a situation quite like this. >> griff: i have to ask you, what in the world made you want to go back out after suffering such a difficult wipe-out? >> oh man, this was the swell i have been waiting for and dreaming of for a very long time. it was the biggest projected surf board cast that we've seen in a long time coming in. so i knew that this day was going to be what my dreams were made of. and to me in this moment i actually was laughing when i resurfaced and got picked up. it was the craziest wipe-out and each cart wheel felt faster and faster. >> griff: wow, we have to leave it there. "the faulkner focus" is next with julie banderas.

>> julie: the illegal immigrant accused of a brutal murder days before christmas faced a judge a short time ago. prosecutors indicted that man on state charges for setting a woman on fire on a city subway and watching her burn to death. this is "the faulkner focus." i'm julie banderas in for harris, last sunday's subway murder renewed concerns about illegal immigrant crime. fox confirms the 33-year-old suspect entered the country illegally in arizona back in june of 2018. just days later, he was removed from the country and returned to guatemala. it is unclear when and where and how he re-entered the u.s. former acting homeland security secretary chad wolf says it speaks to a much larger problem. >> this individual was deported, he came back in as a gotaway and there has been over 2 1/2 million got aways under the last

four years because border patrol agents aren't out on the line patrolling the border. instead in border patrol facilities facilitating and processing illegal aliens. >> julie: nate foye is watching the story and joins us live outside the courthouse with what's going on there. hey, nate. >> just within the past hour a brooklyn grand jury handed an indictment on the illegal migrant from guatemala now accused and charged with murdering a woman by lighting her on fire inside a new york city subway car on sunday. he now faces one charge -- one count of first degree murder, three counts of second degree murder, and one count of first degree arson. he waived his right to appear in court today you about expected to be at his arraignment on january 7th. brooklyn district attorney said he is confidence in the evidence

and believes strongly that the defendant should be prosecuted on the state level. >> you are looking at more time in this particular case that heinous nature of this case, i believe that the maximum penalty should be imposed. the state law is more significant in this case. there is a possibility of life without parole. i have a lot of confidence in the people of brooklyn and the people who come and serve on jury duty here. i think that this crime took place in new york city, in brooklyn, and that the people of this county should serve on the jury. >> that was in response to mayor eric adams advocating for a federal prosecution as well. with adams' press secretary telling fox news mayor adams directed the nypd to work within our legal authority and partnership with ice east homeland security investigation team to explore criminal charges

against the defendant under the federal arson statute. that could allow prosecutors to work with federal immigration authorities. something that normally doesn't happen in new york because of sanctuary policies. now as for the victim in this attack, julie, there was a vigil held in her honor last night. the district attorney just said the medical examiner and nypd have made progress in identifying her but they aren't quite there yet. so we'll see if she is identified leading up to or before the arraignment for the defendant coming up on january 7th. we'll send it back to you. >> julie: nate foye, thank you so much. a sanctuary showdown looming from president-elect trump takes office next month. at stake, hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. some sanctuary states and counties already say they won't cooperate with ice on trump's mass deportation plan. some of those same sanctuaries actually take federal funding to off set the cost of jailing criminal illegal immigrants.

the incoming trump administration, though, is threatening to take that funding away if those jurisdictions don't play ball. republican lawmakers with suggestions for these leaders. >> why would democrats want to, you know, provide a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants and prioritize illegal over american citizens? democrats, you have tried it your way, why don't you try enforcing the law and working with federal law enforcement in protecting your citizens. it works. >> these sanctuary city mayors in these states is a lot of puff re right now to sound tough to their political base. i would advise them to take a look at the election results people even in states like california and new york actually voted for. >> julie: senior national correspondent william la jeunesse is in los angeles with more. hi, william. >> good morning. we've all heard about this

coming armageddon between president trump and sanctuary cities. what people probably have not heard about are the tens of millions of their tax dollars that are going to these sanctuary states and cities specifically to incarcerate criminal aliens and yet when ice asks for basic information to honor a detainer on that inmate, they refuse. which is why those cities could lose millions under president trump. now this program called scap. 234 million tax dollars sent to among others sanctuary states like california, illinois, massachusetts that shield criminal aliens. not to mention the dozen counties within those jurisdictions getting more than a million each including san diego, which recently embraced its sanctuary status. >> we need the county to stop using county resources to deport community members. >> ice doesn't belong in our

