>> that's a good question. some of these guys who were so highly ranked you have to wonder if maybe they took it a little easy and why they didn't win. if they were playing today they want to keep the energy. david, that's a great question. >> bill: thank you, abby. the game is tonight on fox at 8:00. abby, see you soon. thanks. >> dana: harris faulkner is up next. here she is. >> harris: we'll begin with this fox news alert. the white house taking all the credit now for any relief, however small, that you are feeling at the gas pump. they want all the credit. the sky high prices have come down a bit. and president biden's team is claiming victory even though they have been blaming putin for the prices. critics accuse the president of trying to have it both ways. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". for months the administration has blamed what they called putin's price hike. the pandemic and they even went after oil companies.

senior economic advisor jared bernstein denies any hypocrisy, though. >> there is no both way thinking at all. >> it was putin's fault. when they are coming down he gets the credit. >> i think what's happening here is a president working tirelessly to address the largest constraint, probably the toughest constraint facing american households right now. we're showing you here today some real results partially -- partially derive from concrete efforts he has taken. >> harris: the national gas price average is still up by more than $2 a gallon rising since biden took office, long before the war in ukraine. only last month it hit $5 for the very first time ever. critically for biden, voters remember. a new survey has biden's approval on the economy at 30%, his lowest yet. lower than trump or obama ever

saw. the president has said american families are doing just fine. that same poll shows them spending less money on entertainment, gas, groceries and using credit cards more often. steve forbes, chairman and editor in chief of forbes media is on the mezzanine in "focus" today. what i notice from all of that, people are changing their habits. their livelihood and standard of living is starting to shed the grace we had with lower prices on everything. >> and the tell tale sign is what's happening on credit cards and the federal reserve continues to push up interest rates those cards will become more expensive and what really hasn't fully hit yet is mortgage payments will have to go up on adjustable mortgages. 10% what it was before the

covid crisis. this is not because production is soaring for gas. the biden administration is doing everything it can to hurt oil and gas production in this country. still blocking permits and the like. so this is less demand. also the strong dollar overseas is hurting demand because other countries have to pay more for oil. so it is not for the right reasons, it is for the wrong reasons. >> harris: quickly, you hit on adjustable mortgages. hard to believe people are doing that so much. that's what got us in trouble last time. >> the rates are so low. a little over a year ago you could get a mortgage at 2 1/2 percent and why thousands of people are balking and buying new homes and the like and that's also going to hurt home building. so it is the economy still has choppy waters ahead unfortunately. >> harris: they are called adjustable for a reason. when they adjust it can be scary for families. the white house is down playing

the prospect of a recession. i had art laffer here yesterday. he said we're already in one. all you have to do is look at last quarter or the quarter before. let's take a listen. >> other colleagues have said inflation was transitory. do you think it's possible in a couple of months you might regret standing here and saying we're not about to have a recession? >> based on consumer spengd, based on unemployment rate i think we can confidently say these numbers that we are posting are very much inconsistent with a recessionary call. >> harris: we had the senior economic advisor to reagan on yesterday art laffer. he said we already feel it. >> families are having prices go up faster than incomes. drawing down savings, not

increasing savings. in terms of a capital expenditures in this economy not what they should be at this stage. so the economy still hasn't really fully recovered from what we have before the pandemic, crises overseas. euro is trouble. japanese yen is in trouble. developing countries are in trouble because of rising costs and food shortages part because of the war. this administration hasn't done anything concrete to own up the ukraine ports for that grain. >> harris: what's interesting to hear you talk about that. the white house uses the excuse we're better off than anybody else in the world with higher inflation. we can't make the impact we would normally make on all of that by touring and visiting and doing all that because we hurt at home. usually america has a way to lift everybody else up. >> we should be increasing production. why aren't we the biggest oil producer in the world? >> harris: we know why.

