bat out of my dad's house with a broom. >> dana: i would have screamed so loudly. they would have thought there was a murder. >> dagen: maybe if it was like a deer or something really big. >> dana: a bat is not a big deal? >> dagen: no. >> dana: tough girl this one. feels good having you the last couple days. have a great weekend. see you on monday. "the faulkner focus" is next, here she is. >> harris: we beginning with a fox news alert. why the big fat lie and cover-up? we've now learned that america's biggest democrat-led cities are hiding crime data from the f.b.i. maybe it's because rampant violent crime may tip some americans to vote for candidates who make them feel safe. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." the f.b.i.'s 2021 crime in the nation's summary released this week. it estimates the nation's murder

rate rose by more than 4% from 2021 over 2020. but that report is missing some critically important data. for some reason police departments in the biggest blue cities are not submitting their numbers to the f.b.i. the bureau has to resort to estimating how much crime is happening in crime-ridden cities like chicago, philadelphia, los angeles, and new york. question, is the crime crisis much worse than even we think? here are some actual stats from those cities. overall crime is up 37% in chicago. 26% in philadelphia. nearly 12% in los angeles, 32% in new york city. let's take a live look at this. it is so bad in new york that the nypd commissioner is holding a news conference right

now to address the crime stats as we speak. we wanted to show you a live look at that and may be able to do that coming up. for now house minority leader kevin mccarthy was just with me yesterday. >> why is crime at a level it hasn't been in 20 years? because democrats defunded the police. they elected woke d.a.s who don't believe in putting people in jail. somebody gets arrested but they are let out before the officer is even off duty. this is exactly what the democrat policy that they promoted, that they moved through and in a commitment to america, we build on a nation that is safe. >> harris: republican congressman and now new york governor candidate lee zeldin is in "focus."enter let's begin with team fox coverage on america's crime crisis. alexis mcadams with new information on the new york father murderee marist colle visiting his son.

we are live with garrett tenney in chicago. >> like you mentioned the f.b.i.'s crime report is in the u.so give the most mpreh there are a lot of que as to how accurate and reliable this year's report is. according to the bureau, only half of the country's police departments submitted a full year's worth of data and nearly 40% didn't send any data at all after the f.b.i. switched to a new more detailed reporting program, which then forced the agency to come up with estimates to fill in the gaps. those departments that didn't report anything include some of the largest cities such as new york, philadelphia, l.a., and here in chicago where so far this year robberies are up 17%, burglaries up 24. thefts increased 61% and carjackings are up 74 while murders are down 17% compared to what they were a year ago. still 32% higher than just three

years ago, though. businesses are taking notice of the crime. this week tyson foods became the latest big name to announce it is closing shop in chicago to move elsewhere joining boeing, caterpillar and citadel. the ceo of mcdonalds recently acknowledged the company is having a hard time recruiting people to work downtown because of concerns about safety. mayor lori light foot who fired back for the ceo for being out of touch is facing criticism from her critics after posting this video on tiktok to promote a karaoke competition. no surprise the city's crime is one of the leading issues in chicago's mayoral race as lightfoot seeks a second term in february. >> harris: a grand jury is weighing for indictment of ron johnson junior. he was on the run with a mile

long criminal record. police accuse him of murdering a long island dad visiting his son for a parents weekend. governor kathy hochul is finally reacting. part of a statement from her office reads this way. governor hochul's top priority is to keep new yorkers safe and continues to improve the criminal justice system. combat violence and strengthen public safety. she could have said that at any time. it didn't have anything to do with what happened. alexis mcadams is live now. >> i will point out fox news reached out the to the governor office every day since the tragedy but we haven't gotten that statement. we will see johnson junior wanted in two states when investigators say he killed the dad. the man was killed visiting his

son in poughkeepsie, new york. your heart breaks. the 53-year-old was a dad of three and loving husband. johnson junior walked into the lobby of the courtyard marriott, pulled out a gun and sprayed the room with bullets. in georgia johnson junior had a warrant out for his arrest since july wanted on drug and gun charges. last year in new york he had eight charges ranging from attempted assault to possession of a weapon. we called to the court to ask why. the case is sealed and no further information can be disclosed. the d.a. hasn't responded either. the tragedy coming as new york state has seen a major spike in murders just over the past four years. from 2018 to 2021, the last data we can get murders in the state have increased by 55%. law enforcement agencies we've talked to across new york point to the bail reform enacted at the beginning of 2020 as a reason for this massive spike in crime. the republican candidate running

