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have a wonderful evening. larry: thank you. jackie: all right, folks, president biden once again stumbles through his latest speech trying to tout his economy, but voters out there, they're not buying it. a new poll showing nearly half of voters would now consider a third party presidential candidate. meantime, lawmakers are demanding answers after senator chuck grassley releases that explosive, unclassified document alleging that the biden family coerced a burisma executive for millions of dollars. democrats slam for trying to censor rfk jr. at a censorship hearing, and the u.s. ambassador to china is hacked in a china-linked spying operation. i'm jackie deangelis in for elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ jackie: welcome, everybody. a new study on the best states to live and work in this nation has left many people scratching

their heads. the study from cnbc claims that red states like florida and texas are the worst in the nation to, quote, live and work despite these states leading the country in net migration. ashley webster has that story for us in florida. ashley. >> reporter: and -- hey, jackie. expect economy as well. the ranking of the worst stakes to live -- states seems to contradict everything that we've witnessed over the last couple of years. the rankings rate texas as the worst state ever for work and quality of life, bottom of the pile, saying that the state has some texas-sized issues when it comes to life, health and inclusion. oklahoma, louisiana, south carolina, alabama, missouri, indiana and tennessee follow texas with florida coming in at number 10 which, by the way, the survey says is one of the most difficult states to vote in, also says that when you rate the sunshine state on life, health and inclusion, it can be a dreary place.

florida's chamber of commerce beg withs to differ. begs to differ. >> if florida was a country, florida would be the 16th largest gdp in the world at a $1.4 trillion gdp. florida's growing significantly faster than the national gdp. >> reporter: well, the survey is based on quality of life factors, everything from crime rates, environmental quality and health care to abortion and attitudes towards the lgbtq +community. texas governor with greg ab without's office -- abbott's office a saying people continue to move to texas, also that it's the economic engine of the nation, leading the country, by the way, in job creation. so the numbers do back up that argument. according to the u.s. postal service, the statement's gaining the highest number of new residents in order, texas, florida, south carolina, north carolina and georgia.

so florida's economy is base cary out-- basically outpacing the country, so is texas, but the survey claims they're not very welcoming to workers and their families even both states have no state income tax which, jackie, i would say pretty darn welcoming, right? jackie: yeah. i would say that too. and when the highest ranking factor is life, health and inclusion, it's not surprising the results are what they were. ashley webster, thank you so much. >> reporter: right. jackie: joining me now is former economic adviser to president trump, steve moore, and fox news contributor, liz peek. steve, let's start with you, what you make of that report are, because according to the united states postal service, americans are fleeing the blue states that cnbc was praising, and again, they're saying life, health and inclusion is one with of the most important factors in their survey. >> well, you don't have to listen to the postal service, listen to the cents us bureau and the irs data that show just senate in the last 10 years

showing all the people that have movedded into florida and texas. it's called voting with your feet. so it doesn't really matter what these rating systems say. where do people want to move to? where are the places that they find are best for jobs, best for raising a family, best for finding good school, best for, you know, having lower crime rates? people are moving to texas and florida and, by the way, other states -- i think something like 9 of the 0 states, jackie -- 9 of the 10 states that were ranked so badr were red states, but even's moving to red states. one other quick point, jackie, you'll get a kick out of this. you know what was the sector third best state to live in according to this cnbc? new jersey. [laughter] jackie: oh, wow. okay. [laughter] enter who would move to new jersey? jackie: yeah, that does say a lot. liz peek, let's talk about bidenomics with you because president biden stumbled through his speech yesterday while he was attempting to tout the economy and his bidenomics, the

policies there. listen to this. >> inflation has slowed every single month in the last 12 -- on a yearly basis, for the last 12 months. how many times you read that recession's coming? if -- wall street today said they don't see recession coming now. it's the lowest point, inflation, lowest point in over two years. u.s. has the lowest inflation rate of any major economy in the world. jackie: so, liz, it's kind of true. i mean, we were at a 9.1% high in inflation created by that president himself. but having said that, that undoesn't mean that the american public hasn't suffered a lot. >> yeah. i mean, yes, it's getting better, jackie, and thank heavens, because the middle class has been really savaged under this president. you know, numbers show that the middle class family on average has lost $7-9,000 overall the middle class has lost $2.5 trillion in wealth. yes, it's getting better and

