hostages we can talk about it again. >> bill: on that point the leader of hezbollah is still speaking in lebanon. he has not declared war on israel or not suggested yet, based on some of the headlines we're getting, that they are about to commit action on the northern front. that would be good. i think you would agree with that. however, he also said that israel has the obligation to negotiate for the hostages. we also got a report earlier that the israeli defense minister told antony blinken there will be no pause in gaza unless hamas starts to negotiate over those same hostages you mentioned. can you confirm right now that there are active negotiations to bring those hostages home? >> i cannot divulge any of that information. what i can say is we will not have cease-fire, we will not

have a cease-fire that serves hamas's goals to rearm, and attack us again and perpetrate another massacre. anyone calling for a cease-fire is serving the pro-hamas position. that means that they could get away with what they did and do it again and again. there was a cease-fire on october 6th. hamas broke it on october 7th and will be a cease-fire against once hamas terrorist threat is eliminated and once we get back the hostages. >> dana: one of the things antony blinken was asked about. i don't know details on it. apparently in the meeting earlier blinken brought up some concerns expressed about they said extremists in the west bank attacking palestinians there. and he said that he was reassured that the israeli government is on top of that. is there any more you can say on that? >> i can say that we are on top of that as the secretary said. it is a marginal phenomenon. we will address it.

when we do something wrong on the israeli side we conduct inquiries and address the issue. of course we are again -- no daylight between jerusalem and washington. >> bill: on that point are you convinced this administration is or will allow israel to take out hamas to the very end? >> 100%. there is no stop watch here. we are actually following the model of the international coalition to defeat isis here. we are taking advice from international partners and from our best friend the united states. we're thankful for the moral global leadership and material support providing us the tools to do whatever it takes to achieve the goal of eliminating hamas. we can no longer live next to this terrorist enclave. >> bill: some suggesting if it goes on for too long it may lose support. we'll see if that's the case in time. thank you for coming back today. appreciate your time. >> dana: gaza city now nearly surrounded as israeli tanks and

troops advance deeper into enemy territory ramping up the war to crush hamas while tensions rise on the northern border with lebanon. we were talking about that a bit. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: happy friday. i'm bill hemmer. israel's military supporting close quarter combat over the past 24 hours in the northern half of the gaza strip. this as hamas militants stage hit and run attacks using the miles of tunnels underneath the city for staging grounds. meanwhile in the north hezbollah militants in lebanon stepping up rocket attacks overnight against israel. raising the risk now of a wider conflict. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken you watched with us a moment ago after meeting with israeli leaders said this and then took questions. >> we need to continue to prevent escalation of this conflict. its spread to other areas and theaters. the united states has and will continue to respond to attacks

by iran's proxies to defend our personnel in the region, personnel here in iraq and syria, to help prevent the resurgence of isis. we will do what is necessary to deter and as i said respond to any attacks. >> bill: team fox coverage begins anew. rich edson state department. trey yengst live in southern israel. almost nightfall on another day of war. trey, hello. >> good morning. we've been watching that speech by the leader of hezbollah. he has been talking for more than an hour now discussing the initial massacre on october 7th in southern israel. not surprisingly praising hamas and islamic jihad for heroic efforts. those efforts were the slaughter of women and children, civilians in their homes. but it cuts to the core of the ideology the leader of hezbollah. i will give you one line that is

important to note. many analysts will discuss this. he says some claim we're about to engage in the war. we have been engaged since october 8th. we've seen rocket and mortar fire from southern lebanon to northern israel. hezbollah ramping up attacks against israeli forces responding with air strikes in southern lebanon. a question about how much the lebanese militant group hezbollah instands to get involved in the battle. on the southern front we have seen israeli troops operating behind me inside the gaza strip. i want to step out of the frame and let my cameraman zoom in. tanks and bulldozers operate on the edge of gaza and armored bulldozer destroying a house earlier today. it gives you a sense of how the israelis are operating looking to destroy any of the places that hamas militants could hide and also destroy those tunnel exits where hamas has been ambushing israeli forces. they have killed 24 israeli soldiers we're told since the friday night operation start

evidence. israelis pushing deeper in. chief of staff in israel saying israeli forces have surrounded gaza city. street to street battles are expected to continue throughout the day today and weeks to come. we know the destruction will be focused on the northern part of the gaza strip as israeli troops look to continue support from their artillery units in the distance and air force overhead. a challenging battle. israel says it may take months to complete. >> bill: you may have been listening to our question about negotiations for hostages. she wouldn't answer the question understandably. do you have any information where that stands now? >> we do. we've been talking with the negotiators who are trying to cut those deals behind the scenes. remember the israelis say 241 people are currently being held inside gaza. we talked with a number of sources who are familiar with those negotiations.

