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streets. or the parking lots. >> the fbi and atf now investigating multiple cases a possible arson targeting tesla's and cybertruck's. >> it's disgusting. the thing that is really horrifying is how many leaders on the left are celebrating it instead of condemning it. >> it is absolutely ridiculous. what we are seeing is the mastic terrorism. >> tesla is employing tens of thousands of americans. they are putting out the most american made car, so it is really just frustrating. >> it is actually a scary time in our country because of this political violence from the l left, and the white house and the president's entire administration condemn it wholeheartedly. >> john: domestic terrorism. that is how the trumpet administration sees the attacks on teslas. president trump surging in drop approval reaching an all-time high peered with that so begins the thursday afternoon, i'm john roberts in washington. here we go sandra. >> sandra: buckle up. i'm center smith in new york.

the new polls voters approving of republicans in congress. compare that to democrats who are struggling to maintain their party's appeal. we've got complete coverage for you right now, kicking off of john yoo and alicia acuna. they are standing by with more on the tesla terrorism. >> john: but first alexander half lie from the white house peered are americans seeing eye to eye with the president's priority? >> john, that's interesting part because not quite but we are not seeing the pulling pulling down the point of the president, right now 49% approval rating in the first two months of his presidency. that matches his high from april of 2020. according to the latest fox news polling, 9 out of 10 republicans approve of the president's performance, same number of democrats on the side disapproved. conducted march 14th through the 17th, right in the middle of major trade and immigration, federal spending action. but voters are sharing concerns

with the economy and inflation. just 21% according to that poll feel the condition of the economy is excellent or good. that is actually lower than at the tail end of president biden's term. and tariffs in particular create some uncertainty. the number of people who believe the actual health of the u.s. economy has fallen since january. 69% of registered voters believed tariffs on imports will make products more expensive. the administration maintains in the longer on the president's policies will boost the economy and to master production. >> we have got deregulation which lowers the cost of everything which is really lowering inflation and then we've got tariffs, which won't change inflation if we on-sure stuff. >> on effort to identify and cut wasteful government spending just 44% of americans feel the president is doing excellent or good but a bit more insight into that when voters were asked about their voting is on elon musk's work with d.o.g.e., 58% disapprove, that included 20% of republicans and 93% of

democrats. this poll, some good news, did show the president earned some high marks among key groups, women, black voters, and voters under 30, john. >> john: alex hoff kicking us off. thank you, alex. sandra? >> sandra: attorney general pam bondi promising to crackdown on domestic terrorism against tesla dealerships. all of this is the fbi investigates the use of molotov cocktails in fiery attack in las vegas. senior correspondent alicia acuna has the very latest on all of that. hi, alicia. >> hi, sandra. we also want to tell you about a website the doj is looking into that is reportedly posting personal information about tesla vehicle owners, including their addresses and phone numbers. we are not going to show you that site because it is also encouraging people to vandalize in protest. white house press secretary karoline leavitt had this to say to her spoken earlier today on fox.

>> those engaging in this vicious violence that we have seen targeted at this american company, a tesla dealerships, tesla employees, and also innocent americans who have chosen to drive these vehicles. >> for the last two months and ever since tesla ceo elon musk began working with d.o.g.e., law enforcement has been responding to scenes similar to this attack at a las vegas tesla dealership and service center. the fbi is investigating as incidents have spread to multiple tesla storefronts and charging stations in at least 11 states. police in nearby lakewood, colorado, are looking for the person who cut all of the courts at a tesla charging station. a handful of arrests have been made around the country but so far the fbi has not said if they are connected, and this man, look at this, has been arrested for keying a woman's tesla in a san jose parking lot while she was in costco. we have seen a lot of that kind of thing on social media. and sandra, in case anyone is

wondering, the tesla vehicles record its surroundings for its owners, they put it in century mode. the car itself is gathering information that could be used against you. >> sandra: great point. alicia cooney on that. john? >> john: when i was in miami we used to do a stupid criminal of the week segment, tesla will likely help us do that, too. pam bondi, the attorney general, is bowing folks involved in the sort of vandalism and attacks are going to be prosecuted, listen to what she said, john. >> they are turning tesla owners, tesla dealerships. they are targeting elon musk, who is out there trying to save our country and it will not be tolerated. we are coming after you. we will find you. and if you are an organized group who is funding this, we are going to find you, too. >> john: what is your sense of this, john? is disorganized or just a bunch of lone wolf attacks?

