thank you for a great year. we aren't going anywhere just yet, by the way, because in iowa and in new hampshire you have ramaswamy on the stump right now, chris christie in new hampshire and who knows how it goes? the polling suggests strongly that donald trump could roll in both states and maybe that deal in colorado last night helps him. >> dana: david axelrod said all the legal challenges have been able to help president trump and thinks it will be the case this time as well. he was obama's strategist so he is looking at this thinking it doesn't help democrats. the supreme court rules quickly, decisively and it will be the end of some of this conversation and we're off to the races. >> bill: good to be with you, see you tomorrow. >> dana: yes. now off to the races is harris faulkner of "the faulkner focus." here she is. >> harris: the colorado state supreme court had better get

ready to fight. they kicked donald trump off the republican primary ballot and the former president says he will fight back. i'm harris faulkner, you are in "the faulkner focus." colorado's highest court claims donald trump violated the 14th amendment by inciting an insurrection. that decision is unprecedented and it just so happens to fall along party lines. it's the first time section three of the 14th amendment has ever been used to disqualify the presidential candidate. critics and legal analysts point out trump has never been charged or convicted of anything in connection with the january 6th capitol hill riot. trump's campaign with this. democrat party leaders are in a state of paranoia over the growing dominant lead president trump has amassed in the polls. backlash was fast and furious. >> it is a strikingly anti-democratic holding. in my view, the court is dead

wrong. this court just handed partisans on both sides the ultimate tool to try to shortcut elections. and it is very, very dangerous. this country is a powder keg and this court is throwing matches at it. >> it is terrifying to me as an american that this kind of law fair is being waged. >> an effort to stop donald trump at the ballot box. >> i read it. it is a couple hundred pages of hot garbage. >> harris: even trump's republican rivals support him. ramaswamy says he will withdraw from the colorado primary ballot unless trump is on it. he called on the other gop presidential candidates still in the race to do the same. colorado's republican party responded to ramaswamy. you won't have to, meaning he won't have to withdraw, because we will withdraw from the primary as a party. and convert to a pure caucus

system if this is allowed to stand. in "focus" attorney and fox news contributor leo terrell. we'll begin with mark meredith in aims, iowa, january 15th is about to get here. >> it sure is. the date is fast approaching. this morning former president trump is getting support from his republican rivals. they are saying that they, too, are outraged over this decision by the colorado supreme court that it would keep trump's name off the ballot in 2024. former president trump was here in iowa just last night holding the rally in waterloo. i was surprised he did not directly mention the colorado case but during his tumble speech as he has done at recent rallies he urged his supporters to see the attacks against all republicans. >> they want to silence me. they are after you, i just happen to be standing in their way.

>> the trump campaign already vowing to appeal this decision. we'll be looking to see who else maybe files an amicus brief in support. we heard from florida governor ron desantis the latest among the gop candidates to weigh? . >> there was no trial on any of this. they basically said you can't be on the ballot? how does that work? what's the limiting principle for that? >> i don't think donald trump needs to be president. i think i need to be president. that's good for the country. but i will beat him fair and square. we don't need to have judges making these decisions. we need voters to make these decisions. >> this case, of course, will go well beyond colorado. there are more than a dozen states considering similar legal challenges trying to keep trump's name off the ballot. harris, within the last few minutes for the first time reporters had a chance to get the white house's reaction to what has been happening. the white house has asked whether or not they think trump should be kept off the ballot or if they think he is an insurrectionist. they offered a no comment right

now. the president hasn't weighed in yet. the staff on air force one on his way to wisconsin. we are looking to see if the president has any specific reaction to this. the white house right now saying we're staying out of this. >> harris: you are in the place in 26 days. it started with january 15th where we'll see our first primary challenge, the iowa caucus. it will be interesting to see whether or not during that caucusing people start to bring this up. we've seen the president tick up in the polls when there is pressure on him in any way, shape or form you might say. good to see you, thank you. leo terrell, civil rights attorney and fox news contributor. i want to start there. the president staying pretty mum about this. legally you love that. so what should happen next on his behalf? >> i'll tell you, harris, thank you for having me on this subject. we need a profile in courage moment from president biden, a lawyer and kamala harris. this is the most anti-democratic

