administration designated this as transnational criminal organization, which means money and resources will go to capture all of these gang members. it is also important to note venezuela has been refusing deportation plates, dana. >> dana: we will deal with this for years if not decades. >> bill: a quick shout out and kellyanne conway has a new show called "here's the deal." she will do this every week until the election and you can get a download from kellyanne conway. >> dana: did you go number, number, number, number? that's fun. >> bill: >> bill: i showed you the back of my clipboard appeared and i said, well done. >> dana: i thought i got it. >> bill: you did too, did you? >> dana: hello, the "the faulkner focus" up next. >> harris: this fox news

alert, home at last. americans held captive russian prison bogus charge is finally back on u.s. soil. this is "the faulkner focus come i'm dagen mcdowell in for harris. incredible emotion on display at joint base andrews and "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich, former marine, paul whelan, and journalist, alsu kurmasheva hugging their loved ones for the first time since being taken hostage by putin's government. evans coworkers at "the journal," celebrated. >> it is a roller coaster of emotion waking up to the images of evan arriving home and lifting his mom up, the most incredible person and such a fierce advocate for her son. and seeing all of the images, it is hard to put it into words, but really it is the best feeling. >> dagen: the release part of

a prisoner exchange and pulping seven countries and two dozen people. it marks the lurches prisoner swap since the cold war. president biden was on the tarmac to welcome the americans back home, not offering much when the reporter asked this. >> would you be willing to speak with putin? >> i don't need to speak with putin. >> what is your message to vladimir putin? >> stop! >> dagen: "the wall street journal" editorial board writing, "our reporters finally freak, but he won't be the last american taken. if u.s. policy doesn't change." the prisoner swap highlights how dictators are using human hostages to promote terrorism beyond their borders. former president trump weighing in on that deal on fox this morning. >> they make it complex so you can't understand how bad the deal is for us.

how are they? they bad people, are they killers? who are the people? now finding out the people they are getting back are serious, very serious people. i want to be nice about it. they are getting back some real killers. >> dagen: eight criminals were returned to moscow, including akers suspected spies, and assassin seen here appear at jacqui heinrich live from the white house, hey. >> telling putin to stop is a lot like telling iran don't. we saw how that worked out in the present had many huge moments to relish and that victory, he did not deliver a clear warning to countries that use them as political pawns there will be consequences from the u.s. but the white house is certainly pushing back on the suggestion that the president was only able to get this deal across the finish line because hostile

countries are afraid that trump is coming back in office. they were time for a good deal to receive on their end is shor. >> there is absolutely zero evidence at all that this deal was brought about because of some potential fear of who might be the next president. this deal was brought about because the president, president biden had alliances and partnerships and trust he could build on, particularly with the german chancellor. >> one by one, biden hugged evan gershkovich, alsu kurmasheva, and paul whelan as they got off the plane. a bitter moment because the hour before he dropped out of the race two sundays ago, he was on the phone with slovenian prime minister and ending out the final details to push this through. the president said he would make this deal happen regardless. >> would still get it done even if i was senior second. while matt, kid.

no way out, they have me for another 100 or 90 days or so. it didn't have to do with that. it had to deal with the opportunity and convince one last country to say, okay, let's step up. >> yesterday the national security advisor jake sullivan inadvertently took a swipe at vice president harris and he didn't leave this deal would happen unless joe biden was in the oval office spirit about harris was sharing in that moment with biden and try to dos delicate dance of deferring to him giving him credit for wisdom and leadership he has generated over so many years and tying herself to it for the sake of the upcoming election, dagen. >> dagen: i saw that, jacqui heinrich, thank you for your reporting always. the biden administration receiving plenty of praise but the deal also raising questions and criticisms. one reporter writing a piece titled, "by denton service credit for russian swap but."

