david lee miller is live in our middle east bureau. david lee? >> reporter: dana, as you point out, not since the first lebanon war has an israeli war craft been shot down. the m-16 was on an air raid over syria on saturday when it was struck by debris from anti-aircraft fire. the aircraft on the israel side of the border. two man crew e skwrebgtd. the jet was on a mission to destroy an iranian mobile drone launcher in syria. hours earlier israel said an iranian drone crossed into its air space. israeli video shows what it says is the drone being shot out of the sky. a helicopter retaliated. other military facilities operated by syria and its iranian ally were targeted. sunday, the day following the incident, iran celebrated the 39th anniversary of the founding of the republic. the regime showed off military hardware including a missile that could target israel as well as reach u.s. bases in the middle east. benjamin netanyahu said the israel attack dealt a severe blow to both iran and syria. while the tension has deescalated, there is concern th

corresponded david lee miller examines the issue from the middle east newsroom. >> passing a bill toake it illegal to save the country over its people had any complicity in the holocaust. poland's president is likely to sign it into law. violators can be sentenced to up to three years in prison. reaction here in israel as outrage. >> dozens of my family members died on the land when the territory poland with the aid of poles. writing such bill is an insult. >> 3 million polish jews died during the war. the state department cautioned the polish government about the bill and issued a statement that said "we encourage poland to reevaluate the legislation." poles who support the bill say there was no such thing as polish death camps but rather camps that were built and operated by german nazis on polish soil. >> translator: we are very sad and surprised. our fight for the truth, the dignity of poles. >> the bill makes an exception for artistic or academic work regarding the holocaust. but the senior historian had israel's holocaust museum says the subject is best dealt with through educa

david lee miller is live from jerusalem. >> arthel, the president of his bill is now -- along the northernborder. also following a massive israeli reprisal in syria resulted in the downing of the f-16 aircraft. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu says the rate israeli attack courting him now, severe blows to both iran and syria. he told israeli cabinet today and reaffirmed israel's policy to quote - continue to strike any attack to strike us. the intelligence minister echoed the message same visio sent a clear message to iran they will not tolerate them operating in their backyard. they have sent equipment and trips to support syria. the observatory for human rights as israel's airstrikes killed at least six syrian troops and allied fighters. the media here underscoring that sunday's hostilities marked the first time israel and iran directly engaged militarily. initial strength today, ran sober the 39th anniversary of the founding of the islamic republic. hundreds of thousands of people rallied in the streets for some shouted things like death to america. burning photos of the president

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rick: david lee miller reporting from jerusalem.f civil war. this headline in the jerusalem post saying israel to be key player in the next chapter of syria's war, with the subtitle for israel the next chapter in syria's war will be a nightmare scenario. for more on, this we bring in judith miller, fox news contributor. she has traveled extensively the middle east and written two books about it. clearly assad is more brazen now. how concerned should we be about this? >> i think israel is very concerned and therefore we should be concerned as well since israel is a very close ally. when i was in israel last summer, even then quietly, the israeli intelligence establishment was deeply, deeply worried about the possibility of having to fight a two-front war in syria and at the lebanese border. you know, hezbollah, the iranian backed regime in lebanon has 150,000 rockets pointed at israel and the iranians are trying to move across land into syria, establish a permanent presence there to attack israel from the border. this is a strategic

correspondent david lee miller has the story. >> for the first time in more than 30 years and israeli jet was shot down. the american-made f-16 was on an air raid over syria on saturday when it was struck by debris from antiaircraft fire. the aircraft crashed on the israel side of the border. the pilot and navigator injected to safety, global residents were alarmed. >> we didn't know this was a jet. if we heard a terrible boom and to add to this, there was a siren. we knew that something was going on in the north. it's a feeling like we are at war. >> the fighter jet was on a mission to destroy and iranian mobile drone launcher. only hours earlier israel said and iranian drone crossed into israeli airspace. israel released videos showing what it says is the girl being shot out of the sky by one of its apache helicopters. iran denied having anything to do with the drone and called the israeli versions of events ridiculous. israel's prime minister didn't buy it. >> israel holds iran and its syrian host responsible for today's aggression. we will continue to do whatever is necessary to p

