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one. he was not the only one with an incredible shot. >> oh, yes. >> bill: that's good stuff. sam burns landing the second ace of a day, same hole, same round. >> dana: is it too easy? >> they tore it up yesterday. >> dana: i could never do it. great to be with you this week. julie banderas is in for harris faulkner. >> julie: another big push from the left this time to help the illegal immigrants in our country. what about the dangers at our southern border? exhausted agents are catching criminals, seizing drugs and busting smugglers as the crisis rages on. i'm julie banderas in for harris on a friday. the biden administration is
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extending protections for more than 330,000 immigrants, some illegal, and some at the risk of overstaying their visas. those from el salvador, honduras, napal and nicaragua are shielded from deportation for 18 months. one top democrat says it is still not going far enough. another initiative from the left might. it is a new bill aimed at giving migrants immediate access to our federal benefits. things like medicaid and food stamps. you heard right. it does away with the previous five-year waiting period which democrats call arbitrary and xenophobic. as the left is focused on that the scene at our southern border stays dire. >> look at every decision they've made, it is to open our border as wide as possible. they created the migration crisis in this region. people tested the system early on, saw they could get in and get released and so they called
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back home and millions have come. >> julie: casey stiegel with more topping our news this hour. hey, casey. >> according to the numbers overall migrant encounters may have dropped by more than half since title 42 ended last month but what has not ended, cartels searching for creative ways to evade capture. recently agents found two cloned fedex delivery vans painted to look like the real deal near el paso but they were not delivering packages. instead they were pack with migrants. 26 were apprehended as were the four smugglers. while further east over in eagle pass, part of the del rio sector, the rio grande river continues to be a busy spot for people swimming across. in order to prevent that, texas installing a new buoy system first being deployed there in eagle pass under operation lone star. a million bucks is the price tag
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for 1,000 feet which can be moved around to create a floating barrier in the river. >> these are about four feet. they can be six feet depending on the water and different height. they've been used overseas for marine barriers to protect a bay. >> troopers continue working alongside federal agents and national guard. they tell us high speed chases like this in kinney county are still very much common place. this one recently involved a driver from houston who crashed and bailed. he and the two illegal immigrants he was allegedly smuggling were apprehended. dps forces also arrested a confirmed ms-13 gang member in recent days, honduran with a lengthy rap sheet deported from the u.s. he was inside a grain hauler on a train bound for the country's interior. cbp says for the current fiscal year they have captured close to
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400 of these known gang members. julie. >> julie: thank you. so voters are worried about a lot of things but president biden's mental acuity at the top of the list. this might not be putting their minds at ease. watch. >> president biden: we have plans to build a railroad from the pacific all across the indian ocean and plans to build in angola one of the largest solar plants in the world. i could go on but i'm going off script and i'll get if trouble. >> social media users having a field day over the ocean train claim. fox news contributor jason chaffetz bringing the sarcasm. bold initiative, mr. president. republican senator josh hawley's press secretary says put grandpa to bed. one gop consultant showing president biden at the helm and the caption it will be nice to have a direct route to madagascar.
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you cannot make this up. sorry. >> it would be quite a feat of engineering. >> julie: merrick in garland. >> for their roles in the death of george floyd. as i told george floyd's family this morning, his death has had an irrevocable impact on the minneapolis community and our country, and on the world. his loss is still felt deeply by those who loved and knew him and by many who did not. george floyd should be alive today. shortly after i was sworn in as attorney general, i announced the justice department had opened a separate civil investigation into whether the minneapolis police department, the mpd and the city of minneapolis engage if a pattern
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or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing. i am here today to announce the findings of that investigation. i am also announcing that the justice department, the city of minneapolis, and the mpd have agreed in principle to negotiate towards a consent decree. since opening the investigation the justice department has engaged in a comprehensive review of mpd's policies and training and use of force investigation. our very view he can forused on them as the whole not the actions of any individual officer. we observed many mpd officers who did their difficult work with professionalism, courage and respect. but the patterns and practices we observed made what happened to george floyd possible. as one city leader told us, quote, these systemic issues didn't just occur on may 25,
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2020. there were instances like that that were being reported by the community long before that. the department of justice has concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that the minneapolis police department and the city of minneapolis engaged in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the first and fourth amendments of the united states constitution. there is also reasonable cause to believe that they engage in conduct that violates title six of the civil rights act of 1964, the safe streets act and the americans with disabilities act. specifically, we found that mpd and the city of minneapolis engages if a pattern or practice of using excessive force, unlawfully discriminating against black and native american people in enforcement activities, violating the rights of people engaged in protected
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speech and responding to people with -- when responding to people with disabilities in crisis. i will discuss each finding in somewhat greater detail. first, we found that the minneapolis police department routine lie uses excessive force when no force is necessary. including unjust deadly force and unreasonable use of tasers. mpd officers discharge firearms at people without assessing whether the person presents any threat, let alone a threat to that would justify deadly force. in 2017 an mpd officer shot and killed an unarmed woman who he said had spooked him when she approached his squad car. the woman called 911 to report a possible sexual assault in a nearby alley.
