own life you want to transmit to other people. >> dana: my life has been an open book. but we get a little peer behind the curtain. harris faulkner is up next with "the faulkner focus". here she goes. >> harris: a wave of backlash after president biden went after two states for lifting their mask mandates and fully reopening for business. i'm harris faulkner. you are in "the faulkner focus". the president is accusing the governor of texas and mississippi of neanderthal thinking and biden is warning that now is not the time to ease up on covid-19 restrictions. he is taking that shot while many americans continue to struggle with the effects of endless lockdowns. >> i think it's a big mistake. look, i hope everybody realized by now these masks make a

difference. we are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the way in which we were able to get vaccines in people's arms and the last thing -- the last thing we need is neanderthal thinking that in the meantime everything is fine, take off your mask, forget it. it still matters. >> harris: texas governor greg abbott is hitting back points out biden is allowing covid positive migrants into the united states in his very state. mississippi governor tate reed says biden's attacks show contempt for americans in the heartland. >> the same day he said that in texas the biden administration was releasing illegal immigrants into our communities who had covid. that is neanderthal type approach to dealing with the covid situation.

>> today i feel the same way as i did the day that hillary clinton called all of us in middle american deplorables. we're simply doing the things to give our people the power back to do what they think is best for themselves and their family. >> harris: texas lieutenant governor dan patrick is here with his reaction and more. and first white house correspondent peter doocy on our top story. peter. >> biden likes to say the words of a president matter. but the president's words on this issue haven't been entirely consistent. three hours after describing the thinking of reopening republicans as neanderthal thinking, he called for unity. >> president biden: the need for unity and healing have all become urgent, urgent, urgent, urgent, especially in light of the pandemic that has taken the

lives as of yesterday 518,720 i believe it was americans. >> republicans in d.c. hear that and see a double standard. >> what a uniter joe biden is. this is mr. unity and yet if you disagree with him you are a neanderthal. a guy who called people who disagree with him nazis. it is unbelievable. >> one message from the white house briefing room is don't take the president's word on masks and reopening and listen to the cdc. they are advising leaders saying don't roll back things yet. another message from the white house briefing room is a lot of problems in the pandemic can be blamed on political leaders. >> for nearly a year we've been dealing and navigating and copying with this pandemic across the country. this entire country has paid the price for political leaders who ignored the science when it

comes to the pandemic. >> white house invited some republicans later today to talk infrastructure. an issue biden has seen as not partisan. >> harris: peter doocy, thank you very much. former 2020 democrat beto o'rourke took the left's attacks on the texas reopening order to a new level. >> they literally want to sacrifice the lives of our fellow texans for political gain, to satisfy certain powerful interests within the state. this isn't -- it is a cult of personality in the era of trump and probably still holds true. it is hard to escape the conclusion that it is a cult of death. >> harris: joining me now to respond to all of this lieutenant governor of texas

dan patrick. great to see you today. let's do it in reverse order. i will ask you to respond to o'rourke there. >> his outlandish comments seldom deserve a response quite frankly. he is a cult leader himself and talking about this death cult or attacking the governor of the state of texas the way he does over guns or open borders. he is a person with a headful of nonsense and i don't pay attention to him. >> harris: we pay attention to the president of the united states, though. he called what you are doing in texas and what is happening in the state of mississippi neanderthal thinking. what is your reaction to that? >> well, what i would call neanderthal thinking would be governor newsom in california telling his people not to come out of their cave for a year. i would call neanderthal thinking the democrat governor cuomo of new york sending

patients with covid to nursing homes where he covered up 12,000 people dying and as governor abbott mentioned i would call neanderthal thinking of allowing people to cross the border illegally with covid, tested positive and put them on a bus? of course the word neanderthal would come to the president quickly. if you look up the definition of it it says neanderthal were hunter gagterers. the name of his son who gathers millions for his family from countries around the world. secondly, he didn't look at the facts. texas did nothing new. we have 15 other states alaska, arizona, florida, georgia, idaho, iowa, missouri, mississippi, montana, nebraska, north dakota, oklahoma, south dakota, tennessee. let joe biden try to remember that off the top of his head. 15 other states continue have a mask mandate. we just joined that group. harris, look, we're looking at this very carefully. we're not telling people not to

