>> two minnesota lawmakers were shot in their homes last night. melissa hortman and her husband mark were killed in what they say was a targeted assassination. and another lawmaker and his wife were shot, there's an

active manhunt for the shooter at this hour. welcome to fox news live on a busy news day, i'm mike emanuel in washington. for reaction to the deadly shooting in minnesota let's bring in former fbi special agency and another from the studio. what we're hearing is the suspect dressed up as law enforcement, had a uniform and evidently had had a badge and even had a vehicle that looked like a police vehicle, targeted assassination of elected leaders in minnesota. what's your reaction? where does your mind go? >> this is worse case scenario in my book. when you think of a police officer in a uniform the person you can trust almost every time and thinking they're using that level of trust to take advantage and commit this assassination is very complex. now for law enforcement involved, not knowing who this person is, this whole area is going to be flooded with law enforcement, they may not know each other, they don't know

different apartments and federal agents coming in and a big problem with identification and a bigger problem with the perimeter set up. this is horrific and a trust issue going forward. one of the things i thought was important on the press conference, when someone is approached by a police officer, they will be in twos, that's important and people need to realize this. it also is about knowing your neighbor. neighbors should be calling each other, right, saying, hey, is everybody okay? the other part of the story, where is this guy? is there a barricaded situation now? that further complicates this, right? and then is to figure out who they are, a house to house search and now they know that this guy is ready,'s armed and dangerous clearly. there are so many complications to the case. the other side, there's also a lot of evidence in the case, sounds like we have a vehicle, right. i'm sure we have, look like some of the survivors could be eyewitness to this. ballistic evidence, there's going to be dna evidence,

fingerprints likely within the vehicle, the surveillance cameras. right now it's about flooding all of the resources in. and thankfully we know that attorney general bondi's chimed in and said they're on top of this. i know the fbi and kash patel's group is sending massive resources and the administration and president trump chimed in. they'll get excellent resources, right now it's safety going forward for the community. >> it sound like this guy had a manifesto, that there were a list of people that he was targeting. so, obviously, you expect stepped up security at their homes and what about the idea of combing a perimeter, a decent sized perimeter? >> it's fairly problematic. i grew up in boston, massachusetts and the tsarnaev brothers-- >> i'm sorry, there's a news conference in minnesota.

>> (inaudible)-- >> again, that's part of the investigation right now so i'm not going to answer those. >> i'm sorry, as i mentioned we're getting into investigatory information and i'll leave that. >> good afternoon, again, or good morning, drew evans. >> excuse me, can we have it quiet out there so everybody can hear? thank you. >> what i want to know is that part of this, the reference is, the individual that is a person of interest that we've talked about or individuals, are not in custody at this time. so the reference materials that were inside of the vehicle that we saw, we have no understanding that any of the events would be targeted, but we find it of interest, that they would be there. because this is an active investigation with information not knowing right now, we feel it's an obligation for you and the public across the state of

minnesota, to alert, you a notetation that people don't go today, but the individuals are not in custody today and make sure as that active manhunt is underway and continues that we make sure that we're making the recommendation as to the investigation and the list, we are working through that right now and talking to individuals, and we'll continue to. what i would say the list, there's a large number of people. all i can say about that. we'll work through what the motivations are, and this is a public safety announcement and for everybody so we can make sure that everybody is informed and make sure they're safe throughout the day. >> so what specifically about the no kings? i heard that, too? >> what was the question? >> i was going to say we got an e-mail organizers saying the event is still on. >> it's a great question. >> we're not the organizers, we're in contact with the organizers, i will say,

however, you heard the message the colonel gave and we put that out on the state patrol on the social media pages and also' also a photo that goes along with that of what we found inside the car regarding the no kings rally. >> social media, state patrol social media pages and also shared in the department of public safety and social media pages. >> all right, thanks, guys. as i've done before. mike: that's an update from circle pines, minnesota authorities there giving a brief update for journalists. and it sounds like some evidence may be put out on social media so people may be aware what we're be there. what ought your ear. i heard them mention individuals, plural. what about that? >> i heard the same thing. this is a big shift. initially we heard one shooter on foot. right now individuals, often early information isn't correct in these matters and so, you have to now assume there's one to two or multiple shooters. again, another level of complexity, are they together,

