single question that the state will ask former president trump and then she is transcribing his answers and lets me know essentially point by point exactly what is happening on the witness stand. that has been how we've done things throughout this entire trial including last week when don junior and eric were testifying. so again i wouldn't expect former president trump to speak to the media, perhaps during the lunch break or the morning session. will wrap up in early afternoon and resume at 2:15. i wouldn't expect comments in the middle of the day but perhaps after he is done testifying i would expect to hear from the former president himself. >> dana: we have a few shots inside the courtroom. they allow everybody to get a scene setter on video. that's been consistent every day. there you see president trump. history making, bill, as you said.

>> bill: unprecedented. also the leading nominee in the republican fight for the nomination. >> dana: by far. >> bill: had words at an event on saturday and he made mention of it walking in, right? polling shows i'm leading. this is called election interference. he said it repeatedly for the past several weeks and said it is an unfair situation. similar comments that we've heard prior. >> dana: he has a very determined look on his face focusing and one of defiance. >> bill: so if you listen to some of these legal analysts, bret had a great constitutional attorney on last week. a fast talker, right? we like fast talkers. she was making the case that even the judge found him liable already she thinks this is ripe upon appeal because the valuations in real estate are not entirely concrete. a lot of the stuff is subjective. that was the reference she was making last week. we'll see whether or not --

we'll get to that point. the question is what will happen. >> dana: eric and the two sons eric and don, junior testified last week. he testifies today. apparently the last witness will be ivanka trump. whether it's tuesday or wednesday we'll find out then. >> dana: reporters in the courtroom and we have everything you need to know today. we want to bring you a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino and you are. >> bill: good morning. i'm bill hemmer. former president trump speaking a few minutes ago. >> dana: despite the legal challenges, former president trump stunning new polls in several must-win swing states and leading biden in a potential rematch next year. the swing state surprise. i think a lot of political pundits are saying if you are paying attention it might not be

such a surprise. there were considerations some of these polls were outliers where it showed trump beating biden, now it's conventional wisdom this is where we are a year out from the election, brian. >> good morning. that's exactly right. this is where we are. even with all of the courtroom drama, despite facing 91 felony criminal counts the polling shows president trump would beat president biden if the election were held today. a poll showing that 44% of registered voters in the six key battleground states would vote for trump today compared to just 39% for biden. there is a caveat. when voters asked if trump were convicted and sentenced to prison biden comes out on top with 49% compared to trump eva's 39%. overall the new poll is good news for trump. shows the former president beating biden in five of the six

critical swing states, nevada, arizona, pennsylvania, georgia, michigan. only a slight lead by biden in wisconsin. trump has cut biden's leads with black and hispanic voters if half. and under age 45 plummeting by 33 points since 2020. support from non-white voters is down 30%. trump called on republican presidential candidates to just drop out. >> it's time for the republican establishment to stop wasting time and money trying to push weak rhinos and never trumpers that nobody wants on the ballot. >> there is no sign of that happening at least not yet. sources familiar say iowa's republican governor will support desantis over trump. reynolds said this to fox in may.

she said she would stay out of it. listen. >> i have said i will remain neutral. i want to help talk about events they should participate in. help let them know what is happening in the state. >> trump responded on truth social posting i didn't want or need her to campaign with me. i'm 41 plus points up in iowa. five of the republican candidates will be on the debate stage in miami. trump will not be. he is hosting a rally right across town that same night. dana. >> dana: bryan llenas, thanks for the update. we appreciate it. >> dana: explosions today in gaza. the israeli military stepping up its counter offensive against hamas. now completely surrounding gaza

city. but the iranian-backed terror group launched a new rocket barrage against the jewish state. an update from mike tobin live in israel. good morning to you, mike. >> good morning, dana. we had another rocket barrage come out of gaza strip headed in ashkelon five minutes ago. this as israel says they're closing in on gaza city and hamas in gaza city for the first time mentioning the navy is closing in from the mediterranean sea. aerial bombardment has been a lot. they're at the edge of the neighborhoods around gaza city hitting command and control structures. we caught up with emily, an american woman who stopped in to see the in laws in the gaza

strip before october 7th and got trapped. they survived what was left over in the cupboards and made the exit out of the rafah crossing into egypt. >> the night before we left, i couldn't sleep at all listening to the bombing in the distance and counting. i counted within one minute between 14 and 17 booms. it was every 4 to 10 seconds. i just couldn't get over how many i was hearing and i was trying to make sense of it all. >> our cameras captured some of the rocket fire making its way all the way up to tel aviv last night. this was remarkable because those rockets were fired from the middle of the gaza strip. it is difficult for hamas to fire from the northern end of the gaza strip because israeli forces are there now. also there was an evacuation corridor supposed to be open from 10:00 to 2:00 in the afternoon.

