gary, indiana, they redrew the lines ever so slightly but even redrawing the lines ever so slightly can make that district from blue to purple and that's why she has a shot. that's the point. >> dana: we had a good mid-term show. 13 days to go. tomorrow it will be 12 days to go. i can do math. harris faulkner is next. here she is. >> harris: we begin with a fox news alert as we're now sifting through the insults and accusations at some high profile debates. we're looking at what really matters. did democrats or republicans best pass one single test, winning the case for hitting what people actually care about. i'm harris faulkner and are you in "the faulkner focus". in michigan and new york governors' seats are up for grabs.

colorado and senate seats, candidates going head-to-head. the ranking shows senate control is anybody's game. remember, democrats are in the majority. that would mean they have lost enough of their strength going into the power rankings that it's up for grabs and a toss-up. one of the places that would help decide control of the senate is in pennsylvania. democratic senate candidate john fetterman and republican dr. mehmet oz faced off in their first and only debate. now remember, fetterman didn't want to have any debates and they pushed it back. early voting started in this state on september 19th. some comments brutal, disaster. the debate raised more questions about his health following that stroke he suffered in may. >> let's also talk about the elephant in the room. i had a stroke. he has never let me forget that. young -- young -- students give

them a break. i believe that -- that supporting -- >> i didn't hear you say you would release your full medical records. >> my doctor believes i am fit to be served and that's what i believe is where i'm standing. >> okay. >> harris: in new york a tight race between democrat governor, incumbent kathy hochul who took over when andrew cuomo was tossed out and lee zeldin the congressman. new york's raging crime crisis. team fox coverage of those contentious debates. let's go to bryan llenas in pennsylvania's capital of harrisburg. bryan. >> one of the biggest exchanges in last night's debate is when john fetterman was pressed on his stance on fracking. he said last night that he has always supported fracking. in 2018 he said he did not at all and never has.

>> i absolutely support fracking. >> there is that 2018 interview that you said quote i don't support fracking at all. how do you square the two? >> i do support fracking. and -- i don't -- i don't -- i support fracking and i stand and i do support fracking. >> the debate headlines this morning are focused on fetterman's health. more questions not less about his fitness to serve following an at-times halting and muddled performance. he said he will not release his full medical records for transparency. fetterman's campaign tried to lower expectations before going into the debate but struck a different tone last night. >> for a guy who was just in the hospital months ago, took it to dr. oz pretty hard tonight.

>> the two candidates also sparred on another top issue on voters' minds, crime. >> i'm the only person on this stage right now that has -- that has successful about pushing back against gun violence and being the community more safe. >> there is one person on the stage who broke the law, we believe. fetterman took a shotgun chased an unarmed african-american man and put the gun according to that man to his chest. >> the record crime spike in philadelphia looming heavily over this election. pennsylvania's house republicans as well as the impeachment committee announced arms of impeachment against the district attorney larry krasner tying his progressive policies to the crime surge. >> harris: that's a big movement. when you consider fetterman's past with krasner, too, and those policies that are in place, that's tough to take on the day after a debate. all right. bryan llenas, thank you very much. let's get more on that dramatic

senate debate. we'll have it later this hour when senator rick scott, chairman of the national republican senatorial committee, will be in focus. he will weigh in on that race and why he sees a pathway for republicans to take control of the u.s. senate. remember, they would be ripping that majority out of the hands of democrats. now to the battle for new york state. democrat governor kathy hochul and republican hopeful lee zeldin sharing the stage last night. plenty of tense moments there. over and over it was crime and abortion. >> member of congress, didn't even bother to show up for a vote to fund our police officers. >> we'll be able to go through the entire crime conversation of this debate and we're still waiting for kathy hochul to talk about locking up criminals. >> you know why nothing changed the day of the dobbs decision? i'm the governor of the state of new york and he is not. >> you asked the question