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david lee miller is following the breaking developments from jerusalem. e. >> reporter: an israeli jet fighter was shot down while conducting an air raid over syria. events leading up to the incident are in dispute. early sat outer day morning israel said a surveillance drone crossed the northern border with syria. they accuse the iranians of establishing military bases in syria to support the regime. the drone was in israeli air space for a minute when israeli authorities say it was shot down by an apache helicopter. iran would not confirm israel's account and called their version of events ridiculous. syria said the drone never crossed the border and was gathering information on isis. israel struck back hours later. during a series of air raids targeting iranian and syrian batteries the planes encountered anti-aircraft fire. an israeli f-16 crash landed on the israeli side of the border. one of the pilots was ser just y wounded. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the drone's infiltration was not unexpected. >> iran seeks to use syrian territo

molly: david lee miller coming thank you very much. >> on the other side of the world, north korea firingk, saving the state of the union address. foreign minister responding to the president's speech saying north korea's nuclear capabilities will completely detoured trump and his lackeys from showing off on the north korean peninsula. president trump. to highlight the north abuses. ambassador john bolton, senior fellow at the american enterprise institute and fox news contributor and chairman of the keystone institute here in new york. ambassador, and showing off on the korean peninsula. the only way the north koreans can frame it could be referring to vice president pence who attended the olympics later this week and the opening ceremony. >> i love north korean propaganda. it never fails to get a laugh from people. this is the real face of north korea. this is the regime that is very very close to getting deliverable nuclear weapons and it was interesting that they used the term deter america, their nuclear capability. they are kind of puffing themselves up year. they are worried about

arthel: david lee miller, thank you very much. eric: let's bring in former u.n.mbassador john bolton. so, ambassador. the israeli military says this is quote a serious iranian attack on israel. how worrisome is this provocation and what is its significance? >> i think it's very significant. we need to be worried it indicates how future developments in the region will play out. this is a direct result of the defeat of the isis caliphate. continuing in the pentagon during the trump administration, was to support iranian backed efforts both in iraq and syria. so not you iranians through that and other methods have strengthened their i'll call it a relationship. it amounts to a find of satellite status for iran and hets bow la, the terrorist group in lebanon, over the iranian government dominated government in baghdad. so iran has taken a much more forward position here, close to israel, close to the arab and oil-producing arab states of the persian gulf and beefed up its conventional military capability. it's very trouble for israel and our arab friend in the region

david lee miller live in jerusalem with the case and the defense. hi, david lee. >> eric, israeli police are recommending to the attorney general here that prime minister benjamin netanyahu be indicted regarding two criminal investigations. as you would expect, this is front page news. in one case netanyahu is accused of accepting nearly $300,000 in gifts in exchange for doing favors for wealthy businessmen. the gifts included champagne, cigars, jewelry. the other case netanyahu allegedly tried to use his influences for favorable coverage in a newspaper. that newspaper has a single word headline today, bribery. a defiant netanyahu delivered an emotional live statement last night saying he has no intention of stepping down and accused the police of being biased and speaking hours ago in tel aviv netanyahu said his coalition government is stable and he attacked the police recommendation calling for his indictment. >> after i read the recommendation report, i can say it is biased, extreme, full of holes like swiss cheese. >> for now netanyahu's coalitio

david lee miller is live in jerusalem with more on this. what do we know?first time that syria has been accused of using chlorine gas. a 2016 u.n. report cited three other instances. we don't have independent confirmation of this latest reported attack on sunday in rebel-held province. the syrian/american medical society said its hospitals treated 11 people for the gas poisoning and syrian civil defense say six rescuers and other people had breathing problems. days ago the trump administration accused syria of using new kinds of weapons to deliver chemical weapons. the syrian foreign ministry said the united states is only looking for a provocation to attack syria. >> sandra: what else do we know more about the air strikes? >> we know that syrian government forces, as well as russian forces, hit a number of hospitals and several buildings. this also happening in this province. what's significant about this province, it's the last remaining province still controlled by rebels. rescue workers carried out babies from one of the hospitals that was hit while oth

david lee miller is live in jerusalem for us. >> as you mentioned israeli police are recommending to attorney general here that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu be indicted in connection with two criminal investigations. as you would expect, this is front page news here in every paper. in one case netanyahu is accused of accepting nearly $300,000 in gifts in exchange for doing favors for wealthy businessmen like champagne, cigars, jewelry. in the other case he tried to use his influence to increase circulation in a newspaper in exchange for favorable coverage. that newspaper has a single word headline today, bribery. a defiant netanyahu delivered an emotional live statement last night. he said he has no intention of stepping down and accused the police of being biased. speaking just hours ago in tel aviv he said his coalition government is stable and he attacked the police recommendation calling for his indictment. >> after i read the recommendation report, i can say it is biased, extreme, full of holes like swiss cheese. >> for now netanyahu's coalition partners are standin

