paris olympic games. i keep saying to my husband i think this young lady can think about qualifying to her fourth olympic games in 2028 in l.a., and how sweet would that be? >> how sweet would that be. >> i'm tired thinking about that. the amount of training that goes into it. but it's extraordinary, and it's a joy. i feel like as much as i was concerned with her mental health and how she was in 2021 i felt a loss. didn't get to watch greats in and we get to again. dominique dawes, thank you very much. >> thank you for having me on. "cnn this morning" continues now. the race is on to replace kevin mccarthy. >> two candidates have already officially jumped in. >> the most pressing issue is not ukraine. >> behind the scenes there are raw emotions, feelings, bad will. >> standing up for principle can sometimes be painful. new york's attorney general

letitia james said the donald trump show is over as his fraud trial continues. >> trump wasted no time lashing out against the judge and the attorney general. >> no jury. you don't need the dramatics. >> i will not be bullied. >> the biden administration waiving 26 federal laws in texas to allow border wall construction at the migrant crisis as new york and chicago ramps up. the failure of federal policies is now impacting the people of chicago in a dramatic way. >> there has to be limits in place. >> mexico, of course hars to be and is our closest partner in this. good morning, everyone. so glad you're with us on "cnn this morning." there is a lot to get to at the border which has been a big part of this fight over the speakership and funding for that. and in washington, because we have no speaker still. >> that's the problem. you make a great point. policy implications here for a

chime ber that quite literally can't do anything now and ukraine funding, border, government shutdown looming. this is real. not just a political fight that's nonsensical to most normal human beings. >> battle to become speaker of the house under way and ukraine, border and other critical issues. jim jordan and steve scalise jumped into the race and waiting to see if anyone else joins. the candidates facing the same things that doomed kevin mccarthy and paralyzed the house. tough questions to answer. will they work with democrats to prevent a shutdown next month or dig in for a fight? will they get rid of the rule allowing a small handful of republicans to oust speaker mccarthy? >> also punish the eight gop rebels who voted him out and cut support and funding for ukraine as the war with russia drags on. here's what jim jordan told our colleague manu raju. >> reporter: are you willing to

move forward with a package to ukraine if you're speaker? >> i'm against that. the most pressing issue is not ukraine. border situation and crime on the streets and everybody knows that. let's address those. if the senate wants to send us something on other issues that's there prerogative. >> cnn congressional reporter from washington. good to see you. the question, can begin get there? >> reporter: a time you cannot overestimate how tenuous the republican conference relationships are right now. i interviewed yesterday repres representative, a close ally of kevin mccarthy. when he made the announce wasn't going to run kept the meeting short in part because he was afraid there could be an interruption of some physical

al altercation. how raw nerves are in the republican conference plaguing the house gop after the historic vote to oust former speaker kevin mccarthy. >> i'm not surprised. tensions and tempers have been running pretty high for the last nine months. >> reporter: allies of mccarthy are seeking retribution from the eight republican rebels who voted against him. >> i think it was done for narcissistic for selfish reasons, fund-raising reasons. >> reporter: delivering a not so veiled threat to cease all fund-raising for republican representative nancy mace ahead of vote. in return, mace says she's fund-raising off her decision to sink mccarthy. >> i'm taking it from all sides right now, and because of the threats i've been receiving over the last couple of weeks it finally reach add point last night i was like, you know what? i'm going to let people know that i need help. >> reporter: now some are even threatening to try and have them removed from the republican conference. >> i don't see how they can really be part of a conference

when they stand on the, they come on the inside, listen to what going on and go outside and lob bombs in the middle. >> the very people who are blaming the eight who voted against kevin mccarthy are the same people who have held up this process so that we don't get to the point where we pass a budget, pass appropriations bills and deal with the, the huge spending. >> reporter: mccarthy, too, is seeking revenge against democrats. for not throwing him a life line during the vote. two republican sources tell cnn he was behind the move to kick former house speaker nancy pelosi and former majority leader steny hoyer out of their unofficial office spaces near the house floor. >> rather than you know, being petty and silly, you know, and throwing nancy pelosi out of her office, i mean, how does that contribute to civility up here? >> reporter: even though republicans are bitterly divided the race to elect the next speak sir in full swing. two leading contenders for the role are emerging.