commu communities. >> the trump team vowed to go after criminal aliens. not to use local cops as immigration police combing schools or work sites but to allow ice to detain illegal immigrants in state and county jails. >> state and local law enforcement agencies ought to be allowed to cooperate with federal law enforcement agencies for any reason and shouldn't be blocked from doing that. it is literally against federal law for a state or local government to tell jail officers that they cannot communicate with ice. >> so scap is one of three large programs under the d.o.j. that fund these sanctuary cities that president trump could actually withhold that money to potentially use as leverage to get them to cooperate when it comes to deporting these

criminal aliens. back to you. >> julie: thank you so much. so in "focus" now republican congressman brian mast of florida chairing the house foreign affairs committee in the new congress. thank you so much for talking to us. >> you're welcome. >> julie: what do you say to these sanctuary cities which are all run by democrats and counties if they, in fact, mess with the feds? >> i think it goes just beyond law enforcement. no holds barred for all resources, all dollars that go into your city. the fact of the matter is you are taking tax dollars from all americans but endangering all americans whether somebody came in in arizona or burned somebody in new york. you are -- you name it. those dollars should be cut off. we won't subsidize what you do with illegal immigrants. let's make one other point on this. it also goes to the change that will happen with the federal government side of it. we know under the biden administration you have ice that will go to local law enforcement

agencies and say hey, we know they are set for final deportation but it is not good enough for us to detain them and bring them to the ice facility. and the federal government will tell them you let them go instead. that has to come to an end. it will come to an end under president trump. >> julie: the program is called the state criminal alien assistance program. it costs $234 million a year. california gets more than $60 million as part of that, which basically helps keep criminal illegal immigrants behind bars. why in the world are we spending $60 million a year in california plus whatever assistance they need to sanctuary cities when quite frankly if you were to deportal of these illegal immigrants, the criminals behind bars you already have them in custody. not like you have to go searching for them. i can't understand how the biden administration lets this happen. >> because they do support that. because you had a speaker nancy pelosi and you have a hakeem

jeffries and others that want to take the resources and say listen, you have to have a bleeding heart for these people that entered our country illegally. we have to lodge them and pay their legal fees and pay for their food and pay for their healthcare, we have to pay for their transportation and everything else and they have no remorse over it whatsoever. they would continue these policies were it not for the media showing people being burned alive and showed what happened with laken riley. the difference between a trump and biden administration in protecting americans. otherwise there would be no pushback whatsoever. media gets credit for bringing it to light. >> julie: president trump has big plans with immigration. not messing around. the largest ever mass deportation, reimplementing remain in mexico, expanding detention facility, imposing sanctions and withholding aid to countries that refuse to take citizens back and stopping use

of the cbp1 app that allows them to fly all over country without showing any kind of i.d. making it very easy for them to disappear. >> you are not going to check in on the mexico side of the border and then be welcomed on the u.s. side of the border. you are no longer going to receive instruction on the mexico side of the border how to circumvent u.s. border security and what you need to tell the border patrol agents to actually make it through even though you wouldn't qualify for asylum in the united states of america. you are not going to get cash vouchers or pre-paid credit cards in the middle of mexico to pay for your way to the u.s. southern border. all of these programs that have come about under democrats are coming to an end whether they are through homeland security or the state department or anyone else. i have every belief that mr. homan, mr. rubio, others will bring them all to an end on the executive side and we'll do it on the house side, guaranteed.

>> julie: the president talked about imposing tariffs on mexico and canada who are doing business outside of the country to promote and have the businesses come here to the united states and threatening sanctions against these countries. what do you think sanctions will do to get mexico to stand up and finally take some responsibility? >> tariff and sanctions are two of my favorite words in the trump administration. we have to look at what are these countries doing to us and say we're not going to sit back and be played for fools, be played for suckers and taken advantage of. it is not written on our forehead and no longer going to be that way for the united states of america. this is a new sheriff is town and it will change. if you hurt americans, will it be painful for you and even more painful the next week and the next month and year if you don't acquiesce. >> julie: i think it's great. about time they're held accountable. why are we paying for their mistakes? congressman mast, thank you very much for talking to us. appreciate you coming on. >> thank you as always.