to represent poughkeepsie in congress says the system is broken. >> it's unacceptable. here in new york and the hudson valley we are suffering from the failed policies. at the state level the failed no bail law. we see the democrats turn their back on law enforcement. >> since there was an active warrant for his arrest out of georgia johnson junior would have been in the national database. police tell us they could not find him until after the murder. more heartbreaking details just keep rolling out. >> harris: i want to know how hard they were looking. >> i know. >> harris: that's a very fair question. alexis, thank you very much. congressman lee zeldin, republican of new york and also now a gubernatorial candidate. congressman, great to see you. you and i have often said this when it comes to crime, wish it were under different circumstances for this first topic. that is of the dad. why is it taking the governor so long to even acknowledge what is happening?

>> because she has been pandering to pro-criminal allies and she has been on the wrong side of these issues one after another. why would you have somebody who has the prior criminal record, under investigation, be inside of that hotel? why is the taxpayer paying for that person to be in there? there are all sorts of questions we're waiting for answers on. over the course of this week you've had people murdered throughout new york state who were murdered by people released on cashless bail. people attacked by individuals who violated their parole but because of a law that hochul signed called less is more their parole officer was unable to have them detained. we've had people. yesterday a span of ten hours where four people were stabbed on new york city. we had a steam fitter who was stabbed to death on an l train

and seen the video of the green goblin gang attacking individuals. we aren't recapping what happened in the last year. we're talking about what happened over the course of the last week or two. kathy hochul can't confront this head on because she hasn't been doing anything about it. she should repeal dashless bail and getting rid of alvin bragg who le fuse to enforce the law. repeal the less is more and raise the age, roll back discovery law changes. support our men and women in law enforcement. pass law enforcement bill of rights. the list goes on. she doesn't want to do anything. >> harris: this video to the left if people are watching, this is part of that 10 to 14-day span of violence in the city that congressman zeldin is talking about. the video just goes on and on and on. you know, but i understand with all of it maybe she can't respond to everything but people are asking for a response. how hard is it to look at

another parent? don't we all dream of waiting in a lobby while our child is making their dreams come true and we are visiting them wherever that might be. maybe a sports complex, maybe a college, wherever it is, supporting our little one all grown up and you get shot while doing that. just real quick thought and we'll move on. >> if you want to be the governor of the state of new york and president of the united states you are signing off for a tough job. you need to be willing to accept responsibility. people want to feel the passion that you actually care about understanding there is an issue here and are you focused on solutions to tackle it. people aren't getting that from kaengy hochul. she wans to talk about anything oz than the itch -- maybe she will have reached out to that family. you as lawmakers do that all the time. i know right now there is a new

york city police department commissioner news conference getting started on all the crime statistics. there are cities that aren't even reporting them all to the f.b.i. it is unbelievable where we are right now congressman. let's move to this. less than an hour ago new york city mayor eric adams declared a state of emergency. it's not over the crime in his city, it's over the illegal immigrants that texas governor abbott and other governors are sending to new york city because their areas are overflowing. and they would like for other people to know what is going on at the border. the mayor of new york city is blaming those republicans and now demanding aid from the federal government and not giving it to those border communities instead. taking it from them and giving them to this liberal city. >> we have not asked for this. there was never any agreement to take on the job of supporting

thousands of asylum seekers. this responsibility was simply handed to us without warning as buses began showing up. there is no playbook for this. today we're issuing a clear message. the time for aid to new york is now. we need help from the federal government. help from the state of new york. >> harris: first of all, he knows that what he says is a lie that they didn't ask for it. as a former republican he ought to know this is a sanctuary city. they were begging for it. it is part of their identity, congressman. >> we have had people getting flown into new york airports a lot longer than these buses have been arriving. they were coming into westchester airport and then stewart, now coming into montgomery. >> harris: via the federal government. >> right. via the joe biden travel agency where they are flying you to these destinations and give you a phone on top of it.

