audience. what i think will happen is a lot of individuals in your audience will be hearing that these candidates are a lot more extreme than they really want. the reality of the economic recovery that we are living through is pretty dramatic. the fastest and best economic recovery of any place in the world. 13 million jobs created, 800,000 manufacturing jobs created a resurgence of manufacturing. 75% of americans say they feel good about their own financial well-being and then you have successes like capping the cost of insulin at $35 a month. something that every one of your panelists would voted again. the contrast tonight for voters when they hear about the extreme plans are of these republicans. >> bill: we found in our fox polling how things are going in the u.s.

70% say they are dissatisfied. that will be a theme tonight. thank you, the dnc surrogate out of minnesota, tina smith, thank you. >> i fear somebody will carjack me or shoot me. i'm sure i'm not the only one who feels like this. >> dana: widespread fear of rampant crime keeping americans up at night. a top concern or voters heading into the first republican presidential debate tonight. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino and great to be here. >> bill: good to be with you. how did it feel out there? >> dana: it is warm. the hottest day of the year in milwaukee. >> bill: yes, it is. >> dana: that's because we're here, bill. >> bill: they were great and we'll meet again. i'm bill hemmer. good morning. nice to be on the road with you. among the many issues, violent

crime and personal safety among the most important issues that americans worry about. robberies, burglaries, shootings, violent assault. the list goes on. we've shown it to you the past several years adding up to a climate of fear in a time when police forces are struggling to recruit and keep officers. griff jenkins in washington with a deeper dive on the growing crime concerns and voters are kept up at night over this. >> that's right, good morning, bill and dana. the d.c. voter you just heard from is right. not the only one that feels that way. take a look here the latest fox news poll guns tied to immigration for the second most important issue. crime is an issue as well on the list with 6%. the woman's story, a tragic one. explains why crime is her top issue this election cycle. >> i have three sons, all have been victims of gun violence in d.c. my oldest son i was with him when he was shot.

my third son two days after his birthday he was shot, which was actually six weeks after we buried my husband, who was murdered down the street trying to defend an elderly man. >> a firearms instructor and second amendment supporter but wants actions of guns from elected leaders and different consequences for violent crime offenders. we found voters outside of d.c. share her concerns. >> a fair number of carjackings in our neighborhood. >> a lot of gun deaths on the metro lately. >> i'm more cautious. not out as late anymore or always looking behind me and things like that unfortunately. >> with crime surging in cities across the country paul mauro, a guest on this show writes in his email he hopes candidates will be asked this question. what are you going to do to save our cities?

bill. >> bill: griff, when you travel the country and on the border quite a bit, too. you just heard a group of voters here in wisconsin talk about immigration, it is top of mind for many. how does that relate to crime? how does that relate to the police officers who have left their jobs because they felt that future was no longer there for them? >> what a great question, bill. interestingly enough in my interview with this woman she said i'm really worried about that border, too. d.c. has begun to get a larger of migrants and it is not indicative that the criminals -- the rise in crime is related to the immigrants coming from the border. they see the lawlessness on the border and the cities seeing a crime increase from the west coast to the east coast, they see this as an issue that's tied

together. i think you will see perhaps an effort by some of the candidates tonight on that stage to try to tie the border to the crime in our cities. here in d.c., by the way, they hit the 170th homicide. it is up 30% from this time last year here in the nation's capital, bill. >> bill: wow. griff, thank you. you live in it. thank you back in washington, d.c. >> dana: rampant crime will be a major topic for the candidates tonight and we'll see how they answer those questions. we'll find out when they take the stage in a few hours, bill. can they convince voters they have what it takes to secure the white house? let's get to our panel here, fox news contributors kelly an conway and karl rove. kellyan we had a chance to talk to really great voters. thoughtful. you run a lot of focus groups and wonder what you thought of their answers.

