imitates prey. instead face the shark, dealing with top predators, act like a predator. david? david: yeah, you have to be tough with them. molly, thank you very much. that does it for us on fox business. tonight thank you for watching. "the evening edit" starts in just a moment. see you tomorrow. ♪ elizabeth: okay, there is a lot of talk about president biden's new midterm push. about focusing on trump an maga voters but here is what is really going on. david: it is to distract from top voter concerns polls show what voters care about. 40-year high in inflation, recession, crime and the border. and the president and the media also criticized for trying to rewrite history on democrats catastrophic defund the police push, igniting crime. that is kryptonite to their polls but we've got the receipts what they have been saying. with us congressman buy on york,

james comer, kat cammack, former cbo director douglas holtz-eakin, bill stanton, former fbi agent maureen owe con them, "fox across america" heat host jimmy failla. this is the civil war inside of the fbi. whistle-blowers and a new government probe contradict ex-fbi official thibault and his claims he did not block the hunter biden probe. that he is not politically biased. we have our fbi sources. we'll tell you what they are telling us. more on doj photos what at the took from trump's home. will doj wait until after the midterms to act? democrats get a more powerful irs to go after you to pay for their climate agenda but they're ignoring historic fraud in pandemic spending you have to pay for. california chaos. it is saying no to residents, do not charge your electric cars now, why? because of blackouts from a heat wave just as california is moving to ban gas cars.

plus california, look at this now wants its own state disinformation board after biden's failed. they want to do censorship on pandemic information that is what california is doing after it was all over the map on mandates an lockdowns that hurt voters there. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit," it starts right now. ♪ elizabeth: thanks for joining us. we begin with stocks again to the downside after adp said jobs came in worse than expected. it was 132,000 jobs for august. that was half the forecast. look at this fed officials are now talking about interest rate hikes above 4% and economic growth slowing to well below 2% and goldman sachs is now warning u.s. house prices will slow dramatically in coming quarters. this is sparking fears of a recession. there is all that. now there is this, hillary vaughn is in washington with more on how businesses are dealing with a rise in crime coast to coast.

hillary? reporter: good evening, liz. well president biden says he knows a lot of americans do not feel safe anymore and he says the answer is more police. but that is a big disconnect from some mayors in the president's own party who are not ramping up hiring of police to get a handle on high crime. it is forcing businesses to limit hours, move locations or close shop entirely because they don't think it is safe to be open for business. according to the national retail federation, about 69% of retailers say they have seen an increase in organized retail crime but it is more than just theft. violent crime is up too in stores. business owners, workers, do not feel safe and neither do their customers. "new york times" reports fbi data shows assaults at convenience stores increased by 75% between 2018 and 2020. business owners say it is not just a lack of police. it is a lack of prosecution that is triggering a rise in repeat

offenders. >> that is the craziest thing ever. a guy robbed us here. was out of jail within 24 hours. he came back and robbed us again a few weeks later. was released again. reporter: it is not just mom-and-pop shops closing their doors due to crime. some bilge-name retailers like walgreens, target and starbucks have all closed some of their locations in the past year due to safety concerns. liz? elizabeth: great reporting as always, hillary vaughn, thank you so much. joining us now congressman byron donalds from house oversight and former cbo director douglas holtz-eakin. great to have you both on. we have a lot to tackle tonight. thanks for joining us. the president will speak tomorrow about the soul of a nation. this is the way to look at it, congressman and douglas, we're in political silly season. he and democrats are trying to shift the midterm focus to trump, maga voters to distract from kryptonite hitting the polls. this is a way to look at it, voters look at elections, they start to pay attention in august and september. polls show across the board,

