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dangerous rhetoric. we're talking, of course, about the elevation of some of the fringiest of the fringe members of the republican caucus, the seats on important congressional committees. when we say it is happening on today of all days, that's because today would have been the late congressman elijah cummings' 72nd birthday. he passed away in 2019, the son of sharecroppers, he would go on to become a force of nature in congress, and ultimately the chairman of the powerful house oversight committee. >> when we're dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019, what did ...

did that. that during the 14th about it last night as gates was an opponent of mr. mccarthy. lawmakers you can see stepping in to prevent a scuffle on the floor of the house. we will ask washington examiner if that might be a preview of more inviting to come and they wondered 18th congress, hello everyone this is fox's live i am eric shawn. hi arthel. arthel: hi everyone i am arthel neville but two other major stories we are following this hour, president biden prepares to visit the southern border for the first time tomorrow, former border patrol chief rodney scott on that he is ahe...

up a dramatic night and early morning on capitol hill. >> reporter: out took 14 failed votes, intense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in a final tally that took place well after mid might. it ended with speaker mccarthy being handed the gavel. he was met with a standing to ovation. >> from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] >> that was easy, huh? [laughter] i never thought we'd get up here. ing. >> reporter: speaker mccarthy squeezed by with 216 votes, 212 democrats backed congressman hakeem ...

will kevin mccarthy be the speaker of the january 6th, 2024 -- that's a pretty -- i don't know if i would bet for him to -- last a year? >> i take that that in the opposite. >> i think i probably would, yes. -- >> given the fact that, in an hour, we are going to have the 14th vote, i mean -- i'm not a betting lady but have a good weekend, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we are now just one hour away from the house of representatives coming back to the session at 10 pm eastern, this evening, to potentially end this now historically an embarrassing -- of ...

stock market debut. but is it the right time? as you've been hearing, the uk government says it's sticking to plans for £45 billion of tax cuts — despite turmoil on financial markets since the chancellor's mini budget statement on friday. it's seen investors dumping the pound — and uk government borrowing costs soaring on growing alarm about the country's finances. on wednesday the bank of england was forced into an emergency intervention to head off a pension—fund crisis. it will spend billions buying up uk government bonds to prop up their value and keep borrowing costs down...