tomorrow, bill and george ann hemmer will be married 61 years. we honor them today. what a life! they have given so much to so many and i want to give them a shoutout today. well done, mom and dad. love you and thank you for everything. >> dana: absolutely. they've raised an amazing, beautiful family. and it's good to know them a little bit from afar. hope i meet them in person some day. >> bill: some day. have a great day! >> dana: faulkner focus up next. thank you. here she is. >> harris: breaking news firing live missiles come house speakers pelosi's visit anger the chinese communist party. let's face it, china hates united states. tran also wants to invade taiwan. i am harris faulkner, you are in "faulkner focus."

welcome all of those days of threats perhaps not so hollow. china firing multiple muscles around taiwan at her house speaker pelosi left the island nation. chinese media saying the live fire drills are the largest ever in the taiwan strait. streaks across the sky showing the path of some of those missiles friendly over taiwan. di wants is a direct challenge of the country's free air and navigation. republicans are saying china is simply taking full advantage of president biden's weakness. speak of the chinese communist party is clearly trying to intimidate us. for all of their rhetoric about us unilaterally changing the status quo, that is precisely what they are doing. they are trying to press an advantage because they think joe biden has been projecting weakness the last 18 months. unfortunately they have reason to believe that. >> harris: armed services committee member senator marsha blackburn, the great state of

tennessee, is in focus. we begin with senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot live in london, greg. >> harris are absolutely right, taiwan is under fire or at least the area around it to the day after pelosi's visit there. trying to conduct live fire precision missile strikes on selected targets on the waters nearby taiwan. 11 missiles were launched just today. drills say the last four days are clearly because of the pelosi stop china claims are one in its own. some of the six target zones over the maritime border that are close to the coastline, china had threatened to fly missiles over the island and through the air space. taiwan is on high alert with military on the move. moves include ships, planes, helicopters, also calling the drill irresponsible, and invasion of a territorial space licensed shipping has been disrupted. the u.n. says ronald reagan care

aircraft carrier group remains deployed and the water southeast of taiwan secretary say warning china once again against increasing what he calls "aggressive military behavior." harris, that military behavior may be affecting other countries as well. today japan says the chinese missiles, five of them, hit what it calls "an exclusive economic zone was go. does a pretty broad area in the pacific but still this is first and again according to beijing there'd be three more days of this. with all of the risk involved, back to you. >> harris: at least with the visit taiwan knows and that's why bipartisan and support republicans and democrats maybe not the white house but certainly those of the leaders on the hill, taiwan knows we are behind them in this. that doesn't give them peace at night when they have to sleep under threat of china. communist party. greg palkot, thank you. we are going to get to that in just a moment. there is more to that story but

for right now, wnba star britney greiner sentencing is underway. a judge now has found her guilty of drug possession and smuggling. the judge said she deliberately brought drugs into that country of russia. committing a crime, she had criminal intent us with the judge said. that is the latest breaking news right now from kim key russia. we await her sentencing and let's get to senator marsha blackburn now from tennessee judiciary and armed services committed. senator your first reaction. >> my first reaction, harris, is that malign rogue regimes many times try to take hostages. this is something that is against international norms. we will see how this progresses with miss griner. and all the state department has

been working to try to seek a release. and also the release of other hostages. >> harris: talk to me if you can about the prisoner swap and how that has worked in the past. cannot work with a country that has invaded the ukraine? i mean, you cannot have higher stakes in all of this. >> you cannot have higher stakes in all this. and we have individuals that are being held by different regimes at this point in time. sometimes there is a prisoner swap that does work. sometimes there are conditions that work. many times it depends on the resolute nature of the administration that is making what you saw. these fall apart under carter, you saw success with reagan. you saw success at different times with other administrations and you have seen failure so i think harris, what you have to

do is look at how this ms ration approaches that. is it from a position of strength or weakness? unfortunately right now with russia, with china come with other regimes to look at this administration and the c1 of weakness or one that sticks to appease. >> harris: you'll settle up there. we know britney griner spoke before this started so let's hear directly from britney griner. >> i made an honest mistake. and i hope that in your ruling this isn't the end of my life here. that's why i pled guilty to my charges. i understand everything that is being stated against me, the charges, and that is why pled guilty. because i had no intent to break any russian law.