>> that remains to be seen. that is the fbi job, and that is what brings up simple vandalism, hooliganism, things that can be punished by state and local police and elevates it into domestic terrorism. domestic terrorism occurs when it is not just violence but it is violence that is being used to try to coerce a government, to try to oppose a government, and it is quite clear that elon musk and his company are being targeted because of musk's work for the federal government. ask our democratic friends. if this were to happen to a biden cabinet secretary, wouldn't they have turned around and sent the fbi right on in? the other important thing is the fbi has a lot of resources to try to piece together whether there is some kind of coordinated effort, using the internet, money, coordination that would again elevate this from simple vandalism into some kind of larger domestic and terrorism concern. >> john: to your point about

what statute to charge people under, we took the opportunity to make a graphic of this so folks at home can see what you're talking about definition of domestic terrorism is activity appearing or to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of government by intimidation or coercion, affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction assassination kidnapping. thankfully we have not seen assassination or kidnapping but we have certainly seen some mass instruction here, john. >> oh, yes, i think the violence part of it has already, we've got arson, people setting teslas on fire in front of factories and showrooms that could explode with these dangerous lithium batteries. i think that is easily met and in fact you could already charge those people with federal arson, with trying to create explosives, but the key is why are they doing it? are they trying to do it because they are acting against elon musk for his work for the

government? are they trying to pressure the government? opposing the government's policies? going around attacking electrical vehicles all over the place, attacking tesla because of that they have become domestic terrorism. >> john: they certainly were not attacking teslas before elon musk started a aligning himself with donald trump. the governor of minnesota, tim walz, appears to be taking glee at what is happening with tesla. listen to what he said. >> they've got that little stock act. i added tesla to it to give me a little boost during the day. $225 and dropping. if you own one, we are not blaming you. you can take dental floss and pull the tesla thing off. >> john: they are celebrating the decline of tesla stock but at the same time our bill melugin reports the minnesota state retirement fund had 1,615,511 shares of tesla stock worth of market value at the time. this was june of 2024.

$319,677,317. tim walz is effectively cheering on his state employees losing money in their retirement fund. >> you got to thank the electorate for making sure this guy could not become a responsible federal official. to celebrate stock declines of a major american company, one that is producing losses for his own -- as you say, for his own state employees, that is irresponsible. he should be, rather than walking around like a comedian celebrating this onstage, should be condemning the attacks on tesla, should be lamenting the stock price of tesla is falling because elon musk has volunteered -- you may disagree or agree -- but he has volunteered to try to help the government when it needs him. >> john: john yoo starting us off today, appreciate it. >> thanks, john, every time. >> john: amazing to see how democrats have turned not just

on elon musk but on tesla. not everyone has. >> sandra: some are trying to protect themselves politically. one of them may be ro khanna. he said this in defense of tesla on cnn last night. >> i am not going to root against tesla. there are 20,000 people who work in my district to make a living off this. they are building vehicles that ultimately are good for the climate. have huge, huge problems with that elon musk is doing. half the protest and the conversation and criticism of musk. don't take it out on a company where you have workers or you have engineers or you have scientists which are creating wealth for the country, which is helping the climate. >> sandra: cheering on the demise of an american company and its stock and cheering on these fiery blazes of teslas is just beyond, john. >> john: the person who perpetrated this act in las vegas was using molotov cocktails and according to police a firearm, as well. that gets beyond dangerous,

particularly when you consider that the batteries in teslas can explode if they are heated, and we saw what looked almost like some fireworks coming out of one of the cars is the battery began to destruct. and... if somebody dies in these attacks, i mean, it will obviously -- hopefully that will happen -- but it will obviously shed a whole new light on that. and anybody who is supporting the destruction of teslas and falling stock will seem to be in cahoots with whoever is trying -- >> sandra: amazing that video of it was met with cheers and applause. the late-night comic acts, john. we will have more on that coming up. meanwhile this. an american hostage released after being held by the taliban for more than two years. so how did the u.s. when his freedom? >> john: plus outrage in illinois over a bill to strip parents rights in education. yes, it's happening again. critics say it could even lead to jail time for some parents. up next, reaction from an illinois homeschooling father

