to cross through the rafah gate with the border with egypt. israel is hitting hezbollah position after taking fire from tank missiles. the u.s. embassy is urging americans in beirut to make plans to depart as soon as possible. >> dana: president biden is back at the white house. he will be addressing the nation tonight in a prime time address following yesterday's visit to israel. we have fox team coverage for you. mark meredith is at the pentagon. hillary vaughn on capitol hill. first greg palkot is live in northern israel along the border with lebanon. what are you seeing there today? >> we're here at the israel/lebanon border. a little rainy at the moment. in recent days we've been watching israel duke it out with the iranian-backed hezbollah militants as the whole region royals in turmoil. clashes spread to istanbul overnight.

a lot across the border at the u.s. embassy in beirut, lebanon. public in the mideast upset by the blast of the hospital in gaza. hamas claims israel. israel claims the palestinians. they go after the blood thirsty hamas militants. it is what they used to call a phony war. intermittent strikes but not a full blown invasion. hezbollah using anti-tank missiles who hit a kibbutz. they used rockets and mortars and small arms. israel huge military presence here. they responded overnight with artillery and air strikes, tanks, drones, you name it. so far in the past day since we've been here five israeli shoulders have been killed. 18 hezbollah and other militants have died as well and there has been civilian casualties. remember, the powerful

lebanon-based hezbollah claims 100,000 fighters, claims 150,000 rockets. they are playing a waiting game. a lot of threats from the group and benefactor iran. remember, hezbollah and hamas depend on iran as well. they're clear if israel pushes further in the south they are ready to push harder here in the north. for now not exactly keeping the powder dry especially today but using it strategically. back to you. >> dana: stay safe. we'll be in touch. >> president biden. not any militants with you on this one. you need to wake up and understand that. the genocide and killing and we still sand by and say nothing.

>> dana: some democrats like tlaib are insisting israel was behind the hospital attack. the white house said a jihadist rocket hit the hospital on tuesday. what is the hill thinking about this? >> good morning, gillian. progressive congresswomen tlaib and omar were quick to condemn the hospital attack in gaza when they thought israel was behind it. now that we know the palestinianian militant group is to blame. congresswoman omar issued a clarification to her tweet late last night. her post with the misinformation saying israel is guilty is still up and so is congresswoman tlaib's post. she is spreading the lie at a

pro-palestinian rally yesterday. >> people think it's okay to bomb a hospital with children. it's so hard to watch that and the people telling their kids don't cry. >> there are a dozen house democrats supporting a cease-fire resolution but being shot down on the other side of the capitol but john fetterman who says now is not the time to talk about a cease-fire and calling it disturbing that some of his democratic colleagues would take a terrorist's word over our key ally as to who is to blame for the hospital blast. i asked democrats supporting the resolution why they don't think israel has a right to fight back. >> why do you think israel doesn't have a right to defend itself. why did you call for a cease-fire? do you think israel doesn't have a right to defend itself? >> i've never said that.

>> do they have a right to defend themselves snow >> i think that proportionality matters. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer saying if hamas is left to its own devices and allowed to exist as they are they will repeat what they did before when they attacked israel. it will happen again. >> gillian: great reporting. >> dana: u.s. navy is deploying another warship to the eastern mediterranean. u.s.s. mount whitney will join two other carrier strike groups in the region. concerns grow about the u.s. military's role about the conflict in the middle east or comfort to those there. mark meredith is live at the pentagon with the latest. >> a lot of news overnight. pentagon says it's aware of multiple drone attacks on u.s. forces serving in iraq and syria. it's 150 miles east of damascus. no reports on any injuries or

what impact it may have been to the base. the attack is notable. it came within hours of multiple drone attacks on u.s. and coalition forces serving in iraq. iranian-backed militia is claiming responsibility for the attack. good news, only minor injuries to coalition forces. overnight the pentagon announced it is sending another ship, the u.s.s. mount whitney. a command and control ship. it was already deploying from italy. not too far away. one of several assets in the region as the biden administration continues to beef up its presence in an effort to deter iran and support israel. already the pentagon has sent weapons and equipment shipments to israel. defense secretary says more support will be coming in israel's time of need. >> we support israel's fundamental right to defend itself after the atrocities and massacres and mass kidnappings by hamas. at my direction the u.s. security assistance to israel continues to flow in at the