thank heavens, but, you know, we're not out of the woods on recession. we have been through the worst monetary tightening, the toughest monetary tightening in 30 years. an awful lot of people looking at the things like an inverted yield curve and leading indicators that are dropping very sharply think there's still a recession ahead. so if i were joe biden, i'd be pretty darn careful. all of the numbers indicate the job market is softening. consumer demand is softening. bank credit is tightening. all of in this augers not very well for the next year. jack vac yeah. and what i find particularly interesting, steve, is that the stock market has been doing well, ten straight days of gains, but that's not the whole story. as liz points out, americans is having a rough time, and there are sill many shoes that could drop in the second half of the year. a new monmouth university poll shows americans are not onboard with these bide only mommics. actually, 62% disapprove of his

handling of inflation. >> yeah. boy, those are really bad numbers at a little over a year from a new election. those wrong track/right track numbers really are a good gauge of what americans are thinking in terms of how their own finances are handled. i want to just add one thing to what liz was saying. you know, i just had a piece in "the new york post" this morning where we, vivek celeb ramaswamy and i wrote it together where we looked at the jobs data, jackie, and what we found, do you know what the fast growing industry in terms of hiring has been since the beginning of the year? jackie: i don't know, but i love when you ask me questions, steve. [laughter] >> i bet that liz knows. the answer is government. >> it's the government. jackie: right. >> government has been on this massive spree of spending and hiring, almost half a million additional workers on government work forces and payrolls. that's not where we want the jobs to be, jackie. jackie: i did know that.

[laughter] froze for a moment. liz peek, final word to you. >> that's, that's bidenomics, big government, big spending, big labor. all three of which have contributed to inflation, none of which is going away, jackie, under this president. jackie: steve moore, liz peek, always great to see you both. have a wonderful weekend. >> you a too, thanks. jackie: all right. senator grassley and house oversight and accountability chairman james comer released the fbi documenting that alleges that joe and hunter biden engaged in a pay for -- pardon me, pay for play scheme with ukrainian energy company burisma. now, in that document the fbi informant alleges that a top burisma official suggested that he paid both joe and hunter $5 million each. joining me now to discuss these revelations, congressman pat fallon from the house oversight and accountability committee. congressman, it's great to see you. let's dig right in because you saw this document. you saw it before all of us did, roughly a month ago.

what did you make of the reaction to the document? we're covering, obviously, this story, but mainstream media isn't. the public really doesn't exactly understand what's going on here. and what i find interesting is that, yes, these are allegations at this point, an inform minute going to the fbi -- informant going to the fbi and talking about some of these issues, but the fbi did nothing. >> jackie, thanks for having me on, because the fbi buried this document. in fact, they put it when they had it in a restricted subfile which meant that 99.9% of their own agents couldn't access it. you have to ask yourself why that is. furthermore, this isn't just some everyday, run of the mill informant, this is a highly credible source that the fbi has been -- by their own definition, by the way, that they've been working with for over ten years, that they've given hundreds of thousands of dollars to, and and everything person has told them to date has checked out. so then you have to take another leap and believe that the

burisma oligarch and ceo was somehow bragging privately to him because he was asking him confidential advice. this is ridiculous are. i believe this document to be true, and i'm glad that you and everybody else in the country can see it with their own eyes. jackie: let's talk about what happens next because james comer has said there are criminal charges that could potentially be filed here. i believe we have a sound bite from him. >> hunter biden's going to have between 6-10 criminal referrals. expect fact that he got a sweetheart plea deal over, you know, a misdemeanor that should have been a felony according to the irs whistleblowers, i mean, these guys were the ones that were leading this investigation. he violated the foreign agents registration act, he was money laundering, he was racketeering, he committed wire fraud, he violated the mann act. the list goes on and on and on. jackie: that's a long list of potential crimes, sir. >> uh-huh. no, it very much is. let's break down real quickly for your viewers what the irs whistleblowers said.