>> julie: president biden is facing a lot of backlash for appearing to be absent in his final days. but he might be working behind the scenes to trump-proof his legacy. we'll explain. >> i think joe biden in his effort to trump-proof we saw some of that, you know, for the next administration whether it's hiding d.e.i. workers or things at the border. this is beyond the pale.

>> julie: president biden has been taking a low profile in his office. they are bullsy trump proofing his legacy. signing 50 bills into law on christmas eve disbursing over a billion dollars for his green energy agenda and vetoing a bill to add dozens of federal judgeships so trump won't get to appoint them. msnbc analyst with this. >> i think he is what he is trying to do is corner donald trump and box him in so he can do, i think the biden administration and the president is trying to prevent donald trump from doing as much damage as he possibly could do, which he could do a lot becoming president.

i think joe biden is trying to box him in on this. >> julie: lucas tomlinson is in st. croix in the u.s. virgin islands where biden is spending his last vacation as president. lucas. >> that's right, julie. part of that effort in trump proofing is epa spreading around $1.6 billion to dozens of recipients. he spokes in washington earlier this month and dared the incoming president, trump, to cancel some of those green energy projects particular fly in states controlled by republicans. >> the president stop a new electric manufacturing plant in north carolina creating thousands of jobs or shut down a new solar factory built in carterville, georgia. will they do that? >> president-elect donald trump has vowed to boost fossil fuel

production and renew lng exports. the biden administration put a hold on the licenses at the beginning of the year. biden's epa could take steps granting california a waiver to enforce its ban on new gasoline powered cars and trucks about a decade from now. administration is expected to grant such a waiver to california and 11 other states. president biden and first lady arrived in st. croix yesterday likely staying at the home of a couple who own a soft ware company. this has been the home he stayed over the past two christmas vacations. he is taking heat for vetoing the bill that would have added 66 new judges and wanting to deny the trump administrations of making judicial appointments. here in st. croix we wait to see if more air strikes against the

houthi rebels in yemen. it is notable that since the friendly fire incident on sunday the last air strikes against the houthis not any strikes and recall the super hornet got blasted out of the skies. another super hornet was targeted and had to take evasive maneuvers. >> julie: thank you so much. we have the power panel now. samantha, former trump administration official and senior counsel at the epa and david carlucci former new york state senator. thank you for talking to us. samantha, do you think that biden is doing good or bad? is this damaging to the country to set a precedent that i want to try to tie the future president's hands behind his back so he basically can't get anything done? is that what he is doing? >> well, it is not going to work, julie. let's remember the voters resoundingly rejected biden's

agenda in november including his so-called climate agenda where he spent trillions of dollars on projects that may or may not work. this administration has a bad track record when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars. remember, they spent $7.5 billion promising half a million new electric vehicle chargers and at the end of four years they only built seven chargers. the american people should have no confidence that this administration can wisely spend their money on energy projects or anything else. i think that the new incoming trump epa should heavily scrutinize all these dollars. if the checks haven't been cut, put a stop to them. >> julie: what is his agenda? is it a self-serving agenda or is he trying to serve the american public before he goes away on his vacation? it depends on who you ask. a cnn reporter questioned biden's agenda in the final weeks and suggested how he might be remembered. watch this and then you can

react. >> i think it's a difficult thing for joe biden to know that he came into the presidency as a rejection of donald trump and here he is being replaced by donald trump. a couple weeks before the election i had a conversation with a senior person in the white house and i said if harris loses, most of the way that biden will be remembered in the short term is the guy who was just in between the trump terms. >> julie: david, it sounds like a personal agenda to me, would you agree? >> no, he is using his 50 years of experience to make sure the progress he has made under the chips act, under the inflation reduction act, that those promises are actually upheld. and this is billions of dollars going to red states, to blue states. particularly to regions that really need that economic growth and are paving the way for a future of environmentally-friendly practices and industry so we can be a leader on the world stage. i think it is not about being

flashy or having impulsive tweets but impactful policies that will stand the test of time. i think that's what you see joe biden doing. he might not be out ere with a masterful control of social media or new media, but he is using the experience he has had to make sure that he has a legacy that stands the test of time. judge ships, protecting children against child abuse. the list goes on about the 50 bills signed christmas eve. >> julie: trump loves to tweet on social media. that's not all the former president does. he wants to get things done. >> donald trump is impulsively talking about the first thing on his mind. many promises he made. >> julie: he knows that's what the thing on america's mind. what lost biden the election

