>> dana: before we go. an embarrassing moment caught on camera. a man at the college world series dys ed by the woman next to him. she is like no thank you. maybe she is a florida fan. the tigers beat the gators 18-4 to win the championship. would that be embarrassing? >> bill: on national tv, yeah. >> dana: maybe their parents are watching. "the faulkner focus" is next. julie banderas is in for harris, hi. julie. >> julie: fox news alert. one of the i.r.s. whistleblowers revealing more about the federal investigation that led to what many are called hunter's sweetheart plea deal. he is sent to seal that deal in less than a month. the more relearn and the more people saying scrap that deal. hello, i'm julie banderas in for harris. prosecutors say hunter failed to

pay taxes in the tune of $1 hundred thousand in 2017 and 2018. gary shapely claims the true number is almost 600,000 for 2017 and even more than that for 2018. he says the plea deal essentially lets hunter off the hook. >> there is still outstanding tax due owing above that 620,000 because of this deal they'll never recoup. the most substantive felony charges were left off the table, which would have been evasion, for 14, false return for 18 and 19. >> julie: he says his team was prevented from looking into things that could have led them to president biden. the president on the topic deny, deny and deny again. >> president biden: i have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. >> i don't know what he was doing. i did not know he was on the board of that company. i have oaf never discussed my

business or their business, my sons or daughters. i've never discussed with my son or brother or anything else having to do with their businesses. >> julie: it shows hunter used his father's name to put pressure on a chinese business partner. another one shows his demanding of $10 million from a different associate after an offer for half that amount, hunter said i can make $5 million in salary from any law firm in america. if you think it's about money, it is not. the bidens are the best at doing exactly what chairman wants from this partnership. gillian turner with more from the white house. >> hi, house oversight republicans have now released all slough of whatsapp messages from the same year, 2017, that purchase port to show hunter biden communicating with this chinese business exec he cantive and involkswagen his father's

power and influence as it relates to these deals. at the white house the president was just asked about all this a moment ago and here is what he said. >> how involved are you in your son's shake down text message? were you sitting there? >> two days after the president's son pled guilty to federal tax crimes he appeared at a white house state dinner. asked about that as well a hunter's trip with his dad to camp david the white house said this yesterday. >> every other administration and every other president this president has a family and he did exactly what many prior administrations have done. beyond that i don't have any comment on this. >> fox digital is reporting the white house policy omits biden family members from the visitors

logs. >> we need to have a clear presentation of these records, how many times did hunter biden go to the white house, what did he talk to his father about? is it about his compromise with china, the pay-outs they were getting? >> not including the visit from family members is a departure from previous add min administration. this is all information relevant to the ongoing investigation into hunter biden. >> julie: hits keep on coming. thank you. the department of justice in front and center in all of this and people are starting to ask questions. some op-eds writing the attorney general versus whistleblowers again. throw hunter biden's plea deal in the crash. the i.r.s. whistleblowers say justice sabotaged the investigation and how can the agreement stand? you can bet republicans are going hard for answers. attorney general merrick garland

is set to testify before the house judiciary committee in december. jason rantz joins us now. not only a million questions for hunter but there should be a million more for the president who has maintained he had nothing to do with his burisma dealings, with his overseas dealings and collecting millions of dollars. now there is actual text messages on whatsapp from 2017 to harvest fund manager ceo showing hunter allegedly was with his dad to pressure the man to satisfy a pledge. that calls for an investigation of the president himself, does it not? >> it absolutely does. it also doesn't make sense this language coming from the white house. on the one hand we're being told that joe biden is a terrific father, a close relationship with his son. he just wants what's best for him. also he is saying we don't have any substantive conversations at all about his business dealings. i just don't buy that.

