avoiding a catastrophe. watch this year. a kitten ran onto the highway and then it got stuck in a car's engine. the officer heard the purring, pulled the cat to safety and got a picture with him. the cat was taken to an animal rescue center and hopefully has a new home today. great to have you with me today. let's kick it to john roberts in for harris. "the faulkner focus" is next. >> that car purred like a kitten. chinese warship buzzing a u.s. navy vessel off taiwan as critics rip the timing of the biden administration's visit to beijing. this is "the faulkner focus." i'm john roberts in for harris this week anchoring fox news

tonight. a foreign policy stumble. the biden administration sending two senior officials to china yesterday the exact day the tin men square anniversary. we don't know to this day how many people were killed. recognizing that atrocity still forbidden in china. tom cotton says this official visit sends exactly the wrong message. >> biden administration officials should stop chasing after the chinese communist counterparts like love struck teenagers. it is embarrassing and pathetic. it projects weakness to china and encourages them to do things like buzz our aircraft or come within a few hundred yards of our ships and encourages them to send spy balloons all over america. >> john: there has been 0 direct communication between biden and

xi since the u.s. shot down the china aircraft in our airspace earlier this year. jake sullivan down playing tensions. >> the desire on both parts to put a floor under the relationship, to manage the competition responsibly and insure competition does not become conflict. at some point we'll see biden and xi come back together again. as far as i'm concerned there is nothing inconsistent with on the one hand competing vigorously in important domains and economics and technology and insuring that competition does not veer into conflict or confrontation. that's the firm conviction of president biden. >> john: kat cammack standing by on this. first to eric shawn with more on china's latest provocation. this one in the seas. >> hello, china poking at the u.s. with provocative actions raising warnings in washington about beijing's escalating aggression. the chinese warship intercepted

a u.s. missile destroyer on saturday crossing dangerously close across the bow. the maneuver happened days after this, a chinese fighter jet crossing the plane of a surveillance plane causing it to shake from the war planes turbulence. wisconsin republican congressman mike gallagher on the chinese communist party says the brazen stunts are china's efforts to undermine and challenge american presence in the pacific. he charges the biden administration simply is not doing enough about that. he says the white house needs to, for example, increase our military presence in the region, increase arms sales to taiwan and anti-ship missiles and cut some economic ties so beijing finally gets the message. >> they aren't interested in being friends or peace and stability. they are increasingly aggressive, bent on displacing us as the dominant power in the

pacific and i believe globally. >> john: his committee is marking the 34th anniversary of the massacre yesterday. 34 years ago in 1989 when troops opened fire on demonstrators demanding democracy in the country killing hundreds, if not thousands. the committee will hold an event with chinese activists including veterans of the protest saying the crackdowns on freedom have only in the past decades gotten worse. the chinese officials turned down a meeting with lloyd austin. we're told c.i.a. director bird made a secret trip to beijing last month to try to lower tensions. it seems judging by china's recent actions bird's visit may failed to achieve that goal. >> john: increasingly provocative. thank you. republican congresswoman kat cammack of florida member of the

energy and commerce committee is with us now. is this china telling the u.s. to get out of our neighborhood? >> happy monday. yes, this is china's attempt to normalize this type of behavior. when you turn to twitter this morning you see the poll it bureau pushing out propaganda saying the united states is a dying empire and how they were letting us know we were in their neighborhood. freedom of navigation operations which is what we were doing in the strait have been used for years. china is trying to normalize this behavior. we continue to make sure that freedom of navigation operations continue in the region because one, there is economic implications but also this type of behavior is for china to be continuing to put that out there so that they can say well we've been do this. we've been doing it. they are pushing the envelope more each time to make it

normal. it is not. we need to stand firm. we need to put a word out this will not be tolerated and as our united states navy said, it was unsafe operations. we have to be vocal and we have to push back now. >> john: that is almost a collision. the way the "wall street journal" editorial board said. china's military goal is to push the u.s. out of the western pacific and getting bolder as its military power increases. mr. xi warned chinese national security officials they should prepare for the worst case scenario in stormy seas. it looks like the chinese are trying to provoke a confrontation. >> absolutely. this is the straight out of the russia playbook trying to establish a pre-text to justify any hostilities in the region. as i said we're in there conducting freedom of navigation operations. no hostilities on our part. what china wants to do is

