mike: these are live images from southern israel with where more than 600 israelis have been killed by the there arist group hamas. the israeli security cabinet formally declaring a state of war as united states secretary of state antony blinken said this morning the united states was likely to announce additional aid for israel by the end of the day. welcome to "fox news live," i'm mike emmanuel. sandra: mike, good to be with you. thank you, everybody, for joining us, i'm sandra smith. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying israel will take mighty vengeance. as we start off with trey yingst on the ground there live in southern israel where night has a fallen, trey. obviously, it is now dark there, it's 8:00 in the evening. what is the very evening, trey? >> reporter: sandra, good afternoon. as we speak, the israeli military is striking the gaza strip every few moments. a loud explosion along the border, likely israeli fighter

jets targeting a hamas positions in the northern part of gaza. you can hear one of the explosions just there. this has been ongoing tonight as israel starts their ponce to that massacre yesterday -- their response -- that tonight israeli officials say the death toll has reached more than 700 people, both soldiers and civilians. many still missing. you can see paramedic,s they're preparing in the case that some of the rocket fire coming into israel actually hits houses in populated areas. they will respond when that happens. this is a very difficult situation. we're going to turn with our camera, we've got a lot of rocket fire coming in here. the lights you see in the sky are israel's missile defense system, the iron dome, intercepting that rocket fire. and the small explosions indicate a success offul interception. this -- successfulling

interception. this has been the scene in the southern part of israel. sirens sounding behind me, they may already be getting calls they need to respond to this area. but what this conflict is erupting into is the possibility of a regional war. earlier today, sandra, rocket fire and mortar fire from lebanon, the lebanese militant group hezbollah getting involved in the fight. they targeted an area that was previously lebanese territory in the 1970s, an indication that they're sending a message to israel but not quite ready to get directly involved in this war. israel today making a formal declaration of war. amid all of this information, i do want to show you a little bit about what it looks like in the towns near the gaza border. we entered a city today where many people were massacred yesterday and saw some of the equipment that hamas left behind. take a look. you can see one of the pickup trucks used by a hamas if fighters to infiltrate into

southern israel. in the back, the gear that they brought with them. you can even see some of the clothes that they were wearing at the time. these militants massacred many civilians. some were taken hostage and are now prisoners of war inside the gaza strip. really horrific scenes throughout the town today, blood in the streets and cars with their blinkers still flashing and bullet holes in the windshields. as this was happening, hamas militants still trying to infiltrate into southern israel. we did get some video from the israeli border police here showing officers yesterday rescuing an israeli family from palestinian militants. a gun battle erupting along the border and these soldiers and border police pushing forward to save this family. unfortunately, not everyone was this lucky. dozens were captured and taken into the gaza strip by hamas and

islamic jihad. according to israeli officials, more than 100 people -- some dead, some alive -- are currently being held by those factions inside gaza, and it creates even more of a difficult situation as the region braces for days and weeks of conflict. sandra? sandra: trey, just a remarkable scene there live behind you. again, as night is falling as so many are preparing for what could be a very long war. how in the immediate future are they preparing for what will likely be a very long night, trey? >> reporter: there is a collective effort in southern israel to pitch in and prepare this country for war. everyone's doing what they can to participate. there are medics behind me getting ready for calls that they will receive throughout the night. firefighters at different stations across southern israel in case they are called to the scene of a fire after a rocket impact.

and soldiers getting ready to enter the gaza strip. today we saw thousands of soldiers and tanks, artillery units and other vehicles headed toward gaza. and these soldiers didn't look afraid. they looked prepared. they were waving israeli flags in some of the apcs that we saw, and they were waving as civilians along the side of the road were cheering them on. there is a feeling here9 that the country is at war and much of the political turmoil that israel has faced over the past year and a half will be put aside. hundreds of thousands of reservists called up, and israel's allies stepping in to try and send a message to other regional actors like the iranians or the lebanese militant group hezbollah or others that could threaten the jewish state that the united states stands shoulder to shoulder with israel. we're getting reports tonight of a u.s. aircraft carrier heading to the mediterranean as a show of force. there's a real understanding that if hezbollah gets involved

in the fight, they have much more advanced weaponry than the gauze -- gazan militants have, and if that happens, it is an unpredictable arena. iran has threatened israel, hezbollah has threatened israel, the threats in gaza continue, and this is happening while there are hamas and islamicy jihad giants still in israeli territory and still trying to take people host toage. so there was this mindset and feeling if palestinians tried to infiltrate into israel, there would be an immediate response, they would be stopped at the border. it didn't happen. and as a result, hundreds of israelis are dead, thousands wounded, and the entire population of more than 9 million if people is experiencing one of the most traumatic events in the country's history. sandra. sandra: trey the, as you so intimately continue to report on all of this, i just want to make sure i get this back in here.