including house republican majority leader steve scalise and representative jim jordan. scalise was shot in 2017 at a baseball practice ahead of a congressional charity game that left him in critical condition. in august, scalise revealed he was diagnoseds with blood cancer. >> leader scalise is a good friend. had a great conversation with him, jim, kevin, other people. we're -- we're working hard we're going to unite. >> reporter: house judiciary chairman jim jordan was a co-founder of the conservative freedom caucus and is a close ally of former president trump. >> i think we're a conservative center right party. i'm the guy to help unite that. >> reporter: there's a lot of work left to do within the republican conference to ensure that by next tuesday when they go in for a candidate forum there is some recognition of who the next speaker could be. right now sources telling me, no one in this race has 218 votes. if this was expected to be a

coronation for majority leader it's not clear that's going to happen at this point. again, just in a week's time they lost a speaker and are going to try to seek a new one. phil, poppy? >> not a coronation at all. lauren fox, thank you. joining us, republican congressman bob good of virginia voted to oust mccarthy. appreciate your time. start with where my colleague ended, what's the path to 218? can either jim jordan or steve scalise get majority of, to become speaker? >> i like what the person just said. it's not a coronation. it's going to be a contest. going to be a competition. the way it should be. we will vet these candidates. we'll challenge them. we'll test them. already having conversations directly with these candidates. one-on-one meetings and conversations, group meetings, so forth and then a candidate forum as we should. a real candidate forum. not rezumpive designated person from the party leadership everybody's supposed to vote

for, everyone else afraid to challenge that person for fear of consequence or retaliation. we will have a true competition great for the american people great for the republican party. no matter how long it takes, make a few hours maybe a few days. we will have a voted interest in whoever we voted for ideally 221 votes on the first ballot on the house floor and want that person to be successful, because the country needs that person to be successful along with the republican party. >> what's the basis for your belief that your party, your conference, after the last nine months could ever emerge united from what's happening right now? >> kevin mccarthy was obviously divisive for the party. obviously, wouldn't have had 15 rounds of voting first time in history of the country. 160 years at least -- >> was that a mccarthy thing or -- >> went to two votes even first time in 160 years and then speaker mccarthy obviously removed by eight members of his party and was divisive. so now we have to own that in the sense we have to come together and select a speaker.

again, if tensions, might get high. debates, there should be. this ought to not just a rubber stamp. got qualified, talented individuals in the republican party who will be trying to build that coalition a support. i look forward to hearing from all of them meeting with all of them and seeing them make their case and who's going to fight for the american people and fight for the things the american people gave us majority last november. >> you said earlier, indication of the last 24, 48 hours both jim jordan, steve scalise and teams reaching out talking to people individually and in groups. have you had those conversations and describe what the pitch is from both? >> i won't talk about private conversations, yes, we're all hearing from those candidates and i look forward to continuing to have those conversations seeing who might be the best person to lead us. we need a leader. we've not had a leader nine months. we need an actual leader a fighter. one house of one branch of government, you ought to be ale to get something for your side. ought to be able to fight for some spending cuts.

ought to be able to fight for some policy changes. ought to be able to fight for some border security and able to fight against some of the weaponization the federal government, to go after our justice department, garland and mayorkas for the border invasion. stand up for the january 6th prisoners released tapes promised. those things. i think we'll get a fighter, a leader, someone who represents the conservative center of the conference and represents base of republicans and americans frankly who enturust us weith this. >> have to change a single motion member to vacate. mitch mcconnell said as well. take a listen. >> to do that job you have to get rid of the motion to vacate, because it puts whoever the speaker is in a hammer lock of

disfunction. so potential dysfunction. >> congressman, i know how much house members love to hear from the senate what they should or shouldn't do, but the idea itself. would you consider, do you think it's possible to have a rules package that changes the motion to vacate way from where it currently stands? >> again, emotions are high now because of what just changed with the speaker. i understand. a lot of people invested in the system, invested in his leadership, if you want, a personal level. those feelings are obviously raw now. however, we negotiated and voted unanimously together to come up with the best rules package, late last year, before the speaker vote. and ratified that, i should say, after the speaker vote. better for congress. only reason we're where we are we had a speak here did not keep his word, his commitments, let down the american people, let down the republican conference and it took ten moss frankly for him to be held accountable for that. wasn't cavalier.