they say they stalled last weekend whenever this initial ground push began. that was friday. remember we reported to you that a high-ranking israeli official traveled to doha and on the ground meeting with qatar negotiators. the conversations then resumed and since then have been productive. so those conversations are ongoing. hamas is delivering messages through the qatar east and israelis are trying to put their terms on the table. according to netanyahu, meeting today with and you can hear the outgoing artillery meeting with antony blinken. no cease-fire or pause in the fighting unless some hostages are released. >> bill: more from southern israel. thank you. >> dana: let's get to the state department where rich edson has the latest for us from there. hi, rich. >> another trip to the region for secretary of state antony blinken meeting with the israeli

prime minister netanyahu and meeting earlier today with the president of israel herzog. blinken at the head of the press conference said it is striking and in some ways shocking the brutality and slaughter of october 7th has receded so quickly in the minds of so many. not the case if israel or the case in the united states. blinken stressed on this trip israel has the right and obligation to defend itself to finish hamas. how it does so matters. blinken says he is pushing for israel for a series of brief pauses in military operations in gaza in the hope hamas will release more hostages but he said israel does not need finish hamas. >> there cannot be a return to the pre-october 7th status quo. it is not acceptable or tolerable by anyone else or israel. >> he was asked whether the u.s.

would strike hezbollah in lebanon or iranian targets. he refused to address a hypothetical. the u.s. warned about a second front and why the u.s. military has presence in the region. blink en says they are -- he said there are no guarantees on anything but the u.s. is focused on getting the hostages back as more american citizens are scheduled to leave gaza through the rafah gate today. secretary blinken continues the trip through the region. >> dana: rich edson, thank you. >> bill: ambassador david freeman. thank you for your time and good morning. want to bring you the two headlines for the moment. benjamin netanyahu saying no cease-fire until the hostages are released. the hezbollah leader speaking in lebanon seems as if the northern front that everybody has been watching for the past several weeks will serve as more of a

distraction for israel than anything else. i read that today in realtime as a good sign. how do you see the state of the war right now, mr. ambassador? >> i think it's a good sign, but i really don't trust the leader of hezbollah at all. they are shooting at israel every day from the north. israel is shooting back. it is incredibly volatile. one misfire and the whole thing blows up. if the leader really wants to stay out of the war it's simple. stop shooting at israel and israel won't be firing back. we've all seen wars spin out of control. that continues to be a huge worrying point. if i can, guys, i think the secretary's comments were helpful and important in terms of supporting israel's effort to eradicate hamas, but i have to tell you this idea that this narrative which i think

continues to be advanced in the united states that left to their own devices israel would commit civilian atrocities and america is holding them back is not true. it plays to a political base of the biden administration in the united states of somehow the united states is holding israel back. israel is not targeting civilians. i've been in their war rooms in 2019 there was kinetic activity with hamas. i know what they do. every time they attack, in that attack there is a calibration of what collateral damage will occur. they take that into consideration on every attack. on top of that there are -- they aren't shooting every minute. there are pauses. there were shots fired and then it's quiet. there are pauses constantly. the south is generally quiet. people are leaving. medical supplies are getting in. israel is doing that all by itself and this idea that israel

has to be held back from their worst instincts is feeding a narrative in the united states as we are all seeing leading to, i think, a stark increase in anti-semitism. i wish we would get away from that. it is not accurate and it is political. >> dana: david, there is also periodically they will bring up a two-state solution, which seems impossible to talk about right now but from your perspective or the israeli perspective when they are in the middle of trying to respond to october 7th, that conversation seems difficult to have right now. >> it's really tone deaf, i think. the idea that all these bad actors and it is not just hamas, all these bad actors are somehow going to be reward evidence with an independent state based on their conduct over the last four weeks is absurd and adding insult to the massive injury inflicted on israel. the palestinian authority, which is the alternative governing

body in the area is an entity that pays terrorists to kill jews. an entity that has voiced its support for hamas. not a single arab leader that borders israel whether egypt, jordan, lebanon or syria. not a single arab leader that has not to a large extent sided with hamas. who will govern this two-state solution? where are the peace-loving leaders coming from? i'm personally against it. i think it will never and shouldn't come to be. for those who want to pursue that path now is certainly not the right time. >> bill: thank you for being here. lower manhattan, eric trump this is what we call the pool spray, p-o-o-l. he have is back for a second day of testimony.

