thank you all. thank you for having me. [applause] >> remarks -- by former president donald trump. we're expecting to hear from the former president at around 7:20 eastern time. we'll bring you live comments as soon as they begin. e of the heas this october 7, 2024. the washington times israel uses october 7 to fortify its footing in the region. hamas, hezbollah, iran and a year of bloodshed. new york post headline, bring them home, a number of hostages still held a year after october 7.

front page of new york times, a-year-old war endures and threatens to spread. the lead story noting it is the longest were between israel and arab since the end of the conflict that set the boundaries of israel in 1949, also by far the deadliest. more than 1500 israelis killed, mostly during the attack on october 7, and others abducted. more than 40,000 palestinians killed in israel's counterattack. a were between israel and -- a war between israel and hamas, invasion of lebanon, and bombardment of israel. protests and vigils and memorials today around the world. statements from world leaders, including president biden, with this statement. on the state last year, theun

rose on what was supposed to be a joyous jewish holiday. i sense i come october 7 had become the deadliest day for jewish people since the holocaust. vice president harris and i remain committed to this secuf israel. today and every day, he said, i think of the hostages and their families. i have metamilies of the hostages and have grieved with them. they have been throughl. my administration has worked for the safe release of hostages, including americans. october 7 is a dark day for palestpeople because of the conflict unleashed that day. tens of thousands have been lled, a human toll made far by terrorists hiding and operating amoncent people. we will not stop working for cease fire that brings hostages home and eases the severing on

the ground and ensures israel's security and an end to this war. the one-year anniversary of the hamas attack on israel. getting your reaction in this first hour of the "washington journal." your thoughts on this anniversary. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. starting in maine, ann, democrat. caller: hi, good morning. i am 75 years old, an american jew, a zionist. i have followed israel in the american press and the israeli press for years. i have been opposed to netanyahu for decades. i think that people have not looked into the fact that he

aligns himself with hamas against the palestinian authority because both netanyahu and hamas are opposed to a two-state solution. i am heartbroken that october 7 -- but what led up to it was not in yahoo! -- west netanyahu, he ignored warnings about hamas.in , in the wake of october 7, he could have said we have told you these are dangerous people, now help us get our hostages back. instead, he went on a disproportionate military response. i think netanyahu has inserted himself into american politics in favor of donald trump before. i think he is doing it now. i think many republicans have wanted the united states to be

in a shooting war with iran for a very long time. and i think people who are tempted not to vote for kamala harris because of the issue of gaza are ignoring that trump would be much worse, not only for the palestinians, not only for the israelis, but for the american people. host: you said, i am a zionist. what does that mean today? caller: timmy -- to me, that means i am dedicated to there being an israeli state. i would prefer 1948 borders and without any jewish settlements on the west bank. if certain jewish people want to live near certain jewish holy sites, they can do so within the palestinian states. i think one of netanyahu and trump's worst sins is total

support for the settlement, which president bided for decades has been opposed to the settlements which is one reason why his relationship with netanyahu has not been as good as that might be. but netanyahu has always thumbed his nose at america because he has aipac, houthi, and a lot of support from people who confuse netanyahu with the state of israel, just as people might confuse trump with the united states. but, no, these are bad policies by cynical politicians. we have a choice between harris and trump, and i think on every single issue harris is a better choice. host: this is gary in sterling, virginia, republican.

caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. that is a dove we have got on your shoulders. i have to agree with everything that lady said who called before me. but i see a lot of nihilistic behavior, and it starts with the taliban because when they destroyed the statues of buddha, that signed the death form for the rohingya and the enslavement of the uighers, one of the main reasons we have so much problems over there. the taliban had 75 millimeter french cannons that they were taking apart those buddhas with, and they did it for two or three days. host: when it comes to october 7

in this anniversary -- caller: it is a terrible anniversary. benjamin netanyahu, he has always been arrogant and belligerent. i never thought of him as naive until he got caught on october 7. he emasculated his intelligence for over a year and a half, before october 7. he destroyed his intelligence gathering network, the people on the ground that had their ears to the ground and knew what was going on. he ignored them. terrible thing. thank you very much for your time. host: cynthia in melbourne, florida, independent. caller: hamas attack on israel

