ari fleischer, welcome. >> thank you. a time, but the press really made president biden's ukraine comment the story from the moment the news conference ended. what made it so urgent rain so newsworthy? >> welk i think what happened -- well, i think what happened was the reaction to it was instant and so critical that the press realized it was an obvious, bad mistake. i mean, how'd, it was such a bad mistake when he said minor incursion would be different, even a reporter followed up several questions later to say did you really mean that? and gave him a chance to fix it or correct it. you know, it's highly unusual at a news conference reporters to actually be so fast on their feet that they recognize that there was a blunder earlier, and they relitigate it, they bring it back up. i think that was a reuters reporter, and that was actually a very smart follow-up question. howard: and then there was another follow-up question the next day from fox's jacqui heinrich. let's take a listen. >> are you -- [inaudible] [inaudible c

jordi me now is ari fleischer, former white house press secretary and fox news contributor, sorry, in't know joemala was going to be in my script, they are trying to make me laugh on a friday night. will this help, more face time, more speeches, more town halls, forums, what are they calling it? interfacing? >> first it's got a ring like godzilla, i think it's aptly put. it will not help the men here is the problem and i've been through politics enough to see this and with that because of one party or the other. i remember when george h.w. bush was running for reelection in 1992 and the campaign cut a series of ads all of which were poll tested, fantastic messages until people heard it was for george h wp should he was quite unpopular when he ran for reelection, nobody believed the message. this is the problem when you are as unpopular as joe biden and kamala harris are, people don't want to see that. the only silver lining i can see for the biden team is going into a midterm election the only appeal is to the most partisan of partisans, they need to get the base out, that's the only

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. >> harris: fox news contributor and former white house press secretary ari fleischer is in "focus." we'll beginning with congressional correspondent aishah hosni on capitol hill. >> good morning to you, harris. political fighting continues. it didn't take long. just minutes after president biden took shots at former president trump, former president trump put out his own response writing this. biden, who is destroying our nation with insane policies of open borders, corrupt elections, disastrous energy policies, unconstitutional mandates, and devastating school closures used my name today to try to further divide america. this political theater is all just a distraction for the fact biden has completely and totally failed. this is a very divided capitol today, harris. republicans are saying democrats are trying to lobby for their voting rights legislation after their build back better legislation died over the holidays. the president and vice president made sure to emphasize voting rights in their speeches about january 6th today. >> president biden: from the brutality of bloody sun

let's bring in ari fleischer, former press secretary for george w. bush and sean duffy.welcome to you. ari, we're going to get to more on the border and the crisis down there and what is happening with the male migrants. i want to go back to the president's speech in pittsburgh where he's talking about inflation and that cars are responsible for a third of inflation, which i've seen no evidence to support that. what do you think about this? if the economy was so good, wouldn't his numbers reflect that? they're anemic. >> number 1, his flub aside about calling conor lamb, conor lamb, that will cause controversy inside pennsylvania. but i thought, trace, the rest of his speech was good. this is the kind of thing that joe biden should be talking about. economics. basic kitchen table issues. if he were talking about this instead of the green new deal, instead of calling republicans jim crow and appease bernie sanders, if he spoke bread and butter economic issues, he would have been better off. the economy is not strong and covid is dragging him down. if he had been a preside

hugh hewitt, leslie marshall and ire ari fleischer. actually in ukraine currently and meeting with the russians tomorrow. >> this is not and can never considered a minor mistake about a minor matter. this is about war and peace. this is about joe biden with his judgment and his experience, his 40 years in washington, his knowledge of foreign relations. and he bungled this? how many briefings has he sat through to go over what our position is when his staff is telling the world an invasion is imminent. he should be razor sharp and ready on these issues. you can't have a clean-up on an issue this fundamental. putin already heard what he wanted to hear. joe biden already said it. he can't unsay it. >> bret: leslie? >> i'm not going to totally disagree with ari on this. but i do think when you screw up, you know, you have your people go out and say look, we screwed up and i like your clean up on aisle 4 analogy there, bret. but let's be clear, vladimir putin doesn't need joe biden to tell him what he thinks he is going to do or any other l

