first person ever to run the entire length of africa. 352 days. the journey was across 16 countries it. came with abundance of challenging, including food poisoning, being robbed at gunpoint it. didn't stop him. he finally made it to the end where folks flew out to run alongside him to the finish line. congratulations, russ. i wouldn't have done it but god bless him. >> judge jeanine: what do his feet look like? >> richard: i don't know e needs a pedicure, i can guarantee it. >> dana: one way to travel. i don't know if i would recommend it but i would recommend watching us tomorrow. we will be here. thanks, that's it for us, everybody. have a great night. >> bret: hey, dana, love the penguins. >> dana: i do too. i love them. >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight growing concern offer con grexal key counter-terrorism tool some lawmakers want big changes before approving the reauthorization bill for fisa

that allows surveillance of individuals out of this country. this comes as 9 head of the fbi issues a dire warning about the consequences of such action and talks about the serious threats now facing the u.s. we have talks team conch chad pergram on capitol hill as multiple lawmakers tell fox there is a new plan in the house to get fisa reauthorization done as soon as tomorrow ahead of a meeting between the house speaker and presumptive republican nominee former president donald trump. but we begin with correspondent david spunt live at the justice department tonight. good evening, david. >> david: bret, good evening to you. fbi director christopher wray chooses his words carefully and hours ago he made it clear the threat level to the united states is the highest he has ever seen in his professional career. >> now, increasingly concerning, is the potential for a coordinated attack here in the homeland akin to the isis-k attack we saw at the russia concert hall just a couple weeks ago. >> wray is pushing members of

congress to reauthorize fisa, the foreign intelligence surveillance act. specifically section 702 and allows intel agencies to collect communications of foreign people overseas without a warrant and it is possible someone in the united states could get swept up in that collection if that person in the u.s. is talking to a suspected person overseas. >> 702 is crucial to our ability to warn and protect our critical infrastructure from hackers in china, in russia, iran, including cyber threats to our electricity, our water, our hospitals. >> some republicans and democrats are joining together in pushing together to reform section 702. they want a warrant to be required when it involves data collection when it involves someone in the united states who may be talking to someone overseas. there were more than 200,000 abuses of fisa over several yearars. those occurred before reforms were put in place in 2021.

wray touted some of those reforms like lowering the number of people in the fbi who can make the queries, some republicans today were not convinced. >> i don't trust you. i don't think that this is necessarily a funding problem that we have for your agency as much as a leadership problem. >> wray also warned about the threat from china multiple times he said of the communist government they are, quote, is sparing no expense in its quest to hack, lie, cheat and steal its way to the top of the global super power, end quote. he previously said the bureau opens a counterintelligence investigation on china roughly every 12 hours, bret? >> bret: david spunt at the justice department. david, thanks. embattled house speaker mike johnson talks to fox news about tomorrow's meeting and news conference with former president donald trump. that comes as g.o.p. lawmakers remain divided over aid to ukraine. and salvaging the foreign intelligence surveillance act bill.

senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill tonight with the latest. good evening, chad. >> bret, the house is writing a plan for a two-year fisa extension. they want to vote on the bill tomorrow before house speaker mike johnson meets with trump. >> house speaker mike johnson hoping an appearance with former president trump casts him a lifeline. johnson's job could be in jeopardy as he stymied by his own party on two major issues. >> could you help -- think you can help us get something on ukraine or also on the fisa bill? >> we have a lot of things to discuss, talked to him frequently. looking forward to seeing him in person. >> the former president and johnson will tout a bill focused on preventing illegal immigrants from voting. mr. trump just undercut johnson's fisa reform bill this week, even though he signed a renewal of the controversial program into law in 2018. democrats believe the former president paralyzes the speaker. >> the extreme maga republicans

are taking orders from their puppet master down in mar-a-lago. >> conservatives blasted johnson's original fisa reform plan for not going far enough. >> did johnson step in this by putting this on the floor, try going to this route? >> yeah, i think he made a big mistake. >> that creates a lot of bad faith. >> johnson planned a ukraine bill for next week but nothing's ready. >> speaker johnson needs to put his foot down. >> that cost him his job? >> if i were in his shoes, i would be willing to risk my job for the security of our country. >> marjorie taylor greene threatened to oust the speaker if he aids ukraine. likely ally could salvage johnson. >> i believe that there are a reasonable number of democrats who would not want to see the speaker fall as a result of doing the right thing. >> the g.o.p. is okay with a two-year extension of fisa. that's because members hope trump is in the white house when it needs reauthorization. bret?