>> they were fantastic and shows why we should have faith in the wisdom of people. these voters have thought these policies through. we don't want to hear sound bites tonight from the candidates but substance. we don't want personalities, we want principles. we don't want politics we want policy. we the people. folks are saying they are living paycheck to paycheck can't afford an emergency bill of $1 thousand. the interest rates are the highest since 2000. everywhere you look voters feel really pressed on quality of life and everyday affordability and security issues. you heard that. what i loved about the conversation had with these voters they are leaning a certain way. some have preferences but very open minded and that's the whole point of a debate. having candidate forums so people can access the candidates free of charge all at the same time shoulder to shoulder live taking tough questions from a moderateor and each other. that's how voters end up making

a decision. >> bill: karl, good morning to you. kellyanne makes excellent points there. you sit here on the morning of. you have done debate prep many times in your life. what are these guys and ladies thinking about before tonight? >> how do they make themselves look big. people are looking for substance. they are looking for are you the concern i can see behind the resolute desk sitting in the oval office making big decisions? the more they talk about their values, views, what they see as the problems the better off they are. the more they make joe biden the conversation center point as opposed to somebody else on the stage or somebody not on the stage, the better off they are. >> dana: one of the things you write today at the first republican debate watch six things to make biden a one-term president. your takeaways on maybe a couple

of those. >> first and foremost they have to train their iron joe biden. it is fun to say i'm against trump or reach for a viral headline tonight. somebody already has the job of president. awful at the job. 2/3 of democrats don't want him to run again. his vice president is less popular than they are and under water in the major issues. one tonight how will they handle the frontrunner donald trump. he is hovering and beating every one of them in every poll. they have an opportunity to say look, i really appreciated his policies i worked with him to get some of them. i think his time has passed. he can't-out run his legal woes. i represent change and can beat joe biden. i want to hear their plan on the economy. on that we need specifics and substance. people are hurting. it is not just the economy, stupid. what is their plan on crime, education, border security? fentanyl, the number one killer

of 18 to 45-year-olds in the country. will they talk about education? no brighter line distinction between the two parties now than education. you have an entire democratic party refusing to let kids leave those failing schools, have the money follow them. a real break-out moment for someone tonight. finally, russia. we have an interest in making sure putin, the bully, doesn't prevail. he seems to annex sovereign nations when joe biden is the president or invade them, ukraine, when biden is president. on china, what would they do the same or differently than trump and pence? how will they contain china in a dangerous world? excellent piece again. check it out. karl, one thing they all have a record, right? they didn't get here without one. do you emphasize what you have done or do you emphasize what you will do? >> the answer is yes. you use what you've done in order to explain that you will be able to achieve what you want to do. but the emphasis is the future.

if candidates love their record and love to herald their successes and good. don't do it too much. a little bit of that goes a long way. people understand you have achieved something by being the governor or vice president or whatever. what they want to know is what is the future? >> bill: who is the best at that, democrat or republican? >> tonight? of course i have to say george w. bush. >> dana: i want to ask you on the numbers when you look at this kellyanne pointed out with the voters. they're leaning toward one candidate but open minded. the iowa poll, 52% of republicans said they are open to persuasion. does that mean president trump -- he won't be here tonight. people will talk about him. is there room for one of these candidates to break out and succeed? >> there is. there is a column that's appearing tomorrow in the "wall street journal" well done, myself.

i think i've done a heck of a job on it. what's interesting to me is the gap between president trump's national numbers and his numbers in the early states. remember, wisconsin is relatively far into the process next year. but you heard how thoughtful those people were in your focus group. iowa and new hampshire are way ahead of it. president trump is performing much less well in those two early states where people are paying attention to more of these candidates and what they are talking about. so it will be an interesting -- there is an opportunity there. >> dana: there is an opportunity and a column to come that we'll see tomorrow. read the "wall street journal."com tomorrow. great to have you both. see you tonight. >> bill: talk to you later. >> there is nothing left but maybe a part of the garage. >> bill: that's the deadly home explosion killing the father of tennessee titans corner back

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>> dana: top officials in san francisco with protest a court order that prevents the city from clearing tent encampments on its street. the mayor will lead a rally.

