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were, you know, put in exile. thats what theyll have to get to. youll have the folks. >> mary miller just -- >> miller. lets wait and see, chip roy and if you have scott perry voting yes, youll have the serious people will now come over to kevin and then youll have the kind of the clown show for lack of a better phrase, right? the people who are just -- theyre just here for theater, right? if those are the folks still outstanding mccarthy will win. >> thats i think the key point. >> th...

of covid-19. yet, as i mentioned earlier, there has not been a single hearing in the oversight committee to deal with potential waste, fraud, or abuse of the covid funds. not a single hearing. and we all know, despite what dr. fauci said, american tax dollars were sent through ecohealth alliance to the wuhan lab in china for gain of function research. but yet dr. fauci hasnt come before congress in the house of representatives. the american people deserve answers on covid-19 and speake...

like so many other local election workers in 2020 he was harassed and threatened as he did his job faithfully. he did not bend. he did not bow. he did not yield to the political threats and pressure. he hes so trusted by both political parties that the new democratic governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro appointed him as pennsylvanias secretary of state, a republican to ensure that the integrity of the election. thats a high compliment. [ applause ] his character and his commitments s...

a remarkable turnaround today for the republican leader. mccarthy promised progress, he promised it tuesday and promised it wednesday, promised it thursday. today we finally saw it. even as he failed on his 13th ballot. 15 rebel holdouts today switched their votes in favor of mccarthy, giving him for the first time this whole week more votes than the democratic leader hakeem jeffries, but despite this break in the republican resistance, six hardliners remain and congress people matt ga...

concessions he made to them in order to get their votes? >> reporter: jake, that is really starting to come into focus. the number of concessions and promises that kevin mccarthy has made over the course of the negotiations has been quite outstanding, and i should caution that this stuff has not been put on paper. there has not been anything put out that we have seen. this is based on the reporting from me and my fantastic hill team. but i just want to walk you through just to give the...

this election cycle the house is said to be in play. best case scenario for democrats they would have to win all 30 toss-up races. a big challenge. that would give them a razor thin majority at 219 seats. >> dana: top concern driving voters to the polls is still inflation. the issue favors the g.o.p. >> the future of democracy and abortion not far behind. democrats hope those issues give them an edge come november. >> dana: we have reaction from axios senior political correspondent jos...

. first, we are now on night thre of the battle for the house speaker and we begin tonight with some good news i can confirm that major negotiations have been going on all day behind the scenes well these votes were taking place today. with kevin mccarthy and many of the republican holdouts. i can report that at this hour of document is being put together that will go a long wa to settling differences. will it get kevin to 218? we wont know until probably sometime tomorrow or monday. i...

in the house saw the suspect, and how many times the suspect was actually in the house or around the house before the murders took place. joining me now from moscow, idaho is fox news chief correspondent jonathan hunt. these details are unbelievable, grisly and shocking to many americans, what can you tell us tonight? >> laura, they are indeed grisly and shocking and investigators say the evidence against brian koeberger speaks volumes even as the accused killer himself had little to s...

measures ahead of his visit to el paso this weekend. before he travels, it appears the needs to study up on specifics. >> were going to have to use title nine -- title eight -- am i right? >> we begin in washington where 11 rounds of votes over three days, the house of representativeses have failed to elect a speaker. a deal might be coming to move more support to kevin mccarthy. kevin cork is live in d.c. with the latest on this. good evening, kevin. >> the house has gavelled out toni...

all the gotaways. 2 plus million people plus the gotaways. ive been told by border patrol north of 800,000, probably closer to a million. but the more striking number is the 3.4 million that have come into our country since president biden took office. he flipped that switch on trump policies and people poured in. not only people, drugs pouring in. agents in nogales, arizona made another massive bust over the weekend. 200,000 fentanyl pills, 150 pounds of methamphetamine. tensions expl...