FIRST ON FOX: Georgia police bodycam video obtained by Fox News Digital shows the on-and-off boyfriend of a murdered woman's daughter, arrested outside her home last September for violating a no-contact order and banging on her door in a dispute over money, which he claimed she was siphoning directly out of his account despite an ugly breakup.

Debbie Collier, 59, was found dead under brutal circumstances earlier this month, a day after police said she sent her daughter Amanda Bearden, 36, a $2,385 payment using the Venmo app and a bizarre message that suggested she was being held against her will. Investigators however, publicly ruled out both kidnapping and suicide last week.

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Deputies found Collier stripped naked at the bottom of an embankment off a rural highway 60 miles from her home in Athens – lying on her back with her hand grasping at a tree – and with "charring" on her abdomen. There were remnants of a fire nearby as well as a partially burnt blue tarp and a red tote bag. Her rented Chrysler Pacifica, which led police to her location, was abandoned alongside the road. The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, which is leading the investigation into Collier’s murder, had not yet publicly identified any suspects or persons of interest in the case as of Saturday.

Bearden, the daughter who received the cryptic Venmo payment, has a lengthy criminal history, including domestic violence cases involving a string of men stretching back more than a decade. Investigators served a search warrant at her home just days after her mother's remains were found in Habersham County, Fox News Digital reported Friday. Her current boyfriend, Andrew Giegerich, 27, has pleaded guilty to numerous offenses against Bearden in the past three years, and although she had an order of protection against him last fall, they appear to have reconciled and have been spotted together at her home this week.

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On Sept. 4, 2021, Giegrich showed up at her doorstep in violation of the restraining order, according to police documents.

Bearden called police and complained that Giegerich, whom she had broken up with and kicked out, arrived around 8:30 a.m. and began "beating on the door and yelling," according to the incident report.

He told responding officers that she’d been stealing his paychecks directly.

"I didn’t have a phone because my phone broke, so this is the dumbest mistake I’ve ever [made,] we linked our cards together so she can send herself money from my card," he tells the officers. "The first person to touch my money is her."

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"That's the only reason we've had any contact, because every week she takes $500 or $600 from my check, and I just don't see how that's right," Giegerich tells police at the start of the bodycam video, when they ask why he broke the no-contact order. "And she goes and does dope with my money."

He claimed she'd "manipulated" him into having free access to his money and treated him poorly.

"[She can] basically do whatever she wants to me, kick me out whenever she wants, basically just do whatever," he tells the officers. "And it's OK because I'm a man. There's nothing I can do about it other than just let her do it and leave."

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Giegerich told police he had no phone and had allowed Bearden to link his card to hers before they broke up. But after the split, which appears to have been on rough terms, he claimed she kept taking money directly out of his account. During the encounter, he also briefly mentioned Collier in a rambling sentence as police questioned him.

"I've been arrested before – the last time I got arrested because they falsified whatever, I mean her mom," he said. "I don't know what the issue is here. I don't know why I'm so unliked."

He told the officer that he had even taken care of Bearden after she'd been struck by a car.

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Throughout the encounter, police repeatedly told him he couldn't be on Bearden's property in violation of the order and that he needed to seek relief in civil court if she had been stealing his money.

Police ultimately arrested Giegerich for violating the order, and he began crying when they took him into handcuffs.

He pleaded with officers to let him speak with Bearden. They finally relented and told him they’d ask her if she was willing but moments later they informed him she didn’t want to.

He could be heard telling the arresting officers that it wasn't fair and asked if he could just go home. At moments, he broke into tears.

Giegerich’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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In the ride to county jail, he appeared agitated in the backseat, banging against the cage and sobbing and concerned he’d be locked up "until November." The officer tried to comfort him, telling him he’d likely be freed the next morning.

Giegerich maintained throughout the conversation that he does not use drugs but he believed Bearden was using his money to buy "dope."

"She’s probably on drugs now," he told police outside the home, minutes before they handcuffed him.

But last week, after a judge jailed him for six days on another probation violation, his release order requires him to show proof of substance abuse treatment within 20 days.

Anyone with information on Collier’s case is asked to contact Habersham Sheriff’s Investigators Cale Garrison or George Cason at 706-839-0559 or 706-839-0560, respectively.

A panel on MSNBC’s "The 11th Hour" tore into Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., over his proposed national abortion limit, with guest and comedian Judy Gold smearing him in a sexually demeaning manner.

Gold claimed the lawmaker has "never seen a Vagina" nor "seen a naked woman" and said that pro-life men in general "need Viagra." The sexual comments were received with laughter from the rest of the panel.

"The 11th Hour" host Stephanie Ruhle, who seemed outraged at Graham, prompted the Friday evening MSNBC discussion, saying, "Well I know all of you have something to say about Lindsey Graham."

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The panel immediately broke out into groaning. Ruhle continued, saying, "Lindsey Graham, who is more than doubling down, he is going further pushing a federal ban. A national ban on abortion. I want you to first help me understand, why would he even be doing this?"

As Fox News Digital reported earlier this month, Graham announced "a bill to ban abortion after 15 weeks" which is titled the "Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act." 

At the time, Graham claimed, "I see this as a responsible alternative to the very radical position by Democratic senators. I can assure that a vast majority of Americans do not support abortion on demand up to delivery." 

Ruhle continued slamming Graham’s proposal, saying, "They overturned Roe v. Wade. So for that portion of their base who wanted that, you got what you wanted. Why do this? Republicans don't even support it across the board. He's dividing Republicans."

She added, "It's not like you can get white evangelical voters to vote for you twice. And now they're knocking out a ton of other potential new voters."

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Gold responded, "And he’s ignoring what happened in Kansas, you know? It’s like, come on people!" Gold was referencing Kansans voting in August against a proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed state lawmakers to regulate abortion. 

Outraged, she added, "And the fact that he is telling women what to do with their bodies."

Gold then made the personal attacks on Graham, saying, "He’s never seen a vagina." This prompted laughter from the other panelists.

She also claimed, "He has never seen a naked woman, and he is telling me –"

Amused Fellow guest and feminist author Liz Plank interrupted, saying, "Someone fact check that," followed by, "It’s probably true."

