thanks to judge janine, joe, tyrus, and our studio audience. >> thank you, greg. good evening. welcome to america's late news. fox at night. i'm trace gallagher in los angeles. breaking tonight, murder suspect brian co-berger landed in idaho to face charges. now learning an fbi surveillance team tracked him weeks ago and asked local police to pull him over.

a full report from idaho is just ahead. biden intends to visit the southern border for the first time since he left office. take a look at what biden said in the past about the border visit and the common sense department is wondering what changed. we begin in the nation's capital where they adjourn without electing a speaker for a second straight day. kevin cork is live in dc with the latest. >> three more failed votes today. a round of closed door talks to boot. and congressman-elect kevin mccarthy looks no closer to securing the speakership -- that's speaker of the house, if you haven't been watching. the battle continues tomorrow at 12:00 nooning. we i think this is interesting. i crawl before i walk, before i run. a bit of optimism, perhaps, for kevin mccarthy. see if that's warranted. in all, the californian has fallen short in six, count them, six, votes over two days as a

group of 20 conservatives who have deemed him i'd logically unreliable, i would say, have refused to back him, leaving him short of the 218 votes needed to win the job. >> are you considering dropping out. >> not at all. >> are you angry with the people in this situation? >> not at all. it's productive. >> we can't have a situation where 20 members hold 202 members hostage and our agenda hostage, we were elected as well. this is turning into a blackmail situation. >> meanwhile, gop insurgents say it's mccarthy who needs to step aside. >> even having our favorite call us and tell us we need to knock it off. it needs to be reversed. the needs to tell kevin mccarthy, sir, you do not have the votes, it's time to withdraw. >> speaking of former trump, he

said this in a statement, i think it's a dangerous game. frankly, if they're not happy with him, they can do something about it at a later date. he added this, i support ken mccarthy. and i support getting the deal done. but what i don't support is allowing this to continue on ward. while the battle as mentioned rages on tomorrow, it's important to know that as long as this continues, committees can't hire staff because there are no committee chairs and no ranking members, which has led some democrats to call this a crisis. of the congress. others, frankly, trace, feel like this is all good stuff. it's battle as it should be in the nation's capital. >> yeah, i hear both sides. kevin cork, thank you. matt gaetz, thank you for coming on. kevin mccarthy tonight did not want to hold a vote in the house because he believes he might be getting closer. do you think that's a fair

assessment. >> there's a reason he doesn't want to continue having votes and it's because with each vote, he seems to be decreasing in his vote share and we've only increased with votes in our vote share in opposition to kevin mccarthy. we suspect that trend is likely to continue. this ends one of two ways, trace. kevin bows out, realizing there's no path to become speaker of the house even if he picks up one, two, three or fiver of the 20 who have opposed him a half dozen times on the floor. or he has to wake up, bring the house in session, and put on a straitjacket with a rules package that we presented to him that doesn't allow a lot of discretion for the speaker of the house. the reason we demanded that is we do not trust kevin mccarthy. it's not a small body of work. the guy has been in leadership in washington, d.c. for 14 years. this town needs to change. we're going to change it one way or the other. by changing out the speaker or by having the most fundamental rewrite of the rules in my life.

>> there seems to be a lot of confusion about what this group of 20 wants. you said rules changes. a lot of people have said different things. is there something specific, congressman, that you want, that would gain your vote to kevin mccarthy if that thing was fulfilled. >> i'm not voting for kevin mccarthy. there are some of the twenty who i suspect might if we got control of the rules committee or the appropriations committee in the hands of folks who don't vote for bad rules and bad appropriations bills. before the last omnibus, kevin mccarthy was paving the way for the worst legislation driving the country deeper to debt and borrowing against the futures of the next generation. if we got control of those key committees in the hands of conservatives, there are some of the twenty who might vote for kevin mccarthy. if things stand as they are, i suspect the opposition will only grow. >> you have people like former congressman trey gaody who said

he called the opposition a clown show on national television. the form her speaker of the house newt gingrich says you're holding the house hostage. what is your response. >> trey gaody would know about clown shows. that's how a lot of us would categorize the benghazi hearings that result in people yelling at each other in a big report. i remember the trey gaody who went on your network as a congressionman and said he reviewed what had gone on with the department of justice and the fbi and they had done nothing wrong and the american people would be happy of what they were looking at with president trump. we know that to be false. and trey gaody expressed regret about it. i don't take a lot of armchair quarterbacking from someone who during his time in congress wasn't among the fighters. >> representative elect mike lawler said the following. i'll get your response. >> the people voting against kevin mccarthy in the republican conference are aiding joe biden,

