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a rare and powerful solar storm making the northern lights visible as far south as alabama and florida. but, the dazzling display comes with a threat to disr disruptive power grids and gps devices. also in florida at least one person killed in tallahassee friday as a storm and several possible tornadoes pounded the panhandle hello everyone and welcome to "fox news live" armor felt level, height bill. steve are good to see you i am a bill melugin in for eric shawn said it was more the weather coverage in just a moment. but first, israel now preparing to expand his targeted ground offensive into southern gaza. idf ordering temporary evacuations in eastern rafah this morning is moving back into northern gaza that is where hamas fighters are trying to regroup. meantime here at home there is this. people united. [inaudible] 's before it more anti- israel

demonstration spilling from college campuses out onto the street including new york city were demonstrators are calling for a day of action to protest the war in gaza. see five former israeli ambassador to the u.s. michael is here with his perspective. we begin with live fox team coverage. lucas tomlinson with a reaction from the white house. versus go to cb cotton on those projects she is a life outside of barclays center in brooklyn where nypd is out in full force. >> hi that is right a small crowd of demonstrators are and started to gather here behind me for today's rally today's demonstration would likely be one of dozens to take place across the country today. calling for a permanent cease-fire in the israel/hamas war. also for organizers the events happening across the nation. they are to commemorate what is called referring to the 1948 arab-israeli war and the mass exodus of palestinians from the

middle east region. this amount is also in israel declared its independence a time signifies a joy and strength for many jews and israelis. the contrasting of the time. as a quick summary of some of the division we may witness over the weekend for the demonstrations across the country today could respond to weekly protests for the summer months. this would be similar to what we saw at the start of the israel/hamas war there was a lot of additional momentum behind the pulsating movement. activists have been reinvigorated by campus protest. organizers of today's demonstration say they are demanding a quote and to the occupation. full liberation and the right of return for all pet palestinians in gaza, the west bank and around the world to their original lands and homes" for the organizers always use social media to spread the word. by the end of the afternoon we could see hundreds of people here in front of the barclays

center for it again people started to gather it right now. i also want to draw our attention to the police over here in riot gear who have soared together. certainly we have seen some classes at demonstrations of have been happening for the past several months since the start of the israel, hamas war. we will be here throughout the remainder of the day to monitor and bring it to live right here "fox news live" regroup take a packet for now cb cotton thank you. bill: house republicans are launching a new impeachment inquiry effort excuse me against president biden after he threatened to withhold a military aid from israel if it decides to invade rafah the last stronghold in gossett lucas tomlinson joins us light from the white house. the president taking a lot of heat on this threat. cooksey's sure is. let's remind our viewers what president biden said exactly about withholding those weapons to israel he spoke to cnn earlier this week. cooksey going to rough i'm not supplying the weapons that have

been used historically to deal with rafah to deal with the cities, that deal with that problem we are going to continue to make sure israel is secure in terms of the iron dome and able to respond to attacks. >> there is something different from white house national secured spokesman jon kirby to our own jacqui heinrich he said the israelis can go into rafah. >> in what way does the u.s. support israel's intention to go after hamas and how are they supposed to do that if you've got the battalions they need to go after in rough? >> we have never ever ever told them they cannot try to finish off the hamas battalions that are in rafah we've never told themand they cannot operate in rafah. what we have told them is the way they do it matters. >> president donald trump was impeach withholding weapons ukraine house republicans are returning the favor every congressman cory mills from florida has drafted an

impeachment resolution accusing president biden withholding the weapons to israel despite 1200 slaughtered on october 7 and hunter taken hostage 133 remain including americans of course as a political maneuver to win votes in november. >> it is really no different if you go back to what president biden had tweeted out previously. he said that withholding congressionally appropriated aid for a return of a political gain is in some way a quid pro quo quote wants to win at michigan he wants to pander to the radical left. >> critics say president biden has withheld those weapons to israel because of the rising campus protests across the country. at the civilian death toll in gaza. bill: israel now saying they will go alert if they have to do it when it comes to rafah lucas tomlinson live at the white house thank you. >> lucas and bill for more on this let's bring in michael is a former israeli ambassador to the u.s. also by the way a graduate of

columbia university the epicenter of the pro- palestinian campus protests. first, just briefly i do not have a lot of time. what you think of these protests and their disrupting graduations and causing some universities to cancel university ceremonies, what you think about this? >> is terribly sad for me is good to be with you. sad for me i had the best education pro- american education. an education that extolled western civilization for these protests are not just anti- israel there anti- american their anti- western civilization they burn the american flag they call for death to america. that was inconceivable in my day. it is very sad. an x he was a poll came out and sit 81% of american students want to see the protesters punished not only do they not identify with them they want to see them punished because this is a very small minority. which is gaining tremendous press and having a gravitational impact on american politics.

