huh? looks like adam schiff. >> judge jeanine: dana. >> dana: check out echo the australia shepherd and everest is a would goen retriever. this isn't what the mom came home to. the dogs are not just on the furniture but the counter and refrigerator. >> judge jeanine: oh my gosh. >> dana: judge, your dogs wouldn't do that. >> judge jeanine: no, never. >> dana: that's all i got. >> judge jeanine: how did they get up there? >> harold: orlando police team up to give this young man battling kidney disease stone hicks. wanted to be an officer of the day. made him an officer, got his uniform and car and a he quote a chance to meet some paw patrol characters on his favorite show. way to go officer, my man. >> judge jeanine: what a great story. that is terrific. all right, everybody. that's it for us tonight. have a great night. >> bret: all right, judge. paw patrol. all right, thank you. >> judge jeanine: that's the show. >> bret: we will see you. welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. protesters clash with police on several college campuses again.

we will tell you how many demonstrators have been arrested or detained and what punishment they are facing a president trump faces gag offend e continues to speak out. nation's intelligence efforts talk about the greatest worldwide threats on capitol hill. ♪ president biden says there is no place for anti-semitism, violence or hate speech. today marked his first public statement about the anti-israel college protests since a brief comment april 22nd to a shouted question on earth day. some of his critics say it was too little beings too late. the administration insists he was crystal clear this morning. white house correspondent peter doocy has details live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> peter: president biden only chose to speak for this for four minutes and he chose not to mention israel. but the president's point to

protesters was the white house has your back until certain lines are crossed. >> there's the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos. >> just three and a half blocks away, a palestinian flag and a keffiyeh on a staat statue of ge washington. [chant from the river to the sea ♪ palestine will be free >> today's speech was billed as remarks by remarks president biden quote recent events on college campuses. and he explained to protesters he doesn't want the national guard getting involved and police only show up when laws are broken. >> we are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people or squash dissent. >> the president's anti-semitism task force met yesterday focusing on three things according to a source familiar, campus security, online anti-semitism, and federal coordination with law enforcement to protect jewish communities. >> there is no place for hate speech or violence of any kind

whether it's anti-semitism, phobia or discrimination against arab americans or palestinian americans. it's simply wrong. >> at the state department, assurances that vetting will be thorough if the administration follows through on plans to admit palestinians from gaza as refugees. >> we are constantly evaluating policy proposals to further support palestinians who are family members of american citizens and may want to join them in the united states. >> a wrinkle in protesters plans, president biden remains unmoved by their efforts. >> have the protests forced you to reconsider any of the policies with regard to the region? >> no. thank you. >> mr. president -- >> peter: so the protest for policy change aren't changing anything here, and that has the 100,000 member group, which is dnc-linked called college democrats, warning that they support president biden's re-election right now but, more and more colleged age -- college

aged students are becoming disillusioned with the democratic party. bret? >> bret: all right, peter, thank you. there continues to be conflict between police and anti-israel, some anti-semitic demonstrators. some number of outside agitators on college campuses around the country. overnight, law enforcement officers cleared a demonstrator encampment at ucla. and today protesters and police clashed in portland, oregon. correspondent christina coleman is on the ucla campus right now. good evening, christina. >> good evening, bret. yes, since april, since last month, police have arrested or detained roughly 2,000 people during these protests and at least 44 college campuses across the nation. and some of those protests happened here last night. [cheers] >> anarchy at portland state university as protesters charged at police clearing the state

library blocked by demonstrators since monday. at least a dozen arrests were made. four of those were students at the school. >> police. you are under arrest. >> portland police say the library has now been cleared. noting they found what appeared to be improvised weapons including ball bearings and diy armor. none of these were used on police. overnight at ucla, more than 200 anti-israel protesters were arrested after law enforcement stormed the encampment. [explosion] >> demand links barriers, taking down tents and unmasking demonstrators who are now facing multiple charges. >> failure to disperse. not obeying officers' commands, trespassing. the officers have pushed back and pushed through the encampment using tear gas, using flash bombs. as far as i'm away they had sniper, it's a complete overreaction. >> on wednesday, 20 arrests remain at tulane university. protesters at dartmouth clashed with officers in riot gear and four demonstrators were arrested

at yale. today, at the university of chicago, protesters laid out a long list of demands that extend beyond the conflict in israel and gaza. >> we also demand that you chicago divest from all related forces of death and violence which is currently complicit, especially fossil fuel production. >> counter protests continue as well. at upenn, one man was arrested for spring stink spray or protester tents. in alabama, some agreement between both sides as pro-israel and pro-palestinian demonstrators joined together in a profane anti-joe biden chant. [[bleep] joe biden] >> now a total of 210 people were arrested here at ucla early this morning for failure to disperse. that is a misdemeanor. so they were booked and released. and unless they are being held still in custody for any outstanding warrants, they are already back out on the streets.

