fentanyl crisis. he is on heroin, meth, cocaine and marijuana. that is a very good boy. and we thank him for his service. >> jesse: i want to mention something to sandra because your husband just texted me. >> tyrus: yes. >> jesse: he wanted me to ask you why you missed that flight. >> sandra: get really close as i always. before kids really easy to fly. i used to show up at the gate, i don't know five minutes before they shut the door and i was five minutes late this time and i missed it. tire tire . >> tyrus: i that not sharp. >> sandra: that was the night he was going to propose. that does it for us. thank you, very therapeutic. that's it for us have. a great night, everybody. >> bret: hey, sandra, i'm still trying to imagine je jesse witha

jerry cellular. have a good weekend, guys. >> tyrus: need a photo. >> bret: good evening, welcome to "special report." i'm bret baier. anti-israel protest go on at columbia university one day after more than 100 were arrested there. we'll bring you there. silence from the white house following israel's overnight strike against iran. go to the region and the white house for that and whatever happened to the investigation into the 2021 pipe bombs. the democratic and republican headquarters. lawmakers facing deadlines for key legislation and the republican house speaker needs help from rival democrats to keep the process on track and his job intact chad pergram starts us off tonight on capitol hill. >> bret, the house passed a test vote to tee up the aid package for a vote tomorrow. but it was also a test for house speaker mike johnson.

democrats may be willing to help the speaker keep his job. >> the resolution is adopted. >> in a scene not witnessed since 1964 on civil rights, the minority party helped the majority put a bill on the floor. 165 democrats voted yes to only 151 republicans. >> we could let them simply crash and burn. >> johnson faced a revolt from republicans after he resisted calls to include border security. >> i'm concerned that the speaker has cut a deal with the democrats to fund foreign wars rather than to secure our border. >> democrats backing up the republican speaker. >> we have to make sure that the chaos caucus, which is the republican party cannot continue to stand in the way of absolutely vital ukraine military assistance. >> some conservatives have had it with johnson. eli crane of arizona is one of eight republicans who voted to oust house speaker kevin mccarthy last fall. >> it's tough to defend him right now.

i definitely sense there is a souring. you know, to republican leadership. >> marjorie taylor greene did not trigger her plan to bounce johnson from his job. >> i'm not answering questions on that right now. >> why is that, congressman? can you describe your level of frustration? >> but at least three republicans now favor removing him. green, massi, and paul gosar of arizona. some republicans are exhausted by the drama over who's in charge. >> this is not supposed to be reality television. we came here to govern. >> johnson is unfazed. >> i'm going to do my job. i'm not deterred. we're going to do the right thing and let the chips fall where they may. >> there are buyer's remorse by some republican who's elected johnson last year. >> tried to select speaker multiple candidates. ended up selecting a candidate who has failed us. >> the house aims to pass the aid bill tomorrow and it's unclear if green will try to strip johnson of his gavel.

bret? >> bret: chad, when will we know that? will it be this weekend? will it be after that. >> potentially maybe after the votes tomorrow on the aid package. >> bret: chad, thank you. opening statements are now scheduled for monday in the historic criminal trial for former president donald trump. the remaining juror, alternate positions were filled today. and sworn in. correspondent nate foy is outside the courthouse in new york tonight. good evening, nate. >> good evening, bret. all 12 jurors and six alternates are seated in former president donald trump's manhattan criminal trial. some contentious moments at the end of court today. judge juan merchan told trump's legal team that they can't delay this trial by continuing to challenge each of his decisions. you mention opening statements will happen on monday and that's something that former president trump expressed frustration with while leaving court tonight. listen here. >> the trial starts on monday, which is long before a lot of people thought the judge wants this to go as fast as possible.

