doesn't active shell game to mask the release of hundreds of thousands of aliens into the united states. welcome to a brand new hour of "america's newsroom" as we get the second hour under way. i'm dana perino, good morning to you. >> bill: good morning to you. how was the first hour? >> dana: great. better say great. >> bill: that's the right answer. i'm bill hemmer. good morning. these hearings widely seen as the republicans laying the groundwork for impeachment. today's hearing kicking off an investigation of mayorkas for dereliction of duty. committee republicans tweet this. clearly, secretary mayorkas is either delusional or in denial. his refusal to accept reality and listen to those on the front lines of his border crisis should tell the american people all they need to know about his leadership. here's some of what they had to say. just a few moments ago. >> he has disregarded his oath to the constitution by ignoring the basic tenets of that e cros our southern border because the secretary of homeland security

removed 89 policies from two previous administrations. >> bill: congressional correspondent watching that starts us off and sets the table on capitol hill for this. good morning. >> good morning to you both. we won't actually see or hear from secretary alejandro mayorkas, we are expecting this hearing to be pretty fiery especially between democrats and republicans as pretty much every lawmaker knows where these hearings are going. we will hear and see from chad wolf, of course, the former acting d.h.s. secretary under former president trump. he's expected to compare and contrast president biden's border policies with that of former president trump saying that this is really just a crisis by design. now, there has been a lot of impeachment talk in these hallways as of late and last week, represent clay higgins actually became the latest republican to introduce articles of impeachment against mayorkas. but it's pretty unclear.

you have some republicans out there who are not convinced yet. and these hearings are certainly paving the path. >> you've got a number of committees that are getting the facts out and ultimately, with any investigation and accountability that would go with it. and, you know, the ultimate accountability would be impeachment for anybody. but you start it with getting out the facts and that's what the committees are doing right now. >> i can tell you that some democrats on this committee are fully expecting an impeachment. >> do you think th i? >> i think they will. it will go to the senate. and then nothing will happen. instead of impeaching people, instead of impeaching mayorkas, let's work with him to come up . >> and guys, adding just another wrinkl this, a republican from colorado just introduced

f impeachment on president biden over the border crisis, and she says that she's warning that ia move on the borr crisis and she's actually going to try to force floor action. she's done it before, last year. bill? >> bill: all right, thanks. we'll be watching that. on the hill on mayorkas and the border. thank you. dana? >> dana: this breaking news. new investigation into china's wuhan lab is shattering covid origin theories especially those put forth by the chinese with new reports claiming that the government had its hand in the deadly virus long before seven million people were killed. our next guest revealing on twitter "that strong new evidence suggests the virus known as cov-2 escaped from a chinese lab and according to multiple sources, the researchers that led gain of function research that increases infectious were the first to be infected." author and president of environmental progress michael

shellenburger joins us now. this is big news. it's not getting as much attention as you would imagine. if you think of what covid did to the world. you would be able to get this information from your sources. what did you think when you first heard that they are confirming this suspicion? >> well, it's very exciting, obviously, over a story this big. not only did we confirm that the virus came from the wuhan institute of virology in china, we were able to name the first three people sickened by the virus. these were the three scientists that were working with the closest relative of the virus that was ultimately modified through gain of function research that makes it more infectious. this is conclusive in our view. we have it from multiple sources. it's outrageous that we didn't know this until now that it had to be leaked to reporters rather than having the government, u.s. government which has apparently known this for quite sometime

come clean about this, but at least it's come out now but nonetheless, i think we can see that. there was censorship. there was disinformation spread about this issue. we new can confirm definitively it came from a lab and the first three scientists sickened by it were the ones who were engineering the virus in the first place. >> bill: are you starting to get a sense of just a lack of curiousity about this? as time moves on, people move on to other things. and although the sources can give you so much information, you still got to get the chinese communist party to confirm something. are you closer to that? >> i think we need to take -- i think we need to take the responsibility for ourselves. it's important to remember that anthony fauci went around president obama's ban on this research. they circumvented that ban by taking this research to china. the people who got sick were doing the research that a u.s.

