jon: it lucas tomlinson at the white house, thanks.r benjamin netanyahu facing mounting pressure from israeli citizens to work toward a cease-fire deal with hamas and rescued the remaining october 7 hostages. the israeli military is pushing further into rafah also beveling hamas and other parts of gaza the idf said it had cleared months ago hamas seems to be regrouping. trey yingst has more from southern israel. >> jon, good evening nearly 220 days into the war between israel and hamas israeli forces continue to operate in the northern part of the gaza strip. the israeli air force targets a different hamas positions in northern gaza, it comes as israeli forces said they are pushing deeper into gaza third-largest city of rafah more than a million palestinians are currently sheltering the israeli military says more than 300,000 people have made their way to the humanitarian zone along the mediterranean sea in recent days amid ongoing evacuation orders. admiral had this to say about the situation overnight. >> since the start of our preci

. >> carley: lucas tomlinson has the latest, hi-lucas. >> lucas: good early morning, carley and todd, president biden warning israel if it moves forward with its operation rafah, it will continue to halt weapons transfers, including bombs and kits to make them guided weapons. president biden maintains his support for israel is iron clad, many disagree. senator tom cotton says this is an arms embargo on israel and israel's national security minister says hamas loves biden. here is biden on cnn and why he's blocking weapons shipment to israel. >> president biden: civilians have been killed -- made it clear that if they go into rafah, they have not gone into rafah yet. if they go into rafah yet, ooem not supplying weapons for rafah. make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and ability to attack. we will not supply weapons and artillery shells used. lucas tomlinson here is reaction from a former israeli ambassador to the u.s. >> the message to american allies and unfortunate and a mixed message. i question if it is a legal move. the congress passed a bill kwauled qmb, qualitative

and lucas tomlinson kicks it off at the white house on latest on the president's plans. hey, lucas. >> that's right, president biden just took off aboard air force one for georgia. a critical swing state in the 2024 elections, a state he lost in 2016, but won narrowly at 2020. and he took the motorcade over there and the president did speak yesterday at the african-american museum in washington. >> my predecessor and extreme maga friendsing going after diversity, equity and inclusion across america. they wants it for some not for all. >> and this is a close election and expected to be all votes are critical. you mentioned the youth voter and you could have mentioned this is where some of the alarm bells are sounding at the poll. and another poll in swing states, according to this, biden has lost 28% in the crucial and swing states and trump's support among black voters would be the highest for any republican presidential candidate since the enactment of the civil rights act of 1964. some republicans think it's too late for biden to turn these numbers around. the problem i

lucas tomlinson here with the latest. >> lucas: violence erupting on the campus of ucla when pro-life protesters took on the pro-palestinian protesters. you see pepper spray, fireworks being set off. ambulances arrived on scene. this statement is from deputy mayor of communication, the mayor has spoken to the chancellor and lapd is responding immediately to the request for support on campus. riot police have just arrived. people are wondering why the police didn't come sooner. private security officers are standing around watching the chaos, here is how one person described it. >> there are people getting hurt and injured and police officers left their post. security abandoned this encampment. i called earlier and you hung up on me. just hung up again. i cannot believe what i'm seeing. i'm looking at people, violence, look at this, they are throwing things at each other, pepper spraying each other. how can they have weapons on campus. lucas tomlinson we received this statement from ucla, saying this violents university policy and law enforcement is ready to arrest people. leave the en

bill: israel now saying they will go alert if they have to do it when it comes to rafah lucas tomlinson live at the white house thank you. >> lucas and bill for more on this let's bring in michael is a former israeli ambassador to the u.s. also by the way a graduate of columbia university the epicenter of the pro- palestinian campus protests. first, just briefly i do not have a lot of time. what you think of these protests and their disrupting graduations and causing some universities to cancel university ceremonies, what you think about this? >> is terribly sad for me is good to be with you. sad for me i had the best education pro- american education. an education that extolled western civilization for these protests are not just anti- israel there anti- american their anti- western civilization they burn the american flag they call for death to america. that was inconceivable in my day. it is very sad. an x he was a poll came out and sit 81% of american students want to see the protesters punished not only do they not identify with them they want to see them punished because this is a

fox's lucas tomlinson has more tonight from the white house. >> smoke rising over the gaza strip sunday after an israeli air strike reportedly killed at least 27 people, mostly women and children. in jerusalem, white house national security adviser jake sullivan met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, part of a new push to secure a ceasefire deal in gaza. >> it's a humanitarian crisis in gaza. that's why i've called for an immediate cease fire during a commencement address at morehouse college in atlanta, president biden said his administration is working on a deal to end the fighting altogether and build a lasting and durable peace. >> as the war between israel and hamas nears its eighth month. >> what's happening in gaza and israel is heartbreaking. >> on fox news sunday, house republican conference chair elise stefanik, speaking from jerusalem, blasted the biden administration's decision to curb delivery of some weapons to israel. >> we want to make sure israel has all the resources, no equivocation, when it comes to eradicating hamas. >> senate democrat john fetterman al

