gift early -- >> dana: that's something. i wonder who will buy that? >> bill: i just gave you an idea for peter's birthday. >> dana: i don't think that's happening. i got im a little fishing trip. we'll see if you get invited. harris faulkner's show is up next. gillian turner is in for harris. >> gillian: fox news alert more than 75 million americans are locked in a dangerous haze. toxic clouds from the massive canadian wildfire is triggering major air quality alerts. i'm gillian turner in for harris, she is hosting fox news tonight all week long. major leagues sports is postponing games and faa is grounding flights. in the thick of the danger that

forecasters say will increase before it gets better. air quality reaching hazardous levels in new jersey, washington, d.c. new yorkers were faced with the worst air quality in the city's history, yesterday. >> the smog, the smell. >> i feel i am getting a headache. >> feel it in my eyes. my must is more compromised than i am. >> asthma. >> when i got back from school my head was hurting. i was having bad headaches and my nose started bleeding. >> gillian: look at the time lapse that shows how bad things really got in the big apple yesterday. over the course of just a few hours, you can see the world trade center disappearing into an orange haze. winds are pushing that toxic cloud that was over new york further south where it will smother even more states.

all that smoke is affecting major league sports. the yankees and phillies postponed their games last night. wnba scrapped the liberty's indoor game because of poor air quality. the "new york post" cover with the old joke today blame canada. let's bring in nate foye from jersey city overlooking downtown manhattan. nate, what does it look like there today? >> well, gillian, the smoke is certainly more noticeable at this point today than it was yesterday. but as you showed in the time lapse we'll be watching the next few hours. it was at about 2:00 yesterday where conditions really got at their worst. take a look behind me at the new york city skyline across the hudson. you can see the smoke still lingering over the city. we are seeing a lot more people wearing facemasks today. the mayor expects conditions to get worse throughout the day. this is having a big impact on travelers. let's take a live look from the philadelphia international

airport. ground stop just ended here. a ground stop still in effect at new york's laguardia airport and seeing delays at newark international here in new jersey. i want to show you how bad things got yesterday in new york. look at this. in the middle of the afternoon for a time it was so dark from all the smoke that we could not see the sun for about 30 minutes. people told us in central park they were experiencing physical symptoms as a result of the smoke. these conditions are expected to last for a couple more days. here is new york city mayor eric adams. >> at 5:00 p.m. the air quality index hit 484. hazardous condition we're facing. on the levels of health concern, this is the highest level index of our knowledge since the 60s. >> look at this where the smoke is going. you can see the pittsburgh area will be hit hard over the next day.

east coast is set to clear out by early saturday morning. the effect of all that smoke. you see new york in the unhealthy category in this next map as well as new jersey, maryland, virginia and delaware all in the very unhealthy category today. pennsylvania is the worst today in the hazardous category. as you mentioned in your intro , this is having a big impact on sports. the phillies and yankees games were canceled last night. yankees hope to play a double-header today. we'll see if they can squeeze it in. conditions are expected to get worse. first pitch in game one is set for after 4:00. we'll see about that. look at all the events impacted by this, wnba game in brooklyn was canceled. multiple broadway shows including hamilton were canceled. races at belmont park today are canceled. the belmont stakes on saturday is still set to happen. back here live we're waiting on

a news conference from new york governor hochul set to happen in a half hour. send it back to you. >> gillian: a yankees double-header sounds very optimistic. appreciate it. air travel is being affected now especially here on the east coast. we go live no newark, international. the busiest in the country to look at conditions there. senate majority leader chuck schumer has called on the agriculture department to double personnel available to help fight the canadian wildfires and mitigate the risk to air quality in the u.s. more on this developing story as it comes into the newsroom. medical experts say just breathing outdoors today could be dangerous. one online air quality calculator says going outside today is equivalent to smoking two dozen cigarettes. hospitals and emergency rooms in new york city are flagging patients with respiratory

