>> dana: my mom came home in tears. any time there is a nugget of new information that tries to put that puzzle together it's interesting. >> bill: nice being with you. good show. >> dana: harris faulkner with "the faulkner focus" is up next. >> harris: president biden being accused and criticized for total hypocrisy. he has reopened the exact same child migrant detention center in texas that he once himself bashed the trump administration for operating. i'm harris faulkner. you are in "the faulkner focus". you may recall then candidates joe biden and kamala harris tore into president trump on the campaign trail for operating border facilities for migrant children coming into our nation illegally. but now the white house seems to think those facilities are fine, necessary. the white house is defending its decision to renew those facilities calling it a temporary fix for social

distancing requirements during the pandemic. white house press secretary jen -- >> kamala harris said it was a human rights abused committed by the united states government and joe biden said under trump there have been horrifying scenes at the border of kids being kept in cages. now it's not under trump, it is under biden. >> this is not kids being kept in cages. >> harris: even democratic congresswoman ocasio-cortez tweeted this. this is not okay. never has been okay. never will be okay. no matter the administration or party. kristin fisher is live for us at the white house on this top story. >> this is the first migrant child facility to be opened under the biden administration but even that name is being criticized because this same facility was open for one month

during the trump administration but back then it was called a tent city where kids were kept in cages. harris, you mentioned the criticism from alexandria ocasio-cortez, but this is an issue where there is truly bipartisan criticism. take a look at this. you have democratic congressman bowman who says regardless who is in the white house the words migrant facility for children shouldn't be in our government's vocabulary and jim jordan who tweeted they aren't kids in cages anymore, they are kids in migrant facility. what changed? the white house says what has changed over the last few weeks there has been a tremendous surge in unaccompanied minors arriving at the border. nearly 6,000 were apprehended in january alone. you take that and combine it with coronavirus-related restrictions and the biden white house said they had no choice but to reopen it. the white house press secretary jen psaki insists this time

it's different because they aren't separating families at the border. >> it is not a replication, certainly not. that was never our intention of replicating the immigration policies of the past administration. we're in a circumstance where we are not going to expel unaccompanied minors at the board. that would be inhumane. >> so the white house is saying that the reopening of this facility in texas is only temporary but the more longer-term housing options run by the office of refugee resettlement are approaching capacity and harris, there are no signs that this surge of unaccompanied minors at the border is letting up any time soon. harris. >> harris: kristin, thank you very much. coming up we'll dig deeper into the media's double standard on this issue when it comes to president biden versus president trump. and we'll get to this now. breaking news. protests gathering outside new york city hall. they are rallying right now for governor andrew cuomo to face

accountability for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. specifically the nursing home deaths cover-up. democrat state assemblyman ron kim, who has called for the governor to be impeached, is one of the members leading the charge. however, critics say democrats are all talk and no action. >> democrats are talking a big game at home in front of their local news but when they get to albany they sit on their hands and nothing is getting done. there has been no movement in albany to even end his emergency powers that he has been given during the pandemic. not even to end those, let alone start an investigation. issue subpoenas, call for officials to testify under oath that we've been calling for now for months. >> harris: from lawmakers to citizens. you are hearing from people and what they want. bryan llenas is live at the

protest in new york city. >> good morning. the hold cuomo accountable rally about to start in a couple of minutes. this is being led by democratic assemblyman ron kim and victims' families of covid-19 in the state's nursing homes. one of the things we hear about is why governor andrew cuomo put in immunity provisions into the state budget that shielded nursing home operators from being sued by families or any legal liability. that's a big part of today. ron kim, i will ask him questions. thank you for being here. what are your demands today? >> we are asking governor to immediately return all of the hospital and nursing home lobbyist money over $2 million that he took for the last few years. immediately rescind and repeal the toxic corporate immunity that led to more deaths. turnover all the communication with the lobbyists to the press

