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worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. tell your doctor about new or worsening joint aches and pain or a parasitic infection. don't change or stop asthma medicines including steroids, without talking to your doctor. when you can get more out of your lungs, you can du more with less asthma. and isn't that better? ask your doctor about dupixent, the most prescribed biologic in asthma. >> ainsley: good morning, it's tuesday, september 3, this is "fox and friends." we start with a fox news alert. anti-israel protesters take to the streets as columbia braces for more chaos when clas starts
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today. one student telling us the school has done little to inspire confidence. >> no plan outlined by the administration in order to restore order and safety to campus. >> brian: fraternity brothers who went viral last year de defending the stars and stripes got an epic rager. the performer from flagstock joins us live. >> steve: and a court upholds brazil's ban on elon musk's x and some democrats are praising the decision. >> lawrence: of course they are. remember mornings are better with friends. >> ainsley: class at columbia are back in class today.
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7000 anti-israel protesters flooded the streets of new york city yesterday. >> steve: in downtown manhattan massive palestinian flag unveiled and free palestine banner. some proudly waving the hamas green flag right there. >> brian: in jerusalem, they are gathering to mourn the loss of six hostages last week. >> lawrence: we begin with alexis mcadams in new york city. >> it wasn't too long ago, we were out at this ivy league campingus because of ongoing protest and encamp mments set u
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behind me. there were complaints from students that said they did not feel safe. this is the first day back to school. it wasn't far from where we saw marches happening. yesterday 5000 people marched through manhattan calling for the united states to divest from israel. we talked to people about why they were protesting, including pro-israel protesters. >> it is disrespectful after the funerals of the six hostages occurred yesterday. it's been a calm summer and i've been nervous for students to come back. >> kamala harrises she sympathizes with protesters, what are you sympathizing with terrorism?
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joe biden, where is he? has he made a speech about anything? an american got shot in the head. i don't get it anymore. >> that was just hours after the families of the six hostages were killed and their bodies found in gaza were murdered. families said final goodbyes yesterday. protesters say israel is at faults. listen. >> it is terrible. i don't believe that we need to commit acts of violence, but the palestinian have been looking for peace in so many ways. >> what is happening right now with gaza and israel, will that change how you vote in the election? >> democrats have not been responding well, it will be hard to vote for faiharris, but i do
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want harris. >> protests come just days after a task force came out finding major issues on campus. jewish students say they were chased out of their dorms, pinned up and spat on following the october 7 massacre by hamas. take a look at columbia, there have been adjustments and security measures. the president is gone, administrators have been removed and they are checking ids at the gate. people that i talked to last semester said they were not coming back to this school because they did not feel safe. >> brian: they made
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recommendations, that are ridiculous. simplify reporting antisemitism. working definition of antisemitism. improved anti-bias and antisemitism training for all staff. talk about urgency, that is hardly what that report reveals. >> yeah, students thought these months go by and maybe they will have changes on campus and have more things come up. i don't think anything brand new came out. yeah, ramifications. people don't feel safe. >> ainsley: this is an ivy league school, hard to get in and stay in. how are students studying when this happening on campus? >> last year they said they could not go to the local library. they were studying in their dorm room. a girl said she had to move her
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dorm, she had a star on her door and people would bang on it. her parents are like, you got to move. what year is this and what is going on on campus. a lot of people don't have answers. >> steve: we have a camera on that security checkpoint. i thought they were looking in bags, no, they are just looking for an id. are they only letting students and employees in, if you have a guest, will they let them in? what is the new rule? >> new rule on first day of school is checking everybody to see if they are student or faculty member. last year people that did not go to the school were found in hamilton hall. they want to make sure they are a student going to class on the first day. >> lawrence: great job. >> ainsley: thank you. >> steve: there are two repub
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republican-led committees in the house, ways and mean and education. they sent letters to presidents of columbia, harvard, ucla, they said, we saw what happened last year on college campuses, tell us about your new policy to prepare for unauthorized encampments going forward and given a deadline two days from today. it will be interest ing to see what they have to say. >> lawrence: i found fascinating, she talked to a pr pro-palestinian and they said we don't want violence, but what happened in palestine, i understand why it has happened. the same people, that is not gaza strip or west bank, that is happening in america and students like the one i spoke to have to go back to campus with
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protesters right outside. here is what she had to say. >> when jewish students like me are being called names, be ing spat on, i have friends who have been physically harassed and pinned up against walls. it is difficult pill to swallow. columbia have rich protest history, but protests have never been aimed at other students in the way we are now. this movement, free palestine movement and i don't want to call them pro-palestinian, they are anti-israel and anti-jewish and anti-american. columbia university is reason we feel unsafe. bare minimum to protect us.