whether or not my opponent supports any restriction at all on abortion. she doesn't answer it. >> you can't run from your record. >> kathy hochul has been failing every step of the way. the rest of the story she won't tell you. >> harris: an op-ed in the "new york post" claims here is the quote, passionate zeldin beats robot hochul. the post cover with the quip give them zell. alexis mcadams if live in new york city. >> i was in the room last night and i have to say zeldin had a lot of energy. crime was the hot topic with at least 15 minutes of the hour-long debate focused on that big issue. zeldin wasted no time telling voters they are less safe thanks to mostly hochul's policies blaming her policies for having new yorkers leave. >> why does new york lead the

population loss? >> she explained unemployment is down across the state promising to push for new businesses to come into new york while focused on tax cuts for the middle class. >> lee zeldin once said new york is dying. they want someone who sees a vision and path forward who lived the experience and struggle and i'm that governor. >> she spoke directly to the women across the state telling them that abortion is on the ballot. she says zeldin cannot be trusted but zeldin says he would not and could not change the state's strict abortion protections. throughout the debate she zeroed in on zeldin's ties to donald trump hammering home that connection but it's really crime and economy is what voters are focused on. we asked hochul how she is feeling.

she said she has a lead. >> harris: it is your team's job to show you what's positive and our job to show you all of it. thank you very much. so you're watching it and it is crime, crime, crime. the big issue playing out at new york's governors debate last night and zeldin declared the state is in a crisis and pressed hochul on the soft on crime policies coming from the left. let's watch that. >> halfway through the debate hasn't talked about locking up anyone committing any crimes. >> anyone who commits a crime under our laws especially with the change made to bail has consequences. i don't know why that's so important to you. >> harris: well, here is why it's so important because of what people are experiencing every day. new york city robbery, assault, burglary are through the roof compared to the last year. transit crime, we talk about this all the time. the stabbings, overall crime is up by a third.

example after example caught on video. all of this is tough to watch. surveillance footage shows the moment a stray bullet hit a 70-year-old woman who was going home from the grocery store. it is the randomness of the crime that people want someone to get a handle on. you've got to almost be everywhere to do this so you will need more police officers. hochul is in favor of moving people around. we have to move some people in place and hire for people for the city. she joined democrat leaders dismissing concerns over violent crime calling it a perception, a sense of fear. the "new york post" editorial board claps back on that with the headline new yorkers are unsafe, stop pretending it's all in their heads. alison is the republican candidate for new york lieutenant governor and former nypd inspector and welcome in "focus." i know you are the person that

congressman zeldin chooses to be at his side. first the issue of crime. your thoughts. >> thank you so much for having me. i appreciate it very much. absolutely. the crime is an absolute issue for new yorkers. upstate, down state, in and out of the city. last night you saw an out of touch elite, smug kathy hochul. the way she was smiling and just the shots throwing at the congressman you would think that crime isn't up, that new yorkers aren't afraid. you would think that we would be energy independent and our children weren't suffering in schools. crime, education and our children's schools are the top issues with new yorkers, kathy hochul thinks new yorkers are fools. she was so smug like it was a perception. it is not really happening. new yorkers believe their eyes. they know what they feel when they go every day to work and they are afraid to travel via

the subway. subway crimes are up more than 40%. these are felonies every day. new yorkers are waking up every day wondering if they are next. >> harris: it is so important to hear you put it in the term of these are felonies. i want to tell everybody your dad was former chief of police michael. you watched your father lead and now you in that position having served and protected so many new yorkers in the city, how does it compare to some of the worst moments in your city's history? >> so the last few years have been some of the worst moments that i have served in. taking aside, of course, september 11th. my father, one of the best compliments given to him was he was a leader who led with an iron fist wearing a velvet club. he was able to lead a police force with compassion, with

integrity, and i believe he taught me and instilled a lot of those core values that those who cannot protect themselves deserve to be protected. and the mostly peaceful protests we went through a couple of summers ago that were actual riots where i was literally a kitchen cabinet was thrown off a roof and hit me. i was helping police officers then. people are afraid because criminals are not held accountable for their actions. i went into the police force for the same reason i left my police force. those who can't protect themselves deserve to be protected. the people of new york state deserve to be protected. undercongressman zeldin's leadership and with me by his side with 25 years plus experience we will do our best to return this city and this state to glory and deliver it back to the new yorkers. >> harris: i can tell you we've been hearing from moms in