symptoms. other states will be in the very thick of it. what can you do if you are in the smog's path? let's bring in dr. marty makary, professor at johns hopkins university. just the guy to talk to. dr. makary, if you don't have access to an air quality reader of some kind, can you judge anything today by how it looks and smells when you walk out your front door? is that a reliable bar am tear of this? >> yes, you can. use a lot of common sense. i think people should take this seriously if they have asthma, old, respiratory problems. if you know of somebody in the situation you want to check on them. a senior who may not have an ability to get food or drink. that's the most important thing going on right now. back in 1966, about 160 people died in the new york city area alone from a fire smoke cloud. people need to take it seriously with risk factors. let's put things in perspective. you aren't catching something if

you go out in the fire smoke. it's the duration of ex potion. you don't want to be in it all the time. if you're healthy you're relatively immune from the problems. use recirculated air in the car. masks are polarizing since we put cloth masks on kids for three years with no benefit and some harm. but the high-quality masks, n-95s can be helpful with people with asthma or seniors who a vulnerable. >> gillian: i was reading earlier this morning it's about the risks of the particles you can inhale. i understand that contained in this smoke and this smog is not just burned up trees and leaves and natural material but really bad toxins and chemicals and plastic particles. is that true what i just laid out there? >> by far compared to

cigarettes, cigarette smoke is worse. the particles from fire smoke are unique. they are very tiny particles. they go deeper into the lung areas. people who have vulnerabilities like asthma are more likely to be affected from this than other type of environmental exposure. they have to be really careful. >> gillian: good advice. look at this. americans say they are concerned for things like smoke, masks, fire, were up 100% since yesterday. same for air purifier same day delivery up 250% yesterday. so we just talked about masks. what about air purifiers. do you remember those? >> absolutely. anything you can do to reduce the fire smoke particles manifest and judged by whether or not you can smell them. if you can smell them, there is a potential for them to cause some physiologic harm. over a long duration, that's

where particularly those vulnerable are affected. young, healthy people should put things in perspective. they are far more likely to get into a medical harm from a car accident driving to buy one of these than they are from the actual fire smoke if we talk about short duration exposure in someone who is otherwise healthy. >> gillian: this is our top story today but i want to ask you about something else we've spoken about many times and get your quick take. the rise in social media use by teens sparking new grave concerns about their mental health. some are dubbing teens as generation isolation. there is a new study out that shows teens are hanging out with their friends less and less now. this chart here shows how real life interactions have plummeted since the emergence of the smartphone. 60% of high school goals feel persistently sad or hopeless way up from 36% a decade ago.

last month surgeon general declared a national loneliness epidemic. >> social connection is fundamental to mental and physical health as food, water and sleep. it affects our performance and productivity at work, school and communities. >> gillian: it seems like we learn not only does more screen time make you feel worse about yourself but makes you actually not want to spend time with other human beings. >> that's right. there was an interesting study out of the university of michigan looking at 50,000 young people and found that 2/3 of them are avoiding their friends. just not spending time with friends. the biggest change was in 2010. that correlates with rapid adoption of social media. sure the pandemic worsened social isolation and loneliness but it is really driven a lot by these devices. this is not the fault of children. adults put these highly addictive devices in front of

children and when folks say look, all things in moderation, just remember you would never say that about cocaine. these are highly addictive applications, devices, predators are on there and safety issues. worse of all, there is a feeling of loneliness and despair fueled this epidemic of depression. the solution is not medicate every kid out there. the solution is to get at the root problem. remember, 5% of adults with children have said they are just not going to have their kids on smartphones period. the idea you have to do this is not true. if the kid is already addicted to social media, you need to talk about limits and the dangers. what is appropriate to post and not post so there are healthier communities online. >> gillian: it will require discipline not just on the part of kids but on the part of adults. we have to leave it there. thank you for joining us. >> thanks. >> gillian: fox news alert.

evangelist pat robertson has passed away. the religious broad cator turned a small virginia tv station in the massive christian broadcasting network. he was a familiar face on his tv show the 700 club and author of 15 books. the network is now seen in 200 countries. robertson leaves behind four children, 14 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. what a legacy. he was 93 years old. house oversight chairman james comer now says he is scrapping his plans to hold christopher wray in contempt of congress the f.b.i. granted document access to the entire house oversight committee. it imply indicates president biden in a past bribery scheme. heading for justice. >> i did not think this would happen. van der sloot received a sentence of 28 years in peru and i had my doubts that he would ever make it back to alabama to

face justice for his crimes. >> gillian: convicted murder errormur murmur murderer joran van der sloot is on his way back to the united states. ng fresh.