lucas tomlinson, we believe you are ready to join us now. thank you so much for the hustle. over to you. >> the republican national committee headquarters in a lockdown. a few blocks south of the capitol. suspicious substances were found, white substance as you can see the police have barricaded, surrounded the headquarters and they are now have hazmat teams that have gone inside the building. we're waiting for a statement from the rnc but what we're hearing right now. >> dana: thank you. >> bill: okay, lucas. he points out there, you have a block and a half from the capitol. that's right there in washington, d.c. as you look at the map. screen right lays it out clearly. this is the heart of legislative washington, d.c. and lucas, thank you. >> dana: there is a metro station right across the street from it. >> bill: we'll look for answers on that. we have to get some other news. remember when this gentleman, dana, was with us two weeks ago? listen. >> i'm a human, we're all humans. i made a very honest mistake. i had no intention, i had no knowledge that ammunition was in my

arthel: lucas tomlinson, thank you. support jewish students arab organization of the -looking tooled universities and colleges accountable for the surging anti-semitism on campus. three students at northwestern university have filed a lawsuit claiming they are subject to harassment during anti- israel protests. this is the anti-defamation league and the ce center for hun rights filed complaints against the university of massachusetts at amherst. alleging there is rampant discrimination there. there i quote there are statements from u.s. amherst groups appraising hamas of and terrorism as justified resistance. disruptive protests to physically entering or exiting buildings working or studying. the director of the brandeis center of human rights under law joins us right now has been fighting this for quite a long time. ken, we have seen clearing out of encampment's over the past few days. is that stemming the issue? >> it isn't. eric, good to be with you. unfortunately what we are seeing is while there are some campuses w

griff: lucas tomlinson, impressive.rical notes while a lot of sirens passing outside the white house gates there. lucas tomlinson live at the white house, thank you very much. jacqui: all right. for more on this we are joined by republican congressman from new york and member of the house foreign affairs and financial services committees mike lawler. congressman, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. jeff e swre thank you. i just want to begin where lucas left off which is with your colleague, cory mills, filing articles of impeachment against the president for withholding these shipments of thousands of bombs, you know? as he noted, reagan did this before, george h.w. bush did this before. does what president biden did in your mind rise to the level of a high crime or misdemeanor? >> look, i think what president biden is doing at this moment of war is unconscionable, and i think as corey mills pointed out, he is putting electoral politics ahead of the safety and security of one of our closest allies in the wo

lucas tomlinson is live with details. >> lucas: good early morning. donald trump went to a bo bag in harlem and now moving to south bronx. ronald reagan was last republican to speak in the bronx. who was last republican presidential candidate to win the bronx? drum roll, please. calvin coolidge, served as president when johnson debuted band-aids, which biden say need to fix his campaign after losing black and hispanic men to name a few demographics. senators defeated giants and nationals won the world series in 2019 and democratic lost the senators and they became the texas rangers in 1972 and won the world series last year. i digress big time. here are other coolidge supported prohibition and gave first radio broadcast presidential address. we can move on now. donald trump faces uphill climb to win new york. latest polling in the empire state, biden has a nine-point lead in new york. and former florida attorney general pam bondi on hannity. >> trump flies to texas today and holds two multi million dollar fundraisers and in palm beach had the largest

fox news correspondent lucas tomlinson is live for us tonight on the north lawn at the white house. ucas. >> griff, good evening what the president behind in the swing states and with black voters, the president spent the weekend going to swing states to win over black voters. >> we've been pretty good. about the lowest unemployment rate for a long, long time. we've been in a situation where -- i've forgiven a lot of debt from -- from the folks that college debt. billions of dollars of it. so people can start their lives again. people being a good shape we're going to -- anyway, there's a lot going on. >> congresswoman gas men crockett got in the scrap on capitol hill with marjorie taylor green says the problem is with the messaging white house is not saying enough good things. >> i think that black folk need to know this administration has invested in them when you start looking at student debt, relief, it is disproportionately positivively black folk over 137 billion dollars for over four million people that means there's at least four million people that now can hopefully start to

lucas tomlinson is light at the white house with the very latest for us. >> that is rights.d president biden has been briefed on this crash involving that pres president fd minister has refused to offer any more details. earlier on fox and congressman congressman patallen did weigh . >> this is a total. regime know they're lying when their lips are moving through it probably happened, we don't know yet for sure what probably happened was accidental helicopter crash may be of some maintenance maybe is pilot error. >> earlier today president biden gave the commencement address at historically black all mail at morehouse college in atlanta to keep demographics the present is to win reelection in november. some of those morehouse graduates turn their backs on the president when he was speaking. the president behind in the polls in the swing states and black voters the white house thought this was the perfect place for biden to try to turn things around. >> today in georgia allow water to be available to you while you wait in line to vote in an election. what is that all about? i