particular hit the issue of crime. but also what they want to see in the state in terms of education, the lockdown was punishing and we're starting to see the nation's report card details roll out day after day how behind our kids are. it was another issue they hit at the debate. alison, thank you very much for joining us today in focus. >> my pleasure. thank you very much. >> harris: so much for jim crow 2.0 down in georgia or jim eagle as the president called it. the white house has some pretty weird spin as early voting in georgia is shattering records. and here we go again with president biden's mixed messaging on covid. >> president biden: the pandemic is over. as we enter the new moment in the battle against covid get vaccinated. update your covid vaccine. >> harris: the president is warning many people will die

this year if they don't get those boosters. what he said was the people who will be dying will be because they didn't catch up on their shots. he is not a doctor. just about a month ago he declared the pandemic was over. wasn't a doctor then, either. what exactly are we to believe from him on this? will cain in "focus" next. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we support immune function. supply fuel for immune cells and sustain tissue health. ensure with twenty-five vitamins and minerals, and ensure complete with thirty grams of protein. i'm a performing artist. so a healthy diet is one of the most important things. i also feel the same way about my dog. we were feeding her dry, triangle shaped ingredients long as the yellow brick road.

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>> is the pandemic over? >> president biden: the pandemic is over. we still have a problem with covid and doing a lot of work

on it. the pandemic is over. >> harris: what a difference a month makes. president biden with a much different message just yesterday with cameras rolling he got his third booster for a total of five shots. he is warning the third booster and the deaths will result from the americans not getting boosters and could become an annual requirement. he told americans to hit the reset button when it comes to dealing with covid. >> president biden: as we enter this new moment in the battle against covid let's use it to start fresh as a country to put all the old battles over covid behind us. to put all the partisan politics aside. we still have hundreds of people dying each day from covid in this country, hundreds. the number is likely to rise this winter but this year is different from the past. so get updated, get your updated covid shot. >> harris: will cain co-host of "fox & friends" weekend.

was that clear? >> it's clear as mud, harris. it's clear it has been a consistent message for the almost two years now. a period of time biden has received five shots, five shots in less than two years. if you saw a lineup of usual suspects who were the most distrusted individuals in america it might be the one on your television screen. not just president biden but the people behind him that included, i believe, not in that frame but also included dr. fauci, walensky who have told us so many bits of misinformation, untruths about the covid vaccine over the past two years including the one that shockingly he had said one more time. if you get the shot you will protect others to pretend it will stop transmission. there is a reason the numbers are so low, the number of americans chosen to take the

latest booster because of the distrust that was displayed on that screen. >> harris: you know, i do want to get to the issue of playing politics for so long with something that has been so serious. and whether or not that really weighs on people's minds for the party in general. because while the president says what he says and there was also mass confusion coming out of the cdc and so on and so forth, they are still at the top of the food chain in our lives. states, governors and their 36 seats up now, that matters, these races. this one in new york matters when you have a democrat who actually has to fend off a republican. >> yeah. you are pointing out the importance of what happens in two weeks and one day, two weeks from today in the mid-term elections. if we just reflect on the past week, week and a half cdc voted to say the covid vaccine should be added to children's vaccine

schedules and give states to march in lock step with the cdc guidance and it will be up to your state whether or not they march in lock stop and dictated by the vote. florida will not. kari lake said arizona will not. let's presume that joe biden and all of these health experts are correct about the vaccine. if that's true, no one has undercut -- i don't believe it is true most of what they say. but if it is true, no one has undercut their message more than themselves being seriously wrong and no apologies. >> harris: it is the come clean and then apologize part. we're all going through this together in the beginning. now it has been three years. i had a 10-year-old now she is in eighth grade. she is 13. it has been a while. all right. let's move forward. the white house still defending president biden's jim crow in

