but all in all, nothing too extreme. dream a little warmer today. little cooler tomorrow. sounds great. thank you so much for joining us this morning. we'll have the latest night on we'll have the latest night on i'm bret baier. president biden in isolation for covid, derailing plans for a busy travel schedule to push his domestic agenda. ♪ ♪ >> this morning i tested positive for covid. >> bret: the president works from home of the white house faces questions over how he got sick. >> we knew this was going to happen. >> bret: we will ask white house coronavirus response coordinator dr. ashish jha about the recovery ahead. then, the january 6 committee lays out its case about what president donald trump did and didn't do as protesters reached the u.s. capitol. the video outtakes appear to show his mind-set one day later. >> i don't want to say the election is over. >> bret: vice chair of the

committee liz cheney says there's more to come. >> the dam has begun to break. we will ask the congresswoman what happens now is the focus shifts from washington to wyoming where she faces a tough reelection battle. then, an attack on a republican congressman running for governor sparks debate over new york's public safety laws. we will discuss that, plus... >> arizonan republicans don't need a governor that supported barack obama and hillary clinton. >> no one understands better than carrie how to fight back against the fake news media and the radical left. >> bret: the midterm rivalry between the former president and his estranged vp. we will ask her sunday family about their dueling visions for the future of the g.o.p. and, "fox news sunday" is on the road to the midterms in new york city. candidates are scrambling for a rare open seat. >> we need new leadership. >> bret: all right now and "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪

bret: and telegram from fox news in shington. the pandemic that has plagued americans for nearly two and half years has finally caught up with president biden. the president's positive test scuttling a busy upcoming travel schedule where he was to hithe road to sell his domestic policy numbers and high inflationll heading into the midterms. in a moment, we will speak with white house covid response gordon nader, dr. ashish jha, about the president'health. but first, let's turn to jacqui heinrich where the president has been working in isolation. >> president biden is most likely infected with a highly contagious b.a. five sub variant, his physician rights, and though his condition is improving, he has new symptoms, though described as less -- so

far this week and no new photos or video of the president. if the last time we saw him was friday. >> president biden: let me start by apologizing, my voice, i feel much better than a sound. >> after secondary treatment, white house position says his vital signs are "entirely normal, his oxygen levels excellent" and although he is using an inhaler for a coffee has no shortness of breath at all. >> good afternoon, everybody buried >> seeking to downplay concerns about the 79-year-old's diagnosis, the white house has not made o'connor available for questions. officials answering instead sometimes adding details not seen in the doctor's letters. >> he did not have a fever last night. just to make that clear, i think dr. jha made that very clear period of 99.4 is not a fever, it's not even a low-grade fever, so he did not have a fever last night. he gave the tylenol for discomfort. >> the president is fully vaccinated, twice boosted, and continuing to carry out his duties in isolation, where he

will stay through tuesday. he could resume his schedule wednesday if he tests negative. so far, no new cases among the president's 17 close contacts, which include the vice president and first lady. both are following cdc guidelines to stay masked for ten days, but because they are up-to-date on vaccinations, will not need isolate, bret. >> bret: jacqui heinrich reporting from the white house. we will see you a little later on the panel. joining us now is white house covid response coordinator, dr. ashish jha. dr. jha, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> dr. jha: good morning, thanks for having me back. >> bret: how is the president doing this morning? >> dr. jha: he's good. no, i touched base with his team last night, that was when i got my last update. he had a good day, he worked a little, rested a little, finally listening to some of us on the advice to get some rest, and as of last night he was feeling just fine. haven't bothered him yet this morning, we will touch base with him in his position this morning as well. >> bret: some people were asking when president trump was

affected with covid and other presidents of health scares, reporters were allowed to hear from into question the president's personal physician. why is that not the case here? >> dr. jha: first, since you draw a contrast, let's draw that ntrasth president trump and what happened here. as you remember with president trump it wasn't disclosed for a while, we have very little transparency. the moment this president got infected or got identified as being effective, we put out a statement. you've been hearing directly from his position every single day. hearing from me every single day. and we are going to continue to make that information widely available. the president has another respiratory -- upper respiratory infection, he's doing better thankfully because he's vaccinated, boosted, getting treated. given that scenario, you know, we have made sure that the american people are kept abreast of what's haening. i think this has been an incredible open and transparent process. >> bret:ust to bear, we can hearinfrom a president's

