case. that's what she said on the record. >> dana: the v.a. is saying that they are unable to say a lot because of privacy respect for patients and so they will be dealing with that today in atlanta and there are still four people fighting for their lives and we wish them the best and hope they get better soon. we wrap up a thursday. good to be with you as well. harris faulkner is next. here she is. >> harris: breaking news. the white house facing fresh accusations against the president and the word criminal is being attached to joe biden's name for a witness who has come forth. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." a new whistleblower, technical and legal term when it comes to evidence. this person says the f.b.i. and d.o.j. have a file that link vice president joe biden to a criminal bribery scheme, an exchange of cash for certain

policy decisions. the house oversight committee has subpoenaed f.b.i. director christopher wray for documents. they want him to turn over that specific file at a meeting that they will have six days from now, may 10th. committee chair james comer and senator chuck grassley are leading the charge on this. >> we have a rough idea what is in the document and i just want to do what congressional oversight responsibilities i have to see what the f.b.i. and the d.o.j. has done to follow up on it. has there been political influence to not proceed if there is a reasonable possible criminal activity? >> harris: this directly from the white house now. republicans and congress have been lobbing unfounded and unproven politically unmotivated

attacks against his family without offering evidence for their claims or decisions other than u.s. interests. we begin with peter doocy live at the white house. peter. >> the white house statement continues as white house officials claim that republicans in congress prefer floating anonymous innuendo amplified by right wing media to get attention to deflect from their own ideas and lack of solutions when people care about. anybody can take a look at biden's finances. he released a total of 25 years of tax returns to the american public. chuck grassley says i believe the f.b.i. possesses an unclassified internal document including very serious and detailed allegations implicating the current president of the united states. what we don't know what if anything the f.b.i. has done to

verify the claims and investigate further. that's the key. lawmakers have not seen this document yet and congressional investigations to date have not produced any solid proof of wrongdoing by the biden family. however, some in the senate are already looking beyond the investigations into possible conclusions. >> it doesn't have to be a high crime or misdemeanor. the constitution specifies impeachment lies for treason or bribery. the evidence not only against hunter biden but the evidence against joe biden being complicit and profiting from this corruption is growing and growing and growing. >> we just don't know who this whistleblower is or what kind of a source would have talked to the f.b.i. or the d.o.j. that would produce this document that now these republicans in congress want to see.

harris. >> harris: all right. peter doocy. we'll get into what we do about the whistleblower in a moment. thanks for getting us started. the "new york post" with word play gold mined here. their cover today joe bribe--in. you see republicans and senator grassley has quite a reputation for how he handles so meticulously investigations. so we don't know all of what he has yet. but a lot of confidence coming from republicans that he has something tying evidence into what could be charges against the president. >> chuck grassley has an excellent reputation when it comes to his meticulous approach as you just said. someone who does these things not in a fly by night manner and doesn't get over his skis when it comes to the claims he is willing to make and why i think he is being very careful in what he is saying here about what he knows and what he believes is in

this file that they are requesting. keep in mind in the larger picture of things, harris, we saw the full weaponization of so many different aspects of law against former president trump and continue to see it used against him in very aggressive investigations where the investigations themselves were designed to disrupt his administration. we've seen nothing like that under joe biden. instead it seems like their approach is to use kid gloves even though there are serious questions particularly related to the financial history of hunter biden that could have benefited larger members of the family. it seems like a lot of our bureaucracies are trying to look the other way throughout this presidency in order to keep it from having any kind of speed bumps as it continues its policy approach. that's the kind of thing that republicans on capitol hill will not stand for. they will demand answers and we'll have to wait and see what's in these documents in

terms of measuring how much they really impact and show the potential for real bribery in this situation. >> harris: in the majority they can subpoena and it will be a challenge for the biden white house and administration at this point. right now -- peter alluded to this. i want to get into the whistleblower. we don't know that person's identity. according to published reports it would be a different person than the i.r.s. agent who came forth last month alleging the biden administration is covering up the investigation into hunter biden. this one points to an f.b.i. form known that documents an interview with a source. the contents of the form or file have not yet been seen by congress. republicans claim that document is unclassified. so potentially we'll know what's in it and when we do we'll know what congress knows at that point and we'll see if they

