tv The Evening Edit FOX Business June 19, 2023 5:00pm-6:00pm EDT
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elizabeth macdonald. the "evening edit" starts right now. president biden finally kicking off his re-election campaign this weekend, two months after he announced his bid but it's not all smooth sailing for biden. a new quinnipiac poll conducted after former president trump was federally indicted on june 8 shows trump right on biden's heels leading abc news host jonathan carl shocked. watch. >> polls in quinnipiac on a possible biden-trump match, matchup puts biden at 48%, trump at 44%. this is a poll again taken largely after the indictment. i mean, that's got to make you, that's within the margin of error a statistical tie. what does that say about biden barely beating or in some polls actually losing. brian: joining me now is former labor secretary nominee and i puzder and fox news contributor leo terrell. andy, let me start with you. this poll is pretty interesting. clearly the folks at abc think it's interesting. what do you think it says about president biden?
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>> well, look. he's not a very effective president. he's not a very good president. he's not a very popular president. people may think that he's a nice guy. i think probably fewer people think that now than they did back in early 2021, but, you know, he just has not been effective. he has a very hard time speaking articulately and he gets lost on stage and when you're on stage there's only two ways to go. it's hard to get lost but he seems to get lost on stage. i think it concerns people. the harvard harris poll had trump up by 6%. that's beyond the margin of error so this is got to be very troubling for the democrats i would imagine. brian: so, leo, that quinnipiac poll shows that given the choice biden would win over trump by a hair, but, a new "wall street journal" op-ed says that despite polls no one is looking forward to the 2024 presidential election. leo, do you see it that way? do you think it's a case that america says we don't want this matchup again, or is it the case actually that america wants to see a rematch, because
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maybe they got it wrong in 2020? >> i think that thank you for the question. i think america wants, i think the majority of america wants trump back in the white house. they have learned their lesson. joe biden did everything wrong in the last two and a half years he claimed he was the uniter. he's been the divider and i've got news for you, brian. jimmy carter sarkar quite happy because joe biden is the most in comp competent president we have had in the last 75 years, and he has a vice president who was selected solely on identity politics who is the worst vice president ever. they have a very very poor record to run on and notwithstanding the multiple lawsuits, the multiple impeachments. donald trump is going to, in my opinion, win the election next year. brian: andy i want to talk about biden in california today. he's appearing with california governor gavin newsom to tout his new plan to invest 600 million in climate change spending you know the deal including 67 million for california's power grid. this comes just a couple months
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after he pledged 1 billion to the united nations climate fund. it's the green spending program, andy, and what i see happening here is really biden going out and saying i've got you guys a lot of money. i'd love for you to kick in a little bit for my re-election. is that how you read it? >> look, he's trying to buy votes. at a point in time, when we're still at 4% inflation, and if you look over two years it's like 13% inflation but we're still at 4%. inflation is going up and he wants to continue spending money the only rational explanation for that is he's trying to buy votes. he's in california a place where you can buy votes because people are very amenable to these kinds of policies and they have a power grid problem which they have created and their policies could fix but which now the federal government is going to pour $67 million into because i can tell you one thing for sure. whatever happens to the next election i think is very likely that california will vote for joe biden and he wants to make sure it stays that way. brian: yeah, it's clearly it
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looks like him saying helped you out with some money. help me out as well. leo, want your take on this. a main concern of voters is president biden's age heading into 2024. critics say his recent gaffs aren't helping his case. from just the past week alone, watch. >> we have plans to build a railroad from the pacific all the way across the indian ocean. the build back biden, build back better -- >> he was 17. i was 40. >> don't make me a dog face lying pony soldier. >> might add if i didn't i'd be sleeping alone. >> all right, where we going? >> all right, god save the queen, man. brian: so leo, when you get over the cringing, what i want you to answer is this. what does it mean that we're se? not just for his presidency but for 2024. is a vote for biden truly as miranda devine said and others a vote for vice president kamala harris? >> absolutely, brian. let me be very clear. it's not his age.