of course amid never-ending flubs, failures and far left lunacy appeared here with reaction is ari fleischer and laura trump is with us. 25 percent of his time in delaware the first year, he dodged questions about why he always goes to a home that's close to his heart and where hi late son and wife are. , and claimed the white house i open with white house visitor logs so much more than other ministrations, is it probably that far fewer people visit great he has bedtime early, after he gets to watch his cartoons and eat ice cream and cereal? >> and the sippy cup, don't forget the sippy cup. >> sean: i've been ordered not to say that from a friend. >> i am old enough to remember when we had a president who worked all day every day for th american people. by the way, he took no salary o course i'm talking about president donald trump who in four years in office made $4 because he had to be paid $1 a year, and i struggled to figure out any job where you could jus not show up for a quarter of th days and keep your job, do a good job, but i think that's th problem here, people wouldn't b really u

joining me now is ari fleischer ,former white house press secretary for fox news contributor.sorry, ari,er i didn't know joemala was actually going to be in my script. they're trying to make me laugh on a friday night. will this actually help them more face time with the people, more speeches, more town halls, forums or what are they callingt it? interfacing? you know, laura , first it's got a ring like godzilla. so, i think it's very aptly put though it willl not help. and hereee is the problemug and i've been through politics it's not see this andhh because of one party orr the other. i remember when george h.w. w bush was running for reelection in nineteen ninety two and the campaign cut a series of o ads, allf of which were poll tested, fantastic messagespl until people hearde it was fort george h.w. bush and he was qunol w popular when he ran for reelection in 92. nobody believed the messagege. this is the problem when you'reu unpopular as joe biden and kamala harris are. d people don't want to see that the only silver liningwa i can see for the biden team isi that going

joining us now ari fleischer. and a fox news contributor welcome, ari, what are the polls mean, if accurate. how did biden find himself here a year in? >> well, he found himself here naturally. as a result of things he did in things he said and events that unfolded. let me walk you through a couple of them. he told the american people that the surge in people coming to america illegal ly through the southern border was seasonal it is not, he said inflation was temporary it is not he said taliban would not takeover not take afghanistan but they did, he said he would not mandate vaccines, he did, he said he would shut down the virus but he didn't. he said he would not raise taxes on anyone making less than 400,000 a year, but he will and he toles that 3.5 trillion spending spree costs nothing but it does, much issue after issue, the things he has said have been proven to be wrong. he never had a chance with the republicans, he spurned them from the start, he lost independents and now democrats. >> all right, mo, i'll

here more with the now leo 2.0 terrell and ari fleischer. ari, in a different way, i will ask you, when you put the polls together, the media now for the first time are critical. they have never been critical to this point. that can't be good for him having a 33% approval rating and some polls isn't good either. >> what you're hearing now is the sound of the water going down the drain. republicans never supported joe biden. he is too polarizing, too liberal. independents give him a chance and then he spurned independents. now he is even losing parts of his base. his biggest problem is that he cast his lot with bernie sanders instead of joe manchin. if you'd come into the office with a 50/50 son and a narrowly controlled pass and said i'm going to govern as a moderate ad their era of a government remains over, he would've been n a very different possession of's president. but instead he ran alongside bernie sanders, far progressive, spend it all, socialist left and you were seeing the results now for president whose age is showing, whose polic

ari fleischer says he can't rely on thes friends in the media if he wants to turn his numbers around.i: start to governor and when i say get joe manchin's vote, i mean that. get joe manchin to vote for your policies, if you do, you will pick up republicans. you will lose liberal democrats and aoc and the house, that is the exchange he needs to make. he cannot win on the progressive base. he cannot pass progressive policies and adhering to progressive policies is kiss of death, he misread the mood of the country. >> todd: according to fox news poll, 6-10 votesers say they would back someone other than joe biden if the 2024 election was held today. >> carley: a police officer was shot in our nation's capitol, the washington, d.c. chapter of black lives matter is complaining about cops being treated like heroes. white house admits defunding the police is cause for the serve in violent crime. listen to this. >> what are you attributing the rise in violence to? >> gun violence is the reason for surge in crime, underfunding of police departments, something the president advocating for throu