charge the president. >> certainly i think one of the things that is of note here just given the fact we have these different tracks with different whistleblowers is related to joe biden, i think a lot of us have said maybe there is proof of some unethical activity when it comes to the financial side of things, the implication that he was involved to a greater degree or where things hunter was doing that could potentially be illegal. what we haven't seen yet is a direct quid pro quo claim that has been justified in a serious manner by the evidence. this could change all of that. it could be something that could change the conversation about whether there was a direct line between financial benefits or joe biden or the biden family and decisions that he was making or influencing while in office. that's a completely different level of serious offense. it is something congress will obviously respond to. >> harris: nothing to do with hunter biden and his shady

business deals. that is a side hustle quite potent if the president is shown to have behavior consistent with a crime. we don't know what we don't know yet. i do say this, democrats are watching this, too. fox news contributor richard fowler was on the power panel yesterday and he made an interesting point. even if it means subpoenaing the president. look at this. >> what you have happening here over and over again is republicans pointing to this drip, drip of evidence on hunter biden. my point is if you have it and have all this evidence call a hearing. subpoena hunter biden. you have the power to subpoenaed. when you are done send a recommendation to the justice department who have an investigation open against him. >> harris: he went on to say, because i asked him, would you want to see the president subpoenaed. whatever it takes to drop the drip, drip, drip. two lanes why that might want to be a case. they are trying to get ready for a presidential campaign to win

re-election. this is a side show of its own that they can't answer to potentially in the white house. so that's one reason. anything else you can think of? >> i think that the other thing is they're learning from the mistakes that democrats made over the past several years when it came to dealing with former president trump. they rushed ahead with a lot of hearings where they didn't know what the answers to certain questions were going to be. they created side shows without actually getting into the nitty-gritty of issues in large part because there was nothing to be found. no actual evidence to support the kind of claims they were making. i think this time around republicans want to get their ducks in a row and know what they think actually happened before they start asking those questions of hunter biden and others who should be called and should be subpoenaed. i agree with richard fowler on that, as soon as possible. >> harris: ben, always great to have you in "focus" and get us started with the first guest of the hour. thank you. >> great to be with you. >> harris: well, it is national day of prayer. historically there was a call to

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the border crisis. have you seen the video and live pictures showing on fox news all morning long? this is a week before title 42 ends. >> the 10 million plus will be here during his four years. 10 to 15% of the entire population will be in america illegally. that's a plan and he doesn't care who dies or gets hurt to execute that plan. >> harris: the administration is sending 1500 troops, men and women from our military to help process the expected surge next week. lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are furious over that move. we'll find out why and get into it. tennessee senator marsha blackburn in "focus" next. like here. and here. and here. not so much here. if you've been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease farxiga reduces the risk of kidney failure

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>> the president has taken this very seriously as you all know.

he put forth a comprehensive immigration plan because he understands how critically important this issue is. republicans need to stop doing political stunt and come to the table and deal with this in a bipartisan way. >> harris: that's delusional talk. this is not a stunt. it is happening on the mexico side of the border. a look by fox news at the biden border crisis from their point of view. the banks of the rio grande from the mexico side. people are waiting to swarm our border risking drowning by using rafts. some the rafts are so small people fall off into the water and end up swimming across the river. that's what happens in brownsville, texas, another area. that city is already overwhelmed. as all these people try to safely get across. our border agents jump in a lot to save people in rivers. also, on full display in el paso is the trek to get here. some will use checkpoints as we know many of them will go around

them and enter illegally. high numbers of people sleeping shoulder to shoulder on the streets of el paso. that was december. they cleaned it up for a visit of joe biden and then it went right back to this. things are expected to get even worse now that the title 42 health restrictions driven by covid are set to expire exactly one week from today. there is fierce bipartisan backlash now to president biden's decision to send 1,500 men and women from our military to the southern border. senator lindsey graham calls it ridiculous theater. democrat colleague senator bob menendez says the militarization of the border is unacceptable. they don't like it for different reasons. even the liberal media has something to say. >> i think the biden administration thrashing around trying to figure out what to do. 1500 troops without law enforcement authority are not much more than a gesture. >> harris: that's the thing. without law enforcement authority. they can't do their jobs or help

