john: two leading presidential candidates on the road this hour, former president trump in iowa and governor ron desantis hitting the trail in new hampshire. anita: and both taking hits at each other. both events this hour watching for more fireworks. john: likely presidential candidate reacting to the controversial decision by a top baseball team to honor a group that mocks nuns by dressing in drag. former vice president mike pence tweeting having been raised in a catholic family, the dodgers decision to invite the sisters of perpetual indulgence is deeply offense. with that, welcome back to america reports as we roll into a second hour. john roberts in washington, along with anita. anita: hey, john. i m in for sandra smith, talk to the head of a catholic outreach group who says the dodgers is giving them the cold shoulder and responding with a boycott. fox news alert. john: house speaker kevin mccarthy can breathe a sigh of relief of a the debt ceiling bill clea
not normal. no, it wasn t. then, it s not now, as we approach the one year anniversary of the uvalde shooting, i mean us speak to states, enron gutierrez, who i spoke to on the ground in uvalde when you are. go and has been fighting for change ever since. you do not want to miss that incredibly important conversation, stick with me for that. we want to begin with the 2024 presidential race, or the lead up to it. ramping up with less than eight months until the iowa caucus, south carolina temps, got violent network on friday to throw his hat into the ring. he is joining a gop primary field that well crowded has yet to see a candidate pose a real challenge in the polls to donald trump. axios reports, is joining me now, with more on this. sophia, thanks for joining us on this. we appreciate it. just hours before tim scott made it official, you, in fact, where that is launching a nearly 6 million dollar ad buy in iowa and new hampshire as well. where does he stand in this rac
measures ahead of his visit to el paso this weekend. before he travels, it appears the needs to study up on specifics. we re going to have to use title nine title eight am i right? we begin in washington where 11 rounds of votes over three days, the house of representativeses have failed to elect a speaker. a deal might be coming to move more support to kevin mccarthy. kevin cork is live in d.c. with the latest on this. good evening, kevin. the house has gavelled out tonight and will come back again friday at noon. as it stands, the majority of republicans, some 200 of them, want kevin mccarthy to become the speaker of the house. the other 20 have backed everyone from florida republican byron donalds to even former donald trump. they don t seem to be budging. this isn t chaos. this is a constitutional republic at work. i m a mom of four boys. i know what chaos and dysfunction looks like. mccarthy, meanwhile, said all he needs to do is flip at least 11 votes. ton
honorary award. beyond us why they can t find another organization to honor for their pride night and have chosen instead to shove this in the face of catholics and christians and decent americans across the country that don t want politics in baseball. john: the dodgers did seem to be sensitive to the criticisms they were going to honor the group, they withdrew the invitation but the l.a. pride organization said if you are not going to honor the sisters of perpetual indulgence, we are going to pull out on june 16th, caused the dodgers to say this, after much thoughtful feedback from our diverse communities, honest conversations in the los angeles dodgers organization and talks, offer our sincerest apology to the sisters of perpetual indulgence, members of the lgbtq+ communities and friends and families and reinvited them to attend and be honored on pride night. the dodgers made a calculation
but we honor their work, and we assume it as well for our community. the daughters announcing wednesday, they were an inviting the group to the june 16th summit, quote, given the strong feelings of people have been offended by the sisters inclusion in the evening. senator rubio responded to the dodgers move in a tweet saying, quote, for, it s common sense prevailed in california. his office declined a request for an interview. this is members of the lgbtq community rallies around the sisters. sharing disappointed with the uninvited a shunt. l.a. pride and the l.a. lgbtq center both announcing they re pulling out of doctors pride night all together this year. certainly, there s a financial hit that this has cost for the center, by not participating. it was really important for us to make sure that we were in alliance with the sisters. and participating just what it felt like a betrayal to our community. i think it really said. we re going backwards and not forwards. congressman