Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo, August 30, 2026 (Cheryl Casone guest host) - Internet Archive closed-caption transcript

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♪ charlie: that's it for us this morning, thank you for joining us. tune in tomorrow morning for more "fox & friends." rachel: and next weekend for more of us. bye, everybody. go to church. ♪ ♪ >> inflation is running above our% 2% target. the fed's predominant focus right now should be on prices. each of these broad inflation measures have fallen significantly from their highs of a few years ago. but progress over the last couple of years has been more
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modest. and while this summer's pce and pci readings were better than expected -- cpi, they do not tell me that underlying trends have meaningfully improved. cheryl: federal reserve chairman kevin warsh saying a hike many interest rates may be necessary later this year to bring down inflation. the fed's next meeting is set for september 15th and 16th. good sunday morning, everyone. welcome to "sunday morning futures." i'm cheryl casone in for maria bartiromo. coming up, florida senator ashley moody and house minority whip -- majority if whip tom emmer are here. plus, california gubernatorial candidate steve hilton on the impact decades of democratic red tape have had on the economy in the golden state. then, president trump launching economic d-day on tehran as iran's leader admits the country is suffering economic turmoil
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amid the war9 with the u.s. the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, florida congressman brian mast, will join us with his reaction. plus, new york post columnist miranda devine is here with the latest on multiple states investigating dr. anthony fauci's handling of the covid 19 pandemic. it is recall heighter right now -- all right here, right now on "sunday morning futures." ♪ ♪ cheryl: we begin this sunday morning with the iran conflict now entering its seventh month as the u.s. launches operation economic outcast with the goal to totally isolate tehran from the global economy. the u.s. will now sanction any person regardless of location that continues to do business with key sectors of iran's economy including digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping. everyday iranians have been dealing with the economic fallout over the regime's refusal to give up its nuclear program at the expense of its
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people's welfare with soaring inflation and long gas lines. overall inflation in iran is up over 84% with food prices alone up 128%. iran's currency against the u.s. dollar has collapsed with it take taking approximately two million rials to equal one dollar on the open market. treasury secretary scott bessent is expected to press finance ministers directly at the g20 summit starting tomorrow. several ties that prop if up both the iranian regime -- sever all ties -- warning that the u.s. will be unyielding in targeting any source that monetarily backs tehran. if meanwhile, the president announcing a historic energy agreement with venezuela, securing 65 billion barrels of the country's proven oil reserve. venezuela says the agreement is for 25 years with the target to increase production by 1.5 million barrels per day while maintaining the country's sovereignty over its raw materials. that deal coming as oil prices remain elevated.
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maritime traffic in the strait continues to come under attack. u.s. crude closing at $83.40 a barrel on friday before president trump made his announcement. here's the president on where talks stand at the moment. >> there's not a lot to speak to. we don't want to speak with them. we're not looking to meet or anything. the strait is open. we're taking a lot of boats, millions and millions of barrels of oil are coming out of the strait every day. other countries recognize that. every once in a while they shoot some, you know, they put some shots -- you know, we totally cleared the strait of -- we have the best mine sweepers in the world. they're underwater mine sweepers, and we've totally cleared the strait of mines. cheryl: joining me now in this "sunday morning futures" exclusive is the chairman of the house homeland security committee, brian mast. treasury secretary bessent threatened to cut off iranian shadow banking funds by targeting a major back in the
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a -- uae. do you think this puts more pressure on iran to come back to the table? >> it's not a question about more pressure being put on them, it's total pressure. everything is coming to bear. what is the result that this has brought? you spoke are about -- already about where their currency is. iran has only been able to target about 2% throughout the month of august of any ship going through the strait of hormuz. those shipments are also at preconflict levels right now. anybody that assists iran in any way whatsoever, they're going to be targeted. that's especially big for china, for pakistan, for india, for a number of companies like russia, uae has already announced they're going to totally the move away from iran, but it's a big deal for a number of those countries thatment haven't made that total move yet. cheryl: the question is the strait is maybe becoming not as relevant in the global oil story. at the same time, you have this summit with chinese president xi jinping that's set for september
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24th, and the chinese have been the economic engine that has been powering tehran and also their proxies. does this change the dynamic, in your opinion, of this meeting between president trump and xi jinping? >> absolutely, it does. this is president trump at his best, showing that he is the great dealmaker that so many have touted him to be. so we have this summit coming to our shores. china's no longer going to be purchasing up, let's say, 80, 90% of iranian oil. they no longer have the opportunity to soak up 80-90 of venezuelan oil. that's actually now going to go to the united states of america instead of china, not on russian ships. so russia isn't going to benefit from that. we're going to have 65 billion barrels of oil in totality coming to the best place for that venezuelan oil to be refined which is across the gulf of america, in american refineries. this is great for the united states of america, and it's showing, again, that china's world is shrinking. and another point that i always make is this, china provides
