chairman, congressman michael mccaul. thank you, sir. >> thanks, maria.: -- >> we have real concerns he has misled and lied to congress in the past in terms of some of the financial arrangements that were made under the obama administration. maria: and that was senate foreign relations committee member marco rubio with me on "mornings with maria" on fox business on friday with questions for president biden's nominee for u.s. ambassador to israel. jacob lew will have his confirmation hearing this coming week, he served as treasury secretary under the obama administration as the war in israel enters the ninth day. last week "the wall street journal" reported that iran helped plan the attack with the iranian revolution their guard giving the final go ahead last month in beirut, or and yet the biden administration says it has yet to see direct evidence that iran was involved even though tehran is the main financial supporter of hamas. joining me right now is former secretary of state and fox news contributor mike if pompeo with. secretary, thanks very much fo

here with me now is republican chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, michael mccaul.hank you for joining me. you have been to this region many times. have you spoken with any there about the attack, what could you tell us? >> you know, i have. i've been to the gaza border many times, there are tunnels that go floor gaza, hamas tunnels. and the civilians that live there are always terrorized by balloons that have bombs attached to them. or fires, also they have drones that fly into their homes and videotape them. so it is an ongoing struggle for them. and sadly i just got a text from this beautiful woman who toured us around the cabutz in gaza and her parents were killed yesterday in this massacre. so it is real. it is such a tragedy to hear about this. as the secretary said, this is not about armies going to war against each other. this is really been act of terrorism and invasion of israel with terrorist kidnapping children and killing people and indiscriminately and unfortunately this is going to be a long, drawn out struggle because they're going to have to go hous

. >> the honorable michael mccaul united states representative from texas and mrs. linda mccall. >> condemning him on supporting israel and it passed overwhelmingly. and i think we will pass our appropriation bill and the around bills and my committee next week, and then we have the national security aide pack that i think will link the major threats in the world and that would be russia's threat to ukraine and europe, china's threat to the pacific, the ayatollah threat to the middle east and securing the border throughout the united states. >> they will be, the reason why we are linking all the threats together i think it is a good way to do things. >> to have a message for president biden today? >> yes, work on it is in the interest of the american people and it is all about national security. and what is happening in israel right now, we have to stand together and we did on the house floor. it was a great contrast to all the infighting to the first bill on the floor. uniting the united states and israel. collects the honorable dr. jared perkins dean -- >> the hon

. >> jonathan: our exclusive guests this morning, lloyd austin, michael mccaul, and u.n.orld food program director, cindy mccain. a house divided. >> a speaker has not been elected. >> jonathan: the republican infighting leaves the house paralyzed with no speaker and no end to the chaos. >> we need to come together and figure out who our speaker is going to be. >> join with democrats in finding a bipartisan path forward. >> jonathan: all the week's politics with our powerhouse round table -- >> and -- >> these guys ought to get out. >> jonathan: we'll talk to republican presidential candidate tim scott. >>> good morning, and welcome to "this week." it has been 15 days since hamas militants launched their unspeakably cruel, early morning terror attack from the gaza strip, ruthlessly and indiscriminately striking from the air and the ground, murdering, torturing, and kidnapping civilians from the very young to the very old. crimes against humanity that israel says have now claimed the lives of more than 1,400 israelis. as israel strikes back against an enemy that hides behi

host: you mentioned him, here is representative michael mccaul, chair of the foreign affairs committee. from last week talking about the impact of not having a speaker on national security. mr. mccaul: we are living in a dangerous world. the world's on fire. our adversaries are watching what we do. and quite frankly they like it. and chairman talks about how -- chairman xi talks about how democracy doesn't work and we are proving him right. we need to filth chair with a speaker. every day that goes by gets more dangerous. i was on the phone with our friends from israel. they are going to need a supplemental and aid to replenish the iron dome. they can't do that if we don't have a speaker in the chair. i see a lot of threats out there. one of the biggest i see is in that room because we can't unify as a conference and put a speaker in the chair to govern. i can't get my resolution, 416 co-sponsors condemning hamas, and supporting israel without a speaker in the chair. i can't get that supplemental aid to israel without a speaker in the chair. it's very dangerous what we are doing. host:

