>> there are a lot of people that are afraid, afraid of being jewish at this time and getting a taste of what it feels like to be a muslim in this country so often subjected to violence. >> a taste of what it feels like to be muslim and also in the same set of comments said -- encouraged people to stand up for the palestinian people saying for many of us you've been brain washed as a child about the realities of israel. >> john: remember not too long ago 6 million jews were killed in what was an extermination attempt by nazi germany. so wow, whose shoes do you want to walk? >> interesting to see if it hurts her at the box office. >> john: good to be with you this morning, dana. hope you have a great thanksgiving. >> dana: you, too, especially with your beautiful children.

julie banderas is in for harris. >> julie: a fox news alert. hostage deal finally reached. hamas set to release some of the nearly 240 people it is holding hostage. we are nearing the 50-day mark in the war between israel and hamas. this is a special edition of "the faulkner focus." i'm julie banderas in for harris today. some provisions of the deal. the release of 50 women and children held by hamas reportedly including three americans. those hostages in exchange for 150 women and children held by israel. the releases are set to be in phases spanning a four-day pause in fighting. israel will allow the delivery of humanitarian aid into gaza during this break. hamas officials say the truce starts tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. local time. 3:00 a.m. in the u.s. three americans are reportedly among the hamas hostages included in the deal.

one of them a 3-year-old named abigail. hamas murdered both her parents in the october 7th massacre. she turns four on friday. meantime israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu with this on the deal. >> there is nonsense talk out there as if after the pause for the release of our hostages we will stop the war. so i want to make it clear, we are at war and we will continue this war until we achieve all our goals to eliminate hamas, to bring back all of our hostages, and missing people. and to insure that in gaza, there will be no factor that threatens israel. >> julie: fighting in gaza city very intense during those talks. [explosions]

>> julie: i'll be talking to brent salve a, retired navy captain but first to jeff paul. >> we expect an update from prime minister benjamin netanyahu within three hours, 2:15 eastern, 9:15 local time. the first time he will comment since it took the israeli government roughly six hours working into the early morning hours here in tel aviv to agree to this hostage deal. the parameters of this hostage deal include the following. israel will get 50 hostages back including women and children. in exchange, israel will release 150 palestinians prisoners back to gaza and hamas. the hostages as we understand will be freed in groups of 10 to 12 over the span of 4 to 5 days.

each time they release a group of those hostages there will be a pause in the fighting. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who has been under a lot of pressure from the families of the hostages, he said it was a tough decision and the right decision. they will continue on their operation to root out hamas. hamas releasing a statement regarding the agreement saying in part we affirm our fingers remain on the trigger and our victorious fighters will remain on the lookout to defend our people and defeat the occupation. but for the civilians who call gaza home, they are running desperately low on essentials to live. the pause in fighting could allow more fuel, food and clean water to enter. many who are suffering right now, the civilians inside gaza, are welcoming the news of this agreement. >> we have been waiting for it for over a week. we have been waiting for a cease-fire every day. cease-fire and nothing was

happening. >> we could expect the first batch of hostages to be released as soon as tomorrow and julie as we've seen in the past with these hostages they usually go through the rafah crossing, go into egypt. from egypt they're flown back here to israel where they will get some care and then eventually they will be talking with israeli security to tell them exactly what they saw and what they experienced. julie. >> julie: we have to stand by and watch how it all goes down breaking news happening right here. jeff paul, thank you very much. retired navy captain, a former pentagon official and now a senior fellow at the heritage foundation joins me now. this is a tricky situation. a four-day cease-fire. this means they can get humanitarian aid, 50 hostages released. here is the concern, obviously. you give hamas an opportunity to rearm themselves and what happens to the other 200 hostages? there were 240 hostages total.

they only get 50 as release. israel is only getting 50 hostages released. meantime the palestinians are expecting 150 prisoners in exchange. does this seem like a fair and smart deal to you? >> well, i can't really say if it's fair. certainly doesn't seem like it because the number of israelis that are being released and maybe even three americans is basically a 3-1 ratio. fair maybe not. smart also i think is questionable. there is a history and tactic behind hamas taking hostages. this was their intent on october 7th when they went in to take hostages so that they could then slowly released them and try to force the israeli public and even the american public to slow down or halt israel's offensive they anticipated. a lot more effective to date. the end objective remains the same, the destruction of hamas in gaza.

