[cheers and applause] >> harris: nashville, tennessee, music city. home of the historic grand ole opry house and we're live at this gorgeous venue ahead of tonight's fifth annual patriot awards. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." a live audience that you just heard will be with me the entire hour and hear from some of you individually. i'm so glad you are here. along with our stellar lineup of guests. let's get to the breaking news first. a fox news alert now, violence in our nation's capital. [shouting] an anti-israel protest out of control. these people showed up outside the democratic party headquarters in washington, d.c. last night just steps from congressional buildings. that forced police to lead lawmakers in evacuating from the dnc and put the entire capitol on lockdown. kat cammack posted on x, no getting in or out of our offices. anyone else. notice how violent the so-called cease-fire crowd? a dire posting from a congresswoman and new mother anna paulina luna. i'm with my baby at the office. the capitol offices went into lockdown because of these clowns. imagine being that unhinged. nut jobs. former deputy chief of staff, karl rove. >> the scene on the mall of hundreds of thousands of people waving american flags, israeli flags, peaceably supporting israel in this moment of crisis, democrat and republican leaders on the stage thanking the crowd for their support and then we see black shirted thugs trying to break into the democratic national committee in order to confront the leadership of the house democrats who were there for meetings. they wanted to quote engage them. >> harris: at least six capitol police officers were injured. they did engage. protestors were punching, pepper spraying the police officers. one protestor was arrested. never mind the images we see with our own eyes, protest organizers insisted the dem mon administration was peaceful. look at that. and we're bleeping things. griff jenkins in washington now. it was not only out of control, griff, it was dangerous. >> it was quite a scene of mayhem, harris. good morning to you and your great audience there in nashville. let me show you how this all started. we can push in on the doors to the dnc. we're a block and a half from the house office buildings behind the capitol. this is where 200 pro-palestinian protestors locked arms and barricaded the doors. from there it devolved to mayhem. let me show you, harris, the contrast from the pro-israel rally on the mall that happened on tuesday. you can see the nearly 300,000 gathering peacefully. then, of course, the mayhem of just the 200 there. now the group last night was demanding a cease-fire while punching and cursing at the capitol police officers forcing the u.s. capitol into lockdown and the evacuation of lawmakers inside the dnc. one of those members, debra wasserman schultz was quite shaken. listen here. >> it was a very disturbing, troubling situation. when you engage in tactics that are in a sense intimidating and certainly blocking access or exit from the building, i think crosses that line. >> capitol police issued a statement. we have handled hundreds of peaceful protests. last night's group was not peaceful. the crowd failed to obey our lawful orders to move back from the dnc where members of congress were in the building. harris, the capitol police say the protestors pepper sprayed their officers and six officers were injured. just one protestor, a 24-year-old man from new york arrested for assault after a police officer after he slammed a female officer into a door and punching her in the face. yet the protest organizers claim it was a peaceful demonstration. >> the folks in democratic liedership have not been listening to the 80% of us to stop the genocide of palestinians. and instead of being met with leaders engaging with us, instead of being met again our peaceful protest, we were met by police. >> the protestors released their own statement saying that the police violently attacked them injuring 90 of their protestors. harris, send it back to you in nashville. >> harris: that elicited laughter from the guest sitting next to me. quickly do we know why they haven't arrested more people? you can clearly see with many videos all over social media last night what people were doing and their faces. >> can i just one more time, harris? breaking up a little bit. >> harris: i want to know why they didn't arrest more people. when you saw the images, video all over social media last night and people's faces and what they were doing, why didn't they arrest more? only one man. >> that's a great question, harris. when we received the statement from the capitol police, i specifically wrote back saying we would like to know why just one arrest was made when clearly they say in their own statement it is more violent than the usual protests we see now on a daily basis in d.c. they wrote back one word saying correct. take that for what you will. harris. >> harris: that tells me there is more to the story. we'll keep digging. i know you will. good to see you, griff, thank you. democratic congressman brad sherman posted he had been evacuated from dnc headquarters after pro-terrorist, anti-israel protestors grew violent pepper spraying police officers and attempting to break into the building. thankful to the police officers who stopped them and for helping me and my colleagues get out safely. democrat congressman sherman joins me now. so first of all, why did democratic party headquarters for this, do you know? >> look, we had 250, 300,000 peaceful, permitted pro-israel demonstrators on the 14th. this was a group of 200 but they felt that by breaking the law and by assaulting police officers, they could get perhaps some portion of the attention that 250,000 or 300,000 people got because they know that violence is a force multiplier when it comes to demonstrations. >> harris: i want to get into politics a little bit here. they targeted the dnc. they are angry with president biden and angry with many of you because you are getting in the way of what? why you? >> well, the object here is the hamas object was to attack and kill as many israelis as they could, 1200, on october 7th, retreat, regroup, and then do it again. that's not me speaking. that's hamas leadership. others are duped into the idea that somehow a truce that allows hamas to regroup and retreat. we all want a cease-fire. the best way to do that is for