economy, inflation, recession, crime and the border top their concerns. what do you say, congressman? >> i think that what you're seeing is absolutely correct. joe biden has to distract because his agenda has failed all americans, i don't care if you're a republican, an independent, a democrat, his agenda has failed you. he loves to talk about fighting for the soul of america? here is the real deal, republicans are fighting for the soul of america because we have a president who does not care about the plight that is facing the american people, he doesn't care about fentanyl killing people in our streets. he doesn't care about inflation which he caused and he simply does not care about the rule of law. his student loan bailout is illegal. i know we'll talk about it but it is illegal. so people need to understand, joe biden only cares about his political prospects, not the issues that are actually facing the american people. elizabeth: to what the congressman is saying, douglas, now that you think about it, did the student loan bailout, auto

loan, people who borrowed loans for their cars will they get a bailout when california bans gas cars? i'm being facetious about it. i'm pointing that out. let me point this out too, douglas. biden is polling in the low 40s, the high 30s, the more he focuses on trump the less conversation about the mess democrats put the economy in, right? i think that is what is going on. he was supposed to be the guy calming the waters and unifying the nation, douglas? >> here is the thing the policy agenda biden administration followed is series of big errors. two trillion dollar stimulus gives us inflation. fed needs to react to hold interest rates high. fears of recession. the second big blunder is the student loan forgiveness agenda. that is a mistake economically. it is indefensible legally. i think that's right. it is indefensible from a policy point of view. it doesn't help education. it doesn't help the budget but

the most important thing is it is a political blunder. has people talking about him inanything the inflation again. talking about the economy again. he wants to change the subject but keeps going back to things people really care about and this time he helped it. elizabeth: i hear exactly what you're saying, douglas, a good point. congressman the president made incendiary point that the president talked about the second amendment. >> for those brave right-wing americans say it is all about keeping america, keeping america's independent and safe, if you want to fight against a country you need an f-15, you need something a little more than a gun. no, i'm not joking, think about this, think about the rationale we use, that is used to provide this and who are they shooting at? shooting at these guys behind me. impose tougher penalties for deadly fentanyl trafficking that is poisoning communities across this country. elizabeth: he was pointing at cops, saying effectively second

amendment supporters are shooting at cops. that is not. that is january 6th talk. the crack, the crackdown on the border would stop fentanyl. life expectancies in the u.s. dropped because of overdoses, partly because of that? >> joe biden once again is flatly wrong. even his logic is wrong. what is he talking about? the second amendment is in the constitution for the citizens, not for the government. i see he likes talking about that while he has secret service protection. i wonder what the talking points would be if he lived on the south side of chicago, if he actually lived in new york, or los angeles and had to deal with the crime-ridden city? he would probably change his tune then. but to a broader point, you're right, if he cares about fentanyl now, which he doesn't, mechanic, why doesn't he end his crazy border policy which allowed for fentanyl trafficking to increase more than 1000% from the time, when donald trump was still president of the united

states? i mean i'm just sick of the man because he is doing everything wrong and he wants to blame republicans because election time is coming and the only thing he cares about is maintaining his power. elizabeth: it might be logical to try to get you know, douglas, to the congressman's point the other side on your side. you don't attack them. if you want to get their vote you try to unify. logic might say that. but you know this too, douglas, we need your reaction on this, biden's economic advisor brian deece, again claims we're not in recession. he says we're in a transition, but then he says a slowdown is part of that transition. people's head are spinning over that. watch this. >> as i said we are in a transition and we certainly anticipate that as part of that transition we will see some cooling in the rate of job growth across time. >> what you're seeing is we're in transition. >> we are transitioning clearly. >> certainly in a transition. we are seeing slowing as we all would have expected. elizabeth: douglas, are we

transitioning into a recession? i mean what -- so we're transitioning to what? a downturn, recession what do you think? >> look, chairman powell said very clearly last friday that america's businesses and households will feel pain and there will have to be high interest rates, restrictive rates for a considerable period of time. the result of that is most likely going to be recession. he used to talk about a soft landing. nobody is talking about that anymore. there is clear recession threat. it is out there at the end of this year, beginning of next year. it is a transition to that. here is the real question, followed by what? where is the pro-growth agenda in this administration? there isn't one. they don't believe in the private sector growing. they believe the government being the source of all goodies. we'll have higher taxes, more spending regulation, that will cause growth. you have and i know both know that won't work but that is the promise. elizabeth: we watch the polls, read the polls up and down, our team does, congressman what would you say to the other side of the aisle to join the nation?