wear masks we're removing a mandate. i spoke to 150 seniors last night. two people i saw had masks on. when i travel around the state there are people who don't wear masks. there is no sanction to them even though there was a mandate or at least through next wednesday. there are no sanctions. people made decisions on their own. i travel in many places where everyone has a max. we're not saying don't do it. at the capitol we're staying we strongly suggest you wear a mask. i wear a mask around people out of respect to them if they want me to. we're saying to people still social distance. we're just not taking away the freedom and liberty in texas from people that they are doing in democrat states. joe biden wants to do it. i go back to the president. how dare him attack texas for our policies when he is allowing the border to be overrun by people coming in here by the hundreds, by the thousands, and testing positive and coming on a bus to your state wherever you happen to live in the united states of america?

what a hypocrite. how dare he criticize us when he does that. >> harris: new jersey where i live is on that list. it is a list that anybody can get to. two quick questions for you, lieutenant governor. what does trigger a snapback, if you will, to any sort of restrictions mask wearing? is it hospitalizations? what are you looking at? >> here is what we're looking at. we have 22 hospital regions in the state. if any region goes to 15% or more of patients with covid for seven days in a row those local county judges can implement policies they think that is best for that area. but we have restricted them. they cannot close businesses any more than 50%. we have told school districts to do whatever they choose. if they want to wear masks for their school districts or not it is up to them. let me make this point about our vaccinations in texas. we're about 6 million vaccinations. we have 29 million people but about 22 million are over 18.

so we're very close to being around 30% of vaccinating all people who are adults in texas. and our numbers are the lowest they have been in four months. this was a policy that was well thought out and secondly, last month i sent a letter to the committee that oversees vaccinations i want to focus on 65-year-old plus. it is not what new york or california is doing. they're doing it by jobs. our 65-year-old population about 72% of the deaths in that group. that has been my focus and the governor's focus. we've vaccinated almost 45% of everyone over 65. 50% of everyone over 80 and vaccinated almost everyone over 65 by the end of march or early april. so we're focusing on the most vulnerable. when you do that, harris, you keep those people out of the hospital and out of the icu and out of the morgue. that's not what they're doing in democrat states. that's not what they've done.

we're focused on the most vulnerable. when you give those people vaccinations then your hospital rates are not going to spike. anything can happen in the future and we'll react if it does. we're doing something that is prudent and smart and we're doing something to give people their liberty and freedom back and people will figure it out. we advise them to wear a mask if they wants. we advise them to social distance, wash hands, all those things. we just took away like mandate like 15 other states did. that's not neanderthal. >> harris: some states never had a mask mandate and recent science has shown that even those states with tight restrictions masks not on that list but other types of lockdowns didn't do any better in terms of cases than a place like florida that didn't have those tight restrictions. i hear what you are saying. it is interesting i don't think i've ever seen you this fired up. the president has made this personal and i get that from you. and we'll check back in with those numbers by the end of

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>> i now understand that i acted in a way that made people feel uncomfortable. it was unintentional and i truly and deeply apologize for it. i feel awful about it. >> harris: new york governor andrew cuomo not doing himself any favors after he apparently tried to apologize to the women accusing him of sexual harassment. he said people not these women. the "new york post" cover putting the governor's words i never touched anyone inappropriately on a photo of him grabbing one of his accusers with both hands. they said cuomo's excuse my dad taught me about sexually harassing women.

another tweet from another user, i have a feeling you actually will not find hundreds of reports of cuomo walking up to a young male and putting his hands on the guy's face and asking for a kiss. bryan llenas is live in new york. >> despite two dozen new york state lawmakers calling on governor andrew cuomo to resign or his impeachment, he made clear he will not resign. he apologized and asked new yorkers to reserve judgment until the attorney general's office finishes its independent investigation. >> i didn't know at the time i was making her feel uncomfortable. i never meant to but that doesn't matter. if a person feels uncomfortable, if a person feels pain, if a person is offended, i feel very badly about that. and i apologize for it. >> cuomo apologized more than a dozen times yesterday.

