and i thought it looked pretty good. kind of musclely. >> percy would look good in this. it's coming home. catch you tomorrow back in new york. >> dana: great to have you back. >> bill: congratulations to the rams and to all the bengals and their fans, great season. >> dana: safe travels. "the faulkner focus" is next. here she is. >> harris: we begin with a fox news alert. a special investigator unearthing some facts that could be as big as the watergate scandal the rocked the nation's capital in the 1970s. hillary clinton appears to be at the center of it all. i'm harris "the faulkner focus" and you are in "the faulkner focus". according to special counsel john durham hillary clinton's 2016 presidential campaign paid a tech company to infiltrate computer servers at trump tower in new york and later when

trump was in the white house. the goal to establish some sort of illegal link between donald trump and russia. something we now know did not exist after many investigations. former president trump is justifiably furious to find this out as are republicans in congress. >> this is what is so wrong about it. you think about they spied on the presidential campaign. that's as wrong as it gets. but then we found out from the filing that they spied on the sitting president, which is even worse. so this is just simply as wrong as it can possibly be. we do need to investigate this stuff and get every bit of information we can if the people give up the majority here in a few months. >> harris: david spunt reporting from the justice department now. >> this may will mark three years since special counsel john durham began his investigation. he charged three people so far

including former campaign attorney michael sussman. durham reveals that former attorney sussman was involved with someone known as tech executive 1 who worked with the internet company to infiltrate servers at trump tower and the white house. durham says sussman who pleaded not guilty to lying to the f.b.i. and billed the clinton campaign after tech executive 1 mind internet data to establish a narrative tying trump to russia. in do so he indicated he was seeking to please certain v.i.p.s at law firm number one and clinton campaign. harris, the filing mentions domain name system data which really contains millions of pieces of data looked at by experts using algorithms to show potential connections. a former federal prosecutor told me the word spying may be

going too far. listen. >> i don't think you can fairly say this is evidence of spying in the way that the word is traditionally used. we're not talking about intercepting communications. it doesn't make it right. doesn't mean it is not troublesome and it doesn't mean that john durham is not on a serious path of accountability. >> an hour ago the former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe reportedly told durham that evidence exists to file more charges though he declined to name names. here he is. >> based on more intelligence that has not yet been declassified i would expect there to be frankly quite a few more indictments. >> to add on top of that house republicans are pledging this morning if they retake power in the house of representatives after november meaning next january they will certainly

hold public hearings on this durham investigation. a lot changing, harris. >> harris: very rapidly. a "washington examiner" op-ed puts it bluntly with this headline. yes, hillary clinton spied on donald trump while he was president. pete hegseth is co-host of "fox & friends" weekend. i said justifiably furious the former president is. he is expressing it. where would you put where we should be, though, on all of this flood of information about hillary clinton? what are we learning? >> what we're learning is what donald trump said happened to him is that call it wiretapping of trump tower, call it what you want, the hillary clinton campaign through a democrat law firm worked with tech executives and a major u.s. research university we now know, the tech executive the new york reported his name.

we know who that is. they worked together to not just obtain access to servers, but they controlled servers that were used by the office of the president. the executive office of the president. this is not just during the campaign. this was during the transition and during president-elect trump's time and when he was in the white house. it continued into 2027. what do you call it when an opposing political party, threw third parties through tech executive gains access to the server of the president of the united states and look for data connections. it wasn't for evidence of a crime. that's not what john durham is saying here. that is not what he is saying they were looking for. they were looking for, quote, a narrative, quote, an inference of a connection between donald trump and the russians because they wanted distraction away from hillary clinton's connections and hillary

clinton's emails that had been released. they needed a new narrative and they found their men in sussman which durham has indicted, and others who may soon be indicted. you look at an email sent by the tech executive. he said i was tentively -- cybersecurity job by the democrats when it looked like they would win. they used him to get access to data so they could trash a president. that's espionage and as trump said it is worse than watergate. i agree. >> harris: i look at the bigger picture, too. that picture is huge with artwork on the wall it's so big. everything leaves a trail. you don't know these third parties the way you know each other. so what happens if an enemy decides it wants to cozy up? what happens if the trail that's left behind with all of

the digging and the intents to infiltrate digs up something that gets in the wrong hands? that's another whole -- i would want to talk with the tech exec about that who had his or her hands in it. that's another level of accountability i'm certain they'll look at. meanwhile, pete, we talk about how tweets never die. you can always find them. that's what happened in this investigation. so the unearthed hillary clinton tweets from the days before the 2016 presidential election show the candidate pushing the now debunked information, the narrative you were talking about that donald trump was using a covert server linking him to russia. one reads this way. remember, hillary clinton twitter account. computer scientists have uncovered a covid server linking the trump organization to russian based bank. time for trump to answer questions about his ties to russia. in a tweet. your thoughts. >> how did she know this?