are they again, going back to the tsarnaev brothers, they were together on the run and think about, it's always a safety issue and then they have to get the information out. they likely have some understanding who the people are or persons are. if the vehicle's registered to them, they may have some sort of identification there. but they're going to try to get photosment they may have ring photos or surveillance photos because it's so critical to get a photo out of this person because the community is in lockdown and safety is paramount, but now two or three shooters? now it ratcheted up the level of violence that's capable. remember, these guys are on the run, right? they've already committed an i is as nation and we know they're clearly armed and willing to kill and they're likely happy to probably shoot it out however they get caught. the other problem here as we were discussing is the barricaded situation, right? you know, they're going to have to go house to house, not just answer the door, they're going to have to clear each house, every single inch of that

house, of that building has to be cleared because someone could answer the door, he's not here, but he's behind the door, holding a gun to them. don't tell them i'm here. so they have to clear each house. this is a very long process. one of the other parts going to the boston bombing example, the tsarnaev brother who was captured was outside the perimeter. even though you're outside the perimeter, have your head on a swivel. the whole community around it needs to be careful about watching and seeing things. the community's also going to play a big part in picking up the phone and seeing something, doesn't seem right. and this is part of the community reaching out to 911 to make the calls. >> former federal prosecutor jonathan fahey, where does your mind go as you here the latest facts? >> this is interesting and i wasn't sure that's what he said until he said it twice about individuals, so this really cuts against the earlier advice that people were given who don't respond to police unless

it's two of them. well, if there are now two shooters that cuts against that and a greater risk to people when they're interacting with police, certainly in this neighborhood today, people are going to be interacting with police, because they're going to be interviewing people and gathering evidence and makes it more scary and this whole situation is a horrible situation because sort of the obvious, you want to be able to trust police, but it does, you have all of these incidents are s.w.a.t.ing and all of these things going on now and it makes those even more dangerous for the people that are victims swatting, and the people responding unknowing they're called to something that doesn't exist. when i was a federal prosecutor, i prosecuted a case, i don't want to say similar, but the perpetrators dressed as police officers to gain entry into a home and killed three individuals. it isn't an unusual tactic, but in many incidents police dress up as police to commit

robberies or things like that, but it makes it more complex, more dangerous and we certainly expect these people to be caught and what's in that manifesto is going to be important as to motivation, but it may not be as important as the immediate need, which is just capturing these people, getting the public safe, but all of these things make you, you know, it just really puts a whole community on edge and really the whole country on edge with so much going on, and this thing where they talk about they made reference to the no kings event. does this mean they were going to target this event or does this mean they were associated with the event in some way? we don't really know and i guess it doesn't matter what the motivation is right now, it's just how do we catch these guys and stop the threat. mike: i want to read to you a tweet from the minnesota state patrol. given the targeted shooters of state lawmakers overnight we're asking the public to not attend planned demonstrations across minnesota out of abundance of caution. so, these are protests by

liberals, democrats, progressives, however you want to label them and so, clearly there may be something in this manifesto that they found that is raising cause for concern, jonathan. >> well, and i hope people don't attend just for that reason. we don't need violence on top of this. there will be many opportunities to make the point that the protesters want to make. the other thing that's in there, the other thing i mentioned the second person on the press conference talked about they were making appropriate notifications. i assume these were individuals maybe listed in the manifesto that may be targeted to make sure, not only make sure they're warned, but make sure they're safe currently and make sure they've been made contact with, because they could still be trying to target these individuals or they could be seeking to flee. we don't really know where their heads are at and what they were saying, if they're willing to do this, maybe

they're willing to kill for a cause and maybe willing to die for a cause as well. they made the threats on these individuals may not be over right now. >> i do think if they're making a specific requests not to attend the protests today, there may be some evidence that that's part of the scheme here. a lot of preparation went into this and premeditation. they were organized and took very detailed steps to do what they're doing and we don't know if this is just the group. it could be one part of a larger cell operating and that's where it becomes quite concerning, so for them to say, no on going forward with the protest, there has to be, especially in minnesota, there has to be something, i think, quite serious and the public should listen to that. now it's really getting-- the ratcheting up of violence is getting to a whole new level here. mike: thanks for your analysis and please stand by, if you will.