what we should be doing is calling on president biden and the biden administration to secure our southern border, end catch and release and force the remain in mexico policy, support a customs and border patrol agents. stop incentivizing and rewarding illegal entry. that's actually how we'll solve it. if the federal government sent new york city a check today to take care of everyone who is here currently illegally, it won't solve the issue. you still have people coming across illegally every day. if you want to talk about a state of emergency, it is not just about people who are coming, it is also about things. it is about the fentanyl and drugs that pour across the southern border and that ends up inside of these cities and these states across the country. the last thing i would say these border communities and border states, they're desperate. they don't know what else to do. we shouldn't be speaking of this as if they have a bunch of other choices on the table. they are begging the federal government for help. they feel like they have run out

of options. >> harris: well, to see this mayor, who when he was so brand-new said that if you're here illegally they'll find a way for you to vote, there are some things going on at play here that as the governor i would think you will probably dig into should you be victorious coming up. good luck to you and thank you for being on the program. good actual charges be on the horizon for hunter biden? the department of justice has sufficient evidence, it says, against the president's son. apparently enough to hit him on some tax crimes and more. but the mid-term elections are 32 days away. so how will it play? will they go after him with what they know of potential crimes or wait until it's more politically convenient for the left? plus more fallout from the opec+ oil cuts. americans are bracing for more pain when they put gas in their cars. >> we'll also get a pop in

gasoline prices because we decided everybody in the world should produce oil except the united states. which is about the dumbest, most preposterous thing i've ever heard. >> harris: a double whammy there. president biden scraping the bottom barrel for any solutions except those in our own backyard. steve forbes in "focus" next. at newday usa we give veterans the va cash out loan with no upfront costs for an appraisal or termite inspection. no upfront costs at all. let us get your family security of cash in the bank. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ as someone living with type 2 diabetes, i want to keep it real and talk about some risks.

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>> harris: new jobs numbers this morning. 263,000 jobs added as growth is slowing in the labor market. fewer jobs added. welcome news to the fed and its fight to tame inflation. this news on the heels of opec's october surprise i guess you

could call it that. kind of a nightmare. president biden is looking at alternatives after the oil cartel announced huge output cuts, 2 million barrels per day, a move that will spike energy and gas prices immediately when it happens. options include turning to a repressive country, a communist nation, with a leader who is a very bad actor. senator tom cotton putting the president on blast. >> rather than unleashing american oil production, rather than celebrating american rough next they go to communists, venezuela, radical ayatollah's in iran hat in hand begging them to produce just a little more oil so they can say they're doing something about the price at the pump that is hurting so many american families. >> harris: the "wall street journal" editorial board calling out the president for his reliance on those oil dictators adding this administration wants more oil anywhere except in

america. another op-ed putting it bluntly. opec humiliates biden once again. peter doocy is live outside the white house with more. peter. >> harris, around here officials know there is really no way to put a happy face on this opec decision. >> what opec did the other day is not helpful. but it proves we have to be less dependent on foreign energy. >> that means a turn toward green energy but that will take a long time. there is no talk now about asking american companies to drill more in the united states. but we are told the president may continue drawing from the strategic petroleum reserve the keep the market table. some of his own parties -- senator dick durbin wrote from unanswered questions about 9/11,

the brutal murder of khashoggi and exporting of extremism to the jailing of peaceful dissidents and conspiring with vladimir putin to punish the ashen us with higher oil prices the saudi royal family has never been a trustworthy ally of our nation. it is time for our foreign policy to imagine a world without this alliance with these royal back stabers. the secretary of state says they're working on it. >> we made clear our views to opec members. we have a multiplicity of interests with regard to saudi arabia and i think the president laid those out during his trip and they include everything from regional relationships including improving relations between our countries and israel, yemen. >> it's complicated. later on this morning we expect to hear president biden giving remarks in hayingerstown,

maryland about jobs and economy. interesting to hear how much or little he thinks energy factors into that. harris. >> harris: science and math. it's complicated. peter doocy, thank you. steve forbes, chairman and editor in chief of forbes media with us now. there is very little happening now that you didn't predict on this program. you said the oil prices will go back up. if biden gets involved with opec they'll really go up. you are just brilliant. >> hardly. it is obvious. the saudi arabians and other arabs are very worried about our dalliance with iran, about the release begging iran to take $275 billion that they would have access to if they agreed to a bad nuclear deal. bad from our point of view. so the saudis are wondering, that's why they are going up getting closer to china and russia. they think we want to deal with iran more than we want an alliance with the arabs and