but evan gershkovich was detained under biden because he had shown putin significant concessions even in the face of blatantly unjust russian detentions and putin learned this when biden exchanged a major russian arms dealer, victor, for the wnba star brittney griner. three months later, moscow grabbed evan. former cia director, leon panetta it says russia is using for black male. >> the problem is this creates an incentive down the road for them to basically pick up more people in order to get the people back that they want. it is not a very good comforting process. >> dagen: joey jones, retired u.s. marine bomb tech and fox news contributor. joey, great to see you, "the wall street journal" and its editorial also notes even after evan gershkovich's arrest in russia, bogus arrest, the

biden administration never arrested russian or expelled russian journalist in the united states. we are not sure why. >> yeah, i don't understand -- i don't want to armchair and i'm not sitting in the room and i don't know the elements of policy, but as an american citizen and someone who covers politics pretty closely, it is not hard to understand misnomer of training someone with supplied weapons in eastern africa in 2000s training someone like that for a celebrity that broke the law in russia. i'm not saying she should have ever been jailed or mistreated or anything like that, but the two things don't compare. if you set the precedent that way and that is your policy, it is common sense this will keep happening. now come up with that being said, i don't know the details of this deal, but i'm glad two americans and green card holder are at home and not in the custody of the russians.

and i don't think the biden administration has done anything wrong to get them home. but when you look back and say, where are we going? you have to look backwards to see where you are going sometimes, what is the next shoe to drop? somebody else will be detained and we w we will be stuck what sanction to live to get that person out. one thing president trump did so well is he leveraged trade. he leveraged military force. he leverage pretty much everything in that basket of diplomacy rather than trying to sever those things. you see that from established republicans and democrats over the years. we can have certain trade relationships with the government while making weapons to kill a spirit president trump did a good job of bringing that together. >> dagen: president biden is in charge for five more months sparking fresh health concerns during the prisoner swap homecoming. you can see him staring blankly ahead as vice president harris takes the lead while meeting the americans freed from russia.

you can watch this. you can look at it, joey. >> yeah, it is concerning. he said in that clip, you have me for another 100 days but corrected to 90 days. i think he was talking to a reporter, kid, most people are a kid compared to him. but it makes you wonder, it feels like it has been a contentious relationship between president biden and vice president harris, but as he forced to give up the reins? i don't know if she's making decisions, but if it's obvious they are trying to tie her anything remotely close to a win. this trait at this moment is biden trying to secure some sort of legacy other than the guy that stayed too long. i guess i can understand that and i'm glad those people are home. he doesn't get to on that on his own. he asked to share that with kamala harris and has to get her elected to have a legacy. it is a tough spot for the american people because none of what we talked about necessarily as creating policy that is good for americans for the next few years.

>> dagen: in between now and january or even the election, the united states is in grave risk with a lame duck president that condition. the american teacher mark vogel still remains behind bars in russia. vogel has been detained since 2021 after caught with medical marijuana used to treat a back injury. vogel's 95-year-old mother slamming the biden administration for failing to free him saying, "i don't think the administration is trying hard enough for him. i guess because he is a common american citizens. i'm happy for the people released and their families, but i can't fathom why mark was not included." biden was asked about vogel this morning when he departed. listen. >> what about mark vogel? >> we are not giving up on that. >> dagen: joey, it is

astonishing that he wasn't brought home as well. this mother might never see him while she is still alive. >> it is heartbreaking. i want him to be returned home. you look in this country and we have people in jail for decades over drug possession charges. some of it trumped up and some of it false, that is the truth of it. president biden address that issue. you have two people brittney griner and mark vogel broke the laws and went to jail for it and got the book thrown at them because they are americans. in my opinion, it is not the same basket as evan gershkovich who went to do his job approval from the russian government to do and was accused of being a spy. so i don't want to see a butcher release to get mark vogel home then i want to see a butcher to get brittney griner home. i want a government that imposes enough fear and the hearts and minds of our enemies and everything they do or at least enough respect their enemies don't do anything like this.

so in my opinion, he is the toughest one to root for because they will ask for a lot more than we should if up. and there was at least a morsel of legitimate see of him being in trouble to begin with, and that it's a little bit tougher. >> dagen: moving on to the middle east, the whole world on edge as iran and hezbollah retaliation for recent killers of top tier leaders. and on the brink of a wide war, israel at the center of it all. president biden spoke with prime minister benjamin netanyahu by phone yesterday. the white house said he stressed the need for de-escalation efforts. the president and national security spokesman speaking yesterday. >> a cease-fire will and after the assassination? >> wood has not helped, despite events and despite increased in 10-tensions these events have caused. we still believe a cease-fire is possible and that