the police there. "focus" now senator marsha blackburn, republican from the great state of tennessee serving on judiciary, veterans affairs, finance and commerce committees. we are where you said we'd be. facing an onslaught of people and sending some troops down but they can't do much to secure the border. >> you're right about that. they have no authority. it is a show so that they can say they're doing something because they finally are having to admit they've got a problem. but in essence, they are doing nothing about this. now, harris, we have already had 6.3 million people come in on joe biden's watch. 1.3 million of those are the known gotaways, not the unknown gotaways but the known gotaways. you have terrorists, criminal illegal aliens and gang members that are in these numbers.

you have 40,000 people already assembled on the mexico side of the border waiting to surge the u.s. border. and you've got 1500 troops that are going to have to stand there and assist border patrol with pulling these 40,000 people onto u.s. soil. that's what this amounts to. think about that. they aren't sending 1500 people down there to protect the border. they are sending 1500 active duty troops to back up the border patrol because the border patrol tell us we can't do our job securing the border. we're in the asylum business. this is a big part of the problem. so it's like 1500 people to help with this surge. and the fact that this

administration says well, you can go to the app and make application to come to the u.s., all they are trying to do is find new ways to make illegal legal. they are spending a lot of time on that and trying to normalize lawlessness in this country. and for the white house spokesperson to stand at that podium and tell the american people that they are really concerned about this, i think people see through that, harris. >> harris: let me get to her. karine jean-pierre, the white house press secretary, was dodging questions yesterday over vice president kamala harris's handling of the border in particular because she is supposed to be the border czar, kamala harris. let's watch. >> what report card would you give the vice president for her handling of the root causes of migration in central america?

>> i've learned from my predecessor to never fall into that trap of giving grades. what we can say from here is that the president appreciates and has been very impressed by her partnership in this administration. >> harris: that's not even a thing you would say about a friend. you can't give somebody a comment about the job they are doing on an important day a week away from a surge? >> well, there again, their border policy has been to open the border and to allow people to illegally cross that border. >> harris: it worked. >> their emphasis is trying to make illegal legal and they don't want to address the root causes and they don't want to address what border patrol has told us now for three decades they need. number one, a physical barrier, number two, better technology.

the border czar, went one time. went to the wrong address. didn't see what was actually happening. never went out on patrol with the border patrol. didn't go out and talk with people who are making this journey. didn't hear from them about how they've had to pay the cartels. didn't go out and see the brace lets cartels are putting on these people. didn't talk to people that have survived the sex trafficking and the human trafficking and the drug trafficking. the abuse they are enduring as they make this journey. there is a lot that could have been done. this administration has chosen not to do it and on top of all of it, we have a department of homeland security secretary who does not believe in securing the homeland. >> harris: let's pause there. he is supposed to arrive today. we're working on the timing of that. hopefully we'll know shortly. maybe he is on his way now.

he will be there supposedly today and tomorrow, which lets you know this is a near fema situation. it has to be an emergency. let's hope he listens to his men and women in the u.s. border patrol. it is an embarrassment how he treats them. they will tell you that on the record. they did to me. a new poll finds that 50% of parents say their children's mental health has been negatively impacted by social media in the past 12 months. it comes at lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing to protect our kids online. senator blackburn, i know along with democrat senator dick blumenthal reintroduced the kids online safety act and so far i understand that more than a quarter of the senate have signed on as original co-sponsors. tell me about the measures. >> 33 of the 100 senators said

sinus up. we want to co-sponsor this. what this bill would do is require these social media platforms to have safety by design. so safety would be your default settings. it would require them to open these black box algorithms so parents and third party researchers can look at this and evaluate the kind of self-harm the abusive conduct that is taking place, the cyberbullying. they could get inside and look at what is happening with kids that are meeting predators and pedophiles and sex traffickers and drug dealers online. it would give a dedicated channel for parents so that they could report some of what is happening online to their children and then harris, it would require these social media platforms to do something about