>> why aren't we permitting natural gas plants? what are we doing. we're standing and synth on our hands and proclaiming victory when you get a good week in gasoline prices. pretty pathetic. >> harris: great to have you in "focus." thank you very much. >> bill: it is horrendous to hear these things. 376 officers approximately 400 officers stood by and failed our community, failed the state of texas and failed the children. these guys didn't do their job. they must be held accountable like we're all held accountable for our job. >> he is the uncle of the little one you see there. 10-year-old, one of the 21 victims killed in the school massacre in uvalde, texas. parents and family members are calling for police resignations now after that investigation into the shooting showed many major logistical failures.

the video just keeps coming. texas governor greg abbott yesterday called the report disturbing, beyond disturbing saying it raises serious concerns and that critical changes are needed. the report revealed unlocked doors, showing police response time, the tactical team took 77 minutes to enter the classroom and shoot dead the 18-year-old gunman. to be specific, that was a border patrol agent who ended up doing that. none of the guys you hear that are marked in police gear. one, if we let the video run long enough takes time to put hand sanitizer on his hands. many people celebrating these comments from polk county, florida. grady judd said this. >> we're going to shoot you graveyard dead if you come onto

a campus with a gun threatening our children or shooting at us. we are going to charge directly to the threat. there is no mustering or gathering up. we go individually to the threat and engage it. given the choice of being shot and killed on the ground or those children dying, we will die every time. >> harris: we welcome now in "focus" sheriff judd and it is so good to have you. your comments have been so consistent with how people say they feel. just get up and do something. you focus on training and so many of your words are instructive for us. how would you have done it differently and the thousand deputies or more that you lead? you are ready in ways you didn't see on some of this tape. >> absolutely. i'm not surprised. even after other he vefnlts i'm

on the commission investigating the last county to come in compliance with the new law was broward county, florida where the event occurred. people have apathy think it will never happen here. what do we train? we not only train on the range but we psychologically train every day. and what we train to is go directly to the threat and eliminate the threat. the difference you would have seen here is first and foremost we would have had a guardian or officer on the campus, not coming to the campus. and then as the other deputies and officers arrived pursuant to our training we would have gone directly to the threat and shot and shot a lot and shot him so much you could have read the newspaper through him because it is totally unacceptable what happened that day. there was multiple systems failures in police agencies as well as the school system. a simple locked door may have

stopped that horrible tragedy from ever occurring. >> harris: sheriff judd, much of the criticism that has come whenever anybody speaks up the way you do, is that oh, but you weren't there. and oh, but this and oh, but that. the reports have shown that the police officers, the 77 minutes were doing things. parents have talked about being cuffed in plastic ties and kept back from trying to get to their children. >> those people simply weren't appropriately trained. if they were aappropriateiantly trained they would have responded differently. that's the bottom line. i wish my deputies were there. you would have seen a different outcome. we train every day to go to the threat, to go to the threat. we're looking for ways to improve. i have my training people even learning from the uvalde event as well as all the other active shooters. bust -- but what you saw in

uvalde, texas is not different what you would experience in most school districts across the united states if the same thing were to happen again today. i can tell you that because as we gather testimony on the marjorie stowman douglas commission we still saw this resistance to have well-trained armed people on the campus. we saw resistance to interventions. i guess they are in denial. i hope that that's the only problem they are in denial. keep in mind still to this day people aren't prepared and most school districts in this nation will not be prepared the day school lets in in the fall. >> harris: i have heard you quickly say someone on campus with one gun better, two with one gun better. i would love to hear that line for you so people can hear it and then we'll go. >> one well trained person on

the campus is better than none. who two* is better than one, three is better than two and four is better than three. the only way to stop a madman that is charging onto a campus or into a theater is to meet them immediately and stop the threat. a well-trained armed person there tl* in advance of the event is the only thing that works at that moment in time. period. >> harris: all right, sheriff judd you have told us it will take communities identifying people and being honest who is among them when the red flags burst. it is tough times right now in uvalde and several of our communities across the country but great to get your expertise. thank you. >> thank you very much. my heart breaks for the families of the children. >> harris: democrats turning on fellow party member senator joe manchin. we've seen this before. manchin again stalling their spending agenda and they are

angry. one suggesting he be kicked out of the democrat party. however, senator joe manchin is defending himself. plus president biden under more pressure to take tough action against iran. will he do it? >> iran is going toward a nuclear break-out because joe biden is in endless negligent yaintions with an anti-american regime. they knew joe biden didn't have the nerve to stand up to them. >> harris: critics accusing the president of being weak after his recent trip to the middle east. senator tom cotton is in "focus" with me next. it's a new day all across america. home values are soaring and home equity is at all-time highs. that's good news for veterans who own a home and need cash. that's me. the newday 100 loan lets you take out an average of $60,000. that's me. that's 25% more cash than you get at a bank. that's me.

