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children and elderly people and the brutal, vicious rapes of women, you have the no business serving in government. anyone who can excuse it, that can somehow condone it or even look the other way is absolutely a part of the savagery. >> new york is home to largest jewish community outside of israel. i don't know where hatred comes from. it doesn't headache sense to me. and it's not new. >> this is an administration and the white house in particular keeps pumping the brakes on what israel is allowed to do from their perspective. i think that they have pumped the brakes so much that israel may not be able to achieve its goals. >> i do think they're being pushed to delay right now by the biden administration, and the illness with all of this is iran. and we have got to shift on our iran policy all of these other groups, they're just a symptom. they're a tactical problem of the overall strategic issue, which is iran. stuart: morning, everybody. 11:00 eastern time. it is thursday, october the

26th. on the markets, the significant pointed today, i keep saying this, the decline in big tech stocks. nasdaq is down another 89 points. here's big tech. every single one of them on the downside, amazon, apple, alphabet, microsoft and meta all down, and sharply so too. look at the 10-year treasury yield, down a bit today the at 4.90. that's the markets, that's big tech. now this. the next presidential election is one year away, and it sure looks like california governor gavin newsom wants to be the democrat candidate. yes, joe biden is currently the official candidate, but newsom is busy making himself the leading alternative. i wonder what biden thinks about that. the governor has been in china. he's not just meeting low-level greeters, oh, no. he went all the way up to the top, walked down the red carpet to be received by a smiling xi jinping. what a combo.

an uber-liberal climate guy cozies up to the a communist dictator whose country spews out more -- than anybody else. day -- carbon than anybody else. the only message newsom is sending is this: i'm the nest president of the united states, so -- next president of the united states, so i'm addressing the great issues of the day with the world's top leaders. he was in israel before china. again, i have to ask, did biden or kamala harris approve of this visit? the governor can't shake off a his own state's many failures. surely voters don't want the rest of the country to be like california. newsom knows that, but the china trip sends a message to biden, time to move aside is. and a message to xi jinping, i'm the guy you'll be dealing with. and surely, you prefer me to trump. and, by the way, i won't go anywhere near taiwan. the slightest mental or physical difficulty joe biden shows, and there he will be. gavin newsom, ready and eager to

save the party and the country. he's running. third hour of "varney" starts now. ♪ ♪ stuart: that gentleman on the right-hand i'd of the screen is clay travis, joining us this morning. all right, clay, how does this china trip of newsom, how does it make biden look? >> weak. which is what biden is, right? gavin newsom is ready to step in, i agree with you, he wants to be the nominee. i keep thinking to myself every time we see joe biden unable to get off of a stage or joe biden barely able to walk across the white house lawn to get on a helicopter, or joe biden claiming that he didn't understand what people asked him when he issues his latest mangled verbiage trying to the respond to a question, and the reality is things are not getting better.

this guy can't do the job for five more years. 75% of the country sees it, gavin newsom sees it, and it's just a question of will joe biden acknowledge this and step down. it seems like so far the the answer is, no, and certainly drt trying to weigh many to get her husband to step down either. stuart: a quick question. if governor newsom became the candidates for the democrats in the presidential election, do you think he could win? do you think he could per persuade people that a he's doing well in california and the rest of the country should look like california? >> yeah. well, i think the reality is he's a disaster, and california's a disaster. lost population for the first time since 1850 in 2020 under his watch. i mean, that's tough to explain away. but i think he would play well, stu, with suburban moms. he smiles, he's glib, he does television well. i mean, i don't think it's a coincidence, i bet you don't either, that he's been sitting down with sean hannity on fox news trying to introduce himself

to the fox news audience. i think that for those suburban moms, those college-educated voters he would be less threatening than donald trump. i actually think he would end up being a tougher matchup than joe biden would. stuart: watch out there. all right. different subject, pro-israeli groups want george washington university students who support hamas to be expelled. what should schools do about these students? >> so i'm a george washington university alum, and i find what was put on to the gellman library there in the center of campus a couple of nights ago to be absolutely reprehensible and indefensible. but i also don't think you should be in the business of kicking college kids out for having political opinions that you don't agree with even if you find those views, as i do, abhorrent and indefensible. i think the university itself can weigh in aggressiveive -- aggressively and make it clear anyone or think group that was

