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on capitol hill, senators negotiating a deal on the border as house speaker mike johnson and fellow republicans are set to visit the border this afternoon. we want to begin this hour with that breaking news out of iran. more than 100 people confirmed killed. iranian officials calling the explosions a terrorist incident. want to bring in now tehran bureau chief ali arouzi who is live for us on the ground in tehran. we spoke last hour, what updates are we getting this hour as to what may have taken place and who is behind it? >> reporter: hey, yasmin, so we know there were two explos...

is dually elected speaker of the house of representatives. >> i hope one thing is clear, i never give up. >> but what did mccarthy trade away for the gavel? and can the weekend speaker rule his unruly caucus? plus, a party united. >> the d in democrat stands for deliver. in the wake of the republicans disarray, are democrats the real winner. and biden announces a new crackdown on illegal crossings. the president will see the crisis firsthand for the first time. >> my message is this, do not just show up at the border. welcome to "inside politics sunday," i'm abby phillip. after 15 ...

That theyre defended. And that, again, this cant be allowed to continue. With regard to the second point, yes, this is something that were very focused on. We want to make sure that no other country or entity tries to take advantage of the situation. The president s been very, very clear about that. He said very starkly that any state or nonstate actor considering that, dont do it. Hes backed that up in a number of ways, including, as i mentioned the other day, deploying our largest Aircraft Carrier battle group to the area. So, thats clearly designed to help ensure that anyone contemplating g...

widening war as the u.s. strikes back at iranian-linked targets after u.s. forces in the mideast come under multiple attacks. plus mr. speaker. the house finally elects a speaker. louisiana's mike johnson ending weeks of chaos. >> the people's house is back in business. and just hours later, the deadliest mass shooting this year where 18 were killed in lewiston, maine. the speaker's response, guns are not to blame. >> the problem is the human heart. it's not guns. it's not the weapon. and trail mix. president biden has a new primary challenger, minnesota congressman dean philip...

Rules that they are talking about, reducing spending to 2022 levels which would be big cuts in government spending, and this was one of the problems that mccarthy faced is moderates were upset about it. >> this is not in the rules package. it's a secret document that's floating around. >> they're not actually even letting people have copies. so. >> how damaging it would be for them if it got out. >> there's going to be -- they're going to try and pass the rules package. they'll get that done and they'll launch into votes that they think will help them. abortion votes, a crime vote. we're going...