count three, gina. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor cruz was preampously convicted of another felony, capital felony or using the use of threat or violence to another person, yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor cruz knowingly created a great risk of death to many persons, yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor the first degree murder of gina was committed while cruz was engaged in the commission of a burglary,

yes. we the jury unanimously find the stat has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor the first degree murder of gina was especially heinous, or cruel. yes. we the jury unanimously find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor, the first degree murder of gina was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification. yes. reviewing the aggravating factors we found to be established beyond a reasonable doubt, we the jury unanimously find the aggravating factors are sufficient to warrant a possible sentence of death. yes. one or more individual jurors find that one or more mitigating

circumstances was established by the greater weight of the evidence. yes. we the jury unanimously find the aggravating factors proven beyond a reasonable doubt outweigh the mitigating circumstances established, no. signed and dated by the foreperson mr. benjamin thomas. count four, alexander. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor cruz was previously convicted of another capital felony or felony involving the use or threat of violence to another person. yes. we the jury unanimously find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravateing factor cruz created a great risk

of death to many persons, yes. we the jury unanimously find the state established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor that the first degree murder of alexander was committed while cruz was engaged in the commission of a burglary, yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor that the first degree murder of alexander was especially heinous, at trocheous or cruel, yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor the first degree murder of alexander was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated

manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification, yes. eligibility for the death penalty. we the jury unanimously find the aggravating factors that were proven beyond a reasonable doubt outweigh the mitigating circumstances established as to count four, no. signed and dated october 13th, foreperson benjamin thomas. verdict form as to count five. alaina petty. we the jury unanimously find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor cruz was previously convicted of another capital felony or the felony involving the use or threat of violence to

another person, yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor cruz knowingly created a great risk of death to many persons. yes. we the jury unanimously find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating fac factors -- >> harris: i'm harris faulkner

and you are watching live a courtroom in fort lauderdale, florida. our satellite feed froze. as it continues to progress we'll go back to it. here is what's happening. cruise now 24 years old is being sentenced by the jury. he had previously pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder. 17 counts of attempted murder in connection with the february 2018 shooting. it is important to tell you today that the reason you are seeing the sentencing so quickly is because the trial phase was skipped when he pleaded guilty to all of those counts. so as quickly as we can get you back to the courtroom to tell you what the outcome is for this jury. this is going to happen in a couple of phases. one today they're reading out all of those guilty plea counts and they are judging in the courtroom the jury is judging

whether or not that would be punishable by death or by life in prison. so all of this is being read. they have already considered it but now the public will find out what that is. the judge in this case, however, can take whatever they say in all of this. if they say the death penalty. if they say life, the judge can act independently from that to make a final decision. we'll at least see the jury portion of that verdict today on sentencing. it will take some time and i cannot tell you how much time, whether it would be immediate, days, whatever it will be. we'll bring you the judge's decision as well. could be more immediate than not. so we are covering this this hour. let's go back right now to the sentencing of cruz and the parkland school shooting. >> the existence of the aggravating factor that the first degree murder of alisa was

committed while cruz was engaged in the commission of a burglary, yes. we the jury yoon man -- the aggravating factor the first degree murder of alisa was especially heinous or cruel. yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor, first degree murder of alisa was committed in a cold, calculated, and premeditated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification, yes. reviewing the aggravating factors that we found to be established beyond a reasonable doubt, we the jury unanimously find that the aggravating

factors are sufficient to warrant a possible sentence of death. yes. one or more individual jurors finds that one or more mitigating circumstances was established by the greater weight of the evidence, yes. we the jury unanimously find the aggravating factors that were proven beyond a reasonable doubt outweigh the mitigating circumstances established as to alisa, no. signed and dated october 13th by the foreperson, benjamin thomas. count seven, nicholas. we the jury find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor nick laos

cruz was convicted of another capital felony. yes. we the jury unanimously find the state established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor cruz knowingly created a great risk of death to many persons, yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor that the first degree murder of nicholas was committed while cruz was engaged in the commission of a burglary, yes. we the jury unanimously find the state established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor that the first degree murder of nicholas was especially heinous,