Ruhle interjected, "We don’t know that for sure," and CNBC contributor Ron Insana quipped, "Judy, we would refer to that as an unconfirmed report." CBS contributor Nancy Giles sat there laughing.

In response to Giles asking whether these pro-life men "want to have babies," Gold exclaimed: "No! They’re men who need Viagra! They don’t even operate correctly!"

A Detroit area news anchor was the victim of a botched murder-suicide. 

WWJ-AM news anchor Jim Matthews was murdered Friday in Chesterfield Township, Michigan, by an unidentified 54-year-old described as a frequent visitor to Matthews's house. 

The attempted murder suspect reportedly intended to kill Matthews, his two young children, and his girlfriend, according to the New York Post.

"WWJ overnight news anchor Jim Matthews was tragically killed on Friday, Sept. 23 at the age of 57. Jim worked as the overnight news anchor at WWJ for nearly seven years," the radio station said in a public statement.

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Matthews's girlfriend, 35, reportedly was able to escape the attack with his 5-year-old daughter. The pair flagged down a passing motorist who called 911. 

Authorities found Matthews dead on arrival, but his son, 10, was found alive in his closet, though severely injured. Police say the child was tied up and had suffered blunt-force trauma. 

The attempted murder suspect was found in the house's basement suffering from both a drug overdose and self-inflicted wounds. The suspect is in stable condition and under police custody.

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"[Matthews] loved delivering the latest news to his listeners, and was incredibly dedicated to WWJ and the broadcasting industry. There have been many tears shed in our newsroom today and Jim will be greatly missed," the radio station continued in their statement on the tragedy. 

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jim's family and friends during this difficult time," it concluded.

The New York Mets have dealt with their fair share of injuries this season, with starting pitchers Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom both missing significant time with health issues. 

New York has battled through the adversity, securing a playoff spot on Monday with a win over the Milwaukee Brewers. 

They’ll have to work through one more injury before getting to the postseason. New York broadcaster Keith Hernandez is out for the rest of the regular season after tearing a tendon in his shoulder. 

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"He suffered a complete tear of a tendon in his shoulder and is going to require surgery next week," Mets play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen said Friday, according to the New York Post. "Keith is on the injured list, he is out for the rest of the regular season."

Hernandez was apparently injured while attempting to save his phone and glasses during a fall and will undergo surgery Thursday. 

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"I don’t even know what to say," Cohen added. "He was a little sheepish about it. You know, last year, he had the gardening accident last season. This is more of an urban thing."

The "gardening accident" occurred when Hernandez slipped off his hot tub while doing yard work at his home. He required eight stitches on his big toe after the fall. 

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"The way I understand it is, [Hernandez] was standing on the edge of his hot tub with pruning shears, pruning his roses, and he might’ve taken a bit of a tumble, grabbed for something on his way down that did not support him and took a rather hard fall," Cohen said during a July 2021 broadcast, according to The Post. 

"I am told that there was a trip to the emergency room, and there were eight stitches in his big toe. So I don’t know if he’s gonna be in a wheelchair or if he’s gonna be on crutches." 

The Mets are 96-56 and play the Oakland A’s Saturday afternoon in the second game of a three-game series. 

It’s not that the fear has gone, according to Maria Kuznetsova of OVD-info, a Russian human rights group that tracks arrests and detentions. But the unwritten deal with the devil has been breached. That explains why after months of inscrutable behavior by the Russian masses, visibly angry people took to the streets on Wednesday in dozens of cities across the country, chanting, essentially, "down with war." 

The spark of fury ignited shortly after Russian President Putin announced he’d be calling up 300,000 men—and not all of them young—to fight in Ukraine. "For twenty years the authorities have said, ‘we don’t interrupt your personal life. We don’t have high taxes,’" Kuznetsova tells Fox News. "But in exchange for that, you don’t speak up about human rights violations, war, repressions, election fraud.’"

For six months, the war in Ukraine seemed very far away to many Russians. For some it was just a TV show. Now, Kuznetsova claims, that war which by law you still cannot call war in Russia, has come to peoples’ doorsteps, to their homes. It is no longer possible, she explains, for Russians to shrug off whatever their government does as "not our problem."

"People are furious. I wouldn’t say that they lost their fear. But now they feel that maybe it’s better to go to protests (and suffer the consequences) than die in a war that they don’t even believe in or are indifferent to."

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1400 people were detained over Wednesday’s demonstrations and more protests were called for Saturday and as of this writing there had been a few. Kuznetsova appreciates the risk the protestors have exposed themselves to—given, as she points out, that even posting loosely critical or ironic statements online can lead to arrest under Russia’s strict new penal codes.

And those rounded up Wednesday were not all nabbed at the protests themselves. Authorities, she says, used facial recognition technology to track people down and pick them up at their homes after the fact. Their software can even see through face masks. 

Kuznetsova claims the police were rougher with those detained this time around, more brutal and in cases called the anti-war demonstrators "Nazis and Facists" warning them they’d be sent straight to the Donbas. Military summonses were served to male detainees, who, incidentally, were less than half of those picked up.

"For the first time in ten years, the percentage of women arrested was higher than the percentage of men. At least 51% of all those detained were women. It shows that in many ways, it’s a protest of wives, mothers, girlfriends and partners of people who may go to war."

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It appears the fishing net for combat duty is wider than the Kremlin and Ministry of Defense originally promised—men in the reserves with specific military skills and experience.

"We saw really terrifying videos from Yakutia and Buryatia and other national regions of Russia where men were just grabbed in the hundreds in factories where they work. And they were just given a few minutes to say good-bye to their families," Kuznetsova explained.

She said in the bigger cities it will be easier for men to hide. And urbanites will be more likely to understand something about their rights, an area that the regime has, according to Kuznetsova, made systematically hard for Russians to be aware of over the years. In the same way that it has slowly eroded or squeezed protest and blocked the flourishing of healthy civil society. Kuznetsova is hopeful men can escape their summonses, saying authorities don’t care about the individual--it’s not that they want YOU. This is now a numbers game, she explains.