provoke a reaction to say they were the victim so that when they in turn engage they feel justified that they have the narrative on their side. look no further than what we're doing around the world with their belt road initiative. they go and do the predator lending schemes to say we're coming in to do help. we're coming to do humanitarian aid. in reality they're trying to trap countries into being beholding to the ccp. this is the playbook 101. we have to stand firm and take a stance. i'm very disappointed in biden not speaking out about this as of yet. we need to make sure that congress as a whole is standing strong. republican, democrat, we have to be americans when it comes to this issue. >> john: standing strong is a big issue after president biden fell on his face at the air force academy. the way nikki haley saw that this morning. >> it is very clear -- none of us should have celebrated when he fell. it was the horrific thing to watch. china and russia and iran saw

that. that's the part that bothers me the most because when they see weakness like that, that's when they go and get more aggressive. >> john: what message do you think that sends? obviously he tripped over a sandbag. we have an 80-year-old president getting more stiff. he falls a number of times, one of these days you never know he could break a hip and not get back up. when president xi takes a look at what's going on in terms of leadership, what is he thinking? >> again, i agree with what ambassador haley said. she said that this type of behavior, this weakness invites aggression. she is right. no one should be cheering when they see the president stumbling on stage. no one should. but the fact remains he has been shaking hands with invisible people. taking cues from the easter bunny. this type of weakness invites aggression from adversaries. russia and china are watching this very closely. when you look abroad at the propaganda machines they're in

full effect talking about how america is in decline. that invites opportunities for them to take action economically and militarily against the united states. >> john: i want to bring you to this issue. president biden's reported pick for the new centers for disease control director already is in hot water. video resurfacing of mandy cohen laughing how state officials collaborated while serving as north carolina's health secretary. >> probably the person i called the most was the secretary of health and human services in massachusetts. she was like are you going to let them from professional football and we're like nope. okay, neither are we, neither are we. so, you know, conversations like that. so -- or i would be so when are you going to think about lightening up and they're like next monday. okay, next monday. >> cohen embodies the worse of of pandemic policy.

how were you struck by that exchange laughing about the idea that oh, well, if you are are going to do this we'll do the same thing as well? >> it's disgusting. there is nothing funny about the covid lockdowns that destroyed people's businesses, destroyed livelihoods. harmed kids and communities. there is nothing funny about it. so to have the nominee for the cdc sitting there laughing hysterically about this is not funny, it is not cute and it again speaks to the lack of seriousness this administration has when it comes to the very basics. when we have less than 50% of americans today who have faith and confidence in the cdc, the cdc of all agencies, that speaks volumes that you have someone who has very little regard for the science or data that showed to lockdowns were ineffective and little regard for the fact that we as americans, we saw how destructive they were in states like california and new york that promoted the lockdowns.

it is unacceptable. >> john: we'll see how the nomination goes and follow it. kat cammack of the great state of florida. thanks for kicking us off today. the prime suspect in natalee holloway's 2005 disappearance is set to be transferred to u.s. soil. he will face trial 18 years after 18-year-old holloway vanished during her trip to aruba. he allegedly tried to sell natalee's mother about where her body is. she has never been found. van der sloot is expected to arrive in atlanta. >> the timeline for van der sloot's temporary extradition to the u.s. is not exactly clear. his lawyer tells the associated

press that he does expect van der sloot to be extradited to the u.s. at some point this week. the process was already in motion over the weekend as prison officials in peru moved him from a prison he was housed at in southern peru to a maximum security prison in lima. van der sloot will eventually be turned over to interpol we're told that will hand him over to the f.b.i. for temporary extradition to the u.s. to face extortion and wire fraud charges connected to the 2005 disappearance of alabama teenager natalee holloway in aruba. her body has never been found. the defense attorney says it could be the family's opportunity to get some kind of justice. >> this is the type of thing that can make sure that this man never breathes free air again. let's not forget it is possible

he could survive long enough to get out of prison in peru. a successful conviction here in the united states will guarantee that he stays in prison for the rest of his natural life. >> van der sloot, who is currently serving out a sentence for an unrelated murder of a woman in 2010, was indicted by a grand jury in this country over a scheme to provide what turned out to be false information about holloway's whereabouts in exchange for $250,000 reward. holloway's family offered that. holloway's mother gave van der sloot $25,000 up front but ultimately lied about the teen's location. the family now hoping that this extradition will at least give them some justice in terms of how long van der sloot will be here, that is still unclear, john. his lawyer has said that he expects for his client to be here for up to a year. john. >> john: we'll keep watching that one. charles watson, thank you.

