bris out of your gutters for good, guaranteed. 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, good afternoon. we are we can exclusively report according to an israeli official that the israelis have targeted iranian gas infrastructure near the southern iranian city of bandar,, abbas. i am told by this official it was meant to send a warning to the iranian regime as iran uses ballistic missiles to target major population centers in israel. the israelis want the regime to know they have the capability to conduct precision-guided strikes, and they can ramp up those strikes targeting the country's energy infrastructure. behind me you can see the aftermath of one of those ballistic missile strikes last night. there were four waves of missiles streaming through the skies of this country, many of them slamming into the ground below. at this location we are told by officials that two people were killed, 100 evacuated from these buildings in the center part of israel. israel launched a series of new

airstrikes against targets in iran, a 150 in total according to the idf. new reporting after speaking with a senior israeli intelligence official who says 40 different air defense sites in iran were targeted. the idf says they have air superiority over tehran, the source saying iran is still expected to launch more missiles into israel in the days ahead and has a total of approximately 2,000 ballistic missiles in its arsenal. this official says, quote, we have lots of surprises. not just the ones we already did, more surprises coming up. but again, the latest information that we have according to an israeli official tonight, they have struck with a single airstrike iranian energy infrastructure near the city of bandar abbas. this is gas infrastructure and, again, meant to send a message to the iranian regime that israel can ramp up these strikes with precision in contrast to the way that the iranians have been firing on population centers like the one behind me,

targeting a variety of different locations across this country. mike. mike: and to that point, trey, israeli officials have also warned they could hit tehran and do significant damage, right, if they want to. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. we've been talking with officials across the board here trying to get an understanding of what might come next in all of this, and today say israel will pay a price for this operation. they are bracing this country for days of missile attacks ahead. but in terms of the targets they can hit, they did not target anyone from the political echelon in the iranian regime. the early targets in those initial waves focused on leadership from the irgc. they took out general sal my, a man responsible for plannings missile attacks and ensuring the iranians had an expanding ballistic missile program. they came do -- aimed to create 8,000 ballistic missiles in the next two years, and this was one of just a few reasons why the

iranians are being targeted now, because of this expanding ballistic missile program and their expanding nuclear program. so in terms of the possible targets around the iranian capital, we can expect those to ramp up in the hours and days ahead. and i can tell you scenes like the one behind me in central us israel where there are civilians killed trying to get to shelters, it sends a message to israeli leadership that this is going to continue and that there will be difficult days ahead. but it also speaks to the targets that the iranians are choosing to hit. while the isis reillys struck this -- israelis struck gas infrastructure with their strike earlier today, overnight the iranians targeted women and children here in this area. and we were at one of the sites in central israel in the second largest city of tel aviv last night after it was hit with part of a ballistic missile, and i can tell you that the scene -- it was very sad. you saw these children if being carried out -- by their parents, elderly people being rushed out by rescue workers and a

population that fears for what comes next in the hours and days ahead. mike: trey yingst doing a phenomenal job on this breaking news, thank you very much. back to our top story, law enforcement officers are in an active manhunt in minnesota for suspects in the targeted attack on state legislators. we are awaiting a news conference this hour. my colleague, brooke taylor, is tracking this for us. hello, brooke. >> reporter: hi, mike. well, all of this is happening right now as those no king protests are expected across the country. so officials there are telling people do not attend these protests. there's a shelter in place and a massive manhunt underway for this killer. overnight democratic state representative melissa hortman and her husband, they were killed at their home in brooklyn park, minnesota. just a few miles away from there, in champlin, democratic senator john hoffman and his wife were also shot.

they are expected to be okay. now, governor tim walz, he is calling this a politically-motivated assassination. when officers got to hortman's home around 3 a.m., they came face to face with the shooter who managed to escape after. listen to this. >> they noticed there was a police vehicle in the driveway with the emergency lights on and what appeared to be a police officer at the door coming out of the house. when our officers confronted him, the individual immediately fired upon the officers who exchanged gunfire, and the suspect retreated back into the home. >> reporter: and president trump has responded to this. he wrote, quote, i have been briefed on the terrible shooting that took place in minnesota which appears to be a targeted attack against state lawmakers. our attorney general, pam bondi, and the fbi are investigateing the -- investigating the situation, they'll be prosecuting anyone involved to the fullest extent of the law.