hamas to release the hostages and disarm . then the killing and the terrible scenes from gaza can stop. >> harris: i'm glad you are okay. i'm glad everybody was okay. i know it was frightening in those moments. a last word on that. >> well, there is a lot that goes with this job. it is clear that these demonstrators are opposed to the efforts of the dccc to elect democrats. they are not trying to help republicans and republicans don't want that kind of help. many of them believe by destroying and defeating the democratic party they can advance their objectives. >> harris: congressman sherman. stay safe. thank you. all right. here with me now. i saw a lot of non-verbal from both of these gentlemen. will cain and joey jones. this is a dire circumstance. did you hear what he just said, they want from and for the democrat party? >> i heard that he declined to answer your question of why the subject was the dnc. i would like to answer it. the answer is because those protestors believe that democratic party has betrayed the philosophical and political ties, the only tie that has bound together the left for the past half century. politically the left has taken up the cause of the palestinians. formality from the soviet union and marxist ideology happening across the middle east and over the course of half a century. philosophically the left has adopted the oppressor/oppressed mindset. they believe that everything must be looked through the pris pal of the victim. that applies to race, trans ideology and applies to this issue. they see the palestinians as the oppressed. so when you see those people outside the dnc they aren't there for a republican congressman. they are after their own side who they feel betrayed them philosophically. >> harris: you see a lot of that on social media, joey. >> exactly what will is saying. a lot of nuance. people on the right oppose us funding israel's war against hamas but do it from a position of -- candace owens talking about yesterday getting into it with her own employer supporter of israel. the argument is more so if you can't close our own border and can't help us, they are extreme but extreme america first. for those on the left are hateful of america because they have adopted this idea of anti-colonizer and go back as far as they need to but no further to substantiate it. they make excuses for the murders in south africa and hamas on october 7th and views of hating this country. the idea the sins of your fathers father's father are with you today doesn't hold water even in israel and the region. it gives them an excuse to hate anything they want to. >> harris: you know, last night those images were so disturbing because who didn't see this coming? this has been happening on college campuses ever since october 7th. israel had not even identified and gotten to the point where they could move in and get to their dead to bury them and already people were up in arms in this country hating israel. >> before it was a counter offensive at all. >> harris: october 7th seems to have shown who is among us. it didn't create these people. they are young, a lot of them. >> you say who didn't see this coming? we can be shocked at the extent to it's being embraced. the immediate support after october 7th. there is a trend right now on tiktok of young members on the left revisiting the letter from osama bin laden, a letter to america. in essence they are using osama bin laden to justify terrorism in pursuit of pushing back on the oppressor. >> harris: i want to get to this. joey, you next on this. you know the far left squad members as they are called and rashida tlaib, recently censured for anti-semitic things she has said, her remarks, nine publicly in recent days before that congressional censure. she has now refused to answer a fox news reporter when pressed about her use of those anti-israel slogans particularly from the river to the sea. the house voted again to censure her earlier this month for amplifying that chant. let's watch. >> congresswoman do you regret using the phrase from the river to the sea used by terrorists to call for the genocide of the jewish people. do you regret using it? that phrase can be anti-semitic congresswoman tlaib? >> harris: joey. >> there are all kinds of room in political leaders to have an opinion opposite of whatever you are told you should have when it comes to foreign poll cismd it is okay to not say i'm for israel's war against hamas. it is not okay to dog whistle to a demographic that thinks saying that you are not anti-semitic is a bad thing. that's -- if you will venture into the gray area the responsibility is on you, not the rest of us. we shouldn't say poor rashida tlaib. she doesn't hate jewish people. we don't know that. she won't say that. if you take a stance that's viewed as radical against the government of israel, take it and say it loudly so if i don't agree with you i have a chance to tear it down. that's a battle of ideas. when you can't say you're not anti-semitic, then you are. >> harris: new folks poll finds 39% of voters approve of biden's handling of the war. that's down from the numbers in other recent polling. what's happening, will? >> he has lost the support of his own party. the congressman you just had on said there were 200 to 300 people outside the dnc. they are clearly somewhat representative of a divide in the democratic party over how this issue will be handled. he will never have the support of a conservative voter or republican party. that cratering is because he lost his own party. >> harris: there were political concerns early on being expressed that well, rashida tlaib and others in the squad were saying it. you are putting the muslim vote in jeopardy. is that what you are talking about? or is this wider in the party? >> i think you and i have had this conversation, harris. the muslim vote is not consequential enough numericly to have that type of impact. you are talking about this ideology on the left. yes it's on college campuses and reflected in grown adults that believe you are on the wrong side of history. so they are anti-zionist, anti-israel and now apparently anti-biden. >> harris: it's great to have you both with me today. thank you. i know the audience knows it, too. when they knew you were coming they got excited. it's a busy day for us here at fox news in nashville, tennessee. tonight we're celebrating the fifth annual patriot awards hosted by pete