it is unjustified it's a very small group of people who do not just hate israel but hate america. >> let's move on to why you are here. thank you for being here do you agree or disagree with president biden withholding the latest round of weapons? >> of course i disagree it's a misguided decision and a very dangerous decision dangerous for israel sends a message to our that israel could be vulnerable the tragic irony of this is the one scenario the administration wants to avoid this getting dragged into a regional conflict could actually occur by withholding arms the message gets out, could hezbollah could attack us it's a much bigger force than hamas or iran considered another wave of missiles at us as they did several weeks ago. it's a very delicate difficult situation but i assure you israel will go ahead and fight

hamas until the end even if we don't get this position. >> to be clear the iron dome all of the antimissile protection will still be there for israel. so god for b forbid any other ak happens from ironic. but let me move on do you believe israel violated international law with the u.s. provided weapons? >> absently not even the state department is cut out and said israel did not violate international law with american weapons. we have administration speaking off into different languages to different messages. we just saw a quote from jon kirby he's been very much on message and supporting israel's right to defend itself but other voices are coming out of the administration thing israel has treated the palestinians or it killed entirely too many palestinians they keep on inciting the number of fatalities that are basically by fabricated by hamas. that number includes 15000 tears killed by israel.

includes the hundreds of palestinians by pal saint rockets a fall short gossip. it concludes people have died of natural causes since last october. it is very unclear to accuse israel fighting an enemy that using its po as population as an shield. hamas' to see -- is also the utmost avoid the casualty. arthel: do you think any expansion into rafah's fair game at this point? should netanyahu and idf consider president biden's paws on arms supplies? and, close to a million citizens crowded into rafah. >> we understand that we certainly any measure we possibly can to move the civilian population await some e 30,000 are moved away from the current combat area. i must say we are kind of scratching her heads here the administration said they would permit a surgical strike israel

has not undertaken a incursion into rafah's been very, very limited. according with people are very confused here there's certainly a situation many israel's was ever getting punished for something we might as will do it because what could be worse? >> let me ask you though. you are talking about a surgical operation verse a first of all t would that look like? if one third of the citizens have been move you have a substantial amount of people left crammed into one area. how do you go into rafah without more human toll and casualty? quick sheet sheep move civiliay from combat area. not doing it all out incursion. it's not that big you move the civilians away from the combat area you move them to what you call humanitarian zone.

hold on civilian casualties of the time when hamas wants to maximize. keep in mind they turn turned dn offer from israel that was described by secretary of state blinken as generous june exchange for 33 hostages and a 40 date cease-fire hundreds of pulsing and jet from the jails from the state of israel. hamas turned it down. so we have no choice this is the only way to maintain military pressure to release at least some of the hostages destroyed an organization wants to literally come out of the tunnel's a clear victory take over gaza again and kill us. arthel: deeply for their military action will get the remaining hostages released? >> i believe the best chance for doing so in the absence of any willingness on the part of hamas to negotiate. that's really the only option. it would be very unfortunate if

the united states would provide the type of diplomatic cover by telling him the head of hamas that he designed it for about israel putting pressure on him because united states will restrain israel. i am quite perplexed here we have the white house saying it cares deeply about the hostages and i'm sure they do. but then telling us not to go ahead and uproot hamas and maintain that pressure used released our hostages. i honestly do not see any way around this. i'm not a spokesperson for the government but i assure you i reflect the vast majority of that say we have no choice but to go into rafah. arthel: to be clear, we do acknowledge hamas' role in this spirit really quickly if i could get it quickly because i got to go the un general assembly supports the palestinians bid for full membership. do you support this decision? >> we do not it's a violation of our agreement with the