arthel just reported this a few moments ago, that this is just in per u.s. military officials telling fox news that the u.s. is moving these navy ships and military aircraft closer to israel. just wanted to get your quick thoughts on that before we let you get back to your reporting. >> reporter: there's a lot of movement in the region, and we don't want to speculate on what happens next, but it's a great question because i think it points to what western officials are preparing for. and that is a wide scale regional conflict. there's an understanding that americans and israel would have to be evacuated -- americans in israel would have to be evacuated. there is some confirmation that american citizens were killed and taken into gaza. so this is not just an event that that involves a u.s. ally anymore. it's an event that involves the americans directly. and if israel has to go to a multi-front war where they are facing rocket fire from gaza,

infiltrations from gaza, precision-guided missiles from lebanon, drones, for example, from places like syria and even as far as yemen and missile fire potentially from iran, i mean, this is what we have been told over the past few years reporting here, speaking with the defense minister, speaking with the prime minister, top intelligence sources, they have indicated this all is a worst case scenario. but that might nightmare is playing out before our eyes today, and it's something that israel and its closest allies including the united states, they have to prepare for. sandra? sandra: trey, we thank you for your continued reporting from there. be safe. we'll see you again shortly. thank you, or trey. mike: sandra, we're joined by israel defense forces reserve brigadier general, also the founder of the israel defensive security forum are. general, welcome. >> thank you. mike: why do you believe this vicious attack happened this weekend, and describe the mission now. >> so yesterday at 6:30 in the

morning hamas launched a huge attack on israel which included thousands of rockets and striking 22 israeli towns along the border, massacred children and women and kidnapping civilians and killing soldiers. the event is a full scale war for israel. the last time israel was in a state of war was in the yom kippur war, and the amount of dead and wounded in this one day is similar to the six-day war. this is how big this event is. now, israel now is doing four things before it goes on a massive counterattack. one is going from house to house in all the towns making sure there are no terrorists left, making sure that the land of

israel is completely clean from hamas militants inside israel. this is not over yet. the -- idf and police are still working, but i believe maybe tomorrow morning we'll be able to say israel in is full control of all israeli territory. the other issue is also strengthening our position in the north against hezbollah and also in the west bank. and at the moment, the decision -- idf is mobilizing hundreds of thousands of reservists that are going to the different locations. several divisions are on their way to gaza and are preparing for a massive attack into hamas stronghold inside gaza. now, we have to understand hamas is an iranian proxy funded by iran, guided by iran, and this

attack is an attempt not only to hurt israel, but also to show american interests. we are on the verge of building an alliance, the western israeli-sunni alliance by normalizing relations with saudi arabia. this will enable -- [inaudible] credible threat on iran to stop the russian are, iranian aggression in europe and in the middle east and in africa. and iran understands that. this is why they want to completely change the situation and attack israel. and this this is why we see the president of usa standing so strong with israel and understanding that both countries' basic interests are in danger. this is what we're seeing now. i believe it take a few days for

israel to get full readiness to launch an attack, and this is an ongoing process now. mike: general, do you worry about more civilians being killed because hamas is using them as human shields? >> definitely. unfortunately, hamas kidnappedded israeli civilians and soldiers. i think it's hamas' interest to keep them safe at the moment, but israel is putting the -- aside. we'll deal with it later. we're dealing now with destroying hamas' ability -- and this is a long-term operation. it's not going to be a short operation. it's not just going to be air force attacks. we'll have to maneuver massively inside gaza to destroy this capability and definitely this is going to be a complicated and will take time. we're with calling -- we're

calling the palestinian society to move out of areas where we are going in so they can keep safe. and we'll see in the next coming days how this evolves. mike: we know the united states is moving military resources into the region as a show of support. what more do you need from president biden and the american government with right now? >> i want to thank you, president biden and the whole administration and the congress and senate, for standing with israel, for assisting us with everything we need. i think i have one big request and this is standing strong against the one entity that is basically destabilizing the whole region, and this is iran. we must stop iran from becoming nuclear. we must hold a credible military threat against the iranian buildup of nuclear capabilities. and this, by the way, will not

