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nomination and would become the republican nominee 20 years later running against bill clinton in 1996. idaho republican senator james rischd us earlier this afternoon praising senator dole as a patriot and proud american. >> he was always on message, he was always on point. he, he believed in the exceptionalism of america, and he believed that. he believed that in his heart, in his soul, and he acted like it. arthel: david spunt begins our coverage this hour from the white house. david. >> reporter: a lot of tributes and memories coming in about senator bob dole. president biden and the first lady, dr. jill biden, personally spoke to elizabeth dole, senator elizabeth dole, this morning to express their condolences. joe biden and bob dole had a relationship that lasted almost half a century. they first began working together in the united states senate when then the young senator from delaware, joe

biden, took the oath of office in early january, 1973. at that point, arthel, bob dole had already been in the senate for several years, a stain the. conservative from kansas -- staunch conservative from county. they didn't agree much pretty -- politically, but president biden said, quote, i will miss my friend, but with i am grateful for the times we shared and the friendships we have with the entire dole family. bob was a man to be admired by americans. he had an unerring sense of integrity and honor. may our nation draw upon his legacy of decency, good humor and patriotism for all time. former president obama, quote: his sharp. wit was matched only by integrity, and he made it clear just how proud he was to be an american and how committed he was to making this country everything he knew it could be. and former president george w.

bush wrote: our entire family benefited from that friendship including my father. i will always remember bob's suit to my late -- salute to my late dad at the capitol. that was quite a moment back in 2018, arthel the, when senator dole saluted the casket. he stood up out of his wheelchair, saluted the casket of the late president, george h.w. bush, his friend for many years. this was in december of 2018. and, of course, as you know, dole did a lot more veterans. his wife, senator elizabeth dole, has a foundation for military families. but at the end of the day, bob dole was a man from kansas, he loved his country, and he loved the state that the he was from. back to you. arthel: what a moment. it was a proud moment, a moment of strength and dignity, for sure. david spunt, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. arthel: former president bill clinton who defeated dole in the 1996 presidential election saying today that dole's

example, quote, should inspire people today and for generations to come. "special report" anchor and fox news chief political anchor bret baier has a look back at dole's legacy. [applause] >> i've never been prouder in my life than to have been the republican nominee for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: as the 1996 republican nominee, bob dole came as close as he ever would to winning the presidency, a dream he chased three times. he made his concession speech in russell, kansas, to the people who had known the him since his birth there in 1923. world war ii took dole from kansas to italy, and just before the end of the war nazi machine gunfire shattered his upper body and destroyed his right shoulder. >> it was about 11 months, i think, before i could feed myself. i think i could have done it, frankly, to be very honest about it, probably at 8 months. but the nurses were very attractive. [laughter]

>> reporter: after his recuperation, russell elected dole to four terms as county prosecutor, and in 1961 its voters sent him to the house of representatives and reelected him there four times. in 1968 dole ran for senate and won, spending the next three decades in the u.s. senate. he became the senate majority leader in 1984 within aacerbic and often self-depracating wit, he established himself as a tire theless power broker, pragmatic and able to work out compromises with democrats. in 1976 presidential candidate gerald ford had selected dole as his running mate. after their defeat, dole saw his own nomination for president unsuccessfully in 1980 and 1988. but in 1996 he decided to try again. he resigned his senate seat to focus on the campaign. >> the new season before we make this moment far less the closing of one chapter than the opening

of another. >> reporter: finally, in 1996 dole won the republican nomination. >> i accept your nomination to lead our party once again -- [cheers and applause] >> reporter: on the campaign trail -- [inaudible conversations] >> looking good. >> reporter: 73-year-old dole's boundless energy overshadowed his age. >> i think the i have my strengths, and i think the best thing going for bob dole and that the bob dole keeps his word. >> reporter: ultimately though, americans chose to reelect bill clinton. >> i'm out of work. i watch the senate a lot. [laughter] >> reporter: he spent his time helping his wife elizabeth winning a senate race and accepting an appointment to co-chair a commission on problems at a military hospital. >> senator dole, who is himself a veteran and a wounded veteran at that, former distinguished senator, a man who knows washington well. but more importantly, knows the kind of questions to ask. >> reporter: he continued to push for answers on capitol hill