speed of war. >> the pentagon has ordered 2,000 u.s. service members to be on stand by ready to deploy to the region if ordered to. people that help in logistics, intelligence gathering, medical support. we don't know if and when that order may come. we'll have a pentagon briefing this afternoon. >> dana: the president's prime time address tonight. he will ask congress to fund not only the actions in israel and also the $1 hundred million in aid to gaza but help and support for ukraine. what will the pentagon push on that front given that congress is in disarray right now. the ask is coming at a time when the emergencies are happening realtime. >> absolutely. they are happening in realtime. multiple crises. administration officials are facing questions can the u.s. afford to do multiple situations like this in realtime? the answer we've been getting is yes. there would be enough around. it would be up to congress to

decide how much funding would be needed for something like this. in terms of weapons packages to ukraine, that is something that is part of an ongoing conversation that happens we've seen with ukrainian officials, with allies as they talk about what's needed. getting it through congress not always a guarantee. as it comes to israel they may be having an easier time to get that through the hill. we don't necessarily know what will be included in the package. perhaps the president lays it out tonight or perhaps they're trying to find out what happens in the house they wait to see what happens there first. >> dana: i think he will press them. we'll find out tonight. thank you. >> president biden: those living in limbo waiting to learn the fate of a loved one, especially to families of the hostages, you are not alone. i can't speak publicly about all the details. let me assure you for me as the american president, there is no higher priority than release and safe return of all these hostages. >> gillian: president biden

hinting steps are underway to secure the release of hostages held by hamas inside gaza. retired colonel scottman is the founder of task force pineapple. a group of volunteer veterans to help evacuate americans and allies trapped in afghanistan after the taliban takeover. thank you for being with us today. we're eagerly awaiting the what some hope will be the deployment of special forces to help free the american hostages in gaza. there is reporting that hamas is willing to negotiate for some of the non-israelis they are holding captive. is that good news for the american hostages or is that a sort of overly simplistic way of looking at this conundrum? >> i think anything at this point would be purely speculative and president biden is right. this is such a sensitive issue, operational security is of the utmost concern.

i think what as i look at this just from a problem solving perspective, it certainly is getting american hostages back is the highest u.s. concern. you look at israel's position on this. their stated objective is to destroy hamas in the wake of this horrific attack. their 9/11 and they have to balance that with these hostages not only their own, but a range of other hostages including u.s. hostages. so how they manage this incursion, how they manages this rescue is going to be probably one of the most complex things the israeli military has ever undertaken. >> gillian: does hamas leadership look at the american hostages they are holding right now as becoming more valuable to them over time the longer they hold them, or less valuable? >> that all depends on the response. and the calculus.

how painful does it become, risk versus reward? frankly we're in new territory here in the way this has been conducted. if you think about it, on one hand you have this emerging campaign that could potentially be a massive regional conventional campaign with tanks and ships and that kind of thing. at the same time you have this asymmetric with non-state actors taking hostages and it is all rolled into together into this nasty hybrid. i think it remains to be seen. it remains to be seen what the response is, israel's response and how they actually deal with recovering those hostages and how much pain it causes to the hostage takers. >> gillian: because you have been involved in rescuing hostages it is a good opportunity to ask you if you have any advice for counsel for americans being held in captivity right now? >> most of the work that i did

was in working with indigenous forces in afghanistan. not so much on the hostage rescue front. i think what the president said and the message he delivered to hold faith. three not alone. anybody in captivity to know not just the american people but most of the world is with you and praying for you and hoping for you and to just hold out faith. hold out faith on whatever you can to hold onto and believe in and know that the most amazing folks in the world are trying to find you and get to you and just not give up and just keep breathing, keep fighting, and more than anything stay alive. >> gillian: wow, colonel, thank you for sharing your expertise today. we greatly appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> dana: the pentagon tracking multiple drone attacks on u.s. forces in syria targeting two military bases with the border

with iraq. unclear how many drones were involved. the same day two other drone attacks on bases in iraq that host u.s. troops. sidney powell, who was a lawyer for former president trump, campaign lawyer on the campaign side, she has just pled guilty before fulton county judge mcafee the six counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of election duties. i think there were over 40 -- i can't remember how many defendants in this case. 18 and i don't know how many have pled. this is quite significant. sidney powell, the former president trump's lawyer pleading guilty to six counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of election duties.

we'll bring you more details as we have them. >> what do you want? when do we want it? >> gillian: protests in cities across the u.s. some protestors expressing direct support for the brutal as atrocities in israel. information speeding around the world before the truth can get out the door. is hamas winning the information war after that hospital attack? veteran homeowners need cash but worried you can't get a home loan because of your credit? here's great news. at newday we've been granted automatic authority by the va to make our own loan approval decisions.

