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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 ....
we re monitoring any developments on that and we ll bring them to you. i m harris falkier and you with in the faulkner focus. mccarthy suggesting votes would continue through the weekend if the stalemate continues. the vote failed again on the 11th round last night. we re so far beyonn anything li this since 1859. and we re in a whole new territory. mccarthy and allies hoping their ne give him a viable path to speakership. they include pretty much all of the demands of the anti-mccarthy members. no word on any defectors budging yet. mccarthy backers aren t happy, to say the least. i m not a member of congress now. i can t get classified briefings. i can t do my job. i can t do what we are supposed to do to fix the border. i can t tell you what is go being on with the cartels. we can t do any of that because 20 people don t like kevin mccarthy. this is an extreme disservice to the american people. harris: former house speaker newt gingrich in focus. let s begin w ....
Away at the age of 115. besse hendricks who lived in iowa. what a life. a few years ago she shared the secret to her longevity. know what it was? it was hard work. dana: oh my, she said hard work. that s amazing. bill: she also loved sweets. it s okay, sugar is okay. hard work. dana: good for her. also she made i wish she would have said red wine. harris faulkner is up next. here she is. harris: right now an all-republican conference call is underway on capitol hill. we don t know what, if any, progress is being made to choose a house speaker now that republicans are in the majority of the they re set to reconvene shortly on the house floor. republican house speaker nominee kevin mccarthy got a break overnight as they voted to adjourn until noon today. the wrangling could be continuing between mccarthy and his opponents on that call that i just reported. ....