contractor called ecohealth alliance was proposed to do. they had said we didn't get the funding for that research. but we now know that research did go forward in the wuhan lab so there's really serious questions about how -- when did the united states know this? when did anthony fauci know this? when did ecohealth alliance know this? it's very hard to believe that these three scientists got sick and that senior members of the american medical establishment did not know that. this is information that now many people in the u.s. government know there is going to be a major intelligence report coming out on june 18th, we think. it should name the people who got sick. but i think there's some really big questions about why did it take so long for the information to get out? who knew and when did they know? because if we had known earlier there was a lot of things we could have done. >> dana: let's show everybody the timeline, of course, 2003. this is the lab searching for the virus and then you go down

the line in 2019, first covid-19 case is reported in wuhan. blinken, apparently, is going to be making his way to beijing. and so far, the biden administration has sort of been hands-off in asking china about covid. do you think that will change now? >> it has to change. i mean, this -- the evidence that we're citing we feel very confident about. one of our sources, we pressed this person, and they said 100% certainty. so this is definitive. we know who got sick. we know that they were the ones working with this virus. so there was a huge cover-up. i mean, that's the bottom line and we need to know who knew about this, when they knew about it, why they were engageed in this cover-up. we still don't know the truth of this and we need to get to the bottom of it. >> bill: continue your work and share it with us, think about the lives and the money and the mental health and how everything changed because of this

pandemic. we got to know. >> dana: thank you. >> bill: thanks, michael. >> thanks for having me. >> bill: china launching naval exercises in the east sea this week. those drills coinciding with joint training exercises that the u.s. is holding in the region with japan, canada and france. they also come as china's largest navy training ship arrives in the philippines as part of a "friendly tour of the region." tre ying is live in the middle east with more on this today. hello. >> good morning. late last week, the united states started naval exercise with allied countrys in the indopacific region. this week, the chinese are responding with military drills of their own. officials in beijing ordering live fire exercises in the east china sea just north of taiwan. china's maritime safety administration issued a no sail warning to vessels in the area. the training near the islands is seen as provocative neighboring taiwan, independent island that

china claims ownership of. these exercises come as tensions remain high over concerns that china could invade taiwan in the coming months. that's part of the reason the american posture in this part of the world remains firm. chinese exercises coincides with drills by the united states, japan, france and canada. a statement by the u.s. navy seventh fleet indicates two carrier strike groups led by the u.s.s. nimitz and u.s.s. reagan are operating side by side for the first time since 2020. they explained the importance of this training. the capability is the greatest deterrent to those who threaten the international rules based order. in recent months, the united states has strengthened and accelerated partnerships across the indo-pacific region. u.s. intelligent officials say china poses the most threat against u.s. international interest.

>> bill: thanks, trey. dana? >> dana: after weeks of speculation as we were talking about with michael shellenberger state department announcing that the secretary blinkin will visit beijing in london. he will meet in china with senior p.r.c. officials and was initially planning a trip in february. that got postponed as the u.s. intercepted that balloon over the continent. that's happening. and i think the shellenberger scoop, it's so remarkable that you actually know now what happened. >> bill: that was a great question to him. >> dana: did they bring it up? they have to. i don't think see how blinken doesn't bring it up. he might not. >> bill: let's hope. ok, 10 past the hour, roll this. >> all right, negotiated terms poorly. they're bailing. >> dana: in the sky tracking four suspects accused of