lucas tomlinson has more. cas. >> reporter: well, neil, ten days passed between president biden's comments on anti-semitism the on earth day and his formal remarks here at the white house thursday as protests, sometimes turning violent on college campuses, across the country raged. >> there's no place for hate speech or violation of any kind whether it's anti-semitism, islamophobia or discrimination against arab-americans or palestinian-americans. it's simply wrong. >> reporter: peter dos she fold up at the press briefing yesterday where he also asked about those fraternity brothers at chapel hill who saved the american flag. >> reporter: does he think islamophobia is just as big of a problem on campus as anti-semitism? >> the president's always going to call out all forms of hate. always. look, protecting american flag is add a initial -- add a initial. i'll leave it there. >> reporter: neil, yesterday afternoon i joined you from the campus of george washington university where the statue of george washington

let's go to lucas tomlinson life at the white house and he picks up the story from there. lucas? >> that congressman is cory mills republican from florida. he explained earlier why he has drafted that impeachment resolution. >> it's really no different if you go back to what president biden had tweeted out previously. he said withholding congressionally appropriated aid for a return of a political gain is in some way a quid pro quo quote he wants to win michigan he was to pander to the radical left. >> part of mills impeachment resolution quote using the powers of his high office president biden solicited a quid pro quo with the foreign government of israel by withholding precision guided weapons shipment in order to try to extract military policy changes. the top democrat on the house armed services committee said these are not guided weapons being held up this is adam smith earlier. >> have spoken with the number of different officials at the white house. their claim is there only slowing down the delivery of 2000-pound dumb bombs. wise in that message clear i don't think the p

griff: lucas tomlinson live9 from the north lawn, thank you. jacqui: anti-israel protests are continuing across the country this weekend with a day of action planned in new york city if later this afternoon that's expected to draw a large police presence. c.b. cotton's live in brooklyn, new york, with the latest on this for us. hey, c.b.. >> reporter: yeah. as you can see, we've got great weather here in new york city. the sun is out, but it's not too hot, and this is typically a recipe for a pretty large protest turnout, right? we've seen other pro-palestinian demonstrations here at the barclays center since the start of the israel-hamas war, but this demonstration could mark the beginning of other ones to come on a more frequent basis especially now that student protesters are finishing exam, heading home for the summer. where are they going to protest now? places like this, arenas, amphitheaters, public parks, things like that. within the past hour, we've watched nypd officers bring over more barricades, take a look here, more officers come

his slipping poll numbers among black voters especially in key battleground states must go to lucas tomlinson is live from the white house with more, hyatt lucas. >> at his right many experts say with the president to hide in the swing states and with black voters this move made a lot of sense go to the swing state of georgia to speak at morehouse college historically black and all-male school. two key demographic the president needs to win reelection in 2024. >> i have determined to make my administration look like america. i have more african-americans in high places included on the court than any president in american history. >> it looks like someone was holding up a flag from the congo there. biden has been losing black voters over the past four years this new fox news poll says he has lost 7% across the country. younger people down 14% compared to four years ago. earlier maryland's governor spoke. >> we note these challenges have been a long-standing and the solutions are not going to come overnight. the thing i know is i have the right partner that i need in the president. these really

lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with more. lucas?> reporter: mike, we are six months away from election day, and donald trump is ahead of president biden when it comes to the youth vote, trump leading by 18 points. earlier on "fox news sunday," senator marco rubio blamed president biden for not doing enough to stop the violence on campus protests. >> joe biden should have spoken about them very early in this process. his failure to address this early on and make very clear whose side he was on has just fed this. >> reporter: recall less than a month before the october 7th massacre our colleague, bret baier, interviewed mohamed bin sallen monowho said his country was close to normalizing relations with israel. some think that's e what sparked a hamas with iran's encouragement to launch the attack on israel. here in washington yesterday, jake sullivan said the u.s. would not sign a defense agreement with saudi if it dead did not normalize relations wees israel first. >> the integrated vision is bilateral understandings between the u.s.

lucas tomlinson at the white house.vera rahs, texas department of public safety, on another incident at the border that raised some serious concerns. you had u.s. agents who were forced to shoot a high brant -- migrant who assaulted them in eagle pass. what happened here, chris, exactly? >> well, good morning, neil. thanks for having me on. of course, we can talk about the border, and a as you reported earlier, you see how dire the situation is and how you have individuals that have ties to terrorism that is able to attempt to breach military bases. so it really shows the vulnerabilities of our border. but also talking about this incident in el paso, texas, where border agents were confronting illegal immigrants that do want to cause harm. these are not your typical immigrants that want to turn themselves in, these are individuals that have criminal backgrounds that are violent, and we see is it firsthand when they attempt to assault or assault agents or anybody that's working along the border. it really shows hows how

