do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. harris: desantis is likely to be one of the most well-known in the pack outside of donald trump. trump s lead among gop candidates is widening since march. some top republicans including former presidential candidates say the governor has his work cut out for him. what s happening to desantis, he is beginning to shrink from being 1 of 2 and 1 of many. is there an opportunity to grow in the polls? absolutely. at this point president trump is way ahead so it is a daunting task for any of these other candidates. i think desantis has to run his own race. he has a crowded field. he has to show he is the alternative to donald trump. but he has an uphill climb. harris: jason chaffetz, former utah congressman in focus now. jason, now there are seven by tonight with desantis. yeah, look. donald trump is clearly out in front. it feels like he is lapping people at this point bu
republican lawmakers say all of it all of it puts our national security in danger. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus . the decision by president biden to release another 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve puts our nation s emergency supply at its lowest level in four decades. this has been his administration s reflexive move for months now. biden already has released, when you add it up, 165 million barrels. now add on to what he is about to bring us, 15 more and you hit 180 since he took office. in other words, his presidency has been rocking high gas prices for quite some time now. why now focus on it? the president seeming to get a bit defensive when someone asked that question. what is your request to republicans who say you are only doing the release to help democrats in the mid-terms? president biden: where have they been the last four months is my response. is it politically motivated? president biden: no it s
america. the countdown to election day november 85 days from now. the president laser focused on that, not on the issues voters have been saying they care about. instead here is what and whom the president says is public enemy number one. president biden: you know, american democracy is under attack because the defeated former president of the united states refuses to accept the results of the 2020 election. it is estimated that the more than 300 election deniers on the ballot all across america this year. we can t ignore the impact this is having on our country. it is damaging. harris: from the president of the united states and republicans with this. i thought it was pathetic and divisive. not one word how to secure a broken border or lower gas prices as president. how i m going to challenge rampant crime. how i will make us energy independent. it was about half the country being political terrorists. it is not going to work. harris: that takes deplorable to a whol
democrats wasted no time taking a bow. at last we have arrived and we are elated. every member of my caucus is elated about what happened because we really have changed the world in a way that you rarely get an opportunity to do that. it is going to make a difference to my grandkids. the world will be a better place for my grandchildren because of what we did today. harris: many economists paint a very different picture from he just said calling the inflation reduction act saying it will do exactly the opposite and republicans are warning the legislation will wind up raising taxes on the middle class. they call it the inflation reduction act. the most orwellian name in the senate since i ve been there. people paid 26 paychecks a year, biden policies have consumed four of those 26 paychecks out of every year. that is appalling. it is doubling appalling they would spend more and raise taxes in the middle of a recession while we re in inflation. harris: the spending plan
Were trying to run as nationally and do other things. we ve been making really good progress. harris: you will see a press now from all of these candidates because what they really want to do is get on that debate stage, some of them haven t reached that 1% threshold. you will see many of them put the pressure on now. it is the first time. the first gop debate on fox of this election series. right now former president donald trump and five rivals are one poll away from qualifying for the debate stage. cassie smutly, vice president, and former executive director of america rising pac and kevin walling. getting down to the nitty-gritty before they step up and america gets to see them take each other on. what should we be looking for now? what pops for you? i think the new hampshire