such horrific violence will simply not be tolerated in the united states of america. god bless the great people of minnesota, a truly great place. again, another press conference expected to kick off, you just saw a live view there, in just a few moments. so we'll see if there is any updates but really devastating news. a massive manhunt right now as today try and find who is responsible for these two attacks. and, again, as you heard from police, he was dressed in a police officer's uniform, so a lot of questions right now that we're waiting to get answers to. mike. mike: let's hope they find the killer or killers. brooke taylor reporting live, thanks very much. for reaction to the deadly shooting in minnesota, let's bring in former fbi potential agent and former federal prosecutor jonathan fahey. gentlemen, welcome back. great to have you. governor tim walz has asked people to stay home and not go to any political protests across the state of minnesota today until this gets sorted out,

until a killer is caught or suspects are caught. >> i think that's a very wise move. you're going to have a lot of police presence, right in a lot of cops. and not all the cops are going to know each other. so if there are more players in this horrific act, if there's a cell of operators that are going to dress up as police and go to these protests and create more violence, think about what a nightmare scenario that comes. this is absolutely the right way and the right address to take. they cannot allow this to happen. i'm just very afraid more violence will happen. i'm also concerned about copycat issues occurring at ore protests. this is going to be a tough day to get through. mike: jonathan, our former federal prosecutor. presumably, if the suspect was in a car, there may be dna all over that car. there's evidently a manifesto, so they would be aware now of a target list. your thoughts on the investigation at this stage. >> a couple things that stand

out from the press conference, i don't think if we have clarity if it's one person or more than one, so i would like to find that out at the next press conference, because i think that's important. the other thing is they came face to face with this individual, and presumably they've interviewed the victims that survived. they should have some sort of description at this point, i'm not sure why they haven't put that out there. and there may be reasons for that i just don't know, so those are two things that strike me as interesting. yeah, they're going to have a lot of probably forensic evidence. and my guess is this person will be caught, it's just will he be caught before something else bad happens, and my guess is they'll have ample evidence, you know, the firearm to link him to the manifesto and other types of things like that. but i think the main thing is what can they do to catch him, pick sure nobody else gets killed or harmed in the process of capturing him, and i think that's the most challenging thing right now. mike: remember -- ren, what will you be listening for?

>> the police were very proactive here. this is an important detail. they may have foiled what was going to be a lot more killings. we don't know how many names were on that manifesto, but the police had the foresight to go, hey, we've got to check on these other legislators. he was not prepared for. that's i'm guessing that there were other people that he was going to kill. so this is a big position, i think, by the police doing an excellent job proactively to get in front of this and may have saved a lot of lives. what i'm looking for now is one thing critical is how many people they believe are involved, and we really need the public's help on this because if there's other chatter, maybe this guy was talking about this plan, maybe he was bragging about doing it to somebody else, babe somebody's aware of some other -- maybe somebody's aware of some other part of this plan, that's critical. so if they can get us a name or a picture of minute, we know they likely have this information already, the officers probably had body

cameras on. they were engaged shooting with this guy, they likely have video, a ring camera video maybe if they have that the as well, interviews with the witnesses if they're able to provide a detailed description. it's about safety right now, so we still need to catch this guy. we can do the investigation, right? that evidence is not going anywhere. we're going to have the dna and the fingerprints and ballistics, lots of that. right now we need to stop the threat. this is a very tricky thing. he's likely wearing body armor, so now you're thinking head shots. a rifle likely will penetrate that depending on what type of vest he has on, but it's another level of complexity. we really need to figure out who else is involved, is this a lone wolf situation or other people involved? that's a critical part of this. mike: for those just joining us, this guy evidently had a police uniform, what appeared to be a badge, had a weapon, was driving a vehicle that looked like a police car. you're an elected official, you get a knock on the door at one or two in the morning and it's a