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it's his mental acuity. it's obvious, and brian, i would submit to you that 95% of the media, i don't want to mention their names, cnn msnbc, new york times, washington post are protecting him but the american public can see what's going on. this man is in decline and here is the end game. god forbid he gets re-elected but what they want to do is turn the handle, turn the power of this great country over to the most incompetent vice president ever. why? because they want to solidify that identity politics to have the first female black president ever. it's a mistake for this country. a vote for biden is a vote for kamala harris and that's why this country needs to go in a different direction than where it's currently at right now, brian. brian: well the polls seem to suggest that americans are very very open to that, even with president trump and all of the recent indictments he's still within a hair at the very worst of president biden. but fellows, good to see you andy puzder and leo terrell. >> thank you.
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brian: moving to the biden administration possibly weakening our nations standing on the international stage. secretary of state anthony blinken left beijing this morning after a weekend of talks with chinese officials including an unexpected meeting with president xi himself. both sides agreed to "stabilize" the badly deteriorating relations. blinken is the first sebaceous of state to make the trip in five years and originally supposed to make the visit in february but discovery of the chinese spy blah loon, you remember that, over the united states, prompted the white house to cancel that trip. republicans say the white house shouldn't have rescheduled the trip at all. >> secretary blinken should not be on this trip. i don't know what more that chinese communist party has to do in terms of violating u.s. sovereignty and international law. for us to take a tough stand. >> i think the problem has been the entire biden administration has been filled with mishaps towards china. he's made mistakes in terms of not being tougher against china
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on the stealing of our intellectual property, letting spy balloons fly over our country. >> china is sending a message. hey, we're in charge now. you're finished, to the west and to the united states. i think this really calls for us to have a strong response. brian: more on this let's bring in house select committee carlos gimenez. congressman, great to see you. so let's just start with your reaction to anthony blinken's visit to china. did it do good or was it kind of a photo of op and china brushing aside the united states >> it's another opportunity for china to kind of brush us off and show the rest of the world how we are kneeling to china to please, please, give us a meeting, and then brushing us off. you know, i think he got about as close as 10 feet to xi-jinping and i think that the only way that he got that meeting frankly was it's like an episode of impractical jokers they are saying hey, do you think we can get the president
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of the united states to say that that spy balloon we flew over that we didn't know anything about it and we didn't even know what was on it? i bet if we did that, he would never say that. well actually he did say that and that's how we got this meeting so again, why we are bending towards china, i don't know, but i've got a pretty good reason why. i know the reason why. brian: let's take a look at what the president said about the spy balloon. watch this. >> china has some legitimate difficulties unrelating to the united states and i think one of the things that balloon caused was not so much that it got shot down but i don't think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on. i think there's more embarrassing than it was intention. brian: congressman, is there any world in which china did not
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know where that balloon was and what it was doing there? >> no. like i said this was an episode of impractical jokers actually making the president of the united states say something idiotic like that and then they got the meeting. that's my theory of how they got this meeting. that the president of the united states actually thinks that xi-jinping probably the most powerful chinese leader since now and arguably eastbound more powerful didn't know what that balloon was doing, didn't know how it got there, wasn't guiding that balloon and wasn't gathering all of the information as it flew across the united states, over a bunch of sensitive military sites. that is unbelievable. it's also ridiculous that the president would say something like that. brian: so one thing president xi wouldn't budge on was his refusal to restart military-to- military communications between the u.s. and china. this of course comes less than a month after it was revealed chinese fighter jets conducted a "unnecessarily aggressive maneuver" during an intercept of a u.s. military plane in
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international air space over the south china sea. congressman, i look at that and i just say china's not interested in playing ball on anything and that's because they don't think they have to with this administration. what's your read? >> i agree 100%. they don't think they have to with this administration and everything that this administration has done for me is against the u.s. interest, so going over there, begging for a meeting. please let's start talking again i think what we need to do is we need to show china that we are serious. we're serious about decoupling from them. we're serious about our economic competition with them and again, they aren't competitors. they are adversaries. they are undermining us everywhere around the world and every single thing that we do we need to gear up. we need to make sure look, the only way to peace is through strength. we need to strengthen the united states both militarily and we need to strengthen the united states competitively, economic ally, around the world and that's the only thing that china will understand. brian: really quickly.