his reasons not my reasons. >> this is a giant witch-hunt to try to hurt a campaign that's beating the worst president in history. >> bret, also at the end of court today, president trump stood to leave, perhaps, a bit early. and judge merchan sternly told him to sit down. the former president later expressed frustration with the judge, as well as the court's gag order there will be a hearing on tuesday about potential sanctions for possible gag order violations. today the court selected, as you mentioned, five additional alternate jurors to round out the jury. four women and one man. all 12 jurors and six alternates are now sworn in ready for opening statements on monday. in a disturbing moment outside the courthouse this afternoon, bret, a man lit himself on fire. he is in critical condition at cornell burn center tonight. police say he came to new york from florida within the past week and posted conspiracy theories online. >> we do not believe he is -- this was targeting any

particular person or any particular group. right now labeling it as sort of a conspiracy theorist. >> judge merchan promised a ruling before opening statements on monday morning about what prosecutors can bring up if former president trump testifies. something that he has indicated he plans on doing. bret? >> bret: nate foy outside the courthouse. nate, thanks. president biden has not said anything publicly today about israel's overnight retaliatory strikes against iran. following last weekend's assault from the islamic republic on israel. the biden team is also being sir circumspect. white house correspondent peter doocy has the latest tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> peter: good evening, bret. officials here have a new strategy for addressing israel's offensive war plans. say less. >> we do not have any comment on the reports at this time.

>> more than half a day after israel's strikes against iran, the white house had nothing. >> i'm just going to be really mindful. look, i'm going to, again, be super mindful. i just want to be mindful here. >> peter: monday officials wanted to wait and see. >> if israel retaliates against iran. will the u.s. support that. >> to answer bluntly i'm not going to get into hypotheticals. >> it's no longer hypothetical but, still, no comment. >> the official lawn that we're not going to talk about this, that is the line. that is the choice. >> i think that this reflects the tension in the u.s. relationship with israel. >> white house officials are also now defending president biden's claim about his uncle bazzi who dyed in world war 2-6r7b8ghegot shot down in new . they never found the body because there used to be a lot of cannibals, for real in that part of guinea. >> there is no official record backing up that claim. >> second lieutenant am brothers jay finnegan was a war hero.

the pentagon says for unknown reasons the plane was forced to ditch in the ocean. both engines failed at low altitude. why is president biden saying he was shot down. there is no evidence of that why is he saying that his uncle was eaten by cannibals. that's a bad way to governmental he lost his life. it's not -- look, we should not make jokes about this. >> peter: president biden has told that story about his uncle twice in a week now. we nor closer to learning where exactly he is getting any of that from because did he not stop to talk to us on his way to marine one for a weekend away in wilmington. bret? >> bret: okay. peter doocy live on the north lawn. peter, thanks. >> bret: there is a sense tonight that the fighting between israel and iran may be over for now. last night's strikes against iran by israel are being characterized as strategic and limited. correspondent trey yingst is in tel aviv tonight.

[chanting. >> iranian protesters take to the streets of tehran on friday morning. many holding signs that say down with israel. >> the zionist regime should know that if it makes a mistake, this time it will be punished harder and most severely. >> demonstrations erupted hours after an israeli strike targeted iran's province. home to the that tantaros nuclear facility. a plant used to enrich uranium. the apparent retaliation to iranian attack against israel over the weekend. was meant to send a message to iran that israel can reach out and touch close to nuclear facilities. a well-placed military source told fox news. reports indicate an air base was hit about israeli missiles as iranian military leadership claimed, without evidence, that explosions heard in the area were caused by successful air defense interceptions. >> i think the iranians will likely call it a day. no cruise missile attack no. ballistic missile attack. and, you know, they wanted to

call it a day, obviously, after the last attack on saturday night, but the israelis weren't going to put up with that. i'm hopeful that's where we are. >> american and israeli officials had very limited reaction to the strikes overnight. but, secretary of state antony blinken reiterated that the united states stands behind its key middle east partner. >> we are also committed to de-escalating, to trying to bring this tension to a close. >> the event allowed iran to claim victory and israel. effectively de-escalating for now. >> trey yingst in tel aviv. thank you. >> up next more voices from the left are urging r.f.k. jr. to drop his presidential campaign. protest at columbia university. first, beyond our borders tonight. ukraine says it shot down a russian strategic bomber as

moscow officials deny those claims. the kremlin says the plane suffered a malfunction and crashed into a deserted part of southern russia. kremlin forces conducted aerial attacks overnight killing at least 8 people. injuring 22348 central ukraine. voters in india begin heading to the polling locations as the first phase of the world's largest elections begins. prime minister nor renda modi is seeking a third term, a five year term nearly 970 million voters or at least 10% of the world's population are expected to participate in the six week election. the votes will be counted june 4th. and this is a live look at london. one of the big stories there tonight. olympic organizers at an tanks launch event in london unveil a officials say the technologyts. could be used to help identify athletes, personalize training methods and improve judging. >> the committee is also planning to use ai powered