>> harris: to hear directly from her, i mean that is american bravery. that's our branding a world away periods before indeed. and we want to get each of these individuals home safely. >> harris: we will come back to this as we find out more information on what that sentencing could be. we know it could be up to 9.5 years because that's what russia's prosecutors have been asked for. real quickly armed services committee i would imagine you have some idea of what that would look like. i mean, it's not going to be the prison system we know here in the united states. i would imagine. >> marsha: this is one of those things that are items of concern for us. when you look at in the different standard. we will continue to monitor this just as we are with others that are being detained in different parts of the world, harris. and the treatments they received

relying on entities that have the ability to go and work to protect human rights and to protect these individuals for us. when we hear about his wrongful detentions, you know the families are suffering. we worked diligently to try and help get these individuals home. >> harris: we were apart the sentencing we learned. senator, let's move to this. rare plus from pelosi come from across the political aisle. more than half of the senate's g.o.p. members have released a statement praising her taiwan trip. they say the stop is no different than foreign policy moves of the past. the united states should not back down in the face of china's intimidation tactics. the white house, however, is holding back, let's watch together. >> you think it's good she went? >> we cannot dictate and will

not dictate where members of congress go. let me finish. >> if they go, now he can say if he thinks it was good or not. >> i mean that's not how it works. >> harris: a political nap analysis is the biden administration bungled the messaging big time. the fumbling of the public narrative for pelosi's trip bolstered the depiction of her journey as an inflammatory insulation in the united states engagement with taiwan. that is what political wrote. senator blackburn, i had on house minority leader mccarthy he's of the weakness in the white house actually created a window for them to come up with a narrative to make china look better in all of this. and made us look weak when all this. >> marsha: that is very true. learned of the days, harris, when your division seemed of the water's edge. you had a foreign policy message

when everybody was on the same page, pro-america. and nancy pelosi was right, i applaud her for making that trip. members of congress and our teams have been in and out of taiwan for a year. the white house knows that members have visited taiwan and other countries in the end of pacific. and they worked to fight against the chinese communist party. and now, for the white house to be injecting hesitation and to do praising this, the state department to be trying to refrain this, it is an appropriate. we need to be there to support taiwan and taiwan's independence. >> harris: so it's taken some days to get clarity on exactly what china would do. now they are firing live firing missiles around airspace, and we artie knew they were perched on the waterways around taiwan. now that we know they are

willing to engage their military in this way, unprecedented it's being called many decades. what is, exactly, the white house's position? because they are not saying what it is. is that all so dangerous? >> marsha: it is very dangerous. less indeed it is. we cannot let china or russia or iran or north korea what i call the new axis of evil, we cannot let them dictate foreign policy to us. the weakness of joe biden in this administration, the hesitancy they have had dealing with the chinese communist party is causing issues domestically for us. it is causing foreign policy issues. you need to have your allies know they are your allies and your enemies know that they are your enemies. and that they are going to be held to account. when you blur those lines, it

becomes very difficult. now those blurred lines are what is encouraging the chinese co in to the south pacific, and to the islands. it encourages them moving into south america. you look at what they are doing there, their road initiative. >> harris: and in north africa with a belt on road. >> marsha: yes, in djibouti. >> harris: real quickly come 18 months fox news is hearing from sources that they can invade. how does a timeline like that could dealt with for the united states? for the white house? just a quick thought on that. us before what we need to do is realize that a foreign policy has to be defended. people need to know we will stand with our allies. >> harris: right now they need to know we will stand with each other. right? house speaker in the white house

together, okay. this is happening right now too with judiciary committee hearing on the "oversight" of the federal bureau of investigations we are looking live now and capitol hill and that is fbi director christopher wray staring down a long list of questions today from senators. delete "new york post" outlining just how wide the range of topics should be from hunter biden to the january 6th investigation, to parent involvement in school board meetings and more. even dr. larry nassar and the young gymnasts, the women who were sexually abused. chuck grassley laying it all out in his opening statement last hour. >> it seems like the biden justice department, the fbi, have focused on intimidating parents. multiple whistle-blowers have approached my office about that political bias. the fbi agreement a full investigation into trump.