and journalists and the public so we know exactly what you did. we're dropping a letter to congressman jerry nadler to open up a congressional hearing on this matter. >> you allege the greater new york hospital association which donated to democrats 1.15 million that went to the governor election in 2018 you think cuomo drafted those provisions with them top of mind. >> they drafted the bill and bragged that they wrote the bill, put it in the budget last minute. mind you, he didn't have to do that. he had emergency powers to do this on his own. he did it at the last minute to implicate the senate and assembly in a toxic bill he knows was bad. that's why we need to hold it accountable. many of our colleagues voted against it. it is time to go back and give justice for these families whose rights as patients and residents were taken away from

them by cuomo. >> democrats in albany big talk stripping the governor of his emergency pandemic powers. so far all talk. 15 times republicans have tried to do this and democrats haven't come along with it. what are you telling your colleagues? do you believe they will at least do that? >> i'm confident my leadership and my speaker will get this right. he is right now working overtime building consensus to hold the governor accountable. we have over 100 democrats. it is a process but i know we'll get there and i'm confident we will be a co-equal branch of government when this is over. >> impeachment commission. you are pushing for that. do you believe he should be. is it warranted. >> it is all interlinked. saving the sanctity of the senate and assembly not cuomo. we should at least take away the emergency powers. >> dana: zbloo* thank you for your time. a big part of what they're

saying with the liability immunity provisions. not the first time we heard this. the a.g. last month released a report found that nursing homes that did not have proper safety infection protocols and low staff ratings had higher fatality rates in their nursing homes. the immunity provisions weren't good. in order to insure no one can he vaid potential accountability the attorney general recommends eliminating these immunity provisions. calls from all over about this. again, this is why they want a full investigation. harris. >> harris: all right. bryan, thank you very much. republican new york congressman lee zeldin joins me now on this very issue. first of all you are just watching democrat-run kim of the assembly in new york speak. i want to get your reaction to some of the things he said. we know, congressman zeldin, this is a person governor cuomo has gone after personally.

>> yeah, kudos to assemblyman kim a democrat willing to courageously speak up on what he has been experiencing. he has been the target of the governor's bullying directly. this rally that is taking place is made up of numerous democrat state legislators, numerous democrat new york city council members. this isn't a republican rally that is taking place right now. it is being led by a democratic elected officials. that's one of the many things that feel different about this. whether it's alexandria ocasio-cortez calling for an investigation or new york city mayor bill deblasio calling for accountability. what kim was discussing is a whole other issue with regards to the campaign contributions provided to governor cuomo, the people who made the donations about drafting legislation they were able to get passed into law and assemblyman kim wants it looked into. his request to congressman jerry nadler, the chair of the house judiciary committee i

absolutely agree there should be a house investigation to dig deeper into what is going on. if you don't, then you are actually part of the cover-up. >> it will be interesting to see how many democrats stand with him. he seems like he has been out there alone for a bit. waint to get to this. a new poll finds that 61% of new yorkers say they believe cuomo did something wrong in handling nursing homes. it is hard to get 61% of people, congressman zeldin, to agree on a food item. this is a bigger problem for cuomo than he might have ever imagined. >> totally misplayed. one thing with the directive itself being fatal and leading to the loss of lives. rather than apologizing, saying he made a mistake, showing remorse, choosing to confront it head on early on, he decided to cover it up and then lied to the public about it. he said the reason why he wasn't providing this information was that he was too

busy. the problem is at the same time what we saw earlier this month was the admission from the secretary to the governor that the reason why this information wasn't provided was because they were concerned about a department of justice investigation and the public is also well aware while the governor is saying he is too busy to provide the information he had time to write a self-congratulatory book on leadership and accept his emmy award on communications. one of the reasons he got that award was for his ability to communicate. the cover-up, admission and the bullying you are seeing the chickens coming home to roost with democrats speaking up on what they have experienced on the receiving end of governor cuomo's wrath. he has misplayed this from the beginning and why you're seeing the poll numbers. >> harris: coverage of cuomo's style from new york leaders, a former cuomo aide says escaping cuomo is tough. he has to exercise total