only impact iran, this will also a deter russia, china and will help building back u.s. leadership globally. mike: general, or grateful for your time today, sir. our condolences to the israeli e people. >> thank you very much. israel is strong, the society is strong, the army is strong, and we'll prevail and win this war. mike: thank you, sir. sandra? sandra: all right, mike, thank you very much. as we gave -- as a we've been reporting, the u.s. is moving navy ships closer to israel. we have just learned, lucas tomlinson has the late from the white house. so far any -- the latest from there, what are you hearing right now, lucas? >> reporter: officials say this is a largely symbolic move. let's just take some stock what assets are in the region. you have the uss baton amphibious ready group, you'll have 2,000 marines item board with dozens of aircraft. that is located in the persian gulf and right now you would not want to move any of those assets

out of the persian gulf. of course, they're keeping a close watch on iran. joint strike fighters, hairier fighter jets, marine -- vipers, some of our older viewers know them as cobras, a more modern version, also huey gun ships as well. in the mediterranean, you have the u.s. navy's most modern aircraft care ier. you also have three guided missile destroyers alongside as well as the uss normandy. now, when it comes to moving assets closer, what does that mean, or sandra? the warship was 40 nautical miles offshore, now it's 30. yes, it's closer, but you not going to see that from the shore. probably the only people that would actually know that are israelis who are standing watch in the navy and also on shore. officials say there's no chance you're going to have a u.s. navy destroyer just on the horizon well within range of some of the goodies9 that the iranians have

supplied hamas. we also just learned moments ago, sandra, that president biden has spoken for the second straight day to his israeli counterpart, prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and there could be more u.s. military assistance forthcoming. the u.s. is weighing that decision, they're going over the list right now. we could hear from the secretary of state about that and other officials later today. one of the biggest concerns right now here at the white house and certainly at the pentagon and throughout the country, throughout the world are these hostage as that mamas -- hamas has taken. there are reports, we cannot confirm these reports, that there could be some americans that have been captured, kill or capture by hamas, currently being held in gaza. if that's the caseing there's some u.s. lawmakers that want to see the u.s. military spin up tier one asset from the joint command, but earlier secretary of state antony blinken spoke about those reports about possibly having american

casualties in this hamas attack on israel. >> we have reports that several americans were killed. we're working overtime to verify that. at the same time, there are reports of missing americans and there, again, we're working to verify those reports. >> reporter: then there's the matter of the $6 billion many republican lawmakers are irate that the biden administration unfroze some of those assets. the biden administrations toe is pushing back hard saying that not one cent of those unfrozen assets, none of the $6 billion went to finance these attacks in the past few days. here's a member of the biden administration on" fox news sunday" earlier. >> we believe those criticisms are not well founded and, frankly, incra accurate. any implication that money that has not yet been spent, not a single dollar of that money has yet been spent. and if iran spends that money in ways it's not supposed to, we will know. >> reporter: israel's ambassador to the united nations had some blunt criticism is

about those who say the $6 billion had nothing to do with these attacks. >> money is fungible. you can never track and make sure that money that is being transferred to the hands of terrorists will remain only and be used only for humanitarian needs. it's quite naive to believe so. >> reporter: senator tom cotton thinks hamas launched this war on the orders of iran to derail a potentially historic deal between saudi arabia and israel. he also leveled criticism on the biden administration for trying to negotiate with tehran. >> for three years the president has appeased iran, the world's worst state sponsor of terrorism. it's not just the $6 billion that was release from sanctions controls last month, it's $10 is billion that was released from iraq into iran. >> reporter: former secretary of state mike pompeo said there was also that $230 million that the biden administration sent to the palestinians on the first

day joe biden moved into the white house. sandrasome. sandra: lucas, if i could just follow up on the continued conversations with his israeli counterpart, benjamin netanyahu and president biden. we got that readout from the call earlier where they did say they're committed to staying in regular contact over the coming days. the president obviously showing his deepest sympathies for all those missing, wounded and killed. we seem to be getting an update. here's the addition. the president also conveyed that additional assistance for the israeli defense forces is now on its way to israel with more to follow over the coming days. lucas, i know that's what you were talking about just a moment ago, wanted to make sure agot that in there -- i got that in there. obviously, this is further sign this white house is committed to being at israel's side here. >> that's right. you've seen this incredible to reporting by our own trey yingst showing iron dome launching those interceptor missiles to knock out rockets. there are going to be thousands