>> bret: we'll talk to new appropriations committee chair a little bit later tom cole,ed, c, thanks. there is increasing speculation tonight about iranian retaliation against israel over an attack that killed one of the islamic republic's top military leaders. tonight, the biden administration is walking a fine line between supporting israel and criticizing its execution of the war on hamas. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has that story tonight live from the north lawn, good evening, jacqui. >> jacqui: good evening, bret. white house centcom show of support and the defense secretary spoke to his israeli counterpart by phone. but, the u.s. is not publicly revealing any plans to jointly respond to the expected iranian attack on its ally. >> the u.s. is not spelling out consequences if iran follows through with an expected strike in israel. >> i don't want to get into hypotheticals here. >> although president biden shared support for israel's

security publicly, officials won't describe any direct communications with iran. >> did the administration send a direct warning to iran not to attack israel? >> i'm just not going to go into back and forth publicly. >> at the state department secretary blinken is making lots of calls to other countries. >> foreign counterparts including turkish foreign minister, chinese foreign minister and saudi foreign minister to make clear that escalation is not in anyone's interest and that countries should urge iran not to escalate. >> as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu makes this vow. >> whoever hurts us, we hurt him. >> iran's supreme leader vowed to retaliate against israel for a strike in syria that killed two iranian generals. israel has not taken responsibility for that attack. >> wicked regime of israel made a mistake in this case. it must be punished and it will be punished. >> tonight, the streets of tel aviv are quiet. but israeli forces are on high alert bracing for the

possibility of a direct attack from iran or its proxies. >> but, at the white house, public criticism of israel's conduct in gaza also continues after biden said netanyahu is making a mistake. >> unfortunately, we have seen more than 200 of humanitarian aide workers die. and this is something we do not want to continue to see. >> president biden's israel messaging has been very mixed. even though he said yesterday u.s. support for israel's security is ironclad, last week he threatened to change u.s. policy towards israel if israel doesn't take immediate steps to address a disaster in gaza, bret. >> bret: jacqui heinrich live on the north lawn. thank you. >> bret: we're getting additional reaction tonight to the worst than expected report on inflation. some experts are now predicting the federal reserve may actually increase its key interest rate instead of cutting it.

fox business correspondent grady trimble is here to tell us what that could mean for the u.s. economy. [clock ticking] >> tonight the nation's debt continues to climb, rising at a clip of around a trillion dollars every 100 days. on track to spend $870 billion on interest payments alone this year. that's more than the united states spends on defense. >> this is what happens when you spend trillions of dollars unnecessarily. it's like putting gasoline on the fire. the federal reserve has raised interest rates as we all know, which has made buying almost everything, including housing much more expensive. >> higher interest rates also make borrowing more expensive for the u.s. government. fueling the soaring debt and boosting the federal deficit. that deficit, the gap between money coming in to the government's coffers and money going out expected in 10 years to hit $2.6 trillion. and even as inflation ticks up for the third month in a row, president biden is forecasting

lower interest rates soon. >> i do stand by my prediction that before the year is out there will be a rate cut. this may delay it a monitor or so. i'm not sure of that. >> the former treasury secretary under president clinton, larry summers says, there's a serious possibility the fed's next move is a hike. some economists say that's what it should do. >> the fed never should have stopped increasing rates because inflation has never been trending towards 2%. it has been trending towards 3% plus. we have arrived there. we have been there for months. and there is no indication we are going any lower any time soon. >> not all hope is lost for a rate cut. at the fed's's june meeting. but, right now, wall street is begged it's more likely to happen in september or maybe even after the election. that's largely going to depend on which way inflation goes between now and the summer months. bret? >> bret: grady, thanks. stocks mixed today. the dow lost 2. the s&p 500 was up 38. the nasdaq jumped 272 to a new