is the best way to de-escalate and to diffuse the increased tensions we are seeing in the middle east. >> dagen: hezbollah's leader warning the conflict with israel has entered a new phase. vowing revenge on israel after the killing of their political leader this week, israel has not claimed responsibility for that attack. iran has reportedly huddled with proxies discussing retaliation. senator lindsey graham is taking action to head off tehran including the use of u.s. military force. lindsey graham, the senator introducing a measure this week that would allow just that. listen. >> not only should israel hold iran accountable for any exhalation by hezbollah, the united states should do the s same. i'm introducing a resolution that would authorize the use of military force by the united states to stop iranian nuclear breakout. iran will keep going until

somebody tells them to stop. it is time to put red lines on their nuclear program. >> dagen: joe biden joe biden and kamala harris have done nothing to stop iran from making billions and billions of dollars exporting oil between march and july of this year, joey. iran, oil exports exceeded $15 billion. that is about $100 billion total under this administration, and all that money is used to fund terrorism, full. what say you? >> i say you are absolutely right. that is the part of this most frustrating is our own domestic policy, in a sense, has created a stronger iran. let me reiterate that, our own domestic policy has created a stronger enemy and that is something we have to live with. that is not pinned hard enough in the campaign trail. going back to what is happening in the middle east right now, if you know about the beirut bombings in the middle east, that was the origin of what is

the hamas problem and really created hezbollah as well. so, that is a erica waiting to blow at all times. iran proxy but on the border of israel. when you have the vice president running for president as well as the president stating we need to end this war as soon as possibls saying the exact sentiment but the current administration puts all of that responsibility on our ally, israel. on the idea of a cease-fire. relate the understanding a cease-fire meaning israel stop its advance against hamas. i don't think that is fair to israel and i don't think that is fair to the american people or the best interest, but i don't want to talk out of both sides of my mouth. i'm not in favor of new words or american involvement, but this has to be 30,000-foot view. everything including policy and a lot of things president trump did than military force to keep us out of the situations. >> dagen: starve the beast and cut off the whale pure joey jones, thank you so much, great

to see you my friend. >> 12 days since vice president kamala harris kicked off the presidential campaign, but so far no real press available date. may be taking a page from boss' playbook. the vice president also trying to flip the script on far left policies. >> flip flop and desperately trying to cover the policy embarrassments. this will not go unnoticed. the complete reversal of everything she stood for will not fly. >> dagen: whether voters will buy it, power panel next. ♪ ♪

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coming off of a nasty day yesterday. all because of weak economic data. the jobs report for the month of july came in. weak job growth, 114,000 jobs added last month with unemployment rate 1.4%, the highest since october 2021. manufacturing deep in contraction. we found that out yesterday, contracting for 20 of the last 21 months. so much for the messaging out of this white house spirit construction falling unexpectedly in june. jobless claims at a one-year high and the number of workers collecting unemployment benefits at 8:30 two month high. this all despite the budget deficit this year of $2 trillion! fiscal policy a disaster and not helping. not today, and not workers. meantime, vice president kamala harris has been

backtracking on a slew of far left policies since launching her presidential campaign nearly two weeks ago. from fracking, the border, health care and forcing americans to sell their guns to the federal government. here is some flashback sound. listen carefully. >> there is no question that we've got to critically re-examine i.c.e. and its role in the way it is being administered to. >> i am offering a green new deal that has been described as one of the most aggressive and progressive. >> there is no question i'm in favor of banning fracking. >> would you be for us were doing? >> yes. >> senator bernie sanders, you are a cosponsor that will totally eliminate private insurance it was so people who like their insurance, they don't get to keep it? >> let's eliminate all of that and move on. >> dagen: critics say harris pivoting is a ploy in order to get potential voters, especially swing states. besides pivoting

on her positions, there was this moment in 2017 that senator kamala harris fumed americans were saying, "merry christmas" well illegal immigrants getting protection. >> and when we all sing happy tunes and merry christmas and wish each other a merry christmas, these children will not have a merry christmas. how dare we speak merry christmas! held their week! they will not have a merry christmas. >> dagen: doug collins, and richard fowler fox news contributor, great to see you both. richard you are welcome to respond to that video how dare we say merry christmas, but she is going to have a lot of explaining to do and she said she was in favor of banning hydraulic fracturing, which means in favor of getting rid of