personal physician in typed up letters and memos. we haven't been hearing from -- hearing from them, and report is haven't -- reporters haven't been able to ask. i'm just asking why the different protocol here. >> dr. jha: i think the position, the personal physician of the president has put out detailed reports on how the president is doing everyday. i speak to his personal physician, i speak to the president every day, dr. fauci does as well. as a whole team of us in constant communication, we are getting that information out to the american people. >> bret: people want to know, or wanted to know, where and when the president contracted covid. white house press secretary karine jean-pierre had this to say when asked about it. >> i don't think that matters. i think what matters is we prepared for this moment. if we look at where we were a year and a half ago, this is a president, when he walked in, one of his first priorities to make sure we had a conference of plan to get people vaccinated, and so now today, look to today,

more and more people are getting closer to having a more normal life. >> bret: don't people around him think it matters if they were exposed? >> dr. jha: oh, yeah, absolutely. we have a very comprehensive contact tracing program. you know, as soon as where data for the president is being infected, that program went into effect. every single close contact for the president has been identified and notified and all those people are obviously being tracked, so absolutely that's critical. i think the question that the press secretary was answering is can we look back and figure out who infected the president. very difficult to do that, it happened several days before, obviously developed -- developed a positive test. in the president has been out, he's been meeting with people, he's been meeting with americans, and so it's going to be very difficult to trace back and figure out who gave it to them, but moving forward, everybody was in close contact with the president, absolutely critical we are doing that. >> bret: it's been a few days,

has there been anyone in the white house or his inner circle who has tested positive? >> dr. jha: as of yesterday, late in the day yesterday, which was the last update i got, there were 17 people who have been identified as having been a close contact. none of them have tested positive. all of them are continuing to follow cdc protocols on masking and testing, but as of today, no one that i know it has tested positive. >> bret: it's great news about the president. i want to talk broadly about covid here. the white house released this photo and video of the president tracking witsome of the advice from former white house press secretary jen psaki in an interview. take a listen. >> what we need to do of the next couple of days is show him working and show him still active in serving as president. and i'm certain they would likely do at. >> bret: politico puts it this way. the decision by the white house to treat infection of the world'most powerful man with a still having deadly disease as a mere nuisance echoes a larger political calculation the president team has made to treat the pandemic as an unfortunate

but manageable part of life. dr. jha, is that fair? >> dr. jha: that's completely unfair. let me be clear, i spend all day, all night tnking about covid and how we protect americans. the decision of how we manage this president's infection i look, this president is double vaccinated, double boosted, getting treated. that is why the president is having, thankfully, a relatively mild course. we are obviously going to hope that that's exactly how that continues. but the bottom line is there are many americans who have not availed themselves of these life-saving therapies, have not gotten fully vaccinated and double boosted. i think it's absolutely critical. if you're over 50 and you've not gotten a vaccine shot this year in the year 2022, you need to go out and get one now. if every american availed themselves of the protection of the president has gotten, which are available to every american, then yes, this would be a much different disease. that's not where we are, and we continue to work to make that a reality. >> bret: here's the president from one year ago, dr. fauci from a few months ago, and then

the white house press secretary on thursday. >> president biden: you're not going to get covid if you have these vaccinations. >> virtually everybody is going to wind up getting exposed and likely get infected. >> this is -- you know, at some point everyone is going to get covid. >> bret: understanding that the virus evolves and there's been more contagious variances presenting milder symptoms over time, if the last week sound bites are accurate, dr. jha, why are there mandates, vaccine mandates, mask mandates, if everyone is going to get this thing? >> dr. jha: a couple of things. first is right now we do have an extraordinarily contagious variance, that looks like that's the one that also infected the president. it is widespread. the number one goal is to make sure that people get infected -- if people get infected, that they don't end up in a hospital, they don't end up dying. that is the number one policy goal we have buried i think it's

the right policy goal in the best ways of achieving that are making sure people are vaccinated and boosted and then obviously if you are at all at elevated risk, over the age of 50, have chronic disease, getting assessed whether you are eligible for treatments are not and i think a lot of americans are and should be getting treated. that is sort of the number one goal. irishmen want to continue keeping infections down, obviously you want to prevent widespread infections, you want to do as much as we can. we are doing those things. we are encouraging mask wearing, making test and widely available, working on indoor air quality. lots of things to keep infections down as well. >> bret: looking back, do you look at the biggest public policy mistakes up until now? are you at that point where you are looking back -- when you look at something someplace like sweden, that never locked down, but fared well, as a public policy issue, are you making the decision that schools should never have to be closed in person learning again? are we evolving in the way you look at health policy?