lucas tomlinson with that progress ahead of the commencement address to my morning present biden spokehots at president trump on the polls over well which show trump ahead. >> my opponent is not a good loser. but he is a loser. you hear about how we are behind in the polls, so far the have not been right once. now look we are either tied or slightly ahead or slightly behind. lex let's take a look at some of the recent bot polls the presidt says are wrong the first from fox and shall biden losing 7% of black voters nationwide young people to fight and down 40% compared to four years ago perhaps the reason biden is going to the historically black college tomorrow to get the commencement address for another poll shows a more dire situation from the biden campaign the critical swing states according to this "new york times" whole, biden has lost 28% the black vote in the past four years. former president trump has seen a 15-point bump. some republicans and the drop in support is due to the economy and high inflation. of course the situation on the southern border. >> the problem is no spac

all right, lucas tomlinson at the white house for us. lucas. thank you. we turn now to fox news correspondent jeff paul in tel aviv. hello, jeff. well, yeah. shannon. hamas leader ismail haniyeh reportedly said today that he wants to see not only a full withdrawal of israeli troops, but a comprehensive cease fire. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that they can't accept that. and if they did, the next october 7th would be only a matter of time, as pressure builds from abroad on hamas to agree to the latest cease fire agreement, there is a very strong proposal on the table right now. hamas needs to say yes and it is real. patience is running thin. protesters and families of hostages in tel aviv once again pushed their government to act only through returning our loved ones home. will the jewish people be made whole again. progress is reportedly being made on the latest deal after a delegation from hamas landed in cairo, egypt, this weekend. it could result in both the release of hostages and a pause in the fighting. an agreement would come a

tonight, fox's lucas tomlinson has more from the white house. >> smoke rising over the gaza strip sundayy women and children. >> it's a humanitarian crisis in gaza. that's why i've called for an immediate cease fire. >> during a commencement address at morehouse college in atlanta, president biden said his administration is working on a deal to end the fighting altogether and build a lasting and durable peace. as the war between israel and hamas nears its eighth month. >> what's happening in gaza and israel is heartbreaking. >> on fox news sunday, house republican conference chair elise stefanik, speaking from jerusalem, blasted the biden administration's decision to curb delivery of some weapons to israel. >> we want to make sure israel has all the resources, no equivocation, when it comes to eradicating hamas. >> senate democrat john fetterman also reaffirmed his support for israel. >> i think it's important that america stands with our very, very critical ally, a member of israel's war cabinet and a key rival of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, has threatened to quit if isra

neil: lucas tomlinson, thank you very much.hington state democratic congressman adam smith, sits on the house armed services committee, ranking member, in fact. congressman, this is more of a general question, but do you think the president is threading the needle a bit too much if i can sort of mix nose metaphors -- those metaphors, that he's being too careful, and he's not really winning over those who support pal. stipjanuarys or those who support israel? and he's losing on both ends? >> one important point here, i don't think he's trying to win over necessarily any particular electoral bloc. he's trying to come up with the right policy. so let's -- neil: it's a good thing, because he's not winning them over, right? >> understood. but the policy here is too important to be bogged down in politics. look, the biggest problem here is the lack of clarity on what the policy is. i mean, even in your report you mentioned precision-guided weapon. i have spoken with a number of different officials at the white house, and their claim

lucas tomlinson is there.l, we are on the campus of george washington university. you can see come after nine days of encampment here, what they have done to the statue of george washington, our first president. there is now a library here in the encampment, where people can come and check out books. we also have, in the last hour, neil, this american flag, this large american flag behind me was unfurled. we are not sure who was behind that. we don't think it was the university president, according to some of the students, did draw the ire of some of the protesters here. that just happened in the last hour, of course, yesterday was a bit noisier here in the camp, when republican lawmakers came here to show their solidarity with the jewish students. but so far today, mostly peaceful, neil. this encampment here, there are a lot of tents, a lot of students spending the night, we just want to keep students, a professor, nearby american university, brought her class here to overnight, and they spent the night, and

lucas tomlinson reports. >> with the deadline looming to pass critical federal aviation administration, lawmakers are scrambling to finalize a bill that will guide aviation policy for the next five years, negotiated by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, it includes raising pilots, mandatory retirement age from 65 to 67, a plan to hire more air traffic controllers, and enhanced passenger protections, including policies for cash refunds. >> this is a bill we need to pass and pass on time, but the senate is at a stalemate. >> one hurdle adding five additional round trip flights in and out of reagan national airport outside the nation's capital. virginia senators mark warner and tim kaine are hoping to prevent the provision from taking off, saying it increases delays and risks passenger safety. >> that's going to raise the risk that that unacceptably close near call is going to be a collision next time. >> another sticking point regulating tsa's facial recognition technology to screen passengers, with some senators citing privacy concerns. while the travel industry says limiting this will ca