65% of u.s. oil production and 75% of u.s. natural gas production. that is disaster. >> look, i think there is a different difference in policy and policy changes over time, no matter who the candidate is. some we have seen from the sitting vice president's after being in a job and after looking over the policy, i have decided there is a better way to do this derrico i will say since the biden administration has taken office, we have actually seen more leases go out to folks whot to drill oil in the united states, oil manufacture has gone up over the past couple of years since the previous administration. >> dagen: dug them i will let you respond to that. i can talk fossil fuels until the cows come home and production should be a heck of a lot higher in the united states, but let me get your reaction to this. democratic strategist james carville has choice words for giving advice on kamala harris.

listen to given kamala harris with the progressive left. >> i will say this as clearly as i can, anybody that has ever listen to anything that the progressive have ever said has lived to profoundly regret it, literally on every issue. these people are not just wrong, they are literally walking catastrophes. and the fastest people realize that, the better off they will be. i would wish that she would go tell them all to go [bleep] themselves. >> dagen: howdy, doug. >> good morning, james. look, it is interesting having to defend this and we haven't seen this kind of flip-flop since john kerry going from one position to another position. look, there is a difference here. i disagree a little with not necessarily getting on the job

in figuring out the policy but now i have to get elected, which i never had a vote cast for me this year to these places where these people actually have jobs in the energy. fracking in pennsylvania and the issues of immigration. look, the interesting thing here is she's got the promise. she has to respond to the biden-harris administration. she can't see it was all good and we know it was not. you talked about it a minute ago, we have an open border. we have issues affecting everyday americans. then we have an interesting effect, she has never been asked or held accountable why she was quiet when degenerative condition of joe biden. she waltzed it down for an interview, why question what she would like to stay behind a teleprompter because when she gets off of teleprompter no one knows where she's heading. >> dagen: democrats following suit and leaning in on this new line of attack against present, and j.d. vance. listen. >> on the other side they are

weird. >> 32 ounces of weird. >> donald trump is where to. >> by the way commit weird commit is bizarre to come it is weird. >> j.d. vance, just dumb vance is pretty weird. >> weird is perfect vernacular and there was something weird about these guys. >> dagen: on sunday and monday, the tally more than 160 weird mentions on msnbc and cnn. president trump clapping back yesterday. >> they are the weird ones. if you have ever seen her with a laugh, such a weird deal going on. they are the weird ones. nobody has ever called me weird and i'm a lot of things but weird i am not. i am up front and he's not either. j.d. is not at all. >> dagen: richard, how does the word we are to work politically? >> listen, i'm not sure how it works politically. i met to cope with the national

journal association where the president spoke a few days ago. i have a couple of things to say, one, i'm happy to be at my black job. and two, i'm a cat owner and not weird. but i want to go back to a point doug made around the vice president doing everyday for everyday people because i think a point you record in the selection. when the vice president became the vice president and only three states in the united states extent of postpartum coverage to women who have babies on medicaid. since she's been vice president and because of her work and telephone diplomacy, now 46 states have extent opposed care to women having babies. it is worth pointing out we are one of the most underdeveloped countries in the world and most women tang of childbirth. she is doing things for everyday americans everyday and it is important we talk about it. >> dagen: real quick, doug, richard got more out than kamala harris has gotten out in terms of policy and three and a half years, real quick, doug. >> richard, i'm impressed. you have to work for them

because you gave them the whole line. the same woman who didn't come home can't go buy groceries because 20% higher than inflation and they can't buy energy because gas prices so high and they can't find jobs. that is a little more issue she has to deal with. >> dagen: doug collins... >> that is a real problem. >> your economy is about a problem, richard. >> dagen: lets go, thank you, gentlemen. i can also talk about the risk of childbirth till the cows come home, but i'm wrapping it up, gentlemen. nothing short of fury after biden's doj gave three terrorists behind the 9/11 9/11 attack sweetheart plea deals. critics say it is a slap in the face to the victims and their families. the white house claims it had nothing to do with the decision. plus, today with the secret service will hold a news conference in the assassination attempt on former president trump.