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>> bret: the former long time interpreter for los angeles dodgers star shohei ohtani is being charged with federal bank fraud for crimes involving gambling debts and thefts of millions of dollars from the payroll. epay ms. harrahs stole more than $16 million from ohtani's bank accounts to pay for his own sports betting and lied to the bank to access those funds. ms. owe harrahs fired by the dodgers after the scandal surfaced. major league baseball conducting its own separate investigation

football icon became a tv and football star and national pariah as ended. o.j. simpson has died at 76 years old after a battle with prostate cancer. simpson's gridiron and entertainment legacy was forever overhad doughed by the accusations that he killed his former wife and her friend and the ensuing trials that captivated and divided a nation national correspondent william la jeunesse has our story from los angeles. >> i did not, could not have committed this crime. >> analysts called it the trial of the century, football hero, media superstar o.j. simpson accused of murder. >> both victims were killed in a similar manner, slashing and stabbing wounds. >> simpson's dream team of attorneys kept the nation on edge. >> if it doesn't fit, you must acquit. >> the drama lasting months, 100 million viewers waiting for a verdict. >> we, the jury, in the above entitled action, find the defendant orenthal james simpson not guilty of the crime of

murder. >> the damage was done. 83% of whites, 57% of blacks believed simpson murdered ex-wife nicole brown simpson and friend ron goldman. it followed this infamous car chase on a california freeway. and a mugshot that shocked the nation. simpson was later found libel in his civil case and ordered to pay $33 million. most of which was never paid, despite a generous nfl pension and his book "if i did it." >> o.j. running to the left turns the corner. >> before his fall from grace, simpson captivated america on the football field. first at usc where he won the heisman than with the buffalo bills becoming the first running back to break 2,000 yards in a single season. after football, the charismatic simpson dropped to broadcasting, commercials, and film. but many felt simpson found justice in 2008 when he was convicted of felony kidnapping and armed robbery in nevada where he served nine years in prison. >> hey, twitter world, it's yours truly.

>> simpson spent his final years in las vegas frequently posting videos on x and last post, february 11th, he said he was feeling fine. >> my health is good. i mean, obviously, i'm dealing with some issues. but, hey, i think i'm just about over it. >> o.j. simpson died of cancer. he was 76. in los angeles, william la jeunesse, fox news. >> bret: william, thank you. let's get some perspective from sportscaster jim gray who joins us tonight from the double eagle club in augusta, georgia as the masters gets underway. good evening, jim, i want to talk to you about day one at the masters. first i want to get your thoughts on the death of o.j. simpson. actually a majorly controversial figure captivated and divided the nation in those trials. >> well it, sure did. and when you think, bret about the heights that this guy roz to. he was arnold palmer. a mega star in the beginning of a television age everywhere he went. weighs greeted with cheers and

adulation and he had a smile. he was in hertz commercials, he was running through airports. he was all-american and a great player heisman trophy winner at usc. captivated the sports world. went on to have a great announcing career. and of course his life took a very disturbing and despicable turn with the accusation, acquitted in criminal court and then convicted in the civil court inexflick cable life. for the height that he achieved. the talent that he had to where he ended up, it's inexplicable the goldman family statement today the only thing i have to say is that today is just a further reminder of how long we have missed my son, how long he has been gone and the only thing that's important today are the victims. that's fred goldman, ron's father. i want to turn to something that is the start of the masters. this morning, a little delayed, but you saw the honoree kick

off. just seeing that every year, for golfers, especy, gives you goose bumps. started a little bit late because of a rocky weather start, right? >> two and a half hours late but it's always great to see the golden bear. of course who will forget in 1986 he won at age 46. i had a chance to spend some time with him yesterday. still sharp as heck. doing really good. going to have his tournament coming up at the memorial. just to see him out there brings back some great memories. two and a half hours late. bryson dechambeau jumped over to the liv tour shot a 7 under par, 65. right now he leads scottie scheffler who is the tournament favorite coming into the tournament. he won a couple years ago. is he playing the 18th hole par one stroke behind. windy this afternoon but the greens are firming up again. they had a half inch of rain, bret, but it's getting tough. the conditions have been pretty tough this afternoon for the