lucas tomlinson has more. >> that's right. asked the judge overseeing his tax case in california to delay it until some timber. this calvin mckay sorry faces 3 felony charges and 6 misdemeanours in connection with his alleged failure to pay is taxes is set to begin june 20th. there's 2 trials hunter faces, a gun charge in delaware goes to trial june 3rd. earlier this week hunter lost his attempt to delay it. expect hunter's name to come up in the first presidential debate between joe biden and former president donald trump on june 27. recall back in the last 2020 debate the accusations against hunter were largely dismissed. someone hunter adjudicated in the court of public opinion. kimberly strasser writing in her wall street journal column today says quote the nation was largely denied information about the biden family business in 2020. thanks to compliant chris hart the central source of social media participle cabal of former intelligence officials. here's joe biden and donald trump in the 2020 debate. >> there 50 former n

lucas tomlinson life at the white house with more of what we can expect to date. height lucas. quickset is right swing states are critical to present biden's reelection chances so many say is no coincidence he went to georgia this weekend to offer the commencement address at morehouse because they the traditionally all-black and all-male school. two key demographics the present is to rent reelection we heard from madison's reporting there were number protest about president biden israel policies him that young men at morehouse turning their back to the president. early in "fox news sunday" congresswoman alisa's to phonic talks about that policy was shannon bream. >> we had a equivocation after equivocation from democrats led by joe biden whether it's chuck schumer calling for that is not the place out the type of leadership we need to be seen from the highest levels of the united states of america. >> president biden has been losing black voters according to a number of new pulses fox news full set he has lost 7% in black vote across the country young people to down 14% compare

jon: art lucas of tomlinson at the white house, thank you.bollah claims that part about 20 rockets into northern israel today levity security forces say that was a response to an israeli airstrike that killed four members of a family. meanwhile in t southern israel e idf reports three soldiers were killed and the hamas strike near the gaza border. these skirmishes continued cease-fire talks have stalled. jeff paul has more on that. >> we are learning hamas is a part of the end of this latest round of negotiations and egypt will head back to qatar to live with me too ship about its next move. the same time cia chief william burns was in egypt will head to qatar as well. burns is expected to conduct an emergency meeting in delhi with qatar the prime minister as talks of our potential cease-fire deal reportedly are near collapse. qatar and the u.s. are expected to exert maximum pressure to keep negotiating. reportedly said today pushing a full withdrawal of israeli troops and a comprehensive cease-fire. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu

lucas tomlinson has details. >> lucas: it was the white house deputy press secretary condemning violencesident biden. calling the hijacking of that building not peaceful. riot police arrived on campus at ucla yesterday. we heard from john kirby. >> the president believes forcefully taking over a building on campus is a wrong approach, that is not an example of peaceful protest and of course, as you rightly noted hate speech and hate symbols have no place. lucas t >> lucas: cbs reporting top u.s. officials discussed getting additional palestinians out of gaza and processing them as refugees if they have american relatives. >> secretary, do you condemn antisemitism that is happening on college campuses right now? >> absolutely. >> will you get involved in stopping camps and protests? >> lucas: violence taking place on may day, rooted in markist ideology. >> steve: bring in bill bennett, former education secretary under ronald reagan, former drug jar under hw bush. good morning. today is may day. when i look at essentially when the cops got called in to columbia, it was 56 years earlier in

lucas tomlinson joins us. >> lucas: ruled a suicide, john barnet died from a gunshot to the head in marchiled to show up for depositions against boeing. b barnet told tmz bog was returning the jets to the air too quickly after the door panel was blown out midnight. boeing ceo announced he would resign amid the company's ongoing struggle. 73-year-old british man died from a heart attack from london to singapore when it hit severe t turbulence in the boeing 737. mr. barnett's attorney says boeing may not have pulled the trigger, the company is responsible for his death. boeing has not made comment. steve. >> steve: carley joins us with news about court. >> carley: i do. the jury has been dismissed until closing arguments on tuesday in new york versus donald trump criminal trial. judge merchan agreeing to remind the jury that it does not imply trump's guilt, refuse to remind the jury hush money payments are not illegal. officers rescuing toddler from a car evera the chiel was locked inside. [screaming] [crying] >> carley: you can hear that baby crying when they broke open the door. the child

lucas tomlinson is live from the white house with the latest. hello, lucas. >> that is right. something president biden is not going far enough. some on the right say this is sending the wrong message to israel. >> israel has no choice but to destroy rafa. i always believed that biden unfortunately now part of the pro- hamas wing of the party, he is worried about winning a presidential election. >> reporting the biden the in the station working early to save off a full evasion of rough including sensitive intelligence to help the military pinpoint the location of leaders and find the groups and totals according to four people. here is tom cotton earlier about that report. >> john kirby breathed the other day sharing intelligence including the location. who has not been killed in the seven months of this war. >> it was in the washington post with four officials familiar with it. the washington post is like the message board for this administration a democratic party. >> you believe they are withholding information. >> i believe joe biden is willing to do that. he has imposed a