or cruel, yes. we find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factors, the first degree murder of nicholas was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification, yes. reviewing the aggravating factors that we found to be established beyond a reasonable doubt, we the jury unanimously find the aggravating factors are sufficient to warrant a possible sentence of death, yes. one or more individual jurors find that one or more mitigating circumstances was established by the greater weight of the evidence, yes. eligibility for the death penalty as to nicholas, we the

jury unanimously find the aggravating factors that were proven beyond a reasonable doubt outweigh the mitigating circumstances established, no. signed october 13th, foreperson benjamin thomas. verdict form as to count eight hell an yeah ramsey. we find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor cruz was previously convicted of another capital felony or felony involving the use or threat of violence to another person. yes. we the jury unanimously find the

state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor cruz knowingly created a great risk of death to many persons. yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor, the first degree murder of helena ramsey was committed while cruz was engaged in the commission of a burglary, yes. we the jury unanimously find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor that the first degree murder of helena ramsey has heinous or cruel, yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a

reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor, the first degree murder of helena ramsey was done in a premeditated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification, yes. reviewing the aggravating factors that we unanimously found to be established beyond a reasonable doubt we the jury unanimously find that the aggravating factors are sufficient to warrant a possible sentence of death, yes. one or more individual jurors find that one or more mitigating circumstances was established by the greater weight of the evidence, yes. eligibility for the death penalty as to helena ramsey, we jury unanimously find the

aggravating factors proven beyond a reasonable doubt outweigh the mitigating facts established. no. signed and dated october 13th, 2022, by foreperson benjamin thomas. aggravating factors -- verdict form as to count nine, victim christopher hickson. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor cruz was previously convicted of another capital felony for a felony involving the use or threat of violence to another person. yes. we the jury unanimously find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the

existence of the aggravating factor cruz created a great risk of death to many persons. yes. we the jury unanimously find the state established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor that the first degree murder of christopher hickson was committed while cruz was engaged in the commission of a burglary, yes. we the jury find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor the first degree murder of christopher hickson was especially heinous, or cruel, yes. we the jury unanimously find that the state has established

beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor that christopher -- first degree murder of christopher hickson was created in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner without any pretense of more all or legal justification. yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor the first degree murder of christopher hickson was committed to disrupt or hinder the lawful exercise of any governmental function or the enforcement of the laws, yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor christopher hickson was an appointed public official engaged in the performance of his official duties.

if the motive for the first degree murder was related in part to christopher hickson's official capacity, yes. reviewing the aggravating factors that we unanimously found to be established beyond a reasonable doubt, we the jury unanimously find the aggravating factors are sufficient to warrant a possible sentence of death. yes. one or more individual jurors find that one or more mitigating circumstances was established by the greater weight of the evidence, yes. we the jury unanimously find the aggravating factors that were proven beyond a reasonable doubt outweigh the mitigating circumstances, no. signed and dated october 13th,

foreperson benjamin thomas. verdict as to count ten carmen. we find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor that cruz was previously convicted of another capital felony or a felony involveing the use or threat of violence to another person. yes. we the jury unanimously find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor cruz knowingly created a great risk of death to many persons, yes.

we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor that the first degree murder of carmen was committed while cruz was engaged in the commission of a burglary. yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor, the first degree murder of carmen was especially heinous or cruel, yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor, the first degree murder of carmen was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification.

yes. reviewing the aggravating factors that we found to be established beyond a reasonable doubt we find that the aggravating factors are sufficient to warrant a possible sentence of death. yes. one or more individual jurors find that one or more mitigating circumstances was established by the greater weight of the evidence. yes. eligibility for the death penalty as to victim carmen. we the jury unanimously find the aggravating factors that were proven beyond a reasonable doubt outweigh the mitigating circumstances established, no. signed october 13th, foreperson

benjamin thomas. count 11, aaron. we the jury unanimously find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor cruz was previously convicted of another capital felony or of a felony involving the use or threat of violence to another person, yes. we the jury unanimously find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor cruz created a great risk of death to many persons, yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor that

