>> dana: that was nice. there is only one bill hemmer. >> bill: i would take that invite, too. what was the game show they tried to get the answer. oh -- >> dana: 100,000 pyramid. gutfeld and i believed he and i would win. you and i might win. >> bill: how about password. i was very good at that. >> dana: i was good at the price is right. here is harris faulkner. >> harris: america is in limbo when it comes to the congress. the united states house of representatives doesn't have a sworn in person. they are waiting for republicans to choose the next speaker of the house. we witnessed political history since we haven't seen since 1923. they are taking multiple votes. no one being chosen to fill the chamber's top spot. can't get all the votes. i'm harris faulkner and you are

in "the faulkner focus." it is nasty. the battle for the gavel. the first time as i mentioned in a century the vote needed more than a single ballot. resistance to republican leader kevin mccarthy. it got hotter yesterday in the final rounds of votes. he started losing support. now 20 mccarthy defectors going into the second day. they are backing ohio representative-elect -- they're all elect because they can't be sworn in because they haven't chosen a speaker -- those 20 like jim jordan for the job. jordan supports mccarthy. how will that work out? he said he is not interested in being the speaker position. leading the charge for jim jordan and against kevin mccarthy florida congressman-elect matt gaetz. many of his colleagues not happy. south carolina republican nancy mace tweeted gaetz full ego was

on display and he will screw around and get another pelosi elected to the spot, her words. former speaker newt gingrich said the hold juts are hurting themselves. >> i think a number of these so-called insurgents or whatever you want to call them are actually putting their re-election at risk right now because people will look up and say how can you hold the entire party hostage? how can you hold the house hostage? who do you think you are to have this kind of authority? >> harris: "new york post" cover even more direct than that. grow up! no one in the house can be sworn in until a speaker is in place. nothing is getting done. all those big promises of investigating hunter biden and figuring out the border crisis and the flying high inflation problems that we have and energy and all of it, the billion dollars that democrats just

spent on 87,000 i.r.s. agents. all those things that republicans said they were going to deal with on hold. in "focus" kentucky republican james comer, oversight committee chairman designate. we'll get into it. aishah hosni is live on capitol hill as we get set for 58 minutes from now today's next round. >> good morning to you, harris. late last night there were a number of republican meetings, republicans talking amongst each other. still no deal came out of those conversations. we still haven't seen a full g.o.p. conference meeting this morning, which is also a bad sign. in the meantime just moments ago president biden actually finally talking about this speakership battle calling this entire ordeal an embarrassment in front of the entire world. >> with regard to the fight over the speaker, that's not my

province. i just think it is a little embarrassing it is taking so long in the way we're dealing with one another. the rest of the world is looking, can we get our act together? but what i focused on is getting things done. >> kevin mccarthy is ready for round after round of voting in an attempt to wear down his opponents but harris he actually lost votes yesterday by doing this. just a few moments ago he walked into the capitol feeling confident that he can get to 218. a reporter asked him what the game plan was for today and mccarthy responded same game as it was yesterday. it is to win. harris, there is also the rare chance that democrat leader hakeem jeffries might become speaker of a g.o.p. majority house. he has the most votes. it would only take six moderate republicans jumping to the other side to finally end this chaos.

on the other hand the moderate democrats could throw mccarthy a lifeline. that's not likely to happen as democrats are really enjoying this situation unfold. >> harris: before i let you go, how likely is it -- you talk to people on capitol hill. the six votes they would need for hakeem jeffries to be the democratic speaker of the house over a majority of republicans, how likely is it that any democrat would be among those six to make that happen? who are you hearing it from? >> right now it's not likely at all. hakeem jeffries was asked about this yesterday and he even said that no republican has reached out to leadership on the democratic side to try to negotiate a deal. in the meantime both republicans that are never mccarthy republicans and those supporting him have both said it would take republicans to have to really give up a lot to be able to go in and switch to the other side which they have not heard of yet. not very likely.