>> julie: he hoped the deal with lead to a permanent cease-fire and serious talks on resolving the israeli/palestinian conflict from the qatari official. that seems overly optimistic. >> very optimistic and ignores the fact that hamas going into israel and taking hostages committed a war crime. interesting to see if the world actually looks to try to hold hamas to account even in the international criminal court or other venues. that's a war crime clear, plain, simple and can't be rewarded with a lasting cease-fire that leaves hamas in place. >> julie: there should be no reward whatsoever. the palestinians, gaza, hamas right now, they aren't doing israelis any favor. and by releasing these hostages let's say most of them, if not all have been tortured. many of their family members tortured to death in gaza. god only knows how many hostages there really are.

already there have been multiple found dead. the "wall street journal" editorial writes this oz the hostage deal. inoh center will be freed, terrorists get a chance to regroup. the deal again shows the moral gulf between the two sides. even as israelis rejoice for the women and children who will return home, they know hamas is rejoicing, too. its war crimes have been rewarded. it will steal fuel from its own people to power its terror tunnels, shattered northern gaza brigades will use the cease-fire to regroup, escape from weak positions and set more ambushes for israeli troops. israel's leaders made this deal knowing that their soldiers will pay for it. your thoughts. >> well, i think this war has to be fought to its conclusion and the destruction of hamas. the notion there will be no israel. hamas is obligated and committed to the destruction of israel. that needs to change and needs

to be put aside for final in the conclusion of this war. if anything less than that, we will be seeing this and continue fronted with americans and killing and hostage taking continuing into the future. >> julie: i want to turn to the widening threat in the middle east, iran proxies attacking u.s. troops in iraq and syria 66 times in one month. pentagon officials are saying the latest was a ballistic missile attack on the air base in iraq. eight american troops were injured. u.s. military hitting back. only its fourth retaliatory strike after a dozen of u.s. military members have been wounded. this round included an immediate self-defense strike and another that targeted two facilities in iraq. this marks the first time that the u.s. has carried out an air strike in iraq since president trump ordered the one that killed iranian general soleimani

back in 2020. the three previous ones hit targets in syria and the security spokesman sounding the alarm on the iran threat and another tope u.s. adversary. >> iran is seeking to purchase military equipment from russia. helicopters and radar and combat trainer aircraft. iran is seeking billions of dollars worth of military equipment from russia to strengthen its military capabilities. russia has been helping iran develop and maintain satellite collection capabilities and space based programs. >> julie: iran is financing and behind more than one war here. it has been fueling the war behind russia and now it's fueling the enemy against israel and the u.s., when our targets are u.s. military, doesn't seem to be fighting back full force. are we appearing to be weak in the eyes of iran? should this administration be

taking a stronger stance? >> without a doubt the united states appears weak for the last two years. these attacks have been going on without an effective response and i think general keane earlier was on programs at fox news and i echo his statement this is too little. pin pricks for every one of these attacks and they have yet to go after the command and control of these iranian proxies in iraq and syria. until they do that it will continue and we've been lucky we have not seen more casualties on the u.s. side. as far as admiral kirby's comments about iran buying russian equipment. it's troubling but for the iranians, i wouldn't hold your breath you will get those deliveries any time soon as russia struggles to fight in ukraine. >> julie: thank you for your expertise. we appreciate you coming on. happy thanksgiving. >> thank you. >> julie: israeli alum group

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anti-semitism. the organization called on nyu to make concrete changes as jewish students are facing an anti-semitic rhetoric and violence from palestinian supporters on campus. the group wants the from the river to the sea, the chant that you keep hearing at the nyu and at college rallies across the country classified as hate speech. many say and see that chant is basically a call for the complete destruction of israel. virginia's attorney general saying universities need to do this more. >> these college presidents, you also have a first amendment voice as well. and your silence is not going unnoticed at this critical time. you need to actually show the moral courage to speak out against anti-semitism and bigotry and make sure there are policies in place to make sure your jewish students on every campus in america should never go to class looking over their shoulder in fear.