ruling, four democratic judges telling the citizens of colorado you cannot select the candidate of your choice. this is something that is impossible to even imagine because president trump, at least understanding the law, is not guilty of any charge. i'm under the impression you are innocent until proven guilty. i would submit to you and the viewers president trump hasn't been found convicted of a federal crime and the supreme court that's to rule not 5-four harris, 9-0 that there is a message to every state in this country that the constitution prevails and president trump is a viable candidate on the ballot. >> harris: the argument is also he hasn't been charged in the rioting on jan six. you talk about no conviction on any of the counts against him. this specifically is tied to that by the state of colorado. we're learning more, by the way, about the four democrat-appointed colorado

justices who kicked trump off the ballot. we circled them for you so you will know who they are. three are ivy leaguers. one is an icon in the gay community and another a jazz musician. they had little difficulty coming to their decision. the three republicans on the court voted in favor of trump. is this partisan as partisan as it looks? >> yes, harris. the hardest thing for me is for people to try to assume that the legal system is working. this is all politics. it's all politics. you just laid out the background of these individuals. their party affiliation. it is silly for anyone to honestly believe the legal system is working correctly. the legal system has been hijacked. a dual system of justice against president trump. if anyone looks for a legal analysis as to the decision of yesterday by the colorado supreme court, you are kidding

yourself. it is pure politics plain and simple, harris. >> harris: "politico" playbook had this on the colorado decision quote, the impact on the primary seems clear enough. if anything it will help trump rallying his supporters and rivals to defend him. that is already happening. for any doubters trump's poll numbers jumped by nearly ten points after his first indictment by a manhattan d.a. alvin bragg. numbers held steady through the next three indictments and continued to grow. an average of national polling has him at 63% in voter's choice for the republican nomination. i was saying that at the end of mark meredith east great reporting. this only potentially helps trump but hurts the system. >> it destroys the system. harris, there are people who dislike president trump. but the system is being challenged. what makes us unique is our rule of law. it is being questioned.

trump haters are now supporting trump on the issue that he deserves to be on the ballot. he deserves to face the voters, not four judges. and this is a problem right now. our legal system is being tested and this is why the supreme court has to rule 9-0 harris. it has to rule 9-0. they know what is right. 9-0 is the only ruling they can come up with. >> harris: can other states look at this and try to do the same thing? >> right now, yes. until the supreme court rules, yes. in is what you are having. you are having 50 possible different outcomes because they don't like a particular candidate. in this situation they don't like president trump. due process out the window. you don't need a conviction to even make such a ruling. that's what the colorado supreme court has done. they have opened up a pandora box that allows every state to make their own individual ruling in defiance of the constitution.

this is a scary day, harris. i can't say it enough as a lawyer for 33 years who loves his country. >> harris: quickly, how fast can it happen that the u.s. supreme court would consider this? >> the moment that petition is filed by president trump to appeal this decision, the supreme court can work at warp speed to send a message, a ruling out immediately to make sure there is a uniform system of qualifying on the ballot. so i encourage the supreme court to move quickly. i encourage joe biden and kamala harris to have a profile in courage moment and say this is wrong. >> harris: you calling on them with that i can't wait to follow the news on that. that will spread. leo terrell, thank you for your expertise and time and merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas. you do a great job. thank you for having me. >> harris: houthi leaders better

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>> the law is incredibly extreme it does not make communities in texas safer. it does not. it dehumanizes which republicans the end to do and demonize them. >> harris: the white house appearing to be a bit more focused on what the texas governor is doing. she was asked about it. but aren't they focused also on fixing the biden border crisis? do they have time? the press secretary went on and went after texas governor abbott's new law cracking down on illegal immigration. abbott wants to make crossing the border illegally a state crime that allows texas police to arrest illegal immigrants. aclu is challenging that law and the department of justice is also considering taking some

kind of action. illegal immigrants are flooding over the southern border. it is mind blowing the pace that they have. since december 1st, so just days ago, there have been more than 190,000 people coming across, which includes monday's all-time high of 12,600 in just 24 hours. the biden administration is now forced to send the bureau of prisons personnel to help out overwhelmed agents. brandon judd, the national border patrol council president says this. >> those people that cross our borders illegally are here to stay and what people understand and why we're seeing this huge surge. right now is the time for everybody to try to get into the country. they know that. the cartels know that. that's where they are advertising their services and telling everybody you need to come now. because if you wait in a year you might not be able to get here.