it and to do it within a set period of time. one of the problems that parents have had is they will try to get help from the social media and the social media company responds six months later. child is dead and they say this does not violate our community standards. we are changing this policy. hundreds of organizations, thousands of parents and teens are standing with us. we are going to get the kids online safety act passed this year. >> harris: it is bipartisan. i know it is hard to get 33 senators to come together over something so quickly. it is the timing of this. what you say is true. parents tell me and i'm a parent of teenagers, too. the companies chill you. they freeze you out by not getting back to you in a timely fashion when you can protect your child. thank you as always for being in "focus." >> absolutely. >> harris: democrats on the

senate banking committee are trashing the republican debt plan as the party looks to maneuver around house speaker kevin mccarthy to avoid default and try not to get it pinned on the democrats that might be part of the problem because the president won't negotiate. i could go on. it's only on hour show. the challenge of age issues become key in president biden's 2024 campaign. power panel next.

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>> maga republicans have claimed they are averting a catastrophe by setting up this rotten choice. do not believe it. >> biden's senate democrats have

sat idly by watching the clock tick down to default by not thoughtfully engaging. they hope to avoid a substantive debate on a very serious fiscal issue. >> harris: why is that exactly? democrats and republicans are sparring over the nation's debt ceiling as a potential catastrophic default is looming. democrats using the senate budget hearing to air out their griever answers about the republicans' plan that they put on the table. republicans claim, however, democrats have no plan of their own. they must not have. i'm sure we would have seen it by now because why not? op-ed calls out president biden refusing to negotiate saying he plays debt limit games as uncle sam rushes toward default. senior congressional

correspondent chad pergram. >> they're running out of track. a stark warning from a leading economist on when congress must act for the nation could face economic calamity. >> my best calculation june 8th will be the day when treasury can't pay its bills. there is a possibility worst case scenario it would be june 1st. it will be very close. >> he estimates a collision with the debt ceiling could cost the economy 800,000 jobs and forecast the jobless rate would climb by a half percent. he recommends suspending the debt ceiling until after the election. senate republicans support the house gop bill passed last week. >> so all the barbs and attacks on the house bill today are meaningless. everyone knows it. this is an opening bid. it's time for president biden to

stop playing politics and demonstrate real presidential leadership by negotiating in good faith. >> democrats lack a plan to address the debt ceiling. they have gotten criticism over their claims about the house g.o.p. bill. they convened the hearing to rail against the g.o.p. plan. that could backfire. >> just the effect that you are having a hearing on that bill, doesn't it give republicans the opportunity to emphasize their argument this is the only bill that has passed? >> the first opportunity republicans have ever had to emphasize it. this bill is so bad they're afraid to do that. we welcome and relish the discussion in committee tomorrow. >> democrats are facing blowback over their charge the g.o.p. would cut spending. interest on the debt could out pace defense spending by 2033. harris. >> harris: that's what senator mike lee told me yesterday. the opposite of what democrats are wanting to do at this point

is really what is necessary. you have to start attacking that debt. you have to do it. i know it's -- they love spending our money. more people speaking out about their concerns with president biden's mental ability. texas senator ted cruz says it could be a factor in his refusal to negotiate, for instance, on the debt ceiling. >> his mental faculties are too diminished right now to do what he did in 2011. to sit down and actually work together on a solution to the problems and what we're left with is a bunch of young staffers in the white house, radical children, who are perfectly willing to risk a default on the debt because they have no appreciation of the chaos and misery and damage a default would do. >> harris: he can drill down those words. one headline says biden's mental miscues shine a spotlight on the age issue clouding re-election

bid. tammy bruce, host of get tammy bruce on fox nation. david car lucci former democrat state senator from new york. tammy, i will start with you and what senator ted cruz just said about the president. >> you know, i think that if you are saying he can't negotiate on an issue, then he shouldn't be president. but they don't go that far. always been an issue about age. when this really is not about age. it is about capabilities and what you can do. at the same time, it's -- you have staff that can work on these things. the issue with the people that are running the country, i would contend, is not that they're radical children. they might be but our problem is we don't know. because they are anonymous. we don't know who is doing this. we don't know their experience. now susan rice recently left. she was in charge of domestic policy. things like that. >> harris: a head scratcher for many. that wasn't her lane. >> also we see with the condition she is gone and we