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>> free, free, palestinian. >> free, free, palestinian. >> dana: pro-palestinian protestors are swarming the

streets of chicago and 300 people have been arrested in the u.s. capitol after unruly demonstrations. similar scenes on college campuses across the u.s. including harvard, university. >> gillian: hundreds of pro-palestinian harvard students staging a die in after hamas accused israel of attacking a hospital in gaza. they're coping with deep divisions among students. outside nyu in manhattan is alexis. >> it is happening here at nyu and college campuses across the country. one of the largest happening at harvard university in massachusetts where they staged a die-in. they would lay on the ground outside of the business school in protest. they say the school is not doing enough to support the palestinian students. look at the video on your screen. hundreds of students walking around and staging the die-in demanding violence in gaza has

to stop and expressing solidarity with palestinian. the group called out former president obama accusing him of being, quote, deeply implicated in what they say is the ongoing genocide of palestinians. their reason, because the u.s. has now approved billions of dollars in military aid to israel. the former president was supposed to speak at that university but canceled because he reportedly had covid-like symptoms. protests not just at harvard but across new york city. pro-palestinian students won't stop until palestine is set free slamming israel, u.s. and the mayor of new york for supporting israel. >> as a first year student i am so thankful to all of you who decided to show up and speak to

everybody who wants to have a again -- you are the reason we are in the middle of a genocide. >> a lot of emotion there. this comes as three people believed to be nyu students were spotted tearing down protestors of kidnapped israelis. they threw them in a trash can. students say they don't feel like the university is enough to make jewish students feel safe. the protests continue and the rallies a cross the country. a walk-out at harvard scheduled for later today. >> dana: or they could go to class. president biden facing growing pressure to get tough with iran after terror attacks in israel after iran called an oil embargo against the jewish state. the author of the book the

genius of israel. former policy advisor to the bush administration and a podcast called, "call me back." you worked for president bush. you know what it is like when a leader of the free world is about to give a major oval office address on a matter of national security which imply indicates not just our allies' future but ours as well. what kind of benchmarks do you think the president has to hit tonight. >> this is the first national security or foreign policy crisis he has given a major address about. he has been quiet on the russia/ukraine war. one of the problems is he said very little. he is saying a lot here. a few questions, overwhelming support among the american public for standing by israel. it is understandable. forces of barakism forces forces of civilization. the american people know where they stand. the president just wants to continue the ride on that and make it clear. he has compared hamas to isis

and to the nazis. so once you compare an organization to hamas and isis and nazis he is giving a green light regardless of what he says for israel to do whatever it needs to do. what does it mean and where does the u.s. fit? the u.s. sent a lot of military assets and equipment over. will the u.s. been drawn into that? set an expectation of what that means. lastly, where is this going and where does this end? unfortunate because it was sprung on israel by total surprise israel doesn't quite know now. internal debates in the war cabinet where it goes. the president doesn't know the answer to that. there are some open-ended questions he won't be able to address tonight. i think he wants to ride on this surge in public opinion that is very supportive of israel and so hats off to him for doing it. >> gillian: if he wants to ride the surge will the president have to name and shame hamas and the islamic jihad for the hospital bombing?

as far as i know he used very -- he has said it's the other side. israel is not responsible but he hasn't declared hamas or islamic jihad. >> i thought what he did yesterday in israel was important and happy he did it. it was a stain on the international media that had jumped on this ridiculous story false narrative that it was israel's fault because they got their sourcing from hamas. the president's voice is very important. you are right he has to begin to set the terms. the terms are this. hamas has a long history of co-locating civilian areas, hospitals, u.n. run schools with their weapons capabilities, with their senior commanders and senior military commanders. it serves two purposes. they know how israel is so averse the civilian casualties that it has a deterrent effect. israel will be more careful than most militaries would be in

confronting hamas because of the civilian population density. two if israel does strike and civilians get killed hamas scores a pr victory. if the president set that out. coming attractions. this is what's going to happen. civilians will get killed. it is a war. civilians get killed if wars. we are wore eft about a humanitarian crisis. there are no clinical sanitized wars. a lot of humans get killed unfortunately. it is hamas's fault. hamas is responsibility for the civilian casualties on the israeli side and on the palestinian side. if he could begin to set those terms i think it would have a very important effect on the media and the media's coverage of this. it has never been done before in an israeli war. >> dana: i imagine you aren't at all surprised a lot of mainstream media jumped on the story from hamas, the gaza health officials and jumped on it and went with it.