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>> gillian: van der sloot's lawyer said the f.b.i. took him into custody and now on a plane en route to the u.s. his lawyer filed a last-minute appeal to try to stop the transfer. a judge overruled that move. van der sloot will face federal

extortion charges connected to the 2005 disappearance of 18-year-old natalee holloway in aruba. her family never gave up pursuing the case. >> still don't know what happened to their daughter but he will be facing the family here on u.s. soil. it is somewhat a closure for the family. they may not get a murder charge in the united states but face him in court. >> gillian: jonathan serrie has in details from birmingham. alabama. >> he is expected to face federal trial in the courthouse you see behind me on federal extortion. he was indicted in 2010 after he allegedly approached natalee holloway's mother with an offer to reveal the location of her daughter's body in exchange for a quarter million dollars with federal investigators monitoring. he received down payments of approximately $25,000 and he provided the location of a house in aruba, the island where natalee disappeared during a

2005 high school senior trip. michael is the former u.s. attorney who sought the financial crimes indictments against van der sloot. listen. >> in fact, van der sloot lied. there was no body buried where he said there was. and van der sloot was able to flee aruba to peru before we were able to file our charges against him here. >> shortly after his arrival in 2010, peruvian authorities arrested him for the murder of another young woman, 21-year-old business student stephanie flores. he pleaded guilty and currently serving a 28-year sentence. peruvian authorities handed him over to the f.b.i. today. he will be allowed to remain in the u.s. not only to face this financial crimes trial but also to deal with any potential appeals that his defense attorneys may file in this case

before having to return to peru to complete his murder sentence. gillian. >> gillian: let's bring in a criminal defense attorney and former police officer and joined by ted williams d.c. homicide detective on the ground this hour in alabama ahead of van der sloot's arrival. ted, let's start here. he is serving prison for murdering another woman in peru and here he is charged with extorting natalee's mom in the wake of her death. not to sound like law and order but his crimes sound particularly heinous, do they not? >> the crime is clearly heinous, gillian. i have to tell you, this is the american justice system working.

the f.b.i., as we speak, are in the air returning him to the birmingham area. when you look at the holl ways sending their daughter on a trip to aruba and find out she is not coming back and find out that this guy van der sloot may very well have done something to her that led to her not coming back and the frustration was that they were never able to get him. he slipped to peru, kills a girl there. is in jail there and boy, because of a 2001 treaty, he now will be able to be extradited temporary to this country to face american justice. >> gillian: let's pick up on that point, phil. van der sloot has been in the air since 9:30.

two hours now on his way here. it is pretty unusual, right, for a foreign country to hand over a convicted criminal to the u.s. government. >> this is a great example of cooperation between these two nations to bring the holloway family some measure of justice. let's remember that in all likelihood he is the killer. in all likelihood he drugged and killed her in aruba but it is likely that nobody is ever going the stand trial for that murder. this is as close as it is going to get for the holloway family. they will be able to look him in the eye. he will be in the courtroom. they will be in the courtroom and they will be able to look him in the eye and they will be able to tell him what they think about him. this is a man who is probably a sociopath, he has no empathy. anybody that can do what he did to natalee and then do what he did and revictimizing her family

in this way without expressing remorse is your classic sociopath. the only thing we can do with sociopaths is lock them up. he could survive and outlive his sentence in peru, get a conviction in the united states and tack it onto the end of that sentence and you have joran van der sloot in prison for the rest of his natural life. >> gillian: talk to us about what a criminal trial might look like for him in the state of alabama. >> it will be very interesting because i don't think it will be a long criminal trial in light of the fact that the evidence is clearly that joran van der sloot contacted dave and beth holloway, told them the amount of money of $250,000 he wanted. with the help of the f.b.i. they were able to get him $25,000 of that. all of that evidence will be presented in a court of law here.