i mean, this was -- first of all, jamie raskin was trying to make it out to be like, listen, prosecutors and investigators often times disagree with whether or not to bring charges. that was completely irrelevant in this case because in the hunter biden case if front-line prosecutors wanted to bring felony charges against hunter biden as did all the investigator, it was "the politico"s in the upper echelons of the justice department that decided not to bring them. that is not normal and the way things work in the everyday justice system. and also i've never seen a case where you cannot engage a subject of an investigation, you have to wait until he comes to them. they were ordered not to talk to hunter biden unless he talked to them first which, of course, he never did. jack reaction and do you know what -- jackie: and you know what i find particularly interesting, we have the text messages that hunter biden was allegedly sending to chinese executives where he mentioned i'm sitting next to my father, expect president footprint, right? there's two foot prints right, separate incidents, and the

footprints are very similar with the most recent information that we got from the fbi informant. it's pretty remarkable. and even if this doesn't necessarily turn into a criminal prosecution which many believe that it should, there still is a character issue here on the campaign trail. joe biden has to look to the the american people in the eye, and he has to explain why he lied multiple times. you've seen all those clips where he said i have no knowledge of my son's business dealings. >> yeah. and we know that to be completely false. it was a bald-faced lie as a candidate in 2019 who wanted to be president. furthermore, you want to talk about character, hunter biden got off because of the delaying of the justice department with some of the statute of limitations running out. he owes in back taxes hundreds of thousands of dollars. he can still pay those back taxes if he wanted to pay his fair share, but he's opted not to. and that's awfully revealing. jackie: i feel the only way to get to the bottom of this is to

have concrete evidence to follow the money trail. they've made it very difficult to do that through shell companies and moving those funds around, the president getting on stage and mocking reporters essentially saying where with's the money knowing, obviously, that it would be difficult. but is there the any way to be able to break that down, congressman? >> yes. and i think, you know, jackie, we're six months into this investigation because with we've only had the majority for six months. and if joe biden has nothing to hide, if him and hunter have done nothing wrong, then just release your tax records, your bank records voluntarily. but they're fighting tooth and nail, and they've lawyered up because they're trying to push this goal e post after november of '24, you know, before next -- after next year's election. jackie: right. yeah, change the timeline. make it work for you. >> exactly. jackie: congressman pat fallon, thank you so much. >> thanks, jackie,ing god bless. jackie: democrats under fire for trying to censor 2024 presidential candidate rfk jr. during a censorship hearing of

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tate for former president donald trump's classified documents trial. it's been set for may 20th, 2024, that's going to be right in the heat of primary season. could this is have an impact on the crowded gop field and the election? joining us now to discuss, let's welcome "forbes" media chairman and editor-in-chief steve forbes. always good to see you. >> good to be here. jackie: what do you think about this trial date? >> i think there's there are going to be other as well. after anything, they're throwing anything on the wall to make something stick to destroy the guy. jackie: yeah. >> instead, no coincidence, after to 22 elections -- 2022 # elections president trump's polling went down. as soon as the indictments started with the crazy district attorney here in manhattan, his poll numbers went up. people see this for what it is. jackie: and it's had a ton of, it's boosted his ability to fund raise as well, because it's

rallied his base. he's leading right now in the gop if field. but what's particularly interesting as we kind of look at where people stand, quinnipiac poll on this, 47% of americans say they would consider a third party candidate seriously for president. now, we do see those numbers typically trail off once nominees are announced and it becomes a tighter race. having said that, or that's a staggeringly high number. >> yes, it is. and the mood of the country is like we had back in 1976 when jimmy carter, ex-governor of georgia, rose out of no where. 1980, ron reagan was seen as an outlier. the -- ronald reagan. he merged, won in a landslide. ross perot made a strong run in 1992. the country wants a different direction. that's why robert kennedy jr. has emerged as a serious candidate. people are saying do you think he could do it, do you think he could do it, or kind of talk you heard about donald trump in to 20 saw. and these debates are starting next month with the republican,

you're going to see a couple of what you might call cinderellas, i want to learn more about this person. jackie: yeah. maybe somebody like a tim scott, possibly. desantis is already calling out trump's sort of walking the line on the debate, not giving a definitive answer, you know, whether or not he'll participate. listen to this. >> we'll do well either way, but, i mean, i think he owes it to people the participate. nobody is entitled to be nominated. you've got to earn it. you've got to earn everything in this world. so i think you show up, i think you participate, i think you make your case, and i think you answer questions. jackie: i don't disagree with him, but i'm wondering what you think. do you think he will show up for that first debate? >> careful what you wish for. back in 1980, ronald reagan skipped a big debate in iowa, they got badly mauled in iowa. reagan was a formidable debater, so maybe donald trump shows up and shows people i'm the best