on the other hand the fbi closed and investigated the provided verifiable reporting on hunter biden. >> harris: there is so much to get to. you are part of that committee. he will question director ray. will you ask? >> marsha: i'm going to ask him about what is happening at the southern border. how we are seeing these terrorists come across. we have had 56 already this year. terrorists said this is directly different from last year we had zero coming across the border. this is of concern to everyone. i want to know what he has to say about the hunter biden laptop. i want to know what he is going to say about confucius institutes. that have come in and chinese comp meanest parties. they are pushing to get scientists under contract to the

chinese communist party into universities i have a list worked on my questions last night i will step into the hearing and be ready to ask those questions. >> harris: i know you will be. i hope that christopher wray is ready for all of that too because those are very important questions. we need to know the answers to them. senator they give or take a moment to step out of that an important judiciary committee today. >> marsha: thank you. >> harris: cheers of freedom and ron desantis' first campaign ad for another term as governor of florida. which could lead to that often talked about 2024 presidential bid. yesterday's primaries renewed new concerns about democrats meddling in republican primaries. >> very, very risky, very dangerous. very risky strategy. i understand the impulse, but i think we are living in a moment where we cannot afford to take the kind of risk. >> harris: democrats are worried about this, but is the

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challengers raised. justin last week on tv has a long. so that is something we are not willing to accept when it comes to that degree of influence that degree of meddling. >> harris: let me correct that, obviously he is a republican candidate going up against the trump candidate how he lost to. now he is upset, of course, because of all the democrat money that poured in to help his

opponents. a fellow republican who is just trumped back to. maybe he would've won, maybe he wouldn't but one thing is for sure come the democrats one of the trump back candidate. nigh "the new york times" says this is a cynical low for the democratic party. here's a quote. president biden and party leaders should renounce this republican and risky strategy. ari fleischer fosse news contributor form up white house press secretary. i want to know what history is on this? of the deneb four has ever worked? >> parties are usually reluctant to metal and the other teams primary because typically they backfire and to go you make it what you wish. you could elect the more extreme candidate either rule are conservative. so republicans are loathed to do this they haven't done a very much. the democrats are really making a part of their playbook the cycle especially. >> harris: well and what does it do to the republican party to have money from the other side flowing in from one candidate or

the other? >> ari: well there are two levels this. politically i think we'll get it it's kind of a clever ploy if you can get the other party to nominate someone you think is easier defeated. will get politics is a cynical and it can be wrought and that's with the democrats are doing. but the need there is a moral plane. if you are a democrat and you really think it was wrong to support anybody who agrees the election was stolen or it should be overturned, why would you play with fire and do anything that could result in those people getting elected to congress? harass me put it to you this way. they are doing it left and right on congressional levels. are they going through the democrats of the going to do this in the 2024 presidential primary? will they run ads to support donald trump? because he is the trump he asked candidate candidate of all. will they nominate trump republicans because they think is soon to be? of course not. because everyone will he would object. but they are doing it is democrats and congressional

races. morally the democrats are really inconsistent here. >> harris: it's interesting. we could talk about morals and i think that is definitely high ground to talk about. but you know, as a candidate what you might do especially if you are somebody is popular within your own party is donald trump, don't you just use it against the other side? they don't have any ideas, they will pump money my way so they cannot risk that. because he can use against them. >> ari: you know, when you are republican if you're in the more moderate lane of republicans you don't want to waste your money going after the democrats in a primary. >> harris: it's a free thing to do here. a >> ari: but be the other guy. a couple gets a beard we all get on a political level there is a cleverness to. the democrats might win but do you know what? they also might let some real firebrands get into congress which they will look back and say how did this person get here and the answer will be thanks to the gccc. >> harris: florida's

