cat on a treadmill. are you interested? >> dana: yes. >> bill: the 1-year-old kitty named jasper out of arkansas trying several times to relax as the treadmill keeps moving. jasper can't figure it out. >> dana: why is this happening? >> bill: have to find somewhere else to take my nap. >> dana: he is on bare minimum monday. harris faulkner is up next. here she is. >> harris: we begin this hour president biden's china problem is deepening. that chinese spy craft made unfettered travel above our heads across america more than a month ago. president biden said he would demand answers from his chinese counterpart, president xi. so far that has not happened. on a whole host of other things deafening silence. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." surveillance, covid origins, potentially providing russia

with lethal aid and also talking peace. we don't know what they'll do. that's what the white house spokesperson admiral kirby said. tiktok, data privacy, fentanyl. the list was scrolling there. bipartisan calls for the president to do something on all of it. democratic chairmen of the senate select committee on intelligence here. >> china is investing in economic areas. they have $5 hundred billion in intellectual property left. we are in a competition on technology basis. you guys would like that kind of return 90 minutes a day on tiktok. taking date why from americans and not keeping it safe. >> harris: it affects all of us. it is nonpartisan. it is all americans. and, of course, as americans we went through the covid pandemic together. republicans pushing now for accountability on how it all

started. that matters. chairman of the house select subcommittee on the pandemic with this. >> do you expect the f.b.i. and energy department to testify to your commit snow >> i would hope they do it willingly. we have a lot of serious members on both sides of the aisle that are after the truth. there were things that were said this is a conspiracy theory. stop the theory that it may have come from the lab. now you have agencies coming forward and saying we do think it came from the lab. >> harris: we'll go deeper. committee chair james comer of oversight is standing by. first congressional correspondent aishah hosni is live for us on capitol hill. aishah. >> bill: good morning, harris. practically all of washington is waiting for this phone call between president biden and president xi. biden expected to speak to him a couple of weeks ago. hasn't happened yet. in the meantime congress is not

waiting. democrats and republicans coming together rolling up their sleeves to take on china. in fact, this week you mentioned senator mark warner, he is joining forces with republican whip john thune to introduce a broad bipartisan piece of legislation to be able to ban foreign technology. that could include tiktok. >> he and i work very closely in the gang of eight. tiktok brings me real concern optionly. china itself. why is tiktok used different in america than in china? >> it is expected to get a lot of support in the house and senate. there is also bipartisan calls for action on the fentanyl epidemic. the possibility of china providing russia lethal aid. the fact that biden's own department of energy has now concluded that the covid virus likely originated from a lab leak. also we're watching several

china-center hearings to take place this week on capitol hill including a hearing on worldwide threat. congress is laser focused on china this week. >> harris: i'm about to add another thing they can be working on and i will hit james comer with it. republican congressman. aishah, thank you very much. the congressman from the great state of kentucky and he is the chairman of the house oversight committee. great to have you today. i will just read a little bit of this. the "wall street journal" coming forth with this. u.s. officials are growing concerned that giant chinese-made cranes operating at american ports across america, including at several used by the military, could give beijing a possible spying tool hiding in plain sight. national security and pentagon officials are looking at cranes made by a china-based manufacturer to a trojan horse. tell me what we're facing potentially there and what port

operates without a giant crane? >> every port has cranes. i have ports along the mississippi river in my district that have some of those big cranes. look, we are learning every day the extent of the china spy ring right here in the united states. china has gotten away with too much for too long. i have think now there is bipartisan agreement within the congress that the united states needs to identify every single facet of the chinese spy ring in america from tiktok now to what we're reading in the "wall street journal" about the cranes. we need to focus 100% of our efforts trying to not only ban those products but make sure we are providing some type of manufacturing replacement in the united states of america. it is very frustrating that the president continues to turn a blind eye to china because they are without a doubt our biggest threat right now. >> harris: hearing you say manufacture replacement for what they are putting here. here would be a reason with

these cranes. they are compareably well made. great reporting here. inexpensive. however, they contain sophisticated cran sores to register and track the destination of containers. they know exact will i what we're bringing in even if we don't want them to know what's in the containers. last thought and we'll move forward. >> they could be monitoring any shipment of arms. this administration is wanting to provide all sorts of military equipment to ukraine. what would be the possibility that china has these sensors on the cranes that know what we're doing and alert russia? this has national security risks. we don't know if china has the ability to flip a switch and make those cranes inoperable. that was also a concern from reports from the pentagon about base being semi conductors used on parts of military equipment