it is not clear how well it went. israel says it went well. hamas says the routes were blocked and israel says if they see hamas activity along the route they'll take it out. >> dana: quick question for you. when you look ahead. we're starting a new week here and underway for about several hours now. what should people be preparing for this week now that gaza city is surrounded? >> gaza city at some point they will have to go into gaza city and combat will intensify and more and more of the tunnel structure to deal with and keep in mind as they go into the tunnels, hostages are supposed to be somewhere in those tunnels and hostages are always going ton vulnerable. a very tense situation going forward. >> dana: it is indeed. thank you. >> bill: israel standing firm as forces continue to pound hamas inside of gaza. president netanyahu rejecting calls for any brief humanitarian

pause, there will be no cease-fire without the return of the hostages. that should be completely removed from the lexicon. we say it to our friends and enemies. we will simply continue until we defeat them. we have no alternative. chris o'leary is a former director of the f.b.i. hostage rescue and recovery team, senior vp at another company. i don't know in the history of the world we've had a circumstance like this upwards of 240 hostages at the moment. trey yengst reported on fox around sunrise today that israeli sources he is speaking to believe the majority of hostages are still held underground in gaza city in the relative same area as each other. would you believe that to be the case? >> i would for sure. although hamas likely still doesn't have control of all of them because palestinian islamic jihad has been involved and the assessment as of a few days ago

was 30 hostages were held by them. we're not negotiating with a single entity here. hamas is trying to wrestle control of all of them. the born out of egyptian islamic jihad, islamic jihad, that is who you are dealing with as well. they are slightly more radical than hamas is. >> dana: the fact that we could put pressure on qatar to put pressure on hamas. who are the israelis actually talking to? >> they are talking to qatar and over the last couple years we've used them as an intermediary. they have been a credible partner dealing with networks and iranians and they've worked closely with us and been great partners for us. they are interested in conflict resolution and they see that as a new role for them. >> dana: great way to resolve a

conflict for hamas to release hostages. >> they are advocating for that. >> bill: the israeli ambassador michael herzog. he makes the case hamas is not serious about a cease-fire. >> we are making every effort to get hostages released. when people talk about pause in the fighting, we are all for a pause that would allow for the release of hostages. unfortunately, it is not our impression that hamas is serious about releasing them and they are playing for time. >> bill: i don't know if you agree with that or not. you probably do. i think the circumstance is different from many other hostage matters. you have an active war on right now. you have a powerful military that's moving on this area. this is not a stagnant situation where you can delay this over a period of weeks or months. that is a dynamic, i think, that needs to be understood.

>> i completely agree with his comments, number one. it is not in the benefit of israel to pause this whatsoever. a cease-fire would only benefit hamas. and although if i had a family member there being held hostage i would be concerned about the military offensive but understand with each block that is taken, with each home or apartment that is gone into by israeli military forces they are gathering information and taking detainees, conducting interrogations and taking cell phones and exploiting those things. building a picture of the enterprise that's holding the hostages and their possible locations. that's how this is done and how the targeting cycle is done in coordination with the signals intelligence being collected with the imagery being collected. as they put pressure on the network some hamas leadership with move and we start following them to known areas of interest.