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the chairman of the highways foreign affairs committee is here michael mccaul will give very latelies out of israel the u.s. plans as forces target terror in gaza, consumer price index coming out 20 minutes' time all-star panel to react all-hands-on-deck you are watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. stay with us. activate activate maria: welcome back, we are following latest out of the israel house foreign affairs chairman mccaul telling reports egypt warned israel of potential attack three days before hamas brutal assault spokesperson john kirby was asked about potential intelligence failure, watch. >> this is a massive intelligence failure. who is. >> we have going to come a time, when it is appropriate for us to -- take a look back see what intel pictures showed us or didn't show us whether there is any gaps that need to be closed, i suspect that israeli count parts will do same it is not that time. >> texas congressman hours foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul things for spending the time. >> thanks, maria. >> i want your assessment of this war right n

you to you and your crew preacher exempt house for a chairs committee chair texas republican michael mccaulhanks her being with us. let's her with the ron over at the president said this on twitter or x or whatever were calling it. crimes across the redlines which may force everyone to take action. washington asked us not to do anything but they keep giving to israel he goes on for that this after the defense department says urban 20 attacks on u.s. troops in that region by running proxies you have the ford minister sydney kept the un here basically threatening the united states on u.s. soil. what do we do about iran? what should talk about putting the united states on fire if this happens. this is started by iran really by the proxies hamas is a proxy hezbollah is -- if we do not want them to a length of 100,000 rockets i can fire in an overload dome. the militia groups in iraq and syria have been hitting our troops. failifinally the administrations responding to this. they put aircraft carrier strike groups to deterrence to see this does not escalate that's her biggest concern. >> we talk

host: you mentioned him, here is representative michael mccaul, chair of the foreign affairs committee. from last week talking about the impact of not having a speaker on national security. mr. mccaul: we are living in a dangerous world. the world's on fire. our adversaries are watching what we do. and quite frankly they like it. and chairman talks about how -- chairman xi talks about how democracy doesn't work and we are proving him right. we need to filth chair with a speaker. every day that goes by gets more dangerous. i was on the phone with our friends from israel. they are going to need a supplemental and aid to replenish the iron dome. they can't do that if we don't have a speaker in the chair. i see a lot of threats out there. one of the biggest i see is in that room because we can't unify as a conference and put a speaker in the chair to govern. i can't get my resolution, 416 co-sponsors condemning hamas, and supporting israel without a speaker in the chair. i can't get that supplemental aid to israel without a speaker in the chair. it's very dangerous what we are doing. host:

that's what i don't like. >> martha: michael mccaul, chairman, thank you very much.d to have you with us. we will watch what unfolds tomorrow. we hope everyone in america is safe. we'll be here throughout the day to cover it. thanks, sir. so now to the presidential race. nikki haley, the former governor of south carolina is a big winner the new fox news poll. doubling her support among republicans primary voters. she's at 10% now. it's the movement that is notable. she went from 5% to 10%. desantis haas been on the decline the last several months. held steady at 13%. so this is an interesting move that we have seen in all of this. nikki haley will join us here today with her reaction and how she feels about her campaign and the potential impact of the war in the middle east on the 2024 election. something that she's a lot of experience with from her time at the united nations. we'll discuss that with the former governor when she's here tomorrow. before we go, if you'd like to join fox news and fox corporation in donating to those impacted by the atrocities in israel,

michael mccaul, chairman of the foreign affairs committee. i modified this briefing on israel. terrorists struck israel last saturday. hamas killed thousands of people, injured thousands of people. took hostages, some americans. i was in the kibbutz on the border of gaza. speaker mccarthy talked to me and the residence there, saw the day care center. it is disgusting to me that 70 hamas killers went into the village and slaughtered almost all of the residence there, including the babies at the day care center, some of whom were beheaded. this is an act of terror. it cannot stand. we heard from the administration . there seems to have been a failure of intelligence as well. we aren't quite sure how we missed it, are not sure how israel missed it. egypt warned the israelis three days prior that an event like this could happen. this had been planned perhaps as long as a year ago. the other concern is escalation in the region. we know hezbollah has 100,000 rockets that would overload the iron dome. in syria we have isis. we have hezbollah. iraq has she a prospect sees fascia -- shi