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cheap goods and cheap friendships. you don't see them coming to the aid of people that they call allies. cheryl: well, that's very, very true. let's stay with the venezuelan story here because "the wall street journal" is reporting part of the agreement that was announced friday by the president, ramp up oil production in venezuela, this would also include the pentagon taking a financial stake in the deal through the pentagon's to office of strategic capital. i want to to get your thoughts on what you've heard so far and on the deal in general. >> look, we want to make sure that our reserves, our strategic oil supplies are met. we mow what a big deal a that is for every aspect of our military and this is, again, the great dealmaker making a great deal for the united states of america. and what keeps us in the place that we are? if our ability to show, you know what? we can defend, we can deter and we can go on offense if we need to, and we have all of the resources to do so from from sea to shining sea, between the atlantic, the pacific and the gulf of america we can do that. we don't have to have it coming out of some other place in order for us to meet our own needs.
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cheryl: so do you support the pentagon's role ins this is, indeed -- if this is, indeed, the case. >> absolutely, i support that. whatever we can do to secure our needs for our military in this world where we see, you know what? if the whole world is not going to go out there and in an international way defend what everybody calls an international waterway, the strait of hormuz, then we have to go out there and we have to secure our supplies. it's not an international effort securing the strait of hormuz, it's the united states of america. so i this this is a great example of looking out for our own interests -- cheryl: you're right. there's been a lot of reporting about the munitions situation with regards to the u.s. military. are you concerned about a drain of u.s. munitions if there's a meaningful drawdown? this could potentially embolden russia and embolden china? >> i know that we account for every drain on u.s. munitions.
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why do we manufacture them, why do we store them? we store them for defense, deterrence and we store them if we need to, again, to go on offense. that's what's being done right now, they're defending and deterring an enemy that has been attacking us for 47 years. and this is the first six months in our nation's history that we decided to go on offense against them, and we beat them back almost in totality. i'll bet their attacks drop from 2% to 0-1% and beyond that as well. that's what those munitions are for. do we have to restockpile them? absolutely, we do. are we at a turning point in history right now probably not seen since the advent of the jet engine where we're having to build new types of weapons systems, these autonomous systems, drone systems to keep up with both offense and defense on the battlefield? 100%. that's a new catch they that needs to take place -- cache, but that is taking place. and we're using these weapons for defending the american people. cheryl: the patriot interceptors
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is a big part of this discussion, understood, because not just what's happening with iran, but also what's happening with russia and ukraine. and i want to get your take on this. there's a lot of back and forth about should we be giving the ukrainians that pate rat technology -- patriot technology, question one. question two, kind of a broader piece here, are you at all worried that vladimir putin could launch an attack on any of our nato allies in we did have some concerning comments coming from poland's to president about such a likelihood. is that on your radar right now? >> a couple of things. the patriots, number one, yes, we want our ukrainian friends to be able to knock down any ordinance coming through the sky as we do those other countries that used to be eastern bloc countries of the former soviet union, latvia, list lithuania, estonia, poland, all of them on those borders. we want them to be able to defend themselves, we want to be able to supply those munitions. of course there are big drawdowns because everybody
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wants something to be able to shoot ordinance and systems out of the sky whether they're in the gulf or the high north, europe or anywhere else, we have to make sure that we meet our needs. and after that, we need to have the supply chan to continue to build those things -- chain. president trump is saying, hey, we recognize these vulnerabilities where china has had control of these minerals that are a part of producing these weapons. we are bringing that reliance to an end as well so we can meet our needs. cheryl: are you concerned at all about what we're seeing not just with regards to europe, but also with regards to china in the south thigh that sea? -- china sea? there are concerns about china making a move with regards to taiwan. is that on your radar as well right now, or do you think the summit between president xi jinping and president trump, that will come more into focus, those discussions, then? >> is what china is doing in the south china sea and in the pacific as a whole is 100% if on our radar. everybody paying attention in the pacific, it's why we have an
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ally like australia that is going out there, learning to function and build and operate the most sophisticated piece of military technology anywhere, the nuclear submarine. why? more deterrence in the pacific, specifically because of the threat that china is there in the pacific. whether to taiwan or anybody else, we are emboldening and strengthening our allies through programs like what i just mentioned, and we are shrinking the world of china. cheryl: the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, florida congressman brian mast. congressman, it's great to have you here. really appreciate it. and thank you for your service. >> thank you. >> first of all, opening up the prisons, they're talking about, you know, making -- opening up the borders. they want to shut down the military, they want to shut down the police, they want to shut down immigrations and customs enforcement. they want to release criminals in our communities. it seems to me like they're in an anti-american hate group, and they have this manifesto. and when you read through it, this seems to be destined to destroy america.