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♪ >> bret: new filings indicate missouri democratic congresswoman cori bush paid her husband another $15,000 from her candidate committee this year. that happened despite an ongoing justice department probe into her campaign spending. the congresswoman has paid her spouse $135,000 for security services since january of 2022. her campaign office is not commenting weaknesses in chip stocks led to mixed results on wall street today. the dow gained 211. the s&p 500 was down 44. the nasdaq was off 319. for the week, the dow was up a fraction. the s&p 500 dropped 3 percentage points. the nasdaq fell 5.5. the biden administration is taking steps to limit oil and gas drilling and mining in alaska. the new regulation blocks development on 40% of alaska's national petroleum preserve to protect habitats for polar bears, caribou and other wildlife. state officials say the restrictions will cost jobs and

make the u.s. more reliant on foreign resources. >> bret: president biden's campaign is trying to gain points focusing on former president donald trump's mental fitness. this comes as his team fights back against public doubts about president biden's cognitive abilities. there is also increasing concern by democrats about the third party challenge from robert f. kennedy jr. and disagreement among republicans about early voting. all of that correspondent bryan llenas shows us tonight from philadelphia. >> the trump campaign and the republican national committee launching a new election integrity program they call monumental. committing to deploy over 100,000 volunteers and, quote: aggressive attorneys across every battleground state. in an effort they say to ensure transparency and fairness in the 2024 elections. in a memo last month, the rnc said that encouraging voters to

early vote and vote by mail are top priorities. in an effort to turn out record numbers of voters. but former president trump himself just last week in pennsylvania attacked mail-in voting. the only way to vote early in the nation's largest battle ground state. >> remember we won pennsylvania. we were up by like hundreds of thousands of votes. and then all of a sudden, voila and we know what happened. >> trump won pennsylvania in 2016 but lost to president biden in 2020 by just 81,000 votes. now g.o.p. groups like the win-again pac are trying to convince republicans to vote by mail. >> we're getting outvoted in what is essentially the early vote by margins of 3 to 1, sometimes more. >> pennsylvania is one of six battleground states where this new ad will run in newspapers from environmentalists urging robert f. kennedy jr. to end his independent presidential campaign. it reads earth to r.f.k. jr.: honor our planet, drop out. the ad claims kennedy will spoil the election for president biden

and lead to a trump victory. the biden campaign this week paid for a statewide ad in pennsylvania touting biden's mental sharpness. >> i love to tell the story about meeting president biden because when you meet him, this guy is as sharp as a knife. >> and new fox polling shows 55% of pennsylvania voters think president biden does not have the mental soundness to serve effectively. bret? >> bret: bryan, thank you. >> new anti-israel protests erupted today at new york's columbia university comes one day after 100 people were arrested it there during. students no longer have tents but still prepared to stay through the night. good evening, c.b. >> good evening, bret. that's right. students have declared this area a liberated zone here at columbia university. there are blankets, sleeping bags, and a rotation of food is being brought to the area. these students are calling on the university to cut ties with

israeli universities and divest from companies with ties to israel. separate protests are happening in support of these students just off campus where a group of jewish students encountered this message. [shouting] >> never forget the 7th of october. never forget the 7th of october. >> five more times, 10 more times. not a thousand more times. [shouting] >> a university spokesperson tells us even though the encampment has been dismantled, there have been protests on campus since the start of the israel-hamas war and the university expects them to continue and its rules pertaining to protest will be enforced. one of them is that demonstrations must end at 6:00 p.m. as you can see there are no signs protesters are leaving here any time soon. a jewish student tells us she thinks the hateful rhetoric will