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>> john: a walgreens store in chicago has been redesigned with just two aisles where customers can shop for themselves. want anything else and you have to go to a kiosk to order it. an employee will bring you your items which are stored far from

reach. chicago is struggling mightily with crime. area near the walgreens has seen more than 50 crimes in the past year alone. op-ed reads anarchy in the usa. $1 hundred billion a year stolen by brazen shoplifters, dystopian stores locking away their goods. police invisible. is this the lawless america we really want? despite all that walgreens says its move is not about theft. mike tobin has more from chicago. mike. >> you've seen all of the videos of the shoplifters without a care in the world. the flash mobs overrunning stores. now we see the response. what is behind me there could very well be the future. walgreens has redesigned one of their retail outlets in chicago's south loop. the bulk of the store is empty. retail is limited to two aisles which customers can walk through and select items and some of those items are still locked down. most of the inventory is protected in the back of the store. shoppers get on a kiosk, make

their order and it gets delivered to a window. the general public has limited access to inventory and can't loot it. they issued a statement. testing a new experience at this store with new concept technologies and practices to enhance our experiences and the experiences of our customers and team members. so far the complaint we're hearing from shoppers is that it's impersonal. >> we're confused when we walked in. we're from the suburbs. never seen anything like it. >> i ain't never seen a wall green like this. >> it is unique. almost looks like a doctor's office when you walk in. the aesthetic of it. >> walgreens won't say it is a direct response to shoplifting. people know their retail experience is impacted. people said they pay more because of shop living. 2/3 are worried about gang-led shoplifting and half of the people polled said courts and

police are too lenient. john. >> john: setting the stage in chicago. power panel now. gianno caldwell, chicago native. some customers lamented the lack of trust that comes with locking everything up. when people are allowed to steal in impunity with very little consequence what's a company to do? >> what we know and what we see is this is a sad reality that's impacting cities across america, san francisco, chicago, you see it even in los angeles. when we think about chicago and all the things that are going on there, we think about the fact that as of may 28th over 887 shootings, murders are up 25%, shootings up 23% over a four-year span. this is terrible. the truth of the matter is for those who live there, the elected officials and

policymakers law and order is not the issue of the day. if that's not a consistent message people are receiving the thugs, those who choose to rob, steal and kill, if they're not hearing that message, which they aren't hearing from city council, mayor or county prosecutors they'll continue to happen and only get worse. >> john: why do leaders in so many of these cities seem to be at a loss to get crime under control? there was almost a permissive nature when it comes to crime among many officials. >> i think you're right, john. i wish that wasn't the case. sadly, much of it comes from so-called progressive democrats like the mayor of chicago, like the district attorney here in manhattan, alvin bragg, and their position incredibly when crime goes up, the problem is the police and not enough money for social services rather than tough law enforcement policies to crack down on violent

criminals and repeaters. i think they have it all wrong. mostly democrats. i hope my party wises up. >> john: they have it all wrong, says doug, gianno, yet refuse to do anything about it. say what you will about him now, but in the 1990s rudy giuliani took a city headed in the wrong direction and made it the safest big city in america. >> law and order is the tool he used to do that. we understand and have seen examples like new york city and how rudy giuliani turned it around. the thing is with the virtual signaling going on in the city of chicago now. even state of illinois. they passed a law before the state supreme court court called the safety act which creates a no bail sen ar arrow -- scenar

for second degree murder. every leader top to bottom has to change if they want to do something about it. brandon johnson, i say to you, sir, you have a city that is under stress, you know that people were very concerned about the crime situation there. do you want to make it worse by talking about programming for youth and not putting some of those youth in jail and charging them as adults? that's the real question today for those leaders. >> john: want the carry over to this topic. critics tearing into "the new york times" in a new piece they report president biden's staff leaves him alone on weekends and adjusts his schedule. the same article goes on to dismiss his recent fall at the air force academy commencement and downplays frequent verbal gaffes as nothing new referring to him as sharp, wise, commanding with striking stamina. critics lighting up the piece call it embarrassing and slobbering. doug, how did it strike you?

