larry: yeah, so is, folks, you want a new car, you gotta look under the hood. look for tax cuts and deregulation and drill, baby, drill. i know a car model that has exactly those parts in it. think about it. and anyway, i know liz macdonald likes to look under the hood for a good spark plug or two. hi, lizzie. elizabeth: i wish i knew how to fix a car, larry.

maybe in my next life. okay, welcome to "the evening edit," i'm liz macdonald. let's bring in "wall street journal" columnist bill mcgurn and federal prosecutor, former federal prosecutor katie cherkasky joins us. thank you both so much for joining us. tonight we're taking a deep dive into what is not debated or talked about enough. bill and katie, the aggressive, unprecedented democrat attacks to go after trump and stop him. it started even before he was elected in 2016. you know, any le, rational person would see the problem here is that in america you are innocent until proven guilty. democrats did not abide by that. by the way, we're neither here nor there about a trump. we've just been saying for months the see the truth of what's been happening and how aggressively historically this was, take the name trump out. take the names of democrats out to see clearly what really happened. bill, first to you, what do you

think of this this? >> yeah, i think that's right. it reminds me, there was a movie in the if '600s, it's a mad, mad world -- '60s -- and it was about all these star-studded people going around the country searching for this pile of money. i think that's kind of what happened to donald trump. these people went all after him. look, trump the -- the usual attack on him is that he's a guy who destroys norms. and i always say is, yes, there's a lot of things he says i wish he wouldn't say. but when it comes to violating norms, i think the difference is the democrats use the government, they have the government behind them. put the fbi on to carter page and have prosecutors race for a prosecution. that's a really insidious thing, the way the government is involved in all these anti-trump efforts. elizabeth: yeah, what bill just said is. you know, katie, we've had republican lawmakers and officials on our show decrying january 6th.

but what we've been showing predates that a by years. when you look at a what happened, the attacks started before he won in 2016. fbi wiretaps to spy on the trump campaign over trump-russia that robert mueller then said didn't happen, that collusion. democrats repeatedly rejecting trump's victory saying he's an illegitimate president. whether you agree or disagree about trump, what was happening here is a lot of this was dick behind the scenes by -- driven by the hillary campaign to attack him on trump-russia, then a cascade of a dozen impeachment resolutions starting just a few months into his presidency through 2020. a democrat said is, quote, i'm worried if we don't impeach trump, he'll get reelected. he said that in 20919. >> oh, or it's been an open secret for a long time that a democrats have been able -- willing to stretch and bend the law. and the american people see that for what it is. now we have a leading candidate not only going on trial, right,

mt. the heat of the campaign season, but these cases -- especially the new york case nog appeal, and any legitimate lawyer who's being apolitical about it will say that case has a very good chance of being with overturned on appeal. to the extent the conviction impacts anybody's vote and it's overturned afterwards, how can that be remedied? it really can't. it's been quite terrible what's going on here, but they're hell bent on going after him any way they can even when the law does not support that. elizabeth: yeah. so katie's detailing the lawfare attacks, right, bill? basically, it has roots in nancy pelosi driving 14, 14 democrat-led house committees with a total of 8 targets to go -- 85 targets to go after trump that started in 2018 after stormy daniels, to get his tax returns, go after his family business and also they routinely blocked his agenda including on the border. by the way, top democrats

reportedly knew i that starting in 2018 joe biden was talking about running. >> yeah. i -- look, i think there's not a doubt about this, and i think the american people understand. that's why the polls haven't moved that much since trump's conviction. people see it's all a big game. go after him, throw anything, use anything you've got to get him. from dubious with impeachments to this ruin goldberg setup -- rube goldberg setup in new york where hay transformed a misdemeanor into felonies. so i think a lot of people including people who are not fond of donald trump, they're looking at this and saying i'm less fond of the government going after him this day way. elizabeth: we've never seen anything like this, katie, in the history of the united states of america. final word. >> yeah, it's really disturbing to see how far people will take it. you're seeing these novel if prosecutions that are completely