>> dr. jha: yeah, so we are absolutely always learning. that is the number one goal of any pandemic, you look at everything you've done andou ask yourself what have we learned about the virus, what have we learned about our response, what tools do we have now that we did not before? when this prisoner came into office, less than half of american schools were open full-time to in person learnin and that changed rapidly in the fifew months of the it administration because of the work of this it administration. we are absolutely at a point where every school should be open full-time in person because we have the capabilities of keeping schools and teacrs and staff and udents safe, and that's the plan. and that the plan we have been executing on and that's the plan would continue to -- we will continue to execute on. >> bret: less than, dr. jha. the world health organization issued a warning for monkeypox. is this country going to do that? and what is the broader threat to the population? >> dr. jha: yeah, it's a great question. the world health organization to this -- i'm supportive, i think

they made the right call. we are seeing monkeypox and lots of countries around the world, many of them not really being able to manage it. here in the united states we have a little over 2,000 cases. we have substantially ramped up testing, we have substantially ramped up vaccinations, we've got to keep doing more. whether we declare a health emergency here will be based on the facts of the ground and what that declaration will allow us to do. no decisions have been made on that so far. we obviously will continue to assess that on an ongoing basis. >> bret: do we know how many people have died? >> dr. jha: no americans have died of monkeypox in his outbreak. globally i think it's a very small number. zero americans have died of monkeypox. >> bret: the risk to the broader population is presmall? >> dr. jha: the risk to the broader population is very small and we are going to continue to work on making sure that we contain it in the populations where it is being transmitted and preventing it from spreading to others as well.

>> bret: dr. jha, thank you for joining us today. >> dr. jha: thank you. ban next, liz cheney joins us to discuss what's next for the january 6th committee after its latest prime time hearing, and what her role could mean for her own political future. >> every american must consider this. can a president who is willing to take the choices -- make the choices donald trump made during the violence of january 6th ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again? ♪ ♪ to a financial pla n this broker is your man. let's open your binders to page 188... uh carl, are there different planning options in here? options? plans we can build on our own, or with help from a financial consultant? like schwab does. uhhh... could we adjust our plan... ...yeah, like if we buy a new house? mmmm... and our son just started working. oh! do you offer a complimentary retirement plan for him? as in free? just like schwab. schwab! look forward to planning with schwab.

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between leaving the ellipse and telling the mob to go home. he chose not to act. >> bret: republican congressman adam kinzinger and thursdays prime time january 6 committee hearing, laying out the argument that president trump ignored pleas from his inner circle to condemn the attack on the u.s. capital. joining us now from wyoming is the vice chair of the committee, congresswoman liz cheney. welcome back to foxley sunday. >> representative cheney: thanks, bret, great to be with you. >> bret: you said ("the dam has begun to break." what's the newest, most surprising information you've uncovered or discovered as vice chair of the january 6 commit committee? >> representative cheney: well, certainly we've seen over the course of the last several weeks, and reaching back a little bit before that, a real increase in the amount of information and the numbers of people who are coming forward. i think that certainly kassidy hutchinson's testimony had a lot to do with that, but even before

that, the reality is that the committee has collected so much in terms of documents and in terms of testimony and evidence that the real challenge for us is to make sure that we are providing that to the american people in a way that helps to organize and convey the threat that the nation faced, and that we are putting it into our process to come up with legislative recommendations to help make sure that nothing like that ever happens again. >> bret: what's the ultimate goal of the committee? is it to make sure that donald trump doesn't ever become president again, or is it to move forward, lay out a case, prod the justice department to move forward with charges? >> representative cheney: well, the goal of the committee and our obligation is our legislative purpose of looking at whether or not, for example, we need enhanced criminal penalties for the kind of activity donald trump engaged in when he attempted to pressure the georgia officials, or for