lucas tomlinson live in d.c. good morning. >> lucas: president biden agreed to two debates. peter doocy asked about a third debate on fox. [indiscernible] >> why not debate a third time? you want to debate r.f.k. jr.? >> that's enough? >> lucas: if you're waiting for an answer from the president, disappointed. no r.f.k. jr. or third-party candidate, limited news outlet, mics must mute after response. >> president trump and biden are colluding to lockup. they are trying to excludeme from the debate, they are afraid i would win. take a look at what the public thinks. according to fox news poll, many people would like to see r.f.k. jr., 43% say it is important he be there. former president donald trump about a third debate biden has not agreed to. please let this truth serve that i accept debating crooked joe biden on fox news, wednesday, october 2, host will be bret baier and martha maccallum. thank you djt. here is more from peter doocy in white house briefing room yesterday. >> peter: this sudden offer from the president to debate as signal you guys realize you need to chang

lucas tomlinson has details. >> lucas: good wednesday morning. biden administration announcing another round of student loan relief, releasing this statement which says "these 160,000 are people enrolled in the save plan, teachers, nurses or law enforcement or borrowers approved of relief for income driven repayment." this brings total to $167 billion, size of u.s. army budget this year. new fox news poll shows president biden losing support from black and hispanic voters, suburban women, moderates and down 14 points young americans under 30. in effort to whoo that demographic, biden administration looking for a manager. partner, manager, and meme pages, biden administration campaign looking for partner manager to join the digital partnership team and manage day-to-day operation in engaging in internet top content and meme pages passioned about bringing political content to voters on the internet. biden administration says it will sell 1 million barrels of gasoline in attempt to lower gas prices, which are 50% higher than the day biden took offic

. >> ainsley: lucas tomlinson is live on the scene. they did not want police on campus and now cleaning up day they go to capitol hill. >> lucas: that's right, victory in europe, after today students and faculty might be calling it victory and george washington day. we are blocks from peter at the white house. at 3 tie:30, decision was made clear the encampment. police had to use pepper spray, our cameraman down winded that. we saw large truck roll in, presumably to get rid of the tents and the macbook pros. mayor bowser and the chief of police are set to testify on capitol hill. the mayor is holding a press conference in next few know minutes on 13th and pennsylvania avenue. right now all is calm here, far different story for weeks many students, especially jewish students, this university 25% jewish calling and begging police to clear out the encampment. gw president issued a lengthy statement many say it didn't go far enough to request police to clear the encampment. never said that or talked about getting rid of protesters. that hap

lucas tomlinson joins us with all the details. lucas. >> lucas: good morning, carley and todd, this began about 3:30 this morning after weeks of this encampment on the campus of george washington university. police rolled in to clear the encampment. spray was deployed and tents cleared out. protesters have moved from the gw campus, one block away at western mark on the corner of opinion pen and 20th street, five blocks from the nation's capitol. this is ahead of congressional testimony today. george washington university president, mayor bowser are supposed to appear before james comer this afternoon. before they go to capitol hill, the encampment was cleared out. george washington university had demanded for police to clear the encampment and the mayor had refused. we saw the statue of george washington defaced, showing the palestinian flag. we saw an american flag unfurled and saw a palestinian flag on the flag pole last night. we saw long live intifada, we saw genocide joe projected on the more than flag. it appears students are

lucas tomlinson has all the details. good morning. >> lucas: good morning, we did not see the red wave, new election models predict itting coming this november. according to latest polls, 56% chance donald trump beats joe biden and 62% chance gop keeps majority in the house. probably a computation if all three things happen, too early in the morning. virginia appears to be in play for trump. president biden and 4s vp traveled to philadelphia yesterday it continue court being black voters where biden has seen his support drop. >> president biden: same guy who wanted to teargas you as you peacefully protested george floyd's murder. he says he is greatest -- including more than abraham lincoln. [booing] >> president biden: can you fath o om that? >> in joe biden, we have a fighter, leader with skill, vision, determination and compassion. joe biden gave his word that we would fight to address some of the biggest issues facing the black community and we have delivered. >> lucas: this exchange before biden left philadelphia. >>

lucas tomlinson joins us live from here in d.c. with the latest. >> lucas: good morning, carley and welcome, todd. black voters in swing states, biden seeing 28-point drop from four years ago. former president donald trump seeing 15 point bump and support among hispanic voters, biden maintains three-point advantage. when you bring in r.f.k. jr., you can see biden support cut in half since december and trump's increased. r.f.k. jr. getting 20% of the hispanic vote. young voters, donald trump has 3-point advantage with young voters in swing states. one pollster admits biden team is behind. data shows our campaign needs to do better with younger, black voters and hispanic voters. to reach black voters, vice president harris spoke to kamala harris yesterday. >> immediate night magic, third in. we made those outfits, we got leotards and made those skirts and decided our feet were cold and we danced in socks, we were serious about midnight magic. >> day after she dropped an f bomb at summit with asian americans in washington. and president biden repeated

