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hearing from chris wray that the group that is 2% of the american population is subject to something like 60% of the religious-based hate. there is a problem here. it is like it has been building and it needed the fuse to be lit. >> and this is before october 7th. that is what's important to keep in mind. we talked to group after group after group whose sole mission is to track the incidents and they are up 400%. you know, percentages in the hundreds across the board no matter how you look at it. i mentioned the universities. kate, you and i are both proud george washington alums, the george washington, and there were incidents there where there were projections on the gellman library, where you spent hours and hours studying in college -- >> and i do know the gellman family very well. >> and it is interesting that it is under the sign that said gellman which is a jewish name, but beyond that, the images were glory to the martyrs from the river to the sea, and they were incredibly disturbing to a lot of students at g.w. in this case, a brand-new president at g.w., and she called it o

chris wray said antisemitism is reaching historic levels in the united states, joel.ant to play a little more for everyone what he said. >> the reality is that the jewish community is uniquely, uniquely targeted by pretty much every terrorist organization across the spectrum, and when you look at a group that makes up 2.4% roughly of the american population, it should be jarring to everyone that that same population accounts for something like 60% of all religious-based hate crimes, and so they need our help. >> this is real, and it should not be ignored. what can be done, though, about this? i mean, are you seeing enough coming from the biden administration to try to tackle this? >> kate ths, this is very perso for me as an american jew and i grew up in squirrel hill in pittsburgh where the tree of light synagogue was hit and spent time there as a kid. five years ago the worst terrorist attack against jews massacring 11 individuals who were just going there to pray. since that time it almost feels like that's sort of a naive moment in our experience in the united sta

we ought to understand that when chris wray raises this issue in the way that he does, there is clearlyhat he is relying on. they are not just supposing this might happen. they have real intelligence that says the threat level is raised. americans on the holidays and often we have been very fortunate not to have a successful attack on u.s. soil. i think americans are distracted with the holidays. it is all the more important frankly that we take this threat seriously and we be alert and we notify law enforcement when we see something that doesn't give right to us. >> chad wolf you have got experience at the border. unfortunately the border has been open. the southern border and now buffalo and niagara falls focuses our attention on the northern border. the number of suspected terrorists or known individuals wikgbout wch we are concerned coming through the northern border is like 85% compared to the southern border. we have got some trouble brewing. >> i think we do. the increased terrorist threat that director christopher wray is talking about. there is some underlying information that

look, i think we ought to understand when chris wray raises director wray raises this issue in the way that he does there. there's clearly underlying intelligence is that he's relying on. they're not just supposing might happen. they have real intelligence that says the threat levelnc is raised. i do think, you know, americans on the holidayt leveee and often we've been very fortunate not to have a successful attack on u.s. soil. and i think americans are distracted. so with the holiday. so it's all the more important, frankle more iy, that we take ts threat seriously and we be alert and wwee notify law enforcement, local law enforcement, when we see somethin enforweg that doesn't . right to us. you know, chad, wolf, i mean, >>you've experience at therience border. unfortunately, the borde at thro open. the southern border now, you know, buffalo, niagararn, fl that focuses our attention on the northern border terr. the number of suspected terrorists are known which w with backgrounds about which we're concerned coming through the northern border is like 85% compared to the southern lik

there is a strong warning from chris wray that there is a real threat to the u.s. lone actors inspired by the violence on both sides. >> i saw a lot of this when i chaired homeland. it was the height of isis and the caliphate, so you're looking at basically two vector threats. one is inspiration over the internet and the other is potential hamas or terrorists entering the united states. we have nearly 200 people that were apprehended on the terror watch list. we had an austin police officer shot and killed this week by somebody on the terror watch list. this is a real threat. it concerns me because when i chaired homeland, just a handful of those attempting to get in get thy attention, and now we have nearly 200. so we're looking at that threat that's inspired by hamas and hezbollah and iran, but also the inspiration over the internet. if you go on the internet, and greg and i have talked a lot about this, the disinformation campaign. so if you type in israel/palestinian, it's very pro hamas. that's because iran and russia, and china, because a lot of this is on ti