israelis. so that's no surprise. if this yap about oh, we'll file an antitrust suit against opec they'll cut production more. as has been pointed out by senator cotton, you and others numerous times we have the stuff here in our own backyard. i think it will be a big issue when they get in the debates and ask their opponents, the republicans, why don't we drill and get what we have here instead of going to the worst actors in the world including venezuela which is run by the cuban secret police. >> harris: there are so many more layers, right? if we just keep going deep. let's drill down now on gas prices. the national average for a gallon of gas ticking back up $0.03 from yesterday to 3.9. that's the average. in california they are paying over six again. it went back to where it was in no time. the 13th straight day we've seen increases. several states out west well above the average as we pull in close on that map you can see

that 6.39 i'm talking about. one oil industry executive is saying that the election is likely won or lost at the pump because it's an economic issue. makes sense. a new op-ed argues that president biden likely cannot do anything to lower gas prices before the mid-terms and any attempt may backfire. first of all, talk to me how could it get worse? what is a backfire? >> if they can find a way to make the situation worse, they will. one of the things they're considering is borrowing experts of u.s. petroleum products now realizing how intricate those supply chains are and they would end up raising prices here. they can never see beyond the immediate need the try to do something before the election. the strategic petroleum reserve is going down to heavy oil, which we don't have the refining capacity to handle well.

venezuelan oil is very heavy and not good for our refineries. again it begs the question, why don't they do something simple? we know the reason why. they want to destroy oil and gas because they think the future is with windmills and solar panels. >> harris: i want to test this quickly. what you say by the heavy oil coming from venezuela and other filthy oil makers. the process that they use is awful. would the heavy oil be harder against the environment for the people who love green? >> yes, it would. and even the russian oil was always heavier than ours. their natural gas was heavier than ours, venezuela was notorious for heavy oil. we once had the refining capacity to handle that but now that's being reduced. so they are going to dirty stuff. the saudi oil is not as clean as ours. short term to try to win a few votes in november they're

willing to undermine the economy, quite willing to undermine the environment because they think the future again is with windmills and solar panels. it isn't. it is much more expensive. what they overlook is hi-tech is a huge consumer of energy. we need energy. >> harris: steve, while we're talking off to the left oil production refinery, i think i saw a couple of windmills. they're running a lot of them not on solar or wind. some of them have to have fossil fuel on those days when we still need their power. electric grids out west, east coast. running 80% on fossil fuels. 10 to 15 on coal. we're nowhere clear to make the transition that biden is forcing us into at this point. quickly talk wages to us and why today's numbers have the market so nervous, it would appear. >> well, the numbers did

indicate the beginnings of a little bit of weakness in the labor market. job openings went down 1.1 million but overall the jobs report was okay. the reason the markets are reacting to it the federal reserve, making people poorer, that guarantees when the fed meets next month they'll do the 3/4 point, 75 bases points and hurting the economy more. we got the 1600 points on the dow was because it looked for a while like the economy was weakening a lot and the federal reserve might back off. the worse the economy looks the market gets better. it is unnecessary pain. it is all economic mal practice. >> harris: it's why people say investors get richer. they do go in for a bargain, for certain. we popped up something on the screen. for the average worker making

$70,000 after taxes it is 52. after the inflation, the real wage is 48. biden's digging out $4,000 from the pocket books of an american worker. do the path to fit your own. it is a painful situation. steve forbes, always great to have you. i learn every time you're on. thank you so much. >> thank you for the kind words. thank you. >> harris: now democrats have a new scheme to try to sway swing state voters ahead of the mid-terms. the feds wait charging hunter biden. >> it could get very messy for the biden family. it doesn't begin to scratch the surface of the really big problems here with the biden family. >> harris: critics say don't expect to see hunter biden in an orange jumpsuit any time soon. power panel next.