>> it struck me as bending over backwards to be kind and solicitous to the president. look, he is a good negotiator. he did get the deal done to raise the debt limit. that's all good. he has traveled a lot. gone to kiev and asia. but i think most of us who watch him have legitimate questions about his ability and sadly, 2/3 of democrats, if i remember correctly, john, question whether he should run for another term. there remain unanswered questions that the times piece did not successfully address. >> john: kind and solicitous some words used to describe it. here is how miranda described it. it is not showing at this stage, just sad for the country. it adds to the perception of an

feeble america vulnerable to its enemies. joe biden falling off a bike, tripping up the stairs of air force one, getting lost on stage, losing his train of thought, well, anyways -- lions go after the babies and weak ones. if you are xi or iran or vladimir putin will you go after a strong leader or a weak one? >> you are going to go after a weak one. we've seen that with the war in ukraine. we understand why they started this process, putin, that is. because of the afghanistan withdrawal and we see papers like "the new york times" propping up president biden and they are exposing their hand as a non-serious newspaper not like they used to be. they lost -- americans are

concerned what president biden's missteps have made to america and what it will money down the road. the former founder of twitter endorsing people like robert f. kennedy junior. i think there will be other people who will do the same because they need more choices as the democratic party knows, joe biden is likely to lose in the state that we've seen him in as of the last what, two years or so. >> john: doug, michael goodwin saw it this way. kamala harris is a biden fall away from being in the oval office. you are 80 years old. fall down sometimes hard. there is a good chance one of those falls you will break a hip or something else and not get up and then what? >> well, i think the problem the democrats have is kamala harris's ratings are lower than joe biden's and when you poll head-to-head biden is effectively within the margin of error tied with both trump and

desantis. kamala harris trails both of them. so the democrats very much need joe biden to run to have a chance to win. the problem is kamala harris as either vice president or potential president at the very least doesn't add that much to the appeal of the ticket. >> john: all right. doug and gianno, good to talk to both of you. thank you so much. >> john: gas prices could shore this summer. is there anything we can do to turn it around? steve moore is in "focus" next and he is coming up next. my name is shannon knight, and i own little knights daycare. carolina sports incorporated. a paradise for parents. lomita feed, current caretaker and owner.

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last year. it was pushing $5. that said, these cuts in production definitely lead to higher prices. listen to what one analyst said -- i'll tell you what he said. gas is not going to become cheaper. if anything, it will become margin ali more expensive. a contentious meeting in vienna. saudi arabia wanted everybody to cut. they want to drive prices up. in the end, nobody agreed so saudis said they'll do it themselves. a million barrels of day. that added to the 3.6 million that were already announced, that means 4 1/2 million barrels of production out of production. this was the saudi oil minister's statement after the announcement. >> i would have to quote this analogy. we will do whatever is necessary to bring stability to this

market. >> saudi lollipop. a gift to the rest of the opec folks. lock at the baker hughes rig count. it's less than 700 rigs now operating in the u.s., down 15 rigs in the last week and 72 rigs since december. john, we just got a statement from the white house. something on background from the white house saying that the president is concerned not with barrels but with the price at the pump. problem is, the price of the barrel influences the price at the pump. see where it goes. >> john: do the math. joining us is steve moore former trump economic advisor. not concerned with the price of a barrel of oil. concerned with the price at the pump. wow. is that a fundamental misunderstanding of how this works? >> well, i'm extremely frustrated by what is going on

with american energy policy. it has put america last policy. when i first met with donald trump i was thinking about this 6 or 7 years ago when running for president in 2016 and larry kudlow and i sat down with him and talked about with the right energy policy we could make america energy independent for first time. trump said i want america to be energy dominant. i want to remind your viewers by the end of the trump administration. you didn't do stories about opec because we were producing oil and gas here and opec had become a toothless tiger. the gas price is good news today come down by a dollar a gallon. but today the grass price is higher than it was any time when trump was president over a four-year period. it is about $1 a gallon higher today than when trump left