his brother, donald trump junior spent a day and a half on the stand on wednesday and thursday. and then on monday we understand that once court comes back to action early next week ivanka trump will be on the stand. they will have all three kids who are involved in the trump business on the stand. there is the attorney general in new york as that trial moves on and just want to -- that's a repeat when the cameras go in and get a look around. >> dana: then they get out of there. >> bill: in and out in a minute. that's what's happening. let you know if there are headlines. >> dana: my grant crisis getting attention as president biden holds a summit of national leaders in the americas. that meeting is now underway. >> bill: there is a long-running battle in the senate or military promotions as one single senator blocks their confirmation. senator dan sullivan will tell us why it's time for his fellow republican to end the blockade coming up. >> my colleague, no readiness

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>> dana: back now at the border crisis front and center at the white house. president biden hosting leaders from central and south america digging deep into the economic reasons that are causing migrants to flee their home countries. the summit coming more than two years after biden tapped vice president kamala harris to do exactly that. edward lawrence on fox business live in d.c. with more. >> i'm really next to the u.s. capitol here. the president is starting to say that congress needs to act on this even though the president changed border policies from the

month he got into office here. the touting over at the white house this first inaugural america's partnership for economic prosperity leaders summit. as the supply chains trying to help work that out but also working on the underlying economic drivers of this illegal migration. >> this two-day summit represents a strong demonstration of the united states commitment to work with partners to take advantage of this once in a generation opportunity to recenter critical global supply chains in the americas. continue to address shared migration challenge and build meaningful economic opportunity across the hemisphere. >> the fact is the four of the countries involved in the summit mexico, columbia, ecuador peru accounted for 90,000 people crossing the border. two years as you mentioned since the president tasked the vice president, kamala harris, with going after the root causes of that illegal migration and

fiscal year 2023 another record year of people illegally crossing the southern border, 2.4 million people with about 600,000 gotaways. here is republicans on that. >> with the number of people that continue to pour into the u.s. over the southern border and it is like 2 or 3 weeks later before they figure out what the profile of the individual who came across is. so i'm not sure how we are supposed to respond to this. >> republicans worrisome people coming across the southern border want to do people in america harm and they are just waiting for that opportunity. that's the concern up on capitol hill for some folks. >> dana: thank you for that, edward lawrence in washington. thank you. >> no matter whether you believe it or not, this is doing great damage to our military. >> it will be remembered. it's a dark evening. this will be remembered. >> those are republican lawmakers lindsey graham and

joni ernst out of iowa confronting a fellow rub can tuberville as he blocks the nomination of hundreds of military officers for -- here is tuber vile's response. >> it was character assassination at times but, you know, remember what i did for a living for a long time. i'm used to that. i told you i hate having to do this but somebody has got to listen to us. >> bill: dan sullivan is one of the senators on the floor on wednesday and the only member of the senate currently serving in the military. good morning and nice to see you in person. he is saying i'm doing it on behalf of taxpayers and they should not pay for abortions. what do you say? >> i'm a pro-life u.s. senator, i'm completely opposed to the biden d.o.d. abortion policy. i agree with senator tuberville

on that and working for him with months to get it reversed. but you are reporting all morning is something we're in a dangerous world right now and we need the best, most combat-experienced admirals and generals on the field and bill, dana, they are not on the field. there are 400 being held right now, here is the thing. none of them have anything to do with this policy dispute. even if they get confirmed, none of them will be able to resolve it. we should be putting hold on civilian d.o.d. officials who have a policy approach that can change this. but not the men and women who have been defending our country. >> bill: cut a deal with him. >> we've been working for a long time. senator tuberville, i'm good friends with him. the one thing he said if you bring them up one-by-one to vote on, i'll vote for them. so on wednesday night we brought them up one-by-one. 61 nominees and he objected to

every one. here is the thing. there has been this kind of talk some of these admirals and generals are, you know, that's jockeys, not warriors. it's ridiculous. these are the men and women after 9/11 who were the lieutenants and the captains kicking in doors in fallujah. these are our best combat experienced leaders and we need them on the field. again, there is starting to be real morale issues in the military. we've deployed several times. our families have sacrificed and have nothing to do with this dispute. our careers are being punished now. the wrong tactic at the wrong time and the wrong target. >> dana: he is holding firm. d.o.d. is holding firm. can we ask you about this? iran sanctions. we have the hezbollah leader speaking for more than an hour and a half.

