Scrambling for support ahead of the big vote. Im Edward Lawrence in for neil cavuto. This is a Special Edition of your world. The first of 2023. More on the tax hikes in just a moment. First to chad pergram where the Leadership Drama is unfolding. Chad . Edward, its been 100 years since theres this much uncertainty as to who would be speaker of the house. Kevin mccarthy can only lose four votes, but theres five members that oppose mccarthy and perhaps more. Kevin doesnt have the votes. Theres more than five people. Youll see that as we go into the election on january 3. There was 36 people that voted against Kevin Mccarthy on the conference vote. Mccarthy made a concession last night to those that oppose him. They demanded that he lower the bar for members to call for a new speakers election in the middle of the congress. He agreed. Some members still have reservations. Rosendale called his olive branch disingenuous. You think the package has moved any votes to yes . Yes. What will you do if you dont have 218 on the first ballot . If theres no clear winner, the house must vote again and again and again. It took three days in 1923, two months in 1856 to pick a speaker. The house is paralyzed with no speaker. They cant even swear in the members. Al some point, reality sets in. Until you elect a speaker, nothing else happens. You cant investigate hunter biden or cut the budget or do anything. This goes on too long, the republican brand gets really damaged and the base gets really demoralized. Mccarthy needs an outright majority of all members voting for a candidate by name. Not the most votes. But twice in the 19th century the house changed the rule on the fly to elect a speaker after it struggled for weeks. Edward . Chad, before you go, are through any other names bubbling up if mccarthy cant win the first vote . Andy biggs the republican from arizona will get votes in the first ballot. Were told the republicans that oppose mccarthy will bring out some other candidate. They have not announced who that person is. Its hard to see how they could compete with Kevin Mccarthy. Chad, thanks for being all over it. Appreciate it. A divided congress is expected to put a pause on the taxing and spending. But the Group Americans for tax reform says households need to brace for what just kicked in. It sees new taxes from democrats Inflation Reduction Act driving up your energy bills. Despite this, the president s Pledge A Goon to make anyone less than 400,000 a year to not be impacted. Here to discuss this, steve moore and oil analyst phil flynn. The first is a 6. 5 billion natural gas tax that could drive up the average familys Natural Gas Bill by 17 . Phil, to you. Is that a cost that will be passed on to all americans, not just the rich ones . Not only will it, its happening right now. Just in the anticipation of these new taxes, were going to be producing less natural gas. Were seeing less investment. That is already driving up costs. If youre at home and you tonight like your heating bills, get ready. This is just the beginning. Once President Biden starts pushing through his new 1. 7 trillion Spending Bill, antifossil fuel bill, the cost for every morn will go through the roof. I want to bring in steve here. The president is playing word games. Hes not going to raise taxes on americans less than 400,000 a year and put taxes on natural gas. The irs is changing the thresholds. That will hit more middle americans. Not specifically a tax increase but all americans will be paying more. You Better Believe it. Look, the most important tax, edward, you havent mentioned yet, which is the inflation tax. That is basically when prices go up, thats a tax on every time you go to the Grocery Store. Its like a sales tax of 7. 1 that americans paid this year in terms of higher prices at the gas station and Grocery Store. I went to the Grocery Store the other day. I felt the impact of that. The sneaky ways that Congress Wants and the Administration Want to raise taxes. One of the things theyre doing that is really controversial and hit the middle class is this 60 oh any transaction you make of 600 or more would be invested by the irs. You have to keep paperwork, you have to keep track of the transactions. By the way, its normal for people like the three of us that buy things 600 or more. Not just millionaires and billionaires. Yes, this will impact the middle class in a big way. I spent 600 on a plumber yesterday. So phil, theres been no change in policy on the energy side of this. So no matter how painful or how low the poll numbers have been getting for this president , you expect the same course in 2023 . You know, i think we will. You know, when you see that senate and Minority Leader mcconnell meeting with President Biden in front of a bridge on the Infrastructure Spending shows that the parties are still not against all of this spending. Listen, Everybody Knows we need Infrastructure Spending. This type of willynilly spending to try to rebuild the infrastructure and penalize fossil fuels in favor of Alternative Fuels which are more expensive are only hurting the american people. This is the type of policies that creates economic delays. You discourage production, encourage higher taxes. That means people have less jobs and less opportunity. Yeah, i want to get to this just quickly, steve, before we move on. We discussed last week the president signed 5. 8 trillion in spending since being in office. The Green New Deal was seven trillion in spending. Democrats have succeeded. Where is the green utopia and the stable economy . This is supposed to be a stimulus economy. What were seeing at one point Gasoline Prices went up to as much as 6 a gallon. The home heating costs, many people are estimating could double or triple what you normally pay. Its another form of taxation. When you looked at those statistics, edwards, that just put on the screen about the difference between how much wages went up for workers versus inflation, the Heritage Foundation says that is about a 4,000 increase in costs above inflation for what the Average American. The Average American makes less than 400,000. Eating a lot of money there. Steve, phil, great debate. Well continue this in to the new year with neil. Happy new years. Its a major travel day and now theres major delays due to a Computer Glitch in florida. To Charles Watson in atlanta with this developing story. Charles . Yeah, good afternoon. So the faa says that the issue is due to an air Traffic Control system failure that is currently being resolved. Meantime, the problem has led to hours long delays for Air Travelers that are trying to make it in to florida. The faa confirms