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♪ ♪ >> dagen: outrages growing among americans after three alleged 9/11 mastermind scott a controversial sweetheart plea deal. of the department of defense will give them life sentences instead of the death penalty in exchange for guilty pleas. they were first charged in 2008 but the trial phase delays, which included evidence obtained through alleged torture and cia prisons. lawmakers on both sides are fuming. speak with the world is on fire, terrorism is rampant, and you give a plea deal to 9/11 mastermind thy

concerning this plea deal here and let's hold them accountable. really injustice. >> we are cutting these deals and giving a plea deal is a slap to the 9 9/11 victims but undermines our national security. >> he should have been dead a long time ago and those 9/11 families deserve justice. >> dagen: the white house says, "don't look at us." >> our hearts go out to the families who lost a loved one. we didn't have a role in this. this was not something we were involved in. so, we are determined to make sure that they get justice, these families get justice. >> dagen: jennifer griffin, chief national security correspondent, is at the -- it is dod to you, jennifer. >> that is right, dagen. this was done by military

prosecutors at guantanamo bay. it didn't come through the department of justice. every president going back to george w. bush has been stymied as they try to bring a 9/11 held at guantanamo bay to justice. the process has been stalled because much of the evidence tainted because mohammed and the others were kept cia black sites. many compression subject to torture, and there has been ongoing debate about whether this evidence could be used to secure conviction either in a military or federal court. national security council advisor, john kirby, said the president and his team were not aware of this plea deal. >> this was a decision made by an independent military computing authority inside the military commissions process. the white house was not aware of the deal was in the works, in fact, we were not aware it had been inked until a couple of days ago. >> next week at gitmo, they are

expected to plead guilty in exchange for life in prison avoiding the death penalty. not everyone is pleased with the deal. >> mohamed is one of the architects of the 9/11 attack. and frankly, all of them deserve the death penalty based on what they did and the thousands who were killed as a result of their involvement in 9/11. they deserve the same sentence, frankly bin laden got. >> president of fdny cuneiform firefighters association responded, "we are disgusted and disappointed three terrorists were given a plea deal and allowed to escape the ultimate justice while each month three more heroes from fdny are dying from world trade center illnesses. president biden's goal remains for a gitmo to kirby, it 38 prisoners left as part of the

deal. 9/11 families can question the three men and an attempt to get answers and hopefully a little bit of closure, dagen. >> dagen: jennifer griffin, thank you so much. let's bring in brian doe met a congressman, brian mast, and served in afghanistan. i guess as "the wall street journal" pointed out most americans wondering why the league still left? >> we all asked that question and someone can remember that vividly, anything less than a firing squad or some other military base is a slap in the face to everybody that was a part of this. let's not gloss over what it was, it was passenger, airlines into world trade center 1 and world trade center 2 and pentagon and that always has to be remembered. >> dagen: but there is no recourse, right, congressman at this point? >> for congress, not likely that you will see a law made that says this has to change.

when this does change from at the center or joe biden would sign off on it, very unlikely at such a thing will take place. >> dagen: congressman, i want to move on to the secret service and the news conference that is coming up later today. this will be -- this is about the attempted assassination of former president trump two weeks ago tomorrow. the agency continues to face intense criticism for its dismissal, failures leading up to the shooting of the former president. chilling video of critically injured at the rally shows a figure moving on a roof moments before shots were fired here with the secret service responded to the video stating, "it is committed to better understanding what happened to ensure that never happens again." missouri senator, josh hawley, wrote a letter to the secret service stating, "it was her blower is alleged to my office the secret service did

not perform typical evaluation of the butler site and not present on the day. the whistle blower further says you personally directed significant cuts to the csd. you did not mention this in your senate testimony when asked directly to explain manpower reductions. and by the way, dhs secretary, alejandro mayorkas, he runs a secret service. where in the heck is he? >> he is nowhere to be found, just like the border. this is the fact my bipartisan for all americans, lawmakers, ne july 13th if the secret service has spoken about this, every person comes away with more questions than answers. martel about what is going on with dignitary protection than they do confidence what is goinn with that. you look at the situation you wonder, we call these red teams,

the teams that checked the teams that are supposed to be doing security testing them here at one those teams doing to make sure the advanced teams are being diligent about their work when they are doing advanced work, not just going through the motions, not just showing up and pretending to do something. what is being done to make sure those teams are checked and they can go back to be the gold standard of dignitary protection, which unfortunately they are not today. >> dagen: this is what is secret service said to our own david spunt this morning. the agent called, the agency management the kings of cover-up. and also said, this is a quote, "we are horrible at retention and horrible at hiring erica we have people on the job capable f doing it, but leadership wants o do things they are ignorant ways." and this, "the people that need to be fired are the people in leadership." this is government for you. nobody ever gets fired, even people who put the president,