palestinians going back to 1993. the would not seek to achieve statehood outside of direct negotiations. it is dangerous for the state of israel the palestinians can then turn around and use the statehood capacity to sue us international criminal courts to issue arrest warrants for our leaders military and political. it's going to be immensely disruptive if we hope to emerge from this war was an opportunity for moving forward to pisa measure such as this are immensely harmful. >> or do you have to leave at the former israeli ambassador to the u.s. michael, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. arthel: absolute tune in tomorrow for an exclusive a live interview with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. that is set to happen during fox and friends weekend at 8:20 a.m. eastern. again 8:20 a.m. eastern tomorrow

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no space weather prediction center classified yesterday solar storm as a g5 which is the highest level space weather exexperts say this is extremely rare and we have not seen the stthisstrong of a storm in deca. >> eight solar storm kind of starts with an eruption. there can be multiple parts of that eruption. >> there is a system a very of verycomplex sunspots that cae together and formed a huge of the sun. >> more of the stunning video of the aurora. it was a beautiful surprise for millions of americans to see. especially in those unusual places for this to happen like georgia, alabama, florida. this is a bucket list thing to see for a lot of people. nasa said the solar storms did not cause any serious issues for the seven astronauts on board the international space station right now. according to noaa the sun is

still pretty active so again if you did not already get a chance to see the northern lights, you might get lucky tonight. bill: no look here in l.a. it's not going that far south and even if it was, it has been overcast nonstop. unfortunate for us. thank you, will talk to you soon. arthel: to bat for us floridians look to widespread damage after deadly storms pummeled the panhandle yesterday officials catastrophic when spawned some tornadoes one person is dead in the tallahassee area the fifth person killed by severe weather this week. "fox weather" brandy campbell is live in tallahassee with more. >> hate arthel. just this week across the u.s. there is been at least 112 confirmed tornadoes folks here in tallahassee are also dealing with the brunt of the storms you can see the aftermath and just behind me in the myers park

neighborhood. the treat coverage canopy here in tallahassee one woman killed after treat felt her family's home. we've seen businesses with the damage, some with roofs ripped off. the railroad square witness their livelihood to be devastated power has been another major impact 90000 customers without electricity across the florida panhandle and traveled from his five states to help with recovery built-in permit generator powers he is stunned by the amount of tree damage. >> i grew up in miami i was there when andrew hits. it was nothing like what happened from homestead. this complete destruction reminds you of andy avery.

>> the national weather service is outdoing surveys they told me we could expect to get those preliminary results this evening. >> such devastation. brandy campbell and tallahassee, florida. thank you. bill: thousands of people gathered in southern new jersey just to get a glimpse of former president trump pa heard his supporters already gathering. as one building of big time beachside rally congressman jeff andrew is there he's going to be joining us with the preview coming up right after the break. stay with us. [jeff laughs maniacally] (inner monologue) seriously, look at these guys. they are playing great. meanwhile, i'm on the green and all i can think about is all the green i'm spending on 3 kids in college. not to mention the kitchen remodel, and we'd just remodel the bathrooms last month. with empower, i get all of my financial questions answered. so i don't have to worry. so you're like a guru now? oh here it comes— join 18 million americans and take control of your financial future with a real time dashboard and real live conversations. empower. what's next.

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all down. trucks arthel, i will short try good afternoon to senate republican see a real opportunity to pick up a senate seat here in maryland. not because of changing demographics or any one specific issue. instead they think it's because the front runner in this are public and primary that is the former governor you just mentioned, larry hogan. he is surprise a lot of people when he decided to jump into this race. hogan was elected statewide twice he left office in early 2023. top republicans say the statewide name recognition could be crucial between now and november. >> people of maryland could note larry hogan the trust larry hogan they have seen him govern over the course of eight years in maryland. >> hogan success is far from certain because a few things maryland is not set a republican to the senate more than 40 years this is also a state president biden won four years ago by more than 30 points and democrats are not ready to give way to senate

