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
whether illegal drugs played a role in his actions. in philadelphia, a suspect robbed a 20-year-old man of his wallet while he stood on a subway platform. the suspect escaped on to the train. but when the victim chased him, a gang of men attacked the victim. they appeared to punch, kit, stomp on him. police are asking for help figuring out who the suspects are. in dallas, police used a smoke bomb to throw a smoke bomb in a culvert to get out a suspect in a drainpipe. the smoke took 30 seconds to chase the man out and end the standoff, the suspect is now in custody. as masks mandates come back around the country, the fears of forever pandemic at astounding highs. dr. hamadi. great to see you as always.
where a good part of the way through this omicron wave, we re not cltohe onat. i think this will be a long struggle. health experts say the best defense are vaccines. now 42% of americans have that booster shot, and masking, though just nine states still require masks indoors. and the anti-mandate battle is spreading across canada. ple ue blockgruckshousan s. m. and patience on this ninth day of demonstrations is running thin with counter protestors demanding an end to disruptions. ottawa s mayor declared a state of emergency because of those protests. here in the u.s. many of those masks mandates will be lifted including here in california, on february 15th. jericka. duncan: lilia luciano, february 15th, not far away, thank you. to minneapolis now where there
in massachusetts we re seeing similar things that we re seeing in new york. unfortunately the reality of the situation is that omicron continues. we have potentially a new strain. and if we are to remove mask mandates, what is the contingency plan? we need a contingency plan that is pro active and not reactive. we will see a rise in cases with the removal of masks mandates. what should the contingency plan be in that respect? that is something that we hope the cdc and american academy of pediatrics can comment on and i think that s what hair going to be discussing at the white house briefing. i think for parents like me is the fact that my 3-year-old is not vaccinated and we re awaiting the decision from the fda and cdc on that. we know they re going to be reviewing that in the next couple of days, emergency use authorization for children under