I ask Kuznetsova if thinks Putin is shocked by the resistance he has encountered to his "partial-mobilization" announcement, which many believe will far exceed the 300,000 conscripts officially sought. And is he concerned about the mass flight out of the country? Kuznetsova says it is hard to know but easy to imagine the Kremlin did not expect this. And how big or constant does protest activity have to get in order to change the tide of events?

"It’s complicated in Russia," she says. "For example, in 2012 (when Putin took office for a third term and Russians cried foul over voting irregularities) hundreds of thousands of people went to the streets in Moscow and they changed some laws but basically the situation didn’t change dramatically. It depends not only on protests, but on other forms of social disobedience.

If people start to protest at their workplace, especially if they work for government, if they start leaving jobs saying ‘we won’t continue working for propaganda or government, for military’ that would have much more of an impact. But maybe protest is something that can start other ways of social disobedience."

Talk about bear markets, the gross domestic product and opportunity costs was almost an afterthought when the CEO’s of the nation’s mega-banks testified before the Senate Banking Committee recently.

What stole the show was a debate "woke" capitalism, climate change, guns, abortion and social policy.

For most of two hearings, you may never know that the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the fourth time since March because of towering inflation.

Economic and green eyeshade issues will never command as much attention as the wrangling over social policy.

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"Thank you all for being here," said Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., to the bankers. "There's a bit of a flogging element to what's happening today."

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, challenged the bankers about the disconnect between wealthy financial institutions and Main Street.

"The biggest Wall Street banks have lost the trust of the American people," said Brown. "I expect all of your banks to build up capital. To use it to invest in communities. Not just shareholders. Not just your own compensation."

Republicans questioned whether banks were too "woke," - bending to left-wing social pressures.

"I'm raising similar concerns about the politicization of our nations banks," said Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Penn., the top Republican on the Banking Committee. "Accept the role that some liberals prefer, which is to have your institutions implement social policy on behalf of the state. Or, embrace your history as drivers and promoters of free enterprise and stay out of highly charged social and political issues."

Toomey invoked how some of the banks are opting to cover the cost of travel for their employees after this summer’s Supreme Court decision on abortion.

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"This decision is certainly an individual banks choice, but it does raise a number of questions, including have these same banks also committed to pay the cost for female employees facing unplanned pregnancies to place their children up for adoption, notably when it comes to the right to keep and bear arms, which is an actual constitutional right?" asked Toomey.

This comes as Visa, MasterCard and AmEx are working to identify sales of firearms at gun stores. Visa is introducing a code which will identify retailers which sell weapons and ammo. But the code won’t specifically detail what products consumers buy.

Codes at gun stores could help law enforcement track crime or suspicious sales. The credit card companies already use codes to documents transactions with merchants ranging from clothiers to florists.

The gun issue arose when the bankers appeared before the House Financial Services Committee last Wednesday.

"Progressives are already cheering that this will be a huge step forward in monitoring suspicious gun purchases," said Rep. Roger Williams, R-Tex. "Anyone who is against the rights of gun owners will want institutions to flag every single transaction with a gun to law enforcement."

Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., asked the bankers about their policies with the "gun" code.

"I want extra assurances that law abiding purchasers across the country will not be discriminated against using this merchant code as a means to an end," said Cramer.

"We cannot be involved in telling the American citizens how their money will be used. That's not our job," said JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon at the Senate hearing.

"We do not intend to use the code to limit or restrict the purchase of firearms by our customer base," testified Jane Fraser of Citigroup.

But Cramer questioned the potential tilt to the left by big banks.

"Please resist the impulse to respond to the very loud noise in your left ear. I’m happy to be the loud noise in your right ear," said Cramer. "When it comes to being one of the cool crowd, I know the pressure that you feel. I’m sorry that sometimes those of us on the conservative side aren’t as activist-oriented. But I want to help you."

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Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mt., asked about the political makeup of Bank of America’s board.

"It contains twice as many Democrat donors as Republican donors," observed Daines to Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan. "I'm not asking that yet that you tip the teeter-totter to the right. But how do you maintain ideological diversity as it relates to board composition?"

"I don't know what our board does for political contributions. That's not part of what we look at," answered Moynihan. "Our company gives to candidates on both sides of the aisle. Not our company. But our PAC does, which is independent of me. I don't make decisions."

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., offered his own unsolicited advice to the bankers.
"You will never win – never – the uber-woke sweepstakes. I understand that the pressure to run that race is fierce. You will never win it. Nothing you do will never be enough. The uber-woke people in positions of power in this town. They think America was evil when it was founded. And it's even more evil today. You're not going to convince them otherwise," opined Kennedy.

Toomey worried that the Federal Reserve could compel banks to abandon fossil fuels and invest in green energy instead.

"Do you believe that the US banking regulators have the statutory authority to determine how quickly America transitions to a low carbon economy?" asked the Pennsylvania Republican.

"They are my judge, my jury and my hangmen. They pretty much can do what they want unless constrained by you," replied Dimon.

"I think there is a very important balance to be had to be attained over the next few decades, the balance between energy security and energy supply, as well as a transition to cleaner, cleaner energy sources," offered Fraser.

Despite all of the debate about political leanings and "woke" positions, lawmakers and bankers did take a few moments to discuss threats to the nation’s economy.

Dimon told senators that stagflation was his biggest concern. That’s where the economy slows but inflation remains high.

The price of consumer goods and the Fed’s latest interest rate hike shocked most lawmakers.

The Biden administration has ramped up pressure on Israel and Lebanon in recent weeks to reach a resolution to a decades-old dispute over maritime borders, including a tiny swath of the Mediterranean Sea that is rich in oil and gas.

For decades, Israel and Lebanon have been locked in non-direct negotiations, mostly with the help of U.S. mediators, over an 860-square-kilometer area of the sea that both countries hope to explore for oil and gas resources. 

Negotiations between the two countries, which have no diplomatic ties and have fought multiple wars, were renewed two years ago and appeared to be making progress this week.

