harry got things done.another thing that set harry apart, he was always unfailingly himself. may not sound exceptional but in washington, it's an exceedingly rare quality. harry was the first to admit he wasn't the most charismatic or politically correct speaker. after a press conference, he sometimes spoke to a staffer and say okay, tell me everything i did wrong. but harry knew who he was and he had the distinct advantage of not really caring what other people thought of him. the town obsessed with a appearance, harry had a real vanity deficit. he didn't like ponies, he didn't like grandstanding, he was proud of the fact he didn't own a tuxedo. when he went to fundraisers, who would try to get out in under ten minutes. apparently the only white house congressional pick harry ever attended was for his sons benefit. this dating at the time, he and miley ended up getting married so harry grudgingly admitted it was worth the sacrifice. finally, all of harry's toughness, hard-nosed views about politics, harry

harry always chose progress. and that pragmatism made harry adaptable. when he first got to washington, his voting record was not so different than those who represented his state in the past, holding traditional positions on issues like gun rights, immigration, reproductive health. but as nevada and the country changed, as harry met more and more people from different walks of life and realized their struggles were not that different from his family struggles in searchlight, harry's use on some of these issues change as well. he did not consider that a weakness. he understood that he was not always going to be right about everything. he knew how to listen, to learn. he was humble enough to admit when he had to change his mind and grow. and by the way, speaking from personal experience, it helps when you are married to somebody who is wiser and brighter than you. [laughter] i know something about that. after harry introduced a bill repealing birthright citizenship in the 1990's, for example, his wife pointed out that his own father had been a russian imm

feed the poor harry reid -- feed the poor. harry reid yield -- harry reid. . his humility was rooted in his strong values from a humble childhood, rising from searchlights to the spotlight and becoming one of the most celebrated and consequential senate leaders in history. more than four decades of public service and even at the highest level, she never forgot his northstar, to fight for working families like his own fight for nevada. harry loved his home state. you know that. he did everything he could to make sure the citizens of nevada's voices were heard. you observe harry lead and legislate was to see a master at work, fearless, strategic, knowledgeable, and brilliant. he was a pioneer, like a pot -- pioneer. you could rely on his understanding, needs, and ambitions. and in all our conversations, i never heard harry say an unkind word about his senate colleagues, democratic or republican. in the 12 years as we served together, i had the privilege of seeing his mastery firsthand, helping american families, protecting hard-working consumers, and championing

harry was surprised. he said chuck i thought you said you could never afford this type of suit. >> i visited the warehouse in rochester and bought one at a wholesale price. harry stopped slipping me money for clothes after that. now to be clear i don't just travel around the state looking for good deals on clothing. for example, as many of you know, every year i attend and speak at dozens of college graduationer is means around new york in may and june. harry, chk, knew about the tradition. and he thought it was hilarious. in fact, he liked it so much that one day he gathered alm 100 of his staffers into his office and asked me to deliver the entire 15-minute speech to all of them. but after i became democratic leader he started to worry about my habit. every graduation season he would call up my wife iris who is here today and plead with her. you got to stop him from going to every graduation and every event. he's got to garner his strength and his health. that's just who harry was if you were lucky enou

here is harris. >> harris: we'll start with the fox news alert. president biden giving an update moments ago on what his administration is going to do as the spread of the covid variant omicron has hit critical mass. we'll stack the facts against the spin. i'm harris faulkner and are you in "the faulkner focus". one thing is for certain, it's a fact you can't change right now. voters are not happy with this president. a new quinnipiac poll shows only 39% approve of the president's handling of the pandemic. and that is a stunning reversal from just last spring when 65% approved. in the face of those plummeting numbers, the president is still touting progress and once again pointing the finger at people who chose to be unvaccinated. some democrats are no longer looking to the white house for leadership on this. they are taking it into their own hands. senator bernie sanders introducing a bill to send high-quality n95 masks to every single american household. on the house side, representatives slotkin and ryan are urging the president and his adminis