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we also found that mpd officers disregard the safety of people in their custody. our review found numerous incidents which mpd officers responded to a person's statement that they could not breathe with a version of, you can breathe, you are talking right now. we also found that mpd officers failed to intervene to prevent unreasonable use of force by other officers. indeed, as outlined in our report, years before he killed george floyd, deric scharff i can used exs sieve force on other occasions where multiple mpd officers stood by and did not stop him. second, we found that mpd unlawfully discriminates against black and native american people including the use of force following stops. based on our review of the data, mpd officers stopped, search and use force against people who are
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black and native american at disproportionate rates. the data showed, for example, that mpd stopped black and native american people nearly six times more often than white people in situations that did not result in arrest or citation. given their shares of the population. we found several incidents which mpd officers were not held accountable for racist conduct until there was a public outcry. for example, after mpd officers stopped a car carrying four somali american teens, one officer told the teens, quote, do you remember what happened in blackhawk down when we killed a bunch of your folk? i'm proud of that. we didn't finish the job over there. if we had, you guys wouldn't be over here right now. as everyone no doubt knows, this is a reference to the 1990s raid
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by american special forces in mogadishu. such conduct is deeply disturbing and it erodes the trust. retailiateing against protestors as well as members of the press. for example, may 30th, 2020, mpd officers encountered journalists sheltering at a gas station. he was filming and he shouted i'm press. the officer forcefully pushed the journalist's head to the pavement. when the officer -- when the journalist held up his press credential again he was pepper sprayed in the face and walked away. fourth, we found that mpd, along
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with the city, discriminates against people with behavioral health disabilities when responding to calls for assistance. assistant attorney general clark will discuss these findings in further detail. to the credit of mpd and minneapolis leaders, some important changes have already been instituted. those include prohibiting all types of neck restraints and banning no knock search warrants. but as the report outlines, there is more work to be done. the justice department is recommending 28 remedial measures that provide a starting framework to improve public safety, build community trust, and comply with the constitution and federal law. as i noted at the outset, in an important step toward reform, the city of minneapolis and mpd have signed an agreement if principle with the department of
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justice. this agreement commits the city and mpd to work with the justice department, the community, police officers, and other stakeholders to address the problems that we have identified. and this agreement commits all parties to the negotiation, to negotiate a legally binding consent decree with an independent monitor. we are grateful to city and mpd leaders for their shared commitment to addressing these deep seated challenges. i also want to take this opportunity to address the officers of the minneapolis police department. your profession is essential. the work you do on a daily basis is extremely difficult and often very dangerous. your responsibilities are enormous and could not be more important. you are asked to keep your community safe, to uphold the rule of law, and to insure equal
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justice under law. for you to succeed, your police department must provide you with clear policies and consistent training that explain and reinforce constitutional boundaries and responsibilities. it must give you the support you need to do your jobs safely and effectively. and supervisors and chain of command must enable you to achieve the highest professional standards. this agreement is an important step forward toward providing you with the support and resources you need to do your job effectively and lawfully. and finally, to the people of minneapolis, thank you for your partnership throughout our review process. during the investigation, the justice department met with many community members including people who had had encounters with police, religious leaders,
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advocates and many others who want a police department that serves them better. we also met with the families of people who died or suffered grave injuries during encounters with mpd officers. thank you for sharing your experiences with us. we could not have completed this investigation without your contributions. please continue to engage in these issues in the months ahead. your involvement is critical to our success. and finally, to the career staff of the civil rights division of the united states department of justice, and the u.s. attorneys office for the district of columbia who conducted this investigation, thank you for your work, which will make minneapolis a better place for all of its residents. today we have completed our investigation but this is only
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the first step. we look forward to working with the city and mpd to achieve meaningful and durable reform. i am now pleased to turn this over to associate attorney general bonita. >> julie: he announced the findsings of a federal investigation that is closed but work needs to be done yet into the practices of the minneapolis police department. the patterns and practices of mpd officers led to the death of george floyd saying the justice department found reasonable cause to believe the police department engaged in conduct that violates civil liberties and discriminatory acts singling out blacks and native americans when responding to traffic stops tore a crisis blaming the officers for often using excessive force when responding to a call saying they violated the rights of people exercising their first amendment and the list of offenses goes on.
