The anti-Israel suspect accused of gunning down two Israeli Embassy staffers leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., last night was identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago.The Embassy of Israel to the U.S. said the victims, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were set to be engaged.Rodriguez is believed to have committed the act alone and is in custody,said Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith.A gun was also recovered from the scene.Katie Kalisher, who was at the museum Wednesday night, told "FOX & Friends" on Thursday that she had an interaction with Rodriguez prior to his arrest. She said Rodriguez who looked distressed and was covered in rain came into the facility after 10 to 15 gunshots were heard outside and asked for somebody to call the police."Im like, so, do you like this museum? And hes like, kind of playing dumb with me. Hes like, oh, what kind of museum is this? And Im like its a Jewish museum. He asks Do you think that is why they did it? in reference to gunshots we had heard. And I was like, yeah maybe, I dont know but I dont think so, I hope not," Kalisher said. "And that is when he reaches into his bag and pulls out a kaffiyeh and says to me, I did it. I did this for Gaza. And then he starts shouting Free, Free Palestine! and the police show up and arrest him."FATAL SHOOTING OF ISRAELI EMBASSY WORKERS IN DC SPARKS OUTRAGE FROM TRUMP, ISRAELI PRESIDENTSmith said the preliminary investigation shows Rodriguez was allegedly observed pacing back and forth outside the museum before he approached a group of four people exiting the building, including the two victims, and began shooting.He then entered the museum, where he was detained by event security. While in custody, he yelled "Free, free Palestine!" Smith alsosaid.A LinkedIn page purportedly belonging to Rodriguez listed him as most recently working for the American Osteopathic Information Association.Prior to that, Rodriguez purportedly worked as a production and logistics coordinator and oral history researcher with The HistoryMakers, which describes itself on its website as a "non-profit research and educational institution committed to preserving and making widely accessible the untold personal stories of both well-known and unsung African Americans.""Elias Rodriguez is an Oral History Researcher at The HistoryMakers, where he prepares detailed research outlines and biographies of accomplished leaders in the African American community," reads a biography of him that has since been taken down from the nonprofits website."Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he holds a B.A. degree in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Prior to joining The HistoryMakers in 2023, he worked as a content writer for commercial and noncommercial firms in the technology space, both national and regionally based," it continued. "He enjoys reading and writing fiction, live music, film, and exploring new places."ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS TORCH DIPLOMAS OUTSIDE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ON GRADUATION DAYBoth organizations did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital on Thursday.A 2017 article in Liberation News the newspaper of the Party for Socialism and Liberation mentioned that an Elias Rodriguez was among the protesters who "gathered outside Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuels house to demand justice for Laquan McDonald and an end to the ethnic cleansing of Chicago vis--vis gentrification on Oct. 20, [2017] the anniversary of McDonalds murder by Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke.""The event, organized by the Peoples Congress of Resistance, ANSWER Chicago and Black Lives Matter Women of Faith, gathered in front of Mayor Emanuels Ravenswood home in response to the $2.25 billion bid for an Amazon headquarters in the city of Chicago," it continued."Elias Rodriguez from the Party for Socialism and Liberation argued that the murder of Laquan McDonald and the Chicago bid for an Amazon headquarters are not two separate issues, but rather they are both connected," the article read."The wealth that Amazon has brought to Seattle has not been shared with its Black residents, Rodriguez said. [Amazons] whitening of Seattle is structurally racist and a direct danger to all workers who live in that city. So do we in Chicago and all across the country want a nation of cities dominated and occupied by massive corporations where only the rich and White can live and the vast majority of us must live on edges of the city and society living in deeper and deeper poverty? I dont think so," the article quoted Rodriguez as saying.The Party for Socialism and Liberation then wrote on X this morning that "We reject any attempt to associate the PSL with the DC shooting. "Elias Rodriguez is not a member of the PSL. He had a brief association with one branch of the PSL that ended in 2017. We know of no contact with him in over 7 years. We have nothing to do with this shooting and do not support it," it said.Fox News Digitals Elizabeth Pritchett and Bradford Betz contributed to this report.