ron desantis let loose his first campaign ad as governor and is feeling frenzy over his potential 234 presidential bid, let's watch. >> i'm 11 years old and i'm glad i can go to school. >> watching you beat back the woke, liberal media makes me so proud to be a floridian. >> freedom to live. >> freedom to go to school. >> freedom. >> freedom. >> thank you for giving florida free. >> harris: according to recent poll, dissent is the first choice for g.o.p. voters in new hampshire right now, .2 points ahead of former president trump. i would like to point out to see the differentials down there? it's like five now point to something. statistically basically high. what is your take? does the very early look at this. but they are both being talked about. : be a good thing for the replicant party. >> ari: number one no matter who they nominate their head

would explode. whatever they've done to donald trump they will do the same think is the mainstream media do to them what they did to drum. now, as for republicans, yeah. looks like we'll have a primary. primers can be healthy things. you know, it's appropriate to air our issues and differences and may the best candidate win. i will say, if it's one or two core republicans running against president trump to verify. of its three, four, five, president trump will win and certainty because he will have the biggest plurality. so that is the realistic mathematical case about what republicans will face, but it's still early, let's wait and see. >> harris: are lsu to sit by, thank you for giving the complete answer because i know you're also hearing this. the judge has sentenced brittany griner to 9.5 years in russia.

nine years in prison in russia. we will talk about this. she also got a $16,000 fine as well. so we knew that just moments ago with senator blackburn on with me, ari, that the judge had found her guilty. of deliberately taking drugs and of country and having them as he said with criminal intent. and now come with the prosecutors asked for between nine and 9.5 years she gets the nine years in prison in russia. senator blackburn pointed out that is going to be a very different than where you might see someone be imprisoned here. not that prison is ever easy, it is punitive. but in foreign countries, and countries that are not our friends, it is impossible at times to know what this young woman might go through. your initial reaction to this? >> ari: unfortunately she is being used as a pawn in big power relations. this is russia's way of sending

out to the united states, another example of how poor relations are between the and russia. you know she has admitted guilt, but typically want this to be transferred back to america. we would try her under american rules and american laws. russia did not want to do that in this case. it is a tragedy anyway you look at it. it is not the first time it has happen. these things sometimes happen in prisoner swaps and that is also a factor of u.s.-russian international relations. >> harris: having worked in the white house also just the experience of knowing as you said when things work and when they don't, sometimes is dependent upon the relationship we have with those countries. that's one of things senator blackburn leaned on hard about this, because we don't have a lot of leverage right now with russia. but knowing all we do is this process over now? i mean, part of what happened in the beginning, ari, is we didn't see her for a long time. what do we anticipate now? >> ari: this will probably

kick into higher gear behind-the-scenes now that there could be third parties negotiating. i will say this too, harris, it's a warning to all americans, where you traveling to russia? if things are all that bad don't go there. don't support them with tourist dollars. everything you have done morally in the ukraine and now as you watch your show trial. the disproportionate sentence. americans have no business going to russia. i hope we realize that. >> harris: it's complicated. you know, you look at her, wnba player, she was asked a question i guess before she she wants but she is making over million dollars money she couldn't in the united states. and had been doing that. so we somewhat know the answer to that. i don't know if you make the same decision after the invasion of ukraine. i'm not sure about the sensitivity. look at some of the decisions that nba players make with regard to relations with china, communist nation. i don't think any of us could guess what that money will pull

in. it's impossible to know the decisions they will make given the political circumstances than what they are sensitive to. what about a prisoner swap, though? does that work with a country like russia? >> ari: it really depends who gets a swap for whom at what level and how many people. no matter what is unsavory. part of the problem is justice really does exist in the united states. it may not always be perfect but it really exists. we have laws, we have a due process system. other countries have cash but you can if they catch american they will do what they can. that's part of the power relationship between the u.s. and russia in 2022. so, you know, harris, my heart goes out to her. no matter who she is, no matter what she did, she has now been convicted in russia and will be in a russian prison. but she did it to herself in some ways by going there and by doing what she did.

that is why my call is for americans, just don't go. part of the way you punish russia is to dry up every available dollar they can get. so i hope there is no reason for any americans to go there at all. and put yourself at the mercy of russia. >> harris: the president of the united states this is all breaking news now, has gotten involved in the brittany greiner situation after the judge has sentenced her to nine years in prison just moments ago. we were told he has called on russia to immediately release brittany griner. again, your white house experience really not now. how does that impact what is happening now? to hear directly? >> ari: doesn't. that the must've call. he's doing it for domestic reasons as he should. it's the appropriate call to action but russia will ignore joe biden. again, this is why it's all caught up in bigger issues. it's caught up in the u.s.-russian relationship. when joe biden says that, he has no leverage.