the 21st century comments about voting down in georgia. he was referring to the election integrity laws there that passed last year. he was upset and didn't like it. despite the hang ringing georgia smashed early voting records in the cycle. more than 1 million people have already cast ballots. the white house with this wild spin. >> is the white house observing instances of voter suppression in other states that adopted these laws? >> i don't want to get into specifics about one race. this is something that we have seen throughout this past couple of years of how voting -- the access to voting is being attacked. >> doesn't the record turnout show that georgia voters are finding ways to vote even amid the -- >> what i'm saying is that, you know, generally speaking again more broadly speaking. high turnout and voter suppression can take place at the same time. >> harris: your reaction.

>> my reaction? okay. i think that the takeaway here is an impossible takeaway for the target audience. the target audience from that nonsense is being played. a great con, to tell specifically black voters and democratic voters there are a racist group of people trying to deprive you of a right. that's not true. record turnout which reveals it is a con and slanted. >> harris: it is a diverse mix of people. the president of the united states now is starting almost an hour late talking about how he will save american's money as our economy is under pressure with high inflation. let's watch. >> president biden: but you pay a bill and you double-check your bank account to make sure, before you write the check, that you have enough in your account to cover it. you've gotten the money so you go ahead and you pay. it turns out your balance

wasn't up to date because your bank was slow on processing other charges. by the time the bank gets around to settling the transaction, you have overdrawn your account. you were charged and overdraft fee of $35 each time. not your fault. the bank screwed up. you had a positive balance when you paid the bill. it is wrong. today my administration is making clear it is illegal. today's actions will save consumers more than $1 billion a year. a lot of money back in people's pockets as director chopra shared this morning his team is going further developing rules and guidance that would take credit card late fees and other banking fees that cost americans $24 billion a year, take them on. we're just getting started. there are tens of billions of dollars and other junk fees across the economy and directed my administration to reduce or

eliminate them. last week the federal trade commission started work on a truly to crack down on unfair and deceptive fees across all industries. fees that were never disclosed. never disclosed. and there was no way to avoid the fee like processing fees for concert tickets or like resort fees. when you think you are paying one price to book a hotel and then find out after checking out there is a resort fee you never heard about added to your bill. and the department of transportation is going after unfair airline fees. last summer if your flight was canceled or delays only one top airline guaranteed you could rebook for free. even because they are the ones who canceled, not you. they canceled. when secretary buttigieg called them out on this about 10 airlines now rebook for free. they don't charge the fee. that's progress.

the department of transportation on working on rules to disclose fees upfront. fees like things if you want to sit next to your young child. guess what? or check your baggage, or change your ticket. you will be surprised. they will charge you for that without telling you. your ticket will cost a heck of a lot more. that's not a federal communications commission, they are working on the rule that would make the same thing for fees that internet companies charge requiring them to show those costs up front. i'm not saying they can't charge it but they have to let you know they'll charge it so you can make a decision. some airlines if you want six more inches between you and the seat in front you pay more money but you don't know it until you purchase your ticket. look, folks, these are junk fees, unfair and hitting marginalized and low income folks the hardest and people of color benefiting big

corporations, not consumers or working families. that changes now. we've been working this for a while. i know it has been a tough few years. but from day one my administration has been laser focused on easing the burden giving working class families a little breathing room. because of the steps we've taken the united states is in a stronger position today than any other country in the world economically. jobs are up, people back to work, american manufacturing is roaring back. matter of fact i will head to syracuse, new york for micron will invest $100 billion manufacturing computer chips that will put tens of thousands of americans to work. working hard to tame inflation with policies that bring down the cost of gasoline, home energy bills and prescription drugs. we have been delivering concrete savings for working families and seniors. we've made hearing aids more