the first degree murder of aaron was committed while cruz was engaged in the commission of a burglary. yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor the first degree murder of aaron was especially heinous, or cruel, yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor that the first degree murder of aaron was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification. yes. we the jury unanimously find the state established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor the first degree murder of aaron was committed to disrupt or hinder

the lawful exercise of any governmental function or enforcement of laws, yes. we the jury unanimously find the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor aaron was an appointed public official engaged in the performance of his official duties at the moment the first degree murder was related in whole or in part to aaron's official capacity. yes. reviewing the aggravateing factors we found to be established beyond a reasonable doubt, we the jury unanimously find the aggravating factors are sufficient to warrant a possible sentence of death. yes. one or more individual jurors find that one or more mitigating

circumstances was established by the greater weight of the evidence, yes. eligibility for the death penalty as to count 11, aaron. we the jury unanimously find the aggravating factors that were proven beyond a reasonable doubt outweighed the mitigating. >> harris: it is so important to hear about what is happening with the victims and the counts and all of this. you are looking at center screen is the mass killer of the markland school shooting. the worst in american history. that's cruz, these are parents and family members in the courtroom. a few moments ago you saw people walking little ones out. sometimes you'll see that and no real way to know. there is not a hot mic in there. sometimes we'll see that in these cases where i've sat in. if your loved one is about to be read they'll take siblings out of the courtroom if they think they can't handle that.

i say that to fill in the gap of why it could happen. doesn't mean it necessarily did. you may see people getting up and down for that reason. where we are right now is on the 11th count. remember, there are 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder for the victims, the 14 students and three school staff members who were murdered by cruz, he previously pleaded guilty to all those counts. they skipped the trial phase and got right to the sentencing. it will be a while longer while they go through what the jury has looked at to reach that final verdict, which is coming. and the moment the judge engages here in this courtroom at the end of what is being read, we will immediately go back to the courtroom. we want to pull away from this in fort lauderdale, florida, for news that we're continuing to cover on this day but we keep

this in our sights, of course we do. we've been praying so long. february 2018 is when this happened. and finally justice for these families. we don't know exactly how it will end. the choices are death penalty or life in prison. let's pull away. this fox news alert. president biden all of his economic advisors, energy and treasury secretaries, just go get everybody on this crisis. because they better come up with a way to get america back on track now. we just got the last inflation report before the mid-term elections. so political pain is hurling toward the democrats. 26 days until election day. tuesday, november 8th. this morning's report showing inflation running too hot and the biden administration apparently has no way to stop it. the consumer price index is up

8.2% compared with last year. at its core, when you take out critical categories like food and energy, inflation remains at a record level, up 6.6% from a year ago, the highest since 1982. after denying a recession would happen at all, this week president biden said in quotes, a very slight recession is possible. yikes for the white house team. you know they have to clean that up. here they are in an epic dance of walk back. >> the president has been pretty consistent and said multiple times in the past while recession is possible, he does not think there will be a recession. and so that hasn't changed. he has been very consistent about that. >> harris: with those rising prices and recession concerns all eyes turn to the federal reserve and more interest rate

hikes meaning everything we touch or borrow will cost more cash. americans are feeling it. >> i was doing really good and now we're not. we make decent money but it does make a difference. >> i don't think the administration gets what the average person has to deal with. we live paycheck to paycheck. >> it is outrageous. it is like every week i go out for groceries and another dollar, another dollar, another dollar. >> harris: so is gas. fox business anchor david asman. we were watching out of the corner of our eye and continue to monitor that case in parkland, florida. these things that people hurt over are things that the administration is not acknowledging. they may acknowledge something that involves immediate pain but this is long-term pain. a lot of people are getting crushed. i make no comparison between the

two other than they're happening simultaneously today. we'll cover it all. >> this president came in as the empathetic one. biden was seen as empathetic. the old expression i feel your pain from the clinton years but repeated with joe biden. there is so much pain. when people are spending a third of their income for food alone where they were spending five years ago spending maybe 1/10 of their income for that. they have to decide between eating meat or soybeans. whether they can have enough milk for their kids. where is the empathy from a president who says i don't anticipate a recession, which is what he said the other night. >> harris: you said the importance of empathy. at least acknowledge the problem. >> if you acknowledge the problem, they say if you've got a problem the first step is