>> good morning, fbi director chris wray is warning that the terror threat against american ss elevatedhe says the war in the middle east has raised the threat in the united states to a whole other level. his words. since the october 7th hamas attack on israel, he said the fbi has seen what he called a rogue's gallery of foreign terrorists organizations calling for attacks against americans and our allies, including al qaeda, hezbollah and isis, and they're flooding social media with violent propaganda. here's more from chris wray. >> our most immediate concern is that individuals or small groups will draw twisted inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks here at home. that includes home-grown violent extremists inspired by a foreign terrorist organization and domestic violent extremists targeting jewish americans or other faith communities like muslim americans. >> so if you listen carefully there -- and it's important to point this out -- the fbi is saying it's not aware of a credible threat of attack from a terrorist group, but instead it's saying the height

let me ask you about the warning from chris wray.nd hearing from your briefings? >> this is why president biden took the decisive step of strengthening the resources available to campus police, to make sure that a threatening and rising tide of anti-semitism on college campuses is responded to appropriately and that we are also protecting americans against islamaphobia. i think we here in the senate should take up and pass legislation that's ready for action that would provide more resources for houses of worship, community centers so that we can thwart any potential rise in violent extremism here in the united states in response to the very powerful emotions being stirred up by the war in the middle east. >> we are seeing today the first movement at the rafah crossing, the first ambulances going in, bringing injured gazans out. we're told a handful of americans may have gotten out. there are hundreds of americans and their families waiting. they have been trapped for two weeks in limbo since they were first told and secretary blinke

. >> reporter: fbi director chris wray signaling the u.s. is in a dangerous period. >> we assess that the actions of hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven't seen since isis. >> reporter: as jewish college students are facing threats on u.s. campuses, cornell university officials today confirming the arrest of a suspect in connection with online threats of a mass shooting and other violence there >> to see my own campus targeting one of the buildings, the building i live in, sleep in, it was unbelievable. >> reporter: a las vegas man also charged with threatening to kill nevada senator jacky rosen, who is jewish, after leaving a series of anti-semitic, profanity-laced voice mails. >> 3,500 kids dead. >> reporter: also on the hill, anti-war protesters interrupting a hearing as the secretaries of state and defense were pushing the white house plan to spend $105 billion in emergency support for israel, ukraine, and other national security threats >> cease-fire now! >> reporter: that funding dividing house

, cair, reports a three fold increase in complaints about anti-muslim violence, as fbi director chris wray warned the tense environment could lead to attacks at home. >> here in the united states, our most immediate concern is that violent extremists, individuals or small groups will draw inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks against americans going about their daily lives at cornell university, one person is in custody after online posts encouraged people to kill jews and attack a dining hall for jewish students. >> my family last night we had a discussion whether it's safe for me to be on campus or whether i should come back home. >> new york's governor, after meeting with students, some are fearful now of attending class or eating in the kosher dining hall. >> and i promise them that the state of new york would do everything in its power to protect them. >> concerns nationwide. and that vitriol may morph into unspeakable violence. i'm mike valerio reporting. and we have new details in the case of vandalism at a popular ice cream shop in san francisco's miss

and the fact that the head of fbi chris wray, we both know, suddenly said to the house, there is a real hamas carrying out a terror attack here, made higme think, holy cow, what does he know how that we didn't know, something has changed, 3 weeks ago he was not willing to say this publicly, and now he is, that has me very worried they have information that an attack economy imminent. mark: on this point, when we come back, the commander in chief, president of united states, doesn't discuss this. >> nope. >> does not even think about it. president of united states said he is concerned about hostages, americans. we have00 eds of people edpeople in afghanistan we don't know what happened to them, that is result of his conduct, you never hear about them, he pays 6 billion, i'm not engaging in idea talk about what there means that iran getting it or not, they wanted it they got it weeks before when took place with hamas, so he increases the price and the motivation for hostages and now he is blaming israel needs to back up on to get them out, no, hamas wants money. don't forget, "unwoke: how