>> harris: thank you very much, good to see you. thanks for getting us started. on the left side of the political aisle it is a party. ted lieu of california tweeted a picture of himself with a bag of popcorn. headed to the house chamber. others getting in on the popcorn joke as well. they think it is thrilling. kentucky congressman elect james comer set to become the oversight committee chair once. i can only imagine what it is like. give us the mood on capitol hill. >> nobody is real happy about where we are right now. again, i don't think there is any reason to panic. we're 24 hours behind schedule. we can make up for that by working an extra day this week. so the republican agenda is still going to be in play. we will get to 218. i think the american people are seeing what true democracy is all about where you have public debate and you work really hard

to try to get to 218. it is hard to get a consensus and we're seeing that play out with the speaker's race unfortunately. >> harris: i love that optimism. we should be grown up enough in the country to have the debates. the fact that you would volunteer to work the days or hours you've missed i think is bold. you aren't hearing a lot of people say that quick frankly, congressman elect comer. let's talk about the logistics of pulling across the line now 20 people hard nose. what do you call them, the never mccarthy republicans? >> certainly i think it's personal with many of those guys unfortunately. traditionally the republicans or democrats, whichever party is in the majority, they have their election. no one ever gets 100% of the vote especially if there are two people running. but then they agree to go out and vote as a party for this speaker. that's not happened in this case. i'm hopeful that they can

negotiate and come to a consensus. i certainly support mccarthy as do 87% of my colleagues in the republican conference. we're just waiting to go back in in the next hour and see what happens. >> harris: 87% is not enough as you said. what about a secret ballot? has that ever been done? could it be done? would people vote secretly more differently than they would if it's out in the open? how does it work? >> i don't think you can vote by paper ballot. i think it's written in stone we have to vote in person for this. i don't think that will be a viable option. >> harris: let's move on. once a speaker is chosen and house members are sworn in republicans are ready to hit the ground running. i gave a list of all the things that are not on the back burner, they are on told until you can get back to work. where do you want to start? >> we'll start with abolishing the 87,000 new i.r.s. agents. that was going to be the first bill we voted on yesterday once

we elected a speaker. hopefully we can get to that today. that's a symbolic vote to show republicans are serious about reducing unnecessary spending. i think that's a perfect place to start and what we campaigned on and the first bill passed by a republican majority. >> harris: from that point you have the southern border, the chaos there, the deaths there of people drowning in the rio ground. i was down there covering it recently. our own peter doocy put it to the white house press secretary. let's watch. >> they claim to have evidence that joe biden lied to the american people about his involvement in his family's business schemes. did he? >> house republicans promised that fienth inflation during the mid-terms would be their number one priority. that's what they said was important to them. instead what they are doing is wanting to do an investigation on the president and his family. that's their focus. they don't want to focus on the american people and their families. they want to focus on political division. >> harris: in addition to the

i.r.s. situation and the border situation, the deep dive into investigating the biden family. what is your pushback when you hear the press secretary saying -- acussing you of not having the right priorities. >> they would be better suited to lead a kindergarten group trying to explain the priorities of the leader of the free world. we have inflation because the democrats spent too much money. one thing that we can do even with a democrat senate and democrat white house is put the brakes on spending. what i want to do as chairman of the oversight committee is highlight waste, fraud abuse and mismanagement. we're also look into the biden family influence peddling. something that amazes me the democrats criticize republicans for wanting do that when they have investigated the previous president for six years straight now and still going. so yes we'll investigate that but also pass a conservative

agenda and try to get inflation under control by reducing wasteful spending happening in this town every day. >> harris: i know we didn't vote all that long ago as a nation and people are perched to see what you'll get done. first order of the day is to pick the speaker. before i let you go, you are talking with constituents from kentucky, no doubt. your home state. what is the feeling on the hill of what we'll see -- we're well into less than an hour from everybody reconvening. are they going to recess, will there be another vote? what's your take? >> i think there will be another vote and then maybe another recess. hopefully we'll get it done within the next 24 hours. i hope we get it done in the next 30 minutes. more likely the next 24 hours. >> harris: great to have you on the program. congressman-elect soon to be sworn in. we know it's coming. good to see you. thank you. >> thank you. >> harris: critics not letting up on president biden's border chaos. we were just talking about it

with congressman-elect comer. the big backlash as the administration is forcing one state to take down a border barrier. think about that for a second. something that actually stems the tide of migrants illegally coming into the country and the federal government is about to take it down. sports taking a back seat at this point. the power of prayer on live television. >> i want -- i want to pray for damar hamlin right now. >> dan, it is the right thing to do. the latest on the buffalo bills damar hamlin still in critical condition. the family spinning -- speaking out on his fight to stay alive. marc siegel in "focus." veterans get more at newday usa.