within the federal government. the pentagon i think is taking the china risk seriously for a long time. we need to spread this out throughout all of chinese-made goods that have the potential to be used in their extensive spy rings here in america. >> harris: i appreciate you breaking that down. it is brand-new and another thing that many people across the country, you mentioned your great state with its ports. we see them in new york and new jersey and there is a whole lot they can do by watching us. that we know. i want to get to this. a brand-new op-ed from former speaker of the house newt gingrich says the biggest scandal in american history references a february 2020 phone call that you actually chairman comer pointed out that included dr. fauci and dr. collins and they were first warned that covid-19 might have leaked from

a lab. gingrich writes the same experts paid by the american people and given tens of billions to invest in research decided they would deliberately mislead the american people. this perfectly captures the arrogance of the bureaucrat who believes three intellectually and morally superior to the people they are supposed to be accountable. your reaction. >> as usual, newt gingrich is right. i think one reason the government is finally admitting that covid originated in the lab in wuhan is because of the work we've done on the oversight committee and select committee with respect to identifying not only those people that were on the phone call, but any government employee that had anything to do with the wuhan lab either in funding gain-of-function research to there. grants, whatever. we identified 40 employees, lower level employees that had some type of knowledge of what was going on in that wuhan lab

and told them we wanted them to come for interviews and also identified a long time ago before we flipped the house that phone call happened and all of dr. fauci's early pandemic advisors said it is a lab leak because that's what we're doing at the wuhan lab. we're researching covid viruses. obviously if it start evidence in wuhan, china, it started at the lab but dr. fauci had a conference call and from that point on they never emailed again and basically went along with everything dr. fauci said saying it was a conspiracy theory. remember, those same scientists were getting grant dollars from government agencies that dr. fauci and dr. collins had a lot to do with. this isn't over just because the government has admitted that covid originated in wuhan lab. we need to hold people accountable for potential cover-ups and accountable for doing mad science projects.

we need to make sure there are no other projects like this happening around the world and stop it from happening in the future. >> harris: we have to lead on that. because i would imagine some of it happens in this country, too, right? we have a bio tech lab in nebraska. i'm not saying the world can't look at stuff but this is more than looking at things. gain of function is the next level. >> absolutely. this is what i've called from day one mad science. the sad part about it is we were funding this with our tax dollars. even though dr. fauci denied that early on. he denied we were doing gain-of-function research and denied tax dollars were used in it. both statements are not true and why dr. fauci needs to be brought in front of these committees under oath once we've interviewed all the lower level employees and gathered all the information and then he has a lot of explaining to do. then we can decide what actions need to be taken moving forward. >> harris: chairman comer, i can see why there is pushback and

silence. what you just did was took things that we already knew and you tied them all together and listed all the people you want to bring in to talk to them about it. it gets difficult to deny when you have that much -- that long a list of receipts. let's move to this. republicans are not backing down on their claim of a double standard inzside the justice department and their investigation. jim jordan asked the attorney general merrick garland for information and documents. you know what he has received? nothing. >> why isn't there a special counsel for the hunter biden issue. a number of us have inquired. these are special counsel when there is a conflict. there seems to be a conflict when you have a u.s. attorney investigating the son of the former candidate and current president of the united states. why isn't there a special counsel? how was that decision made that there is not a special counsel

there? it seems like there probably should be. >> harris: that's a great question. i know your oversight is meeting later this week about the biden family foreign business dealings and financial transactions. the committee has demanded bank reports from the treasury. those requests are also going unanswered. catch us up on the process you are about to lean into. >> you're right. the treasury department has blocked us at every turn. in the previous three presidential administrations any chairman of the house oversight committee asked for these reports were given access to them. joe biden when he first became president changed the rule for having congress access to this before we knew his family had probably between 150 and 200 of these bank violations, which is unprecedented. we are fortunate, though, that last week we had a very good week in the early stages of our investigation.