, cair, reports a three fold increase in complaints about anti-muslim violence, as fbi director chris wrayned the tense environment could lead to attacks at home. >> here in the united states, our most immediate concern is that violent extremists, individuals or small groups will draw inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks against americans going about their daily lives at cornell university, one person is in custody after online posts encouraged people to kill jews and attack a dining hall for jewish students. >> my family last night we had a discussion whether it's safe for me to be on campus or whether i should come back home. >> new york's governor, after meeting with students, some are fearful now of attending class or eating in the kosher dining hall. >> and i promise them that the state of new york would do everything in its power to protect them. >> concerns nationwide. and that vitriol may morph into unspeakable violence. i'm mike valerio reporting. and we have new details in the case of vandalism at a popular ice cream shop in san francisco's mission

and i think chris wray is right. conditions are here, in which something explosive could happen, but the way that we can stop it is if we move from a cancel culture to a consequence culture. you post death threats against jewish students, you should have a knock on your door from the fbi, and you should get arrested. by the way, as we saw at harvard yesterday where jewish students weren't allowed to walk across the quad, they were stopped and harassed by militant pro-hamas demonstrators, i'm sorry, if you harass jewish students, if you incite violence against them, you should be expelled from the university. no questions asked. and if you make it difficult, if you bully students because they're jewish, if you threaten them because they're from israel, there should be a zero tolerance policy on such intolerance in our universities. period, full stop. >> as you know, the united states has been viewed as a refuge for so many jews in the wake of the holocaust. that was certainly the case, by the way, for my family. has t

chris wray had a warning for congress.ncy had received, in his words, a large number of tips and leads related specifically to hamas and radicalization and recruitment since october 7th. this comes as more than 100 former biden and obama officials sent a letter to president biden applauding his support of israel since the attacks and also sending a message to those with differing views. let me read a part of the letter. to those blaming israel alone for this violence and excusing the atrocities including rape and beheading as resistance, we want to be very clear, there is no moral equivalence between israel and ham a a designated terrorist organization. it also continues this, no aspect of the israeli-palestinian conflict recognizes hamas' unconscionable war crime and the destruction it has caused in gaza in the weeks before and since. one of the top former officials on that letter, former treasury secretary larry summers and he joins us now. thank you for being here. why is this show of support needed right now? why did y

>>> a warning from fbi director chris wray that the israel-hamas war has in his words, raised the threatagainst americans in the united states to a whole other level. what he's still telling congress this morning about the potential new terror threats to the united states and also what the fbi is monitoring in terms of investigations as this war continues. we'll be right back. >>> as we speak, fbi director christopher wray is testifying about the heightened threat here in the united states because of the ongoing war between israel and hamas. wray says the fbi is conducting multiple investigations into individuals affiliated with hamas. listen. >> since october 7th we've seen a rogue gallery foreign terrorist organizations call for attacks against americans and our allies. hezbollah expressed its support and praise for hamas and threatened to attack u.s. interests in the middle east. given those calls for action our most individual concern is that individuals or small groups will draw twisted inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks here at home. >> evan perez j

that's very concerned, particularly in light of the testimony we saw this week from fbi director chris wrayi think we have a little sound about where he looks at the concern, not necessarily just from border crossers, but from anyone in this country, to carry out attacks in light of the recent situation in israel and in gaza. listen here. >> we assess that the actions of hamas and its allies, will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven't seen since isis launched its so-called caliphate several years ago. griff: so, add to that, in my reporting i can tell you accurately, the first 31 days of october, more than 31,000 known got-aways. meaning, they were observed, seen, or detected and not brought into custody, illegal migrants crossing between ports of entry. that's more than a thousand a day. how likely do you think, and this is a very sobering question, how likely do you think that we have potential people with national security threat, terrorist attack intentions, coming in these groups? >> we absolutely do, griff. even if it's one in a thousand or even one in 10,000, that's m

some of them may be inspired by it as chris wray is saying. take a listen to chairman mark green at another piece of this hearing. these are hearings to assess the national security situation on capitol hill. here's another piece 0 what we heard. >> martha: can the fbi guarantee the american people that known or suspected terrorists are not amongst those got-aways? >> certainly the group of people that you're talking about are a source of great concern for us. >> but there's no way for you to guarantee hamas is not in those? >> as you say, there's the unknown and the unknown and the known unknown. >> martha: so we know there's 64,000 got-aways. 150 people on the terror watch list that they go oh, this name is on the watch list. we can't verify this person has done anything wrong. so just go ahead in the country. >> these are the ones that we know of. you have to connect this to what's going on on the border. you have people coming from all over the world and coming in to this country from that border. this includes people that may not have goo