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did anything happen on this trip that gives you a sense that economically, we strengthened our hands against china? >> absolutely not. you know, look. it's going to take us and congress, it's going to take the private sector. it's unfortunate he actually met with bill gates and they are going to i guess get stronger ties. we need to start the decoupling from china. we do, for our own benefit. for our own security. and also, to try to weaken their hand because every dollar that we send to china is used against us. look, we need to get real about the fact that every dollar that we send is used against us. every dollar that our allies send is used against us. they want to be the dominant economic and military power by 2049 and i don't want my children and grandchildren living in a world dominated by the chinese communist party. brian: look if you want to change negotiation, you've got to make a move. its got to start somewhere. we just didn't see that. nothing more than a photo op as it turns out. we have to leave it there congressman thanks for being
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with us. >> thank you. brian: all right the irs strike s again an agent accused of using a fake name to target an ohio woman and now republican s are demanding answers we have former treasury secretary for public affairs monica crowley next on the "evening edit." if your child has diabetes, you'll love how easy dexcom g7 is. it's on. and, he's off. you can see his glucose numbers right on your phone, so you can always be there for him with dexcom g7. ♪ ♪
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brian: republican lawmakers are demanding answers after the irs is accused of making another harassing home visit. gerri willis is on set. what's going on? gerri: brian this is unbelievable. as you know this is the second time in recent months we reported on one of these invasions almost in the latest independence department republicans saying an irs agent allegedly used an assumed name to gain access to an ohio taxpayers home. lied about his intentions, and then threatened the taxpayers that he would freeze his assets and put a lien on his house. house judiciary chairman jim jordan saying this in a letter to irs chief danny warfol. the behavior from an irs agent to an american taxpayer providing an alias using deception to secure entry into the taxpayers home and then filing an inspector general complaint against the police officer examining the matter, well, that's highly concerning.
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it was the first time the taxpayer heard about any late payment. there was no prior notification. the incident is causing concern among more than just politicians listen. >> this is not supposed to be happening in the united states of america. this is something you associate with a totalitarian government. very frightening. gerri: when the taxpayers attorney reached out to the agent they said there was no money owed, and that the case had been closed. irs is not responded questions for reaction to the news, of course it has been a federal holiday today. it is the second time though that the irs agents have showed up at the doorstep of a taxpayer unannounced. on march 9 journalist matt taibb i got a visit from an agent just as he was preparing to testify about the twitter files, and of course brian, this is especially concerning for taxpayers as the irs is set to get a new infusion of dough as much as
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$60 billion and what are they going to use that for? for tracking us down. brian: let me ask you this with the implication with matt taibbi seem pretty clear. he was testifying on something that involved the federal government, surprise surprise, the irs shows up and causes trouble for him. with this next case, is there any political sort of sense that we're getting that maybe there's a little payback here, retribution or maybe it's too early to tell that. gerri: i have no idea. we've been trying to find out the name of this person who was targeted to get details of the case and they are simply unavailable at this point. we have to dig deeper to find out what happened here and why but i can tell you the behavior is highly unusual. brian: it's hard to see this as a coincidence given the facts you laid out it is astounding and the question is will it happen again. we've got to leave it there. thanks for that report refresh appreciate it. let's go to, for more on house judiciary chair jim jordan demanding answers from the irs let's welcome former treasury
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secretary for public affairs monica crowley. hey, good to see you. i'm all tongue tied about the intro but i'm not on the question. how concerned should people be about these harassing house calls from the irs? >> you know, the three most fearsome government agencies are the doj, fbi, and irs because they have the power to take your freedom, destroy your life, and bankrupt you and in this particular story, we're hoenig in on the irs. all three agents are completely out of control, but in this story, brian, what it shows is that the irs has been fully weaponized since the obama years , against average americans , and your question to gerri was a critical one and i hope we get answers to it about the political nature of this , if in fact that exists. you know, coming on the heels of matt taibbi getting a home visit unannounced by a treasury agent on the same day he was testifying about government
