the whole campaign and not have to answer tough questions, well, then we may be in danger of seeing a democrat sweep in 2024. steve: all right. good morning, everybody. it s 6:00 here in new york city and we start this wednesday morning with the race for the white house. the republican presidential primary heating up with former president donald trump expected to arrive in iowa today. ainsley: yeah. that s right. his visit to the hawkeye state comes just a day after florida s governor ron desantis kicked off his great american comeback tour. brian: right. here we go. lucas tomlinson joins us now to set the table. lucas? good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. first visit to iowa as a presidential candidate. florida governor ron desantis vowed to fix the border once and for all. i m frustrated on things like the border because i have been listening to these politicians talk about securing the border for years and years and years. i could tell you if i m president, th
you had conservatives from the house freedom caucus chip roy and dan bishop voting against it with all four democrat members of that committee refusing really to bail out the fractured g.o.p. conference over this bill that they didn t negotiate and would not have written themselves. this advances the legislation now to a full floor vote. and there is a considerable effort to whip the vote and count the votes on both sides. speaker mccarthy pledged yesterday that two thirds of republicans will end up supporting this on the floor. but conservatives like dan bishop are calling on their colleagues to oppose the bill saying that they expect it won t even get half of the conference in support. i m just fed up with the lies. i m fed up with the lack of courage. the cowardice. and i intend, in the time that i m here, i intend to see to it that those that there is somebody who is prepared to say what needs to be done. 434 members of congress, nobody could have done a worse job.
foxnews.com. meanwhile, according to my apple watch. the second hour of fox & friends starts right now. ainsley: we begin this hour with a heated debate on government spending in washington. the debt ceiling bill is expected to hit the house floor this evening after clearing the house rules committee last night. steve: yeah. it s probably going to be tonight around 8:30. republicans and democrats remain divided even within their own parties. jacqui heinrich joins us live from the white house with the latest and, jacqui, obviously the white house wants this, but there are a number of republicans who say this is, as i said to andy biggs, this is a stink bomb and they don t want to vote for it? yeah, you know, steve, this billionairely passed the rules committee overcoming a rebellion from conservatives after republican thomas massie of
meanwhile, according to my apple watch. the second hour of fox & friends starts right now. ainsley: we begin this hour with a heated debate on government spending in washington. the debt ceiling bill is expected to hit the house floor this evening after clearing the house rules committee last night. steve: yeah. it s probably going to be tonight around 8:30. republicans and democrats remain divided even within their own parties. jacqui heinrich joins us live from the white house with the latest and, jacqui, obviously the white house wants this, but there are a number of republicans who say this is, as i said to andy biggs, this is a stink bomb and they don t want to vote for it? yeah, you know, steve, this billionairely passed the rules committee overcoming a rebellion from conservatives after republican thomas massie of kentucky voted to support it.