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>> harris: still critical condition for buffalo bills safety damar hamlin. millions of us watched together as he went into cardiac arrest and collapsed on the football field during monday night's nfl. his family is finally speaking out. they thank fans across america for their outpouring love and support. espn analyst dan, a former nfl quarterback making thoughts and prayers very real during the nfl today broadcast. here he is. >> maybe this is not the right thing to do. it is on my heart i want to pray for damar hamlin right now and pray for strength for damar, for healing for damar, for comfort for damar. to be with his family to give them peace. if we didn't believe that prayer didn't work we wouldn't ask this

of you, god. i believe in prayer, we believe in prayer. we lift up damar hamlin's name in your name, amen. >> amen. >> amen. >> harris: amen. all 32nfl teams have changed their pictures to hamlin's number three with the quote, pray for damar. the outpouring of support reflected in the headlines. a football can wait for damar hamlin. united america prays for damar hamlin. today's new york sports cover says it all. america's son. garrett tenney has the latest now. we have gotten a little information from his family. >> we've gotten some small and potentially encouraging on his condition. he is still in the icu sedated and on a ventilator and flipped him on his stomach. overnight doctors got some promising readings they were hoping to see by this morning.

we've also learned from the family that damar is receiving 50% oxygen after initially receiving 100%. so some very small steps of progression there. there is still a long ways to go in his recovery but it at least appears his condition isn't getting worse. last night damar's uncle said the family has been absolutely overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support that they have received. >> a lot of people don't get a chance to see how loved they are while they are alife so for him to have a situation where he could have been taken away and he has a chance to come back and see all that love he got is truly an amazing thing. >> the hamlin family is asking for folks to continue to pray for damar. we've seen a lot of that. in buffalo fans gathered outside the bills stadium to pray together. last night in cincinnati supporters held a candlelight vigil outside the hospital at 8:55 p.m. to mark the time damar

collapsed on the field monday. the signs of support for him have been incredible. his charity foundation that gives toys to kids in pittsburgh has raised more than $6 million since monday. the 24-year-old who started the season as a backup now has the top selling jersey on fanatics. the site announced all proceeds from his jersey sales will be donated to damar's foundation. >> harris: thank you very much. damar hamlin's shaken uncle said his nephew's heart stopped beating not once, but twice. >> we were all in tears, man. i'm not a cryer. i never cried so hard in my life to know my nephew basically died on the field and they had to resuscitated him twice. they have resuscitated him on the field and then when he got to the hospital. >> harris: we'll go straight to our own dr. siegel now.

dr. marc siegel, a couple of things now. you have that half oxygen rather than 100% to 50%. talk to us about that. >> well harris, i will give you an idea what i think might be going on with the oxygen. i think it is likely that the heart got stunned at least with the initial cardiac arrest and then again we find out he was resuscitated in the hospital. that's a more control setting. the rapidity of response is instant. but generally when the heart gets stunned or damaged you get backup of fluid into the lungs called heart failure. then you need oxygen for that. needing 100% oxygen and put prone means you are stretched as far as you can go. coming back to 50% implies the heart is recovering and starting to recover. so that's why they are saying it's a very good sign. i would take it as such. the idea he is on a ventilator

that is automatic and sedating him and keeping him asleep and not breathing on his own that's what you would expect in this situation to protect the brain. they might even cool him down for that reason or use steroids. you want to preserve the brain so it can recover. can they stabilize the heart, which it sounds like they are doing and what is happening upstairs. >> harris: the rotation off the back to take the pressure off the lungs is something we're familiar with from the covid pandemic when people would lie on their backs in ventilators for so long and we have to learn to save more lives by rotation. >> that's absolutely true. we proved that during the covid pandemic in the early months of it. we started using prone. i saw a 90-year-old woman who was really towards the end put her in a prone position and she was discharged two days later. that helps in terms of getting blood flow and improving oxygen.

a smart thing to do as well as i'm sure they are getting fluid off the heart and giving the heart the least pressure and greatest chance to recover. we don't know if he has underlying heart problems or whether it was all due to him getting hit at a certain part in the cardiac cycle the caused the heart to flutter and he dropped down. that's what most cardiologists are saying but we don't know that for sure. >> harris: before we move on, i haven't heard anybody talk about this and you always do. it is that mental health factor in all of this and the toll it must be taking on the people around him. you see his family members. he had teammates, one in particular, digs who jumped in an uber, another teammate who made his way to the hospital that first night. talk to me about, you know, the comeback, if you will, in watching all of this. they all as players potentially can end up in a position they get hurt all the time but it can be dire at times for them, too.