hakeem jeffries, and chuck schumer. >> how can you come together and do what you promised the american people you would do as republicans after this kind of chaotic house speakership vote? >> oh i think the world of mike lawler. he's going to do an incredible job. there are days in the united states congress where the only vote that happens is to rename one post office. so, if we could do that for a day, if there are days when all we vote on are how we're going to take the next vote, then maybe takes two or three days or several weeks to select the person second in line to the presidency is worth our debate and deliberation. after that, abc lurtly. we will come together. -- absolutely. i have every confidence we'll be able to come together. we'll be an effective fighting force if we can get rid of kevin mccarthy and get jim jordan or

byron donalds in this speaker chair. >> why is this group of twenty so convinced they should be listened to and control the narrative and process when 202 other gop house members believe in a different way. >> it's only 201 now. you're referencing an earlier vote for kevin mccarthy. but victoria sparks voted present. so, the numbers continue to drop. may end up under 200 tomorrow. we're not trying to dictate terms. we represent our constituents. part of the group think of washington, d.c. is you come here and you have to give the lobbyist your vote card and the leadership your calendar and everything will be okay. kevin mccarthy has noology. even his own supporters would admit that. he's a vessel through which lobbyists and special interests operate. so it's not that we're not being team players. my team are the people in florida who sent me here to fight for them. my team is not the assembly of

group think that occurs inside of the swamp. we have to drain this swamp. we shouldn't put one of the alligators in charge. >> the voting begins again tomorrow at noon. thank you for your time. we appreciate it. >> to you support the agenda items he promised. >> i do. i don't trust kevin mccarthy at this point to deliver on the promises. >> who do you want? >> who do you support to be speaker? >> oh willing to have conversations with the republican conference to come up with a consensus candidate. point-counterpoint with a lawmaker who consistently backed mccarthy's speakership bid. thank you for coming on. i don't know if you heard both of those interviews with lauren boebert and congressman-elect matt gaetz. they don't have a list of concerns or items

recollectified, they just do not trust kevin mccarthy to give them their vote. >> unfortunately, we're never going to have a perfect speaker. they're looking for perfection. i think he's earned this position. not everyone loves him. i think there could be other people. they haven't presented anyone. they haven't presented a plan. and kevin mccarthy has gone out and litigated this. he's gone out, travelled around the country, raised the money, gone to districts. made sure we have gained a majority, though not as big a majority as we would like. is so, they're basically never kevin but haven't put forth anyone to garner the votes. i love him. he doesn't want the position. i would love to see us get down to work and have jim jordan get to work on the judiciary committee as the chair and start holding the biden administration accountable and get to the issues we need to get to in terms of judiciary. i would love to see everyone get their committee assignments. and kevin mccarthy has

negotiated with these group of five, now twenty or so. and made huge concessions that would change the house in an his tore tick rules package. this is what it looks like to have a constitutional republic that's self-governing. i love we're having the debate and that the american people are watching what's going on. i formed the caucus hoping that every citizen would vote in every election. that's an ideal position. the more people are engaged, the more they realize how important it is to be part of this constitutional republican to be self-governing. that's the issue here. >> robust debate is good. but some think it's taking too long. here's congressman elect ken buck. i'll get your response on the other side. >> i've had a number of conversations with kevin. i told him, at some point, this needs to break loose. needs to make a deal to bring the 19 or 20 over. or he needs to step aside and

give somebody else a chance to do that. >> difference between robust debate and twenty house members saying they're going to have their way or it's the highway. your thoughts? >> i agree with michael wallace and ken buck. they look like they're taking hostages. they're getting the concessions. to be honest, i think kevin giving them a lot and what could be damaging to the rest of the conference, the other 202 or 201 of us to make sure that we're making sure we govern and that the democrats don't pull a fast one and take back the house in some way after our hard earned gabs that people went out and came pained all across -- campaigned across this nation, in grassroots efforts. i know what it's like to be in a swing district and a strong republican district which i'm in now. kevin mccarthy has to govern and lead over an entire conference. it's a very difficult task. we need to come together or we'll end up in this situation.