>> dana: did you have deal with a situation with babies this young held hostage? >> i can't think of a single case in a modern era that is this horrific. >> dana: thank you for coming. good to be in touch with you. >> bill: get back to the courthouse now. we mentioned this a moment ago. we were going to take you back to this courthouse any moment now president trump is going to be on that stand and we will get a little bit of information while that happens because now we're hearing he is on the stand. before he went in the courtroom he said the following. watch and listen. >> israel is being attacked, while ukraine is being attacked, while inflation is eating our country alive, i'm down here and these are all political opponent attack ads by the biden administration. their poll numbers are terrible. "the new york times" and cbs came out with that i'm leading all over the place. a very unfair situation.

this is really election interference. this trial is ridiculous. the numbers are much greater than on the financial statement. we've proven that. they said mar-a-lago was barth $18 million. it's worth more than a hundred times more than that. it is a terrible, terrible thing. these political operatives that i will be dealing with right now, you have a racist attorney general who made some terrible statements and you see some that came over the wires today. it's a very sad situation for our country. we shouldn't have this. this is for third world countries. very unfire. it's very unfair. in the meantime the people of the country understand it, they see it and they don't like it. they don't like it because it's political warfare as you would call it. law fare. it usually takes place in third

world countries. nobody has seen it to this extent we've never seen it here. we'll go along and hopefully do very well in every regard and win the election and make america great again. we'll make america great again. we have to take it away from the thugs we deal with and the horrible people that must hate our country to do this. but we will fight very hard for our country. thank you very much, everybody. >> bill: we have seen many things over the last few months and see a lot of firsts over the coming year. another one today. >> dana: the attorney general gave some comment as well. do we want to play those again? maybe don't need to. here she is actually quickly. >> before he takes the stand, i am certain that he will engage in name calling and taunts and race baiting and call this a witch hunt.

but at the end of the day, the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers. and numbers, my friends, don't lie. thank you. >> dana: before the court appearance today, president trump posted this on truth social. our country is under the highest level of threat ever and yet all the d.o.j. and f.b.i. want to do is go after donald trump and his family, sad with a triple exclamation point. let's bring in former assistant u.s. attorney andy mccarthy. it is history making. you are following this very closely. a lot of this is highly unusual. your thoughts this morning as he gets underway. >> well, he has got a real point, dana, when he says this is political warfare. i do think this case discredits some of the other cases against him, which are pretty -- this one people should understand is the case that the prosecutors, the federal prosecutors in manhattan and the district

attorney's office in manhattan, hardly indicated it wouldn't take a weak case against trump given what they have indicted, they looked at this and decided not to charge it because there are no victims. the allegation is that he inflated the value of his assets but these are high-end transactions involving very sophisticated financial actors who do their own due diligence. trump's own financial statements, the statements of financial condition that are the heart of this case, have a disclaimer in them basically admonishing the people on the other side to do their own due diligence and not put too much stock in his numbers. i think that's why the prosecutors looked at the case and decided there was no criminal case. the a.g. has this monstrous statute that allows her to bring a civil case even if there are no damages and even if there is no proof of intent to deceive, much less actual fraud.

so this case is really very troubling. >> bill: she is on camera repeatedly over a series of years saying she will get trump and many more things similar to that. there are those who believe this is ripe for appeal. are you one of them? >> i am. i think first of all this whole new york justice system, bill, is fraudulent in the sense that these are elected democrats. she is an elected democrat who as you point out campaigned for office on a vow that she would use the power of the state to get him, which is kind of a soviet way of going about your business. the judge is an elected democrat so the whole system is not like what we have in the federal system where you have appointed prosecutors and appointed judges who are vetted by the senate, at least in the hope that it will insure they won't use their power in an abusive way. in this system they are electing

people on a promise of going after individuals, individuals who happen to be their political enemies. that should be troubling enough. the other thing is just in terms of like a sort of eighth amendment punishment principle where you have in this case a situation where the penalty they are talking about is so out of whack with the infraction that it ought to back everybody up. if you want to tell me that maybe they should fine trump a million dollars because he inflated his assets, you know, wouldn't be my way of doing a system but fine. that's not what they are talking about here. they are talking about in a case where you have no victims of fraud taking away profits and putting him out of business under circumstances where there is not a single person or single entity that actually got defrauded here.