it doesn't make any sense. when you look at the whistleblower emails and text messages that we're getting, they are damning and showing the claims the whistleblower made were never denied at the time he was making them. they were not allowed to review hunter's laptop. they weren't allowed to search the delaware guest house where they believed some records were stored. and maybe there was nothing there. maybe if they did the full investigation the way they were supposed to they would not find anything. when you are telling me they are being blocked from looking, that's usually a red flag. the saying of where there is smoke there is fire. this is an inferno. it feels like it is obvious they are covering something up. i think we need to, the american people need to demand that we get answers and the media at large. it can't just be fox news, have to step up and make these demands. >> julie: absolutely. the whistleblower testimony disclosed last week alleges that the justice department

manipulated the investigation into hunter biden. what do you think the reason there was? obviously to spare him from more serious charges than the ones which he has not pleaded guilty to. in other words he got off easy and the justice department helped him. the claims contradict attorney general garland's congress. remember he promised there wouldn't be interference of any political or improper kind in the investigation? does he get impeached? he lied to congress, did he not? >> we have to find out if he actually lied to congress. it sounds like he did. we're starting to see a pattern here, right? we have whistleblowers coming forward constantly claiming that what merrick garland and what this administration has been claiming is just not true. he lied about whether or not they were going to prosecute the protestors who were threatening conservative supreme court justices and lied about how they were labeling parents at the school board meetings at domestic terrorists. these are a series of events

that show he tells us something and the truth is quite the opposite. there is a pattern to suggest we need to move forward. >> julie: i've been called so many names but never a terrorist until that one. republicans -- add it to the list. republicans are demanding to switch gears any and all information related to covid origins. we would like answers on that as well. the push we ignited after a redacted nine-page report showing concerns over the handling of viruses inside the wuhan lab. the report was the tip of the iceberg and want all the information, quote, this half baked effort falls woefully short of the statutory requirements and undermines congressional intent. the house side making moves. a hearing now set for july 11th to talk to the authors of the specific scientific paper that struck down the lab leak theory in february of 2020. the chair of the select

subcommittee on covid issuing his first subpoena for messages between those authors and covid's top doctor anthony fauci. watch. >> he said dr. fauci prompted the writing of proximal origins and said his job was to focus on disproving lab leak theory. what is going on with that? why should that be? >> julie: i want to talk about this letter nine pages, it is really five pages and then there was, you know, a title page. obviously you cannot, you know, crack down the origins of covid in five pages. come on. millions of people died and you are tell me that five pages is sufficient? what are they not telling us and what are they hiding? any idiot will see right through this and tell you five pages certainly is not actual full disclosure and the american public deserve more. >> if they wanted us to know the

full story they would give it to us. they are choosing not to. it plays into some pro-china position that some democrats have. i would ask democrats why they are the ones not standing up and demanding some answers. i don't believe the democrat party, every single democrat in congress is siding with china. why is it that we're trying to carry their water and doing pr for them and why is it that we can't figure out where this came from? the implications are incredible. there will be at some point another pandemic, right? we have to figure out what we can legitimately learn from what just occurred. if we can't even get to the bottom of where this virus came from, all we are going to do is repeat the mistakes that we made this last time in the future. >> julie: it's not just the gop demanding the origin of covid. a bill passed and that deadline has then expired so what are we waiting for? 2020 is when covid started and

we're entering 2024 next year. it is ridiculous. there is no explanation and no excuse. jason rantz, appreciate you coming on. thanks. >> appreciate it. thanks. >> he have is doing what he needs to do to stay close to this family. the fact it is a manhattan jury is very good for us, for the defense. manhattan juries tend to take subways and understand what it is like to be on a subway and confined underground. >> julie: his client was arraigned earlier this morning charged with second degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. the marine veteran pled not guilty for the choke hold death of homeless man jordan neely. penny told his story on video a few weeks ago. >> people say i was holding onto mr. neely for 15 minutes.

that's not true. some people say i'm trying to choke him to death. that's not true. i'm trying to restain him. some people say it's about race which is ridiculous. i didn't see a black man threatening passengers, a saw a man threatening passengers. a lot of whom were people of color. >> julie: bryan llenas is in new york city at the courthouse. this is a riveting case. >> the attention of the entire country. daniel penny's arraignment lasted four minutes. he said nothing as he walked in and out of court before pleading not guilty to the two charges. second degree manslaughter with a max penalty of up to 15 years in prison and criminally negligent homicide with a max penalty of four years. lawyers tell us the difference between the charges is the issue of awareness. jurors will have to determine whether penny knew that putting jordan neely in a choke hold could kill him. if he did he could be found

