and it appears, though obviously it is not done yet. that kevin mccarthy may in fact have the votes. steve, can you give us a bit of a history lesson here. compare this to any other time in modern history. any other time in modern history there is none because,, the last time the speaker s vote went past one ballot was 1823, but, we will come right back to this, but just to put in some perspective, what the history of this is, you are looking at here, this is every speakers race in history, that s gone past one ballot. we put this together earlier, only 11 ballots, this is the 15th ballot, so right here in history is where the speakers race ranks, this is the fifth longest speakers race in the history of the country, and you can see the four that were longer than this were all pre civil war, this is going to finish well shy of a record of 133 minutes, if it does indeed finish here, 15 ballots will be the fifth longest in american history, and again we haven t seen this go p
to purchase to 21 years old. but the simple facts, once again, are this, those measures have no realistic chance of passages in the senate. republicans aren t even talking about gun restrictions. they are once again blaming mental illness for the nation s gun crisis. we have crunched those numbers before on this broadcast and that claim does not stand up. some states are, though, not waiting for congress to act. new york state lawmakers just passed several bills including one that raises the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic rifle to 21. we will have more on those state measures in just a moment. first, let s look at the national or what remains of it. with us political anchor for spectrum news and you decide podcast. john, i want to be honest with our viewers because we will report on measures that pass of a democratic controlled house but don t have the votes to pass the senate and become law. what is the reality of the effort? wl what is still alive and might still ge
approaches this weekend as president biden is hunkered down at camp david while the former president is gearing up for two speeches today, including one next hour in front of christian activists at the faith and freedom coalition conference in washington d.c. welcome to fox news live, everyone, i m jacqui heinrich. griff: great to be with you. i m griff jenkins. tonight, trump will continue his recent tour of battle ground states headed to pennsylvania for a rally at temple university in philadelphia. that s where our alexis mcadams kicks things off for us live. hey, alexis. hey, guys, a hot and steamy day here in philadelphia. the former president will be out here in a matter of hours. a long line of supporters actually wrapped up here along behind me at temple university in philly. we expect him to talk about the economy and also crime in the philadelphia area as he tries to win over another key state. this is part of a swing state tour by the former president, he s hitti
the biden administration has the blood of rachel morin on their hands no. 8 and 10-year-old should have to visit their mom s grave site on motmother s day. ainsley: as we are learning now that her alleged killer was a got away in 2023. brian: plus, it s not me. it s actually you. that s what democrats are saying to joe biden as the party s down ballot candidates. lawrence: normally you say that before a breakup. brian: absolutely. steve: summer concert friday. alana springsteen is going to take the stage. lawrence: second hour of fox & friends starts right now. brian: get dressed. lawrence: so former president donald trump plans to rally supporters in pennsylvania this weekend. brian: yup. his trip to the key swing state as we learn the trump campaign outraised the biden harris campaign in the month of may. steve: lucas tomlinson is live outside the white house with more. good morning, steve and of course president biden has visited pennsylvania more
president biden on his way to the site of a legendary act of american heroism. when army rangers scaled to cliffs the president gives a speech defending freedom and democracy. we ll cover it for you live from a beautiful day in normandy, france again. from arizona last night, watch. he has totally lost control over the border and it is a real dangerous place. he is conceding death and he is conceding defeat at the border. a deliberate demolition of our sovereignty and border. somehow somebody will explain to us why they would want this to happen. i guess it s probably votes. they probably think these people are going to be voting. bill: president trump in arizona last night a battleground state where his message on immigration appears to be resonating. we can show you that in the numbers coming up here. dana has friday off. bill hemmer live in new york city. gillian made the commute out of washington, d.c. d.c. gillian: made it here by the skin of my teeth. i got here