seat either. ten candidates running for the senate the democratic primate but there are two who are considered to be the front runner so be it county executive angela also brooks is also congressman david sharon. we have seen her out on the stump just this week and trying to boost turnout holding multiple events in the d.c. area she should be in the baltimore area this afternoon. she said she is doing all she can to get her name out there because she is being outspent in this race. >> we still believe in this country you put in the work, you care about people you deliver results no matter what even a mounting $62 million i cannot get to us. she was mentioning the money that her opponent congressman david sharon has been spending in this race it's a huge amount of money at the $60 million of his own cash went in on his tv ads try to get up the vote so certainly has a financial advantage. also brooks is love the story of the state of big name governor at west morrison and chris about holland but obviously in

congress now got a lot of support as well. it's going to be a close race in this pr primate and we're off to the races between now and november. spew have a lot of running to do mark baird thank you, but your running shoes on former president donald trump for a campaign rally there at his third campaign stop outside of new york city since his criminal trial started nearly four weeks ago. brian is there in a wild with with all the latest. >> hey arthel there could be as many as 30,000 plus people expected at this rally in wildwood, new jersey south jersey shore. jersey is deep blue trump loss the state by 15 percentage points in 2020 this republican stronghold very close of philadelphia and pen pennsylvann of people here. this is the first campaign rally in which the former president is going to be able to react in front of a large crowd to the

salacious testimony by pouring actress stormie daniels this week as well as a chance to maybe say something about michael cohen's former personal attorney who is set to testify as a star witness on monday. frankly cohen has spent the last month basically taunting the former president and live stream videos on tiktok in which he has even worn a t-shirt with the former president pictured behind bars or prosecutors said they have repeatedly told cohen to stop this. yesterday the judge told prosecutors to let cohen know he has been ordered to stop from the bench. the court could not subject witnesses white company into a gag order. or to punish him wishes not sit well with former president trump because he has been fined 10,000 dollars for violating that gag order he had this to say after court yesterday.

>> with the judge did was amazing actually it was amazing. everybody can say whatever they want. they can say whatever they want but i am not allowed to say anything about anybody. it is a disgrace. >> cohen has been convicted of lying to congress. lying to banks and even this past week a federal judge suggested he had perjured himself in direct testimony under oath in a civil case against trump and new york over the fall we will see t about all plays out on monday. we'll see how close he gets you may be violating that gag order if at all tonight. in front of all these people it 5:00 p.m. in wildwood, new jersey but it's a big crowd there, we will look for your reporting later today live in wildwood thanks. >> the house judiciary committee at the border for hearing yesterday at arizona or the hot spots along the border.

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bill: former president trump clients traditionally new jersey is in play but garden state democrats say there is no chance of that trump lost new jersey by 14 points back in 2016 and he lost it by 16 points in 2020. he won the district where he is holding today's rally bite by similarmargins in both elect. one new jersey political professor said this about today's rally quote i think that to the extent they can telegraph the m method they are competing everywhere. maybe they feel that broadening the map is an effective strategy it may not be that they think they can win new jersey, but they're going to force democrats to pay some attention to new jersey. i don't think it's a completely futile investment of their time. joining us now the sign of the rally home district in new jersey congressman jeff van drew

to donald trump. how is he going to do it? >> joe biden is doing it. people are tired of him. they are tired of his policies where they are tired of a weak foreign policy. real quickly look over were four years ago and where we are now. four years ago peace in the mid east and the abraham accords. now we've got war ukraine at war. afghanistan a disaster. look at the prices domestically. everything food, eggs, bread, the most basic staples are up you have to earn twice the income that you did four years ago to be able to buy a house. open borders, every single state in this nation is a border state because of this president. kids are getting kicked out of their schools to house illegal immigrants. we don't know who these immigrants are, what they are about where they're going where whatthey're doing is issue after issue. they are shoving windmills wind turbines down our throats along the coastal communities that is

turning democrats and independents into republicans this year. we've got a shot at this we are going to work hard. this is not about saving the republican party this is about saving the very republic itself. feel the energy tens of thousands of people that know we have to do better this is the greatest nation on the face of the earth and we can do better. but she got to imagine the former presidents are ready to get back to this environments been stuck in new york all week and his criminal trial he's got a gag order he is may get incredibly frustrated the witnesses against him are able to say whatever they want now is going to be in new jersey today but thousands of supporters behind and probably going for the electric rallies he is well known for. what you expect to hear from him today? >> we are going to relive the magic it's going to be an electric rally. he is going to speak about how they have tried to stop him from running everywhere they can. back at years ago they tried to impeach him then they tried to take them off the ballot.