guy in the feed. but eventually whether he does that debate or another debate, he's going to haved to do it especially as the field narrows when you have to raise more money, get more contributions, get more support in the polls. so eventually he will be on that platform. jackie: and that's the thing, when he is on that platform, he tends to dominate it. so to a certain degree, if he doesn't show up, it's almost like giving the other candidates room to breathe. while i have you in the last second, i just want to ask you what you think of vivek ramaswamy. he is an emerging candidate here. very young, full of ideas, extremely energetic and hitting that campaign trail hard. what do you think? >> yes, he's one of those possible cinderella candidates. there may be others. tim scott is, you mentioned earlier. a number of people watching these debates is going to be enormous. they're going to really start to concentrate, and that's when the polls start to make a difference. right now, or not much. people want to get to know these people, and when they do, you're

going to see some interesting results. jackie: and i'm guessing they're going to want answers and ideas -- >> on how to move forward. not just criticizing what we have today. ron desantis better take note. have something forward-looking like ronald reagan did in 1980 #. he was the old candidate, came with a lot of fresh ideas and won. jackie: yeah. no, that's a great point. looking forward saying here's where we are, here's how i'm going to pick it -- fix it, whoever that person is. great to see you, steve. >> great to see you, jackie, thank you. jackie: the biden administration calling tech executives to the white house to address artificial intelligence, and coming up we have congressman dan bishop from house judiciary on democrats under fire for trying to censor 2024 presidential candidate rfk jr. during a censorship hearing. stay with us. ♪ the numbers, we see the people. when i first started the company i was excited to empower people of all abilities.

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jackie: the democrats are under fire for crying -- trying to

censor 2024 presidential candidate rf fk jr. during a censorship hearing. the latest development in the gop's fight to preserve free speech. hillary vaughn has the details. >> reporter: democrats admit they wanted to silence rfk jr. they didn't want to hear what he had to say, and they wanted him banned from coming here on capitol hill and talking about it. but they tell me that that's not censorship. >> oh, that's not censorship. censorship would not be allowing someone to speak. he can speak. that doesn't give him necessarily the ability to have to do it in the halls. >> -- censor him, we were trying to make sure he didn't cause more harm with his outrageous testimony. >> he can say whatever he wants and wherever he wants, but he doesn't get a right to testify before a committee of congress. >> i'm not going to respond to a loaded question like that. you've already decided your own answer. >> reporter: it's not just government censorship kennedy

was calling out here on the hill. his organization, the children health defense, is also i sue ising a collective of news organizations and tech giants for working together to squash what they saw as fake news. kennedy claims that ultimately led to a media blackout of stories about covid that dared to disagree or question covid vaccines and pandemic policies. the group being sued, the trusted news initiative, includes mainstream media groups like the ap, reuters, "the washington post" and tech giants google, youtube, meta and twitter. kennedy telling fox he thinks media groups came after him because they were threatened. >> the real competitors are the thousands of new news organizations that have sprouted up like mushrooms on the internet or that are eroding public trust. we need to now choke them off, and the way that we'll do them is by deplatforming anybody, any of these organizations that doesn't follow our story. >> reporter: and we did reach out to the trusted news initiative for a comment on this lawsuit and kennedy's

accusations, but we have not heard back. jackie? jackie: hillary vaughn, thank you so much. let's dig in now with congressman dan bishop. he's house judiciary committee. congressman, great to see you. and you were at that hearing yesterday. your reaction to how the democrats treated are r or fk jr. with. rfk jr. >> jackie, it's really very stunning. you almost sense there's a dam breaking. we've had michael shellenberger matt taibbi in before, liberal journalists. democrats on our panel were just vicious. but this reached new levels. i mean, i've never seen anything or heard anything quite as shrill, and it's amazing to see a kennedy, this stalwart name of the democratic party, and every democrat -- not one democrat prepared to have a civil exchange with him or the other witnesses in the hearing. and, in fact, as you covered, debbie wasserman schultz moving to close the hearing so that, in

