the new york mets. he won it two years ago. they didn't have it last year. defended his title. dana, he is knocking this thing out like it was nothing. on and on it went. >> dana: i probably could have caught all those if i was in the outfield. no, i couldn't. i would have to pay attention in order to do that. "the faulkner focus" is up next. >> harris: fox news alert. republicans are hitting back at tvate jets to washington, d.c. they're staying out of texas to block republicans from passing new voting bills. republicans say the legislation would enhance election security. democrats claim it will suppress the vote. vice president kamala harris is praising those texas democrats.

>> i applaud those standing for the right of all americans and all texans to express their voice through their vote unencumbered. i will say that they are leaders who are marching in the past that so many others before did when they fought and many died for our right to vote. i do believe that fighting for the right to vote is as american as apple pie. >> harris: texas governor greg abbott has this warning. >> it is not the way texans do things. i will continue calling special session after special session because over time it is going to continue until they step up to vote. once they step back into the state of texas they will be arrested and brought to the texas capitol and we'll be conducting business. >> harris: this will get interesting.

texas senator john cornyn says the democrats' move is all for show. >> i would say it's a very untexan thing to do to cut and run in the face of a fight. and obviously they are not going to be successful. ultimately they have to go back and vote on the other things that are part of the legislative agenda. but they should know better. it was a stunt then and it's a stunt now. that's all it is. >> harris: and president biden in a speech today is set to be pushing for changes to the way americans vote. casey stiegel is live for us in austin, texas. casey, i'm curious to find out who paid for those jets they flew out on. i'm guessing it was taxpayer money, i don't know. >> we've been trying to get to the bottom of that and finding out how much one jet costs to charter. some did fly commercially. we should point that out. they wrapped up a press conference on capitol hill not long ago the texas democrats

who say they did go into this special session in good faith hoping to get the work done. however, they say it reached a breaking point over this past weekend after they heard hours and hours of opposition to the proposed voting bills but they say the republicans advanced them anyway. so their only option they say was to leave. so at least 51 of the 67 skipped town, which means now under the texas constitution, there would not be a 2/3 majority president for the legislation to be voted on. those lawmakers say they're prepared to stay in d.c. for weeks until the special session here expires. >> we are living right now on borrowed time in texas. and we can't stay here indefinitely to run out the clock to stop republican

anti-voter bills. that's why we need congress to act now and pass the for the people act. >> republican governor greg abbott says the two voting bills are necessary for election security. they include limits on 24-hour and early voting as well as new i.d. requirements for mail-in ballots. abbott blasted the group for leaving and warned they could be arrested upon their return to texas. those house democrats tell fox it is a risk they say they're willing to take in order to champion the larger cause. harris. >> harris: casey stiegel. thank you very much. i want to slide in the power panel. sean duffy former wisconsin congressman and fox news contributor. crystal knight, former political director of priorities of usa. great to see you both today. crystal, i'll start with you. was this, in fact, for show as we heard one senator put it?

or is this a situation that is worth it for the tax paying voters of texas to see the arrests potentially of some democrats when they come back to the state of texas? >> i think the governor saying he will arrest sitting members of his own state legislature is actually an act. the governor calls what they are doing untexan. i call it unamerican. why is the governor and republican state legislature trying to limit access to texans' right to vote? why is this happening all of a sudden? because more democrats are winning and having more seats and taking states seats back and taking congressional seats and senate seats back? when we're talking about an active show. it's really on the governor and why the republican state legislature won't negotiate reasonable and accessible voting laws for texans to vote in their state? >> harris: you know, to hear senator cornyn of the great state of texas, sean, say

texans don't cut and run, that flies in opposition to what crystal says they're trying to accomplish. it could backfire on them. >> first off i didn't hear crystal complain that they did negotiate with hr1. they pick and choose what they want to fight for. this is really simple. we used to have not that long ago one election day where he vote election day. we expanded it to early vote and show up at the ballot box and show your i.d. and vote. now that's not good enough for democrats. they want to make sure that they don't have secure elections that they can actually cheat in elections. they want to do mail-in balloting and campaign operatives show up at your house and collect your ballot. that's ripe for fraud. this isn't about making it harder to vote. it is making it harder to cheat. democrats know if you want to win a state like texas you need rules in place so you can cheat to win the vote. just a quick note. i lived in wisconsin in 2011