bret? >> bret: that's what we are seeing. kristina, thank you. protesters from columbia university and city college of new york have joined the demonstrator encampment at new york university. correspondent alexis mcadams is on the nyu campus tonight. good evening, alexis. >> bret, good evening from the nyu campus where can you see yet another gaza solidarity encampment set up here behind me. this one has been here a week and counting. the students say they are not going anywhere until this university divests from israel. it's not just here at nyu. it's happening across the city and country. take a live look on your screen. you can see what is happening right now at a college called the new school in manhattan, not that far from where i am right now in new york city. they are chanting palestine must be free. if there's no justice there will be no peace. the crowd continues to grow there tonight. this afternoon, protesters out at rutgers university in new jersey, taking down their solidarity encampment after organizers say their university has now agreed to work with them on their list of demands, including divesting from israel and giving at least 10 students

from gaza a scholarship to rutgers. this week protesters at colleges across new york say they want their demands met, too. listen. we calm on students and faculty worldwide to escalate their protest. understand you have always been the villain. when palestine is finally free we your students will never ever forgive you. we will not stop fighting this is only the beginning. >> those students say they will continue to fight in new york. here at nyu protesters, bret, threw red paint on the side of a campus building overnight. can you see the maintenance workers trying to power wash that mess away and that's not all. someone also threw red ink on the front door the nyu president linda mills building. that incident coming one day after the nypd raided hamilton hall. watch this. >[shouting]

>> that chaotic scene happening and the police moving in after flash bang arresting dozens of students. finding more about this. of the hundreds arrested at colleges as the columbia university and city college, the city now says nearly half were not students and had no affiliation with those schools at all. back out here live we can tell you the protesters who broke into hamilton hall there in that chaotic video where hundreds of officers were forced to move in and get into that hall after it was really destroyed inside are facing burglary charges, criminal mischief and trespassing. but the question tonight is will the d.a. in new york alvin bragg end up prosecuting. bret? >> bret: alexis, thank you. ♪ >> bret: the prosecution in former donald trump's criminal case is accusing him of additional violations of the court's gag order. the proceeding resumed today with additional elements of the prosecution's case as they lay that out. correspondent nate foy is outside the state supreme court again tonight. good evening, nate. >> good evening, bret.

tonight, former president donald trump visited a manhattan firehouse and police station and handed out pizzas for dinner to firefighters and police officers after the tenth day of his criminal trial. >> today in court, a digital expert testified about data extracted from michael cohen's cell phone. during a conversation, cohen recorded. cohen asked former president donald trump about financing the stormy daniels payment. trump responded, quote: what financing? tonight the former president again said this case shouldn't exist. >> we are seeing more all of the crime going outside and sitting in this courtroom is just ridiculous. it's election interference at the highest level. >> l.a. based attorney keith davidson wrapped up his testimony today with trump's lawyers asking him for the definition of extortion. and about deals davidson negotiated involving celebrities lindsey lohan, charlie sheen and milk hogan. davidson said he did his best to represent his clients including

karen macdougall and stormy daniels. davidson never directly negotiated with trump. instead, working with cohen who told him before paying daniels, quote: i'll just do it myself. days later, cohen cited confidentiality agreement with daniels who went on denying having an affair with trump. something davidson described in court technically true instead insisting trump have interaction with daniels. davidson testified cohen appeared suicidal after trump didn't pick him to be his attorney general or white house chief of staff. with cohen telling davidson, quotes: can you f'ing believe i'm not going to washington after everything i have done for that guy? i have saved his ass. >> today prosecutors provided four more examples where they argue former president donald trump violated the court's gag order. judge juan merchan did not provide an immediate ruling. the d.a.'s office is again seeking fines for trump rather than jail time because they do not want this trial to be