he is facing allegations of sexual harassment by three women. two former aides including lindsey boylan who accuses him of unwanted touching and kissing. she tweeted after the news conference how can new yorkers trust you to lead our state if you don't know when you've been inappropriate with your own staff? former aide charlotte bennett who said he made inappropriate sexual remarks made a statement the governor's press conference was full of falsehoods and inaccurate information. she claims cuomo was aware his behavior was out of line. she reported it to others. liz kruger told "politico" about cuomo, i do not believe he followed his own policies or the law. we passed an anti-harassment law specifically to address problems for employees of the state government in dealing with cases of harassment by people in positions of power over them. there was no mention yesterday,

harris, of the nursing home scandal that his administration is under a reported f.b.i. investigation. no questions. >> harris: we noticed that, yeah. not one question. okay. bryan llenas, thank you very much. i want to bring in doug smith, republican new york state assemblyman. great to see you today. i follow you on twitter and just a couple of days ago you were -- you and other republicans were attacking to every single bill the removal of emergency powers for andrew cuomo. why? >> well, we were able to stop state government and let people know this is something that must be addressed. the fact that this governor has exercised these emergency covid powers for the last year and really is true, harris, thank you for having me on that absolute power does corrupt absolutely. yesterday's apology that the governor put out there i don't think he will be getting an emmy for that performance. new yorkers like janice dean are waiting for their apology.

the fact is this state and this governor has a pattern of intimidation, bullying and coercion. look no further than my colleagues in the state legislature. so i think none of us are really shocked at these claims of these women coming forward to share their story. it is unfortunate that the administration has to be involved in obstruction of justice and coerceing members of state government for them to feel comfortable to share their story. >> harris: when you say your colleagues who have been talking about the bullying by andrew cuomo you mean your democrat colleagues. we should make that clear. one of those, the loudest people to talk about that is a democrat ron kim. i want to get to this. governor cuomo said the word sorry and apologized many, many, many times yesterday. >> i'm sorry for whatever pain i caused anyone. i truly and deeply apologize

for it. i apologize. i apologize. i did not intend it. i apologize today. i will apologize tomorrow. i will apologize the day after. no but, you know? it's i'm sorry. >> harris: but when it comes to saying i'm sorry to the many people whose lives were lost and the loved ones left behind because of his covid nursing home policies, this was it. >> is there anything you personally apologize for in this whole process? >> apologize? look, i have said repeatedly we made a mistake in creating the void. >> harris: so that is 17 i'm sorry or i apologize on sexual harassment claims in one day and 0-0 on the nursing home

deaths since the start of the pandemic more than a year ago. assemblyman smith, it is more than startling to look at the numbers. it is heartbreaking. i know you don't have a recall for the governor in your state. will you change that? new yorkers are stuck now. >> absolutely. a number of us have supported a recall measure in the state of new york. no surprise to any of us the governor is not entertaining calls for his resignation. that's where we as a separately elected separate arm of state government must act. it is time for us to pursue impeachment and it's not just coming from myself and republican colleagues. our democratic colleagues are furious. i speak with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and saying that right now it is impossible for us to do the people's work and do the business we were elected for 19.5 million new yorkers. when we talk about those nursing home fatalities, madison square garden can hold how many new yorkers lost their lives in nursing homes in part to state's government's

incompetence with the march 25th order. >> harris: distraction is what you are talking about when you say you can't do your work. what is next? what happens next in the process and what is the number of democrats who would stand with you? what does it look like? >> we have growing numbers each day but again we need to take our action and pursue impeachment i think at this point. for me, harris. it was the fact that this governor willfully and right now impeachment the threshold in new york is willful and corrupt conduct. his pattern of bullying and coerceing members of the state legislature. ron kim as you mentioned is actually the chair of a committee. he has the power to subpoena witnesses, compel testimony and investigate what has happened with this nursing home situation. and the governor intimidated him or attempted to. for me that's a crime and what i would support impeachment for. i encourage these women to

share their stories and for more to come forward, please, we want to hear what you have to say. >> harris: assemblyman smith thank you very much from the great state of new york. good to see you today. we'll have you back to update us. new concerns and new details on the surge at the border. you know, the crisis. migrants with covid-19 now coming in. you heard that from the lieutenant governor of texas dan patrick just moments ago and then they will be allowed to fan out across the united states, so we're told. president trump's border chief will join us on the growing danger. plus 43 days and counting. he promised transparency but president biden has gone longer than any president in nearly the past 100 years without holding a news conference. are his handlers trying to hide him? >> hide in the basement, don't talk to the american people. now get to the white house, hide in another figurative