what will happen next is that joran certainly will be given a public defender and that public defender will be there to defend him, of course, in this case. but at some stage i believe the evidence is overwhelming that he will be found guilty, he will then be sent back to peru to serve the sentence there, and then returned here to serve the remainder of whatever the sentence he is given in this country. but this is american justice. this is justice for the holloway family. >> gillian: phil, what is going on with the van der sloot defense right now? we understand they filed this last-minute appeal the try to prevent the transfer based on, according to them, the justification that van der sloot wasn't notified. a week ago they said he had been notified, he was going to be transferred and he actually wanted to be transferred to the u.s.

>> this was a last ditch hail mary by his peru defense team to avoid this. he could wind up now spending the rest of his life in prison because of it. they wanted to do anything they could to prevent it. habeas corpus means something about the confinement is unconstitutional or unlawful. a long shot then that didn't work. as we see from the images on the screen, he is on his way to face american justice in alabama in the same courtroom with natalee holloway's family. this is a historic day and it is a victory for the american justice system. >> gillian: ted, we have 15 seconds left. want to get your final thoughts. >> final thoughts is just what was just said. justice is being served. when you've got two parents who feel that there is nowhere to turn and nowhere to go when their daughter goes missing under these circumstances, this

is the way the justice system should work. >> gillian: thank you both so much. love to hear from you guys. thanks for taking time with us. >> thank you. >> gillian: the former president trump could be facing another indictment stemming from an investigation into his handling of classified documents. trump is speaking out about these potential charges. next we'll tell you what he is saying. plus the house oversight committee is scoring a win in its dispute with the f.b.i. over a document james comer claims alleges that joe biden while serving as vice president solicited a bribe. listen. >> we have the oversight authority over the f.b.i. and they have to learn that they are accountable to us, to the american people through us. and that has not been the case. >> gillian: members of the committee are looking over that document as we speak. we'll bring you details coming up next. ♪

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>> gillian: comer called off a vote to hold f.b.i. director christopher wray for contempt of congress after the whole committee can view the document. raskin claims the justice department shut down a 2020 probe into the same claim. now former attorney general bill barr said what raskin said was not true. we sent it to delaware. they are blasting comer's actions as a stunt. arizona republican andy biggs says this f.b.i. target is just the tip of a large iceberg.

>> my understanding is there are additional references to potential misconduct. not just misconduct but criminal conduct. paper for play and the dollar amounts are far higher than even we've been led to believe and it is going to lead right to joe biden. >> gillian: chad pergram joins us from capitol hill with the latest on both sides. hey, chad. >> members of the house oversight committee are reviewing the f.b.i. 1023 form, a document that reportedly alleges that president biden accepted a bribe when he served as vice president. they can look at the document between now and 1:00 p.m. eastern time. >> our job is to insure the f.b.i. does their job. we are the oversight committee. not the f.b.i. director's call to say which member gets to view these documents. we have now discovered this

isn't the only 1023. others are out there. we need to view those as well. >> the f.b.i. is also granting house oversight committee chairman james comer and the top democrat on the oversight panel jamie raskin access to two additional documents. comer halted a potential contempt of congress vote scheduled in committee today. the gop brass applauded comer. >> i think this is a very big victory showing that the republicans are holding this government accountable. i want the committee to go down there and look at these documents and continue following wherever the truth takes you. >> hakeem jeffries called the oversight committee an embarrassment and argues that republicans are not laying a hand on president biden. >> that's not clear to me it's a victory. it seems to me that it was an accommodation that was reasonable that was reached and it is our hope that this will put an end to the foolishness