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>> this impending indictment is just a drop in the bucket. we'll continue our investigation of hunter biden. we don't care if he lied on his application to purchase a gun. we're concerned about the national security threat and all the influence peddling that not just hunter biden but the biden family have been doing for a decade. is joe involved? more evidence comes forward because he is involved. >> harris: if the president or office was made vulnerable is a national security issue and what we've been saying all along. james comer, rank evering house oversight committee member there reacting to reporting that federal agents do have and have had enough evidence for months to hit hunter biden for tax crimes and gun-related charges. the final decision is up to a

u.s. attorney in delaware. biden's home state. just a fact. critics question the timing of this report speculating a plea deal may be in the works ahead of the mid-term elections 32 days from now when republicans could retake the house. the "new york post" editorial board calling on feds to stop dragging their feet and charge hunter already. writing if prosecutors are playing politics they need to stop. if hunter won't take a deal, tough. any further delays will show the justice department is totally in the tank for democrats. fox news contributor jason chaffetz. scott bolden, great to see you both. jason, i will have you tee it up. scott with your legal mind you'll have rebuttal. >> look, the feds have had this information for about four years. there is a laptop, voice mails,

text messages, there are emails, there are photographs, there are secret service logs. the information is plentiful yes, the gun charge is one thing. that's black and white and should have been charged a long time ago. the national security interest as james comer pointed out. the peddling of the biden family while he was the vice president of the united states, hunter biden was on air force two bringing along his business partner to do deals in other countries. that along with a host of other things, this is a clear case. it is unbelievable that they have not moved on it but these reports are encouraging that they are at least going to do something. tax charges only scratch the surface. it's the influence peddling that i think should concern all americans because it is ongoing. he is now the president of the united states. hunter biden is still doing business in china. >> harris: scott, first rebuttal and a quick follow-up.

>> jason seems to be excited about the possibility but the reality is influence peddling isn't even on the table with the u.s. attorney in delaware. that's the first thing. second tax charges take extra time because d.o.j. tax has to approve even if the grand jury approved some tax charges, and then the gun charge you are talking about a false statement. those are really tough to prove because a false statement you could be wrong, make a misrepresentation or the question could be ambiguous and it is very hard to convict on a statement like that. nothing there yet. >> harris: it didn't surprise me you would start there. you cleaned up the room for why they may not go for that. the bigger question is national security and it was the point that representative comer and really what jason is getting at, too, former chairman of oversight on the hill for the house. scott, that's the point if there is vulnerability for anyone close to the president, there is vulnerability for the president. so we've seen some pretty

damping videos online with hunter doing things that i don't want to describe. they come with pictures, prostitutes and everything else. the drugs are definitely -- you can see them. those are things you could bribe a president for if hunter hadn't posted all the stuff already. they're looking at his business deals. did anything put itself in the streamline of capitulation for this president making him vulnerable? what did he know, how much did he know, that sort of thing. quick from you and i'll go to jason. >> that's what investigations are so. the mere fact the son of a president has a drug problem, a health issue. >> harris: we get ole all that. >> that is the point about national security. the bad conduct of a son cannot be connoteed to the president. if you want to investigate whether he is influencing his father or whether there is anything that you could shake

down his father for, do the investigation. to date what i've seen there is nothing connecting hunter biden to his dad or influence peddling. oats an appearance issue. you have him traveling with people. if those reports are correct. but there has to be a there there, a smoking gun. >> harris: i want to bring up one thing with you, the foreign agent registration act, the fara and all this and whether or not hunter biden according to the "new york post" if he refuses a plea deal the u.s. attorney could indict him and include extra charges including fara and money laundering. a plethora of things coming potentially. >> yeah, it's all about following the money. not only is hunter biden and james biden and other family members involved and engaged in this stuff, too. hunter biden is traveling with his dad, goes to china, comes

back with millions of dollars going into the biden family business. so you have a lot of smoking guns, a lot of information. it is not just hey, i forgot to register and i didn't do my forms on my taxes right. no, this is money flowing to the bidens. one point hunter biden actually purchases the phone his dad is using. he is the vice president of the united states. there are going to be intelligence that is picking that up. that also needs to be dove into. there is a lot out there and it follows the money. it ends up in the biden's pockets. that's what fundamentally wrong. now he is the president of the united states and they are still taking money from china. >> if there is no smoking gun there isn't. >> harris: we're investigating. we'll see. great discussion. glad to have you both. thank you. another excuse for hillary clinton's 2016 election loss. she did that book.