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>> harris: president biden ran on the promise of complete transparency but he has yet to hold a solo news conference. he is the first president going back nearly 100 years to go this long without one. former president barack obama 20 days, former president donald trump, 27 days. president biden has been on the job 43 days. the media research center's dan gainor writes that democrats are perfectly happy with the quote, unquote basement strategy that keeps the president out of trouble. tucker carlson says it's simply undemocratic. >> so by refusing to speak directly to the media joe biden is attacking our most cherished democratic norms, even cnn is

complaining about it. we would echo those complaints if we really cared but honestly we're just as happy that joe biden remains in seclusion. imagine a full press conference from joe biden. an endless hour of blank spots, mumbling. wife interjecting with the right answer. how depressing would that be? >> harris: we should note while it's not the same as a formal news conference from the president the white house does hold regular press briefings and press office has been responsive to fox news. power panel now. charlie hurt opinion editor for the washington times. jessica tarlov. both fox news contributors. charlie, start with you. 43 days and it isn't just that we haven't seen a news conference from president biden, he rarely takes questions even when reporters like myself are gathered in the room at an event that he called to speak out and hold a statement. he just leaves. why not just keep that going? you have everybody right there.

>> even more disturbing was that situation we had yesterday when he opened the mic up the take questions and then the mic was shut off and he wasn't allowed to take questions. as disturbing as all of this is and the lack of transparency and of course white house press briefing without him is very different than a press briefing with him because the white house press briefing without him is a lack of transparency. it is a buffer between him and the press. >> harris: it's a circle back. >> exactly, a circle back. the thing that is even more disturbing to me about all of this is if he is not the one making the decisions, if he is not the one speaking to the american people, who is? and like it or not, we're an electoral representative democracy where we pick our leaders. if joe biden isn't making decisions and he is not the leader who is making the decision, he is not the actual president, there is somebody behind him making these

decisions, who is it? we have an absolute right to know who that is. >> harris: charlie, you mentioned this and i want to get to it now. the moment you were talking about that has been watched, i don't know if you know this, more than one million times after a virtual meeting with president biden and house democrats discussing the covid relief bill. >> president biden: i'm happy to take questions if that's what i'm supposed to do, nance, whatever you want me to do. >> i want to be clear the question portion of that event was never meant to be public. doesn't that beg the question why? why can't americans see the commander-in-chief answer questions on a very important issue and from a friendly audience of house democrats no less? jessica. >> i think they absolutely should be able to and i would encourage president biden to have a press conference. i imagine that if the american

rescue plan gets pushed through that he will come out and talk about that and i would add he has done a number of healthcare briefings. he spoke publicly when he went down to texas and was there with the governor and one of the senators, the other senator was in orlando add cpac. he has been out in public frame but absolutely the press should be able to question him and should be able to push him. it is hugely important. the charlie's point about the fact that joe biden is potentially not making these decisions, draw everyone's attention to what happened last week with the air strikes where kamala harris said that she wasn't inform it was going to happen. something joe biden decided to do on his own. she was angry about it. tim cain was angry about it. joe biden is making these decisions and there have been so many good things that he could tout and talk about when you look at the rate of vaccinations we're averaging 2 million per day he should take those questions in front of the press. there is a lot of good things to talk about.

>> harris: definitely. and you said that if the relief bill goes through he definitely will come out. again not the same as taking questions. i think he especially should come out if it doesn't go through. whenever it is we see him, as you say, we should be able to ask him questions. to both of you, thank you. no love lost between new york governor cuomo and new york city mayor deblasio. we know they don't like each other. one wanted to get the other recalled, remember that? but now both sides are slinging new insults in the middle of the governor's two huge scandals and republicans demanding answers on the crisis at the border as some migrants are testing positive for covid after they are let into the country. how former trump officials say president biden is dropping the ball. >> now is not the time to come. there is a time to come, just not now. that message is too nuanced.