send 1500 troops to the border. that kind of thing is going on. the bottom line is, i think, you have got the democrats really have not been governing. this is a governing opportunity. this is finally the first time where the republicans have the house and they will have to talk and they've never really been doing that on any issue since he was elected. >> harris: take it away. >> i see ted cruz. he is a lawyer, current senator. i didn't know he was a doctor and could make a medical diagnosis via watching someone on degree. >> harris: agree to a competency test. >> she is saying how convenient. let's have a cognitive test for anyone over the age of 75. her biggest rival is donald trump, 76. >> harris: that's everybody. it is not age. it is also >> what is next? you will have to take the toes to vote? it's a slippery slope.

i trust the american people. >> harris: have you tried to drive a car. you have to take a lot of tests in life. >> the voters make the decision. we were watching a basement campaign. we knew what was going on. we see it every day. the american people don't need a competency test. we need to watch him. we have judged him as incompetent and the moment we get into an age-based dynamic what will stop it from being any other category? >> harris: do they take age out of it? test everybody. make it equal. we want to know if anybody will be competent to be president, right? isn't that the question. >> that's what the campaign is about. >> harris: not if you don't debate. president biden doesn't want to debate with democrats. >> we should expect another basement campaign. that's cheating the voters making them have to guess. now there is a record when it comes to biden's behavior and people -- the republicans will have to move this along. >> harris: president biden's re-election campaign is focusing

on his economic agenda with yet another video. here is a piece of the ad. >> 12 million jobs have been created and joe biden is building an economy that leaves no city, no town, no american behind. >> president biden: we're investing in places and people that have been forgotten. they've been invisible. we haven't forgotten. >> harris: he is invisible. he is going to campaign from the basement. the latest fox poll has nearly 80% of americans with a fair to poor view of the economy. 70% feel the economy is only getting worse for their families. 63% disapprove of biden's handling of the economy. those are some stiff numbers and i know you often say, david, it is too early to look at polling. it is time. he has announced. he spent 20 days on the road talking about the economy and his numbers went down. >> we see that poll and yes, the economy is bonkers.

it is very unpredictable. >> harris: he is in charge of this. >> he has a role to play and doing it. the inflation reduction act, chips. >> harris: which was a climate change bill. >> now you have the semi conductor industry association put out a report saying there were $210 billion of private investment has already been omitted because of the actions that president biden has taken. >> harris: have you ever heard him say that? >> he talked about it. >> harris: the answer is no. he is not making that great an argument you a making for him. >> that's what the video is showing. he is focusing on middle class americans that need that extra help. they need government to have their back, get private investment to engage. >> harris: in all my heart i believe you believe that. you said the key part. it's not live, it's video. get out of the basement. the zoom is still live.

>> you can go directly to the voter with a message. so the dynamics are changing every day.ynamics are caught in the debate which has to be live. at least debate a kennedy who is running. >> the chip argument, all right. but when you go to the store it's about the price of milk, the eggs. the supply chain problem. the daily living experiences of americans which is why those ads are targeting states that he feels that they are worried about their constituency. workers, union members, the forgotten man and woman, they forgot them. they forgot them and now saying we'll -- it is like something that punches in the nose and then says let me help you. they are worried about their base in those states with those ads. >> harris: ten seconds. >> we have to look at this not in a vacuum but the global economy. inflation is out of control all over the globe and the united

states is actually not been as bad as the rest of the world. >> harris: we live here and the reason the fed raised those interest rates again yesterday and could do it again is because inflation is still there. >> the president has a limited impact on that. >> harris: i love having you in studio. a lot more power with you too. they are so friendly in the commercial. the fentanyl epidemic is killing more americans every day. in one democrat-led state drug possession could become legal. the state legislature needs to act before the state law expires. however, progressives are not making it easy. radio host jason rantz in "focus" next. i'm christine mahon. i'm retired from public health nursing