the hearing about censorship, robert kennedy jr. would not be able to be heard publicly. it's astonishing. jackie: congressman, for viewers who haven't seen it, we have a snippet from that hearing. let's watch. >> if you want to cut him off of and censor him some somewhere -- more, you're welcome to do it. [laughter] >> that's your job. why don't you threaten the witness so they can not want to be -- >> the time is mine, i'm reclaiming it. please ask the witness -- >> you asked me a question. >> do not censor the witness. >> i'm not censoring the witness. he's still talking -- >> i was -- >> hold on. >> i was describing -- [inaudible conversations] >> reclaiming my time. jackie: so a couple of the democrats that hillary vaughn approached in the hall right there in the hot seat. "the new york post" editorial board writing this headline: dems love censorship so much, they do it at a censorship hearing. i mean, it's pretty ridiculous. >> you know, it is ridiculous, jackie. worse than ridiculous, it's hilling. i mean, as robert kennedy said

at the hearing yesterday, the democratic party and liberals in america were responsible for establishing some of our most important first amendment precepts on the supreme court of the united states. and they've completely turned against that heritage. and it is not just upsetting, it's not just sort of bizarre, it is frightening. finish and it's got to turn the other direction. everybody in the american political spectrum must be committed to free speech. as robert kennedy said, we wouldn't need a first amendment written in the constitution to prevent speech that the government approves, it's the speech that is not approved that must be protected. jackie: and there's something about rfk jr. that really irks progressive democrats. he's not progressive enough. hakeem jeffriess making this comment, watch with. >> the republican hearings that have unfolded over the last few days and throughout this entire congress are that malignant

clown show. robert f. kennedy jr. is a living, breathing false flag operation. his whole campaign is being run by right-wing political operatives who have one objective, try to take down president joe biden. jackie: so if you don't like what he has to say and you're not going to censor him, then why don't you just spin it that way, congressman? that's one approach. >> no disrespect to hakeem jeffriess, but i'd say the people clowning themselves are the members of the united states congress trying desperately to just viciously attack and ultimately censor is a leading voice in the democratic party. go figure. jackie: yeah. he's raised a lot of legitimate questions, questions that americans want answers to. his polling numbers are over 20%s which is pretty substantial up against a sitting president. congressman bishop, we're out of time, but we will have you back soon, sir. good to see you.

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jackie: the biden administration calling tech executives to address a. i. today, edward lawrence has more on what happened in that meeting. >> reporter: seven major tech companies that are deeply involved in the creation of artificial intelligence agreed to self-regulate on new advancements. we're talking about huge companies like amazon, anthropic, google, inflection meta which owns facebook, microsoft and openai.

the president offering this today: >> we must be clear-eyed and vigilant ability the threats from emerging technologies that can pose, don't have to, but can pose to our democracy and our values. americans are seeing how advanced artificial intelligence and the pace of innovation have the power to disrupt jobs and industries. >> reporter: so all seven of the companies agreed to add water marks on anything generated by art official intelligence. those water marks would identify which product made a video or an audio e so consumers wouldn't be fooled. the companies agreed to exeternal testing by expert perc fields with the results being made public. also increasing investments in cybersecurity, prioritizing research on risk to society by a.i., specifically related to biases and discrimination. microsoft president brad smith believes this will be enough to make people feel more comfortable about using a.i. and limit abuses. >> you see companies stepping

forward with self-regulation are, you see the government pushing companies to aim higher, can and that's really what happened today. and i do think we're going to need new laws, we're going to need new regulatesful they'll need to be balanced. they need to promote safety and insure security while also enhancing opportunities for innovation. >> reporter: now, the government is going to roll out its own guidelines and restrictions related to artificial intelligence though no timeline has been given for that rollout. jackie? jackie: yeah, that timeline would be very important, and it's very convenient,. edward: ward, that it hasn't been given out. the takeaways from the meeting, some of the procedures it looks like these companies are going to put in place, or it's sort of like the administration is saying for right now, tech companies and executives, you're on your honor system. but these guys are driven by profit. of there's a lot of money at stake here, and they also, you know, we've seen the power of technology that it has on politics and an agenda. so, i mean, that's kind of a