example whether we might need enhanced criminal penalties for something like the supreme dereliction of duty that we saw from president trump on janua january 6th. if so that's our obligation, that's our responsibility. this was a fundamental assault, an attack on our democracy. you know, we had a president who sent a mob he knew was armed to the capital to attack and invade while we were counting electoral votes, delayed the count of those votes, and while the attack was underway, it is unquestionable that he did not tell them to go home for hours, and investigating that attack and what led to it and what we need to do legislatively to make sure it never happens again is our fundamental -- our fundamental responsivity. >> bret: so do you believe the former president trump should face charges? >> representative cheney: i believe that's a decision the justice department will make. i believe that the former president is responsible for a more significant breach of his

constitutional duty than any president in our history. i think that what you've seen -- and remember, our testimony has come primarily from republican witnesses, from republicans in donald trump's justice department, from republicans in his campaign, from republicans in his white house. people who have come forward to say that he attempted to overturn an election that the election was not stolen, that there was no evidence of fraud sufficient to overturn the election. even rudy giuliani, his lawyer, you know, made clear that he did not have sufficient evidence to overturn the election. it simply wasn't stolen, and donald trump has preyed on the patriotism of honorable and good people all across this country with the big lie, and it's very important for people to understand that it's simply not true. >> bret: the attorney general seems reluctant. this is what he said this week.

>> there is a lot of speculation about what the justice department is doing, what it's not doing, what our theories are. we have to do two things. we have to hold accountable every person who is criminally responsible for trying to overturn a legitimate election, and we must do it in a way with integrity and professionalism. >> bret: do you have any indication the doj is moving forward? >> representative cheney: i think with the attorney general said there is exactly right, and i think that it's very clear from what's available publicly that they are engaged in -- it's the largest criminal investigation in u.s. history. you've also seen publicly indications that what they are engaged in is quite broad. you've seen jeff clark's phone seized and john eastman's phone seized. you've seen a focus, some of

which is public, and some business, but the justice department's obligation is to follow the facts and evidence, and date -- that is a solemn obligation that they must pursue, no matter whether that means following the facts and evidence with respect to the president of the united states or respect to those people who invaded the capital. but let me also say, bret, that judge carter, a federal judge, has already indicated and has already ruled that it's more likely than not the president trump violated at least two criminal statutes with respect to his efforts to get vice president pence to illegally refuse to count electoral votes. so i think we've already seen a basis for that. >> bret: a couple quick specifics. when do you expect to hear from tony or not,-president trump's chief of staff, now secret service training official. bobby engel, president trump lead secret service agent under

oath? is there hold up your? do you expect to hear testimony from them? >> representative cheney: i do. we have already heard testimony from them. i expect that we will again. he has retained private criminal defense counsel, and we've seen that also with respect to one other secret service agent. i think that is significant. but we do anticipate not just them. certainly them, but largely what happened at the secret service -- and i say this as someone who has huge respect for the secret service. i was protected by them for eight years. but the extent to which there are no text messages from the relevant period of time, the extent to which we have not had the kind of cooperation that we really need to have, those are all things the committee is going to be looking at in more detail in the coming weeks. >> bret: what will the committee's report have to say about why the assets like national guard weren't prepped and ready?

is there a testimony already gathered on speaker pelosi's decisions or the sergeant of arms in the house and senate on that regard? >> representative cheney: yeah, we have an entire team -- with got five different teams in the investigation. one of them is totally focused on all of those issues of security at the capital and the response of the capitol police, the response of the national guard, the response of the capitol police board, what was going on at the pentagon that day. so it's an entire focus, the investigation. you will see in our reports, you will likely see an upcoming hearings, so it is certainly something we are going to be very focused on. but what we aren't going to do, bret, is blame the capitol police, blame those r donald trump's armed mob that he sent to the capital. i believe there were intelligence failures -- clearly there were intelligence failures, clearly the security should have operated better than

it did. but this was a mob donald trump sent to the capital, and i think that's important to keep our eye on. >> bret: there are several witnesses who say they met with president trump on january 4th and he offered some 20,000 national guardsmen to protect the capitol building on january 6th, but the offer was rejected. is that true? do you know that to be true? >> representative cheney: well, his own acting secretary of defense says that's not true. chris miller has testified publicly that donald trump never issued any order to deploy the guard to protect the capital. and so i would point people to his own secretary of defense's public testimony. and we also know that on januark was underway, donald trump did not place a single phone call to anyone at the pentagon. he didn't place a single phone call to anyone at the justice department to say deploy law enforcement. he didn't place a single phone call to anybody at the department of homeland security, and so the notion that somehow he issued an order is not

