a full report from idaho is just ahead. biden intends to visit the southern border for the first time since he left office. take a look at what biden said in the past about the border visit and the common sense department is wondering what changed. we begin in the nation s capital where they adjourn without electing a speaker for a second straight day. kevin cork is live in dc with the latest. three more failed votes today. a round of closed door talks to boot. and congressman-elect kevin mccarthy looks no closer to securing the speakership that s speaker of the house, if you haven t been watching. the battle continues tomorrow at 12:00 nooning. we i think this is interesting. i crawl before i walk, before i run. a bit of optimism, perhaps, for kevin mccarthy. see if that s warranted. in all, the californian has fallen short in six, count them, six, votes over two days as a group of 20 conservatives who have deemed him i d logically unreliable, i would say, have refused t
hakeem jeffries, and chuck schumer. how can you come together and do what you promised the american people you would do as republicans after this kind of chaotic house speakership vote? oh i think the world of mike lawler. he s going to do an incredible job. there are days in the united states congress where the only vote that happens is to rename one post office. so, if we could do that for a day, if there are days when all we vote on are how we re going to take the next vote, then maybe takes two or three days or several weeks to select the person second in line to the presidency is worth our debate and deliberation. after that, abc lurtly. we will come together. absolutely. i have every confidence we ll be able to come together. we ll be an effective fighting force if we can get rid of kevin mccarthy and get jim jordan or
he called the opposition a clown show on national television. the form her speaker of the house newt gingrich says you re holding the house hostage. what is your response. trey gaody would know about clown shows. that s how a lot of us would categorize the benghazi hearings that result in people yelling at each other in a big report. i remember the trey gaody who went on your network as a congressionman and said he reviewed what had gone on with the department of justice and the fbi and they had done nothing wrong and the american people would be happy of what they were looking at with president trump. we know that to be false. and trey gaody expressed regret about it. i don t take a lot of armchair quarterbacking from someone who during his time in congress wasn t among the fighters. representative elect mike lawler said the following. i ll get your response. the people voting against kevin mccarthy in the republican conference are aiding joe biden,