>> harris: bill melugin is at the border in lukeville, arizona. as we look at the pictures and we watch your reports every day we see how much worse it is. but you are there on the ground. what are the people saying as they flow into our country? >> harris, border patrol agent is rock bottom. exhausted and the numbers are ridiculous to be frank. we're averaging 10,000 migrant encounters per day right now in the month of december. it is non-stop. we want to show you what has happened in lukeville, arizona. this is a group of several hundred that crossed through a breach in the wall this morning. they are now at the outdoor border patrol area waiting to get processed coming in from all over the world. a short time ago agents told us there are a group of men in that group from afghanistan. that is a special interest country meaning those men will undergo additional vetting from the federal government, at least they are supposed to be. we'll show you how these folks got here. we shot this video an our ago

after the big wall breach. the mass of illegal immigrants were marched to the processing area coming from all over the world. single adults most of them. a lot of them had iphones and doing selfies and neck pillows and it was a very nonchalant march up here after crossing illegally. they expect to be released after being processed by border patrol. and we actually had a chance to catch up with a group of indian men who crossed illegally and chatted with them for a little bit. take a listen. >> where are you guys from? >> india. >> india. everybody here from india? >> yeah. >> where do you guys want to go in the united states, what city? >> california. >> california? everybody here california? new jersey. seattle. new york. okay. why did you guys come to the u.s.? >> sorry?

english no. >> do you want to work? do you want a job? >> no, no. >> you don't want to work? >> life in danger. >> life in danger. it's gotten so bad here the bureau of prisons confirms to fox news that they have sent their personnel down here to help transport migrants for border patrol because border patrol is so overwhelmed. bureau of prisons already understaffed and bringing in every federal agency they can to help out down here. >> harris: i hope they have a lot of linguists there. speak languages from 200 countries. what you saw us is eye opening. someone is going to decipher through languages they may not speak coming from afghanistan and other areas. specialists on the ground and harder to vet. you couldn't get the word job out of him. this is really, really dangerous for our country just in terms of

people coming from those special interest countries as you put it. quick response? >> yeah, you are spot on. it's one of the issues border patrol is dealing with is the language barrier. you have people coming in from 170 countries. just knowing spanish for these agents isn't cutting it. there is a language barrier, agents can't communicate with some of these folks. >> harris: let's go to mike pompeo former secretary of state and fox news contributor. this is beyond frustrating. this is embarrassing to the world. i was just in vietnam. i wonder how people around the world in communist countries see us? well, i can tell you. they don't understand why we don't protect our border. they protect theirs. sometimes with our help. >> that's absolutely true.

i traveled a great deal this past year and they all look at us in bewilderment and now how dangerous it is to have 10,000 people a day coming across. on an annual basis that's more people than the state of kansas, my home state. the world knows this is a national security problem for the united states. you are right about these people coming from across. bill said 170 countries. thinking china and iran. humanitarian crisis but national security crisis. i'm glad governor abbott is doing his best to do what he can to fix that. it is will quite ironic for the biden administration to argue it is not a state responsibility, a federal responsibility to secure our borders and not securing our borders. it is deeply dangerous. >> harris: did you hear the cities and states they want to go to? >> of course. they want to go to -- these people are looking for a better

life while the biden administration is asking for more taxpayer money not to control the border, but to process people through. to bring them in here illegally. we've never had this in america before. the world knows. no other nation has ever allowed this to happen. no other nation would allow it to happen. we shouldn't, either. i wish the biden administration would get serious about it. i expect they will not. >> harris: we showed you the video of hundreds of people waiting to board a train in mexico. customs closed two mexico to texas railway crossings because of the huge spike in smugglers using the trains to move illegals into the country. so what does that mean for u.s. citizens and visa holders? it will be tough. at the state department i can only imagine answering phones to help people and then it will close potentially. >> harris, the biden administration has this backwards. you are right. the state department is getting