consistent with the facts. >> bret: okay, we will listen to what comes out of the hearing, but you know the critics of the january 6 committee say it's a show trial. you know, how do you respond to that? they list these things, they say it's produced by television professionals who clearly lean left, it airs in prime time. there's no opportunity for the target to defend or put forth a defense. there's no cross-examination of witnesses, a duty deeply ingrained, they say, in american notion o notions of due process. they require role for a member to be put forward by the minority. they have a problem with the fact that you are that ranking member even though you were selected by house speaker nancy pelosi. so how do you respond to the criticism? >> representative cheney: i think it's important to remember the facts. and the first fact is that we all supported a bipartisan outside commission. kevin mccarthy himself sat on the floor of the house we needed

a bipartisan outside commission to investigate this attack and then after he negotiated with the democrats and got all of the terms he wanted, he pulled the rug out from under the republicans who were supporting it and made sure that it was defeated in the senate. and so once the bipartisan outside commission was defeated, the only alternative left to us was this committee. and after kevin mccarthy named his members to the committee and speaker pelosi rejected two of them, jim jordan and jim banks, for good reason. i supported her decision to do that. kevin mccarthy withdrew all of his other nominees, and so the notion now that somehow the committee is incapable of getting to the facts of what happened because kevin mccarthy withdrew his nominees is nonsensical. it also is a diversion. and i point out again, nearly every single one of our witnesses has been a republican. you know, rusty bowers, brad raffensperger. >> bret: i understand, we have

the list. cross-examination is an important thing in committee hearings, right? >> representative cheney: that's right. but i would also point out that i think it is highly unlikely, and i think you would agree, that any of those witnesses' testimony would be any different at the questioning been different, and it is -- it is -- it would be a dereliction of our duty to be in a position where because kevin mccarthy decided to withdraw nominees and he decided to do that, i'm quite confident, because donald trump told him to, because kevin mccarthy decided not to participate in the committee, that somehow the house of representatives cannot investigate the single worst attack the united states capital since the war of 1812. and it is also a diversion from what we know, the facts are indisputable that while the capital was being attacked by a mob sent by donald trump, armed, donald trump would not tell them to go home. for over 187 minutes. that is a dereliction of duty

like we have never seen before. >> bret: you've said the single most important thing is protecting the nation from donald trump. you are in a tough primary in wyoming against a trump back to canada, polls show her by up by more than 20 points. if you lose do you see that on as an indictment on your battle against trump? >> representative cheney: i am working hard to earn every single vote, but i will tell you, bret, that given the choice between maintaining my seat in the house of representatives on the one hand or ensuring the survival of our constitutional republic and ensuring the american people know the truth about donald trump, i will choose the constitution and the truth every day of the week and twice on sunday. we have a fundamental obligation and oath that i am my colleagues took under god to the constitution, and that is the single most important obligation we have when faced with the threat that donald trump presents. >> bret: this is how the ap

writes it today. as primary approaches there is also a pervasive belief among cheney's team that her unorthodox strategy in 2022 may put her in a stronger position for the 2024 presidential contest. the insurrection has strengthened her national brand while expanding a national network of donors and trump critics in both parties who could boost a prospective white house run. is that the strategy? are you expecting to lose, are you going to run for president? >> representative cheney: look my focus, bret, is absolutely on doing what is right, and that is what's guided me ever since last election, and in the lead up to the objections in the house and the work that i did to help to make sure that my colleagues understood that we could not overturn an election in the house on january 6, it's guided me at every moment since then and it's guided my work on this committee. and look, it's not just me that is saying that donald trump is unfit for office.