continue. >> i feel like i'm not wanted here, you know? it kind of just feels like everyone who isn't exactly like me hates me and doesn't care what i have to say. i have tried to converse with a lot of these people. their response was i don't converse with zionists. >> tonight signs of similar protests are popping up at universities across the country. bret? >> bret: c.b., thank you. up next, the news is not good whether it comes to army recruitment and one of the government's own programs seems to be contributing to the problem. and, later, our whatever happened to report. remember that search for the person who allegedly planted pipe bombs outside the dnc and rnc offices in 2021? well, we have an update. ♪ of the things you love. some things should stand the test of time. long lasting eylea hd could significantly improve your vision

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♪ >> bret: the fbi has raided the dolton illinois village hall amid investigation into the corruption involving the town's

mayor. agents served subpoenas this afternoon requesting employment records, personnel files and disciplinary reports for 15 dolton employees. earlier this month the residents blamed mayor tiffany henyard afteey were locked out of village hall in march she vetoed an effort by the village board members to investigate her spending. maryland governor wes moore says getting the francis scott key bridge in baltimore rebuilt is an urgent priority. salvage crews are working to remove thousands of tons of debris sitting atop the container ship that crashed into the bridge last month. crews are also working to reopen the port's main channel by the end of this month. last year, the u.s. army fell 10,000 recruits short of its 65,000 goal. so this year it lowered that goal by 10,000 recruits. it's also partnering with new united football league for recruitment visibility. but there is one technological and bureaucratic hurdle making things harder for military

recruiters. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin shows us from the pentagon. >> when you put on that union form, th uniform there is a senf pride. >> facing shortage of recruits the u.s. army has launched a new campaign of be all that he can be. turning to coach k the legendary duke passable coach. one reason u.s. military recruiters are coming up short has nothing to do with young americans' desire to enlist. new electronic healthcare system known as genesis which the pentagon began implementing over the past decade and is now fully operational. >> genesis is essentially like a giant g gigantic magnifying cla. it scattered showers the cloud and goes over every recruit's childhood history. >> former marine served in the pentagon under defense secretary jim mattis. the military services never

wanted genesis. the problem is that this has been long in the making and there is several billion dollars behind the program. >> and now congress is asking questions. >> if you broke your arm when you were 12 playing peewee football genesis knows it. prescribed ssri because you were depressed when you were 13 because your dad were getting a bad divorce genesis knows it. >> the department continues to defend the system. quote the use of nhs ensuring the best matches are made between recruits and the military it. provides the military services with a complete medical history that no longer relies solely on applicant's self-disclosure. >> genesis was supposed to make a recruit's voluntary snition of medical records. credit takes say it creates months of delays during which other qualified recruits get other job offers or have second thoughts. bret? >> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, thanks. ♪ ♪

>> bret: in tonight's whatever happened to segment, the investigation into who placed pipe bombs near the offices of the republican and democratic national committees in 2021. right around january 6th. correspondent david spunt tells us what we know and what we don't know tonight. >> half a million dollars. that's what the fbi might pay you if you can help them identify this person leading to the arrest and conviction. the bureau says the person, covered from head to toe, placed pipe bombs near the dnc and rnc headquarters on january 5th, 2021. the night before the capitol riot. the mystery has yet to be solved. the fbi recently telling fox news over the past three years a dedicated team of fbi agents analysts, data scientists and law enforcement partners has worked thousands of hours conducting interviews, reviewing physical and digital evidence and assessing tips from the

public. the fbi previously told fox news there are some clues that can help solve this case. >> there one video come tippy-toes, peculiars there somebody that somebody who knows this individual may be able to pick out. the pipe bombs did not detonate a suspect walking in a residential neighborhood blocked from the u.s. capitol had pipe bombs that could have injured or killed innocent bystanders. >> although it has been more than three years we still have many unanswered questions. >> former fbi agent maureen o'connell explains why the investigation is an uphill battle. >> i'm not overly surprised that they haven't been able to find this person when you look just at the video evidence that we have and the images that were captured from that film. it's very grainy, and it's something you see a lot when you're looking at surveillance footage. >> both the rnc and dnc declined comment on this story. if you have any information, call 1-800-225-5324.