when democrats cut and ran when scott walker did the public employee election union reform. democrats went to illinois and it was an electoral disaster for democrats. people pay you and elect you to do a job. that's in the legislature not in d.c. >> harris: they paid for it. critics torching the texas democrat lawmakers after one tweeted this. we left behind our families, livelihoods and beloved texas but our sacrifice is nothing compared to the sacrifices brave americans have made throughout history to protect the sacred right to vote. texas's lieutenant governor tweeted the photo of the democrats on a bus to the airport with a case of beer visible writing smiling house dems fly off to d.c. on a private jet with a case of miller lite breaking house quorum abandoning constituents. another wrote this. thoughts and prayers during these awful times.

surely it is just like normandy. this is not necessarily a good look for democrats in texas or do you like it? >> what's not a good look is the governor and texas state republicans attempting to limit access to voting. i think the democrats in that state -- >> harris: let me push back on the talking point for a second. we heard it before and all due respect i need an answer to the question. specifically private jets and we're looking into who paid for those, if it was texas taxpayers or maybe somebody donated it. we don't know yet. the other issue is the look of they're just leaving their state in style, right? saying they made a sacrifice but were they really? what kind of look is that to you? >> you are focused on the finances. >> harris: i'm focused on the total picture of them. >> i'm focused on the legislature lace they're attempting to pass that would limit access to voters in the state to vote.

how they figure that out and get out of the state to break quorum is up to the texas democrats to figure out. ultimately what we need to be discussing is why is there legislation that is attempting to limit access to voting by americans? that's the real question. >> harris: why didn't they say and fight for it? >> how do you negligent with people who are so far from the middle? if they said they've been in the state legislature, they've heard the republicans demands and they aren't willing to meet them halfway. >> harris: they will have to come back at some point. >> at some point. >> harris: 26 days, 25 days, the end of august. >> whatever it is. at least they're pushing the agenda for it. >> harris: i want to get to this. the national review is putting out this piece titled fleeing the state is for losers. part ads state legislators fleeing the state is one of the most tire some and unseemly charades in american policy.

they only ever flee the state when they know they will lose because they're in the minority. they know people have rejected them at the ballot box. sean, you said that's coming potentially. >> 100%. it happened in wisconsin. the problem is when you flee you aren't recognizing that you actually lost and the other party has a majority and the right to pass legislation in line with where the majority of the voters are in that state. this is spot on you flee the stay you are a loser and forced to come back at one point and pay the political price. how embarrassing if you get arrested. and brought back to the state capitol, embarrassing. they may. wisconsin, it will happen. >> harris: one thing to make clear here that the caucus in texas, democratic caucus, donor funds, are said to have paid for those flights and so again we will keep our eye on the money. crystal, you think it's not

important but they are doing the people's work. your last quick thought, crystal. >> well again we're focusing on the wrong thing and we should be focusing on why is this legislation even existing? why are we trying to limit people's access to voting? we should be expanding access to voting and be absolutely allowing people to vote by mail. this is still a pandemic we're in and so to have someone sit here and say people shouldn't have access to voting by mail is ludicrous. if anything that's the actual loser. that's loser behavior creating laws to limit people's access to vote. that's my last thought. >> expand voting opportunity to make sure it's legal and lawful. >> it is legal. voting by mail is legal. >> harris: you guys going back and forth is exactly what americans are used to in this. when you cut and run they don't get the see the sausage be made. they don't give us credit as voters, whatever state you are in, to know that the process is happening. good to see you both, crystal and sean, thank you.