at some point, we need a compromise. i think saying never kevin. >> are you convinced? because i think it's a big point. you talk about coming together. are you convinced in the little time that we have left that this caucus can come together after what has happened in the last couple of days? >> look, i think we can. i think that kevin is going to continue to negotiate with this group. and at some point, their -- they're either -- someone is going to negotiate with the democrats and we could lose control of this house that we should be running and governing. and we lose ground. this shouldn't be about personal grievances. it's about the american people and some put forth personal issues they wanted to gain e-mails thises. not the american people or the conference. we're the last line of defense against a democratic party that's controlled by authoritarians and communism, quite frankly. a democrat on the floor of the house who supported hakeem jeffries and said i support hakeem jefferies from the

people's republic of brooklyn. come on. this is what we're up against. we need to stick together. matt gaetz is a friend. we came in together. i hope he comes around and understands that never kevin is not a plan. not a good position for the republicans in the end. >> we shall see. thank you for your time. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> mean, following months of mounting pressure to get a true firsthand look of the illegal immigration crisis, it looks like biden has relented confirming the, quote, intention to visit the southern border. this is news. >> a lot of people wondering what took so long. most illegal crossings, most known migrant deaths, most known got aways and fewest depo depordepor deportations ever. biden saying today he does

intend to visit the border for the first time. >> are you going to go to the border when you go to mexico? >> that's my intention. >> it wasn't one month ago when biden declined to visit the border in arizona saying there were more important things going on. >> why go to the border? the white house previously said last summer that a visit to the border wouldn't be construct i? >> why doesn't he want to go? >> i don't think it's an issue of wanting to go. it's an irg shoe of what's most constructive to address what we see is a challenging situation at the border in a broken immigration system. >> now that biden says he will visit the border, depending on where he goes, he might get a firsthand look at the impact his policies are having count there. if he goes to el paso, he will see hundreds of migrants sleeping on city streets as

border patrol has been inundated with record crossings in the city in recent weeks. the city had to declare a state of emergency as a result. speaking of el paso, security cameras caught a mexican fugitive trying to cross illegally to el paso following the break of ciudad juarez. if you didn't hear, gunmen attacked the prip on new year's tay, 19 people dead, ten yards. including the leader of a major mexican gang and several of the top lieutenants. nobody knows where they are tonight. >> cartels are having a field day. bill, thank you. >> fox news at night common sense department wonders how biden got from having more important things to do to agreeing to visit the border. downplaying or quite frankly being dishonest about the border crisis.

not was the border crisis dismissed, it was ridiculed. now it's a priority. what changed? was it the astonishing number of 2.4 million migrant encounters in fiscal 2022. was it the 600,000 got aways, the massive undercount when you realize most migrants now get away. or maybe the accidentally flipped on fox news and bill and found out that in norv, heroin seizures up 52%, fept nil up 53%. the biden administration is interesting because when republicans visit, they call ate political stunt. what sit now? the real deal? he joked peace and security. funny, right? maybe not so much for the people who live in border states and have been asking about peace and security for two years? .

breaking tonight, doctors seeing small but encouraging signs of improvement in damar hamlin's condition. he's receiving 50% oxygen after receiving 100%. he's still in the icu sedated and on a ventilator. doctors have flipped him on to the stomach to relieve pressure on his lungs. hamlin's family and friends are feeling positive about the direction things are headed. >> there's not clarity at this point in terms of how long things are going to be, how long it's going to take, where things are going to go. so, for the family, it's a matter of seeing more positive signs and hopefully keep building on that. >> in the first news conference since monday night, ben taylor shared interactions on the field with the bill's head coach and how the teams decided to stop playing the game. >> when i got oifr there, the first thing -- when i got over there, he said i should be at the hospital with damar.

i shouldn't be in this game. then the right decisions were made there. >> the nfl said while hamlin has not played the three seasons required to be eligible for benefits like pension, life insurance, and disability, the league will make sure that he has everything he needs to live a complete life going forward. quadruple murder suspect brian koberger is back in idaho after waiving extradition on tuesday. now we learn that the fbi was on his tlal for weeks. -- on his trail for weeks. >> a long day of air travel courtesy of the pennsylvania state police, brian is back in idaho to face four counts of first degree murder: . he waived extradition yesterday and thief he touched down and immediately put in the vehicle for a short time and a drive to the county jail in moscow, idaho, a small college town