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cheryl: that's senate majority whip wyoming senator john barrasso on the rise of socialism within the democratic party as november's midterms are just 65 days away. the democratic party's establishment continues it losing streak with the latest coming this past tuesday. a victory by democratic socialist d jasmine thomas in an oklahoma senate primary winner following an upset victory by angie nixon in florida's democratic senate primary. this as new york democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez met with leaders of the new york city democratic socialists of america amid talk of her launching a presidential run in 20289. 2028. joining me now in this "sunday morning futures" exclusive, florida senator ashley moody who is facing democratic socialist angie nixon in november's midterms. it's great to have you here, senator. we've seen several of these dsa candidates win their primaries
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throughout the country. you're going to face angie nixon in november. why do you think democratic voters are supporting some of these very radical ideas? >> yeah. i think we have to be incredibly aggressive moving into this november election in communicating to the american people that this is not the democratic party of yesterday. if in fact, you talk about the rise of the democratic socialists? if i think they have -- they're more than rising. the democrat party itself is voting in lockstep with this anarchist, socialist agenda. and we have to start communicating to our voters -- not just republicans -- independent, democrats that this is a pro-america, pro-freedom, pro-individual rights, pro-safety versus everything that would undermine that; meaning, abolish prisons, defund the military, noncitizen voting.
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i mean, this, this is a party that truly wants to be subversive to what the american people have known for 250 years. everything that has made this country great. and if voters don't wake up of all parties, you're going to have these anarchist socialists get elected. and, truly, it's the trojan horse. they're going to get elected and destroy the country from the inside out. we're seeing that. we saw this last year. cheryl: well, can and and they're making all these promises to voters, in particular young voters who are struggling in this economy, and that seems to be, you know, where the messaging has to be that republicans have got to get out in november and vote even though president trump is not technically on the ticket. let's talk about florida because one of the things that we've seen in your state is more pushback against data center construction. you've had zoning battles, you've had moratoriums.
