i got a little carried away with the hair-touching. we don't need to rub your fingers down my scalp so aggressively. >> dana: did you sign that guy's head? >> jesse: i did. >> i usually don't sign foreheads but it is what it is. >> dana: we have to hurry. >> jesse: tonight on my show mark geragos talking about the jury selection of the trump case. now, greg, promote your show. >> greg: mike baker, jim dickson, jim florentine, kat timpf. i was at that science event. food wasn't that great. i left early. >> dana: we have piers and the judge. have a great night. [laughter] >> bret: all right. dana. good show. >> bret: all right. good evening. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, we are following two major stories a history-making trial begins in new york as former president

trump faces charges over alleged payments to an adult film actress to cover up an alleged affair. again, the first time a former president has faced a criminal trial. but, we begin with massive demonstrations across the u.s. following israel's largely successful defense against an iranian attack over the weekend. the islamic republic firing more than 300 drones and missiles almost all of them either did not launch or were intercepted with the help of the u.s. and members of the international coalition. president biden calling the effort unprecedented and saying the u.s. is committed to israel's security. and also a cease-fire in its war with hamas. we have fox team conch tonight. jennifer griffin at the pentagon with details of iran's historic attack on the jewish state. aishah hasnie on capitol hill with the latest on efforts to support israel and breaking news there. peter doocy at the white house with biden administration response. but we begin with correspondent bill melugin in los angeles and a day of protest in many cities from one coast to the other.

good evening, bill. >> bill: bret, good evening to you. these anti-israel protests have been popping up all day long in at least 8 different cities all across the country, including on two of america's most iconic bridges. take a look at this. this was the scene on the brooklyn bridge in new york city and the golden gate bridge in san francisco today. as pro-palestine anti-israel protesters swarmed both locations, blocking traffic, and disrupting daily comiewtsz. nypd officers on bikes took a proactive approach on the brooklyn bridge, keeping protesters moving and detaining those in the back one by one. eventually clearing them from the bridge where more arrests were made and take a look at this. at least one anti-israel protester could be seen with a hezbollah flag walking through the streets of manhattan. meanwhile, on the golden gate bridge here in california, traffic was blocked for almost five hours as far as the eye can see. both directions. as more of these pro-palestine protesters chain themselves to vehicles effectively shutting

down that bridge entirely. california highway patrol confirming they arrested at least a dozen protesters. calling their conduct, quote: illegal and incredibly dangerous. over in chicago. another anti-israel protest blocked the entrance to o'hare airport. causing commuters to get out of their vehicles with their luggage and dry to walk to the airport to catch their flights. chicago p.d. confirming to fox news at least 40 protesters there were arrested as well. then, in san antonio, and miami, there were also more of these anti-israel protests with more streets being blocked. police in miami telling fox at least seven protesters were arrested there. now, there was also a small protest at the port of long beach in california and right now we are tracking multiple planned protests right here in the l.a. area this evening. there is one happening as i speak right now in downtown l.a. it's certainly appears today's protests all across the country were very much a synchronized effort. bret?

>> bret: more on this a bit later. bill, thanks. the biden administration is trying to walk a rhetorical tight rope tonight. trying to discourage israel from directly responding to attacks on its homeland while also supporting israel's right to do so. white house correspondent peter doocy has that part of the story tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> bret, officials here are telling us they are confident iran wanted to cause casualties. they wanted to cause damage. but, it didn't happen. so now president biden is urging prime minister netanyahu not to escalated things any further with iran. >> we mounted unprecedented military effort to defend israel. >> the bint policy splits support for israel. the u.s. will be there when israel is attacked. >> israel did not have and to does not have to defend itself alone when it is the victim of an aggression. >> peter: the u.s. wants limits on israel's operations in gaza. >> we are committed to a cease-fire that, will bring the hostages home and prevent any conflict from spreading beyond

what it already has. >> in the white house situation room saturday, president biden spent hours watching the uss and u. uss carney strike eagles engage dozens of iranian drones and missiles. >> we had american fighter pilots in the air in combat operations shooting down drones and missiles. it looked so simple. things getting knocked out of the sky. let me tell you something it's not simple. it's hard. >> the 99% shootdown or crash rate is assessed by white house officials as an embarrassing failure by leaders in tehran. >> this whole narrative out there that iran passed us a message with what they were going to do is ridiculous. >> president biden is urging the israelis not to strike iran back. it's unclear if 24e89 listen considering the iranians just ignored a biden warning of don't. >> and so let's talk about. >> and they did it anyway. >> let's talk about what we did, peter. let's talk about don't and did. let's talk about saturday night. yes, they fired unprecedented amount of munitions, but how much of a success did they have peter?