>> dana: there is also this controversy about a gag order and telling president trump he can't comment. the judge wrote the first amendment right of defendants and their attorneys to comment on my staff is far and away outweighed by the need to protect them from threats and physical harm. your thoughts on the gag order. >> i think what the judge is doing, again he is an elected democrat, is promoting this democratic narrative that when trump speaks, it's a dog whistle for people to do physical attacks even when he is not calling for violence. the idea that he, while running for president under circumstances where everyone he is running against, democrat and republican is completely uninhibited about what they can say about these cases, but he needs to be gagged should be very offensive to people. there is no reason he needs to be quiet in a situation where he is up against people who are actually elected democrats who

are getting a great deal political benefit out of bringing the case in the first place. he is actually fighting this, i think, dana, as a political battle rather than a legal one because the elected democrat judge told him before the trial even started that he lost. so he can't win. >> dana: thank you. >> bill: really well done. the whole point about the fine of $250 million is very interesting. she essentially wants to take away his business license and run him out of the state. >> dana: thanks, andy. we'll stay in touch today. anti-israeli protestors attempting to overrun a u.s. air base overseas. what happened here? back at home democrats bending over backwards to figure out a way to defend anti-semitic rhetoric and why the party can't get its message straight.

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>> bill: right now president trump is on the stand. we'll get you details as they start to dribble out of court in lower manhattan. we want to show that to you. perhaps when we get a break he'll have more comments and we'll be there for that as well. that's ongoing right now, history in the making. >> dana: we have a massive caravan with thousands of migrants barreling towards the united states. it could get larger as concerns grow over potential terrorists from the middle east entering through the southern border. senior correspondent casey stiegel is watching this for us. hi, casey. >> good morning to you. a total of two caravans now making their way to the u.s. border. one is smaller consisting of hundreds of migrants and left a mexican city yesterday. that's fairly close to the guatemalan border.

they're from cuba, venezuela and el salvador. they expect to link up with a larger group of some 7,000 who are about 25 miles to the north in another city. they're traveling on foot but they don't know when they will reach the u.s. border. their anticipated arrival comes at a time when the u.s. is on high alert because of the conflict in israel raising fears that possible terrorists could try to exploit the system. >> we know this is a very real threat to the united states of america. and the fact that we don't have control of our borders, we don't know who is coming in and out of our country is something that the bad guys have been observing for years. >> back in early september border patrol agents in the rio grande valley discovered backpacks with ammo and a homemade explosive device left unattended at the border wall in star county. agents coordinated with mcallen

police and atf to do a controlled detonation of that device, a noise maker with flash powder. the border patrol sector chief says a dangerous situation was averted but says it is just one more example of the tactics and weapons that criminals are emotion employing against the federal agents working out on the front lines. dana. >> dana: casey stiegel. thank you for watching that -- for us. more soon. >> we know the deep concern for the terrible toll gaza is taking on palestinians, a concern that we share and that we are working on every single day. we've engaged the israelis on steps they can take to minimize civilian casualties. >> bill: that's antony blinken been on the move all weekend long in the region. added a stop late in turkey. that leader has been outspoken but hardly rolled out the

welcome mat. pro-palestinian protestors trying to storm an air base that houses u.s. troops. gillian turner has the hot button issue for us. >> the secretary of state wrapped up another 11th hour tour of the middle east with a stop in turkey. he came face-to-face with the regime that sits squarely on the other side of this conflict. they don't support israel. blinken said the main goal for the u.s. is getting aid into gaza and getting americans out. listen. >> humanitarian policies engaged with the israelis on the particular practicalities of that. one critical aspect is seeing progress on hostages. that is something we're intensely focused on. we also believe a pause could help advance that proposition as well. >> a day before stopping in turkey to meet with his counterpart blinken was in iraq where troops have been targeted

by iranian proxies 28 times. back in washington official eaves are calling for israel to pause the ground war in gaza in order to allow aid in. blinken acknowledged while in baghdad the devil is really in those details. >> israel has raised important questions about how humanitarian pauses would work. we've got to answer those questions. we're working on exactly that. >> palestinian territories saturday the biden administration's support for israel came up against a hard wall of resistance by hamas allies. >> this is not a war against hamas, it is clear it is a war against our people. >> i cannot justify to anybody killing 3,700 children and 9,000 people, destroying 150,000 houses, destroying hospitals, how can we just sit by that this is self-defense? >> as you know, bill, big news on friday was a whole lot about