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the probe, as you may remember, was sparked by the murder of george floyd in 2020. a jury convicted him of murder. he knelt on the neck of george floyd for some nine minutes. three other officers were convicted of lesser crimes in that case. matt whitaker, former acting attorney general, joins me now. first of all your reaction to the findings of the department of justice essentially finding reasonable cause that this police department absolutely did abuse its power. >> it's good to be with you. you know, what a pattern and practice investigation does it goes into the systemic issues of the police department. and what happened to george floyd is absolutely indefensible. what i worry about, having dealt with many of these cases and especially the consent decrease that lead out of them is that it takes the political accountability out of the equation. what you heard general garland say is that they are going to
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enter into a consent decree with a monitor. that monitor typically supervises the police department and takes the community, the elected officials, city council out of the equation or distances them from the police department. and i'm a huge supporter of law enforcement as you know. what i worry about is that these types of things the end to demoralize police and have them retreat from the active community policeing that is necessary to insure law and order for all citizens. >> julie: it would mean the department would operate under a federal court order until it meets specific constitutional guidelines. the mpd is already operating under a state settlement agreement after a similar investigation by the state. among the mandates of the state agreement are improved training and no searches based on the smell of marijuana. we have lost matt whitaker. it holds police departments
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accountable and there are some police departments, while most police are honest, hard working, law abiding citizens. there are officers out there unfortunately who do abuse their power. these measures, these consent decrees will essentially keep them honest. we did lose matt whitaker. i want to get back to marc thiessen on biden's recent gaffe raising eyebrows. the 8,000 mile ocean train or bridge. call it whatever you want. when the president says he wants to build a railroad from the pacific ocean across the indian ocean. that's not just going off script as he talked about. it is going off the rails. i'm not talking about railroad rails here. >> yeah, it would be quite a feat of engineering if they were able to do that. this is why 68% of americans say they think joe biden is too old
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for another term. he -- the american people, both democrats and republicans, have expressed serious concerns about his age and physical and mental stamina for the job. if you look at how much he has declined over the last 18 months and imagine how much he can decline over the next 18 months before the next election. he could be in much worse shape going into the election and bad for democrats if he became more and more obviously unable to do the job. >> julie: imagine the job he is creating for the travel secretary. buttigieg will have to walk on water. i know that we joke about it. but it is true you look at the democrats and they will be walking on egg shells. here you have an 80-year-old president who wants to run for the white house again. he wants to get reelected. looks like he is the best bet for democrats right now. which doesn't say much. how do they continue to defend this and say he is absolutely fit to be president when he makes not just a little gaffe,
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this is a significant gaffe. i'm sure my 6-year-old would know a bridge could not possibly be built across the pacific over to the indian ocean. >> it is a problem for democrats. joe biden in addition for people having concerns about his mental competence but his performance in office. day 877 of the biden first term. it looks at polling across all administrations going back to harry truman. he is the most unpopular president in the history of presidential polling going back to harry truman except for jimmy carter. no one was concerned about carter's mental fitness. bernie sanders is 81 and seems spritely and on top of it compared to joe biden. if you look at the social security administration tables, the average american male has about a 42% chance of reaching
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the age of 85. joe biden will be 86 at the end of his first term. that means there is a significant stat advertise i call probability that kamala harris will be president if he is elected to a second term. kamala harris will be on the ballot coming up in the election >> julie: that's scarier than walking across an ocean. a rare weekend for president biden. he is heading to connecticut. he left his hometown this hour for a gun safety summit and fundraiser. tomorrow his first official campaign event. a rally in philadelphia. now he may be on the trail -- i'm not talking about the railroad trail anymore but the campaign trail. but he is also on track to lose the first two democrat contests of the primary season to challenger rfk junior. biden's team will keep him off the ballot in new hampshire and