now they are creating these phony cases against him. just let the man a run. let the people of america decide who they want to be the next president he's going to speak about that breeze going to speak about our domestic economy the fact we are short on energy and we should have a surplus of energy. the fact that we need to once again become the nation that lights the world that is the shining city on the hill. that is the greatness of america he is going to speak about that with a lot of power and a lot of energy you are right when he sees the kind of support he has he has been stuck in this cold dark courtroom, when he comes outuphere and sees what real pe, real americans are really thinking he's going to feel real good. bill: talk about some of the new jersey specific issues that voters out there care about both most you mention offshore wind projects part of president biden's green energy agenda. what are some of the specific

things new jersey voters will be focusing on later this november? >> wind turbines are a terrible project they will hurt new jersey. they will hurt america they hurt our fishermen hurt the whales come hurt the environment, hurt national security hurt tourism. hurt the environment and your utility bills are going to go way up. not just a little up a weight up even that wind turbine companies will admit that we will be relying on foreign companies for energy, terrible. we are all border states now. we were scared in new jersey because they were going to ship up to 60000 illegals to the atlantic city airport and destroy that airport. thank goodness we all rallied together we were able to stop that. that was really scary we are tired of it we are tired of people paying taxes over and over again and not helping american student people are tired of two? they're worried about their

social security. they're worried about their medicare and the wastefulness of this administration the way they spend money, they put those very, very important projects in danger. we have to save medicare we have to save social security we absolutely cannot cut it. that is a republican stand for those are just a few of the issues. they are across-the-board corruption, corruption in our department of justice. corruption in the top levels of the fbi. corruption with hunter biden these special deals they tried to give to him. it is so wrong, so bad people cannot afford to live here and then just tell them to work harder, work more pool tax you more. americans are tired of and i am telling you what, you jerseyans are tired of it >> pickwick/questionnaire real quick answer, 16 points is a pretty steep hill to climb from 2020. democrats say trump is no chance in that state. when you say to this democrats?

>> i will say two things but when i became a republican five years ago iran against a meat ay candy, ted kennedy's daughter-in-law the main stream media and the pundit said she's gotten a chance 15 times as much money. she's going to beat him, it is over but we won it was not even that mthe margin of error we won solidly. things are changing, times are changing look around here look at all of these people he is got a real chance the emerson pulled that just came out recently, that's not a partisan poll it's not an eternal pole it's a real public poll showed him in single digits now and we have not even begun. corcongressman jeff van drew thk you for your time today. we appreciate love love to our broadcast of box report to cover the rally particularly again kicks off at 5:00 p.m. eastern.

c5 i was listening to your interview of course but is definitely checking out the playlist in the background. house judiciary committee went on location yesterday to arizona for a field hearing on the border crisis for witnesses shared how the crisis has impacted them and their communities among them was jacob a retired sheriff's deputy fifth generation rancher. he joins us now. thank you so much for being here. first if you could share with us what are your greatest concerns as it pertains to the arizona border? has this and border crisis personally affected you? >> thank you for having me. yes it is personally affected me on a daily basis. being you're on the border the last 20 years of my career being involved in border issues. the big take away yesterday as we can all agree this crisis we are having today is an

intentional avoidance of the federal government doing their duty. their sworn oath to protect and defend this country there or willfully not doing it. i believe it is because they are pushing for a fundamental change of america. arthel: what did you tell the members of the house we spoke to them? >> and i testify before the house committee, the main things i was talking to them about was the high-speed pursuits that are putting the citizens in danger. the heavy increase over the last two or three years, the amount of people coming across and the demographics of what's coming across. over 90% are military age males

they are all coming across the arizona border. they are dressed in camouflage they are not the ones coming across and giving themselves up and wanting to be documented they are not wanting to assimilate into the united states these are the ones still trying to avoid detection. avoid capture and any kind of identifying who they are. arthel: you had a chance to speak to these lawmakers who were there like them to do as a follow-up? >> you know, i think the big thing in the legislative branch can do is hold the executive branch feet to the fire there plenty of laws on the books we need to go back to the laws and way to enforce those laws with consequences. the only ones that actually work. we need to hold the executive branch to accountability and really make them do with their sworn to do.

