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
viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with the buffalo bills revealing just a short time ago what happened to safety damar hamlin who collapsed during last night s game in cincinnati. the team says hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on the field. he remains in critical condition. right now here s a live picture outside cincinnati s uc medical center where he is being treated this hour. carolyn manno has the story. reporter: one important note is that his heart was restored on the field. you saw the startling, chilling images of cpr right there. of all of the nfl players around him. he s being administered cpr. he was transferred to that hospital. right now he s sedated and still in critical condition. they released a statement a couple of hours ago. i don t anticipate they will add to that. i think that s all we re going to hear from now. the hospital is expecting to update us on his condition but, again, i don t think th
and a basic promise. - a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single american. - so the least among us shall have an equal chance to achieve the greatest things. - and the doors of higher education will be open to all. - no matter what your circumstances or where you are, you are part of the life of our great nation. - it s one thing all our presidents agree on, each in their own unique way. [patriotic music winds down] - have a good life. we will see you soon. - and to get that good life, all we had to do was follow the instruction manual on how to do the right thing. study hard, be nice to your brother. - get him! - go to college, graduate, and voila, achieve the american dream. but at some point. [clattering] - the us economy shrinking. - they re not getting married. they re not getting homes. they re not getting jobs. - we ve been looking at 40 years of flat wages. - those doors to opportunity got harder to open. [light laughter] - this is a big one
fewer people died on the operating table when you do it that way. for generations this is how american society ran. if you were smart and work target could compete against anyone else in america. it was true. it was called the american dream. people moved here from all over the world to partake in that system. but there was a pearl about direct political problem with it. if you have a meritocratic society it s hard to play baseball text because race plays no part in advancement. group interests are irrelevant in a meritocracy. it may sound idyllic to you, the kind of country level event. but for the democratic party it was disaster. how do you get your odors to the pulse of they re not racially grieved? it s hard. so that the tail end of the civil rights movement, democrats introduced a new concept: they called it affirmative-action. the idea was to punish or reward americans based on the color of his cabin. ironically this was precisely the evil practice of the civil rights
shocking. good news for the critical upcoming election in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. one week from tonight, it ll be election night right here in america. and the critical midterms, you got it, are seven days away. we begin with good news tonight for the g.o.p. along with an important warning to all voters across the country. that s coming. first the good news. in a shock to many democrats, general don baldock has now taken a one-point lead over the incumbent, maggie hassan, new hampshire senate race. this would be huge republican pickup. two purple hearts for the general baldock by the way. he and governor sununu will be on the show together on thursday night. in the state of washington, tiffany smiley, republican, is not a dead heat with patty murray according to trafalgar. michigan governors race, get this, tutor dixon will join us in the moment, she has now taken a lead over gretchen. in arizona, blake masters is in a statistical tie with mark kelly. in arizona, a