baseless, and the american people do see that for what it is, and that's why the polls are where they are right now even with that conviction. elizabeth: we're going to stay on this story, keep digging into it. we appreciate you so much for joining us this friday night. have a good weekend, gang. >> you too. elizabeth: okay, let's bring back to the show fox news contributor liz peek. liz, it's good to see you with. happy friday, thanks for joining us. what do you make of this 272,000 jobs report for may? is the u.s. jobs market strong and healthy? >> liz, it's anyone's guess. i think this is an extremely peculiar with jobs report. even ed hyman, wall street's number one economist, said literally it's not whether jobs increased 239,000 depending on which survey we had. there's so much news that shows that the economy is slowing, that hiring is slowing, the job market is slowing, and here we

have this gangbuster jobs report? color me skeptical. elizabeth: the government reported a loss of 625,000 full-time jobs. >> yeah. elizabeth: you know, the number of people employed dropped to the lowest in more than a year, but now part-time workers are surging to record highs at a 28 million. haas month we added 286,000 part-time jobs. but, you know, when you have the loss of those full-time jobs, liz, shouldn't the jobless rate be anywhere between something like 7-8%? not 3.9 right now? >> you know where, liz, the only way i can make sense of this is that you have millions of people who have entered the country illegal he. they all a want to work, and they're being hired for short-term jobs, not full-time, part-time jobs because employers don't want to deal with the legal problems of hiring them full time. so it kind of makes sense, right? because a lot of these people are getting work. also we have numbers that foreign-born workers are taking

most of the job increases, and native-born americans are losing jobs overall a. so it really, i mean, again, it really doesn't make a lot of sense, what we're seeing. all this part-time work when you consider the industries that are hiring, leisure, hospitality, for example, that kind of makes sense to me. i think that the government that statistics are not taking into with account the changes in the job with market we're seeing because of the mass migration. elizabeth: interesting s. and we also have a lot of government jobs. again, 43,000 -- >> always. elizabeth: that's been going on for months now, and government-related health care jobs, health services jobs. you know, the unemployment rate for those 0224 is now -- 2024, it's now around 8%. so, you know, when you see what's happening with the polls, right, you see the fox news poll, you see now trump is basically tied with virginia. he's pushing the swamp the vote

effort to get his supporters to vote by mail or vote early. but when you look at these numbers, i mean, even after the conviction trump is still beating biden. >> well, and it's, you know, let's talk about the big issues. the big with issues remain inflation and also the economy. i mean, every poll shows that those are the most important things that people are concerned about. and, by the way, immigration request kind of plays into that because i've heard of people, particularly hispanic people who with can't get jobs, and they're furious that all the jobs are being taken by people in the country illegally. and also that those people are being given all kinds of benefits. so we have a sr. strange kind of situation going on, and trump is really on the right path here because he's talking about the things that matter to people, liz. elizabeth: let's listen to what the people on the street are saying. by the way, emerson poll, trump is behind biden by only 7 points in the blue state of new york.

you're going to listen to the voters in new york and other voters weigh in on what's going if on. watch this. >> i'd say the biggest issues for me are prices and foreign policy. just seeing all this money go overseas, not coming to young people like me is upsetting, especially when i'm paying $300 to -- a month to heat my apartment. all i remember is back when he was president, things were a lot cheaper. [laughter] >> close that freaking border now. not now, but right, right now. >> in terms of where we're at now versus where we were in it's, like, night and day. i can't wait for that inflation to go down. >> i think he got, you know, a bad decision. but it's not going to affect my vote. i've been planning to vote for trump again since, you know, he lost the election in 2020. in fact, if anything, it just makes me stronger vote for him because, you know, i think he got railroaded on this a little

bit. elizabeth: liz, we're watching that protest vote against biden in states like michigan and minnesota. now it's in new mexico and new jersey, something like 9-10% in the democrat primaries there went against biden. >> yeah. he is losing core constituencies, liz. young voters, black voters, hispanics. everywhere you hear the same thing, these indictments and the guilty pleas from donald trump, they don't move the needle. what moves the needle is inflation and people feeling positive about their own economic well-being, which they don't right now. elizabeth: yeah. they don't like the border collapse either, right, liz? >> no, they don't. elizabeth: have a good weekend. good to see you. >> you too. elizabeth: congressman anthony d'esposito, criminal defense attorney brian claypool, economist ej antoni, former energy secretary rick perry and trump 2024 surrogate tudor

dixon. "usa today", look at this, now says trump was right about hunter biden's laptop from hell after biden falsely told voters it was russian disinformation. democrats said it too. and the justice department is now using it as key evidence in hunter's criminal trial. plus this story, hunter biden really testify in that? and the fight to shut the border. former president trump says he will wipe out all of president biden's actions on border security if he wins re-election, but biden says he has no regrets on delaying his border action. we're going to play you the sound. and this game-changer, virginia governor youngkin pulls the plug on virginia's electric car mandate. the pushback is on to stop adopting california's standards. will 16 other states follow virginia? we take it on. democrats and the media in a ferocious new pushback against d.c. court -- d.c. and court watchers saying top democrats and the biden white house are