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>> it defies all logic that biden is falling all over himself to get into this iran

deal. it is very dangerous to america and israel. iran is looking to follow through on their promise of death to america and israel. we need to make sure we counter that. instead he wants to give billions of dollars away from them. you can't change a culture. to think he can buy a culture is wrong, naive and will come back to bite him. >> harris: the biden administration pushing to revive the new iran deal. climate change policies are a big concern also. the "wall street journal" editorial board with a scathing piece. >> doing security damage and here is a bit. europe's climate obsession made itself vulnerable to the kremlin. mr. putin isn't the only dictator smiling at the west's energy woes. president biden had to beg the saudis for more oil production

and his administration may ease sanctions on convenience for more production as well. iran may be liberated to export oil next, too. larry kudlow with us. >> the war against fossil fuels, including environmental restrictions that ended permitting for pipe lining and refining has taken a huge toll on the economy and delivered a massive inflation tax on the middle class. the radical climate change equals big government socialism. >> harris: no matter -- no wonder senator cotton they are all overjoyed over a little drop in gas prices. they don't have much else. senator tom cotton in "focus." member of the intelligence and arm services committees. your reaction to it all. >> what's happening with gas prices and electricity prices not an accident or inadvertent. what they wanted. he promised in the campaign he would end america's use of

fossil fuels. barack obama's energy secretary once said that gas -- 8 to 10 a gallon. a highly ideological war against american energy. look what it has gotten us? the president hasn't had to walk back his own past criticisms of saudi arabia but tried to get more oil from iran and venezuela. we have plenty of oil in arkansas and louisiana and texas and north dakota. we could produce enough oil and gas and coal here to be totally energy independent and to support our allies overseas but joe biden and the democratic party continue to wage their ideological war against american industry. >> harris: what is it like on capitol hill, senator? democrats are straight ahead looking at what looks like will be a red wave. they have a president really in trouble on these issues and each of your states. everybody feels the inflation and the pressure on energy. what is it like where you are?

>> well, i think caught between a rock and hard place in the democratic party. a lot of democratic politicians who depend on the votes of the people and those people are saying $4 and $5 gas across the country. highly ideological aides and activists who want gas to be that high. remember, you have had democratic senators and cabinet members saying that if gas is high go buy an electric car. i don't think that many people in arkansas worried about $4 a gallon gas can't buy an electric car and won't work on the dirt roads and farms in the first place. >> harris: it will take a minute to get infrastructure to feel confident to drive on a battery for several hundred miles. the virginia lieutenant governor said she is not impressed by it. >> the fact that he is begging the saudis to produce more oil. we can do that here very well.

we were a net producer before you were president. we can be that again. it is your policies that have gotten us here, inflation is not temporary, as you finally acknowledge, and stop gas lighting us. we have know the truth. we are paying for it every day. >> harris: stop gas lighting us. your quick reaction. >> we're still more than a million barrels of day below where we were in american oil production before the pandemic in 2019. it didn't disappear. it is sitting underneath the ground in the united states. we could be producing it and have gas prices under control and producing more natural gas and goal and nuclear to bring down electricity prices for americans as well. the democrats refuse to do so. >> harris: that's so true. where did it go? because at least for 18 months of that we were in a lockdown across this country. it is not like we were driving all our oil away. more democrats coming out against their fellow party

member senator joe manchin after he blocked president biden's climate agenda last week. former clinton labor secretary robert wright called for dramatic action. here is what he wants. by kicking manchin out of the party democrats could at least go into the mid-terms with a more realistic pitch. it looked like we had control of the senate but we didn't. now that you know who the real democrats are, give us the power and we'll get it done. that's all a quote. however, senator manchin, well, he is not backing down. >> it's the people criticizing, my own colleagues. i understand their aspirations and where they're coming from. the criticism i'm getting from the people saying joe -- don't you believe inflation is the number one hurting every person. >> harris: they have manchin

problems again. >> if they want to kick joe manchin out of their party republicans would be more than welcome into ours. ronald reagan was a former democrat. but these liberal activists their main complaint is with the voters of west virginia who depend on coal production. or voters in places like north dakota who just a few years ago used to elect democratic senators but now only elect republicans. the democrat party has declared war on the way of life of america's energy workers. that's the real problem the liberal democrats have. not politicians in washington but the american people. the american people will let democrats know what they think about that in november. >> harris: senator tom cotton. great to have you in "focus." thank you. >> thank you. >> harris: new york city reeling from another violent and deadly weekend. a 13-year-old tourist and her mom from texas are among nearly one dozen shooting victims.