. >> steve: lucas tomlinson joins us with more. insiders say we're trusting our numbers and outsiders say the numbers look terrible. >> lucas: saying same thing, president biden support among black voters has dropped. according to "new york times" poll, biden lost 28% of the vote. former president donald trump seen 15 point drop. now look at hispanic vote. biden leads trump by 3% in swing states inform 2020, biden won the hispanic vote. now bring in r.f.k. jr., you see biden support cut in half and trump increased by 10 points. r.f.k. jr. getting nearly 20% there. young voters, donald trump lead by three points, one pollster says all data shows our campaign needs to do better with younger voters, with black voters and hispanic voters. the vice president appeared on the sherri shepherd show. >> i used to work at a shop that was woman-owned and i love gard gardenias. i became vice president, she created a scent for me, that is what that is. >> false claim for second time in a week. >> president biden: inflation has gone slightly up, i

fox news correspondent lucas tomlinson is live at the white house tonight. od evening katy quite a crew up there in new york that's right earlier today president biden speaking on the campaign event in atlanta small room full about 100 people where he appeared to forget the name of his 2020 campaign co-chairman. >> you realize how inseparable it will be now with my -- chief guy -- used to be what's his name i can't think of it now. used to -- he used to be war house guy, well what's his name? yes. sedric something. >> biden also appears to forget nail of the college where he's speaking tomorrow morning and giving the commencement address. >> i'm going sunday to make a speech at that other place -- that man's got more -- morehouse -- >> here's the morehouse college president laying down some ground rules about the graduation ceremony tomorrow. >> what we won't allow is -- disruptive behavior that prevents the ceremony or services from proceeding in a manner that those in attendance can partake and enjoy. so, for example, prolong shouting down of the president

thank you very much, lucas tomorrow lynn sn tomlinson on that., i want to get into the middle east and i did want to pick your brain on this growing fear of escalating violence in the country and it does get to be a national security issue if it gets out of hand as it clearly was in '68. does that worry you, general? >> neil, first off, it's great to be with you. sure, like most americans, i'm paying very close attention to this and of course, we have a long history of peaceful protests in our country, something that's constitutionally protected, but when it trips over in violence and threats and intimidation and obstruction of other people's rights, then that's not right and it has to be addressed. you know, here in the state of minnesota where i'm coming to you from, we had some protests out at the university here, but it's largely been deescalated and kind of moved it into the dialog realm here so i think it's important to engage on this and look for ways to keep these protests peaceful and look for ways for people to express their opinions. i

lucas tomlinson has more. he said it to morehouse tomorrow, historically black college but some students don't want him there. >> reporter: some flyers were passed around, encouraging students to turn their back on the president at not applaud when the two democratic senators speak. president biden taking off from andrews to atlanta, video of arriving in atlanta, there he is, arriving a short time ago, you see the gentleman lined up, greeted by democratic senators, rafael warnock is an alumnus, recall 8 years ago both senators from georgia were republicans. now they are both democrats. karine jean-pierre previewed the president's speech. >> an opportunity to lift up and give a message to our future leaders, these morehouse men will be our future leaders, he understands as the president tends to do meet the moment we are in and we will get beyond that. i will say stay tuned. >> it's not a coincidence he's going to historically black college, his losing black voters, he's lost 7% of the black vote across the cou

address, the historically black atlantic college, demonstrators are expected to protest this event, lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with more on this. >> reporter: i will quote your old colleague, warner wolf who said let's go to the videotape. in this case let's go back to the videotape and get more from jay johnson. >> i think to address that it is important for president biden to talk to black voters not as black voters but as voters. >> codex say president biden could turn things around according to a new fox news paul, his support among those groups is down. perhaps that's the reason he has gone to historical black college to speak, the biden campaign is listening to james carville who told the new york times maureen dowd everyone says women of color will decide this election but half the voters are men and advise giving them some consideration. morehouse is in school, rich. >> president biden: i'm going sunday to make a speech at that other place. morehouse. i've got morehouse men in my administration van morehouse. >> reporter: some republicans like tim scott say is too late for t

jon: aren't lucas tomlinson at the white house, thanks lucas.rael's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is pledging to go forward with the rafah operation despite those warnings from president biden. joining us at retired general joseph the former centcom commander and institute senior fellow on national security. general, nobody knows the middle east. when you think of the president's idea of threatening to withhold military aid from israel if that country continues with its incursion into rafah? >> thanks jon, it's good to be with you. this is a tactical move it's a lever available to the president and designed i think to help influence the policies and practices that i think the israelis or are orchestrated right now regarding their operation in gaza and specifically down in rafah. this is a tool that's available to orchestrate he can hopefully influence how the israelis make decisions about this. jon: israel says it has no choice but to eliminate the threat from hamas. the last bastions of the hamas battalions are in raw fact, are they not? >>