none. zero. >> peter: we're also told that even though iran publicly defied president biden's warning of don't. officials here have no regrets about previously working to unfreeze billions of dollars worth of money for iranian leaders to use for humanitarian purposes. bret? >> bret: peter doocy live on the north lawn, peter, thank you. house lawmakers are trying to get new aid to israel. there are more than a dozen bills in the works. but there's opposition from progressive lawmakers. the iran attacks may though actually help move several bills. there is breaking news about how it's going to be structured. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie has the latest from capitol hill. good evening, aishah. >> bret, good evening to you. that's right. some late breaking news here in the basement of the capitol where house republicans are huddling behind closed doors. i can tell you that fox has confirmed that speaker johnson is proposing to put on the floor three separate stand alone foreign aid bills. one for israel, one for ukraine,

and one for taiwan. a 4th bill, bret, would deal with tiktok and a lease program for military assistance to ukraine. that's the plan for now as speaker johnson attempts to chart a path forward. >> what's that conversation like? >> house speaker mike johnson ignoring fox's questions about aid for israel. the speaker has yet to announce a proposal but is he getting no shortage of demands. >> i have to do it now, now. >> the president, along with leaders chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell and hakeem jeffries all calling on johnson to take up the $95 billion senate passed foreign aid package that includes aid for ukraine and taiwan. >> if house republicans put the senate supplemental on the floor. i believe it would pass today. reach the president's desk tonight. and israel would get the at a needs by tomorrow. >> jeffries even calling it a

churchill or chamberlain moment in a scathing letter blaming extreme maga republicans for the delay. the house freedom caucus hitting back calling israel aid a bogus ram through ukraine aid with no offset. over the weekend johnson said is he open to former president trump's idea about turning aid for ukraine into a loan. >> he has introduced the loan lease concept which is a really important one. i think has a lot of consensus. >> some senate conservatives are advising him to hold the line and pressure schumer to take up the house passed israel bill that already includes pay-fors. >> show some ca cojones. show some for fortitude. >> border security should take precedent over any sort of foreign aid. of course in, right now, senate republicans are jamming up the senate floor to pressure leader schumer to hold an impeachment trial for dhs secretary

alejandro mayorkas, and that effort could slow down any kind of foreign aid package or any of these foreign aid bills that speaker johnson is proposing if it moves out of the house. again, we're not even there to that point yet. we still have to hear from the conference when they come out of this meeting, bret? >> bret: yeah. impeachment is expected to be walked over tomorrow afternoon. but, just to be clear, so we're talking about three separate bills. israel, ukraine you, taiwan and then the fourth would be the tiktok bill do. they think they have the votes there for this separation? >> well, there were enough votes to pass the tiktok, the original tiktok bill out of the house. so that definitely could pass as well. they are going to lose progressives on that same progressives they would lose on the israel aid package. again, three separate foreign aid bills. those are just for the foreign aid part of the money. tiktok is one more thing they are trying to tack on to all of this. >> bret: okay. great stuff. aishah hasnie live on capitol

hill with the breaking news. thank you. also breaking tonight, donald trump becomes the first former u.s. president to face a criminal trial. started today. he is fighting charges stemming from a payment during an adult film start during the 2016 campaign. he calls it political persecution. correspondent nate foy is outside the new york state supreme court with the latest. good evening. nate. >> hey, bret. court ended with some bad news for former president donald trump. the judge juan member chong ruled he will not be able to attend supreme court arguments next week about presidential immunity. and depending on how quickly this trial moves, trump may also have to miss his son's high school graduation. [chanting] >> no one is above the law. >> the first criminal trial ever against a former united states president is underway in new york city. >> i'm not in georgia or florida or north carolina campaigning like i should be. it's perfect for the radical left democrats. that's exactly what they want.