control. a democratic assembly woman tweeted this. a state senator writes people don't speak out. people are afraid and it goes unchecked. congressman zeldin, this seems like it is more than just as you were describing, this is more widespread than this one particular issue. >> 100%. there is a lot more where that came from with the stories we've heard in recent days. members of the media now speaking up. democrats, one ran for congress. another one is a democrat running for manhattan, members of his own staff and legislature. >> harris: why is this such a critical part of the story? it is always eye opening to peel away the layers of someone with so much power and control but he has emergency power in a pandemic. so talk to me about how critical it is that we learn about all these people who were pressured, bullied. >> for one there are people out

there who may be listening who believe in karma and i'm one of those people who believe that the way that he lacks respect for individuals around him whether on his staff or members of his party or legislature or media. no one wants to help cover for him because ultimately at the heart of this is the loss of life. everything about this feels different than what we've seen in the past. this isn't governor cuomo's style for the last year since the pandemic hit or his style since he first became governor. this was his reputation when his father was the governor and he was a young adult. now he is a man in his mid 60s trying to get the fourth term and democrats have had enough, too. >> harris: i know some high profile republicans want you to be the person to run for the governor of new york. yes or no would you do it? >> what i know for sure i am going to do everything in my power to make sure he doesn't

get a fourth term. the other thing i know for sure is that i need to get with my wife and daughters about these calls coming in. i appreciate the encouragement, the support but i'm not going to do this without my wife and kids. i'm not even going to think about it without them on board for that. >> harris: good plan. happy wife, happy life so i've been told by my husband. congressman zeldin, a lot of important topics to get to today. glad you are on board with me. thank you very much. this sunday please join me for a special in-depth look at the covid-19 vaccines that are out. we'll separate fact from fiction and hopefully clear up fear along the way, too. that's where it comes from, fiction with top experts. we want you to be part of all of it. please record your questions on video, audio, about the vaccine and submit that video using the fox news facebook page. the special airs this sunday at

10:00 p.m. eastern in prime time. you don't want to miss it. tiger woods is recovering today after a major car accident. the latest on his condition and what it means for the future of his golf playing career. and this. >> the state government, our federal government has not moved fast enough to meet the needs of our community. it is still a disaster. >> harris: frustration building as many texans are struggling to find safe drinking water and now they have to pay surging energy bills, many of them, into the thousands. texas lieutenant governor dan patrick joins me next on the path forward after the crisis. stay close. refiplus lets you ret today's all-time low interest rates plus get cash. with home values climbing,

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called for governor cuomo's impeachment and accused the governor of threatening to destroy his political career is now holding a rally alongside other elected officials and family members and seniors. we saw him talking with our reporter bryan llenas and now he is live. let's watch for a moment. >> told them to spend every cent they had in hiring staff, buying ppe, making more space for residents and patients. instead of getting out of jail free card he could have told them the state would prosecute any nursing home that fails to spend every delay they had to protect our older adults. today we are giving cuomo a chance to go back in time and do the right thing. first, return all of the 10 million to the greater new york hospital association. second, fully repeal corporate immunity. third, we ask that you return

all communication and correspondents with hospital and nursing home lobbyists to the media, journalists and public as soon as possible. governor, release all documents and commit to waiving all exemptions for the public and press today. with that nationally we are also requesting congress member jerry nadler to officially open a congressional oversight hearing on this matter. [applause] >> let me introduce you to my partner in the senate who has been a champion for people over process for so many years, senator jessica ramos. >> harris: as we pull away two big headlines there. democrat ron kim new york assemblyman calling for the governor of new york andrew cuomo to be impeached but he wants more. on the list $2 million back in the coffers. greater new york hospital

association. on that list he wants all the communications between the lobbyists, the governor's office and hospitals and medical professionals. remember, the governor making that decision, the policy that was to put covid positive patients among the weakest among us in elderly facility care and drove up the death rate. we know that from the new york attorney general. far above the number the governor was clear and transparent about giving. he didn't give the right numbers. he said he didn't want to give them to the trump administration. we're following that story. now this. >> monday is 1,124.95. tuesday's bill is $1,449.32. so right now i owe a negative $3,000. okay, do i feed my family or do