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bureaucrats. a new state bill could affect homeschooling and parochial schools. joining us. i want to start with you first because you obviously will be directly impacted by this. you choose to homeschool your kids. they are now saying with this bill they want your information and potentially they want control over what and how you are teaching your kids. what is your reaction to it? >> absolutely not. they have no authority. they have no right to come into my home and tell me and my wife how we should raise our children. you know, the sponsor of this bill, one of the reasons she gave for promoting or pushing this bill is because she believes some homeschooling parents aren't doing it the right way. but if you look at what the public schools are doing in in illinois, we have less than 32%f students proficient in english leg which arts, only 27% who are

proficient in math. we spend $19,000 per student -- by the way, if i spent that kind of money on my kids, they would be living it up big time. we spend about, you know, $2,000 a year on our kids. but they only get 88% graduation rate. which means 228,000 students here in illinois are falling through the cracks. and at the same time one in ten students are sexually exploited by an adult in the school system. so sandra, they are failing our kids academically. they are failing to protect them physically. and they don't seem to care about protecting our daughters from confused men in their private spaces and in their sports. there's lots of good reasons -- >> sandra: dave, you are an incredible father and i don't think anybody doubts that who hears the passion in your voice for your eight children that you are trying to give the best education possible. and chris, these parents like

dave are saying wait, you want to take your failed public school model and bring that into my home? that is the problem and the issue so many of these parents are taking up. this was one of them. nicole george's joined us on this program. she has told us the story about the problems in the locker rooms of the public school, shannon attic is a big advocate for these parents, both of them. >> the serious thing, this set such a dangerous precedent for girls everywhere by allowing men, title ix. >> this is a radical attack on homeschool and just a civil attack on liberty. that is what we're dealing with an illinois illinois, the radical woke legislators from pritzker on down trying to dismantle liberty piece by piec. >> sandra: chris, you look at the illinois student proficiency scores for reading, 39%, math under 28%. to dave's point, what the heck

is going on in illinois? >> it's pretty amazing when you look at the landscape of all of this, the educational industrial complex is in full attack mode because they don't like it when we have independent thought. one thing about home educators, i actually -- my wife and i home educated our seven children also, so dave has got me beat by one, but this is a topic that is near and dear to my heart because the government schools are in abject failure, and i think the last thing that they need is more to do. i would say they probably need to sweep their own porch before they decide to try to come over and terrorize the homeschoolers and the private schoolers into getting them into the same failed policies that they are involved in. >> sandra: well said, chris. this is a op-ed in

"the wall street journal," had my never ending war on peered chris, dave, your immediate thought on this, kids don't belong to the government, they belong -- if that is even the right word -- to their families. the state exists to serve citizens, not schools. the left struggles with this. dave, i wonder how you are going to handle this. this did pass in that boat yesterday. we will see where this goes next but if you were demanded as a homeschooling parent to turn over all your private information, which apparently, as i read through that bill, include your religious affiliation, and more, are you going to turn it over? they are saying you would go to jail for 30 days if you don't. >> well, first of all, we are going to fight, fight, fight, this bill in the house and the illinois senate to try to stop it. then we are hoping the homeschooling defense association will challenge it if it does get passed into the law but i will tell you what, sandra, there are a lot of families like my own who will exit illinois rather than submit

to a term radical, godless government like illinois. >> sandra: wow. we certainly hope for the sake of the children in that state that they get things in order and figure this out because it is a bit of a mess. >> that's right. >> sandra: the kids are what matter the most. chris and dave, we appreciate you joining us. dave, we will check back in with you and we love seeing the pictures of your beautiful children on the wall there. think you so much. >> sandra: you got it. thank you, sandra. >> sandra: chris, thank you. >> thank you, ma'am. >> john: the mainstream media slamming the i.c.e. arrest of a georgetown researcher but are they ignoring a critical detail? plus this. >> linda, i hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job. i want her to put herself out of a job. education department. >> sandra: based on that conversation, fast-forward a couple hours from now, president trump set to shut down the department of education. so what happens after that? our panel will join us next. ugh, when is my allergy spray going to kick in?