this is about election interference. >> today judge juan member chong accused to recuse himself after allegations of bias by former president trump's lawyers. merchan set ground rules for evidence to be used at trial. ruling the 2016 access hollywood tape cannot be playedness court. while evidence of payments to former playboy model karen macdougall will be allowed. cher chan ruled michael cannot be used as evidence of president trump's guilt. cohen is trump's former lawyer. his credibility will be central to this trial. trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg will have to prove trump did that to conceal, aid, or commit another crime. a crime bragg didn't specify in the indictment. today, prospective jurors heard a summary of the cases. many will eventually answer questions from lawyers on both sides about their background and ability to fairly serve as jurors. each one will be a manhattan resident.

a borough where former president trump received only 12% of the vote for president in 2020. >> it's a scam. it's a political witch-hunt. it continues, continues forever. >> this trial is expected to last six to eight weeks, which takes us into june. and, remember, former president donald trump will have to be here in person every single day of the trial. it will take precedent over his other criminal cases and the former president will have to modify his schedule with campaigning as he balances this trial and running for president. bret? >> bret: nate foirks live outside the courthouse. nate, thanks. up next, a closer look on attack on israel and the response. we will talk to general jack keane. first, beyond our borders tonight, horrified worshipers watch online and in person as a bishop is stabbed at the altar during a church service in sydney. three others were stabbed as people rushed to help. video shows a man in black approaching the bishop and

appearing to stab him repeatedly in the head and upper body. authorities have not released a motive for that attack. lightning and heavy rain kills at least 36 people across pakistan in the past three days alone. most of the victims farmers. they were struck by lightning while harvesting wheat. rain also caused houses to collapse. and mud slides. and with just 100 days to go before the paris olympics. french president emmanuel macron visits the iconic grand pal lay. the expected renovation work at that venue host fencing and taekwondo. one of the most ambitious projects to date. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ march of triumph to the -- that's for me ♪

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♪ >> bret: let's take a closer look at that failed iranian attack against israel over the weekend and how israel and its allies responded and may respond. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon right now with the latest. good evening, jennifer. >> good evening, bret. saturday marked a rubicon moment

in the middle east. it's the first time ever iran fired drones and missiles from iranian territory at the state of israel. and the first time the u.s. military came to israel's defense. the five hour attack involved more than 300 drones, ballistic and cruise missiles. >> about the scope and scale of this attack? >> iran did not tell us when and where they were going to attack. >> it takes just 12 minutes for a ballistic missile fired from iran to reach israel. half of the iranian missiles failed. this video shows the uss carney firing an sm 3 missile like the one it used to shoot down one of the six ballistic missiles the u.s. military intercepted. president biden called the commanders of the two air force f-15 fire squadrons who shot down more than 80 iranian attack drones. >> both these squadrons, they are incredible. absolutely incredible. made enormous difference potentially saving a lot of lives. >> mr. president, we thank you

for your words. this is lt. colonel lt. culver. and we are mighty proud to have our part in that contribution, sir. >> french, british, and jordanian warplanes shot down some of the drones while protecting jordanian airspace. a u.s. patriot missile battery in iraq shot down a ballistic missile as it flew over irbil, today with the iraqi prime minister visiting the white house and pentagon, the u.s. military sent super sonic strategic b-1 bombers on a training mission to nato ally turkey which shares a border with iran. that's what you call strategic messaging, bret. >> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. jennifer, thanks. ♪ >> i would advise to our supporters of the criminal zionist regime is to preach the iran's responsible and measured act. >> together with our partners, we defeated that attack.