guilty of manslaughter. if they determine he did not know the risk of death he could be found guilty on the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide. in a statement after court alvin bragg said the following, quote. daniel penny stands indicted for manslaughter after allegedly putting jordan neely in a deadly choke hold for several minutes until and after he stopped moving. i hope mr. neely's loved ones are on the path towards healing continuing to mourn the tragic lost. penny made the case he was a good samaritan acting in self-defense admitting he and other passengers were scared by the homeless man's verbal threats. here is penny's attorneys. >> daniel isn't the only one on trial. the right and duty to defend one another will be on trial, too. the reality is there is not a living, breathing soul in manhattan that has not experienced a variation of what not only mr. penny but the other

individuals experienced on that subway car on the day in question. >> penny's defense is banking on the fact the jury will be new yorkers who take the subway every day and have heard about these violent crimes, especially recently and the data backs it. there is new transit crime stats that show misdemeanor assault are up and total crime is down 5% year-to-date. one more thing, julie, neely's family attorney spoke briefly today afterwards and said that penny did not have the courage to look into neely's father's eyes. julie. >> julie: brian claypool, criminal defense attorney joins me now. the fact they are accusing him of not having the courage of looking into jordan neely's father's eyes. i don't think courage is in question here. he had the courage to stand up

to someone who could potentially have harmed many people on a subway train and trying to protect those riders clearly scared, which include the elderly. he is a hero in many places in many people's eyes. in this courtroom, he is a criminal accused one. >> great to be back with you. alvin bragg shouldn't be politicizing this and shouldn't be pandering to the family after an arraignment. he shouldn't be challenging daniel penny to look into the father's eyes. what this case is really about is the duty of us as human beings to step forward when other people are in harm's way. that's what this is about. for the last several years, julie, how many times have we seen videotapes of people being beaten up, injured, harmed by others and nobody steps up? penny steps up and now being charged with a crime. i have to tell you, julie, at the end of the day it will be

virtually impossible for bragg to get a guilty verdict on both these charges for two quick reasons. number one, we live in dangerous times. we just had a homeless person in l.a. last night in a pizza parlor walk in with a dog and knife trying to kill somebody in a pizza parlor. a teenage girl got murdered who got off a bus by a homeless person who stabbed her. you heard penny, you heard him. he is articulate and he is a former marine. he will testify and many jurors will view him as a hero. >> julie: the extra claim of criminally negligent homicide. that will be hard to prove. to prove any kind of intent that he intended to harm this person. he was reacting as self-defense. he held the guy, trying to held him for a couple of minutes, the minutes between two subway stops, not 15 like people originally claimed. there were people that feared for their lives.

he was defending not only himself but the entire train car. so how hard is it going to be for the prosecution to prove their case? >> so let's break it down. the harder charge to prove is actually the second degree manslaughter because that requires penny to have been acting in reckless disregard for a non-justifiable risk. bragg would have to prove penny knows that neely is choking to death and ready to die and just continues to hold his neck. there is no way he is ever going the prove that given the circumstances of neely getting on that subway and saying i'll kill people, i'm ready to go to jail for life. the one where -- that he might have a chance at getting a hung jury maybe is the criminal negligent one is the lower charge. that's a class e felony. all that requires is carelessness that penny acted in

gross deviation from what a reasonable person would do. julie, i don't think they will be able to prove that, either. he was in there trying to protect human beings. that is the bottom line here. >> julie: he was originally there just to commute. he was the one brave person in the car to actually stand up for others, many people don't do the same and why there are so many deaths in our subways because of stabbings and pushed into trains, etc. not a safe place. brian claypool. thank you for talking to us. we appreciate it. >> thank you, julie. >> julie: he oversees commercial airlines. that's what his job title says, right? transportation secretary, right? pete buttigieg is more of a private jet kind of guy. republicans say it is fleecing the taxpayers. the white house trying to pull people's view of biden's economy out of the toilet. >> here to talk with you about bidenomics. >> bidenomics. growing the middle class in this

