In the White House. However, Vice President Kamala Harris just caused democrats to suffer a major loss. The Teamsters Labor Union and its 1. 3 million members are not endorsing her. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. That Labor Organization announced it will not endorse a Candidate Period this time around. Here is what makes this particularly damaging for democrats. It marks the first time since 1996, nearly 30 years, that group, that important union with all of its members, has not backed a democrat White House nominee. So Kamala Harris has helped them gain that Check Mark in history. Teamsters president Sean Obrien spoke about the decision. We interviewed both candidates and we were seeking commitments from both candidates and we couldnt get solid commitments on our core issues. No endorsement sends a message to both parties that if they truly want to support working people, they have to reevaluate it and understand that nothing is given. It is earned. Harris the n
news alert. president biden starting day two of the new year with a slog uphill to try to convince american voters, especially those of color, that he actually can do the job of solving their toughest issues. two days into the new year, three years into his presidency. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the president took a new year s message out for a spin. president biden: my hope is that everybody has a healthy, happy and safe new year. beyond that, i hope that they understand that we are in a better position than any country in the world to lead the world. we re coming back and it is about time. harris: he is currently navigating around two foreign wars, dismal poll numbers, one poll after another. and a biden border crisis that just won t quit. republicans have some thoughts on that very last one. if we cannot secure our own borders what does it say about our country? this is very dangerous. i think democrats are realizing that the border is
is losing support within his own political party. one analyst says the numbers could not be worse for the democrat commander-in-chief who wants america to hire him again. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the president last night dismissed the truth. mr. president, why are you losing to trump in the polls? they are the wrong polls. harris: hum. among democrat voters a majority want a different presidential nominee. you ve heard me say it over and over. anybody but biden. a panel of dem contracts from michigan aren t enthusiastic. i want the candidate that i vote for to earn my vote. i will probably agonize again once i m in the ballot box about what to do. so are you saying that you at this point are planning to vote for president biden but reluctantly? very reluctantly. there is no way i will vote republican but reluctantly yes, i will vote biden. harris: on the other side of the political aisle presidential candidates hoping to capital
department s proposed redactions. reinhart said the feds met the burden of showing why parts of the affidavit should not be disclosed to the public. house republican greg steubey says he is not expecting any real answers today or ever. listen. that s going to be the most redacted affidavit in american history. the more they redact the less the american people will understand why the f.b.i. felt they needed to raid the former president s home. we aren t going to get real answers to a lot of this until the republicans take the majority back and we have the ability of oversight and bring in the d.o.j. and ask them the tough questions. let s go to david spunt with late breaking details. we re waiting looking at the docket here and we know we are going to see the affidavit but may not be the affidavit everybody wants to see with all the juicy details. that affidavits typically have. this affidavit would have those details. we won t see that version. we ll seal the one with r
better back in question as democratic joe manchin deals a crushing blow to newest proposal. fox team coverage. let s start off with aishah live with the latest from the white house, hi, aishah. aishah: good afternoon to you, the president returned late last night to growing frustration among americans and members of his own party on a wide variety of issues. let s start with the build back better agenda now on ice thanks to joe manchin, west virginia senator tanked any hopes for climate or energy funding in august at least blaming rising inflation. progressives are angry over this but manchin is willing to pass a smaller package to lower prescription drug costs and extend healthcare subsidies. the president vowing telling the senate to take manchin s deal and lever climate and energy to him in executive orders. meantime new fox news polling shows biden s approval rating at dismal 30%, 31% approving of job on the economy and 25% on inflation. this as the price of groceries, ho