as well, traveling in support of legislation for disabled veterans. >> just the right thing to do. >> reporter: one trip back to the capitol was much tougher for him to make. in 2012 dole visited the casket of his friend, colleague and fellow world war ii veteran senator daniel inouye of hawaii as he laid in state. the pair met while recovering from combat injuries during world war ii. they had both been sent to the same hospital in michigan. there dole convinced inouye to go into politics after the loss-his arm dashed his dream -- loss of his arm dashed his dream. seven months later, dole made it to the capitol himself. a wheelchair-bound dole needed the help of his wife elizabeth and an aide to take the steps on his own feet. senate majority leader harry reid of nevada later said dole

told him he wasn't going to let inouye see me in my wheelchair. at 95 years old, he returned to the capitol rotunda again, standing from his wheelchair to salute another fellow soldier from the greatest generation, the 41st president of the united states, george h.w. bush, a longtime friend. that determination is how senator dole earned respect from both sides of the aisle. >> we're also proud to be joined by a true american patriot, a world war ii veteran, one of the finest public servants america's ever known, senator bob dole. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: in early 2021, dole shared that he had been diagnosed with stage iv lung cancer. days later he was visited by newly-inaugurated president joe biden at his watergate apartment. the two the had a bipartisan friendship and served in the senate together for almost 25 years. months before his cancer announcement, dole spoke

remotely to the national press club about reaching across the aisle and his hopes for america. >> and i had a great ride. i mean, i made so many, many friends, democrats and republicans. when i was the leader, i reached across the aisle a lot because i believed that those controversies could be settled with a little time and a little come promiesms i believe god has a plan for all of us. whatever happens to me, i'm 97, but i still have all my marbles and that helps. i i think we have a bright future. >> reporter: in washington, breath with9 baer, fox news. -- brett behavior, fox news. eric: one of the finest public servants america has ever known, said former president obama.

nearly a decade before the senator, senator dole first arrived in washington back in 1961 when his home state of kansas elected him to the house, continued to carry his midwest roots and values with him guiding him throughout his political career, returning to his hometown of russell, kansas, to watch his presidential campaigns. former house speaker newt gingrich now with us, also a fox news contributor. mr. speaker, bob dole was a republican giant. your reflections and thoughts, sir, about him. >> well, i think parking lot of what made dole -- part of what made dole unique in this city is that he really never fully left russell, kansas. he was deeply a kansasan, a person where your word was good because you lived near your neighbors. he was also a product of world war ii. he and i shared a mutual admiration for president eisenhower, formerly general eisenhower, that went very, very

deep because of the very characteristics that dole personified; honesty, hard work, telling the truth, sound judgment. and i think that dole, in many ways, would have seen himself as being like eisenhower and being a patriot long before he was a republican. and i think that that was a deep part of who he was. he was also very gregarious and in a small town kind of way. doesn't surprise me at all that the he and inouye got along well and he actually influenced inouye to run for office. dole was very smart. he was also unbelievably hard working. i campaigned with him in 1996 when he was running for president. i was amazed. here was a guy who had been so badly injured in world war ii that he couldn't, literally could not put his shirt on by himself. and yet he had disciplined himself, he had risen above his challenges. he could work the rest of us into the ground. [laughter] he loved politics, and he told

me one time one of his favorite things was to go to fundraisers and just chat with people and be there. well, that's a pretty powerful strength if you decide you want to make your career in politics. i think he'll be missed. he's a wonderful role model for the kind of political statesman that has historically rescued america in its most difficult periods. eric: and it is, mr. speaker, that personal story of overcoming that horrendous wound when the nazi italians' shell, you know, shattered part of his back and his arm. as you know, he would hold a pen in his arm like this, he was paralyzed -- most people didn't know it, and he would shake your hand this way, an upside down handshake. tell me about the determination, the grit, the courage, the refusal to give up that saw him through near death to a run for president of united states and his amazing career that spanned