they are tired of the, they don't want to break down into divisiveness. there is a fight for power to control the government. congressman, what would you say to the other side of the aisle to unite the country? >> well, the first thing is we are in a recession now. we've had two quarters of negative gdp growth. them trying to change the language doesn't change the facts and the reality. let's put that aside. i think if you're a democrat voter, listen, i want safe streets, i know you do too. i want kids to be educated, not indoctrinated i know you do too. the last thing i want a growing economy where everybody can thrive. you cannot grow an economy if you have democrat politicians voting to increase taxes on energy at a time when electricity prices are rising, at a time when yes, you will have to start heating your homes or cooling your homes depending where you live in the united states. it is time to get back to sound policies that work for everybody.

we've already seen in 20 months this administration and the democrats in congress don't know how to get the job done. elizabeth: douglas, your word on that, how do you unite democrats? what would you say to democrats, douglas? >> everyone is united by a growing economy, there is no question. it is the route to jobs and self-esteem, self-sufficiency, everyone wants that. it provides the resources to have better schools, safer neighborhoods, address all the problems that america faces. >> congressman donalds, douglas holtz-eakin, thanks for joining us. it is good to see you. to this story the civil war inside of the fbi. whistle-blowers contribute their inside the doj and fbi. and also this government probe also contradicts. ex-fbi official timothy thibault claiming he did not blow up the hunter biden probe and try to block it that he is not politically biased. we'll take it on. president, democrats, media try to rewrite history on democrats

defund the police push. this is kryptonite to their polls. crime is increasing coast to coast. we've got the receipts on what they have said. retired nypd officer bill stanton here next on "the evening edit." >> joe biden and democrats are polling right now, they're saying oh, my godness, one ever main issues americans have they don't feel safe in their communities. one of the reasons they don't feel safe is because they don't have police on the streets. oh, my goodness, we better change course. joe biden better do a speech that we support law enforcement and democrats don't.een this is raw politics. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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>> joining us now retired n.y.p.d. officer, bill stanton. thanks for joining us. you're author of a book, prepared, not scared. the guide to staying safe in an unsafe world. crime is hitting the races across the country, bill. in pennsylvania, the senate race between dr. oz and democrat john fetterman the gop is now digging into john fetterman's past, when he was chair of the board of pardons in pennsylvania, he wanted to quote, get as many criminals out of prison as he could to give prisoners second chances. now we have locals in philadelphia saying you know, this is a state which defunded

police. like living in a war zone right now, living with rising crime there. what is your take on crime hitting elections right now? >> well, you know, the hypocrites are coming home to roost. while i'm all for rehabilitation, recidivism is going through the roof. when you have activist judges, activist prosecutors, and activist politicians where it is about defunding the police any cop worth his salt knew this would happen when this thing first started. when the people that will be paying the most are the ones that are working hard and just trying to earn a living for their family. they're the victims of this political gamesmanship in my opinion. elizabeth: minority communities, right? minority communities are saying bring the cops back. it is, the blacks, hispanics, the poor people are getting hurt. that is always so heartbreaking, john, excuse me, bill. bill, you talked about this, bill, the other thing president, democrats are trying to rewrite history on democrats defund the

police push that started in 2020. now they see the polls. you will see this, bill, react to this. cnn's don lemon didn't want to defund police. then you will see democrats saying yeah, we do. we've got the receipts. watch this. >> joe biden said i never said defund the police. there were sensible democrats, democrats who didn't believe defund the police said this was never part of the democratic platform. >> we've been talking about defunding the police. >> there are some issues we asked police to do, mental health issues, policing in schools, perhaps all the rest perhaps we can shuffle some of that money around. >> not only disinvest for police but we need to completely dismantle the minneapolis police department. >> yes i support reallocation of resources of, from nypd. >> we will be moving funding from the nypd to youth initiatives and social service. >> i think you do all those other things. you don't need all the money going to the police department.

