Correspondent Alexis Mcadams starts us off live tonight from des moines, iowa. Good evening, alexis. Bret, good evening from des moines. We talked to lot of voters state fairgrounds fox power rankings. Amongst all the fried food and all the fun here in iowa. The main course still politics. Tim scott, i think he has got a very positive message i like donald trump. I voted for him. This time around its iffy. Trump is the only one that can get us out of this mess we gotten into. Iowa voters not surprised that former President Donald Trump came outer on top on the new latest power rankings. Maybe desantis but im Still Standing with trump. Florida Governor Ron Desantis remains in second place, though recent polls show that gap between him and trump is widening. And in most national polls, South Carolina senator tim scott is a distant third. I just dont think he is as wellknown unless you have really been following the senate. Right now scott the only other candidate to poll double dignity s
updated? i don t have the answer for you on that. there s a number of policies relevant for this. that may affect you ll commit to providing those to us to explore them together? i will commit to provide a briefing that will have very helpful information. what about a written policy explaining how commercially available information can be used in criminal investigations? i think it s all wrapped up in the same answer i just gave. the reason that this is so important is because the question is whether the fbi uses that data to generate leads for investigations only or further along in the investigative process. there s public reporting on dhs contracts with the same data brokers that i mentioned earlier totalling millions of taxpayer dollars. as you know in the 2018 supreme court decision in carpenter versus united states, the court held that it s a violation of the fourth amendment for the government to access historical local data without a warrant. does the fb
bret: tonight we look at how members of congress are reaching across the aisle to find common ground to try to work together to address big issues. joining us this evening california democratic congressman scott peters and michigan republican congressman billize again. thank for being here. i want to play this soundbite from president biden. my friends talk about big spending biden. i make a promise i will never raise tax on anyone making less than $400,000 a year i kept my promise. unlike the last president, my first two years in office, even with all we have done, i m the first one to cut the federal debt by $1,700,000,000,000. bret: well, not really. he didn t cut the federal debt. the debt actually went up in the biden administration $3.5 trillion. over 31 trillion now. you all are working across the aisle on financial matters. tell me how congress gets
president biden may claim he didn t coin the term bidenomics but has been leaning into it lately. all the talk about big-spending biden. i lowered the deficit. $1,700,000 in the first two years. no one has done that. last guy increased it anyway, i won t get into that. that s bidenomics in action. whether he s creepily whispers or ineffectively shouting about the strength of economic policies, americans don t appear to be buying his assurances. according to a new poll, the economy remains the top concern for americans. a new report in fortune says many are cutting back on personal hygiene products like scouring shelves for cheaper toot toothpaste. it s a troubling sign for the economy. a resident expert on the couch today. what do you make of this?
s no, i m serious. we could put every single qualified student in community college for free. well, that goes that big spending biden, typical democrat, he s out spending my money, raise my taxes. you can do it with one thing. just eliminate 17 billion of the 1 trillion 600 billion plus dollars, you know what it s called? stepped up basis. i didn t know what it was, because when i was a senator, i was listed as the poorest man in congress. and i had a good salary as a congressman. it s one of those deals where, when you get elected at 29 that s what happens, here s the deal. the fact of the matter is, stepped up basis means if you go out and make a capital gain, you buy stock, and it s worth 100,000, you make 150,000 or a million or so on, you pay a