fbi director chris wray said this week that anti-semitism is reaching, quote, historic levels in the u.s. in austria, the jewish community has been targeted in an incident that carries disturbing reminders of the past. frederik pleitgen joins us. this holds extra significance, the room where you stand was burned down last in 1938 by the nazis. >> reporter: yeah, it certainly was, and it's definitely something that's extremely troubling to the jewish community here in austria, and vienna. i'm inside that ceremonial hall that was set on fire. you can see that the windows there that have been destroyed to then obviously put fire here into the room but those have been sort of patched up a little bit but everything that was inside, including very valuable scriptures for the jewish community here in vienna was destroyed. this is an incident that happened here in vienna, but it's also part of what many jews in europe are seeing as a huge, steep rise in anti semitic incidents that has a lot of folks here on the continent very worried. here's what we're seeing. valuable scrolls and prayer boo

. >> julie: chris wray warning the war between israel and hamas is increasing threats to the homelandunsecured southern border is a big part of that equation. it continues to raise big concerns for u.s. national security. texas governor greg abbott visiting israel placing the blame directly on president biden. >> joe biden is failing at national security because he is not keeping potential terrorists out of our country. the f.b.i. director wray nor the president have any idea whether or not there is somebody from hamas roaming around the united states of america who could strike this kind of deadly attack on our own country. we need a president to step up and secure our entire country against dangerous threats like hamas. >> julie: border patrol data shows a record 169 people on the terror watch list were arrested at the southern border this past year. that total is more than the prior six years combined. just imagine that, okay? the white house dodging a question from fox news peter doocy on whether terrorists can already be here inside the u.s. >> has the white house considered the

. >> john: fbi director chris wray defending his agency for arresting a pro life activist in front ofhe has since been acquitted of all the charges and now he is suing. >> gillian: coming up next, we will talk to mark and 40 days to life president sean carney who filed the lawsuit on mark's behalf. stick with us. the chase ink business premier card is made for people like sam, who make- everyday products, designed smarter. like a smart coffee grinder, that orders fresh beans for you. oh, genius! for more breakthroughs like that- i need a breakthrough card. like ours! with 2.5% cash back on purchases of $5,000 or more. plus unlimited 2% cash back on all other purchases. and with greater spending potential, sam can keep making smart ideas- a brilliant reality! the ink business premier card from chase for business. make more of what's yours. if you think you have dupuytren's contracture, there's a simple test you can take—from anywhere. try to lay your hand flat against a surface. if you can't, you may have dupuytren's contracture. talk to a hand specialist about your options, including

yesterday chris wray testified federal law enforcement as multiple investigations into individuals affiliated with hamas and last month the treasury department announced sanctions on what it calls key hamas operatives in places and countries like gaza, sudan, turkey, algeria and qatar. they have a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars a year and the primary sponsor is iran. back to you. >> martha: we've heard technology and weaponry is better than people expected in the confrontation. thank you very much. >> bill: we showed you this last hour near boston university and a bridge in boston near the area of cambridge and b.u. campus. a group called if not now. and they declare themselves to be jews living in america. american citizens who are jewish, who say cease-fire now. it's written on the banners they are carrying across the bridge. let gaza live and free the hostages. we pointed out this is the same group at grand central station three weeks ago on a friday night and shut everything down. the turnout was massive. martha, when you think about it, you think about the anti-israeli rallies

. >> fbi director chris wray signaled the u.s. was in a dangerous period. >> we assess that the actions of hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven't seen since i. s. i. s.. >> as jewish college students are facing threats on u.s. campuses, cornell university officials today confirming the rest of a suspect in connection with online threats of a mass shooting and other violence there. >> to see my own campus targeting specifically the building that i live in, sleep in, was just unbelievable. >> a las vegas man also charged with threatening to kill nevada senator jackie rosen, who is jewish, after leaving a series of antisemitic profanity laced voicemails. >> fbi director wray also warned of the alarming rise in antisemitism, saying it had reached, quote, historic levels. today nevada senator jackie rosen, who was the target of antisemitic threats, spoke out about her own concerns. >> i'm feeling the same as jews are feeling all around the world, under attack in a threat. i have full confidence