yeah, the spirit of it, i do support that. >> when we said defund the police the world woke up. >> we need to look at ways in which we can reduce the amount of resources that we're providing to the department, redirect those funds. elizabeth: you know, bill, let's show, you will see list of 14 cities that actually did defund police. so they can't flip-flop on that, right? >> my name is bill stanton but they're living my initials right now. it is ridiculous. all those voices i guarranty you are not from the inner city. they're from doorman buildings. armed guards when they go to work. i'm a minority. when i was a cop in the south bronx, overwhelming people are hard-working folks that wanted us to protect them. that is our creed, protect and serve. these folks want to disband that, the culture they're fostering, disrespect the cops, defund the cops, what are you

left with? anarchy. elizabeth: from seattle to new york city democrats running some of our nation's biggest cities. looks like they uniformly abandoned the rule of law for the rule of the mob. the media runs interference for it not covering it, right? they were pulling come out of schools too when you needed police to keep schools safe. >> and yes, then you will have a shooting they will say where are the police? you can't have it both ways. you know for those voices that say defund the police, and when you don't legally indemnify a cop, meaning that if he is doing everything right he could still be sued, where is the impetus, where is the motivation for the cop to get out of that car and do what he was sworn to do to protect and serve? elizabeth: bill, it happens at the same time the nation was put through pandemic lockdowns. that failed. and you know, it hurt, 22 million people were thrown out of work. tens of thousands of businesses were shut down forever. and then you know, you had, the

collapse of at the border, now you have 277 terrorists caught trying to cross the u.s. border in this past fiscal year-to-date, and i mean that is way more than last year, 154 last year. we didn't count got-aways. drug gangs are pouring in. cops are not just dealing with homegrown crime but what is coming from the border, bill, your final word? >> yes. these criminals, these drugs are being imported illegally and how many americans need to die before politicians and activists realize that for their passion americans are dying? there is illegal immigration. we should not let drugs, gang members, human trafficking in, not at all. elizabeth: bill stanton, thanks for the service to our country. come back soon. look at this. we're staying for this story for you. democrats are getting a more powerful irs to go after you with more audits.

why? to help pay for climate spending. ignoring historic fraud in pandemic spending you have to pay for too. the civil war inside of the fbi. fbi whistle-blowers and government probe contradict ex-fbi government official timothy thibault. he said he is did not block the hunter biden probe, is not biased. james comer, the congressman has a lot to say about this. he is next on "the evening edit"

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elizabeth: welcome back to the show ranking member of house oversight. he is james comer. congressman, great to see you. what do you make of this? tim thibault former top fbi official in d.c. was in charge of multiple high-profile probes including the probe into hunter biden. he is saying retired. he is saying he is not politically biased. fbi whistle-blowers told senators grassley and ron johnson that he tried to block and bury the probe into hunter biden saying we'll not be involved any interfering in another election. bringing up james comey effectively and his press conference before, on hillary clinton's emails. what do you make of what he is saying now? >> well, just doesn't all add up but i will say this, he will have an opportunity to come before congress and explain his side of things. we've had whistle-blowers that have as you mentioned, liz, alleged the opposite and i can

tell you, as someone who is in possession of hunter biden's hard drive, that there are so many things on there that you just wonder why the fbi hasn't already done something before now to hunter biden. biden family -- elizabeth: you're saying gop on house oversight had possession of hunter biden's laptop? >> absolutely. >> findings explosive things, you're saying fbi should have acted already on that, can you talk about that? what are you finding? >> yeah. first of all you have to understand, liz, we talked about it on your show before, he had 150 suspicious activity reports filed against at least five different banks. the banks notifying the federal government we're pretty confident our client is committing some type of criminal activity. so i will say with confidence that there is not very much if any americans who have anywhere near 150 suspicious activity reports. he probably has anymore in the history of the united states.