While comments by both Israel’s caretaker Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, and Lebanese President Michel Aoun indicate a deal could be forthcoming, ongoing tensions between the neighbors still risk being undermined by the Iranian-backed Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah, particularly as Israel appears determined to push ahead with production at Karish, a new offshore gas rig not far from the disputed waters.

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Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), told Fox News Digital this week that for the deal to collapse at this point it would take something dramatic, especially because the U.S. seems intent on pushing Israel to give into Hezbollah’s demands for Lebanese sovereignty over the entire area under dispute.

The U.S. — first under Obama, then Trump and now with Biden — has been pushing for a solution as a way to create new revenue sources for Lebanon, a country on the brink of economic collapse, said Badran.

"Israel had already begun drilling in fields that are all outside the disputed area, and the Obama administration, per the U.S. mediator at the time, wanted to encourage international companies, which are reluctant to work in areas of dispute or conflict, to come and operate in Lebanon.

"The dispute has not affected Israel’s ability to develop and export its gas — even the smaller Karish field is not in the disputed area. The dispute only affected Lebanon’s ability to drill."

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Eager to pump money into Lebanon, the Biden administration has made concluding this deal a key priority, sending the U.S. State Department’s senior adviser for global energy security, Amos Hochstein, to the region. It is especially eager to wrap up negotiations before Israelis head to the polls Nov. 1 and before production begins at Karish.

Badran said the U.S. is hoping Israel will give up claims on the entire disputed area as a way to placate Hezbollah, which has threatened to torpedo the talks and attack Israeli interests in and around Karish.

"From the chatter coming out of Lebanon, however, it appears that, so far at least, Hezbollah is pleased with what the Biden administration is offering," he said.

On Monday, a spokesperson for the Israeli prime minister said production at Karish would "commence without delay, as soon as possible" despite the threats from Hezbollah or U.S. pressure.

Lapid, who was in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly, said he had given his negotiating team "very clear parameters" to reach an agreement with Lebanon. His National Security Adviser Eyal Hulata met with White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk on the sidelines of UNGA to discuss the matter. The meeting was characterized as "good and productive" by Israeli officials.

A spokesperson for the Israeli prime minister, who spoke anonymously to address the issue, said, "Israel believes that it is both possible and necessary to reach an agreement on a maritime border between Lebanon and Israel in a manner that will serve the interests of the citizens of both countries. Such an agreement will be greatly beneficial and strengthen regional stability."

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In Lebanon, President Aoun also indicated this week that there was progress. 

"The negotiations to demarcate the southern maritime border have become in their final stages, in a manner that guarantees Lebanon’s rights to gas and oil exploration in the specified fields in its Exclusive Economic Zone," Aoun said Monday, according to local media reports.

Speaking at a meeting with the U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka, Aoun added that "communication with U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein is ongoing over some technical details related to the demarcation process," and he expressed hope that "exploration in Lebanese waters will contribute to reviving the Lebanese economy, which witnessed a major decline over the past years, in addition to strengthening security and stability in the south."

"We heard the Lebanese President Michel Aoun saying this week that he is pretty much ready to arrive at an agreement, so it would be very surprising if Hezbollah undermines that," said Amir Avivi, CEO of the Israel Defense and Security Forum (IDSF). 

The IDSF is an NGO with 4,000 members who were former officers in various Israeli defense organizations that has been monitoring developments closely. 

"I think they will actually try to take credit for this deal and say that they’re actually the ones who managed to make Israel make more concessions," Avivi said. 

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Avivi said Israel was interested in reaching a deal with Lebanon in hopes it will bring stability to its northern neighbor and benefit the region overall. He also said it was important to view the dispute beyond just Israel and Lebanon but within the broader context of other regional players, namely Russia, France and Iran.

"Russia has a strong presence in the area of Lebanon and Syria, and I can say that it is definitely not interested in seeing a deterioration of the situation or even a large operation of a war between Israel and Lebanon," said Avivi, adding that Russia was also in the process of pulling back from the area as it fights the ongoing war in Ukraine.

France is also a very dominant force when it comes to Lebanon, a former colony, he said. With a growing economic and energy crisis in Europe, Mediterranean gas sources are becoming increasingly precious.

"There is the understanding that Israel actually might be a solution, to a certain extent, for getting gas to Europe, and this is very much dependent on Karish being operational," he said. 

As for Iran, Avivi said that the hardline Islamic regime was facing a dilemma over whether to bolster Hezbollah as a threatening deterrence along Israel’s northern border, which could draw Israel into another conflict with Lebanon, or pull back out for fear Israel could destroy the group completely.

"If we find ourselves in a situation where Israel engages in a large operation that destroys Hezbollah capabilities – and this is exactly what will happen – Iran will lose probably its strongest force in deterring any attack from Israel on itself," Avivi said, adding that Israel has the intelligence and capabilities to do so.

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly Thursday, Lebanese Prime Minister Mohammad Najib Azmi Mikati referred to the dispute over its maritime borders, saying that he "reaffirmed Lebanon’s absolute commitment to its sovereignty wealth and rights in its territorial water and exclusive economic zone." 

However, he added that Lebanon has a "sincere desire to reach a negotiated solution that is long overdue."

There are just two days until the NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) deliberately crashes into a faraway asteroid. 

The Monday mission is humanity's first attempt to change the motion of an asteroid in space by intentionally crashing a spacecraft into it. 

The agency says the target asteroid, Dimorphos, is not a threat to Earth and the "perfect testing ground" to see if the asteroid deflection method would be a viable way to protect the planet should an asteroid on a collision course with Earth be discovered.

The small moonlet orbits a larger asteroid called Didymos, lapping it around every 11 hours and 55 minutes.

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The kinetic impact into Dimorphos, which is nearly 7 million miles away from Earth, should shave about 10 minutes off that. 

The DART spacecraft will slam into the 2,500-foot asteroid at 14,000 miles per hour and cameras and telescopes will watch the crash – though it will take days or weeks to figure out if it actually changed the orbit.

The $325 million-dollar planetary defense test began when DART launched last fall.

DART has a single instrument, the DRACO (Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical) navigation imager.