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>> julie: bidenomics, a big buzz word as the white house looks to burnish public opinion on the economy. less than two hours from now the president is set to outline his vision for it. but is banking on bidenomics a

good strategy? "the new york times." the president will talk about it in a speech. inflation and high interest rates could overshadow the message. >> i'm on the economics team. the little underdog that could. the legislative accomplishments that this president has overseen in my 20 years i've never seen before. so we'll put that record against anyone and we'll continue to be under valued and we'll continue to over perform. >> we've recovered. our economy has recovered faster than any economy in the world. that's happening because of president biden's leadership because of the economic agenda he has put forward. the president's economic policies are incredibly popular. >> julie: twitter lighting up. one using writing 27 months of weekly wage growth? democrats are good at one thing. lying with a straight face. recent polling ugly, only 20% say biden's policies are helping

the economy. nearly 50% say they are hurting it. david avella is the gopac chairman and marie harf state department spokeswoman. hard to watch a news conference from the white house saying it is the greatest growing numbers ever. covid was at the bottom. there is nowhere else to go but up. david, never mind the polls. forget them. all you need to do is look in your wallet. the high costs of everything from groceries and on, high inflation, interest rates, inflation says it all. painting a rosey picture of this economy is like putting lipstick on a pig. >> it seems like we're on message reset ten with the biden administration how their economic policies are helping. reality is six in ten americans are living paycheck to paycheck. it is why president biden's approval rating on the economy is one of the lowest across his administration. you have a message that comes

out of the white house that this is the car you should now drive and this is how you should now heat your house and this is now the stove you should use and all of these ways you now should live your life but yet there is no tax reduction to put more money in people's pockets to pay for it. wage growth is stagnant especially the low end of the spectrum. you have conflicting messages. the administration is saying one thing but what people are dealing with is opposite. >> julie: can bidenomics save biden's re-election bid and will people buy it? >> there is a lot of good news out there. we still have inflation and still have high interest rates but we're witnessing an american manufacturing resurgence because of joe biden's policies. david, you are my friend but you are wrong on this. the low wage part of our economy right now, their wages are growing at the fastest rate in

two decades. wages are growing in every part of the economy. as the infrastructure reduck -- inflation reduction act and infrastructure plan goes into effect communities across the country will see really positive impacts of the biden economy. you will see joe biden and his campaign get on the trail and say that manufacturing job that has come back in your state, that's because of the biden team and democrats in congress. the fact that your wages are growing now. the fact that we have reduced the deficit in a historic way, while growing jobs at a record pace, those are real facts and figures that yes, inflation is still tough but those are real facts and figures that everyday real americans are feeling and will continue to feel even more. >> julie: there is a recent report revealing that some of pete buttigieg's and biden administration priorities found back in november the transportation secretary meet proverb atly with a china linked

group pushing green agenda items. buttigieg doubled down on his misplaced dedication to the climate cult by meeting with the radicals who want to ban gas stoves and eliminate fossil fuels. republican senators looking to rein in his private jet and costing taxpayers a lot of money. fox news is finding that buttigieg used taxpayer funds at least 18 times while in office instead of commercial flights that his department overseas. he claims his flights saved taxpayers money. david, i don't think anybody here is going to buy the fact that if you fly commercial it will cost more than a private jet. >> it is interesting that many times cabinet secretaries are like nfl kickers. you only hear about them when they make a mistake. and certainly with secretary buttigieg, if he is not the worst cabinet secretary in this administration he is in the top

five because for much of our history the department of transportation has been non-political. you didn't need a political person to build roads or manage ports ordeal with our railroads or even our key infrastructure. but this administration decided to make many things political. >> julie: i will give you a final, marie. >> look, i think republicans in congress should focus more on the fact that in huge parts of the midwest today you can't go outside because the air quality is so bad because of wildfires that are made much worse by climate change. i don't care if pete buttigieg travels provivate. there is an emergency here. the longer republicans say there is not the worse the situation gets >> julie: if you want to go green, go green. flying a private plane is not green. if you want to claim that global warming is to blame for such and such, then you need to put in

your part and show the american people that you are serious about following on these theories that you will go green. it is a contradictive stance and talking out of both sides of your mouth. i think americans are sick of that. david avella and marie harf, that's all the time. thank you very much to you both. so air travel chaos across the country. thousands of flights already cancelling or delaying at americans head out for the holiday weekend. a mess. some travelers may be facing brutal temperatures. yesterday we talked to a texas rancher who folks there are facing. >> we are no stranger to dip will digit heat. it's early in the year. if you go june, july and august it will be a struggle. >> julie: growing worries the power grid won't be able to keep up with record breaking demand as people need ac to beat the dangerous heat.

