plus we will speak with the new secretary of transportation pete buttigieg live in this show in a bit. but, first, breaking tonight, just moments ago it has been more than 100 years since we have seen this moment on capitol hill. more than nine ballots for speaker of the house and just now after a tenth vote has just wrapped up. we still don t have a house speaker. the growing question now is who will blink first? we re in the third day day of the republican battle over this job. former minority leader kevin mccarthy still does not have enough support to get to the magic number and the top spot. about 20 opponents are refusing to buckle so far as negotiations continue behind the scenes vote after vote. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has the latest tonight live from capitol hill. good evening, chad. bret, kevin mccarthy expected to move the meter today. it never happened, despite concessions. the house is no closer to electing a speaker than when it started
and some words of unity as trump works to bring the grand old party together 144 days until the november election. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. moving forward from those meetings on capitol hill with house and senate republicans, the nation s 45th president is focused on key issues shoring up his allies as he is also dealing with a little bit of unfinished business. in those meetings yesterday trump reportedly called those pursuing him at the justice department dirty no-good bastards and called president biden a dope. here he is after those meetings. there is tremendous unity in the republican party. we want to see borders. we want to see strong military. we want to see money not wasted all over the world. we have great common sense. a lot of very smart people in this room and a lot of people that love our country. harris: and now we ll hear from some lawmakers who were with him. i think he recognizes now, having been through a few elections,
mind is, if no one s raising questions about why secretary esper and his wife led that delegation, as well they should have why is did any different when it s me and my husband? bret: understood. the last thing i wanted to ask you is that tonight secretary rather senator debbie stabenow from michigan announced she is not going to run in 2024. you are now a resident of michigan. you have put out a statement today that you will not run for that seated; is that correct. right now i m completely focused on the job that i have for some of the reasons we talked about it s demanding job but also in my view the best job in this city and the best job in the federal government and proud to be doing that. bret: rule out runnings for any elected office in 24. i m completely focused on doing this job and i m not planning to run for anything. bret: we wanted to give you the opportunity to directly answer some of these critics and they are talking about it. we appreciate you coming on an
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in awe right now. i m actually from houston. we re seeing people there who have lost everything. they have nothing to their names anymore. but they their families. they have their friends. they are so thankful to be alive and have each other. we ve seen so much heart and spirit coming out of this city. it s the best of america. the trump administration, they ve been doing a great job. it s so nice to see mike pence down there, you know, leading by example. this is what america is all about. this is what texas is all about. i m so proud of houston. sandra: all right kristen tate and richard fowler, we thank both of you for joining us, for chiming in. interesting to get your perspective on that as well. by the way, mike pence is down there, and his wife led many of the residents there and many of the survivors in prayer just a short time ago. and he continues to give us a tour of the damage down there.