decades. >> well, to run for president four times. he represented cheerful persistence as much as anybody that calista and i have ever met. when we'd go to his birth day parties in later years, elizabeth was unbelievably important in his life. the two of them were great hosts, and so many people would show up, you'd have a long line waiting to chat with him, and he would talk with every single person. he knew everybody who'd come by for his birthday whether they were an elected official, a staff the person, a news person, a lobbyist, and you saw sort of the dole world coming back together. and i think all across america there are people today the who will miss him, who will think back very fondly to what a remarkable human being he was. eric: yeah, that is for sure. and finally, mr. speaker, the sense of reaching across the aisle. of course you folks who are in the arena as former president richard nixon would say, but he

had friends who were democrats. daniel inouye was a democrat, and he urged him to run, as we have learned. do you think that could be a lasting legacy of mr. dole's, to reach beyond the aisle to cement the friendships between politicians of opposite parties the way he did and was beloved and liked by so many? >> look, i think it's very important to remember that at its best politics is a very human business. and i want to go back to be russell, kansas. people who grow up in small towns learn, i think -- and my wife calista grew up in an even smaller town than russell. they learn that you have to be nice to everybody because they're still there. [laughter] so dole came out of a natural small town background, and his instinct, i can't overemphasize this. not only was he smart, hard working, courageous, he had a natural -- he liked people. and he brought to politics the best of those kind of attitudes. he was a patriot, but he was

also a people person. and if you could find a few more folks like that, you could unlock a lot of the current problems. eric: that is for sure. former house speaker newt gingrich, thank you. thank you for your service -- >> thank you. eric: -- and thank you for your thoughts on bob dole. >> thank you. eric: of course. of course here at fox news our thoughts and prayers are with the dole family are, with his wife former cabinet member and senate elizabeth cole, on remembering -- senator elizabeth dole, on remembering bob dole. arthel: in reaction continues to pour in from both sides of of the aisle including from several of his former colleagues in congress. alexandria hoff has more from washington. >> reporter: in life the former senator efforted bipartisanship, and in death there is no aisle that could the or divide the accolades earned. cindy mccain wrote on twitter: rest in peace, bob dole. you were the last of the lions of the senate. vermont senator bernie sanders

provides this: bob dole served his country with courage on the battlefield and dignity in the senate. mike pence wrote: an extraordinary life of service to america and who will be deeply missed by all of us who had the privilege to know him. many are sharing the personal connections they had, but senator chuck grassley tweeting, quote: bob took me under his wing when i came to the senate, and i couldn't have had a better senator to learn from. he was a best friend and mentor. god bless the great bob dole. debbie wasserman schultz wrote in part, quote: our country could use more like him right about now. legislators on both sides hope that bob dole's legacy will encourage reaching across the aisle and civility in congress. >> we see the world differently, you know, we're blessed to be americans, and we should treat the each other that way. >> the way in which he led is something that we need to reflect on today, without a

doubt. >> reporter: senator susan collins echoed many with this, quote: senator bob dole defined the term the greatest generation. on that point in his book "one soldier's story," former senator dole expressed this, quote: they are the greatest generation. arthel? arthel: indeed. alexandria hoff, thanks, alex. the passing of a giant, former senator and presidential candidate bob dole dead at 98. it's my woke-up-like-this migraine medicine. it's ubrelvy. one dose can quickly stop my migraine in its tracks within 2 hours. don't take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. most common side effects were nausea and tiredness. ask about ubrelvy, the anytime, anywhere migraine medicine. your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates

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involuntary manslaughter. the the family is all in the same jail, mother, father and son. the son is facing four counts of first-degree murder, also potential charges against the person who opened up a storage depot for the parents to hide in before they were captured. bond has been set for the parents at $500,000 each, a high bond because there's a real fear of flight risk. we're learning more about a key meeting inside the school here, a meeting between teachers, the 15-year-old suspected shooter and his parents. this meeting was called after they found violent drawings on the day of the shooting. the school now saying the 15-year-old said he was trying to design a video game, that's why he was making drawings of people being shot by a gun. the police were not informed about that meeting in until after the shooting, and the sheriff said only a quick response by police officers prevented this tragedy from becoming much worse. >> to ignore that because you could hear chaos or gunshots, and that's what they did.