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>> harris: well, after their controversial meddling in republican primaries democrats now have a new scheme to influence swing state voters. axios is reporting prominent democratic operatives pushed out information, or is it disinformation? apparently they like that. under the guise of local news outlets across ten battleground states. the fake news reports actually push a partisan democratic agenda while also attacking republican candidates. marc thiessen, fox news

contributor, "washington post" columnist and former white house speech writer. if you are a democrat running in one of these markets. first they paid cash money to the most far right candidates hoping they would win and that the democrat would have to take on somebody they thought they could beat. and now they are pushing fake news which takes everybody's credibility down including the dems in those markets. >> almost like you think they don't believe they could win an honest election. that's what they are saying. look, here is the reality. this is quite literally fake news. they are democratic operatives taking advantage of the fact that local news is in decline. there is a vacuum in some of these states of local news and they are taking local sports news, local weather and things like that with democratic left wing propaganda and quite frankly it's the exact thing they accused russian trolls of

doing in the 2016 election spreading fake news on internet. i guess it's okay to spread fake news if you're an american citizen. it's the same thing trying to impact an election by lying to people about making them think they are getting unbiased local news when what they are getting is stuff written up in an office in washington, d.c. by left wing democratic operatives. >> harris: you wonder why people in this country question elections and question things about fairness when they know that the democrats are -- look, who is to say that both sides haven't done this in the past? but one party is doing it simultaneous with an election 32 days away. president biden announced pardons for thousands of people con convicted of marijuana offenses. he called on governors in other states to follow suit but critics say it is all about getting the votes. >> this isn't just about

marijuana, it is about a whole embrace of a drug culture. if we care about people, that should guide what we do and the democrats once again show it is not about helping people, it is about winning races. >> harris: your reaction. >> so i actually have no problem with what president biden did. donald trump signed criminal justice reform in 2018 that reduced sentences for non-violent offenses. the question is the timing. doing this a few weeks before a mid-term election wreaks, pun intended of using the pardon power in order to win votes. you just see john fetterman took credit for this saying when joe biden came to pennsylvania, he lobbied him to do this. which begs the question for pennsylvania voters if fetterman had a chance to corner the president on one issue he didn't choose inflation, crime, the border or gas prices, he didn't

choose food prices. he chose releasing criminals from jail. that was his number one issue. >> harris: the reform your talking about that former president trump did and biden is doing at a certain time he is trying it now with single offense marijuana use as being that initial crime, my question would be, maybe it's more of a concern or observation, we have a party through many liberal d.a.s willing to redefine the justice department and what an actual crime is. should we be concerned at all this is a gateway to something else? maybe we'll redefine that and make that a misdemeanor. they are doing some of that now. >> the other difference. in 2018 when donald trump did criminal justice reform there wasn't -- we weren't in the middle of the worst crime wave since the 1990s. violent crime was under control. what allowed him to take these steps.

since then thanks to democratic policies you just talked about the murder rates without not l.a. or new york reporting in. we're in the midst of the worst crime wave since the 1990s and you have democrats out this running in swing races about releasing criminals. mandela barnes wants to cut the prison population in half and fetterman wants to cut it by a third. fetterman wants to release convicted murders which is different than what biden did. it's a pattern they want to release criminals from jail is what they're running on. >> harris: how about mercy for the victims and their families? we have to do this fast. yet another excuse with hillary clinton from her one-time aide huma abiden. let's watch together. >> another challenge, you know this well.

hillary had to face as a woman in politics all these impossible standards. she needs to be taller, shorter, talk this way. we can't see women as commander-in-chief. we close our eyes and think of a president and think of a man. >> harris: marc. >> hillary clinton didn't lose because of an impossible standard. she lost according to the polls 54% of voters believed she was corrupt. 56% thought she should have been charged in the server case and 11% of voters thought she was honest and trustworthy. 14% of americans believe in big foot. there are more americans who believe in says -- you won't win an election that way. >> harris: for anybody who thought hillary might have aspirations to run again you say what real quick? >> bring it on.

>> harris: you know the meaning of wrap it up. what a great comment. have a great weekend. love when you join us in "focus" on friday. thank you for watching "the faulkner focus" all week long, whenever you can. we appreciate you. "outnumbered" is up after the commercial break.th and energy. woo hoo! ensure, complete balanced nutrition with 27 vitamins and minerals. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. ♪ ♪

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