why will russia agree? your relations are bad. so it won't change anything for her on the ground. what will change for her on the ground is behind-the-scenes movement, negotiating actions by the state department. >> harris: i am reading up a little bit simultaneously as we are talking here because this is now moving quickly. very quickly. of the statement by president joe biden on sentencing of wrongfully detained american brittany griner now, today she received a prison sentence on this one more armed reminder for the world already knew, russia's wrongfully detaining brittany. it's unacceptable and i call and rush to release her immediately so she can be with her wife, loved ones, friends, and teammates. my mr. risch will continue to work tirelessly and pursue every possible avenue to bring brittany and paul whelan because you mentioned there are other americans too, home safely as soon as possible. your reaction. >> ari: that is the appropriate statement, but again it's for domestic purposes.

>> harris: what would that be? americans artie know she is not here. is that political? >> ari: he is making a moral statement that what russia did was wrong that she should be free and that's an appropriate thing for a president to say. that i go back to basics. will it impact pollutant? will it change russian behavior? the answer is no. because joe biden doesn't have leverage around the world anymore. you know, this part of the problem. when you have a president who is just not held in high regard and lacks leverage. it's also a reflection of russia's invasion of the ukraine with a thumb their nose at everyone and do whatever they want to periods why would we expect them to take our one prison when there acting entirely inappropriately with another country? it's why we need to be tough. so the lesson here more broadly used taking out on one prisoner that we need to have more military spending. we need more military readiness. we need to learn lessons about aggressors are broad. and joe biden is not doing

enough. >> harris: i wanted to say because i would like to put some things in brittany griner's words too because she has been able to give interviews. under quite a bit of already state department and perhaps third-party intervention. so we have heard her voice. she has apologized in her final statement for the judge raiding the verdict today. she says she never intended to break russian law or harm anyone. we have a little bit of her talking. we shorted earlier, we can do it again. she says she made an honest mistake. was here to wrigley from her, i will ask the team to go ahead and rolled out against we hear from brittany. >> i made an honest mistake. and i hope that in your ruling it doesn't end my life here. that's why a pled guilty to my charges. i understand everything that is being said against me, the charges that are against me, and

that is why i pled guilty. because i had no intent to break any russian law. >> harris: it is that intent part that comes into play in the united states. but we cannot control what russian court does. >> ari: at. i think she was counseled to say that in order to eventually hopefully soon be able to have the russians save some face and release her or do a hostage exchange, prisoner swap. having said that, for them to say you are right you admitted it aren't we benevolent we will do a prisoner swap. if she had been defiant and said this isn't legal this is immoral, then the russians would've had to dig in as well. so i suspect that was on the advice of counsel and/or state department officials. >> harris: she has also apologized to her team, to her basketball teams in russia and the united states, to her parents, to her spouse. she says she was aware of people talking about her as a political pawn but distanced herself from

such language and said she hoped it would play no role in the court's decision. we know the court's decision now. nine years in a russian prison for brittany griner. and the judge, again, says she deliberately took drugs into that nation, had rubbed inside that nation with criminal intent. ari fleischer, thank you so much for being on the breaking news with me. i appreciated. we are looking live still at kim q russia and we are waiting for him comment perhaps from those who were present brittany greiner. we don't expect it from the prosecutors, but we do expect to hear from those who represent her. and if that happens, we will take you there life. may be coming in now so let's just watch carefully and listen carefully. meanwhile i want to introduce will cain, cohost of fox & friends on the weekend. will, we are just going to pause here to see if this is an english. sometimes we have to find out. let's watch and listen together and think you're being here,