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abuse in congress, this is terrifying. these are the tactics of a totalitarian dictatorship. the american people should not live in fear of their doj, fbi, and irs which by the way we all pay for. we are paying for these government agencies to live in terror that you might get a knock on the door. this is all the hallmarks of a tyranny. brian: i want to go to that in a new wall street op-ed the editorial board says what an irs workplace culture gives agents the belief they can do this? democrats bestowed 80 billion on the irs last year to empower people like the so-called bill h aas. republicans clawed back some of that money in the recent debt ceiling deal but an irs that makes threatening house calls deserve to have it all clawed back. monica, this to me is a critical issue. what we saw here, we will see more of when the irs has more money and more people to do
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this. you're from the treasury department. you have some familiarity with how the money flows. how do taxpayers get this money back so this doesn't keep happening? >> well you know, the republican house had a opportunity during the debt ceiling arguments and to clawback all of the $80 billion and they didn't do it, and i guess the argument is it wasn't quite possible, they were able to clawback some, but not all of it. look, they had an opportunity to put a stop to this , and you'll recall that i think their very first vote in january was to de fund the standing irs army that joe biden and the white house and the democrats wanted. 87,000 new agents. ask yourself, brian. for what purpose? not to go after the elon musk's of the world. they talk about making the rich pay their fair share. no, to go after the middle class and the working classes, because that's where the real money is
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and i would add one other point to that. the other reason they want a standing army here is to go after political opponents, of course but we've also heard reports over the last several years that the irs is massing guns and ammunition. now, when you have those reports with what we're hearing about unannounced visits by irs agents , backed by the full weight of the federal government , this is absolutely terrifying, and there needs to be answers why chairman jordan sekulow going after answers on this but every republican should be standing up and demanding answers to this kind of thing. we cannot go on like this. brian: i couldn't agree with you more and to me the biggest issue is it's not the elon musk 's. it's the average every day person who doesn't have the ability to fight it but fight it they will need to because the irs is coming. we got to leave it there thanks for being with us. >> thank you, brian. brian: house oversight chairman james comer revealing his plans to bring in more witnesses for
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brian: former special counsel john durham is set to kickoff a week on capitol hill tomorrow as lawmakers prep to question him on his 300-page report on the fbi's investigation into the debunked trump-russia collusion theory. fox news aishah hasnie has the story in washington d.c. hey, aishah. reporter: brian, good evening to you. durham's visit comes at a time when house republicans are looking at potential cuts to the fbi and reforms to the agency's surveillance authority. all eyes will be on durham on wednesday, as he testifies under oath in front of the house judiciary committee about his 300-page report and we all know now it concludes that the fbi had no actual evidence of collusion between the trump 201n it launched that multi-year-long
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investigation and yet, brian, no one has received jail time. house republican leaders allege a systemic bias and abuse of power within the doj and they are refusing to reauthorize a foreign intelligence surveillance act better known as fisa, when it expires in december unless they see significant reforms. >> there are problems in the entire process with the fisa courts in which people are not held accountable. people believe this needs to be changed. reporter: meanwhile the democrat who promoted the trump-russia collusion hoax is trying to dodge a second attempt to censor him this week, while also now accusing trump and republicans of using the doj for political prosecutions. >> they want to use the justice department to go after their enemies. you have to wonder, could a president trump unshackled by any opposition is somehow used the justice department to imprison his enemies. reporter: brian even before we hear from durham wednesday house
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intel members will get to talk with him in a classified setting tomorrow. brian? brian: aishah hasnie thanks for that report. for more let's bring in new york post columnist douglas murray. good to see you. durham, 300 pages. we got his report but we'll hear from him on the committee will hear from him. what do you expect from this? >> it's going to be incredibly important. this is part of the center of the whirl wind this country is in at the moment. the whole question of the fbi seems to be on the table. we have the indictments against former president trump on the one hand. record low levels of trust in the fbi from republican voters, and at the same time, durham appearing to testify about his report. you know, as i say, it's sort of a perfect storm for the fbi, because we've just heard from adam schiff. this idea that anyone might ever politicize the fbi -- brian: that was the richest thing i've heard today.