75 americans getting out of gaza. the number of hostages in hamas captivity, ten americans, has not changed. there will be a briefing at state department today at 1:15. i'll be in there and have a clans to ask what progress the secretary of state made on this fourth or fifth trip to the region since the war broke out. >> bill: a remarkable series of meetings over the past 48 hours or so. gillian, looking forward to learning what you learn there. thanks for that today. >> dana: get to this. squad member and progressive congresswoman rashida tlaib defending the anti-semitic chant from the river to the sea. an aspirational call to freedom. some fellow democrats are pushing back against that message and bring in mike gallagher of wisconsin. the "new york post" headline had this. the free palestinian really means eliminate israel and democrats can no longer ignore it. bernie sanders, he was trying to defend. watch here. >> this is an enormously conplex

issue. slogans there the river to the sea. that's not going to work if it means the destruction of israel. we're for israel all the way. that won't work. this is a conflict. you have a right wing government in israel that is racist. i hope they put in a government that understands the severity of the crisis? >> is it really that complicated, congressman? >> it is very simple. with hamas you have a terrorist group, a death cult that is seeking to kill as many jews as possible and eliminate israel. in israel you have the beacon of freedom in the middle east. actually the best place to be for example arab israelis have more rights in israel than any other government around the region. so for tlaib and sanders to argue from the river to the sea is an aspirational call for human rights and not wipe the

jewish state off the map is absurd. saying that mein kampf was the memoir of a failed artist. it is absurd. it is not just tlaib. barack obama lectured us about how we have to admit that all of us are complicit to some degree. president obama is supposed to be an elder statesman but sounds like a progressive community organizer. that statement that we're all complicit is actually partly true but not in the way he meant. obama is complicit because the iran deal he struck funded iran and hamas and now he is going around lecturing the rest of us for it. the biden administration is stuck and starting to succumb to the progressive base not only because of bad domestic poll numbers for the president but than willing to give up the obama nuclear deal that they've

been trying to revive since day one creating chaos for policy in the region. >> dana: have you been able to observe and can you describe what it is like to watch the internal fighting amongst the democrats on capitol hill? >> yeah, i should admit as a republican member of congress i can't lecture on internal fighting given the last couple months. this is something totally different and we are seeing anti-semitism on the left. there are members of the democratic caucus who have been very strong and outspoken on this issue and politically assuming some risk in that regard. ritchie torres has been very clear and brave in his rhetoric. others in the michigan delegation have condemned tlaib's remarks and asked her to recant. there is certainly tension on the other side of the aisle. a growing the squad has a lot of influence, the progressive left is clearly upset with the

initial support that biden has voiced for israel and it is why you are starting to see the shift, i think, in the biden administration's rhetoric. i'm concerned about that. that could result in israel -- support for israel here domestically waning but israel being isolated in various international organizations and institutions which have an anti-israel bias. we need the president of the united states, commander-in-chief to defend israel in those settings. >> dana: my last question you wrote a piece last week call for five that said why do young americans support hamas? look at tiktok. digital fentanyl made by china and brainwashing our youth against the country and our allies. it got a lot of attention. do you get a sense that anybody is paying attention to the warnings that you are making? >> you know, i actually think for a while there people tried to ignore the tiktok issue in part because tiktok had a sophisticated lobbying campaign. in part because there were a lot

of prominent democratic politicians that didn't want to alienate younger voters. more concerned about the next election than the effect of what it was having on the mental health of our youth. the poison on tiktok right now and we now have renewed interest in taking action in congress and we must act. we must either ban it or force a sale to an american company that can control the algorithm. without that control we don't know whether or not or how tiktok and bytedance and ccp could push anti-american propaganda to pit americans against americans and weaken us internally. >> dana: pay attention to all you do this week. >> bill: we have some updates right now with donald trump on the stand. maria is our producer inside the courtroom. here is her first update. she says trump has been on the stand for half an hour. he is very composed but taking jabs at the judge.

he has been asked to just answer the questions but is providing lengthy narratives. he has made comments about the judge ruling against him a few times as he has said many times he believes mar-a-lago has been undervalued 50 to 100 times. now kevin wallace is an attorney for the state of new york, all right? and wallace is asking trump these questions. and the judge says to mr. trump's attorney can you control your client? this is not a political rally, this is a courtroom. i have asked the witness several times to answer the questions. maybe you should have a talk with him right now. trump's attorney says sometimes the questions call for narratives. and that -- hang on one second, okay? got it. so those are the two updates we have and you, my friends at home, are up to date so far on the first 30 minutes of testimony by the president, the former president number 45.

