wray and i'll hundred mayorkas will testify -- and alejandro mayorkas will testify on global threats facing the united states. c-span3, c-span.org, and the free c-span video app. this afternoon, the house means and means committee on c-span3, a hearing on free speech and anti-semitism on college campuses amid israel-hamas war. witnesses include an israeli actress, activist, a cornell university student, presented of scrum the foundation of defense of defensive democracies, and the antidefamation league. 2:00 p.m. eastern time on c-span3, c-span.org, and the free c-span out video app. 10 minutes left in this washington journal. we focus on the issue of stability in congress. at 8:00 a.m. eastern, we go to open forum and talk with members of congress ahead of is this on capitol hill today. from mitchell, south dakota, david, independent. your thoughts on civility in congress. caller: yes. i was watching yesterday, and it does make you wonder what kind of people we are. they are supposed to be adults, it is a joke. and both parties can act the same way. the sen

can they get it through christopher wray and the fbi and get criminal referrals beyond?ena hunter biden and the others and subpoena the president of the united states. enough. we are seeing this on full display and all they care about in the biden crime family is while he's in presidency, they are protected and after he's out, who knows what happens then. all they care about is where we are now and where they are now. they need to be investigated, subpoenas need to go out, he has full subpoena power and james comer should use it. >> carley: david webb, thank you for joining us, have a great day. an opinion piece in the "wall street journal" warns democrats the party isir taking itself apart over israel. >> todd: a democrat is demanding his party starts standing up for one of the closest allies, that story is next. what? is you r... garden in idaho? no, it's in my backyard. ahhhh! always look for the grown in idaho seal. he hits his mark —center stage—and is crushed by a baby grand piano. you're replacing me? customize and save with liberty bibberty. he doesn't even have

. >> meanwhile, fbi director christopher wray is about to issue to congress and issue a stark warning that the war has raised the threat of attack against americans in the united states to a whole other level. evan perez joins us now. are you surprised by the level of concern that wray appears to be about to tell lawmakers? >> we have heard a lot, phil, from the fbi director in the weeks since the attack in southern israel from hamas, and one of the concerns that he has been raising is the issue of that -- is the issue of terrorism in the united states inspired by what happened in israel and, of course, the threat level against jewish americans, against muslim-americans inside the united states. i'll read a part of his testimony. when a year where the terrorism threat was elevated the ongoing war in the middle east raised the threat of attack against americans in the united states to a whole other level and he talks a little bit about the rogue gallery of terror organization. some, obviously, hamas and hezbollah supported by iran. but also al qaeda and isis who are making threats agai

it heightens the terrorist threats that christopher wray is talking about to u.s. troops, to jewish-americans, to muslim-americans. and i was hoping to engage him in a civil conversation to show substantive differences, and hopefully to persuade people that we need more rationality and prudence in foreign policy. >> you've been very pro-israel. you don't support a ceasefire. you've had people demonstrating in front of your office saying that you should. rashida tlaib do support that, you don't. your political director resigned over your stance on this. you've held firm. why do you have a ceasefire is wrong? >> i'm where bernie sanders is. i'm where many -- jamie raskin is. and that is in a humanitarian pause, that we need to have israel's right to defend itself, israel should be able to go after the hamas perpetrators who have committed this heinous act. any country would want to do that. but we need to value palestinian lives. we can't have bombing that is going after civilians, innocent children and women. now, it's hard because hamas often has those civilians in

i want to let us listen to fbi director christopher wray during a senate hearing last week.en. >> the ongoing war in the middle east has raised the threat of an attack against americans in the united states to a whole another level. we assess the actions of hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we have not seen since isis launched its so-called caliphate several years ago. arthel: said daddy what steps can the fbi and the law enforcement take to avert violent attacks on the jewish community and not waiting until after the fact? >> i think it's more than that. it is a tax on people who are not jewish. we have an open door if you want to come in here, you come in here. if you are a terrorist or on the terrorist watch list it does not matter you can walk right in we will assimilate you and put you into our society. that puts a huge burden on the fbi and local law enforcement and frankly the way the fbi addresses these things they have a task force in every city every major city in the united states the best intelligence comes with local police and

