assessment and it will be their decision and they will be released accordingly. >> everybody got what they wanted. you have two power house teams. >> bret: breaking news that israel, according to some sites overseas may have started a strike against iran. we're monitoring that. we will see if we get some more information. monday on "special report," we will take a close look at the vote, how long it may take. this weekend shannon bream on "fox news sunday" her guests are florida senator marco rubio and colorado democratic governor jared polis. remember, if you can't catch us live, set your dvr 6:00 p.m. in the east, 3:00 p.m. on the west coast. you can follow me on instagram at bret baier, exclusive behind the scenes look, especially as we get closer to election day. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight, fair, balanced and still unafraid. make it a great weekend. laura is next. ♪ >> laura: good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham.

this is the ingraham angle broadcasting from the all star state. thank you for being with us. kamala has had multiple opportunities to walk it back. instead, she is sticking with trump's a fascist routine. >> we all must speak out against any form of political violence and i'm very clear about that. but, the american people deserve to be presented with fact and the truth. the fact and the truth is that some of the people closest to donald trump when he was president. generals, including most recently john kelly a four star marine general have been very clear about the danger and the threat that donald trump poses to america and the fact that he is unfit to serve. >> laura: the anatomy of a smear. we have candidate focused on substance. the things that are really impacting the country. >> i will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail or kick them the hell out of our

country and we will get them out. >> laura: when trump goes to texas he talks about the border and he meets with the families of those who have been brutalized by illegal immi immigrants. when kamala goes to texas she parties with all the cool celebrities. that tells you everything you need to know about their priorities. and now 11 days out and seeing some of the polls of this election cycle. the cnn and siena poll has kamala and trump deadlocked. this can be anyone's race. both have multiple path to victory for all the details go to the big board where "america's newsroom" host bill hemmer he is standing by. >> bill: tell everyone in texas hello enjoy your time. i was looking at the same poll, laura. the reason i'm showing you this to start off is because of what they have got here in the "times" poll that came out earlier today, the journal, the other day, two days ago i should say, 49-46 favor trump what we

got cnn in a poll came out dead even 4747, so i just want to take you back here ask yourself how can kamala harris win and conversely how can donald trump win? in order to do that, if these polls are right and the country is still even steven, well, this is 2020 this was the result in wisconsin, laura. 32.000000 votes cast decided by 27,000 votes. pennsylvania. so much about the blue wall. that's why we are doing. this you know, 81,000. pretty close. i mean close in 2016, also. but that was razor tight, too. the blue wall state we talk about is michigan and biden won that by 154,000 out of, what, 5.2 million votes cast what does

all that mean right now in the year 2024? here's what i want to do for you. the seven states you see in yellow gold behind me. we still believe they are battleground states. they have yet to be decided. plus this nebraska number two which is omaha. okay? as of now, the easiest way for the viewer, the voter to understand the path for harris think she is locked 225. locked for either candidate to be honest with you. say harris is doing well in wisconsin and michigan and getting closer to that number. pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes right now. under that scenario you take the blue wall and nebraska 2 down there and that would be enough for her, i mean by the hair of the your chiny chin, chin laura right you are at 270. flip it around here or go ahead and since nebraska 2 is lean democrat, i will keep that in the blue column. here is trump now and sun belt states in the southeast and also

the southwest. so we start 219 we think as of now. north carolina 16, georgia 16 electoral votes. come out west. you got 11 in arizona and you got 6 in nevada. you are at 268. so even under that scenario for donald trump, even though he has more paths to victory than kamala harris got to go four for four under this scenario and that's what we did here. still he is shy. so you know these senate races in the upper midwest? and michigan, the polls suggest it's all tightening and tightening very quickly. maybe there is something moving in michigan and that would be enough for trump to do it. likewise for wisconsin, polls are tightening in the senate race and maybe that portends something else at 278. you notice i'm leaving out pennsylvania because, laura, i could give you 14 different scenarios that involve some kind of combination of pennsylvania which is most critical for harris and trump come election night. so it's kind of where we stand

right now as we look at this thing 11 days out and counting. >> laura: all right, bill. thank you. it's always great to see you. >> bill: you got it. see you later. >> laura: the race may be effectively tied in the national polls. as veteran pollster mark penn said over the past few weeks and bill hinted at this, the momentum seems to have been shifting to trump. unless something fairly dramatic changes and that momentum shift, he could be on good shape on election day. that means time to grab the popcorn because they are already setting up the fall guys or the gal in the event that kamala loses some are saying that the liberal media, this is phenomenal funny to me that the liberal media hasn't been in the tank enough for kamala. okay. i love reading about social media attacking cnn because kamala couldn't answer softball questions. now, does it occur to any of

them is it might have been wise to choose a candidate people actually like maybe someone who can give decent answers to questions she has been asked, what, four times? >> how can we differentiate your policy and your beliefs from that of biden's? >> it's about a new approach. a new generation of leadership based on new ideas and frankly different experiences. >> why wasn't any of that done the last four years. >> there was a lot done but there is more to do, anderson. >> laura: it's not jake tapper or cnn's fault it has to be kkk thing. >> when i think about america, i think about my grandmother's quilt, we are all shapes, sizes, and colors. but we are one. and it was so important for me to stand with a candidate who understands that we as america he we are a quilt and i could never stand with a candidate who wants america to be a sheet.