elizabeth: are you hearing that -- >> why has didn't -- elizabeth: you're saying why hasn't the fbi acted on it, right, is that what you're saying? right. exactly they should have done something long ago. he is influence peddling with our adversaries. >> are fbi whistle-blowers saying the same thing, that is why they're contradicting thibault now? listen, we've had the hunter biden's laptop since 2019 and you didn't do anything with it. seems like that is what the frustration might be inside of the fbi. i mean we're hearing too that fbi sources, they're outraged, they're the gumshoe, the shoe leather guys who take the witness stand in criminal cases to catch the bad guys. they don't want to be anywhere near politicization of fbi if they have to go on the witness stand, you know what i mean? this guy is getting probes of violation of hatch act putting politically biased posts on social media. are they frustrated because hunter biden is doing bad things

and we should have acted and this guy thibault shut it down? >> that is exactly what they're saying. they are saying he blocked this from the very beginning. the straw that broke the camel's back when mar-a-lago was raided. the fbi is not a political organization. we try to stay out of politics but yet what they did, at mar-a-lago, didn't warrant an fbi raid but what hunter biden has done clearly warrants, at least some type of a major formal criminal investigation by the fbi, if not, prosecution, indictment -- elizabeth: what are the crimes? what are the crimes? >> you've got, you've got potentially money laundering. you've got all sorts of drug transactions there. you potentially got, you know, prostitution with, you know, potential victims human trafficked or under age. you have got a guy who sold influence to our adversaries.

whatever donald trump may have had in those boxes pale in comparison to some of the people that hunter biden was getting paid from. the russian oligarchs. the ukrainian energy companies. the russian energy companies. the chinese energy companies. this is a bad guy that has profited off of the biden family name for over a decade. yet the fbi has never done a thing about it. even gone further, that with facebook, you all don't need to print that story about that being laptop. that is russian disinformation. they had to know that that was hunter biden's laptop, if not, then they should resign because this is the fbi. they should know things like that. so the fbi has a lot of problems right now. they will have an opportunity in a republican majority to explain themselves. elizabeth: senator grassley also said tim thibault is friends with doj official bruce ohr and nellie ohr. he was accused helping push hillary's steele dossier financed by the hillary campaign and through the doj.

nellie ohr worked at fusion gps they hired to get christopher steele to do the anti-trump file. where does this this go? >> hopefully republican majority in november. and he will have the opportunity to come before congress as some of the whistle-blowers. some whistle-blowers indicated they would be willing to testify in front of a republican majority. right now they fear retaliation. you just saw the memo the doj merrick garland told them not to talk to congress. they will have the opportunity only if republicans win in november. elizabeth: got it. congressman comer, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me, liz. elizabeth: more on doj photos what they took from trump's florida home. will the doj wait until after the midterms to act on all of this. plus democrats get more powerful irs to go after you to help pay for their spending with more audits they ignore historic fraud and pandemic spending that you will have to pay for too. representative kat cammack, here with us next on

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elizabeth: joining us from house homeland security, congresswoman kat cammack. always a pleasure. this is a wake-up call. like a hit you right between the eyes of wake-up call. california is telling state

residents do not charge your electric cars now because the california state power grid faces rolling blackout amid a heat wave. congressman, this is a week ago california said it will ban gasoline cars in 2035. really? we're all get rid of our gas cars when they can't handle it? >> i mean it is ridiculous, liz. this is just another example of failed policy. and again, it is at the expense of policy because of the politics. californians need approximately 80% more capacity on their electric grid to accommodate just the electric cars and the baseload that enough now. i mean this is absurd. 2035 is when they want to phase out gas-powered vehicles. 1/3 of the electric charging vehicles in san francisco are broken. this is a broken policy. it's a bad idea. it is a bad idea. californians will be paying the price big time for it. it is a bad idea all around.