guys. and, right now, tiger woods, through the seventh hole all eyes are on tiger woods as he tries to play in this tournament after leaving the genesis open rivera. he had the flu. first tournament of the year and is he even par right now. >> bret: yeah. amazing to watch him competing after all he has been through. we saw the picture of by sen dechambeau had the rising round today. still tension between the pga and liv players. although after a number of majors, the liv players are holding their own each time. >> well, they sure are. i mean, they have 13 players in this tournament. and they have some of the top players in the top 20, a number of them. so, you know, they are a force to be reckoned with. obviously liv is not going to go away. trying to figure out a deal how to get along, coexist, come together on some type of merger. there is really no progress reported of any substance that looks like this is going to come to an end any time soon. obviously, that's the hope because the disintegration of the pga tour and what liv has

done has not been good for golf. ratings have been down. this is a week right here at agut that national that everybody celebrates. this is the best week in golf. it's the best run, best organized event that our country puts on and it's in an international park and it's just beautiful. so, hopefully everybody will put aside the differences that they are having in golf and come together and have a great tournament here. >> bret: next year we'll do the interview in person, again. jon rahm the defending champion went over to liv. he made that announcement, jim, right here on "special report." so golf is always a little bit in this show somewhere. we appreciate the time. >> absolutely. we miss you here, bret. come on, let's go. get back down here. >> bret: you bet. >> a tradition like any other, bret baier at the masters. >> bret: that's right, that's right. up next, we talked to the new chairman of the house appropriations committee and, later, the state department's new diversity officer's past comments raising eyebrows today. ♪ ♪ crschedule with safelite,

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>> well, there's no question both contentious time. very narrow majority. and obviously we have a late start. it took us a long time to get the bill for fiscal year '24 through. so we are starting behind the 8 ball a little bit. but, look, i have a lot of confidence in my economy. we got all the bills out last time. >> bret: mr. chairman, the nebraska examiner said this tuesday kohl said he expects stop gap spending bill in september to keep the federal government running through election day and that whoever wins those contest also decide when lawmakers wrap up their annual process. so is that what you think? >> in terms of regular order, no. i mean, it starts at the committee level. we'll do that we basically have been doing that we can't control what the senate side does, whether they will have bills ready. it's pretty traditional, honestly, and it has been for a long time to push these bills in election year to the other side. the winner basically decides if you want to finish in the

calendar year or do you want to do something i do not favor ever doing and that's let the bills move into the next year. but it's very challenging. now, my friends talk about spending, i agree, they all usually don't know or forget that the appropriations committee held spending flat for 10 years. from fy 2010 to 19. under republican control. the problem is you got to talk about entitlement spending. that's where the real increases are coming. >> bret: don't you need a top line number though? >> i do. the sooner the better. we have a rough idea. obviously the fiscal responsibility act passed a strong bipartisan. there are disputes about what was that deal. there were so-called quote unquote side deals. those have to be fought at the leadership level. we will operate by the number that we are given by our leadership and our budget committee. i think that's going to be coming in short order. and, again, it's not going to be dramatically different in all likelihood than it was last

year. that's the number we settled at. we were able to get some victories. >> bret: former president donald trump does not want to touch any of that, or at least he is saying that on the campaign trail. that's an uphill battle. >> it is a difficult battle. look, it's very tough. i remember when i put out my social security proposal earlier this year, basically as a bipartisan commission. it's modeled after what ronald reagan, tipp o'neal and howard baker did. in 1983. they did it. they did it and nothing changed politically. the point is we have done this before it needs to be done again. >> i are a supporter of the supplemental, funding for ukraine and israel and taiwan i think there is strong bipartisan support we will see what the