affordable and available over the counter at places like walgreens and wal-mart so tens of millions of americans with hearing loss don't have to pay expensive visits to specialists. saving people as much as $3,000 per pair of hearing aids. $3,000. also made it possible for tens of millions of americans to get free or low cost internet. you want to get that go-to -- >> harris: the president of the united states about an hour late with comments we knew that he would be talking about the new actions he wants to take to provide families with more breathing room as he said. so far what we've heard from the south court auditorium is hidden fees at banks and hotels are something he wants to deal with. that's the private sector so that will be interesting to see actually how he pulls any of that off. and, of course, the recent talk about how he is going to tap the oil reserves and try and

get gasoline prices down precipitously notably before november 8th. we'll cover the news as it happens. now to perhaps the most important senate race in the nation. john fetterman versus mehmet oz finally meeting last night for their first and only debate so we're told. fetterman addressing his recent stroke from the start and the two hit each other on big crime issues like our crime, fracking, abortion. >> i'm the only person on this stage right now that has successful pushing back against gun violence. >> during this crime wave trying to get as many murderers sentenced to life in prison out of jail as possible. >> i do support fracking and -- i don't -- i don't -- i support fracking. >> john fetterman calls fracking a stain on pennsylvania. >> he celebrated when roe v.

wade went down. >> i am very clear on my desire as a physician not to interfere with how states decide. when john purposely knowingly misrepresents to women he scares them. >> harris: power rankings delaire the race a toss-up with fetterman only leading by a point. he has shed a two-digit lead in no time. the contest is considered democrats' best chance to flip a senate seat this year. and it could determine control of the chamber. but many people questioning the timing of this debate. if republicans can flip that seat red, that would be really interesting because you have wisconsin in play, a lot of places. "wall street journal" op-ed asks is the fetterman/oz debate too late to have any effect pointing out nearly half of mail in ballots in pennsylvania have already been cast.

rick scott is in focus now. first of all, you have so many under your belt. talk to me about debates coming this late in the game and any impact they normally have. >> i think there are still people that haven't voted. i think what they saw last night is fetterman is unfit because of his radical positions and changes his position. he is now for fracking because he found out being against it is bad. changed his position on crime. fetterman wanted to release ol the felons out of prisons and legalize drugs. they saw a logical person wanting to get things done with oz and somebody who will say anything to get a vote like fetterman. that's what democrats are doing across the country. they're running away from the radical positions because all the positions have been radical. running away from joe biden and that's why we'll win. mehmet oz will win and we'll

get at least 52 seats and i think we'll get more than that. >> harris: let me ask you this. people want to know what it is like right now in the senate. democrats have the majority. they have the vice president if there should be a tie. we've seen that. kamala harris will come in and break the tie. how much do you think you can get done if you got the house and senate moving forward? >> i think the first thing is we'll stop all the bad stuff. we're the ones who pass the budget. we're the ones that decide the debt ceiling increase. we will have the gavel and be able to decide what we vote on. what i think we have to do is start putting together policies that will change the direction of this country. this country is in trouble. inflation, crime, a woke military that is focused on pronouns rather than being lethal. democrats don't want parents involved in the school. we have to change that. joe biden will decide does he want to sign the budget or not? his decision. we can't tell the president what to do but we can pass

logical bills and let the president decide if he wants to veto them or not. >> harris: that can have an effect on 2024 if he decides to run again. you are on the record with getting passed what you can and you would then potentially have majorities on the hill. that's a big voice. something that you don't have now. so i want to get to this. it speaks to the honesty of covering what we see down the stretch here. nbc reporter burns interviewed john fetterman back to the state of pennsylvania. what we saw last night was a little bit of what she was quite transparent about in terms of what she saw when she was the first reporter to sit down for a one-on-one post his stroke. i want to remind everybody, the truth she was telling for all of the truth restrictive critics who have gone against her, she reminded us. >> i will tell you i sat down with him at his home back in

may before the stroke. this was very different including literally what the setup looked like. you will hear him talk in a moment needing closed captioning for this interview. he had a monitor set up because he has auditory processing issues and has a hard time understanding what he is hearing. >> harris: let's make this a bigger issue. down the stretch of any campaign toward a big election, mid-terms will be big if georgia is any indication, senator scott, it is important the people get to see these candidates and that the media report the truth because many of them are dodging the debates. john fetterman did it late in the game because of health issues. we're seeing this across the country where people just want to hunker. it worked for biden. his critics said he stayed in the basement and didn't ruffle