phone calls. not only from people who are frustrated but congressman getting calls to home offices say my cousin and friend is trying to get back through or someone running a business in my district and they can't get their product through our border. to take the legal crossings and reduce the capacity while helping people get here through illegal non-legal crossings is just precisely the opposite of what we did in the trump administration, which worked. we had a policy called remain in mexico. it functioned and worked. it was good on a humanitarian basis, kept dangerous people out of the country and the right thing to do to protect american sovereignty. americans you can't come in. providers you can't send your products through but we'll help illegals make your transit. >> harris: trying to figure out who can make it worse, who can do that? houthi rebels showing no signs of stopping their attacks on ships in the red sea. so far the houthis from yemen backed by iran obviously have

launched at least 100 attacks on ten merchant vessels to show they are upset over the israel/hamas war. lloyd austin is talking about how to u.s. plans to fight the threat. let's watch. >> these reckless houthi attacks are a serious international problem and they demand a firm international response. so this morning, we've launched operation prosperity guardian bringing together more than a dozen countries from around the world to conduct joint patrols in the red sea and the gulf of aden. >> harris: it sounds so friendly. operation prosperity guardian. critics are arguing not enough has been done to this point. one column with this headline. biden does nothing as iran-backed houthis humiliate

us. your take. >> that headline just about captures it. when i left office we had designated the houthis as terrorists. does anybody doubt for a second not think the houthis are conducting terror against commercial transport through the red sea, suez canall? the biden administration said they weren't terrorists and now thinks a defensive posture trying to help ships make transit by knocking down drones is the solution. this is an iranian operation, just like the atrocities of october 7th were. you have to go to the head of the snake into tehran and into iran or impose real costs or it will continue. i saw a senior leader on a company last night talking about shipping rates. it will come home to roost in america. stuff will cost more. the biden administration could get it right but you have to get serious about deterring iran and

no information that they will do so. >> harris: why did they dedesignate them as terrorists? that is like the color purpose is now pink? why would they do that? >> you know, my sense, i don't have a good explanation. they were trying to negotiate a deal with iran. thought they were moderates in iran that they could strike a deal on the nuclear file. that has proven silly. the iranians hold more americans hostage than they did before we paid $6 million in ransom to them. a misunderstanding of the regime in iran to caused them that. they should be redesignated and the iranian leadership should be punished. >> harris: a misunderstanding for a guy in congress for 50 years and vice president and president. merry christmas to you. and your beautiful wife and

family. the gloves are coming off for a republican presidential candidates as we're counting down to the first republican presidential showdowns. plus new frustration over joe biden's age. reportedly he is getting some eye rolls from the people around him and his staff. >> either way you spin that story it doesn't look good. it means with his aides aren't confident in his ability to speak and perform. >> harris: power panel next. ♪

monitoring this during the commercial break. antony blinken is holding an end of year news conference. it happens annually. he is making a long statement first, which i've been

monitoring for significant news to bring to you and he will take questions. we'll follow that and bring you any updates or bring you whatever he says potentially live depending on what it is. this will go on for some time. they do it each year and we're on it. let's move. the first presidential contest right around the corner now and the republican candidates are ramping up attacks on each other. so now it's just like one long debate night. check out these new ads from pro-trump and pro-haley pacs. >> i will not, not now, not ever, support raising the gas tax. >> really? not now, not ever? just 24 months later high tax haley flipped. >> of all the republicans running for president, why is donald trump only attacking nikki haley? because trump knows haley is the only one who can beat him. >> harris: nikki haley has made

some gains in new hampshire. the real clear politics average of polls shows she jumped by more than 15 points since september and her team is not only focused on the former president. >> in a world of chaos, the last thing america needs is another dumpster fire. >> the support for ron desantis -- >> harris: the first republican showdown 26 days away from now. new hampshire eight days after that. jonna caldwell and richard fowler. great to see you both. gianno i will start with you and where the republican race is now and are you kind of hearing from voters that they understand that at this point to be a race for second place to donald trump? >> i think you just hit it right on the head, harris. this is a race for second place. potentially a race for vice president. i think nikki haley would make