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>> harris: breaking news now. we're learning the murder trial is underway for one of the men accused in the killing of retired st. louis police captain david dorn. it happened in the summer of

2020. dorn was shot and killed at the height of rioting over george floyd's death. remember the peaceful protests had insurgents among them, the protestors, and these guys were. they were setting stuff on fire and killing people. you could watch this one unfortunately on facebook. police say officer dorn, captain dorn was responding to a burglar alarm at a friend's business after looters broke in at 2:30 in the morning. one of the suspects charged in dorn's killing is here on your screen, steven canyon. that trial getting started. it's underway. murder charges now dropped against a new york city bodega worker who got into a deadly altercation that was caught on surveillance video and sent new york city into an uproar trying to defend this worker. jose alba stabbed and killed the man who aggressively confronted him as he was working earlier this month. supporters and activists spoke out claiming it was

self-defense and met with the district attorney, alvin bragg, one of the liberal d.a.s in our country right now. they were hoping to persuade him to drop the charges. this comes as new york city faces a surge in violence. nypd data showing major crime in the big apple up by 37% over last year. a scathing "new york post" cover summing it up simply vice city. however, mayor eric adams, the former cop of 22 years with the nypd says we are going to turn this crime around. governor kathy hochul sees things moving in the right direction, she says. >> i'm not trying to diminish the sense of concern that people are having about gun violence. the number of shootings is down about 12% in the city, about 8% statewide. we're seeing trending in the right direction but our goal is to end it. this is my number one priority is keeping new yorkers safe.

>> harris: jamie fail yeah, you know what sets me off. i don't get it. my temperature goes up. why so focused on gun violence? we are talking about a woman getting stabbed 57 times walking down the stairs in a new york subway. it is hell right now for victims versus criminals. >> people getting shoved in front of trains. democrats created a society that had more compassion for the criminals than the cop. more compassion for the law breaking member of the minority community than the law abiding member of the law abiding community they harmed. the bodega owner was going to be prosecuted for defend himself when his life was hanging in the balance. kathy hochul needs to leave the mansion. turn on a black light and see what cuomo left behind. you'll get out of the mansion. the same thing with eric adams. we'll fight crime.

he is fighting crime like o.j. is finding the real killers. eric adams is at another celebrity party. we need to not get mugged before you can take the status to wherever you hope to ride the national profile net. >> dana: axios is reporting democrats in swing states like ohio, georgia, and florida are embracing law enforcement to hit republicans on crime as we get closer to the mid-terms. one of those democrats is stacey abrams who just released new ads. >> no permit, no background check, mr. kemp, i call that criminal carry. brian kemp may talk tough but he makes us less safe because the last place we want more criminals with guns is here. >> harris: this comes after more than 100 georgia sheriffs called her out stacey abrams, for her ties to a foundation

which supports the defund movement. they also criticized her soft on crime position. >> this is the issue. this is why no one is buying what they are trying to do. this gun regulation ad is only going to affect who, the people who follow laws. it doesn't address the crime issue. we all know the bigger crime issue is democrats like stacey abrams who pushed the defund police. all they try to do now is distance themselves strategically from the mess they made. don't look at me, i'm fighting crime. crime is only where it was because there was a reluctance by police to do their job. they were undermined in a bad way. it got so crazy on the left they wanted to defund the police completely. joe biden thought they were a british rock band. what do you mean i have nothing against them. >> harris: post george floyd's death in early 2020 summer leaders on the left were saying

give them some space. give them room. they were setting everything on fire. these are people willing to set a precinct on fire when people were in it. >> they were saying it was the one moment where they would quote martin luther king. riot is the language of unheard and not stop to ask why they were heard. they're unheard, who is ignore them? >> harris: dr. king didn't riot or protest at 3:00 a.m. let's move. the liberal media once again in democrats' corners as the president's poll numbers are tanking. cnn anchor john king said this after showing a republican attack ad during a discussion about the upcoming mid-term elections. >> it is much easier to be the opposition party. give the democrats some grace, governing is hard when you have tiny margins. but that's the challenge for democrats. they need to get on the same page. the republicans will hammer them with that.