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♪ ♪ >> john: after more than two years in taliban detention, american hostage george glassman is heading home. trey yingst live in tel aviv with more on this. trey, how did he get out? >> hey, john, good afternoon. and atlanta man named george glassman is free from taliban detention in afghanistan. his release is a coma nation of weeks of negotiations by american and qatari mediators. a source familiar with the release telling fox news trump administration envoy adam boehler traveled to kabul. secretary of state marco rubio put it out a statement on the mediation efforts, quote we extend our deepest appr apprecin to the state of qatar whose commitment was instrumental in securing george's release. qatar has consistently proven to be a reliable partner and

trusted mediator facilitating complex negotiations. this is the third american to be free from afghanistan under the trump administration, although this time no one was exchanged in the release. the move was seen as a goodwill gesture by the taliban who has been in control of afghanistan since 2021. the release today a rare piece of good foreign policy news out of the region, and yet another example of how american and qatari negotiators can work together to get things done. john? >> john: all right, trey yingst for us. trey, boy, it's got to be a real relief for the glezmann family to be two years in taliban custody and finally get out. and adam boehler, how bold is he going to kabul to negotiate with the taliban? he has negotiated with them in the past. this one bore fruit. >> sandra: getting a statement from the family. i can't wait to see george and help him on his road to recovery as we rebuild our lives. we are forever grateful to president trump for bringing george home. since the first day of this

administration his team has focused on securing george's safe release. the skill and dedication by secretary of state rubio, mr. waltz, and mr. boehler, unwavering. that statement just in. >> john: not the first time boehler has sat down with the taliban and work some deals out so good on all of them for getting glezmann out, good news. >> sandra: and now onto this. i.c.e. arresting a researcher at georgetown university. officials accusing the indian national of having ties to a hamas terrorist. that is a detail missing from several mainstream media headlines. mark meredith on this live from washington for us. hi mark. >> good to see you. federal immigration officials say they are detaining but archon surrey, violating his visa by spreading pro-hamas propaganda, arrested in -- held in louisiana. documents tied to the case are

still under seal and i have tried multiple times to get a hold of his attorney today with no luck so far. homeland secured he putting out a statement saying he has close connections to a known or suspected terrorist who is also a senior advisor to hamas. the secretary of state issued a determination this month that suri's activities and presence in the country render him deportable. georgetown university says it is aware of these developments but also unaware of any illegal activity. so far no protests popping up on campus, but this news only broke overnight. >> sandra: need to the rest is also the latest notable effort of a crackdown on a university. mohammed khalil, a legal permanent resident and student activist, university was arrested earlier this month. he is still in federal custody facing deportation, critics say the administration is only kind to send a message, despite claims by some he is being unjustly detained. >> part of the problem with it just being him right now is he is becoming a marketer, you know, for first amendment protections. this is nothing to do with the

first amendment. >> as i mentioned khalil is in custody in louisiana but the case will be handled in new jersey. >> sandra: mark meredith live out of washington, thank you. i want to get back to trey yingst. apparently there are sirens going off in israel at this moment. trey, what is going on? >> yeah, john, sandra, good afternoon. this is some bre breaking news. the houthi's in yemen have launched a ballistic missile toward israel and there are millions of people across this country headed into bomb shelters as we speak. we are looking at a live map. major population centers like jerusalem under siren alert right now. this is the second time in 24 hours that the iran-back houthis have launched a ballistic missile toward israel. last night around 4:00 a.m., israel's second-largest city of tel aviv, sirens were blaring, sending the entire population into shelters. the israeli air force says that missile was successfully intercepted, but these sirens