what's going on with the courts? claudia cowen is live in san francisco with more. >> hi, city officials want to be able to enforce laws on the books that prohibit camping on public property. laws they say will keep the streets of san francisco safe and clean. but to do that they need to overturn a federal court order that has allowed homeless encampments to become fixtures across the city and prohibits police from citing people. they've taken over sidewalks creating dirty and dangerous conditions who live in them and anyone else navigating around them. activists sued the city for dismantling encampments and in december the city could not enforce the ban on public camping until it built housing for everyone who needed it. the city attorney argues complying with the order would

take years and cost $1 1/2 billion. a third of the city's general fund budget. he is appealing the injunction at the ninth circuit with support from the city's democratic mayor and many residents who have had enough. >> we don't want people to be languishing in tents, have encampments, doing drugs. having drug dealers come to them. basically throwing garbage around and not getting their needs met. we want these city official eaves to be able to take action in order to clear these encampments. the injunction has prevented them from being able to do so. >> in an email to fox, the coalition on homelessness said the city has persistently failed to meet its constitutional obligation by targeting and punishing unhoused people who obviously have no access to shelter. no question this is an emotionally charged issue and many communities dealing with homeless encampments will be watching today's arguments very

closely. back to you. >> dana: as they should. it is important for cities across america. claudia, thank you. >> bill: back here in milwaukee the race for the white house in 2024 could come down to a handful of battleground states. in fact you can bank on it. the swing states with a margin of victory is often razor thin and likely to decide all of that. one state is wisconsin. the former governor scott walker is with us now. president of young america's foundation. hello to you, sir. thanks for your time. >> my pleasure. a frozen tundra kind of day. >> i'm sure aaron rodgers misses that. i want to show the screen going back to the last 6 or 7 elections on the statewide level. bush and gore were close back in 2000. barack obama was an easy winner in 2008 and 2012. in 2016 and in 2020, you are about 20,000 votes in each race that determines the outcome in

this state. >> it is. remember hillary clinton lost the primary in 2016 to bernie sanders and never came back. boy did they regret that. lost by 23,000 votes. the same margin four years later. this is not one of the key states it may be the state that determines the next president. >> dana: you ran for president and been here before. now you get to be an observer. any advice for people up there? two former governors, three former governors. >> totally forget about all the pundits or the d.c. consultants. that was my biggest mistake on first stage as well eight years ago. i was worked up listening to them. be who you are. be bold. you have to break through. for all these folks up there they've done head-to-head debates in direct election shuns for those in elected office. not the same as going against a general election opponent. you can't have a command performance but a breakthrough moment. >> bill: some of the differences on policy is not black and white but nuanced.

you had a record as governor in wisconsin. everybody in the country knew about it especially in the republican party. why were you listening to consultants? >> it was a mistake. i shouldn't have. i should have done the things that got me elected governor. that was a huge mistake. i think governor desantis in particular should learn from the mistakes i made. just because you have a bold record doesn't mean you'll win. it gets you on the stage but you have to be as bold or bolder in terms of pronouncements what you will do. one of the things i look forward to tonight. each of these folks are friend of mine. governor christie will go not just after president trump but also after governor desantis. my advice would be governor desantis has to push back hard. make an attack there and move on to what he would do if he were elected president. >> dana: we had a great voter panel. republican voters open minded and thoughtful. they really thought it through. because wisconsin is a must-win would you say for the republican

party in 2024? >> absolutely. >> dana: what could they say to make the biggest difference? the economy is top of the list. >> number one issue. we just did a poll of high school and college students and the number one issue for students as well. when i filled up my pump on saturday it was nearly $4 a gallon. here in the midwest it's a big deal. some has to say this is what i'll do to make your life better. it was better years ago and needs to be better going forward. >> dana: how can they make it believable? >> donald trump did that eight years ago when i stood next to him at the first debate. building the walls, draining the swamp. whether you agreed or not he connected with the primary voters but swing voters in wisconsin. somebody has to do that. >> bill: he wasn't listening to consultants that night. >> that's right. i was shocked he didn't come to debate. conventional wisdom is you stay away but he has never been

conventional. >> dana: they don't want us to talk about it anymore. we have to go to commercial break. >> bill: scott walker, former governor of wisconsin. >> we see the complete non-coverage of joe biden and the way he acted towards maui and the fact he is back on vacation again after spending a couple hours there. that's a whole bowl of wrong. >> dana: president biden accused of being out of touch with reality as backlash grows over his quick visit to maui. plus hours away from the first republican primary debate, candidates will make their case to millions of voters. who will have that break-out moment they so desperately need? ♪