police uniform, you probably let your guard down thinking the good guys are here. >> yeah, exactly. and that's what most people do particularly in most safer neighborhoods. the police are the allies of people, and they assume they're there to provide them some help or maybe provide some notification or something. so it's going to be a very scary situation not just in these areas, but other places throughout the country because, you know, everyone's going to now be, maybe be a little more suspicious of police when they come to the door which might put them in more danger, put the police in more danger. so this will have repercussions far beyond this immediate neighborhood and victims because people's interactions with police will change. and that's unfortunate for public safety and for the police force. >> one with other thing is he was very smart, he put the lights on. he had blue lights flashing at tree in the morning, probably el human nateing the neighborhood. you see the blue -- illuminating the neighborhood. you see the blue lights, that

that level of detail is very interesting as well because maybe somebody dressed as a police officer at night with no blue lights, i mean, that level of detail, this guy's very, very meticulous about how he's doing this. and all the more reason we have to make sure this guy is caught and quickly, because he's capable of anything. he obviously knows what he's doing. mike: jonathan, what will you be listening for when we get an update from authorities, presumably any moment now? >> i think clarity on how many people f they do know, maybe some information on the description if they have one, because i think that could be quite helpful to find out. i think if they have information, what they have about the no kings protests, that might be interesting, to maybe get sort of an idea, is this a lone wolf, could it be a coordinated type of activity because what ren was talking about, this could be beyond this individual, it could be a lone wolf situation, and you don't want to jump to the conclusion, certainly, that it's just limited to this person because it could be a broader sort of conspiracy or other type of

thing. so i think those types of things, what's the information, what are the details, what do we know about this individual because, again, the main thing is capturing him for public safety. mike: jonathan, ren, let's bring into the conversation republican nominee for manhattan district attorney maude marin. maude, welcome. >> thank you so much. mike: your thoughts about this investigation in minnesota from the facts we know at this hour. >> right. well, first of all, my sincere condolences to the family of the victims and also prayers for those wore in the hospital right now fighting for their -- who are in the hospital right now fighting for their lives. i think governor walz actually got it correct when he asked people to stay home from the planned protests today because this is clearly, you know, a live situation is. and as some of your former guests have said, it's certainly not clear if this was a lone wolf acting alone or whether there are other people. so prioritizing the investigation and giving the police the ability to conduct that the information right

now -- investigation right now really has to take the top priority in the community. mike: as i mentioned, you're running for district attorney in manhattan. you clearly have concerns about the way things are being prosecuted in blue cities like new york city. what about those concerns going forward as you look at potentially being the new enforcer in manhattan? >> well, you know, this is a very busy news day. in addition to the tragedy that we see unfolding in minnesota, we see this large protest planned across the country. we've seen breaking news stories about, you know, detainees from the ninth circuit decision we just saw. all of this points to how incredibly important it is for the prosecutor's office in any city, but certainly in new york city and manhattan, to not be political. we can't play politics with our prosecutor's office. we need prosecutors to do their job which is to prosecute the bad guys, to come to the aid of the crime victims and to make

our cities safer for all of us who live here, for those who visit new york city. and we really need to focus on having a prosecutor who isn't playing politics. and saadly -- sadly and unfortunately for new yorkers, that has not been alvin bragg's focus. mike: as one who who -- someone who's running for public office at this point, what was your personal reaction to hearing this news today out of minnesota? >> you know, i think it's really tragic, and it makes it -- it absolutely, 100% deters good people from stepping up and running when they see this kind of violence certainly. but even if you take a step back from this sort of horrific violence, we see targeted harassment and really unforgivable rhetoric aimed at people who merely disagree with you about political issues. and i think we should all take the moment to turn the it down and to just say i disagree with your ideas, i think i have better ideas, but to stop characterizing those who we

disagree with as somehow undemocratic or un-american or bad. we are all american. some of us have different ideas about how to make our cities safer and our country better. mike: so basically, bringing the temperature down on both sides. maud maron, thank you for your time and analysis today. let's go to michael balboni who's a former ohmland security official out of the great -- homeland security official out of the great state of new york. welcome back. we do expect an update from authorities in minnesota. where's your mind going at this point? what questions do you have if you were in the room? >> so i served on domestic terrorism tasking force sponsored by the governor's office for new york state, and we looked at a lot of different organizations that have come together. what we find is there's been a rise in the number of domestic terrorism organizations not necessarily actions, but certainly threats, plots,