DRACO supports the spacecraft's autonomous guidance system, or SMART (Small-body Maneuvering Autonomous Real-Time Navigation) Nav, to guide it to impact.

The imager has snapped thousands of pictures of stars, giving the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) team leading the mission for NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office the necessary data to support ongoing testing and rehearsals.

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In addition, the DART spacecraft's "mini-photographer" LICIACube and its two optical cameras successfully deployed on Sept. 11.

At the beginning of the month, the 1,260-pound spacecraft got its first look at Didymos.

An hour before impact, Dimorphos, at 11 billion pounds, will emerge as a point of light, becoming larger and larger in images.

Managers are confident DART won’t smash into the larger Didymos by mistake because the spacecraft’s navigation is designed to distinguish between the two asteroids and target the smaller one.

Unless DART misses – there is a less than 10% chance – it will be the end of the road for the spacecraft. 

If it does, it will encounter the asteroids again in a couple of years for a second shot.

NASA says there is no chance that either asteroid will threaten Earth now or in the future and no known asteroid poses a threat.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

State Senator Jason Pizzo, D-Fla., acknowledged the worsening border crisis gaining national attention and called for a bipartisan approach to solutions. On "Cavuto Live" Saturday, Pizzo argued previous Republican and Democratic administrations failed to properly fix the border.

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JASON PIZZO: I think you appreciate the sentiment, which is you shouldn't group all Democrats together. You shouldn't group all Republicans together. I think we absolutely have a border crisis. I think we're doing a terrible job. I think this administration is doing a terrible job. I think the last one didn't do much better and the one before that didn't do great either. I don't know where that bright line is. I really don't. I am the great-grandson of Italian immigrants on one side of my family. So is the governor. I don't know where we could draw the line and say, stop. I don't have an answer. I am a state legislator. I wouldn't even pretend to have the solution. I know we have a problem. I acknowledge it, but it's not really should not be a partisan issue. I'm not a fan of how it's going either. 

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A fisherman in Hawaii reportedly caught a large octopus and broke a state record that was once held by his brother.

Michael Matsunaga, 69, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, caught a 25-pound octopus on Aug. 31, according to HawaiiNewsNow.

Matsunaga was bottom-fishing at 400 feet when he felt a tug on his line, the station reported.

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Though he struggled to reel in his line, Matsunaga was finally able to bring the octopus onto his boat.

"I finally got him in the cooler," Matsunaga told HawaiiNewsNow. "And then I had to sit on the cooler because he was kinda of lifting me up."

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When he returned to shore, Matsunaga brought the octopus to Hana Pa'a Fishing Co., where it weighed in at 25.95 pounds, according to a Facebook post from the fishing shop.

Matsunaga's catch broke the record for the largest octopus caught in Hawaii, HawaiiNewsNow reported. 

The previous record was held by Matsunaga's brother, Stewart Matsunaga, who caught a 19-pound octopus in 2000, according to HawaiiNewsNow.

Matsunaga told the station he plans to eat the octopus, after boiling it in beer, "one leg at a time."

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MSNBC guest and Democratic pollster Fernand Amandi warned people of color that if they don’t vote in the upcoming midterms, they "may not have an opportunity to vote again in a free and fair election."

Amandi claimed that if Republican’s gain the congressional majority in the November elections, they will be "committed to undoing Democracy" and "committed to overturning whatever electoral result – quote unquote – doesn’t go their way."

Thus, he argued, they will take away the voting rights of "Black voters, Hispanic voters," and "Asian voters."

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The frequent MSNBC guest made his comments during Saturday's "The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross." Cross prompted Amandi's claims by asking him whether he thinks there will be large voter turnout for Democratic candidates this fall.

He began by stating, "Number one, we have to be mindful of that the Republicans are now all in a committed effort to make voting as difficult as possible, especially if you are someone from a person of color community. So that has to be taken always in the mindset."

Despite accusing the GOP of making voting harder, Amandi said, "I think, Tiffany, yes. I think we’re going to see record midterm turnout. I think it’s gonna be the equal, if not better than what we saw in 2018, which is the highest midterm turnout in the last 75 years."

Amandi claimed that "If we’re able to capture and hold onto the Senate and maybe even hold onto the House, it’s going to be because Black voters, Hispanic voters, Asian voters, all of those voters across the spectrum of this rising majority turned out."

He then mentioned the consequences if they don’t turnout: "The truth of the matter is, Tiffany, if they don’t take the opportunity to vote in this election, they may not have an opportunity to vote again in a free and fair election. Those really are the stakes."

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Amandi described the GOP’s alleged scheme if they win, saying, "I don’t think any of us can stress enough, if the Republicans capture either houses of Congress, there are committed to undoing democracy, they are committed to overturning whatever electoral result – quote unquote – doesn’t go their way in 2024."

He also ascribed a nefarious plot to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., saying, "You even have people like Marco Rubio right now saying they won’t necessarily commit to accepting the results of the 2022 elections."

Amandi added, "This is what’s at stake and this is why I think we have to focus on this issue and how these communities – according to the polls that show they’re very engaged, they’re very enthused and they plan on voting in historic numbers mostly for Democrats – can play that difference making role, Tiffany."

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This Greek-inspired cucumber salad gets a rich creaminess from Greek yogurt and a burst of nuanced flavor from ingredients like lemon zest and dill.

"This Cucumber Tzatziki Salad is a bit of a mash-up of Greek tzatziki sauce and the traditional creamy cucumber salad I grew up eating at summer family picnics," says Cara Lanz of Midwesternhomelife.com. 

Lanz calls this dish a "cool sidekick to spicy grilled meats." She also suggests stuffing it into gyros or tacos.

THIS SIMPLE CUCUMBER SALAD RECIPE IS A BRILLIANT TECHNIQUE

Try the recipe below.

Serves: 4

Prep time: 40 minutes

CHEESEBURGER SALAD? TRY THIS HEALTHY TAKE ON THE CLASSIC MEAL

1 English cucumber, thinly sliced

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup plain Greek yogurt

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon lemon zest

1 tablespoon fresh dill

1 tablespoon fresh mint, chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

¼ cup shallot, sliced

Salt and pepper, to taste

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1, Slice cucumbers thinly with a sharp knife or mandolin. I use the 1/16" setting on my mandolin. Place the sliced cucumbers in a colander and toss them with about a teaspoon of salt.

