>> the entebbe rescue was one of the few bits of good news we had regarding counterterrorism.year later by the daring rescue of german passengers that had been aboard a hijacked lufthansa aircraft. >> it was over in minutes. a blinding flash, a deafening explosion and gunfire. >> the passengers and crew were freed in a raid at somalia's mogadishu airport. >> there was a sense that the pendulum was swinging away from terrorist efficacy. in other words, if you hijacked a plane, you didn't necessarily get a free run to the press conference. >> once again, we see terrorism's evolution in the sense that the terrorists themselves often have to change up their tactics if they're going to stay one step ahead of the government. >> west german industrialist hans martin schrier, a key government adviser, was kidnapped in cologne today. >> the terrorists riddled the cars carrying schrier and his police bodyguards with machine gun fire. the bodyguards were killed. >> this is the third terrorist incident in germany in the past six months. all involve death, and all involve the badder mine o

two german terrorists commandeered air france flight 139 from tel aviv to paris in order to land at entebbes there in the old airport terminal they held more than 100 hostages. israeli commandos flew 2500 miles from israel to freedom, all four of the hostages were saved. the only israeli commandos killed that it was 30-year-old jonathan netanyahu, also known as johne. he's the older brother of israeli minister benjamin netanyahu. in your correspondent eric shawn sat down for an exclusive fox news interview with the prime minster. they talked about the raid and how it compares to current fights to defeat isis and you will not want to miss this tonight, 6 pm eastern on special report. heather: definitely looks good, we will watch that. from backyard barbecues to fireworks, americans have a lot of traditions, i'm sure you have some to celebrate independence day but there's a lot about july 4 you may not know. joining us now is kevin dental, he is the president, a presidential historian and the author of the president's first year thank you so much for joining us and happy independence day to y