ari fleischer has some deep thoughts on this. >> john: senator chuck grassley demanding answers in the hunter biden administration. ties to the chinese communist party coming up. for investors who can navigate this landscape, leveraging gold, a strategic and sustainable asset... the path is gilded with the potential for rich returns. >> john: fox business has learned hunter biden and a former aide invested in two chinese companies with top levels of the communist party. harbs amusement parks and sports and entertainment backed by chinese back. calls grow for the secret service to answer questions on hunter biden's government-sponsored travel. >> we know that he traveled sometimes in airplane with his father, but i think we have a right to know what the son was doing in those instances and these records from the secret service and the travel of him and the secret service would help us fill in those details. >> john: the trips that senator grassley and others are investigating are the 2014 visits to russia, china and kazakhstan while his father was vice president. sandra. >> sandra: than

former white house press secretary ari fleischer is here, don't touch the dial. uses that, we get started 13 minutes from right now on the channel. back to you. >> carley: thank you, steve. e- mails obtained by fox news show scientists and top medical advisors including dr. anthony fauci suspected covid-19 leaked from a lab in wuhan early as january of 2020. cheryl casone has more. >> cheryl: good morning, documents found from early days of the pandemic show scientists, including dr. fauci was warned coronavirus may have originated at the lab in wuhan. spokesperson joined bret baier sglchlts. >> covered up covid for a year. there is not a real team from the who, to go in and find out the origins of covid. the communist party want to make sure it will never happen. >> cheryl: in be 2020, a doctor said it looked engineers. there was concerns over how the public would react to the news. and national institute of health gave funtd funding to that lab. >> carley: what is latest on president biden's vaccine or test mandate? >> cheryl: supreme court struck the vaccine m

ari fleischer, always great to see you. thanks for joining us.of what happens in 2024, when it comes to 2022, democrats are looking past nancy pelosi if and when the democrats get their clocks cleaned. >> sandra: two things, interesting conversation with you and ari, fifirst. second, shizzle, john, i think that's a first out of your mouth. >> john: i could not say what was written on the screen. >> sandra: oh, ok, ok. >> john: like we said yesterday, i like my job, i want to keep it. >> sandra: got it. all right. north korea meanwhile is firing its first suspected ballistic missile of the new year. how serious a threat is this, and are we prepared for it? retired four star general jack keane is on deck to react. >> john: and teachers' unions are forcing kids to go back to online learning. how much is that hurting america's children? senator rick scott joins us just ahead. >> are you ready to start a great career? >> safelite is now hiring. >> you will love your job. >> there's room to grow... >> ...and lots of opportunities. >> so, what are you w

to point out tohe ari fleischer. ari, your communications expert in a different way. i'll ask you when you put the polls together, the media now for the first timeto areal critical. they never been critical up to this point that can't be good h for him.im and having a thirty three percent approval rating in somei polls isn't good either. showing what hearing now is the sound of the water going down the drain. i mean, republicans never s supported joe biden. he was toobi polarizing tode liberal independents gave himpe a chance and then he spurned and dependance and now he's even losing parts of his base. fe.hihis biggest problem, sean,s that he cast a lot with bernie sanders instead of joe manchin. if he had come into office with a 50 50 senate and with a narrowly controlled house and said i'm going to govern as a moderate, i'm going toat lead america as a moderate, the era of big governmentve remains over . it has beenr, a very different position as president but instead he ran alongside bernie sanders to the far progressive spend it all socialist left. and you're see

>> martha: let's bring in ari fleischer and juan williams. good to have you here. been spent. 14% of $5 trillion, i can't do the math but that's a lot of money. why would we be considering allocating more money to covid relief? >> well, obviously you want to make sure the economy doesn't stall. we did a great job as a country with the initial covid relief of preventing economic problems. right now as we go through this latest phase, martha, the stock market is relatively high, the gdp relatively high. we don't want a strong setback our strong economic times. >> martha: we don't know where the money went, ari. you have inflation, the supply chain problems. there's a lot of ways to address the problems for companies without blanketing more money out there when we don't know where a lot of the money went. >> martha: let me tell you about two towns where i live. the town of new kanan, connecticut is debating whether to use the surplus covid funds to give bonuses to municipal employees. stamford, connecticut has been using it to repair potholes. this is out of the $1.9

