does intend to southern border next week. question the timing of this. we need to take action now. getting ready to say their final farewell to benedict. truly a doctor of the church. because he diagnosed the problem of this age. urging updates on damar hamlin doctor saw some signs of improvement. praying for damar hamlin looking for a positive outlook. > lit up the park to show support. brian: there was a time when womennens bands were hot. blonde, go goes. women the only ones singing for a while. no one is singing about what is taking place in washington. six rounds and kevin mccarthy is still not out. the question is if he is out, who is in. a lot of drama as we slowly move and zoom out and gradually, this is not a robot camera, is it? this is a human being. ainsley: the song is entirely ugly and very ugly in the capitol. six votes and still no speaker. steve: one way or another they re going to getcha. they re going to getcha. is today the day or only we hal
now. president biden says he intends to visit the southern border next week. he s doing it because he s being forced to come and because he wants actual sources. the vatican getting ready to say the final farewell to pope emeritus benedict. encouraging updates on damar hamlin. he remains in the icu. signs of improvement noted yesterday and overnight. things are moving in a positive direction. pulling for damar. niagara falls lit up in blue for support. can you meet me halfway right at the border line is where i m going to wait for you i ll be looking at night and day ainsley: this is called dance club mornings on fox & friends. every morning we started out with something that people dance to at the club s. brian: but that has something to do with the standoff we ve been witnessing been witnessing. ainsley: what are the lyrics of that sans? steve: meet me halfway. ainsley: that s appropriate. steel and our sound guy is our musical
anybody else. but they don t have number one, they don t have a plan really because they make it up every day but they don t have a viable candidate. first it was andy biggs. then it was jim jordan. now it s byron donalds. who is it going to be today? they are intent, simply, on blowing up the party which they are doing and this congress. they do not care. ainsley: they make a good point though. if they don t like mccarthy shouldn t they have a solid candidate in the wings? steve: why don t they nominate matt gaetz. he has been on the floor all the time. he s one of them. ainsley: the original holdout. steve: he has made it very clear he will not in a million years vote for kevin mccarthy. put matt gaetz up today. see what happens to him. how many votes is he going to get? 20? ainsley: some members worry about retribution, some sources say that if they don t vote for mccarthy. byron donalds said he voted for mccarthy the last two votes the last four he did not.
from just one or two people in leadership, and that s good for the institution, it s good for the party. it s time to move forward, unify, and we ve got to get back to work. i don t expect at noon that we are going to elect a speaker, but i do expect there to be progress, and hopefully by the end of the day today we will have a better story to tell. ainsley: all those 20 holdouts voted for byron donalds yesterday, and he said some of the members said they are worried about retribution. if they don t vote for mccarthy, how does that affect them later on? and byron says, i m not worried about that. i m 6 2 , 270 pounds, and i m not worried about that. brian: one thing is clear. i don t care if he comes speaker or not, his profile has really risen. the way he handles himself and the respect he has in his caucus. ainsley: and he voted for mccarthy the first two times. the third time he said i can t do it because he doesn t have the votes, and then yesterday all three times he vot