something stupid, but this is a representative clay higgins of louisiana questioning fbi director chris wrayast week in the homeland security committee hearing. take a listen. >> can you confirm that the fbi had that sort of engagement with your own agents embedded within to the crowd on january 6th? >> if you are asking whether the violence at the capitol on january 6th was part of some operation orchestrated by fbi sources and/or agents, the answer is emphatically not. >> you're saying no? >> no. not violence orchestrated by fbi sources or agents. >> i mean, a lot of this feels very performative. he sort of blown up in maga social media by doing that. but, you know, it's one thing for him to do it. i think mike lee is a different thing, though. because, you know, mike lee sort of styles himself as some sort of constitutional conservative and an intelligent person. the fact that a senator is doing it to me is a different level. what do you think the end game is here? because as you said, they keep changing their story line. if they want to now have new hearings where they try to blame the f

i think fbi directeder chris wray speak about this on the hill. don't know who is coming in. that's a big problem. >> neil: secretary, benjamin netanyahu says there's no temporary cease fire without a return of the hostages. he's rebuffing clear pressure from the white house to at least look at a humanitarian pause, to do that. what do you think of that? >> well, look, the first war crime that was committed was october 7, which was the slaughter of innocent israelis, men, women, children, the olderly. you name it. horrific, right? the second war crime is when the hamas terrorists pulled innocent civilians. now we know numbering over 240 and took them hostage. yet that seems to be forgotten oftentimes in the narrative out there. so look, i -- i can accept a very ordinarily tailored pause if israel knew that they would get something specific out of it to have a pause for no reasons makes no sense to me. any pause, whether it's in israel's benefit ultimate or not, benefits certainly hamas. >> it allows them to chance to refit, regroup, rearm and repl

. >> seems to be what chris wray was warning about when he was testifying before congress recently.duals carrying out attacks against americans going about their daily lives. >> absolutely. the stats we just heard, tracking an increase of 400% against the jewish community in houses of worship. let's be honest. this is the, this plays directly into the hands of hamas. even though the conflict is over 6,000 miles away, they want nothing more than to have us tear ourselves apart. it's pretty well-known how divisive our politics has been for the last few years with the rise of the violent right and radicalization. so while we don't know that's the cause of this incident that happened in vermont, you know, it's very concerning. i do want to just take a moment now because you know, there are three young men who were in the hospital now who may be watching this show, to let them know this is not what america stands for. we pray for their speedy recovery. and we have to get to the bottom of what's going on right now. >> and i just want to also point out, it's very well said. all three stude

believe it was just in the last week or so in which a republican congressman attacked fbi director chris wraym and said you bust in members of the fbi, to january 6th to look at like insurrectionists, and rally goers, and protesters. and we know the former president has stood up and called out, as he put, it his intelligence agencies, for not doing the right thing, asieh sought. what would that look like in, a trump presidency to point? oh >> well look you know, when i entered -- duty in the cia in 1993, i swore an oath to the constitution, certainly not to an individual. and what trump and again, the campaign is saying is that they want to institute loyalty tests. you know, this is more akin to what a dictator asks, for rather than a democracy with a true constitution. so, i think you will have national security professionals really fearing him, in terms of objectivity. what do they tell the, president what to do they not? and i think you will see some serious resignations under a trump team. because, again loyalty tests is something that you would expect in a third world dictatorship, certa

take a listen to chris wray. >> since october 7th, we have seen a rogue gallery of foreign terroristttacks against americans and our allies. hezbollah expressed its support and praise for hamas and threatened to attack u.s. interests in the middle east. al qaeda issued its most specific call to attack the united states in the past five years. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula called on jihadists to attack americans and jewish people everywhere. >> and if you listen carefully there, he wasn't saying that he's concerned that al qaeda cells are going to infiltrate the united states. he's concerned about the inspiration coming from these groups who are flooding social media with violent propaganda, and the effect of that on lone extremists in the united states and we have seen examples of this over the years and they're very worried right now about potential attacks. jose? >> ken dilanian, thank you very much. >>> coming up, what happens now that the house has passed a bill to avert a government shutdown? plus, listen to this, a senator and a union leader challenge each other to a fight,