didn't happen right after the debt ceiling surrender, gave an unlimited increase to the debt ceiling. didn't happen after he didn't bring a b, balanced budget to the floor, didn't happen -- >> before we go, ask you quick. you're saying you would not support any change to the rules package agreed in january? has to be the same? >> the same rules package. a speaker who commits to keeping the same rules package and went back to regular order. the way the house operated. a reason we've been able to submit hundreds, literally hundreds of amendments. input on the legislation. don't all gelt our way. but a confident, strong leader elect to become speaking secure knowing that they serve at the pleasure of their members and, again, all of us will have a vested interest in this person's success, because we have supported them and voted for them or they wouldn't be speaker and also, again, need them to be successful because the country can't afford to continue what we just did. extend policies and spending levels of the

biden-pelosi-schumer regime from last year. >> let us know who you're going with. appreciate your time. >> thank you. important conversation. illuminating. this just in -- this video showing migrants rushinged border near el paso, texas. this as the biden administration gets ready to build a border wall. plus, cnn goes inside the manufacturing plant for the diabetes medication, but one of the new widely popular weight-loss drugs, we'll discussion the potential risk as demand skyrockets. stay with us.

welcome back. we're entering the second day of the largest health care strike in u.s. history after 75,000 kaiser permanente employees walked off the job yesterday. the striking employees who work across california, colorado, washington, virginia, oregon and d.c. are represented by a coalition of unions comprising 40% of kaiser permanente's total staff. calling for increases to wages and staffing levels. >> now to an exclusive cnn's inside look at eli lilly ramps

up manufacture of mounjaro used for weight-loss. the company grappling with a severe shortage and skyrocketing demands growing kearns about the drug's safety and wellness clinics selling unsafe knockoff v versions for cheap. how is eli lilly trying to make this work? >> one of the largest drugs of all-time. how many are using them. eli lilly is building two new manufactures plants to try to meet this demand. we got an exclusive look inside to see just how they're trying to meet it. take a look. >> helping us lose weight. >> reporter: some most in-demand medicines in the world. >> wa kovi, fda approved for weight-loss. diabetes drugs ozempic. >> mounjaro, and lose up to 25 pounds railroad the final three

moss of last year 9 million prescriptions for drugs like these. a 300% increase since 2020. without insurance a one-month supply of one of these drugs can cost more than $1,000. all three are on the fda's list of drugs in short supply. by end of the year, mounjaro's manufacturer eli lilly expects fda approve toll treat obesity and potentially millions more people seeking it out. >> it's our own responsibility to scale these fast as we can. >> reporter: we got exclusive access to this mounjaro manufacturing plant in durham, north carolina, where the company is ramping up supply. in this room, showing us how it takes only milliseconds to fill the drug into syringes. >> how many can this do in an hour? >> this line, this is a high-speed filling machine. so on an annual basis, this will fill millions of syringes. >> reporter: running this factory 24/7 tracking every step of the operation along the way.

>> you're able to see, again, every batch as it flows through the facility. >> is it common for manufacturing sites to run 24/7? >> it is. for us, demand is very high and we're doing everything that we can to stand up and supply. >> reporter: eli lilly pouring $4 billion into this plant and another one its building just two hours southwest in an effort to double output by end of the year. >> it's a massive scale what we're trying to do. i don't think we have ever done this as a company and nor anybody else in the industry scaled these as fast as we are trying to scale. >> can you move faster than you're already moving? >> moving fast as we can but have to follow certain controls to make sure the final product meets safety petitions. >> reporter: in recent week as competitor filed lawsuits against med spas, clinics and compounding pharmacies for allegedly selling unapproved, unsafe versions of their drugs. both were also recently sued

over claims their drugs can make the stomach empty food too slowly resulting in abdominal pain and severe vomiting. in response they say they closely monitor the drugs for safety. back on the mounjaro line, the team knows importance of bringing the shortage to an end. >> a privilege to be able to make medicine, medicine that's life-changing for our patients are the as demand for weight-loss drugs shows no signs of slowing down. so, guys, this auto injector. 14 parts to put it together. use it, take the cap off, remove the button, injected medicine so has to be perfect every time. >> thank you for taking us inside of that. fascinating. before you go, watching a new shot, new vaccine to protect kids, newborns, against rsv. an issue, parents are having a hard time getting it, why? >> reporter: a new form of protection against rsv.

a scary respiratory infection everybody gets but for babies can be really dangerous. this was just approved by the fda and recommended by the cdc universally for all babies under 8 months old protecting them in the first rsv season and those kids in second season reducing risk of hospitalization up to 80% from rsv. the problem, it's pretty expensive. costs $495 a dose. and the concern is that some doctors offices as insurance is worked out may be worried about how expensive it is and may not want to buy it and stock it in advance. same thing for hospitals. just hearing as it's starting to roll out this first season it may be more tricky for parents to get and a lot of public health advocates are upset about that because it could be extremely protective. >> of course. 80% protection against hospitalization is incredible. thank you very much. this news. fedex jet made an emergency landing after its landing gear failed. that new video just coming in. and republicans scrambling to find a new house speaker.

while finger-pointing it in full effect, some members of congress are looking in the mirror. >> i think the american people are tied of chaos and want to see something donend want to see it done in a way which makes their lives better.