office. this is a self-inflicted wound because of biden's war against american fossil fuels. >> john: i was in texas over the memorial day weekend and saw some $3 gat -- gasoline in texas. after the victory lap some people on both sides of the aisle are not so hot on this debt limit deal. president biden now speaker mccarthy hailing the agreement that suspends the debt ceiling for two years and not default. some people calling it a win for both sides. not everyone, though. >> perpetuate the problem they'll add probably about $4 trillion to the debt over the next year and a half. could be more than that. and the bill fails to accomplish literally any of the major objectives that they claim it accomplishes. they are claiming victory. not a victory but capitulation. in the world of policies and

families and people going to work, there is nothing in that bill that was very good for anybody in america. >> john: complaints on all sides. the thing i quibble with, though. republicans are saying it adds $4 trillion to the debt. it's republicans in the house that control the purse strings. if they don't want to give biden the money, they don't have to. >> a good reminder that the president can't spend money, only congress can. it takes both houses. i will give kevin mccarthy a high grade here and did an excellent job negotiating. biden, you were covering this four weeks ago, he said i'll never negotiate with those republicans. he called them terrorists. it was a marginally positive thing. the most important reminder here is if you are concerned about the direction of our finances in

the country, most voters are, you have to get a new president. this is a president who ran up our debt by $6 trillion in two years. i've been in the game 40 years. he is by far nobody else comes close, not even barack obama to the reckless spending that we've seen by this president. i think the focus really has to turn to 2024. one other quick point of reference to kind of amplify the point you were making earlier. what this deal does, instead of borrowing $10 trillion over the next ten years we'll borrow only $8 trillion. that probably makes you sleep better at night knowing that. >> john: if it's only $8 trillion we can all live with that. not negotiating. joe manchin said it is harmful and shows the extreme left is pushing so hard not to even negotiator talk about it. just hold your ground, hold your ground. that is not who we are in america. steve, great to see you. thanks for helping kick us off

this monday. >> thanks, john. >> john: gop candidates offering up their meaning of the word woke. how big the issue may play in the primaries and beyond. senator tim scott welcoming a chance to enter hostile territory and face down the hosts of "the view." >> it's time for a conservative with backbone to look those ladies in the eyes and say you do not have to be an exception to succeed in america. >> john: we'll bring you what he just told those hosts of the show moments ago. ♪ ♪ women have to overcome more obstacles to reach the top. it's made them fiercely determined and more innovative. just because they can navigate the obstacles

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>> john: republican primary field is set to get larger this week. chris christie announces his second white house bid tomorrow. former vice president mike pence and north dakota governor dougburg um jumping into the race on wednesday. last week this candidate of tim scott got a lot of attention. listen. >> he is like clarence thomas, black republican who believes in pulling us up by your bootstraps

rather than to me understanding the systemic racism that african-american face in this country. he doesn't get it. neither does clarence. that's why they're republicans. >> john: joy behar is off on munn so she didn't have to go face-to-face with senator scott today. moments ago he had strong words for today's hosts of the view. listen. >> one of the reasons why i'm on this show is because of the comments made on this show that the only way for a young african-american kid to be successful in this country is to be the exception and not the rule. that's a dangerous, offensive, disgusting message to send to our young people today that the only way to succeed is by being the exception. >> john: joe concha fox news contributor here now. what a shame that joy behar wasn't there today. >> i'm sure she could have gone in. it was a big confrontation she could have had and had to defend

herself from those disgusting comments she made last week and calling tim scott an uncle tom. tim scott is polling in the single digits. he needs media attention in an effort to push his platform and case to be the gop nominee. donald trump and ron desantis are getting 90% it feels like of the media attention. all the almost entirely negative attention. tim scott sees this appearance as an opportunity despite knowing he is walking into an ambush. today if you watched it, sunny hostin painted tim scott as a racist or enabler of racists because he doesn't follow her lead in calling everything racist. by focusing on skin color there was nothing resembling substance in terms of what issues are important to voters. inflation, wages, economy, president's polling is low there. crime in major cities and border being a national security crisis.