one year later, what about all of the israeli attacks over so many years on the palestinians? hamas are probably not considered freedom fighters for some, but for some folks they sure were, or they are. it is insane that america is taking these funds and supporting the genocide of the palestinians. they are killing those folks. look at the weapons that they are using. i am telling you now, you talking about one year later, an anniversary that these notes are celebrating, then look at what they have done over 70 years to the palestinians. host: cynthia, who do you think is celebrating today? caller: i think the israelis, the zionists. i think that those destinations

that are supporting it -- the nations that are supporting it, probably the idiot in the white house, biden, and it is insane to be an african-american and here kamala -- hear kamala speak to the pain at the israelis. speak to the pain of the palestinians. host: kamala harris in an interview with "60 minutes" that is set to air tonight on cbs, she talked about the middle east conflict, the u.s. influence in the middle east. here is about two minutes from that interview that is set to air tonight. [video clip] >> we supplied israel with billions of dollars in military aid. prime minister netanyahu seems to be charting his own course. the biden-harris administration has pressed him to agree to cease-fire. he has resisted.

you encouraged him not to go into lebanon. he went in anyway. he has promised to make iran pay for the missile attacks, and that has the potential of expanding the war. does the u.s. have no sway over prime minister netanyahu? vp harris: the aid we have given israel to allow it to defend itself against 200 ballistic missiles meant to attack the israelis and the people of israel, and when we think about the threat that hamas, hezbollah, presents iran, i think it is, without any question, our imperative to do what we can to allow israel to defend itself against those kinds of attacks. the work diplomatically with the leadership of israel, an ongoing pursuit around making clear our principles which include the

need for humanitarian aid, the need for this war to end, the need for a deal to be done which would release the hostages and create as cease-fire. and we are not going to stop in terms of putting the pressure on israel and the region, including arab leaders. >> it seems that prime minister netanyahu is not listening. vp harris: well, they work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by israel that were very much prompted by or a result of many things, including our advocacy for but needs to happen in the region. >> do we have a real close ally in prime minister netanyahu? vp harris: i think, with all due respect, the better question is, do we have an important

alliance between the american people and the israeli people? in answer to that question is yes. host: kamala harris in that "60 minutes" interview. that is expected to air in its entirety tonight on cbs. taking phone calls on this october 7, 2024, looking back a year ago to that attack on israel and everything that has happened in the middle east since then. taking your phone calls. harrisburg, pennsylvania, zach, good morning. caller: good morning. i am 65 years old, was in the air force. the particular names have been associated with the words turmoil since my youth. netanyahu and putin. i mean, i believe most of what

the people said earlier. you guys do america a disservice when you claim stuff like this without context or historical reference. like the one woman said, these palestinians have been living in apartheid for 70 years. from my understanding, netanyahu was paying hamas to keep a certain position. like the one gentleman, the republican, said, netanyahu put the reins on his intelligence people so that they would be in the dark that an attack was supposed to happen. so i think it is the activity guy who, like trump, knows once he is out of power, the wheels of justice will start turning again.

he will do everything he can to stay out of jail. just like the one woman said about we give billions of dollars to these people with zero accountability. you know. we spend a couple dollars -- and republicans go crazy. where is the money? where is the money? it is evil. one last point from a guy to move that embassy i believe started us down this path. host: diana butu in usa today. she is a lawyer based in israel, previously served as legal advisor to the palestinian negotiating team during peace negotiations with israel.

she writes this today, unless or until the underlying causes of violence that we have been witnessing for the past year are addressed, palestinians and israelis are doomed to unending death and suffering. president biden has the power to put the region on a path to a more peaceful future, but he has continued to flit israel with billions of dollars worth of weapons -- continued to flood israel with billions of dollars worth of weapons. contrary to the will of the majority of americans who support a cease-fire an end to weapons transfers to israel as long as the violence continues. goes on to say even after acknowledging israel has been engaging in indiscriminate bombing of civilians, giving israel a clear green light to continue killing and destruction. it has emboldened netanyahu to spread the word to lebanon. pushing the region to the

terrifying precipice we face today and risking direct confrontation between iran and the united states, which would be disastrous for everyone involved. intervention from the u.s. and the international community is urgently needed, she writes, to avoid further expert -- to avoid a further regional conflict escalating. mark in indiana, republican. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. republican police officer. you have to remember the people killed that day, the children, the ladies, the men who did not do anything. our country is weak right now. that is what is disgusting the most. the people did nothing that day. everybody talks bad about trump here and there, this were would not have happened, the other -- this war would not have happened, the other one would not have happened.