more in the coming a days, even more if hezbollah in lebanon enters this war. so the u.s. military's going to make sure that israel has all its needs and make makes sure it restocks those coffers. many of these weapons were designed with both american and israeli engineers. sandra: lucas tomlinson live at the white house, we'll see you again shortly. lucas, thank you. mike? mike: shocking images out of israel resonating back here at home on capitol hill where support for america's greatest mideast ally is strong. we have lawmakers from both sides of the aisle with their reactions next. with new dentures from aspen dental -- to gather together and discover the moments that matter, to jump into the fun and join in the celebration. to help get you ready, your aspen dental denture team is celebrating 25 years of affordable care with an epic anniversary savings event. don't miss enjoying a moment with fast repairs in our onsite labs and 20% off your custom dentures.

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mike: lawmakers here in washington and in districts around the country also reacting to the unexpected attack on israel. al sand a drink ya of joins us live on set with the latest. >> reporter: hi, mike. while washington is divided in so many areas, this is one where both sides are not hesitating to say we stand with israel and its right to defend itself. we do have several progressive squad members who stand out in that the statements also condemn retaliation by israel. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez wrote, quote: an immediate ceasefire and deescalation is urgently needed to save lives.

rep cori bush stated peace in the region will only be found by, quoting, ending u.s. government support for israeli occupation and apartheid. that view is an outlier in congress. >> we stand four square behind them in this war to destroy hamas and its war making and governing capabilities. >> we have stood strongly behind israel during its first 75 years, we will stand strongly behind israel for the next 75 years and beyond. >> reporter: fox news' chad pergram has confirmed hakeem jeffries, who you just heard from there, received a briefing last night on the escalating situation and is attempting to arrange a briefing for all house members. since eight gop hard-linersouted their house speaker last week, there is no permanent republican at the helm. >> it's not really clear if the speaker pro tem, patrick mchenry, can even get the intelligence briefings to know exactly what's going on this realtime. that limits the house's ability

to do its job and its function should resources need to be made available to our ally, israel. >> reporter: the race for speaker is now between steve and a heat and jim jordan. george -- steve scalise. jim jordan said his first directive would be to help save israel. >> that gets full support from the united states government because, again, this is our, our great friend and great ally, the state of israel. so i think that's front and center. and then -- >> reporter: a republican source tells fox news that the attacks on israel may speed if up the election of a new speaker so that the house can be operational once again, mike. mike: critical week in congress. alexandria hoff, thanks very much. sandra? sandra: all right, mike, thank you. we've got brand new information about the u.s. navy ships moving closer to israel that we just learn about in the last hour. rich edson has more information on that live from the pentagon. what are we learning, rich in. >> reporter: this is coming in first to fox here. what we've got is a description of what exactly the pentagon is sending into the region right now.

this is from lloyd austin, the defense secretary, says the uss gerald ford carrier or strike group is going to the eastern mediterranean. it includes aircraft carrier the ford, ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser as well as other guided missile destroyers. that's heading to the region. also the united states will be augmenting the air force f-35, f-15, f-16 and a-10 fighter aircraft squadrons in the region. also the united states government, according to this statement, will be rapidly providing the israeli defense forces with additional equipment and resources. that will also include munitions. the first security or assistance, according to austin, will begin moving today and arriving in the coming days. that's a statement that was obtain by fox by our producer here in the pentagon, liz frieden. this adds to an already existing u.s. military presence in the region as the united states has been there for some time. there are iran-backed militias,

not just hamas, but hezbollah that the united states is watching and concerned about. defense secretary austin did hold a secure phone call with his top u.s. military commanders including the new chairman of the joint chiefs and staff, general c.q. brown. pentagon also says he spoke with the israeli minister of defense and that the cia director, bill burns, he was supposed to go to a conference out of town, he hasta stayed in washington, d.c. so -- he has stayed so he's better able to coordinate with his counterparts when it comes to intelligence. hamas and its iranian-backed militias launched this attack as saudi arabia and israel were negotiating a potential historic peace agreement, so major time already i don't think going -- ongoing in the region when it came to that. all of this wrapping up from president biden on down in the administration, the pentagon promising to provide what they can to israel as it withstands this attack from hamas. sandra, back to you. sandra: rich edson with a live

