great entertainer, great man, great patriot. we will have that for you later. but right now, two major developments in the battle over border security, the house voted not to impeach dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas and the senate border deal appears to be on life support. that measure was said to be dead on arrival in the house and now some gop senators are also skeptical about the package. the senior national correspondent rich edson has the information live for us in dc, good evening. reporter: good evening trace. republicans lose two major votes in the house, a chamber they control by a slim margin. house republicans failed to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas after charging he s failed to secure the southern border. a handful of republicans broke with their party and democrats and sank the impeachment vote. republicans say they ll vote again when steve scalise returns from cancer treatment. minutes after that vote, the house also failed to pass a $
with leaders. so is there finally an end in sight? there is still a lot of work to be done, but we continue to believe that an agreement is possible. brian: plus, round two second impeachment vote on the table secretary mayorkas after last minute vote switch yesterday. lawrence: illegal strip clubs and terrorized neighbors. squatters are taking over more than a 1,000 homes in atlanta. ainsley: fox & friends starts right now and remember, everyone, mornings are better with friends. why don t you participate? brian: i m not sure. steve: and mornings are better with news. so let s turn to the race for the white house. nikki haley waking up this morning to a loss in nevada as nearly 63% of republican primary vote goes to none of these candidates instead of her. she was still declared victor, however. ainsley: none of these candidates. you can check that box? brian: former president was not on the ballot. he opted out and will instead take part in the caucuse
ainsley: it is 8:00 a.m. right here on the east coast. it s wednesday, february 7th. this is fox & friends. we start with this. a news alert. brand-new border numbers more than 1 million migrants encountered since the fiscal year began just a few months ago in october. the earliest this milestone has ever been reached. steve: that is something. griff jenkins in moments. another fox news alert. hamas terrorists proposing a cease-fire deal. could the end of the war be in sight? still a lot of work to be done but we continue to believe that an agreement is possible. lawrence: illegal strip clubs. squatters taking over more than 1,000 homes in atlanta. brian: final hour of fox & friends starts now. you chose to be with friends, that s us. lawrence: fox news alert. brand-new border numbers just released. ainsley: we ve had more than 1 million migrant encounters since october 1st when the fiscal year began. it s the earliest this milestone has ever been reached.
professor of medicine at nyu and fox news contributor, marc siegel. president biden is back to blaming trump and maga republicans for his national security and border crisis. blasting them for the faltering border bill. president biden: everyday between now and november, the american people will know only reason the border is not secure is donald trump and his maga republican friends. it s tim for republicans in congress to show courage, to show spine, to make it clear to the american people that you work for them and not anyone else. i know who i work for. i work for the american people. emily: later peter doocy pressed the white house over the president s blame game. peter: you guys talk a lot about how the border wouldn t be a big deal if congress would have passed the immigration bill on day one. who was in charge of congress on day one? we have said is that congress has to act, congress democrats, republicans have to act. in those three years, it is true republ
voted no. now, let s go live to capitol hill where fox news senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has all the details. now, chad, we heard yelling. then we heard cheers from the floor. what can you tell us? well, democrats were yelling at the republicans to close the vote. because they were prevailing in this, obviously democrats did not want to impeach alejandro mayorkas, so they were winning, they kept yelling regular order. shut off the vote. and so here s what happened at the end. as you say there were four republicans who voted no. but i want to point out that that s with a caveat. here are the four who voted no and i will explain why this is very important. mike gallagher republican of wisconsin. ttom mcclintock. ken buck republican of colorado. the vice chair of the republican conference blakemore. now, at the end of the vote he switched his vote so this lost. 216 to 214. it was 215 to 215. by rule, a tie vote loses in the house of representatives. so why d