we had four different people come in who were affiliated with what i call the biden influence peddling across the globe. they came in and shared information with us that has been very helpful. i can tell you this is very concerning. the amounts of money that the biden family were receiving from our adversaries including china and the question remains what were they doing to receive such large sums of money? they didn't have a business. they talk about business dealings. they didn't own any real estate or manufacture anything or licensed to sell anything? what was the business? that's what we want to know. we also want to know what did joe biden know and was he directly involved and questions that i think we'll get answers to very soon. >> harris: you know, some of the reporting that we've done and others have included that line of was the president the big guy, and i think that's what you are alluding to here. give us a quick idea of the sums of money. you say large sums

>> millions of dollars. in the tens of millions of dollars flowed through from ccp funded accounts to american llcs and then they were being funneled to both hunter and jim biden in monthly installments. like an allowance or consulting fees. we want to know what type of consulting they were doing. according to our whistleblowers part of what they were trying to do with china is to help them get their foot in the door in the american energy industry and to buy an interest in drillers for american energy. now look, we're upset over tiktok and over the china flying a spy balloon over our military bases and buying farmland. the bidens were being paid millions of dollars by china buying into our energy industry. >> harris: there is an energy bill before the president that the left is pushing on tiktok and we can't get our president

to push for energy independence, and we can't get our president to push for the origins of covid from president xi in china. it is really messy and you have really laid it out. chairman, thank you very much for being in "focus." >> thanks for having me. >> harris: president biden facing a huge decision that could be critical in easing the nation's fuel shortage. can he break with those green energy advocates i was just mentioning and approve a massive oil project that has bipartisan support? it's called willow in alaska. and west virginia democrat joe manchin opening the door for a potential white house run. >> my main purpose now is to work for my country and state. that's my responsibility. i won't make my announcement for anything until the end of the year. >> harris: he is not the any democrat being floated as a potential challenger to president biden. marc thiessen in "focus" next.

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>> harris: a big american test for president biden this week. he could sign a bill into law for the biggest oil drilling project since killing the keystone pipeline. the willow oil project in alaska would pump up to 180,000 barrels of oil per day projected to bring in billions of dollars in revenue and thousands of jobs created. mainly in construction and other positions. it has enormous support in alaska. even among the state's indigenous population. alaska senator dan sullivan was

part of a bipartisan group that met with president biden over the weekend. >> this isn't just important for alaska. it is important for america in terms of energy security. almost 200,000 barrels at peak production. the highest environmental standards in the world and 2,500 jobs, 75% of which are union to build it. so look, this is a big test for the biden administration. >> harris: a recent op-ed says if biden kills this project, either outright or on the sly, no one should believe another word he says about energy or oil prices. however, climate activists are piling on the pressure. videos with anti-willow hashtags like stop willow have amassed 50 million views on tiktok in the past week. on friday, willow was on the site's top ten trending list.

a change.org petition, the organization that is kind of motivated people against this has now millions of signatures. marc thiessen, fox news contributor, "washington post" columnist and former speech writer for president george w. bush. as i come to you today, i am loaded with a few things that people are saying. some of those postings. i will get to that in a moment. is president biden stuck? >> he is stuck. look, he doesn't like being blamed for high gas prices and so they want to take -- temporary measures to reduce gas prices. >> harris: but it's his policy. >> they want to put the fossil fuel industry out of business. he said in the state of the union address was when he said we'll need oil and gas for at least another decade. another decade? that's delusional. we'll need oil and gas for another century. even the most optimistic climate projections show by 2050 the world will still use fossil

fuels for 2/3 of the energy supply and into the next century. if you think you need oil and gas for another decade you won't allow investments in infrastructure that's permanent and why he killed the keystone xl pipeline and eliminated all oil and gas leases in the pacific and atlantic and leased less federal land than any president since world war ii for oil and gas drilling but he will go to opec and ask them to produce more oil or lift sanctions on the dictatorship in venezuela so they can produce more oil. that relieves the political problem of high gas prices. but anything that has -- they look at it as black fentanyl coming into our veins. >> harris: three reasons why it has gotten big bipartisan support. the willow plan passed every

environmental analysis. the willow plan is opposed by the green left because they say it is a climate bomb. however, number two on the list of why bipartisan support. it is a low-carbon project and it is all those jobs that i mentioned. the thousands of union jobs and $8 billion in revenue. there is a huge movement against this. and among those millions for the change.org and stop the willow project, just a couple indication. green tea i'm scared and 15 and scared about my future. i want to live my life not having to worry about the world ending. i want to live says hello. it sounds like they are reading activist hand-outs. >> on the merits this is a two-minute decision. the first minute is for coffee. it is so simple. this is not a hard choice from the merits.

