resources in what might be proof that nothing is safe these days, even a memorial to allison was not spared from cold hearted crooks. john: ali s father is going to join us to discuss his heartbreaking loss. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts in washington. sandra: that s a place i know well, and new orleans also dealing with out of control record high crime in that city, too. i m sandra smith in new york. ali s father, he ll be joining us this hour, but begin with 49 days until the voters decide the balance of power in d.c. and those brand-new fox news power rankings are out showing the headline few could have predicted. first time control of the house of representatives is now in place for democrats. john: possibility democrats keep control of both houses of congress, something no party in the white house has managed to do in decades, going all the way back to 2002. it s a fox news alert. when we talked about the midterms a
how the border crisis not only affects texas but impacts the entire country. essentially every state is a border state. we re seeing record number of immigrants coming across that border. record number of deaths from immigrants not only crossing the river but being smuggled and being killed during the high speed chases and also in different situations like we saw in san antonio, where we lost 53 immigrants smug nulled a smuggled in a trailer. migrants continue being smuggled into the country in staggering numbers and dangerous ways. for the migrants themselves as well as the people in these texas border communities. a group of 300 migrants just crossed the border into eagle pass. right before the sun rose this morning a group of 300, mostly single adult men from cuba. something we have seen every single day this morning. in fact, we re seeing two groups per day, which is the case again today. i want to show you the video you just teased with. an exclusive video from a pol
wild fair fire fire across the u.s. president biden set to make his first trip to the southern border this sunday. the visit comes after two years in office and more than 4 million migrant encounters. is it too little too late? more on those stories throughout the hour. first a fight for the speaker s gavel enters day four. republicans remain divided after 11 rounds of voting. the most since 1859 as lawmakers hint negotiations could last through the weekend. i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. kevin mccarthy still not able to strike a deal with 20 conservative hold-outs. 12th vote set for noon eastern time and see whether or not it goes down at that time. mccarthy and allies remain confident a deal is said to be on the table after yet another set of late night concessions. indiana republican elect jim banks with us last hour. a supporter of mccarthy talked to us about the latest. i don t know if i see light at the end of the tunnel yet but i m hearing about it. a lo
another day of travel chaos with thousands more flight delays and cancellations. southwest struggles to recover from holiday storms and system-wide operational problems. the u.s. department of transportation says it is launching an investigation. as a wash dog we ll hold them accountable and have to take a deeper look what s going on with their scheduling systems. we all understand you can t control the weather but this is clearly crossing the line from what s on uncontrollable weather situation to something that s the airline s responsibility. julie: president biden dodging the travel chaos and winter weather as he jets off to a tropical vacation. peter doocy is live at the white house. we have a heater right here. it s pretty warm. not that bad. it s not that bad. as we look at some of these images from airports, julie, people who are stranded and looking to the federal government to maybe help them out, help them get home faster are out of luck. and there is really n
gillian: most major u.s. airlines are rebounding from the holiday blizzard, southwest airlines continues spiralling downward. the company ceo says the communications network was thrown off by the historic storm. that was not the only challenge. southwest memo out of denver airport warned of a staffing crisis just days before christmas. gillian: according to bloomberg, the v.p. of ground operations declared a state of operational emergency at the airport after an unusually high number of employee absences. sending a message to workers december 21st. anita: fox team coverage, jacqui heinrich what the white house is saying this hour. gillian: first with fox weather, katie is at philadelphia international airport. what are passengers telling you today? gillian, anita, the situation is very real for people still dealing with stranded luggage or not able to rebook their flights. i just met a family that was trying to travel from california to here in philadelphia, and t