>> we don't seek escalation but we'll continue to support the defense of israel. >> very little infrastructure. it was an embarrassing failure tore the supreme leader of the irgc. >> bret: well, iran said it was basically measured, that attack. but let's take a look at this, how it breaks down. the iran strike on israel 170 drones. 30 cruise missiles, 120 ballistic missiles, again, 99%, roughly, taken down by israel's dome, iron dome. other defense mechanisms, and, u.s., jordanian, british fighter jets. let's take a closer look at the military situation. what might come next, joining us fox news senior strategic analyst retired general jack keane. general, thanks for being here. first, your 30,000-foot view of what we saw and the reaction to it. >> yeah, sure, i think the big

takeaways here are some of them are pretty obvious. first of all, contrary to the iranian spokesman, this was not a measured proportion of the attack. this was a significant escalation, a comprehensive attack, as you have outlined in those numbers, that designed to produce mass casualty situation. but, yet, the israelis and his partners hanan a humiliating defeat which really exposes something we have talked about before. the sirius weaknesses that iran has within its military. and their number one part of the military that they resource above all else are their rocket and missile forces. and, yet, the malfunctions and failure rate that they had just in trying to get the missile to the target is pretty astounding here. the second thing, certainly, is it validates israel's multi layered air defense system. we have seen the iron dome, you know, quite a bit, who deskedz

against rockets and short range missiles. but now we saw david sling an arrow and our own patriot system all defending israel. and doing that quite confidently. as jen mentioned, the first ever united states defense of israel in any conflict since its inception organized by gencorp ril la, the central command responsible for that region of the world. he organized and coordinated a multi-national -- multi nation response. >> this is a war fighting headquarters that does that routinely and has that in-depth experience. israel normally fights unilaterally. and as we have marked here, arab nations were involved. i mean that, is unprecedented and quite historic and somewhat remarkable. and it opens a secret that is well-known in the middle east. and this is that the arabs really support israel privately

in the destruction of hamas. and also to change out the leadership in the palestinian authority which they are fed up with because they are corrupt. why is that? because they want to focus on the real enemy and threat to peace and stability in the middle east, which is iran. the other thing that i think has occurred is israel is in a pretty good place here, bret, as a result of this. iran is back on their heels. the criticism has turned away from israel. and many of our allies and others are being very critical of iran in this disproportionate attack on israel. and also, i think it gives israel an opportunity here to exercise some strategic patience and let this initiative by the international community develop hopefully it will result in some rigorous sanctions imposed on iran. much of the rockets and missiles that we saw being fired are literally being paid for by the

biden administration sanction relief money, hostage payment money and the failure to really enforce tough sanctions that the previous administration enforced. so there is opportunity here for that to take place. >> bret: two quick things, general. one is you heard john kirby say we didn't have a heads up. this wasn't like all for show. you would back that up 100 percent, right? >> well, i think what we really did have -- i mean, we have, you know, very great fidelity imagery, iran had to move things to get them in position to do this firing to be able to what they wanted to throughout israel. and certainly listening to their conversations on a regular basis. so, there's no doubt that we did have early warning. maybe not provided directly by iran intentionally. but we had the early warning. i mean. >> bret: yeah. i mean it's not a for show that

iran was going to waste the missiles and drones and say shoot these down and this is going to you are be our measured response. this was a real athat can they were looking kill israelis. >> oh, yeah, that's nonsensical anybody suggesting something like that. i mean, 300 vehicles in the air all designed to kill people and destroy infrastructure and we wound up with no one killed and no infrastructure destroyed is astounding. that is for the reasons i stated it had nothing to do with that conjecture. >> bret: and really quickly, as far as israel's next move, you know, they have said, axios has a story that israel won't accept an equation which iran responds with a direct attack every time israel strikes saying they have no choice but to retaliate, so, you're saying maybe this measured sign from the administration, they're getting that word out, but do you think that they are going to strike

hard? >> i think israel has to retaliate for the reasons stated. they can't normalize iran attacking the state of israel and its people. so, some kind of response. listen, i trust israel's judgment. i have trusted their judgment for the past six months. i totally disagree with the wire brushing the administration is doing on how israel is conducting its war campaign. i think they will come up with what is necessary to convince iran that another attack on their nation state, they will pay dearly for it. i have confidence they will find the right vehicle, the right targets to do it. >> bret: general jack keane, we appreciate the time. thank you. >> great talking to you, bret. >> bret: up next, a live report from our middle east bureau. plus, anti-israel protests take to the streets in droves as the u.s. helps israel fight off that

assault. really these protests from coast to coast in a number of different cities. we'll bring you that. ♪