reaction from the white house with homeland security secretary, mark meredith is live on the white house lawn. >> the white house is aware of the situation unfolding in minnesota and the president briefed and putting out a statement earlier today from his press secretary saying this appears to be a targeted attack of political violence and of course, it cannot stand. almost every second we're getting new reaction from lawmakers here in dc, and crass the country. there are two i want to point out. one from sneaker of the house mike johnson, such historic political violence in our society. every leader must unequivocally condemn it and hearing from the senior senator from amy klobuchar says she was close friends with the woman killed, melissa hortman. they were taken from us in an act of violence. a good friend. we started in politics at the same time and always there for one another and she was a true public servant. we're hearing motors ago from the department of homeland security, kristi noem, other agency offering resources to

the people on the ground in minnesota investigating this and tracks with similar statements we heard from the attorney general pam bondi, as well as the fbi director. it's all hands on deck for federal law enforcement at this point. as you mike, and the guesses guests were talking about, there are a lot of public events. a huge army's 250th anniversary this evening. that will continue as planned. and we'll reach out to the white house to see if there's an update. the security around the capital, that we've seen, like an inauguration. and in major u.s. cities, philadelphia, chicago, los angeles, for the no kings day protests aimed against the current administration and what the office of public safety was putting out in minnesota, that they do not want people to go to those ones locally in minnesota given the threat that's ongoing. we'll be watching to see if

there's any additional comments to try to bring those down and move those away from public gathering given the news out of minnesota. mike, there's a huge focus on political violence in the last few years. we know the fbi is tracking it and lawmakers withheld hearings and domestic terrorism asking what's causing this. here in dc, i think back to just a few years ago, we had the congressional baseball shooting, a bunch of lawmakers practicing ahead of the big game and somebody showed up, shot a bun of people and the only reason the suspect was taken down because somebody in house leadership had-- steve scalise had his capitol security team. there's focus on top federal lawmakers, the president who has detail, and capitol police. most in dc don't have a security apparatus that goes with them on a day-to-day basis. and state level as well. we know that security is stepped up for the state lawmakers in minnesota and whether or not there's going to be additional action taken in

additional states is what we're finding out. mike, the big headline, president trump briefed on the situation in the minnesota. his law enforcement team offering their full resources and look to see if it changes any plans for the president later today. mike: it certainly sound like all hands on deck across the center levels of the united states government. mark meredith on the lawn. we'll get back to you if you have news later. thanks very much. let's bring in the fbi special agent, john, welcome. >> thanks, mike, good to be with you. mike: and what struck you as you heard or read over the past hour or so from minnesota officials, about the investigation and search for the suspect or suspects? >> it's very interesting that law enforcement in minnesota is now saying there's multiple persons. that may be information from the so-called manifesto. they might have other evidence, but there's more people involved until proven otherwise. the public needs to be very

cautious at this time. mike: how troubling do you find it, the suspect, at least the one we know of, was dressed in a police officer's uniform, wearing the uniform, evident had i will a badge and obviously was armed and even had a vehicle that was made to look like a police vehicle. what about that, john? >> this is not very common and happened before and we've had abduction cases that ended in homicide, persons posing as law enforcement. the question is going to be, where did the person get the uniform, the badge, et cetera. you can buy a lot of that stuff on the internet. is there somebody on the inside that's providing cooperation? that's part of this investigation to determine who helped, who assisted, who else is involved, but most importantly right now, job one is protecting the public, get this person or persons in custody and keep the public safe. mike: we also understand from the minnesota state patrol in a tweet they're put out a few minutes ago, they're asking

people not to turn out for these protests that are scheduled across minnesota and also some other cities around the country, but specifically as relates to minnesota. there it is on the screen. given the targeted shootings of lawmakers overnight we're asking people not to attend the protests across minnesota out of abundance of caution. john, is that prudent in your view? >> absolutely. we know we have a gunman that's already killed and will likely kill again if it means his escape. until that person is in custody. there's going to be plenty of time to express your first amendment rights and go out and protest anything you want. right now, it should be about keeping yourself, your friends, your family safe and do the prudent thing. stay inside, stay home. mike: we've heard from some minnesota officials. i want to play a sound bite from the governor of the state of minnesota, tim walz and i'll get you to react to it, john.