shocked by the quadruple murder of college students, the worst crime the city has seen. once at the jail, he was taken inside for booking. because he must be arraigned within 24 hours of booking, he'll almost certainly make the first court appearance tomorrow. and we're learning tonight this was at the works for sometime. the law enforcement source tells me there was surveillance of coberger two weeks before he was arrested. i'm told the two traffic stops made by indiana police december 15 were directed by the fbi surveillance team that was tracking him all the way from washington state. they were still building their case and wanted video images of his hands. he was finally arrested december 30 at 1:30 a.m. in his parents' house by a pennsylvania state swat team. when they went in, they stormed the place. >> multiple windows broken to gain access as well as multiple doors. the video in the house after the fact confirms that. that would be on the tactical floor plan of the house and what

the operators would do to serve those warrants. >> the county jail has 37 jail cells. one is occupied by brian coberger who will likely face a judge tomorrow. >> dan springer in moscow tonight. dan, thank you. breaking tonight, three adults, five minors were found dead inside of a utah home. all eight individuals were found with gunshot wounds. they do not believe any suspects are at large. we'll bring you more as we get it. pope francis hosted a packed general audience in the vatican on wednesday as thousands paid tribute to pope emeritus benedict 16th in the final day of public viewing. france praised the predecessor a current thought. the pontiff will presize over the funeral. join me for special coverage 2:30 p.m. eastern time, 11:30 here in the west. how china's

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roundup, two arsonists in california spewed gasoline all over the building to the company that offers immigration services. but when the criminals lit the match, as you can see, the fire flared up so fast, they caught themselves on fire. both ran off. they're still at large. just outside of portland, oregon, the man attacked a 78-year-old victim in a train station and chewed off the man's ear and part of his face. the police are investigating the suspect and investigating

whether illegal drugs played a role in his actions. in philadelphia, a suspect robbed a 20-year-old man of his wallet while he stood on a subway platform. the suspect escaped on to the train. but when the victim chased him, a gang of men attacked the victim. they appeared to punch, kit, stomp on him. police are asking for help figuring out who the suspects are. in dallas, police used a smoke bomb to throw a smoke bomb in a culvert to get out a suspect in a drainpipe. the smoke took 30 seconds to chase the man out and end the standoff, the suspect is now in custody. >> as masks mandates come back around the country, the fears of forever pandemic at astounding highs. dr. hamadi. great to see you as always.

fascinated by this whole thing, the who is criticizing china saying that we believe the current numbers being published from china underrepresent the true impact of the in terms of hospital admissions and icu admissions and particularly in terms of death. are you concerned about this rising -- one, are you surprised at the who going after chie in and are you concerned about china's rising infection rate? >> the world health organization has consistently supported china, helped them to cover up the covid case numbers at the beginning of the pandemic. never held them accountable for the wuhan lab leak, whether it happened and the origins of the virus. now finally, three years into this, they're trying to hold china accountable. why? the numbers coming out of china are outlandish. they're saying 20, 30 people dead? it's impossible, physically impossible for a country of that size with so many people.

lifting all of the restrictions they had to try to contain covid, it's clear even if they want an ounce of credibility, they try to contain china. this these are variants that have been circulating in the rest of the world. >> numbers in china. bloomberg back in december said the flowing -- china is likely seeing 1 million covid cases, 5,000 deaths a day. going on to say that china largely shut down the mass network of testing booths and scrapped efforts to include every single infection in the daily tally leaving residents to rely on rapid tests with no obligations to report the results. zero covid to trying to control this surge. >> rebellion happening, right? people in china were upset. they were locked inside. people died when buildings caught on fire because they wouldn't let them out. at some point, they knew the regime was going to relax if they didn't do something. they had to go the other way.

the economy was going to collapse. the factories were shut down. the economy was halted. world-wide as a result of that. something had to change. they realize three years too late. >> i want to move on to this topic. this involves kids. it drives you crazy. it shows that marijuana is everywhere. put this up on the screen. the rise in recreational cannabis among kids. 2017, 2007 cases, right? cases per year, children under 6. in 2021, 3,054. that's from the national poison data systems. i want to get a quick update on this problem with these edibles. we'll get back to dr. hamadi. >> they come in the form of gummies, cookies, other treats. cannabis products intended for adults but increasing numbers of young children are eating them by accident. according to a new study published in the joirnl "pediatrics," a number of

states allowing recreational cannabis in the last five years, eck pose eurocases jumped to 3054 in 2021, an increase in of more than 130%. >> everywhere, it is everywhere you go, every city you walk in, big city, smells like marijuana. it's affecting the younger people in the country. >> are you surprise? no. parents are buying the edible marijuana gummies thinking they're safe. when you're a 2-year-old, 1-year-old, -year-old and see a gummy, what do you do? grab your mouth. the manufacturers are making it in a way that's attractive to kids. here's the problem. one of the fummys is big enough oh -- gummies to get a big adult who's 200 pounds. it's like they're taking ten gummies when they take one. take five or ten, they overdose in a horrible way you have large numbers ending up in the icu.