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>> part of what goes into the costs of everything that we pay for is the cost of shipping. if a route is disrupted or if it's longer or if trucks have to wait, that finds its way into the cost of goods. >> bill: so we covered this the other day. it's going to take months to get that part of i-95 fixed. that's not good, right? >> dana: tough for people there indeed. also, won't believe your eyes. watch this. four suspects under arrest following an attempted ambush-style home invasion in sun city center, florida. they were nabbed thanks to the eagle eye of the sheriff aviation unit who saw potential trouble while conducting routine surveillance. this is amazing. charles watson live in the southeast bureau with more. charles, how did they do that? >> the eagle eye in the sky, as you mentioned, dana. i guess you can call this poor timing and absolutely bad luck for four suspected criminals in sunset city, florida near tampa who according to the sheriff's

office were caught red handed attempting an ambush-style home invasion. >> suspects back to the vehicle. they're in the vehicle. driver never got out. the vehicle is moving. >> and so, what these four suspects seemingly didn't know was the sheriff's office aviation unit was out doing routine surveillance that happened to stumble upon this while it was going down. the sheriff's office says its chopper cameras caught two of the men get out of the car, run up to a home, throw bricks at the door and then take cover on the side of the home as they wait for someone to exit. while that's happening, another suspect allegedly is serving as a lookout at another home across the street. and the fourth suspect is waiting in the car. when no one answers the door, the suspect leaves but then the men allegedly flee from patrol unit who's are trying to stop them. that leads to a foot chase where the sheriff's office says three of the suspects throw guns that are later recovered. deputies eventually arrest the men all young 18, 19, 20 and 21

years old. they're all facing a list of charges including possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. and throwing a deadly missile. we're still trying to get more details about that particular charge. the sheriff down there had this to say in a statement. "the proactive observations made by our patrol and aviation units prevented a potentially dangerous situation from escalating further. the recovery of multiple firearms further emphasized our prioritization of the safety and well-being of our community." and i bet the folks who live in that home that were being targeted believe that, too, guys. it could have ended up a whole lot worse if those aviation units weren't up in the sky doing their routine surveillance. dana? >> dana: sure could have. thank you. >> bill: now to a new poll finding a lot of voters are not happy with their choices in 2024. given a matchup between president biden and former president donald trump, 23% said they'd vote for a third party

candidate. now, in a contest between biden and the florida governor ron desantis, 25% would support an independent contenders. independent contenders are hard to win. however, former c.e.o. of stagwell is here to run this down for us. nice to see you in person. what do you think of the findings first? >> this shows there is an opening. long time ago, i did a benchmark poll for ross perot and i useed to have the finance billionaire wants to run for president poll. forget about it. thank you. in that case, it came back you could win. in this case, this is about a third of democrats that don't want biden to run and third of republicans don't want trump to run. and a lot of unhappy independents, 63% are unhappy with the economy. unless these parties move to the center and unless the economy improves, there's a big opening here for sure. >> dana: is the senator from west virginia thinking about jumping in as a third party candidate? >> you'd have to ask him that question. >> dana: ok, so nancy pelosi

gave a comment about president biden's age. we know in your polls, you've shown that people are concerned about his age and nancy pelosi had this to say. >> do you think that president biden's age has finally caught up to him at all? >> absolutely not. i think the president is great. look, i'm proud to be supporting him. i don't even know why you ask that question. >> do you think he has the stamina to finish a second term? >> yes, i do. don't bother me with such frivolity. >> dana: fine, that's a decent answer if you're a politician. look at this poll. in the event that joe biden doesn't finish his necked term if elected. how comfortable are you with vice president kamala harris taking over as president? 53% said very comfortable. they're just putting down $10 million to try to boost her reputation. is that going to be enough? >> well, she's going to have to do something to boost her reputation because in the harris poll, most people think if joe biden is re-elected, that she is

likely more than not to wind up being president. and her image is lower than joe biden's and so she's right now a vulnerability on the ticket. not with democrats who are happy with her. but with general election voters. she has to raise her numbers or she's in -- >> dana: democrats are happy with her? >> democrats are happy with their ticket, happy with joe biden and the vice president. >> bill: if you put the first two numbers together, you get 85%. that's very respectable. you're saying among independents they're not. >> no, among independents they're concerned she has a lower favorability than joe biden does and she has to move her numbers up, you know. usually, democrats like their vice president and usually nominate them for president if they have hit. she has not really scored well because she was given a bunch of issues and voters think she didn't deliver on them. >> bill: yesterday was quite a day and last night, we had the former governor from new jersey on chris christie. i know you watched the interview. let's have a clip of that right now. >> i think they want a campaign. but in the end, we're going to