acknowledgement. he is not acknowledging or anticipating. if they were anticipating a recession, they could do certain things right now to stop it, to increase the private sector. you don't have to have a crushing recession in order to cure inflation. yes, you have to stabilize the dollar and that's what the fed is doing. the administration could do a lot by innocent viesing growth in this country. some people say the only way to cure inflation is to have a recession. we don't buy that because of the fact that we've done it before in the reagan administration. we had a terrible problem with inflation, the fed came in and caused a recession by raising rates but the minute that the tax cuts and the regulatory cuts to incentivize the private sector kicked in from the reagan administration in 1984 we had a growth rate of 7.4% with

inflation coming down. the more goods you provide, the more productivity you have in an economy the lower inflation goes. you increase the number of goods and inflation comes down. >> harris: they're printing more money. now you have more money, worth less and chasing too few goods. a cycle that's very difficult to break. >> in 2020 you had 3.4 trillion spent because of the pandemic. this was understandable. but when the economy began to improve instead of cutting back they doubled down on that and biden has increased spending $4.6 trillion. it is crazy. >> harris: many economists are pointing to the massive spending as the main driver of record inflation. some of the largest outlay of taxpayer money. $3 trillion less than two years

ago. you add all of that up and, you know, please, i don't know why we are still calling it the inflation reduction -- that should be in quotes. that stuff is just not true. that's a lie. >> the president is touting inflation reduction today in los angeles. you can't make this stuff up. it's the most obvious political mistake the administration made. calling something inflationary. that's the important thing about the numbers today. it is accelerating. not just moderating or the same. it is accelerating. that's the problem. he is going in exactly the opposite direction which he said we were going to go. i don't know how anybody can believe anything he says anymore about inflation. frankly, much else. >> harris: i haven't met anybody who is really waiting for the drip, drip of his words on inflation when they can't even call it what this is. it was a spending package of

epic proportions for climate issues that they want. all right. let's get to this. i mentioned core inflation. if you take out food and energy. let's put that all back in because who is living without food or energy and it's getting colder out in most places in the country. overall food prices are up by 11.2% over last year. it is cooking faster than the overall rate of inflation. staples like cereal, baked goods, dairy, meat, fish, eggs up 16%. the cost of breakfast has gone up over 40%. you have a lot of different ingredients for that that are the most expensive now. eating at a restaurant is 9% more. in most cases a big chunk of the tip. now the people serving you the food are not getting what they used to make. this is a chain reaction that breaks your heart. and your wallet. >> and that means that people are going to have to adjust and

people won't be eating out as much. a lot of restaurants will be closing down. we talked about the buffer from the recession by all those extra jobs out there because -- >> harris: where is that? >> it's coming down. we had 11 1/2 million jobs open last month. it is now down to just over 10 million. yes, we still have the 10 million jobs for which we don't have labor but those jobs will disappear as companies disappear. companies are going to be disappearing because of the inflation costs because people aren't going to buy stuff that they make or come to their establishments if they are a service industry. when companies shut their door you will see very quickly dramatic drops in the number of job openings that we have in this country. that's what a recession is. >> harris: it is really important for people to know what you just said. the way the administration will spin it.

the employment rates are epic low. there is nothing to apply to and they can't prove their doing that to get unemployment pay and they just sit. >> we have a month before the election. let's face it. this is going to be front and center. the inflation i think is number one. if effects of the recession will show themselves more clearly by november. we'll see job closings. we'll see a number of jobs that now exist that will just disappear. >> harris: all right. 26 days. we always count on "the faulkner focus." white house economic advisor bernstein defended the president and his efforts to fight inflation. >> the policies that we're doing to help mitigate and ease price pressures are having effect. i think the question is are policymakers doing what they need to do? the president released oil from the strategic reserve and 100 days of gas declean. our work on the supply chain. inflation reduction act.