>> this was an act of targeted political violence. peaceful discourse is the foundation of our democracy. we don't settle our differences with violence or at gun point. if the state of minnesota and as recently as last week, in the most closely divided state legislature in the country, we sat down, we worked things out, we debated, we shook hands and compromised and we served the state of minnesota together. mike: unfortunately, political violence is not new. i'm thinking back to the kennedy assassinations, back in the '60s, mark meredith our correspondent just mentioned the steve scalise shooting at the congressional baseball practice in alexandria, virginia, his life was saved by having a medical doctor on his team and having a security detail with him. your thoughts, the final thought on where we are at this point, john.

>> well, i'm glad to hear mr. walz talk about toning things down because that's not been the rhetoric to date. it's important on both sides. political discussion, disagreement is fine, you have first amendment rights, but we should not be talking about violence. we should be talking about finding ways to work with one another. today is a great example. it can affect anybody, no matter what party you're in. let's work together and get these people into custody and try to be more amenable to other's differences down the road. mike: john, former fbi special agent. that you for your time on this breaking news. >> thank for having me. mike: let's bring in these gentlemen, and there was some discussion on the steve scalise shooting, stepping up security, that members should have more security. that would not have helped

state legislators. do you expect at some point, that that will be part of the conversation, whether you need more protection of public figures? >> i think it does because when you think of the foundation of our republic, you know, our political appointed members of congress and even the state legislators are critical to how we operate and how we get business done in this country. it's a pillar, really, of the republic, like i said. and they need to be protected just like judges need to be protected as well. so i think that that level of corporation should be occurring and the resources required -- the big scheme of things, we can't worry about that. what is important, we need to make sure that our politicians are safe and they have the confidence to keep them safe as well. a critical part of our democracy, to have our politicians safe and to be able to do their jobs, if we can't, we're in trouble. mike: the aspect that this guy may have come to the door wearing a police uniform and may have caused those officials

or their spouse toss let their guard down, right. >> exactly. it's disarming, most people in the country, you see a police officer, somebody to trust and rely on to help you. so, that's-- i'm certain they might have opened the door anyway, but i'm certain it made them a lot more comfortable for them to do so. back to your question, the security is certainly important and the most-- the greatest benefit of security is when you don't think you need it because certain places are known to be secure and people don't try to harm people within them. i want to get back to what john said the fbi agent on the rhetoric. it's striking that tim walz was making the statements when he's been one of the worst at ratcheting up the rhetoric. i think in the last couple of weeks he referred to the ice agents as the gestapo. and i can't think of any more violent rhetoric. look at some of the political motivated attacks and stuff. you look at the luigi mangione case which was a politically motivated attack although it

was against a private citizen and many people on evident left have supported his cause after the fact, which i think is very disturbing. i think we should all take a step back and say tone down the rhetoric, respect other people and their opinions and look at solving problems in a constructive way. calling people names, defaming law enforcement and other things like that do nothing to make people safer. do nothing to make policy better. so, hopefully, maybe that's a lesson that could be a takeaway from today to the ascent there could be something good down the road. mike: gentlemen, thanks for your analysis. let's bring in congressman steuby. welcome. >> thanks for having me. mike: we brought you on to talk about the 250th anniversary celebration of the army. obviously, news has taken over. what's your reaction to political violence and targeting elected leaders in the state of minnesota? >> yeah, there should be

absolutely zero tolerance for this at all. i'm happy that the fbi and our national law enforcement agencies are assisting and i think they should take over as far as the prosecution is concerned because we know minnesota is not known for its hard laws against criminals, so, let the feds take over and find these people. it's really sad right now. there's a lot of people why would you serve in elected office is because of the decisions that you make or votes that you take, you're going to be a target. many of us have had death threats, i've had death threats and a lot of my colleagues. we don't have individual security details. we have to take it on ourselves to have a security posture wherever we go, at our homes. there's no place in this country for political violence. it should end now regardless of the political affiliation. all elected officials should come together and stand against this and call this out. whoever these people are, once they're captured, the full book of the united states law should be against them and they should