are you surprised that they are so reluctant to correct it? >> i mean, i'm sadly not surprised. this is a pattern. israel has seen this in every war it has faced and conflict it has faced. the reality is israel is held to a different standard than any country in the world. and it is a defensive war it is fighting. i don't need to rehash the barakism. israel needs to do what it needs to do. it is dealing with asymmetrical warfare. it's a form of discrimination when you hold one entity to a different standard than another. there is underlying anti-semitism in the way some

parts of the media covers any conflict israel is in. >> gillian: i don't understand why the media, why the administration has said okay, we have intelligence that shows hamas is behind or islamic jihad is behind the attack on the hospital. this is an example of this regime committing a mass scale attack against its own people. why is this not -- why is this different than assad in syria who gases its own citizens? >> no stone was left unturned to defeat isis. imagine if russia co-located its military capability at a russian orphanage and in its fighting with ukraine ukraine tries to take out the military capability in russia and the orphanage got blown up. can you imagine if putin blames ukraine. it wouldn't happen.

this only happens with israel. >> dana: call me back podcast is great. thank you for being in touch with me as well. great to have you on the show. good friend. >> gillian: good to see you. >> good to see you guys. >> gillian: the misfired rocket that landed on a hospital in gaza leaving potentially as many as a few hundred people dead illustrates how quickly misinformation is weaponizeed during this war. why some people say they are losing faith and trustworthiness of lawmakers and news outlets quick to spread false information. >> the fact we have a sitting member of congress going around and december emanating hamas propaganda. hamas should be treated like isis.

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trey yengst reports after visiting a kibbutz attacked by hamas. some of the footage you are about to see is extremely graphic. hi, trey. >> we're right here along the israel/gaza border less than a mile away listening to israelis hammer the eastern side of the gaza strip with air strikes. we're at a house that you might have heard about in the reporting that has taken place since this war erupted 13 days ago. a family of five people and they were found embracing each other dead in their bomb shelter. i want to show you the scene inside this house. i need to warn our viewers some of the following images are incredibly graphic but this is the nature of the massacre that took place and we must show you so that you understand just what happened here. this was a home, people were -- living here. they had a living space, a very quiet community here along the

gaza border and when these militants, terrorists entered the family rushed to their bomb shelter and again please if you are watching with young children have them look away. we'll show you inside the shelter where they were found embracing. they were slaughtered. they were executed at point blank range and it is just horrific what has taken place here. we understand now we'll step back outside. this was just one family of many. they were executed at home. there are so many pictures throughout the house that show this family's life and just what their life was like before all of this took place photos on the refrigerator and just the entire home frozen in time. there was one thing next to that shelter that stood out to me, a patriots had.

they lived in boston for many years before moving back to israel. they had no idea what would take place, the execution of this peaceful family in their home. we bring you these images because it is critically important to show you what took place and why this war erupted. as we're speaking the air strikes continue along the gaza strip and getting more information from northern israel where the israeli military says 20 rockets were fired from southern lebanon targeting different positions in the north. we expect the israelis to respond in the minutes and hours to come with air strikes. >> gillian: trey yengst. >> dana: tlaib is refusing to apologize despite mounting evidence it was a rogue missile fired by a palestinian militant group. the misinformation has spread fast and being weaponizeed in

israel's war against hamas including embassies and consulate. pat ryan, a former intel officer who served in the iraq war. good to have you here today, sir. i want to ask you about the president's speech. the fighting ahead and concern for our bases in iraq. want to start with your reaction to congresswoman tlaib. just listen to her yesterday in reaction to what we think is pretty good evidence coming from the president of the united states that was not done by israel. >> that's what has been really painful. continue to watch people think it's okay to bomb a hospital with children. you know what's so hard sometimes is watching those videos and the people telling the kids don't cry. i'm like let them cry.