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Four months into his second tour of duty in the White House, President Donald Trump's approval ratings remain slightly underwater.The president stands at 46% approval and 54% disapproval in a new national survey by Marquette Law School. And Trump is at 42% approval and 52% disapproval in a Reuters/Ipsos poll.Most, but not all, of the latest national surveys place the president's approval rating in negative territory, with a handful indicating Trump is above water.Trump has aggressively asserted executive authority in his second term, overturning longstanding government policy and aiming to make major cuts to the federal workforce through an avalanche of sweeping and controversial executive orders and actions, with some aimed at addressing grievances he has held since his first term.TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATINGS ARE UNDERWATER, BUT DEMOCRATS FACE RECORD-LOW POLLING NUMBERSTrump started his second administration with poll numbers in positive territory, but his poll numbers started to slide soon after his late-January inauguration.But two issues where the president remains at or above water in some surveys are border security and immigration, which were front and center in Trump's successful 2024 campaign to win back the White House.HEAD HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLLINGTrump stands at 56% approval on border security and 50% approval on immigration in the Marquette Law School poll, which was conducted May 5-15.But Trump's muscular moves on border security and immigration, which have sparked controversy and legal pushback, don't appear to be helping his overall approval ratings."Immigration is declining now as a salient issue," said Daron Shaw, who serves as a member of the Fox News Decision Team and is the Republican partner on the Fox News poll.Shaw, a politics professor and chair at the University of Texas, said "immigration and especially border security are beginning to lose steam as one of the top-three issues facing the country. Republicans still rate them fairly highly, but Democrats and independents, who had kind of joined the chorus in 2024, have moved on and in particular moved back to the economy as a focal point."Pointing to Trump, Shaw added that "when you have success on an issue, it tends to move to the back burner."Contributing to the slide over the past couple of months in Trump's overall approval ratings was his performance on the economy and, in particular, inflation, which were pressing issues that kept former President Joe Bidens approval ratings well below water for most of his presidency.Trump's blockbuster tariff announcement in early April sparked a trade war with some of the nation's top trading partners and triggered a massive sell-off in the financial markets and increased concerns about a recession.But the markets have rebounded, thanks in part to a truce between the U.S. and China in their tariff standoff as Trump tapped the brakes on his controversial tariff implementation.Trump stood at 37% approval on tariffs and 34% on inflation/cost of living in the Marquette Law School poll. And he stood at 39% on the economy and 33% on cost of living in the Reuters/Ipsos poll, which was conducted May 16-18.Doug Heye, a longtime GOP strategist and former RNC and Bush administration official, pointed to last years election, saying, "The main reason Trump won was to lower prices. Prices havent lowered, and polls are reflecting that.""With the exception of gas prices, there hasnt been much of a reduction in prices," Shaw said."Prices havent come down, and its not clear that people will say the absence of inflation is an economic victory. They still feel that an appreciable portion of their money is going to pay for basic things," he added. "What Trump is realizing is that prices have to come down for him to be able to declare success."

The anti-Israel suspect accused of gunning down two Israeli Embassy staffers leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., last night was identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago.The Embassy of Israel to the U.S. said the victims, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were set to be engaged.Rodriguez is believed to have committed the act alone and is in custody,said Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith.A gun was also recovered from the scene.Katie Kalisher, who was at the museum Wednesday night, told "FOX & Friends" on Thursday that she had an interaction with Rodriguez prior to his arrest. She said Rodriguez who looked distressed and was covered in rain came into the facility after 10 to 15 gunshots were heard outside and asked for somebody to call the police."Im like, so, do you like this museum? And hes like, kind of playing dumb with me. Hes like, oh, what kind of museum is this? And Im like its a Jewish museum. He asks Do you think that is why they did it? in reference to gunshots we had heard. And I was like, yeah maybe, I dont know but I dont think so, I hope not," Kalisher said. "And that is when he reaches into his bag and pulls out a kaffiyeh and says to me, I did it. I did this for Gaza. And then he starts shouting Free, Free Palestine! and the police show up and arrest him."FATAL SHOOTING OF ISRAELI EMBASSY WORKERS IN DC SPARKS OUTRAGE FROM TRUMP, ISRAELI PRESIDENTSmith said the preliminary investigation shows Rodriguez was allegedly observed pacing back and forth outside the museum before he approached a group of four people exiting the building, including the two victims, and began shooting.He then entered the museum, where he was detained by event security. While in custody, he yelled "Free, free Palestine!" Smith alsosaid.A LinkedIn page purportedly belonging to Rodriguez listed him as most recently working for the American Osteopathic Information Association.Prior to that, Rodriguez purportedly worked as a production and logistics coordinator and oral history researcher with The HistoryMakers, which describes itself on its website as a "non-profit research and educational institution committed to preserving and making widely accessible the untold personal stories of both well-known and unsung African Americans.""Elias Rodriguez is an Oral History Researcher at The HistoryMakers, where he prepares detailed research outlines and biographies of accomplished leaders in the African American community," reads a biography of him that has since been taken down from the nonprofits website."Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he holds a B.A. degree in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Prior to joining The HistoryMakers in 2023, he worked as a content writer for commercial and noncommercial firms in the technology space, both national and regionally based," it continued. "He enjoys reading and writing fiction, live music, film, and exploring new places."ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS TORCH DIPLOMAS OUTSIDE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ON GRADUATION DAYBoth organizations did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital on Thursday.A 2017 article in Liberation News the newspaper of the Party for Socialism and Liberation mentioned that an Elias Rodriguez was among the protesters who "gathered outside Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuels house to demand justice for Laquan McDonald and an end to the ethnic cleansing of Chicago vis--vis gentrification on Oct. 20, [2017] the anniversary of McDonalds murder by Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke.""The event, organized by the Peoples Congress of Resistance, ANSWER Chicago and Black Lives Matter Women of Faith, gathered in front of Mayor Emanuels Ravenswood home in response to the $2.25 billion bid for an Amazon headquarters in the city of Chicago," it continued."Elias Rodriguez from the Party for Socialism and Liberation argued that the murder of Laquan McDonald and the Chicago bid for an Amazon headquarters are not two separate issues, but rather they are both connected," the article read."The wealth that Amazon has brought to Seattle has not been shared with its Black residents, Rodriguez said. [Amazons] whitening of Seattle is structurally racist and a direct danger to all workers who live in that city. So do we in Chicago and all across the country want a nation of cities dominated and occupied by massive corporations where only the rich and White can live and the vast majority of us must live on edges of the city and society living in deeper and deeper poverty? I dont think so," the article quoted Rodriguez as saying.The Party for Socialism and Liberation then wrote on X this morning that "We reject any attempt to associate the PSL with the DC shooting. "Elias Rodriguez is not a member of the PSL. He had a brief association with one branch of the PSL that ended in 2017. We know of no contact with him in over 7 years. We have nothing to do with this shooting and do not support it," it said.Fox News Digitals Elizabeth Pritchett and Bradford Betz contributed to this report.

