roy of texas, who was a key negotiator of getting kevin mccarthy elected as house speaker. let s make a deal. 15th time is the charm. the honorable kevin mccarthy is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [ cheers and applause ] but after a bruising fight, can kevin mccarthy govern? the man who negotiated the deal to deliver mccarthy key votes, republican congressman chip roy of texas joins me for his first post-vote interview. a lawmaker critical of the rebels, republican congressman dan crenshaw is ahead. and standing together. as republicans floundered, democrats were unified. house democrats stand together with you. how are they prepares for the next two years? the new house minority whip, congresswoman katherine clark joins me exclusively ahead. guy plus, going south. president biden is set to visit the southern border as he expands a controversial trump-era rule that he had promised to overturn. it s important to step back and see the bigg
symone. we are kicking things off at the u.s. mexico border. at this very hour, president joe biden is in el paso making his first visit since taking office. ahead of biden s visit today, people being arrested outside of church shelter. we will have an update from gabe gutierrez who is on the ground in texas. plus, new congress means new rules. what republicans have proposed, such as banning federal abortion funds and blocking asylum seekers from entering the country, it is a mess that will keep you up at night. we are digging into their proposals and the fireworks ahead tomorrow. the buffalo bills will take the field for the first time since hamlin s life-threatening injury today. teams across the nfl, they are paying tribute to number three. we are talking to a former nfl player about the teams emotional return inspired by hamlin himself. i am symone sanders-townsend, i have something to say. at this hour, president biden is visiting the border in el paso, texas. this is hi
we ll get to that, but the big story this morning. oh, yeah. what happened on the football field last night. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin suffering cardiac arrest and collapsing on the football field. just 24 years old now in the hospital in critical condition. get you updates on that, of course. also, house republican leader kevin mccarthy s bid to be speaker plagued with uncertainty still this morning. the concessions he has made may not be enough to win him the support he needs to become speaker. if you can believe it. kaitlan? yeah. once the new congress is sworn in, the republican majority in the house is promising a wave of investigations. partisan gridlock, could stall president biden s agenda. big questions about what that will look like as well. uh-huh. our big story this morning, we re going to start with buffalo bills player damar hamlin. hospitalized in critical condition after collapsing and suffering cardiac arrest on the field monday night. wha
middle of his third season with the bills. he is considered one of the game s star safeties. as i told you, guys, we are praying for him. we want to bring in our friend trey clevis here, found there. i ve been waiting to talk to you all night. what is your reaction to this breaking news that is coming o out? lawrence, thanks for having me on. let me had a couple of things right off the top. the bills are one of the biggest families in the entire nfl. for people who know what it s like to live in buffalo, i know several of their players. it s an incredibly tight knit team. i thought that will cain was just saying and i was sending out this tweet. lawrence meant to me is what has were presented what s so great about sports. this damar hamlin charity has raised right now $1.2 million. the initial goal was $2500 to provide toys for children in the pittsburgh area where hamlin grew up. here s something crazy, lawrence. over 47,000 people have donated to the charity. almost all o