with harry reid.er that not even death can separate us from your love. we pray for the love of his life and the wind beneath his wings. precious landra. comfort her with the balm of your grace and may she feel your palpable embrace. lord, we pray for the children, grandchildren, and great grand. sustain them in all of their tomorrows. now unto him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or imagine according to his power, working in us, to him be glory, majesty and might, dominion and power, forever and ever, amen. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please remain at your seats until escorted to pay your respects by the sergeants at arms staff. >>> and that concludes this ceremony portion of the memorial today. the late senator will lie in state for the remainder of the day. his remains, then, to be carried out later on in the day around 4:45 p.m. down the east center steps from the rotunda escorted by the sergeant at arms. quite an incredible ceremony. a beautiful ceremony, honoring t

is it harry sitting in his office? is it harry leaning on a cactus? is it harry high-fiving bryce harper? well, we will find out soon enough, just as soon as the vice president finishes his remarks. actually, you might be here a while. in any case, let me welcome everyone. congratulations, harry. now, on with the show. nancy pelosi: good afternoon, everyone. thank you leader mcconnell for your hospitality, your kind words about our special guest. the presence of such honored guest is a potent testimony to the towering leadership of harry reid. vice president joe biden, president of the senate, the best and most beloved vice president in our history, and i mean that sincerely. [applause] nancy pelosi: secretary hillary clinton. [applause] nancy pelosi: thank you for your immeasurable contributions and leadership to our country. senator chuck schumer, an outstanding leader in his own right, who will build on senator harry reid's legacy. [applause] nancy pelosi: when i first learned of the ceremony, i thought there would be only one musical accompaniment

harry in your corner. his toughness was nevada. his story was unmistakably american. his remarkable journey has been told so many, by so many because it has been traveled by so few. desert called home, miles to hitchhike to school. family tragedies endured. the cancer he and landra fought. the country he shaped. he was proof that there's nothing ordinary about america. ordinary americans can do anything given half a chance. we the people. pretty damn extraordinary. america's an idea. an idea that anybody given a shot can reach their potential. harry was extraordinary though. he and i grew up on different sides of the country. we came from the same place where certain values ran deep. first, loyalty. faith, resolve, service, your word. pounded into my head from the time i was a child. joe, you're a man of your word. without your word, you're not a man. and he met the marker. what i always believed was the most important thing which you can measure a person by. their actions and keeping their word. harry sai

we're seeing a pattern here now, harris. >> harris: great to have you in "focus." glad we could bring you back. thank you very much for getting us started. the big dem freak-out about a looming post pelosi era. the g.o.p. are crushing it in fundraising. the power panel flies in. first this. >> what you saw up there was some guy who wants to federalize elections. splitting the country in half like a dementia riddled transient shouting at clouds. >> harris: the backlash is fierce after president biden delivered what his critics say is a divisive speech on voting rights. bret baier is in "focus." i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! (sighs wearily) here i'll take that! (excited yell) woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams of protein, one gram of sugar, and nutrients to support immune health. i lost 26 pounds and i feel incredible. with the new personalpoints program, i answered questions about my goals and the foods i love. i like that the ww personalpoints plan is built just for

here is harris. >> harris: the reviews are in and critics agree president biden's rare solo news conference created more problems for him and democrats. and news coming from across the world, ukraine's foreign minister said president biden just invited a russian invasion. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". president biden getting a taste of a hungryer than normal white house press corps. reporters asking him if he overpromised on the campaign trail. biden bit back saying he accomplished more in his first year than any other president. they asked about the 2024 white house race. biden insisted he would seek reelection with vice president kamala harris as his running mate and at one point who has failed to unite his own political party? the president blamed republicans for his legislative failures. >> president biden: i did not anticipate that there would be such a stalwart effort to make sure that the most important thing was that president biden didn't get anything done. >> harris: really? democrats infighting is not getting in the way? here is the cover of the "new yo

this is a big deal, harris.een something like this in a few years. >> harris: quickly before and i will ask they leave the map on the screen so people can see and we can move it farther south a little bit. i was reading today because of the wind it will carry all the way down to miami they'll see in the 30s. >> record temperature lows in florida. it will be the coldest miami low in 10 years, harris, big deal. >> harris: janice dean on it for us as always. fox weather. thank you very much. before i go i want to show you this. i only have a few seconds. this is how we're feeling. i'm a jersey resident and i kept this copy of the "new york post." people are here from all over the country to support our men and women in blue and all over america. you have our back and we have yours. "the faulkner focus", "outnumbered" next. hello, for the last few years, i've been a little obsessed with chasing the big idaho potato truck. but it's not like that's my only interest. i also love cooking with heart-healthy, idaho potato