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>> i don't know why it's so hard for them to criticize marxists. the president finally said something and left out the word marxist and communist and socialist. >> harris: republicans demanding that president biden take real action to support the people of cuba as they are standing up to their communist government. however, some democrats and voices in the media are instead blaming u.s. sanctions for hurting the cuban economy. senator bernie sanders, who has backed some of cuba's policies in the past, finally broke his silence. here he is with our own peter doocy. >> last year during the campaign you said that it's unfair to simply say everything is bad in cuba. do you still share that sentiment now that the people there seem to be --

>> i support throughout latin america and everyplace else the right of people to protest for a decent economy and for political freedom. >> harris: sanders tweeted this long past time to end the unilateral u.s. embargo on cuba which has only hurt, not helped, the cuban people. mark meredith is live at the white house with more. >> good morning. the white house is facing fresh questions about its long term strategy for cuba. for his part president biden is calling on the cuban regime to refrain from violence but some democrats say the u.s. needs to ease economic sanctions on the country. we're hearing from california congressman kaun yeah who had a tweet. the dictatorship must not interfere with peaceful protests. state economic repression must be heard and the u.s. needs to help the cuban people as much as we can and saying they

suffer doubly from a repressive government and cruel u.s. embargo. they need policies to improve their lives. during the obama administration the u.s. worked to normalize relations between the aountsz and cuba and president obama visited cuba in person in 2016 and we saw travel restrictions get lifted. during the trump years the u.s. reimposed sanctions. the biden white house says it has not decided if they will revert back to obama-era policies. >> i don't have anything to predict for you in terms of any policy shift. obviously given the protests were just happening over the 24 to 48 hours we're assessing how to get help directly to the people of cuba in these circumstances. >> republicans are warning it is more than just an economic issue. it could have national security implications in the united states. senator rubio saying cuba could

try to blackmail the united states by threatening to send a lot of its citizens to south florida. >> harris: thank you very much. byron donalds, republican congressman from florida is in "the faulkner focus" now. good to see you, congressman. first of all, what is the effect of silence or the omission of a word like communism when the white house responds if and when they do to the protesting that's going on for freedom in cuba? >> that only goes to support the regime that has been in power for more than 60 years in cuba. it is high time the united states takes this seriously and that we do everything we can to unwind this regime. let's be very clear. the castro regime only empowered the castros and people loyal to them and the military loyal to them. the people have continuously suffered for the last second decades. time to bring it to an end. calling communism communism is something we should be doing whether the president of the united states or whether it's

all the members of congress, republican or democrat. call it what it is. it is communism, dictatorship and destroyed the liberty of the cuban people. >> harris: miami's mayor ripped the white house response to the protest and blasted the false promise of socialism. i'll get your response on the other side. >> i really can't understand why anyone wouldn't call this what it is and why anyone wouldn't condemn a communist ideology that failed everywhere in the history of human taoe. it is false promise. a promise if we take away everything from people, if we take away their businesses and their properties and the government redistributes it all that everyone will be better off. the truth of the matter is it's never worked. >> harris: congressman donalds, is there something you see that is connected with their journey to ours? >> absolutely. it is the radical ideology of the left. all you have to do is talk to

people who lived in cuba when castro came to power. they are in miami today. go and talk to them. they'll tell you exactly how destructive that regime was and tell you about the ideology that precipitated the price of castro. what we're doing in the united states is along the same lines. we have to stop this mess. it is not okay for other people to get rich and earn i and get ahead. we have to allow our country and our constitution to be the law of the land and we have to allow free market capitalism to rein and we shouldn't delude it because of the marxist ideologies. cuba is the example in our hemisphere 90 miles south of florida of what happens when that ideology is allowed to flourish and take complete control. >> harris: you see senators like marco rubio and other leaders who have said pay attention and they've called out that short distance physically between us and them.

your tweet on cuban protestors carrying the american flag got a lot of attention yesterday. hours later the white house press secretary jen psaki about a "new york times" column that called the american flag alienateing. her response. >> the president certainly values and respects the symbol of the american flag. he is someone who certainly waved it outside of his house and does in delaware and other places where he has lived throughout his time. but he also believes that people have the right to peaceful protest and thinks both can be true. >> harris: you have to lot to say about this on twitter and we can hear you say it now. >> i'm not going to listen to the "new york times" about the value of the american flag. "the new york times" has underreported the regimes have that existed around the world.