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elizabeth: look who's here, retired major general dana petard who served for 34 years in the army and in the white house as military aide to president biden. you look great in this shot, general. i just want to make you comfortable. what do you make of the biden white house letting ukraine use american weaponry to strike russian military forces inside areas of russia near ukraine's kharkiv? but how would russia retaliate if ukraine accidentally strikes civilian targets inside russia with an american missile? we know that russia routinely strikes civilians in ukraine, but what if that happened? what do you think would occur? >> well, good evening, liz. the use of long-range missiles really will be helpful to ukraine because it allows them to really extend the battlefield

in both time, space and depth. and you need to do that in war. russia's doing that with ukraine, and so it's only fair that ukraine does that. because russia has safe havens just across the border that the ukraine has a previously not been able to really touch. now, if, or unfortunately, some civilians are killed, it would be similar to civilians being killed in ukraine by russians. so i'm sure russia will try to retaliate against ukraine for that. they wouldn't with dare retaliate against the west and nato and the united states. and so i don't think that that's a risk for the united states. elizabeth: but how would they retaliate? >> with -- they would retaliate against ukraine with more missile attacks. but they shot their best shot as far as missystem attacks on -- missile attacks on ukraine, and ukraine is stillen standing. elizabeth: but could they attack a nato nation? maybe -- we know that a french troops are going boots on the

ground. by the way, there are three russian navy ships and a nuclear-powered sub marine set the arrive at cuba's port of la van that nor an additional -- that van. that i want to talk about that too. the media reaction might be negative if u.s. weapons killed russian civilians. >> it'd certainly be negative, but the port of call for the russian navy in cuba is nothing really new. so that's not going to cause any issues. the last thing that vladimir putin wants is war with nato and the united states. finish. elizabeth: okay. let's move on to this, president biden spoke out about democracy. in ceremonies again today to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d-day, but he apologized to ukraine's zelenskyy for the delay in an aid a package if out of congress, he blamed republicans. he's been criticizing republicans and taking veiled shot ises at trump overseas.

there's concerns that overseas events like this are being used for politics. and hillary clinton put out basically a tweet saying, you know, about d-day but saying vote this if november. again, a veiled attack at trump. what do you make of using ceremonies like this for politics? >> i never liked that. let's honor our troops that landed june 6th, 1944, and changed the world. you think about those 225 rangers who climbed up the atlantic wall, basically, and that unbelievable, amazing bravery. so is we should really stick to that. but understanding that at this time though in europe there is a threat. there's a threat from russia against ukraine and russia against other european nations. so i think it's okay to call that out, but it's never okay in that kind of forum to delve into

partisan politics from back home. elizabeth: general petard, thank you for your service to america. thank you for joining us tonight. we really appreciate it. it's good to see you. former president trump slam biden on the border crisis, says he will reverse or biden's border actions weakening the border if he gets reelected. we're going to get you sound on what biden is saying about a how he doesn't regret delaying action on it. and we've got the latest fox poll, nevada voters trust trump over biden by a huge 22 points on border ask security. plus, we have got criminal defense and trial attorney the brian claypool. the news that a hunter biden could take the witness stand on his criminal trial, the fallout of that. plus, "usa today" says, yes, trump was right about a hunter biden's laptop from hell, hat doj is now using it as evidence in the trial after joe biden claimed false hi it was russian disinformation. we take it on next. ♪