an exceptional vice president if she were to choose to join donald trump. in my opinion, this race is over, the primary is too far away for any of the candidates nikki haley, ron desantis, vivek ramaswamy, any of these guys to catch up to donald trump. the more we keep seeing things like colorado, the court cases, only provides a greater support system for donald trump because republican voters see it as an attack on them. >> harris: in fact, richard, my earlier guest leo terrell said something interesting. he wants to see a profile in courage from the president and vice president on the whole thing playing out with donald trump and keeping him off the ballot in colorado. what do you make of it? >> colorado is unprecedented. we have to see what happens. i think you will likely hear something from the white house today based on sources there and hear from the supreme court. the ultimate determiner on that. where i agree with gianno on the idea this court case provides

fodder for trump as we get closer to the mid-term election and tightens his base even more. with that being said i'm not sure that this primary is quite over yet until voters actually have their say. i think the rise of nikki haley in the polls and after iowa the fact that you will see chris christie, maybe ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy drop out of the race, this could become a two-person race and if you add those numbers up there is a -- not a big window, a small window, maybe a crack in that very small window for nikki haley to make a play to be the potential nominee for the gop. >> harris: it is interesting to hear democrats say that. she leads all of the republicans, including donald trump in a percentage above joe biden. let's move to this if the race were held today, the presidential election. low approval ratings, voters down on joe biden on the top issues, but another number is raising some frustrations among

the president's team. the numbers 81. yes. biden is reluctant to except his old age. aides say president biden's reluctance to acknowledge his physical limitations is causing some tension on his team as senior aides and first lady jill biden push him to rest more and be vigilant about his health going into 2024. the author of the piece said this. >> biden behind closed doors repeatedly says i feel so much younger than my age. he says it so often and with such real sincerity there has become this tension where he ends up overextending himself. basically aides feel that he does not know his own physical limitations. that he tries to do too much. that has an adverse he effect. he presents as more tired. >> harris: thompson reports the

first lady has taken on an active role in get the president to pull back and we'll stop there and go right back to my guests. what do you make of all this? >> i won't engage in the palace intrigue here. i think what we do know we've been talking about -- >> harris: palace intrigue. you don't believe the people closest to him. >> when i say that i talk about what the first lady's office is doing. >> harris: that's not palace intrigue. she is not supposed to be running the country and she is trying to run him. >> i said this whether it was donald trump or joe biden in the white house. when you have unnamed aides making comments to reporters for me i find it to be a problem. if you say it, put your name on it. >> harris: you want to impugn all journalism. that the sources of good? when you get north of three sources. staff members. that's a lot to say -- >> i agree with triple sourcing.

i won't talk about palace intrigue. with that being said what i will say is this time last year i want to say the segment on this date last year we were talking about the ideal of the potential of the possible recession. moving into this christmas holiday we aren't having that conversation. if age is a problem the president has an opportunity to talk about -- the president has the opportunity to talk about -- >> harris: a conversation about the possible recession to avoid talking about the inevitable with joe biden. i'll go to the other guest now. gianno. >> i acknowledge his age. nobody is denying that. >> gianno i will come to you first. late night host jimmy fallon was mocking joe biden's age with a fake christmas card from the president. >> the said do you hear what i hear? i'm hearing something like a buzz from an air conditioner. is it feedback from the hearing aid?

joe, where is my ear horn, huh? >> harris: not palace intrigue. >> get to see comedians roasting the president that used to be their job. they did that until donald trump. then it was all about donald trump. the palace intrigue we've been seeing him comment when donald trump was in office over and over again regardless of a named source or not. we've been doing this for over seven years, i know that and have been on television. the truth of the matter is democrats are very much afraid of multiple issues that joe biden has which is alienating voters. age is one, border is another one, inflation and the economy. fox news polling just recently out republicans 93% have a negative view of the economy, democrats 61%. it's a problem. >> let's be clear.

