. >> h i b c d e we turn now to the mysterious disappearance of lela faulkner.he young mom told her parents that she was going out with friends. she was never seen again. and questions swirl about what could have happened to her and who might be responsible. a young mother disappears on the 4th of july as fireworks fill the sky over troy, alabama. >> she was scared. she was worried about something happening to her. >> and a cloud of suspicion hangs over her ex-boyfriend. >> she told me if anything happened to her, make sure y'all check him. >> lela faulkner was a smart, pretty, outgoing young woman with a bright future. >> she was a straight-a student. she was valedictorian of her class. >> but while away at college in montgomery, alabama, her education was sidetracked after she got pregnant and had a baby girl. >> that's our grandbaby. madison and madison adored lila. >> lila and maddie's dad were never married. in fact, they split before madison was even born. lila packed up and went back to her tiny hometown of troy and moved in with her parents. they were mo

i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." a judge has paused the deadline for hundreds of thousands of federal workers to accept trump's buy-out. they now have until monday to take eight months of pay and benefits in exchange for their resignation. the white house is thrilled with the results so far. >> more than 40,000 workers have agreed to the buy-out program and think are looking forward to having their eight months paid vacation. the president made a commitment that he was going to encourage the federal workforce to return to the office. we know only 6% of federal workers are working in the office right now. that's unacceptable and that's why the buy-out program was offered. >> harris: president trump is looking to make major cuts to usaid. that's the agency which historically has focused on foreign development projects. one former employee told fox news about the agency's mission under former president biden. >> i encountered d.e.i. my first day on the job. samantha powers emphasis on d.e.i. was part of a larger biden a

i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." homeland security secretary kristi noem had said the maximum security facility would hold the worst of the worst. here is the president. >> president trump: we are doing very well with respect to other countries really behaving on taking the criminals that they sent into our country and we are getting them out. some of the worst people on earth. >> guantanamo bay, is there enough space there to the accommodate? >> president trump: there is a lot of space to accommodate a lot of people and we'll use it. >> harris: we are going to hear from the voters' voices. they are here, some from election night and they will tell everyone what they feel the president is doing. democrats, independents, republicans. the voters are seated next to me and ready to go. first let's go to chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon. this has been a huge morning. >> absolutely, harris. we have learned a u.s. military c-17 with 100 indian migrants landed in india overnight. the lon

i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." the numbers tell a story. the homeland security department says the seven day average of illegal crossings at our southern border have plummeted by more than 63% in the last 17 days. of course, those are the first 17 days of trump's presidency. on monday texas officials saw 446 attempted border crossings. on that day one year ago the number was nearly 6,000. texas public safety was with me yesterday talking about the difference that trump is making. >> it's been a complete 180 now with the new administration, new policies, with now more -- much more intentional approach on interior enforcement. the leadership that we have in texas now combined with the federal government we'll have a much stronger approach on the border and actually show the security of our state and country. >> harris: u.s. coast guard caught a chinese migrant, illegal immigrant floating on a paddle board with a suitcase 25 miles from the bahamas. he was headed to florida. they are coming by sea from china? a week earlier florida police bust

i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." the president also just spoke with canadian prime minister justin trudeau and will talk with him again today in a few hours. senior white house correspondent peter doocy. a lot of movement today. >> we found out how much it costs to get rid of a 25% tariff for a month. the cost is 10,000 mexican troops and president trump himself just went live confirming this. he is saying i just spoke with president claudia sheinbaum of mexico. she have agreed to mowedly supply 10,000 mexican soldiers on the border. these soldiers will designated to stop the flow of fentanyl and illegal migrants into our country. agreed to immediately pause the anticipated tariff for one month during which we will have negotiations headed by secretary of state marco rubio, treasury secretary scott bessent and howard lutnick and high level representatives from mexico. i look forward to achieving a deal between our two countries. the president deployed some of his economic advisors to shows this morning to explain it

"the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> dana: an a.i. including vice president jd vance. >> president trump clearly wants the united states to be the world capital of artificial intelligence. the president talked about this critical technology with the japanese prime minister on friday. >> president trump: our teams discussed how our two nations can do even more to stay on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence along with the quantum computer semi conductors and other critical technologies. it is obsolete in two days. >> vice president jd vance arrived in france earlier today. he is making his debut on the worldwide stage. world leaders and focusing on artificial intelligence global security, economy and government. it shows the importance of the summit with the high-profile guest list. >> everyone in the world will look at different countries like the u.s. and china saying who will lead the a.i. race moving forward here? >> that expert tells us china is on the heels of the u.s. leaders will need to continue to be aggressive. >> dan