how did she know this? right on the eve of the election. you know who sent similar statements about that? jake sullivan. he is the current national security advisor attempting to quell our concerns about a russian invasion of ukraine. so you've got current actors and former actors who had access to information. that's why what durham is doing is so important. the mueller report was leak after leak and bombshell, bombshell, and ultimately a series of hearing and a report that didn't lead to an impeachment. it was a media exercise and they fed to the f.b.i. and the f.b.i. looked into things and they reported it and they fed a narrative. it was a narrative. job durham dropped this report on a friday. a simple court filing knowing if you have the truth and you have actual evidence, that's a

headline itself. i did a quick check again of abc news, cnn and msnbc, not a mention. not a mention because they've already done their job as it purports to the issue of trump and russia. they deceived their viewers and feel no responsibility to retract or correct. >> harris: russia is back in the headlines with the president of the united states biden. you mentioned the white house national security advisor jake sullivan. he will brief congressional leaders later today on the russia/ukraine crisis. administration's warnings about a possible invasion were dire. he surrounded the country on three sides to invade it, russia has. let's watch. >> major military action could begin by russia in ukraine any day now. that includes this coming week before the end of the olympics. >> we have good sources of intelligence telling us that

things are building now to some sort of crescendo opportunity for mr. putin. >> harris: president biden promised the take swift and decisive action if a single russian troop crosses the border. an hour long phone call between the two leaders didn't seem to change anything. of course not. putin is showing no signs of backing down. he doesn't care. republicans say the president is looking weak on the world stage. >> this is a time to make it clear to putin that we stand resolute behind the ukrainian people. the only claire fee we have had in this whole thing is american citizens are on their own in a potential war zone. other than that, there is not much clarity and putin is making his decision based on our inaction rather than his decision based on our threat of real action. >> harris: wonder if the media will scream russia, russia, russia when investigators were going down the debunked

narrative of trump and russia. i wonder if they scream and say there is nothing to see. there is a lot to see here. the question is -- >> there is a lot to see here. >> harris: the question, one would be putin doesn't take this president seriously. he has had over 100,000 troops on the border ready to invade ukraine for quite some time and all we can do through our president was if a minor incursion happens it's okay. the quotes sound bad. you don't need to paraphrase anything. >> no, you don't. it is not just the weakness he feels from this current administration. it is the experience he had from the obama/biden administration with what happened in crimea. it is the experience that he had of an authorization of a pipeline, no sanctions against a forthcoming pipeline while he watched this administration cripple our own domestic energy production. the experience of him watching our debacle, our disgrace in

afghanistan, our total incapability there that led vladimir putin to say this is perfect. i want to reestablish a portion of the soviet. i believe in borders and invade them as i need to and i'll move. he believes joe biden will do nothing and nato is impotent and i think this is something to look out for, harris, two-front war. the chinese are watching this, too. why wouldn't they move on taiwan on a similar timeline eventually or close there after knowing that we couldn't deal with one front let alone two. >> harris: north korea likes a little attention but they sure have been putting missiles in the air and who knows, maybe they will be a distraction as well. i wanted to leave 10 seconds for this part of the story is important. those 3,000 troops standing by in poland as our people can

take refuge there. when biden says he isn't putting us on the ground in ukraine what's the reality? >> i believe it right now. i think it is a sense of showing his strength for nato. i'm concerned about poland through the u.s. embassy is requiring u.s. citizens to show proof of vaccination going into poland. you can cross our southerner border without proof of anything but leave a war zone and go to an ally in poland our embassy is requiring you show a vax card. flee putin's army with your vaccination in tow. >> harris: does the president have as much care and concern for americans stuck in places like afghanistan and ukraine trying to get out as he does about those coming across the border that needs to be secure for our own sovereignty and we're still in a pandemic?