their history is clear. our flag stands for freedom and liberty for all people and why cuban people have fled to our country and why people come to our country from all over the world and why the american flag is the flag that is raised in these protests against this. we don't need to listen to the left or "new york times" about their view. it is warped for a long time. the people in the united states understand that our flag is the symbol of freedom and liberty. our nation might have issues and things we disagree on but you are free to say it here and protest it here. nobody will stop you from doing that. you can only see what will happen in cuba and a lot of other regimes where they don't tolerate dissent. our flag is the standard for liberty and freedom across the world. >> harris: that has been as we talked about this over the last few weeks and then now that the up rising is happening in the streets of cuba that has been a main concern. what is this government going to do to push back on these people who now have so captivated the world with their ideas and thirst for freedom?

it is interesting. we know what they historically have done to dissidents in that island nation. congressman donalds, great to have you on the program. thank you. waves of shoplifters storming shops in cities like new york and san francisco. it has gotten so bad that store owners are forced to close or limit their opening hours and they are asking how this is being allowed to continue. and when it comes to crime, president biden is now calling on cities to hire more police officers to stop the explosion of violent crime. some police groups say it is not so easy with the left's defund push and anti-cop rhetoric. former detroit police chief james craig in focus next.

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el salvador and other parts of central america. the border patrol is also dealing with a criminal element coming over the border. u.s. and mexican authorities identified 10 most wanted criminals, individuals accused of homicide, narcotics trafficking or human smuggling along the border. border patrol and mexican counterparts say they're interested in apprehending the man in photo number two because he repeatedly puts migrants at risk taking them through dangerous areas. >> those of us that work on this border, our biggest worry is the citizens that live and work along the border area on both sides. so our investment is really to make this community more safe and more secure. >> construction on the u.s. border wall that began during the trump administration abruptly stopped when president bide ep took office. as you can see from the live aerial view there are plenty of

gaps. gaps that allow migrants to enter both good guys and bad guys. because the numbers are increasing it puts a heavy burden not only on federal authorities but also state and local law enforcement as well. >> harris: jonathan, thank you very much for the latest on what's happening at the border. now to this. >> president biden: there is no one size fit all approach. we know there are some things that work and the first of those that work is stemming the flow of firearms used to commit violent crimes. our strategy provides including funding for law enforcement through the american rescue plan, for states, cities and to be able to hire police and pay them overtime in order to advance community policing. third, our plan invest in community violence and intervention. >> harris: from one crisis at the border to this crisis at home president biden yesterday telling city leaders to use that covid relief money to hire

more police officers. the president met with federal law enforcement and community leaders to talk about his administration's plan to stem the massive crime and gun control is a big part of his plan. no mention of the defund the police push. you know, root cause that's backed by some on the left. national police groups who were not invited to the meeting are very critical of that. the president of law enforcement legal defense fund told "the washington examiner" money isn't the problem with police recruitment and retention. cops are leaving because they've been disrespected and disempowered and subject to foolish knee jerk legislative action to subject them to unlimited personal liability and criminal prosecution just for doing their job. james craig is the former police chief of detroit. great to have you back on the program to take a look at this. so when you hear the argument now from the white house it is

we'll throw some money at it through the covid-19 relief bill. your reaction. >> i have to tell you, it falls short. i'm very disappointed. when you really unpack what was being said. political gamesmanship. we'll throw money and counter the republicans and we are just going to refund the police. when you listen to what was said, they pointed to hiring police to do community relations. here is a couple of things that's missing. how about crime control? how about focusing on the violent criminals who are out perpetuating violence? what about that? let's talk about police morale. that didn't come up. very disappointing not to hear that we won't focus on the men and women who do the work. you don't focus on them nothing is going to change. and then let's talk about the mayoral hopeful. while i agree with him when he