i run the heat? which one do i do? >> harris: texans struggling with sky high energy bills. millions are still without safe drinking water today. president biden will visit the state on friday after approving a major disaster declaration for only a portion of the state well into this. it didn't happen until sunday into monday. five board members of texas's power grid resigned today. the "wall street journal" editorial board is out with a dire warning on green energy quote, progressives want to make americans even more dependent on the grid by banning gas hooks-ups in homes and mandating electric cars. this is a recipe for black-outs nationwide as coal and nuclear plants require because they can't compete against subsidized renewables. texas lieutenant governor dan patrick joins me now. thanks for being with me. i first want to just get your

reaction to the renewables part of that and i want to drill down into what makes life better for texans. let's start with renewables. >> congratulations on the new show, harris, been with you many times. happy for you. first of all this issue about renewables and reliables is very clear to america and texas that you cannot count on renewables wind or solar. they can be part of your portfolio as they are in texas. what got our power back was natural gas, nuclear and clean burning coal. you heard the numbers that texas has 25% of its energy in renewables. that's when the whether is nice, sun is out, wind is blowing. in tough times in the coldest days in the winter and hottest days in the summer we can't rely on them. we lost half of our renewables going into this storm. when i hear aoc say that texas should have had two or three times all renewables, we would still be without power.

we would be up a little bit but you cannot count on the wind and the sun. you have to have investments in natural gas, nuclear and in clean burning coal. so that addresses that issue. >> harris: you know, the other thing, too, the way i read it. i won't spend much time on this. you need some fossil fuels to get some of those renewables moving again. is that true? >> absolutely. you have to produce the power. one of the issues we had was that power went down at the power plant and we are going to address that. by the way, i saw the story about the high bills. let me explain that. we have in texas you can choose your energy plan and most people have a fixed rate. if they had a fixed rate per kill watt hour their rates won't go up. their bill may be up because they used more energy. the people getting those big bills are people who gambled on a very, very low rate and it would go up with the power.

but i've told those folks do not panic. we're going to figure that out. but going forward, people need to read fine print in those bills and we may end that type of variable plan. people were surprised. the bottom line i'm president of the senate. no bill comes to the floor unless i approve of it. we'll get to the bottom of this, find out what the hell happened and we will fix it once and for all. we had incredible weather. 20 degrees below in west texas with the windchill. never had anything like that. we were told by ercot they were ready. they were not ready. we'll go everywhere we need to go to get the evidence including something that we seldom do. that is use subpoena power. if we have witnesses we believe that need to come to the table and they will not come and testify, we have the opportunity to issue a subpoena to compel them. i told the public even though i work with the governor and speaker, we are all in this

together i'm personally taking this on my back as the president of the senate where the legislation will as well as the house come through. no nonsense, no excuses. we have to fix this. >> harris: i can tell you and i don't mean to cut in too much. i want to get to one more topic with you. i can tell you as people are watching this just hearing you say going forward you need to know what to do with your bill. for right now you will help them through. some people are getting $17,000 bills. that's got to be really good. thank you for explaining that. >> we are going to fix it and they shouldn't panic. we put out no disconnect notice during this time. >> harris: don't panic, excellent. i want to get to this. a federal judge is blocking the biden administration's 100 day pause on deportations indefinitely. the ruling extends to temporary restraining order, lieutenant governor, that granted to the texas attorney general who argued the move violated federal law and put the state

at greater risk. how is that the case and what needs to happen next? >> so what happened at the very end of the trump administration general paxton worked out an agreement with the trump administration and homeland security that no changes to the policy on immigration on any part of it could change without a 180 day notice to the state of texas. we have most of the southern border. so the biden administration broke the law right away and this judge has said you can't do that. first of all this is for 100 days, this stay. but secondly, anything that biden wants to do, we need a six-month minimum notice before he can do it. by the way, harris. i think fox did this maybe a year ago or so, they don't let cameras into federal facilities but i'm telling you, harris, i've been to the dilly, texas facility a year ago this month. that facility they are not cages. they stay in rooms. six bunks in a room,