i am not a big trump dagger, but was i better off four years ago, absolutely -- i am not a big trump backer, but was i better off four years ago, absolutely. r country is a joke. she gets in, we have seen nothing yet. those peopleidothing wrong that day. innocent peoplwe murdered, destroyed. people calling in, you have to defend those people. that is where i am at this morning. we need major changes in america because if it continues the way it is right now, there will not be respective police officers, firemen, military people. it has just gone downhill in this administration. thank you for your time this morning. host: one of the people from that day on october 7, maybe you saw this picture of this woman,

then 85-year-old yafa addhar, one of the many images from a year ago, one of the defining images of that day, being turned back into gaza after being kidnapped. she wrote a column in today's new york times about her experience, her thoughts a year later after that kidnapping, after she was eventually released. the headline of herpes, my heart -- the headline of her peace, my heart remains captive in gaza. now 86 years old, she writes, my freedom, security, and peace were brutally taken from me. i was kidnapped from my home that day near the fields and beautiful farmlands that were turned into a battlefield. terrorists rated our homes, murdering, kidnapping, burning, and looting. many murdered or kidnapped.

i am 80 six years old. in my life, i never experienced this sort of horror. for 49 unbearably long days, i was held in horrible conditions. she says, i experienced this hell an implore world leaders to help us bring all of the hostages home. they are like me, human beings, parents, grandparents, siblings, children, suffering and afraid. they need help. each of them is a story of courage and survival come about their time is running out. not an issue that should concern only jews or israelis, it should be a concern for anyone concerned about human rights. from war only comes destruction and sadness. yaffa adar kidnapped that day on october 7, her picture a lasting image from that day. back to your phone calls.

steve in new jersey, independent. good morning. caller: good morning. as i look back on october 7, i realize the war was not only in israel, it was worldwide. there were insurgents of people who came into western -- it is about western civilization and a saving of civilization. before anyone speaks on israel, ask one question. have they ever been to israel? host: have you been to israel? caller: many times. i was just in israel in march after the war broke out. let me tell you, israel is a jewel of democracy. there are like 25% of israel that are arab. do people know that on october 7, muslims were executed by hamas? do people even question that? do people know that jews in arab

countries were kicked out, thrown out? israel had to rescue jews from yemen, iran, from iraq. and i hear people using the term apartheid when it comes to israel? they know nothing about it. even the concept of palestinians know that israel gave him gaza. they gave up gaza in 2005. they pulled their citizens out. they dragged their citizens out. for one reason, for peace. for peace. and whatever you want to quality palestinians -- whatever you want to call the palestinians, they went to gaza to turn it into a terrorist network. we hear about casualties, casualties let me ask you, did anyone ever report on the casualties in ukraine and russia? no, why not? host: what was that trip in

march like for you? where did you go? what did you see? caller: i volunteered with the idf, spent time in army bases. i saw in march the call to muslim prayer five times a day in yafa. i saw country of different cultures together. i saw the volunteers, more than one-third of the volunteers were non-jews. host: how did you volunteer with the israeli defense force? caller: i volunteer with an organization called cerel. host: what did you do? caller: basically preparing food for the serviceman, giving out -- making barbecues, and stuff like that.

nothing very heavy physically. host: what was your sense from the soldiers at that time in march, at that point, after five months of fighting, and here we are 12 months since october 7? caller: my sense was that they did not want this war. they were shocked at the brutality of this war. they were shocked at the indiscriminate killing of children, of muslims, of everyone. speaking to every idf soldier, they do all they can to avoid citizen casualties. creating more casualties to themselves. what other country warns people where they are going to bomb? what other country does that? when i say warns, i don't mean literally warn, i mean telling people on their phones, every way possible day warn

citizens when they are coming. and in every way possible, hamas keeps their citizens there, as does hezbollah and all these terrorist organizations, because they want their citizens to die. host: that is steve in new jersey. doug, fairfax, south dakota, democrat. caller: yeah, you know what is going on over there is terrible. i have to say that. hamas, when they killed and people and took them for hostage, that is terrible. like everybody else said before this guy from israel or whatever that just got done talking, this has been going on for 48 years, since 1948, actually before that. but they are killing -- what is it, 42,000 people? 3000 jewish people killed? and they are using 2000 pound bombs, and now killing over 2000 people in lebanon, using 2000 pound bombs in populated areas.