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continuing at this hour. anti-israel protests. supporters of hamas, many times in gaza. let's bring in our fox news chief political analyst brit hume. is he looking at all of the political reaction to what happened over the weekend and what we saw today. brit, good evening. first, your thoughts, big picture and the reaction to the weekend events and what we just talked about with general keane, the iran strike? >> this was a spectacular failure of deterrence and the spectacular success of defense. good news and bad. i think that the fact that this attack, which was manifestly intended to do terrible damage in israel, to hit civilians and kill them by the hundreds, if not thousands and the fact that it failed is something we can all be thankful for. let's make no mistake about it. if we had proper deterrence in that part of the world from a

country as relatively weak -- as relatively week as iran this wouldn't have happened. president biden's appeal to iran saying "don't" was not the first time he has used that word to appeal to an aggressor. russia being the other most spectacular example. "don't" he kept saying. they did. iran did as well. when you are in a situation with a country like iran who is bound and determined if it can to destroy israel, take it off the map, and we are relaxing sanctions and taking other measures which free's up money for them to whereby weapons, it is clear that we're not making a very serious effort towards deterrence. so we can all be grateful that it failed as it did but the objective has to be a foreign policy against aggressors has got to be effective deterrence which means they are afraid. i think there is a very good chance that when iran looks at the united states and its might, it is -- tends to be afraid

consider what the permanent mission to the u.n. from iran said on, i guess it was -- the night before last. the day before last. it came out and said that the matter can be deemed concluded, indicating this is not the beginning of a series of tacks. then it later said it is a conflict between iran and the rogue israeli regime. this is now in capital letters. "the u.s. must stay away." that doesn't sound like they are confident they can handle the u.s. and they know perfectly well they don't want to get into a confrontation with the u.s. for us now to be in the face of all of that now israel don't overreact here. i think is an attempt to keep israel from doing something israel feels properly it must do. so i think overall that's where we are. >> bret: what about the political implications here in the u.s. for president biden? we see all of these protests around the country. a lot of them are chanting about

president biden and his policies. how do you think the rhetorical walking the line politically is going for this administration and this president? >> well, it hasn't succ succeedn tamping down the criticism of the administration resistant to the administration from people who support the palestinian resistance and support frankly hamas. i think it's a very tiny fraction of our voting population. but, certainly enough people involved as today's demonstrations across the country showed to make the chicago democratic convention in august pretty messy. and i think the administration seems obviously worried about that and is attempting to do what it can to assure everybody that you know, we are trying to restrain israel, which i think is, you know, strategically probably a mistake and the kind of thing that makes people in places like iran think that it's a good time to attack israel.

so i think that on a political level, it's probably not going to make any difference in the united states and on a geopolitical level, it's a mistake because it emboldens the aggressors, particularly in this case, iran. >> bret: brit, as always, thank you. up next, was robert f. kennedy jr. offered the vice presidential spot on donald trump's republican presidential ticket? we'll bring you that. and, later, the panel on the iranian attack, the response, the possible response, the protests, as well as everything today after we get back. ♪ our biggest challenge? uncertainty. hidden fees, surcharges... who knows what to expect! turn shipping to your advantage. keep it simple...with clear, upfront pricing. with usps ground advantage®. ♪ hello, ghostbusters. it's doug. we help people customize and save hundreds on car insurance with liberty mutual.