i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." here is some of that hearing from moments ago. >> this is not an easy problem to solve, but there are certain parts of the problem that are simple to address. for one thing, common sense border control will help stem the flow of fentanyl. we also have no idea how many surges of illegal immigrants have been used by the cartels as distractions to push drugs through our understaffed ports of entry. thankfully, the trump administration has taken this threat seriously. >> harris: all right. again this is a bipartisan push to make this a schedule one drug. it would be temporary at first. drug substances for chemicals in that category are designed as those with no currently accepted medical use and high potential for abuse. of course, on our streets driven in by drug cartels and people being used as traffickers, you can bet that risk factor is playing out every single hour of every single day. so the press is on now to change something. president trump is notching some big wins when it comes

i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." 19 democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit to limit access that elon musk doge has to data. a judge agreed to temporary block doge from those records. president trump is with bret baier, watch. >> president trump: i disagree 100%. i think it's crazy. we have to solve the efficiency problem and the fraud, waste, abuse, all of the things that have gone into government. we talk about hundreds of millions of dollars of money going to places where it shouldn't be going where if i read a list you would say this is ridiculous. you've read the same lists. many you haven't even seen. it is crazy. it's a big scam. >> harris: you know the president won't back down or back away. how far are democrats willing to go to fight him? watch. >> if we have to take steps to be able to hold them accountable, use the leverage that we have to force it, i cannot support efforts that will continue this lawlessness we're seeing when it comes to this administration's actions. >> to be clear, senator, you are open to voting yes to shut down the government

senator ashley moody and kellyanne conway, "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> dana: scary moments a window. he apparently hit it hard enough to crack the glass. that prompted several other passengers to tackle him. they restrained him using zip ties and shoelaces and the plane landed safely. there was another airplane scare this time on the ground. a japan airlines jet collides with a parked delta jet on the taxiway at seattle airport. you can see right there the wing of the japan airline plane impaled the tale of the delta jet. an expensive fix. no one was hurt. >> no matter who the president is, i'm excited because it's the biggest game of my life, you know? having the president there, you know, is best country in the world and it would be pretty cool >> john: travis kelce is pumped up. security will be tight. garrett tenney is live along the banks of the big muddy in the big easy. >> you remember after that attack the government said it would send additional resources to secure the super bowl. anything local officials asked for they're getting. cbp agents on the mississippi riv

harris faulkner is next. here she is. >> harris: we begin with a fox news alert.heering f

. >> harris faulkner puts america's news in focus. >> we begin here. demanding answers. >> don't miss the faulkner focus weekdays at 11 on fox news channel. >> welcome back everybody. this is fox news continuous coverage of a small plane crash in northeastern philadelphia. kevin corke, jonathan hunt with you throughout the evening hours here on fox news channel. this was apparently a jet, a bit of an air ambulance, if you will, transporting six people, including a very small we understand, a minor child who had undergone a life saving procedure, and unfortunately, all six people aboard the aircraft appear to have perished and there have been some injuries on the ground as well. we want to talk about what the first responders and safety officials are doing. they are obviously racing around the clock to try to clear out the debris and investigate the cause of the crash. that debris field is probably sizable given the speed of impact. we have joined now by jason pack, former fema external affairs officer and first responder. jason, always great to have yo

"the faulkner focus" is next. >> harris: bill, we are thinking about you here. god bless you and yo

. >> first of all congratulations to harris faulkner who now beats the ladies of "the view" which isason is this network you are on, the one that harris is on actually makes a lot of sense. makes most americans believe that we should do away with political slogans by and large during big unifying events like the super bowl. i am super optimistic. the fact the president is going to be there i wouldn't believe this part i don't know if you would believe that. i talked to a bunch of fox sports execs last night they didn't believe it. the sitting president has never been to a game? there have been former presidents, vice president, first ladies, they have all been before but never somebody who is actually gone as the sitting president. i think the environment will be electric. i'm in new orleans right now as people can see. excited to get out to bourbon street have a couple drinks. i think it will be an incredibly unifying experience. only one month ago that 14 innocent people were killed on bourbon street celebrating new year's i think that is a big reason the president will be there an

i'm emily compagno, here with my cohost's harris faulkner, and also joining us today, kennedy, host of "kennedy saves the world" podcast, gerri willis, fox business correspondent, and david esmond, fox business anchor. it's only week three of president trump's second term, and disheartened democratic lawmakers are already introducing articles of impeachment against him. peter doocy is live at the white house with the latest. >> impeaching president trump twice did not stop him from getting easily reelected to. in fact, it is possible it might have helped him. that's the well the democratic lawmakers are going back to, this time because of the president's stated plan for the u.s. to take over the gaza gaza strip. >> i rise to announce that the movement to impeach the president has begun. i rise to announce that i will bring articles of impeachment against the president for dastardly deeds proposed and dastardly deeds done. i also rise to say that the impeachment movement is going to be a grass up movement, not a top-down. >> democratic resistance is taking other forms, like describing d