. >> reporter: fbi director christopher wray said it will help keep americans safe at home. >> multiple terrorist organizations have called for attacks against americans and the west. >> reporter: the $105 billion foreign aid bill has significant support in the senate. >> for us to support both ukraine and israel. >> reporter: but in the house new speaker mike johnson has proposed stripping out money for ukraine altogether and wants to cut irs funding to pay for the $14.3 billion going to israel. >> i understand the priority is to bulk up the irs, but i think if you put this to the american people and they weigh the two needs they're going to say standing with israel and protecting the innocent is in our interest. >> how is it the speaker of the house decided to cheat the irs revenues in order to pretend to support israel? that is not support for israel. >> reporter: the proposal comes as support for ukraine among republicans declines. after finishing his testimony before the appropriations committee, secretary of state antony blinken went direct lip to the speaker's office to urge spea

. >>> meanwhile, a new warning from fbi director christopher wray about the potential threats we face in the united states, our most immediate concern is that violent extremists, individuals or small groups, will draw inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks against americans going about their daily lives. that includes not just home-grown violent extremists inspired by a foreign terrorist organization, but also domestic violent extremists targeting jewish or muslim communities. >> it comes as we're seeing an alarming rise in hate against both the jewish and muslim communities. the anti-defamation league says in the two weeks following the hamas attack in israel, it's seen a nearly 400% increase in reported anti-semitic incidents. and the council on american islamic relations has reported incidents of islamophobia are up 182%. just this week, the justice department charged a las vegas man who lt voice mails threatening to kill nevada senator jacky rosen who is jewish, over israel's military attacks on gaza. a cornell university student was charged with makgn

not anything we should feel safe about after the christopher wray hearing yesterday. >> not at all christophers fbi's weaponize tickets as american citizens but ignorant to how many illegals are coming across our border estimating 10000 chinese nationals are coming across our border at a time when we have heightened tensions with china and stealing our intellectual property and spying on americans and we don't know where the other illegals are coming from potentially even gaza and they could be members of hamas we just don't know and christopher raised really terrible job in getting the answers. maria: let's look at the chinese migrant encounters these numbers at the southern border of 4026 he was in the month of october, 4061 chinese nationals at the southern border, customer border patrol revealed 7000 chinese nationals encountered who have attempted to enter into the united states in the month of october that is borders and ports of entry dodges the southern border. texas congressman messaged about these numbers yesterday. watch this. >> the ccp is trying to use or directing a flow of ccp o

wray added that events in the middle east could lead to a surge in criminal activity that the west hasears, since terrorist organization banned in the russian federation isis called for a caliphate. regina sevastyanova, evgenia zemtsova and tatyana nikitina, european bureau of vgtrk. south africa recalls diplomats from israel for consultations. the president's office said it was continuing its middle east tour. arrived on a visit to turkey to pacify the anger of ankara. however, blinkin received a cold reception. the guest tried to hug the head of the turkish foreign ministry, but he took a step back. the local press writes that this came as a shock to the american politician who advised blinken to keep social distance. in addition, the secretary of state was met at the airport by the deputy governor of ankara, which was also regarded as a sign of extreme growth in the ssu. zelsky's formation lost another 900 soldiers and mercenary officers, eight armored vehicles, seven howubs, and two american m777 systems were destroyed. in the kherson direction , five attempts to land ukrainian mil

fbi director christopher wray mentioned the case of this jordanian national living in texas studying how to build bombs, wanting to target just. he's here illegally and his tourism visa has been yanked so that they can pros cues him or get a trial going. can you share anything you know about it? >> i can't share anything about that case. i'd refer it to the fbi. that's really a law enforcement matter. the fact that we have visibility on some of these folks i think speaks to the degree to which our agencies are talking to one another and sharing intelligence and increasing their situational awareness about potential threats here in the homeland. we take that seriously. we're going to continue to hone those procedures. >> neil: when you look at threats like that hand we don't know and maybe christopher wray will reveal more than what he announced last week, a lot of people slip through and the feeling is that given the wider number of countries that are doing so, used to be three or four, up to a dozen, right now better than 140 countries represented going through there, are you worrie

christopher wray is testifying now. secretary mayorkas is on the hill.hallway what i thought about the possibility of being impeached by the house and did not answer her. lots of answers coming about the threats and continue to monitor it for the news and catch you up at the end of it. >> bill: you have eight teenagers charged with murder two weeks after a high school student was beaten to death in las vegas. william la jeunesse watching the story from our west coast bureau. what more do we know today? >> bill: good morning, bill. police say ten teens are involved. eight are in custody and officials are looking through additional video to positively identify the other two. they also say that during searches of the suspect's homes police say they have obtained clothing the teens wore during the assault which is going to help determine what criminal charges they face. the fight started after someone stole a pair of wireless headphones and a vape pen from jonathan lewis or a younger friend that he was defending. that's when lewis and the alleged thief agree

