crisis overwhelms communities there and is felt nationwide. will his visit really help stop flow? and the nfl plans a league-wide tribute to buffalo bills safety damar hamlin who is recovering as the owner of the new orleans saints and pelicans takes measures in her community to address medical emergencies like damar s. saints owner gayle benson will join us in just a few moments on that. eric: but first, parents who lost their children to fentanyl poisoning are speaking out about the huge amounts of deadly narcotics flooding across the southern border as the toll is continuing to take on families across the country. we have team fox news coverage of the ongoing border crisis. charles watson on how the disaster extends beyond our border, lucas tomlinson on president biden s first vet to the epicenter of the crisis tomorrow, but we given with christina coleman live in los angeles with the new, disturbing details on the fentanyl surge here in our country. reporter: hi,
in a list that is about the top risks. the founder of that eurasia group. straight ahead, republican mark sanford, former south carolina congressman and governor and presidential candidate, helps us understand what s happening inside the gop following a bitter speaker bottle and what it means for the future of the american democracy. another hour of phil she begins right now. and good morning. it s out of the, january the 7th, ending up in the east, 6 am in the west. i m ali velshi. as the old saying goes, if i don t succeed, try, try 14 more times until you do. that s the attitude kevin mccarthy is bringing with him into the new year as he was finally declared the new speaker of the house after four days and 15 attempts. republicans appeared optimistic as the house reconvened at 10 pm last night for the 14th ballot. things quickly devolved as that vote appeared headed for failure, which led to a lot of scrambling and conversations on the republican side. tensions spilled o
a controversial covid emergency immigration policy remains in place. yet the southern border crisis shows no signs of slowing down and a plan for how to manage a post title 42 border is nowhere to be found, at least not yet. we have fox team coverage tonight, matt finn is on the ground again in eagle pass, texas. one of the epicenters in the migrant encounters in the u.s. we begin with aishah hasnie on the politics at play and the growing blame game on all of this. good evening, aishah. good evening to you, bret. it s not just republicans. tonight texas democratic representative help beery cuellar tells fox the white house can and should do more to stop the flood of migrants while also fighting off criticism that congressional democrats didn t do enough to secure the border when they had the chance. i think homeland security department is struggling with some of the more progressive white house staffers and i hope homeland wins this particular fight. congressman henry c
another night for the history books, with only one thing for sure. the 11th vote was not the charm tonight for kevin mccarthy s bid to become speaker of the house. no nominee having received the majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. and with that, the 11th rejection done with about three hours shy of the 11th hour in the third day of his failure to become speaker. the call went up to end the proceedings until noon tomorrow. the question is on the motion that the house stands adjourned until noon tomorrow. those in favor say aye those aye! those opposed, no. no! in the opinion of the chair, the no s have it. the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. the motion to adjourn prevailed. the day ended without kevin mccarthy holding a single holdout. kevin mccarthy still beli
that means traveling from coast to coast are stranded. some of them forced to drive thousands of miles. we were at the airport at noontime on sunday, finally made the call at 10:30 p.m., that we could not afford to lose any more time if we were going to drive. i can t rely on southwest to get the family home, so we maid need to leave a little early to drive ourselves home. the kreismt on the blaming the travel disaster on schedule and outdated infrastructure. the ruling that keeps on tens of thousands migrants now bait in limbo. we ll go to el paso, texas in just a moment. let s begin with an absolute nightmare for southwest airlines passengers. 0% of today s 2700 flight cancellations are from southwest. the company s ceo, bob jordan, said system upgrades are floes to avoid a repeat. the tools we use to recover from disruption service works well 90% of the time, but we need to double down on our existing plans to upgrade systems for these extreme circumstances s