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iowa if they vote before south carolina. that's his preferred choice, the first primary. kayleigh mcenany on the democratic primary divide. >> when are you the sitting president of the united states. he said south carolina go first. state parties defying the president. >> julie: alexis adams in connecticut where the president will headline the gun control summit in a couple of hours. >> good morning. a beautiful area here where your family is from. president biden will take the stage to talk about gun safety in the next few hours behind me. they expect a large crowd even though we have had protestors lined up on the streets. this comes one day before the president is expected to have his first official campaign rally. one that we've been waiting to see kick off here for several months. nearly a year since the president signed a bipartisan
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safer communities act. the largest gun reform bill in 30 years. it is hosted by gun safety advocacy groups. gabby giffords is here today and will speak and also in the crowd connecticut parents who lost their small kids in the sandy hook elementary school shooting. all will be listening closely to the president's speech. >> sandy hook mom. my oday to joy today would be a gun violence prevention community that uplifts survivors between the gaps and the great finish. >> this comes a day before president biden will have the campaign rally. the first one since he announced he was running for re-election 53 days ago. he could faces losses in the fates is a re states of iowa and new hampshire because the dnc is thinking about moving south carolina to the first primary
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contests. the states are fighting back. the bylaws committee will meet today for the primary plans. we're keeping a close eye on what's going on in the building behind me as the president will soon take the stage. >> julie: thank you very much. we look forward to that. power panel joins me now. a former senior communications advisor to republican senator chuck grassley and jonathan kott, senior advisor to joe man manchin. i want to start with desantis urging newsom to stop pussy footing around. are you just going to sit on the sidelines and chirp, he said. i think the democrats really do need to seriously start reconsidering their first top pick for president. considering the railroad gaffe most recently. >> absolutely. i think you are seeing that happen across the board here.
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joe biden is the weakest incumbent we've ever seen here. donald trump is in a crowded primary field and locking down the recent poll over 60% of the vote in that poll. if you look at the democrat primary right now joe biden might not even get on the ballot in the two first states. a massive blow. very embarrassing to him. as you said here, there are a lot of voters who are -- doing his first campaign stop in 2024. hasn't campaigned at all and hidden away from press and why more voters are questioning his stamina and mental stability to do the job. a big problem. he has problems in a general election against donald trump the polling shows in the real clear politics average that donald trump is out polling him there but even in the democratic primary you have 50% of democrats who don't want him to run again. you have party donors, you have party strategists meeting with folks who oppose donald trump, the never trump movement to try
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to oppose a third party challenger. there are worries about that and worries if he can lock up a primary election now. folks worried about that and why you are seeing folks like gavin newsom flirting with an idea here. whatever happens in 2024, we've never seen an incumbent this weak going not only into a primary and a general election. >> julie: talk about democrats in iowa and new hampshire. democrats could defy biden and move ahead with their contests where robert f. kennedy junior or someone else could win the states and embarrass the president. robert f. kennedy junior's surprise polling up to 20% have some progressive democrats wishing for a more competitive primary opponent to challenge the president. an excerpt from a piece in the hill reading while kennedy appears to have a moment, progressives don't claim him for their cause.
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rather some wish that a more inspirational candidate would have given biden a real run for the nomination with a handful hopeful someone will. that person hasn't emerged yet but not for lack of desire. what is going to happen? >> joe biden will win the nomination and joe biden will win re-election because he has been doing a great job. he has been probably -- >> julie: has he? >> he passed more consequential bills than any other president in his first two years. if he doesn't know what he is doing, i have no idea how he is getting all of this stuff done. he is passing not only democratic bills but passing bipartisan bills getting republicans to work with him. something he said he would do on the campaign. nobody believes him. i didn't believe him. i didn't think there would get any way for republicans to work with him and he just signed another bipartisan bill. i'm very confident in him. >> julie: i hate to cut this off. because of our breaking news earlier in the hour we ran out
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of time. thank you both very much for talking to us. have a great weekend. a very alarming trend colon cancer on the rise among younger adults. it could soon become the leading cause of cancer deaths for those under 60. researchers are trying to figure out what is behind the dramatic surge in cases. and that planned mega merger of the pga tour and liv golf might have to wait a while. the justice department opening a probe of the deal. lawmakers planning investigations and legislation of their own. >> saudis have decided to become a big part of the american sports scene, of all things. there are still many fundamental questions about their activity in the past.