. >> steve: lucas tomlinson is live in washington. it surprised a lot of people that the president would say out loud what they are doing behind the scenes. >> lucas: president biden warning if israel moves ahead with rafah operation, he will halt weapons trans fers, including satellite-guided bombs. senator tom cotton accusing biden of arms embargo. and there is a post hamas loves biden. >> president biden: hivilians have been killed in gaza. i made it clear that if they go into rafah, they have not gone in rafah yet, if they go in, i will not supply weapons used historically to deal with rafah. we'll continue to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and ability to response to attacks, we will not supply weapons and artillery shells used. >> lucas: house speaker johnson accused biden of defying congress and accused president of micromanaging the war. others accuse biden of doing same thing to ushg yoo, guys. >> brian: you mean others like everyone watching, you played down the middle. anyone paying attention knows he is slo

lucas tomlinson has the latest from the white house. lucas, what is the administration doing about it this weekend? >> well, aishah, 10 days passed between president biden's exchange in the virginia country side at the earth day event and his formal remarks here at the thursday, condemning anti-semitic protests. >> there's no place for hate speech or violence of any kind, whether it's anti-semitism, islamophobia, discrimination against arab americans or palestinian americans, it's simply wrong. >> our own peter doocy followed up yesterday at the white house press briefing and asked a question about the fraternity brothers at chapel hill who saved the american flag. >> does he think that islamophobia is just as big of a problem on campus than anti-semitism? >> the president is going to call out all forms of hate, always. look, protecting the american flag is admirable. i'll leave it there. >> here is the scene at george washington university as you showed off the top of the program, just five blocks away from here. the statue of george wa

lucas tomlinson is at the white house tonight. >> that is right.resident biden to use the cup sooner to prevent these protests from getting out of hand. >> joe biden should have spoken about this very early on. making clear whose side he was on has just fed this. >> one of the many reasons donald trump will win this election as you have democratic protests out there putting a terrorist headdress on the statue of george washington. patriots like these frat boys around the country defending the american flag and joe biden refused for two weeks to come out and announce it. that is the 2024 election. >> biden supporters rush to his defense. >> very strong about this from the beginning. the president came out the other day as he has said, as he has always said he understands have a right to protest. when it turns violent, that is when things have to end. >> bernie sanders have compared to the antiwar protest of the 1960s. it came to a head in 1968 at the democratic national convention in chicago where the convention is also taking place this summer >> c

lucas tomlinson at the white house. thanks lucas. more on all of this will bring in house oversight committee chairman james kohler republican from kentucky. also serves on the house education and workforce committee. from the standpoint of settlement on the education committee, congressman, what is going on on these college campuses? the marxist anti- american leaning that's getting all of this press. where is it coming from? >> i think we are seeing the consequences of our college professors for years and years trying to indoctrinate an unrealistic liberal ideology into the minds of many liberal students. specifically that israel is how victimizing the palestinians. the palestinians are oppressed because it is real. it has created anti-semitic wave that is sweeping our campuses around the university. these blue cities were at many of the big universities are that are having these protest they have a soft on crime policies they do not know what to do because what every one of the democrat party realizes is that a significant percent

fox news correspondent lucas tomlinson has more from the white house. ♪ ♪ reporter: good evening guystorians comparing protest on college campuses but senator bernie sanders too. >> this may be biden's vietnam. i worry very much that president biden is putting himself in a position where he's alienated not just young people but a lot of democratic base in terms of his views on israel and this war. guy: fox news poll shows about face when it comes to support from young voters during the last election, biden had a 25 point advantage among voters under 30. now it is trump that leads many that category by 18 points. it took president biden over a week to address the nation about the sometimes violent protest across college campuses. here's his deputy campaign manager earlier. >> he believes in the right for peaceful protest. but that political violence ain't semitism isn't going to be accepted. the other piece here is that the president believes in what these protesters are saying and he's working to bring a peace to bring peace to the middle east and bring the situation to a close. guy:

he's told israeli people we'll stand alone in the war if we have to lucas tomlinson with that. > neil you would have guessed critical of president bide than top democrat adam smith on the house arm committee. >> i've spoken with number officials at the white house and their claim is that they are only slowing down the delivery of 2,000 found dumb bombs. all right why isn't that message clear? and i don't think the president made is clear during his interview on cnn. >> other democrats say it doesn't matter what type of weapons are being blocked. it is the principle. >> i'm not as focused on the particular weapon as i am the message. right, again, because the objective here to try to get hostages out and exchange for a cease-fire and so if you're providings daylight whether it is this missile or that missile, it is not the particular missile it is the overall message that hamas is receiving. where's the pressure on them? reporter: many republicans say by withholding these weapons the white house is attempting to placate voters on far left expensive close ally after 1200 israelis