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so new this morning, the biden administration is waiving 26 federal laws in order to build a border wall in south texas. it is a move that was used frequently during the trump white house. as that administration built 52 miles of new border barriers and repaired about 450 miles of it, but reminder. here's what then candidate biden said about border walls. this was in 2020. >> there will not be another foot of wall constructed on my administration. >> that was then. this is now. and the homeland security secretary explaining this saying there is a "acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers near the border to prevent unlawful entries in star count with there ask been nearly a quarter of a million illegal entries this fiscal year" according to government data. a fresh look at reality on the border.

new video from outside el paso shows migrants running and cheering crossing the border in spite of increased security. new york city mayor eric adams is on the ground in el paso trying to understand the origin as hundreds are bussed to his city daily. joining us now, cnn political director david chalian. thanks for being here. trying to thread everything going on right now into a single reality is difficult, and yet i think if you pull back and you're really great at doing this, the chaos, the confusion, the kind of antipathy for people watching what's happening in washington, dealing with a lot of real issues right now has to be palpable to some degree? >> no doubt it's palpable. the other concern, phil that it's also becoming normalized. the chaos and dysfunction in some way. clearly, americans are not pleased with their congress, with the direction of the country. and you guys just talked about

border security there. you know, that is one of the issues that is the lowest performing issue for president biden and he's at pretty historic lows overall and border security is even beneath that for him. so seeing this move is interesting, and specifically seeing these democratic mayors and governors in illinois and new york starting to take on the white house. this is an issue you'll recall immigration border security, always one with crossover appeal, beyond the republican base, independents. no doubt about that, but it has largely been a driving fire for the republican base. right? a real life force inside the republican party. i think that is changing right now, and i think because of the influx of migrants to some of these bluer areas in cities in the country, the politics of this issue is changing and joe biden heading into a re-election year can't keep the same posture

he has had on this. >> interesting. for sure. the politics of it. not all democratic lawmakers, even in the state of texas, of course, in texas, are happy about it. democratic congressman henry cuellar saying a border wall is a 14th century solution to a 21st century problem. i said earlier in the show, david, fascinating and speaks to the crisis this is on the southern border, that the biden administration waived all of these things and democratic priorities like the clean air act, the safe drinking water act, endangered species act, to go ahead and do this with funding from 2019 during the trump term? >> reporter: yeah. it is, i guess a touch ironic that they are using that. but, again, i think the politics of this are shifting. of course, the real world policy consequences as well. by the way, tie it back to what phil talked about and dysfunction seeing in the house. you heard jim jordan is making this central to his bid to become speaker.

>> yes. >> reporter: border security is going to be this first and most important litmus test for republicans in the house as they choose a speaker. i would say above all else. >> to pull on that thread, you're 100% and no better than anybody animated feature this has been for the republican party and kind of what made trump rise coming down the escalator in 2015. can't get 218 votes in house republican majority at this point and time. so they can't move anything. the idea of a comprehensive bill is completely a non-starter. it just feeds into the -- trying to figure out where this actually goes? you watched this week and what we've seen on the house floor and just writ large on politics, on policy, i don't understand where we are, other than this is just going to be a political issue that people want to use in

campaign after campaign after campaign after campaign. >> reporter: you just nailed it where we are. a solution, larger solution available, i imagine folks would have found it over the course of the left ten years since the last bipartisan immigration reform proposal fell apart. and you then saw obviously president obama did executive action working in this space. you noted, poppy, donald trump with his perspective and policy preferences made this admission, though republican opponents are clearly going after him for not following through on all promises as relates to construction of the border wall and now see the biden administration taking action too. i don't think any solution son the horizon. >> the fact both administration hs to do it and the biden administration saying do it at least in this area points to the fact we need comprehensive reform, but david chalian, thank you very much. >> sure. live pictures now out of

chattanooga, tennessee. overnight a plane operated by fedex skidded off the runway after reporting landing gear issues. the engines released smoke. no flames detected. the pilot and two others onboard on the jet accounted for doing fine, an investigation is under way. a new climate report says last month was the hottest september ever. sounds familiar, it's the fourth consecutive record-breaking month. why there is some hope or reason for hope is next. and nfl responding to travis kelces claims they are "overdoing it" with coverage of him and taylor swift. >> so happy we're back to this story? >> favorite story. never goes away. show you the statement, ahead. .