2. Place the colander over a bowl or in the sink and let the cucumbers sit for 30-60 minutes. Rinse them with cold water and allow them to drain. Pat them dry with paper towels.

3. In a large bowl, combine Greek yogurt, olive oil, lemon juice and lemon zest, dill, mint, garlic, black pepper and salt, if needed. It may be salty enough from the draining process.

4. Add the sliced shallot and cucumber slices to the dressing and gently toss until coated.

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Western defense officials said Saturday that Russian forces are attempting to slow Ukrainian troops advancing south from the Kharkiv region by targeting dams and flooding cross points. 

The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense confirmed reports this week that Russian attacks on Sept. 21 and 22 relied on short-range ballistic missiles or "similar weapons" to hit the Pechenihy dam, which sits on the Siverskyy Donets River, where Ukrainian forces are advancing down. 

The attacks followed a similar Sept. 15 strike in central Ukraine on the Karachunivske dam near Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown, the Defense Ministry said in its daily intelligence update.

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"As Russian commanders become increasingly concerned about their operational set-backs, they are probably attempting to strike the sluice gates of dams in order to flood Ukrainian military crossing points," the statement read.

But the ministry on Saturday assessed that Russia’s attacks "are unlikely to have caused significant disruption to Ukrainian operations due to the distance between the damaged dams and the combat zones."

TECHNICIANS IN UKRAINE IN A RACE AGAINST TIME TO REMOVE UNEXPLODED LAND MINES BEFORE WINTER

The attacks on civilian infrastructure come as Ukrainian forces have pushed forward not only in Kharkiv in the north but in the Kherson region in the south. 

Russian forces have allegedly taken heavy losses, with nine to 10 Russian soldiers dying for every one Ukrainian soldier in the Kharkiv region this month, one official told Fox News Digital. 

Ukraine’s defense ministry has reported that nearly 55,000 Russian soldiers have been killed while some 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since the war began nearly seven months ago, though Fox News Digital has not been able to independently verify these statistics. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has shown no sign of accepting defeat or ending the war by withdrawing his forces and instead this week called for a "partial mobilization" to send another 300,000 troops to fight in Ukraine. 

The boyfriend slain Georgia mother Debbie Collier's daughter allegedly threatened violence against her family in a note last year. 

"If you or your family ever come near me again I will hurt them," Andrew Giegerich purportedly wrote to girlfriend Amanda Bearden in a note obtained by the New York Post.

The note instructs, "Don’t ever contact me again!!!" 

The Post said the note was included in police evidence photos after a May 2021 domestic dispute between the couple, who were reportedly living in a home owned by Debbie's husband Steven Collier.

DEBBIE COLLIER MURDER: GEORGIA INVESTIGATORS EXECUTED SEARCH WARRANT AT DAUGHTER'S HOUSE, DOCUMENT REVEALS

Citing police documents, the paper said Bearden, 36, had shown the authorities a handwritten note that she claimed was from Giegerich, as well as bruises on her shoulders and arms that she said came from him after he had broken into her home.

"Andrew Giegerich did intentionally cause visible bodily harm to Amanda Bearden, to wit: she had visible bruising to the right arm and shoulder," a May 2021 arrest warrant apparently stated, and he was hit with various charges after the incident.

Bearden, who Fox News Digital has learned is well-known to her hometown police department, has a rap sheet going back more than a decade for numerous domestic violence calls, involving different men with whom she has been romantically involved.

Police charged her with falsely reporting a crime after the 2021fight, but prosecutors ultimately dropped the case.

Giegerich pleaded guilty to charges that included battery and property damage. 

The responding officer initially wrote down a burglary charge, but after allegedly catching Bearden in a lie, said there was no longer evidence to support it.

Giegerich’s criminal record in Clarke County appears to begin in 2020, with domestic battery and disorderly conduct charges involving Bearden. He pleaded guilty to three counts and received a sentence of probation.

The following year, he faced new domestic charges involving Bearden, pleading guilty again and serving 10 days in jail and more time on probation. He violated an order of protection at least once but prosecutors dropped the charges. He violated probation again in August, court records show, and was sent to jail for six days last week. He was out by Friday when Fox News Digital photographed him with Bearden in her driveway.

In January, he pleaded guilty to reckless driving after a DUI arrest.

On Sept. 4, 2021, police arrived at Bearden's home and encountered Giegerich outside. Bodycam video obtained by Fox News Digital shows a long exchange in which he discussed her alleged drug use and claimed she was stealing money from his paychecks on a weekly basis because he let her link his account to her phone before they split up. 

DEBBIE COLLIER MURDER: GEORGIA WOMAN REVEALED BLACK EYE AFTER 2020 ‘FALL’

"She’s probably on drugs now," he told police outside the home, minutes before they handcuffed him.

He was arrested for violating an order of protection. 

Once in cuffs, he could be heard telling the arresting officers that it wasn't fair. At moments, he broke into tears, begging to be allowed to go home and asking for a chance to speak with Bearden. When officers finally relented and told him they'd ask her if that was OK, they came back a moment later and told him she didn't want to speak. 

Throughout the encounter, police repeatedly told him he couldn't be on Bearden's property in violation of the order and that he needed to seek relief in civil court if she had been stealing his money.

The couple appears to have since reconciled and arrived at the house together Friday.

The Post said Giegerich told them he and Bearden had their phones confiscated by police after Collier's death.

"They’ve interrogated all of us. The people who are closest to [Debbie] are kind of looked at as suspects right now," he said. 

It was not immediately clear whether Bearden had an attorney and Giegerich’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.

The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, which is leading the investigation into Collier’s murder, had not yet publicly identified any suspects or persons of interest in the case.

Police found the 59-year-old real estate office manager stripped naked, burned and dumped at the bottom of a hill in the woods just a day after her family reported her missing earlier this month.