first started talking about priorities were misplaced and we shouldn't focus on gun control and police reform. but yet he comes out of the meeting yesterday as if the issues that were talked about were substantial. roles of police. another way of saying reimagining police, and while those things are great and i support all of that and i certainly support community policing, those are long-range goals. we have got to stop the bleeding now and no one has come up with a plan. we aren't even talking about bail reform or court reform. >> harris: stop the bleeding. it is a violent mess with fights well above 200% in certain categories of violent crime like murder in cities across america. one of the things i thought was missing is the conversation, the real conversation about the actual crime in chicago and many cities. it isn't coming at the hands of cops who are black men it is black men against black and other people of color in their

communities. those numbers, those victims and perpetrators, no one is talking about that, not even the mayors of those cities. according to police data obtained by the chicago sun times from january to june 363 police officers have left the department. and another 56 are expected to retire this month. geraldo rivera says chicago cops are already overwhelmed by gangs and torched president biden's plan to curb the violence. let's watch and i'll get your reaction. >> in chicago there are 117,000 gang members versus 12,000 or 13,000 cops. it means the gangsters outnumber the cops 10 to 1. the civil rights issue of our day. a ghetto civil war going on. i didn't mean to be rude to the president but it is preposterous when you compare the scale of what he is offering to do with the nature of the problem. >> harris: chief craig. >> i have to tell you once

again i agree with what geraldo is saying but what he left out is the progressive governance. look, police officers are not supported. i don't care if they can find a way. they won't be able to, to hire 2,000 more police officers. the bottom line they don't feel supported and candidly i believe there is depolicing going on. they're pulling back because they don't feel supported. so unless they do that and have an honest conversation about what needs to happen, nothing is going to change. and so they put their heads in the sand and do what? do nothing. then we do this superficial approach to policing, reimagining policing. then one thing they eventually leave out of the conversation, okay, so the moderate democrats are backing off of defunding. what they're not backing off of is ending qualified immunity. ending qualified immunity is nothing more than defunding the police. so when are we going to have an honest conversation?

you know what? i hope that the candidate for mayor in new york moves forward and holds onto his values. >> harris: talking about eric adams. >> eric adams law and order but somewhat disappointed in the contradiction of what i heard yesterday. look, we have to stop the bleeding. people have got to be locked up for committing violent crimes and prosecuted. not let out to commit more crimes. we know what the governor was talking about. 18,000 out on tether and recommitting crimes. it is not working, harris. >> harris: chief craig, thank you so much. i can't wait to have you back on another day. lets further that conversation about new york. all eyes on these larger cities where tourists want to come but i got to tell you we're having some problems keeping them safe. chief, thank you. >> thank you so much, harris. >> harris: the texas legislature has just voted and breaking news those 50 or so

house democrats, 51 of 57 who fled the state to block voting bill. the remaining members voted 76-4 to have the sergeant-at-arms send for all members who are not present and arrest them if necessary. remember, governor abbott had said those members will indeed be arrested when they return to the state. the absence of those democrats has prevented a vote on the house bill. republicans have the majority there but because there are not enough members present they can't take the vote. we'll bring you more on this breaking news story from austin. when they come back arrests could be awaiting them. a new report sounding the alarm on how ready the u.s. navy is for war. could diversity training be getting in the way? we're live from the pentagon. and this. >> why are we victimizing children with non-science based

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with 77 current and former sailors and officers. senator tom cotton asked president biden's pick to be the next navy secretary about it. >> i will confirm to actually look at all the administrative burdens that our navy has to contend with and insure my primary focus is on fight training. >> the report blames a culture of insufficient leadership a zero defect mentality and poorly resourced and executed service ship maintenance programs and expanding culture of micromanagement. >> we welcome all these insights and all the scrutiny over the united states navy and i think navy leaders today understand well that their officers and leaders, petty officers and sailors are human beings and that people do make