this is their reality. >> you know, harris, you always bring this up and talk about it as much as i do and i'm glad you bring it up. i believe in the power of prayer with recovery and believe that damar, someone who came out of nowhere in the middle of pennsylvania, very poor family, did it for his brother and rose up, courage, strength, skill, all of that is so tremendous at the level he performs inspiring fans. that also goes towards recovery. i think his youth, his strength, and his courage will help here. >> harris: absolutely. it will just feed everybody around him as well. prayer. on op-ed argues this tragedy should be a wake-up call for children's sports. here is part of it. it's imperative that youth sports officials adopt preventive measures, the trainers association encourages youth baseball and ice hockey organizations to use softer balls and pucks, chest

protectors and aed must be placed at all athletic facilities including gyms critically they must be accessible within one minute of cardiac arrest. to be able to defibrillate someone must be automatic. >> hugely important. if you put it on someone it senses whether it needs to shock you or not. you don't have to do anything, just put it on there. hugely important. helmets are too hard, shoulder pads are too hard. every parent is saying what about my kid? go to a doctor first, get an ekg and get your kid looked at before you engage in high school football. i'm sure the nfl does it for the pros. i want everyone to be seen by their doctor before they engage in contact sports. >> harris: that's so important. the nfl has an investment and has doctors on staff. when your also ones start to play any sport it is a good

idea. dr. siegel. thank you very much and we do pray for damar hamlin. >> yes, we do. >> harris: companies forced to pay record high wages just to hang on to workers with 10 million jobs open. all thanks to the great resignation and could be making inflation worse. ron desantis, the governor of florida, laying out a plan for his new term. >> florida was a refuge of sanity, a citadel of freedom for our fellow americans. we reject this woke ideology and seek normalcy, not philosophical lunacy. >> harris: why he is calling florida the land of sanity and fueling speculations for a potential bid for the white house in 2024. jimmy failla joins the "focus."

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speech after his resounding victory to a second term and laid out his vision for the future for his state. many noted it had a little taste, a little flavor of 2024. >> when other states can sign their people's freedom to the dust bin florida stood strongly as freedom's lynch pin. the policies pursued by these states have sparked a mass exodus of productive americans from these jurisdictions with florida serving as the most desired destination, a promised land of sanity. we will never surrender to the woke mob. florida is where woke goes to die. florida's success has been made more difficult by the floundering federal establishment in washington, d.c. it wields its authority through a sprawling, unaccountable and out of touch bureaucracy that does not act on behalf of us. florida is proof positive that

we, the people, are not destined for failure. decline is a choice. success is attainable, and freedom is worth fighting for. >> harris: desantis did stop just short of naming president biden or any lawmakers, but his florida had -- a strategist says it is harder to see a sarnio where he doesn't run. everyone wants to be around him. no one is running away. jimmy failla knows what that is like. all that love. they declare it for him. host of fox radio fox across america. welcome and happy new year. >> since i got back from nashville you are the first sober person i talked to. >> we need to talk about your circle of friends. >> it is national. i watched the desantis video

yesterday. the only thing missing was a 2024 banner. he is running, we know that. you know you've made it big time in the media when the democrats start calling you hitler and white supremacist. in the modern era a conservative knows he hits the big time if the democrats give him the trump treatment. he is getting in some fashion in the media. the other metric where we know he is running, his record is too good not to. in sports bill parcells the giant coach said you are what your record says you are. 2-16 i don't want to hear you looked good in practice. desantis is like a 10-0 team. a booming economy and people are moving there more than any other state in the country. >> harris: a study shows people are u hauling their way there. they are leaving states like california and illinois and going to florida and texas.

according study florida has been a top three growth state seven years in a row. exactly what you are talking about. >> that's the number that doesn't lie. you can bash him. look at the restaurant. if there is a line around the building two hours to get in odds are people like the chef. in this instance they like the chef. i'm saying in general people are flocking to florida and kids didn't lose two years of education because of lockdowns. a lot of people underestimate how important the parental rights in education bill was. it resonated people who didn't want kids being sexualized at such a young age. it won family support. families are moving to florida. >> harris: the idea of taking the money that the state spends on a student and putting that resource in the hands of the parent to make a choice of what school, what district is right for them. that was huge. >> it's a big deal and why i

think what you will notice is this contrast between red state/blue state will become bigger in his speeches. it was a campaign speech yesterday. >> harris: companies are now offering record high raises to retain workers, big cash. it comes in response to the tight labor market. the great resignation. experts say it could make inflation worse. data from the federal reserve of atlanta shows wages for those who stayed in their jobs climbed 5 1/2%. they will pay you to stay, too. up more than 2% from 2021. as of october there are 10.3 million open jobs in the united states. before the pandemic the record was just under 8 million. a new op-ed argues when our government pays people who could work but chose not to more in cash and benefits than an average worker it betrays everyone who goes to work.