>> laura: how despicable. tyler perry shame on you we're not dropping the "n" word or nazis we are effectively saying that america. america that elects donald trump is racist. they are going to blame white supremacy, elon musk and ultimately i guess conclude that our entire constitutional system the one that would have elected someone like trump needs to be undone and remade. they floated this idea in print. and clam wants to pack the court, remember and democrats have threatened to abolish the filibuster, so much for the norms. this is insane stuff they mean business are republicans ready for round 2. i can't imagine they have drawn up articles of impeachment if they actually hold the house. well, third time is a charge. but, of course, they just don't care. well, third time is a harm in that case and they don't care there will be no trump honeymoon

if democrats are able to take the house it. will be 24/7 resistance. lawfare or maybe even something worse now anticipating left wing chaos and retribution some conservatives have given vice president harris a new nickname. couplama. serious. deadly coup against biden is how they got into this mess can kamala. look, i don't put anything past these people. if they can't beat trump, the man they defame as hitler, will they try to stop him by any means necessary or hope that someone else does? >> you'll see next week, kaitlin, is trump actually reenacting the madison square garden rally in 1939. president franklin roosevelt was appalled that neo-nazis, fascists in america were lining

up to essentially pledge their support for the kind of government that they were seeing in germany so i don't think we can ignore it. >> laura: what a sad, pathetic final chapter for a sad, pathetic woman. apparently hillary -- she went to yale and all. apparently she is unaware of fdr's 1936 speech at madison square garden which trump's event will obviously most closely parallel the socialists in the united states never really had any real power back then. even some reliably liberal celebrities have seemed to have had enough. >> stop with the hitler [bleep]. are you saying that anyone and everyone who shows up at madison square garden for this upcoming trump rally is a nazi? that's a nazi rally? get the [bleep] out of here. what kind of rallies are happening on the college campuses in new york city, in union square where they are

waiving hamas flags? >> laura: is he right of course. what are democrats doing? do you really want to write off half the country as nazis, hitler sympathizers, racist, sexist, misogynist, xenophobias? how is that a strategy to growing your movement, whatever the heck your movement is it, except a

iranian territory. this strike, according to the senior official, was meant to send a message of deterrence to the iranian regime and there was communication with the americans beforehand as the region waits to see what will come next. but again, the latest information that we hav, multiple explosions have been reported in and around the iranian capital of tehran, as well as in the northern part of iran. we don't know the exact targets, but i am told that some of the targets were taken off the list following american pressure. there have been a lot

of conversations taking place with top israeli leadership here in tel aviv and in jerusalem, talking with their counterparts in washington to determine how to deter the iranians, but not drag the region into a broader war. now, one other important note here, an israeli official tells me the expectation is that following the strikes tonight against iran, there will be some sort of response. of course, they don't know what that response will look like, but israeli air defense remains on high alert across this country. there is an understanding that iran has the ability to target israel with a variety of ballistic missiles, as they did earlier this month, when they launched 180 of them toward this country. and so israel's top defense systems, including the arrow two and three systems, do remain on alert to be able to protect some of the more sensitive targets across this country. jason. >> trey, let's go back to what really led to this, because there was anticipated going to be some response by the

israelis. is this purely a missile attack? are there fighter jets over iranian space at this time? do you know the details of how this attack is taking place? >> i don't want to get into the details, just given how sensitive the information is and the fact that it's unfolding as we speak. but we have a lot of information. i've been talking with officials this evening and throughout the week in anticipation of this strike taking place. remember, as we reported the past several weeks, this was not a question of if israel would respond, but rather when and where 180 ballistic missiles were fired by the iranians and everyone from top army generals to israel's defense minister yoav gallant, to the country's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, made very clear that the iranian attack against israel was the regime in tehran crossing a red line. the deterrence had been flipped and the israelis wanted to restore that deterrence. and that is part of what they are doing with these strikes tonight