looking live at the statue of liberty. a beautiful, beautiful morning here in new york city. also, a pretty hot day ahead and if that seems like familiar over the course of the last several days and months, it's because it has been. in fact, a climate report just out shows last month was the

hottest september ever according to the european unions reading. average temperature hotter than 161 farenheit. september the fourth consecutive record-breaking month. emphasizing predictions that 2023 will be the hottest year in recorded history. joining us now with more cnn chief climate correspondent bill weir. we talk about this every month. >> uh-huh. >> give me the hope. >> okay. >> every time i see you, let's figure out the way -- >> tell awe story and the end on ap up note. first the fact we are the frogs in the boiling water adjusts to this. humans have an amazing capacity to normalize the horrible. you see that chart, that bar graph, this is off the charts record breaking. copernicus data and noaa and nasa saying shatter all other records as well and this, of

course, doesn't just make it un killed thousands in libya and wildfires in canada and unprecedented wildfire seasons in south america and deluge in new york and mississippi river. that said, more fossil fueling we burn hotter it's going to get. same time, international energy agency not a bunch of tree hugging environmentalists by any stretch, says we're on track for 2.4 degrees of warming by 2100. that's still much hotter than a lot of the earth can handle but better than 4.8 degrees on track for 15 years ago. >> why? >> a result, look at the charts. look at solar, photovoltaic additions. electric car, battery storage solutions, charts are like a rocket ride. because of the adaptation and the prices of renewables, they now think we're going to peak emissions in terms of fossil

fuel emissions, all renewable energy there's booming and far out-seeing expectations. if you showed the charts to the most wild-eyed in 2005, wouldn't have believed it. prices have come down dramatically. hitting peak emissions by 2025. only a couple years away and then start ramping down. so the big question is, how hard, big oil and gas and coal, will fight that transition, because we're past the point of no return in terms of electrification. it's just a matter of how fast. >> is the imp mr. kamr. -- impln actual policies have effect? >> go to the paris accords, 2015. when this happens. >> yes. >> i should have added, prepared. look at countries sort of like an alligator, a yawning alligator. top jaw is gdp growth, economic growth. bottom jaw is decarbonization as

carbon goes down. dozens of countries where that alligator is starting to yawn. in, you know, finland it's huge, because they have been on renewable as long time. places like sweden. even places like egypt decarbonizing and not making them poorer. >> richer, you're saying? >> 200 year s had to burn more now it's coming down. china, developing word, africa, parts of south america, it's 66 cents. grown for every carbon you burn. that curve is coming down and proven you don't have to shiver in the dark now. these renewable sources of energy are so much cheaper than coal right now. that's what gives these economists hope we've turn add corner, but -- at the same time the transition isn't nearly enough for the scientists saying we're going to lose, at this rate, lose off our coral reefs. swaths of the middle of the

planet unlivable at this level of warming. so it's still room for concern but hope here. >> i mean, i feel you ended on a non-hope. >> i'm sorry. >> in the middle a good through-line in the middle and then mental image of a yawning alligator won't leave me rest of the day. great reporting. thank you. >> thank you. "fortune" magazine who's atop the list of most powerful. and the most caves, the state, working to help bats recover from devastating illness. watch this. ♪ >> normally this cave would have thousands of these and so far this is the only one we've seen today. >> bats really are in crisis right now, by disease and a fungus that grows really well in caves. seeing declines of 70% to 90% for some of our cave hibernating

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the number of women leading companies is on the rise. new women in the workplace report out from mckinsey in partnership with leanin.org. low but steadily growing percentage. many of those women part of f "fortune" magazine the first time they had a single worldwide list honored 100 women at the top. the ceo, third year, followed by other ceos. the list recognizing the near record number of women leading "fortune" 500 and fortune 500 global companies featuring 67 women with the ceo title. now take you back to 1998. that is the cover of "fortune" with carly fee y fiorina. talk about this with "fortune's"

editor-in-chief. great to have you. thanks for coming on "cnn this morning." i always wait for this list. three years in a row for ceo of cvs. that company showing importance during covid et cetera. interesting in your reporting, you raised the question last year whether health care companies bike cvs being so big and dominant is actually good for the country? >> that's yet to be determined, quite frankly. i do think in the u.s. we're one of the only countries that monetizes the poor and the sick in a sort of unhealthy way. their thought is, hey, get really big, vertically integrated we can bring prices down for the whole health care process. we'll see. i hope so. certainly karen lynch number one on the list, because cvs is giant. over $300 billion in revenue. no woman ever ran a company near that size and not the most powerful woman, she's just powerful. >> number two on the list mary barra. general motors, certainly in the