lowering prescription drug costs and lowering the cost of clean energy. they are moving in the right direction and take time to factor in the price indexes. >> harris: they think we're stupid. some of the main analysts and experts in this lane have said by the time this would even approach deficit-aided lower inflation, 2031. and it would be a flat line. it wouldn't be positive. >> to hear jared mention the inflation reduction act. if the president's advisors are smart they'll stop him from doing it. it reminds me of a monty python film where the knight was chopped to bits on the floor and lost his limbs and he is saying i can still do it. i have you beat. jared, it is not working. the inflation reduction act is misnamed. it's the inflation acceleration

act. the numbers don't lie. >> harris: the problem is the president wants to mix in additives and print more money for school loans. he got a little quiet about that but we don't know. maybe it will come back on the table. cbo said it would put inflation at a questionable amount. it would throw uncertainty into the mix. the opposite of what we need. >> it is also unconstitutional to say the least about it. it's another half trillion dollars at left. penn wharton says it will be a trillion dollars. this is executive spending because of a pandemic emergency that the president says is over? forget. a lot of misinformation. >> harris: you and i could go on for a long time. we will get together for some good news but they have to generate it now from the white house and his administration. we'll hold our breaths or try to. david, thank you. the second day of the danchenko trial has taken an unexpected turn this week.

special council john durham grilled his own witness, an f.b.i. superviseee counter intelligence analyst asking him why he used the steele dossier against carter page during the campaign of 2016. leo terrell breaks it down. >> the f.b.i. is on trial. the defendant is not important to the extent that our justice system has no credibility. six years, six years to validate the fact the steele dossier was a hoax. it's undisputed proof that they lied. the f.b.i. lied and the problem is, bill, who is responsible within the f.b.i.? it's just shocking. >> harris: how high does this go? accountability, responseability. outside the federal courthouse in virginia our david spunt. >> hi, harris.

danchenko is the man on trial a russian national living in northern virginia. john durham is heavely involved in this case. as you mentioned, yesterday was day two. today day three. we had the second witness dolan finish on stand a few moments ago. a democratic operative providing political gossip to danchenko. that political gossip made it into the steele dossier used to investigate former president donald trump. we're hearing a lot about the steele dossier. danchenko is charged with five counts of lying to the f.b.i. primarily about his work with the ex spy christopher steele. dough lon admitted on the stand was nothing more than gossip he got from television news. it made it into the dossier. danchenko told the f.b.i. according to the government he got it from a trump official, not democratic operative. the first witness was f.b.i.

intelligence analyst, a government witness. john durham turned on him several times in an effort to go beyond this specific trial and take the f.b.i. to task on a grand scale. he was involved into looking into potential connections between the trump team and kremlin in 2016 it was dubbed crossfire hurricane. durham asked him you didn't have corroboration from other intelligence community agencies or from christopher steele and it still went into the fisa application? correct, said the witness. the fisa application deals with spying as the trump campaign would say on the 2016 campaign aide carter page. what john durham is trying to wrap it up in a bow is trying to show the f.b.i. still was hell bent and getting the fisa application with information that came from all these different sources and they believe danchenko lied. we'll hear a different story from his team.

>> harris: great reporting as always. 26 days you heard me say it earlier and counting until november 8th. candidates in key races sharpening attacks. americans are laser focused on the key senate races particularly four of them which will decide the party that controls the upper chamber. we're focused on you, the voters. voters' voices with pollster lee carter next. better luck next time. but i haven't even thrown yet. you threw good money away when you bought those glasses. next time, go to america's best - where two pairs and a free exam start at just $79.95. can't beat that. can't beat this, either. book an exam today at americasbest.com