too many feathers trying to get to the white house. what are your thoughts? >> they don't want to have to tell people what they believe. they don't want to have to defend all of biden's radical policies or talk about how they'll vote 100% with chuck schumer. they are trying to win the election. they don't want to be honest with the american public. they change their positions about anything. kelly says he cares about border security. no you don't. you voted against border security three times. they act like they care about crime. they voted against better law enforcement. voted -- supported defunding the poils, against parental involvement in schools. be honest. i tell people in my election if you believe in big government don't vote for me. i won't raise your taxes. if you want that here is the guy that will do it. be honest with who you are and win an election honestly and

then do what you said you would do. >> harris: georgia, there has been so many criticism about the voting election laws right from the president of the united states. pulling in racism and all sorts of things when that state now is seeing a record amount of early voting. look, we have the video on it. who is in line? everybody. so i'll get your comments on that but let's look at the toss-ups now. arizona, georgia on the list, nevada and pennsylvania. the fox power rankings. democrats are now two points behind republicans. they led this for a while. why do you think this is happening so late in the game? >> people are starting to understand exactly where everybody's positions are. they see inflation is not getting better. democrats don't have a plan. crime is getting worse. democrats don't have a plan for crime. you look at the big issues here, crime and inflation. democrats don't have a plan and they aren't coming up with a plan just trying to not talk about it and talk about

anything besides that. so i think before people are getting engaged. unbelievable turnout on our side. this will be a red year, my election 18 was a tough year. the only republican that won in the swing state because it was a democrat year. this is a republican year. we have great candidates. the democrats have to keep defending biden's horrible policies. >> harris: we'll talk georgia next time. breaking news. talking about pennsylvania and the issue of crime and how important it is.

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>> harris: scott stalked about he thinks it will be a republican year. cracks are starting to show within their party. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is taking jabs at her fellow dems. including president biden. he is not happy. inflation is raging. winter is coming. nearly half the country will be feeling colder temperatures in the next couple of weeks.

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>> harris: officials in multiple states are sounding the alarm over increased violent threats against election workers and their families as well as harassment at ballot drop boxes. senior correspondent eric shawn is on the story. what's happening? >> voting is a bedrock of our democracy but election officials say that sanctity is being violated by ugly threats. in arizona authorities beefed up security around drop boxes and launched voter intimidation cases after self-proclaimed voting integrity groups posted armed men near ballot boxes. election officials blame the threats ton spread of false election claims and lies about voting. f.b.i. is warning pennsylvania

election officials about the threats. acting secretary of state is pushing back against election misinformation. >> it's the misinformation about the election process in pennsylvania that's fueling these threats. so it is important for us to make sure that we're getting out trusted sources of information, accurate information about how voters can cast their ballot and insure it is counted here in pennsylvania. >> iowa man is charged with making threats allegedly leaving a voicemail that said in part, quote, when we come to lynch your stupid lying commie expletive you are going to die. we're going to hang you. we're going to hang you. >> election officials received death threats. followed out of the office being threatened with death and other harm. they have had their children threatened. they've had their elderly parents threatened and homes invaded. some of them have seen their

cars vandalized. so it's really taking a toll on the elections community. >> the department of justice has established election threats task fork to protect people. a nebraska man got 18 months in prison for threatening officials in the hotly-contested state of arizona. back to you. >> harris: i do think it's important for people to know we don't know that much about these people making these threats and that we shouldn't assume anything at all. arizona is a toss-up state. we'll cover it as it happens. people will jump to a conclusion is it one side or the other. this is about violence, not politics. eric shawn, thank you very much. biden on -- >> president biden: my administration is announcing any actions to lower the cost of everyday living for american families. there are tens of billions of dollars and other junk fees across the economy and directed