>> julie: alexis mcadams outside nyu's campus where an anti-israel rally is planned yet again for today. alexis. >> that's right. there will be another protest because it is almost the weekend when you see dozens show up to these big parks in new york city and turns into hundreds of people. we expect to see that at union square later this afternoon. a short walk from nyu experiencing more fallout after dozens of pro-palestinians rallies on that campus. look on the screen. we pull up the letter we were talking about. this letter from the nyu alumni club of israel slamming the lack of response from that university writing until the university can protect its jewish students from extreme rhetoric and violence of faculty and student led hate groups we suspend any cooperation and affiliation with nyu and its institution.

it comes after dozens of pro-palestinians protests leading accusations of anti-semitism and lawsuit filed by three jewish students on campus at columbia saying nyu has refused to enforce the anti--- we've been at the rallies and seen some stuff on signs is upsetting to so many people. governor says the rise of it has increased by more than 400%. >> across our state new yorkers are afraid. if they have family or friends in israel, in gaza, other places, they are afraid for their safety. at home many are wrestling with the fear for the first time ever of being the victim of a hate crime. i wish i could tell you these concerns are misplaced. >> she is taking action to get these things under control at

campuses in new york. not just happening in new york city but campuses across the country. watch. [crowds chanting] >> arizona state university students marching there through campus after the university canceled an event featuring representative rashida tlaib. she has been censured for comments that house members call promoting a false narrative of saying the destruction of israel was justified and also saying from the river to the sea chant is inspirational. a lot of people calming out rashida tlaib the member of the squad saying don't come to arizona state university. those students were unhappy. back out here live we expect to see the large protest here called flood the streets for gaza again, another big group that pulls in big crowds. >> julie: thank you. more and more people finding out anti-jewish hate has consequences. united airlines suspended a

pilot accused of praising hamas terrorists as brave people on the day of the october 7th attacks. police arrested a 19-year-old political activist hailed by liberal media outlets as a rising progressive star. she suspected of trying to firebomb the u.s. headquarters of an israeli defense company in new hampshire. she has ties to a number of new england democratic lawmakers, by the way. oscar winning actress susan sarandon has stuck her foot in it this time. the last few weeks she raged against israel, dropped by a top hollywood agency after rants like this. >> there are a lot of people that are afraid, afraid of being jewish at this time and getting a taste of what it feels like to be a muslim in this country so often subjected to violence. july

>> julie: sean duffy. to hear the words have gotten a taste to be a muslim in this country. i don't remember protests in my time of people chanting by the thousands of streets essentially hating on muslims, do you? >> first susan sarandon is an anti-war activist. here she takes a stage and is promoting war, defending what hamas has done in their attacks on october 7th to israel. it is interesting how liberals, communists, can justify some things but then rally against others. she is a hypocrite. you know what? good for her for being canceled by her agency. i want to go back to the other clips you pointed out. this hate that has spread, formeanted across the country comes from immigration and comes from college campuses. and we as americans have to

support our constitution. we have to say you know what? you have a right to speak, even speech we don't like you have a right to say it. you can't bleed into violence but you have a right to talk about things that we may vehemently disagree with. for me i'm an avid supporter of israel and hate the things being said but i support their right to say them as long as they don't cross into sviolence. this girl firing bombing this jewish facility, this is what the democrat party has become. the way they use their mouths is by acts of violence whether you firebomb or you take to the streets, you burn, you destroy, and instill fear in people. in america we have debates. we have conversations and then we have usually votes to come up with some agreement where the country should go. if you want to get the hate out of the country go to college campuses and where it's

formeanting. shut down immigration where people come in with views that we as americans don't agree with. >> julie: it comes from a place of ignorance. for her or any elite hollywood liberal sit there and talk about how now jews are getting a taste of what their own medicine? jewish people in this country haven't done anything like we're seeing right now. the former facebook ceo sheryl sandberg is coming out with a rational, emotional plea. >> rape was part of the attack by hamas terrorists in israel. friends saw their friends raped and murdered at a musical festival. the silence on this from too many is deafening. we have come so far in believing survivors of rape and assault in so many situations, how can we ignore how these women spent the very last moments of their lives? no matter what you believe

should happen in the middle east, anyone with a mother, a sister, a daughter, must speak out now to condemn rape as an act of war. >> julie: kudos to her for putting out that touching message that gives you chills. you must be human. if you aren't human and don't get chills from that something is wrong with you. a new piece points out the silence on the atrocities from many women's groups especially striking has been the response from many so-called intersectional feminists. many sought to deny the violence that women were subjected to. it seems the usual feminist call to believe women who make allegations does not apply to those women who were raped or assaulted on that day. why are we not hearing from susan sarandon, a so-called liberal feminist about the atrocities that were committed against innocent young girls and women and grandmothers for god sake?