fbi director, chris wray, he sounding the alarm about potential terrorist threats to the u.s..en together to what he said this week. he was on capitol hill. >> here in the united states, our most immediate -- individuals and small groups will draw inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks against americans going about their daily lives. >> you are a member of the intel committee. do you agree with that assessment? and what is congress doing to monitor these potential threats both at home and abroad? >> i think we have to stay vigilant here and make sure that any domestic terror threats are snuffed out. i think the fbi is on the case. i agree with what director wray was saying. we really do have to stay aware. in my home district in sacramento county, i'm in contact with our share of police departments. we want to make sure we are watching antisemitic threats. we also want to make sure there are no domestic terror threats. >> do you have reason to believe there are elements of hamas or hezbollah in the united states on our domestic shores? >> it doesn't

but then mike lee jumped upon over the weekend, and said he wanted to question the fbi director chris wrayhave backed away from the conspiracy theory, but mike lee hasn't. in fact, when i reached out to his office foromnt, they basically pivoted to another conspiracy theory that has been debunked. now that all of these videos are coming out, you can expect to see more of the garbage floating out there. it's important for people to be cognizant of what they're looking at and know the proper context of what they're looking at. it's easy to get tricked and fooled by bad actors in this case. >> let me ask you about mike lee. i know you were just talking about that. the idea that he's just going out there with this thing that is debunked, can you explain what the argument may be on pushing it again and asking the fbi director about it? >> yeah, i mean, that's really what the release of these videos are about. theoretically, releasing more january 6th video shouldn't be good for republicans. what happened was awful that day, but there's a significant portion of the republican party believes that

these threats raiing to an alarming level as chris wray put it when it comes to anti-semitic threats.ia on the rise as well since the beginning of the israel, hamas war. what type of monitoring is being done both on a national and state level here? >> thank you so much for having me. and you know, the fbi and dhs are really wonderful, more broadly our national security community is really wonderful at surging resources during these heightened threat environments. so we can expect the fbi and dhs to have put in place joint terrorism task force, and other intelligence sharing capabilities in order to monitor these threats as we deal with the heightened threaten -- the propaganda that is being promoted by terrorist organizations across the globe as a result of the israel-hamas conflict. and i think what we can expect from our governors and what we should expect from our local law enforcements is our first responders are the most important piece of this puzzle when we're dealing with domestic threats. they're the ones on the ground, they're the members of the communities. they're the ones

you heard what chris wray say today. domestic terrorism, foreign terrorism. been meeting today with the leader of china, with whom we are on the razor edge of a new cold war with, you know, the two leaders not having been able to speak, mainly from their side during the last year. and so, a big part of our government is the congress of the united states. are they rising to the occasion? no. we have a speaker of the house, mike johnson, this is unlike any time in all of american history is the willing and eager and maybe the frightened operative of the next president, donald trump, who is running for president of the united states. if donald trump wants mike johnson to initiative or resume an impeachment, joe biden, mike johnson will do it. this is not an independent branch. this is a subservient branch to an ex-president and perhaps even a future president. let's go for two moments in american history give us rough present precedent for this. one is the 1850s, careening towards civil war. we saw the kind of violence or near violence on the floor of the house

this is new, and for folks that are sitting not only where chris wray is but chiefs of police departmentsy it's troubling. >> sandra: you mentioned the rising threat from our own borders, arrests at the southern border, paul, that's concerning in a moment like this. when you look back to 2017, the number was at 2. a year later, 6. 0 in 2019. 2020, the number goes up and goes up big time to 2023, 169 arrests on the terror watch list at our southern border, why you are asking this question. dear merrick garland, will you indict hamas leaders. whatever anyone's position is, u.s. citizens have been killed and kidnapped by designated terrorist organization. a robust response is required to demonstrate u.s. credibility and resolve regarding this group. your point. >> so, let me couch it as analogy. imagine post-9/11 and bin laden and another are living in canada. would they try to extradite them, you need indictment first. of course we would. right now hamas by its own definition here has attacked american citizens, killed 32, kidnapped at least ten. those are right within the four corners of f