be held accountable for these atrocious acts. mike: i've got the united states capitol building over my shoulder. do you expect a debate when you return to capitol hill to turn to what more needs to be done to protect elected officials? >> yeah, probably. i mean, we have the ability to use our campaign funds, to augment security. obviously, at the capitol there's security there. but you don't, obviously, want to spend campaign funds to, you know, have your own security detail. so there's a little bit of discussion there. i don't certainly support taxpayer dollars funding this. but we are in a very trying time in our country right now where our country's very divided, and we just need to bring peace into this situation, come together as a nation. both parties say political violence has no place in our country and try to tone down the rhetoric on both sides. and hopefully that will help quell this, but we're at a kind of tipping point in our country where you're seeing these violent protests across the country and in l.a., i'm so

proud of the president and the stance they're taking, they're not going to put up with any type of attacks on law enforcement officers. that sends a very strong signal to criminals that want to attack our law enforcement officers, to attack our federal go buildings, but, yeah, i imagine there are some other conversations about what we can do to ensure that our lawmakers are safe. mike: i'm sure when you see steve scalise as the house majority leader in the republican conference, it's nothing short of a miracle that he's actually alive. so we've seen political violence really cut both ways over the past few years. >> there's no doubt. there was many miracles on that field that day. from the fact that he had his security detail there. the fact had he not been there, all of those republican members of congress would have been killed that day. the fact that there was a doctor that was there that was a congressman, that had dealt with trauma before, that served in the military, that could deal with gunshot wounds. there was many miracles that day and the only person that died on the field that day was the crazy domestic terrorist to

tried to kill a bunch of republican members of congress. recently on the intelligence committee we opened up a report for eight years, the fbi held this information classified and secret, and didn't tell the american people, that the politicalization in case, saying this was a suicide by cop case, it was a lie to the american people. it was a domestic terrorist to went on the field to try to kill republicans, a far leftist who wanted to kill republicans and a fbi classified it and took eight years to get that information. thanks to kash patel and the fbi to release that, the intelligence committee put out a report this guy was a domestic terrorist that went to that field that day, had done research specifically to kill republicans and thank the lord to steve scalise and other the other people on that field are alive today, except for the shooter that came to kill republicans that day. mike: have you had any conversations with your colleagues, concerns about perm

safety and security of lawmakers, their families, their loved ones and more? >> not today, but obviously, since the shooting, like we just got done with the baseball game this past week. when practices, there's a very large police presence and capitol police presence there because there has been a shooting. it's a situation like this, not thinking some guy dressed as a cop is going to show up at your door. i had a conversation with my wife making sure that if something like this happens call 911 and ensure that this law enforcement officer is supposed to be where he is. and i encourage all elected officials to have these conversations in their homes, to have some type of security plan in their home. to put the security plans in place working with local law enforcement because there's going to be other mimicking crimes and criminals who think, oh, this guy got away with it and was able to kill these individuals and sounds like a good idea for others to take these scenarios. make sure that everybody has their head on a pivot and all

of our different families and all of those elected officials are prepared for situations like this in their home. mike: congressman greg steube, on committee for the house, thank you for your time. and let's bring in michael balboni. welcome. >> thanks for being here. mike: and what is your reaction to the from the state legislature, she was assassinated and her husband and another lawmaker and his wife shot. >> and when you look at attacks on state and local representatives, you don't see it. it really perhaps happens at the congressional level, your guest had been talking about.

a different snare when when you get to the state or local government. i oversaw the state police protective detail for two governors and even in that case, there's no where near the level of security that you have save for the president of the united states. now we know that donald trump there was attempted assassination you could argue, too. mike: sure. >> to say that a state representative would be able to anticipate and prevent an assassination attempt by a uniformed individual coming to their door and from the reporting in the middle of the night, it's just-- it's incredibly unrealistic, and, but this whole assassination attempt evidences a tremendous amount of preparation. one of the most disturbing facts, to have a uniform, to get a police car. that's a lot of preparation and help to try to do this. this is a target that was