but then what the problem is the climate activists have gotten a generation of people deranged into thinking that the planet and world is coming to an end because of climate change. that won't destroy the earth. it is a manageable problem that what we need to do is focus on adapting which is what the free market does well. we'll adapt and survive and find ways to do it. but we will need fossil fuels for a very, very long time. what they are trying to do is force the soviet five-year plan trying to force a policy on an economy that's not ready pushing wind and solar. we don't have batteries that can store wind and solar right now. people don't realize that. if there is no wind or sun there is no electricity but we depend on wind and solar and make everyone drive electric cars so that -- while making the electricity supply unstable.

it's insanity. if you came up with a plan to grind the american economy to a halt you couldn't do it better than what the climate activists on the left are doing. >> harris: i look at california after the severe storms. so much snow and rain and mudslides and their grid went down for millions of people across that state. i have a friend who has a newborn baby and moved to one hotel, then the generator went out. that was the last hotel like that on the street. >> you need gas for a generator. they want to get rid of gas. >> harris: you can't make it up. it breaks my heart. transition, adaptation aren't even part of an honest conversation from the left and from the white house right now. an honest conversation would have those ideas and words in it. let's move. democrat senator joe manchin of west virginia declining to endorse president biden in 2024 and leaving the door open for his own potential white house run. tell me what you think of this

one. >> is anything off the table? i'm not putting anything on the table. i'll make a decision at the end of this year. i'm focused on fixing what is wrong with washington. the politics are so toxic. the more you talk about this party, that party, what candidate, this candidate. look at what you have facing you right now. you have inflation, you have basically energy, you have unsecured borders, geopolitical unrest and we're talking about everything but that. >> harris: j.b. -- >> he has a lot he gets to run on here. he has got a tremendous amount done for the country. i don't think there is anybody that's serious that is considering running against joe biden because he has done such a great job. >> harris: oh. and you say what about manchin and all the rest? >> why is joe biden president

today? it is because he was the least worst candidate of all the people they looked at. he was the only one he thought could get elected. that's the reason. who is the alternative to president biden? kamala harris who is less popular than him? pete buttigieg who can't manage a train derailment. gavin newsom who runs a straight with people leaving or bernie sanders? no one except joe manchin. he is probably the only democrat who could win a national election. he would appeal to centrists and moderates and people tired of the left leaning democratic party and the only one who can't get the nomination. >> harris: marian williamson is interesting about what she is saying democrats are trying to rig the election for biden. an interesting interview. so are you always in "focus",

marc thiessen, thank you. transportation secretary pete buttigieg under fire again. marc was just talking about it. there has been another train derailment in ohio. >> people don't have a lot of confidence in secretary pete regardless what his plans were. certainly when he did show up it was way late. he was dismissive. >> harris: secretary buttigieg firing back calling the criticism against him b.s. power panel next. i'm mark and i live in vero beach, florida. my wife and i have three children. ruthann and i like to hike. we eat healthy. we exercise. i noticed i wasn't as sharp as i used to be. my wife introduced me to prevagen and so i said "yeah, i'll try it out." i noticed that i felt sharper,

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>> harris: a second norfolk southern train derailment in ohio. this time it happened in springfield on the western side of the state about 230 miles from the east palestine chemical disaster. remember that train carrying chemicals, toxic, derailed. only a few weeks ago on february 3rd. people near that crash are having endless illnesses now since the toxic spill. and the audacity from ohio democratic senator sherod brown who traveled to hollywood, california instead of going to east palestine last week now says he wants answers about both incidents. >> i'm not entirely satisfied. i want to know, there are some sort of remnants of something that might have been in those cars. those cars were mostly empty but i want to know if there are any

contaminants left in the mostly empty cars that might have affected clark county near the fairgrounds into springfield. >> harris: there was not, however, a toxic train derailment in hollywood, california where he was. anyway. garrett tenney is live with more now. >> this norfolk southern train was carrying hazardous materials and why officials issued an evacuation order until they could figure out if any were spilled. thankfully they weren't. it could have easily been the case when 28 cars fell off the track saturday 50 miles west of columbus. ohio governor mike dewine says both president biden and transportation secretary buttigieg reached out to follow federal assistance following the latest derailment. the fourth for norfolk southern in ohio in five months. ohio representatives in congress are demanding answers. >> the fact that we have