and as a result, when he was taken into custody, there were some 18 unexpended rounds. and that's what i keep reminding them, 18. 18. could have been 18 more kids. >> reporter: in the wake of tuesday's shooting, law enforcement officials say they're simply being overwhelmed by threats. they've already made seven arrests of teens who said they were going to come in and shoot up their school. arthel, back to you. arthel: steve harrigan, thank you very much, steve. eric. ♪ ♪ eric: well, chris cuomo, the cnn anchor, fire ifed as you may know yesterday after the network learned more about how he helped defend his brother, former governor andrew cuomo, fighting sexual harassment allegations against him. but now there is, some say, an additional reason cuomo may have lost his job. new revelations claims that chris cuomo himself is being accused of sexual harassment

too. laura ingle on these developments. laura? >> reporter: hi, eric. you know, many people calling this a stunning downfall for chris cuomo who went from a star of the network to unemployed over the weekend. and as reaction is coming in, there are these new allegations coming out today facing chris cuomo which are very similar to those against his brother andrew cuomo. let's take a look at what's going on here. cnn announcing late yesterday the network was cutting ties with their prime time anchor after executives learned more information about how he allegedly misled the cable network about the extent of his role trying to help his brother, former governor andrew cuomo, downplay the sexual harassment accusations against him. back in august chris cuomo denied any wrongdoing on his show. on wednesday cnn execs received new information from a prominent employment lawyer who told them of sexual misconduct allegations against chris cuomo. now, according to the new york times, they were made by a

former junior colleague at another network which was unrelated to the governor andrew cuomo matter. cnn releasing a statement saying this: based on the report we received regarding chris' conduct with his brother's defense, we have cause to terminate. when new allegations came to us this week, we took them seriously and saw no reason to delay taking immediate action. a spokesperson for cuomo says in part: these apparently anonymous allegations are not true. to the extent that they were sent to cnn to negate what chris cuomo told his audience, he full arely stands by his on-air statements about his connection to these issues both professionally and in a profoundly personal way. and chris cuomo between thed yesterday -- between thed yesterday, this is not the how he wanted to end his time at cnn saying as disappointing as this is, he could not be more proud of the team that he worked with at cuomo prime time. more to come on this. eric? eric: sure. thank you, laura.

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news contributor -- hopkins. dr. marty, let's start with two questions back to back. katherine m. asks, why are the cases continuing to rise in states that are almost fully vaxxed? my state is 86.5% vaxed, and we are seeing a huge spike. and then robert h. asks why are we still pushing the vaccine when it cannot protect either contracting or spreading the virus? >> great question, arthel. so there's two levels of protection with the vaccine, and i think people conflate the two when they don't recognize they're entirely different. one is the protection against testing positive or getting covid. the other is the protection against severe illness and hospitalization. that's what we worry about, that's what leads to death. and so while the protection against testing positive for covid goes down significantly with vaccines over time as low as 40-50% effective at 4-6 months after your vaccination,

the protection against severe illness is still solid, and that's what we rely on. so we're going to see cases circulate, but we should really be tracking hospitalizations, and the risk of a hospitalization in somebody fully vaccinated is still extremely low, it's 1 in 26,000 people each week. arthel: okay. let's hear from kim s., she says my question is why would it, why would we take chances with our children on a vaccine that can cause myocarditis, blood clots and possibly fertility problems when there is a 99.7% chance they will survive covid especially when new variants arise and you aren't given protection from the current vaccine? i'm not buying it will ease symptoms. >> well, we have seen over 10,000 kids in the 5 through 11 age show up in the hospital with covid, and those hospitalizations really are preventable with a vaccine. the question that a lot of people have is since myocarditis

has been observed in 1 in 7,000 boys, should i get it given that the risk of the kid dying is almost zero if the child is healthy, and the answer is there's not a one size fits all strategy. if a kid has a co-morbidity, yes, they definitely get vaccin. for every other healthy kid, they may want to consider a single dose. most of those complications are clustered around the second dose. and so if you do get two doses, space them out, and these are things you can talk to your pediatrician about doing. arthel: okay. and now jeff f. asks, how are the vaccines that started into development almost two years ago supposed to be effective against the new strains? >> there's a lot of hysteria right now around omicron, the new variant from south africa. but it's really very similar in everything that we've seen so far to the current variant.