final measure is, probably in the next couple books. on the floor for this. you know, our leaders in terms of foreign policy and defense, mike rogers, the house armed services committee, mike mccaul on the senate foreign relations committee. and mike turner on the senate intel committee are all supportive. lots of folks are. other people have objections. that's legitimate. that's what democracy is all supposed to be about. i don't have any problem with people arguing against it. but, i think there is a very strong bipartisan majority on the floor. there is obviously some political risk because people don't just wanted to vote. they are threatening if i don't get my way i will try to vacate the speaker's chair or whatever. it complicates things. but, again, you know, democracy is pretty messy. i think we will get there. >> bret: yeah. do you think speaker johnson will survive? >> i do. and i have a lot of faith in speaker johnson. and i think is he doing an unbelievable job. he kept us from having a government shutdown. he got the appropriations bill

passed. is he struggling with the foreign intelligence surveillance act. i think he will get that through this week and then he probably turns to supplemental. >> you think you can avoid a government shutdown even after last year's fiasco? >> well, absolutely. we didn't shut down the government last year. and. >> bret: but it went to the edge. >> it went to the edge. but congress has voted pretty consistently not to shut down the government. and most of the time it's been substantial majorities on both sides of the aisle. i don't think most people here want them because they don't work. i watched democrats shut down the government over daca. i watched republican does it over obamacare and the border wall. it never achieves its objectives on any of those three cases. both parties have done it. it doesn't work. it's just, you know, it's like playing football. if you see somebody call on each side call the same play three times and it fails. maybe that's a dumb play. i will tell you shutting down the government is never smart politics.

>> bret: it's tough to govern with a slim majority. is that fair? >> that is absolutely fair. i think, you know, my friends on both sides would tell you i would rather be in the minority sometimes in a slim number. the easiest vote is a no vote. the hardest vote is a yes vote. >> critics of a republic leadership say it seems like the g.o.p. conference wants to be in the minority and may be. are you worried about that. >> i think it's going to be a very competitive elections. i frankly suspect whoever wins the presidency actually wins the house. but, i actually think our chances of winning presidency with president trump are much better than democrats are with president biden. we now see what a biden administration is like. i think that plays very much to our advantage. >> bret: well, good luck with appropriations. >> i appreciate it. >> bret: tom cole, thanks for the time. >> thank you. >> bret: when we come back, the state department's new diversity chief had some tough things to say about this country a few

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run background checks on buyers when selling at gun shows or other places outside brick and mortar stores. the measure aims to restrict gun sales by unlicensed dealers who do not perform background checks. the rule is likely to be challenged in court by gun rights activists. past derogatory comments about this country are being revealed tonight from the state department's new diversity chief. she had some very negative things to say about u.s. history and current attitudes in comments just a few years ago. correspondent griff jenkins shows us tonight. >> the culture of misogyny has allowed men to act without consequence. >> less than two weeks into her new job, as the state department's chief diversity and inclusion officer, is zoo kia carr johnson is drawing criticism for past comments. in a 2019 piece she claimed america's organizations and institutions are, quote, riddled with racism, patriarchy and

exclusion. these are chinks in the armor of traditional leadership that refuse to reconcile with the colonizing past or realize time has run out for experimentation sand tweaking of a failed historic model. in a video a year later she issued a call to action about the work of dismantling that structure at every juncture. >> house foreign affairs committee opposes what he calls over ideological overemphasis on dei. mike pompeo blasted. the state department should be staffed by individuals who love america and brief e. believe in our core principles not idealogues who think that america represents a failed model the state department standing by the woman who it calls one of the most qualified experts in the field of dei. >> one of the ways we believe you can best love america is to love its full diversity and build a work for that reflects that full diversity. >> we are learning tonight,

bret, the state department has made it a requirement to document your commitment to support dei ideology in order to be considered for any promotion or higher pay. bret? >> bret: griff jenkins live at the state department, thanks. up next, the panel with the fight over fisa and the house speaker preparing it for a big meeting with former president donald trump. first, beyond our borders tonight. ukraine's parliament approves a controversial law to govern how the country calls up new soldiers. it was past against a back drop of escalating russian campaign inside ukraine that has devastated ukraine's energy infrastructure in recent weeks. authorities say overnight missile and drone attacks destroyed the largest power generating facility in the capital region of kyiv. a vietnamese real estate tycoon is sentenced to death in the country's largest financial fraud case in its history. 67-year-old trume mylynn charged with fraud.