make a case that we've done nothing but lose since donald trump has been the leader of this party. 2022, we lost two more governorships and another senate seat and we barely took the house of representatives against joe biden. that is a failure of leadership by donald trump. >> bill: is that an effective argument in a republican primary? >> no. i think the candidates keep coming out and saying, well, trump would lose. but i'll win. but trump also did win before he lost. that's the wrong argument. they should say i can do something about inflation, immigration and crime. they should really show that they are leaders rather than going out there and saying i can win and he can't. in fact, i really think that's why their campaigns are not moving because they think this argument will work for them. it's not. >> dana: do you think the indictment of president trump helps him politically? >> i think there could be another surge. i'm waiting for a poll to come back this friday. but all signs are the more he's speared, the more he dominates the news coverage, tougher it is

for these candidates to get a share of the voice. >> dana: what did you think of hillary clinton saying that republican voters who support president trump still after the indictment are in a cult? >> they're not in a cult. any more than democratic voters are in a cult for supporting someone who will be 86. look, i think the voters are entitled to their views, you know, whether you like them or not. that's what democracy is all about, right? will donald trump be defeated or will he rise again? i usual find trump is his worst enemy. it's usually trump against trump. >> bill: we'll find out. by the way, what did your poll in 1992 tell you about ross? he got 19% of the vote. what did your poll tell you he would get? >> it said he could get up to 34%, 35%. and that's all you need to win the electoral college in this country is 34%, 35%. and remember, he got in. he got out. he had stockdale. he was sort of, you know, not

all there all the time. so -- and he still got 20%. >> bill: your poll put him much higher than it turned out to be. >> says his potential a year out. >> dana: did you do that to help bill clinton? that's the real question here. all right. i'm going to get an answer to that one. all right. vladimir putin making a stunning admission about the ukraine war. what the russian leader says his military needs to win. shoplifting a major concern for stores coast to coast. how a new law in california would make matters worse for businesses but better for crooks. i suffer with psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis. i was on a journey for a really long time to find some relief. cosentyx works for me. cosentyx helps real people get real relief from the symptoms of psoriatic arthritis or psoriasis. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine or plan to

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what's the change in strategy? >> you're right. admissions from putin. still the attacks keep coming. russian cruise missiles launched from a ship south of here, port city of owe desa. three were killed and many more were injured as warehouses, apartment shops or cafes were destroyed. another village said to be taken back from russia. putin also acknowledging 54 russian tanks have been damaged in recent clashes. there's fierce fighting on both sides. finally, good news this week for some 100 families here in ukraine. their close ones were released in a prisoner of war swap. many others remain concerned. take a look. it's a struggle inside a war gathering in kyiv and demanding the release of relatives and friends of thousands of ukrainian civilians captured by invading russian forces. places like this woman, her father was seized last year. hasn't seen him since.

>> we are fighting for the rights of the people who can't fight. >> moscow accuses them of espionage or terrorism or nothing at all. this man's friend was just helping neighbors. >> this problem is giant. more than you can imagine. >> unlike captured soldiers there's no means to get noncombatants back. it's branded a war crime. missing loved ones enduring hard conditions even torture. >> of course, we're hoping to see him. i don't know when it will be. >> ukraine has pressed russia for their freedom with little response. this girl says i miss my daddy very much. i want him to come home. as families like this country remain torn apart. it's always important to be reminded of the human cost of this war. after all these months, dana, it hasn't gotten any easier. >> dana: that's true. thank you. >> bill: thank you, greg. we've got some remarkable footage that shows the moment a russian soldier in a trench