education, act test scores. we didn't get that today on "the view." just the debate between tim scott and sunny hostin while joy behar was watching from home. >> john: he was brave enough to face them face-to-face and make his point. he may be polling at 1% but he is the democrat's worst nightmare according to a lot of people. you mention sunny hostin and race and her views on it. she took heat for saying this the other day. >> i think that women, white women in particular, want to protect this patriarchy here. they want to make sure their husbands and sons do well and make sure their children do well and make sure they do well. most of the women and some of the studies are married white women and they do fall in line with what their husbands are doing. what their -- how their husbands are voting. >> the view's sunny hostin

continues the left wing pattern of anti-white bigotry and racism. i know my wife doesn't look at me as a patriarch. she tells me what to do. >> it's a honey do list every weekend for me. you want to know who the ceo of this household is it's my wife certainly. she hears is comment like that and rolls her eyes and shakes her head. some people at home are saying why do we talk about "the view." a lot of people do watch that show. it actually, believe it or not. falls under the abc news division and considered a news program and presidential contenders go on that show. it is important to call out the sunny hostins of the world. let's put it this way. gallup had a poll last year that said 84% of americans believe the media divides the country. and when you play clips like that from sunny hostin that's exhibit a. if you teach a class on it that's the top of the syllabus there.

>> john: the only time my wife looks at me for anything substantive is when it involves heavy physical labor. governor ron desantis on the campaign trail ready with an answer on the meaning of the word woke. president trump says he doesn't like using the word and that half the people who use it can't define it. listen to what desantis said. >> you like to use the word woke. because people don't know what it means. that's been a big part of your messaging. >> we know what woke is. a form of cultural marxism and putting merit and achievement behind identity politics and a war on the truth and it has corrupted a lot of institutions. you have to be willing to fight the woke. we've done it in florida. >> john: here is how candidate nikki haley answered a question last night. >> how do you define woke? >> you want to start with

biological boys playing in girls sports. the fact that we have gender pronoun classes in the military now. all these things that are pushing what a small minority want on the majority of americans, it's too much. it's too much. they are starting to push everything on the left. >> john: trump says a lot of people don't know how to define woke. some people maybe haven't thought about it too much. nikki haley and ron desantis have. >> yes, they were ready for that question in both instances. you could tell they are hungering for it. what appears here that the problem for ron desantis is that he is now in a race with what, 11 other people will be in the race by time we're at the end of this week. look, a big reason why ron desantis won so big in florida and ran up the score not in red counties but democratic counties is because of his war on woke. particularly as it pertains to the education system in florida. now that said, he has this huge

hill to climb as does nikki haley. now with chris christie jumping into the race, my former gov nameplate he has no shot of winning. he is there to play jack ruby, just to take shots at trump and to a certain extent desantis knowing he won't win. as long as you have 11 people on one side and donald trump on the other with the most loyal core base we've seen in political history, donald trump is happy with the more the merrier. he knows that diminishes the threat from desantis as long as it isn't a two-man race. the question is going into iowa and new hampshire if you are a candidate at 2 or 3 or 4 percent do you stay in the race or put party over self-interest and get out the way democrats did for joe biden heading to super tuesday in 2020. >> john: that many people coming in has a bad effect when it comes to support and very difficult for anybody to emerge as a legitimate opponent to president trump but 30 seconds

left here. politics has a way of surprising you. >> oh yeah. i remember when rudy giuliani and hillary clinton could not lose in 2016. 240 days from iowa. a lot can change. >> john: even ron desantis isn't playing the florida strategy. i'll see you in an hour an america reports. "outnumbered" after the break. around here, we like to keep things simple and honest. sure do. that's why at progressive, we show you rates from other companies, even if they're lower than ours, so you can choose what's best for your family. comparing rates used to be a hard day's work, but not with autoquote explorer. -need me to help again? -no. so join us and taste why progressive

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♪ kalee: hello, this is outnumbered. the host of kennedy saves the world cod past kennedy and fox news contributor guy benson. we begin with new reports and damaging polls regarding president biden's age and ability to lead. 08-year-old biden hasn't --

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