. >> john: fbi director chris wray on october 24th, and now attacks appear to be having a ripple effecte. this morning in germany, authorities arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of planning a possible attack on a christmas market, echos of the truck attack in berlin back in 2016. let's bring in former cia station chief and fox news contributor, dan hoffman. another 29-year-old arrested in germany, and belgium, tunesian man shot soccer fans, and a threat from radicalism or crazy people is a very elevated level, dan. >> yeah, i think it absolutely is. it reminds me a little bit of when isis captured large swaths of territory in syria and iraq, and we saw those terrorist attacks hitting europe at the time. look, hamas launch add brutal terrorist attack against israel, but that was not where they stopped. they also disseminated it on social media deliberately to incite followers worldwide and to raise funds to carry on future terrorist operations. >> john: if hamas is allowed to come through this conflict and survive, both as an administrative body and a military body, what does that p

i know chris wray, he is trying not to overstate it but i think in that statement he understated the terror threat. this is a huge vulnerability we opened up on our borders and created a significant security challenge again because anybody, anybody, any terrorist can come in here and do damage too easily. cheryl: chris, i appreciate you being with us. i want to make sure our viewers. we want to make sure we're careful to report the facts, more importantly what we do not know right now. and again, alexis mcadams and sources her sources are telling her and fox news, they have confirmed this, two people are dead in this attempted terror attack at the new york-canada border. the white house we're learn something closely monitoring this attempted attack. we know president biden and first lady and his family are in nantucket for the thanksgiving holiday but the white house says they're monitoring the situation. chris, what do you say to americans right now that are watching this unfold on their televisions? about being aware of your surroundings? i guess i'm a little jaded, i live here in

and disinformation floating around at this hearing, and it went on for six hours, by the way, and chris wrays had to sit through it all and grit their teeth and answer where they could. >> look over here not over here. ken dilanian, thank you so much for joining us. >>> the latest on the israel's take over of a hospital after releasing videos it says were taken from inside the complex, showing weapons and explosives, reportedly stockpiled by hamas. what the latest escalation says about the future of the war. that's next. (♪ music ♪) (♪ ♪) the walking tree is said to change its entire location in pursuit of sunlight (♪ ♪) where could reinvention take your business? accenture. let there be change. after advil. feeling better? on top of the worlddddd!!! before advil. advil targets pain at the source of inflammation. when pain comes for you, come back fast with advil liqui-gels. at humana, we believe your healthcare should evolve with you, and part of that evolution means choosing the right medicare plan for you. humana can help. with original medicare you're covered for hospital stays and docto

secretary mayorkas will be there talking about the border and chris coffer wray. >> the war is on in what could be the final battle in gaza. israeli defense forces storage the hospital in gaza city looking for hamas terrorists. looking for hostages. as of this hour, it's not clear how many they found or located of either. so it's a big news day today. back together in new york yet again. i'm bill hemmer, good morning. >> dana: good morning, i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." one thing about the hospital piece for yesterday the administration said yes, our evidence shows that hamas is hiding in the hospital. i don't know how long they knew that. but for weeks like in the last three weeks there have been media confusion on whether they were there. i don't know what time that happened. a lot of misinformation for three weeks on that. >> bill: on that point they have been hands off and they've kept it away from talking about it until now. >> dana: now we know and that's a good thing. u.s. is confirming what israel has been claiming all along. hamas uses tunnels beneath hos

we're going turn to the dangerous rise according to fbi director chris wray in threats and hate speech campuses since hamas' brutal terror attack against israel. when we come back, we'll be joined by three students from three different universities who have witnessed firsthand some of the most horrific threats against their community and want their schools to do more to keep them safe. stay with us. that's next. everyday products, designed smarter. like a smart coffee grinder, that orders fresh beans for you. oh, genius! for more breakthroughs like that- i need a breakthrough card. like ours! with 2.5% cash back on purchases of $5,000 or more. plus unlimited 2% cash back on all other purchases. and with greater spending potential, sam can keep making smart ideas- a brilliant reality! the ink business premier card from chase for business. make more of what's yours. at humana, we believe your healthcare should evolve with you, and part of that evolution means choosing the right medicare plan for you. humana can help. with original medicare you're covered for hospital stays and doctor off