many are intubated. if you see a rise, no end in sight. parents need to be held accountable. they're in charge. >> while i got you, there's a lit bit of time here. damar hamlin, too soon? too little information to tell what his future prospects are? what his long-term diagnosis might be. >> i think it's extremely early. i think it's -- frankly it's a little disrespectful to his family and team members who are in a state of shock and grief over what's happened for us, for anyone, really, to try to speculate or associate it with vaccines. we have little information that's come out. probably because they don't want to release information. it otherwise we would have. they're deeping it in control. -- they're keeping it under control. they're trying to focus on getting him alive and healthy. it will only cause psychological harm to people right now who should be focused on praying for his health and doing everything they can to support one another and hope he pulls through. >> it's a good point. .

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facing a huge weather onslaught. some as you can tell are trying to make the best of it. >> watch out, guys. anybody missing? >> the united airlines flight attendant returned a lost cat to a pennsylvania after it made its way to first class in the middle of a flight. it was difficult to catch and wriggled free before the owner was able to walk to the front of the plane to claim it. that was a fat cat in first class. police also had a tough time grabbing ahold of an animal. but this time, it was a pot belly pig. larry surpassed the size limit on pigs. but she was not going to give up. it was a wedding gift from her husband. she launched a petition and larry was able to go home. the city will consider changing the pet pig weight limit.

niagara falls lit up the halls in blue to show support for damar hamlin. they tweeted the collective thoughts are with him, his family, team, and the city of buffalo. canadian horseshoe falls were lit up blue. hit me up at trace gallagher or fox news at night or on social media. well, the senate commerce committee announced it plans to take a closer look at the massive meltdown that led to 16,000 flight cancellations between christmas and new year's. now the airline facing a lawsuit. here's molly. >> a southwest airlines passenger whose flight was cancelled over the holiday week in the wide spread and days long systems meltdown is now suing. the class-action lawsuit filed by eric of louisiana states. southwest failure to provide prompt refunds violates not only

the contract of carriage but also federal law. it was supposed to fly december 27 from new orleans to portland, oregon with his daughter. the trip was cancelled. like thousands of others that fell victim to the air carrier's massive failure. according to court documents,e claims he was not given a refund as promised by the company's own policy. he was, quote, only offered a credit for use on a future flight. the suit claims southwest owes customers $5 million in refunds. southwest airlines has released a statement saying in part, quote, we're reaching my email to every ticketed customer to offer a tailored gesture of goodwill and another heart felt apology that redoubles our commitment to customer. our teams are focused on returning baggage, processing requests for refunds and reimbursing certain incidental expenses related to the disruption and travel in the

round the clock effort. transportation secretary pete buttigieg called the actions unacceptable and vowed to use the department of transportation to hold southwest accountable insisting the pledges to reimburse passengers, trace? >> large round of playoffs first thought to hit around 7,000 workers will go up to 17,000 amounting to the largest cuts so far at a major tech company. the company employs 1.5 million, mostly they work in warehouses. the layoffs are mostly on the corporate level. virginia is launching an investigation to a northern virginia high school after they missed important deadlines to notify students about national merit achievements. bring in personality c.j. persson. the story is astounding to me. they have the national merit scholar, the status the kids get

and they don't know the score of the sats. all of the scores are delayed until the money goes out. the virginia attorney general said the following. and i'll get your thoughts on the backside. >> every american, every virginian should be outraged that a child in virginia today is being denied their dreams bah us of racial background, period. today, restoring excellence, transparency, and merit to the nation right here in our beloved virginia. >> he's right. they're penalizing these kids because they're too smart because of their race. >> they're penalizing students for working hard and earning something, right? don't you miss the days of society we encourage people to not be penalized for it. they do it in the name of equity. it's very much real. it's the soft bigotry of low expectations. they think that if everyone is aware of the accomplishments,