. >> harris: we'll see. it wasn't about the answer but the mic he forgot or didn't know or care was on. we got the real deal. jackie, thank you. general jack keane fox news senior strategic analyst, retired four star general and chairman at the institute for the study of war is in "focus" now. i want to unpack this. the opening statements at the news conference wednesday and why it was more than problematic for the foreign minister of ukraine. he called it a green light. >> is that to me? i got you. i thought you were playing the tape. i'm sorry. so listen, certainly that was a huge mistake. despite the fact that the president has tried to recover that and walk it back the problem we have is we are relying on a high-risk policy to deter aggression. most of us believe if we're going to deter putin from invading ukraine we had to take preemptive action. that is sanctions before the invasion, military action in terms of significant increased lethal capability and offensive weapon capability to the ukrainians an

i have a great deal i want to say about harry, but you know harry.was a man of few words, and he wanted everybody else to be a person of few words. and again, we'll go to the phone calls, because i, immodestly, say that i probably got hung up on the most by harry reid. two or three times a day, for 12 years. that is official working days. sometimes saturday and sunday. but anyway, if we had a really succinct conversation, harry, subject, this, problem, this, timing, this, even if it was that succinct, you know, click. click. so sometimes i even called him back and said, harry, i was singing your praises. i was thanking you for the great job you did in the legislation and the rest. i don't want to hear it. click. i even said to him, when he was announcing his retirement, i want to have a big dinner and invite all of your friends that you're served with in the past, in the house and the senate and the rest. i don't want to do it. but i want to, you know, for them to sing your praises. i don't want to do it. save the money. feed the poor. harry reid. hi

harris. >> harris: thank you very much. so we showed you moments ago the vice president and the president of the united states and how they decided to pull politics into today, january 6th, one year later. this seemed to stand out. >> certain dates echo throughout history when our democracy came under assault. days that occupy not only a place on our calendars, but a place in our collective memory. december 7th, 1941. september 11th, 2001. and january 6th, 2021. >> harris: as you might imagine that is getting pushback. she compared the capitol riot that sadly resulted in five deaths. pearl harbor 2,403. september 11th 2,296. americans perished. ari fleischer fox news contributor former white house press secretary and he was in the white house when one of those events happened. ari, your response to what we've heard from the white house today. >> a couple of things. let me start with kamala harris. leave it to her to lose the high ground that she could hold on a day like today to engage in something absurd and ridiculous to

i said, harry, what happened? did you go hunting and accidentally shoot a bald eagle, an endangered species. he said, no, he flew into a live wire, and so i call him sparky. i said, okay. well, accepted sparky, but with his permission, and appropriately, we have named him harry. sparky flew from the leader's office to the speaker's office now harry. as we know, when harry entered the political arena, he could hold his own in the boxing ring, and so it is fitting to quote muhammad ali and his immortal words capture harry's fighting spirit. muhammad ali said that "impossible is not a declaration, it is a dare." harry would be the first to admit that he was the not the biggest, the loud or but he was tough, and he conquered the impossible and he made the world a better place. history will remember him as one of the consequential senate majority leaders of all time, but those of us fortunate to know him and love him will also remember his character and compassion, and his goodness. his goodness. to his many loved ones

here is harris in "the faulkner focus". >> harris: how did teachers unions get so much power in our lives? one of america's largest school districts has canceled classes right after the union took a vote to kill in-person learning again. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". nearly 300,000 chicago public school students won't have class today. here is why. 73% of the chicago teachers union voted last night in favor of switching to remote-only learning. they couldn't even get that going in time. the kids are going to school for free lunch today. the teachers are at home. teachers refusing to return to the classroom until the omicron surge ends or new safety measures are put in place. but wait, they told us they have a 90% vaccination rate. they told us that remote learning has a negative impact on children's mental health. the science has told us that part. in fact, in this first week of the year, we're seeing more school districts across the nation going backwards to remote learning. the american federal teachers union president tweeted this. we know kids do better in p