surrenders on the battlefield. this happened about a month ago. the soldier pleading for his life as a ukrainian drone looks down on him from above. it goes on for sometime and one of the last fighters alive in his unit after the area was bombed. that's on the 9th of may. and that shows you modern warfare in a very human way. >> dana: very fascinating. >> bill: yes. >> dana: to see that. >> bill: cap -- captivating to watch. he was taken capture and alive to this day. his life was spared. and that circulated a little bit through the media a month ago. >> dana: interesting to talk to the drone operator from that perspective, all right. very, very interesting. we've reported on this a lot. retail thefts so widespread it became part of the cost of doing business. losses from the so-called five finger discount are costing stores about $100 billion last

year. store owners say they can't keep up and pretty soon neither can consumers. live in los angeles with more, hi, kelly. >> hi, dana. and that's right, it's something that we're seeing play out here. i'm in melrose village today, normally a very popular retail shop. but the cycle that we've been talking about has started to take over and businesses on this street see consistent retail theft. and that's what we're seeing nationally as well. you mentioned it, $100 billion lost in 2022. that has retailers shutting down or leaving cities like san francisco, national brands and small brands alike. it could get worse here in california, though. retailers are up against a tough policy. it's only a misdemeanor to steal anything under $950. now the statement has passed a new law that would prohibit retail staff even if they are trained to stop retail thieves. supporters say it will protect employees but others say it's anti-business. >> this is the blood, sweat and tears going into these stores and now you're telling them, i'm sorry, you just have to open up your doors and let people come

in and take whatever they want out of your store. our elected officials are more interested in protecting the rights of criminals than law abiding citizens. >> so let's pop in here. this is one of the shops on the street. it's brooklyn projects. i want to introduce you to dom deluca, the owner here. before we hopped on, you were telling me criminals broke in. they ended up suing you and you had to pay. do you feel like criminals even care about getting caught anymore? >> no, they don't care. there's no repercussions, so if, you know, if you're going to do something and not get in trouble, you're going to continue doing it. there's nothing. they're going to do and do it. and that's it. >> real quick, what do you say to folks that passed that law that you can't defend your shop if i were to come in and steal something from you? >> i would say they're crazy. and, you know, let me come into your place of business and let me take what i want and walk out the door and see how you feel. they don't know because they're not in my position. >> thanks so much, dom,

appreciate your perspective. you heard it from him. that's why we're seeing a lot of businesses leave california and those other liberal cities. i'll send it back to you. >> dana: beautiful shop there. thank you for showing that to us. kelly, thanks. >> bill: good luck to him. brand new beatles song available for download that includes the voice of john lennon. that's today's celebrity news. check it out now. by using artificial intelligence, they were able to isolate lennon's vocals from background music on a demo tape. how cool is that? it was made in 1970 when the band was recording "let it be." sound engineers were able to mimic lennon's pure voice and mix it together to make the track. >> it's kind of scary. it's the future. they tell the machine, that's the voice. this is a guitar. and he did that. so it has great uses. >> bill: very interesting,

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>> look, what you're alluding to is basically saying that transgender kids are dangerous. it sounds like that's what you're saying. >> dana: press secretary karine jean-pierre confronting a reporter in yesterday's briefing. she objected to a question that voice concerns about the safety of females playing with transgender athletes. a lot of that has to do with the size, physicality and the ability to runn faster, be faster, all that. she blew it off. >> you know, i think that's objectionable there is the, you know, she just basically shut him down. like you're suggesting this. that's what you're saying. you look at his face, that's not what i'm suggesting. i'm watching it and thinking about a friend of mine whose daughter as a young girl played tackle football with the boys, right? and when she got to, i think, about eighth grade, they had to have this discussion about whether or not it was still safe for her to play at that age, you know. she was incredible and scoring touchdowns and they wanted her to stay on the team. but at some point, it becomes a