my administration to reduce or eliminate them. gas prices are continuing to go down and because they are going down we're making serious progress in getting prices close to what they were before the pandemic. >> harris: we showed you some of that live moments ago. president biden laying out efforts to put more cash in the pockets of americans and touting the economy despite raging inflation off the charts. winter is coming, analysts say we'll all be paying more to stay warm across the country. natural gas, heating oil, electricity, propane all have spiked. oil suppliers in the northeast are already rationing fuel. new england sees inventories 70% lower than their average since 1993 right now. the cost of living is not only taking a toll on our wallets, a new survey finds half of americans say it is hurting their health. 37% are feeling more stressed

as a result. they are smoking and drinking alcohol more. eating less healthy food mostly because it costs more money. polls show economic issues are americans' top concerns and democrats would like to change the subject apparently. >> we have to change that subject. inflation is a global phenomenon. the fight is not a bad inflation, it is about the cost of living. >> underdogs because people are hurting right now and that's the reality. gas prices are up. the food prices are up. we have to acknowledge people's here. the contrast we have to draw. >> what is the republicans response to inflation? cut raises for workers, raise the minimum wage? no, they don't. it's important to take the attack to the republicans. >> harris: they do have a plan. power panel marc lotter, chief communications officer for american first policy institute. dan, a former senior advisor to

hillary clinton. mark, i want to come to you first. i know that republicans have put out commitment to america. you are an expert on policy. what will we see that would be different with republicans taking majorities in the house and senate? >> i think the first thing you will see is getting america energy dominance restored and getting us back on track to being energy independent. that's driving everything right now. what we're not talking about and heating oil prices and natural gas prices, we have a dangerously low stockpile of diesel fuel. the prices are 45% higher than a year ago and everything we buy at the store eventually gets trucked in using diesel. that's going to add to inflation. so if we can get american energy dominance back, we can start to lower prices and have a direct impact on consumers at the retail outlets. >> harris: dan, how are voters supposed to take the president's recent push to try to deal with things.

the inflation reduction act wasn't -- he will go after the fees that hotels an banks charge. come on, in 13 days? >> look, i think democrats are well served by acknowledging the fact that inflation is a real problem for millions of americans. it is pain in the economy. that's a real thing to acknowledge as they pursues policies and politics. this congress and president is taking steps to reduce inflation through lower drug prices and some policies won't happen in a political timeline but responsive policies. energy dominance is a talking point, not a policy. the policy the republicans have is from rick scott just on your program saying be honest about the policies. >> harris: dan, with all due respect, if you work to produce your own energy, if you decide you don't want to do deals with

the most filthy producers of oil on the planet like venezuela those are policies that you put in place to make yourself energy independent. you look at natural gas. pennsylvania. you have an area there. you look at clean coal and one in your own party senator manchin talked with me about that in west virginia. policies are the answer to energy independence. >> let me get back to what senator scott said just a minute ago on your program. be honest about what you stand for. they have a plan that is written down on their economic agenda. it is to sunset social security and medicare. it is to enact a tax on the lowest income americans in the country. to raise drug prices all to shovel tax breaks excuse me at corporations throughout the country. >> these aren't our plans. i get it. the democrats are petrified and they are going back to old

scare tactics trying to scare people about medicare and social security. it won't work. people are worried they have to choose between feeding their family or heating their home because of joe biden and they don't have a plan for it. they are just trying to distract you to some other issue. it is not going to work. >> harris: medicare has kofm up a couple of times and we'll start there. good to see you. thank you for watching "the faulkner focus". "outnumbered" after the break. e. so you can do more than connect your business, you can make it even smarter. now ports can know where every piece of cargo is. and where it's going. (dock worker) right on time. (vo) robots can predict breakdowns and order their own replacement parts. (foreman) nice work. (vo) and retailers can get ahead of the fashion trend of the day with a new line tomorrow. with a verizon private 5g network, you can get more agility and security. giving you more control of your business. we call this enterprise intelligence. from the network america relies on.

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