involved in murdering 1400 innocent israelis, but i also don't like the precedent given how left wing college campuses have become. that would lead, ultimately, to if you with use the wrong pronoun and you make somebody uncomfortable, if you challenge blm or to you question the prevailing powerful majority opinion, you aren't allowed to be on campus anymore either. college kids say dumb things. i think that pulling your money, not donating to the university if you're wealthy alums can make sense, but i don't believe we should be tet setting the precedent of this college kid has an opinion that i don't like, and, therefore, they shouldn't be entitled to the stay and remain at the institution. stuart: but we can't have intimidation of jewish students, can't have that. >> true. and where i graduated from, stu, is 30% jewish. that is a real shot across the bow at the huge percentage of the student body. iewr institute we're going to do that story right now.

clay travis, thanks for joining us. lauren's got this story. >> thank you. stuart: it's shocking video, these jewish students having to bare with decade themselves into the -- barricade themselves into the library. lauren lauren i, too, am a george washington graduate. the students were scared about their safety. they said, look, we were telling the school for days we didn't feel comfortable. this all starts with dueling protests outside the campus. well, the pro-palestine rally made its way, as you can see here, kind of around the library. they were banging, shouting free palestine. and so the jewish students got scared. so a staff member closed the library door and locked the door. the entire library was shut for about 20-30 minutes. but this instance with where you feel unsafe -- stuart: yeah. lauren: -- in your college campus library, it just shows you how divided student bodies

across college campuses are. stuart: and you can't treat jewish students like that. that's flat out wrong. in a university? the library? lauren: it's a quiet place. stuart: dow down 50 as we peek, nasdaq's down 12 the 7 points. that's exactly 11%. we've got to -- 1%. we've got to check out big tech. they're all down. apple's at 167, so it's dropped below 170. microsoft is down nearly $9, better than 2.5%. meta, well under $300 a share. the list goes on and on and on. i want to bring in heather zumarraga who's joining us again after an absence for many years. good to see you again, heather. >> oh, good to see you, stu. thank you. stuart: what's going on with big tech? why? >> right. well, you just mentioned and looking at the screen this morning, the nasdaq entered correction territory yesterday. ibm, facebook, microsoft all actually had good earnings beats. i think all eyes are on google.

as you know, they missed their cloud revenue. and despite the fact the stock's down 10% since yesterday, what really matters is that it's the fifth largest decline in terms of market cap in one day. almost $170 billion. and it accounts for a huge percent of the s&p 500 and the nasdaq -- stuart: is wait a second. >> that's a really big number, stu. stuart: big tech is down across the board. across board. >> right. stuart: what's the reason? is there a single reason for that across the board selling of big tech in. >> well, i think you can also a attribute it to higher e interest rates. the federal reserve, i don't think, is going to stop hiking interest rates anytime soon especially with all the debt and deficits ballooning. i mean, it's become not a monetary problem. factoring the great financial recession and the pandemic, we have rates, as you know, too low for too long. people like you were begging for the fed to raise rates. now they have. but now it's a fiscal problem. and this d.c. gets its act under

control and tries to rein in some of the spending, you're seeing interest rates are going to head higher, stu. the fed's not in a position where they can cut. stuart: okay. so if interest rates head higher, does big tech go further down? 30 seconds. >> right. unfortunately, it does. i mean, and you look at the uncertainty across the world right now, you have the cfo of meta, of facebook saying that, look, our brand advertising going into the end of the year is uncertain. nobody wants to advertise when there's a war going on. and a significant portion of a lot of these social media giants comes from those ad dollars, and they just might not have 'em, stu. stuart stoort got it. heather zumarraga, welcome back. see you again soon, i do hope. thanks. lauren's taking a specific look at microsoft. i'm are interested because it went straight up yesterday, now it's down. lauren: beg tech is down. but good news for microsoft, hsbc upgraded them to a buy bringing the price target to