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but real estate professionals, economists say this resistance really could hurt the economy in florida. what are you hearing from your constituents especially as you're out on the campaign trail right now about it? >> yeah. although florida, you know, has been the leader in economic growth from 2019 to 2025. i'm so proud to have been a part of that effort. we've really been the blueprint to show if you stick to protecting your people and their rights, making sure that they know that they're in control of their government, you protect their safety, it's the blueprint for success. and what we're hearing are the same things you're hearing around the nation. people want a say moving forward. and i have been very clear that we need to make sure that folks aren't bearing the burden of any of these centers, that they're not -- they don't have to bear any of the costs, that we protect our environment and that local governments have a say. and i really think it's been a wake-up call for many of these companies to be more proactive
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and sell -- in selling themselves on how they will benefit a community, how they will benefit a state. and i think you're going to hear a lot more about that moving forward. cheryl: yeah, because thousands of jobs that are on the line with these data centers. at the same time, many of these companies -- openai is one -- are having these listening sessions where they are trying to change their messaging with regards to the community. have you seen any, you know, momentum in a positive way there? because, again, you don't want to see the state of florida or any state really suffer economically if they, you know, walk away from one of these data centers which can be a huge economic boost to any community. we saw that play out in louisiana. >> you know, again, that's smart. that's what i advised all along. it needs to be up to the people of a community or a state to decide what works best for them, what they want for their state. and i think these companies need to sell it. they need to get out there and say, look, we don't want to cause any problems, we don't want to -- we don't want you to
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bear any cost, we don't want to have an effect on the environment or the health of people. this is what we can do, this is what we can deliver, and at the end of the day the people need to have a say in that. i think you'll see many states and counties adopt that approach. come and make the case to us, and they can decide whether it works for them. cheryl: yeah, no, it's become a national flashpoint in particular ahead of the midterms. i do want to ask you about the business at hand. so the senate returns september 14th. you're only, though, going to have 14 scheduled days in session before the upper chamber then leaves to head home, campaign for the midterms. , what can be accomplished right now that's on the president's agenda in that short time frame? >> look, republicans have been very clear we're going to push back on this historic obstruction that the democrats have thrown at us. in the face of that, we've rolled back costly regulations, we've strengthened the security of this nation and communities. we've made -- we've delivered on one of the biggest housing packages to try and increase
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supply of housing across this country. we're rolling up our sleeves, getting to work for the american people to make sure that on our minds is affordability and safety and prosperity. we have to make sure we keep you shoulding that. and at the end of the day, as you know, i was an original cosponsor of the save america act. i'm going to be pushing for that. i think that is incredibly important for our country moving forward. i think a lot of my colleagues agree, so i think you'll see a lot of those issues on the table as we move forward in delivering for the american people. cheryl: real quick, senator, do you think the clarity act makes it? >> i know that that's top of mind for many of my colleagues. again, many of these issues go to strengthening america moving forward. i am up against probably what would be the most extreme, radical senator ever in the history of the united states in angie nixon. i hope folks see that we are working hard for them. and if they want to help in my campaign, they can go to ashley
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moody.com. i appreciate you having me on. \[laughter\] cheryl: all right. florida senator ashley moody, it's always great to speak with you. >> great to be with you. cheryl: we've got a lot coming up. the house returns to work tomorrow on capitol hill with extending government funding through the midterms at the top of the agenda. house majority whip tom 'em -- emmer is here on what republicans are looking to accomplish before november's midterms. ♪ did you hear about shield, that test for colon cancer? no, what? it's just a blood test. - no. - god! exactly. shield is for people 45 plus at average risk, not high risk for colon cancer. ask your doctor about fda-approved shield.
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>\> we have an extraordinary record to run on. we passed over 800 piece of legislation to fix the mess that we inherited from the biden-harris years, okay? it was a disaster. among the first things we fixed? you know what the biggest issue,
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you know, in the '24 election was? the wide open border and the chaos it brought. elections have consequences, my friends. we sealed and secured the border. we passed this legislation and gave everybody the largest tax cut in u.s. history. cheryl: house speaker mike johnson on the campaign trail in texas as republicans are looking to defy historical midterm trends and hold on to control of both the house and the senate. so the house is set to return to session tomorrow morning, 9 a.m. eastern time, with the passing of the senate's continuing resolution at the top of the agenda. the bipartisan bill would extend government funding through december 11th, staving off a potential government shutdown until after the midterms. let's bring in now with more house majority whip, minnesota congressman tom emmer. congressman, it's always great to speak with you. let's, first, talk about the agenda. what is at the top of the agenda? obviously, a short-term government funding, you want to avert any kind of pre-election shutdown. but what else are you watching?
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you only got 16 legislative days before you leave again on october 1st. what can you get done? >> well, cheryl, great to be with you this morning. first off, you hit the number one thing. short-term funding bill that was sent over by the senate, the continuing resolution that would fund the government through december 11th, that'll be a priority over in the house because we get things done, cheryl. that's the whole issue. you're asking what our priorities are, we've sent our priorities over to the senate. we sent the clarity act, which is about digital assets, a market structure bill, we sent that year ago, cheryl, with almost 100 democrat votes, and it languishes over in the senate. we sent the save america act several times, and it sit ises over there languishing in the senate. and we sent over, obviously, reconciliation 3.0 which is also just sitting there in the senate. it really is going to be the on the senate's shoulders to start getting something done when we get back. as for the house, we've got
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appropriations bills. many of our members have different priorities. those will be addressed. there's a surface transportation bill that needs to be addressed by the 30th. obviously, these would all be covered by the c.r., but these are the priorities of the house. and the house has been, the house has been working, cheryl. we've been getting our stuff over to the senate. the senate's got to start to perform. cheryl: what are you hearing from the other side, however, and i mean the senate side, the republican side? it's still unclear if senate majority leader john thune has the votes for the save america act. the clarity act is a hanging question market right now. what do you know, what can you share with us? >> well, i -- look, what's coming out of the senate, everybody has heard them say we don't have the votes. really in you don't have the votes for something that's an 80% issue across this country? with republicans, democrats and ores. people -- others. people believe it's reasonable in order to vote in this country you must first establish that you are a lawful citizen. that's number one.