dangerous line. >> reporter: and some of these companies have not done well self-policing social media sites as we well know over the last couple of years. so that's going to be very interesting, to see how this goes forward. the problem is the toothpaste is out of the tube, and you can't put it back, and it's moving very quickly. we have chatgpt that's writing term papers, young -- you know, bing is starting to use a.i. in some of the microsoft searches online. so this is moving very quickly faster than i think the government anticipated. so here these companies have gotten together and said, look, this is what we'll do, but we know that in the future we're going to roll out some regulations, we understand that that's coming. that's the rub, as you said, how long is it going to take. you know, we've been hearing this is a top priority, but this all started, this process all started last may, so where are some of these guidelines and regulations to be rolled out. jackie: yeah. it can be really dangerous. and when you think about this administration and what a tight grip it has, for example, on the

regulations or you watch what lena khan is doing at the ftc, it's so interesting to me that the president is hooking at big tech giants that have so much power and saying, oh, no, this is a situation where we don't really need to be as involved. i mean, it's ironic. >> >> reporter: and one flag that went up for me, when we talked with a white house official about this before this rollout today, the first thing that white house official said was we need to make sure in the government guidelines that equity is address in terms of bias. well, who's determining what that bias is? so this is one of the sticking points we have to see. we've seen from this biden administration, you talk about the regulations, you know, or they're regulating the oil and gas industry to death yet claiming they're putting out more leases for drilling. so the regulation matters many in this. and and so we'll have to see exactly where that falls as the biden administrations is writing that regulation and writing those restrictions. quarterback yeah. and this meeting today, it sort of seemed like a smoke screen,

to me, where the president was saying, see, i'm doing something about it; just as you sergeanted, but he's not -- suggested, but he's not really -- >> reporter: right, and it's a point for these ceos to tell the public, look, we're on top of this, we're in front of this wildly-move if -- moving industry and, look, it's safe. that's e what these ceos were trying to pitch. jackie: right. trust us the way you trusted us with social media. edward lawrence, thank you so much. have a great weekend. chinese state-linkedded hackers reportedly gained access to the e-mails of thousands of government officials including the united states' ambassador to china, nicholas burns. and, coming up, gop strategists ford o'connell, he's going to be talking about country music superstar jason aldean's new music video for his song try that in a small town. it's stirring up a big controversy next on "the evening edit." but first, let's check in with dagen and sean to see what they've got coming up on "the

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♪ round here we take care of our own -- ♪ you cross that line are, it won't take long -- ♪ for you to find out, i recommend you don't -- ♪ try that in a small town ♪ jackie: country music superstar jason aldean's new music video for try that in a small town is stirring up controversies. the left is blasting the chart-topping hit as racist and, quote, pro-lynching. with me now to discuss is republican strategist ford o'connell. ford, i listened to the lyrics of the song, i watched the video myself, i'm not necessarily sure what he's doing there that is racist aside from calling out a crime problem in this country and trying to say in close-knit,

tight communities that kind of thing doesn't fly. what's wrong with that? >> well, nothing. and i think he has nothing to apologize for. when we look at this song and this music video, i think it's a perfect met for for the upcoming 2024 -- met for for the upcoming election. the liberal city-focused agenda has -- cent orship, the second amendment, government control. my hat goes off to jason aldean for expressing what millions of americans are actually thinking. jackie: sheryl crow called him out on twitter, basically said this song and the video is inciting violence because he's saying that the communities stand up to looting and robbing and plummeting and all the things that we saw during the her of 2020, and a lot of which has continued to present day. >> well, sheryl crow is a typical leftist. she ises making the absolute ridiculous point, she's trying to use tools of wokeness, if we will, racial justice and

violence to basically force jason aldean to submit to the liberal agenda. that's what they want. they want everyone to mitt to exactly how liberals think. jackie: i'm not really a country music fan, but with i can appreciate country music. i've heard of jason aldean. i haven't really listened to a lot of his stuff, but i went on youtube. i've played this song a number of times and shared it with people. cmt's pulling the song, but it's been a massive success online, and now all of a sudden look what's happening. you have people like me who wouldn't normally listen to a song like this, we're listening to it, we're talking about it, we're sharing it. it's going viral. >> there's no question that jason aldean's the men fishery of this, jackie. i'm a big country music fan. i'm much more george strait and alabama and garth brooks than i am jason aldean, but i think at the end of the day what really worries me here is that country music television actually bent a knee to the woke mob. i think that they shouldn't have pulled down the video but, unfortunately, that's the problem. a lot of corporations basically

give in to -- the second liberals start getting mad, and and it's going to take a lot of outspoken, how shall i say, average americans to have a backbone and stand up and fight. zach jack yeah. a lot of his fans are are standing up for him saying they love the music, they love the song, they think the messaging is right on point. but here's what the left is saying. >> i mean, it's a deplorable song, and it's annoying. got a gun that my granddad gave me, they say one today they're going to round up, well, that s -- good luck. >> all the republicans are buying into that same reality of, okay, we're going to do racist things, we're going to do harmful things that target violence towards plaque and brown people. >> have a duty to condemn this hateful, vile song. it's about white nationalism. this is a lynching anthem. jackie: ford, final word.