aside from the economy was the illegal immigration problem. you don't have to be a democrat or republican to understand it is a huge problem. the crime is up in this country and unbelievable since the pandemic but illegal immigration is all-time highs. his approval shows an all-time low. 34% say they are happy with biden's handling of the presidency and 66% disapprove. samantha, the president is not listening to the american public or he would not be making decisions that clearly the american public disagrees with. so then that's why i'm asking is this self-serving by making this agenda something that he must get done before he leaves office because at this point he is not listening to the american people, it seems. >> well julie, to be honest, i don't think we know if biden is even in control. biden's legacy will being remembered as somebody who should have never been president because we now know his staff

had concerns as early as day one that he even had the mental acuity to do the job. nonetheless he has implemented a legacy that has broken the modern democrat party coalition apart because it has been such a failed and unpopular agenda that was an abject loser with voters. you are right, now whoever is pulling the puppet strings, whoever is making these last-ditch efforts to try to stop trump, which aren't going to work, it is again just more subverting the will of the voters who said they don't want this kind of spending or open borders or the inflationary crisis to continue. >> julie: growing pessimism about the direction of the country. 19% say they feel satisfied with where things are going. broken down by party 31% of democrats and 9% of republicans are satisfied. just 31% of democrats are satisfied. that is a number that i would

hope that the democratic party is listening to and actually going to react rather than constantly pushing away the ideas of republicans when clearly the democrats aren't even happy with their ideas. >> you can be pessimistic and ask questions and always hope to do better. that's what we should be doing. strive to do better. but sometimes these policies and the way that you move forward is not popular. you have to crack some eggs to make an omelet and that's what joe biden has done. he has done thing unpopular with the left and right but he believes is the right direction for this country. that's the distinct difference. to go back to my friend here. if we're concerned who is calling the shots in the white house we should stand up and do something about it. we should have concerns about co-president elon musk in the white house. >> julie: that's such a democratic talking point about musk, come on. trump isn't letting anybody take the wind out of his sales. do you know the guy?

he won't let musk come in and make decisions like biden didn't let kamala harris do anything in the office. >> it looks that way. that's what i'm saying. you are making it -- >> julie: doge is to cut down spending. something the country desperately needs, 35 trillion in debt. >> he is a very talented person and should have a role in the u.s. government but we're talking about who is calling the shots. let's call a spade a spade and make sure there is transparency. >> julie: he isn't in the office. i don't know what you mean calling the shots. somebody does. under biden we don't know who is calling the shots. i don't know who pardoned all these people or who decided to make all these decisions. >> if we make those accusations, we have to be concerned about not just this presidency but for the future. >> julie: of course we will when donald trump is office we'll be watching and we will be watching and we will be covering that. biden is still there right now for 20 days plus so that's what we're watching because we should

be concerned about who is running this country. >> we see what he is doing. he is not out there on social media or making announcement. >> julie: donald trump is engaging. a rather a president that engages than hides behind closed doors. i'm getting the regard wrap. i completely ate up the time here. david carlucci, samantha, thank you for both of you coming on today. happy holidays. >> great to be with you, thank you. >> julie: we're nearing the end of the year that brought us one of the wildest presidential campaigns in history and so much more. bill hemmer looks back at the headlines that defined 2024. i hear it all the time. people tell me they'd love to buy gold. but because it's gold, they think it must be complicated. it isn't. not with rosland capital. with rosland... the entire process from start to finish is built on one concept.

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ukraine and the shot heard round the world that nearly took the incoming president's life. those are just some of the stories that shaped 2024. bill hemmer takes a look back. >> 2024 was another year of politics and war. marked by the ongoing conflicts in israel and ukraine. one of the craziest presidential elections we've ever seen. those stories and more dominating the headlines over the past 12 months. from the beginning, it was a turbulent year for boeing. in january the door of an alaska air 737 blew out midair. there was a shocking lack of quality control at some boeing facilities and contract resers, it missed delivery on some of its planes. if those head winds weren't enough boeing also dealt with a major labor strike. thousands walked off the job for almost two months demanding better pay and better working conditions. in october, the company was

forced to tighten its belt announcing plans to cut 17,000 jobs. it was one of the most dramatic accidents in american history. in the early morning hours of march 26th a container ship rammed into the francis scott key bridge in baltimore. at least six people were killed and shipping in baltimore harbor was halted for 11 weeks. two bridge is expected to be rebuilt by 2028 at a cost of $2 billion. from the seas to the skies. on april 8th much of the country came to a stand still breaking out special glasses for a total solar eclipse. visible across wide parts of the u.s., canada and mexico. astronomers say we won't see another one like this july 2045. for donald trump a year to persevere facing down charges in four separate court cases.