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which lets you buy a home with no down payment. now, there's no reason to rent when you can own. helping veterans buy homes. that's newday usa. >> julie: a federal jury has just reached a verdict in the trial for the man accused of killing 11 people at pittsburgh's tree of life synagogue in october of 2018. six other people were hurt in that shooting. prosecutors said the gunman seen here robert bauers methodically shot as many people as he could find because of his hatred for jews. he faces 63 criminal counts and could face the death penalty if convicted. we'll bring you that verdict as soon as we get it. researchers are trying to figure
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out what is behind an alarming rise in colon cancer among younger adults in the u.s. they say it could become the leading cause of cancer deaths for those under the age of 50 by the end of the decade. the american cancer society estimating there will be over 153,000 cases of colon cancer this year. and 50,000 colon cancer deaths. >> these numbers are astonishing. we are seeing it in the younger population now under the age of 45. scientists and researchers are still investigating the exact cause of this starting all the way from birth. >> julie: jonathan serrie is live in atlanta with more. >> hi. america's obesity epidemic, sedentary lifestyles. ultra processed foods and increases in sugar in our diets are just among the theories that researchers are looking at.
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the american cancer society says improved screening has reduced colorectal cancer rates overall but most of those patients are older. in people younger than 50 the rates have been increasing 1 to 2% a year since the mid 1990s. >> the problem that we have currently is the majority of our patients are presenting with later stage disease. stage four disease because they often had symptoms they attributed to hemorrhoids, irritable bowel disease. they often avoided going to the doctor. >> they include persistent diarrhea or -- experts say doctors should not ignore these persistent symptoms just because a patient is young. >> i think that it's important with the new data coming out with the increasing incidence of
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colorectal cancers in younger patients that primary care physicians have a lower threshold to get these patients evaluated sooner. >> many of these young cases start out with no symptoms at all. so some doctors would like to see the recommended age to begin routine screening currently it's 45 if you have no family history. they would like to see it move even younger, julie. >> julie: scary stuff. thank you. so as the u.s. open golf tournament gets underway justice department is opening an investigation of the pga plan to merge with saudi-owned liv golf. some democrat senators launching probes of their own and raising antitrust concerns. a former federal prosecutor says it may be a done deal. >> this idea that this is creating some anti-competitive practice that hurts consumers is hard to believe. what is different between this and any other sports leagues?
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all of them in respect are anti-competitive. nobody competing with the nbl, nhl or mlb. it got a lot of bad publicity because of the saudi part and maybe more to that. i think it will go through. >> julie: madison has more on this one. >> the surprise deal again the pga tour and liv golf couth the attention of multiple government entities adding more friction to the deal. the department of justice already had an ongoing antitrust investigation into the pga tour when it banned liv golfers from participating in its turn also. now appears that investigation is including the planned merger. asking for comment on the report both the doj and liv golf said no comment. pga tour said we're confident once all stakeholders how the
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pga tour will lead the new venture and how it benefits our fans, players and sports and protecting the american institution of golf. senate finance committee chairman announced an investigation of his own yesterday but not because of antitrust concerns. his letter to pga tour leaders asking for details around the deal saying it raises significant questions about whether organizations that tie themselves to an authoritarian regime that has continually undermined the rule of law should continue to enjoy tax-exempt status. the fact that the deal involves ties with saudi arabia seems to be a point of contention because he is not the only senate democrat interested on that very point. another investigation launched by senator blumenthal is looking into the merger, also looking at tax status. the deal was announced just last tuesday. before any of these investigations were opened, insiders guessed it would take a
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year to finalize the deal and become one. now likely take longer if it happens at all. >> julie: madison, thank you very much. so the l.a. dodgers set to honor a controversial group of drag nuns. that's right. apparently they are going to be going ahead with the pride event tonight after lots of controversy over the lgtb group the team invited. one player and a catholic group are pushing back. we'll tell you about that. president biden got rather testy as he ducked a reporter's questions about bribery allegation. >> this is the get off my lawn presidency. joe biden trying to bully reporters with his answers around his son. >> julie: the president called the claims malarkey. we've heard that one before, haven't we? jason rantz is in "focus" next.