>> not only them but be trace the people incapable of going to work. a social safety net to help those who can't provide for themselves. when you subsidize able body people it is a slap in the face to the disabled. hiring has become impossible in small businesses. when you know who runs a small business has been forced to work a shift they haven't worked in 20 years. you don't notice when the restaurant owner is washing dishes but when the strip club owner is on stage. gary, get down there. you don't have to do this, gary. >> harris: we're seeing it with some of the airlines. crews change and make the announcement. we're waiting for a crew to come. we had 115 minutes ago. where did they go? >> we didn't have a cleaning crew. we were delayed three hours. we'll all grab hand sanitizer and fly dirty if that's the cash.

we go hard in the 615. >> the city of nashville is the best. >> harris: let's talk crocs, the popular footwear brand is coming under fire for its support of a drag show targeting minors. this company is co-sponsoring a drag event in the united kingdom this weekend promoting child participation in what they call a kids fashion show. e even -- the reaction on twitter is harsh. why are you promoting that to children? this is disgusting, crocs, go woke, go broke, time to recycle my crocs. i think tony will be wearing flip-flops. >> welcome back to full toed shoes. this is disgusting. what is happening on the left. it reminds me of the balenciaga

ad. it is cool to say my kid goes to drag shows. deep down we know that's not right. we all know. if you thought about it on this level. political trolling is so bitter we are willing to do it at the expense of the well-being of kids. the world we live in in 2022. if you talked to your co-worker about sex you would get fired. if you talk to their kindergartner about sex you'll get hired, right? think about that. we know it's not right. we aren't allowed to do it in the workplace. how is it okay to bring kids to a sex show unless you are trolling the other side because you know it's culturally abhorrent. it is not good for kids. look at me, harris, come on. i'm functioning but the point is i'm a high functioning mess. >> harris: goodness. 2023 is back. we lived it before. >> the sequel.

>> harris: happy new year. the house will soon gavel back in soon in a few minutes for a fourth speaker vote. potentially kevin mccarthy still one of the nominees and hoping to win over enough votes for the leadership position going up against a democrat. could that be a problem? hakeem jeffries? it is wild. plus the white house taking the border blame game to new heights. >> you have republicans doing political stunts. an issue that the president has taken very, very seriously since day one of his administration. >> harris: she is so pretty. not when her nose grows like that. come on, find the truth. the g.o.p. is not backing down. republicans taking aim at the administration for its failures to curb the crisis. power panel next. ♪

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>> harris: we have a very quick update to make coming from the family's marketing representative of damar hamlin. we don't know what the truth is here but we can tell you the family's representative, the

marketing representative says damar hamlin was resuscitated only once on the field. now remember we showed you his uncle on this program saying on camera his nephew had been resuscitated twice. once on the field and once at the hospital in a very different setting. dr. siegel and i talked about that very thing. we wanted to get on the record with the fact the family's marketing representative is saying something quite different. we give you the whole news, all the facts that we have at the time and we'll see how it all shakes out. of course, at the heart of all of this all that matters is how damar is doing and we pray for him to do well in his recovery. the biden administration is forcing arizona to take down those container wall things that they put up at the southern border. then governor doug ducey had them constructed over the summer to curb illegal immigrants coming over the border. a supervisor says removing those

containers will allow people to walk straight across. this adds to our already full plate. my biggest fear is that the cartels and individuals from around the world see it as an invitation to crash our border. that's a quote. however, team biden went on the defense and started pointing fingers. >> what i can tell you is this is a president has been working since day one to work on border security, to make an immigration priority. as the president is coming forward and trying to come up with solutions, the difference here is that you have republicans, as you know, doing political stunts and, you know, we've called that out over and over and over again. >> harris: op-ed asks whether biden can outrun the crisis in 2024? a little less than two years away from the mid-term elections, it's hard to predict beyond a shadow of a doubt what political ramifications the border crisis will have on his