that is going on under the republican-controlled oversight committee. >> housed indication committee chairwoman virginia fox just saw the dock. she can't speak about it. fox says the public needs to know they are not being frivolous about this probe. >> gillian: chad pergram on capitol hill for us. thank you. attorneys for donald trump say they've been notified the former president is now the target of an investigation into his handling of classified documents. legal experts say that news may signal a forthcoming federal indictment of the former president from jack smith. andy mccarty weighed in on how much president biden knows about this investigation. >> smith knows what is expected of him and he knows they are trying to create the illusion the biden justice department and white house have nothing to do with this decision. i think they are being very discrete on that. >> gillian: let's bring in griff

jenkins. he has got more details from right here in washington. >> a lot to unpack. this notification that trump is the target is a routine part of criminal investigations and done at the discretion of prosecutors in this case. there is a lot we don't know. what fox news has confirmed is this notification that trump is the target came days ago. sources close to the investigation say they believe smith may be close to deciding whether or not the bring charges. this comes after trump's legal team met privately on monday with smith and his team at the justice department. unclear what transpired in that meeting. what we're watching at this moment is a possible decision from the federal grand jury, smith em paneled it and he also has one in miami probing if crimes such as obstruction of

justice were committed if recall. the raid ten months ago at mar-a-lago that produced classified documents. yesterday they heard testimony from a former trump spokesman who said he answered questions honestly. trump has been reacting to all this saying on truth social no one has told me i'm being indicted and i shouldn't be because i have done nothing wrong. i have assumed for years i am a target of the weaponized d.o.j. and f.b.i. another attorney is looking into biden during his time as vice president that documents were discovered at his home and his office in washington. the timing of the grand jury in d.c. jurors are arriving at court today. that's all we've got. now it is a wait and see what happens situation. gillian. >> gillian: griff jenkins in the

d.c. newsroom. thank you. take look at this. toxic smoke from canada's wildfires is affecting flights across the northeast. the fires highlight the urgency of the climb all change crisis according to democrats. >> this smoke and fog over new york and the rest of the northeast is a warning from nature we have a lot of work to do to reverse the destruction of climate change. >> gillian: republicans are hitting back saying this is not the time to promote the president's green agenda. we'll bring in jason chaffetz for his opinion coming up next. veteran homeowners. need to cut your monthly expenses and get cash? call newday and ask for the newday 100 cash out loan. our veterans are getting an average of $70,000. they're paying off their first high rate credit card, their second high rate credit card, their third, fourth and even fifth high rate credit card and saving hundreds every month. they're paying off their car loans, too,

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>> we're also having employers encourage them to make sure their own employees are taking precautions, our own state workforce tracking air quality and adjusting work assignments and asking our commissioners to d to what is going on in the particular region. i will say this was brought up yesterday. this is our old friend, one you never want to see again perhaps. but this mask can make a difference not just outdoor, although i saw someone outside running on my way here wearing a mask. even indoors if you have a situation where you don't have air conditioning, you have a situation where you are not feeling good inside, continue to put this on. it will make a big difference for people. we are distributing these during the morning rush in morning in new york city. we have them at state parks, mta stations, and bus terminals. we are trying to be as open minded to different

opportunities to get these out to people encouraging local governments. we did a zoom call last night with all the county executives and the mayors across the state letting them know that we have resources, we have storage depots where we have these available to them as well. also i want to announce we're announcing that we're sending forest rangers to canada larger scale operations, i can have commissioner talk about that. this is after i spoke to the counsel general yesterday to touch base in canada how they are doing and he was meeting with the prime minister. we offered more assistance. we offered previously but now they are taking us up on it. we're sending our first firefighters and joining a number of individuals from new hampshire and main as well departing on friday and traveling to quebec. we can certainly change those numbers at their request.