elizabeth: why trust them they were all over the map with their pandemic lockdowns and that failed. they broke their own rules. i'm telling you majority of people in sacramento don't have solar panels on their roofs. i would bet money on that. there are so many things. a lot of dirty green energy secrets democrats won't talk about the 369 billion-dollar green energy spending. a third of san francisco charging stations are broken. power they need to power the cars. they need a lot of oil and gas to power the electric grid. that is what is fueling the electric grid. >> exactly. this whole war the left is waging on the oil and gas industry is nonsense. it is purely political. all of the so-called clean energy jobs, all of this clean energy, it is all powered by oil and gas. and all these solar panels, guess what? they come from china. china is one of, if not the worst polluter in the world. of course we know that the lithium batteries that they are

one of the worst elements that we can add into the equation when we talk about the carbon footprint that they leave and the dirty mining aspect that goes into it, particularly from these third world countries that have no regard for environmental safety. elizabeth: the other thing too is, you talked about this, democrats got $80 billion, 80 billion in their inflation reduction act for tens of thousands of new irs agents. the cbo says they will audit the little guy and small businesses. when half a trillion, half a trillion, about $500 billion of pandemic fraud flew out the door, that everyone has to pay for. so again they audit people on the one hand and then they're going to not do anything about pandemic fraud? you know what i mean? it is jobless benefits fraud. it was pandemic jobless benefits fraud. it was ppp loans and more. >> yeah. it's absurd. they're constantly going after the little guy because the little guy is the easy target for big government. we know the bigger government gets the more it wants you to be

dependent on it. why they continue to grow these big government programs. if you look around america today, nearly 20 million american families are behind on the electric bill. they don't need a irs audit on top of it. that is assuming we've done something wrong. that is what big government does, it doesn't trust us, the people. they are quick to turn a blind eye to people like hillary clinton, hunter biden, everyone else lives by a double set of standards in this country. it is for the liberal left we need to be concerned about that continue to live by a double set of rules. that is what we need to go after. not the middle class family making less than $75,000 trying to put their kids through school. it is be a -- absurd, wrong, and not things republicans are focused on but the left sure seems to be. elizabeth: congressman cammack. good to see you. elizabeth: stay on california chaos. now they want their own state disinformation board to censor

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against trump's request for a special master. so there is that. maureen, when you saw the staged photos of the classified documents spread out on the carpet in trump's estate next to a storage box with framed "time" magazine covers, what did you make of all of that? >> just normal course of action for a person collecting evidence. we have to take photographs but of course when it's classified information, that all has to be blocked out. anything that contains any of that classified information has to be handled in very strict, in a very strict manner with protocols set forth in stone pretty much. so it didn't surprise me at all. it showed me what room they were looking in. the room designated 2-a i guess and number of documents they saw right there. the reason they put the other items in there, even when we're talking about the passports, for example, is because it shows, it shows that the items are not cared for the way they should be and they're not, intermingled

with things that are you know, magazines and stuff. that actually is an important element to this whole thing, i think. elizabeth: so what could the trump team say in response to the doj citing obstruction? the government records were deliberately concealed and moved when the fbi tried to retrieve them in june from the storage room? i think the reports are that three classified documents were in his office desk. the debate still is what were these documents, why did trump have them. what do you think was powerful response could be? >> well, first i mean when you consider it, they have been asking for these documents forever. there was a grand jury subpoena supplied to them. they came to the door, provided them with a read well envelope, taped up carefully and handed to them, said this is absolutely all the classified documentation we have after an exhaustive search? so they gave that to the agents. it is my understanding after that, really, by the way, reading the response from doj

gave us all the information. i wish the bureau would have put out right after this raid because this is the kind of information that stop this is runaway train from happening. there has been so much hatred and dissent toward the fbi when, i myself had lots of questions going all the way through for the last week. but when i read this 39 or 40-page document it really brought, it really brought to light a lot of the issues that really need to be addressed and addressed right away. elizabeth: got it. >> so when they handed them that read well envelope with all the classified information there was someone inside who was a source for the bureau who let them know, there are other classified documents everywhere. then they go back to find a treasure trove of classified documents or vulnerabilities for the united states actually. elizabeth: so then there is this, we may not know until after the midterms what the doj will do about this because under long-standing justice department