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they are campus security. hostage situation on the campus, you don't want security official going in to take back that building. this is why they have to call in to nypd. >> ainsley: something that bothered me yesterday in new york city, a couple is in a car and they have the hamas flag on the car, which is terrorist organization that invaded israel, somebody said, what do you think about hersh's death, his family buried him yesterday in jerusalem, they grew up in chicago area. that person driving the car says that is israel's fault and hersh deserved it. this was a 23-year-old at a
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music festival. had his arm blown off, his parents couldn't find him, they recognize their son in the back of the pickup truck and that is how they learned his arm was blown off. they fought so hard, they were at the dnc saying it is not political, we want our child back. turning to mark meredith, liveats the white house for the white house's response. >> mark: the white houses they are aware of the shocking images, they say it is especially heinous to show support for hamas. come against end and sickening hate and evil hamas represents.
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this is same day the president sat down with national security team to discuss ongoing efforts to bring peace to the middle east. the president told reporters he believes it is israeli prime minister who should be doing more to end this crisis. >> mr. president, if you think it is time for prime minister netanyahu to do more on this issue, do you think he's doing enough? >> no. >> mark: the president simply saying no. the president said later in the day he plans to speak to prime minister netanyahu eventually, no date when the call would occur. we hope to get answers from the white house. they will have their first briefing this afternoon. >> steve: thank you very much. >> brian: mark levin writes, joe biden should keep his big mouth shut, he's killing people, an american was executed by hamas
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n nazis. it -- because of that one word, ripple effect across the country, most hamas praised biden for using that word blaming netanyahu. >> lawrence: when the commander-in-chief makes a statement, it shows daylight between the most trusted ally. on negotiation front, it gives hamas more leverage, which wants sinwar to have full immunity.
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>> brian: trey yingst is live in tel aviv. trey. >> trey: good morning. psychological war fare of hamas continues, overnight the group released a statement through their military spokesman and in that statement said militants were give new instruction about what to did if israeli forces approach. they insinuated more hostages would be killed in idf tries to rescue them. a funeral was hel for hersh goldberg-polin in jerusalem, thousands of people lined streets to pay their respects as his parents eulogized their son. >> hersh, if there was something we could do to save your life, i am sorry. we tried desperately, i'm sorry.
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>> trey: hamas tried to pressure israel by releasing new video showing the hostages alive after execution of these six there are questions about how the war will end. netanyahu spoke at a press conference and made clear he is not willing to compromise, strip of land between gaza and egypt. there were protests outside of netanyahu's house in jerusalem. -- blamed without evidence the americans and israelis, it is mindset the organization has as teams try to hammer out details of hostage and ceasefire agreement. guys. >> steve: i don't know if it is what you were referring to. a two -minute video from a
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hostage who was later executed was released by hamas. i believe a woman. she called on the prime minister to release a ceasefire and feared for her life from the israeli military moving in. clearly she was coerced, it is classic classic hostage video, probably a war crime. have you heard more about that? >> trey: yeah, we saw that video yesterday and we're not airing it or posting it anywhere. a woman in her 20s was dragged into gaza on the morning of october 7, she was one of the six. >> lawrence: what is the support level of hamas in gaza right now? do the people still support hamas? what is the vibe like?
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>> trey: yeah, majority of people in gaza and west bank do support hamas. it is not just military organization, but a political organization. it has large swaths of support in gaza and west bank. >> brian: in your book, you talk about, you met the hersh family, this struck home in your book black saturday. unfortunately, that would have to be in your paperback. >> trey: i think a lot of people want you to take a time as a jou journalist on the ground. only side i take is side of truth. the truth is october attack was largest slaughter of jews since the holocaust. i write about this in" black saturday" and i speak with israel's defense minister g gallant about the war, i speak with israeli soldiers and
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civilians and hostages dragged into gaza on october 7 and released in the november ceasefire deal. i speak with hamas leadership, with palestinian doctors and civilians to give readers insight. these interviews were conducted in realtime s, i went to the ga strip. the back cover is a tunnel underneath the city of khan yunis. in "black saturday" i interviewed hostages held in the tunnels and i go into the tunnels with the israeli military to get a first-hand look for my audience and readers. it was devastating day for the israeli people, the war that followed decimated gaza strip
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and this book is like no other. it comes out the first week of october to mark this attack. people are waiting for october 8th to begin. >> steve: folks can preorder the book at . >> ainsley: incredible coverage since october 7. >> brian: that will have a say, especially in places like michigan, where they have a huge palestinian population and places like new york city where they have a huge jewish population and people will decide who to vote for judging by . we see vice president harris met with mayor of deerborn who is antisemitic and they want to keep that on the lowdown. what were you discussing with them? the vice president said she will according to "washington post"
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top-down evaluation of our relationship with israel. i thought you were going to stand by them through thick and thin. latest example of her stealing a donald trump philosophy and belief, he did not want u.s. steel to be sold to the japanese company. over the weekend, she says the vice president who oversaw the sale, overseeing the sale says i don't believe u u.s. steel shoud be sold to a japanese company. >> steve: shes was in front of a pro-union crowd. >> ainsley: under biden and harris, a steel company in pennsylvania that said steel was not fit for sale. they all of a sudden lifted that before the election. >> brian: have not lifted pause on lng sales, which is devastating. >> steve: today, tuesday that
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feels like montday, labor day i start to the sprint to the election. >> brian: now i will pay attention. >> steve: this is when people do dial in. donald trump will do a town hall in georgia, town hall with sean hannity tomorrow night. the harris-biden people were out in pittsburgh yesterday trying to rally the troops. they rolled out joe biden. they got to figure out, he is deeply unpopular president. >> ainsley: when you were watching them together, he's introducing her and talking about -- what is the word he used? ram rod -- >> brian: if you want to charm a woman, that is what you say. >> ainsley: she is watching him thinking what is he going to say.