will. >> was sentenced to nine years in prison for nothing more than an intentional oversight. this is a miscarriage of justice. the u.s. department of state has determined that mr. griner was wrongfully detained. nothing in today's decision changes the determination. together with officers from the u.s. embassy here in moscow, i attended every session of miss griner's trial. we will continue to be engaged in this case. we will be in frequent contact with miss griner and her legal team. secretary of state blinken, president biden national security team, and the entire american government remain committed to bringing miss griner home safely to her family, friends, and loved ones. and i discharge rate affair of the embassy in moscow will also do my best to get her home safely buried i will to do

everything to care for her safety and well-being of griner and all citizens detained by the russian federation, thank you. i have no further remarks. >> harris: all right. not taking any questions there but we got here, leadership of the u.s. embassy in moscow talking about staying dedicated to this case. of course we have paul whalen there too so there is at least, you know, something that perhaps might be a bargaining chip for both of these americans if they work both on russian soil and hear the state department at home. potentially a third party. but that's what we were watching for, to see what would be said on behalf of brittany griner on a very grim day. again, will cain is with me now. we were holding out hope that this was going to be different. >> will: probably false hope.

this is an incredibly sad situation for brittany griner. setting aside from one moment her culpability, just comparing punishment to the crime. pretty greiner seems to have taken an illicit drug into russian. that she is now paying a penalty that you highlight today is close to ten years in prison. that is injustice. to see an american citizen detained as a political pawn as i think ari fleischer just characterized in russia for a larger geopolitical purposes is sad and an injustice. it is also worth pointing out for one moment, harris, the nature of injustice, brittany griner and many athletes have pointed out injustice in the americas justice system. i think today is a very appropriate time to take a bigger, global contextual look at the american justice system. to realize it is the exception in human history. what you are seeing in russia is par for the course. the justice system here is the

exception. our dedication to due process. it doesn't mean we are perfect, but this would not happen in the united states of america. >> harris: let's go further with that. because you know, i have said to senator blackburn and i said this to ari, when you are looking at a situation where athletes in particular, because there are other corporations in this too but we will focus on american professional athletes right now. those who go and do business in china and russia. they know the dangers perhaps, i don't know if they understand the optics of it all. when you look at that new look at where we are with soft on crime policies, where criminals are running free over and over and over and the juxtaposition between some of those same voices crying out for justice in america, and giving the criminals room and so on and so forth. then looking at a situation where if you get caught in another country you don't get me room. to get a cell.

it could be uglier than that. >> will: you would think it would inspire appreciation. appreciation for the system of justice we have built over not just centuries. >> harris: as imperfect it can be as you pointed out pointed out. >> will: however imperfect. it's like criticizing the blemish on the beauty queen. we are the historical beauty queen when it comes to justice. to the justice system. not just a out of millennium. ones that sprung from the greek philosophy, from the western enlightenment, the founding fathers enshrined in our document. today to hear for example lebron james? >> harris: i knew you were going there. >> will: in the wake of brittany griner's to show this an indictment on america shows we are guided by ignorance. >> harris: the ignorant comment as i have said about maybe she wouldn't want to come

home, she has since apologized for it but i question whether or not she understands what he was playing with there. >> will: i don't think he understands. again i don't think he understands we are in a historical anomaly. i don't think he understands the true blessing it is to live under a country in a country where due process is enshrined as a human individual right. today, a member of the athletics community is suffering in a society where that is not honored. without a sound enshrined or a value. >> harris: 20 questions hadn't been someone like lebron james or others, would they be home already? we don't know. there is no way for us to know but today is a horrendous day for brittany griner and her family. everyone who was pulling for america, for her to come home, it won't be today. and it might not be soon but there are still people working on this. let's get to this. i have to tell you, having

senator manchin on this program two days ago with kyrsten sinema still to hold out on that huge bill, can you imagine the weight on her shoulders right now? she is the only holdout among democrats. senator kyrsten sinema of arizona reportedly is weighing in no on that massive democratic sending bill. on that health care and tax bill it's called. politico has reported she wants to get rid of the language narrating the so-called "carried interest loophole" which could change the way some investment income is taxed. it would change. the congressional budget office expenses measure to reduce federal budget deficits by $102 billion over ten years. so that is the cbo. but, it also says that in the first four years the humor mansion bill, between the got made that everyone knew was coming, will actually make the deficit go up by 22 billion.