Four months into his second tour of duty in the White House, President Donald Trump's approval ratings remain slightly underwater.The president stands at 46% approval and 54% disapproval in a new national survey by Marquette Law School. And Trump is at 42% approval and 52% disapproval in a Reuters/Ipsos poll.Most, but not all, of the latest national surveys place the president's approval rating in negative territory, with a handful indicating Trump is above water.Trump has aggressively asserted executive authority in his second term, overturning longstanding government policy and aiming to make major cuts to the federal workforce through an avalanche of sweeping and controversial executive orders and actions, with some aimed at addressing grievances he has held since his first term.TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATINGS ARE UNDERWATER, BUT DEMOCRATS FACE RECORD-LOW POLLING NUMBERSTrump started his second administration with poll numbers in positive territory, but his poll numbers started to slide soon after his late-January inauguration.But two issues where the president remains at or above water in some surveys are border security and immigration, which were front and center in Trump's successful 2024 campaign to win back the White House.HEAD HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLLINGTrump stands at 56% approval on border security and 50% approval on immigration in the Marquette Law School poll, which was conducted May 5-15.But Trump's muscular moves on border security and immigration, which have sparked controversy and legal pushback, don't appear to be helping his overall approval ratings."Immigration is declining now as a salient issue," said Daron Shaw, who serves as a member of the Fox News Decision Team and is the Republican partner on the Fox News poll.Shaw, a politics professor and chair at the University of Texas, said "immigration and especially border security are beginning to lose steam as one of the top-three issues facing the country. Republicans still rate them fairly highly, but Democrats and independents, who had kind of joined the chorus in 2024, have moved on and in particular moved back to the economy as a focal point."Pointing to Trump, Shaw added that "when you have success on an issue, it tends to move to the back burner."Contributing to the slide over the past couple of months in Trump's overall approval ratings was his performance on the economy and, in particular, inflation, which were pressing issues that kept former President Joe Bidens approval ratings well below water for most of his presidency.Trump's blockbuster tariff announcement in early April sparked a trade war with some of the nation's top trading partners and triggered a massive sell-off in the financial markets and increased concerns about a recession.But the markets have rebounded, thanks in part to a truce between the U.S. and China in their tariff standoff as Trump tapped the brakes on his controversial tariff implementation.Trump stood at 37% approval on tariffs and 34% on inflation/cost of living in the Marquette Law School poll. And he stood at 39% on the economy and 33% on cost of living in the Reuters/Ipsos poll, which was conducted May 16-18.Doug Heye, a longtime GOP strategist and former RNC and Bush administration official, pointed to last years election, saying, "The main reason Trump won was to lower prices. Prices havent lowered, and polls are reflecting that.""With the exception of gas prices, there hasnt been much of a reduction in prices," Shaw said."Prices havent come down, and its not clear that people will say the absence of inflation is an economic victory. They still feel that an appreciable portion of their money is going to pay for basic things," he added. "What Trump is realizing is that prices have to come down for him to be able to declare success."

Fox News contributor and former D.C. area detective Ted Williams joins 'Fox News Live' to discuss the rise in antisemitic violence after two Israeli diplomats were killed outside of a Washington, D.C. area Jewish museum.

Fox News' Mark Levin joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss the murder of two Israeli diplomats at a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. and the need for action to combat antisemitism nationwide and abroad.

Fox News correspondent Lucas Tomlinson reports on two Israeli diplomats being shot outside of a Washington, D.C. area Jewish museum as Attorney General Pam Bondi promises justice for the families.

Elias Rodriguez of Chicago was seen shouting "free Palestine" Wednesday while being detained for the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers. (Instagram/@shinewithisrael)

Yoni Kalin, who was in the Jewish museum during the attack, joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss the fatal shooting of two Israeli diplomats and why he supports the Trump administration's handling of antisemitism nationwide.