against iran. i am told. and again, we don't know exactly how widespread the strikes will be, and we don't know the exact targets, but we do know there has been communication with the americans of course, there was the story of this leak earlier in the week, and a real concern that the american leak could have damaged the israeli preparations. i'm told that that did not affect the israeli timeline to ultimately strike iran. but it is, of course, of concern to israeli officials as they continue to communicate with their american counterparts about the escalating tension across the region. jason. >> trey. trey. to what degree is the united states of america partnering with israel on this attack? is it a support mechanism? are there u.s. assets being deployed? is there technology? do we have any idea of what the u.s. involvement might be in this attack? that's going on right now? tonight? >> yeah. so i asked a senior official this very question tonight and the extent at which

they would describe the coordination was simply communication with the americans. there is an understanding that they don't want to send a message that the united states is directly involved in any of these attacks, despite the fact that behind the scenes, they may be sharing things like intelligence. and we do know, of course, that the americans have helped the israelis to prepare for a possible iranian retaliation to the strikes that are currently taking place. jason, as we speak. remember earlier in the week and it really all sort of blends together for the officials here who are continuing to fight a war not just on the ground inside gaza against iranian proxies like hamas and islamic jihad, but also against iran's largest proxy in the region, hezbollah, in southern lebanon and the americans deployed the thad anti-ballistic missile system to israel. and there are less than ten of these systems deployed around the world. so the fact that one was sent to israel with american boots on the ground to make sure the

system was manned and working, was an indication that the americans understood, like the israelis, that iran would likely respond in some capacity to this counterattack. following the ballistic missile attack earlier this month. but remember, this was not the first iranian attack that took place. this year. back in april, the iranians launched an attack after the israelis targeted the building next to their embassy in damascus, syria. and remember, when we look at the reason that the iranians say they launched the ballistic missiles against israel earlier this month, they said it was in response to the killing of hassan nasrallah, the secretary general of hezbollah, iran's largest proxy across the middle east, a group that has been directly involved in conflict with israel since october 8th. we know that the iranians say it was not just in response to the death of nasrallah. the strike that took place in the lebanese capital of beirut, but also the explosion that killed the leader of hamas, ismail haniya, in tehran over the summer. it was an embarrassment for the iranians to have a top proxy leader killed at a guest house in the iranian capital of

tehran while he was attending the inauguration ceremonies for masoud pezeshkian, the new iranian president. and so this was a joint response from the iranians earlier this month, and that 180 ballistic missile attack that soared through the skies of this country. we were in the northern city of haifa when that attack took place. and you could see some of these missiles coming in over syria and some of them actually, we understand more than half of them hit israel. they were not intercepted. and you saw the craters across this country near to military bases and actually targeting military bases where israeli jets take off from. and the israelis saw this as, again, crossing a red line for the iranian regime. and so that is why we had been told in the briefings and the conversations that we've been having with top officials here in tel aviv, that this was not a question of if israel would respond, but rather when and where. and as we understand tonight, israel is striking iran. multiple explosions have been reported in and around the iranian capital of tehran, as

well as further north. and we do not know at this hour what exactly is being targeted. but iranian state media is also confirming that these explosions have taken place, again, an indication israel has started their attack against iran. jason. >> trey. thank you. stay safe. i'll let you reach out to your contacts and your reporting. but now let's go to fox news correspondent greg palkot, who's joining us live. greg, tell us, what are you hearing, what are you seeing and how unprecedented is this attack? a response by israel onto iran's territory? >> well, it's quite unprecedented, jason. iran and israel up until this year have kept apart. that is, they haven't staged any direct back and forth attacks. but as we've seen for example, in the early part of october, you did have iran launch a massive ballistic missile attack, a barrage on

israel, remember, that was october 1st. and we've been waiting and waiting and waiting for israel to do something. we heard a report tonight from one of the top military analysts. he said that israel would be acting in the next few days, and it clearly seems like they have done that. just going back over the reports we're getting, mainly from the iranian media, is that, yeah, they haven't they haven't stepped around the main target there apparently are explosions in tehran. that's the capital of iran. that's exactly what would be sending the greatest signal to iran that israel is serious. also, a town called karaj has been hit as well. they're hearing multiple strong explosions. jason, we're also getting indications that this could be an even broader, wider attack than just iran. there are new reports that explosions have been heard in the damascus

countryside and central region. remember that is syria, a very close ally of iran and a conduit for both military supplies and soldiers coming from iran through syria into lebanon and israel. we've been tracking today, jason, the incredible activity that the idf has kept up on two of its most important fronts near where we are. we're just about 17 miles away from the lebanon border. we've been watching a lot of back and forth between israel and lebanon. we've been watching right behind us a lot of rockets coming over from hezbollah and just just about ten minutes ago, we actually heard a lot of israeli jets overhead as well. so they were keeping that front very active. and there are also keeping the front down south with hamas and

