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welcome back here to live

now from Fox I'm Andrew

craft. We're approaching the

bottom of the hour here.

Uh, it's a good place to

reset about where we are.

uh in this uh, very

scary. scary night for

Israelis up and down the

country from the north. to

the South. Uh, and the

kind of silver lining in

IDF says it has intercepted

with the help of the

United States a majority.

of the projectiles. uh,

that it faced incoming

from Iran. Those are drones.

cruise missiles. ballistic

missiles. as well here. So

let's get a reset. Let's uh

rely like we have so

much so uh from Fox News

Foreign Affairs

correspondent, Trey yingst

in Israel with some great

reporting. He just filed

this report. Let's watch

Israel putting its forces

on high alert Saturday

night. shutting down its

airspace as Iran launched

dozens of drones and

the attack retaliation for a

strike on Iran's consulate

earlier this month that

killed 2 top Iranian

generals. Iran blames

Israel for that strike,

taken responsibility rumors

of War have been swirling

in the intelligence

Community ever since Israel

reading its defenses in

response. trying to shoot

down the drones before

they reach his airspace.

Israel Also directing

residents in several areas.

to stay near bomb

shelters. This is a severe.

and dangerous escalation. our

defensive and offensive

capabilities are at the

highest level of readiness.

I'll post on X by the

Iranian government through

their permanent mission to

be quote deemed concluded

and warned the us against

getting involved. though

US military officials Tell

Fox they have already shot

down at least 1 Iranian

drone President Biden

returning to Washington

Saturday night. convening a

meeting of the National

Security Council the White

House maintaining its

commitment to Israel. is

Ironclad. saying in a

statement the United States

will stand with the people

of Israel and support their

defense against these threats

from Iran. before this

Iran had only targeted

Israel through proxy forces

and avoided direct attacks.

tonight's event fueling fears

about the possibility of a

broader Regional War in

Tel Aviv Trey in Fox News

Trey thanks so much in the

meantime, uh, you saw that

photo in trees report.

I think it's worth. um

showing you yet again, uh,

that is a meeting there in

The Situation Room. uh

President Biden says this I

just met with my National

Security team for an

update on Iran's attacks

against Israel. our

commitment to Israel's

security against threats

from Iran and its proxies.

is Ironclad and if we

maybe could take the photo

full. I just want to

point out. who's in the

room you see there. CIA

director Bill Burns you see

their Director of National

Intelligence. Averill Haynes

you also see Secretary of

State Anthony blinken, uh,

and on the uh, side of the

table next to President

adviser. Jake Sullivan.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd,

Austin next to him the

chairman of the Joint

Chiefs. General CQ Brown as

uh the National Security

team in full focus in the

Situation Room gaming out

some of these scenarios.

as well. We're going to

continue to game out some

of these scenarios, but I

from the reporting. um

that the barrage by Iran,

is largely over. Uh, and so

I think that is significant

It's worth noting We're

going to be reiterating

well. alongside our guest.

uh foundation for

defense of democracies, uh

expert in our friend

Hussain Abdul Hussein. He

joins me, um, Hussein.

Thanks for being with us

Uh, but we know you study

this region of the world

so well, you're very

knowledgeable. about this

and that's the news at

this now bottom of the

hour. um that it is over

the barrage is done. Are you

hearing that too? Well, it

looks like it. and judging

by history the time when

responded to. America taking

out customs slemani they did

they had a similar pattern

they fired the missiles

foreigners are at the time.

said that it was over. So

I see a repeat. now coming

through the UN. so to my

mind this looks to be over

so far now, I think. would

probably be waiting for to

see what what Israel's

response would be but that

that would be a different

story altogether. You know,

who's saying just yesterday

Biden when asked about uh,

Iran's plans to do this.

uh with a 1-word answer

in reply. He said simply

don't uh clearly Iran did

not heed that message. Was

that a failure of

deterrence? on the Biden

White House's part here or

was Iran going to go about

this. Anyway, remember all

throughout last week? uh

us officials have been

working through back

channels to get to Iran

to tell them to stop.

they didn't heed those

warnings. uh,

were they futile in hindsight

do you think Well, I think

now is the chance for this

Administration to? uh prove

itself. to show what it

means when it says don't.

uh, and to show that it

is consistent and its

message. and prove that

it's really stands with

Israel. that which which we

we've been hearing over the

past few days. So, uh Iran

clearly didn't listen to

Washington even though

we were told that there was

a lot of back Channel

sides. now it's it's

incumbent on this

Administration to show us

what it means. I mean,

what would be the

consequences? when Iran

doesn't listen to to what

America says? and when Iran

tries to push the whole

region to the brink of

full scale War just across

the region not like over

small areas. uh from Iran.

to Israel probably with

other players involved. north

and south east and west

What about the US? role in

all of this? Obviously, we

were instrumental in

helping Israel intercept a

majority of these drones.