but what are the tools that we z donnell, you're talking about the testimony by chris wray and othersght. it can't just be an fbi problem, right? this has got to be not just an all of government problem as you folks who've been in government say. it's really got to be an all of society problem. but i don't know how you suddenly get a society that otherwise would already as a starting point say we denounce violence, political violence, racist violence to somehow make that operational. have you thought about that? >> yeah, the first thing we all have to admit is violence against anybody for their religious affiliation or their political background is completely wrong. if you just take a step back and widen the aperture here, if you're online consuming content that's anti-muslim or antisemitic you're playing directly into hamas's hands. let's just be honest with that. right? this is exactly what they're sitting in gaza looking at television hoping that they're doing in terms of us tearing ourselves apart. quite frankly they're taking advantage of a political environment that's particular

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chris. if you recall the fbi director chs wray testifying most recently oitol hill just within the last several days, two weeks, he used language that was clearly elevated from the past with regard to the threat and risk that we're ng. he was clearly indicating to all of us that there is a very heightened security concern, and that the concern arising out of the hamas-israel conflict is an inspirational attack. it is not one that you would go, oh, yeah, we know who that is, we have that organization on file. we have picked up intercepts. we're living right now under a threat of inspirational acts just because of what's happening in the middle east, people are ge their news and inspiration from. that makes it much harder for laemt to say, yeah, we had this guy on our radar sc it's likely they may not have. >>realking about an inspirl attack, and a common question this might rise would be what does driving across a bridge from niagara falls into niagara falls from canada to the u.s. have to do with pottially unhappiness, upset, unrest in their minds involving something that's happening in the mid

mind you, it's been led by christopher wray who trump hand-picked after republican chris christie recommended. back to th reporting, that is a significant rapid shift among republicanvoters, over just a few years of the trump era. in 2018 49% of those republicans and republican-leaning adults viewed the fbi favorably, and 44% viewed it unfavorably. back in january of 2017 just before trump took offic 65% of repuicans had a favorable view of the fbi, 21% had an unfavorable view, and in 2010 71% of republicans had a favorable view of the fbi. can the fbi do what it needs to do, and do so safely, if only 38% of republicans in this country have confidence in it, pete? >> well, i think the fbi is going to do what it needs to do, the question is, what is the impact on morale? what is the impact on the ability of those agents and investigators and prosecutors to do their job? i mean, look, i was struck earlier this week, carol was on with you, she talked about the bodies on the floor following crossfire hurricane and as i listened to trump talk about not only going after political enemies but lookin

chris, the fbi is also issuing a pretty stern warning this morning. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, fbi director christopher wray made these warnings yesterday while speaking to a senate committee. he says the attack from hamas could inspire other attacks, terror attacks across the u.s. but he said that doesn't mean that it's time to panic. >> this is not a time for panic, but it is a time for vigilance. >> reporter: wray continued to say he hasn't seen a threat like this since the rise of the terror group isis. americans, jews and muslim are being targeted by extremists. anti-semitic incidents are up by 400% compared to last year, and of course this is a story we continue to watch and follow. >> yes, most definitely. thank you very much, chris, for the latest. >>> new at 6:00 this morning, steps apart, closing doors and businesses in san francisco's financial district, just saying we're out of here. sf standard reporting the 24-hour fitness on california street closing up shop december 29th. the company is saying that its membership will transfer over to another downtown location, which is near montgomery stree

here, chris, and then the question becomes the added inprayings of this hamas activity against israel started four weeks ago this very day. and i'm just wondering, because that's how christopher wray, that they would take inspiration from that, follow up on that. in what way? >> clearly. i mean, we've seen this over the years where with a lone terrorist hears the call, they operate semi-independently in the sense that they're not card-carrying hezbollah, card-carrying hamas, al-qaeda or isis. but then there's also the greater threat, i think, of organized terrorist activity in the u.s. yes, these cells were already here, but there's even more flowing across our border every day without question. and we don't know where they are, who they are. it's, if you're a terrorist, you're going to sneak across that southern border. you don't need to take a plane or use any other means to get into this country. and they can come in in groups, in cells. they often get mistaken for being hispanic if they actually go through a border crossing, but most of them don't. they go around the border cross, and come in illegally with the help of the cartels, which is another scary alliance. neil we're w