president biden is also sending firefighters. this is how we can deal with this, helping canada get to these really remote areas. this is what the counsel general told me. these are such remote areas they're almost impossible to access but containment is important to us. we want to get these under control so i'm proud we'll have new york citizens up there trying to battle these fires to help canada but also -- >> gillian: that was new york governor kathy hochul giving a briefing to her state about the dangerous air quality conditions that have been really choking new yorkers and forcing them inside largely since yesterday. today the conditions varies and in part of the northeast are worse. it is causing travel delays and translations with thousands of flights impacted. faa is delaying flights coming in and out of newark and lagardeian airports. philadelphia is grounding all flights departing from their

airport this morning. madison is with us now. where do we stand with the faa ground stops? >> the latest here in newark that all flights coming into the airport have been delayed. it didn't impact the flights in the air but set to take off post 9:30 a.m. those flights have been delayed. when it comes to the flights leaving from here we're doing okay. there is still movement and we still see people going through securities. it is the flights coming in that are paused because of the smoke issues that we see in this area. when it comes to the areas that the faa is looking at, they have highlighted the new york city airports, philadelphia airport, charlotte as well as d.c. that's all because of the smoke. they have highlighted airports out west because of rain and weather. this is from the smoke we're

seeing. this is why the faa order ground steps -- when you look at the flights here and the delays, if you are traveling today you are wondering am i going to leave? here at newark airport alone 150 flights have been delayed. yesterday 4,000 delayed across the united states. we got the chance and we spoke to a passenger supposed to fly in last night. he chose to avoid the terrible air conditions and come in this morning. listen. >> i had a flight coming in last night but i checked the weather and air quality was so terrible i switched to this morning. >> he is doing the right trying to listen to leaders like hochul and avoid being outside. decided to come this morning. taking a look at the air quality

index we aren't out of this yet. it is still really dangerous air conditions in the northeast and the worse in philadelphia. they'll be in a tough position there. fox weather telling us that philly will be similar to what new york city saw yesterday afternoon. they expect the worst conditions for today. when it comes to travelers that we've spoken to here, everyone is happy to be inside. we're in air conditioning. it is great if here. a matter of whether or not the flights take off. from the board behind me just looking for departures at five delays currently on the board. so smooth sailing at this point but as i mentioned, the ground stop for flights coming into newark still active. we are expecting to see turbulence throughout the rest of the day. >> gillian: thank you for breaking it down for us. we appreciate it. democrats and republicans here in washington now are bickering over how to prevent severe wildfires like the one in canada from blazing in the future.

democrats say fighting climate change is the only factor that matters. congresswoman ocasio-cortez is promoting the green new deal as well as bernie sanders and chuck schumer and addressed the issue again on the senate floor as well as new york's governor, kathy hochul with a similar message. >> these canadian wildfires are truly unprecedented and we cannot ignore that climate change continues to make these disasters worse. >> my first week as governor almost two years ago we had two hurricanes, we had record snow events in western new york, my hometown and now we see something that is unprecedented. so with climate change we have to be prepared for all conditions especially what we are experiencing now. >> gillian: the "wall street journal" editorial board argues progressives are proclaiming the

smokey skies from canadian wildfires is another sign the climate apocalypse is neu. mitigating the -- no doubt drought and warm start to the summer have contributed but the bigger culprit is poor forest management that has let fuel accumulate over the decades. let's bring me jason chaffetz fox news contributor and former republican congressman from utah and the author of a new book. puppeteers, the people who control america. don't want to get the name of your book wrong, jason. before we get into this, i want to ask you why the instinct of lawmakers where i am in the nation's capital when times are tough and there is a crisis is not to try to help people, but to start arguing amongst themselves? >> the instinct that they have, which is immediately we need more legislation, more taxes

more control and oh, we need more money. that's not the knee jerk reaction that will solve the immediacy of the problem. i'm in the new york city, air is bad. i can feel it and i would like to think i'm fit but i can really feel it in my lungs and throat. no doubt it's bad. i reside out in utah. there are a lot of forest fires out there. i hate to tell you folks but there have been big forest fires for ions probably since the beginning of time. it's ironic to me because the same people who claim they want the green new deal, they fight us every single time on the mitigation efforts to manage the forests, clear out the underbrush, clear out the dead trees and clear out the fuel that makes these things so ignite in such big fashion. they will not do that as democrats and these left leaning liberals. they have got to understand that