she is old enough to be a grandmother. no sympathy there. instead let's just feel sorry for the palestinians when hamas brought this on. israel did not go into gaza and start raping and murdering people. they are on the defensive end and we're championing terrorists. that's what the hollywood elite are doing. >> i couldn't disagree with most issues that sheryl sandberg has but she did this passionately. a lot of these women's groups, they support women when it is politically ex peed yacht. use it against republicans as opposed to saying i don't care about the politics of this. i support women and you are right, as an act of war women shouldn't be raped and have their breasts cut off. it shouldn't happen to any woman. every single organization should stand up and proclaim that and when they don't their silence is deafening and says it is not

about women, just about your political movement and political ideology not caring for or protecting and supporting women. >> julie: silence is deafening for sure. sean duffy, thank you so much. the israel/hamas war sparking terrorism worries. new york city ramping up security ahead of tomorrow's big thanksgiving day parade plus americans are struggling with soaring food prices this holiday season. critics say just telling people something doesn't really make it true. >> they keep trying to reinforce this idea that bidenomics is working for the average american when the average american keeps telling pollsters and this administration that, in fact, it is not.

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>> julie: tensions around the israel/hamas war putting new york city on high alert. governor kathy hochul announcing more security and increased

intelligence operations city wide. retired nypd inspector paul mauro with this. >> in the wake of 10-7 there are all kinds of reassigning, new units being stood up and go back to the kind of thing we were doing post 9/11, which is to look on the home front, look at the chatter on websites, etc. things are a lot harder now. >> julie: lauren green in new york city with more. >> you know here in the upper west side of manhattan on the eve of thanksgiving police are out in full force. big balloons are being inflated right now. you can see some of them behind me. looming over the festive atmosphere is the threat of terror. you know, because of the ongoing war in the middle east. but city officials are on their guard. >> we have a joint terrorist task force in the city to focus on these threats and monitoring a lot of chatter. >> the war between israel and

hamas has created tensions and strife around the world and here in the united states. new york city and state officials are challenged with insuring a safe environment for millions during the one of the most attended events of the year at a time when there is marked increase in the threat of terror. for nearly 100 years the macy's thanksgiving day parade is the centerpiece of new york's holiday season kickoff. despite the threat of extremist activity officials say there is no credible threat. >> are we seeing an increase in calls for violence? absolutely. those calls are coming from outside of the country and inside of the country. but there are no credible threats to the parade or to new york at this time. and the level of coordination between state and local and federal partners is at an all-time high. >> later today new york city mayor eric adams will have a press briefing to update the press and the city on what the city will be doing to insure

that people enjoy the parade and enjoy all activities during the holiday season. back to you, julie. >> julie: lauren green, thank you very much. thanksgiving dinner will hopefully be delicious but a stark reminder of painful prices as the president pushes bidenomics. since he took office prices have spiked for many thanksgiving essentials. turkey up more than 31%. bread, potatoes, pie, cakes, cookies all seeing major price jumps as well. critics say voters are not too happy. >> they keep trying to reinforce this idea that bidenomics is working for the average american when the average american keeps telling pollsters and this administration that in fact it is not. the people getting crushed the most are the middle class, working class and the poor. those are the same groups that the democrats and joe biden profess to champion the most but they are getting squeezed on

thanksgiving or any other day july >> julie: hundreds of millions of americans will celebrate a grateful, politics-free holiday, family memories and touch football are still free but they may well remember the holiday grocery bill whether they vote next year. no one should claim to be surprised if they do. power panel, lauren wright, princeton university political scientist and dan, a former senior advisor for hillary clinton join me now. all right, dan, let me start with you. this thanksgiving people are really feeling the pain of the holidays, which is unfortunate. this time more than the biden administration from the inception is probably an all-time high. this president has sort of been in denial about that, it seems,