derailment after derailment the disinvestment in our infrastructure. >> they aren't investing in safety of equipment. >> they released a six-point safety plan in the report on east palestine which had an overheated wheel bearing was likely responsible. it is installing more hot bearing detective where practical. working with manufacturers to develop new safety technology and deploying 13 additional acoustic bearing detectors to detect potential problems inside and axle. the release of the plan comes a few days ahead of the ceo's testimony on capitol hill where safety records will get a lot of scrutiny from lawmakers. >> harris: thank you very much. transportation secretary pete buttigieg also getting a lot of scrutiny but he is firing back at criticism over his handling of the east palestine, ohio

disaster and claims that he only actually went there to be on the ground after literally just after former president trump went. buttigieg said that is b.s. we were already going to go. the hill sums up his troubles this way. the transportation post has become political nightmare for buttigieg. power panel now, fox news upon it call analyst caldwell and former state senator car lucci. i will come to you first, david. this is not that complicated for pete buttigieg. when i talked with his people last week the fra, the group working alongside the ntsb. the fra is in his purview and department. when he says it isn't my job isn't true. >> well, i believe buttigieg is getting criticism because he is probably the most high-profile

secretary of transportation that we've ever had. and republicans see him as a competitor, as a potential presidential candidate, a rising star in the democratic party. he is one they have to attack. i think regardless of where buttigieg is, he will get criticism. but look, he is the only secretary of transportation that has been on site at a derailment come to find out. this is an increasing issue. i hope the silver lining here in the devastation that's happened in ohio is that we put an end to this. we're looking at technology that they are using not from 2023 but from 1923. we still have rails that have open containers hauling waste through our communities. we have rail crossings that have not been upgraded in decades. so this is a potential disaster to get worse. 1,000 derailments happened last year. >> harris: this president has touted more than once

infrastructure and how he got it passed and sometimes he includes republicans and sometimes he forgets they helped. nonetheless it is infrastructure. well, we have infrastructure problems and david laid it out. spend cash out of what he signed. gi gianno. >> i have to disagree with david's assertion that there is criticism of pete buttigieg because he is a competitor of republicans. let's not forget that pete buttigieg failed when it came to the faa grounding the planes for over two hours or the southwest debacle. let's not forget about how he only decides to show up to this site of the derailment the day after president trump. you mean to tell me you let the former president without any federal powers beat you to the punch? he is a key example for democrats what an empty suit looks like and a key example of what you get when you hire

somebody based on identity politics. this man who democrats do have some thoughts around being president one day is failing at the job and the american people are seeing it before their own eyes. unfortunately it is with harm to them. the chemical spill is a very, very serious situation for those that live in ohio. >> harris: you have the supply chain issues that we've had. i've heard him say and his team say we're not in charge of baby formula. he had newborn babies at the time. if anybody ought to care about parents who have baby formula it should have been him. that should have been a softball lean into that wind and say i want to bring my bully pulpit to this issue. david and gianno, great to talk with you today. i'm bring you back. pushback on nikki haley's pitch for competency testing for politicians over the age of 75. who is pushing back? dr. jill biden. but americans are sending a

clear message on which side they are going to take. and growing concern in our cities as the crime crisis is spiraling. >> i think there is finally a cognizance sinking in we're losing our cities and urban areas that have been the jewels and crown of america. >> harris: could it finally be a wake-up call for woke leaders. lori lightfoot and her loss in chicago could signal big trouble ahead for the leaders across america. pete hegseth in "focus" next. can see if it may qualify for a payroll tax refund of up to $26,000 per employee. all it takes is eight minutes to get started. then work with professionals to assist your business with its forms and submit the application. go to getrefunds.com to learn more. ♪ ♪ start your day with nature made. the #1 pharmacist recommended

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>> nikki haley, one of the republican candidates, is calling for mental competency tests for those politicians over the age of 75. what do you think about that? >> that's ridiculous.