harris. >> harris: quarantined. that's a nice way of putting it.ieve it's segregation, am i wrong about that? they're sequestered from each other. >> it's what these parents are arguing. >> harris: let's get into it now. in new york a judge has granted a stay in that state's lawsuit over the covid-19 mask mandate. it means the mandate stays in place while the case is appealed and the schools must once again enforce it. 14 states now have mask mandates as we've seen a surge in omicron cases. jimmy failla host of fox across america on fox radio. jimmie, your humor is always cutting. this is a serious topic i know from experience your callers on radio are calling in about. you are navigating this both as a host and a parent. >> and as a parent. it does infuriate me and i'm cranky i don't want your audience to think i ate the wrong thing this morning. we're abusing kids. let's be clear about that. every one of these mask optional decisions like glenn youngkin made in virginia does not deny any parent the right to mask their kid first and foremost. if y

. >> dana: here is harris. >> harris: fox news alert. america's law enforcement are being attacked, ambushed, killed, and after a violent weekend against our cops, we are now at critical mass. we cannot accept this for them or for ourselves. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". in new york city a rookie cop and two other officers were ambushed in a neighborhood in harlem. 22-year-old jason rivera was shot and killed when they were responding to a domestic dispute. one of those fellow officers remains hospitalized at this hour, 27-year-old wilbert mora and the suspect, police shot him and he is in critical condition. these details are very familiar, unfortunately. authorities say he was on probation for a 2003 drug-related conviction and he had four prior arrests outside the city for various charges including assaulting a police officer. the cover of the "new york post" is paying tribute to the fallen officer and calling the shooter a cold blooded killer. on this 24th day of january, already five new york city police o

here is harris. ♪ ♪ >> harris: promises broken.sident biden failing the most basic part of the covid site, testing. we have been at this, entering our third year now. this is really basic stuff. now, and bid that testing crisis, more confusion out of the biden administration. i'm harris faulkner. you are now in "the faulkner focus." last week the cdc slash the isolation. to five days for asymptomatic of the but now dr. anthony fauci appears to be walking those guidelines back, suggesting another possible testing requirement amid a nationwide shortage. >> there has been some concerns about why we don't ask people at that 5-day period to get tested. that is something that is now under consideration. the cdc is very well aware that there has been some pushback about that. looking at it again, there might be an option that testing could be part of that. >> harris: wow. the cdc, legislating according to pushback. i don't want to say the word "politics." we'll just move on. the president also facing a series of court challenges over his

. >> harris: fox news alert. the white house wants people to believe that president biden has nothing to hide if that is the case, then we ask why are they keeping the press at arm's length? there are receipts to go with that. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". the numbers don't lie. analysis by the white house transition project shows president biden has conducted far fewer news conferences and interviews during his first year in office compared with the five presidents before him. so they went back. instead, biden has opted for informal questions and answers that don't leave much room for follow-up and allow him to pick and choose a lot more as you can imagine. republicans are taking notice of this. the official gop twitter account posted joe biden has not held a press conference in 68 days. the american people deserve a president who doesn't hide from the crises he has created. also this. "politico" has a nickname hiding biden. we've been hearing it for a while but it is a thing. white ho

>> harris: i'll move to this.crats today are set to forge ahead with their doomed election overhaul legislation. democrats continue to rage against senators sinema and manchin. more moderates in the party during events honoring mlk junior yesterday democrats called out the pair to change what civil rights leaders call the jim crow filibuster. the senator's commitment to preserving the filibuster. vice president kamala harris here. >> bill: 100 members of the united states senate. i won't absolve nor should any of us absolve any member of the united states senate from taking on the responsibility to follow through on the oaths they all took to support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> harris: also letting it rip you might say senator raphael warnock who made history last year when he was elected georgia's first black senator. >> i submit that members of the senate regardless of their party no longer have to ask what we would have done then, we're doing whatever we would have done then right now.