>> harris: governing is hard. >> stop it. i don't want to hear a word about small margins. he was supposed to be the great unifier. he would advance legislation in a bipartisan manner that he didn't need an entire democratic men oply to pass. he was supposed to govern with republicans on the side. he gas lighted us and every turn he divided us. the only grace joe biden needs is a nurse named grace to help him off the stage. the democrats are ruining the country. anybody in the media thinks they can sell the biden administration when he is polling where he is. imagine you swim to a lifeboat from the titanic and want to book another cruise. how about the dinner. monday through wednesday were great, weren't they? the same thing. no one is buying this, no one. >> harris: he has managed to unite all groups of people, independents, democrats, republicans.

77% of people think we are going in the wrong direction. >> this whole country has functioned like a bad haircut? oh my god, they are getting high. by the end you're like never doing this again. joe biden gave the whole country a bad haircut and we all need a new barbershop. >> harris: thank you very much. a war of words heating up between the mayor of d.c. and texas governor greg abbott over illegal immigrants being bused to the nation's capital. abbott says he hopes the buses are a wake-up call for a biden administration on what's happening at the border. >> halfway through his term and he is already a lame duck. the majority of americans think he shouldn't run for reelection. the majority of democrats think he shouldn't run for reelection. >> harris: duck is delicious

with the right sauce. sorry, jimmie is still here. it is contagious. not just republicans. members of the democrat party are increasingly raising concerns about a potential bid for reelection. the power panel is next.

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the record temperatures hitting people in great britain. look at your screen right now. fires are burning. new images also show homes and gardens burning in kent and east london. they hit a high temperature of 104 degree. london officials declared the fire a major incident. robert wray is with us with more. they are a few hours ahead of us. they are hitting the high point of the day. those pictures live. >> indeed, harris. good morning to you from dallas. another place hitting record temples 110 today. my goodness, a fluid situation in london as the fire groups there have declared it a major incident unfortunately. 104 degrees, unprecedented. only 3% of households and

structures in that great city have air conditioning. they aren't used to temperatures like this. because it is so fluid i want to tick down some of the numbers coming from the fire groups there. 30 fire engines dealing with a grass fire and a green and 12 fire engines on garden fencing. other fire engines off the interstate fighting grasses and other structures on fire in london because of this. here is the situation. officials there are telling people if you have a barbecue, don't do that tonight. if you happen to be a cigar or cigarette smoker, do not put them down as the wind will blow it and ignite it. when you have temperatures that high and low humidity especially in a region not used to temperatures like that it becomes a tinderbox. london could get some showers later tonight and into tomorrow

and it will spell relief for the folks there certainly as the temperatures will drop at least 20 degrees for highs tomorrow. in the interim they have a state of emergency in that huge, wonderful city of london. even across in france the temperatures are still very high. dangerous situation in europe right now. i have to tell you, harris, same thing here in the southern plains in texas. dangerous heat. 100 degrees for the next 10 days. 110 today in the shade. people are hunkering down in this part of the country and they should be doing the same in london as officials are battling unpredicted, unprecedented fires right now. >> harris: our blessing is that our infrastructure is so different. the temperatures don't get that hot in london. they do in parts of france but this is really unprecedented for them. they are not really built for this. robert rae. great reporting. thanks.

speaking of texas, texas governor greg abbott went at d.c. mayor browser. she was talking about the bus load of migrants that arrived. >> they are largely asylum seekers going to final destinations that are not washington, d.c. i fear that they are being tricked into nationwide bus trips when their final destinations are places all over the united states of america. >> harris: if only i could have been sitting there and done the basic journalism question of what do you mean by trick? abbott's office says quote as our nation's capital now experiences a fraction of the disaster caused by president biden's reckless open border policy that our state faces every day perhaps he will finally do his job and secure the border. all of it coming amid a record surge at the border. nearly 2 million illegal crossings so far this fiscal year. "new york post" op-ed says more