as for the cop, he says innocent people were just cold in israel -- just killed in israel, what about those in lebanon and gaza? they are slaughtered. benjamin netanyahu will be with hitler in history. host: this is henry in amherst, massachusetts, republican. good morning. caller: hi, i just want to say that if we put ourselves, americans, in the place of israel and the exact same thing happened to us, would we not be responding in the exact same way? as the israelis are right now?

and the gentleman who just spoke before, i agree with him. others really do not know what they are talking about when it comes to apartheid, no clue. host: have you ever been, henry? caller: i have not been there, but i read a lot about it. there is a lot on youtube about israel itself and what a wonderful place it is. but for anybody to expect they certain amount -- that a certain amount or a group of people can just come flying into your country, wiping out 1400 people, kidnapping 1500, or one hundred 60, sorry -- host: 250. caller: and counting, we don't know.

and still have not returned all of them. what do they expect? they expect israel to just sit back? what can we do to make it better for you? nah. what is going on is exactly what america would do if it happened to us. 911 was a good example of it, and we took care of business then, everywhere. host: henry in massachusetts. on hostages, a year since this began, 97 hostages still being held by hamas, many of their faces highlighted by the new york post in their special piece today on the anniversary of the attacks. 64 hostages are still believed to be alive, 33 confirmed to be dead and remains being held by terrorists in gaza. among them are seven americans,

three of whom have been killed. among the americans believed to be alive, aiden alexander, age 20, a new jersey high school graduate who went off to israel to join israeli defense forces and joint as a member of the 51st battalion station near one of the kibbutz near gaza. that is in the new york post today. this from the washington post, a longtime columnist, what october 7 did not change in the region. for those who do not read the post often, david writes on national security issues in foreign affairs issues. this is what he says, israel regained footing over the past year by waging a relentless campaign of retaliation for the shame of october 7. if there was any constant theme other than the resilience of israel's military and

intelligence services, it was a lack of clear israeli thinking of what would come next. netanyahu ignored planning for the day after, and idf chatters lebanon -- shatters lebanon. netanyahu -- but this is the middle east. and more likely outcome is that at the cost of so many thousands of dead, they have resorted to the old paradigm of a strong israel that will crush any until the next round. perhaps the said legacy will be that this could so evilly happen again. we know the old adage about folks who do not learn lessons from history. we see the hurt in faces of israelis, palestinians, and lebanese, we know they are thinking of the next conflict even as they fight this conflict. fighters are not likely to forget. in the middle east, memory is an addictive drug and a poison.

roberto, houston, independent. caller: good morning. i will be very brief. there has been atrocious behavior on both sides, plus the united states. the so-called solution from harris -- and i am puzzled by it has not been questioned, the two-state solution? i mean, it is three states right now, west bank government, because our government under hamas, and israel. all three are failures in democracy, let's be real. my solution is this, dissolve israel, gaza, and west bank governments, have the u.n. takeover them as territories, and that will end this ongoing nightmare. yes, let's face it -- host: to what end?

you want the u.n. to take over, and then do what? caller: ok, before israel was created, there was territories that the u.n. administered. it was under truman that would recognize israel as a state. israel is a complete failure, ok. what it has done to gaza prince -- by the way, let's all remember this, it has nuclear weapons, israel. it is going to be using them eventually. then they are going to tell us use them for japan or for iran. they are not going to use it on gaza or lebanon because that is too close to them. so this is atrocious behavior on our part, too, especially us, united states. i am ashamed to say this, i am ashamed of the united states. i am an american citizen. and this is what is going on?

