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house republicans as was the indication 100 years ago are denying the man who thought he would be speaker in this case, kevin mccarthy, the necessary votes to win the speakers gavel. meaning that, right now, the house is completely paralyzed. we do not have a speaker, official members of congress or rules. and the math is frankly, only getting worse for kevin mccarthy. as the process drags out, the total number of republicans not voting for him is going up. the total number of republic...

reality. israels war against hamas terrorists increases our risk of getting hit but not all that leaves us vulnerable. president biden has the left southern border wide open. theyve reached a whole other level. im harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." the f.b.i. is now investigating direct and indirect ties between hamas terrorists in particular but also others living in america. remember, in recent months border patrol has stopped 169 people on the terror watch list and...

Of viralty. its hard to stop with human moderates. thats the issue they have. theyve task force devoted on this. >> they spent a lot of money and effort to this. >> millions of dollars, thousands of people devoted to this. >> why are they calling uncle? >> its a complicated thing. its hard to enforce without really angering some political parties and some people specifically. thats the issue too. they have to sort of have, like, they have to make decisions about what they are as a company and th...

Country. i hope it doesnt go on, even beyond a few more days. it really could open very quickly. >> all right, that was the president, earlier today, renewing his pledge to keep the government shutdown until democrats get serious about border security. here was the reaction. and house caucus mark meetos is with us. seems that there are things in life worth fighting for. and to stop what happened to this officer thing and his murder, and he was in the justice system, and the sheriff says its rela...

Country. i hope it doesnt go on, even beyond a few more days. it really could open very quickly. >> all right, that was the president, earlier today, renewing his pledge to keep the government shutdown until democrats get serious about border security. here was the reaction. and house caucus mark meetos is with us. seems that there are things in life worth fighting for. and to stop what happened to this officer thing and his murder, and he was in the justice system, and the sheriff says its rela...

Pierre on sunday. monday, he comes out with a different version. but even this idea of saying dont worry about the nr an, well take them on. i remember in the immigration meeting with senators saying, you know, ill take the heat for you. dont worry, ill take the heat. then the heat started to come and all of a sudden he wasnt so interested in bipartisan ideas anymore. i see a lot of parallels between that. i do not foresee a big battle between the president and the nra at this point. i think may...

Trumps deputy campaign manager and is a fox news contributor. and mark penn, former presidential pollster and advisor to bill and hillary clinton. welcome, good to see both of you today. let me start with you, mark. the critics that were cited in trace gallaghers piece who say that they are shocked that the democrats gave in so quickly on this idea that they wanted to go to the mat for. >> i think in the end democrats cannot hear with a nice win. i think they raised the profile of the daca issue...

>> no, its not. its about principle. it is about an ideal and a set of ideas that you fundamentally believe in and that youre prepared to go to the mat for. yeah, we know charging up that hill were going to get slaughtered, were going to get caught between the cross-fires, we get that, but the principle is charging up the hill to make the stand on the idea that what we believe has value, it has value not just politically to us but to the country as a whole. and i think thats a lot of the frustra...

The basic reality of math and votes, isnt it? >> no, its not. its about principle. it is about an ideal and a set of ideas that you fundamentally believe in and that youre prepared to go to the mat for. yeah, we know charging up that hill were going to get slaughtered, were going to get caught between the cross-fires, we get that, but the principle is charging up the hill to make the stand on the idea that what we believe has value, it has value not just politically to us but to the country as a...

Will go back. like the old john wayne movie, dont apologize, shows sign of weakness. not going to apologize or back track, dead set on following through. >> believe it happened or saving face? >> did it happen? it didnt happen. >> does he truly believe it happen or is he saving face? >> im not sure what donald trump believes but fact hes willing to make not only himself but entire administration and spokespeople let them look absolutely ridiculous over these -- which are seemingly look like fals...