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not wearing masks and many of them now we now know have covid. they can pour across our southern border, no masks, no social distancing, no covid test, nothing. >> harris: meanwhile republicans are now demanding a briefing from dhs secretary mayorkas after he claimed there is no crisis. mark, good to see you today. i want to get your top line thoughts what we're dealing with with 108 positives we know about so far coming across our border for covid. are they in quarantine. are we trying to keep up with these people? >> we can't. the dhs secretary this week lied to the american people. that doesn't bring me pleasure to say this when he said there wasn't a crisis. absolutely look in the middle of a global pandemic when less than % of our own citizens received the vaccine skills are

not in school and businesses not open and people out of a job their way to shut down this virus is to open up our borders and encourage illegal immigration and reinstate catch and release and that's what happened. it is not just unaccompanied minors. we've seen a skyrocket more than double since the election but also with the overall flow of illegal immigration. we're back to almost 5,000 every single day being apprehended trying to illegally enter this country. it is absolutely remarkable. >> harris: just to reiterate you said no, we can't keep up with them as they come here being positive or otherwise is what i heard you say. white house press secretary jen psaki was pressed on the 108 who were released who tested positive for covid-19. here she is. >> at least 108 migrants tested positive for covid-19 after crossing the border. what is the administration doing to make sure this doesn't contribute to spreading of covid-19? >> our guidance regardless of

status is testing positive for covid-19 or experiencing covid-like symptoms is to isolate. continue to social distance, wear a mask and seek medical attention if needed. >> harris: so if we ever, mark, get joe biden at the lectern here is what i would ask him in a follow-up to that. remember when he said maybe we should lock down travel between because of the variant because he thought it was going to spread all over the place. it hasn't done it yet. scientifically we haven't been shown proof of that yet. it is spreading i'm sure like everything else. he would rather lock down florida than keep people out of mexico? i don't understand it. >> neither do i. you need to understand in the middle of a global pandemic these people are taking a dangerous trek navigating through multiple covid hot spots in mexico. once they get to our border

they're kept in overcrowded stash houses for days and weeks and thrown in tractor trailers. these are covid petri dishes. it's exactly what this administration is encouraging. what was effective under the trump administration was the cdc order the overwhelming majority of people during a global pandemic we were processing at the border and returning them to mexico not releasing them into the interior of the united states. now the numbers are exploding and right now up to 35% of people right now illegally entering are being processed outside of title 42 and being allowed into the country. the majority are unaccompanied minors and families and being released into every major metro city in the country now. the strategy isn't the test but to tell the cartels pretty please don't come yet. it's a joke. >> harris: sounds like we're in trouble down there. >> we are. >> harris: thank you very much. a new bill passed by house

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>> my husband serves our local community as a firefighters and swat medic for our local sheriff's department and next to me here today you see one of his swat vests. what this bill does is take this kind of equipment off the backs of our men and women in uniform. i ask you, mr. speaker and my colleagues who are considering voting for this bill, are you waking up at 2:00 a.m. going to respond to a gruesome murder or missing our children's birthday party to respond to gang shootings? >> harris: that emotional plea coming just moments before house democrats voted to pass the george floyd justice and policing act. the bill would significantly reform how police officers operate throughout the country. gop lawmakers say it effectively defunds the police. jackie heinrich is tracking the bill's movement today through congress. >> republican senators from their own set of concerns but

also making moderate democrats leery. republicans have tied it to progressive calls to defund police which some say cost democrats house seats. the sticking point is the issue of qualified immunity, illegal provision, shielding government officials from lawsuits. if it goes away officers would be constantly sued and second guessed in courts and police unions cause it could cause mass departures. senate republicans won't come to the table unless that is change and against parts of reprogramming funds to invest in community-based policing programs. they tweeted democrats voted to defund the police. the unfunded mandates in their bill would cost police departments hundreds of millions of dollars the equivalent of taking 3,000 cops or more off the streets. congresswoman karen bass says claims about defunding police are bogus. >> several of them i do not make light at all of the

difficulties they had in getting reelected because of the lies around defunding the police. this bill does not defund the police. the challenges with the bill are around qualified immunity. >> she says the reforms banning choke holds. banning racial and religious profiling are necessary speaking to republican senator tim scott where the two sides might be able to come together. remember scott proposed his own police reform legislation last session but the democrats filibuster it. >> harris: jackie, thank you very much for following that for us. friends, they are not. the deepening feud between new york's governor and new york city's mayor. the governor says he won't resign in the face of to scandals pretty much saying it's because bill deblasio has made a huge mess. don't forget "outnumbered" is next at the top of the hour. don't miss it. is that karl rove? yep.