gaza active as well. and just like nothing else was happenin, going through some of the neighborhoods in the north and the central area of gaza that israel thinks are still major strongholds for another enemy. remember, though, hamas and hezbollah are all interconnected to into iran as well as syria. so basically, you've got right now israel going against just about everybody in the area, but now they are moving against iran. there was some consideration, some thought that they might still hold off to a greater extent, maybe even after the us elections. but that was basically set aside. the big question, as trey has noted, is exactly what is being hit. the nuclear centers of iran. certainly a tempting target for israel, but the united states is strongly told jerusalem that

they should not, can not, should not attack any of the nuclear centers because that would indeed present an immediate escalation. also, even the oil refining centers, the tanks and the oil fields that are so important to not just the iranian economy, but for the economy of the whole world. biden was very clear in his conversations with israeli prime minister netanyahu that they should not go after that. so what are they going after? well, we think military installations we think more strategic targets for israel to go against iran. but again, seeing these reports saying that there have been explosions right in the center of tehran, i guess it could be a matter of how you define military targets. and again, just to wrap up here, jason, the word

also from that top military analyst, he works for the top television network here. he said he expects an raining response very soon after the attacks on iran by israel. so we could be here for just the beginning of something that could be very, very big. jason, back to you. >> well, greg, it's 253 in the morning. i'm not sure how long this has been going on. there are unconfirmed reports that i've seen out there that say that iran put its entire air force up in the air with the anticipation that the israelis were coming in to do an attack. and as you pointed out, the israelis are having to fight this on multiple fronts. right. you have lebanon. you have gaza, you have syria, evidently, where there are strikes going on. and now to take on iran. but iran is the one that struck israel as well. do we have a sense of what the people in israel are feeling

like? are they under i mean, they've been under alert for a long time, but is there a heightened alert? is there something to the people on the ground? it's the middle of the night, i know, but do the people on the ground there in israel know that this is happening at this point? >> well, i think they're looking at the media, jason, and seeing these reports. but you're very right. prior to a period where we really thought that israel was going to hit iran, that was shortly after the october 1st barrage. there were all sorts of limits on the number of people that could gather. there was limitations on transportation coming in and out of israel, and there was discussions of being aware and being prompt to any kind of warnings, any kind of word that they would get from the emergency services here. frankly, we've been out and about for the last couple of days, and we have not seen anything unusual coming from

the israeli government to talk to the public. so apparently the effort to keep this attack, this, if it does turn out to be the real thing, this move against iran was certainly an effort done by the israeli government. again, we have these initial reports of the explosions. we have no full confirmation from the israeli government or from other sources that this is, i could put it this way, the big one. we are waiting for that. back to you, jason. >> greg palkot. thank you. all right, let's go back to trey yingst. israel has launched an air attack on onto iran. trey, what have you been able to learn about what's leading up to this and what's going on right now in real time? >> yeah. jason, just to reiterate, fox news can independently confirm that israel has launched its attack against iran. the attack is

ongoing at this moment. and we do understand, according to sources, that the focus are military targets in and around the iranian capital of tehran and also in the northern part of the country. i do want to take you back to a conversation that i had earlier this month with israel's defense minister, yoav gallant, a man that i've interviewed many times over the past year. as the war developed between israel and hamas, ultimately between israel and hezbollah, and now as we are seeing tonight between israel and iran. and i asked gallant directly what is on the table when israel responds to this ballistic missile attack? 180 ballistic missiles fired at the jewish state earlier this month. and he interrupted me as we were speaking and he said, everything is on the table. i asked him about the nuclear sites. i asked him about the oil fields, but again, this was two weeks ago. fast forward now, a lot has taken place and we understand tonight the israelis are only targeting military positions in iran.

this is not meant to be a widespread attack that drags the region into a broader war, i am told. i am told by a senior official here in tel aviv tonight that israel is looking to send a message of deterrence to the iranian regime to ensure that there are no further attacks against israel. remember, this was the second ballistic missile attack to take place against israel this year, the first one in april after the targeted strike against a building next to the iranian embassy in damascus, syria, and then the ballistic missile attack earlier this month. following the killing of hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah and the leader of hamas, ismail haniya. with that said, one official is telling me tonight that the israelis are on high alert. they do fear that iran will respond. and despite the fact that analysts said a response could come immediately, this official said the israelis are prepared for any possible scenario. there's an understanding that iran could respond in the short term. they could also wait a week or two to respond, but

with that said, israeli air defense remains on high alert and just to break down the air defense system for the israelis, you often hear about israel's missile defense system, the iron dome, and then the system just above that. david sling, these are the closer range systems. these are the systems that are used by israel to shoot down incoming rockets and missiles from places like gaza and lebanon. if the iranians do respond to the strikes that are currently taking place in and around the iranian capital of tehran being launched by the israelis, the response would come in the form of ballistic missiles. now, the iranians have very extensive arsenals of ballistic missiles, very advanced missiles that they used against israel earlier this year, earlier this month. but israel has the arrow two and three defense system. this is a system that allows israel to shoot down the incoming ballistic missiles, and it allows them to protect some of their more sensitive targets. what could some of those targets be? we can start at the bottom of the coast and work our way up. you could look