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>> it's jaw dropping to see him talk about the politicization of the fbi or government agencies to go against your political opponents? that's precisely what the durham report exposes. is the agency being used as a political weapon against donald trump and, you know, didn't it work well? because it meant that for the first, well for the years of his presidency, he was forever being tripped up by these investigations, and remember, representative schiff himself was promising us he was about to give us a slam dunk that would prove that donald trump and the kremlin had been in bed together. brian: there was evidence right in the back room and we're going to go get it in just a second to convince everybody. >> in the meantime the dogs eaten my homework. brian: [laughter] it's related coming out of the house judiciary committee. oversight chairman james comer revealed his plans to bring in more witnesses for the alleged biden family influence peddling probe in addition to hunter's former
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business partner devon archer complying with his subpoena. this is interesting to sit for a deposition with the oversight committee on the biden family's alleged bribery so you have witnesses talking about evidence in the back room. you've got interesting witnesses that comer is going to be able to bring in, including devon archer and that's a name we've heard a lot of in the e-mails and documents that have come out. what do you make of these witnesses starting to show up in front of james comer's committee >> if he gets this and you start to see cracks in the wall you get to see evidence being put forward. now comer has himself said they are very limited or have been to date in what they have been able to access. they haven't been able to access bank records. so of course various democrats and others around the bidens say there's no evidence of this. well, you know, if the wall cracks and witnesses are coming forward in larger numbers, then that's going to change and once again we get to this question of the politicization of justice and the agencies in this country , but the other way
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around. you know? it's that old thing. if you're really willing to use any stick to beat your enemy, you might find that the stick you've picked up is a boomerang and that is what the democrats are facing at the moment. they are facing a situation where they've put this on the table. they've put the use of justice to destroy people's lives on the political table. it's going to come back at them. brian: so but when you watch all of this unfold, what's so striking is like in the case of president trump, things can move very quickly if there's a possibility for an indictment, with president biden it's so much foot dragging and slow- walking so you see what comer is doing here and on on the one hand you want to see evidence if there is in fact evidence but on the other hand you can't help but believe i don't think the guy is with the evidence are willing to turn it over. doj, fbi, et cetera. >> there's a lot of stumbling at the moment on this. there's the burisma question that came up again last week because of the allegation that they are actually tapes of the
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ceo of burisma discussing the business dealings. if that sort of evidence does come forward then yes things could move quite fast but i agree. it's very striking on this as it's sort of slow pace of the revelations. you know, you can't help thinking that certain people hope that everyone involved is going to die of old age before any investigation really finishes. brian: and that's a funny way to put it but of course voters and americans are saying well we have to make decisions coming up and we would like to know what's actually happening. >> really important decisions coming up and it be good to know that we have something in this country and trust in institutions, because currently, it does at an all-time low. brian: right. >> you can't survive when you can not trust your institutions. brian: absolutely. douglas murray we have to leave it there thank you for being with us. well despite president biden's push for electric vehicles, more reports of ev's failing on the road. we've got energy expert neil cavuto on the "evening edit" coming up next.
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brian: drivers of hundred i's electric suv ionic 5 say the car is shutting down out of nowhere. the company reporting complaints about rising safety concerns for one of hyundai's popular suv 's with us now is former federal energy regulatory commission chair neil chatterjee thanks for being with us. i've got to ask you i'm actually a hyundai driver so i'm looking at the story thinking what is going on? people are driving this thing. they just lose power completely, or partially out of nowhere. then they hear a loud popping noise. what's that all about? >> i mean, look. i'm not an engineer at hyundai. i like hyundai. have had them in the past. the reality is we've just got a lot more that we need to figure out before we're ready for the ev transition. look, i'm excited about the
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potential and possibilities of electric vehicles. i myself would love an f-150 lightning, but the biden administration is trying to push policies to drive sales of ev's. instead of focusing on policies to make sure we're ready to even drive ev's. brian: well here is the thing. so hyundai says it has a software update that's going to provide beginning next month to replace defective components, so like what are you supposed to do between now and next month when you don't have the software update? it speaks i think to the issue you raise which nobody is thinking through the longer term , even the intermediate term implications of all of the transition to ev that we're trying to do. >> let's just say you wait the month out. you get your software update and you want to take a long trip, mid-july, for your summer vacation. where are you going to plug into charge? is the infrastructure there? how are you going to overcome range anxiety?