>> harris: the fact that you think any of the reporting of these reporters wouldn't be correct about joe biden and that his staff members would lie about the sort of thing that they roll their eyes >> to be clear if you pull any of the tapes when trump was in office and folks lamented how many times he went on vacation i was one of the first people to say i don't think it's a reportable story. the president should be allowed to take a vacation. i don't care who it is. my point is let's talk about the facts and the indicators and not talk about people were are unnamed sources. that's it. >> harris: it will be interesting to see what happens next, if the president gets as tired and it really takes the first lady to slow down his pace, that will become more public than you want it to be. but we'll cover it as it happens. good to see you both. >> merry christmas. >> a reporter with a lot of sources doesn't like the reporting. i don't know.

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>> harris: still monitoring the live end of the year news conference by secretary of state antony blinken. just now he talked about the israel/hamas war. want to show you some of that. >> israel does not have to choose between removing the threat of hamas and minimizing the toll on civilians in gaza. it has an obligation to do both. it has a strategic interest to do both. we're more determined than ever to insure out of this horrific

tragedy comes a moment of possibility for israelis, palestinians, for the region to live in lasting peace and lasting security. that out of this darkness comes light. realizing that possibility will require all parties to make tough choices about the steps that they are willing to take. >> harris: what he is saying is actually emblematic of the language we've been hearing from the biden administration in recent days and weeks. it appears they are trying to walk the fine line between supporting israel and calling out palestinian civilian deaths during a war. we'll keep watching for anymore news and bring it to you. harvard university president claudine gay at the center of more trouble again reports saying harvard received a complaint just yesterday outlining 40 new allegations of plagiarism against her. molly line is in massachusetts.

>> these additional allegations of plagiarism by claudine gay were sent to the university's research integrity office by a professor from another university who according to the washington free beacon requested anonymity for fear of retaliation. harvard received the complaint tuesday detailing what they refer to as dozens of additional cases in which gay quoted or paraphrased authors without proper -- she was asked to resign after testifying before congress. after her follow-up apology the harvard corporation, the university's govern body expressed support for gay while also acknowledging a few instances of inadequate citation in her work. now the "boston globe" editorial board is seeking some clarity with this question. did claudine gay plagiarize or

not? harvard should be clear. the board spoke to the university of kentucky associate professor steven foster's work was plagiarized. he asked if a harvard student would turn in a paper with missing citations and quotation marks what would the university call it and how would it respond? also in cambridge the massachusetts institute of technology m.i.t. joins a long and growing list updated of two universities being investigated by the u.s. department of education. harris. >> harris: thank you very much. we'll go back to the secretary of state antony blinken, his end of year press conference now taking questions and he is being asked about the hostages in gaza. >> that has failed. it has failed first and foremost because of the courage of the ukrainian people and also the leadership we provided in making sure with dozens of countries around the world that ukraine had what it needed to succeed in

repelling the russian aggression. now we're engaged in an effort to help ukraine stand on its own two feet, democraticly, militarily, economically. not only dealing with the current challenge that russia continues to pose, but setting it up for the long term. and a lot of very important and good work has been done and continues to be done on that. militarily we have 30 countries around the world helping ukraine build a future source to deter aggression and defend against it in the future. we're extensively engaged trying to bring private sector investment and activity into ukraine so that it can thrive economically and we're having some real success there. that creates a cycle where investment comes in, tax base goes up and increasingly ukraine can pay for itself and working

to deepen democratic reforms and help ukraine combat corruption which is necessary for getting that investment to flow and also for ukraine to be a strong democratic state going forward. we just had the e.u. open talks. all of it takes time and effort but we're in a place where not only have we helped ukraine repel russian aggression but we're putting it into a place where it can stand strongly on its own and succeed and thrive in the future. when it comes to sudan, we've been actively engaged there as well in trying to end the horror of the civil war between two military groups. and as recently as about a week ago, we helped get an agreement that the two leaders, the

generals, would meet and commit to a cease-fire. now, that still has to happen and we are pressing to make sure that it does. but this is the product of day in and day out work by our diplomats as well as many others around the world, including the african union and other partners. >> harris: so we're watching, we were not able to get to him quick enough but let you know what he said about the israel/hamas war. they were potentially doing more negotiations with the hamas savage trying to get the hostages back and they reneged. he would like to see a cease-fire happen but not able to make it happen yet. in the last few moments you've watched live are his comments on ukraine. thank you for watching "the faulkner focus." "outnumbered" after the break.

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