michael mccaul of texas. kelly armstrong of north dakota. or mike gallagher of wisconsin. those are true conservative, what the democrats are waiting for. at 210 or 212 democrats for mike turner or any of those i mentioned. but they are not going to cross the aisle for maga -- maga is not a republican party. it's a party within itself. a maga party. a republican party is a true conservative party. like we had under president reagan. host: carolyn in louisiana. republican line. caller: yes. until they learn to play ball together, they ain't going to do crap. first of all louisiana, we don't play this monkey business they play everywhere else. we go in, we vote. we don't try to steal votes or whatever. but louisiana's got a good guy there. they don't squished out some of the best ones. everybody has skeltons in their closet. i'll tell you one thing, the democrats will stick with democrats. and republicans here lately don't want to do too much of nothing because they want a pity party like a bunch of women. we are just down home people. we don't like all this crap. we think t

those five people are, conservative, reagan conservative republicans, michael mccaul, from texas. ken buck from colorado. kelly armstrong from north dakota. mike gallagher from wisconsin. any of those -- and mike turner of ohio. any of those that they would put on the floor for nomination, the 212 democrats would come over and help support them. because they are -- they're not maga republicans. they are conservative republicans. host: all right, roy. let's listen to ralph norman talking to reporters on capitol hill. mr. norman: we have got to decide who we want as speaker. he's the designee now. for however long it takes. at the end they have day jim jordan will have to decide that. he has to decide what he wants to do. reporter: if he supports this, would that change your mind? mr. norman: no, whether he supports it or not i don't think it's the right way. reporter: do you think giving him two more months to get the votes is ok. mr. norman: his time is now. reporter: but you had another speaker designee. mr. norman: jim jordan is the right man for the right time to do the right j

house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul will join us. he will be part of the briefing. we'll also speak with retired general frank mackenzie who oversaw the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan and has spoken very honestly about how he thinks about how that was carried out. he joins us next. >> it's potentially a dangerous environment. we're taking it very seriously. our commanders on the ground have the right to defend themselves and their troops. >> martha: so minutes away, we expect the house foreign affairs committee will get a classified briefing on iran. obviously this issue is becoming front and center. there's a lot of fears about what the pentagon is warning could be a serious escalation from iran and its proxies potentially on u.s. troops. so here's a bit of what we heard from brigadier general ryder a short time ago. watch this. >> we're posturing additional forces in the region for two reasons. one, again, to bolster our deterrence efforts and to send a message that we will protect our forces. we will maintain the right of self-d

. >> the honorable michael mccaul, united states representative from texas, and mrs.all. >> i think we will pass our appropriations bill and the israeli -- iran bill, and then the security package. that will be russia's threat to ukraine and europe, china's threat to the pacific, the threat to the middle east, and securing the border. the reason why we are linking the threats together, -- >> do you have a message for president biden tonight? >> [indiscernible] it is all about national security. and what is happening in israel, we have to stand together. we did on the house floor. it was a great contrast to all the infighting from the first bill on the floor. uniting united states and israel. >> [indiscernible] >> the honorable mark wahlberg. >> [indiscernible] >> the honorable gregory meeks, united states representative from new york. >> [indiscernible] >> individuals have their own determinations to send a clear message that the house of representatives stand by our ally israel. >> [indiscernible] >> united states senator from idaho. >> [indiscernible] >> eventually.

one of the things foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul has said is he wants to as soon as possible bring a bipartisan resolution to the floor to show support for israel during this time. host: from michigan, our independent line, denise. caller: thank you for taking my call. ms. brooks, i would like to ask -- do you think jim jordan is qualified to run for speaker since he participated in the january 6 insurrection? it seems to me he would not be qualified. thank you. guest: i think that is not a question that i can answer, whether he is qualified or not. this is something the house republican conference will have to grapple with. he is getting a lot of support right now. i will say both representatives jim jordan and majority leader steve scalise voted against certifying some of those election results after january 6. either way, that is going to be a factor and probably a line that democrats .2. jim jordan is a higher point trial -- profile name. former representatives liz cheney over the weekend said she did not think jim jordan should be speaker because of matters rela