we know iran calls the shots, right? the "wall street journal" headline was this. the iran/russia military axis, two countries are increasingly working together as u.s. allies and interests. as a u.s. senator, should the united states do more and is it sanctions, is sanctions enough? can they be tough enough to exhibit some change? >> well yes and yes. let me just begin by saying that at the end of the trump administration, we had a really strong iran/middle east policy. massive sanctions. iranians had $4 billion in foreign reserves in their accounts. it was a peace initiative with the abraham occurs, deterrence when we went and killed general soleimani. the biden administration came in and reversed all of that, dana. this morning i actually sent a letter to secretary blinken signaled by several u.s. senators that said let's

reimpose the massive sanctions and start with this one. two weeks ago in the u.n. security council, the ballistic missile sanctions of the u.n. against iran expired. they expired. why aren't we bringing those back? why is blinken not bringing those back? that's what my letter says. it is actions speak louder than words particularly with iran. these guys have been appeasing iran and it's been a challenge. >> bill: there is a lot going on today. >> a lot going on. good to sigh. >> dana: secretary blinken is in israel appealing for a humanitarian pause with hundreds of americans stuck in gaza and hundreds of hostages still in hamas control. >> we also want to focus on getting the rest of the americans and foreign nationals out and again praying that we can rescue the hamas hostages.

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about an hour ago and back on the witness stand. day two for him in the $250 million fraud trial against his father's real estate empire. nate foye watching and listening joins us now. what has happened so far? >> he took the stand about five minutes ago. the only witness today. when his testimony concludes the court will break until monday when his father, former president donald trump will take the stand himself. now trump, eric trump and donald trump, junior are all co-defendants in the trial. in day one of eric's direct examination the state focus eats on a clip from his deposition talking about trump's seven springs estate in westchester, new york. the state presented emails. he said he was involved. it was a handful of emails from ten years ago. ivanka trump will testify in the trial next wednesday. state court denied her request

to avoid taking the stand. she will be the last witness called by the state before trump's lawyers call their own witnesses. a contentious moment at the end of court yesterday. the justice threatened to expand the partial gag order to include attorneys after trump lawyer made a comment about the judge's law clerk. he argued the two appeared bias by passing notes to each other during testimony. the judge says he has a right to consult with his law clerk. witnesses are not allowed to speak to the media while actively testifying. eric trump will be free to say whatever he wants with his testimony concludes. send it back to you. >> bill: nate foye in lower manhattan. >> dana: shannon bream is the host of "fox news sunday." catch us up on this case, what is going on, what it will wrap up. do we have another week of this? >> we do know next week will be interestsing. former president trump is

expected to take the stand and ivanka trump. she will have to testify. she appealed that decision and lost on appeal which means we expect to see her on the stand as well. all of the big names are showing up. you see the attorney general is showing up there. james as well. this is really the headline making part of the trial. so all of that will continue through next week and we'll see. i'm not sure what the big timeline for it. the crux of the critical testimony and big name witnesses with expand at least another week. >> bill: turn to the middle east. a question about how americans feel about it. before i do that nasrallah saying the threats from the u.s. don't scare us. the hezbollah leader in lebanon saying those who made the attacks against you in the early 80s when the u.s. marines were blown up in that barracks in southern lebanon under ronald reagan said they are still alive. so at least by word, shannon, he is being threatening. but not so much by action. quinnipiac found this. are you concerned the u.s. will

be drawn into military conflict in the mideast? 84% say yes. >> they should have good reason. when you have somebody on the northern border. there have been incursions back and forth. israel said we're completely prepared for anything to come from any border. hezbollah keeps saying it all depends on what happens in gaza. i don't think that we've seen in israel and secretary blinken being there have any intention of pausing what they are doing with hamas in gaza. if that will be hezbollah's red line i don't think we can expect it is going to temper what israel is doing in any way. so part of what secretary blinken is doing there is cautioning they don't want another front to open in this war and it sounds like hezbollah at least is very much saber rattling and suggesting that they are ready to go. as we've outlined for virus, hezbollah is a different than