by down playing inflation but everything is up. that's inflation. >> sure. i think when i look at this situation, julie, i am reminded of 2011 working for president obama and time when the economy was not doing as much for workers as they wanted and a longtale of people feeling confident. the obama campaign understood was less about the top line number romney versus obama. romney was winning by plus ten but understanding to connect with voters on those issues. the biden campaign they are not in denial. they know they have to connect in that way and they have a good story to tell. for 20 straight months, inflation has come down and unemployment rate below 4% and wages are rising faster than inflation in part because of great progress made on manufacturing jobs, on negotiating union contracts in support of the president and the uaw, help put more dollars in

more pockets. it will take time to sink in but focusing in the right way just like president obama did in 2011. >> julie: when we talk about bidenomics and inflation. democrats like to talk about wage increases. the problem is inflation supersedes wage increases. the wage increases are really nothing. people are either falling flat or still in the red. it's just -- i don't know, it's like putting lipstick on the pig. seems this administration wants the try to sugar coat this but no sugar coating the prices in the pump and grocery stores. every time i go to buy something i go on my amazon account and look what i paid last year and it is up. every item is up from a year ago. how do you say inflation is down when the prices are consistently moving north? >> it's a very hard message to sell. look, i don't blame them. any presidential administration is going the try to defend their policies. the problem with the biden

administration is their policies caused short-term inflation. they injected trillions into the economy when biden was elected, eight times the size of the new deal and clinton and obama era economists all said it will cause inflation. it is one of the most tried and true findings of economics research in the area and biden had to defend those policies even though americans hold presidents to account for economic policies. they vote retrospectively in this area. only 14% of americans think they are better off under biden at this time during the trump administration that was 35%. there really is quite a gap between perception and reality. the messaging is really tough. >> julie: it will be interesting how voters vote. all americans, every color, creed, and liberals are apparently losing it because the spanish language outlet

univision dared to give time to republican frontrunner donald trump. here is a sample of the outrage. >> it has become maga vision. as an artist i will have to boycott. >> very little pushback. >> this is what i would say to univision viewers, use your voice, use your remote controls. >> univision, watch out. >> we'll be watching you. >> julie: are they kidding? the last time a news network interviewed a president or former president was one of the broadcast networks. they interviewed biden. do you not remember that interview? it was a kiss butt fest and there was no pushback, no questions, giggling and oh you are so great fawning over the president. whoopi goldberg wasn't do this to them. the company ceo says it won't be deterred bipartisan interests. one media analyst's take on the

left's anger. >> you are seeing right now a major meltdown mostly on the left. the reason that there is this meltdown going on is because univision as we know is a reliable left-wing depository of democrat talking points. they are all up in arms. they want that continued air supremacy on univision. >> julie: the "wall street journal" editorial board weighed in. what alarms democrats is the fear they may lose a spanish speaking press. for years mr. biden's party has taken hispanic voters for granted but loyalty is being stretched as the left abandons traditional cultural values and bidenomics hurts the middle class. new polling is backing that up. president biden's approve all is a record low of 38% among hispanic voters. trump gained 13 points with

hispanics over the last three years. dan, what democrats i believe take advantage of, okay, and take for granted is they think because you are a minority in the country and the middle class, because you aren't among the 1% you will automatically vote democrat. that's not the case anymore when it comes to hispanics and immigration problem in the country, immigration being one of the top button issues that voters are voting for. they are voting against democrats because democrats do nothing about protecting the border and allowing more illegal immigrants to come in and that's something that legal hispanics loath. >> no one is a mono lithe. democrats or republicans both should not take those groups for granted in that way as you say. i want to make two points about the debate here. i have no problem whatsoever with donald trump being interviewed by univision, no problem with the interview. it is fair to critique as a softball interview as you might

critique another interview of joe biden. i think those are fair to critique those. >> julie: i don't remember one person in the media saying we're watching you. >> the second point i want to make is what they did at the same time is canceled ads, biden campaign placed around the time of the interview. there is a question then were those ads canceled because of the trump campaign pressuring them. >> i'm out of time but thank you for coming on and making it a fair and balanced segment. thank you both and happy thanksgiving to you. yet again the woke left tries to cancel thanksgiving and make americans feel bad. abby hornacek here to talk turkey about that. that's my only joke about that today, i promise. we'll be right back.