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>> julie: if you head to the airport pack your patience. severe weather and staffing issues making an absolute mess of flight schedules. that's on top of thousands of flights already scrapped this week alone. you can see on flight aware's misery map, the new york city area airports are struggling the most. passengers left stranded, some waiting for hours just for their flights to be nixed. >> i'm so mad but trying not to explode. >> the hardest day of travel i have ever had. >> they canceled three flights with plane mechanical issues, which is not true. today they're saying there is weather. >> we don't know when we're getting out of here. not one person since we got off that plane, we have not had one attendant, nobody help us. >> julie: alexis mcadams is live at newark airport with the latest. >> people either want to pull

their hair out or crying and tears here or laughing like you heard some of those people. they don't know what else to do. stuck at the airport for days or even hours coming back and forth spending hundreds of dollars to stay at a nearby hotel. they don't get a voucher for the airlines and only sit on the tarmac for hours. some of them were left sleeping on the floor. take a listen. >> i have think it was a combination of two days of people not getting off the ground in the airport. there are people on cots back there and so between that and the week leading into fourth of july it is volume. >> julie: you don't want to be at the airports across the east coast or across the country. >> 28,000 flights delayed. 7200 canceled since sunday. passengers weren't going to take off or pilots timed out and the

crew had to debord. a line of angry passengers over at jfk delayed more than 24 hours for an international flight. left sitting around. that was on monday. the group demanded answers from american airlines. the person who took the video says they were told the flight crew was missing. technology issues and faa staffing shortages and weather are at the center of the chaos. officials say there are not enough air traffic control workers at the new york hubs, which is important to point out. that affects the entire country. an issue going on for months according to officials, all the airlines here cancellations. united had the most and unfortunately it is not over yet. if we want to pull this up here go to chicago and that's smoke from the canada and wildfires leading to low visibility and impact people at o'hare, midway and people traveling across the countries. as the smoke moves to jfk and

laguardia they'll have delays as well. everytime i'm at the airport i don't have a positive angle. the delays come as tsa is gearing up to have the busiest holiday travel season since the july 4th holiday before the pandemic. check it out. these people are waiting in line for four hours to get to the two workers at the terminal that they aren't going anywhere. >> julie: i just went through it and it is so frustrating. thank you. >> we used to walk everywhere up until two weeks ago. we uber or drive because it is so hot and humid. >> lots of hydration and water and coolers packed all the way uploaded with ice. everybody is watching each other as back. >> no good thing about this. >> julie: millions struggling with scorching temperatures called a heat dome over texas

and oklahoma, blanketing the area there. texans suffering from record heat across the state for weeks now. warnings in effect across the south from parts of new mexico to florida, tens of millions under those advisories. new concerns about texas's power providers as well. the state's private grid shattered its all-time record for energy demand yesterday. the department of energy warning this. 2/3 of the country is actually at elevated risk of electricity shortages. fox news senior correspondent casey stiegel coming from dallas with more on this hot mess. i love i got to say that on tv. >> hot mess you said it. nearly 81,000 mega watts is how much energy texans consumed yesterday. a record, as you said. we expect to break that record today with around 83,000

megawatts of electricty used. the total available capacity will be around 101,000 megawatts today. so hopefully well enough to meet the forecasted demand. still, nine people have died from heat-related illnesses over just the last eight days. and in one county alone in and around laredo. >> so these high temperatures are higher than what we normally see and i think many of us thought oh, it is just going to be another couple hot weeks in our county. >> now the extreme heat is expanding to the north and east. places like memphis, tennessee where thousands are already without power from recent severe storms and parts of arkansas in the same boat as well where more than 13,000 are without electricity and real feel

temperatures over 110 degrees there today. >> it is something that unless you have air conditioning or window fans that you need electricity for you can't hardly bear it. >> while much discussion through the years has taken place about updating the nation's energy infrastructure, the feds say more than 70% of the u.s. grid is more than 25 years old. that's why those latest figures show 2/3 of the country at an elevated risk this summer of electricity shortfalls if extreme weather continues. julie. >> julie: casey stiegel, thank you. so the race to be the first on the market with a weight loss pill is on. why drug makers say the pill could revolutionize the industry. tech leaders delivering stark warnings ahead of the presidential election. >> the 2024 elections will be a