television, three meals a day. they have school, they have soccer field. it is an absolute 180 degree lie of what aoc and anyone from the left says. it doesn't mean there aren't some holding cells as people come in in a small town somewhere. when those kids get transferred they're transferred to an incredible facility. and part of this problem with biden -- >> harris: excuse me for stepping in. both former president trump and president biden are taking heat over this facility. so either way the children are separated from their families. i know that that criticism is rather bipartisan. >> i'm happy to take fox on a tour, if we're allowed. >> harris: i would go if it happens. >> i will be happy to escort you. get permission from the feds and i'll walk you through. it is nicer than some of our

public school facilities where children are. the unaccompanied children, now what we're seeing are a lot of the coyotes, the people who smuggle the kids. it is not necessarily they come across the border with their parents. they are coming across often with a male adult that is the smuggler who is turned around and sent back. what do we do with these kids on the border? we can't trust -- a lot of them have a piece of paper go to this uncle or aunt somewhere in the united states. we don't know who these people are. we have to protect these children from child predators. the trump plan was working well. it was working well. we had control of the border. and it is protecting america, harris, but it is also looking out for those families and kids trying to get here. people should come to america legally. when they try to come across illegally the drug cartels are running all of that on the border and they are in the hands of criminals and they are not safe. so the biden administration needs to get back to what trump

was doing in these policies. thank you. >> harris: lieutenant governor dan patrick of the great state of texas. we didn't get into the timing of all of this as your state comes back with covid-19 with unaccompanied minors. we'll get into that next time and find out if we can get into the facility. i would like to put some eyes on that and see where the children are. thank you for the opportunity >> i'll be happy to host you. thank you. >> harris: blessings to the state of texas. my sister says it's 82 degrees in dallas today. >> a good day today. we have some things to get through. we'll figure it out and get it done. >> harris: all right. thank you. the white house press secretary is mocking president trump's political return this weekend to cpac. that's up next with the power panel. and police say he is lucky to be alive. the latest on tiger woods's condition following that horrific car rollover, rollover, rollover crash many

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>> harris: tiger woods recovering after crashing his s.u.v. early yesterday morning. his agent confirmed he underwent surgery for multiple leg injuries. one of tiger's biggest fans former president trump says he has no doubt that he will make a comeback. >> he won the masters and he won the masters with a bad back which tells you the level of talent is incredible. and he has been working on that and then he has this happen. it is tragic. tragic. he has overcome a lot but he has had an incredible life and will continue to have an incredible life. now he will recover from this. >> harris: jonathan hunt. more now from torrance, california. >> good morning, harris. there is good news and bad news

on tiger woods' condition this morning. let's start with the very good news. a tweet sent overnight from tiger woods' twitter account said, quote, he is currently awake, responsive and recovering in his hospital room. thank you to the wonderful doctors and hospital staff at harbor ucla medical center, the los angeles county sheriff's department, and the fire department. and thanks indeed to all of those when you look at the video from the scene of the accident, it could clearly have been so much worse. woods is lucky to be alive according to the sheriff's deputy who was first on the scene. he was extricated from the vehicle with serious right leg injuries. the chief medical expert at the hospital gave what sounded like bad news, detailing the injuries saying fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the tibia and

fibula bones were stabilized by inserting a rod into the tibia. additional injuries to the bones of the foot and ankle were stabilized with a combination of screws and pins. there are questions, too, today, harris, about what led up to the accident. speed was probably a factor according to officials. but the sheriff says there were no signs of alcohol or drugs being involved. listen here. >> no evidence of any impairment whatsoever and we're seeing it as an accident as any other accident with injuries. a serious one. we wish tiger well and he can get back on his feet in the future. >> tiger woods' twitter account also said thank you to everyone for the overwhelming support. harris. >> harris: wow, that is quite an update. jonathan, thank you very much. we wish tiger well. the coverage of president biden reopening child migrant

facilities that caused an uproar under president trump raising new questions about a media double standard. now we'll go deeper on the media and how they handle it. power panel next.