involvement in all of this head something we'll ask michael mccaul. welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. it doesn't end. it accelerates. now a possible ground war that could be moments away. let's get the very latest from greg palkot in israel with the latest. greg? >> i've been covering the region 25 years. i've never seen anything like this. we've been on the ground for three days with the war with israel and hamas. it's more intense, more active. the numbers are grim. israel is saying that 1,200 of their own are killed. 1,100 palestinians killed. among those dead, 22 americans. the big wild card in this, 150 hostages. america is saying that in fact 17 of their own have not been accounted for and at least some of those are in the grips of the militants. the scale of the infiltration by the militants in the thousands saturday and sunday. amazing. we were in an area that was a couple miles away from gaza today. there was still territory that the israeli government could not say that they had control. the scale of the blast, the blasts against hamas infrastructure inside

secretary of state mike pompeo and exclusive interviews with house foreign affairs committee michael mccaulrown prince in arizona candidate kari lake join us with full live development from the war on israel. that will do it for us for now. thank you so much for watching ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to "barron'

secretary of state mike pompeo and exclusive interviews with house foreign affairs committee michael mccaul, iranian crown prince in arizona candidate kari lake join us with full live development from the war on israel. that will do it for us for now. thank you so much for watching ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to "barron's roundtable" where we get behind the headlines and prepare you for the week ahead. i'm carlson english emperor jack otter. coming up israel is striking back against hamas as war rages in the middle east and the ripple effect to the global economy, top strategist ed yardeni will take a look at the applications and explain the impact on energy prices. then the u.s. is on the road to chip independence but it comes with higher cost that could be passed on to the consumer. later if you have $100,000 lying around we have tips on where to invest. we began as always with three things investors ought to be thinking about right now. stocks ended the week mixed with a war in the middle east in a slightly hotter than expected inflation report, then three big banks leading expectation for the thir

texas republican michael mccaul, held of the house foreign affairs committee, asking, "what kind of message are we sending to our adversaries when we can't govern, when we're dysfunctional, when we don't even have a speaker of the house?" you'll remember, republican contingents led a revolt against speaker mccarthy after he worked with democrats on continuing resolutions to keep the government open. mccarthy spoke with reporters earlier this morning and asked, can you imagine if the u.s. tried to respond to the crisis right now was shut down, the whole government, not just the house, were shut down? to be fair, there's not a huge urgency when it comes to military support of israel. we do this on a ten-year cycle, so everything will be okay. israel is and will be well armed. but the lack of a speaker does mean congress cannot do anything. it can't add to it, can't make any sort of decisions until they have that. >> and what does it say about our country as well. >> right. >> there is a vote for speaker expected on wednesday, but there's no guarantee that will happen. >> correct. there are tw

foreign affairs chair michael mccaul calls the infighting a dangerous game. >> our adversaries are watching us, and israel is watching. they need our help. >> this house of representatives needs a speaker, and we need to open up the house again. >> reporter: majority leader scalise, the number-two republican, says he's going to push to make that happen as quickly as possible. natalie brand, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> well, new jersey democratic senator bob menendez is facing a new criminal charge. federal prosecutors charged menendez with conspiracy to act as a foreign agent for the egyptian government. he's accused, along with his wife and a business associate, of taking action on behalf of egypt and its military. the new charges comes weeks after menendez and his wife were charged with taking bribes of cash, gold bars, and a luxury car in exchange for political favors. they both pleaded not guilty. >>> coming up, verdicts in the elijah mcclain case. the fate of two officers charged in his murder. >>> later, taylor swift makes thursday night football shimmer. the pop star attends last nig

michael mccaul said is the most embarrassing thing he's been involved in. there is a sense this disarray cannot keep going. there is a government shutdown deadline coming so this could drag on for a few more weeks. we get to the mid november deadline and congress has to act. when they have to act, they tend to get their act together at the last minute. host: you can join our conversation and the numbers are (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8000 democrats, and (202) 748-8002 independents. you can send us messages on facebook and x. how did the jim jordan thing fall apart? guest: he's very popular but members here for long-termer member that jim jordan was the matt gaetz of his era, controversial and picked fights with leader john boehner and other longtime appropriators. he was railing against them as rhinos. institutionalists who were here for a long time have that memory and they think they were unwilling to support him. we see a list of people on here of very conservative policies who were basically the same menu but different waiters. this is a