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the city is caring for nearly 60,000 of them. part of their legal obligation to provide shelter. republicans say they are wrong. >> the mayor from the very beginning has misinterproofeded new york city's right to shelter law intended for homeless citizens. we don't support these agenda and being subjected to their cause because we belong to new york city and increasingly frustrating for this community. >> the mayor's office along with city agencies sent out a social media campaign saying new york city remains a beacon for all those who come to our shores and we'll continue to uphold these values and reach out a helping hand to those in need accompanied by a video of employees, many of whom are immigrants themselves. this is all republicans are making the border a major issue in this campaign trying to unseat president biden in next year's election. bill, back to you. >> bill: thanks, rich edson in manhattan.

thank you. >> president biden: lightning struck at home on a little lake outside of our home. make a long story short, almost lost my wife, my 67 corvette, and my cat. >> dana: outrage and shock after those comments from president biden during his visit monday to maui. the president facing criticism for retelling a 15-year-old story about himself in an attempt to project empathy with disaster victims. harold ford junior and trey gowdy, happy belated birthday, trey gowdy. i will play for you jim messina defending president biden yesterday. listen here. >> i think his empathy, his stories, his way he connects with voters are why he won the 2020 presidential election and why he will win again next time. he has empathy and connection

with voters that press and d.c. pundits like me don't fully give him enough credit for. >> dana: trey gowdy, i can understand democrats coming on and defending president biden. they have to. senator tina smith did it as well. people can see the disaster for themselves and the 20 minute fire in the ki67 en is not the same. >> president biden in this instance has the same flaw lots of other people have. everything has to be about them. whatever happened in your life let me tell you this happened to me and it was worse. a character flaw. i don't -- it is hard to be the sympathizer in chief. what i would tell folks, the book of job, job went through a lot. if you read the book. the friends that ministered to job the most are the ones who sat with him and said nothing. they didn't say i went through this same thing.

they sat with him for days and said nothing. so i would say to the president or anyone else who wants to be the president. don't make everything about you and for god sakes don't compare losing maybe 1,000 lives with a car. >> bill: how do you think this has gone over? if you scan the media, either online or in a newspaper or on tv, they are saying that folks like fox are just talking about it and shouldn't be. they are misreading his visit out there. >> belated happy birthday to my brother. you were right what you just shared. couple of things. one, presidents have to deal with this and we're so quick to judge even when they have try to empathize and relate. i thought president bush and trump were unfairly attacked at times. this president has his own way of trying to connect with people and show empathy and sometimes tell stories that may be a

little off key. i think the real test will be, what happens the next several weeks? what happens the next few months? are we able to provide resources for could order naivetyed response in hawaii? the president can't coordinate it but people on the ground will. can you match it with creativity and hard work that will have to take place for a long period of time to help rebuild. >> dana: a long road ahead for these people. just want to point out the first line here. cares about people like me, only 45%. that number has been consistent almost since the very beginning of his presidency. one of the reasons i think his accomplishments is vulnerability. kevin mccarthy, the speaker, was talking about his -- the possibility of an impeachment inquiry and more documents in the hunter biden investigation. watch here. >> you have to say to yourself

this is beyond -- >> the whole determination here is how the bidens handled it. if they withhold the documents and fight like they have now to not provide to the american public what they deserve to know, we will move forward with impeachment inquiry when we come back into session. >> dana: what about the sequencing of all of this, trey? >> speaking of people that are in tough spots, kevin mccarthy, you have a 4 or 5-person majority in the house and not everybody wants to see you do well. the key in what kevin just said is the word inquiry. not impeachment proceedings, not resolution, not vote. inquiry. let me tell you the inquiry can last quite some time. he has to stand up for the house's right to access documents. but he also has members, more than five, that it's not in their political best interest to go through with an impeachment vote. he is trying to do the impossible. the key word there inquiry, not

vote. >> politics of it. the legal part of this is a u.s. attorney who is now special counsel will have access to all of these things. i don't know how many documents they can turn over to mr. comer, whatever committee might be doing it. kevin mccarthy is a smart and savvy guy and to trey's point he has to be able to demonstrate to the 4 or 5 members who want to do this. if you do this you may endanger 20 or 30 more republicans and they may have a problem getting elected. say this to democrats. these issues with the bidens, they should be looked into. i'm not one that believes that you should only look into trump and not look at democrats. you go where the facts lead you. we'll see here in the coming weeks where the facts lead. >> bill: a lot of positions are changing. who are you watching on stage tonight? >> martha maccallum >> dana: good answer. >> i think the south carolina clan, the haley and scott people will be very interesting.