Bearden and Steven filed a missing person report on Sept. 10 after the daughter said she received a Venmo payment of $2,385 and a cryptic message reading: "They are not going to let me go love you there is a key to the house in the blue flowerpot by the door." 

The next day, investigators found her dead a quarter-mile off a rural highway where her rented Chrysler Pacifica had been abandoned.

Fox News' Michael Ruiz Contributed to this report.

Buffalo Bills safety Micah Hyde will miss the rest of the 2022 NFL regular season due to a neck injury, Hyde’s agent announced Saturday. 

Hyde, who appeared in both the Bills' first two games this season, did not practice this week as Buffalo prepped for Sunday's game with the Miami Dolphins. 

"Unfortunately client Micah Hyde will be put on IR today due to his recent neck injury," Hyde’s agent said in a tweet. "Fortunately, we expect a healthy return for #23 in 2023."

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Hyde suffered the injury during Buffalo’s 41-7 win over the Tennessee Titans Monday night and did not return to the game. 

"[Hyde and cornerback Dane Jackson, who is also dealing with a neck injury] both seem to be moving around or walking around or in the building here," Bills head coach Sean McDermott said Friday, according to ESPN. 

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"And they're in there going about their business, trying to improve each and every day. Obviously not going to make this game. Other than that, I don't have anything else for you at this point. We're just going to work with them on their cadence and their timing at this point."

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It’s a big blow for the Buffalo defense, which is second in the NFL in passing yards allowed through the first two weeks. 

Hyde is a 10-year veteran and has been with the Bills since the 2015 season. He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2017 and has amassed 14 interceptions and 261 solo tackles in his six years in Buffalo. 

Protestors clashed with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in northern Iran Friday night, during which one of its military bases was allegedly torched, according to information obtained by Fox News Digital.

Men and women marched through the streets of Oshnavieh in western Iran late Friday into the early hours of Saturday, cheering as they allegedly took control over parts of the city.

Videos posted to social media showed thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets in violent protest as buildings were set ablaze, including an IRGC base, according to opposition leaders. 

The Iranian government has yet to comment on the partial takeover in northern Iran, and it remains unclear what happened to the IRGC forces at the base in Oshnavieh.

DEADLY PROTESTS IN IRAN CONTINUE FOR A 9TH DAY: ‘DEATH TO THE DICTATOR’

The destruction comes as nationwide protests continue for a ninth day in nearly 140 cities, in every one of Iran’s 31 provinces following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody. 

She was reportedly arrested, beaten and possibly tortured for violating Iran’s strict dress code laws and wearing her hijab too loosely.

Iranian forces have claimed she was not mistreated and died of a heart attack. 

"The protests have turned into a nationwide uprising," Ali Safavi, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran, told Fox News Digital. "It is the eruption of the Iranian people’s pent-up anger in response to 43 years of suppression, corruption, and plunder."

IRAN PROTESTS: ARMY VOWS TO 'CONFRONT ENEMY'

Safavi said these demonstrations stand out from other uprisings, like the 2019 protests over gas prices which left 1,500 dead in the bloodiest protest in the Islamic Republic's history because this time, women are taking a leading role.

"Over the past 40 years, tens of thousands of women have been executed for their political views and affiliation with the MEK," he added in reference to the Iranian opposition group, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), whose aim is to overthrow the regime. "This is a watershed moment in the struggle of the Iranian people for freedom and democracy."

Safavi also pointed out that the majority of people taking part in the nationwide protests are millennials and Gen. Z populations, which means they have never known life inside Iran without autocratic rule.

"It is time for the world community to discard its policy of appeasement and rise to support the people of Iran," he said. 

Safavi told Fox News Digital that Iranians are now "rejecting the Shah’s dictatorship and religious tyranny" and are "demanding the establishment of a democratically elected republic based on the separation of religion and state and equal rights for women, ethnic and religious minorities."

As of Friday night, Iranian news outlets were reporting that some 35 people have been killed in the protesting across Iran. But according to MEK officials in Iran, roughly 140 have been killed and 5,000 arrested. 

Fox News Digital could not independently verify the reported death and arrest figures. 

Future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols put on quite the show Friday night at Dodger Stadium, launching the 699th and 700th home runs of his incredible 22-year career. 

Pujols hit his 700th home run in the fourth inning off of Dodgers pitcher Phil Bickford, sending the crowd into a frenzy as Pujols became just the fourth player in Major League Baseball history to hit 700 home runs in a career. 

Pujols joins Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, and Babe Ruth in the 700-home run club. 

ALBERT PUJOLS HITS 700TH HOME RUN, BECOMING FOURTH PLAYER IN MLB HISTORY TO REACH FEAT

And while the world of baseball was celebrating the incredible feat, and as Pujols was drinking it all in, the question of who possessed the historic baseball came into question. 

Baseballs have been highly sought-after by fans of the game — becoming souvenirs for so many — and the 700th home run of Pujols’ career is one that will undoubtedly fetch a pretty penny.

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There are those who feel that the ball should be returned to Pujols, and those who believe the fan possessing the baseball has every right to hold onto it. 

For the fans who caught home run No. 700, they reportedly left the stadium with the baseball after having it authenticated, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 

Asked whether he’s worried about getting the 700th home run ball back, Pujols says he has no problem with the fans keeping it. 

"Souvenirs are for the fans," Pujols said, according to the Orange County Register. "I don’t have any problem if they want to keep it. If they want to give it back, that’s great. But at the end of the day, I don’t focus on material stuff."

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Pujols has 10 more regular-season games to add to his total before calling it a career. 

The three-time MVP and two-time World Series champion announced that he will retire after the 2022 MLB season. 

The St. Louis Cardinals hold a 7.5-game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central, and their magic number to clinch a playoff spot is four. 

Moo-ve over, goat yoga: There's a new stress-relieving farm animal in town. 

Cows — baby cows, to be exact. 

"Fox & Friends Weekend" hosts on Saturday, Sat. 24, 2022, were joined by three very special guests: three calves from the Rose Bridge Farm & Sanctuary in Dresher, Penn.

The calves — named Angel, Paula Deen, and Pumpkin — serve as therapy cows.