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number two, when you show up to vote, you make sure that you identify to, you can confirm that you are that citizen who is lawfully right to vote by by showing a photo id. that's an 80% issue. that is something that is republican, democrat and other, and they tell us they don't have the votes? here's the other thing that you've to got to pay attention to. when you say you don't have the votes, tell us what the problem is. what exactly do you disagree with when it comes to the american people? and they're not telling us that. so as a house member, i am extremely frustrated. but it is not me that under be concerned with, it's the american people who want this done. cheryl: yeah, no. and, certainly, the american people are looking at a headline that's a little disconcerting, and that's the nation debt. we surpassed $40 trillion. so in any way, shape or form is fiscal restraint going to be on the agenda for you and your colleagues? >> it has been. you understand this didn't happen overnight, cheryl. this has been going on for
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decades, and it's been an irresponsible handling of the funds, i would argue, for decades. and the president, donald trump, and house republicans are absolutely committed as i believe our senate colleagues are too reducing that debt and the deficit. and i think that will be priority number one once we get through these midterms. we already have a record amount that we cut. unfortunately, it's like spit on a hot tar road in the middle of july. there's so much that we have yet to do, there's only one party, by the way, that's going to, and that is donald j. trump and republicans in the house and the senate are the only ones that are going to make sure that this great republic continues for the benefit of our children and grandchildren and generations to come. cheryl: well, then let me ask you about the messaging to the american people, because we saw consumer confidence fall in august. americans are worried about gasoline prices, what they're
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seeing at the grocery store, health care prices. you know, so what is the messaging plan here for republicans as you go into the midterms? because this seems to be issue number one for america, and that's affordability. how do you get that message out there from your side? >> well, it's very interesting, cheryl. i talked to our members all across this country, they talk about the great things that are in that working families tax cut, the big, beautiful bill, whatever you want to call it. and they're pulling out those different items that really we have to do a good job messaging at the street level. at the macro level, what do you expect the public to feel when the left-wing media is writing articles on a regular basis and telling the american people it's not good out there? it is. wages are rising faster than they have risen in decades. and they are keeping up. the feeling though based on all of the information they're getting is, well, not that
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great. really? their spending is up, their spending is up, their wages are up. i think we've got to do a really good job down the stretch of emphasizing that, and i think the american people, they recognize -- they're smarter than washington and these left-wing media types. they understand this is an election about common sense which is donald trump and republicans and crazy insanity which is our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. cheryl: yeah. we were talking about that with senator moody a moment ago. real quick before you go, you know, a big component of this is president trump. he's not on the ticket in november, but his voice, his image, his work that he's doing matters. you've got to get the base out there in november. you've got to motivate people to go to the polls. how do you do that if and maga inc., that super pac is sitting on about $400 million. you know, is that going to get deployed ahead of the midterms? >> you know, it's funny, there was a survey -- harris/x survey that was published in "newsweek"
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which isn't isn't exactly a right-leaning publication back in july. it was about voter enthusiasm. and they broke it out, cheryl, with maga republicans, republicans, democrats, independents. i don't know why they decided not the break out democrats into anarchists, marxists, communists. they just called them democrats. what was interesting from this survey is that it showed that maga republicans, more than 80 of them plan on voting in the midterms -- 80%. cheryl, we've been told time and time again without donald j. trump on the ballot, these people are not coming out. we've got a president who is totally invested. he didn't run for two years, he ran for four. he understands the gravity of this midterm. he understands that we're swimming upstream based on history, but we have the best map we've ever had. we've got a performance in terms of the economic wins, billions of dollars are coming into our economy right now, and people on
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the street are starting to feel it. that's going to be the key, that hits november 3rd, i believe we're going to be in great shape when we get there. and donald trump and maga inc., i think they're going to start spending that $400 million especially in house races. and you saw elon musk is committed to spending, i think, another $100 million. i like our odds. cheryl: all right. house majority whip tom emmer, it's great to speak with you. thanks for joining me, sir. all right. the fight over california's economic future as a proposal to build aty of tomorrow is put on hold amid backlash from local government officials and residents. california governor candidate steve hilton is here on the impact democrat supermajority in sacramento has had on the golden state. ♪ n and free bred.
