HE IS A MEMBER OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. CONGRESSMAN CONNOLLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TO THE SUNDAY SHOW. LET'S START WITH THE BREAKING NEWS OUT OF ISRAEL WHERE ACHY RYLE RIVAL OF BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. BENNY GANTZ JUST RESIGNED FROM THE WAR CABINET. WHAT COULD THIS MEAN FOR CEASE- FIRE NEGOTIATIONS? >> I HOPE IT PUTS MORE PRESSURE ON BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO AGREE TO HIS OWN GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL FOR CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN. I THINK THE LOSS OF BENNY GANTZ REALLY A TIME WHERE HE DESPERATELY NEEDS IT BUT I DO THINK IT'S GOING TO PUT, AND I HOPE IT DOES, POLITICAL PRESSURE ON BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO END THE FIGHTING AND THE KILLING AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT SO HOSTAGES CAN BE RELEASED AND CIVILIANS CAN TRY TO RESTORE THEIR LIVES. >> HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIANS WERE KILLED IN THE RAID THAT RESCUED THE FOUR ISRAELI HOSTAGES YESTERDAY. HOW MIGHT THAT IMPACT THESE FIRE NEGOTIATIONS? >> I THINK THE INITIAL RESPONSE IS JOINT CELEBRATION. AT THE RELEASE OF FOUR HOSTAGES, WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR EIGHT MONTHS. THAT IS TO BE CELEBRATED. BUT THE LOSS OF LIFE OCCURRED IN DOING THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS HORRIFYING AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE ISRAELI MILITARY AND THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TAKE A MOMENT OF REFLECTION ABOUT THE HIGH COST OF THEIR OPERATIONS GENERALLY IN GAZA. >> ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE WE TURN TO DOMESTIC ISSUES, THERE IS ALSO TALK OF OPENING UP ANOTHER FRONT IN THE NORTH TO DEAL WITH LEBANON. WOULD THAT BE A WISE THING FOR ISRAEL TO DO? >> I AM NOT A MILITARY ADVISER BUT I THINK ISRAEL HAS HIS HANDS FULL WITH THE OPERATIONS OF GOD AND THE OPPOSITION TO OPEN UP A THIRD FRONT ON THE LEBANESE BORDER WOULD THE MILITARY IN WAYS WITH THE WAR OF 1973. I HOPE IT CAN BE AVOIDED. >> LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION STATEWIDE. REPORTS ON HOW TERRIFIED EUROPE IS ABOUT THE SECOND TRUMP PRESIDENCY. WRITING "ONE WORD CAME UP AGAIN AND AGAIN WHEN I ASKED EUROPEAN OFFICIALS ABOUT THE STAKES OF THE AMERICAN ELECTION: EXISTENTIAL." HERE'S WHAT SENATOR TOM COTTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT ENDING THE CURRENT WAR ON EUROPEAN SOIL IN UKRAINE. WATCH THIS. >> THE WAY TO HAVE PEACE IN EUROPE AND FOR THAT MATTER, PEACE AND STABILITY AROUND THE WORLD IS TO REMOVE JOE BIDEN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ON ELECTION DAY THIS YEAR AND RETURN DONALD TRUMP. >> CONGRESSMAN, WHY SHOULDN'T EUROPEANS BE AFRAID WITH COMMENTS LIKE THAT? >> THEY SHOULD BE AND THEY ARE. I HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN NATO, THE ELEMENTARY ASSEMBLY FOR THE LAST DECADE PLUS, AND I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE NEVER SEEN EUROPEANS AS ANXIOUS ABOUT AMERICAN POLITICS AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE. AS YOU INDICATED IN YOUR OPENING, NATO HAS IRONICALLY WORKED. IT HAS KEPT THE PEACE FOR MOST OF 80 YEARS. IT IS THE ONE THING WILL RESPECT. BECAUSE OF ARTICLE 5 THAT HAS WE MEAN IT. AND HE HAS RESPECTED THAT. HE HAS RESPECTED NOTHING ELSE BUT THAT. TO ACTUALLY CALL INTO QUESTION THE VIABILITY AND UTILITY AND ADVOCACY OF NATO WHEN IT'S WORKING AND WE'VE GOT A WAR GOING ON IS REALLY RECKLESS. I DO NOTHING ANY EUROPEAN WAS GOING TO TURN TOM COTTON FOR ADVICE AS WE GO FORWARD. ARTICLE 5 HAS BEEN INVOKED ONLY ONCE IN NATO'S HISTORY. MEANWHILE, FAR RIGHT PARTIES SIGNIFICANT GAMES IN PARLIAMENT FOR THE ELECTIONS TODAY. SO MUCH SO THAT FRENCH PRESIDENT MATT CRONK ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT HE WOULD THE NATIONS PARLIAMENT AND CALL FOR SNAP ELECTIONS AND THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE HIS CURRENT TERM DOES NOT END UNTIL 2027. ARE THE FAR RIGHT FORCES GAINING RECORD SUPPORT IN EUROPE AS MUCH A THREAT AS TRUMP 2.0 IN WASHINGTON. >> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VARIETY AMONG GENERICALLY WHAT IS CALLED THE RIGHT IN EUROPE. OBVIOUSLY, IT IS ALARMING TO SEE THESE KINDS OF FAR RIGHT PARTIES MAKING GAINS NEAR EUROPEAN ELECTIONS. THEY ARE SOMETIMES THE SECOND BOAT. THEY MIGHT NOT VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT GOVERN THEIR COUNTRY BUT IT'S A FREE BOOK TO SOMEONE. IT IS A WAY OF EXPRESSING DISSATISFACTION THE STATUS QUO. OBVIOUSLY, IT REFLECTS DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE IN EUROPE AND WE HAVE TO TAKE NOTE OF THAT AND RESPECT THAT IS ABOUT AN ISSUE GOING FORWARD. >> UP AN ISSUE IN EUROPE BUT AMERICANS SHOULD LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN EUROPE. AMERICAN OFFICIALS LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN EUROPE AND TAKE HEED. YES. >> WE CANNOT AFFORD TO IGNORE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN EUROPE. IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN BUT ETHICALLY THAT WILL HAPPEN HERE BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN NOTHING. IT IS RESONATING WITH VOTERS AND WE GOT A COGNIZANCE OF THAT. >> GERRY CONNOLLY OF VIRGINIA, MEMBER