that's a fair question for this president. we'll see if we ever get an answer. i can't be the only reporter who wants to ask it. pete hegseth. thank you for being in "focus" to get us started today. nancy pelosi speaker of the house says kitchen table issues will get democrats a big win in november. reality check for her. americans are struggling with record inflation, sky high gas prices and more under the biden administration. and we're following this. >> it's a tough time right now to be a police officer. and i'm very proud of the work that they do. and i'm very thankful the officers are going to be okay. >> harris: 13 police officers were shot in a single 24-hour period. the national police association calling it what it is, a war on cops. jason rantz in "focus" next.

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>> harris: 13 police officers were shot in just 24 hours. nine of them during a shoot-out in phoenix, arizona. officers responded to a domestic dispute call. the suspect allegedly invited them inside and opened fire. the national police association calling all of it the war on cops because it is happening across america. two officers in frederic, maryland, a new mexico state trooper and philadelphia swat officer all shot on friday in that 24-hour period. this year's numbers already showing a serious spike in police shootings. 30 officers shot in the line of duty in january alone. that's an increase of 67% compared with the same time

last year. clearly there is something going on and we're going in the wrong direction here. lapd officer knows just where to lay the blame. >> now what you have is this propaganda being regurgitated over and over again which is all cops hate people of color. when you repeat that over and over again it's dangerous on its own. when activists get ahold of it and push their cause and when educators teach it to kids and what's even worse is when politicians start espousing the same rhetoric it creates a very dangerous environment for cops and devalues us as human beings. >> harris: i never hear the activists that that cop was laying out how dangerous it is for cops. i never hear them say we'll put

on a uniform and show you how to do it. >> they will never do anything like that, of course. what they want you to believe is we can send social workers to handle the 911 calls. in certain circumstances it can work but for the most part when we send cops there it is because there is an emergency where there is a threat of potential loss of life or an injury. so simply sending out these activists in uniforms who aren't armed and there to de-escalate doesn't necessarily work or safe for the communities that these officers are serving. i think it is so important to understand that these activists are not acting out in good faith. these are bad faith activists. the lapd officer is 100% correct in pointing out that we have a focus on the wrong statistics and we have a focus on the wrong talking point. when you tell people constantly that cops are going to victimize them what ends up happening when they have an interaction with an officer being pulled over because of

speeding or walking past one on the street, they tense up. they get a little bit nervous and anxious and they get a little scared. but then also they can get angry and that combination of emotions is felt by the officer who then already, they are already on alert because there is potentially a threat anywhere where they interact with a member of the public they don't know. they pick up additional emotional cues from the person they are talking to and it becomes needlessly tense. the environment activists have created. >> harris: i would think the sort of thing would be neutral in the poll particular zone. doesn't everybody want us all to be safe and have good relationships within communities between its citizens and police officers, which is what you were just talking about. however, the democratic party is still inside divided as the left tries to distance itself now from the defund the police movement. remember, they took their political cues from the street. when the street beat out an

idea that made it more dangerous for even people protesting now they want to back away. cori bush affirmed her push to defund law enforcement but when asked about it over the weekend speaker nancy pelosi had this to say. >> with all due respect for cori bush that's not the position of the democratic party. community safety to protect and defend in every way is our oath of office. >> harris: now they want to blame the progressives. was nancy pelosi asleep when it was all being said and unfolding. she was speaker of the house and quite awake. >> she can spin all they wants on this. clearly they are looking at polling and branding that is consistent. mid-term red wave is very likely and democrats own the defund movement. i remember talking to you about their push to claim it was republicans trying to defund the police. no one actually believes that

including democratic voters. republicans didn't defund the police nor did they install the light on crime policies. the public knows who is responsible because -- kudos to the progressives and democrats they're good at branding. you branded yourself on defund. this is defunding the police is a disnomeer. in addition to that they installed these policies, the no cash bail, restorative justice for the criminals and these gun enhancements in prosecutions. that's leading to this surge in crime and it coincides with those policies in democrat-run cities. they can pretend but we know the truth. >> harris: yes, they wanted to defund and then empowered the criminals. who among these progressives think it is a good idea. when they call 911 who would they like to come? a queens man with a mile-long