it's other entities owned by rupert murdoch. if "the new york post" and their editorial on friday, if "the wall street journal," said the same thing after our hearing on thursday night. so i'm going to continue to be guided by making sure i do my duty and making sure the american people understand the truth. >> bret: last thing. do you share the concerns of some of your colleagues and others in the republican party about the biden family of foster's dealings in china, the flow of money from the beijing government linked officials to the bidens? >> representative cheney: yeah, i certainly think that it is -- it could be of concern. i think that -- you know, it's not something that i have looked at the details of. i've certainly seen the news reports of it, but i think that it's important for any president, no matter the party, to make sure that there's not even the appearance of any sort of a conflict, and so i think that on both sides, we really need to be in a position where we gain back the credibility of

the american people, where we step back from the edge of the toxicity in the vitriolic battles that are going on. if there is something substantive on either side that congress needs to be looking at, we should certainly do that. and i think that that has to be guided by substance and not by political attack. i mean, i was really disgusted, frankly, on thursday night, when even before sarah matthews began testifying, the house republicans put out a tweet attacking her that they then had to take down. she's a staffer. she works for the house republicans, for a house republican. that kind of just launching a vitriolic partisan attacks is really dangerous for the country given where we are today. so we've got to investigate anything that seems like there is concern, and i do have concern about the issues that you've raised. but we need to do it with responsibility on both sides and with a commitment to the facts. >> bret: congresswoman, thank you for joining us today.

>> representative cheney: thank you, great to be with you. >> bret: up next, there's no doubt january 6th forever change the relationship between donald trump and mike pence, the evidence when they showed up on the same day for different candidates. bring in our group to discuss their diversion visions for the republican party. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> bret: former president donald trump and former vice president mike pence both in arizona friday, both on opposite sides of the governors race there. it's the second time in two months the former president and his one time number two have rallied with rival candidates. phil keating reports on the growing battle as both consider their own moves for 2024. >> we are going to take back our liberty. we're going to take back our destiny. we are going to take back very soon our country. >> former president donald trump giving the crowd exactly what they showed up to hear saturday night at the turning point usa student action summit. this year it features a who's who of potential republican presidential hopefuls like friday night headliner, florida governor ron desantis. he took a job at president biden. >> i want to come on behalf of the state of florida, which

president biden a speedy recovery from covid, and i also want to wish the united states of america a speedy recovery from joe biden. >> there are those who want to make this election about the past. >> former vice president pence is not one of them, showing he is now his own man. on friday he campaigned in swing state arizona for gubernatorial candidate karen taylor robeson, a wealthy real estate a attorney and developer. about 9 90 miles north, carey lake, a former newscaster who supported obama and now says she's changed. >> the dueling appearances continue this week in washington no less. both men giving separate key speeches at two separate policy summits. for trump, this will be his first time back in washington since he left, january 2021, flying out for the very last time on air force one, landing here in florida.

>> bret: phil keating reporting live from tampa, florida. thank you. it's time now for us under group, fox news white house correspondent jacqui heinrich, former republican speaker of the house, author of the book "defeating the government socialism," newt gingrich. a fox news political analyst juan williams, and katie pavlich, editor of townhall.com. speaker, your thoughts on this battle between the endorsements of the former president, former vice president? >> i think it's perfectly healthy. you have three big players now in the republican party. donald trump, who's clearly the front runner by any standard. i think governor desantis, who clearly would be number two at the present time -- and you know, mike pence. everybody below them is in single digits, but those three are serious players. mike pence has earned at the hardware, campaigned as congressmen, governor, vice president. and it will be fascinating to watch how it evolves. >> bret: katie? >> specifically in arizona it's interesting to watch mike pence on former president donald trump, because as we know now, arizona is not a

reliably republican state when it comes to presidential elections. if you want to win electoral college, arizona as part of the votes that you have to get. with her republicans, they have two democratic senators now, so the way to the white house is through arizona. i would mention that mike pence did indoors governor brian kemp in georgia, so he's one up on president donald trump when it comes to gubernatorial -- gubernatorial endorsements, but in terms of the things that they are talking about, mike pence wants to move forward. he has not been so critical of donald trump, and he has been very optimistic and praiseworthy of their administration and their efforts and their compliments that they have made an president trump it has had a different perspective and has had other things about his vice president. obviously we'd seen that play out of course in the january 6th hearings. certainly something to keep watching. >> bret: and, jacqui, this comes at the backdrop of the january 6th hearings and you heard the congresswoman reference the journal.