of "the wall street journal" editorial board argues though savings in the out years as commerce likes to call the far end of the cbo budget window are almost surely fictitious. the big picture in all of this, and what i had asked under mansion about, that got a little dicey. if this doesn't help people right away, how does it help? because we have already spent way to printing money into a recession under this president. so people are looking for something that is rather immediate. ken wharton says it doesn't address inflation. lowering the deficit. to lowering inflation. through 2031. that is not immediate. it may not happen then. >> but it may happen. if not immediate, tangible payoff for some, harris. i think the mistake we may have made in characterizing senators mansion and sinema, the rational

wing of the democratic party well most of been grown by far left ideology. you talk about crime whether or not it's crime or climate policies, these largely have been people driven by ideology. that is not mansion, that's not sinema. what we see was mention is that makes him an old-school politician. he has traded, horse trade and in fact not the ideology but to bring something home to west virginia. and natural gas pipeline. whatever it may be for sinema it seems to be a reduction in the carried interest or doing away with or preserving the carried interest tax holder loophole. these are payoffs to people who support these dissenters. either voters who pays off in west virginia or two donors. what we are looking with senators mansion in sinema, it's old-school politics, horsetrading. not far left ideology.

>> harris: it hurts those states too, particularly the lower and middle class voters in those states too. when things continue to be more and more expensive, and what you are doing doesn't help the cause of that. i have yet to read anybody who thinks that it's actually going to happen. but there is a straight line between because he said what about moody? moody told us the inflation we have now wasn't going to happen. so i don't know why mansion with think that would be a good place to go. but, say it worked. it's not going to happen now. it's going to hurt those people in the very two states that potentially you won't hold on anymore because he had his name on the rewrite. >> will: to spend more money it's called with inflation reduction act. every luck and turn we see spending more money increases inflation. increases the tax burden by all economists at accounts on the middle class citizen to his. >> harris: has anybody told you that raising taxes, as in but he argued with me you, will

cain, in favor of raising taxes the middle where we stand at 9.1% in the middle of a recession? since 1981? >> will: no, no one is argued that as a successful step for the economy. >> harris: the want to be the unicorn with this will work? >> will: accept what i'm saying is theyf their constitue. some of their supporters. it's horsetrading. >> harris: wow. that feels especially dirty right now. because people are hurting. >> will: yeah. >> harris: we will move on. president biden found himself underwater in the strongest of democratic states, new york, state he won by nearly 2 million votes for instance. a new poll of likely new york voters gave president biden a failing grade with 47% approval. 51% disapproval. biden is down by 22 points among independents, for example. 18 points among suburban voters.

18 punk so mike points latinos. those are key voting blocs for biden and the democratic party so they say. i don't know if they worked hard enough to try to keep people but we will see. all of this comes as two top new york democrats to join a growing list democrats distancing themselves from the commander and chief. take. >> i don't believe he is running for reelection. >> too early to say, doesn't serve the purpose of the democratic party to deal with until after the midterms. >> harris: you caught that lady on the left, right? congresswoman carolyn maloney. well i don't know if it was an egg timer that went off or what. but do you know she publicly apologized for what she said? watch. >> mr. president, i apologize. i want you to run. to happen to think you will be running, but when you run or if you run, i will be there 100%. you have deserved it, your great president, and thank you for feeling you have done for my

state and all of the states and all the cities in america. >> harris: what was that? >> will: i don't know what that was. why is she looking down? as you watch yourself and the monitor? it was false. she was on us in the first answer. joe biden is done. he's done. is not going to happen. as a matter of time before we hear the announcement he won't be running for reelection in 23 for. >> harris: you think? >> will: yes. undoubtedly. spew and i would lame document such a way he would grow feathers. before he's going to be lame duck it anyway because he will be primary. it will ramp up after the midterms and it will be obvious to everyone that joe biden cannot. >> harris: where is kamala harris? usually when somebody is falling down or having difficulty, if you are not going to help pick them up you're on the other side of the room going why don't you pick me, i'm better? where is she? >> will: that is an interesting question of why she