you also have new york city which is in a very precarious situation. it's teetering, to use a word, crime is way up. homelessness is way up. many people have left. we have to get new york city functional again and safe again. and viable again. we have to do that quickly. >> harris: the gloves are off. that is new york governor andrew cuomo throwing new york city's mayor under the bus to justify staying on the job. cuomo is facing multiple calls for member of his own party to resign. you know that. we are reporting it. three women have come forward, two of them aides, claims that he made unwanted advances.

and this came after de blasio hit the governor over the scandal. here the mayor is today. >> he should address his own problems, and not try to put down the people of new york city. we need investigation in the allegation of sexual harassment and the nursing home scandal. when anybody, an older man tries to take advantage of a younger woman makes that woman feel if she doesn't consent to what the man wants she may not keep her job. these are horrible things that are unacceptable in our society. the abusive behavior, the completenning behavior goes way back and it's gotten worse in many ways but it's not new. >> harris: wow! dem-on-dem crime. jimmy falia. look, across america you talk to people all over the country. people are watching this. like popcorn watching this. that is just part of the two guys arguing with each other. forget about the scandals that

count. >> the whole thing, i mean andrew cuomo is a shameless buffoon. you know that is not my style. but you know how hard is it to make guys like me root for bill de blasio? de blasio ran for president. at the time he dropped back he was polling behind isis. but andrew cuomo is awful. the idea yesterday that he tried to group this with italian behavior. "oh, it's an italian thing." we are big and handsy. but that is not the only thing he is accused of. he's accused of telling the girls to play strip poker and asking them if they slept with an older man. italians are big at hello. but no matter what holiday we celebrate we never say, "hey, good to see you. ever slept with an older man?" it's ridiculous and embarrassing and he should resign for the stupidity he did with the book. you are a football fan. you know this. he wrote a self-con craj latory book in the middle of the pandemic which is the

equivalent of dumping the gatorade on yourself at halftime of a game you are not winning. >> harris: the way he was losing -- i don't say "allegedly" because his decision to put people back in nursing homes with covid. here is his excuse for behavior. let's listen and watch together. >> okay. >> you can go find hundreds of picture of me kissing people. men and women. it's my usual and customary way of greeting. you know that, because you watched me for more years than we care to remember. it was my father's way of greeting people. you're the governor of the state. you want people to feel comfortable. >> all right. there is a little bit more here, jimmy. here is what biden said about the accusations of

inappropriate touching against him during the campaign. >> in my years on the campaign trail and the public life, i offered handshake, hugs, expression of affection and support and comfort and not once did i believe i acted inappropriately. if it is suggested i did so, i will listen respectfully but it was never my indiana." jimmy? >> who is his crisis management firm? hey, you know that thing i'm accused of? don't worry about it. i have done it 100 times. it's insane to me that they think this is realistic. this is the difference between what biden and komen said. he knows it was inappropriate because the staffer who accused him reported it. but the truth is, you brought a good point earlier, he would rather be talking about sexual harassment allegations because the nursing home scandal is hard data. the sexual harassment allegation are simply he said, she said, she said, she said,

she said. terrible. >> harris: wow! you are intimating that there could be more. we don't know yet but we'll cover it as it happens. congratulations of one year on your radio show. >> i heard we have a big guest on my anniversary. >> harris: stop. here is "outnumbered." ♪ ♪ >> harris: the questions are piling up for president biden. who now becomes the first president in a century to not hold a solo press conference 43 days in to his term. no biden alone at the lectern in the white house. it took president trump 28 days to face reporters while president obama took questions in 21. president george w. bush, 34. biden has also yet to announce a date for his first speech to a joint session of congress. which traditionally happens in february. but the white house says there will be no speec