and you journalists really have failed, all of you, on and off c-span, to bring the two-state solution -- what do you mean? if they got hamas back into office, because you know they hate each other forever, and we are -- we, united states, have a we are going backward, folks. let's help the hurricane victims and future florida victims this weesday. so we have our priorities completely backwards. we are no longer the moral leaders of the world. we are complete failures. host: that is roberto in houston. he mentioned nuclear weapons. president biden said last week he would not support israel targeting iran's nuclear program in the wake of the attack by iran on israel. that comment hitting a lot of reaction.

yesterday, house intelligence committee chair mike turner was on cbs and was asked about it. this about two and it's from that " face the nation" interview. [video clip] >> this is another area where the administration has not risen to the occasion. president biden said the nuclear program of iran is off the table, it should not be a valid military target by israel and/or the united states. the president himself has previously said that the united states will not allow iran to get a nuclear weapon and that he would use military action if necessary. it was said more than two weeks ago that iran's breakout time to become a nuclear state was two weeks. >> u.s. intelligence is not sent iran has made the decision -- >> they have not publicly stated the current status of the program, other than the breakout time was two weeks.

looking to proportionality, where biden says israel can only respond in proportion, it is as if this administration says israel can sand 200 missiles into israel, and as long as we have missile defense that takes them out, we will not look at iran's provocation there, trying to kill and destroy individuals and towns in israel. that should be the response. the understanding should be that iran has moved beyond their proxies, to have direct attacks to israel, and israel is going to defend itself. >> decent, commander is currently in israel hoping to advise -- the centcom commander is currently in israel helping to advise. the u.s. really only has the equipment that could take out the kind of underground facilities essential to the iranian nuclear program. are you advocating for the u.s.

to be involved in defensive activities? >> he has previously said it is on the table. for him to give iran the comfort that their actions of attacking directly iran will not have any consequences for the nuclear weapons program is irresponsible. host: the house intelligence committee chair. republican from ohio. that was yesterday on the sunday shows. friday at a rally in north carolina, donald trump criticized joe biden's comments about what is and is not a legitimate target. donald trump saying israel should hit the nuclear first and worry about the rest later. frank in pittsburgh, democrat. you are next. caller: yeah, i am getting kind of sick and tired of the president of israel -- [indiscernible]

and these people getting on the air and calling our president an idiot or harris a communist. i hear them all the time saying -- talking about trump, just doing it all the time. thank you. host: to atlanta, rick, republican. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i would like to say i do condemn hamas, of course condemn october 7. i do not agree with them politically, and i do not agree with just all of the war hawk rhetoric of the world going towards iran. on the eve of of this horrific act that both israel and america, because america is just

as, if not more, responsible for these actions, for this genocide. these acts were not, to be clear, committed because of an attack on jews. that one call from new jersey, i believe he said he was a volunteer in the idf, and said both jews and arabs were killed. this attack was a shocking, brutal human moment of just revolt. it was the last resort. last resort because of the actions for decades and decades of this occupation. i appreciate c-span brought on journalist norman solomon and another guest, and they very well elaborated on the history of why turbo seven occurred --

on why october 7 occurred, because of the occupation and the apartheid system. people in gaza cannot leave. they do not have free movement. people need to ask, why did america spend billions of dollars to build a pier for gaza? why didn't gaza have their own port or an airport? october 7 was committed with gliders. it was a dollar store attack. it was pathetic and shocking, shocking to the whole world that such brutality could occur. the reason behind this is because of the activation. gaza was under war since before october 7. host: rick, how do you see the sending? do you see this moving toward any sort of settlement anytime soon 12 months in? caller: all wars, and i wish i could've gotten inhen mccormick was on because he was

such a war hawk, all wars end with a treaty. we jd this. the only superpower in the whole world, if tuld not kill the ideology of islamic national terrorism, what could israel do, even with all the bombs and all the war? there needs to be a dissolution of the apartheid. both sides, but hamas, after october 7, has volunteered all of the hostages for a no ground invasion. this is how you stop wars, you have treaties. the reason we do not get this is they do not care what biden wants, and why should they?