413, gotman saks -- goldman sachs hiked to 450. they like the outlook, unfortunately -- stuart: down goes the stock. mastercard. lauren: consumers are turning cautious. they have a metric that looks at both the number and the value of transactions. it is still rising, and it is still rising double digits, but that growth is not as big. stuart: this morning we reported 4.9% growth rate in the economy. lauren: i know. stuart: led by consumer spending. lauren: at 4. stuart: and here is mastercard saying the consumer looks weak -- lauren: everybody's basically saying that. except for cruise lines. [laughter] stuart: ibm. lauren: tech that is going with up, up 5%. number one on the dow. stronger earnings lifted by demand for artificial intelligence, that is adding a couple hundred million dollars worth of business to big blue. stuart: a couple of hundred -- lauren: do we still call ibm big

blue? stuart stuart i don't think. they used to call them i've been moved, because of the executives. the real estate market, in my opinion, just about dead? the is the american dream of buying a home just about dead? ben carson takes that on. the white house -- i'm sorry, the house just voted on a new resolution to stand in sol a darety with israel and condemn hamas. nine democrats voted against that. we'll take you through the details. president biden has a warning for iran, don't attack american troops or we will respond. roll it. >> my warning to the ayatollah was that if they continue to move against those troops, we will respond, and he should be prepared. stuart: what response should we have? congressman greg steube on that next. ♪

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♪ ♪ stuart: nine house democrats voted against supporting israel. ashley, come back in again, please. ashley: yeah. stuart: what are these democrats saying about their vote? ashley: it's interesting, let's take a look at those nine democrats who said no, they include squad member rashida tlaib who claims israel is an apartheid state and to assert otherwise is an aa tempt to deny the reality and an attempt to normalize violence of apartheid. democrat ilhan omar said, look, she voted no because she couldn't support a resolution that fails to acknowledge and mourn the lives of palestinians a taken by the israeli military.

democrat jamaal bowman of new york voted no saying, we must remember the palestinian civilians are not responsible for hamas' actions. and aoc voted against the resolution and called for a immediate ceasefire and deescalation between the two sides. so it's just some of the reasoning. the resolution asserts israel's right to defend itself, it condemns hamas and calls for the release of the hostages it seized. it's similar to a resolution expressing solidarity with israel that the senate adopted unanimously just last week. stu. stuart: thanks, ashley. a house subcommittee will examine iran's funding of terror organizations. hillary vaughn on capitol hill. hillary, have i got this right, rashida tlaib is on that panel? >> reporter: stuart, she is. she did not ask any questions. at the hearing, but overall lawmakers on capitol hill are taking a closer look at how hamas got the weapons and the training to conduct the attack against innocent israeli civilians and pinpointed iran's

role in this. now president biden's $6 billion in arabian money he -- iranian money he unfroze for iran is urn scrutiny. >> iran keeps biting our hand. in the last couple weeks, you mentioned it, iran has attacked american assets 16 times. we've done nothing. and president biden, in response, he just keeps giving 'em money. he hasn't enforced the sanctions on iran's oil. >> reporter: senate banking chair sherrod brown honing in on crypto's role in enabling hamas terrorists to fund raise, also saying they need to focus on not just the $can 6 billion that was unfrozen, but the billions more iran uses to fund its terror activities. >> the conference's approach to shutting off iran's funding sources. not just the $6 billion, but the many more billions of dollars iran uses to continue its destabilizing activities around

the world. now's the time to act. i look forward to working with colleagues on this committee to stem terrorist financing to address the problems posed by crypto and to further strengthen sanctions. >> reporter: stuart, one thing we heard in this hearing today, experts urging lawmakers to not only strengthen and enforce sanctions on the books against iran, but actually go after the buyers, the people that are buying this oil from iran as well. stuart? stuart: thank you, hillary. president biden warned iran that we will respond the they attack american troops. watch this. >> my warning to the ayatollah was that if they continue to move against those troops, we will respond. and he should be prepared. it has nothing to do with israel. stuart: republican congressman from the state of florida greg steube joins me now. congressman, what should our response be? >> well, militarily, why are we waiting to respond to the iran who we know now attacked american soldiers that resulted

