in the faulkner focus. it is nasty. the battle for the gavel. the first time as i mentioned in a century the vote needed more than a single ballot. resistance to republican leader kevin mccarthy. it got hotter yesterday in the final rounds of votes. he started losing support. now 20 mccarthy defectors going into the second day. they are backing ohio representative-elect they re all elect because they can t be sworn in because they haven t chosen a speaker those 20 like jim jordan for the job. jordan supports mccarthy. how will that work out? he said he is not interested in being the speaker position. leading the charge for jim jordan and against kevin mccarthy florida congressman-elect matt gaetz. many of his colleagues not happy. south carolina republican nancy mace tweeted gaetz full ego was on display and he will screw around and get another pelosi elected to the spot, her words. former speaker newt gingrich said the hold juts are hurting themselves. i think a numb
became the first transgender champion in ncaa division history. in an interview last month, he said that she does plan to keep swimming competitively including, she said, at the olympic trials to try and go after the olympics. the vote, though, by the governing body would ban thomas and other transgender athletes from taking part in women s sports events. mary korean rafferty joins us with more. reporter: hi, eric. the new rules would mean a trans it s e alt heat9 would have to complete their transition before the age of 12. ya thomas, first trans athlete to win a division i swimming title and had also hoped to compete in the olympics, will not be allow to do so. the international body that governs water sports says the move will balance includessivity and insure no one has an unfair advantage. we have to protect the right of all our athletes to compete. but we also have to protect competition fairness at our events, especially women s competition. and also the past reco
i.r.s. situation and the border situation, the deep dive into investigating the biden family. what is your pushback when you hear the press secretary saying acussing you of not having the right priorities. they would be better suited to lead a kindergarten group trying to explain the priorities of the leader of the free world. we have inflation because the democrats spent too much money. one thing that we can do even with a democrat senate and democrat white house is put the brakes on spending. what i want to do as chairman of the oversight committee is highlight waste, fraud abuse and mismanagement. we re also look into the biden family influence peddling. something that amazes me the democrats criticize republicans for wanting do that when they have investigated the previous president for six years straight now and still going. so yes we ll investigate that but also pass a conservative
the north korea embassy. today s press secretary saying,9 quote with: mayor adams wholeheartedly condemns the human rights abuses committed by north korea. if the city could be similar chooses a street for council chooses a street for renaming, the mayor would support those efforts. he already has the support of john kerry and mike pompeo. secretary kerry said this, quote: i think it s more than appropriate, it s important. in new york at the u.n. north korea should see the name every day of the young man who should still be alive today. the world should know that we remember and we care. it s part of how you insist no one ever be allowed to forget the tragedy of otto warmbier, you have to always fight the forgetting. three former united states ambassadors to the u.n. including bill richardson, members of the u.s. senate and congress, new york city officials and human rights activists also support the
and this was upsetting, right? and a local and state leaders, democrat and republican, rush to condemn the nazis. the local mayor, the sheriff, florida s republican u.s. senator, rick scott they all came forward and condemned the offense in no uncertain terms. but from the governor, it has been a little weird. the only initial response from florida s republican governor was this tweet from his press secretary saying, quote, do we even know if they are nazis? yeah. yeah, they volunteered that they are and also, swats ago banners. she has since deleted that tweet. governor desantis couldn t get around to addressing the nazis and orlando issue. here is what he said. [inaudible] but i m going to say is,