still go off to war and civilians to take cover. there is concern that shrapnel, when intersections take place, can rain down on the population below and that is whs happening right now, we are watching local media in israel. there is no indication this missile has been intercepted yet. but again those sirens are sounding across almost the entirety of central israel, coming up just to the edge of tel aviv. the entire city of jerusalem under alert right now as the iran-back houthis are launching yet another attack on the jewish state. just to give you some context, last saturday is when the american strikes against the houthis started. u.s. secretary of defense pete hegseth indicated the strikes were meant to send a message of deterrence to both iran and the houthis over a attacks on shipping vessels in the red sea and also over attacks on israel. remember over the past 17 months the houthis have been directly involved in this conflict and launched ballistic missiles and

drones at this city in tel aviv, nearly striking the u.s. consulate in tel aviv with a drone. the fact the american strikes are continuing almost a week later, it is an indication the houthis have not yet gotten the message and reports even just last hour indicated that americans were still striking the houthis in yemen and they are clearly responding in real time with this ballistic missile attack as we speak on israel, so it is an incredibly active moment for the region. we do know the uss harry truman is still in the red sea. this is where many of these jets have been taking off and striking those targets. at according to the pentagon, the target list is vast. not only leaders from the iran-backed organization are being hit but also the watching positions from ballistic missiles, weapons storage facilities and also other locations across rebel-controlled territory in yemen. civilians on the ground in the capital of sanaa in yemen describe what felt like an

earthquake when the american strikes taking place, carly heavy, large ammunition being used and just earlier in the week we saw that statement from president trump, not only warning the houthis about further attacks in the region but also directly warning iran and leadership in tehran, saying if the houthis, the largest proxy that iran still is operating in the middle of this conflict in the region, continue their attacks, there will be consequences for the leadership in iran, and that is exactly something that we will have to look at in the hours, days, and weeks ahead. john, sandra? >> sandra: trey, we will check back in with you shortly on the breaking news out of tel aviv at this hour. trey, thank you. >> and the president is finally, this president is finally taking much-needed action to return education to where it belongs, and that is to educators closest to students in their classrooms, in their respective states. >> john: later on this afternoon president trump set to sign a an executive order

directing education secretary linda mcmahon to begin the process to eliminate her department. let's bring in democratic strategist brought howard and former rnc commune occasion structure cassie smedile. the big question people have as they watch from donald trump to sign this executive order is the department of education really necessary? it shuffles funding around. what influence does it have on local districts? questions about what happened to program like special education, how much can the president do without congressional approval? >> it's a good question. the white house's big message on this is get the bureaucracy out of the way. let's get the money directly to the students, follow the students, get it into the classrooms, let the states have control, truly have control of the education process and linda mcmahon has talked about how those necessary things that it does can be moved to other departments, not unlike what marco rubio has done at the department of state. this isn't like the left is trying to fearmongering and say what will we do without these programs? a necessary program, like

grants, we can move that to another agency to take over. so there is a thoughtful approach to all of this. >> john: so what do you say about that? >> well, first of all, old-fashioned but i'm glad we are talking but in action the president is taking and not elon musk. >> john: let's get past elon musk, he's got nothing -- >> it's refreshing. >> john: don't even need to mention it. >> i think at the end of the day, democrats have an opportunity here to engage about having a conversation about the future of education. let's not focus on defending an institution and government bureaucracy. let's focus on outcomes. one of the conversations we can have, linda mcmahon when she was in the trump administration, willing to work together to make a deal. i think democrat miss an opportunity to say what are we going to do with the remaining priorities we all agree on? special education getting funding, earl states that may not have the capacity to handle certain types of education. how do we work together to make this happen? i think democrat can play and aa constructive role here while also criticizing the constitutional questions around

us. he is pushing the boundaries here. let's see how this goes in with the courts say but where is congress? where are the republicans in this conversation? i think that is what congressional data has are worried about. >> john: focusing on outcomes, to your point, here is what the progress report said in january 25 where we are, proficiency rates in math for fourth grade 39%. it goes down to 28% by eighth-grade, reading 31% which goes down to 30% by the eighth-grade, and here's what the gallup poll found. whether or not people are satisfied with public education, 24% are satisfied. 73% dissatisfied. that is a low watermark since 2001 when they first started measuring this. that is not good. something has got to change. >> that's right. that is disgusting. as a parent of's small children, we were just having this discussion of where to send kids to school, it is predicated on can you get to a neighborhood with a good school? if you can't, you are basically out of luck because we have failed our kids for more than a generation now.