mistakes. >> is the u.s. navy ready for war? >> yes. >> a year ago a ship caught fire in san diego. arson is suspected. the massive warship scrapped. incidents like this along with two collisions in 2016 and the surrender of a navy crew in the persian gulf that sparked the interest in leading the review. the pentagon says china has the largest navy in the world and why lawmakers on capitol hill want to build up the fleet to meet the threat. >> harris: it seems like basic math. thank you. the white house backing dr. anthony fauci's call for more vaccine mandates at the local level. >> i would say that what dr. fauci was conveying is that there will be decisions made by local leaders just like there will be decisions made by business leaders, by institutional leaders on how they can keep their communities

safe. we support their right to make those decisions. >> harris: meanwhile new york city's mayor bill deblasio says the city's public school students must keep wearing masks when school resumes this fall days after california requires the same. cdc guidance says vaccinated teachers and students can go mask free. joe concha fox news contributor with his reaction. joe. >> as a parent i don't think our public officials receive how much vaccine hesitancy they are causing. dr. fauci for months after being vaccinated wore two masks. senator rand paul republican in kentucky called him to his face said it was theater. it is right. the vaccine is highly effective. if that's the case why continue to mask up. ? the president wore masks after he was vaccinated and bill

deblasio who kept in person learning shut down long after the cdc itself said reopening schools was safe, now you are going to force students again this fall to wear masks despite teachers being vaccinated and students at almost no health risk for even contracting covid? perhaps somebody in the new york press should ask the mayor what scientific data supports masking students in the fall? you know how many covid deaths there were in new york city? the population is 8.4 million remember. yesterday two covid related deaths out of 8.4 million people. i'm sure it's safe to go back at this point. i am willing to bet and a safe bet those two people that unfortunately passed were not 18 or younger. >> harris: every death is a loss but as you say again the math, the math and children, dr. siegel said on this program have suffered enough. we'll move to this. tucker carlson tore into reports last night the president biden's allies including the dnc want message

carriers to monitor americans' private text messages for misinformation. >> we thought we would never see this written in english. dnc is planning to censor any misinformation about vaccines that you receive privately over text message. your private conversations will be controlled by the dnc. is that the picture of a free country? >> harris: joe. >> he have ten folks in pyongyang are watching this and saying it's going too far. we wouldn't do something like that. not much here to add except more speech is better than less speech and no government entity or political organization should have any control over what we say and think. >> harris: it's already happening in china i think. we don't want it here according to what people are saying. no way can you read my text messages. former u.n. ambassador and south carolina governor nikki

haley ripping critical race theory saying every governor should ban the movement. >> a 5-year-old starting kindergarten and don't know anything about color. if she is white you are telling her she is bad. if she is brown or black we're telling her she is always a victim. every governor in the country needs to ban funding for critical race theory. governors can decide this. >> it resonated with a lot of people. meanwhile joe you warn in a new column that crt could cost democrats heavily at the polls. here is what you wrote dpr a political perspective. democrats should be horrified. it will be a top issue for the foreseeable future. critical race theory is coming to a school near you. teacher unions are insisting on it and the full backing of the biden administration. the disconnect with parents is stunning and politically

suicidal. when people say it's not exactly a course in schools across america, what do you say? >> i say if the teachers union is getting millions of dollars into a war chest to make sure it does get taught it absolutely will be part of the curriculum and a major part. a college and elective ant a stunned -- student chooses to take it fine. five, six, seven year olds are being taught critical race theory? 6 in 10 voters said children should not be taught that america is structurally racist. economists saying recent poll 6 in 10 american voters have an unfavorable view of critical race theory. teachers union know better like they knew better keeping the schools closed and doing damage to students in process according to studies. now we're seeing more than 50 school board recall efforts

already. halfway through 2021. five times higher than other years. this will be a huge issue in 2022 and 2024. nikki haley is right and governor ron desantis has already banned it from being taught in the sunshine state. >> harris: no one can cover that much territory than you. thanks for watching. "outnumbered" after the break. n. so many do not know that. there's no expiration date on your eligibility for the va home loan. every veteran, every service member out there if you're thinking about buying a home if you're thinking about a cash out refi whatever you're thinking with a mortgage, you should come to newday usa first. veteran homeowners. three reasons to do a cash out refi right now. home values are high while rates are low. newday lets you borrow all of your home's value.

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