deals with that caucus after the small but effective group of republicans showed impact. yanked away mid tirade against congressman gaetz. now, that process was used to take new powers away from leadership and em power mccarthy foes. in a new piece reporting that whatever everyone think of gaetz his critics across the spectrum acknowledge he must be dealt with after the speaker clash, and mccarthy allies don t like it, saying it s not the outcome they preferred but gaetz s stature has been elevated. true on house rules and visibility as well. mccarthy setbacks in this early period, they often played as gaetz s gains. there are a handful of far right holdouts and they warn they will not support him. the more conservative freedom caucus members pledged not to vote for kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy celebrating a victory that almost didn t happen. this looks like a bit of a heated conversation. this is incredible. this is an incredible moment. mccarthy is directly enga
this election cycle the house is said to be in play. best case scenario for democrats they would have to win all 30 toss-up races. a big challenge. that would give them a razor thin majority at 219 seats. dana: top concern driving voters to the polls is still inflation. the issue favors the g.o.p. the future of democracy and abortion not far behind. democrats hope those issues give them an edge come november. dana: we have reaction from axios senior political correspondent josh. good morning to you. we re sfwerg the homestretch of the mid-term elections. latest data shows there are a lot of toss-up races worth watching nationwide. democrats and republicans trying to make these races about two very different issues. of course prompts the question which party will have the winning strategy when they go for control of the house and senate? for the house republicans are slated to take control but team projects 30 house races considered toss-ups. there are a few notable on
all the gotaways. 2 plus million people plus the gotaways. i ve been told by border patrol north of 800,000, probably closer to a million. but the more striking number is the 3.4 million that have come into our country since president biden took office. he flipped that switch on trump policies and people poured in. not only people, drugs pouring in. agents in nogales, arizona made another massive bust over the weekend. 200,000 fentanyl pills, 150 pounds of methamphetamine. tensions exploding over the republican governors transferring the people who insist on cutting the line. they are sending them to democrat-led cities. a sheriff in bear county, texas doesn t like it and opened a criminal investigation into the flights that sent 50 illegals from florida courtesy of governor desantis to martha s vineyard. 50 died in a trailer in texas. was a a freak-out? you have had people victim eyes americans killing and raping some. was there any type of outrage about that? no, it is on
letter. the letter asked garland to investigate hunter biden. we see emails and heard voice messaging that show hunter biden was peddling. three people dead in the state in the caribbean s. those in puerto rico are in the dark. that is making rescue operations difficult. strikes out. his first postseason birth to something more substantial this year. brian: the mets are in the playoffs. carley: good morning, america. the mets are in the playoffs and you are looking at north carolina. a beautiful shoreline, some condos on the side of that shot. they have the best view on the beach. brian: a nice trail through the water. steve: lovely. we are coming up on paul. go out if you can and live it up. by the way, tuesday september 20, 2022, we are exactly seven weeks away from the midterm elections. carley: getting down to the wire. we have a special guest on the couch with us right now. harris faulkner is here. [applause] hi, oh, my goodness first of all, you
declared a public emergency. in massachusetts, a military base now converted to migrant housing. mercedes schlapp, joe concha and juan williams are standing by. first to peter doocy. good afternoon. in the press room, they talk about these flights in serious terms. we heard about the president. he was trying to laugh off the idea. saying that if desantis will send a flight to delaware, desantis should tag along. any comment to migrants to delaware? he should come visit. we have a beautiful shore. just before that, the white house claimed that they were willing to engage leaders in texas and florida who have been bussing migrants points north to make a point about the burdens and influx of migrants can have on small towns. a cool premeditated political stunt. that is not what that is what they re doing. and so we re always happy to have conversations about ways to further improve border processing. even though she says they re happy to have conversations, she adm