in injuries, traumatic brain injuries? since when does the president of the united states send a warning to them that we're just going to, hey, the next time you do it, we're going to militarily respond. we need to defend our troops, and economically there's a host of things we can do. stuart: should we be concerned about extending it into a wider war, if we take an an aggressive, proactive position against iran, the war expands. >> i mean, take a step back. under the trump administration, there wasn't war in ukraine, there wasn't russians attacking ukraine, there wasn't all of this war and rumors of war all across the world. ever since joe biden has been president, you have the afghanistan withdrawal. these leaders have seen weakness from the white house. so russians invade ukraine, now you have hamas attacking us isis reillys -- israelis because we don't have strength coming out of the white house. the white house needs to freeze the $6 billion to the iranians, do the sanctions so they're not making tons of money on oil and

gas, not allow these iranian proxies to get money through the palestinians to get that that through hamas. he's giving them millions of dollars. i think he already has given $100 million to the palestinians. we know that's going to hamas to fuel both sides of this war. stuart: let's talk about the new speak i were. mike johnson has been elected speaker. watch this, please, roll it. >> dispense with all the usual ceremonies and celebrations that traditionally follow a new speakership because we have no time for either one. the american people's business is too urgent in this moment. stuart: so the new speaker is a conservative guy. can you unite around him? >> well, we have. he got a unanimous vote on the floor yesterday. if we're already back to work. -- we're already back to work. we were supposed to be home for next two weeks. they've canceled that, and we're going to push through our appropriations bills to send the rest of those to the senate so we can beat that november 17th deadline. we're going to be up here by the end of that time ten straight

weeks to do america's business. it was unfortunate that we were without a speak for three weeks, but nice there. he has the support of the conference, unanimous support on the floor which you haven't seen even when kevin mccarthy ran, and i think he's one of the unique individuals that the moderates support and we can move the congress forward. stuart: i'd like to go back to us israel with a personal question, if you'll forgive me. as a practicing christian, what are your feelings for the citizens of gaza under attack like this? >> well, a lot of these citizens support hamas' activities. i certainly don't support the loss of civilian life. i believe that the israelis have done everything that they need to do, they've sent pamphlets into the gaza area, they've sent warnings to those in gaza, look, we're coming in in a period of time, you need to get out because they want to move militarily. they have to act to be able to defend their citizens who were brutally, brutally raped and murdered, children beheaded.

to sit back and not be able to respond to that is going to encourage that type of terrorist behavior, and i fully support what the israelis are doing. stuart: congressman greg steube, thank you very much. always a pleasure. >> anytime. stuart: yes, sir. speaker johnson has just 22 days to avert a government shutdown. ashley, what's the risk of a shutdown actually happening? ashley: well, the shutdown risk may be in the 20-30% range, that is much less than it was just a couple of weeks ago. it's all according to analyst terry haines who says lawmakers will be forced, e believes -- he believes, to external existing funding past the november 17th deadline for a period of months just to allow them, of course, to finish the job. other analysts also more optimistic, saying that the new speaker supports a short-term budget bill that will fund the government at the current levels to either january the 15th or perhaps april the 5th. 15th. but on the other side, analysts

say financial markets are finally starting to become concerned for the first time in 40 or 50 # years about the nation's fiscal deficit, debt and spending. they're finally waking up. stu. stuart: i'm going to change the subject on you. why is the texting company, eventbrite with, getting a lot of backlash? ashley: it's because it notified riley gaines that she is prohibited from promoting her november 3rd speech at the university of california-davis on its web site. eventbrite sent an e-mail to the university saying it doesn't allow content that is hateful or discriminates or disparages certain individuals or groups. riley, as we know, has been outspoken about her opposition to sharing a woman's locker room with men who call themselves women. but here's the rub, what is allowed by vent breathe? -- eventbrite and apparently it's not hateful, is the advertising of rallies from the terror group hamas including an event on november 1 1st called top the