grim border numbers suggest team biden has given up. power panel now. mark law dear from the american first policy and kevin walling a former biden surrogate. great to have you. mark, i will start with you and get your top line thoughts on what is happening. >> when it comes to the d.c. mayor, welcome to reality. d.c. is struggling with a problem that has been happening here the last couple of months, texas, arizona, parts of california dealing with this for 18 months. again, typical des the wrong answer. she is asking for more resources, what to fix the problem. they don't know how to and they keep making matters worse. >> harris: we've been in this position for months now. kevin, i am curious to know when this administration makes it a priority. >> harris, i hope it does. this is a crisis. i'm a democrat on your show and

a crisis at the border and has been for a long time. we need solutions. i'm a democrat that supports surging resources twoords the border and wants to see a deal on daca in return for more border security including more walls and more security apparatuss on those walls. so this is something that we have been dealing with republicans and democrats going back to reagan in our inability to move a comprehensive bill through congress. there is some indications there is a compromise when it comes to immigration and workforce development issues that is working its way through the senate. it should be a bridge to deal with these larger issues because this is a crisis and republicans and democrats need to work together on this and not showboat about it. >> harris: a couple of things there, mark, before i go back to you. you aren't the only democrat who would believe in walls. i think kamala harris lived in a state with one. she is from california. i didn't see her trying to tear it down.

and we know henry cuellar in texas. there are some like yourself people looking at the situation very real. this is different than what they've been fighting over for years. it has gotten worse in the last few months. >> it really has and the problem is that the biden administration views the southern border crisis as a processing problem. they're trying to process more people into the united states as opposed to a deterrence problem. stop them from coming in the first place. or make them remain in mexico to wait out their asylum or processing hearings. they are just trying to get them across the border and into this country when they need to stop them from coming here in the first place. it just shows when it comes to this issue and almost every other issue, the democrats, biden administration are out of their league. i have seen more policies from a kiddie pool. >> harris: one thing is true, greg abbott the governor of texas sure got d.c. talking. all the way to the mayor and

she is finally talking about illegal immigration and migrants getting off the buses. maybe the idea worked. let's move. former clinton labor secretary is adding his voice to those calling on president biden not to run in 2024. here is an op-ed titled as a 76-year-old, let me say joe biden is too old to run again. members of congress on both sides are also weighing in with some saying it's actually about more than just his age. >> i know joe biden. he is absolutely, you know, full of his faculties, wonderful communicator. >> a terrible president. >> president biden is an experienced and capable leader who has shepherded us through the pandemic. >> i think i would be worried if i were him it looks like the movement is mostly coming from his own party. that would be concerning.

>> harris: that was ron there. we have our names wrong on the bottom of the screen. apologize for that. "wall street journal" op-ed driving home that point. has biden lost it? he never had it. and democrats aren't suddenly alarmed by the discovery of unexpected evidence that the president is too old for the job? they are alarmed by the discovery of predictable evidence he is too inept for the job. all of that in the "wall street journal" opinion pages. mark, your reaction. >> well, i don't think any of these debates coming from democrats are about the number being his age. it is his poll numbers. if his poll numbers weren't in the 30s they wouldn't be talking about these stories. joe biden is now basically tied with jimmy carter at this point in their administrations according to gallup and the real clear politics average has him at 38%. if his number was 48% they wouldn't be topics of

conversation among democrats. >> harris: if it isn't him, who do you look to and should you talk about it at all? he says he wants to run. >> he does and he has given every indication he wants to do that. listen, 2024 election is 840 days away. i'm more focused on the election in 112 days. we have to keep democrats in the house and senate. after that we can look to 2024 for democrats and republicans on both sides of the aisle. >> harris: a little softball. democrats are talking about it. what do you say to them? back to you kevin and we'll go. >> robert reich and others are talking about it. >> harris: david axelrod. he is like top of the food chain kind of person. >> but he also likes to keep his name in the news quite a bit. i don't doubt that's also a motive involved in this process, too. >> harris: wow.

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♪ ♪ >> harris: that you are watching "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner here with my cohosts, kayleigh mcenany. also with us today, kennedy, jackie deangelis, and brian brenberg is here. president biden seems to be looking to jump-start his green agenda. there are reports he may declare a climate emergency as early as this week. the white house is taking a victory lap, as well, over the following gas prices which have come down only $0.50 over the