reaching historic levels according to fbi director christopher wray. wring down posters with the faces of israeli whose damages is now common place. jackie ibaÑez is live in the new york news room with more on how anti-semitism has riddled college campuses. >> hi, good evening trace the cornell university campus stilling reeling after police arrested 21 year old junior patrick die for threatening to kill and injury jewish students. die made his first court appearance today, there he is remains in custody under close watch. he is due back in court later this month. his father told the new york post his son suffers from severe depression and had taken several breaks from school adding, they thought, he was suicidal. die is accused of making threats to shoot up the school's kosher dining hall, according to a criminal complaint. he also threatened to stab and slit the throats of jewish students on campus. if convicted, he could be fined and face up to five years in prison. the arrest follows an explosion of anti-israel protests as you were just saying trac

director for several years now and christopher wray is not someone who is into flashy, inflammatory, dramatic rhetoric. he chooses his words very carefully and gave this sobering testimony yesterday before the senate panel and the public. >> here in the united states our most immediate concern is that violent extremists, individuals or small groups will draw inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks against americans going about their daily lives. >> wray has multiple investigations are underway. in some cases there are direct ties, some cases indirect ties. people inspired by hamas, raised concern about lone wolf attacks. >> we also cannot and do not discount the possibility that hamas, or another foreign terrorist organization, may exploit the current conflict to conduct attacks here on our own soil. >> the director of the national counter terrorism center warned other terrorist organizations across the globe are watching and waiting. >> they are seeking to capitalize on this moment to galvanize supporters and organize for attacks. >> you mentioned the ris

florida senator rick scott questioning christopher wray on tuesday on whether the country is safer today president biden took office. >> do you believe is the united states safer from foreign terran entertainer fred are we safer from when joe biden took office? >> what i would say is the terror threats have elevated but i think there are a lot of things the country has been throughout law enforcement to be better prepared to deal with them. maria: wanted the caravan organizers is claiming that countries are conspiring against the united states to fuel a border crisis added the biden of administration has dropped the ball. kaylee mcghee white, no sur surprise, we were worried about terrorism of the wide-open border for two and half years, your reaction. >> the clip from christopher wray says it all, ten seconds that's how long it took them to answer the question. you could tell he was struggling to find an appropriate answer. that says it all. >> he did not want to say the truth that we know the truth. if you watch the interview with a migrant caravan he's bragging about the fact that cen

director christopher wray and alejandro mayokas delivering an assessment of the safety of american people on u.s. soil. wray says the increase in terror threats against america now at dire levels. >> we definitely believe there is a heightened risk of potential violence here in the u.s. especially from lone actors inspired by any number of foreign terrorist organizations or by domestic ideologies. i am concerned, as i said in my opening statement, that foreign terrorist organizations, traditional formal terrorist organizations, whether they be al qaeda, isis, or hezbollah, have all made statements that would indicate a greater risk of potential attack here by them. it is something we think heightened vigilance is warranted for. >> bret: fox team coverage. first eric shawn live from the new york newsroom. good morning, eric. >> good morning. warnings iran could launch a terrorist attack right here at home. they've tried it before. the regime in tehran has not only called for death to america but death to their opponents even if they're on u.s. soil. in 2013 an american iranian admitted he

>>ists christopher wray is warno of terrorism right here at home. >> we assess that the actions of hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven't seen since isis launched its caliphate several years ago. in just the past fewt weeks, t multiple foreign terrorist organizations called for attacks against americansfo anr d the west. >> jesse, how expendable are the palestinian people to hamas if they have the head guy that planned the attacks hiding within the refugee camps? >> well that was a significant strike. and israel deserves a lot of credit for thegn intelligence that was used to take that guy out. and now we're hearing from our fbi directordi that hamasre could be as influential as isis. i am not sure that's true yet. i remembe' isis back in the obama hey day, they had these jihad influencerl that would tapes out and inspire attacks in europe, inspiresp attacks in the uniteird states, they wanted to grow a caliphate, they were successful in establishing a caliphate. it looks like this is a regional situation. i am a little concerned about msnbc. joy