they are shaking and you can't tell me not to cry. they can cry. i can cry, we all can cry. if we're not crying something is wrong. >> dana: if she won't listen to the president of the united states, how do you move past this? or what do you do in order to shine a light on it? >> look, i have seen it firsthand 27 months in iraq war is absolute horror, it is pure evil unleashed and you see the worst in humanity come out. we cannot forget who initiated this war. who initiated this evil. the hamas absolute barbaric attacks. it was the jewish israeli people attacked by hamas terrorists. we cannot lose sight of that. my first role as an army intelligence officer, the first

report is often wrong. you have to take a breath, you have to keep in mind the big strategic picture with the world and the situation in israel so volatile, we cannot afford to react from anything other than a sober, serious, fact-driven place. that's what every member of congress should be doing and that's the way we need to operate. >> dana: is there much tension within the democratic caucus on the house because of this? >> there is really not, i have to be honest. even yesterday in a very divisive time on the house floor around the speaker nomination had a bipartisan near unanimous standing ovation of support for our strong solidarity with israel as they defend themselves. that is what i hear from both republicans and fellow democrats who see this as americans. who see this as patriots that we have to stand staunchly with our closest ally and i think we'll

continue to do that. >> dana: you are amongst 100 lawmakers who demanded that iran be held accountable. president biden is giving a prime time address on this issue. what are you listening for when it comes to iran? >> i think we've seen real moral clarity from the president in terms of what happened in this war and our obligations. now we need to be very focused looking backwards in terms of iran's role but looking forward. their potential desire and intentions to escalate, to draw us into a larger war that would bring more catastrophe and more casualties. so i think we'll hear that tonight from the president especially after his trip. let's be clear, iran's hands and fingerprints are all over i believe not only this attack but every -- all of the terror from hezbollah, hamas, pij who launched the rocket into the hospital. this has the fingerprints of iran all over it and we have to be clear eyed about that.

>> dana: i imagine the president is going to ask for a pretty significant funding package today for israel for humanitarian assistance and the palestinians. also money for ukraine as well as the southern border. with the way the house has been this week and i know things will shake out eventually, do you think that the president will get what he is going to ask for? >> well, it is about what our country needs both again i strongly support securing our own borders which we know fentanyl is pouring into my community and places across the country. and now also standing staunchly with small d democratic allies in ukraine and israel and fights against evil and authoritarian regimes. so this is a real test of whether we will be politicians and partisans or whether we'll be patriots. there are enough patriots in the house in both parties will support funding ukraine in a critical point of their fight against putin and russia and also certainly for israel.

we'll hear that i think from the president. i stand ready to support that and the wide breadth of the congress stands ready. we have to get it to the house floor. we need a speaker. >> dana: that, too, as well. pat ryan, great to have you here today. thank you. >> gillian: president biden set to deliver a prime time address from the oval office tonight on the war in israel. this is fighting between israel and hamas intensifies and protests erupt across the middle east. >> no person having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname a speaker has not been elected. >> gillian: jim jordan failed to secure votes for the speakership for a second time. there will be another vote today? house republicans will hash that out behind closed doors. details coming up next. om the c. and i wanted to hide from the world. for years, i thought my t.e.d. was beyond help...

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>> dana: strike two for jim jordan. who failed to hear the votes. some of what he said moments ago ahead of a closed door conference meeting. >> are you going to go to the third round, yes or no? >> we're still in this race. >> dana: chad pergram has the latest from inside the capitol. hi, chad. >> good morning. it's far from clear there will

be a third vote for speaker today. jim jordan -- he would lose more votes today. jordan says he wants to stay in the race. >> got a conference at 11:00. we'll talk with our colleagues there at 11:00 and then there will be a vote later after conference. >> we are looking to bring the conference together and talk about all kinds of options. >> gop iowa representative meeks said she got death threats over voting for granger of texas for speaker. she said she could not stomach a bully. other jordan opponents claim they were bullied, too. jordan supporters doubt that. >> jordan has never pressured anybody. he offered himself to be speaker. a thankless job to be honest with you. again, he has 200 votes. got 17 that maybe never will come but i think it's his time.