delayed. bret? >> bret: nate foy outside the courthouse. nate, thanks. federal government prosecutors presented their closing argument today in the antitrust case against google parent company alphabet. the government says google is a monday nope police and illegally abused its power to favor its bottom line. google has argued its search engine is widely popular because of its quality and dissatisfied users can easily switch. the judge in the nonjury trial will decide whether google violated the law and will later consider possible punishment. stocks were up today ahead of tomorrow's april jobs report. the dow gained 322. the s&p 500 was up 46. the nasdaq roz 235. up next, the u.s. turns up the heat on hamas to accept a cease-fire deal with israel. one of several that have been offered. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight, fox 11 in los angeles as the captain on the scuba dive boat

where 34 people died is sentenced to four years in custody. three years supervised release. jerry boy lynn was found guilty of criminal negligence. the blaze in september of 2019 was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent u.s. history. fox 32 in chicago, where the s&p wanted in connection with the shooting death of a police officer last month has been arrested. savior at a time jr. was taken into custody tuesday night. tate is facing a first degree murder charge in the killing of louise weska april 21st. >> this is a live look at nashville fox 17. one of the big stories there from our oea fill i can't tell tonight country singer john rich offers fraternity whose members protected american flag at university of north carolina protest a free concert. members of pie capita five recovered a large flag pole and held up the flag as anti-israel protesters tried to raise a palestinian flag in its place. the go fund me is still kicking

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>> bret: arizona democratic governor katie hobbs has signed legislation repealing a 19th century law in arizona banning most abortions. hobbes says the move is just the beginning of a fight to protect reproductive health in the state. but the repeal may not take effect until 90 days after the end of the legislative session. abortion rights advocates hope a court will step in to prevent that outcome. ♪ the u.s. is increasing pressure on hamas tonight to accept the latest cease-fire proposal. but there is a key sticking point, whether israel will continue its offensive against the terror group. as worn gaza and southern months new reportedly send a delegation to egypt saying its leader had affirmed a group's positive spirit and studying the

cease-fire proposal. the comments come on the heels of u.s. secretary antony blinken's visit to the region, his seventh since the start of the war in october. after stops in saudi arabia and jordan, blinken landed in israel. while speaking directly to families of hostages, blinken pressured hamas to accept israel's latest offer. >> there is a very strong proposal on the table right now. need to get this done. that is our determination. and we will not rest. we will not stop until reunited with iran. >> blinken didn't reveal the details of the proposed deal but it could look similar to november's agreement. which involved an exchange of hostages for palestinian prisoners and a pause in the fighting. the potential cease-fire comes at a critical time as israel prepares to move ground troops into the southern city of rafah in gaza. that's where more than 1 million palestinians are sheltering from the fighting. despite blinken reaffirming the u.s. cannot support a major

ground operation in rafah, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says it will happen eventually. >> we will do what is necessary in order to win and overcome our enemies, in order to secure our future. >> so, as it stands, negotiations are ongoing. but, one thing that might be getting in the way is hamas demanding a full withdrawal of israeli troops as well as a permanent cease-fire, that runs counter to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying the only way they can bring this war to an end is by getting in there, eliminating hamas, and entering rafah. bret? >> bret: jeff paul live in tel aviv. jeff, thanks. up next, u.s. intelligence officials discuss the greatest worldwide threats to america. we'll bring you there. first, beyond our borders tonight, 14 people are injured when russia strikes the southern ukrainian port city of odesa with ballistic missiles in the nighttime attack. third strike in the city on a

week. nine people have died in previous attacks there. the death toll from heavy rains in southern brazil rises to 13. the state government in brazil declaring a state of public calamity to handle the dramatic situation. those storms have left 21 people missing, more than 5,000 displaced. and this is a live look at rome, one of the big stories there tonight, a european court upholds italy's right to seize a prized greek statue from the jaw paul getty museum in california. the court rejected the museum's appeal part of italy's effort to reclaim illustrates cultural heritage. italy has been trying to recovery the victorious youth statue for several years. just some of the stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪

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intelligence officials say coordinated action from several of this country's most notorious adversaries is a major obstacle to national security the director of national intelligence and the head of the defense intelligence agency speaking to senators today at a worldwide threat hearing. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us what else we learned. >> at this factory in central russia, roz and roz of russian copies of iranian 136 drones are being assembled for use on the battlefield in yurik. these iranian drones have changed the course of the war. >> it does provide two things one is a revenue source to iran it. provides also some capabilities to the proxy organizations. [explosion] >> proxies continue to try push the u.s. out of the middle east. director of national intelligence avril haines and the defense intelligence agency director lt. general jeffrey cruise warned senators today about the growing cooperation

between russia, china, iran, and north korea. >> we have seen a massive increase in the number of ransomware attacks globally in the last year, which went up as much as 74%. in 2023. >> many of these russian sponsored ransomware attacks target u.s. critical infrastructure. >> cyber actors took advantage of default or weak passwords, unpatched known vulnerabilities and poorly secured network connections to launch relatively simple attacks. >> the nation's intelligence director warned about election interference. >> do you see heightened russian activity with regard to the upcoming elections? >> yes. russia is really the main factor in this basin. >> since invading ukraine, putin has increased defense spending to almost 7% of russia's g.d.p. nearly double its historical average. >> china's provision of duel use components and material to russia's defense industry is one of several factors that tilted the momentum on the battlefield in ukraine. despite saying it would not provide moscow with weapons.

beijing has helped russia reconstitute military. director haines warned the ukraine war would not end any time soon. bret? >> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, thanks. >> even our most conflicted moment the world looks to the united states for leadership. our allies rely on us for fortitude and adversaries hope for us to falter. >> our position is clear. it hasn't changed. it won't change. we cannot, will not support a major military operation in rafah absent an effective plan to make sure that civilians are not harmed. >> bret: secretary of state blinken there. let's bring in fox news senior strategic analyst retired general jack keane. general, thanks for being here. >> great being here. >> bret: let's start with the israel-hamas war and efforts by blinken and the administration to say you can't do it without this plan for civilians. have you ever seen that big of an oversee on a country's efforts to go after a terrorist

group. >> yeah. it's unprecedented for me and i think anybody looking at this thing. we have been meddling for some time in israel wants tactical operation. strategic, i understand that you have to deal with iran in the region and those issues. but, inside the tactics of what to do, and then meddling in that and suggesting that we actually know better is pretty frustrating, i'm sure for the israelis. they are not going to talk about it publicly but privately they are infuriated by it. >> bret: not to take away from the tens of how far to sands of civilians casualties that we have seen significant issue and problem and we are seeing that in demonstrations and concern about that. but how they do it is really interesting. how they are talking about it, the administration. >> yeah. very much so. and it's sort of dismisses the fact that the hamas leadership, is actually welcoming the martyrdom of tens of thousands

of their civilians. they could care less if the number climbs to 50 or 60,000. they would absolutely welcome it. that's how diabolical and sinister they are. >> bret: you talk about the strategic move of leaders in that region. i obviously traveled to the region several months ago and talked to the crowned prince in saudi arabia and then right after to the israeli prime minister about this effort to get together and possibly make a deal and here what happens they said back then. >> there were reports that you had suspended talks. >> oh, no. that's not true. >> not true? so you think if you were to characterize it, are you close? >> every day we get closer. >> i know you heard those words from the saudi crowned prince, what was your response. >> well, i was delighted to hear what he had to say and to borrow a phrase, i think we're getting closer to peace every day. >> bret: obviously that was a week and a half before october 7th. now you have secretary blinken over there again and it seems

trying to cobble together this effort. where do you see this? >> yeah. >> this is a remarkable undertaking, frankly an administration deserves some credit here. what's really taking place here is that the crown prince, mohammed bin saad from the uae and other arab leaders privately they want the effectiveness of hamas destroyed by israel. because they see as it as a cancer in the region that certainly is energized and supported by iran. and they see iran as the number one strategic threat. so, despite the horror of what has taken place, and they want a palestinian state for the palestinians, they are still moving in this direction, despite the war. now, will not happen until the war is over. mutual defense security arrangement between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united states, similar to korea, south korea, japan and the philippines. quite remarkable in itself. and then move towards diplomatic relations with israel. once that happens with the