unaware that they were coming, and in an effort to try to take them in their home in the middle of the night, and dressed as a police officer. nearly impossible to stop. mike: if you were part of this investigation, if it happened in new york, where would you go in terms of where were your mind be searching in terms of next steps? >> my first thought would be that this-- it might turn out that this individual who committed this attack is former law enforcement, that they under stood a way to get weapons and have access to uniforms and a police car. and that would be the first thing, obviously, the second thing is scouring social media for any types of indications. you know, what happens typically with state police around the country and state lawmakers, they will respond if there is a threat that is presented to the lawmaker, but they don't do anything proactively. there are just too many state legislators throughout the country to actually provide

intelligence awareness that is proactive. so, in other words, you have a threat, some constituent is angry with you, they show up at your district office. they make a threat. the state police will then be notified, typically, and then they'll respond and perhaps see who the individual is, they can do an interview with that individual if they find them. an open investigation. short of that, try to provide 24/7 protection for even a speaker of a legislative body, it just doesn't happen. mike: michael balboni from new york, thank you for your time and analysis today. appreciate it. let's bring in former fbi special agent and jonathan fahey. for folks joining us now, we have the terrible tragedy in minnesota overnight. you have the state representative melissa hortman and her husband fatally shot in brooklyn park, minnesota and state senator john hoffman and his wife were shot in champlin, minnesota.

they've undergone surgery and we're awaiting an update how they're doing and what they may have seen, hopefully. ren, your thoughts. >> paramount has to be safety for community and capture of these individual or individuals. we need closure as quick as we can to get this thing locked down. n noi-- i know the men and women in law enforcement are doing everything they can. it's a complex scenario. perimeters are porous, of course. but capturing these persons right away is critical and we just need people to be very vigilant. see something, say something. head on a swivel right now. we don't know where the next possible attack can come in that community or somewhere else. copycats could be a problem here. this is oftentimes, unfortunately, a catalyst for other violence. no matter where you are, minnesota or any part of the country, especially around the protests, i think we have to be very careful about what we see and how we operate, safety has to be paramount, number one. mike: we know president trump's

been briefed. we know that ag pompeo pondy, kash patel, dan bongino at the fbi. how critical is coordination between federal, state and local authorities, is this a time when everybody jumps in together and says, let's get the guy? >> exactly, that's what is happening. the resources of the federal government and then the local low sources that are important, they know the area and the ground and things like that. you have one thing, that the u.s. marshals are as good as anyone at finding people. i worked with them for years and they can track people down to capture them so i'm sure that they're on the ground trying to help, but you know, back to the security that we're talking about earlier, it's so important, but i think what michael said earlier is, you really aren't going to be able to have 24-hour security for all of these lawmakers.

if you think that donald trump has the best security in the world and was shot this summer, so, it really is unrealistic to protect everyone to the point that they are absolutely safe and a lot of it is these lawmakers in some essence are going to have to take responsibility to increase their own security, which not that it should fall on them and not that any of these people did anything wrong, but it just -- the heightened level of potential violence seems to be out there. mike: all right, gentlemen. please stand by. do you have a final thought, ren? >> one thing is important local police departments more than ever are prepared with long weapons and tactical and also armored vehicles. that's a critical part right now at the local and we have that obviously at the federal level, but you'll see the resources come to bear and how important they are for a quick resolution. mike: jonathan and ren please stand by. news of the middle east on a

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>> recapping our top story. two minnesota state lawmakers were shot in their homes overnight. democratic state rep melissa hortman and her husband mark hortman were killed in what officials say was a targeted assassination. another state lawmaker and his wife were injured in the attack. the suspect exchanged-- escaped after exchanging gunfire with police. there's an active manhunt for the shooter at this hour. we'll bring you more details as we get them. oman's foreign minister confirmed the latest round of nuclear talks between the u.s. and iran are off after israel's attack on iran. this as iran launches retaliatory strikes. trey yingst is live in israel with the latest. hello. >> mike, good afternoon. you can see mind me the aftermath of one of the ballistic missile strikes