at the palmachim airbase. this is an air base where many of the israeli jets take off. when they do missions like they are conducting tonight against iran or other places like whenever the israelis targeted the iran backed houthis in yemen, for example. also, we can look at the situation a little bit further north in a city like tel aviv, you have the kiryat israel's version of the pentagon, just about two miles from where we're standing, right now. and then further north in the port city of haif, israel's third largest city. you have much of the defense industry there, and also a number of oil refinery facilities. and so the iranians could respond by targeting any, any sort of position inside israel. but again, this is an escalation ladder. you have both israel and iran looking to try to avoid a broader regional war, a war that both israeli and iranian officials say would not benefit their countries. and so while israel is striking iran tonight. again, fox news can confirm that israel is launching strikes against iran tonight in response to the ballistic missile attack that took place earlier this month,

a senior official telling fox news that this is meant to send a message of deterrence to the iranian regime. but despite these strikes taking place, this does not mean an all out regional war. this means we are taking another step up in the region on the escalation ladder that israel and iran have continued to climb. iran started with its proxies on the ground in places like gaza, in places like lebanon and in places like yemen, and they expanded to direct attacks against israel starting in april and then, of course, earlier this month. but again, the latest information we have. fox news can confirm that israel is striking targets inside iran. this is in response to the ballistic missile attack that took place earlier this month. i am told by a senior official tonight, this is meant to send a message of deterrence to the iranian regime and that israel is prepared for a possible iranian response, but is certainly looking to keep the situation contained. and again, just to give you the backdrop of this, we are 385 days into the war

between israel and hamas. we are 384 days into the war between israel and hezbollah. these key iranian proxies across the middle east. and of course, the iran backed houthis in yemen have also been involved in the fight, launching both missiles and drones towards cities like tel aviv, where we are reporting from tonight. >> jason terry, a break down that idea of deterrence because the israelis have been amazing in their ability to repel these attacks that come towards them, but also to degrade their capabilities. is that when you say they're going to send a deterrence, are they going after military targets in terms of personnel? is it the launch sites? is it their ability to launch aircraft to put that may be able to get up in the air, or is it the missile sites itself? or maybe it's all of the above. >> it is certainly it's certainly something to discuss here. and again, i want to be very careful because i have a

lot of information and only some of it is on the record. we understand that the focus of these strikes tonight, it is focused on military targets inside iran. i don't want to get any more specific on that just to ensure that the sources that we have continue to talk with us here. but i do want to give you a little bit more information than i'm getting in just now. the israeli military is now making their first on the record comment about the strikes that are taking place against iran tonight. in response to that ballistic missile attack earlier this month, the idf said in a statement, quote, in response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in iran against the state of israel. right now, the israel defense forces are conducting precise strikes on military targets in iran. so now, on the record, we have the military confirming what other top officials here in tel aviv told fox news earlier tonight. the statement goes on to say the regime in iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking israel since october 7th on seven

fronts, including direct attacks from iranian soil. this military statement goes on to say, like every other sovereign country in the world, the state of israel has the right and the duty to respond. our defensive and offensive capabilities are fully mobilized now. right now, we're also learning that there are no changes to israel's home front command. the home front command is a wing of the military that is involved in issuing special instructions to the civilian population, an instruction like needing to stay close to a shelter, for example. but again, that statement that we are just now receiving from the idf, the israeli military, confirming now what we were reporting earlier this hour, the israeli military on the record saying israel is currently striking iran in response, not only according to this statement to the ballistic missile attack earlier this month, but also the iranian proxy activity across the middle east. israeli media is also reporting explosions near the international airport in tehran. again, we're going to continue to get clarity on

these targets as the night develops. it is the middle of the night in iran. and so, of course, it will be difficult to confirm the specific targets hit and will continue to work with sources on this. and again, i'm just i continue to look down here because we are getting real updates as we speak. jason, we understand that israel's top spokesperson, daniel hagari, is set to give a statement to the media shortly. we may get more information there on the targets that israel is currently hitting inside iran, but this is significant. and the statement points to a broader story here that is critical to discuss. it is the seven front war that israel has been fighting since october seventh. remember, on the morning of october 7th, hamas launched a cross-border attack from gaza into southern israel. our team was live there in the south of this country. as the attack was unfolding. it was the largest slaughter of jews since the holocaust, the largest attack against israel in the country's history. around 1200 israelis, both soldiers and civilians, were killed in that attack. just 24 hours later, iran's largest

