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thanks for joining us. i'm fredricka whitfield. joe biden is on his way to the southern border ahead of the north american leader summit in mexico city. moments ago, he boarded air force one and departed for el paso, texas, where he will eventually assess the situation along the border for himself. this will be his first visit to the border during his presidency. his administration is under fire from republicans and some democrats over the migrant crisis along the southern border. el paso, texas, had seen a record level of migrants and asylum seekers arriving in recent weeks, hoping ...

snchts is there a deal for speaker in the works? i'm erin burnett and we're "out front". >> we're at a key moment in this totally grueling fight for speaker of the house. we're told negotiations are under way at this moment as an 11th vote is now under way. >> it appears that kevin mccarthy has lost, lost 11 votes. five just today. despite now the longest speaker contest in generations. as we're watching this, we're told that mccarthy support aernz his critics are at least talking. they've been behind closed doors trying to hammer out a deal in an attempt to show some progress. but...

In his quest for speaker. among them, allowing a single member to bring a vote to the floor to try to oust the speaker. also, establishing a special committee to investigate the department of justice and fbi, a key target for house republicans. and earlier this morning, my colleague, jake tapper, asked congressman chip roy, who was a key holdout, if he would vote to oust mccarthy as speaker if he failed to carry out promises that he made on the debt ceiling. >> i'm not going to play the what if games how we will use the tools of the house to make sure we enforce the terms of the agreement. but...

Income tax. new benefits be means tested isn't unreasonable. he has been an advocate for family leave. that offers benefits as well. what a lot of folks are confused about, how the call to 4 trillion in infrastructure spending got it whittled down to one quarter during the last round of negotiations where he was a key holdout. look, it takes both wings of a party to fly. nationally, democrats are evenly divided between liberals and mod rats. but to have a prayer of staying in power, democrats will need to win more swing districts. progressives are understandably frustrated. these two centers h...