planning. and you take a look at this and you take a look at what their activities have been, assassination of individuals is absolutely a part of the way that they see to bring about political change. you know, there's a group referred to as sovereign citizens that does -- this group does not recognize any government's forces in the united states. no civil authorities, no military authorities, no law enforcement authorities. and so the question becomes, was this very well planned out assassination attempt of a state-level official in their home in the middle of the night, was this done as a part of a broader effort to try to move some of these agendas, say, a domestic terrorism group. that's got to be top of mind for anybody who's looking at this specific situation. otherwise why minnesota state represent incentive even speaker, i believe former speaker of the house.

why pick this individual and do it in such a way? what was behind this? it seems like it was -- because there was another legislator involved. it doesn't seem like it was something that was a particular beef, right, or argument, right, with this particular legislator. of course, the first rule of any investigation is you let the evidence take you where it takes you. you don't have any presumptions as to where this is all going to lead. but to answer your question, as a former homeland security adviser in new york, i'm thinking, boy, let's make sure this is not a part of a broader effort from a domestic terrorism perspective. mike: michael balboni, grateful for your time and analysis today, sir. thank you so much. >> welcome. mike: much more ahead, "fox news live." please stay with us. ♪ ♪♪ super helpful. ♪♪

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mike: for the latest from the white house to the minnesota shooting and the latest out of the middle east, let's go live to mark meredith on the north lawn. >> reporter: good afternoon once again. president trump has been briefed, and the white house is closely following the developments out of minnesota, the president calling this an apparent targeted attack. and we heard from the president on social media and then since then we've heard from a number of top law enforcement officials including the attorney general, the deputy director of the fbi and the homeland security

department. the white house going to great lengths to show that they'll offer all of the federal resources they can to try to bring this shooter to custody, and there's a growing concern about the safety of people from minnesota not only the ones that would have been attending those protests, but the men and women who represent the state in congress. minority leader hakeem jeffries in the house is asking for additional security protection for these law a make maniers. the people targeted last night were state lawmakers, but he is asking for u.s. capitol police to provide extra protection for the people who serve in congress representing minnesota. we've also heard from the senior senator of minnesota, amy lobe char, says she -- klobuchar. we've also asked the white house whether or not what's happened in minnesota could have any impact on the plans today for the president as well as the u.s. army as they are getting ready to host one heck of a party on the national mall, upwards of 200,000 people expected to attend as the u.s. army marks 250 years of service. there's a massive military

parade, you can see some of the preparations as they get ready for dozens of tanks, helicopter, you name it's going to be out there, and i mentioned the big crowd. security is already at a mightenned level. it feels very much like what we would experience during an inauguration. there are barriers around the white house, additional checkpoints for cars, even with those of us who are used to coming here on a regular basis, there are additional security measures in place. so we're watching that. still no word whether or not it will have any impact on the festivities here. the other top story the we're following, the white house very closely monitoring the developments between iran and israel even though talks with iran will not be taking place tomorrow. the iranians saying they have no interest at this point in speaking about peace talks or nuclear disarmament. but moments ago we learned that the french president, emmanuel macron, spoke with the iranian president in which he suggested those talks should continue, pushing the idea that iran should come back to the negotiating table. we're still waiting so fee thers

additional phone calls between president trump and other leaders. we have not gotten an official readyout from the white house yet -- readout from the white house yet. mike: mark meredith, thanks very much. let's bring in jewish institute for national security of america vice president of policy blaze mishtal and center for american security director jacob oledort. gentlemen, welcome. great to have you both. secretary of defense pete hegseth was talking today about israel's action against iran. i want to play it, and i'll get you guys to react to it. >> one of the questions was, hey, did you move some of your counter-uas, unimagined -- unmanned aerial systems to the middle east, which i answered, yes, we did. we're using all assets available to protect our people. mike: blaze, what's your reaction to this latest military action in the middle east? >> i think it's absolutely the

