Today 133 hostages still in captivity if they are all still alive. A grim milestone and an administration now waivering on 75 years of unwavering support for our top middle east ally. President biden facing massive backlash within his own party as november looms. What will he do . Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. President bidens most recent call with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contained a not so veiled threat from biden. It went this way. If israel does not conduct its war the way the United States wants it to, there will be consequences. Then he brushed off this question about the apparent ultimatum. Mr. President , are you abandoning israel . Are you abandoning israel . [inaudible] harris look at this. Antiisrael protestors showing up in force at the president s home in wilmington, delaware where he spent the weekend. Thats as far as they could get in because secret service set a perimeter up. Thats pretty far in, though. Demonstrations like this
harris: we have breaking news inside a federal courthouse in delaware. the prosecution now has rested its case and we re told both the defense attorneys and the prosecution attorneys are in a side bar right now with the judge. we can confirm president biden s son, hunter biden, will not take the stand in his own defense for gun felonies he is accused of. the defense and prosecution again have rested. that means the case could be in the jury s hands as soon as today. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. hunter biden arrived just ahead of today s 8:15 a.m. start. the usual family entourage including jill biden and james and valerie were there. in the first five days of the trial witness testimony came from hunter s ex-wife, two of his ex-girlfriends, one of whom is also his brother s widow and his grown daughter, naomi. they deeply, deeply detailed personal and emotional, they dove deep into the first son s drug use and abuse. hunter biden as you know is a
moore. partner at moore hall. so, first, what is the purpose of this request, to have the city, the chief and the former lieutenant dismissed? well, i m glad to be with you. this really is just a standard practice in a federal lawsuit. so if you think about it, there has been an allegation filed and that is complaint. and this allegation said all of these peopler were involved an this is the activity that is involved and now city has a chance to make their initial response. they re not having to answer the lawsuit yet. they re saying, judge, there is not enough information to keep our clients in the case. so there is nothing particularly unusual. it is not necessarily just an effort to escape anything at this point. but it is standard practice. and so the motion to dismiss, court will look at the law and decide whether or not the facts aedge willed in the complaint are sufficient to move the case forward. it would be mal practice for any defense attorney in a civil case to try to n
kellyanne conway, fox news contributor and former senior counselor to president trump, a long-tim pollster and president of ka consulting. you two have crossed paths over the years. it is fair to say we have harris: let s talk about the headwind pushing against biden right now. kellyanne, i will start with you. no question and why upwards of 2/3 of democrats don t want biden to seek that second term. he is having trouble gaining traction and attention, endorsements and excitement within his own party. mary anne williamson and rfk junior have a third of the vote now according to respectable polls and they aren t able to debate joe biden. it would be political mal practice for the biden campaign try not to compete in north carolina. you have a democrat governor. since 2008 when obama/biden won north carolina, that state
the reason is simple. they moved closer to russia. major trading partner with russia, obviously helping them avoid sanctions as a result of all of that. but the reality is that when you look at what is happening in turkey, you also see that this is still a deeply divided society. that erdogan s policy of polarizing his nation for 20 years has worked. and despite his authoritarianism and moving away from democratic freedoms, despite the economic mal practice in tanking his economy largely due to inflation that you mentioned and as i mentioned his moving away from the united states and the west, he is likely to win this runoff my sources are telling me, dana. and that s just the reality that they are facing. his opponent fell way behind in the polls. they are deflated as a result of the primary election.