i'm harris faulkner, here with my cohosts emily compagno and kayleigh mcenany. also joining us, lili gil valletta, culture plus group and -- and paul mauro, fox news contributor, attorney, founder of opsdesk.org close web retired nypd inspector. i have been saying that this is not a shock to many people, kayleigh. he means what he says. he says "i don't want to be a jokester or a wise guy." nobody thinks he's kidding. >> it's not a joke, and you are right, it should not be a shock. as i was watching this yesterday, there was a line that i wish the media would have listened to. he said, looking at president trump, "you see things others do not. you say things others do not say." the jaws drop and people sit back and realize maybe, he was right. the media didn't listen to that. those gathered in the room. i watched the channels last night. it was pandemonium to freak out was only seconds to june 27th, the day j'vonne hadley disastrous debate. i just thought to myself that they haven't learned the lesson yet. the lesson is maybe trump is not trying to take gaza. ma

"the faulkner focus" is next. >> harris: fox news alert.l on american families are

here with my cohost harris faulkner and kayleigh mcenany, also joining us today marie harf, fox news contributor and former state department spokesperson under president obama, and brian kilmeade, fox & friends cohost, host of the brian kilmeade radio show and one nation with brian kilmeade. now the move to end those proposed tariffs came after a phone call between president trump and mexican president claudia sheinbaum. she said the deal marks the respectful relationship between our two nations. president trump is set to speak with prime minister trudeau just hours from now. the president defended the tariffs over the weekend, watch. >> canada has been very abusive of the united states for many years. we subsidize canada by the tune of about $200 billion a year and for what? why do we get out of it? we don't get anything out of it. i love the people of canada. i disagree with the leadership of canada and something is going to happen there, but if they want to play the game, i don't mind. >> emily: prime minister trudeau teased retaliatory tariffs against the u.s. and told canadians

. >> harris faulkner puts america's news in focus. >> we begin. >> here demanding answers. >> don't m now and we'll also send you a bottle of our newest fat burner, thermo x, absolutely free. >> it's coming. >> your way. >> hey. >> hey, it's. >> video of the. >> day. >> his name is chuck, and he makes you go. yuck! chuck schumer had an interesting way of describing the energizing effects that trump's federal loan freeze is having on opponents. roll it. marge. >> people are aroused. i haven't seen people so aroused in a very, very long time in terms of going trying to get this done. >> tyler. he hasn't seen people aroused in a very long time. >> well, he's not in the studio right now, but even the way it almost looked like, he's like, you know, this is how he touches himself or the two guys next to him. i don't know what it is. this guy. >> no, no, this is new. it's called policy. >> what is policy? >> it gets you aroused. that's good politics, baby cat. >> sorry. my what? >> the way you need to work on that. >> segue the camera. >> i'm willing to prove it, cat. >> i know, but also, li

. >> harris has the top stories covered on the faulkner focus only on fox news channel. >> i knew theles were going to win. i mean, i called it for weeks. i made a bet with doocy. the one on fox and friends. steve's a big chiefs fan. loser wears the other jersey. the eagles. >> were fantastic. enough said. >> i lost the bet. >> i lost the bet. >> i'm wearing a green tie. >> that's not the bet, steve. and this isn't over. we'll be hand delivering an eagles jersey for you to wear tomorrow morning. time for some texts. why did you let steve doocy get away with only wearing a green tie today? it's kind of a long story. i blame johnny. chris from philadelphia. great job creating a parallel between the eagles and the current presidency. one could say we are becoming the new america's team. take that. cowgirls. victoria from west warwick, rhode island. congrats on your eagles. you finally been unburdened by what has been roy from kansas. ease up on your eagles celebration. we watch primetime in chiefs country too. good game. carlo from philly. tell clay travis we did not boo santa claus. we

. >> harris faulkner puts america's news in focus. >> we begin here.demanding answers. >> don't m relax. ellipse does all the work for you. call now and order ellipse. >> five more words. >> trump won't banish prince harry i love this story, jim. donald trump told the new york post that he has no interest in deporting prince harry, saying harry's got enough problems with his wife. >> again, this is why people like because he goes, he's got enough problems with his wife. she's terrible. i firmly believe he's only letting him stay because he wanted to say that. he just thought it'd be really funny to say his wife's terrible. he's like, all right, i'll let him stay. i'll trash his wife. and he's right. she's annoying. good for him. >> you know what i love, guy, is that you can introduce a potential idea to trump just by posing a question. so somebody asked him, hey, should you deport prince harry? it's like. and he'll think about it and it could happen. it'd be like, you know, should you should, you should. guy. guy benson have a corner office at fox and