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elizabeth: okay, welcome back. we're coming into the bottom of the hour. we're going to get you updated on hunter biden's criminal trial on federal gun charges. fox news 'david spunt standing by outside the the courthouse in wilmington, delaware, with the latest developments. david, good to see you. >> reporter: good to the see you too. hunter biden's legal team, they have a big decision to make. abbe lowell announced in court he has no more witnesses except if he may call one witness on monday, and that witness may, and i say may, be hunter biden. if he calls one, it will be hunter biden. it's a big risk, of course, to put defendant in a criminal trial especially of this magnitude with this defendant and his popularity the actually be on the stand. so we'll see what happens then. but earlier today the naomi biden, hunter biden's daughter, took the stand. she is hunter biden's eldest daughter named for hunter

biden's late sister who tragically died in that car accident here in delaware in 1972 along with hunter's mother. naomi was on the stand for probably less than an hour. she painted a picture of a career-minded, hopeful -- clear-minded, hopeful hunter biden when she saw him weeks before he allegedly lied on a federal gun form in october 2018. that's her right there with the black glasses and the black blazer. naomi biden was uncomfort comfortable on the stand answering in a soft voice. she says she was well aware her dad was addicted to drugs, and she said, quote, things got bad after my uncle died referring to beau biden. she recalls trying to see her dad in late october 2018 and said things were a little bit hopeful. first lady jill biden flew in late yesterday from d-day events in france to wilmington to sit in the courtroom once again. she was here monday, tuesday, wednesday, only to fly back presumably tonight to france for

a state dinner with her husband, the president, tomorrow. abbe lowell focused heavily on a gun form this morning, arguing that different items on the form were put there at different times questioning the overall form. now, if hunter does take the stand, again, it brings a major, major risk to the defend for him to do so. if he doesn't take the stand, we could get jury instructions, and they could wrap the case as soon as monday, meaning we could have a verdict on monday by the time we talk to you on monday. back to you. elizabeth: really interesting stuff. david spunt, you're terrific. thank you so much. joining us now, criminal defense attorney and trial attorney brian claypool. brian, it's good to see you again. what's your reaction to david spunt if's report here? what's the danger of hunter biden testifying? >> >> hey, liz, great to see you again. yeah, the biggest risk is even if he went up on the stand they ask him one question, but you addicted to drugs at the time you filled out this form and

bought the gun, if he says no, it still arguably opens up the door to a plethora of questions about his drug use, about his lifestyle, about information contained on his laptop which could be very damaging to the defense, it can cast him in a different light than how he's been cast so far. there's a lot of sympathy running through that courtroom. jill biden's there, she's coming back. so i think it's it's a huge mistake to put hunter baden on the stand. elizabeth: a lot of critics are saying it feels like pressure, for the first lady to be there. there's also this, you wonder what hunter biden's defense could be or will he try for a plea deal before the case goes to the jury if it looks like it's not going his way. i mean, these cases, i think, usually end in plea deals, not jury verdicts. plus, they almost always result in quiks. you know, there was -- convictions. there was that ill-fated plea deal last summer that a collapsed that got knocked out. what do you think of that idea?

>> well, liz, you just posted something on the screen there that tells me why there's not likely to be a plea deal. remember the federal prosecutors had egg on their face. they had this plea if deal. hunter biden was going to plead to a misdemeanor, do a diversion program, right in then a federal judge tossed that agreement out of court. prosecutors looked horrible, looked like they were biased, so they were forced to go to trial in this case. this is no chance that they're -- there's no chance that they're going to not go to verdict now. they're going to take this to verdict. they can't have egg on their face twice. elizabeth: interesting. >> look, liz, the greatest thing that happened in this trial is the fact that they used this laptop that you're talking about that's been called russian disinformation now for four years. so they were forced to show their hand. they needed it as evidence, and now after this trial's over, why wouldn't people in congress be arguing for a new investigation? if. elizabeth: right. >> of hunter biden? elizabeth: even "usa today" says, quote, hunter -- trump was

right about hunter biden's laptop from hell. it is being used as a key evidence in hunter's criminal trial. let's listen to what was being said about that laptop in the past. now these individuals are silent because, again, the fbi, doj has authenticated it and is using it as evidence in this case. watch this. [inaudible conversations] >> i want to stay on the issue of race -- >> -- the laptop from hell. >> president trump -- >> nobody. >> -- we're talking about race right now, and i do want to stay on the issue of race. >> i have to respond to that -- >> please, very quickly. >> look, there are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what this -- he's accusing me of is a russian plant. they have said that this is, has all the -- four, five former e heads of the cia, both parties, say what he's saying is a bunch of garbage. >> you mean the laptop is now another russia, russia, russia