news now. i believe was number one on the list at one point not that long ago. about three weeks into the united autoworkers strike, trying to navigate through that. yesterday her company said it would cost $200 million for gm since this strike began, cost them that. this is a gm worker talking about it. here it is. >> we're really >> good fair wage so you can go to work, be proud of what you do, feature families. >> one of the things that's interesting, how you determine power. not just the size of the company. it's the health of the company and the workers at the company. how did you weigh mary barra's role? >> absolutely. she has a lot of power at her disposal. part of our ranking of the women is what they can do with that power. certainly how they handle these

strikes, we will be watching carefully. they are pushing to ev. anything that's not an ev off the market off the market by '25. we feel like that's a huge environmental impact as well. >> there is a lack of diversity. you write about it. you talk about it in the report. 22% of c-suite leaders are white women, 6% women of color. there are more black ceos running fortune 500s than ever before but shameful to say there are only eight. >> absolutely shameful. when we were thinking about cover contenders, ros brewer so beautiful and then she is now not in the role anymore. >> she ran sam's club, then one of the leads at starbucks and went on to -- >> yeah, she was one of the black ceos of a fortune 500. now there is only one. so that says all there is. >> one thing that is interesting is kim kardashian is on the

list. people know her sort of business empire, but $4 billion is now what her shapewear empire is in skims. what is interesting is you look at not just someone's influence in the boardroom, but outside the boardroom. i was talking to her at the time. a lot about her work on criminal justice reform. how do you consider things outside of the boardroom in this list? >> you would be hard pressed to find someone to is a more influential marketer, maybe elon musk. criminal justice reform is one area. now she has a private equity firm and people from carlisle and apple are following her there. really respected executives across many fields. how many times does she have to prove she is not just beautiful, but she is smart. >> she is remarkable, as are all the women on the list in their own right. thank you very much. >> thank you.

phil. this morning the powerball jackpot increasing more after another winless drawing. here are the numbers from last night's $1.2 billion drawing. while no one hit the grand prize it's worth checking your tickets. a few matched the first five numbers worth at least $1 million. the next drawing is saturday with an estimated jackpot of $1.4 billion. this is the first time in game's history two consecutive jackpot winners worth more than $1 billion. and it's been two whole days since we talked about travis kelce and taylor swift. poppy has to talk about this. travis kelce telling his brother during their podcast that the nfl has taken the taylor swift thing too far. >> is the nfl over doing it? what is your honest opinion? >> i think everybody is just, like, overwhelmed -- >> twa, what is your honest opinion on how the nfl is

treating celebrities at games? >> it's fun when they show who is at the game. i think it brings a little bit more to the atmosphere, brings a little bit more to what you are watching. but at the same time, i think -- >> they are overdoing it. >> they are overdoing it. >> and this showed 17 times during the broadcast of an nfl game -- the nfl is defending it their coverage saying the news has been a pop cultural moment. we have leaned into it in real time. an intersection of sports and entertainment. >> is this really a controversy? >> you know what's not a controversy? today is travis kelce's birthday. what have you done. >> how do you know that? >> do we know where taylor swift is? >> but i am sure we will have more for you tomorrow, folks. the biden administration is getting ready to build a -- now

to news. the biden administration is getting ready to build a border wall. they are waving 26 federal laws in south texas to do this. the significant break from their posture before. the details of the plan ahead.

it is the top of the hour this thursday morning. thank you so much for joining us. let's start with five things to know for this october 5th. the biden administration preparing to build a border wall waiving 26 federal laws in south texas to do so and the homeland security secretary says there is an acute and immediate need. the race for speaker underway. steve scalise and jim jordan are running. whoever the house gop picks who could have major policy implications from ukraine to the

looming shutdown. the wife of senator bob menendez struck and killed a pedestrian while she was driving a car five years ago. that crash allegedly the inception of a bribe outline in the federal indictment against the couple. and commander, biden' dog, involved in more biting incidents than originally reported. team usa's women's gymnastics team winning its record seventh straight gold medal at the world championships. they were led by superstar simone biles who now has twice as many golds at worlds, 20, than any other woman gymnast in the world. >> she is good. >> greatest of all time. credit union this morning starts now. the failure of feder