[applause] >> greg: thanks ari fleischer, "fox news @ night" with shannon bream is next.ox news @ night," i'm shannon bream in washington. breaking tonight, parents and students across the country frustrated and confused over continuously changing mask guidelines and pending legal flights. in loudoun county, virginia, just outside the nation's capital, protests outside the school board meeting reaching a breaking point tonight. >> whyan

>> greg: thanks ari fleischer, "fox news @ night" with shannon bream is next. i love you, america. ♪ ♪ >> shannon: hello and welcome to "fox news @ night," i'm shannon bream in washington. breaking tonight, parents and students across the country frustrated and confused over continuously changing mask guidelines and pending legal flights. in loudoun county, virginia, just outside the nation's capital, protests outside the school board meeting reaching a breaking point tonight. >> why can't they let the parents exercise their choices? that's all we are asking, give us the choice. >> we are told to use different bathrooms, we are told when we can and cannot go to the bathroom or go get water. >> these girls are modern day freedom fighters and there are many who are taking their stand. >> shannon: america's crisis claims the life of a new york city police officer, wilbert mora losing his fight for life given a hero's farewell by his brothers and sisters in blue, we will tell you what mayor eric adams is saying about a bold new plan to combat gun violence in the bi

. >> shannon: let's bring in our panel former white house press secretary ari fleischer, mara liassonl public radio" and syndicated radio host hugh hewitt, great to have you all with us there. you just heard the president and vice president talking about how to come together during issues of crisis. ari, they have got several hot spots that they are dealing with the president has talked about this in terms of messaging. he wants to get out there and be with more people. see them face to face to sell what he has got on the table. your expertise messaging with the white house. how are they doing? >> well, they are doing terribly. and it begins with acto roishz what is and is not a crisis. they consider the fact we have a healthy vibrant democracy just shattered all turn out records in the 2020 election is a crisis of democracy in which the vote is being suppressed when the vote is surging. the only issues we are debating is really whether we have 10 days or 15 days of early voting. if you pick 10 over 15 you are jim crow 2.0 and that's a crisis to elm this while the southern border wher

brian kilmeade and rafael respond just ahead, we have ari fleischer, jack keane, and senator rick scottthe top of the hour for "america reports." stay there. >> harris: the booze was blowing on a charter flight out of canada marking an official investigation because of what was going on in the plane, a rowdy passenger avoiding aviation and coronavirus regulations, the social media influencers seen snapping selfies as they turn the charter flight into a nightclub. the raging passengers posing with bottles of vodka and vape pens during the duration of the flight. the canadian bunch will have to find a new way home after the airline canceled their return trip to cancun atop the potential $5,000 fine each. >> ben: look, they got a memo, a promissory before they took off but said cloth masks don't work at, so they were like, screw it! we are just going to party down, we are not going to be effective with omicron, let's do it. there is part of me that laughs and likes it, because it makes two things very clear, social influencers should not be driving your life number one, and number two, yes

. >> john: jacqui, thank you so much for the update, and ari fleischer. a little more from miguel cardona, he was on cbs this morning, and in that interview denying that he had anything to do with solicitation of that letter from the school board association. listen to what he said here. >> can he didn't ask for that letter, we didn't -- i think the real focus, how do we authentically engage parents. but no, with the letter we had no -- we didn't request that, there was no involvement in that. >> john: what he said there puts him directly at odds with christie sweat, the secretary/treasurer, jacqui pointed out the letter was sent to president biden for more information at the request of secretary cardona. this is a she said/he said situation. >> yeah, we heard this a couple months ago when the letter became controversial it was sent to the white house first as well. the white house weighed in on it. look, you know, you marry this with president biden's speech yesterday where he likens anybody who opposes his position on election matters to jefferson davis