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>> julie: drug makers are racing to be the first. well, they are looking to get pill versions of weight loss drugs on the market asap. medications like ozempic exploding in popularity. doctors are warning about long-term health issues. lydia hu is live with the very latest. hi there, lydia. >> that's right. wildly popular diabetes and weight loss drugs are currently administered as a weekly shot. drug maker revealed new research earlier this week that shows high dose pills may work, too. clinical trials show pills

helped obese people lose weight. goldman sachs analyst tells the journal oral treatments will equip the industry with the ability to approach the broader healthcare population. not every patient will have the same goal when it comes to the magnitude of weight loss. when you go to buy a car, the amount of horsepower may be important but not everyone needs to get from 0 to 60 at the same speed. some medical providers warn availability should be tampered by medical need. >> the problem is these oral forms are formulated as a higher dose. the injectible medications at the higher dosage they experience more side effects. >> the doctor said the side effects can include gastro intestinal issues and

allergic reactions. now the race is on among drug makers to be the first to make a weight loss pill available. lay claim to the market estimated to reach $1 hundred billion by the end of the decade. they are ushering weight loss pills through clinical trials. the first injectible weight loss drug is ozempic and now file for approval of its pill later this year. >> julie: artificial intelligence creating concern over the 2024 presidential cycle. it could shape the future of american politics. gop presidential candidates are using a.i. to create campaign videos. top technologists are portraying a dispopeian landscape in 2024 in which misinformation and disinformation proliferate with

speed and ease. the former ceo of google saying social media sites that let misleading content slide are only making matters worse. take a listen. >> the 2024 elections are going to be a mess because social media is not protecting us from false a.i. they are working on it. the safety groups are made smaller, not larger. this is an issue. >> julie: what concerns you most about a.i. in future elections? >> i'll take it one step further. i think if there is a combination of something like hacking an official account and then using that to propagate synthetic media, digital fo forgery. there was a photo of the pentagon on fire. potential explosion that didn't happen, totally a.i. generated. official accounts say if they

say don't go to this voting place i'm worried about the combination we've seen the rise of synthetic media with cyberhacking operations, someone in our own country or the chinese communist party which we know is already trying to get their hooks into our political landscape. >> julie: they already have. let's face it. tiktok. what do you make of former google chief's comments that the 2024 elections are going to be a mess because social media is not protecting us from false generated a.i. >> i have think he is 50% right in this instance. again, that propagation of synthetic media. the accuracy and scale of this type of media is now going gangbusters. he is right to be concerned in that regard. on the second half, i would say

i always lean toward transparency. yes, these big tech companies especially have a duty to be as transparent as possible to label any sort of a.i. generated content that they are aware of to frankly play that cat and mouse game when you have bad actors trying to generate these images, synthetic audio recordings and what not. they have a duty there as well. so i think it is very important to have some degree of guardrails but at the same time americans have to be vigilant over their own cognitive landscapes. it is a massive problem. >> julie: the bias on social media. depends on the candidate. anybody can go on social media and spread false news, right? how do you police that? the question then in the blame goes on social media companies. regulators and elected officials need to come together to address this immediately. facebook, twitter, instagram, if you are a republican and running, most likely you will be

targeted for fake news. >> we've seen that before. the floor is the labeling again of if there is an a.i. generated content they absolutely should be labeled. that's the bare minimum. >> julie: carol, we've run out of time. thank you for watching "the faulkner focus." "outnumbered" is after the break. stay right there. pay off your c, consolidate your debt with a va home loan from from newday. -because he was... -wait, wait, hold on... that neighbor is hot! that's my husband... what? it's the inspire implant he got. he's not struggling with cpap anymore. all that rest is working wonders for him. and for me. gotta go. naughty girl. hi sweetie! ah! (scream) here comes the choo-choo train of love!

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>> kayleigh: hello, this is "outnumbered," i'm kayleigh mcenany. here with my co-host emily compagno. also joining us, the host of "kennedy saves the world" kennedy. marshal. political interference