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>> president biden: kids were ripped from their arms and separated and they can't find over 500 sets of those parents and those kids are alone. nowhere to go. nowhere to go. it is criminal. >> they have been putting babies in cages at the border and calling it border security. what it is a human rights abuse being committed by the united states government. >> harris: it sounds like they are actually describing the situation going on right now. both the president and vice president tore into then president trump on the campaign trail for operating child detention centers at the border. now the current white house is

defending its decision to operate those facilities at the border. sean hannity has a problem with the apparent double standard. >> after biden vowed to allow more refugees into the u.s. and halted all border wall construction, illegal crossings are now way up. not a surprise. now this includes kids under the age of 18. that is forcing the biden administration to open an emergency facility for kids or as the media mob used to call it under donald trump kids in cages. this time they are tiny trailers that look like shipping containers with bars on the windows. >> harris: power panel now, a former dnc deputy press secretary. lisa boothe fox news contributor. your thoughts. >> the attacks against the trump administration were super critical. it was the obama administration

that built those facilities in the first place and you have to remember why. we were seeing a border surge of unaccompanied minors coming to the united states. why were we seeing that? because of the policies that were being put forward by the obama administration like daca. and we know this because of interviews that the border patrol did with unaccompanied minors back in 2014. a memo released the migrant children were saying they were coming to the united states because of new u.s. law that they would be able to be granted access if they came to the united states. we're seeing this again under the biden administration, the same story. they freeze on 100 day deportation. the mass amnesty bill the biden administration wants to put forward. we know it because interviews cnn did with one honduran mieg grant. they had 100 days to come to the united states under the biden administration. the policies we put forward when we're weak on the border and invite illegal activity on

the southern border. >> harris: it is so interesting i'll come to you in a second, jose. the media are being torn apart for a double standard when it comes to this. the "washington post" yesterday published an article entitled first migrant facility for children opens under biden but back in 2018 the paper published a piece titled yes, you can call the border centers under president trump concentration camps but apply the history with care. we just had the lieutenant governor of texas on and he said look, the facilities haven't changed. they are the same. so how could they be cages under one administration and now suddenly okay to separate children from their parents or adults and put them back in the same facilities under a biden administration? jose. >> thank you, harris. first and foremost to answer lisa's point the narrative is different. biden from day one has been very clear he wants to be a compassionate president. he put forward an immigration

bill on the table. i think the situation all together is different in comparison to donald trump. we have a pandemic. we don't have enough space because of social distancing. we need this facility. >> harris: i want to get to the centers themselves. to the facilities. because they are the same. the media called them cages and disparaged them under one administration but they're the same. how do you defend that under biden? it's the same. kids are being separate. >> the media plays politics on both sides. it has been done nor years and will continue and the business of being in the media. that doesn't surprise me. i think what surprises me is that we have to be fair to president biden that we are under a different situation. president biden -- the immigration when it comes to biden administration and trump are very, very, very different. the rhetoric that biden talks about immigrants from day one is much different than what president trump did. so we have to wait until the

pandemic. i don't think the facility of texas will be open very long. it will be open during the duration of the pandemic. but the children we can't leave them on the street. we have to reunite them with their families. >> harris: it wasn't broken the way it was. we have to get into this on another day. we have some breaking news. let me bring you back in a few minutes. more florida leaders now are joining a top state democrat in defying the governor's order to lower mration in honor of the late rush limbaugh. their explanation and the pushback from republicans. that's next.

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>> harris: this hour a prosecutor has dropped the drunk driving and reckless driving charges against bruce springsteen and ordered him to pay a $500 fine. the 71-year-old rock star pleaded guilty to taking two shots of alcohol in a public park. he was arrested after an officer saw him take a swig at the sandy hook national park in new jersey and getting on his motorcycle and starting the engine. florida governor ron desantis

says he wants to honor the late talk show host rush limbaugh and proposing flags be flown at half staff across the state. however, some florida democrats don't want that to happen. phil keating is live for us in miami shores, florida, with the latest. >> the conservative radio host made a career, a profitable career polarizing and dividing people in politics and even after his death that's not changed. the 70-year-old limbaugh died last week in palm beach from stage 4 lung cancer. a couple days later florida's republican governor ron desantis announced he would honor limbaugh by ordering allstate flags lowered to commemorate limbaugh's life and legacy. >> we will be lowering the flags to half staff. >> that triggered quick criticism and opposition among