right one. we know that iran has a history of launching radiologists -- rockets, missiles, drones, anything it can at bases in the middle east. it's killed hundreds of american troops over the last 20 years. anything we can do to protect our troops and make sure they have the defenses they need is absolutely the right call to make right now. mike: jacob, we know u.s. forces are also helping, defensive measures, knocking down some of those missiles. your thoughts on that. >> that's right. and you heard the secretary say there that this is a global conflict, this is moving assets from different parts of the region as necessary to protect, first of all, our citizen, our service members but then also our partners in the region in this very difficult moment. mike: seeing the strikes and the precision of of the israeli strikes taking out leadership of the regime, taking out some very sophisticated weapons systems, blaze, what about that level of planning and your thoughts on

that? >> it just goes to show that anyone who underestimates israel does it at their peril. we saw that with hezbollah last september with the pager attack, and we've seen it now with iran's top military and nuclear relationship. -- leadership. their ain'ting to infiltrate iran, to launch these simultaneous strikes on top leadership targets across tehran all at the same time, it is really breathtaking and incredible, and it's a game-changer for the region and for the security balance of the middle east. mike: vermont senator bernie sanders says the world is more dangerous and unstable as a result of netanyahu's action here. is that the time for this type of criticism? >> no. and i think this is, you know, more of the schumer rhetoric about israel last year that we've seen is among democrats. the fact is, and i think this has gonzalez noticed, but this is not only -- gone less noticed, this is a complement to the president's strategy of trying to bring iran to the

table. it's a form of leverage. and i think it'll be -- this sort of coordination between the united states and israel is in some ways unprecedented but necessary for this chant or or. mike: we're nearly out of time, but i want to get you guys to weigh in on this. we mow the talks scheduled tomorrow in oman have been called off between the u.s. and iran. president trump sounds hopeful that the iranians will seek a deal. what about that, ballets? >> if the iranians have any hope of surviving this, they're going to take this diplomatic offramp he's offering them. it might be their last, best chance. if not, we've seen what israel can do and is going to keep doing. mike: jacob, are you hopeful they'll go back to the negotiating table soon? is. >> i have confidence they will. obviously, president trump needs no advice on state craft, and this is a master class in how to wage all elements of national power, diplomatic and military. you know, it's a complicated situation, but i think it'll get there. mike: jacob, ballets, great to

have both of you on a busy news day. thank you so much. we are awaiting an update from authorities in minnesota. we will bring you there when we have it. that's a live look at the scene there where we expect an update on the two state legislators who were targeted overnight. a live looked at circle pines, minnesota. much more ahead here on "fox news live." stay with us. ♪ you want high performance, long-lasting, affordable tools. you want harbor freight tools. whatever you do, do it for less at harbor freight.

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meeks. tripping m. congressman, welcome. thank you for being here. your thoughts on the horrible muse of the day out of new hampshire. -- news out of the day. >> it's tragic and horrendous. our hearts and our prayers certainly go out to the lawmakers, their families. and, you know, to the people of minnesota and our delegation that we have to be on guard and be very watchful. and this was a law enforcement personnel from what we know. but other than that, i don't want to say much because i don't know the motivation of this person. i don't want to foment conspiracy theories of why this happened. but we certainly saw, as you know, this week we had the congressional baseball game, and there was the targeted attack on the republicans at that time and steve scalise barely survived. luckily, he did survive and has just within courageous throughout all -- been courageous throughout all of this. we saw the assassination attempts on president trump last year and on judges or elected

officials. but let me just say is unequivocally whether they're judges, police, i.c.e., elected officials, government officials, politically-motivated violence is unacceptable, period. full stop. mike: capitol police, obviously, are watching this very closely as they have to protect you and your colleagues. what are you expecting to hear from them when you come back into session as they learn more about the investigation in minnesota? >> we know that leadership has already, you know, been in contact with the sergeant of arms and with capitol police. we're in districts this coming week, so i think lawmakers are going to have to especially be on guard while they're in their districts, and, you know, all of us have had -- i think most of us have had protests, we've had people come up. i've had just last weekend at parades had people yelling things to me, but i haven't been threatened. have been threatened before in the past. so, you know, lawmakers, elected officials need to be on their guard in their districts.