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when you get to a place to plug in, are you going to pay to plug in your vehicle? what's the destination? there's just a lot of public policy questions that need to be answered and i just don't like that government is putting the cart before the horse to use a pre-car analogy. we've got to figure all this stuff out first before we start committing to spending billions and billions of dollars to drive sales of ev but not actual usage of ev. brian: we've already committed, neil. it's happening, and in fact president biden is in california touting his administration's plan to spend all this money, and here is the thing that gets me. okay this is to get to the politics here for a second. he's in california telling companies there just how much money the federal government is shoveling into this space and he's there asking for campaign contributions. i mean, you kind of look at that
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and you say that it smells like he's spending a lot of other people's money on a plan that doesn't seem to be working in order to fill his coffers for the election. neil, look. that may work politically but that doesn't work economically and it certainly doesn't work for people in this country trying to figure out how are they going to put gas in their cars and get around over the next decade. >> here is why forget about the politics of it. why it's a colossal mistake from a marketing perspective when marketing and politics collide. the biggest mistake that i think the political left made was politicizing climate change. something that shouldn't be political. something that both parties should be able to get behind solutions for , responsible solutions. why anyone would think it's a good idea to politicize electric vehicles is just totally lost on me. we want republicans to want electric vehicles. there's a lot of republicans i know who want that f-150 lightning, who want a rivian,
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but if this thing becomes political, and it becomes a status symbol because the biden administration and other politicians are tying it to politics, you're just going to alienate buyers and drivers and that's just a really short-sided move in my opinion. brian: yeah, there's a huge middle space in this country of people who say if you want to buy an ev buy an ev but do it on an economically sustainable time line, not on some ideological timeline, and that's the problem we have right now. neil chatterjee we've got to leave it there thanks for being with us, sir. >> thank you for having me. brian: well we have dr. marty makary on how our nations cancer drug shortage is going from bad- to-worse. the drastic action the feds are taking. >> so many patients that need this drug and we're just in shock that in the united states, there's a complete national shortage of this and patients can't receive the treatment that they direly need. brian: but, first, let's check in with our friends dagen and sean to see what they have
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coming up. i don't get to check in with you guys this time very often i love it. >> we love it brian thank you. presidential candidate larry elder will be joining us as well as mike rowe showing us how to work. dagen: jimmy falla and batya ungar-sargon and joe rogan one of my favorite people putting money out there and wants to debate and also meghan markle getting the buh-bisecte. that and soff.o much more. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire (psst psst) ahhhh... with flonase, allergies don't have to be scary spraying flonase daily gives you long-lasting, non-drowsy relief. (psst psst) flonase. all good.
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brian: secretary of state anthony blinken trying to smooth relations between the u.s. and china, as another issue has come into focus. healthcare. critical shortage of cancer treatment shows america's dependence on countries like china for life saving drugs. lydia hu is in front of north well health hospital in new hyde park, new york. reporter: brian, on cold o gists are using every drop of these drugs from every vial because nothing can go to waste. they are prioritizing which patients should receive the drugs to ensure the best outcomes, and when possible, considering alternatives. >> this is not acceptable. you know, we're here to treat patients. we know how to treat them with the best regimens available, but to say that we don't have access
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to that is absolutely not acceptable. reporter: but that is exactly what's happening in some cases. more than a dozen cancer treating drugs in short supply, but there are two that are particularly concerning. carboplatin and cisplatin, considered the backbone of oncology medicine. >> showing up everyday when you have to go for treatment is already bad enough but then to show up and they tell you that they don't have the drug for you or the medication is just in sanity. reporter: a problem is that many of the drugs or ingredients come from overseas. the u.s. a non-profit estimates india accounts for most of the fda approved drug ingredient makers, coming in around 48%. compare that to 22% from europe and 13% from china. that means the united states has little control over the supply chain. the current shortage on carboplatin and cisplatin caused by a shutdown of a facility in india.