COW-HUGGING, AN ALLEGED WELLNESS FAD, HAS PEOPLE CUDDLING FARM ANIMALS TO RELIEVE STRESS 

All of the calves shown on the program — just a month old — are rescue animals. 

"So this is cow therapy. Why do people need cow therapy?" asked cohost Rachel Campos-Duffy. 

The answer, according to farmer Casey Rockwell of Rose Bridge Farm & Sanctuary, is rooted in science. 

"Cows have a lower heart rate than humans, so it's naturally relaxing to cuddle with them and spend time with them," she said. 

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"When you cuddle with a cow," she continued, "your brain releases Oxytocin, and it just makes you feel a heavy sense of bond and love with the cow."

Cohost Pete Hegseth spent some time cuddling the black-and-white calf named Paula Deen. 

A noted chorus of "awws" came from his cohosts and the crowd at Fox Square. 

"This is the first time I've felt good all show," he joked. 

"I can finally relax." 

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Cain was "steer-ed" to Pumpkin, a red calf, and after some initial trepidation, Campos-Duffy embraced Angel, who is red and white. 

Cows, much like cats and dogs, like to be petted and scratched under their chins, said farmer Natalie Whitman. 

"They're basically like giant puppies," she said. 

The staff from the animal sanctuary in Pennsylvania said that "anyone" is a good candidate for cow-cuddle therapy — and that to protect both the human and the cow, they typically have younger clients hold the calves. 

"Usually people are just so excited, because it's kind of unusual to see cows this young," said Rockwell. 

"They're only a month old." 

THIS KENTUCKY FARM HAD A HIGHLAND COW BABY BOOM: SEE THE PHOTOS

The cows were rescued from a veal auction, the staff explained.

In addition to cow cuddling time, people can book "cuddle and feeding" sessions with the farm's other baby animals, including kittens, goats, horses and rabbits at the farm and animal sanctuary. 

"Farm glamping" is also available at the Rose Bridge Farm & Sanctuary, according to its website — which sounds udder-ly delightful. 

Lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation Thursday targeting Iran’s energy sector and making it more difficult to finance terrorist operations or develop ballistic missiles.

"It is absolutely critical that we prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapon capabilities and address the regime’s wide range of dangerous, hostile behavior," Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, told Fox Digital. 

The congressman joined a bipartisan group to introduce the Solidify Iran Sanctions Act, including Reps. Susie Lee, D-Nev., and Michelle Steel, R-Calif.

"I stand ready to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle — not as Republicans or Democrats, but as Americans — to confront and contain Iranian aggression and ensure the safety of the American people, our ally Israel, and of all freedom-loving people in the Middle East. When dealing with the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world, America must choose strength, not appeasement," Rep. Joyce said.

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As the Biden administration still negotiates the final details of a renewed nuclear deal with Iran, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke at the Hudson Institute Thursday, addressing key concerns regarding America's Iran policy.

"It is a certainty that Iran will have the capability of building a nuclear weapons program if we reenter the agreement," Pompeo said.

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He added that discussions concerning JCPOA are "zombie talk." "

"The truth is, they're giving the Iranians money today, even with the sanctions in place, because as anyone who's lived in this world knows, sanctions without enforcement are just a bad joke …," Pompeo argued. 

The former secretary argued the United States is losing leverage by pursuing the nuclear piece first and confronting the terror program second. 

"At least for now, the JCPOA … is the most effective means by which to permanently and verifiably ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon," State Department spokesman Ned Price said during an interview with Fox Digital.

Iran still stands as the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world.

Michael Doran, senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at Hudson Institute, says a JCPOA purist is the centerpiece of the Biden administration policy on Iran.

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"The JCPOA is an instrument for engaging Iran and playing relations with it. They fundamentally believe in appeasing Iran … to reach a kind of accommodation with it over regional security," Doran said.

The U.S. announced it would impose sanctions on senior Iran security officials and morality police following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was detained for allegedly failing to properly wear a hijab.

Through the Solidify Iran Sanctions Act, economic pressure would be placed on Iran’s energy sector, giving a clear signal the United States will not tolerate any existential threats.

Doran says any effort to make the sanctions permanent is a laudatory effort, but he says they must be enforced.

"One of the problems that we have right now is that you can have sanctions on the books, and you can have the administration, in theory, enforcing the sanctions. But if it doesn't actually enforce them, then they can be undermined," he warned.

Elijah McClain died after being administrated ketamine while forcibly detained, according to a recently published autopsy report.

Denver District Court Chief Judge Christopher Baumann ordered Thursday that McClain's autopsy report be published unredacted for the public. 

The report was published Friday afternoon. According to the coroner, McClain's 2019 cause of death was an overdose of ketamine administered by paramedics.

"Simply put, this dosage of ketamine was too much for this individual, and it resulted in an overdose, even though his blood ketamine level was consistent with a 'therapeutic' blood concentration," said coroner Dr. Stephen Cina.

ELIJAH MCCLAIN DEATH: COLORADO GRAND JURY INDICTS 3 POLICE OFFICERS, 2 PARAMEDICS 

"I believe that Mr. McClain would most likely be alive but for the administration of ketamine," Cina added.

In September, a Colorado grand jury indicted three officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain, a black man who was put in a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative two years ago in suburban Denver. 

Aurora police stopped McClain, a 23-year-old massage therapist, as he walked home from a store on Aug. 24, 2019, after a 911 caller reported a man wearing a ski mask and waving his hands who seemed "sketchy." 

Officers put McClain in a chokehold and pinned him down. 

Paramedics injected him with 500 milligrams of ketamine, an amount appropriate for someone 77 pounds heavier than McClain’s 143-pound frame, according to the indictment. He fell unconscious, was pronounced brain-dead at a hospital, and was taken off life support.

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The city of Aurora has released bodycam footage and the 911 call that preceded the incident.

In portions of it, McClain, in a sobbing voice, denies having done anything wrong. He tells officers he’s "just different" and can be heard saying, "I can’t breathe, please stop."

"When we showed up, he was wearing a ski mask," someone can be heard saying.