>> harris: we're inching our way from elections. we want to hear things from pundits available. they're not the people in power. it's voters and we definitely want to know what they're saying. between now and the election, i'm bringing on board to "the faulkner focus" team pollster lee carter and over the coming weeks we're going to continue to hit the big issues with voter. we started. lee is partner and president of a business and be a connection until november 8th. today we look at what voters say about some of the key senate races which could decide the balance of power in the senate. first up pennsylvania, democratic senator john fetterman losing ground in the

last few weeks to republican challenger dr. mehmet oz. here is the doctor on the issue of crime as violence is plaguing the city of philadelphia. everybody is talking about it down there. >> the big issue in pennsylvania is the lawlessness and crime that's out of control. we had our 1,000th carjacking in philadelphia. there is fentanyl deaths happening every where. top five in the country in caused by an open border and fetterman wants to legalize all drugs. >> harris: hook how much independents are yolked to republicans. >> it is fascinating. across the board we see independents get in line with republicans. the yellow lines. you can see democrats gave an f, republicans an a, independents a b. one of the participants said it best. i know little about dr. oz but

aware of increased violence. it would be helpful to know what he plans to do to tackle it if elected. we keep hearing it from voters. they're in line with republicans saying i agree there is a problem. i want to know what you'll do to fix it. >> harris: that's a trend line. you bring us the trend line from interviews you've done and the information that you find out from voters. this we hear in every category of crisis, though. republicans get all of that movement in their direction by not just, you know, republican voters but independents. where do democrats go? do they sit home in pennsylvania at this point? what are they telling you? >> the democrats you will see they respond a lot more favorably to their own candidates but not as much as you would expect. you see a lot of enthusiasm among republicans for their candidates. you won't see the same level of enthusiasm among the democrats. >> harris: they're banking on abortion being the issue but it's the economy and crime. lieutenant governor john

fetterman facing criticism for his soft on crime policies. that including pushing parole for many second degree murderers. here he is defending his record. >> what do you think dr. oz has ever done about crime? a gated mansion in new jersey? nothing. i'm a democrat running on my record in crime. after running for mayor, winning by one vote, one vote, i took on gun violence. working with the police. funding the police, working with the community. and we went without murders. we stopped the killing for 5 1/2 years. [cheers and applause] for 5 1/2 years, never happened before or never since because we know what the commitment is. that's a record on crime i'm running on. >> harris: what grade does he get? let's look. >> republicans gave him an f, that's not entirely surprising.

independents a c, democrats b plus. you don't see the same level of enthusiasm. people said he seems so angry, filled with rage. he seems defensive and angry about his accomplishments. he should have said this is what i've done. why does he feel like he is on his heels? they want to hear you talked about you've done it before. what will you do going forward? >> harris: one word is hurting him and covered a lot in the race. mercy is what he wanted to show violent offenders. let's go to wisconsin now. senator ron johnson in a race with mandela barnes. the senator with me saying november will be all about democratic policies. >> it just will be about these things. the media can't hide 40 year high inflation or record gas prices even if they've eased

6789 they can't open borders and the rise in crime. the referendum on democrat policies and democrat governors that caused all of this. >> harris: what grades? >> republicans gave it an a, independents a b and democrats a d. people say we agree with him. it will be about these issues that can't be hidden. what are the republicans going to do about it? they are hungry for solutions and looking forward to hearing it. commitment to america that the candidates have been talking about is resonating but need to be repeating it over and over again so people know what will be different if republicans take office. >> harris: a trend line on my own. that is that democrats didn't give that an f. that means some people didn't go party line. and they only gave the previous democrat a b plus. that's interesting. not an a. here is senator johnson's democratic rival mandela barnes

hitting johnson on the issue of abortion. >> people are dealing with significant challenges now. rising costs at the grocery store and the gas pump. it is difficult to get healthcare and in addition to not supporting a woman's right to choose. ron johnson said it is not his or his country's response beaumont to take care of our children. think about the situation he wants to force families into. situations that they may not be prepared for for whatever reason. every decision is personal. shouldn't allow for any interference with politicians. >> this was across the board. flat line. republicans, democrats and independents gave it a c. people agree there are a lot of challenges. that's not the issue. he tried to tie the economy to a woman's right to choose saying it's about making a financial decision. forcing women to have babies when they can't afford it. that's not what this is about.