career. other issues at play for 2024. the border crisis is a political catastrophe waiting to happen. doug collins and dnc deputy press secretary jose. doug, what is your take? >> i will agree with the press secretary one thing. biden administration has been serious about one thing, making the border open and serious about encouraging others to come across and serious about not dealing with in a way that could be bipartisan and what they have made this. i will take a different take. this is playing out politically but it is a national crisis in which just like the commissioner in arizona said. what do we do with these people going across the border with no impediment. the problem is a social issue and national security issue. play it out politically all you want. they are serious making sure nothing is changing on the

border. i don't know how anybody can defend that? >> harris: jose, would you like to try? >> first and foremost we have to recognize the president on day one put forward a bill to congress. nothing has been done on that front. look, the whole container wall issue is a joke. arizona, with all due respect, is not lego land. it is the united states of america. we need a congressional response. where are republicans in all of this? getting something done for the american people. put forth a bill. republicans negotiate with congress. democrats get something done. >> harris: imagine climbing over the height of those containers. effectively that is a barrier. and they have a wall in places like california, kamala harris coming from california. she has enjoyed the riches of having a protection at the southern border, doug. >> ill agree it's a federal

issue. don't hand me a bill to solve immigration problems. how about starting with the basics of protecting the border and don't talk about asylum. we need to reform our asylum laws. this is not an issue, we need to get immigration solution. but border security is not needed by a bill. it is enforced-in-law. you have to empower the border patrol and agents under siege now to actually enforce the law. don't want to hear an immigration bill. start enforcing the border and work toward immigration. if you continue to let people come across that's not a solution. you want to see them come in. >> harris: you and i have talked about the issue of legal immigration many, many times. i know that your family is have venezuela so you know the system is broken and has to be fixed at this point. to be able to slow down the people there when title 42 eventually does go away. what would you have this president do, a president that won't even go see how dire the

problem is? >> it's a fair question, harris. i agree with doug something needs to be done. democrats don't have an issue. let's do a piecemeal approach. border incentive bill. that has two things. more border patrol staff on the ground which we need and the dreamers, which is legalizing a portion of young kids who came to this country no fault of their own. democrats are getting something, republicans are getting something. >> harris: if i could be so bold to speak like kyrsten sinema. if anybody at the white house were listening to her maybe she wouldn't have jumped out of the party. >> this is an issue that needs to be fixed. if you walk into your basement and the floor is full of water and a pipe is broken on the other side you fix the pipe. you don't simply start bailing water. this is the problem we have right now. i would agree we can sit down and talk what we need to do to

fix daca and asylum. as long as you have a green light at the border. they are green lighting the send people across because we're fulfilling the contract of putting them in the can trachlight all the asylum. 90 plus% are denied that come to the court. the reason they're coming is denied once it gets litigated and most of the time it doesn't. that's why this is a problem. >> harris: they've been sending thousands of illegal immigrants to new york city. according to the mayor adams he is mad about that and now colorado mayor is doing the same thing because of an influx in denver. democrat will be sending them there. mayor adams calls the situation unfair. >> a real embarrassment on the national level we have had conversations around the issues of migrants for decades. i think the president has an

obligation to deal with the immediate concerns. going to be a combination of the executive and the legislative body. we have to address this. >> harris: this is a sanctuary city in new york city and they boast about it. that particular mayor when he was a candidate said illegals should be allowed to vote in this country. oh, but now what? it's too much for him to handle? exactly what he asked for? >> the mayor would have to answer to that question directly. i will say it is not a state issue, harris, for colorado to send migrants to new york, texas to be sending to florida. it doesn't work that way and never work that way. this is a federal issue and needs to be fixed by the federal government. >> harris: they take people from the border and fan them out to cities across the nation. how is it any different? >> hhs, responsible for refugees, they don't have enough

room to house migrants they can do that. that's the federal government. they are allowed to do it. states aren't allowed to do it. >> harris: doug, your last few words. >> last few words, this is broken, biden broke it. he won't fix it. we have to do something to make sure the border is secure and then we can get to solutions. >> harris: great to see you. thank you both. breaking news now, fox news alert. the house set to reconvene for that fourth round of a speaker vote. potentially. it will happen moments from now. kentucky republican james comer gave us his optimistic outlook earlier this hour. >> i don't think there is any reason to panic. we are 24 hours behind schedule. we can make up for that by working an extra day this week. i think the american people are seeing what true democracy is all about where you have public debate and you work really hard to try to get to 218. it is hard to get a consensus and we're seeing that play out

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