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i don't expect to hear an apology from the republicans to the president but answer frees the white house about questions rooted the actual documents and evidence. >> john: we'll see where it goes. dana, great to spend the day with you today. >> dana: i think you helped me prep for the five today with the panel. sandra smith another woman you know well is in for harris, "the faulkner focus" is up next. here she is. >> sandra: lawmakers taking on tiktok. the ceo testifying on capitol hill is trying to convince america not to ban the chinese-owned app. this is "the faulkner focus" and i'm sandra smith in for harris. lots of eyeballs including the white house watching the hearing at tiktok ceo chew testifies before the house energy and commerce committee. the 32 members of that committee will have five hours to press chew on the app's chinese
i guarantee they'll resolve these differences and jordan has the ability to pursue this. that request by jim jordan and his committee is not over yet. they have to meet and confer in good faith. >> sandra: a live look outside the manhattan d.a.'s office in new york city to your point well taken, a city that is dealing with huge problems including huge spikes in crime. they wish it would get under control. thank you very much for joining us on that. appreciate it. >> thank you, sandra. >> sandra: president biden trying to flip the script on crime and policing. repeatedly accusing republicans of pushing to defund the police. acussing republicans. voters have to decide if they'll buy that. battle lines are drawn in the fight over parental rights when it comes to kids and their education. the divide between republicans and democrats.
>> sandra: sparks flying on capitol hill over a bill that would give parents more control over their children's's education. republicans and democrats with very different takes on this. >> republican-led leather are going on a censorship spree that would make the chinese communist party >> it prioritizes right wing politics over parents, weakens the voices of local communities. >> the fundamental misunderstanding here there is a difference between -- republicans don't agree and making sure books are appropriate for certain age groups and parents make those decisions, that's it.
"fox & friends" joins us now. you come at this from many different angles. as a journalist, as a parent, but also one who just wants to protect our national security. so lawmakers in that room there seems to be bipartisan pushing on that ceo to ask him are you gathering intelligence on americans to then plot against us? what do you think of what you heard so far? >> i would say, sandra, that clip you played by jamaal bowman said if you are opposing tiktok you are guilty of xenophobia. republicans are opposed to tiktok because they don't have swag. it comes with electrolytes. the insane portions of the left. but there are sane members of the democratic party that see the bipartisan concerns about this. i'm concerned with this. if we may more one moment lay
>> sandra: it would require schools to be more transparent about curriculum and what kind of materials they can access. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is live on capitol hill with the details. what do we know? >> this bill is up for debate in the house today. a vote on the floor comes tomorrow. house republicans are trying to make good on a key campaign promise from the 2022 mid-terms. help parents win control over their children's education. >> with the passage of hr5 we'll insure that key parental rights are protected and classrooms will be places of learning and growth. that parents, families, and educators and administrators are on the same page. >> it requires that schools give parents a list of books available in the library. the bill also says schools must respect the first amendment rights of parents at school board meetings. republicans say the d.o.j. considered some parents terrorists after school board