has not yet forwarded herself in a position you describe like a what about me? which we all know will also be a resounding no. i will actually be fascinating because the democratic party will that do come to grips with its own identity politics. can you distance yourself from kamala harris? when she was picked right and they politics reasons. but gavin newsom come michelle obama, i don't know, not joe biden. >> harris: wow. carolyn i wonder what dinner conversation will be like him and thank you so much always. legs are flying at half-staff on capitol hill after indiana congresswoman jackie walorski died in the car crash along with four others yesterday. to other staffers and the driver of the car also perished. house majority leader kevin mccarthy earlier on fox & friends. >> had an opening in ethics a place no one wants to go but you have to have people who have integrity. i called her up first thing. would you lead is a republican leader? it's because of the respect

everybody has for her. sheet with the toughest person around. if i wanted something to pass she was not fearful. she believed in a mission she was going to see it through. >> harris: mike tobin in indiana with brand-new information on the cause of that crash. mike? >> harris a big development is coming out of our affiliate fox 59 in indianapolis. that development is coming in the form of a tweet from a reporter. reading the elkhart county sheriff jeff siegel claims the car representative was riding in was indeed the car that crossed the center line and caused the crash. it was initially reported that the other driver caused the crash. all the drivers were wearing seat belts. all drivers involved come as you know, were drug, killed in the wreck but that is contrary to the statement issued by the sheriff's office yesterday saying at 12:30 p.m. a car driven by schmucker out of nappanee indiana because the headline collision. we have that zach potts was behind the wheel of the

congresswoman's car. the sheriff's office has yet to issue an official update on the investigation. the coroner is not really expected to produce results quickly and thus far has not. as far as filling the vacancy, that is done by a special election. to governing the scope of the special election. democrats do ability to run a candidate in the special election. it gets a little more complicated when you talk about the election for the full term, that is because will or ski won or primary uncontested. it generally falls to the regional or the district director to put another name on the ballot. that regional or district director is zachary potts, who was killed and crushed yesterday. harris? >> harris: all right, mike tobin with the latest details on that, thank you very much. we are now hearing from a liquor store owner in southern california who was seen taking security in its own hands.

[screaming] >> harris: that is live in los angeles. matt, i know from your earlier reporting that we were all watching jesse watters last night when this interview happen. take this away. >> harris, that video has gone viral of the 80-year-old store owner craig in southern california defending his storage shotgun. the riverside sheriff's office and customers are praising the senior for fending off four armed robbers. cope now is revealing more details on what happened and he is also slamming politicians. saying they created a climate for "escalating violence." cope tells fox news he saw a suspicious suv on the side of his store. men got out with gloves and masks. the 80-year-old said it was a matter of ten seconds from the suv parking into one of the armed robber stormed into his front door pointing a gun at him. that was when he fired his shotgun. >> i'm not waiting. when you point a gun directly at

me i see what you are i'm not waiting. it was escalating it will continue to escalate until they start putting people away that are doing the bad things. what you really need to do is put pressure on the politicians. they have no clue what is really going on out here in the real world. >> police say the armed robbers are being held on conspiracy and robbery charges per the primary suspect who called shot in the arm is recovering. most say they are glad the 80-year-old man defended himself. >> crime is kind of rampant right now. so it's exciting, actually to see that people are standing up for themselves and able to have a gun and be able to fire back. >> harris, cope said right after the traumatic armed robbery he had a heart attack, but he says he is doing okay now. harris? >> harris: and thankful he is going to be okay. it was interesting to hear the

drumbeat among people. those are voters, by the way, saying things like thank god we can carry a gun and defend ourselves. you are hearing that here in new york i'm all over the country. we will see how this bears up of the most important thing is everybody in that store that has been attacked by a criminal is okay. matt, thank you. thank you for watching a very busy faulkner focus. outnumbered his next. the most epic sandwich roster ever created. ♪♪ it's subway's biggest refresh yet! your shipping manager left to “find themself.” leaving you lost. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire this is john. he never gives up—no matter what life throws his way.

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>> harris: tensions with china quickly escalating. we are awaiting reaction with china's live fire drill around i want to be or the massive show of force held nancy pelosi's trip to the governing island. you are watching "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner with my cohost and wake up on oh, kayleigh mcenany. also joining us today lara trump. v5 hey, girl.