you can remain anonymous and, remember that $500,000 reward. bret? >> bret: david spunt, thanks. ♪ >> bret: breaking tonight, we're just getting word in the past five minutes five teenagers have been shot in green belt, maryland today. there were hundreds of students there apparently gathered in the afternoon for a senior skip day and a water gun fight. the green belt police chief is saying there were at least 500 to 600 high schoolers present when officers arrived at the park. five teens, ages between 16 and 18 were discovered, suffered from gunshot wounds. all of the students heard the gunshots ring out as you are looking at video there. detectives currently believe the suspect fled the park as the large group ran off into hanover parkway. we will continue to monitor. this again, five shot in green belt, maryland. up next chaos.

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>> bret: this is the best possible product that we can get under these circumstances to take care of these really important obligations. so we look forward to the vote tomorrow. >> he has fallen right in line with what the swamp, what the uniparty expects from its leadership. >> it took bipartisan cooperation, led by speaker johnson on the other side of the aisle to get us to a point, finally, where america's national security interests can be considered. >> bret: it looks like those national security bills, the funding bills are going to go forward this weekend, still watching that on capitol hill. axios writes. this. johnson, speaker johnson gets another rare bailout from democrats on foreign aid. 165 democrats voted with 151 republicans to pass what's known as the rule, a procedural mechanism setting the terms of debate and votes on legislation. republican hardliners have increasingly defected from the

republican leadership and voted to keep rules from passing this session. let's bring in our panel. fox news senior political analyst juan williams. mollie hemingway editor and chief at "the federalist" and daniel lippman of politico. let me start with you. is there a sense that johnson had surpassed the tough part here or that he may still lose his job in coming days? >> i think the sense i get from talking to people on capitol hill is that he has managed this really complicated conference to get a multiple aid packages that they can vote on this weekend. and not lose his job in the meantime. and so i think there's a lot of republicans who say having another kevin mccarthy scenario where we oust our own speaker is not going to be good for the party or its image. >> bret: here are some house g.o.p. members on the motion to vacate. that's to kick johnson out of his job. i do not support a motion to vacate. as disappointed i am with the

speaker and handling of this issue and legislation i do not support the motion to vacate. >> i'm not getting into that right now. >> let's say you get 15 republicans say let's do the motion to vacate. schumer has called hakeem jeffries you will find 15 democrats to neutralize that republican effort because we kind of like who we have. >> and you have got a tweet from thomas massi one of the three now who has joined, this mollie. representative paul gosar from arizona is now three with marjorie taylor greene pushing for this. what's your take on all of this right now. >> washington, d.c. is very happy with how this week has gone. you saw democrats celebrating how mike johnson has handled things and a lot of the republican conference has as well. but, republicans have a bit of a problem here with what's happened this week which is demoralizing their own voters. the american voter and the republican voter in particular has a pretty simple policy goal for this congress. they know that it's a small

republican majority. they just asked to decrease the chaos at the border and secure the u.s. border. and what happened with their leaders is that they did -- they didn't represent that interest. they are representing the d.c. interest. they are making sure that the ukraine war is funded and that other foreign wars are funded. but the problem is that's not what the american voter wants and that's certainly not what the republican voter wants. and they will have an energy and turnout problem because of how little they have delivered for the american voter. >> bret: juan? >> juan: clearly the news of the day is the democrats helping expwrons. and the democrats should help johnson. just from their own perspective, they look like the adults in the room. we have a functional congress that hasn't been able to get basic things done, specifically, i think the aid to ukraine stands out because, you know, ukraine is in dangerous losses at russia's hands. that should have passed a long time ago.