hegseth. we'll honor everyday americans in an event featuring some of your favorite fox personalities. when i say everyday, they are literally protecting and serving in every way this country every single day. they do it all. it is not too late to get tickets. log onto fox nation.com/patriot awards and we hope to see you here tonight. there are people in tennessee, i saw them flying in yesterday. they will get their tickets and come. god bless you guys. look forward to seeing you. will and joey, thank you. more anti-israel protests coming from college campuses across america. you just heard us talking about this. leaders are under pressure to take action against the frightening anti-semitism. but then face backlash if they take any action to protect those jewish students. plus the drumbeat of really bad polling for president biden. it gets louder and louder. he is losing support of the voters he says he needs most. critics say democrats ought to be worried at this point. >> we're a year away. this is why the democrats in particular are so concerned. they don't see the numbers moving. if anything they see it going backwards. veteran homeowners, need to save money every month? 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[applause] >> harris: oh my goodness, we're here live in nashville, tennessee, at the grand ole opry house. and we even enlisted the fox news drone to take that outdoor picture. got to love that. let's get into politics now. new fox polls show president biden's numbers match his record low of 40% approval from july of 2022. another troubling sign for biden, former president donald trump has won over record support from many critical voting groups since october 2020. trump has made double digit gains among independents, blacks, hispanics, he also has picked up support from suburban voters and men. former congressman doug collins with this. >> joe biden is very unpopular right now. this is very much of a concern for democrats. it shows there is a long way away. a year away. this is why the democrats in particular are so concerned. they don't see the numbers moving. if anything they see it going backward. they see every time joe biden is more out in public on things he should be winning on he is going backwards. that's a concern for them. >> harris: power panel now gi gianno caldwell and -- first of all, patrick i will start with you because i want to know why this is happening with joe biden now. the timing, i know you will tell me we're a year away. he has gone downhill more and more over the past year. >> there is unrest. you have engagements in ukraine, israel, and people really want gas prices continue to go down and inflation continue to go down. people aren't feeling it. it is trending the right direction. it will level out, honestly, in the next 12 months. collins said there are 12 months away. these are the same numbers that barack obama had against mitt romney. the consumer sentiment was worse for obama than it is for joe biden. >> joe biden is no barack obama, we know that. >> mitt romney is no donald trump. >> first thank you for having me. i would be remiss if i didn't thank our audience who have been very supportive of me and my family with tragic murder of my brother on june 24th of last year. thank you for coming and for having us here. i have to tell you, these numbers are absolutely troubling for every democrat, every democrat that i know that are in high positions have been quietly telling us there is trouble ahead and people like newsom looking to meet with the chinese president, looking to meet with any number of folks to try to make himself presentable for the number two in case joe biden cannot run this race. it continues to look like he can't. back in may we had fox news polling traits of joe biden. the question was what percentage? cares about people like me only 45% said yes, honest and trustworthy, only 40% yes. has judgment to save, 38%. has mental soundness to serve 37%. is corrupt, 44% of americans said yes in may. the numbers have become so much worse for joe biden. they know the train is off the track. >> harris: i do want to show a new fox poll. a lot of numbers around us right now and we're seeing this. i hear democrats, patrick, say we don't look at the numbers. yes, you do. >> we look at the numbers. >> harris: i have the most conversations with democrats on this issue. anyway the new polling shows that joe biden is currently behind trump, desantis and haley in each of the head-to-head watch-ups. nikki haley by the widest margin continuously, an 11-point lead against joe biden. 52 to 41%. projected if the vote were today. a big jump from her 4-point edge just last month. how do you account for that and if you know that you are losing, say, people in the suburbs, particularly women, how do you turn it around if you're joe biden? >> first after it was nikki haley i would say it won't happen for joe biden. it won't be nikki haley. it will be donald trump versus joe biden again period. so just like when you say it will be gavin newsom. it will be joe biden and donald trump in a rematch next year. and i think it will level out and nip and tuck. we have independents like robert kennedy junior and others and maybe joe manchin. it will be close. >> harris: you saw what former democrat and now independent joe lieberman was saying, that with his new no labels with the third party, he wants to take a closer look at joe manchin and joe manchin deserves to have a closer look at the top of that ticket. that would be trouble for democrats. former president trump, you brought him up. let's get into it. narrowly beat top democrats in a head-to-head watch-up. harris by four points. whitmer by two points and joe manchin by one point. here is senator manchin again not ruling out a white house run. let's watch. >> are you considering running for president? >> i will do anything i can to help my country. >> is that a yes? >> does that mean you would consider it? absolutely. every american should consider. if they are in a position to help save the country. i think we're on the wrong course. i would do everything possible. >> harris: what i think is fascinating about that the drumbeat from democrats. donald trump has all these indictments and everything else. the man is able to be, with all of that going on. you should be embarrassed on your side of the aisle. if you are saying two hands behind trump's back and you still pro