proxy in the region, hezbollah, started to fire rockets and drones from southern lebanon into northern israel. since then, iran's proxy in yemen, the houthis have been directly involved in the fight. they have been targeting major israeli population centers, sending hundreds of thousands of people to bomb shelters. you also have iran backed iraqi and syrian shia militias and you also have the iranian regime itself that launched ballistic missiles at israel two separate times this year. and so, again, the israelis are looking to send a message of deterrence to the regime in tehran and to the new president, masoud pezeshkian, to iran's supreme leader, the ayatollah khamenei, that attacks against israel, especially on the scale of a ballistic missile attack that causes significant damage to this country and threatens the lives of israeli civilians, will not be accepted. and that is why we are seeing these israeli strikes against iranian territory tonight. i'm told by a senior official, jason trey yingst, there on the ground in

israel. >> fantastic reporting as always in real time. we'll let you go back and work with your sources as we jump now to joining at the white house. fox news lucas tomlinson, lucas, what are you hearing from the white house? >> well, jason, officials tell fox news that the white house was notified shortly before israel carried out these airstrikes inside iran. and president biden has just landed in delaware. he is heading to his home in wilmington. there are no plans right now for the president to come back here to the white house. there's no changes to his schedule right now. what we need to remind our viewers is that prime minister benjamin netanyahu, in late september, just late last month, said at the un, if you strike us, we will strike you. and then president biden was asked just a week ago in berlin, do you know what the israeli response is going to be? and he said, yes, he does. it does appear that these are military targets that have been struck, and it was notable, jason, that in an interview

with the new york times, iranian officials say if military targets are hit and there is not widespread casualties and too much destruction, that a counterattack might not happen. of course, as we just heard from trey, this response by israel tonight is based on the october first ballistic missile attack that was nearly 200 ballistic missiles that were fired toward israel. that's the largest ballistic missile attack in the history of mankind. nobody had seen that before. president biden, of course, just a week ago, had approved the deployment of the thad anti-ballistic missile system that arrived in israel just last week. what the thad is very similar to the arrow two. it is a high altitude air defense system which is designed to shoot down ballistic missiles both inside the earth's atmosphere and as well as into space. a lot of people talk about the iron dome. that's a point defense system used to shoot down artillery, rockets and other small, you know, incoming

rounds, but from short range of course david slings for intermediate range but arrow is, you know, interceptor system that is used to knock down ballistic missiles. and that's why the israelis called upon the united states to send this thad system there in very short supply. jason, there's only seven deployed around the world right now. one of them, along with 100 u.s. troops, is inside israel right now. so again, president biden, of course, has been briefed about these strikes. we are awaiting a statement from the white house. and that is where things stand right now from the white house. jason lucas, do you have any idea when the israelis contacted the white house? >> i'm just trying to get a sense of when this attack actually started. the communication is pivotal between the united states and israel. i wondered about the timing and the second part of it. question for you, lucas, given your wide experience at the pentagon and there at the white house, how many u.s. troops, how many people from the united states military are

in the region? and what role if any, are they playing in what's going down and what's happening tonight? as israel defends itself and goes back against, you know, against iran and to thwart further attacks? >> well, jason, in addition to the 100 u.s. army soldiers that are manning this thad battery that just arrived inside israel, of course you have about 40,000 troops deployed right now around the middle east. you have the lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, in addition to the dozens of strike aircraft aboard lincoln in the arabian sea, you also have, of course, destroyer escorts. and as we saw on october first, two guided missile destroyers in the eastern mediterranean fired 13 sm three interceptor missiles to shoot down some of those ballistic missiles that were incoming toward israel. we never heard from the pentagon. how many of those 13 interceptors actually destroyed some of the incoming ballistic missiles? you also just had a squadron of f-16s just arrived today from a base in germany.

you have, in terms of land based aircraft, you have f-16s, f-15s, you have a-10s that are deployed to various bases throughout the middle east. and of course, the lincoln strike group. but all in all, about 40,000 force, of course, the head of u.s. air forces central command that's based in qatar, jason. >> so we have assets. we have the ability to communicate and provide intelligence in real time. lucas, really do appreciate what you're doing and keeping your eyes on the ground. we're going to take a quick break. lots happening there as israel defends itself, as israel actually sends a deterrence strike against against the iranians. this is unprecedented. the attack that israel has been taking on multiple fronts, but they've decided to defend themselves. they forewarned this. they foreshadowed it. they said they were going to do it. and now it's happening in real time. just after 3 a.m. in tehran,