genocide, free palestine, that describes hamas as a resistance fighters. gains says eventbrite is the epitome of organizations taking a stand against women and their basic human rights. a little bit of -- i would say that's hypocritical in the very least or the extreme. stu? stuart: in the extreme actually, yes. i'm with you. ashley: that's it, yes. [laughter] stuart: back to the markets, sports fans. down 146 on the dow now and 174 on the nasdaq. down3 3 on the s&p. that's a lot of red ink there. take a look at bitcoin. it's actually doing okay. it's just a tad below $34,000 per coin. as for gold, that's always considered a safe haven, it's a safe haven now. earlier this morning it hit $2,000 an hundreds, now it's 1,9986. coming up, the leader of an lgbtq group at columbia university is excluding supporters of israel from an a

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stuart: i'll just run through the numbers for you because they're rather dramatic. the dow is down 123, the nasdaq's down 164, and the s&p is down 30 points. that's a lot of selling going on. look at tesla. it's down. maybe it should be up with this news, bp is going to pay $100 million for tesla's ultra fast charging hardware. that seems to be a pretty good product from tesla, but the stock is just above $200 a hair

right now. forget history, more colleges have been requiring students to take mandatory classes in social justice and diversity. griff jenkins with us. griff, what is going on here? >> reporter: good morning, stu. remember that old song -- ♪ don't know much about history? ♪ sadly, that's a reality across the country today. listen, 20% of colleges and universities require student toss complete a basic american history course compared to back in 1914 when nearly 90% of schools required it. as we watch these protests across the country chanting from the river to the sea, palestine will be free, it's quite clear many don't actually understand what they're saying. let me show you what that looks like in action. watch. >> what hamas has been doing is they were just, what they're doing right now is they're gathering all their materials, what they need to do to get back our land. so, therefore, i feel like that

whatever hamas did was for a good cause, to get back our land. >> reporter: ucla professor says some students are, quote, woefully ignorant, lacking a basic understanding of the complex history between israelis and pal a stint januaries. >> they view -- palestinians. >> they view the conflict in a very kind of simplistic and binary manner whereby us veal the oppress, so the palestinians are the oppressed. anything that the palestinians do to counter their oppression, anything that they do to promote their freedom from from israeli occupation is legitimate. >> reporter: and waxman says it puts students on campus at risk. yesterday we saw in new york jewish students locked in a college library as pro-palestinian protesters moved throughout the school chanting and waving anti-israel signs. fortunately, those jewish students were led out to safety and, finally, at 1:00 today

here, just an hour and a half, stu, new york city councilwoman is leading a group today where that happened demanding the removal of the president there. suh? stuart: griff, thanks very much, indeed. now this, we've told you how oregon suspended basic competency requirements for high school9 graduates all in the name of equity. now one mom is sounding off. roll tape. >> they kind of essentially made in oregon a high school diploma a participation trophy because they're not requiring students to be able to prove that they can read and do math at an 11th grade level. these kids are not being prepared. the proficiency rates here inup oregon are dismal, and they're not getting better. are they removing these standards so that it looks like students are actually doing better? stuart: dr. ben carson joins me now. dr. carson, they say they're doing this to protect students of color. in what way are students of color being protected by this move?

>> well, it sounds like a few new form of racism, racism of low expectations, which, you know, can confines people to low paying jobs, lives of crime. it's really absurd. and particularly when you look at the history of this country. you know, when alexis de tocqueville came here in 1831 to study our country because europeans were fascinated with how a nation only 50 years old could already compete with them on virtually every level, and he was flabbergasted he could find a mountain man, and the guy could read, could tell him about the declaration of independence. we've had much more concentration. and when we dumb down the population, what is the consequences of that? you have people who really can't appreciate the truth or falsehood, and they become very easy to manipulate. and that's what happens in a lot of countries before they convert to, you know, domination.