the critics right that it lacks political balance. mr. trump took enough to defend the constitution, he had a duty to defend the capital from a mob attacking it in his name. he refused. in the 18 months since he has shown not an iota of regret. character is revealed in crisis, "the wall street journal" rights -- striking in this context? >> it is. also, the white house has not really weighed in on the substance of these hearings. they've tried to sort of stay on the other issues that they are dealing with, but i think it is significant that the president, when asked, has invited a rematch with president trump, and that is significant given that trump probably has maybe one more shot at this. it ron desantis could wait it out and try again in '28, and so i think that that's sort of weather white house might be looking buried >> bret: in the meantime, juan, the present has covid, we heard from covid coordinator,

dr. jha, their handling was pretty calmly, a different way than would have handled it may be months ago. >> certainly differently on the prior president. they didn't have to helicopter anybody to the hospital and then pretend everything is all right. >> bret: they are taking it differently, how they are approaching a buried >> i think if less that they are being casual than being transparent. i was listening to dr. jha's conversation with you, and what struck me there is that by all indications, the president is doing fine. check with jacqui, but that is certainly the impression i have from with the reports have been in that the vaccines, the boosters, the paxlovid, these therapies apparently are working. i think you got to understand the virus is here to stay, and if the virus is here to stay, president biden is moving on, america is moving on. >> bret: let make your final comments on congresswoman cheney, concerns that you had before about this committee and what's happening? >> she's a very smart

professional. she defended herself well. the fact is they've had hour after hour after hour, they have moved virtually no republicans, and people are going to look back at this as a show trial and what historians are going to say is after all the attacks on trump, starting with the russia lies in 2016, after all these attacks, there's a huge number of americans who are so sick of the elites and think they are so corrupt that they prefer donald trump with whatever the challenge is to what they are being fed by the national establishment. i think people should really pay attention not to trump, but to the millions and millions of people who deeply hate what they see as a corrupt national city and they see this particular game, the show trial is just more corruption. >> i think you have to also factor in at the polls show more republicans now say the president trump should not run again and you have these editorials saying he has failed a major test. he should not run again, says

"the new york post." >> it depends on the ball. >> bret: plenty of time to talk about this and wants to come. we will take a break right here. up next, we take you to a diverse district in new york city with an even more diverse field of candidates vying to go or return to washington. "fox news sunday" on the road to the midterms next. ♪ ♪ we hit the bike trails every weekend shinges doesn't care. i grow all my own vegetables shingles doesn't care. we've still got the best moves you've ever seen good for you, but shingles doesn't care.

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♪ ♪ >> bret: "fox news sunday" is on the road to the midterms. today in new york, newly drawn congressional maps mean a rare opal seat -- open seat in the district. a mix of neighborhoods from

lower manhattan to parts of brooklyn, wall street, and includes two chinatowns. it has actually attracted a large field of democrats, including everyone from a sitting congressman to state and local politicians. at one point, former mayor elder brazeal was in this race. he dropped out of the race this week saying it's clear that people are looking for another option. fox news correspondent bryan llenas spoke with a few of the candidates in this diverse district at the doorstep of america's gateway. ♪ ♪ >> the statue of liberty. it's a sight new yorkers like me normally take for granted. for generations she has greeted millions of immigrants hoping to live the american dream. under her shadow, part of the newly redrawn 10th congressional district. district is home to wall street, fashion, shopping in soho, and america's most famous chinatown.

a community struggling to rebound from covid-19 lockdowns, inflation, and rising crime. it's where we met. >> thank you for coming! thank you, nice to meet you. >> he's one of about a dozen democratic candidates. >> they say it's not easy. >> he is a veteran, pastor, and a chinese american activist who protested at tiananmen square and later fled china. >> what are the issues that they are telling you they care most about this election cycle? >> during covid-19, we all know they hate asian crimes. hate crimes every day. people -- our community, even at home. >> i'm calling other asians to come together! >> the 57-year-old political novice is relying on chinese-americans to pull off an upset.

new york city's 10th congressional district is large and incredibly diverse. it's not just lower manhattan. across the brooklyn bridge and you will enter the district of us his other half, brooklyn, a city in its own right. in borough park you'll find one of the largest orthodox jewish communities outside of israel. >> hey, i'm brian. >> it's where we met candidate and businessman brian robinson. >> you see this neighborhood as central to your campaign? >> certainly. you know, all the neighborhoods are central to my campaign but as a jewish kuiper particular, the anti-semitism, the violence, the general violence of the district. it's a universal platform. >> its own acidic volunteer police force. >> the senate out on saturday, they get punched in had, people are afraid, they want change. >> if you can protect the people, then you have failed as a government. that's why we need new