kingdom, all the other arab states will follow. that would be a middle east sea change, a coalition led by the united states with arabs and israel targeted against the iranians. >> bret: but this has to end first. >> the war has to end. >> bret: the operation has to end. >> has to end. >> bret: there is no sense about how long that's going to take, is there? >> well, no. and i don't think anybody can speculate because what's on the plate is moving civilians away from rafah and then fighting inside of rafah itself. >> bret: looking at the map, we haven't seen a lot of change, although ukrainians is reporting russians making headway. we heard in this hearing today from afte avril haines dne likeo end any time soon. how do you see the situation in ukraine today? >> yeah, well certainly weapons and munitions are flowing. in that's obviously a good thing. the russians, because they --

their munitions have been depleted, have made some gains in the southeastern part of ukraine. they may make some more gains. but they are not going to collapse the ukrainian defense that's in that area. and what is happening that putin has got a decision to make. is he planning a spring and summer offensive. and is he mobilized additional forces to do that. if the weapons and munitions get, there is he going to do it despite that? is he willing to take the casualties that the goes along with it? that's a decision he has to make. i will say this about the russian forces. they are fighting as ineffectively as they fought in '22. they have not learned much in how to conduct mechanized operations and their casualty rates are enormously high. >> bret: we are a week since the president signed the ukraine aid package. and, you know, the stories about ukraine have not been positive. i mean, the headlines that russia is making headway. business insider said. this the u.s. spent so much time fighting insur jentsd that it

forgot what it means to actually fight a war. this is from a u.s. vet in ukraine. do you think that the aid package and what has been signed on to can turn the tide, can change the dynamic in ukraine, currently? in the yartsd continues aid into ukraine and so does europe there is no way russia can take ukraine. that won't end. the suffering and casualties won't end. the long range attack couples and other cruise missile systems at the french and british have provided are going to give ukraine the capability to reduce significantly russian military capability inside crimea. they are starting on air defenses, wiped them out so the drones can get from and have significant impact. remember, the ukrainians have moved the russian navy out of the black sea. >> bret: taking down a number of ships. >> yeah. by themselves. no help from the united states. >> bret: i want to ask you one more thing. you went to fordham. have you seen all these

protests. fordham had one for a day. they acted quickly. what's your take on all of this around the country? >> i think president of fordham made an assessment that other college presidents should have made. once she knew the occupiers were in her building and they were not going to leave. she knew that was in violation of the law and they were interfering with the functions of the university. and she was talking to former trustees like myself and others on the phone, and she said i made the decision early because if you delay, it's just going to get worse for everybody. >> bret: which we have seen at other universities. >> so, as soon as i knew they weren't leaving. we asked them to leave. i called the nypd, they cooperated and we sent a timeline to move them out and move them out they did. some were arrested and facing suspension initially and eventually expulsion. when the protests grows, to a point where it's interfering with the university's operations and impeding on the other students to get an education, you got to stop.

>> bret: general, as always, thank you. >> yeah. great talking to you, bret. >> bret: up next the panel reacts to president biden's comments about the anti-israel and anti-semitic demonstrations on college campuses and what comes next. >> we need stand with israel and the jewish people. >> threatening people, intimidating people instilling fear in people is not peaceful protest. it's against the law. ♪ ♪ ♪ jardiance! ♪ ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance ♪ ♪ at each day's start! ♪ ♪ as time went on it was easy to see ♪ ♪ i'm lowering my a1c! ♪ jardiance works twenty-four seven in your body to flush out some sugar. and for adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease, jardiance can lower the risk of cardiovascular death, too. serious side effects may include ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration that can lead to sudden

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♪ [chanting free, free palestine] >> in moments like this, there are always those who rush to score political points. but this isn't a moment for politics. it's a moment for clarity. >> the right is fine. worry about the left. because this is a movement from the left. these are radical left lunatics. and they got to be stopped now because it's going to go on and on and it's going to get worse and worse. >> bret: the current president, the former president reacting to all of these demonstrations. the "new york times" writing it this way. biden denounces violence on campus bre breaking silence aftr rash of arrests. president biden broke days of silence on thursday to speak out on the wave of anti-israel protests on campuses that have inflamed much of the country, denouncing violence and anti-semitism even as he defend