you have to manage these forests just as the "wall street journal" pointed out. >> gillian: what do you say to democrats and voters and lawmakers who say okay, well, we can try and, you know, stem the symptoms that erupt as a result of this problem but republicans are blind to the underlying problem which is climate change. >> no, look, i'm a conservative. i want to preserve the wilderness as best i can. out west our state of utah 70% of our land is owned by federal and state government. we love this land and why we live out west. look at the people who use it. hunters and the outdoor community-out door recreation. we love it but you have to manage it. you can't let the beetles come in and devastate without taking care of that problem because it is the fuel that then makes these things erupt when you

don't manage them for decades. i think that's what's happening in canada. more analysis but we deal with this in the western united states all the time. >> gillian: everybody has a lot of blame, not a lot of solutions to go around. jason, i want to make sure i ask you about this, the toxic smoke he smoke is forcing the washington nationals to postpone their own games against the diamondbacks. an update coming into the newsroom right now. jason, i want to make sure i ask you about this politics while i have you. the republican presidential lineup added three candidates bringing their total now to ten. one of those new candidates is mike pence. here he is yesterday tearing into former president trump and president biden during his campaign launch. >> trump also demanded that i choose between him and the constitution. now voters will be faced with

the same choice. i chose the constitution. and i always will. it will require new leadership in the white house and the republican party. the first step to turning america around is ending this disastrous presidency. >> gillian: trump holds a commanding lead in the average of the major polls. he leads, second place the governor desantis and trails by more than 30 points. this was before the latest crop of candidates jumped in. jason, kind of surprising to hear pence, even though he didn't name trump, say he chose the constitution on january 6th. president trump abandoned it. >> each candidate will tell their story. i think everybody needs to go back and look at what ronald reagan said in his 11th commandment. thou shalt not speak ill of

another republican. the candidates do well when they talk about biden and harris and how they are different and how they would direct the country in a different way than them. i don't think the infighting attacking each other is going the play well. i understand that negative campaigns work. there is a reason why they happen. but i have to tell you, people have to be more reaganesque if they get the mantel. donald trump is so far ahead. he has a base of people who love him and want to see him have a second four-year term. >> gillian: look at this from cnn. the rest of the gop saying is the growing gop field isn't selling primary voters why they should ditch trump. trump is highly popular and polls among that group show strong satisfaction with his presidency and convinced his fans the flurry of criminal

investigations are part of a massive witch hunt to stop him. this means that some of trump's greatest general election vulnerabilities which may be hard to sell and his bond with voters has been personal and emotional. do you agree? >> we've never seen anybody like donald trump. the more you attack him, whether it's a potential indictment or an actual indictment or somebody coming after him, it makes him stronger. he is not just teflon. he takes it and turns it into a positive. we've never seen anything like it. people who try to take the donald trump tactic, it usually doesn't go well for them. there is only one donald trump, i promise you. >> gillian: what do you make of ron desantis now? >> a lot of people are looking for somebody that can achieve what donald trump achieves without the drama. that's his case and he will continue to make it.

>> gillian: all right. jason, thanks so much for joining us on this wide-ranging journey we took in the segment. appreciate it. hope you stay safe in new york, by the way. >> thank you. >> gillian: thank you for watching "the faulkner focus." i'm gillian turner in for harris, "outnumbered" is coming up right after the break. my name is joshua florence, and one thing i learned being a firefighter is plan ahead. you don't know what you're getting into, but at the end of the day, you know you have a team behind you that can help you.

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>> hello, everyone. this is outnumbered. i'm ka kaylee and i'm with rachl campos-duffy and the host of american dream home on fox business, cheryl casoni and chairman of o'leery ventures, kevin o'leery. we begin with a new and disturbing report from "the wall street journal". the role of big tech on protecting our children li