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[chanting] >> harris: imagine seeing this on a subway platform. people are loud and angry in new york city after the death of a homeless man. video shows him being placed in a choke hold by a subway

passenger earlier this week. he later died from his injuries. there is so much crime here. lawmakers on far left are demanding murder charges, really? congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez called the situation disgusting. a new york state democratic senator called it horrific. now manhattan's liberal district attorney soft on crime alvin bragg is under some pressure. what is he going to do? will he bring charges? senior correspondent laura engel is live with the story. >> well, new york's medical examiner says 30-year-old jordan kneely death has been ruled a homicide caused by compression on the neck. he was held down by a man in a choke hold along with two other subway passengers. kneely, who was reportedly homeless and known for his michael jackson impersonations in time square was taken down by a 24-year-old former marine

monday afternoon on the f train when kneely reportedly began acting erratically. the former marine who has not been identified was taken into custody but not charged with a crime. according to the "new york post" subway passengers stepped in after kneely began throwing garbage at passengers and threatening them. the manhattan district attorney's office is investigating his death. as part of our ongoing investigation we'll review medical examiner's report and look at photo and video footage and identify and interview as many witnesses as possible and obtain additional medical records. protest yesterday got rowdy at times. nypd telling us four people were arrested. one criminal justice professor says investigators have to look at one important factor in this case. >> the critical question will be here what was in the head of the person doing the subduing,

right? if that person believed there was imminent harm to himself or others. >> representative alexandria ocasio-cortez called kneely's death murder. in a tweet late yesterday. new york city mayor eric adams says calling the death murder is not very responsible. adding that investigators need to do further investigation. >> harris: let's bring in jason rantz. fortunate for us your experience with this sort of thing living where you do and looking at it across the nation has some response from you. want know what it is today. >> absolutely. i think look, i hear the quote used by this man allegedly, i don't mind going to jail and getting life in prison, i'm ready to die. and so when someone says that while they are acting erratically, i think it is fair to say that they pose a threat.

unfortunately, there are a ton of people who live in new york who take the subway, who have to deal with this exact kind of behavior every single day. it is undoubtedly a tragedy yet a mentally ill homeless man with 40 plus charges who continues to harass people and not a single democrat seems to think that just maybe their policies are to blame. there is no introspection at all, just shouting about how he was murdered for being hungry and unhoused. the language around this is irrational and unreasonable and they are looking for another fight and this is their opportunity to do just that. >> harris: right now they are fighting each other. the democrats. you heard aoc calling it murder and the mayor of new york saying it's irresponsible. what's irresponsible is the soft on crime policies that somebody

can kill on a subway like a gate there like a ticketing gate. in and out, in and out. in and out. >> how do they get in and out like that so easily? why doesn't anyone say anything about that? someone defending themselves are automatically to blame and the person from the so-called marginalized community is always the victim. that's not always the case. based on what we know and heard it seems like it was justified. >> harris: let's get to washington state where they're on the brink of decriminalizing the possession of fentanyl and other drugs unless lawmakers strike a deal on a drug policy. progressives are pushing back when it comes to making public drug use a misdemeanor. one socialist seattle council member tweeted hard pass. if a policy isn't passed it will

be left up to -- opioid deaths have sky rock edmonton up 940%. >> it is really important to understand that democrats in the state legislature have the opportunity to pass a bill with bipartisan support that simply said we would make possession a gross misdemeanor. however we would push people into treatment first. they said no. what they want is a total free for all. i actually think we shouldn't even go through the special legislative session if they won't have any serious conversations. let the cities and counties take care of this. outside of seattle, 1 or 2 other cities they will take it seriously. we've seen cities across the state pass laws just now saying that possession and drug use is going to be a gross misdemeanor. in seattle the hard pass was to the weakest of the weak compromises that simply says doing drugs in public, smoking fentanyl on the street corner, that would be a misdemeanor and

she is saying hard pass. that tells you a lot where their heads are at. >> harris: you can't go anywhere in new york city without the smell of weed hitting you in the face. this was where that journey began. and so you ask yourself now is this where fentanyl would go where my kids would walk along city streets in america and have to inhale that, too? wow. jason, always great to have you in "focus." thank you. "outnumbered" after the break.

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