rap sheet for the random attack on a thai model in november. the suspect has been arrested 44 times since 1997. today's "new york post" cover reading stalked, a young new york city woman stabbed to death yesterday inside her apartment after the suspect followed her, stalked her right behind her into the apartment. police say he is a career criminal with three open cases against him right now. virginia's lieutenant governor says the crime crisis begins here. >> it is coming from the highest levels and i'm talking about from the presidency on down where there is no leadership. there is a vacuum. you can't look at what is happening of the streets and smash and grab and say it's just social justice. no, it's theft and it is destroying our economy. they follow the polls and they don't have a righteous bone in

their body. come on. >> harris: what is your reaction to virginia's lieutenant governor? >> she is 100% correct. we talk about these policies that just simply say we think that you are redeemable except that at some point a criminal is not redeemable or not taking up their offers to be redeemed. at what point -- i would love to know the number of cases that have to be filed against a criminal for these cities to take it seriously. i would love to. we're seeing over and over again criminals with long rap sheets but criminals who have active open cases and yet we're allowing them to simply run free. we've got the activist organizations that end up paying the bail for these folks once they actually do get put in prison or in jail. we have these problems that are just simply not being addressed. there is no plan coming from nancy pelosi who says we care about public safety.

prove it. what's your plan? except just taking guns off the street because you aren't taking the people with the guns off the street. >> harris: how long do we have to suffer city by city by city, mostly democrat-led cities before they do something different from nancy pelosi and the white house on down as the virginia lieutenant governor says. jason rantz, great to have you in "focus." thank you. what will his excuse be this time? los angeles's mayor garcetti again spotted without a mask in a very crowded environment, the super bowl. remember, we care about this because he wants everybody else to wear a mask. remember where they are. kids in schools and everything else. he is not wearing one and says he doesn't have to because he can hold his breath to keep from getting covid. he and his hollywood celebrity friends ignoring california's covid rules at the super bowl and is it time for mandates simply just to go when the

biggest supporters just cannot comply? maybe he has a problem. maybe he likes to hold his breath, i don't know. more news here. >> this is supposed to be -- we have the right to protest. >> i think it's ridiculous. >> we shouldn't force them to get the jab and all those things. >> harris: what is democracy and are they seeing any part of it in canada? the busiest crossing between the united states and canada may be reopened but this hardly means the trucker protest against covid mandates are over. they say they will fight on for freedom. fox nation host tammy bruce in "focus" next. it's my 5:52 woke-up-like-this migraine medicine.

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>> harris: a fight for freedom will go on. that's the rallying cry from canadian truckers protesting vaccine mandates. police cracking down arresting those who refuse to leave the ambassador bridge. the busiest u.s./canada border crossing. and it is now back open after nearly a week of a blockade. but their protest continues in canada's capital city. they've shut down the downtown area around the parliament. some are critical of the truckers senator rand paul stands by them. >> i'm all for civil disobedience. it is a time on ored position. make people think about the mandates. some of this we started. we put mandates on truckers and they put mandates on and the truckers are annoyed.

>> they really like fox news. they think both sides of their stories are being told and especially happy with the coverage that we've been giving talking about how it's not so much about anti-vaccine for the truckers. 90% of the truckers union is vaccinated. it is about freedom and want to go back to their daily lives. in the past few hours one of those members of the convoy struck a deal with the mayor of ottawa telling them that they will move some trucks but on the ground we have not seen any movement just yet. look at the video on your screen. this is what it looks like in the neighborhoods surrounding parliament. that is near the capital here. the mayor has asked the truckers in residential areas to move out and they've reached a tentative agreement. the trucks still are parked there. over the weekend a big party every weekend here for the past several. 4,000 demonstrators lined the streets of ottawa. police have been outnumbered. city officials telling us

they're frustrated with that right now and the lack of police presence here has been a point of contention. this morning ontario premier confident in the law enforcement on the ground. listen. >> it's unacceptable they have a million people held hostage right now and again i can't stress it enough, we won't tolerate it. we've given the police the tools to do their job and again i have confidence that they will do that job. >> this comes as ontario prepares for the next step of the reopening plan. it will lift proof of vaccination requirements at the beginning of march so that's something we're watching closely and prime minister trudeau is expected to speak at some point today and we'll keep a close eye on that. >> harris: the whole world watches for that. it is fascinating as he speaks and threatens and whatever it is like we're all perched for

how that democracy will hold together. great reporting. a new liz peek op-ed on foxnews.com say the truckers speak for millions of people and biden and trudeau need to realize they are not the enemy. tammy bruce, fox news contributor, host of fox nation tammy bruce. can we just start there and how one political party sees the truckers. >> what's fascinating here is that when you look even just at canada, trudeau's numbers, 16% would want him back as the prime minister. so that tells you where people are and how they are viewing this. it also shows you around the world this has been inspirational not just here but throughout europe as well >> harris: new zealand, spain, france. >> they know it's a problem and what they are reacting to.