his only conviction came in new york where a jury found him guilty of falsifying business matters to cover up an affair. his status of being convicted of a felony might not last long. the supreme court ruled presidents enjoy almost full immunity or actions in office. olympic ceremony. paris pulled out all the stops for the 2024 summer games including an opening spectacle. the river later became a liability after swimming events had to be postponed or relocated due to high levels of bacteria found in the water. the war in the mideast raging and expanding over the past 12 months. israel taking the fight directly to the hamas leadership killing its political leader haniyeh in july and military leader sinwar

a few months later. on the northern front israel took out necessary rail yeah, the leader of the brook hezbollah before sending troops into lebanon. in december both sides came together for a tentative cease-fire that could lead to a long-term peace settlement. iran and israel also exchanging multiple rounds of direct air strikes on each other. most of the iranian missiles were shot down. while the israeli strikes are said to have crippled iran's air defense system and capability to produce weapons for proxy groups. another world conflict also expanding in 2024, that's the war in ukraine. after months of bloody stalemates in august ukraine shocked russia and the world by invading russian territory. it is the first time foreign troops have done that since world war ii. the surprise offensive forced vladimir putin to pull significant forces from the front lines. running short on troops he cut a

deal with north korean leader who sent 10,000 soldiers to fight alongside the russian army. that move prompted president biden to authorize the use of long-range american missiles against targets deep inside russia. moscow responding just days later with an advanced missile attack on ukraine reportedly using an icbm for the first time since the start of the war. >> three, two, one. >> it was a big year in the modern space race especially for spacex. its massive new vehicle, the starship, conducting its first successful test flights and landings over the summer. in september tourists on board the polaris dawn committed the first ever commercial space walk. two civilians stepping among the stars to help test the new space suit that could become standard for all astronauts.

early in september hurricane franseen made landfall in louisiana bringing extensive flooding to the gulf coast. three weeks later hurricane helene slammed into the florida big bend as a category 4 storm but hundreds of miles inland north carolina was especially hit hard. helene caused more than $120 billion worth of damage and at least 234 deaths. becoming the most deadly hurricane to strike the u.s. mainland since kat reina in 2005. hurricane milton became the second most intense atlantic hurricane ever to hit the u.s. causing major flooding and heavy damage throughout florida and the state of georgia. food safety became a big issue this year after a number of recalls and outbreaks including a wave of e-coli cases linked to mcdonalds quarter pounders. it was the onions quickly removed from the menus.

more than 25 food recalls in november alone. after more than four years of relative calm, the syrian civil war suddenly heated up again. islamist group without warning took control of the country's biggest city aleppo and began a lightening offensive that overwhelmed the syrian military. even with iran and russia helping the assad regime in the past, the militants reached the capital city of damascus in only ten days. long time syrian president bashar al-assad fled the country and the government collapsed just before the end of the year. but 2024's biggest story was the presidential election. donald trump quickly vanquished the republican field to claim the gop nomination for the third time in a row setting up what looked like another trump/biden showdown. but everything changed in june when the candidates met for their first debate. >> i have been able to do --

with the covid -- excuse me with dealing with everything we had to do with -- look, if de-- we finally beat medicare. >> almost immediately prominent democrats called for the president to drop out of the race. then a wild month of july when this happened. >> get down, get down. [gunshots] >> an assassin shot at former president trump during an outdoor rally in butler, pennsylvania. the bullet hit his right ear. the first candidate to be shot on the campaign trail since 1972. eight days after that, biden announced he was dropping out becoming the first sitting president not to seek re-election in more than 50 years. he endorsed his vice president, kamala harris, and most democrats rallied around her. from there it was a sprint to the finish.

polls showed a race too close to call and it was expected to be one of the tightest elections in american history. but in the end trump won a resounding victory sweeping the battleground states and winning the popular vote for the first time in three tries. on january 20th he will become the second president in american history to serve two non-consecutive terms. and looking ahead to 2025, the start of president trump's second term expected to dominate the headlines as he tries to enact his agenda with a republican congress. we're also waiting to see if the situation in the middle east stabilizes or continues to spiral out of control. of course, we will be here for all of it. in new york, bill hemmer, fox news. >> julie: protecting students' free speech. nearly two dozen states in a legal fight against woke gender pronoun policies. south carolina attorney general allen wilson is helping to lead

