now. president biden says he intends to visit the southern border next week. he s doing it because he s being forced to come and because he wants actual sources. the vatican getting ready to say the final farewell to pope emeritus benedict. encouraging updates on damar hamlin. he remains in the icu. signs of improvement noted yesterday and overnight. things are moving in a positive direction. pulling for damar. niagara falls lit up in blue for support. can you meet me halfway right at the border line is where i m going to wait for you i ll be looking at night and day ainsley: this is called dance club mornings on fox & friends. every morning we started out with something that people dance to at the club s. brian: but that has something to do with the standoff we ve been witnessing been witnessing. ainsley: what are the lyrics of that sans? steve: meet me halfway. ainsley: that s appropriate. steel and our sound guy is our musical
speaker is elected and until a speaker s ways and members. jerrold nadler from new york said, what if there is some kind of emergency? the house can t spring into action until it gets underway with a speaker. brian: when kat cammack came out and indicated the democrats were drinking during this standoff, are they drinking is there a bar outside? i mean i have no idea. she made it kind of tongue-in-cheek. she was asked about yesterday. i think bret baier asked her about it and she brushed it off a little bit. brian: they didn t like that. they didn t like that. you can hear an audible sound on the house floor. but a lot of them have been in there the entire time, and every time, they stick together and they vote 212 for hakeem jeffries. ainsley: we don t know if they are drinking alcohol, but they are eating popcorn. steve: david, thank you very much. g.o.p. insiders are saying that,
it s in march. ainsley: that s quite a tease. steel and i don t know if you remember, it is you, me, and griff jenkins re-creating something that happened before. brian: that, i m not sure about. just backing up, while we were talking, they were saying the same thing over and over again. meet me halfway, me halfway, meet me halfway. that s a good thing about writing a dance song. you only need one line and a bass drum. steve: let s meet david spunt half way. he will tell us about whether the battle over who will be the next house speaker there will be a vote today at high noon. ainsley: republican leader kevin mccarthy insists the g.o.p. is making progress and they are learning about concessions that mccarthy is prepared to make to break this deadlock. brian: david spunt joins us live with the latest. we have details, right, david? we are learning more about the concessions mccarthy is willing to make. late night last night and early