defended the right to peaceful dissent. since april 18th, if you look at this map, police have arrested or detained 2,000 people protests on at least 44 college campuses across 24 states. one of them just blocks from the white house. george washington university, gw university. the statue of george washington, as you can see defamed there. vandalized there with the palestinian flag and that get-up as the president was speaking and david spunt telling us that it's essentially that same way as of this hour. let's bring in our panel. guy benson, political editor at town hall.com. host of the guy benson show on fox news radio. hugh houthi and white house correspondent francesca chambers. hugh, what about the president's message? obviously the timing is coming into criticism, but, what about what he said and how he said it? >> i was not impressed. i listened to four and a half minutes, took him two and a half minutes actually two minutes and 40 seconds to bring up anti-semitism. he talked primarily about

violence instead of the messages accompanying the violence such as intifada hung out at hamilton hall which is the recollection of the 2000 to 2003, 145 suicide bombings in israel. i think the president needs to be very specific that anti-anti-semitism in the united states is the problem. he also mentioned islamophobia, more generally hate speech. those are terrible, those are not the problem. the problem is anti-semitism. the white house said they had this anti-semitism commission set up and they talked about it this week. yet, they didn't really detail that and haven't talked about that that much. what about this leaving most of it to the white house press secretary and paper statements until today, francesca? has the white house kind of dealt with that? >> they have primarily left it as you know to paper statements. they have also sent out other members of the administration to talk with people about this including the second gentleman,

doug emhoff has held listening sessions on this as well. i'm told the vice president has held listening sessions behind closed doors, on from all kinds of people on these issues. largely though, a lot of this has been happening behind closed doors. and that's what biden has come under criticism for finally speaking out about this today after coming under immense political pressure to say something about this at all. >> bret: guy? >> it's a better late than ever situation. the last time he took a stab both sidessism response that was awful. >> bret: on earth day, april 22nd. >> with aoc they held hands, maybe she rubbed off on him a little bit there the image we put up of general washington, president washington draped in palestinian garb with all the signs and hate messages around it, i think that turns the stomach of most americans. not just conservatives, not just jews, most americans. we saw recently at yale an

american flag was torn down from a war memorial by this mob as they cheered. we're seeing some of the demands or the so-called demands from some of these encampments that involve carbon emissions and defunding the police. a lot of this is rooted in jew hatred, which is stomach-turning, but there's something deeper here. this is an unholy alliance of communists and islamists and most significantly anti-american, anti-civilization forces. and i think it's important to recognize exactly what we're seeing. >> bret: what about the politics of this moment? you know, you heard the president there, hugh, saying this isn't a time for politics. but politics factors into everything when you get in washington. where is this? >> i think the only explanation for the biden policy about israel is to try and prevent an invasion of rafah so as not to destroy his political election campaigns, even more than they have been destroyed. he has a 70% negative -- 70-%

plus negative rating on handling the israel situation. he does not want to do anything to upset the vote in michigan, the arab american vote. the only explanation for incoherent policy and when it's not silence, it's incoherence, it's all about the politics of the president is a terrible way to lead the country. >> bret: you know, there is a lot of focus on the house republicans and marjorie taylor greene and all of that rift. but the democrats, francesca, this is -- democrats are stuck in a familiar place, arguing over israel. the protesters at columbia demonstrated that there are two factions of the protesters. there's the pro-hamas and then really pro-hamas, that's pennsylvania senator john fetterman, democrat, telling senate floor. in the house representative jamaal bowman delivered impassioned speech backing the protest at columbia university in which he accused police of inflicting brutal on student demonstrators. there is a real split in the democratic party that's pretty visible. >> there is a very split, real

split between the democratic party on whether or not biden and the biden administration should continue sending weapons to israel and its war. you saw when there was a vote in the house of representatives that there were more than a dozen house democrats who voted against the israel aid portion of the bill because they support defensive weapons but do not support offensive weapons. and he is hurt from this from progressives. you look at michigan, where the abandon biden movement got more than 100,000 votes and some of these other states. he is facing an issue in the democratic party that could hurt him in the general election. >> bret: yeah. 2020 feet with it joe biden, blaming then president trump for violence in the united states, august 27th, 2020, remember, he wrote: every example of violence trump decries has happened on his watch, under his leadership, during his presidency. so, you've heard this on other channels looking at this saying this is a moment. >> it's a moment that he has had an opportunity to show

leadership on and for i think the reasons that hugh laid out, is he unwilling to really fully commit one way or the other. and the balancing act isn't impressing anyone. he is not winning over anyone with this. pro-israel people are aghast by the equivocation. people who call him genocide joe are not going to be persuaded by any of this. and i think some of the conventional wisdom in this town and at the white house and in the campaign is wrong. the new cnn poll that has him deep, deep, deep under water in the israel issue. yes, is he struggling bad ling among young people and struggling worse ming independence. americans are frustrated by. they changed that a little bit today but not terribly well. >> bret: all right. we will see. panel, stand by. up next, where things stand in the presidential race and then the origin of one of the most infamous creatures in legend. ♪