>> great question, harris.ws particularly in states like georgia they are limiting voters access to the ballot. what it means is voters black and brown voters are standing in lines for three hours. they don't have access to water or food. >> harris: where is this happening? >> in black counties within the state of georgia. >> harris: what you are saying is -- go ahead. >> what i'm saying is there are already laws on the books in 19 states across this country that are limiting access to black and brown voters from gaining greater access to the ballot. that's via long lines, voting lines, ballot boxes, it is also limiting the drop-off locations for mail-in ball yons. people have to drive across a county to drop off a ballot. >> harris: when you say that i think of the record amount of americans who voted just in the most recent presidential election and the role that people of color played in putting this particular president into the white house. james clyburn should know that more than anybody. he was there hel

here is harris. >> harris: we begin with a fox news alert. president biden has just brought our american military into the drama and danger of his latest efforts to rein in russian president putin. more than 8,000 troops are on high alert. i'm harris faulkner in "the faulkner focus". putin's 127,000 troops estimated to be at the border of ukraine ready to invade. putin is not bluffing. president biden is weighing his options as he is showing weakness on the world stage. mike pompeo wrote this. any capable american president would have responded to the massive military build-up on ukraine's border with preemptive crushing economic sanctions and an iron clad guarantee to help ukraine defend itself should russia invade. deterrents was lost with biden weakness. republican congressman michael mccaul says president biden is playing right into vladimir putin's hands. >> i think this president has made so many concessions with nothing in return. that's why putin smells weakness. he wanted this and i talked about it for a long time. his legacy issue.

your serve, harris. >> harris: i'm going to punt write to cheryl. >> cheryl: okay, this is my favorite guys, a gals, you're supposed to say, hey folks, a-team, hey y'all. i mean i'm from texas, i can say y'all. i found one thing in this entire thing that i liked and that was it but otherwise this is ridiculous. kennedy? >> kennedy: hey, guys. i say hey guys. guys, dinner's on the table. >> harris: especially when they won't listen to you. you have to do everything. >> kennedy: and when you have one child seated, it drives me batty. whenever i hear the word grandfather to come up with something supposed to be grandfathered into a contract, i fly into a murderous rage and a wrap up the contract like nancy pelosi with a president trump state of the union speech, because it's just it's so unfair to grandfather's. i don't understand it. it's meaningless. they are going to render of the english language totally useless. people like c.s. lewis are spinning in his grave. this is taking the phrase a murder your darlings way too literally and you probably can't even say that anymore when talking

here's harris. >> harris: the coronavirus is very much not shut down. the united states is shattered a new global daily record of covid cases. i'm harris faulkner. you're in the "the faulkner focus." more than one million people in america tested positive for covid-19. yesterday, alone. as what they are calling a tsunami of omicron is swamping every aspect of daily american life. that stunning number nearly doubled the record set less than two weeks ago. this week the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments on president biden's controversial federal and private employer covid mandate. sean hannity putting the blame on where we are now on one man. >> we now know there was no plan to shut down the virus. joe didn't have a plan to get enough covid-19 tests into the market. and december 2020 joe biden called the testing shortage a travesty. where is joe's operation warp speed for testing american when they need a test? >> harris: adding to the president's concerns or woes at this point, another legal blow as federal judge granted temporary reprieve to group

that's harry. that's america. here's someone mark twain himself would have written about as a defining character in the american story, had he known harry. to his staff, known as team reid, you lost an incredibly genuine role model. but we see you carrying on hmr's legacy. people of nevada, you lost a beloved son, but his spirit's always going to burn as bright as the desert sun. as a nation, we lost a giant american. a plainspoken, honorable, decent, brave, unyielding man. may this be his legacy. call on each of us to be our best and speak truth from the heart, to take up the remaining rounds of harry reid's good fight for the america we all love. what a gift. i mean this from the bottom of my heart. what a gift. what a life of a nation he turned until his last breath. landra, god bless you. god bless the entire family. may god bless my friend, harry. a great american. and god protect our troops. >> the president there wrapping up funeral services for former senate majority leader harry reid, concluding the speak