but texas republican congressman michael mccaul today disputed that assessment. >> i think all roads we certainly don't want to see this escalate, but iran is already in this. and to say somehow that iran's not i think is just a lack of common sense. >> reporter: while trying to prevent a wider war, the white house is also dealing with a growing u.s. death toll, now 22 americans and at least 17 stil >> i think we all need to steel ourselves for the very distinct possibility that these numbers will keep increasing. >> reporter: u.s. officials also don't know how many are being held hostage. rachel goldberg's son hersh was at that music festival that was attacked and was last seen in this bunker. his cell phone's final ping, at the gaza border. >> i have faith in president biden and all the people who are working tirelessly, trying to figure out how do we get american hostages out. >> reporter: fbi hostage experts are on their way to israel. >> i have not given up hope of bringing these folks home. >> reporter: but a former fbi agent said that finding and rescues hostages in gaza will

texas republican congress men michael mccaul today disputed that assessment. >> i think all roads lead. don't want to see this escalate but iran is already in this. to say somehow that iran is not i think it's just a lack of common sense. >> reporter: while trying to prevent a wider war, the rent houses also dilute the growing u.s. death toll, now 22 americans and at least 17 unaccounted for. >> i think we all need to steel ourselves for the very distinct possibility for these numbers will keep increasing. >> reporter: u.s. officials also don't know how many being held hostage. rachel goldberg's son was at the music festival that was attacked and was last seen in this bunker, his cell phone's final ping at the gaza border. >> i have faith in president biden and all the people working tirelessly trying to figure out, how do we get american hostages out? >> reporter: fbi hostage experts are on their way to israel. >> have not given up hope of bringing these folks home. >> reporter: a former fbi agents and finding interesting hostages and gongs will be readily difficult. >> the conditions

we're situation down as a government on abc's this week, texas congressman michael mccaul said lawmakers also have to approve support for israel. but ohio congressman mike turner told cnn state of the union getting to that magic number of 217 votes for speaker. it's still a heavy lift. congress is a light lake high school, but even more so so. >> hopefully we'll get past this. >> and some republicans along with many democrats want to just give more power to speaker pro tem patrick mchenry. while they figure out a permanent replacement. but mchenry opposes that. in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> new safety warning for parents of kids who stream on twitch researchers studied dozens of children under the age of 18 who broadcast themselves playing video games on the popular web site. they found that about half of them reveal their real names and their locations more than a 3rd of young streamers share their daily schedules and accepted donations. the study from cohen's to a children's medical center in new york. also found that even though twitch require streamers to be 13 years or older,

michael mccaul was head of the foreign affairs committee and said it was embarrassing.here is a sense that there is this disarray and it can't keep going. congress only acts with real deadlines. i'm seeing november 18, when troops would be paid, that will be forcing action. this could drag on but once we get to the november deadline, congress has to act. they tend to get their act together at the last minute. host: join our conversation. the numbers are here. you can send us posts on facebook and x. talk about how jim jordan's candidacy and how it fell apart. guest: he founded the house freedom caucus but members who had been here for a long time remember jim jordan was the matt gaetz of the era, controversial who had spats with the speaker, john boehner, and was railing against people as republicans in name only. institutionalists have that memory. at some basic level they were unable to support him. we see a list of people on here who have conservative policies like kevin hearne, byron donalds, johnson, the same menu but different waiters. this is a different set of p

cnn's kaitlin collins spoke with house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul about the move. >> we don't want to see troops on the ground here, but actually what the administration's doing in this case i fully support and that is deterrence. i think iran needs to see this and most importantly, hezbollah out of lebanon needs to see a showing of force by the united states both in terms of the destroyer ships, the two aircraft carriers and now we're sending special operators to train not boots on the ground, but to train the idea of as they go to the second phase of the military operation, which will be going door to door to liberate hostages and eliminate the terrorists, i think it's important that we show that force. >> my colleague is reporting secretary austin is preparing for the possibility of preparing 2,000 troops to go to israel in support roles of medical, logistics. are you okay with that? do you think it requires congressional approval? >> no. congressional approval would only apply if we were sending troops into combat. now i'm very cognizant what's going on. i had