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>> lawrence: only person worse than her. former president in georgia, he will be making case about business there. we have bruce levelle on earlier today. >> business owner and connected to a lot of folks, i talk to democrats and republicans and black business owners and they look at contrast of success and what we have under biden-harris. wait a minute, do more than put megan the stallion up in an arena for our vote. black americans are tired of being taken for granted every four years, make a better sell. this is historical vote in 2024, especially here in good old georgia. >> steve: great points. we had stephen moore on and he said of the top 66 people in
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biden-harris administration, about 60% have no business experience. how many times have we heard the former president say, i want to go to washington and run it like a business. 60% of these people running the government now and economy have no business experience. >> brian: we have a trans portation secretary that rides a bike, no experience either. 22 after the hour. fox news alert. 2 u.s. marines ambushed by turkish nationalists. try to put that over his head, he got rescued by other marines. mark mullin next. >> lawrence: nato is so strong. to duckduckgo on all y our devie duckduckgo comes with a built-n engine, like google, but it's r and doesn't spy on your searchs
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>> ainsley: 15 people have been arrested after two u.s. marines were attacked in western turkey. [screaming] [chanting] >> ainsley: af alex hogan is live. scary, they put that plastic bag
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over his head. >> the two u.s. marines were taken to the hospital as precaution and the u.s. embassy is conferming both of them are safe. this is alarming footage that took players yesterday showing one marine being restrained by a group of men shouting, yankee, go home, before they put a bag over his head. another marine is seen running in and others intervened. this uturkish town, part of youh union of turkey. the navy confurthermored no u.s. service members were detained. the youth of union of turkey gave reuters this statement. u.s. soldiers who carry blood of our soldiers and thousands of palestinians cannot dirty our
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country. we will meet you the way you deserve. this took place yesterday in the western part of turkey where the uss wasp arrived a day ago. the marines were able to return to their ship. >> brian: 29 after the hour, expand on this with mark ramone, who joins us now. that is a nato ally. a lot of people are hostile to the u.s. this is support for israel, what is your takeaway? >> we can't support israel enough. you have a party that is openly embracing hamas and a terrorist organization and that is the demo democratic party. when our leader shows weakness
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and instead of having peace through peace, they have peace through appeasement. they don't respect and don't fear the united states, this should never have happened. i commend the service members, they showed great restraint. you see the marine being calm, even the one that ran in there was very calm, they had strict orders to not engage otherwise these individuals, this would be a much different story. i hate to see this, i commend the marines. if we had a tougher commande commander-in-chief. >> brian: he said he is temped to put troops in gaza to help hamas. you know where the people stand. go ahead.
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>> what is the matter with that, there is important base in turkey, a partnership we have and any given time the d disruption could disrupt in the region. being a nato ally, this should not happen. this is why we have a weak leader that causes this action to happen. >> brian: he is on the beach. this may seem like a foreign country to you. i have four affiliates in oakley, i've been there a lot. when you see what is happening in new york city, 7000 people 48 hours afterassassination of six hostages, we have unrest in new york city for hamas and
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palestinians. what is your takeaway for that? >> i hate to bring up january 6, after january 6, you had democrats calling americans domestic terrorists. these are terrorists, individuals protesting in our streets, we saw in d.c. and new york, they are supporting a terrorist organization, hamas. they could have lived in the west bank. indi individuals in gaza chose to live under hamas. they chose to live there. these individuals are supporting individuals. they can say palestine and palestinian, it is hamas they are supporting, a terrorist organization. where is the fbi and democrats cal calling domestic terrorists now.
