Editorial report im Paul Gigot Funding Set to lapse at midnight lawmakers on capitol hill are scrambling to avoid a Government Shutdown. With the house voting on a clean, 45stop Gap Funding Bill in which was a major shift for speaker Kevin Mccarthy lets go right to Congressional Correspondent Aishah Hasnie live on capitol hill with the latest. Reporter i can tell you Speaker Mccarthy is beaming right now. He absolutely has a victory in passing this 45day clean cr. He actually came over right before the vote and whispered in my ear and said look what the senate just did did you see what the senate just did and he was smiling and what he was talking about was that the senate, Senate Republicans leader mcconnell had basically decided to take a step back, back off, and let the house move forward with its cr. And that was important because House Democrats were trying to stall a vote on this so that they could wait and allow senate to take up their cr. So it really did work out for Speaker M
This is americas lateness. Fox news at night breaking tonight, many have called it a Nightmare Scenario for democrats , but now it appears to be a reality. Democratic president to committee Robert F Kennedy jr. Is reportedly planning to announce a thirdparty run. Life with the breaking news and its potential impact on 2024, christina, this is significant. It is. News outlet media is reporting that Robert Kennedy jr. Will announce his run as an independent and less than two weeks in philadelphia. Kennedy has not publicly said hes going to make the big switch, but today on his websit he did hyped up an event scheduled for that day. I can say though that if youre waiting to come to oneway public events, This Wil Be The One to come to. Always thinking about a change in american politics. What my party in your party is and that change. Campaign inside phils running as an independent is th only way to go because the Democratic National committee i changing the rules to include his candidacy.
Right toward us. Welcome back to fox news live in our second hour, im Jacqui Heinrich are. Griff less than 12 hours to that potential shutdown on a busy saturday, im griff jenkins. We have Aishah Hasnie standing by On Capitol Hill, but first, i believe congressman matt gaetz is speaking. Lets listen to him and see what were hearing. He made another promise to President Biden, he made a third promise altogether to house appropriators. So kevins deal was if he made multiple Con Rah Districtly promises and delayed as long as possible, he could push people up against Shutdown Politics in order to avoid the the program mat ificlevel review that House Conservatives [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] i can tell you, House Democrats are about as interested in this question as all of you are, and they continue to ask me, and and i continue to give them the same answers im giving you with. I want to see the House Of Representatives fund this government not with one up or down vote for all the
Time. That matters. Oh, yeah, and we are expecting high tide again later tonight, around 9 00. So thats the next time well see the water inch up. The mornings high tide around 9 00 a. M. In the heat of this, so that made matters worse for people across the northeast dealing with the rain trying to get to work or drop their kids at school. Sandra thank you, katie. John joining us again by phone, onika williams, she works at a daycare in coney island, she was on a bus earlier today and took amazing video, when we spoke with you last hour you were trying to make your way home as we watch your video here. Are you there yet . No, im Down The Street from my house. Im almost home. John whats it been like trying to get home . Its been better. Its still raining but the road is clear, its not as bad as this morning. Which tells me the trucks the drains are being cleared so its making going home a little easier. Sandra onika, you dont sound as energetic as you did before. Youve had a long commute
Kayleigh hello, everyone this is outnumbered. Im Kayleigh Mcenany and also doing to me business business and kirk of the bottom line dagen mcdowell, fox host Kacie Mcdonnell hosmer and tommy n on outkick and chairman of oleary ventures kevin oleary. We begin with a billionaire at the border and guess who it is . The growing crisis at the southern border is ignored by the mainstream will media, democrats and the president. But elon musk, that is who im talking about, he is not turning a blind eye. In a black cowboy hat, he went to eagle pass, texas, to get a close up at the ongoing migrant crisis. He visited a Processing Site with texas republican congressman Tony Gonzales and elon musk live streamed parts of the tour on social media platform x. What we see here are in some cases some pretty extreme individuals coming through. Sure. We are talking about a guy who came through who had faced tattoos, including tears tattooed on his face. Yes. Speak with tear means that they have murdered