update. and for more, we're join joined by republican congressman from ohio, max miller. congressman, thank you very much. as i understand it, you are one of only two reps in congress, jewish reps in congress. you visited israel this year. i want to alert our audience that we are expecting shortly a news conference. we are told to expect that around i 1:30 p.m. eastern time, that is now. the u.n. security council, this is the stakeout there, the permanent representative us of israel to the u.n. is expect to brief reporters at the security council stakeout. so we are likely hear from them -- we will likely hear from them the israeli take on the current crisis e right now. what do you expect we're to going to hear, congressman? >> i expect that we're going to hear that israel's going to respond the way that they should and that the united states and allies around the world should give israel the latitude that it needs in order for them to go ahead and, you know, really implement their rules of engagement for their war.

israel is its own country, it is its own functioning democracy. they can take advice from whomever that they would like including the united states. but they need to do what's best for themselves, and i believe that i am confident in the state of israel and their military that it is only a matter of time that they stop taking this measured approach since 1948 and actually bring the boom and possibly for the first time look at turning that into a parking lot. as democrats continuously say, you know, ceasefire, ceasefire from what, sandra? it's been on one side and one side only, and that's been the terrorist-backed iranian regime of hamas. sandra: as a country, how should the united states perceive this? >> i think that we should perceive this as that we have a president when who sit es in the oval office who is incredibly weak and projects weakness. we have seen now for over a year and some change the war in ukraine. we see the aggression and we see the weakness that we've exuded

on the world stage. now we have an issue with one of our greatest democratic allies within the middle east. i am pleased to see president biden taking a very strong approach in bringing those carriers over there to say, hey, we are going to support you, and we are not to going to back down. i just want to see that from all republicans and all democrats in the house of representatives to stand strong and tall for israel as they have been relentlessly attacked every single day since their inception in 1948. it's time for the gloves to come off and to let bibi do what he does best, and that's to run his country and for them to clear a new path. sandra: back to the news we brought our viewers that you just referenced, the u.s. will send a carrier strike group to the eastern mediterranean in support of israel. congressman, the pent with gone has ordered the ford carrier strike group to sail to the eastern mediterranean to be able to assist israel, this is according to two officials just

a short time ago -- okay, i believe we're getting the update there from the u.n. security council meeting. let's listen. >> -- please, if you're called on, remember to introduce yourself, both your name and the station that you're from. thank you. >> good afternoon. the past days have been devastating for each and every israeli. israel suffered an unprecedented attack and the number of casualties is catastrophic. truly unfathomable. over the past two days following hamas' surprise attack on israel, my country has suffered hundreds of fatalities. yesterday in the early morning of the jewish sabbath and on a

jewish holiday, savage hamas terrorists fired thousands of rockets into israel. but this was only the beginning. finish as rockets rained down indiscriminately upon us rah reilly towns and and cities -- upon israeli towns and cities, hundreds of hamas terrorists infiltrated israel and began a barbaric program, a barbaric program of unparalleledding magnitude. ruthless terrorists gunned down innocent israeli civilians in the streets, murdering anything that moved. anything. i'll show you just one example. just look at this photo of bodies of women strewn, strewn in the street in a bus stop. innocents murdered in cold

blood. these animal-like terrorists broke into homes, gathered entire families into rooms and shot them point-blank. as if they were stomping on insects. grandparents and the you would -- elderly, among them holocaust survivors who endured the nazis, were violently dragged from their homes this time by hamas and taken into gaza. can you give me the photo of the holocaust survivor? [inaudible] look at this grandmother being forced to hold a hamas terrorist rifle as he takes a picture with her. s this is in humane, inhumane. mothers and their babies as well

as babies separated from their mothers were brutally taken hostage. just look at video now. [inaudible conversations] this mother is crying as she clutches her two precious babies before being put on a truck to gaza. these are war crimes, blatant, documented war crimes. but tragically, the abominations don't end here. that a maas terrorists -- hamas terrorists happened upon a party of hundreds of young israelis celebrating a holiday weekend. they gunned down revelers just like nazi death squads in the 1940s. hundreds, hundreds were

butchered, their bodies with mutilated and defiled. and those who survived were taken to gaza. listen to this young girl scream ising as she's kidnapped, separated from her friend not knowing what fate awaits her. [inaudible conversations] [background sounds] [inaudible conversations] tray to comprehend thing magnitude of this situation. try to digest the ruthless inhumanity. i have seen shocking footage, graphic images that will forever be seared in my brain. what we are witnessing are war

crimes, blatant, barbaric war crimes. slaughtering civilians, abusing hostages, taking babies from their mothers. there are no words to describe such savagery. i don't want to imagine what is happening right now to all of those innocent israeli civilians being held captive in gaza. the horrors they are enduring. look at this. look at this and do not forget it. the horrors. [background sounds] [inaudible conversations] this is israel's 9/11.