hoax? >> that's exactly -- >> this looks like your classic disinformation campaign. >> and as i and several of my former colleagues pointed out publicly, it does bear the hallmarks of russian disinformation. >> this looks like russian are intelligence, this walks like russian intelligence, this talks like russian intelligence. looks like a classic russian playbook disinformation campaign. >> from, actually, intel committee chair adam schiff who said this discussion over hunter biden and the story that came out in "the new york post" that is highly questionable and dubiously sourced is part of a russian disinformation campaign. elizabeth you know what's disturbing? none of these individuals are saying, oh, you know, we were wrong. none of them are saying, you know what? former cia acting director michael morrell who testified, yeah, he did help organize that letter signed by 51 former intelligence officials saying, claiming this was russian disinformation, and that was at the behest of antony blinken, and then three days later biden uses that in his final debate

against trump. final word about this. >> yeah. first of all, now we mow why the doj didn't want to go to trial, right, liz in they a had gone to trial, they would have had to show the country that they're using this laptop that we now know is not russian disinformation, it's russian trash. it's russian garbage. and my final thought is why aren't those 51 individuals being charged with obstruction of justice? the they lied through their teeth. they knew that was going to affect the 2020 election. and arguably, it did. why haven't all 51 of these folks been indicted? elizabeth: you know, brian, the other thing too is -- we hear you loud and clear -- how does that, you know, people are saying that's a cover-up, what they're saying that this was russian disinformation. you know? and also, you know, we've got to ask how does that differentiate from their own disinformation operation? >> yeah. you're raising a great point. and, look, at the end of the day i think what we all want, liz,

approaching this election is we want the truth, right? democrats just put former president trump through a trial arguing that he somehow interfere pd with the election. liz, i'm telling you, you have a treasure of evidence here that shows they were interfering with the election, and we need a new investigation of hunter biden and the laptop. elizabeth: brian, you're terrific. we promise we want to have to have you back on again soon. we hope to get you. good to see you, brian. >> you bet. thanks, liz are. elizabeth: let's welcome couldn'tman anthony d'esposito. -- congressman. good to see you. sit tight for a second. we want your reaction to this: president biden is now speak out saying he has no regrets delaying executive action on the u.s. border collapse that ignited on his watch. let's listen to that, and then you're going to hear from pentagon chief lloyd austin saying, yeah, terrorism is now a serious threat. watch. >> immigration and your executive action. in january you were asked if there was anything else you

could do about the border, and you said i've done all i can do. what changed here, and why didn't you do this back then? >> because we had a deal. i sat for four weeks, and they came up with a proposal that would have gone much further. it would have been the most significant if change in border security in our history. we got on the phone and told people, no, don't support it. and that's what i was hoping we'd get done rather than me step in to take action. >> do you wish you had done it sooner? >> no. >> your quick thought, mr. secretary. on the fbi director, christopher wray, recently saying domestic and international terrorism are some of the most consequential threats against the united states right now. what is, in your view, mr. secretary, the most concerning threat against the united states right now? >> well, i mean, there are a number of -- first of all, protection of the homeland is my top priority. and there are a number of challenges that we continue to

face. elizabeth: okay. terror threats are not just a challenge. show the viewer what's been happening according to customs, border patrol data. we're looking at nearly 17000 individuals with links -- 1700 individuals with links to terrorism caught at the border. your take on president biden not regretting taking executive the action sooner on the border, congressman. >> well, liz, i think it's clear that all a americans realize president biden is having some trouble remembering things now and then. but what he seems to be forgetting is the entire first year of the18th congress where house republicans -- 118th congress where house republicans came together and worked on h.r. 22, the most comprehensive border bill this nation has seen in over 25 years. it would have invested millions upon millions of dollars in technology is and infrastructure, hired an additional 30,000 customs is and border patrol agents, would have began rebuilding the wall immediately.