little bit dangerous. so it comes into the consideration. you know, i just feel like in that position and you've been in that position at the white house, it's good to recognize the concerns on both sides. >> dana: right, always good to say i understand why you're asking the question. this is how i would look at it. >> instead you're a bad person, how dare you ask that. >> dana: they're wrong if they think parents aren't thinking about this. >> majority of americans in the polls say that people are concerned about it. it doesn't mean they're mean or anti-trans, or they hate children who have these feelings, that's not what this is about and i think that's what we need to kind of wrap our arms around. this isn't about hate. >> bill: there's that girl in north carolina who got drilled with a volleyball. yes, neck injury and concussion. >> yeah. >> bill: that's what he was asking about. >> absolutely. >> bill: are they stronger than they should be competing against women? >> just ask that young woman what happened to her. and that's a scary situation. and she was injured. it can happen. so let's just, you know, not point fingers and shut people

down when they ask a question. these are obviously things that are up for debate. the white house is pushing, though, to change title 9 so you cannot ban this, you cannot ban transchildren from participating in the sport that of their chosen gender. >> dana: also left it vague enough to say the school will have to make their own decision. it's not really leadership when you're saying that. other topic i want to talk to you about, apparently, the increased use of a.i. on the job, artificial intelligence, increases the likelihood of insomnia and binge drinking. here's what a university of georgia associate professor said. humans are social animals and it may have damaging spillover effect into employees' personal lives. that makes sense. >> this is genuinely scary, and for me, it kind of links into the work from home during the covid years, right? where we saw so much depression, so much isolation, we saw young people who weren't able to be

mentored by others who are in the office with them. we know the importance of being in the workplace for growth. so it doesn't -- it makes perfect sense to me that if you're watching a robot do part of your job, you're going to start to feel less worthy and i think that is dangerous. i think this is something that we need to get our arms around. we need to make sure that people have lots of human interaction at work. >> bill: i think this is just the very beginning of a lot of different aspects we'll study with a.i. are you a fan of taking john lennon's voice and putting it into a song today? that paul mccartney can sell and you can download? >> i'm not crazy about it, honestly. i would much rather watch an old video of the beatles playing together and hear john lennon. i remember elvis presley, they created a, what do you call those? hologram, that's the word i was looking for, of him dancing on stage. again, i would just rather watch the real thing and rather watch a vintage video of elvis presley

on stage. paul mccartney is going strong. he's an amazing in concert still. and a tribute to the rest of the beatles i think is a great thing. but yeah. >> bill: all right. you're on the record. appreciate that. >> dana: i think we would be good at charades. hologram. >> exactly. >> dana: eight words! eight letters. >> bill: we'll see what happens. cranking up the pressure on russia passing a resolution demanding the immediate release of this yale wall street journal reporter. more on that. plus this. >> u.s.a.! >> bill: cool moment arresting development in arizona, you could say. a police officer winning the crown for miss arizona u.s.a. that officer is going to join us live. next.

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>> it's time for more muscle to get to the truth about the alleged biden family bribery crimes. republicans are demanding the attorney general to bring in someone separate to work that case. democrats showing exactly how they feel about vice president kamala harris. new polls are horrible for her among voters. plus hillary clinton cackling over former president trump's prosecution. really? the queen of classified doc taking? that's rich. senator marsha blackburn, "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> dana: the house passing a resolution demanding the release of the detained journalist evan gershkovich. russia arrested "the wall street journal" reporter back in march. moscow accuses of him spying but have not come forward with any evidence. the u.s. denies the accusations and they are set to vote on a similar resolution for paul

whelan. one of the things that he just wrote about is the state of the russian economy. >> bill: we have not forgotten of him. we'll keep you updated as it goes. meanwhile, there was this. check it out, guys. >> first runner-up is -- katalina foot hills, new miss arizona u.s.a. >> bill: that's great! crowning achievement for candice winning the title of miss arizona u.s.a. but it's her day job that's impressive. she's on the police officer force in tempe, arizona, and gone from patrol to the pageant circle in competition for miss u.s.a. and the officer is live in phoenix now. how are you doing? good morning to you. you look great. congratulations. >> thank you, good morning! >> bill: you have a hashtag called yes, she can.