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>> julie: holiday travelers are facing hundreds of cancellations and delays following yet another powerful round of storms. snow, ice, rain, it's winter. dense fog are in the forecast for several areas this weekend. frustration growing at airports across the nation. brooke taylor is at dallas/ft. worth with the latest. >> hi, julie, here at dallas we have the christmas music going. you probably can't hear it. trying to lighten the mood for frustrated travelers. hopefully everyone had a good christmas, hanukkah. time to get back to work and reality. the weather making it really frustrating for travelers. here at dfw seeing about 162 delays. security lines around the corner wrapping around now. yesterday on thursday we saw thunderstorms causing a ground delay in dallas leading to hundreds of delays and cancellations, which we are

still feeling the effects of. storms in the south and west also threatening trips here in texas. governor greg abbott activated the state's emergency response plan ahead of more severe weather. i want you to take a look at our misery map right now. seeing more than 2800 delays, 91 cancellations within the u.s. airports having the most issues of course right here in dallas, as i mentioned, houston, jfk, atlanta and chicago. we caught up with some frustrated travelers, some even stuck at the airport overnight. >> we got canceled completely. i know other flights have canceled. another day for us here wouldn't be that bad. >> it is very frustrating. we've been looking forward to this as a nice little vacation and time off from work. and now our vacation is cut a whole day short. >> the airlines that we're

seeing the most issues right now southwest and american, which is no surprise because both are dallas-based. i can tell you behind our camera sunshine and blue skies. hopefully things clear out and smooth out and the flights take off, julie. >> julie: thank you so much. so a legal battle over gender pronouns in schools is expanding as conservatives fight to protect students' right to free speech. it started with a school district outside columbus, ohio that adopted policies requiring everyone to use a student's preferred pronouns, some parents challenged those policies and lost. now ohio and south carolina are leading 23 states in a legal battle. their brief says their action reflects the unusually egregious government action here and the first amendment forbids school officials from coerceing students to express messages inconsistent with the students'

values. south carolina attorney allen wilson is co-leading the legal brief that was just filed. i appreciate you coming on. talk to us about where you think is this is headed and why this does give students more rights when it comes to free speech. >> well first off what the local school districts like the one in ohio is doing is compelling students to lie and violate their own personal viewpoints. something we cannot abide in ohio, south carolina or any state in this country. the lawsuit has gotten struck down -- we have lost at the district court and court of appeals level. this is one of those cases best served by going to the u.s. supreme court. we see school districts in other states pass laws or rules that compel students to lie or violate their own viewpoints and basically violate their first amendment rights. the supreme court is going to have to weigh in on this. i was grateful to see the biden administration rescind another title ix policy that would have compelled schools to force boys

into girls bathrooms and showers. i'm glad we got that rescinded based on the comment letters we wrote. now we have to go to the legal battleground to fight these types of policies from being implemented in school districts around the country so they don't happen here in south carolina. >> julie: it's crazy we've had the conversation allowing biological boys into girls's bathrooms. it is ridiculous and why i don't send my kids to public schools. i don't want a man walking in on my daughter using the toilet. i want to ask you about ohio being the co-leader on this brief. you said in a release the u.s. supreme court ruled in 1969 that teachers and students don't shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the school house gate. yet this district in ohio is trying to force all students to say things they don't believe in. tell us the group of parents who challenged the policies and lost

at district court. they appealed and lost a hearing but there is a hearing at the court of appeals. >> the civil rights groups are doing what groups around the country are all doing, trying to protect their children from being compelled to not only violate their first amendment rights inside the school house, but this policy, the one in ohio in particular, would do the same thing outside of school. if you were at a mall on a saturday or you were texting a friend or putting something on x or twitter or whatever, you could be penalized when you showed up at school monday morning for using the wrong pro noun that someone found offensive. >> julie: it doesn't seem right but this is the woke left that is dominating policy in our kids' schools. parents should be in charge, not the politicians. thank you attorney general allen wilson for talking to me. thank you for watching "the faulkner focus." "outnumbered" is next.

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