>> would your husband ever take one of those? >> we haven't even -- we would never even discuss something like that. >> harris: and why would we care if she discussed it? she is not an elected official. anyway, first lady jill biden defiant against nikki haley's pitch for competency testing for aging politicians. republican presidential candidate haley said it should begin at age 75. fox news polling shows most people think we should be requiring those tests. that's across several major groups. democrats, republicans, millennials, boomers. pete hegseth with reaction to it all. jill biden versus nikki haley on testing men and women over 75 if they're politicians. jill biden says that's ridiculous. she knows it is the opposite of

ridiculous. it makes absolute common sense. it has been on full display for the nation, joe biden's cognitive challenges. you know who knows that the most? dr. jill biden who is not a doctor of medicine. a doctor of education. but the spouse of the commander-in-chief and knows full well the challenges that he faces behind the scenes that aren't even in front of the camera let alone walking up a plane. she has to say it's ridiculous. otherwise she gives into the idea they might have to be open to a test like this which he likely wouldn't pass. nikki haley won't be the republican nominee in my opinion but done a good job elevating this issue and creating a contrast that you could have that age and that competency or a younger more capable person in the white house. but if you don't then take the test so people feel comfortable. the american people overwhelmingly support it. by way donald trump is a few years younger. this is not about donald trump. this is about joe biden if he

decides to run again. >> harris: pete, it is interesting because nikki haley took on both ends of the spectrum when it comes to age. she is 51 and you will remember a couple of weeks ago cnn absent anchor don lemon after he said it said she was outside her prime. he is five years older at 56. this is definitely an issue with democrats that is touchy. >> sensitive, very sensitive. they know. harris, they know. they whisper it to each other. someday someone will write a book what is happening in the nursing home of the white house and how they controlled his schedule and access and how they decided if he does run again to run him out of the basement yet again in 2024 because that would have to be the strategy. i don't like saying any of these things. i don't want to make these types of -- lobby these types of accusations. the reality is laid bare before us and we're in a dangerous

world with big problems and we need someone on it like this. when you see that's not the case you have to ask those questions. >> harris: the president has invited us to watch him and from that has said there is legitimate concern over his age. those are his words. those questions are legitimate questions. let's move. you actually projected that this would happen. alarm bells sounding after democrat lori lightfoot's loss as mayor in chicago. the first one-term chicago mayor in 40 years to lose a re-election bid. las week it happened after crime rates soared under her leadership. this is how new york city's mayor adams is reacting. >> mayor lori lightfoot lost -- she had a pretty big lost in her re-election bid. you worked closely together on a range of issues particularly on questions of crime. what happened to her a warning sign for you in new york? >> not contrary. i think it is a warning sign for

the country. if anything, it's really stating this is what i have been talking about. america, we have to be safe. >> harris: he is talking about it now. it took a while to get his attention what was happening in the subway. he said it was a perception of crime in new york. op-ed headline sums it up this way. dems got their woke up call. the woke up call. lori lightfoot's loss. i thought that was a typo for a second. pete, a woke-up call. >> sure is. eric adams knows it, too. so does the white house. that's why joe biden blind-sided a lot of leftists by saying he would sign the bill correcting what the d.c. city council did giving no punishment for crime. they understand people want to feel safe and they don't. all the cities they don't are run by democrats and far left democrats. when a city like chicago rejects a first in a mayor that was supposed to be an easy re-election, it is a wake-up

call. eric adams has been on both sides of every issue. he can say now because he was police officer -- he hasn't done anything proactive to change the environment inside new york city. instead he never misses an opportunity to be in front of a camera. he will say a lot of things that people maybe want to hear. i haven't seen much of a change from him. if you want a woke-up call you better start empowering the police and standing behind them. consequences for credit calls. get rid of d.a.s illegals not tolerate it. a lot of those things the left can't do so they have to speak words whereas voters feel what's happening in their city. lori lightfoot tried to backtrack briefly at the end of her campaign and she couldn't because they felt it. it is a woke-up call and needs change. >> harris: new orleans mayor is the next one we're watching. she was walking through a mardi gras parade and flipped everybody off.

crime leads the nation in murders. real quick, pete. >> with her own personal security guards defending her. the irony of it is they live just fine. it is average people who don't. >> harris: new orleans. those people are really feeling it. pete hegseth in "focus." great to have you. been a great show. so glad you watched. i feel blessed to serve you this way. "outnumbered" is after the break. pay off your high-rate credit cards. pay yourself cash. managing your diabetes just got easier. the powerful, new dexcom g7 lets you see your numbers on your watch and phon

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