i think it was a very wise thing for governor walz to call off and tell people not to attend protests, to stay at home in minnesota. but i think that's wise for all of us. we can have disagreements, but we should have discourse. we should have conversations. we should be able to say i disagree but, thank you. typically, i'll just tell people thank you for sharing that with me. mike: i know after the political violence where leader scalise was attacked, there's been discussions about perhaps the need to increase security so you all have more protection. whether it's at your office, at your home, when you're back in district. do you think that discussion and that debate will come up again? >> well, i certainly think it will come up again. we mow that when we receive threats, that the -- we know that the capitol police investigates them. they work with local law enforcement to determine, one, if they're a credible threat, number two, if they're just someone mouthing off for lack of a better term. you don't want someone to be in jail because they're angry. but to that point, we have to be

careful with our language x. this includes us as elected officials. we need to tone it down. we need to have the discourse and the disagreement and the difference in policy. but we really need to tone it down and set the stage for the american people that we can disagree, we can carry out differences at the ballot box, but political violence is not acceptable. mike: one reason i wanted to have you on is you served 24 years in the united states amendment. thank you for your service. i'm curious what your service has done for you, has meant to your life and your thoughts today as we celebrate 250 years of the united states army. >> well, as you said, it's 250 years of the united states army. the army's birthday precedes that of our country and our declaration of independence as the continental army started us and helped through the american revolution with george washington as the head and the general. of the army. i'm very proud of the service. my father had served in the air force, was career service. six of the eight children in my

family, my husband, we met at walter reed here in washington d.c. he was a licensed practical nurse. i had just been promoted to lieutenant as a bachelor of science nurse and very proud and very humbled to be able to have served in our nation's military. it's a wonderful thing to do. you learn a skill set which i think we bring to us in congress, as you know we have a four-country caucus in congress which is a bipartisan group of military veterans, and we've been very instrumental in getting legislation passed. sometimes in very short order including the global war on terror that monument will be on the mall prior to when they die. mike: congresswoman mariannette miller meeks from the great state of iowa, thank you for your service. >> great to be here, and happy 250th birthday to the army, happy flag day and also happy birthday to president trump. mike: thank you so much. >> thank you. mike: coming up, new reaction to the political violence in minnesota.

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>> 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 gunpoint. in 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: governor tim walz calling it a politically-motivated attack on minnesota legislators that left a state representative dead with her husband and a state senator wounded along with his wife. health bring in today's political -- let's bring in republican strategist mark bednar and democratic strategist karen bond. some heavy news that we were not

expecting but, karen, your reaction to the horrifying news out of minnesota today. >> i think it's easy to say thoughtses and prayers. i think's the default for many of us when things like this, unfortunately, happen. and they've happened far too many times. but with we've got to get past thoughts and prayers and get into policy and changes, things through the law that can actually help prevent these things. and so then we've got to get into the talks about gun policies and a lot of other things. but it's very, very unfortunate. here's what i'm going to say from personal experience. i have been the subject of political attacks both online from what we call keyboard thugs, and that spills over into the streets. we always see the rhetoric about democrats at town halls disturbing town halls, but when we start to look at the party affiliation of those who are mass shooters, those who are targeting political figures, in this case there was a list of people who were minnesota

political figures, and all of them were depp9 accurates. so what does that -- democrats. so what does that say about the person on the other side of that gun who was committing those acts? we have to address why these things are divisive and so polarizing. mike: mark, i know you when you worked for house speaker kevin mccarthy as communications director. clearly, you're familiar what it was like after steve scalise was nearly killed. your thoughts today and on political violence, big picture. >> first of all, our hearts break for minnesota and all the communities involved. but additionally, we also need to point out we don't know the motive or the political ideology or anything like that of the shooter as of now, and we need to let that investigation unfold. that being said, yes, we're just blocks from the capitol right now. it was actually eight years ago to today where steve scalise and multiple other republican members of congress were under attack by a bernie sanders-supporting domestic terrorist. he attacked them because they were republican, and only for