leadership. >> we are on the city bike, which is my preferred method of travel on a summer day in new york city, we will ride through some of the most affluent neighborhoods in new york city, which also happened to be the most pivotal. we eventually met up with candidate elizabeth holtzman in cobble hill. holtzman was the first woman to serve as the brooklyn district attorney and the youngest woman ever elected to congress back in 1972. >> 50 years later and you are deciding to run again. >> when i read justice alito's decision, making america's women second class citizens, denying the right of abortion, it wasn't the final straw, it was the starting straw. >> it will become official today very >> turnout could also be low in the height of summer. in the midst of this heat wave, across the river in manhattan... ♪ ♪ >> some new yorkers are focused on climate change, and they say

front running progressive candidate carly rivera is not doing enough. >> she is dangerous. >> thank you for braving the heat, a sobering reminder of our time of crisis. >> rivera and other progressives in the race are focused on resurrecting the aoc-sponsored green new deal. >> we need an intersectional, comprehensive approach to how we address climate change that does include passing the green new deal. >> even here, public safety was on the minds of other candid candidates. >> forcing people onto subways and mass transit where they are going to be robbed and stabbed and held up -- >> let's try and stay on the topic. >> it's our physical safely. >> campaigning here in sunset park, where she says there is a silent majority of democratic voters who are looking for a moderate candidate. >> what i hear from a lot from

the hispanic community in new york and from the asian american community in new york is the same thing. why are we suddenly being called, you know, right wing for those kind of really basic american aspirations? living in a good neighborhood where you are safe, raising her children and a great neighborhood, great schools, having a successful business. that is the american dream, and what i am saying to my fellow democrats is stop defining that as republican, because we are going to lose big time if you do that. >> that pursuit of the american dream is driving some in new york's immigrant communities to take a stand, registering voters who hope their voices will be heard now more than ev ever. >> bret: bryan llenas reporting from new york city about a congressional district ten. back now with the panel. katie, we also saw this week, this attack on congressman lee zeldin, running for governor of new york. he was at a campaign event, a man comes up to him with a

blade, seen here. the man was released without bail, later arrested and charged with federal assault. new york republicans saying this all shows the state's progressive criminal justice policies and factoring in what we will talk about. >> and specifically lee zeldin was speaking about the problem with cash bail when he was attacked this person during his remarks and saying we need to reform you north. new york. it took several hours for the federal justice to get involved. he has now been arrested and is being held until he has that federal hearing this week, but if you listen to what people are saying in new york, it's happening all across the country, crime is a top issue for a number of americans. in effect everybody, and democrats in a pivoting, and we saw the white house this week with joe biden saying he wants $33 billion to refund the police in an effort to kind of get back please voters who are feeling very unsafe in their neighborhoods in new york and across the country. >> bret: you've been in politics a long time. democrats in some states around

the country funding more right-leaning candidates thinking it's going to be easier for them. they did it in maryland, pennsylvania. they failed in colorado. this can whip around. >> it's acute risk. you're faced with an american tsunami, not a republican. in american tsunami. you saw some of it just now. 38% increase in new york city in the last year. people are going to go out, look at their gas tank, look at the grocery store, and i guess the republicans are going to pick up probably five or six senate seats somewhere between 40 and 70 house seats. it will be obvious until october and october will come crashing down. the democrats are helping dominate the people they least want to see in office. it's crazy. >> bret: the white house seems anxious to get on the trail, but they are facing headwinds obviously all around the country. >> they sure are. i think that number one is the president's diagnosis right now. he can't do anything until at least wednesday if he tests

negative. they said they want to get out and start campaigning. i think the biggest problem right now is going to be inflation and when we get that quarter to growth rating this week, with already seen the council of economic advisors try to redefine what a recession is saying even if we get a second part of negative growth, with a look at things like labor market and spending, and even if it's negative for a second time doesn't necessarily indicate a recession. that says that they got a big problem on their hands. >> bret: juan? >> going back to what newt was talking about, i think it's a risk/reward strategy but everybody, if you get into a personal fight, much less a political fight, you want to face the weakest opponent and calling out the ultra-maga crowd has worked in the past and help the democrats retain the senate in 2010, 2012, and i think it's potential is to help them win here again and change the conversation from gas prices, inflation, to the fact that you have a radical republican party. >> bret: pennsylvania looks a little tighter at that governor's race. we will see. thanks, pam, see you next sunday. up next, a final word.

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