harris. >> harris: we'll stay on it. thank you very much. more on this i want to bring in joe gamaldi national vice president of the fraternal order of police. great to have you in "focus." i want to start off with what we're seeing unfold and the types of crimes. >> yeah. i think what you are seeing right now is violent criminals getting out over and over again thanks to rogue d.a.s like george gascon in l.a. in his environment we've had murders go up 71% in l.a. a complete disaster. crime and disorder everywhere you look. you have 30 municipalities voting a no confidence vote in him. if he had any shame or integrity he would resign in same from his position. when we talk about these horrific crimes that happened to that young girl like brianna we forget about the families impacted. her life was taken from her. this family will have to recover from this. nobody stops to think about the things that they have to go through on the back end of this. and the worst part about it is the d.a.s who continue to push these policies that have caused so

harry reid. >> that's a beautiful thing to be said about harry reid.licans paying tribute to reid today or next week at the capitol? i mean, when you give the length of his tenure serving in congress, yes, the end of his tenure, he had gotten right into the mix of the extreme partisanship of this country, but he preceded that as well. when you had democrats and republicans working alongside one another across the aisle. >> that's true, and based on leigh ann's reporting, there are a couple of current republican lawmakers who are there in las vegas to pay their respects and we'll certainly see more next week when the late senator lies in state at the u.s. capitol. i'll tell you, though, i'm struck by the written statement that president biden released where he said that harry reid was focused on attaining power not just for power's sake but to use it, to wield it to help people like him, and to help families like his, and it speaks to the point that senator moseley braun made f. you look at harry reid's life, his journey from rock miner's son to being s

harris faulkner, here you go. here is harris. >> harris: wow. crispy creams and hat coming to him. i lost and glad to pay that debt and happy for bill. why we're starting with the white house. breaking news in this hour because the nation's governors are gathering to meet face-to-face with president biden and no doubt part of the discussion that could come up is the border crisis based on where some of them are located. but will anybody take the president to task for what his administration is trying to hide from the public with the border crisis? i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". we know the biden administration has been releasing bus loads of mostly single male migrants as well as unaccompanied children into communities and that is fueling distrust and anger within the administration now. fox news has obtained leaked video of border agents really getting into it with border patrol chief ortiz during a visit with mayorkas. >> i do think that morale is at an all-time low and we're losing way too many agents. we don't give up. we stay focused. we continue to d

harris faulkner is up next, "the faulkner focus". >> harris: truth revealed in video that is exclusive to fox news. we reported last summer that secret nighttime flights were happening. children who had crossed the border were being shuttled to united states airports. the biden administration tried to hide it all. now an incredible revelation. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". a group of contractors making shocking comments about the secret flights. sending migrant children from the southern border to a westchester, new york airport over the summer. >> harris: the government is betraying the american people from those contractors. one source with immigration and customs enforcement satisfy they've become travel agents for illegal immigrants. the former westchester county executive running for governor of new york with this last hour. >> this is about a broken immigration system. a federal government that is completely off the rails and out of control and lying to us, not giving us the most basic questions and answers to those and we have a right to know. and it's

harry didn't have to fake it. he was the third of four boys, born in the great depression to a very poor family. his father was a hard rock miner who battled alcoholism and was tortured by depression. his father took his own life. harry came to the floor so many times i can remember and spoke of this issue of suicide and what it had meant to him as a boy growing up and what it meant to so many people across america. his mother, a sweet, humble woman who helped to feed the family by doing laundry. the family home was a sight to behold. a tin-roofed wooden cabin with no indoor plumbing, no hot water, no telephone. the day harry came into this world was december 2, 1939. the day he had his mark twain moment and learned why he was put there happened 30 years later. against all odds, larry had e-- harry had escaped the poverty of his childhood. he had put himself through law school at george washington university here in washington, d.c., and he worked as a capitol hill police officer in this building to pay for his la

harris, this judge blamed the parents.hey allowed a 16-year-old's to bring liquor to a party." they provide liquor to underage people. and there's no evidence of that. and then he said, and you wonder how these things happen. so this guy is spreading his version of morality on thick and blaming the parents for that you see on the right of your screen. cameron vaughn is the and the judge blamed the parents. >> harris: the word about consent, i know we can tie it to an age but i'm really trying to understand the morality of consent. so this defendant said, i can understand what she was saying but you were on top of her. if you can't understand what she's saying, why are you suddenly inside of her? i don't mean to be discussing for the hour but that was what was in the court record. if you can't understand that person, regardless of age, i would think that consent can't be given. that is a crime already being perpetrated. i mean, i can't understand how a judge then would turn around and blame alcohol at the party and alcohol