this is israel's 9/11, and israel will do everything or to bring our sons and and daughters back home. these images are horrifying. they are hard to see and they are impossible to fully internalize, but i'm showing you all of this for a reason. today many members of the international community are supporting israel, yes. finish but if history has taught us anything, we know that tomorrow that may not be the case. the international community and particularly the u.n. and the security council have a very short memory when it comes to israel. the terror that we endure quickly becomes a side note. but this time not be the same. we will not -- sandra: all right, this is the update that you have been getting from the united nations

headquarters here in new york city. this is israel's 9/11, detailing the thurm of casualties, calling them truly catastrophic, labeling what he called a barbaric program of unparalleled magnitude, detailing that they are going about murdering everything that has moved. innocents murdered in cold blood, detailing what he said are blatant war crimes, documented war crimes. congressman miller is with us. congress marne, your reaction to what you just heard there. >> sandra, i'm gut-wrenched. that's one of the toughest things that i've ever heard. imagine if the united states had just received 5,000 rockets that was received over our border and we were overrun as we currentlyly are with your immigration problem except they went into towns and cities like where i live in rocky river. that could have been my wife, my future child, can that could be my neighbors and constituent withs. that's what they are dealing with. i think they need to deal with their approach, and when i heard

from the ambassador, when i met him in d.c., that's exactly what i wanted to hear. i wanted to hear strong talk that's backed up with a tough walk, and i know the state of israel can do it. they're going to have support from strong members of congress like me who will never back down. i believe you're going to see the majority of congress stand strong and stand tall and never allow terrorism to take over our world. and make no mistake, they want to kill us all too. it's the western way of life. that is how they look at it. they want nothing more. i believe israel needs to do what's best. i liked what i heard from the ambassador. i hope they're as aggressive as can be, and i hope they ignore the u.n. which is an already anti-semitic body. they need to do what they need to do to take care of themselves. i've had enough of seeing it from the united states. let's let the israelis take the gloves off, and i can't wait to see how they bring the boom. sandra: congressman, appreciate you sticking with us through that news conference. we'll continue to monitor it for

use, and we appreciate your time. >> thank you. and my heart goes out to everyone affected by this. my thoughts and prayers are with you. stand strong, israel, and stand strong for every american with our greatest ally. god bless and thank you. zap sean thank you. mike: from the other side of the aisle, let's bring in north carolina democratic congressman don davis. congressman, welcome. >> mike, it's good to be with you today. unfortunately, we're dealing with a gigantic tragedy, and my heart goes out to all of the people of israel that's been impacted in any way, shape or form. mike: what's your reaction to the briefing we just got from the israeli ambassador to the u.n., calling it israel's 9/11? >> i believe the ambassador was absolutely correct to lay it out. and i heard loud and clear while so many are coming to the support of israel today, i heard the ambassador say where are you going to be tomorrow?

and i do believe it's important for us, the democrats, are republicans, to stand firm. i was glad to hear the response from the president. i was super glad to hear a strong response from the minority leader, and i believe we must standuatedded against -- stand united against terrorism, a threat in israel or anywhere in this world is also a threat against us here in america. mike: we are reporting that the pentagon is sending military assets to the eastern mediterranean. what more should the biden administration and congress do for our critical ally, israel? >> i believe the most important thing that we can coright now is to stand -- do right now is to stand united, democrats, republicans to shout from the roof that this is totally unacceptable, and and we will not tolerate this from any terrorist and anyone that's going to inflict in this type harm on innocent people. so also i believe it's important

for us to allow israel to get in to assess what's on the ground, to respond, to defend themselves. and as we understand their needs, our top ask and highest priority must be to make sure we provide any assistance that's necessary for them in this endeavor. mike: does it alarm you that there was apparently a pretty big intelligence failure not knowing that this was coming? >> i believe we can always learn to grow especially when we're dealing with intelligence, but right now what's most important is for us to stand united and for this to be -- there to be a strong message loud i and clear that we're not going to toll ate terrorism anywhere. mike: congressman don davis of the great state of north carolina, thank you so much for your time. sorry our time is short today with all the breaking news, sir. >> mike, thanks for all that you are doing. and to everyone, we're standing strong and firm with israel.