it has almost become if we capitulate we will have been in a way proven wrong from before and this is now what they see this being an issue of. at the same time, if you've got -- they tried this before they cleared the bridge saying if you are -- anybody bringing gas will be arrested. when we think about where the people stand, that's when hundreds of people came with gas cans. some empty, some with gas so you couldn't arrest everyone. it was also a statement. so i think trudeau, his tendency is to threaten and not want to get up and be a petulant child has to realize he is not in charge at this point. >> harris: biden was urging trudeau to take tougher action. how normal is that? can you imagine somebody telling our president what to do with the protestors? >> the one bridge is affecting both countries. >> harris: but how to deal with -- >> especially joe biden who is

not doing anything about anything in this country with crime rampant in major democrat cities, the open border on the south. fascinating to hear him advise a different country's premier to take strong action to secure their border and to get control of their country when that is the last thing he has never suggested that here. that i think is what made people look twice at oh, you can actually use action to get something done or to stop protests or gain control of an area. so that means what is happening here is a choice. he has made a choice to allow these things to unfold and he is suggesting to trudeau to do the opposite in his country. >> harris: as rand paul the senator from kentucky pointed out, it started here with our mandates and then they feathered in around where the border crossings were with the u.s. and canada. it is fascinating to me that on the southern border of this country you don't need to take a covid test.

all ways you can get in illegally and flag a border agent down and take him off a job. and he becomes your travel agent and personal uber driver and in charge of feeding you and doing everything else but the president won't look to listening to his own people on these issues. there is a reason why people feel this way. is he not curious enough to want to know what that is? >> the left having come from the left and working decades to try to make sure americans realize this. the defendant does not mean well. they have no respect and complete contempt for the average persons. these mechanisms are natural to push down and stop protests. >> harris: it's how you control. >> it has to be controlled. human beings in every country don't want what the left proposes. everyone wants freedom. it is natural to want freedom. >> harris: look at the poll numbers. they don't want what is being talked about and certainly don't want it coming from the

messengers. >> they don't respect the polls because they think of us as drooling -- >> harris: the white house? >> exactly. this is where we can't be affected by that. we know who we are and what we want and the founders knew and we're in the right place here. >> harris: the right side of history. you said it and i wanted to ask you about that. we got to it. how do you know when you are on it? pay attention. there are plenty of signs to tell you which side of history to be on. critics pouncing after a host of celebrities and political leaders were pictured maskless at the super bowl. they love to get their picture taken. it was in clear violation of mandates that includes repeat offender l.a. mayor eric garcetti. he came under fire before at the same stadium two weeks ago saying he could hold his breath. fox's will cain tweeted this. l.a. mayor setting world records for holding his breath. he says if you hold your breath

you can't get covid. so science. other celebrities were going maskless at the game who have been very vocal about following the rules. lebron james, j. lo, ellen degeneres and she requires if you see on the right of the screen, that her live audience in studio be masked, right? twitter users pointed this out having some side-by-side photos. look, if there were no hypocrisy i don't know what they would do with their free time some of them. we don't want to paint everybody with the same brush. you don't have to wear a mask outdoors. but they've mandated some things out in california and how is it that covid gets cured at sofi stadium? >> amazing how a football game cures it or a mid-term election cures it. after that kids go back to

school today having to wear masks. a reminder of the absurd tee of the dynamic and how the elite politicians and celebrities don't believe they are at risk. otherwise they would cover their faces because they're the ones that matter, right? they don't believe they're at risk, which creates less trust, more ill legitimacy of government. what are they giving us orders and why forcing children who as we know now are the least vulnerable for covid and omicron? they still do it for the children but not for themselves. and so when you have someone like garcetti saying something as absurd is i was holding my breath and he believes people will believe him. he wasn't joking. that's the contempt they have for us. californians, they know what's going on here but i think that's what they were worried about and upset about was the