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>> let me be clear, failure to reauthorize 702 or getting it with some new kind of warrant requirement would be dangerous and put americans lives at risk. >> we are demanding, you know, that this be reformed with real reforms that protect all americans. >> the idea that we would let this critical component of our security regime lapse would be the height of irresponsibility. >> bret: well, fisa legislation, the reauthorization of this 702 essentially spying on possible threats from outside the country. they want 19 g.o.p. lawmakers

want reforms to it. but there are concerns about not getting it through from a security standpoint. the "wall street journal" editorial board says this. trump blows up antiterrorist surveillance. mr. trump wants to kill fisa and what does he think a second trump administration will do without it? will it make america great again if it has no ability to surveil pakistan. let president biden blame mr. trump if there is a terror attack and leave a trump administration less able to protect americans. that's the battle. it could come up this week. as soon as tomorrow. let's bring in our panel leslie marshall democratic strategist. trey gowdy, former congressman from south carolina and kimberley strassel a member of the editorial board at the "wall street journal." trey, your thoughts on this battle as it's happening. they will want reforms. obviously the former president sees fisa abuses in attacks against him directly. and he has mentioned that numerous times. >> yeah, it's a different

section that i think the president is complaining about. fisa is already subject to court order. the court has already approved the collection of this information. it is almost exclusively foreign nationals talking. every now and again americans get caught up in it. i think, bret, the problem is two fold. number one, the fbi really has nobody to blame but themselves. they have been very slow to embrace reforms. five years ago when we were talking about reauthorizing this, the bureau was slow to accept any reforms. the other issue you may recall, bret, the president once before, president trump tweeted out that we should oppose reauthorization because he watched a legal comment territory who used to be on fox campaign about fisa. pompeo had to go get in the car and drive over there and flip the president's position. so he sent out another tweet before we voted. i don't hear his former national security advisers opposing reauthorization.

so, i hear him doing it, but i don't hear the people he put in charge of keeping our country safe opposed to this reauthorization. >> bret: meantime, the house speaker is meeting with the former president at mar-a-lago tomorrow. here is speaker johnson talking about that. >> what are you going to talk to the president about? do you think you can help us get something on ukraine or also on the fisa bill? >> we have a lot of things to discuss, talk to him frequently. so i look forward to seeing him in person. >> right now he does not have my support and i'm watching what happens with fisa and ukraine. >> there are reasonable number of democrats who would not want to see the speaker fall as a result of doing the right thing. >> politico writes it this way why trump best friend. house republicans have sought to convince former president trump to either endorse johnson's ukraine assistance or stay out of the debate all together.

if trump publicly opposes ukraine aid and that would almost certainly prompt marjorie taylor greene to trigger the motion to vacate. talked earlier, leslie to congressman cole, how difficult it is to govern with a very slim majority. >> oh, yes, it is it doesn't matter if you are wearing red or blue. listen, here's the problem that speaker johnson has. he has to decide is he going to be the leader of his party or is donald trump going to be the leader of the party. i mean, he is the g.o.p. nominee. he is the former president. he is not the current president. and johnson is the current speaker. i don't think, honestly, marjorie taylor greene has the votes, honestly, to do that. but you do see not only the g.o.p. within the house but the g.o.p. party in disarray and in dysfunction. it really comes off badly not only for the party but more specifically for johnson because he doesn't look like, you know, he can lead. there have been more than half a dozen attempts for standard procedural votes that would be along party lines.