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the fda's short-term solution, increase imports from manufacturing facility in china underscoring our reliance on overseas supply chains. brian back to you. brian: lydia hu, thank you for that report. okay, for more on this let's welcome johns hopkins university of professor of public public health dr. marty makary. this story really gets my attention. you think about cancer treatment and what a process that is you're hoping there's something there to help you but then to find out even if there is you might not be able to get it because a plant in india has shutdown. what's your reaction? >> first of all carboplatin and cisplatin which are the primary drugs right now in short supply, they are the mainstay treatments in chemotherapy for many of the common cancers out there, lung cancer, colon cancers, pancreatic cancer so it's tragic to see that a very lax market which has allowed manufacturing to move overseas so that these companies can make a better
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margin has resulted in such a dependence on foreign companies. you know, right now about 40% of all generic medications come from india, and many plants there have not met the safety standards. about one in five plants have not met fda safety standards on the inspections. inspections for some crazy reason went from unannounced to an announced and scheduled inspections so of course in some cases, like the manufacturer of one of the cash o platinum they had a truck full of shredded documents, missing data and what the fda called a cascade of failures how did we get to the point where we can't produce medications ourselves. brian: put this into perspective for me. the shortage for some drugs is so dire the fda recently said it would allow imports of un approved medication from china because manufactures in the u.s. don't know what to do. how big of a deal is that, doctor? >> well, not only is it a big
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deal. it's getting worse and worse each year. the list of medicines in short supply in the hospital. these are common medications, is getting bigger and bigger. it's as if we have not learned our lesson from the time when we thought we needed ppe and ventilators instantly so we rushed to china to go shopping, and we vowed at that time we'll never again go scavenger shopping in china for medications and ppe and here we are the exact same situation. brian: i've got about a minute left but i want to ask you this. you know, we talk a lot about de coupling with china and the possibility of doing that, but when you look specifically in this field, in medications, are there some things we should be doing at the very least to de risk the supply chain so that we don't end up in these situations? >> yeah, first of all we should create a national priority that a certain percentage of medications need to be made at home and create incentives for generic medications to be made at home. there's no shortage of the brand
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name medications where the profit margins are gigantic and president trump and his in the last administration, they did call for the domestic manufacturing of medications. pharma ran ads against this proposal so you're up against a giant industry and the question is does fda work for pharma or does it work for the american people. they can be doing more to fix this problem. brian: we hear a lot about supply chains getting better but it seems to me in this case, they are not in creating very very big risks. doctor, we thank you for being with us today and helping us understand it. we appreciate it. >> thanks brian. brian: all right well, complete strangers moving into your home and claiming it as their own. >> the squatters are a little smarter than that and typically they come prepared and they have got some story to back up their already-shakey claim the possession of the property. brian: that sort of takeover is
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situations are happening across the country on a more regular basis. fox news's garrett tenney in chicago with the latest. garrett. >> reporter: brian this problem ha a lot of homeowners who is the law protecting homeowners or criminals? in a lot of cities and states it is criminals being given the benefit of the doubt. here is one recent example. when lieutenant colonel got home from active duty, she found a man she had never met a convicted criminal, living inside of her house that was for sale. he refused to let her in her own home. when she called the cops the man showed them a fake lease and claimed he already paid six months rent. so the cops initially told her there was nothing they could do. she would have to go to court to get the man evicted from her house. >> i was very angry. being away from home, had i not been on duty i would have been in my home. and to know that a career
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criminal too could just move in and did not want to leave. >> reporter: she was eventually able to get the criminal removed under a obscure state law but a lot of homeowners in her situation are forced to go through the courts which can take months and cost thousands of dollars coming out of their own pocket. chicago based eviction attorney michael singh used to see cases like this once or twice a year. now he is seeing them on a monthly basis. across the country, he says in many cases housing laws are putting police in a tough spot. >> split-second decision. they can't arrest people without reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed. so they're literally having to tell the owner you have to go to court through the eviction process. >> reporter: if you have a vacant property, zinc advice, make sure all doctors h doors and windows are locked, have a
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security cameras around the home and have a neighbor or friend keep an eye on things while you're away. brian? brian: garrett tenney. think you have a squatter in your own home you can't kick them out because the law is on their side. wow. send emails to emacviewers@fox.com. we love reading them. please tune in tomorrow night. we have congressman mike johnson, russell fry, fox news contributor tammy bruce. i'm brien brenburg, catch me own "the big money show" at 1:00 p.m. on fox business. time for our good friends dagen and sean to take it away. hey, guys. dagen: thanks so much, brian. ♪ dagen: good evening, i'm dagen mcdowell. sean: i'm sean duffy. welcome to "the bottom line." dagen: we're going to get on
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