they dumb down the population. we have got to recognize what's happening here and do something about it. stuart: do you think we should just get rid of the whole concept of equity? >> equality, we love. equity, we don't need. stuart: right. >> you know, america has always been based on merit. and when you have a meritocracy, you encourage people to excel. if you have some other kind of system, you encourage people to sit on their hands and let everybody else do everything. stuart: you are the former director of the housing, not sure -- the housing department in the trump cabinet. the cost of housing is surging. it's becoming very difficult to buy and own a home. is the american dream of buying and owning a home dying? and if so, who do you blame? >> well, there's no it's become problematic. it's becoming much easier to

rent now. 52% higher cost to buy a home than to rent. so people are moving anything that direction. what's the problem with that? well, the average net worth of a renter is about $5,000, the average net worth of a homeowner is about $200,000. that was about four years ago. and so that's, that's why you have such a problem with the income gap. you know, you have government saying you've got to have this kind of lightbulb, you have to have this kind of car, you have to have these kind of appliances, all of which cost money, so there's nothing left for people who want to buy a home. the average cost of a new home now is about $400,000. that's a lot of money. and if you're just coming out of college and you're not making a great deal of money, it leaves you in a pretty desperate situation. so, yes, if we continue along this path, we are indeed

injuring the american dream. it's not a problem that can't be rectified with wise leadership. stuart: well said. dr. carson, don't be a stranger to this program, please, sir. come on back as soon as you can, okay? >> always good to be with you, stuart. stuart: anti-israel demonstrations yesterday in new york, some high school students ditched class, joined the protests. they were seen waving anti-semitic signs. a massive manhunt still underway in maine after a gunman opened fire in two locations. 22 people dead, many more wounded. nate foy has the latest after this. ♪

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down $10. that wipes 70 points off the dow industrials. and the nasdaq composite down 18 # 4 points. more selling in big tech. let's get to this, a massive manhunt underway in maine after a gunman opened fire killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens more. nate foy attended the news conference at the lewiston city hall earlier this morning. the latest, nate. >> reporter: well, stuart, the manhunt is certainly continuing now, 16 hours in, but we'll start with what what we learn are about the people who were killed and injured. you mentioned new numbers, 18 people killed, 13 people injured which is actually lower than was previously reported. we also learned a little bit about how it happened. the man who is now identified as a suspect previously a person of interest, but now there are warrants out for his arrest, 8 counts of murder against robert card. the reason why it's 8 counts rather than the 18 is 10 of the victims have yet to be

identified. police say that he went into a bowling alley here nor lewiston, maine, at 6:56 last night and murdered 77 people with what looks like a semiautomatic rifls later went into a billiards bar and restaurant according to police and murdered 8 people, and then 3 people who were brought to the hospitals later died which bring withs the total number killed to 18. three of the 3 injured are in critical condition, stuart. but as for the manhunt, where we stand right now, not many answers given by authorities. they do describe card as armed and dangerous. this is a man who is trained as a fire arms instructor according to a law enforcement bulletin. also is in the army reserve. he's a petroleum supply specialist. no actual combat deployments but is considered very dangerous and also has a history, according to that law enforcement bulletin, of mental health concerns. at one point recently,

threatening to carry out a shooting at a national guard base here in maine, talking about hearing voices as well as reportedly being committed to a mental health facility for a period of a couple weeks as recently as this summer. so is his exact whereabouts right now not ab exactly known. there have been some reports from massachusetts that law enforcement is on the lookout9 for the possibility that he has gone south to massachusetts. that's not confirmed at this point. so authorities at the state the, local and federal level have everything, every resource they have in this manhunt right now. they say that they're in the beginning stages, they're taking it slow because they want to make sure that everything is done right, but multiple department chiefs as well as the governor of e maine just spoke at this news conference moments ago, and the main message is this is just a tragic loss of life, stuart, but the governor saying that everyone in maine will heal together. we'll send it back to you.