our challenge is not omicron, our challenge is delta, and it's covid-19. it's the behaving similarly. we've not yet seen omicron cause severe illness. that's a promising early sign. and remember, even though we're hearing a lot of fear around the new variant, 95% of the spike protein is identical to previous strains which is why we are very confident that vaccinated immunity still protects against the new variant. arthel: okay. and we have one from maurice owe l.. he says why do doctors and nurses do not want to take the vaccine? why are they afraid to get the vaccine they are the injecting us? >> well, first of all, i think we should respect people who make their own personal decisions. i can tell you in the medical profession those, the vast majority of those who are just choosing not to get vaccinated already had covid. remember, many of our front-line health care workers jumped on the grenade when covid hit this country. they risked their lives, many of

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so right now we're telling people if they have natural immunity, it appears as durable or even more durable than vaccinated immunity. the catch though is if you think you had covid but it was not confirmed, you cannot rely on that. as a matter of fact, the people who we see come to the hospital with regrets about not being vaccinated were never confirmed to have had covid and people who had some reason that they thought not being vaccinated was a good idea. they come in the with serious regrets. so far natural immunity appears durable, and i don't recommend boosters in people who had the infection in the past and have natural immunity. arthel: okay. we're going to go to stacy m. now. she says why do they keep pushing it all day, every day? americans are aware, and if they want it, they will get it. >> well, it does raise a good point, and that is it is the a personal decision -- it is the a personal decision, and sometimes when people perceive an excessive reach of government in mandating it, they the may retract and choose not to get

vaccinated in the reaction to the mandate. but i would encourage people to recognize that even though the government has mishandled if -- the vaccination message many times, it is still a life-saving measure that everybody should have if they've not had the infection in the past and they have the risk farc -- factors. we've got a very precise 10-20 million americans right now who are very much at risk. these are adults with a risk factor like obesity, and they have not had the infect and they've not been vaccinated. these are the people that are still coming to the hospital in high numbers, and if you look at a state like, say, mississippi, which has had low vaccination rates, 1 in 200 adults in the state of mississippi has died of covid-19, so it is still a serious illness for those without immunity. arthel: okay. tim m. says, i know several people who have gotten covid despite being vaccinated. is that an indication that the vaccines don't work very well?

>> i'm glad, arthel the, that question came up because there is this concept that the vaccines are not working. but again, they do two entirely different things. they protect you from testing positive, and that they don't do the a good job of after 4-6 months, and then they protect you against severe illness and dying. and for that, they're still incredibly durable. and i don't think that message is really out there, that that they still do the an amazing job preventing against hospitalizations. and that's a message that we should rally around, and that's the message that we should use to make the case for at-risk adults to get vaccinated. arthel: i'll do a follow-up myself now. why, then, do we see these breakthrough cases in people who are fully vaccinated? why is that happening? >> so we're going to continue to see, arthel, maybe in perpetuity this covid-19 virus colonized; that is, living symbiotically at a low benign level in the nose of many americans. and we see that with other

infections. roughly 5% of the population has me thing in cock cuts, an infection that this causes meningitis, but it's now colonized, it's now endemic. that's where the term comes from. so if we keep hunting for this virus many people with no symptoms and no real risk of contagion, we're going to continue to find it. what we should really be tracking is severe illness and hospitalizations. now, this is the viral season, so you're going to continue to see case numbers go up as it gets cold and people move inside. but again, our battle has never been against mild and asymptomatic infection, it's been against hospitalizations. arthel: so with viral season heightening, how do you know if you have symptoms if you have covid or the flu or just a cold? >> so we don't have good tests for the common cold or influenza. as a matter of fact, in the flu season we don't even test people for the flu. we make a presumptive the diagnosis. but with covid the test tests ae