here's harris. >> harris: fox news alert. major action at the u.s. supreme court that could have big consequences on how much power president biden should have. the justices right now are hearing emergency oral arguments challenging biden's sweeping covid vaccine mandates and plaintiffs are arguing that states, not washington, should have authority over the mandates and calling the federal crackdown unnecessary and counterproductive. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". two mandates. a vaccine and testing and masking order for businesses of 100 or more employees. the second a measure requiring hospital and healthcare workers to be vaccinated at most facilities. those orders combined affect more than 100 million workers. so that's where we are today. let's flashback to the white house's earlier take on mandates. >> you don't want a mandate and force anyone to take the vaccine. we've never done that. >> president biden: i don't think it should be mandatory. >> no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination cred

jimmy carter, being a one-term president. >> harris: communication. harris.alk about it everyday. they are like the two flavors in the starburst packet that to not go together. they don't. she has at so many problems, look. she is getting ready to hire jamaal simmons. her nuke communications director. kaylee, not even focused on that. i want to look at the seniority of the people that have left her team. that can lead to things like what you're talking about. i will not pull out all the names, just their titles. one of them is the director of advance. another is the deputy director of advance. another is the director of digital strategy. another is the communications chief. another is senior advisor and chief spokesperson. another is a deputy director of public engagement. another is director of press operations. that is a lot of seniority off of your team. i am not surprised that there was a giggle in this latest round. it's unfortunate. i don't know if jamaal simmons can turn it around and do a good job. >> it is a big job. jamaal simmons, as we learned, he

host: that scene from harry reid's exchange on the capital back in 2013. the reporter he was talking to, that so-called bully was a senior writer for congress on the white house neal winooski and he's joining us this morning by phone to talk about the legacy of harry reid stop do you remember that moment on capitol hill? guest: i certainly do. thank you for having me this morning. it was a little bit unexpected. in those days when senator reid would have the tuesday afternoon stakeout at the ohio corridor, i was pretty much one of the regulars who was there every week working for roll call. it sort of became a recurring element with senator reid picking on a few select regulars in the crowd. the other one that comes to mind as you may remember was steve dennis who also used to work at roll call and works at bloomberg now. he had a moment where he was accused of asking a clown question in the parlance of harry reid for bryce harper back when he was playing for the nationals. this was sort of a recurring part of the sort of shtick, i would call it. host: we

he is now the fifth harris staffer to leave.another is also looking to resign soon. all of this as they are up in claims of tension in the vice president's office. that includes a blistering report describing harris as a bully who dishes out "soul destroying criticism. but a source close said that he is still on good terms with the vice president. emily, they are been a lot of reports from "the washington post," to the cnn one that had nearly three dozen sources, they talk about the vice president not being confident, being hard on staff and this is bad for the number two person in the line of succession, a history going back to california. spill and that's exactly right, not only going back to the attorney general, but also on the campaign, remember when she dropped out of the race there were tons of reporting about office infighting and associate civil war between the staff and the conflict with a lot of the family members that held divisions in her campaign staff and those that felt that they were having whiplash of her polic

we will see you at the top of the hour. >> harris: the goat. the sports world was on fire over the weekend after espn's top nfl reporter said the seven-time super bowl champion was retiring after 22 seasons. the story was off and running. but tom brady's dad says no final decision has actually been made, we have not heard from tom brady himself, it seems that the tampa bay buccaneers say it is news to them, agents push back on the story and some reporters did not go to the source. i am going to go with the source of the biggest fan i know of tom brady and the bucs right now and that is kayleigh mcenany. >> kayleigh: that is me. look, harris, tampa bay and the mek in any family have been all over this over the weekend. i am having lunch with my parents, the news that tom is retiring, my dad is heartbroken, and here is my daughter with her tom brady jersey on, and then we find out, oh, wait, maybe it's not true. tom brady has brought us a lot of joy here in florida as a super bowl victory, and i just hope it is not true and i do wish justice brey