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♪ >> bret: the market now, stocks were off today as bond yields spiked following strong retail sales. the dow lost 248 today. the s&p 500 fell 62. the nasdaq dropped 290. the sreme court is allowing idaho to temporarily enforce a ban on gender affirming care for transgender youth. lower courts ruled that law unconstitutional. but a divided high court says it can take effect for now while the issue is decided on the merits. at a federal appeals court. idaho is one of several states

with bans on medications or surgeries for gender with gender dysphoria. this was a particularly violent weekend in chicago. police report the following from friday at 6:00 p.m. to midnight monday morning. 32 shooting victims -- shooting incidents. 48 victims and 7 murders in chicago this weekend. ♪ ♪ a dispute tonight over former president trump's vice presidential pick as he mounts another run for the white house this fall. independent presidential candidate robert f. kennedy jr. says he was offered the job. and said no, the trump team says that's just not true. here is chief washington correspondent mike emanuel. good evening, mike. >> bret, good evening with nonstop speculation former president trump's running mate a former claiming he was asked to be the running made. robert f. kennedy jr. writing on

x president trump calls me ultra left radical. i'm so liberal his emissaries asked me to be v.p. i declined the offer. trump campaign senior adviser chris loss vita referred to a trump jinsz january. he has been trying to dismiss since then. this is 100 percent fake news. no bun from the trump campaign ever approached r.f.k. jr. or ever will. one of the most liberal and radical environmentalist in the country. kennedy is now running as an independent after initially trying to compete as a democrat. earlier this month. kennedy said president biden is absolutely worse for democracy than mr. trump. arguing he is the first to censor political speech or censor his opponent there are questions whether kennedy's campaign will be more damaging to trump or president biden. kennedy announced over the weekend in des moines that he is qualified to be on the ballot in

iowa. the democratic party is not just going after president trump. they are going after me. they are going after cornel west. they are going after jill stein to make sure that you cannot vote for the candidate that you want to vote for. that's not democratic. >> kennedy has selected a running mate of his own tech attorney shanahan in a campaign where age is an issue, shanahan is 38 years old. bret? >> bret: okay, mike. thank you. up next, the panel on the breaking news about house speaker mike johnson's 4 point plan to fund israel and ukraine. what comes next in the house. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 11 in los angeles as a movie weapon supervisor is sentenced to 18 months in prison for the deadly shooting of a cinematographer by alec baldwin on a movie set.

hanna gutierrez reid was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of halyna hutchins. baldwin is scheduled to go on trial involuntary manslaughter charge in july. baltimore the fbi is conducting a criminal investigation into the deadly collapse of baltimore's francis scott key bridge. the probe is said to be focused on the circumstances leading up to the cargo boat crash and whether all federal laws were followed. the bureau says agents were present aboard the cargo ship dali conducting court authorized activity. this is a live look at cape cod from wfxt. one of the big stories there tonight, the 128th running of the boston marathon. ethiopia won the race in six hours and 17 seconds. tenth fastest time in the event's history. and that is tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪

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it's in the basement of capitol hill up on the house side. and it is where the republicans are just breaking up from this meeting. and they have come up with a new way, according to speaker johnson and other aides to move the supplemental bill that's aid for israel, ukraine, and taiwan and one by one, members are coming out from this closed door meeting talking to the press some time about how that's going to go. this is new, because it's breaking at this moment. and iron shah reported what we knew about it earlier in the sh. ukraine aide, taiwan aide, and a vote on banning tiktok all with four different pieces of legislation. so, let's start there. since it's breaking right now. let's bring in our panel, martha mccallum and executive editor of "the story" with martha mccallum. fox news senior political analyst juan williams and morgan

ortagus host of the morgan ortagus shows founder of polaris national security. morgan, first to you, it's pretty interesting to go down this road legislatively. we saw the pushback from many members in the republican caucus about ukraine aid. but now in the wake of what happened in israel over the weekend, it seems like the dynamics have shifted and make speaker johnson sees an opening here to do all these separate bills and have the numbers to pass them. >> yeah. he has been working on this for more than a month at this point, bret, and is he looking for some kind of magic equation that will make this work. and there's really no indication as to whether or not can he get this across the finish line. i mean, he really couldn't be in a tighter spot. mike gallagher leaving, he has a razor thin, one vote margin on all of this. so he has got to do a dance that, you know, includes some reporting said that senator schumer has sort of given him a sign that this is going to be a