the fast work of capitol police are all those members alive today. we've also seen additional attacks in recent years as well. a member from tennessee, he actually -- >> my home state. >> -- almost run off the road. we saw rand paul get attacked by his neighbor and lee zeldin on the campaign trail in 20, a man came up with a sharp object and essentially because zeldin is a fast acting, military, fit guy, he was able to basically disarm the guy himself. and if you recall, oh, by the way, a former president, soon to be next president of the united states survived two assassination attempts, and then members of his incoming cabinet whether mr. hegseth or mr. zeldin or stefanik, they had bomb threats over the winter with their nominations. so this is not new. and it's really, it's horrific. and, of course, it's, like, there is a broader national conversation we need to have -- mike: how to do we lower the

temperature? both sides have to kind of lock arms and say we need to chill out because people are getting killed? >> when we talk about the unfortunate assassination if attempt on any president, that's something we don't want to see, but that shooter was identified as being republican. so what i want republicans to do is take accountability for the gun laws that they continue to purport all across this country. when they refuse to make policy changes that might make the difference in someone being alive or dead today or tomorrow, that's number one. and i love how people bring up aman who doesn't even show up for his state, my home state of tennessee, as much as he shows up in other people's conversations. and i think it's really rich that we're talking about all these both sides situations but we fail to mention january 6th. and political ideology. the reality is political ideology motivates people to act in a different way, and when we have a president that okays a lot of those actions and they're setting the tone, what does that

mean for other americans who are saying they have issues, disagreements, and they don't know how to settle them amicably? mike: let me give mark a chance to respond. >> i would just be curious, how many people walking around are holding signs that are calling trump a nazi or a far chris? the temperature -- fascist? the temperature is public, loud and toxic, and to say it's republicans' negligence of gun laws tha this situation, like, in terms of this specific investigation, we have no idea what the ideology or the motivation is yet. and it's very premature to jump to any sort of conclusions. right now it is a national day of protest that left was very energized and excited about in order to basically raise the rhetorical temperature. mike: a lot of baking news. mark, theron, thank you very much. >> thank you so much. mike: washington, d.c. gearing up for a very special army 250th birthday parade. that's' next. ♪

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mike: breaking news, the associated press is reporting authorities are searching for a 57-year-old man suspected of shooting two minnesota if lawmaker. the suspect is identified as 57-year-old vance belter. police were searching for the gunman responsible for the attacks on the democratic

legislators. writings found inside a fake police car recovered mentioned the names of multiple lawmakers and other officialses. we will continue tracking the story. ♪ ♪ mike: troops and tanks will parade through the nation's capital tonight as the army celebrates its 250th anniversary. rebekah castor is live on the national mall with a preview. hello, rebekah. >> reporter: hey, mike. the army is hosting a big birthday festival ahead of the military parade tonight. you can hear there's live music and dozens of pieces of military equipment out here on display. i have another one to show you behind me, this is the uh-60 black hawk. it's been used in combat the last 60 years, thrown all over the middle east and afghanistan. definitely one of of the cool things to check out out here. there's hundreds of men and women in uniform here excited to speak with folks about their service. that is the main purpose for this event today, 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 like they're proud of their army and they're proud of the servicemen and women that serve in uniform and also, you know, maybe they could be one of those people too. >> reporter: the army's been planning this event for nearly a year, and it grew into a larger celebration under president trump. the final cost could be as much as $45 million, but u.s. officials say that cost is worth it to honor our history and inspire the next generation. >> it's also a special time st. these are incredible, brave individuals that will come forward and say i love my country, i will put my country above myself and do what it makes to do to make sure that our values and freedoms remain intact. >> reporter: and with security

top of mind today in light of the shootings in minnesota, i do want to note this is a highly secure event. everybody coming into the festival has to go through security mags. you have to go as well if you're attending the parade. secret service with the president attending is leading the security effort tonight, and it's giving people peace of mind that they'll be able to enjoy the festivities, mike. mike: in addition to the great helicopter behind you, we see folks milling around, people in high spirits excited about the celebration? >> reporter: oh, certainly. i mean, everybody we've spoken to out here is just excited that this event was able to go on. the weather's been holding off so far, so they're hopeful that thunderstorms won't impact the parade tonight. yeah, people just really feel like it's a patriotic display and really showing off our military might. >> reporter: rebekah castor live on the national mall doing a great job. thanks very much. special coverage this evening here on fox news if you want to see the army 250 celebration. "the fox report" with my

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suspect. minnesota governor tim walz call