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before israel conducted strikes on iran and the israeli defense forces say the attacks are, quote, in response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in iran against the state of israel. right now, the idf is conducting precise strikes on military targets in iran. the regime in iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking israel since october seventh on seven fronts, including direct attacks from iranian soil. like every other sovereign nation, a sovereign country in the world, the state of israel has the right and the duty to respond. we will do whatever necessary to defend the state of israel and the people of israel. end quote. joining me now is fox news trey yingst, who is live in tel aviv. trey, what's the latest? what's happening? >> yeah, jason, as we speak, the israelis are striking iran

in response not only to that ballistic missile attack earlier this month, but also a variety of different attacks from iranian proxies across the middle east over the past year. israeli officials are now starting to react to the strikes that are taking place in real time. one official just texting during the commercial break, reiterating that no iranian energy infrastructure is on the current target list for the israelis. another official reiterating this idea of deterrence and how they are looking to send a message to the regime in tehran. and all of this lets us basically come to the conclusion here, what we reported earlier, that the israelis are not looking to drag the region into a broader war, but they are looking for the attacks against their country to stop. it's not just from iranian territory, but also their proxies across the middle east, their hostages that are still being held inside gaza. and the threats not just against israeli forces in the region, but also against u.s. forces. and that's part of

the reason i'm told there was significant communication with the americans leading up to these strikes that are currently taking place against iran. tonight, israel is looking to give iran an off ramp in all of this, but they're also prepared for the possibility that iran may respond given the fact that the israeli strikes are the most significant that we've seen so far. the response back in april just struck the air defense outside of one of iran's nuclear facilities. it was looking to send a message that israel has the over-the-horizon capabilities, the ability to strike deep in iranian territory. tonight strikes, i'm told, are quite different. they are going after military targets but with a lot of force, and they want to show the regime that they will continue to put pressure on iran. if attacks against israel are ongoing. but all of this could certainly unravel, and that is part of the reason that you have seen the close coordination with the americans from a defensive posture. it's part of the reason that you saw the delivery this week of the

thad anti-ballistic missile system here to israel, u.s. forces on the ground in this country to help israel to shoot down any sort of incoming missiles that may come in response to this attack against iran. that is unfolding as we speak. remember earlier this month when 180 ballistic missiles were launched from iranian territory toward israel? many of them slipped past israel's missile defense systems. now, some of that was by design. israel, looking to reserve as much of its missile interceptors for the arrow two and arrow three systems for the sensitive sites across this country, for the air force bases, for the nuclear facilities, for some of the more sensitive military sites near israel's second largest city of tel aviv, where we are reporting from right now. but they understand that this could be a long conflict. they may not take the off ramp that is being offered to them. and i just want to give you some color here in tel aviv, israel's second largest city overhead, there is a civilian plane headed toward ben-gurion airport, israel's international airport. so this is an

indication that the airspace over israel remains open. now, earlier, we saw an image of a flight radar app that showed nearly all of the civilian planes over iran and over iraq and over syria have cleared the airspace because they understand that this israeli attack against iran is ongoing, and they don't want to have commercial airliners in the skies over where israeli jets will be flying. but the fact that the airspace over israel remains open is a sign that there are no changes currently for the home front command. israel's military instructions to the civilian population. oftentimes, these instructions will come all at once to warn people of an impending attack. but at this hour, we are told there are no special instructions for the israeli population. i do want to just read you here. a quick update from israeli media again, jason. we're getting all of this in in real time. a few pieces of military infrastructure near the iranian capital of tehran were

targeted. we do expect to get some more information. a local iranian media agency, and this is coming from state media, says that the situation is normal at the country's largest international airport. and they say there has been no targeting of oil facilities. again, we're just getting this information in, in real time, trying to gather what we can from both iranian state media, from israeli media, and of course, our sources here on the ground in tel aviv. jason, trey yingst, thank you. >> as always. now let's go to victoria coates. she's the heritage foundation national security vice president and former deputy national security advisor. victoria, thank you so much for joining us. we're seeing this play out in real time. it was anticipated that israel was going to retaliate and respond to iran, but based on what we're seeing here in real time, there's lots more to learn. what's your reaction to what's happening? >> well, good to be with you, jason. and yeah, i mean, this

came as something of a surprise to a lot of us because israel had had, i think, quite masterfully signaled that after the us intelligence leak over the weekend, they were going to need more time to prepare. a lot of folks were hearing november 1st as a potential strike time, but to go in and hit iran tonight shows them that that they have to be ready 24 over seven. i think, you know, this will be a more forceful strike than the one, as trey just reported, that followed the april 13th, 14th iranian attack on israel. you know, they could strike potentially military targets. but the question is, is if they hit anything that's sensitive in terms of their nuclear program. and, you know, they've said very clearly they're not going to strike the oil installations that apparently is at the direct request of the biden administration that doesn't want a crisis in international energy markets. but we're going to have to wait and see just what they did hit and how badly they've disabled