launched by the iranians overnight. they came in four waves and cause add significant amount of damage. here in central israel two people were killed. we are told around 100 were evacuated from this block. this is just one missile out of a number that struck israel overnight. in total during the multi-stage attack we know three people were killed and more than 70 were injured. as we move forward here-- mike, do you have me back? mike, so, we have a little bit of trouble out here, we are in the field so we're trying to keep you updated. there are some technical difficulties, but i was talking about right here where the fourth wave of ballistic missiles, one of them slammed into this apartment complex. many of these homes here, people got into shelters, but we do know accord to go officials on the scene, two people were killed and 100

evacuated. now, we do have some new reporting after speaking with a senior israeli intelligence official who says that 40 different air defense sites in iran were targeted over the past two days. the idf now says they have air superiority over the capital of tehran. iran is expect today launch more missiles into israel in the days ahead and has total about 2000 ballistic missiles in their arsenal. this official saying, quote, we have lots of surprises not the ones we already did, we have more surprises coming up. as we move forward here, we do anticipate israeli air defense systems to be active tonight. they will be trying to shoot down any other incoming ballistic missiles and that senior official talking to fox news earlier today saying that israel hopes to wrap up this round of conflict with iran in a matter of days, but all of that will be contingent about what happens on the ground in israel and iran. mike: trey yingst reporting from israel, many thanks. for more, the former ambassador

to iraq and turkey, james jeffrey and former national security advisor to dick cheney and jewish institute of national security of americaster senior fellow, john hannah. welcome to both of you. i want to play a sound bite from john marshall, why israel felt it had to go now. >> everyone has to realize iran was one week away from having a nuclear warhead, over the past several weeks, we've increased their 60% enriched uranium to over 600 pounds and they have all the equipment that necessary to get that to a nuclear warhead grade, just in one week's time. so i think that time was of the essence. mike: ambassador, what's your assessment of the back and forth we've seen between israel and iran over the past couple of days? >> israel as the senator said, was justified in doing it, not only because of the capabilities iran was showing, but also, the intention. ever since october 7th's 2023 israel cannot risk assuming

that countries that might want to attack israel will not. so i'm with israel on this one. mike: former cia director and secretary of defense, leon panetta weighing in and i'll get you to react. >> it's very difficult to go after enrichment facilities and their nuclear facilities because those are really tough targets to get at. so, the question mark here is, yes, they're now hitting iran, but are they able to truly go after their nuclear enrichment capability? >> john, what about that question and what about the sophistication of this attack that the israelis have pulled off on strategy targets and key members of the regime? >> yeah, it's been extraordinary. we knew the israelis were incredibly capable partner, but what they've pulled off here, similarly to what they did with hezbollah last september, an

absolute unbelievable 10-day campaign to take out the most powerful terrorist proxy in the world. and now they've again taken iran completely by surprise, decapitated a significant portion of its senior military command. nine of its most important nuclear scientists, and now they've got complete controls over the skies of western tehran. the question is, can they get to those, the most deeply buried enrichment site at fordow or does that require somebody else to come in and finish the job, which is the only country capable of doing that, the united states of america. mike: ambassador, the regime in tehran has called this a declaration of war. are you bracing for the fact that this conflict may not end anytime soon? >> it may not, but this war didn't begin three days ago with israeli strikes. it began with iran, after '79

launched its march through the region, pursued nuclear weapons and declared that its goal was to wipe out israel after again, october 7th, israel has decided it will take people at its word. >> iran is well-known for terrorist proxies throughout the region, john. are you bracing for the possibility that american targets and israelis targets will be hit by some of the terrorist proxies throughout the region? >> a lot of the approximaties have been deeply weakened by israel already. i think we need to fear that iran, iran has threatened that america for defending israel against some of these ballistic missile attacks, that our bases could be targeted now by iranian ballistic missiles and drones. i think that's a serious worry. i think we're well possterred to defend against it. but i think that americans ought to be prepared if extremists, if the iranians are worried about the fate of their regime, they could try anything, including coming after our forces and trying to

get us into this fight which i think would be an absolutely fatal mistake for the iranian regime that's already in a very bad position. mike: we know there were supposed to be talks in oman and president trump held out the hope that maybe at some point the iranians may come back to the table to make a deal. what do you think about that? >> it's possible. and i'd like to underline, president trump put a forward-leaning deal on the table. we don't know the details, but looked at least some temporary continued enrichment, even though he denied it. he offered iran an exit strategy, the fact that iran didn't take it i think is another reason why the israelis decided they had to strike. mike: what about negotiations happening anytime soon, john? your thoughts? >> listen, i think the iranians are in for a lot of hurt. the israelis have started to expanding to economic targets, to go after iran's energy