>> there is no mention of race whatsoever in the song, i believe the courthouse that they target saying racial violence was something that was used in a hannah montana movie and a paramount christmas movie. if you've got problems, take that to disney and paramount. unfortunately, jason aldean's just a scapegoat for the woke mob. jackie: ford o'connell, great to see you. >> thank you, jackie. jackie: chinese-linked state hackers reportedly gained access to the e-mails of the u.s. ambassador to china, nicholas burns. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪

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>> chinese stately attackers gained access to the e-mail of thousands of government officials including the u.s. ambassador to china, nicholas burns joined me now for this action to the step. former deputy national security advisor under president trump victoria coates, it's great to see you. you think about all the problems and issues that we had with china, the tension under joe biden's leadership the spy balloon most recently. you would think the people in this country found out the chinese were hacking re: e-mails and those of government officials, somebody might be concerned but they don't appear to be bothered under bothered. >> this is a bad problem. i would point out that the revelation of the attack was on june 16 which was the day secretary blinken landed in

beijing. clearly china had targeted the state department which doesn't exactly have a wonderful history in terms of securing their e-mails. they were targeting the state department right before the trip so they can gain insight into what secretary blinken will be talking about. >> speaking of anthony blinken trip my understanding he was only when they got to meet with president xi jinping but we saw janet yellen go after john kerry go after her and the meeting with lower-level officials and janet yellen vowing to her counterpart in meetings and bowing several times. some of this imagery is really powerful when you think about it when the united states has been so weak on foreign policy. >> absolutely. bear in mind when secretary blinken took off from andrews in washington he did not have his meeting with president xi jinping confirmed, they held that out there.

maybe it will happen maybe it won't. and then you have janet yellen, here he going is like a parade of senior officials in beijing. meanwhile where are the chinese coming to washington, no one is showing up it looks awful and it's really embarrassing. jackie: shouldn't there be a show of strength on the part of our president president biden, shouldn't he be meeting with president xi jinping to hammer out some of the issues that are pretty much smacking us in the face right now, one of the biggest threats china is an encroachment on taiwan many wong when will be the day that president xi decides to invade. these are big issues but the same time the president is dealing with a lot of controversy with this on an overseas business dealings and some of those business dealings occurred in china. some feel he is compromise and unable to do anything about t this. >> given some of the president's recent travel woes i don't know

if we should be eager for him to be meeting with somebody like president xi who is a tough customer. i agree what's been revealed about hunter biden's business dealings should give all americans enormous concern of white is the administration as being so conciliatory toward china as china is surveilling us and attacking us in the cyber area and threatening taiwan. it certainly makes no sense. jackie: carlos gimenez from florida raising a really important issue that essentially we are looking junior right now. watches. >> the point i'm trying to make we continue to be asking for the high level meetings with high-level officials in china. we continue to do that, please meet us, can we go over there and doesn't seem to you like that may be looked out around the world as a sign of weakness that we are the junior partner.

>> respectfully i completely disagree. >> fair enough you disagree. >> we think it's a responsible country. >> i'm the have two minutes and 40 seconds. all except your answer. jackie: it feels like were approaching every leader around the world on her heels. >> absolutely. the bowing is case in point that the chinese put out a media story about janet yellen eating hallucinogenic mushrooms. jackie: good to see you thank you for your perspective tonight. we really appreciate it. be sure to catch me on the big-money show weekdays 1:00 p.m. eastern on fox business. i am jackie deangelis emperor elizabeth macdonald. always a pleasure to be here, thank you for watching, "the evening edit" on fox business, now it's time for the bottom line i'm going to send it over to dagen and sean happy friday. dagen: happy friday to you ♪