they would be led to accomplish less because of their skin or abilities which sounds like the racism they're claiming to be against. >> a mom, by the way, of a national merit scholar whose tests somehow got delayed. watch. >> i mean, graduating in the top 3% of your class in terms of sat, psat scores is a huge honor. and we should be celebrating the kids for that. not trying to hide that from them. >> can you imagine going back to when you were in high school and they hid your test scores and you couldn't get in to the college you wanted to get into or the program you wanted to get into, because they were making the playing field more equal and equitable. >> it's absurd. it goes to show the hypersensitivities that are taking society hostage are driving us to the point of absolute delusion. this is ridiculous. these kids earned what they've got. they had every right to put on the scholarships. this is what they're penalized

for, for something they can't control. immutable characteristics, this is someone else, a different story. >> i learned a lot about m.i.a., the singer. she's a hindu singer who became a christian and this backlash she's getting a little bit of pushback. she said basically all of my fans may turn against me. they're progressives who ate people who believe in jesus christ. if it costs my career, i won't lie. i will tell the truth and tell you what's on my mind and heart. if i'm coming back now and saying jesus is real, there's point to it. she's getting pushback. a lot of people have said this. it's not okay to go after anybody else's religion except for christianity. then it's totally okay. >> you're right. if i were to say i was surprised, i would be lying. we're seeing an overt war on christianity and those who follow the failt for too long. it goes without any recourse. any other person or religion, you would be a bigot or racist.

it's not happening in this case. it's more controversial to say you believe in god than embrace these ideas, saying that children should be able to change their gender and america is racist. those aren't controversial but if you say you believe in god and our savior jesus christ, that's when there's a problem. >> stand by for the night cap, stick with us? rolling stone has released a list of the top 200 greatest singers of all kind, and the night cap crew will be here to debate the top spots and the top snubs. listen, i'm done settling. because this is my secret. i put it on once, no more touch ups! secret had ph balancing minerals; and it helps eliminate odor, instead of just masking it. so pull it in close. secret works.

the top 200 singers of all time. all time, three greatest singers. >> that is a great question. i'm soul biassed. i would say probably michael jackson. >> okay.

>> aretha franklin. going to go for the trifecta and say prince. >> prince? i would say michael jackson was on my list as well. bill, did michael jackson make your list? >> an elvis. >> yeah, elvis and whitney houston. thatch's a good one. c.j. pearson. >> going to share that same guess. aretha franklin with one of them. newer with one, taylor swift having a good year. maybe, probably, i've got to say, maybe elvis as well. good movie. >> it's interesting. elvis was in there. that's what i said. i said elvis, i had michael jackson. and no. 3, kind of a long shot. i will tell you after. it didn't make the list. not really the music guy. >> going to be boring. my choices have been mentioned. i thought of them independently.

michael jackson, elvis, and taylor swift. >> taylor swift, really? >> i can tell everybody got young person on here. well, two. the top three, are in this order. aretha franklin, nicely done. whitney houston, and sam cook. >> sam cook? >> sam cook would be no. 3. now, the ones that people really kind of pushed back on that got snubbed. i don't know if we got the list. the snubbers -- celine dion got snubbed. tony bennett didn't make the top list. madonna didn't make the top list, which i think is probably natural, because, really, she one of the great singers of all time, i don't think so. nat king cole did not make the top of the list. and deon warwick, whitney houston's aunt didn't make the top of the list. anything else? >> you have to have celine dion. she helped me through graduate school. live her. >> i don't know who celine dion is.

>> i don't -- >> maybe right. >> bill? >> five seconds, wrap this up? >> maybe andrea bocelli. >> one of the greatest of all time. nicely done, c.j., bill, kevin cork. thank you for the night cap and thank you for watching america's late news, fox news at night. i'm trace gallagher, covering the pope emeritus funeral cominn up in an hour and twenty up in an hour and twenty minutes. . see you then. with aveeno® daily moisture. formulated with nourishing, prebiotic oat. it's clinically proven to moisturize dry skin for 24 hours. aveeno® ladies... welcome to my digestive system. when your gut and vaginal bacteria are off balance. you may feel it. but just one align women's probiotic daily helps soothe digestive upsets. and support vaginal health. welcome to an align gut. a must in your medicine cabinet! less sick days! cold coming on? zicam is the number one cold shortening brand!

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ha-ha-ha. >> tucker: good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." kevin mccarthy badly wants to be the next speaker of the house, but as of tonight he's not going to be. he doesn't have the votes. it's not a good of who's good or bad, who's well intentioned, who's not. it's a question of simple electoral math, something that kevin mccarthy is highly familiar with since he does this for a living.

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