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disinvested -- disinvited any supporters of israel from an upcoming event. ashley, what is the group's leader actually saying? ashley:. it's an organization called -- [inaudible] sent out a message to the students promoting an on-campus black lesbian film event but said specifically no zionists are allowed to attend. zionists aren't invited, see youen soon, that's from leon lez. lizzie george griffin if, the leader, also included a message that noted the holocaust wasn't special. so when challenged, the group's leader said, told "the new york post," quote, we are within our right of freedom of speech to verbally disinvite a genocidal group of people, zionists. she also said that the holocaust was not special enough to justify this current genocide against palestinians. i'll leave it right there. stuart: i think we should. i'm just shaking my head. take a look at this headline.

i'm a student at columbia university, and it must not protect anti-semitic professors. maya wrote that, and she joins us now. what do you want the university to do with that one professor, joseph mossad, who called the hamas attack a is stunning victory? what do you want the college to do with him? >> as i said in the initial petition which the op-ed i was initially about, we would like university to fire him or to hold him accountable for his actions. moreover, colombia has an obligation to condemn his rhetoric and the things he said because it is cleat9ly not acceptable for a professor at columbia to call what hamas did a, a recognized terrorist o, on october 7th, something worry of cubelation and awe, a stunning victory, awesome. this is causing so much misinformation, and columbia has

a duty to insure that it dispels this rhetoric from if are if spreading around campus. stuart: how do you balance that -- and i understand your view entirely, i really do understand this, but how do you balance that with free speech? >> ultimately, rhetoric like this is causing misinformation and triggering violence, especially as you're looking all around campuses all over the u.s. right now. there are a lot of anti-semitic attacks that have put many jewish and israeli students at risk, and ultimately, 40 -- hamas is a terrorist organization, and they should be rightfully condemned for what they did. there is no moral qualms about what they did. regardless of where you stand on the current conflict, this is not negotiable. massacring over 1,000 civilians is not acceptable. sporting and glorifying the butchering, the beheading, the brutalization of innocent babies, the raping and kidnapping of innocent women, children and the elderly,

that -- those are all actions that are morally reprehensible and should not be subject of moral debate. this is just simply wrong. stuart: maya, thank you very much for being with us. i understand your position entirely and sympathize with it. thank you for joining us, ma'am. we appreciate it. >> thank you. stuart: come on back in, ash, because i want you to tell me about this anti-israel protest in new york city, public school students attended, i understand. ashley: they did, out of brooklyn. a group of about 20 students ditching class, with their teacher by the way, to take part in that pro-rally -- palestinian rally in new york. the students were seen carrying anti-semitic signs including one that a read please keep the world e clean above an illustration showing the blue star of david in a garbage can. the group was also heard chanting for the eradication of israel with members saying they walked out of class to protect -- to protest, that is, israel's genocide. now, the department of education

spokesman said the district condemns any behavior that discriminates -- demonstrates discrimination or spreads hate. what about the teacher in that's my question. stuart: yes. still in good standing with her union, i'm sure. or his union, i'm sure. ashley: yeah, i'm sure. stuart: all right, let's two to the thursday trivia question, shall we? it's another good one, sort of. which -- where, where was the first citywide halloween celebration in the united states? was it new york city? was it onoka, minnesota, was it salem, massachusetts, or bode, california? the answer when we come back, and i haven't got a clue. my husband and i have never been more active. shingles doesn't care. .. good for you, shingles doesn't care. because no matter how healthy you feel, your risk of shingles sharply increases after age 50.

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♪ stuart: don't know where they come up with these questions. this is a blowout. where was the first citywide halloween celebration in the united states, citywide. you always have the privilege of going first, so go. ashley: four and four are complete bruisers. stuart: you might be right about that. that is a fake, isn't it?

i go with number 3. the answer is here. they are believed to be the first city to put on a halloween celebration to divert youngsters from halloween pranks. the city put together a costume parade and block party. minnesota in 1920. now you know. don't forget to send your friday feedback. e-mail us your questions, comments and concerns, hate mail too if you like, varneyviewers@fox.com. 160 on the nasdaq. problems for big tech, it's a slide for the nasdaq. that's "varney and company" for today. coast-to-coast starts now.

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