if a good way. >> there is increasing talk right now about trying to empower patrick mchenry as the acting speaker. he says he doesn't want that. listen. >> representative jordan is working with the conference to get votes. tight time frame. look, he has the most votes in the conference. we have had two ballots and i think we'll keep working. >> the house has lacked a speaker for 2 1/2 weeks. lawmakers are angry they can't legislate has the house's power disintegrates before their eyes. >> dana: they have a president who will be asking them for a huge packet of money for all of these wars. thanks, chad. >> thank you. >> gillian: president biden is preparing to address the nation in a prime time address tonight. war erupts in the mideast and

protestors storm global capitals. so far in the israel-gaza war. new polls out reveal what americans are thinking about support for israel as well as other allies now at war like ukraine. here on this former speech writer to president george w. bush and fox news contributor marc thiessen. before we dig into the numbers want to get your big picture take on this last-minute hours-long trip to israel the president took. an incredibly heavy lift to put it together. a lot of security risks to the president. was it worth it? >> good for him for going and standing with israel. what i would like to see him do tonight in the speech is deliver a very strong message. what i haven't seen him do is a strong message to iran. he keeps saying don't. they already have. their proxies have killed dozens of americans and taken dozens of americans hostage. i would like to see the president do tonight in his

speech is deliver a strong message to iran we hold them responsible for the safety of the hostages held by their proxy hamas and if a single hair on the head of a single american is harmed iran will bear the consequences. i would also like him to be more explicit about his support for israel's war aims. he keeps saying israel has the right to defend itself. israel sets a goal in destroying hamas. the president needs to endorse that objective in his speech tonight. >> dana: one of the things he has going for him is support in america for israel. call for number two, fox news poll. support for israelis. 59% of democrats, republicans 79%. that was taken last week. it could be stronger now. we'll see. but the president is also going to be asking for money for ukraine as well and that poll looks like this. fox news poll on aid to ukraine, 51% of americans want to limit

the time frame. these conflicts are not directly related, of course, but yet he is going to make them related and you also have what i thought was fascinating it's possible that north korea has been supplying hamas with some of these weapons. so you've mentioned iran. we know that there are drone attacks in iraq, we know hezbollah is attacking israel. we know israel is trying to respond there against hamas, plus the president is going to add in addition to ukraine the southern border. this is a pretty heavy lift for you were a speech rarity. a lot he is going to ask in a speech tonight. >> he has to explain how it's all connected. iran and russia are allies. russia has launched a ground war in europe. iran has launched let's not pretend it is not iran, they launched a war in the middle east. china is threatening to launch a war in the pacific. all of these things are

connected and he needs to make the case why it is in america's national security interest not talking about democracy versus ought accuracy but why it is in our security interest to deter china and expandsing to a third front with an attack on taiwan and why we need to increase the defense budget to deter them from doing that and stand with our allies and we need to support ukraine and israel in their fight against these aggressors. these are all all eyes working together. he needs to lay out a strategy but make the case in the context of american national interest. that's what americans are looking to hear. >> gillian: tens of millions of eyes will be on the president tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. thanks for taking time with us. we appreciate it. >> dana: thanks, marc. some universities now under the micro scope as anti-israel

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>> gillian: republican lawmakers targeting universities tax exempt status after pro-palestinian protests are erupting on campuses nationwide. lydia hu is outside columbia university here in new york. >> hi there, gillian.

most universities and colleges both public and private enjoy that tax exempt status because they're supposed to be providing educational services which are deemed to be part of the public good. but in light of recent demonstrations and statements, lawmakers are questioning whether schools should benefit from that tax exempt status. some organizations have celebrated the act of terror and their statements call into question the academic or charitable mission they claim to pursue. congressman smith is chair of the house ways and means committee. he could convene hearings on this topic from experts estimate that colleges save or don't pay billions of dollars every year because of their tax exempt status. listen. >> the rich schools are benefiting from tax exempt stouts. they don't have to pay taxes, federal, state or local on their revenues, student tuition, on

government contracts and grants. on their investment gain or on the growth of their endowments. >> wealthy donors are also applying pressure as university endowments have swelled. harvard reaching 50 billion. columbia 13 billion. deep pocketed donors, they are closing wallets. mark row an is encouraging other donors to pull back from the university of pennsylvania and columbia some students are losing their job offers from respectable law firms. just another example of the financial fallout. >> dana: thank you, lydia. special coverage tonight starts at 7:55 p.m. and i'll be on the panel with martha and bret and brit hume and others as well. thank you for this. "the faulkner focus" is next. john roberts is in for harris live from jerusalem.