this predates covid, this trajectory of declining testing scores. you are ever pragmatic but your parties problem is there held hostage by the teachers unions, and we saw that during covid, when it was up to the teachers unions on whether or not you were going to reopen schools. we knew then and it has been verified now, it was hugely detrimental to children and their education. we are seeing that in these test scores, the continued decline of those children who very much needed to be in a classroom. >> john: department of education crated by jimmy carter in the 1979, 1980 campaign ronald reagan vowed he would get rid of it and the 1982 state of the union address, listen here. >> we must cut out more nonessential government spending and root out more waste. the project plan i summit to you on february 8th will realize major savings by dismantling the department of education and in limiting subsidies for business.

>> john: wanted to get rid of the department of education three years after it was implemented, he couldn't and why couldn't he? democrats controlled the house for eight years of his presidency. wire democrats standing in the way of more efficiently spending money on education? >> well, i would argue we are not really standing in the way because he is doing it and you and it will be a battle in the courts because democrats don't have -- b1 he has to go through congress. >> than issue a bill -- i think they disagree the way he which he is doing it. the way they are gone about the changes, courts have set unconstitutional. >> john: do you believe the departed of education is useful or money better allocated -- >> can refine waste, fraud, and abuse? absolutely. but when you go in and say end it was no discussion of what you're going to do, there are a lot of things they do have in place that need to be kept. >> john: treasury can handle that -- >> but what is the plan? we have not seen the plan. >> john: used to be health,

education, and welfare. >> all of these plans to cut cut cut, great. i think the question democrats are asking is what are you going to do with the priorities that we share as americans? special education is a huge issue in this country. not every district have the capacity and resources to handle those so what are we doing? that is the conversation democrats want. we all agree we need to do better in public education in this country. >> john: we need to go. this will continue. appreciate it. >> sandra: john, a freed his really hostage speaks for the first time about his 505 days in hamas captivity. >> john: plus president trump says russia and ukraine ceasefire tracks are on track. benjamin hall ahead with reaction. stay with us. >> the obvious read is we know now who is going to be the obstacle to a peace agreement. it certainly isn't president trump, and certainly not zelenskyy.

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♪ ♪ >> sandra: the push for peace in ukraine is the focus of an expected meeting in the coming days between the u.s. and russia and saudi arabia and now ukraine says they also plan to send a delegation. to talks with the u.s. negotiators. senior correspondent benjamin hall is here live in the new york studio and he is a new book out called "resolute." we will talk to him about that in just a moment. all right, actually, he is going to join us now, thought we were going to the general. benjamin hall, let's talk first about the possible ceasefire. and where you see this going next? somewhere from president trump he is hopeful this is eventually going to happen here. thoughts? >> there is definitely some progress at the moment and sitting in saudi arabia this weekend, both russians and we believe the ukrainians to look at what a ceasefire would look like. they initially said the 30-day ceasefire would mean no attacks on energy or infrastructure but that hasn't quite yet been determined. it is interesting that president trump spoke with president zelenskyy yesterday

and in that time president zelenskyy asked for patriot missiles and president trump said yes he would look at getting, see if he could find those from european countries. perhaps we are starting to see a little more pressure on russia's president trump starts to back ukraine because frankly it is the russians at the moment who are being a bit slow moving forward. ukrainians have already said they agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire. they just need the russians to join them, as well. >> sandra: gotcha. i mentioned general keane because here he is sharing his thoughts on putin's strategy. listen. >> this is the same strategy we have seen before. and he is quite good at it, frankly. this is a guy that is a convincing liar, and he talks nice and plays tough. he is talking nice because he is saying to the president, i want to renew our bilateral relationship. what he doesn't want from the president is any toughness because he is refusing to go to a ceasefire. >> sandra: your thoughts on that? >> yes, i mean, i think he is right, the russians for decades