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>\> this notion of grievance and victimization, that somehow i wasn't included and even though something's been out there for years and and years and years. well, lead. lead, lead, lead. it's easy to punt something. but there's going to be some reckoning. you lost a refinery here, a dry dock here, jelly belly, this is my commute. i've watched it the last couple of years. cheryl: that's california governor gavin newsom after
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officials in solano county between san francisco and sacramento voted to oppose a plan to let a billionaire-backed real estate development project used in -- use an environmental report from 2008 in its on youno create a city of the future. this presidents the project on hold for now. proponents say it will create over half a million jobs, build america's next great city with 170,000 homes. critics say sacramento's trying to ram the project through without getting input from stakeholders. already one major ship wilder that was considering -- shipbuilder that was considering building there, they've opted to build a new facility in texas instead. and this comes as voters in california are set to to vote in november on the so so-called billionaire tax, a one-time 5% tax on the worldwide net worth of residents with assets exceeding $1 billion. joining me now on the state of california's economy, republican candidate for california governor, steve hilton.
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steve, so great to see you. you know, even san francisco is democrats are breaking ranks with their own party planning to vote no against the billionaire tax the. they say it would destroy the economy. your thoughts. >> well, they're right. but what's so infuriating, cheryl, is the attitude you see there from gavin newsom. i mean, this project that you're talking about, it could have built the shipyard that's the largest in the world to manufacture ships five times bigger than the current biggest one in the world which is in china, giving america a massive advantage, is and it's gone to texas. and newsom stands there talking about it like he's some passive bystander, and he's talking about refineries closing and this is gone and that is gone as if he had nothing to do with it. he's been the governor for nearly the last eight years. the refineries, gone. no, not gone, shut down because of newsom's policies. and the democrat policies that we've had 16 years now of one-party rule. honestly, i think every day when
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i hear business leaders say to me if if you don't win in november, we're out, the exodus of business from california that we've seen in the last few years will turn into a stampede. we are sleepwalking towards an economic cliff. we already have the highest unemployment rate of all 50 states, the highest poverty rate, the highest cost of living. if we don't change direction in november and have some common sense and pro-business policies, i really fear for what'll happen to this state. cheryl: well, and you're up against xavier becerra. you've gone after his record. you've got these new ads that are attacking his record handling unaccompanied migrant children when he was hhs secretary. i want to talk to you about that, but also you've got some breaking news with regards to this letter you are now sending to attorney general todd blanche and fbi director kash patel. what is it? >> thank you. this is a new announcement right this morning because this guy, she -- becerra, he's a 36-career
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politician. he'll be worth even than newsom if he's elected. but the really terrible thing is he's up to his neck in a corruption scandal. it's involving his former chief of staff. and they took money from a california campaign account and used it to top up this other guy's salary when he was chief of staff for becerra when he was hhs secretary. now, they've been federally indicted. they pleaded guilty. becerra claims he knew nothing about this ill -- illegal scheme, but we've got the witness statement from the case. and right there, i circled it in red, there's a text exchange between the two people who bleeded guilty -- pleaded guilty. and one of them says to the other, talked to public official number one. becerra has confirmed that he is public official number one. in other words, he did know about this. and i think because it's all about him getting his chief of staff working with him in d.c., he probably came up with the whole idea.