but that was ignored by senator schumer. and then when they began to look at polls and they realized that biden was losing in places that he historically won, they came up with this lankford-schumer bill which was not a solution, it was a surrender of our southern border. he forgets that house republicans had legislation, sent it to the senate -- elizabeth: why was that senate bill a surrender? >> it still allowed thousands upon thousands of illegal migrants into this country every single day. what really we should have avoided this in the beginning is president biden shouldn't have rescinded president trump's policies at the southern border, and we wouldn't be in this situation. elizabeth: yeah. he took the 94 executive actions in his first 1090 -- 101 -- 100 days. migrants, immigrants who came here the right way, they support legal immigration. this is illegal crossings now letting in gangs, killer, rapists. we just had an alleged illegal

alien tied to a venezuelan gang shoot two cops in new york city. another sexually assaulted a disabled teenager in rhode island. both released into the u.s. interior. final word. >> liz, it is out of control. and just today we saw 1300 to illegals apprehended by cbp at the san diego sector. there's 1 agent a trying to corral 140 toillegal migrants. it is clear it's not reducing crossings. we need to secure or border, we need to put forward h.r. 2, and we need to elect donald trump president of the united states. elizabeth: congressman, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. elizabeth: still ahead, former u.s. energy secretary rick perry and economist event j. antony. virginia governor glenn youngkin pulls the plug, he's saying no to electric car mandates. he's saying yes to gas cars. he's also a saying no to adopting california's standards inside virginia.

will 16 other states doing that follow virginia's lead here? and finally, lots of wasteful boondoggles but little action in president biden's historic spending on roads and bridges and climate change and more. we've got the details. dagen and sean, we want to know what's coming up on "the bottom line." sean: hey, e-mac. so on the world stage joe biden apologizes to zelenskyy and at the same time tries to shame republicans. we have morgan ortagus here on that. dagen: we have david webb, sara carter talking about president trump, west coast, left coast. the depths of silicon valley bringing in $12 million, talked for 4 hours. protests outside as the media predicted? no. they were pro-trump people cheering him on. whoo! more of that, top of the hour. ♪

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this was a move that was adopted by democrats a few years ago, plus virginia's saying, no, we're no longer going to follow california's standards here. what do you think of this? the. >> bravo to governor youngkin. he is actually standing up for his constituents, he is doing what the people want. look, lizzie, at the end of the day americans don't want these electric vehicles forced upon them. they like their traditional, reliable internal combustion engines. and if the fruits and nuts in california want to enforce these kind of mandates, then go ahead, by with all means. states are laboratories of democracy. everyone gets to do what they want to do in their respective states, and that's why people are leaving california, because they don't want mandates like this. they're sick of the high taxes, the regulations, etc. there's a reason why everyone's leaving california, and that's a good reason not to duplicate californian policies. elizabeth: you know, what e.j. just said, let's bring in form

former energy secretary, governor rick perry. governor, you know, so this prior governor, governor knot am, said virginia's got to adopt california's lek transcribe car -- trek -- electric car mandates. you wonder if these 16 other states that were adopting california's standards will now follow virginia. what do you think? >> well, that's certainly why the so 10th amendment was set up, so that states could compete against each other and decide on their own what are the best policies. as a general rule, we didn't follow california -- [laughter] we went over and competed for california businesses by not overtaxing, overregulating, overlitigating and having a really good, skilled work force with accountable public schools. and we won that contest. and california has some real challenges on their hands. the electrical grid being with not one of the least of their problems they've got up there. so evs are fine.

it ought to be left up to the market for people to decide whether they want to drive electric cars noter -- or not. here's the bigger challenge. we don't have the infrastructure for electric cars across the country. i think the idea of electric cars are fine, but if you don't have the way to fuel them efficiently, and we don't across the country. i think there is some abysmally small amount of these charging stations across the country. so the idea that we're going to be inundated with electric cars all of a sudden like the biden administration would like for us to, it's not going to happen. elizabeth: you know, we only have 7-8 ev charging stations. the biden white house is spending $7.5 billion. you know, "the daily call canner" reports that the biden white house has little to nothing to show for the $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending. $454 billion was with supposed to go to u.s. states something like 60,000 projects, only one broke ground, that's the penn if

station access project. the others are delayed. but this is the typical. but, you know, these boondoggles that we're finding here, you know, at least a $4040 billion -- 400 billion slush fund for climate change run out of the epa, they've got to spend something like $27 billion with starting now before september. i mean, that's $400 billion, e.j., it's, like, seven times the e parks -- epa's entire budget. >> exactly. and this is one of the reasons why we continue to see the government sector growing so fast relative to the real economy. in fact, in the jobs report data today government was the secondest growing of all a sectorses second only to health care which is dominated by government anyway. so it just goes to show you how many taxpayer dollars are behind all this alleged job growth. but, you know, in terms of this ev nonsense, you know, it's absolutely true we don't have the infrastructure, we don't even have the electrical generation right now to actually

