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is closing in. both sides of the aisle pressuring president biden to do something to stop it and do it now. this is "the faulkner focus." im julie banderas in for harris today. secretary of state antony blinken and homeland security secretary mayorkas were both in mexico yesterday to discuss the border crisis. dhs calls the meeting with the president obrador in mexico and others, quote, very productive. republican congresswoman nancey mace says its not close to good enough. >> blinkens...

that trumps legal team also filed a motion to fight the subpoena on the grounds of executive privilege, basically that the president and his senior aides can have internal communications that dont have to be shared. this is a separate matter pences legal time is trying to block it on. pences team did not comment, nor did the justice department. what im told pence is doing with this is basically trying to block the testimony they believe is related and pertains to his legislative action...

Well everybody. Im jesse waters, along with judge Jeanine Pirro h, harold ford jr. Shannon bream and doug 5 00 in New York City. And this is five liberals attacking elon musk for simply seeing the carnage at thee border. The billionaire going where Joe Biden Refuseborders and Live Streaming his trip to eagle pass, texas on xng his t. The town gets routinely bombarded by thousands of illegal immigrants. The tesla ceo getting a tour from republican congressman tony gonzalez. And they say its not j...

down mikes briefing and nearly 3 weeks. this moment is expected to come up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sandra: video of that moment has gone viral as it appears to show president biden gazing into a hollywood crowd mormons before president obama steps in and then leads him off stage. >> the white house disputing claims that biden froze during the fund-raiser. reassure voters about bidens age and mental acuity. >> sandra: it is the issue that just wont go away. we are going to speak with him ab...

So will smith was mad at his situation, not at me. but you seem to be saying -- and maybe im wrong. tell me if im wrong. hes not actually saying that. he just wants to embarrass will smith by mentioning all that. >> well, he might think that. i dont know if he thinks that. i think it was weird because then you dont talk about the history, like you said, saying things about her jokingly or not since 1997. when he says that she wanted him to not host the oscars in 2016 because of the oscars so whi...

Hearing in the democrat-controlled congress on this topic, and that is just absolutely political malpractice on their part. >> julie: yeah, go talk to the families, especially of the four border patrol agents who commit suicide because the morale is at an all-time low because they have zero support and once they put their lives on the lined and they apprehend and arrest, these migrants are being released. so whats the point of even showing up to your job? ive got to move on, though, as much as i...

Jessica? >> yeah. thanks for your reporting. up next, how the case against four men accused of plotting to kidnap the governor of michigan fell apart. also tonight, with more people now eligible for a second covid-19 booster, should you get yours right away? we have more on the new guidance. and the oscars slap back. will smith gets ten years in the academy awards sin bin for slapping chris rock. youre in the "cnn newsroom." new dove men stress-relief body wash... with a plant-based adapto...

And that he replaced him with a yes man. i mean, we ought to mention that some of the episodes of the obstruction of justice did occur when he was chief of staff. but it is an extraordinary moment and its also extraordinary how many of the folks in trump world are now breaking their silence and willing to come out and speak. and i think -- i think the dam is really beginning to break and youre starting to see this. and the -- the trump -- the slap-back at john kelly came awfully quickly but i th...

A very good friday morning to you. im jim sciutto in washington. poppy harlow is off today. we are following breaking news this morning. no end in sight for president trumps trade war with china. in just the last hour, china has announced it will impose new tariffs on $75 billion in u.s. goods. it comes as we wait to hear from the fed chair jerome powell at any moment. he is speaking at an economic forum in wyoming. will he announce interest rate cuts as he faces major pressure from the white ho...

Are embarrassed by this. but the idea of boycotting on the republican side with money is probably one of the most effective ways to punish them or slap back. he seems like the only thing that would be even more effective would be for everyone to get off twitter, even for just a period of time. has there been any conversation along those lines? >> in this instance, it appears money has talked. im told right before he came on the air with you here that twitter has in fact freed mitch. the team mit...