our administration has made clear that we will not step away from israel and their genocide. host: ahead of a treaty usually comes a cease-fire. background from the new york times piece on efforts to move towards a cease-fire deal before the expansion of the conflict ended in lebanon. this is what they write, everything appeared to be heading in the right direction for a breakthrough in middle east peacemaking to everett a spiraling war that would be part of the region, officials from the u.n. and france in the u.s. addressed this, calling for a three-week cease-fire aimed at preventing a broader conflict between hezbollah and israel, and once the two sites to consider. the hezbollah leader sent word that his powerful militia supported the call for a cease-fire. on september 25, as world leaders gathered in new york for the un's general simply,

president biden and president macron france announced a plan and released a statement expecting the warring parties to publicly embrace it. two days later, before a proposal could be drawn up, netanyahu of israel declared at the united nations that israel must defeat hezbollah in lebanon. soon after, huge bombs fell on beirut, killing mr. ness rola and extinct -- mr. nasralla. officials had been working to prevent this war, and now it is raging. that from the new york times today, this october 7. this is vaughn out of missouri, independent. caller: good morning. how you doing? nobody ever speaks for god. i know he don't need any help from me, but i have to ask, you

people, y'all give god such a bad name. host: who is you people? caller: i am talking about the hawks that called up this morning. and all the other ones. what about when god said vengeance is mine? what about when he said, you know, don't oppress the stranger? what about love your neighbor? i don't understand people anymore. but these guys they called in that said the things they said and you gave them time -- i appreciate that, you do my heart good -- to say the things that you say, i have to ask this guy that called in wanting to be part of the idf, i guess.

why do they have walls around these places? since it is such a democratic place, why do they have walls? they are so grand and so great that donald trump praised these walls. why do you think they have them? since they are such loving people, this needs to stop. iran, hezbollah, and all of them, they are trying to say stop the killing, stop the destroying, and stop the killing. that is all i got to say. thanks. host: front page of the washington post this morning, the picture and lead handling, kibbutz for october 7 never ends, an israeli flag hung inside a house that was destroyed during that hamas attack one year ago, october 7,

2023. pete in auburn, alabama, democrat. good morning. caller: yeah, i just want to point out something about zionism. in the latter days, start of the early 20th century, the actual territory for israel to occupy was specified, and that included the west bank and also included southard lebanon up the river. 1982, the israelis invaded lebanon with much loss of life, and forces withdrew but left an occupying force in southern lebanon that was there for 18

years, until the year 2000. they were partially driven out by the much maligned terrorist organization hezbollah. ok, so -- host: 2006, i believe, israel is back in after the kidnapping if an idf soldier come into that same territory. here we are in 2024, bring me to the present day. caller: so what i am getting at is, following -- my theory is that actually hamas attacked october 7, it was a horrible thing, but there is a possibility, in my opinion, that they are, besides being a terrorist organization, they are actually an instrument, that

this is all part of the attack, which was horrible, horrible enough to justify reducing gaza to rebel. -- to rubble. host: you think this was all a false flag? caller: yeah, let me get to the point, what is really going on -- host: we are going to move on to kelly, about 10 minutes left. kelly in ohio. caller: morning. i would like to say, as far as these people go, they do not know their history at all, most of them. and i would like to go back to jimmy carter's iran 444-d hostagea of americansy held from our embassy, and he had four american still alive being held hostage in israel. i cannot believe as americans are so sympathetic to the enemy.

during the carter administration, they held us for 444 days, until the day ronald reagan was elected president. on that day, they let those hostages go. i am thinking that this administration is weak, and they know it. and what they need is trump, because as soon as trump gets elected, i guarantee these guys will have a different opinion about how they treat our hostages and how they treat israel and how they treat america, because it has been proven before during the trump administration that when you tell them no and they believe that humane no, -- they believe that you mean no, they have a tendency to behave. i think we are in some deep doodoo if we do not vote in trump. host: usa today with a profile of each of the four american still held hostage by hamas,

including eidan alexander, 20 years old, omar nutra who was kidnapped that day, and two others, a profile on each of them in today's usa today. this is billy in spanish fort alabama, independent. good morning. are you with us? caller: good morning. host: what is your comments, billy? i think we lost billy. allen in chicago, indiana, democrat. caller: good morning. thank you for having me on, huge fan of your show. i would like to ask america to remember the people of southeast america from hurricane helene, pray for them, until the

representatives to get them all the aid they need. those people are going through some really rough times, and i hear there is another hurricane on the way coming up. we have to help protect those people. thank you. i am kind of upset with america, that we are hypocrites. we talk about human rights, free will, self-determination, but our government seems to support dictatorships and oppressive occupiers who were apartheid. i am glad c-span had the guts -- thank you for having the guts to have on a couple people, the solomon gentlem andan -- the solomon gentleman and another woman from the state department who were not pro-israel, they know exactly what was happening with the occupation, and our government just ignores what is happening.