>> harris, good afternoon. i think you all have hit a lot of the points directly, and pledge not once and not twice but multiple times on debate stages and elsewhere that, if he was president and if a vacancy on the supreme court came open, he would nominate a black woman to be on the court. he said it's time to have that representation to the court. i think jonathan turley makes an excellent point about those questions, especially since the cases that are coming before the supreme court on racial issues, especially when it comes to admissions and colleges and how that all factors in. but that's what he said and i think you will see some shows like patty murray tweeting out that they are hoping that that's what he does. this doesn't change the political environment and whenever there's a retirement or an opening in the supreme court, it changes the dynamic. to guide benson's point earlier, it's not just one site that changes but it's both sides because suddenly the issues that become -- that surround a nominati

emily. >> emily: things, harris. first of all, tomi, i love that you quoted john dutton, as long as you don't say "spoiler load." there are two major problems. unworkable, impractical solution to these symptoms, rather than the underlying issue. it actually falls on its face constitutionally. we know that it discriminates plainly on the issue of race, but it has to have a strict scrutiny standard. the law has to be narrowly tailored to serve compelling state interest. here, sure, there is no one that can arguably -- that can argue effectively that this is narrowly tailored to such. what i mean about the underlying issue is that i understand that these black and brown communities suffer more from underlying factors like obesity and kidney failure and diabetes, absolutely. and they are not represented in the higher concentration in age, which is number one, but the answer is to not allocate resources in this way that detracts from those populations that are suffering from the highest ratio, which is those that are olde

. >> harris: i'm harris faulkner and we're covering this hour of the hearing there with dr. fauci and dr. walensky, the cdc director. it just got really heated and we wanted to pull back for just a moment because we want to get some perspective on where we are in our fight against covid-19 and that was quite a fight. dr. marc siegel in focus now. fox news contributor, professor at nyu langone medical center. what do you make of that, doctor? >> it was a really amazing personal attack that went on. i have to tell you, i know both of these men very well and i have a positive feeling about both of them. i have met with senator paul, i think he is an excellent physician not just a senator. i think this has turned into a personal issue. dr. fauci i would say only one thing on the negative side. he tends to be dogmatic. if he has an idea he sticks to it and maybe doesn't pivot quickly enough. we're in a position where everyone is frustrated and had covid already and got reinfected. what happened to the idea was i protected by immunity or i had a vaccine and booster and still got i

david, take us into the room, that conversation with harry reid and barack obama and how harry encouragedhim. >> i remember it very well, fred. i remember getting a call from obama. i was in chicago and he called me from washington and he just said i had the strangest conversation with harry reid and chuck schumer. chuck schumer was there as well. and he said, i didn't know why they were calling me over there, but they told me that they think i should think about running for president. and it was almost with bewilderment that he made this. and as we talked it through, he said, listen, you know, these are serious people and i owe it to myself, to them to take this seriously. and i do think -- you know, it may be that barack obama would have gotten there anyway, but there is absolutely no doubt that that conversation in the spring of 2006 was pivotal in terms of prodding him to take the next step and begin to think very seriously about running. and that relationship was strong throughout. on the final swing of the 2012 campaign, we stopped in las vegas and senator reid, who was the democrat

[laughter] >> harris: you're coming with it.'ve seen this happen in new york under the previous administration. i remember a situation where we were on the l ie on the other end where people were stuck in their cars people died during those storms. kayleigh has a good point. why are we not better prepare for this? >> joe: that's the thing. having lived in that area as well, it's amazing that the maryland, d.c., virginia becomes paralyzed during a winter storm, they don't come off them but they, not for you should have the resources and plans in place. but look, ralph northam is the governor. it is not glenn youngkin them as mcenany has said. it seems like he's bloom walk out the door. 20 hours after this, you've got that reference, ralph northam is yet to hold a press conference. he's tweeting instead. it's a election of duty pay the national guard need to be called in here yesterday appeared all hands on deck, it did not happen, now people have died as a result of this governor who does not care all that much because where is h