children. >> harris: it so further divide people along the lines of the elite and privileged and everybody else who has to live. they want everybody to do what they have to do i guess so they can live their lives. >> exactly, that's right. >> harris: tammy bruce, thanks. who do democrats want to see run for the white house in 2024? it's more about how they don't want to see run. a brutal poll coming up. speaker nancy pelosi in the house vowing those issues will spell victory for democrats in november. maybe she has forgotten who is in charge as american families are suffering right now. we'll get into it. newday 100 vau borrow up to 100% of your home's value and take out up to $60,000 or more. give them a call. veteran homeowners, newday wants to help you

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>> harris: it is really bad when your friends leave you alone at the party. a new poll shows a majority of democrats and democrat-leaning voters don't want to see president biden run again. a stark difference from his predecessors. at the same time in their presidency nearly 80 democrats wanted to renominate barack obama. 77% again almost 80 republicans percentage wise said the same for donald trump. they wanted more of them.

mercedes schlapp acu foundation senior fellow and david car lucci former democratic state senator. david, i want to start with you. what is the problem among the democratic party such they don't want more of president biden? >> what's the problem? where do i start? we have rising inflation, we've got rising crime rates. so many issues. but i think president biden is running until he is not running. he will do everything he can to show people that he is there, he is in it to win it in 2024 but it is a lifetime away. i think unfortunately with the gridlock we've seen not being able to pass the build back better, these are real problems that the american people want to see whoever is in charge that they have to get things done.

that inaction continues, i think, to hammer away at the polls. but i think, hey, 80 is the new 40. people are living longer than ever before. i think you have to give president biden a chance. >> harris: i'm not sure if you were specific with joe biden about that comment. mercedes, your take. >> my dad would be happy with your comment, david. that's good news. 80 is the new 40. there are two parts of this happening now. one, you have a fractured democrat party. you have a fact that the progressives have really taken over and are very bold in what they want done in congress and in the administration. and with that then you've had that few number of what you would call moderate democrats like senator joe manchin who put the brakes on a lot of these massive spending bills like build back better which he made it clear and very concerned about the inflation implications if they were to

pass that legislation. secondly you are dealing with a biden administration that is weak aanderuderless. the mere fact they have not gotten rid of anyone. chief of staff, they haven't made barely any staff changes. kamala's office that's a different story. is really very telling. democrats are seeing the concern and basically saying wait a second, i don't feel confident in this president right now. >> harris: speaker nancy pelosi confident i'll borrow your words that democrats will prevail in the upcoming mid-terms. >> nothing less is at stake than our democracy but what it also means personally to the american people, to their kitchen table issues. what is the empathy that we have for america's working families and the priority of meeting their needs. lower cost, bigger paychecks. >> harris: the kitchen table issues have seen inflation hit a 40-year high and gasoline

prices surge to a 7-year high all happened under a democrat president, democratic house and senate. so with the majorities and democrat in the white house they couldn't get done the things that address the american people's major concerns as polling has shown. david. >> i think this is the problem the democrats have. beyond being in a problem with inflation and crime rates and redistricting not going in their favor in many states, the real problem is the inability to get the agenda done. look, you might not agree with what someone else is doing or what your politician is doing but as long as they are delivering and doing something, that is important. so i think the democrats have to focus on getting results, build back better is so important to show the american people that democrats can deliver. >> harris: david, there is not a lot of agreement on that. some feel build back better will cripple the economy.

mercedes. >> time is running out for the democrats, harris. i don't think they can recover. when you have 29 democrats retiring i think they are in really bad shape for november. >> harris: nothing from our democrat guest that would say otherwise. you started out, where do i start david said. "outnumbered" after the break. thank you both. jamaica. heartbeat of the world. let's go!

>> emily: the media from atlas he covered the russian investigation reporting on every twist and turn. when it comes to the origins of that investigation, a very different story is emerging. the mainstream media is largely ignoring a bombshell court filing about the clinton campaign's role in the trump russian hoax. i'm emily compagno and this is "outnumbered." i'm joined by harris faulkner, host of kennedy on fox business, kennedy, senior editor of the federalist,