explain that. >> yes, she can is an initiative that i create a couple of years ago all about promoting competence and capability in women. through this campaign, identify been able to teach over 200 women skills like self-defense and situational awareness. these are skills that i have training in every day. the importance of this campaign really is just to ensure that no woman feels stuck in a situation that she doesn't know how to get herself out of. >> dana: did you grow up in pageants or see this as an opportunity to spread the word? >> i've actually been doing pageants for 11 years. i've competed in miss arizona this is my seventh year when i won. i've been doing it quite sometime. funny story about how i started i was attending shop with a cop event as a volunteer. and i saw a title holder that was there. and i was like wow, that's amazing. i want to do that. and now i'm a police officer. so it came full circle which is really cool. >> bill: you talk about humanizing the role of a police officer. and reminding people that you

guys have lives outside of the uniform, right? and you have lives -- you have families and you have friends. explain a little bit about how you see that. >> absolutely. yeah, i think over the last couple of years, there's been a lot of strain between the community and law enforcement. and i'm hoping that with this title, people can see me. see that i'm a police officer. and just know that all law enforcement have families. they have other hobbies that they're interested in. this one is mine. but we all have other things that we're doing. and i think that's a great way to connect with our community. i think if we not strip ourselves of the uniform necessarily but we see past it and get to each other on a human level and have empathy with each other, i think we'll start to bridge that gap between law enforcement and the community. >> dana: the police gave a statement about your win and said we couldn't be prouder to represent the police department from being a police aide to a great police officer, she's continued her growth through

determination and hard work. she's a role model and as her hashtag states, yes she can. you know, there's a saying in mentoring circles that you have to see her to be here. and one of the things that is important for younger girls is to say oh, actually maybe they never thought about being a police officer. when did you decide to do that? >> i actually decided in college. i took a criminal justice class and my professor was a former phoenix police officer. and he introduced me to somebody at tempe and i started working there as a civilian and then i saw the impacts that you can have as a police officer in the community. and i was like yes, i want to do that. so yeah, absolutely. you're right. i think that when little girls see me as miss arizona u.s.a. and then see what i do for a living, i think it's really going to open some doors and open some eyes for them to what the possibilities are for their lives like you can do anything and be anything. i'm a pageant queen and i'm a police officer. and i can be successful at both. and i want younger girls looking

up to me to know that they can do that, too. >> bill: yeah, you can. >> dana: winner. yes, she can. >> bill: now you have to win again, ok? we'll be following your story. >> dana: congratulations to you. >> thank you so much! >> dana: go out and be safe as well. >> bill: thanks. all right. good gal. with a great message, too. wouldn't you say? >> dana: amazing. >> bill: what are you cooking up? what's on your mind? >> dana: i have something before we go. excited about this. almost clicked on this this morning. i didn't think i had time. scientists finally cracking the code. the chicken came before the egg. >> bill: whoa! what? >> dana: what came first, the chicken or the egg? new evidence suggesting early ancestors of the bird didn't hatch from hard shells. they gave birth to live young. over 300 million years ago. >> bill: give that to me again. >> dana: this is almost like a mammal gives birth to a live being. apparently, that was the first type of chicken. when you ask the question, what

came first, the chicken or the egg? now, that age old question has been answered. >> bill: wow. >> dana: it was the chicken. >> bill: are you buying that? >> dana: i'm totally buying it. i'm going to believe the scientists on this one. you're not? you think the egg came first? >> bill: i don't know. we're talking about it. >> dana: we'll see. i'll go with the chicken and see you tonight. thanks for being with >> harris: a kamala, democratic lawmakers in washington d.c. looking at the vice president with fresh eyes. that may make them cry. they are less worried about president biden's age and stam ma. finding out they probably can't ignore how voters feel about kamala harris. i'm harris faulkner. you're in "the faulkner focus." a vote for biden who turns 81 years old this fall is a vote for kamala harris. his recent falls and verbal gaffes are not helping