mike: thank you, sir. sandra? sandra: mike, thank you. for reaction to these horrific attacks on israel, let's bring in our political panel now. with us today is louisiana talk radio host jeff core and foreman new york state senator david carlucci. thanks to both of you for joining us. i'm just trying to take in sort of the breaking news as the night unfolds there. we're well into the 8:00 hour there in israel. we've been getting reports on the ground, we just had the news conference here. david, what are you hearing as far as continued support, obviously, to send in resources? right now we're getting an update from the pentagon that they're sending fighter jets. they're obviously moving these navy ships closer. there's a lot of activity that is happening right now as we continue to show our support for israel. your thoughts. >> yeah. it's a heart-wrenching situation

that we see, and it's one that i think really amplifies that we have to be united as a country. look, in a nation of over 300 million people, it's our numbers that a give us strength, but it's our unitedness that gives us power. and we have to stay united behind the president. we might not like everything that he does, but in this time when we have a real serious problem with one of our greatest allies, we have to demonstrate strength. so of course it was disheartening to see some of the presidential republican candidates, the first thing they did was criticize biden for not showing strength. well, what's not showing strength is walking away from ukraine, from having dysfunction in the house of representatives. because we want to be able to provide support to israel. but we're limited if we can't get a single bill through congress. sandra: right. well, let's let jeff get in her- >> -- more politicians in washington -- sandra: this is gop candidate florida governor ron desantis

on what we have heard so far. listen. >> well, we'll turn the screws on iran. we will not allow them the sanctions relief. we would never give them billions of dollars of money. i mean, it's absurd that's happening. biden and obama [bleep]ed that somehow -- believed that somehow we could be buddy-buddy somehow with the iranians. that's not going to work with this regime. sandra: jeff? your thoughts. >> sandra, the biden administration invites all these problems all over the world. look at what happened under donald trump. we had the abraham accords, we had peace throughout the world. under biden the middle east is now breaking out in war, we've got a war many ukraine, we've got problems everywhere. our border is wide open, our military can't even meet its recruitment goals. biden invites weakness. and, of course, giving iranians $6 billion is a major incentive for iran to continue to fund terrorism. they're the largest funder of

hamas. 70% of hamas' funds come from iran. iran also funds hezbollah which is now incurring assets into northern israel. so israel's being squeezed both sides from iranian-backed terrorists, and what is the biden administration doing? they're trying to help iran every way they can. they want to get back into the iranian nuclear deal, releasing $6 billion, getting rid of sanctions. and don't forget, he did not meet with benjamin netanyahu for 265 days. he met with the palestinian authority president, he are released $600 million in aid to the pal the stint january authority. -- palestinian authority. he has treated netanyahu terribly. he had a great friend in donald trump. joe joe biden is no friend of israel, and joe biden has caused a loot of these problems -- a lot of these problems around the world. weakness invites war. peace happenings when we're strong. sandra: all right -- >> under trump we were strong, we were doing well with.

biden has been a disaster -- >> no, i mean d. [inaudible conversations] sandra: i've got to leave it there. i just want to make sure that i do get in there because the president has continued discussions with benjamin netanyahu, we know that. we just got the latest readout from that call, and this white house is pledging all their support for israel in this moment. jeff and david, we appreciate you coming on. thank you both. we've got a lot of news to get to. thank you so much. >> great to be with you, thank you. >> thank you. mike: israel's mossad intelligence service taking a big hit after failing to detect the massive that a maas surprise attack. we'll get reaction from a former member of the national security council.gonn he'sup next. ♪ ♪ ♪ i'll be there... ♪ ♪ you don't... ♪ ♪ you don't have to worry... ♪ hi, i'm stacey, and i've lost 60 pounds on golo. (guitar music) this belt i used to wear, way down at the

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support from iran. an enormous amount of military support, funding, probably direction and training both for the troops who infiltrated the country and these missile ises. mike: what kind of meetings are going on from the american perspective since we got word of the attacksome. >> i think there's quite a number of discussions between ourselves and the israeli and arab government. there's a lot of talk right now that we should just flatten gaza, reduce it to rubble. we need more than that. we need more than that. we have to end hamas not when you need to prepare for unpredictable adventures...

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