um will we be involved

at all when we play a

role in Israel's

retaliation do you think I

think there's a lot of room

for the United States to

be involved

and retaliation without.

military getting its hands.

dirty or involved in the

war. There's a lot of

support. Logistics

uh, you name it. There's a

lot of uh tools and

facilities and resources

that we can make available

without actually having the

US military getting

involved now, I think this

is the reason why Iran,

said out loud that we are

going to war or we are

going to strike Israel. Uh,

but America is not part of

this. and America better

stay out of this so the

Iranians realize that if

if they strike. uh the US

will support 1 way or

another I think that's

something that scares them

to an extent. They

understand. the amount of

our resources. So we'll see

whether you know, what kind

of supports we offer

Israel as the as they

prepare their response. will

the Biden BB relationship

recover after this

do you think that this will

become another rallying

point? for Israelis behind

Bibi Netanyahu? Well, I think

it's in the best interest

of both sides to put

Politics on the side and

stick to policy. and to uh

focus on. what's at hand.

the Iranian Danger. to the

Jewish State and the think

as long as we're thinking

clearly. there's no need

to think. who's in charge

in Washington or who's in

charge. in? in Jerusalem.

Uh, where to allow Nations

regardless of of who's the

ruler here or there? So

I think if if this kind of

thinking is is you know

is persist I think you know

things will go smooth.

Okay, but there's a fear

that we might always go

back to politics. each

its own domestic audience

and I think you know, I don't

see it happening now

thankfully, but if we go

back that's not something

that I want to see

at least I want to put up

this uh tweet Alon Levy,

uh, the government

spokesperson there for

Israel with this photo,

Uh, who's saying, prime

minister Netanyahu is on

the phone with President

Biden right now after the

security cabinet meetings

there so, uh kind of each

side putting out their

respective. photos and media

about some of these

conversations and phone calls

uh that have taken place,

you know. we would be

remiss who's saying if

we didn't bring up the

Israel Hamas War the war

that is currently ongoing

related to that is this

so indirect? and and

tangential? or is it

directly? um related to

what's happening in in

Gaza? Help us make those

connections if there are any

Uh what we know is that

this whole what we see

tonight. started because

Iran planned October

7 Israel took out the rgc

Iranian General. General

zahedi who was in Damascus

meeting with 6 other

generals. This is the guy

who himassi by saying that

by thanking him. by as

as the guy who helped. plan

so we know that Israel

went after him. for his

role on October 7. and this

is why we're here now. Uh,

so now that the war in

Gaza has a bit receded

to the background with

with Israel making so

much gains except for Rafa,

I think the focus has turned

all of us call the the

head of the octopus now,

we're not dealing with the

arms anymore is

is not dealing with the

arms whether it's Hamas or

has now the focus is on

Iran itself and we see the

war now happening between

Iran and and Israel. with

no proxies in between them.

operation? Uh, is that

completely? off the table Is

that completely? sidelined

after tonight or or will

Israel Go full forward

with it? I don't this is

off the table and I think

that Israel. is low lower

the intensity of the war in

Gaza because Clearly Now

ability to hurt. Israel the

Israeli population or the

Israeli economy anymore. Uh,

but this does not mean

that the Hamas problem has

disappeared. and this does

in Gaza right now is

sustainable. for either

side on the long term. Uh,

so I think Israel can put

shelf for now to deal with

Iran. and I think this is in

the best

interests of Israel. Is it

now we'll focus on Iran and

after that you know, I think

if if Iran, gets, a hit if

Iran to an extent to the

politically or on a

military level, I think we

will see Hamas act and

behave differently. Hamas

acts and behave in such

a way because they think

that they have support

from a powerful party which

is in I think if if

in Iran itself uh, maybe

that that will reflect.

on Hamas and on. the future,

Okay? Yeah. I want to put

that tweet up again. from

BB there. uh talking on

the phone with Biden

and we're getting some more

reporting on this phone

Call Hussain.

according to Jackie Heinrich

at the White house,

official says the call has

ended and it lasted around.

before we let you go. See I

mean, what do you think was

said on the phone call?

well to my mind 25

minutes is a long phone

call. It's comprehensive.

It's you know. it doesn't

look like you know, they

just exchanged the uh, uh

pleasantries or not between

the 2 sides So they must

have talked. uh about

things. in depth. I think.

um, probably uh, BB offered

his assessment. offered his

next. plan and heard what

President Biden had to say.

I wouldn't say that there's

least judging by the public

statements of both sides.

I think he more or less

probably got the US

blessing for whatever.

Israel. plans to do next.

Uh V Iran. All right.

Iran. All Hussein with the

foundation for defense of

democracies. Um, thank you

for making time for us

tonight Ken. Thank you

enough. Uh, and we'll talk