normally that would pass in the past even with slim majorities, and he hasn't been able to do it. we are seeing problems as you just mentioned with fisa. i would agree with a lot of what trey said there and certainly seeing problems with ukraine. the united states of america and our representatives elected left and right. we have to decide do we stand for freedom as we say that we are the beacon of freedom throughout the world and support ukraine who we are being told by top pentagon officials would lose this war without our assistance or do we want to be cheerleaders for russia taking a steam roller to ukraine? that is really what johnson is dealing with in addition, in the bigger picture outside of politics. >> bret: right. there is concern kimberley on the right about ukraine funding and how long that lasts and what's the end result. there is concern on the left about israel funding used by israel against gaza. the event tomorrow, speaker johnson, "u.s.a. today," speaker johnson and former president trump promote a bill to prevent

non-citizens from voting. johnson will hold a joint press conference with trump on friday at the former president's mar-a-lago residence where top house republican will tout the legislation to elevate the issue of non-citizens voting in federal elections according to a person familiar with the planning. that's the framing of the event. however, just the image of the two together will send a signal. the question is how much the former presidentnt steps out in support of speaker johnson and where that goes for him. >> yeah. and the signal is very important here. i think that what this really means, bret, is that the trump team and i think it's been a little slow to get to this understanding, is beginning to realize that having a house caucus by the way the only branch of government republicans run at the moment look like it's in perpetual and continual disarray unable to lead or get anything done is not exactly a great advertisement when you are headed into a presidential election arguing that you should be giving the white house as well and the senate.

and so there is this key things coming up. this is, i think, a message from trump potentially, at least quietly to some of these critics of johnson to o give him some breathing room. we will see whether or not he goes further than that and makes public comments or starts making some behind the scene calls. i think this is an attempt to try to get the conservative caucus back on track in getting a few things done. >> bret: yeah. chaos is a tough sell. trey, meantime, the u.s. central commander, the commander of u.s. central command, over in value today ahead of what is believes to be a direct threat from iran to possibly strike israel, the state department saying that's not a good idea. take a listen. >> escalation is not in iran's interest. it's not in the region's interest. and it's not in the world's interest. we are obviously very concerned about the threat of an iranian attack. we made that clear from the president on down but i don't want to put any kind of time frame on it. we were hoping, of course, to

avoid such an attack in the first place. >> bret: yeah. i mean, strong letter to follow. we didn't hear really strong words from president biden on this issue. >> well, i mean, the strongest words we have heard from president biden, quite frankly have been towards israel. not towards iran. so, which i find utterly stunning. the united states gets two decades to go after people that hurt us. israel gets six months to go after a group that puts kids in ovens. if biden wants to talk tough. talk tough to iran, houthis, hezbollah, quit talking tough to netanyahu whom i'm convinced look the u.s. has also killed innocent civilians, remember that drone strike in afghanistan after we lost 13 soldiers, that was a car full of kids. there is a difference between doing it accidently and doing it intentionally. hamas does it on purpose, good people like israel and the u.s. do it accidentally. >> bret: leslie, i only have a few seconds here but, politically, this is all hurting

president biden, is it not? >> look, this is difficult. i think he has been strong with iran. he has made it clear that we'll support israel, their right to exist. iran doesn't have the capability to take on israel, certainly not the united states, hezbollah, however, does. and that is an issue. and also an issue is the potential famine that we see coming in gaza. 33,000 people killed, the majority women and children. that's not a car full of kids. i think the president is right to rebuke israel. the people of israel is getting back at netanyahu and the united states for opinion polls is changing their opinion on this situation in the middle east as well. >> bret: we'll follow it from all sides. panel, thanks. ♪ finally tonight, a special day. >> the reaction you get from the kids when you introduce the stem curriculum in these classrooms it's almost like teaching baseball for the first time to a kid and him having success. they love it. they explore it.

>> bret: that's baseball hall of famer cal ripken jr. foundation named after his father along with he is slam foundation head a launch of newest stem center. the center will provide resources to kids coding and engineering. 500th stem center opened by the ripken foundation the first of 81 new stem centers to open up in six cities. that's great news. as china's navy gross the u.s. is falling behind in submarine production. what's plan to keep pace? that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and still unafraid. thanks for having us into your home. "the ingraham angle" starts now. ♪ ♪ >> laura: good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" from washington tonight. o.j.'s real legacy, that's the focus of tonight's angle. >> laura: at usc on the field, he ran