national security, today he heads, i repeat, the committee on international relations, this is michael mccaul, for example, he recently published an address to president biden, where he generally, by the way, demands, then not now it happened, it happened even earlier, that he still demands in principle, not yesterday, yesterday, yesterday's address, where he demands, after all, from president biden, to finally give an answer, what is the strategy for ukraine's victory and what is the strategy for defeat, and actually makol says that with all due respect, being a convinced supporter of the idea of ​​supporting ukraine, he cannot help but notice that the answer, and he quotes biden here, is that we will support ukraine as long as necessary. this is not an answer that shows any strategy, because the strategy should answer the question of what should be the ukrainian victory and the defeat of russia, and surely it should mean. the same, also more decisive military support, which makol means, whether america is actually capable give us stronger support to answer these questions , uh, you know, in

chair of the house foreign affairs committee michael mccaul is demanding his colleagues quickly bringn to the floor condemning hamas with or without a speaker in place. with no speaker in place, the house is unable to bring any legislation to its floor, including requests for emergency funding for israel. however, the chamber is entering uncharted territory under acting speaker patrick mchenry when congress returns on tuesday. —— under acting speaker patrick mchenry. when congress returns on tuesday, republicans are expected to begin closed—door deliberations over who they will pick as their nominee with a potential vote as soon as wednesday. earlier, i spoke to axios senior contributor and director of syracuse university's institute for democracy, journalism and citizenship, margaret talev about the us response to the conflict in israel. thank you so much for being here. we are hearing that us navy ships and aircraft are being located closer to israel. what do you think that move signals in terms of us involvement in what is taking place in the region? this is israel's 9/11 is how ma

michael mccaul, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the house of representatives, welcomed such a decision, but said that it should have been made a long time ago, that it was overdue, and it was also necessary, in his opinion, to transfer missiles from with a range of up to 300 km by 170. according to him, the congress, the house of representatives, the republican party, which he represents, will continue to put pressure on the biden administration so that ukraine also gets such capabilities. ostape, let the pentagon know as well. voice of america that all the 31 american-made abrams tanks promised to the kyiv administration of biden have arrived in ukraine. what do you know about this delivery and where are the ukrainian military personnel who were training in abrensy now? yes, the us defense department also confirmed this, they said that along with the tanks , ammunition and spare parts also arrived in ukraine. let me remind you that earlier the united states allocated more powerful shells for such tanks, shells with depleted uranium. teams that trained in germany on suc

states will legally allow its armies to take part in hostilities, said house committee chairman michael mccaule politician emphasized that this bill is still in the discussion stage. makol added that some representatives parliament propose to exclude iran from the list of potential threats, and leave only radical groups, hezbollah, hamas and shiite militias. israel humiliated zelensky by rejecting his request for a visit, the indian edition of hindustan times writes about this. journalists emphasize that zelsky’s request for a joint solidarity visit with antony blinken was rejected by the israeli government at the official level. presumably the reason for this decision is the reluctance of the authorities of the jewish state to counteract russia. belgian police is looking for the criminal who shot two swedish people. fans in the center of brussels. the city has introduced the maximum level of terrorist threat. the k'evra qualifying match was called off after the first half. about 35,000 fans spent over 4 hours in the stands awaiting evacuation. artyom krosulin will tell you the details. they w

the head of one of the main congressional committees of the committee on of foreign affairs, michael mccaul, on the sidelines, i had the opportunity to talk with him to reporters, and he just said that he predicts that in the lower house they will find a common language among republicans, that the plan proposed by the administration, which includes ukrainian money, well, i'll just quote, he says there will be unity. tying all aid in one document is a good course of action, it will bring votes, regarding the position of the administration, bileydzim has already distributed a statement signed by president biden himself, and it becomes clear that the administration is not going to abandon the package, the president calls on the legislators , i quote here, to approve the request proposed by the white house as soon as possible, calls for immediate action, and regarding these future actions, there will be very serious negotiations between the administration and the new speaker, his staff and between congress. as for johnson himself, the situation is interesting here, well , the first step he took