now we're going to see some action there. so i think that the idea, again, for the american people congress needs to work. a experiment in minority majority coalition government on capitol hill in the congress is a welcomed experiment at a time obviously when there was function. and finally, i think that on the border issue, there was something there. johnson did listen to his supporters, especially those on the extreme right and say okay, we're not going to buy this deal. remember, trump stowed people don't vote for it. otherwise, when you look at ukraine, israel, and even potentially tiktok, i think he has support that is in line with what most americans want to see happen. a congress that is taking care of america's problems. >> bret: let's turn to the jury in new york. a.p. full jury of 12 people. six alternates seated in trump's hush money trial in new york. the panel which includes

software engineers, english teacher and multiple lawyers took shape after the lawyers spent days causing dozens of potential jurors whether they can impartially judge the presumptive republican nominee who had his thoughts again today. >> this is a rigged case. this is a case that was put in very strongly because of politics instead of being in georgia or north carolina. this is going on for another week. this will go on for another four or five weeks. it's all unfair. people know it's very unfair. >> bret: dana, i think people have come to the conclusion in their own head how they are looking at this even before the trial starts. obviously, when opening statements start, it will be different. you will hear the facts of the case as presented by both sides. your thoughts on the politics of this? >> well, i think for trump, paying off porn stars distracts from his message of hey, there

is chaos at the border. prices are way too high. the fact that he himself has said is he going to be stuck in this courtroom for weeks on end makes it hard for him to sell that anti-biden message. and so, i think that he is -- we're probably going to see damaging testimony from people like hope hicks, former inner circle about how he operated in that 2016 campaign where they were trying to keep damaging stories from getting out of headlines. >> bret: mollie? >> i think people should be prepared for a conviction here. this is a left wing prosecutor, a left wing judge, a jury pool that is overwhelmingly left wing. and, of course, the democrat campaign strategy is lawfare. using trumped up charges to go after a political opponent in order to imprison or bankrupt him. but, it is interesting that this has all been going on, actually, for several months with democrat prosecutors like al village bragg who said it's a crime to use personal funds instead of campaign funds on nondisclosure agreement. nobody actually takes that seriously.

it's obvious lawfare here. but it has worked. it is a very effective strategy for democrats. and, yet, you still see these strong polling numbers for the republican candidate, donald trump, and in some ways, i think people are so upset about the lawfare that that is helping him to some extent. >> bret: he is obviously going to have to deal with these courtrooms. not just this one. others, potentially before the election. but we're going to take a jaunt down to a place we call candidate casino this time we're going to continue this. it's really interesting who he is going to pick as v.p., potentially. juan, you have got $100 in chips. you have got to play them. who does donald trump pick for his number two slot? >> juan: i'm going heavy with women candidates, bret. i noticed that biden and r.f.k., even cornel west picked a woman. i still have $40 on tulsi gabbard as disgruntled democrat help donald trump. $30 on elise stefanik.

$10 on rubio and $10 on scott. one more woman. $10 on nikki haley. i know that's a h helluva have a bet but she would help him. >> putting $100 on senator j.d. vance who trump views as kind of the next generation. liberals used to write him because he wrote hillbilly elegy and now huge star in the data base. >> bret: we rarely see black chips in the casino. that is bold. mollie, round us out. >> i'm opposite here i have money going out all over the place. there are many strong contenders and i don't think donald trump has decided yet what he wants. j.d. vance gets 15. so does doug burgum made good impression during the republican debates. governor sarah sanders who works well with president trump. and senator tim scott. and then for slightly lower

wagers i will put tim reynolds. marco rubio, governor glenn youngkin and did i also think tulsi gabbard might be a long shot here. >> bret: okay. well, we shall see. i don't know how long it's going to take it. could take all the way to the convention. we will still be playing this game. panel, stand by if you could. the friday lightning round. israel and iran, plus, winners and losers, later, "notable quotables." quotables." ♪ here's to getting better with age. here's to beating these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need... ...without the stuff you don't. so, here's to now. boost. ava: i was just feeling sick. and it was the worst day. mom was crying.