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>> brian: hear the exchange from "meet the press," tom cotton trying to correct the record when it came from the former president's salute. >> who the families invited, joe biden and kamala harris. joe biden was on the beach and kamala harris was at her mansion in washington, d.c., 10 minutes, she could have gone to the cemetery and honored the sacrifice of the young men and women. >> they did meet with them during the dignified trans fer. >> brian: she wasn't there. they said we incorrectly implied v.p. harris attended the dignified service. harris was not.
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grade level. if kamala harris is elected, maybe we can get that number into the 20s or 40s. >> rachel: this is most remarkable bus tour. when there are embarrassing test scores that happen year after year after year, the excuse is, we don't have enough money, a clever way of blaming taxpayers instead of schools and unions. the schools are swimming in cash, they got 190 billion money in covid money. they were basically holding americans hostage. what randi weingarten is unions want to do is pretend they had nothing to do with school closures. they spent union money on ads to
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behind. only 22% of schools that are predominantly white are. the blame is squarely on the education department, which is owned by the teachers unions. this is a relationship that benefits each other. >> steve: and with a record like that, what they have got, all they are trying to do is rally support for a big election 62 days from now. let's see if it works. thank you very much. >> rachel: you got it. thank you. >> steve: see you later. fight for free speech, court upholds brazil's ban on x, known as twitter and democrats are praising that decision. your best defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel. nothing beats it. i recommend pronamel active shield because it actively shields the enamel to defend against erosion and cavities. i think that this product is
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>> ainsley: back with this. x owner elon musk is slamming brazilian government for banning his app. >> lawrence: griff jenkins has the story. >> griff: x is offline in south america's largest country. brazil supreme court upheld ban yesterday by their top judge, dema
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demanding elon musk pay three million in fines. that judge reyes claims x contains hate speech and misinformation and imposed a daily fine for anyone using vpns to access it. musk says this is crushing people's right to free speech. brazil leftist president says the world is not obliged to musk's philosophy because he is rich. musk's satellite company refused to block access to it. here at home, attorney general ellison is saying thank you, brazil, with musk firing back, democratic party that used to defend the first amendment wants to destroy the first amendment. there is n.f.l. season-opening
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game this friday in brazil, some calling for n.f.l. to cancel the game. guys. >> ainsley: thank you. they defended the flag from p protesters and get their epic rager. john andresec is next. >> lawrence: bill hemmer. >> bill: 63 days, it is absolute sprint, we'll take you to the board and show you the state most important to each campaign. interesting stuff here. hamas executes six hostages and israel is to blame? deep dive on that today. back and forth over arlington national cemetery. it is point of concontinuation and we'll talk with a gold star mother who was there. labor day tuesday begins anew with dana perino and william george hemmer in 10 minutes. see you top of the hour.
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>> brian: unc chapel hill fraternity brothers defended the american flag this spring. yesterday they finally got their epic rageer in return.
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>> steve: flag stock. it featured musical guests including our next guest, john, joins us live. >> good to see you guys. how are you? >> steve: how was flag fest? >> ironically at our rally nobody wore a mask. i guess when you sing about freedom and human rights and women's rights and condemn the evil that is hamas nobody is afraid to show their face. for me it was a very emotional night. many of us who work closely with rachel goldberg are still mourning hersh and his murder but it was cathartic to thank these boys in person. i should call them men, not boys. to perform and sing for them and go out in the crowd and take pictures, talk to the students. hear their stories, particularly
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the jewish students under siege. it was wonderful, great. flyovers, fireworks, beer was free. >> ainsley: we see john rich on stage with you and lee green wood was up there. i'm sure a lot of students came. they didn't announce where the location was until the last minute because they wanted to keep it secure and safe for the students there. how did you get involved? there was a gofundme page and raised $515,000 in a week just to thank these fraternity brothers. how did you and the others get involved? >> certainly with the work we've been doing for israel, as brian knows my afghanistan and ukraine song, i think very few artists are afraid to stand up for the right thing. credit to rich and noonan. a concert being held for boys that rescued american flag had
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to be held in a undisclosed location because people are afraid for their safety because they rescued an american flag. an example to everybody we have to stand up. we cannot be intimidated. we're in the right and you do that with rock-n-roll and heart. >> brian: if people want to download your songs for a cause where do we go? >> we are all fighting the good fight and this won't be the last concert. we'll be heading to our college campuses. we're fighting back. we're all doing the right thing. >> lawrence: we'll be covering it, john. thank you very much. >> ainsley: you do so much good work, john. thank you. >> steve: we have to say one thing. happy birthday. >> ainsley: he puts the heater under here every morning for me. thank you. >> brian: on your birthday stay within yourself, chris

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