arthel: is just trying to remember who it was it was a republican lawmaker was on with maria recently republican lawmaker and maria asked him basically what is wrong with the border what's the problem? he said it's that republicans we know how the democrats are going to vote it is the republicans and as you know a secure border, jacob, is an american concern but politics seem to make it a party issue. do you have a message to lawmakers regarding the board political paralysis over the border to all lawmakers? >> i am not entirely sure what you're asking there. the security of the border should not be a partisan issue and should not be political. in order to be a country we are going to lose our country if we do not secure the border and become united in the fact we need to close the doors to reach a close the windows we need to

concentrate on security and then we can talk about politics. we can talk about immigration reform within talk about that kind of stuff. but until he actually secure the border we are not going to have a country left to even have these arguments. sixty-five that was represented south speaking with maria jude o know what to make this about politics for you because it is personal and i believe this generation rancher. i want to leave on a personal note for you because you are not a politician this is not you're doing you just need help. again tell us how this affects your day today. >> as far as the landscape goes and everything else the environmental impact of the mils of people coming across. you have to understand it's a pass-through or arizona as a pastor we we been saying it for years the southern border they are not staying here they are coming to every point in the

united states there coming to chicago. they are coming to all of these different states these different cities, these different towns throughout the country. as the front door we are trampled a little bit heavier than the places where they end up. it is coming to your neighborhood. we are trying to hold the gate as hard as we can but it is coming to you. bill: . arthel: thank you very much for joining us this afternoon, you take care. >> thank you. >> thank you. of course, and we will be right back. like indulgent memory foam, and ultra-conforming inner-springs, for a beautiful mattress, and indescribable comfort. save up to $800 on select adjustable mattress sets at stearnsandfoster.com

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bill: welcome back sex trafficking investigation of hip-hop mogul combs is to get another turn his attorneys risk a judge to throw out a sexual assault lawsuit against him claudia is alive here in l.a. with the latest on this. >> sean combs of the lawsuit has no merit he calls it a quote false and hideous claim that was filed too late under the law. his motion to dismiss was filed yesterday in new york federal court in response to a lawsuit filed in december by a woman's whose name is not been disclosed. she claims back in 2003 when she

was 17 years old and a high school student in detroit she was float on a private jet to a recording studio in new york. she said once she got there she was given drugs and alcohol until she was too inebriated to give consent it was then and gang raped by combs as well as the president of his record label and the third man she did not know. the lawsuit contains pictures of the woman sitting on his lap on the night she claims she was assaulted. in response his legal team says the lawsuit has damaged the three men's reputation adding quote the plaintiff cannot allege what day or time of year the alleged incident occurred but miraculously remembers other salacious details despite her alleged incapacitated condition. they also say the lawsuit was filed after the state's statute of limitations ran out. lawyers for the alleged victim fired right faxing the motion to dismiss the case quote is just a

desperate attempt to avoid accountability. 54-year-old hip-hop mogul has settled out of court with at least one of his many accusers he has never been formally charged and has denied any wrongdoing. it is unclear when the judge there in federal court in new york will rule on this latest legal maneuver. bill: a lot going on everything you mentioned is nothing to of the federal investigation going on in to him right now. so claudia thank you so much. arthel: tomorrow will mark the start of national police week. today, national police dog foundation is hosting memorial service for fallen police canines who gave their lives in the line of duty over the past year coming up at 4:00 p.m. eastern you will learn more about these brave canines and hear from the officers they saved. i am a dog lover i'm a dog mommy i recently lost my second child almost a year now and i'm dogs

are angels they are so special. >> i'm a dog lover to honestly like them more than people i've seen the story we are about to air it gets you misty eyed. arthel: it does and dogs are better than people i tell you but i enjoyed being with you at this hour will look forward to another hour. we are back at 4:00 p.m. eastert for now the journal editorial for now the journal editorial report is up next and hello phoenix. .. ♪) book in the hotels.com app to find your perfect somewhere.