fighting to save damar hamlin s life. and a stunning increase, that is how it is described. that is how the white house is describing the rise in a new covid subvariant. the white house joins us to talk about it. this is what we re watching at this hour. e remain day. in a fight not seen in more than a century and that is not perbo. a century. next hour they will be heading back into that chamber for a fourth straight day of voting and in an exercise that, let s be honest, has become groundhog day. kevin mccarthy has failed on 11 ballots and the path ahead very uncertain. the big difference at this hour is a conference call, all getting on the phone to talk about what kevin has and what he s negotiating and what kevin is going to do. mccarthy is fighting to win over more support, making some extreme concessions to get there. but still right now he doesn t have the numbers to win the gavel. all of this comes on the two-year mark of the insurrection on the capitol. we re goin
we have a long way to go, but we ve come so far and can t quit. you don t fire a guy who is winning. it is not dysfunction, what it is the exchange of ideas. house republicans under speaker kevin mccarthy will unleash a pro-growth agenda to get the economy moving. we need to get to a point where we start evaluating what life without kevin mccarthy looks like. ashley: alexandria hoff has the latest, good morning. alexandria: 11 votes in three days, enough for the history books. we enter day four and kevin mccarthy was asked if the party has been weakened by this process? your power has it undercut the power of the other speakers? it was used over john boehner. i m not doesn t that inherently mean you will be a weaker speaker? no, i would only be a weaker speaker if alexandria: details of a potential deal emerge. given all demands of those resisting a vote for kevin mccarthy, the deal would allow an easier route to oust mccarthy and provides house
weekend. and they don t get healthcare. healthcare gets cut off today, too. pete: did they vote to adjourn, until, what? tomorrow? ainsley: today at noon. six votes yesterday. all failed. in total there have been 11 votes. pete: enough time for them to come home and come back? they can join us on fox & fox& friends weekend. brian: absolutely. ounce. ainsley: house broke 100 year record 1923 fred g gillette ninh ballot and here we re on the 11th ballot. brian: always breaking records for the day and age pandemic 100 years. thinks about b. how much is going on never happened before. par for the course. ainsley: delaying all the investigations republicans across the country who put these men and women in office is delaying all of that. here we are at the end of the first week and nothing can be done. no business can be accomplished unless there s a speaker. brian: so much going on. ainsley: should we go to the border? the is a know a cartel deadly riots in m
dallas. ainsley: i love is it called hyde park, that area? they have great nicohinno great restaurant. living in new york all the shops are spaced out around the city. but that s like one big shopping mall. it s an outdoor shopping mall and they have such cute shops. and you can just go door to door like a mall where i grew up. pete: i knew you would deliver. if i asked brian what his favorite thing about dallas was. brian: i would have said cowboys but they are not my favorite but i will would have built off that. ainsley: i like cowboys. brian: i don t know shopping was an option. ainsley: great next can food. pastor jeffress first baptist church and i like the cowboys, too. brian: you remember too that series dallas that was based on a true story. i don t think so but thanks for challenging me. pete: pete the thing about dallas that struck out for me that series they drank during the day. everyone came to visit 12:00 they go to the bar. ainsley: ate wreaf
wild fair fire fire across the u.s. president biden set to make his first trip to the southern border this sunday. the visit comes after two years in office and more than 4 million migrant encounters. is it too little too late? more on those stories throughout the hour. first a fight for the speaker s gavel enters day four. republicans remain divided after 11 rounds of voting. the most since 1859 as lawmakers hint negotiations could last through the weekend. i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. kevin mccarthy still not able to strike a deal with 20 conservative hold-outs. 12th vote set for noon eastern time and see whether or not it goes down at that time. mccarthy and allies remain confident a deal is said to be on the table after yet another set of late night concessions. indiana republican elect jim banks with us last hour. a supporter of mccarthy talked to us about the latest. i don t know if i see light at the end of the tunnel yet but i m hearing about it. a lo