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he needs to be reinterviewed by the fbi to make sure that voters know whether the democrat candidate for governor is actually a criminal. we cannot just let this slide. becerra needs to be reinterviewed in this corruption case. the other two are being sentenced in a week now, but becerra is claiming he didn't know anything about it. that is impossible to believe. cheryl: no many, i've got the letter right here. this goes back to -- this is a federal criminal case from 2022, so this goes back several years. again, when he was hhs secretary. but again, you've also gone after him because of the migrant children and, basically, losing these children. you know, these ads, you've just launched these new ads to make sure that voters in california understand who they might be voting, that if they don't vote for you, this is what they're going to get, someone who basically lost kids. >> exactly. and it's not just incompetence, cheryl. everyone needs to understand this. there were 479,000 unaccompanied
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kids came across the biden -- border, in the biden open border disaster. those were all under the supervision supervision of becerra as hhs secretary, but they had to be kept in camps in order to process them. there were so many, the conditions in the camps were terrible. he wanted them out as quickly as possible. we have whisper -- whistleblowers telling us becerra orders the checks to be dismantled as a result of that because he wanted speed over safety. children were sent, thousands of them, directly into the hands of child sex and and labor traffickers. as bobby kennedy puts it, xavier becerra turned the hhs into the largest child trafficking operation in history, and and now he wants to be governor of california in he's not fit for any public office, let alone governor of this great state. cheryl: well, we are certainly going to be watching this race because the future of the state
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under penalty of perjury. prop 40's not a billionaire tax. it's an everyone tax. >> if any american spoke out against covid lockdowns, against the covid vaccine, against whert where covid actually originated from, they were not only kicked off social media, not allowed, of course, on left-wing media outlets but were shunned for saying the things these government officials often times knew about but were hiding from the american people. cheryl: that's texas congressman brandon gill on documents -- documents released showing dr. anthony fauci and federal health officials expressed reservations over the covid vaccines despite publicly saying they were safe and effective. critics accused fauci and federal health officials of shutting down any attempt at
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scientific debate on the safety of the vaccines. joining me now with reaction is new york post columnist miranda devine. it's great to have you here. you know, senate lawmakers did refer fauci. that was august 6th. what's going on here? these efforts seem to have kind of stalled out in the last few weeks. >> yes, it is very difficult because the department of justice has to agree to take on this contempt charge, and there are all sorts of procedural problems about the committee going directly to the doj. so as usual with anything trump-related, there are legal obstacles. but in the meantime, senator rand paul and ron johnson have been releasing ever more damning information from the trove of fauci e-mails and diary that they've discovered, and it really -- the evidence -- is overwhelming of fauci's
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complicity and the reason that he pleaded the fifth so many times when he was, his latest appearance before congress is because he, for instance, there is evidence in the e-mails that he was instructing people to delete e-mails, delete government records which is illegal from as early as 2011 right up until july 2020. he was deliberately ensuring that the public didn't know the truth about covid-19 when he knew perfectly well that he'd funded the gain of function research in the wuhan lab that ultimately we believe the virus leaked from. and also there's new information that the cia was involved in instructing or being somehow complicit in that gain of function research. cheryl: well, and, certainly,
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senator rand paul had told me on fox business that if you look at the phone, that government phone, all the contacts were gone. there was three contacts in the entire address book which seems odd. so did he erase those, that's a question mark that's out there. i want to ask you about what's happening here in new york city. we're starting to see a lot of pushback against new york city mayor zohran mamdani. he's being sued over the disastrous rollout of the pied a terre tax. he's in a new fight with the teachers union over bonuses, and several 9/11 families, they don't want him to attend the remembrance ceremony next month. do you think people are starting to wake up to some of these policies and this candidate in particular? this mayor, excuse me. >> yeah. i mean, he really is the accidental mayor because only because of the sort is of accident of the election where he was running up against a very unpopular cuomo that split the democrat vote did he slip in. i don't think people, many new
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yorkers were under the illusion that he would be wonderful, but i think they did believe that, like other democrats, that he would see sense and do things that were in the best interests of new york rather than so quickly causing so much damage picking fights with wealthy individuals like ken griffin directly, doxxing him, the bodega owners, you know, putting these new government-run grocery stores right opposite these hard working immigrant bow dego owners' stores -- bow bow day go -- bow dig go stores, and i think even the people that might have voted for him are realizing what he is. cheryl: and these are minority-owned businesses, to your point, these bodega owners. it's great to have you on the program, miranda. new york post columnist miranda define. thanks for being with me. that's going to do it for
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