still accurate, and they do capture the omicron variant. it is helpful to get tested because, remember, if you test positive, you don't have to worry for yourself if you're immune, you need to worry about those the who are nonimmune that you're around who are vulnerable, and that's still an important precaution to take. arthel: so do those the over the counter rapid tests, are they reliable? >> they are very reliable but not as much in the asymptomatic phase. so if you take, say, an antigen test, one of the standard tests you buy at the pharmacy, and you take it in the pre-symptomatic phase, that is, you were exposed but have not yet developed symptoms, the sensitivity may be in the range of 50%, so it is the helpful to take it multiple times if, again, you're around somebody who's vulnerable and you need to be careful. if you're not going to change what you do, you don't need to test. arthel: and really quickly, you say if you going to change what you do, what about people who are two weeks away from christmas travel looking to go especially by plane, what's your

recommendation to those who are vaccinated fully and those who are not? >> look, we could all do a better job in society being more understanding and courteous of those around us who are susceptible to any infectious disease. that means we don't the show up to work anymore coughing and slobbering, sitting next to anybody knowing that you're at risk of giving it to somebody who you don't know their vaccination status is a common courtesy that, hopefully, we'll extend to the public in perpetuity. arthel: okay. dr. marty makary, thank you very much. appreciate your time and your answers. take care. >> thanks. arthel: eric? eric: thanks, arthel and doctor, very informative. santa class is coming to town, but he won't need his reindeer or and sleigh for one appearance if, he's going to rappel down the side of a 22-story building. and adam klotz, on friday the they're practicing it, adam is here to explain him and santa.

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connecticut, tonight the, all participant of the city's annual heights and lights christmas celebration where adam klotz, in the middle of all the action and joining us live from stamford. i didn't know santa the could do this. what's going on later tonight, adam? adam: santa is capable of absolutely anything, and i'm going to be in an elf costume, so we're going to see what i'm also capable of. i'm going to begin with the forecast, it actually feels gorgeous here in connecticut. wintry, though, in hawaii. take a look at this forecast graphic. a big system moving across the islands. and while for most folks that is just going to mean a ton of rain, if you continue with the forecast, you see at the highest elevations there's a little arrow on the map, and that is showing you snow. there are blizzard warnings all the way until tomorrow morning for portions of hawaii. that is right. so that kind of puts you in the christmas spirit. but back out here in connecticut things feel great. we can now have stepping on camera with me brian katz, the

general manager of the yankees. he's also an elf, and you've been an elf in this exact program to light a christmas tree and kick off the christmas season for a while now. what's this experience like, and what can i expect? >> it's a blast. welcome to the rappel team, adam, and it's going to be great. the kids are going to love it, you know, us doing tricks off of the building with santa and rudolph and the grinch. it's going to be a blast. adam: and is santa good guy to work forsome. >> he's the best. he's the most talented. then comes rudolph, the tricks, the somersaults. we're much lesser than those but still cool to be a part of their show. a. adam: yeah, for sure. any advice for me as a first-timer? you've been at this for 12 years. >> i've seen you rappel, you've taken to this like water. you look like a seasoned vet out there. adam: i am part of the big show, and this is a pretty big show, and i feel like you know some secrets about showmanship. >> no, i tell you what, you're

on tv, you take the it to the side of the building, and the crowd will get you going the rest of the way. you are so good. adam: and how will you look in elf costumes? >> that's the only sacrifice we make, is to put on the elf outfits to spread christmas cheer. adam: awesome. i'm so excited to do this. we're actually going to be doing it in about 25 minutes here on "the big sunday show," and then it's the also going to airing on fox weather. you can download that in your app store, so we're going to get ready and go do this. >> download the app. adam: that is -- >> download the app. eric eric that is just absolutely great. adam, mr. cashman, thank you, good luck. adam, keep santa the safe, and before you go, please have mr. cashman ask santa to deliver the yankees a shortstop, when they can do that. [laughter] adam: he says deliver a shortstop. [laughter]

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at 10:00 p.m. eastern abby and lawrence will host a special hour of music, holiday advice and trivia. that is when you know it is christmas time when the big tree goes up. >> a lot of tourist and visitors, fox fans coming to take pictures of it today. if you're in new york come to see the tree. that does it for us. >> hey everybody i am lara trump with isa hosni, joey jones and leo terrell. welcome to "the big sunday show". here is what's on tap tonight. leo 2.0, what you got. >> president trump you might know who he is, the economic agenda says even obama people are warning guidance people. lara: aishah. aisha: remember the accused