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[applause] [cheers] >> look, r.f.k. is falling very low. he is not a serious candidate. they say he hurts biden. i don't know who he hurts. he might hurt me. >> my predecessor, the guy running this time, racked up more federal debt than every previous president in history. i believe doing what's always worked best for this country. >> bret: all right, president

biden, north carolina, former president trump outside the courtroom in his criminal trial. the fox battleground polls three way race. you heard r.f.k. jr. mentioned. it does effect several races. that you see georgia, michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin there. if you ask the question about the economy, who do you trust on the economy, former president trump overwhelming in those four states and that matches other real clear politics average of polls that we have seen in swing states which brings us to our first trip to this place we call candidate casino. i was waiting for the ball to go around. [laughter] okay, we're going to do the general election first. you got $100 in chips. we only have v.p.? you didn't do general election? >> i was about to panic. >> bret: forget it. talk about the general election first. hugh, we are in a place where the polls seem to be helping the former president even though he's in this criminal trial. >> the president is -- former president is establishing a lead, the sort of lead if you are watching the kentucky derby

or any of the other bell months you would be tearing up particulars if you didn't have the money on the horse named trump. is he pulling away. i want to go back to the cnn poll. he is 11 points ahead of joe biden on voters 18 to 34. that's a crisis for him. we have seen polls. polls have been wrong. we are a long way away from this election. what do you think these polls tell the white house. >> i was with the vice president in georgia on monday. that is a battleground state that's must-win for the biden campaign. i mean you look at how they are doing there, compared to last time. he's trailing in the state of georgia. he is trailing in a bunch of different states. but there, it's a gift to him they finally went to do kick off for economic tour that she is having now that is a clear shift in the message that they are sending to african-americans in the state, black minority business owners. so, it's very clear that they are concerned at this point about key battle ground states

that they won in the last election. >> bret: this is the post from nancy cook bloomberg, new: trump vp list is winnowing down to governor burgum, senators vance and scott. they will appear with voters palm beach this weekend. no formal meetings with trump yet to talk about the job though he speaks to all of them regularly, here is the former president today on this question. >> who is my favorite for vice president? i will be making that determination some time prior to the convention. >> bret: okay. so, it gives me a chance to see the ball one more time you got $100 in chips. this is trump vp. guy? >> guy: i think that the leaks are probably misdirection at this point to get us talking. and this is what we are doing. you can see my numbers right there. i'm putting 20 bucks each on these five. >> bret: pompeo, kim reynolds from iowa. >> yeah. >> rubio, scott? >> i think pompeo and reynolds

not getting talked about that much i think they should at least be considered. >> bret: francesca. >> a source tells me today scott, vance, but reminds only trump know what is it's going to be and he can always change his mind. >> bret: anyone but kristi noem. >> i hear that for what it's worth that there is parts of the book that he does like. we will see what it says. >> bret: it's not cricket. >> $20 on doug burgum, his stock is rising. 20 on tom cotton as the new new nixon in 1952, 20 on mike pompeo ready to be president. 20 on joni ernst because you want to have another veteran and 20 finally on glenn youngkin if he really wants to swing for virginia. >> bret: you don't believe the bloomberg thing? >> no. >> bret: i think that's what we are taking from this. panel, thanks for the false candidate casino. see you next time. ♪ >> bret: finally tonight, today's throw back.

>> there are been numerous other unsuccessful searches in the past. some have even dedicated decades of their life to the hunt. >> bret: 91 years ago today the legend of the lock necessary monster was born. quickly spread when a newspaper reported that a local couple had seen what it called enormous animal rolling and plunging on locke nest of scotland. peculiar figure in the lake appeared to have a head peeking above the waves. okay. tomorrow on special report. we will talk to a security expert who says the u.s. is already in a second cold war with china falling behind. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and still unafraid. here's laura >> laura: good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham and this is "the ingraham angle." thanks as always for joining us. all right, tonight, a fraternity