i think two people not on stage. one not on the stage is donald trump. another guy if virginia who will be watching tonight. big night. people have a big night they'll do well. if somebody doesn't you open the lane or some other people. >> bill: you guys aren't off the clock. hang around. we took this on the road. no stopping hemmer celebrity news. a milwaukee exclusive in honor of the great city here in wisconsin. little bit of trivia about a famous sitcom sit here lavern and shirley. a trivia question, dana. you fire one at me. lavern and shirley was a spin-off of which popular tv show. good times, happy days, murk and mindy or odd couple. >> dana: i watched all of those. i know the answer is happy days. >> bill: you are right. >> dana: all right. happy days is a good show. what was lavern's trademark on

her shirts a sweaters. ? >> that's easy, b, the script l. which actress played lavern defazio. betty garrett. penny marshall or cindy williams? >> dana: lavern? cindy williams, d. am i wrong? >> bill: sorry. >> dana: i was going the say. >> bill: hemmer takes the lead by one. >> dana: where do lavern, shirley and friends move in the five season? >> it was -- they went far away. they went to burbank, california. >> dana: it would make sense. they went to hollywood. >> bill: had to be. >> dana: you know who would have known all these answers? greg gutfeld, 100% i would have known all of them. >> bill: do you think trey or harold would have gotten the

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>> dana: the main suspect in the murder of a maryland mother of five is on the loose. police say he could strike again anywhere. the suspect was linked to a rape that took place in los angeles back in march. but authorities haven't even identified the man linked to

both cases. william la jeunesse. >> police linked the prime suspect in maryland to dna found in a home invasion and rape 3,000 miles away and five months before in los angeles. the man police suspect killed the mother of five. video in march of that man leaving the l.a. home he had broken into where he attacked a young woman. dna in that rape match the dna found at the murder in maryland. police believe the suspect has committed previous crimes and will likely again unless he is caught. >> based on the dna evidence we consider the individual in the video we obtained from the los angeles police department and that we're about to show you on the tv screens to be the person

that murdered rachel. >> her body was found near a trail head 20 miles outside of baltimore where she went hiking. crimestoppers has offered a $2 thousand reward. the f.b.i. database contains 15 million convicted offenders, 5 million of those arrested and dna from 2 million crime scenes and now they have to catch him. back to you. >> dana: william la jeunesse, thank you for the update. >> bill: parental rights a top issue. how much will we hear about it tonight? in new jersey there is an ongoing debate. this poll from monmouth shows 77% of adults say schools should be required to notify parents of middle school and high school students if they want to change their gender. pete hegseth with us here in wisconsin to talk about that. good morning, pete.

the reason why it's an issue in new jersey the state is challenging three school districts and so far the state is holding their grounds and say schools don't have to notify the parents when the trend is against that entire decision based on that polling. >> that's the state of new jersey. 90% amongst republicans and 60% amongst democrats. parents simply believe what their children do in the most intimate ways should be something they know about. the stare down between the governor. it is the radical sexual education down to kindergarten in new jersey and certain -- i know these areas. i used to live there. conservative communities who want parents involved in the education. this is a huge liability for democrats at large nationally. a huge opportunity for republicans including on the debate stage. i don't think education has been front and center this way since george w. bush in 2000 when he ran on it and 9/11 happened and a lot of that changed. covid-19 created a moment where

parents got a peak into the classroom and control teachers unions have and overplayed their hand in radical ways. should we have a department of education? i know you will hear candidates say no we should not. it cascades to school choice, curriculum. into teaching civics deep into the poll as well. what should we teach more and less of? a lot less gender, a lot more civics education. that's the average voters in middle america who want their kids to read and write. >> dana: trying to put a focus on the k-12 education and test scores that are terrible. you have the social issue on the transgender issue and all the craziness there and colorado as well having this problem. there is an idea of proposing or enacting a parents bill of rights. if you look at all these states where it has been introduced, it goes across the board. it is interesting you say that about the possibility of the parents making a difference this year in 2024 in the election.