they have blocked humanitarian aid. they are using starvation as a weapon of war. and they have targeted journalists and aid workers there, and our government continues to support them. i am ashamed about that. but i am glad you did have on people in the past year that reminded what life was likely because the gaza before october 7. for somebody years, people have come on show and have said it is an open air prison, they are walled in. everything you need to survive is supplied by israel. they are supposed to be sending in like 700 trucks a day with food, fuel, clothing, everything, because these people have no resources there. but by the time october 7 happened, the trucks was down to 450. looks like they were attempting to -- not starve out the

palestinians, but they certainly cut back on their resources. you have to ask, what chance do these people have? what else could they possibly do? host: more from the sunday shows yesterday. john fetterman is on fox news sunday talking about the conflict in the middle east. this is what he had to say. [video clip] >> i am not going to politicize what is in israel right now. for me, it is about following israel, and i have been very clear that my voice and vote will follow israel on that. responding to iran, i will support that. because israel has a better idea of the intelligence and circumstances on the ground, and that is why i will support and follow that. i also wanted to celebrate what israel has been able to do. they have demolished hamas, and now they have humiliated hezbollah, and they are now cowering. iran shot 200 missiles and vaporize to those -- and they vaporized those.

iran was left exposed and humiliated, and israel has put them back on the ropes, and i am going to support what they continue to do. host: john fetterman f pennsylvania, democrat, on fox news sunday. this is the usually conservative editorial board of the wall street journal, writing about the lessons of october 7 one year later. looking back one year, they say the world should never forget the videos of hamas' atrocities, the terrorist livestream says they slaughtered defenseless, killing people and taking hostages, 101 who remain in captivity assuming they are still alive. there has been support for hamas' argument on the west, especially from elite college can business -- compasses. it is a reminder that americans cannot withdraw from the middle east. iran is bent on america's destruction as much as it is on

israel. the editorial board of the wall street journal. a couple more calls. jessica in wichita, democrat. caller: good morning. i would like to say a few words. iran does not care whether america survives or not, they just want our destruction. same time, you have to remember that israel has done atrocities. and i feel like we need to rember that, as well. yes, hamas has done what they did, taking hostages and innocents. same time, what choice did they have in the matter because they have been occupied for so long? thank you, god bless. host: preston in florida, independent. caller: good morning. i never knew that defending your

own land was a problem. those people are defending their land, and somehow they are the people in the wrong. understand what i am saying? that is crazy to me. they are killing innocent children and innocent people for an agenda for oil and land. that is what it is all about, oil and land. that has nothing to do with peace and anything like that, it is about land and about oil. that is what it all boils down to. for them to say they shot 200 missiles, they wasn't trying to hit anyone, they was trying to hit infrastructures. military says they was not trying to do what they are doing to gaza and everything else. those people are committing genocide. that is all i have to say. host: laura in spokane, washington, republican. caller: good morning. my opinion is that hezbollah and hamas have both sworn they want the death of the jewish people. they want it wiped out.

and there was no occupation, no apartheid, none of that. what it is is an ideology that has involved themselves in crimes against humanity for 1400 years. that includes africans, christians, and jewish people. and they want control and power. and they will not stop. they are the ones that refused to be reasonable. they are the ones that continue this slaughter of innocents, because of their ideology. so my heart is with israel and with the jewish people, because they deserve that. host: that is laura and washington. last call is from chicago, democrat. caller: good morning. i am really tired of hearing the antisemitism. i am tired of hearing ignorance. the wrong, absolutely wrong

statistics, makes up. you had a person on, i believe his name was norman solomon, he quoted hamas as giving information out on what is going on in gaza. why can't this country understand that hamas is a terror organization? they are proxies of the iranian government. the iranian government has stated over and over again they have two goals. the destruction of israel and then the destruction of the united states. why is it so hard for people to understand? why is antisemitism so lethal everywhere in the world, and why is it never eradicated? thank you. host: >> we