david lee miller is now live in jerusalem with the latest. >> hi eric.a has wasted no time in retaliating in the downed aircraft. his happen saturday. this is an area in northwestern syria that has seen a great deal of fighting. between the syrian army, joined by iranian backed fighters, battling antigovernment rebels. moscow says one of the aircraft was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. a group linked to al qaeda claimed responsibility. same one of the fighters scored quote - a direct hit. the pilot of the airplane ejected from the aircraft before it crashed. according to fighter on the ground the pilot tried to open fire with a pistol and that is when he was killed. in response the russian militaries said they are using -- eight turkish troops were killed in a series of separate attacks by a syrian kurdish militia known as the ypg. others were killed in separate classes. they consider that to be a terrorist group. basically an extension of movement to have kurdish autonomy and parts of turkey. and the us has supported the ypg in its fight against

david lee miller is watching the situation from middle east newsroom. >> for the first time in more thann israeli fighter jet was shot down. the american-made f-16 was on an air raid over syria on saturday. it was struck by debris from antiaircraft fire. the aircraft crashed on the israel side of the border. the pilot and navigator ejected to safety. local residents were alarmed. >> we didn't know this was a jet. we heard a terrible boom. and there was a siren. we knew something was going on. it's a feeling like we are at war. >> the fighter jet was on a mission to destroy an iranian mobile drone launcher. hours earlier, israel said an iranian drone crossed into israeli airspace. israel released a video showing what it says is drone being shot out of the sky by one of its apache helicopters. iran denied having anything to do with the drone and called the israeli version of events ridiculous. israel's prime minister didn't buy it. >> israel holds iran and its syrian host responsible for the aggression. we will do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and security. >> in additio

david lee miller is live in jerusalem. we'll start at the beginning.o we know about this drone? >> reporter: let me give you a little sense of the chronology here. this incident happened about 4:00 a.m. local time. that's when an iranian drone, the israelis say, crossed the northern border from syria. they say it was a surveillance drone. it infiltrated israeli air space for about one minute before a helicopter shot it out of the sky. israel released video that it says shows the incident. iran is accused of, quoting now, playing with fire. the spokesman says the drone was recovered and there is no doubt that it is iranian. iran would not confirm the israeli claim and a spokesman called it, quoting now, ridiculous. syria says the drone was being used to combat isis. israel has, as you know, in the past shot down drones that crossed the border from syria but this is the first time, leland, that it has resulted in such retaliation. we are now, as you mentioned, waiting to hear from the israeli prime minister. israel has already said it is going to go to t

david lee miller is live in our mideast newsroom. >> sandra, at this hour the defense secretary is in it is part of a six-day trip overseas on the agenda plotting the further destruction of isis. he is meeting today with his italian counterpart. he says isis has been forced out of iraq but that it is still operating in parts of syria. speaking to reporters yesterday en route to europe he has much has been accomplished but the fight is not over. >> first mission finish off isis physical caliphate. that is still underway. those of you who have been on the plane remember me saying the fight is not over against isis. it is not over. it goes on. >> u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson delivered a similar message. he spoke at a meeting in kuwait of the global coalition against isis. the u.s. is going to provide an additional $200 million to stabilize portions of syria that had been under the control of the islamic state. he said major combat operations against isis have ended it hasn't been defeated. he said the coalition remains committed to destroying what is left of the group. >> these

david ignatius. matt miller. carol lee. and jon meacham who is criminal chully obligated to work on president's day and wear his rugged boots. >> jon meacham, they're duck boots. they're not rugged boots. >> he doesn't really need to wear them. >> it's a fashion statement i like to say. >> exactly. >> it is. it is. so, jon meacham, my favorite president's day story is bill clinton gathering foreign contributors in the white house and announcing to them, this is the day in america that we call president's day. i thought that was sort of a laugh because, of course, he's getting money from people that did not know what president's day was. but you put some pretty interesting quotes out this weekend about the importance that past president's say in electing the right type of president. i thought it was very timely. >> yeah. john adams said -- and this is obviously in the very beginning -- that it's absolutely crucial who the people send to the presidency. and that sort of blows up this myth that in the early days that the presi