iranian infrastructure. >> yeah, we're being told that the white house has called a lid for the night, meaning that the white house will is not anticipated to issue any other statements at this. at this point, it is in the middle of the night's nearly 330 in the morning there in tehran. the precision, i think, of what the israelis are doing here. they're certainly going to great lengths to say, hey, this is a retaliatory we're trying to degrade your opportunity to hit to hit back at us, but we're not trying to escalate i. is that the right messaging? is that do you think that's permeating and what effect does that have on the psychology of war? >> that, of course, is the desired effect. and, you know, trey used the word deterrence repeatedly. that's what the israelis want. and that's what any american wants. we want the iranians to stop this, to stop this seven front war, to stop all of these attacks from all

around israel that are also attacks on america. you know, they don't ask for anyone's passport when they attack. you know, young people at a music festival on october 7th. they just want to kill. and when americans fall afoul of that, that's just fine with them. so what we need is the iranians to get back in their box and stop this and not feel emboldened that they can direct 180 ballistic missiles at israel and the other problem with that, those missiles coming at israel, jason, is that the missiles themselves cost between, you know, maybe 500,000 and $700,000. the interceptors range from 2 million to $12 million, depending on the system. the thad, which we were just discussing being the most expensive of all. so, you know, the iranians, when they do that, score a monetary victory over us. we need them to stop it. we need to harbor those resources. and hopefully what israel did tonight achieved that. >> yeah. there's no indication,

based on the reporting that we've heard so far that the iranians have responded in kind, that they are they are firing upon israel in response to this attack. that's happening. but again, that may be premature. this is playing out in real time. we're just hearing and seeing the reports based on what's happening. we do also have this idf statement that that came out that was very strong. i thought very much on point. you heard what the idf said. what's your reaction to what their statement was? >> oh, no, they're 100% correct. this is entirely within israel's purview. to do this, iran needs to be on notice that their actions will have retaliation and that this is not i mean, it is indeed about the october 1st ballistic missile attack, but it's about all the other attacks that are taking place on on israel. yes, sir. >> so sorry to interrupt you, victoria. we actually have the sound of the idf spokesperson. let's play that and then get

your reaction to it. >> response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in iran against the state of israel. right now, the israel defense forces is conducting precise strikes on military targets in iran. the regime in iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking israel since october 7th on seven fronts, including victoria. >> i we we've got a lot of guests. we're going to try to get in here. we're going to actually go to christian whiton, who's going to respond to this? we appreciate your perspective on what's happening now. christian whiton, a former state department senior adviser in the bush and trump administration, you just heard the idf, you see what's happening now. what's your response to what's happening in real time? >> i you know, it's a good statement. i think it's right. it's amazingly constrained. i think it's actually remarkable that prime minister netanyahu

is not going after iran's energy infrastructure. that would be inappropriate going away. present to president joe biden, who, frankly, has not supported him terribly much throughout this year long war that israel has been in. he could have struck those energy sites within iran that would have sent the price of oil skyward, which would have been the icing on the cake of what i think will be vice president kamala harris coming defeat in november. he's not doing that. also not striking the nuclear sites, those sites associated with iran's nuclear program. that's interesting. they telegraphed to us that they wouldn't touch those in the last retaliation that israel did against iran's first big missile uav, etc. strike. when israel retaliated, they actually hit the air defense systems at some of those nuclear sites. that was a symbol, a signal to iran that they could actually be hit next. and israel has chosen not to do that. so this is a measured response to iran's aggression. >> what do you think the united states role in this should be?

what should the united states be saying? and doing at this point to support israel and its ability to defend itself? >> well, we ought to be doing. and what i think if candidate donald trump said this when he ridiculed joe biden because biden said, don't hit the iranian nuclear sites, i think we ought to be encouraging iran to hit the iranian nuclear sites and to hit iran's energy infrastructure, which is the way that that regime has gotten so much cash to finance its export of terrorism throughout the region to its wars against israel, its political warfare in lebanon and yemen, against our gulf allies, the easing of oil sanctions by the biden administration has given iran free rein. essentially, it's gone from being on the back foot to being very aggressive throughout the region. so striking that energy infrastructure would make a difference. >> all right. let's bring victoria coates back in there. victoria, what's your response to that? is that the right move at this point and what the role should be for the united states

of america? >> what i would like to see is the united states actually saying nothing except we support israel in their war against iran. i would like to hear see the president of the united states come back to the situation room tonight and not call a lid in delaware and just show that the united states is standing firmly with israel and with the decisions they're making to defend their sovereignty. otherwise, you know, i think christian covered it excellently. >> christian and, victoria, thank you so much. you would think that given the situation, iran, you know, being what's going on with israel and iran, do you think they'd be in the situation room understanding it? but that's not what's happening tonight. israel defending itself, fighting against iran. it's all playing out ina ingraham. thanks for staying with us. jesse watters take it. ♪