palatable equation for him. and that hurts him with the people who will fall off of his raft that he wants to pile everyone on to to get this kind of funding across the board in the house. he is in a very difficult spot. and i don't know whether or not what happened over the weekend is going to ease the way. you know, israel polling that we did just recently. >> bret: let me interrupt. we will listen to steve scalise. >> two things. one is, is your intent to, whichever if they all -- repackage it all and send to the senate as one package and, also, are there any conversations you have had with democratic leadership on the rule on this if your own conference is not supportive of this and votes against the rule? >> the decision hasn't been made yet on how it would go over to the senate. you know, we want to make sure the senate is going to process israel. there is some concern over there because you've seen the senate leadership move away from

israelened n. a lot of their remarks. no decision has been made on how it would all be pieced together. separate pieces here. we they go over separately or together. we're talking through all of that right now. >> and the rule -- can i follow up? talk to the democratic leader on the rules. >> i haven't directly. but, you know, we're talking to our own members first to see, you know, we have an idea of who might have issues with a rule and let's see if we can work through those on the front end in those conversations started here in this room. >> you mentioned the loan structure. is that pertaining to ukraine aid? >> ukraine aid. >> can you talk a little bit more about that what was discussed? >> yeah. so you look at both ways to pay for it, the repo act is a bill that's been filed for a long time. that would go after russian money foreign accounts. we have been talking to some of those countries already. and that's one way to pay for it. there are large amounts of money that are involved there that could help pay for it. but, also, doing a structured

loan as well. so, you know, the language is still being worked on. but those are things that are not new concepts. these are things we have been talking about for weeks now. >> so would the funding levels match what's in the senate bill? >> not necessarily. we haven't and, again, when we talk about the funding levels. one of the issues even with the ukraine aid is that -- >> bret: okay. that is steve scalise talking about logistics there about what potentially is going to happen here. that is moving these bills forward. how they are going to do it. it does seem like it has changed. bring back the panel. morgan, you know, it's a little tougher for democrats who had maybe a problem about israel funding to be that vocal on that or at least it seems that way in the wake of what happened over the weekend. >> yeah. i mean, listen, i think one thing that we will probably know is whatever the package is, the

separate packages look like tonight, bret, may not exactly end up looking like that on friday. it's going to be a really long week. there certainly is, obviously, a lot of support for israel, bipartisan support in the house. i actually do think that you can get there in the senate. i just think ultimately, even though president biden has said in the past that he would veto a israel stand alone bill. i don't think he is actually going to do it. especially not in an election year. >> bret: juan, we are getting word that speaker johnson had a phone call with president biden today. so, one would think behind the scenes they are trying to get some of this stuff worked out. >> yeah. so that's a follow-up to the call that took place yesterday, sunday, that included mitch mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate, chuck schumer, the majority leader in the senate. as well as hakeem jeffress, the minority leader in the house. so it looks like is he working with democrats. of course, he can't say that out loud because it's the hard liners who have been saying they want to link any kind of israeli

funding not only to what is going on in ukraine, bret, but border security and tiktok that you discussed earlier. i think much of it may come down to whether or not is he willing to take the risk of working with democrats but these phone calls indicate that he is willing to do so. >> bret: martha, i only have 30 seconds. a lot of people say this is all in the weeds. it's really important when you talk about what's happening in the halls of congress, when it comes to funding all of these places. >> martha: well, it's all the foreign policy questions there are really in the coming election. i think how these representatives vote on this is going to say a lot about where the country is headed on these really big issues, bret. >> bret: that's great. thank you for rolling with the punches, everybody. we had that breaking news as it was happening. thank you all. tomorrow on "special report." articles of impeachment against president biden's homeland security chief head to the u.s. senate. and there's a real question will

the senate majority leader allow a trial? how will he handle that? a motion to dismiss? again, in the weeds, can you count on us to be in the weeds and explain it to you why it's important. remember, if you can't catch us live, set your dvr, 6:00 p.m. in the east. 3:00 p.m. in the west coast. is had a busy day all across the country, all of those protests in city after city and everything after what we saw in israel over the weekend. we'll see what happens next with iran. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and still unafraid. "the ingraham angle" starts in just a moment. we'll see you tomorrow. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> laura: good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" from washington tonight. my angle in moments.