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>> i know there is a lot -- a lot of interest in reports from the middle east overnight. we do not have any comment on the reports at this time. >> president joe biden has got to step up. he can't continue to appease iran. >> the most important question for the israelis is what do they want to achieve here. they want to achieve a limited narrow attack to de-escalate the situation. >> bret: well, that's how it's been described the attack by israel into iran. reuters says tehran is playing down the reported israeli strike signals. retaliation. limited scale of the attack iranians muted response signaled a successful effort by diplomats who had been working to avert all-out war since iranian drone and missile attack last saturday. look at the strikes it does show that the strikes are in its fan progress.

appears every side is trying to tamp this down. we're back with the panel. juan, thoughts? rocks to be choreographed. everybody is sending signals don't mess with us. but we're not really sending heavy fire intended to kill, to maim, for example, just picking up on what you described to the audience to attack a nuclear facility. they are showing they have the technologic ability to do it but they didn't do it let's move on. >> i think the question is it's still a tinder box, mollie. middle east very tense. after these attacks last night right before october 7th. bragging. quiet. and he said that was because of joe biden's foreign policy.

and these last several months have been very difficult to watch to see what is happening to our ally israel there. and it is not quiet and the biden foreign policy has been a bit of a jumbod mess. to that end staying quiet these last 24 hours might be the best thing that we could ask for from joe biden. but, also it does seem that israel has responded well to this unprecedented attack on it. and it is also showing the effectiveness of its deterrence policy by striking back showing what its capabilities are and keeping things from spiraling out of control. >> bret: daniel, we still have the iranian proxies in the region still launching attacks they have in recent gays the big question is hezbollah whether they step up from the north. your thoughts on all of this? >> yeah, the biden administration has tried from day one to prevent an all-out regional war. they seem to be successful, netanyahu did kind of ignore biden saying take the win. and this all comes as he is facing a lot of trouble from his base. over his support of israel.

and even his own wife, jill, has said stop what's going on in gaza. >> bret: o let's do winners and louiseers. juan, first to you. >> juan: the winner of the week is mike johnson. he put himself and job at risk as speaker by facing down the extremists in his party. so far mike johnson has survived. that's a big win for him. the loser of the week, i would say the trump jurors. anybody who has got selected for that jury, which was put in place today, they are going to have their lives dissected. they will be the targets of trump and his allies. they are in for a rough ride. >> bret: okay. mollie? winner and loser? >> my winner is scottie scheffler, the number one golfer in the world who had an amazing play this last weekend and all around great guy as well. my loser is the american taxpayers. joe biden recently announced his plan to have wealthy people

college loans paid for by american taxpayers. we learned that three quarter of a million of these people who will have loans paid for by other americans actually make more than $300,000 a year. >> bret: all right, daniel, quick winner and loser? >> president zelenskyy is the winner for likely getting that huge aid package that's going to pass this weekend in the house for the loser i would say tiktok which is also part of that aid package, likely to get banned although the courts will probably say that's a first amendment violation. >> bret: okay. have great weekend, guys. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ >> bret: we know that sound, it's friday. that's time for "notable quotables." >> there are 110 ballistic missiles coming from iran aiming towards israel. >> it was an embarrassing failure for the supreme leader of the irgc. >> bret: a sense of where israeli leadership is on the strike back after this past weekend's attacks.

>> this cannot just pass it. cannot go unanswered. we have to respond and we will respond. >> yes, we are all hamas is! >> we're all hamas. >> if something like this happened in arkansas, there would be a lot of very wet criminals that would have been tossed overboard. >> i'm not resigning. >> i would rather send bullets to ukraine than american boys. >> well, mccarthy was both incompetent and dishonest. johnson is just incompetent. >> soros as secretary has left a scar on our nation's soul that may never be removed. >> with the resources and authorities that we have, it is as secure as it can be. >> impeachment should be reserved only for high crimes and misdemeanors. >> well, i want to thank the republicans for bringing the jerry springer show over to the senate. >> they are going to continue our fight against this judge. >> they never found the body because used to be a lot of cannibals, for real. >> if i had -- all i could think

about right now was getting hung. >> well, monday on "special report," opening statements in former president donald trump's criminal trial, an effort to delay that trial has been shot down. going to start monday. join shannon bream on "fox news sunday." gerald moskowitz. can't catch us live set your dvr. 3:00 p.m. in the west coast and 6:00 p.m. on the east coast. make it a weekend. thanks for joining "special report," fair balanced and still unafraid. "the ingraham angle" starts in just seconds. ♪ ♪ ♪ the trial starts on monday which is long