>> dana: if you follow former president trump everything you said rings true. you can imagine that would be the way he approaches that today. we have a reporter in the courtroom sending detailed point by point -- >> bill: another one if you want it. we could go on and on. the judge says wallace is being patient, the attorney for new york. i would like to move things faster. please just answer the questions, no speeches. trump's attorney says all the questions are open-ended and require lengthy answers. at the outset that's the tone. >> dana: ask a better question if you want a shorter answer. >> bill: would you not love to have a tv camera there now? a judge in connecticut tossing out election results for the mayor in bridgeport over video that appears to show people meddling with ballot boxes. plus this coming up. >> you are so confused and so misguided and so brain washed, you are so uneducated and yet

you are so passionate. so passionate. isn't that the sign of our youth these days? >> bill: pro-palestinian rallies growing louder and more emotional. what a crowd in d.c. our next guest, who you just heard from, is asking what do these protestors want? [shouting shame on you] there's an old saying in the navy that the toughest job in the navy is a navy wife. and if you've made the deployments and you've been the wife at home, or you've been the spouse at home, you understand what i'm talking about. your spouse has earned the right to apply for a va home loan. the newday 100 loan allows you to borrow up to 100% of your home's value.

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>> dana: a judge in connecticut order a new democratic mayoral primary after surveillance footage shows workers stuffing absentee ballots in an outdoor ballot box. eric shawn is with us. >> bridgeport, connecticut will take the unusual step and hold the democratic primary election after tomorrow's general election. the reason, as you said, suspected voter fraud in the september democratic primary. look at the security video. it appears to show two women stuffing a ballot box with votes. supporters say those ballots were from family members. critics say they were illegally stuffing the ballot box. the two women, they took the fifth when asked about it in court. incumbent bridgeport mayor defeated the challenger by 251

votes out of more than 8,000 cast. they deny any wrongdoing by his campaign. gomes challenged the loss saying the videos show 420 people used drop boxes. but they had more than 1200 votes in those drop boxes. so a judge ruled that the images showed quote credible evidence of possible ballot harvesting. when you submit multiple ballots for other people. that's illegal in connecticut except if you are handing in ballots for relatives, police, local election official or if you are a caregiver. >> drop boxes are not the problem. people who break the law are the problem. why we're in this situation is massive absentee ballot fraud by operatives within the campaign. that's what caused this and why we're here. >> again, gannon's campaign denied anything wrongdoing but it appears to be a local issue isolated to bridgeport. the state appointed an election

monitor. ready for this one? the mayor gannon was selected in 1991 and resigned because he was convicted on corruption charges and served seven years in prison. gets out of prison, they reelect him as mayor, back in city hall, we'll find out tomorrow if he is elected for another term. back to you. >> dana: almost sounds like a movie but it is real life. thank you. , eric shawn. [chanting] >> bill: that's just a simply of what's happening outside the white house over the weekend. pro-palestinian rally spilling over from the college campus to the white house and they were vocal. my next guest escaped iran as a child with her mom. most of the protestors are passionate and brain washed,

uneducated and misguided. the doctor joins me from california. go ahead. before we get there. this is what quinnipiac shows about those broken down by a demographic. if you are 65 or older, you approve of israel's response by at least 59%. if you are between the ages of 18 and 34, you only approve of it by 32%. that number is cut in half. can you explain why? >> well, i think the reason for what we're seeing in this vary of ages and young people actually in some cases supporting hamas is a failure on our part to educate them on social media and in the classrooms. i think for far too long we've been playing a very short game while pro-hamas, pro-islamists lobbying groups have been playing the long game by funding

the middle eastern studies programs, by i just saw cornell was given $1.4 billion by qatar. so naturally we're seeing this age gap based off what is being taught in the classrooms and what is being seen on social media specifically tiktok. >> bill: the son of a holocaust survivor was with us and how he frames social media, the young people of america and the world on this. >> to go through life and simply take what you see in a tiktok video or instagram and say oh my god, people are suffering, israel dropped bombs and israel must be evil is such intellectual shorthand is students deserve better from teachers, themselves and parents and we encourage critical thinking to occur in university