the former president's life at risk. >> this is government, and this is systemic across the biden administration. look back at afghanistan and that terrible which will come a failed withdrawal, nobody fired back and nobody advance from that. and i will go back to comments from dan bongino who brings up excellent questions about this. why are you hiring individuals that can erie a 250 power man to do the protection of a 250 hour man? that doesn't make sense? why was he not held in a old room and the list goes on and on. so many questions that lead to hiring, that lead to training that leads to executing whatever's in the manual that says this is how you do this and why are those things not being done? >> dagen: why are there secret service agents guarding the president who have trouble bolstering a weapon. it was all that appeared congressman brian mast, thank you so much. great to see you always. the clock ticking for vice president harris to pick her running mate. her pick will take the stage

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>> dagen: vice president kamala harris set to rally in philadelphia tuesday night with her running mate but the official vetting process rapped yesterday, and all that is left is for harris to make her pick. one political strategist weighing in how the vp could choose. >> she will select somebody who shares her values and visions for the american people. how is this person going to be her true partner in improving the lives of american people and plummeting her agenda? >> dagen: the short-list is made up of governors. administration and one senator and harris wants to meet him

face-to-face in the coming days. one of the contenders, pennsylvania governor, josh shapiro, reportedly met with the team wednesday. his support for israel is giving some progressives pause. florida congressman jared moscow save these progressives don't want a jew and let's say it out loud here at moderate dems doesn't want a certain minority, it would be deafening, yet now, we hear much silence. the fox news channel will, of course, be all over that announcement with the best political analysis in the business. in the meantime, massive controversy and outrage surrounding olympic women's boxing. this morning, taiwan won are matched by unanimous decision trouncing her opponent in every round. she was disqualified from the 2023 world championships after the international boxing

association said, "she failed gender tests." the other boxer in question, imane khelif also disqualified from the tournament for the same reason. she is set to fight tomorrow. italian boxer, angela carini tapped out of her fight against khalid sheikh mohammed after 46 seconds, a brutality. she said she had never been punch so hard in her life. she called the fight unjust, but she said she wasn't trying to make a political statement. here is more from her after the fight. [speaking another language] [speaking another language]

>> dagen: in focus, fox news political analyst gianno caldwell. the big part of this is the international olympic committee can't give a straight answer. and the ioc stopped giving sex test to athletes, i believe, in 1999. a lot of people are calling for a simple swab. let's get to the bottom of the biology and the genetics of all of this. >> exactly right. i tell you, i think a lot of us are confused what we saw there. we know women were at least i believe women should be fighting women and not allow dialogical men in any sports to compete against a woman. and we think about the women in the 1960s and '70s, the women's movement then. with a be okay uncomfortable with that? no, they wouldn't. americans when we can't get a straight answer out of fentanyl

but she says with donald trump, no men and women sports, we neee to talk about fairness because this is not fairness and this is not equality, and this is not one american stand for appearance but when i want to get your reaction and you mentioned president trump, he weighed in with maria bartiromo this morning, listen. >> they want and playing with women's sports -- two shots, she got hit so hard and said, i had never been hit like that before. i think that fight may be it. there will be no men playing in women sports when we are elected. >> dagen: in boxing specifically, and i raise this question and i asked the question, is the ioc just waiting for a woman's neck to get broken in the ring? and for her to either be paralyzed for the world to seat were for her to die on the world stage? because that is what is going to

happen if you allow a biological male to fight a female. >> it appears in the inside looking out, there is no limit any more to what were willing to do, especially in the progressive movement here for they have relate turn tradition on its head. here we are with those who have young children who want their women, they are young girls to be competitive in the sports. they are able to get college scholarships, high school color suits and for the betterment of the future and the betterment or country. those things are in jeopardy now and as i mentioned before, we know kamala harris is flip-flopping on every issue like hillary clinton in 2016 but people are watching and they will have things to say this coming election with their votes. >> dagen: gianno caldwell, thank you for being here. thank you for watching "the faulkner focus." i'm dagen mcdowell in for harris and