fuel, to recharge these vehicles. so the idea that we can somehow force everyone into them, i mean, it's just absolute nonsense. elizabeth: final word, governor, on this. >> yeah, absolutely. he's hit the nail on the head from the standpoint we've got an electric grid right now all across the country that's really on the edge. if we have this major heat dome moves in, stays for a while, the wind quits blowing, we have a hurricane along the east coast or more likely in the gulf coast, you could have a absolute massive tragedy on your hands because this country has not focused on that electric grade, and we're focus -- grid, and we're focused on wind and solar. those are fine as a additions, but it you don't have is the baseload of nuclear power and gas-powered turbines, you're going to be in trouble. elizabeth: e.j. and governor, or thank you both so much for joining us. still ahead, tudor dixon, 2024 trump surrogate. democrats and the media push back on critics who claim top

democrats and the biden white houses are pushing the trump cases. we've bot with vic for davis hanson out -- victor davis hanson out with a column, he says it's a myth to say democrats expect president had nothing to do with these prosecutions. the debate is firing up. we've got it next on "the evening ed difficult". ♪ ♪ from recent grads... ...to rising stars... ...to living legends. —you got this. —thank you. vanguard's retirement solutions can help all your employees be well on their way to their financial goals. that's the value of ownership. introducing new advil targeted relief. the only topical pain reliever with 4 powerful pain-fighting ingredients that start working on contact to target tough pain at the source. for up to 8 hours of powerful relief. new advil targeted relief. (traffic noises) (♪)

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liz: let's get to the host of the tutor dixon podcast the one and only tutor dixon. a big push back by democrats and the media saying the prosecution of trump are not political, people are talking about victor davis hanson who takes the son, politico reported six months ago are frustrated joe biden grumble to aids and advisors that attorney general merrick garland move sooner, trump trial may already be underway or even if concluded. >> they have been dying to be able to call him a convicted felon because they have nothing else, they cannot run on the border they cannot run on security or the global relations, they have nothing to run on so they had to run on the negative. they needed this. we can prove this by what's happening between d.c. and the white house if you look at jack smith in the white house his

office was correlated with the white house, even fani willis was correlated with jack smith's office. this is been going on throughout the entire country with democrats who have said that it be me, i'll be the one to prosecute donald trump, people ran on this, there will people across the country that ran on let me be district attorney, the bp the prosecutor, i will prosecute trump, what a joke to think this is a political prosecution. >> victor hansen points out earlier this year unusual request to speed up the trump 20 case in jack smith's wife donated to the 2020 campaign fund, she produced a 2020 documentary about michelle obama. you point out fani willis hires her boyfriend as a lead prosecutor in the georgia 2020 case, nathan wade met twice with the white house counsel's office inside of the biden white house,

he billed the taxpayer spent first time at the white house. hansen asked how many times have we seen a local county prosecutor me at the white house. >> exactly, that is the point, the sad thing mainstream media, if you go to the leftist media of the world, they're not reporting on this. if you're not here on fox business or fox news you're not hearing these things and people are duped by it, fighting to come out and say this is absolutely a trial, has nothing to do with me, people do not understand that's why it's important to continue to report to staff and people here knows what's actually going on. liz: manhattan da bragg's case against trump spearheaded by a former justice department prosecutor matthew kelly angelo served as a political consultant to the dnc, how many local prosecutors managed to get a top third number three d.o.j. attorney to have their case that's what victor hansen asks. >> exactly. if we go beyond the trump situation look this week you

have steve bannon saying he has to report to jail on july 1 and eric holder saying if trump prosecutes his political opponent that would be so dangerous, the man who was held for contempt of congress and did not go to jail but he, on peter navarro or steve bannon, why can the democrats do one thing and republicans held to a different standard. liz: interesting stuff, we appreciate you so much. we don't know where this is going to lead were just trying to tell the truth, tudor dixon you helped us with that, have a good weekend. thank you for watching, i am elizabeth macdonald. we hope you have a good weekend. it was quite a week for news on "the evening edit" and fox business but i trust my buddies again and shot at "the bottom line". they are fired up and ready to go on the news that we've been covering they are picking it up from here. ♪