campuses. >> bill: here is the problem. tiktok sells. instagram sells. you look at the incredible popularity of these social media sites. it is hard to counter. >> it's increasingly difficult to counter with billions of muslims in the world and only 15 million jews in the whole world. they have bots most of the messages pro-palestinian on instagram were traced back to two i.p. addresses in malaysia. we're playing a p.r. war that by numbers is daunting. that doesn't mean we stop and doesn't mean we stop fighting for the truth and that we promote and hold accountable truth in universities and hold teachers accountable. for example, the teacher at one of the ivy league schools that said hamas's attack was exhilarating. hearing from the majority of the

ivy league school presidents not being able to say what hamas did was wrong. how easy is that and they aren't able to verbalize that? it's such a wake-up call for jews and patriots all over america. >> bill: i bet. i don't know if you saw over the weekend the red paint put on the gates of the white house, i think it is still there as of this hour. now when this happened in new york during the george floyd protests they put all the red paint over the george washington arch in greenwich village the nypd sandblasted that stuff off within 12 hours. we'll get a check on the white house and see whether or not it is removed. you started three years ago with your activism and you believe today based on what you are seeing on campuses, among young people and celebrities that the mask came off. 15 seconds to address that. >> yeah, it has been a shock

especially for progressive jews in america to see that the black lives matter that they marched with and the women's marchs that in their roots had anti-semitism from the beginning that they sort of slid under the rug, i think it has been a huge wake-up call to see these groups don't stand with them and have completely abandoned the jewish cause. >> bill: we'll see how and who answers the alarm. thank you for coming on. thanks. dana. >> dana: we're monitoring former president trump on the stand now. up-to-the-minute developments so we'll bring those to you as we get them. plus a service dog is nominated for a prestigious award from america humane, a nonprofit in the united states. we get to meet maverick, the great dane and learn how he helps his owner. that's up next right here on set. ♪

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>> harris: all polling for president biden. a top democrat suggesting he should get out of the race right now for the good of the nation. israel/hamas war tearing apart the democratic party. more red hot anti-semitic rhetoric from the far left. leaders at colleges are facing calls to do something to protect jewish students. i'll talk to a couple of students who are in the thick of it all on one of those universities where they are pro-hamas. also tammy bruce live coverage from the ground in israel and so much more. "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> dana: you want good news? we have some. 7-year-old great dane name maverick a finalist for the hero dog award thanks to his work as a therapy dog. works with uso you might be familiar with and brings comfort to nation's military and families and we're honored to be joined by american humane

president and the dog's owner kelly. the one and only maverick with that beautiful big boy. >> bill: i don't think folks at home can realize from this picture how massive this dog is. he is 150 pounds of love, right? >> absolutely. >> dana: how did he win this award? what's the special trait he has? >> his specialty as we call his super power is being able to comfort others with a touch. anything from escorting children to the burial of their parent to working with our service members on suicide watch, to even working with children having difficulty reading just that touch. >> dana: can he feel their emotions? do you get that sense? >> absolutely. you can tell. he is a mama's boy and turns it off and focuses on others when he sees the need. >> bill: look at that face, maverick, nice to see you, wow.

>> dana: he is a sweet one. >> bill: tell us about the organization. >> american humane, our 13th year of celebrating heroes to pay it forward to man's best friend. the oldest national humane organization in our country and time to honor dogs like maverick. >> dana: what does it take to win the award? >> a nationwide campaign. hundreds are dogs and american kofi annan votes. >> you have several different categories. a dog named moxie. she must have some moxie. >> poppy law enforcement hero dog of the year. another one was an emerging hero dog and maverick the incredible therapy dog and the winner of this year's show.

>> dana: what is it like to be chose en to raise a therapy dog. >> rewarding to see what he does for others. for me to see that and then to witness it on the other side. i was diagnosed with cancer in 2017. my third time it returned and just being able -- having him help me now i see what other people experience. he has always been a great dog. amazing to have. >> maverick, congratulations to you. you have given everyone a big smile this morning. when i say big, i mean big. this is a beautiful dog. >> bill: a big dog. >> dana: thank you for bringing him here today. >> doing great stuff. >> dana: that's it for us. a lot of news as you saw the last two hours. harris faulkner takes you through next. >> harris: breaking news, former president donald trumps