it's clear the house foreign affairs committee, chairman michael mccaul also very strongng supporter. so i i believe the support is still there. we of course have to continuously try to focus our fellow citizens on the stakes. it's a national progression. you have intense focus ong something over a period of time. actually the intensity of the focus on ukraine lasted longer than i than i would've predicted but inevitably other things happened. the mediang moves on, and it's n those moments where sure, it's a little bit more challenging to keep people focused on something, and in doing that in so doing so dash assisting the support. i've not seen that erosion but is not something went to work at all times. >> what you think about all the so-called realist perspective on ukraine and russia? which is related to maybe some of this quasi-isolationism you hear in the more trump fired portion of the republican party which is most of your look and party at this moment, that this war is partially at least partially the product of western overreach that of course rush is going to reacto negativ

but another one of your republican colleagues michael mccaul from texas said this, the world is watchingthey are seeing a dysfunctional democracy here in the united states, and that what the ayatollah of iran wants and chairman xi wants, and he said that last bit is important, and we have to prove them wrong here in america, and do you worry that it is one more thing that diminishes the u.s. position in world? >> yes, winston churchill said that democracy the worst form of government except for all of the others. and it begins with biden's disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan, and this is when the american foreign policy especially has gone down, and i adamantly believe that ukraine started because of the vacuum that was seen in afghanistan and now we are seeing other things that have gone off worldwide because of the incompetency i believe of the biden administration in foreign affairs and $6 billion was given a few weeks to iran for quote humanitarian purposes, and we all know that money is fungible, and can be used for whatever, and it is a different thing. it is one thing to have a

and joining us is michael mccaul, and chairman, thank you for joining us.n the speaker's race, you came out of the meeting with the republicans saying that you will support jim jordan and what got you to place that you are comfortable with that? >> well, i had a very good conversation with him, and i was concerned about national security issues, particularly if we pass an israeli supplemental national security bill, would ukraine included in that, and i was assured that he could link the two. he would look at the details of it, but it was very important to me, but most importantly, kate, we can't afford to not have a speaker in the chair. we have to govern, and looking at what is unfolding in israel, my committee does authorization of the use of the military force and if we don't have a speaker in the chair, we can't pass any of this stuff. jordan has a unique capability to govern his caucus, the freedom caucus, and primarily the eight who ousted kevin mccarthy. now, i don't like to rewarding bad behavior, don't get me wrong, but i don't like dysfunction ei

thoughts in terms how far we got here chairman of the highways foreign affairs committee joined me michael mccaulh of this on appeasement out of this administration, and failing to be tough, on this terrorism watch this. >> of 30 billion dollars, of unenforced sanctions on all, right? i mean that helped them build their war machine nuclear weapons program, giving them 150 million dollars to hamas a bunch of weapons they yued to voided israel last saturday, conduct this massacre on the ground, in addition, maria, you know that hostage negotiation, giving, you know, giving five innocent americans out in exchange for six very culpable iranian prisoners culpable of espionage for lack of a better world you throw six billion dollars on top of that. maria: brett this is reason they won't connect dots to iran because at the in other they are exposed as far as support and appeasement of iran last two and a half years. >> i couldn't agree more i think we need to operate from a position of strength, we've been too weak why this happened in israel hamas killed kidnapped raped pill aged conflict no longer tal

. >> congressman michael mccaul, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. thanks for having me. >>> meanwhile, the biden administration says it's unclear on the condition of americans who may be among the estimated 150 hostages being held by hamas in gaza. we're learning more about the details on the people who are missing and others being held captive right now. what are we hearing from the families during these very difficult times? >> reporter: wolf, there is so much uncertainty. so many people have no information about their loved ones. we are getting new details about how they were taken. we have to warn viewers some of you may find some of the video in the story disturbing. >> reporter: mill tapts yell as a pickup truck approaches. in the back, 22-year-old is filmed lying almost naked and being beaten. he was taken hostage at the music festival last saturday. omer's parents wanted the world to see this video. the uncle says he's in poor health and needs medication. >> horrifying to see your nephew in a situation being hit, brutalized, ill, high fever,