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california is talking about raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers. the talk is that will get passed along into higher fast-food prices. that could be a squeeze on low-income families. kelli o'grady is in los angeles with more. >> great to see you, new bill would raise the minimum wage for fast food workers from $15 to 22, it is been dubbed the california food tax because the restaurants are operating on single digit profit margins support will get passed on to the consumer, a new study finding labor costs could increase 60% prices could spike 20% in the reality the fast-food is often the first place people turn for affordable food during crippling inflation of providing better value than grocery

stores. while many think mcdonald's is a big corporate brand most are owned by a franchisee small business owners most often with one location with 40% wage hike could mean shutting down altogether, mcdonald's sharing at the legislation becomes law the golden arches could leave the golden state altogether. in a statement to fox business, the lopsided hypocritical no considered legislation hurts everyone. once again california is not leading the way it's up to governor gavin newsom many predicting omega presidential run in hobe balancing the small business owner interest with power labor unions. >> really interesting story, great reporting as always, look who is here fox across america, host jimmy, i love sitting next to you greg gutfeld show. what was your thought about this, california's talking they just passed the bill on monday, attending to the state senate,

california now wants their own state disinformation board that would punish doctors and health workers for misinformation and disinformation about the pandemic when the white house failed and botch their own disinformation board of censorship. what do you think of this is been mciver theory gavin newsom own stock in u-haul because every rule he passes makes more people want to leave the state. his only way you can explain it the minimum wage just discussed or misinformation board because everybody knows misinformation boards are not there to protect consumers, they are there to protect the political narrative. there are so many things that would've gotten you kicked off of twitter under the guise of misinformation six months ago whether it was talking about natural immunity, or the fact that the vaccine does not stop the spread of covid or the covid lab leak theory was something

that woody got you band a year ago but now you can tweet freely. my advice for california, for real if you want to help yourself, move on from covid completely because nobody even wants to think about covid at this point. this is offering somebody a turkey leg after thanksgiving, we're done. elizabeth: the thing is, california, they are so erratic all over the map, contradictory, public health covid mandates, lockdowns, they broke their own rules, gavin newsom did and state officials. now they want to punish doctors, accused them of spreading endemic misinformation but those doctors can have their state licenses suspended or revoked for unprofessional conduct read who gets to decide all of that? >> that is a scam again you'll see doctors leaving over misinformation that doesn't age as misinformation. think about that. we fire people over vaccine mandates because at the time that was the regime narrative

that you we're going to spread covid if he didn't get next dated. it was not a personal choice, the vaccine stop the spread. now we know that not to be the case. elizabeth: the goodie defined the misinformation if it's contrary to scientific consensus. so who gets to define consensus. california would be the first state in the nation to do this. >> anybody who thinks it's okay now would not think it was okay if the shoe was on another political party's foot. to answer your question the person who gets to define what the acceptable viewpoint is is the person in power. everybody plays the short game, nobody ever lives beyond the moment, everybody's a prisoner of the moment they think it's great now because they are the ones in power but if the power changes hands they will be screaming this is authoritarian and how dear these republicans. elizabeth: why now, why are they doing it now.

>> because they are stupid, that the worst political in states known to man. look at the u-haul rentals one way out of california and tell me they are not stupid, people are not leaving because life is good there, it is a restaurant everyone is fleeing your restaurant and record numbers, you need a new chef. elizabeth: we love you, come back soon. liz mcdonald, you're watching "the evening edit", come back tomorrow, have a good evening. thank you for joining us. >> there was a time when san francisco treat was a tasty box of rice pilaf. now it's a bundle of heroin smoked right there on the sidewalk, business owners say it's time to go on offense but will the desperate new tactic wake up the walk. san francisco used to be a beatable place but not the complete disaster, crime is rampant, homelessness is out of contro