hamas, they are a bigger organization. that is a front nobody wants to see open up. >> dana: they also have received a lot of great training, military training because of the fighting in syria. this weekend you will have house speaker mike johnson on your show on "fox news sunday" and there is a lot of questions you have for him. i imagine that israel funding and ukraine aid will be one of them? >> yeah. so he led this effort the house gop has passed the stand alone israel funding measure taking the money from the i.r.s. he has said because he knows there is a lot of pressure on the senate side as well we'll do ukraine funding. maybe coupled up with border funding or something else. senate side you have the top senate republican and democrat in step with the white house. they want the package to include everything, ukraine, israel. taiwan, border. we'll talk with johnson how he navigates that. we are running out of money in

14 days again. >> dana: i had forgotten about that actually. 14 days. >> it's coming. how will he navigate that? >> bill: mike dewine will be with you. they'll vote on abortion in ohio on tuesday. perhaps some of these red states how they feel about that issue being thrown back to them. shannon, have an awesome show. see you on sunday. thank you. >> right now on the democrat side the progressives have really no idea what they are talking about. they are driving a lot of this younger generation to what i think is really bad decisions. >> bill: radical progressives driving the national agenda further to the left have democrats now become their own worst enemy? a whole new column in the "new york times" with a warning for the biden campaign. russia rattling its saber as it pulled out of the international

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>> bill: to another big story of international significance. russia's president vladimir putin pulling his country out of the nuclear test ban treaty as russia and china move closer together in their relationship. benjamin hall has more on the significance and we get ready for nuclear talks with beijing. >> yes, look, while the world is looking closely at the middle east and what's happening in israel russia and around the world significant changes happening on the nuclear level. this one for example pulling out of the treaty means that they have removed their constraint for testing more nuclear bombs. there is fear there will be an arms race between the u.s.,

russia and china. this was signed earlier today by putin and effectively what it does means they are no longer part of the treaty. putin has been speaking in a strong way trying to invoke fear amid the ukraine war ahead of a biden/xi meeting where nuclear will be discussed. biden administration is holdings talks with china to fend off the three-way arms race with beijing and moscow. the first talk of its kind since the obama administration. at the same time, we see iran also getting closer to building a nuclear bomb. there are indications russia is helping iran out with that and in exchange they get iranian drones. it's feared that north korea might also test a nuclear bomb coming up in the next year or so and russia is supporting them, too. in exchange north korea has reportedly just shipped more than a million artillery shells to russia.

we look at the middle east now but a lot of movement going on between other countries around there. between russia, iran,, china, north korea. a growing nuclear arms race now that russia pulled out of this treaty is the fear. >> bill: always nice to see you, benjamin. thank you, ben. >> dana: a column in the "new york times" getting our attention. it's entitled the democrats are their own worst enemies. the party is being driven by its radical left fringe more than ever. jessica tarlov and kennedy. jessica, what's going on? "the new york times" peace said democratic leaders settle for a cheap progressive. what was once called limb niece

liberalism. >> democrats, everyone who watches the five knows i like it that way. you need to be running scared in order to win elections if you feel like it will be okay for you, you will probably lose. i don't mind this. but at least -- this drum has been beating for a decade focusing on the latino vote. but if you read the crux of the piece, i don't think it really stacks up with the reality of what's been happening electorally. democrats are overperforming since 2018. mid-term was supposed to be the red wave. they lost 40 seats. we ended up by 3 1/2. i give george santos half a seat. we won many special elections. i'm not saying we don't have

issues but at the ballot box. >> dana: on the day of the vote you come together. >> bill: this reads like a five alarm fire. do you see it that way? >> yes, i do for democrats. i would be really worried because if you look what's happening with israel, it feels like progressives are dictating the president's foreign policy. i think that's a huge mistake. they have taken their eye off the ball economically. it should be a lay-up for both parties. they are both failing. all you have to do is look how families are struggling and fix that. address that. talk about that. come up with solutions. and that's what people want to hear. they don't want the hear that everything is great. you are imagining this. bidenomics is fantastic, the best economy we've ever had when i can't afford groceries and gas. and they've dropped the ball and it's so counterintuitive. the fact that you would put your ideological eggs in this