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>> julie: it is one of the busiest travel days of the year. a major storm and a lot of them actually are hitting large swaths of the country. 55 million americans travel for the holidays and facing hundreds of flight delays and growing number of cancellations.

cb cotton is at new york city's laguardia airport. how is it rolling there? >> i can tell you security lines are moving fairly quickly here at laguardia. a similar situation at jfk and newark but we're noticing flight delays. right now more than 1,000 flights across the nation are delayed and 50 flights canceled. this as aaa anticipates near pre-pandemic numbers during the thanksgiving travel period. more than 55 million are expected to head 50 miles or more and 4.7 million catching a flight. 1.5 million taking a cruise, bus or train. weather is expected to throw curveballs for travelers as a lingering storm system brings rainshowers and winds along i-95. new england waking up to sleet and snow leading people to closely watch the forecast.

>> our fear yesterday is what if the flight is canceled? >> tsa a expecting to screen 2.7 million passengers and administrator pointing to federal air marshals as the critical piece for safety. >> federal air marshal service and professional element of tsa provides in-flight security and part is paints in joint terrorism task force and runs the tsa operations center and actively engaged in making sure that we have the right level of transportation security. they have are very active. >> now we're very grateful for federal air marshal is. if you head along the east coast leave sometime this evening to avoid those lingering rainshowers. back to you. >> julie: thank you very much. i advise people to go on flight tracker and check your flight before going to the airport. you can save yourself hours. millions of americans ready to

gather with loved ones. the left's woke war on thanksgiving rages on. a new op-ed in the liberal outlet the nation calls for it to be renamed -- wait for it -- truth giving. the sanitized version of thanksgiving neglects to mention the violence, land theft and subsequent decembermation. we do need to decolonize it. an op-ed reads the fact that no one outside the progressive tribe seems to be inclined to listen doesn't seem to bother the admonishers. there is satisfaction enough in making dramatic display of their bottomless capacity for joylessness. the activist left has found a leisure activity they enjoy, trying to deprive the price of us of a good time.

abby hornacek joins me now. a truth giving? you don't want truth at my thanksgiving day table. that's the most depressing conversation to have at a thanksgiving meal. let's give thanks for what we do have. >> you know, julie, i think people are so quick to cancel things because they want to be seen as the arbiters of truth. you can address our nation's history which is sometimes ugly but acknowledging the good things the way we celebrate thanksgiving today. the way it brings families together. uniting grand parents and grandkids. causing us to sit back and reflect on the things we're grateful for. something we need in today's society. one other thing. i was curious about this and the origins of thanksgiving. had a gentleman on my podcast to

talk about it. a curator of the smithsonian museum of american history saying the way thanksgiving was celebrated then is not really what we see it as now. and i know we don't have a lot of time so i won't get into all the history. thanksgiving is celebrated by cultures around the world. it wasn't just us. >> julie: you sat down with rob lowe. i won't hold it against you. talk about his new fox nation special about one of the most famous incidents in america history. let's watch a bit of that. >> i'm not saying it's easy or not dangerous but we need to do whatever it takes. >> this started in boston and it will end here. >> samuel adams risks everything to inspire a movement and defy an empire.

>> julie: it is streaming now exclusively on fox nation. unfortunately you don't see rob lowe's face in the whole thing but he narrates it and seems fascinating. tell us about it. >> yeah, it really is fascinating. four-part series highlights the monumental time in our history, the bravery, the true american patriots that fought for our freedom and julie, although, you know, you don't get to see him the entire time he has an interesting connection. i sat down with him and he told me one he loves you. >> julie: i did meet him once. i loved him. his wife didn't mind at all i was fawning all over him. abby, thank you very much. great to see you. happy thanksgiving. thank you for watching the special edition of "the faulkner focus." "outnumbered" is after the break. i will be on gutfeld later, why don't you tune in? see you.

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