if you are pro-life it is about a right to life. pro-choice is a woman's right to choose not being forced. this isn't a financial decision, much greater. he seemed out of touch. he never really got the whole argument across to anyone. >> harris: if democrats push this they better understand the argument they're making and how it resonates with the actual voter. lee carter, we're 26 days away from doing and more of that. it will be a big night. thanks for being here. fox news alert now. jury in the case of parkland shooter cruz has recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole. he pled guilty to all of the counts against him. 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder for the 2018 shooting at his high school. the judge will ultimately make the final decision on sentencing. the hearing for that is set for november 1st and the death penalty is still on the table

for nicklaus cruz. >> their issue is abortion and by the way these republicans over there are racist. they have that and that's it. they can't talk about prices, gas prices, can't talk about the border or the pull-out of afghanistan, all they can do is pound the table about abortion and calling the people on the right systemically racist. that's all they've got. come november they'll be toast in the house and hopefully in the senate. >> harris: larry elder saying democrats don't have a lot to run on and they're sticking to one issue that could be driving democrats. could be. a new poll shows that june's supreme court decision overturning roe v. wade did, in fact, light a fire under democratic voters. 69% of those voters say it motivated them to vote in the mid-term elections. among republicans, the primary motivator is still the economy. those poll numbers reflected in

the ads voters are seeing. democrat candidates and aligned groups have spent some $18 million in an abortion ad blitz. more than 100 abortion focused television ads airinging in battleground state. while democrats focus their message republicans remind voters about the grim economic conditions and the safety challenges because of the raging crime. in "focus" now we welcome sarah palin. former alaskan governor. current lay candidate for alaska's lone united states house seat. welcome. >> thank you so much. >> harris: let's start right there. i really want to get your take on reaching voters. what do you see is going on behind the scenes with voters? >> democrats are focusing on issues they want to get people all stirred up in terms of crisis and drama.

normal people, voters are talking about gas, groceries, grandkids. they are talking about long-term solutions to the challenges we're facing. i think democrats are wasting their money on those ads, the abortion ads. that is not the issue. the issue the economy, they don't have good answers. it doesn't matter how much money they are throwing at an ad. they don't have good answers. >> harris: you saw the inflation numbers today. we're red hot right now. the fed wants to cool down the economy with higher interest rates. we're getting farther and farther away from americans being able to afford the american dream now. it's affecting everything. >> right. every en more practical than waiting for the feds to do this or that. if biden would allow access to our natural resources and allow energy to be produced in america, we have the u.s. domestic supplies all over the place. overabundance of natural resources instead of asking the saudis and opec to either ramp

up production or hold off on slowing down production in order for him to look good coming into the mid-terms. that's dirty politics. the rising cost of energy is the biggest driver in inflation, though. because energy costs touches everything. everything is transported, petroleum products. everything we touch has some kind of petroleum product ingredient in it. energy costs. >> harris: he have ten electrical grids. something california found out recently. you can't charge the electric car and now you need fossil fuels for your car and 80% of your grid is running on fossil fuels. >> it is a matter of political will. turn the spigot on. we have the pipelines in place, the safe, secure, efficient pipelines and the drilling rigs ready to go. the prime see that's needed in each state that produces energy is very important. it's a matter of political will. >> harris: i want to bring you

back when i have more time but i have to hit this before you leave. the there are massive amounts of money this cycle. >> hopefully it doesn't come down to who has the most money and you don't have to be independently wealthy to be willing to offer your name up in the name of service. hopefully our country and electorate doesn't go that direction. otherwise constitutional conservatives won't get elected. we need to have faith the voters can see past the b.s. in the ads that cost so much money and all the fundraising and focus on what the issues are. what the people want and what they deserve. >> harris: what we deserve now is a break at the grocery store and gas pump. >> gas, groceries, grandkids. >> harris: governor palin. thank you. thank you for watching "the faulkner focus". we're still monitoring the

situation with cruz, the judge will make the decision whether or not the sentencing verdict from the jury today on life without the possibility of parole will stand or if the judge will further the case and say i'm redoing it, it will be the death penalty. that happens november 1st and we'll bring you that as it happens. "outnumbered" begins right after the commercial break. on the origins of the russia probe. it centers on some shocking testimony and the trial of igor danchenko. the alleged source of a notorious steele dossier. and surprising turn of events, special counsel john durham led the questioning himself, and he went after his own witness. yesterday, fbi supervisory counterintelligence analyst ryan otten rebuilt the fbi offere