progressive basket. a losing strategy. it's not bringing people together. >> bill: it's where the money is on the democratic party. topic two. he did -- he spoke out, op-ed usa today. hunter biden, i fought to get sober. it hurts more than me. my struggles and mistakes have been fonder for a disinformation campaign against my father and an aisleation of my demonstration and charges that appear to be the first ever of their kind brought in the history of delaware. what did you make of his comment? was it defensive or something else? >> it was definitely defensive. it is good for hunter biden to speak for himself since everybody else has been speaking about it. the timing of this makes sense now that james comer is backing off the investigation saying i don't know if i will hold more

hearings. mike johnson coming out in one of his first interviews we may subpoena him. if you have a case and got some smoking gun against joe biden and his crime syndicate you don't say it's desperate times. i think it will resonate with people who dealt with addiction and have addiction in their family, a lot of people certainly here in america. it doesn't look like the republicans. >> dana: i think of it differently. saying it was much more likely they were going to go for impeachment based on some of these fraudulent things they found. what do you think or know that they are going to do? >> i don't want impeachment proceedings. i know it is a political mechanism but i don't want it to be entirely political. if they are going after the president make sure you have something substantial. i think there is a great deal to substantiate there.

dismissing it saying it's a political witch hunt. you go after this poor addict is disgusting and reprehensible. anyone who tried and fought to treat their addiction, they know that one of the key steps is taking accountability for your actions. and blaming his behavior on his addiction is disgusting. if he were -- >> dana: anybody who wasn't the president's son would be in a lot more trouble. >> he would be up a creek. there wouldn't be a paddle in sight. >> i didn't mean there wouldn't be impeachment. the investigation in the oversight committee seem to be winding down. what mike johnson decides to do is different than the committee. >> bill: thank you. first it was bernie madoff. now the crypto kid. found guilty. the biggest fraud trial since madoff next. >> sam bankman-fried perpetrated one of the biggest financial frauds in american history, a

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>> bill: now as we mentioned the crypto kid had the book thrown at him yesterday. back in federal prison more than 12 hours since his conviction. this was a crypto meltdown. kelly o'grady is watching the trial from the beginning and good morning to you. what's next? >> good morning, bill. listen, the jury only took them four hours to come to a verdict. these were really complicated charges. for context bernie madoff took four days to convict him. when the verdict was read sbf remained stoic. his mom and dad choked back tears. the final nail in his coffin was the decision to testify. it came down to who did the jury believe, sam bankman-fried or the three circle members who testified against him? former prosecutors, credibility is what mattered. he didn't have it on the stand.

he seemed like two very different people unable to answer simple questions under cross and at times defiant. what comes next? defense will likely file an appeal. he faces up to 110 years behind bars and there is a march trial to determine how long he will be behind bars. how many years is he going to get? bernie madoff good 150. holmes got 11. does the judge choose to make an example of him because it's the first major crypto case? my takeaway covering this for the better part of a year, i don't care whether it's crypto or cash, fraud is fraud and that's the message the jury sent last night, bill. >> bill: you would know from the beginning. thank you, nice to see you. >> dana: $14 billion aid package for israel passes the house. senate working on its own aid package with funds for ukraine and taiwan. >> the headline here senate

leader chuck schumer says this bill, the house bill is dead on arrival. house republicans hope that they got 12 democrats on board will put pressure on the senate. some democrats say not so fast. >> puts no pressure on the senate. schumer said he is not bringing it up. >> schumer will do his own thing and put together a big package mirroring the president's request. unprecedented to pay for from the irs and it leaves out ukraine and taiwan aid. mitch mcconnell would have liked to have seen, too. support for that is dwindling among senate republicans. speaker johnson says ukraine aid will see its day. we may see some negotiations surround a ukraine/border package. we'll see what happens next week when the senate returns.

dana. >> dana: aishah hosni, you are a busy lady on capitol hill. a lot going on. >> bill: it's been a day, been a week, right >> dana: what's on your mind? >> bill: well, my best guess is you have to watch that northern front and see what happens there. i think what israel has shown time and again is that they can defeat any threat from gaza. might take time and a loss of life but they can accomplish that. >> dana: i think that nasrallah and hezbollah is trying to take credit for the idea of the attack but said we didn't have anything to do with the attack. they want to say there is a little bit of a distance there. the ideology is all the same. this will heat up through the weekend. >> bill: that's true. stay with us. >> dana: see you on "the five." julie banderas is up with the faulkner focus next. hi, julie.