>> yes. the problem the democrats have teachers unions are the most powerful base they have. a lot of money. no ability for candidates to cut against that which again creates a republican opportunity. parents bill of rights. look at glenn youngkin in virginia. he rode in on that platform. now he has to stare down loudon and fairfax counties. you have the radical socialization of kids through gender policy and racial ideology but then the basic standards where government schools haven't delivered any semblance of excellence for decades. unions say we're another billion dollars away from excellence. instead the scores go the other direction. >> bill: want to see you and make sure viewers at home know you have a big job tonight. you have a post debate coverage. fox nation. by the way, during the commercial breaks, guys, we will do instant analysis.

while you watch fox news, the big show, while you go to the bathroom or take a break, go to fox nation. toggle between the two and quick analysis. me, will cain, sean duffy talking about what you're talking about. we don't have a drone. you have the drone. >> dana: do you know anybody at fox nation to give you a drone? >> i prefer the ones with weapons attached. >> dana: thank you so much. >> we were sleeping and i heard a loud boom. >> a massive explosion. much more than a thunder clap or anything from a storm. >> dana: tragedy strikes an nfl player after his father is killed in a home explosion. we have the details next. the wait is almost over. eight gop presidential contenders gearing up for the first debate in the 2024 campaign. stay with us as we refer to fiserv forum in milwaukee.

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come up with money to get money. >> harris: it's on, eight republican presidential candidates need to have a break-out moment. some more than others. and that debate is tonight. president biden is still vacationing alongside his son, hunter, hanging out an a billionaire donors house for days house in lake tahoe except for the kwik trip he did to hawaii. critics are lighting him up for that. comparing a small kitchen fire in his house years ago to the devastating maui wildfires. polling expert lee carter, guy benson and others, "the faulkner focus", top of the hour. >> dana: nfl player farley left in explosion and mourning after an explosion levels the house he

bought for his father. >> sad story here. titans quarterback was not at the home when the explosion happened but returned after. this is the heartbreaking photo showing farley surrounded by what remains. in a series of instagram store eaves he wrote he wasn't supposed to go out like this. pop. daddy, a legend. i love you for life. first responders say a family friend was injured and survived and managed to walk out of the home shortly after emergency crews arrived just after midnight on tuesday. caleb farley's father was later found dead in the debris of the home. he was only 61 years old. >> there could not be anyone left in it alive. that was my first thought. when i found out someone walked out of it i was amazed. we have had tornadoes in our county before that have destroyed homes. this is the first one we've seen that actually exploded like this with this kind of destruction.

>> after tuesday's practice titan's head coach told the team about farley's loss and players took a knee in prayer. teammates are sharing shock and sadness. >> i know he lost his mother at a young age as well. he has gone through a lot of adversity. tragic. >> what is most important is that we do everything that we can to support him emotionally. >> the cause of the explosion is still under investigation. emergency crews believe it was an accidental gas leak which eventually found its way to an ignition source causing this deadly blast. dana. >> dana: that is so sad. thank you so much. >> bill: before we get out of here and before we go a couple things. big debate at 9:00 eastern. join us there. and then we'll have the kickoff show at 8:30. before we go we want to make sure you see where we were two

hours ago. this is the first time we've done it. i thought it was decent. the drone video flying in and out. going right to the arena. >> dana: right to bill and martha who kicked off our show today. they have a busy day ahead of them and the candidates are here in milwaukee and we are going to see you at 8:30 p.m. tonight is when we kick off. there they are. >> bill: i think they're still there. >> dana: working on the buckets. "the faulkner focus" is up next. here is harris. >> harris: the countdown is on. our crews in milwaukee, wisconsin telling us the republican candidates are on the ground doing walk throughs of the debate stage and more. they will debate each other and try to convince you they deserve your vote on november 5, 2024. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." the official positions they will stand on stage is based on in