have negotiated the same way and that is they talk as if they want to move forward but they don't so suddenly these ceasefire talks could go on for weeks, and that happens at a time when the russians are doing well on the battlefield so it serves in putin's favor to keep delaying these talks and the only way you can push russia to be more serious is perhaps get more sanctions. come to the table and there will be consequences. otherwise they will keep kicking the can down the road peered. >> sandra: you always offer such obvious, unique perspective. i love their conversation on "the five" last night. let's put the book up on the screen because for so many of us your story has inspired us and changed our lives for the be better, ben peered the book cover, "resolute" is a best seller right now, just checked amazon it is moving because people want to hear your story and this book, ben, you tell us, it really came from a more clear-eyed look back at what happened to you and how you were able to take such an incredibly challenging, for lack

of a better word, situation, and turn it for the positive, to change her life for the positive. >> that's right, and what i try to do is lay out in the book exact however's able to do that. there are numerous ways you can encounter something that is impossible to go through but you have to find the strength to get through it and i know from the believe as i've written in the book that everyone can do it, you just have to have enough trust that you can do so. so many people experience pain in their lives, traumatic events, whether that is even financial issues, anxiety, and i do think there are ways of getting through them and there are some really dark and difficult moments in my journey, and i write about them quite clearly in this book, than i about how i understood how bad things were and then i picked myself up, tried to gain my strength, and kept moving forward. the truth is today there is very little that really makes me afraid anymore because i know no matter how hard it is i can find a way through it. actually that is what i am trying to pass on because so many people gave that to me when i was recovering. i hope this book can pass that

on and help other people, as well. >> sandra: i'm already knee-deep in it to my son, my 10-year-old, i started reading it to him last night and he loves every word of it. amazing pictures of your journey through all of this in there and he was blown away, right after what happened to you, before they could even start to help you, you had to go on that ten hour train ride, ben, i mean, in all of that pain. we together just couldn't believe the strength he must've had to get through those moments. >> and i tried to write the book, hopefully it will be a page turner and exciting to read, as well, but those ten hours, there are some moments, things you weren't expecting to learn before, and rather than allow this to knock you down and you have to learn from them -- and i described how in the book -- i just hope the way i have written it can inspire others, i suppose, and it is my story but there are other people's stories in it, as well, what are some people held hostage by hamas in it, american veterans in it. i was in kentucky and other towns in the u.s. because this

exists in everyone. we may not know it. the ability to stand up when you need to find that strength is possible. everyone can do it. you just have to trust that you can. >> sandra: you inspire me and so many others every time i listen to you, benjamin, so great to have you here. thank you so much. and the book "resolute" is on bookshelves and in bookstores now. get it for you and your family. it is an amazing read. ben, thank you. john? >> john: he is a very special person, no doubt about that. will columbia university comply with the trump administration's demands to get federal funding? brian kilmeade reacts coming up. for the life you love. shop a wide selection of equipment at your local dealer including america's number one selling compact tractor and get your perfect match delivered to your door. designed for comfort and built for performance. now through june 30th, get zero down, 0% apr for 84 months or up to $3,000 off select compact tractors.

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>> john: well, this could be a huge blow to the environmental organization. a jury finding greenpeace liable for $360 million in damages for its role in protesting against an oil pipeline in north dakota. a senior national correspondent william la jeunesse has got more. what does this possibly mean for greenpeace? >> john, if the judgment was upheld or enforced it would bankrupt greenpeace and likely destroy the organization. 2017, vandalism and violence directed when demonstrators clashed with police over this pipeline on the missouri river, carrying oil from north carolina to refineries in the midwest. activists, however, didn't back

down. greenpeace recruited and paid protesters. the pipeline company says they orchestrated a campaign providing intelligence, training, tends, tools, and lockboxes so the protesters could chain themselves to equipment that led to 700 arrests. interior secretary doug burgum was governor at the time. >> today's ruling is really for the rule of law. in north dakota we understand free speech, we support free speech, but there is a difference between free speech and violence, and i think this is a timely and appropriate outcome from the jury. >> so what greenpeace worries about is this is going to dissuade other organizations from protesting because they claim it is a free speech issue. greenpeace says it will appeal not just in north dakota but also in the netherlands, where it is based internationally. john? >> john: william la jeunesse. william, thank you. >> sandra: are democrats turning a blind eye to domestic terrorism when it's against tesla? karol markowitz is coming up on

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