sector, the only thing holding up that economy and i think there are a lot of nervous senior officials in iran worried about regime stability. i think their only exit ramp right now is the one that president trump is offering them to get back into a negotiation and get serious about ending that, doing what's required to end that nuclear program and have your regime survive and maybe get a little bit of sanctions relief to rebuild this economy, which is absolutely on its back. mike: i was covering the white house during the obama years and i remember the iranian people taking to the streets and there was criticism that president obama didn't jump on the opportunity to encourage them. do you think the iranian people may rise up against the regime? >> i think you may see protests, but we've seen the ability of this regime to put down public protests in the cities and the countryside from, as you said, 2009 on. but, again, the regime worried

about its survival is a good place to have it be and that's where it is right now and it may, as john said, open the door to a compromise solution. mike: john, any thought on regime change or what's next? >> listen, elon musk has gone up with starlink now to allow the iranian people in iran to communicate with each other. that's an important move. i think we need to be ready, ready to support iran, the former shah's son has reached out to the iranian people saying this war was brought by the mullahs and now it's time to take our fate into our hands. we don't know what will happen, but i think the israelis are prepared to go a long way if the iranians are not willing to come to heel and give up that nuclear program. if they keep firing at israel, there's no telling where this ends for iran. mike: gentlemen, thank you very much for your analysis on this very important story. >> thank you. >> thank you. mike: much more ahead. stay with us on a big news day here in washington.

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>> the minnesota delegation reacting to the shooting. and saying it's a targeted act

against political officials and intended to instill fear in our communities. we'll bring you more on the shocking and horrifying breaking news story as we get it. in just a few hours, more than 6,000 troops and more than 100 tanks will parade through washington dc to mark the army's 250th anniversary. rebecca castor is live on the national mall with a preview. hello, rebecca. >> hey, mike, here on the national mall, the army is hosting a big birthday festival ahead of the big military parade tonight. you can hear live music and dozens of pieces of military equipment out here on display like the ah64 apache helicopter behind me. primarily used in combat mission and flown during nighttime. one of the advanced helicopters used by the army. one of the cool things to check out here and hundreds of men and women out in uniform here excited to speak with folks about their service.

that's the main purpose for today's event for people to come out, meet our troops and learn more about what they do. >> we want the engagements to be positive, we want them to feel proud of their men and women in uniform and maybe they could be one of those people, too. >> the army has been planning this event for nearly a year and grew into a larger celebration under president trump. the final cost could be as much as $45 million. but u.s. officials say the cost is worth it if it inspires the next generation of service members. >> you know why i joined the military in large part? because of a parade that went down main street of one in minnesota, in southern minnesota as a young kid, my parents use today take me too, and i'd see a dozen vets walking down the streets. look what they did, maybe some day i could do that. >> and mike, with security and safety top of mind today, i do

want to note that everybody that has to come into this festival and goes through security mags so that's giving folks peace of mind to enjoy today's event in light of the horrible news out of minnesota. mike: let's hope the weather holds up for us. obviously the men and women in uniform will march rain or shine. thanks very much and enjoy the show. much more ahead, we're waiting for a press conference from minnesota on the latest of the targeted shooters of two lawmakers. that's expected likely at the top of the hour. as fox news live continues on a busy news day out of washington. stay with us, we'll be right back.

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what more could you ask for? call 833.leaf.filter today, or visit leaffilter.com. mike: two minnesota state lawmakers were shot in their homes oversight, democratic state rep melissa hortman and her husband mark were kill inside what officials say was a targeted assassination. another state senator and his wife were injured in the attack. the suspect escaped after an exchange in gunfire with prison. there's -- police. there's an active manhunt at this hour. we will keep you updated. welcome to "fox news live" on a busy news day here in washington, i'm mike emanuel. we're going to come back to that story in a moment, but first, trey yingst has exclusive new details on a new the israeli strike on iran. let's go live to central israel. hello, trey. >> reporter: yeah, mike, goo