to fox news that a Computer System known as eram en route Automation System that regulates the flow of traffic in to florida is at the center of this. According to wtvj, the radar caused a nationwide ground stop of all planes headed to and from florida. That ground stop has since been lifted, but there is a lot of traffic up in the skies. So the faa has slowed the number of flights that enter into florida airspace so airports can better manage the congestion. At this hour, the miami area appears to be affected the most according to flight aware. Miami international is experiencing delays of anywhere between 1 1 2 hours to 1 hour and 45 minutes with about 134 delayed flights as we speak. Ft. Lauderdale international is seeing delays in about the same time frame as miami international. Orlando international is also seeing some disruptions. Considerably shorter with delays now sitting anywhere between 30 to 45 minutes. Tampa international appears to be doing well considering the situation. It posted on twitter that miami air Traffic Control is having some issues at the moment, but almost all flights in and out of tpa are unaffected. So at this hour, you know, folks are facing a lot of delays. You heard it, anywhere between 1 1 2 hours to 1 hour and 45 minutes. The faa says the issue with that Computer System is being worked on right now. Boy, what a frustrating Holiday Travel people for folks heading with the Holiday Destinations and now this as they try to make it back home. Charles, its a mess flying in to miami on a good day. I can imagine what its like for folks at the airport there. Thanks, Charles Watson in atlanta. Fresh attacks in ukraine ramping up. President zelensky not backing down. Where does the former independent senator Joe Lieberman see the conflict going . Hes next. And live in moscow, idaho where the suspect in the College Murders will be heading. No sign of a Murder Weapon. 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We know there was a lot of blood at the scene. We know police bagged the hands of the victims, some of whom had defensive wounds to preserve any potential dna from the ill canner. Kohberger didnt have a criminal record so his dna was not in the federal database. This is where Genetic Genology is used. We speak with a pioneer in the field who helped police solve 250 cases by analyzing 1 million genetic markers each time. You do that piece by piece by piece. Each of us has a unique family tree, unique set of ancestors except for full siblings. If we have new data and enough matches, we can narrow it done to just one family and often just one individual. The Police Investigation is far from over. Now theyre trying to answer the question why. They searched his Office Yesterday where he finished his first time in the criminalology ph. D. Program and a teaching assistant. They searched his apartment and police are still getting help from the public with four new tips since his arrest. Police departments believe the person in custody, which would be kohberger is responsible for the crimes. Were continuing to investigation and looking into all aspects. He has been named as our suspect and we believe hes the one that is responsible. Late yesterday, kohbergers broke the silence to the family. They said kohberger plans on waiving extradition at a hearing in pennsylvania. If that happens, he could be flown out to idaho as soon as tomorrow night. At the earliest, he would be in court with the charges being filed wednesday. Thats when that document that probable cause affidavit would be unsealed. Thats when we would get information on what led police to arrest this guy. Andrew . Dan springer, thank you in moscow, idaho. A couple busy days for you. Lots of Unanswered Questions still. The read now on this case from Forensics Expert joseph scott morgan. We heard about the Cell Phone Data saying that brian may have been following some or all of the victims. Kohberger is eager to exonerate himself. What kind of things will have to piece this puzzle together if police dont have a Murder Weapon . Just the dna tie back. Thats solid gold. If they can put him inside of that residence just from his genetic signature and if he removed anything from that scene and went to that car his car, theyve been looking for for a while now. That car, i want people to understand how important this piece of evidence is. That car was a rolling crime scene. If it was used as a conveyance from the scene in moscow, he got in the car and went back to his apartment, we can pretty accurately say that he was probably drenched in blood. He was super saturated. Four victims that were stabbed. There was a lot of blood. We dont want to talk about that but thats the reality of it. He would have transferred that evidence to that vehicle. The fact that he was Still Holding on to this vehicle, they found this vehicle in pennsylvania. He traveled across the country in this thing. Very important piece of evidence there. So what would what do you have to say about the dna . So much dna evidence has been collected for this. You talked about how messy the crime scene was. How do you determine what is vital and what might have been there from before the crimes happened . Yeah fantastic question. We know the occupants there. Two individuals were spared. We have the four that were in dwelling the house that lost their lives. And any intimate partners that were associated with the residence that lived there, their dna would have been harvested as well. Then after all of the dna at the scene is collected what is important is you eliminate those that you know and you look for those unknowns. Who do you have among the samples that are unknowns. This place has been stated to have been a party house. So youll have like touch dna. Its fragmented dna. Im talking about rich dna sample that comes from any body fluids. Doesnt just have to be blood. It can come from sweat, semen, fecal matter, skin. I think beneath their nails may rest the answer. I want to get this in in the last 30 seconds. Hypothetically, lets say that Police Arrested the right person and hes a criminalology ph. D. Students. Does that complicate because the case because he knows the inside of the system and how this works . He might know some about the inside of the system. He doesnt know much about Forensic Science. Those are two different studies. Anything that he knew about Forensic Science is something that he learned peripherally. He might have an interesting criminal behavior. At the end of the day, its not going to save whoever did this from the science. Thanks, scott. Coming up, Border Patrol agents not getting a break over the holiday weekend. Firs