many state democrats at flags lower to half staff is reserved for well-known public officials, law enforcement officers and military. the governor scaled back his plans to only lower the flags at three locations today. the state capitol in tallahassee and palm beach town hall. the commissioner of agriculture declared she won't go along with the governor at the 70 flagpoles around the state she controls. >> when we start taking this partisan divide whether it's left or right, we're missing the big picture. flags are to be lowered for heroes of our country that bring us together, that we all can salute and memorialize. so whether it's left or right, either one would be wrong. >> a handful of mayors throughout the state of florida

have also decided they will not be lowering their flags today. >> harris: president trump gave rush limbaugh with the highest medal. i think that fits the category. phil keating. thank you. congressman eric swalwell still sits on the powerful house intelligence committee despite his ties to an alleged chinese spy. now breaking moments ago some republican lawmakers have written a letter to demand information from the f.b.i. director. the latest push that is playing out right now. don't forget "outnumbered" is next. don't miss it at the top of the hour. eterahomeowners. introducing refiplus from newday usa. refiplus lets you refinance at record low rates to save money every month plus you could get an average of $50,000 cash.

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>> harris: breaking this hour: 14 house republicans are requesting that fbi director

christopher wray hold a briefing on congressman eric swalwell's past ties to a suspected chinese spy. the lawmakers want to be informed of the full extent of chinese targeting of members of congress. republicans have also asked for speaker pelosi to kick swalwell off the intelligence committee. back with me now, jose and lisa. jose, first to you. >> we know first and foremost this is a decision for the fbi to make. the congressman, from what i understand, he hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing by the fbi so i'm not really sure what the strategy, with the political strategy is behind these 14 republicans. it should be taken seriously, don't get me wrong. but if the fbi hasn't accused the congress and of doing anything wrong, i'm not sure why we're going back to this. this happened over eight years ago. >> harris: lisa. >> to get to the bottom of how

compromised eric swalwell could be. why is he still on the house intel committee? he's already been compromised by a chinese spy has no basis to be sitting on the house intel -- intelligence committee and have access to that kind of information. he had 100% be removed from the committee but the big question here, what the republicans should be focused on is the president of the united states compromised when it comes to china. his son hunter biden did business dealings with companies directed associated to the communist party of china. hunters emails and what tony bobulinski has said is that joe biden himself was trying to capitalize off some of those business dealings. that to me is a much more important question particularly when we know that china wanted joe biden to end the election. we saw that in testimony with people in the intel community as well as looking at the fact that

china's currency skyrocketed when it looked like joe biden was going to be president. that to me is much more important than even eric swalwell. >> harris: hosea, to get back to swalwell which is breaking right now on these 14 republicans demanding more answers from the fbi director, this is going to be a wider look at how vulnerable members of congress are to this sort of meddling from china. >> i get that. maybe the director of the fbi should do some sort of briefing. it's a serious issue, don't get me wrong. but there's no evidence that the congressman was compromised. there is no evidence that he gave away to the chinese spy in a confidential information. i'm not sure if he should be the target of the briefing. but if it was got to continue talking about the conversation as a whole. it's important. >> harris: yeah. >> that's why you'd have an investigation. >> harris: triggered because of swalwell. go ahead, lisa. >> jose just answer the question.

that's why you would have the fbi look into it, why you want additional information in an investigation. not just eric swalwell. dianne feinstein. >> members of congress were briefed on this. steel and i've got to run. good to see you both. "outnumbered" right now. we begin with trouble mounting for new york governor andrew cuomo from a major city hall anti-cuomo rally to a new poll out with some pretty disappointing numbers. of course those growing calls for cuomo's impeachment. first let's get to that rally. i brought together families who lost loved ones in nursing homes and your lawmakers. assemblyman ron kim, one of cuomo's fiercest democratic critics one after the governor for shielding those facilities for granting them legal immunity. >> nursing home workers told the