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>> julie: the controversy around the los angeles dodgers coming to a head tonight. the team is marking pride month and basically they're honoring a drag group that dresses up as nuns to mock christians. the so-called sister of perpetual indulgence were reinvited to tonight's game after the event was called off
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due to backlash. gee, i wonder why? pitcher for the washington nationals trevor williams is furious over what he calls a deeply offensive mockery of his catholic faith. a catholic political advocacy group. this ad will play at the stadium tonight. >> a fringe group like this awarded, celebrated? there is no equality in mocking women religious, no tolerance in hate. no pride in anti-catholic bigotry. mocking christians is not the dodger way. >> julie: jason rantz join me now to break this all down. jason, let's talk about trevor williams calling out the l.a. dodgers decision to reinvite a drag group. you know a lot of people will think this has something to do with being anti-gay or anti-trans. that has nothing to do with it. it has to do with and solely has
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to do with is protecting religion. this lgbtq drag group mocks christians. when is that okay to introduce that into the world of sports? >> you can celebrate pride however you wish. but you can certainly do so without purposely trying to offend other people, without purposely trying to denigrate an entire religion. at the same time you can criticize this without actually being a bigot or being a trans fob. the argument the radical left has been pursuing is not landing with americans. there are more people on the side of the nationals pitcher than they are with the dodgers organization. all of the polling shows that. every time they go to these extremes, they make the case that we're on the right side and we're staying on the right side. >> julie: you know who this should not be landing with is
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children. children and parents and families go to these events and they go to baseball games. it is an all-american sport. this is the education they are getting while they are there instead of watching home runs. congressman dan crenshaw tore into a democratic witness over the issue speaking of children of trans surgeries for minors. watch. >> tell me a journal that has done systematic sites strong benefit for carry. >> the standards of care -- >> you aren't telling me any journal or any study. don't say standard of care. tell me one. >> the standards of care. >> the standards of care. that's not a journal, that's not a study. that's not an organization. it is not a institution. you are just saying words. >> julie: i can't imagine why we're having a conversation about kids trans surgery.
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>> there aren't the studies they want us to think exist as relates to the long-term impact particularly on kids when it comes to any kind of surgical intervention, puberty blockers. we know in the united kingdom they moved forward with basically making it almost impossible to get ahold of these for young kids. at some point when we call them out and they refuse to answer the question, we should take that as a -- well, that's the answer. they don't have an answer. they are never going to have an answer and they can't continue to make this stuff up. >> julie: the catholic ad we aired won't air at the stadium, but on tv during the game. i don't know which is worse because if you aren't a child at the game you won't see the ad. if you are home watching like most of us. at the will see that ad and then the parents will have to explain it to their kids and it creates a confusing situation. i want to move on to something else. president biden again snapping at a reporter about a question
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about an alleged bribery scheme during his vice president term. it shows an alleged $5 million bribe to biden and his son hunter from officials at gas giant burisma. not the first time he bristled at questions about the allegations. watch. >> [inaudible question] >> do you have a response to congressional republicans? >> where is the money? i'm joking. it's a bunch of malarkey. >> are there tapes you accepted bribes, president biden, is that true? >> julie: james comer also says the bank records could show millions more in transactions to the biden families. react to this. watch. >> there is more money we will
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be able to identify that was transferred between foreign nationals in other countries and the biden family. this is going to be hard for joe biden to explain and it is not going to go away. we have more bank records coming in. but we will exceed $10 million this week. i think we will get between 20 and $30 million. >> julie: why does the president laugh when he is asked about this? this is very serious. >> he laughs because he knows the media in general is not taking this seriously and so he knows he doesn't have to take this seriously. when you get this kind of cover and disinterest coming from most left wing media outlets you realize it is going to be perceived as a stupid question. he has a whole bunch of people on his side that will do defense for him. now on the other hand i do think republicans have to be a little more measured in this. i keep hearing about we'll have these documents and have these tapes and witnesses. we don't actually get them. what we do end up getting is
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very difficult to understand. certainly the average person is not going to be able to make sense of a lot of the shell corporations and connecting this to that. they have to make it easy and they have to start putting the evidence out there to make it impossible for other media outlets to completely ignore these stories. >> julie: for father/son relationship to be as close as they are and tell each other everything there are still a lot of unanswered questions regarding the president's knowledge of his son's dealings with burisma. a lot of questions. i would love to see them answered. jason rantz. thank you for coming on and hope you have a wonderful weekend. thank you at home for watching the "focus." harris is back on monday. don't go anywhere, "outnumbered" is next right after the break. have a great weekend. lower your monthly expenses and get cash? here's a great way to do it. the newday 100 va cash out loan. at newday,
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