>> my administra >> president biden: the failure to fund this plan increased challenges that we're seeing at thee southwest border. no one knows this better than nt the vice president.wa >> i'm sure the vice president, one visit to el paso made her an expert. thank you for watching, gutfeld is next. >> todd: republicans drag into day four, late-night deal could clear a path for kevin mccarthy in today's vote and let congress get to work for the american people. i don't know about you, stro, and i have been working for five or six days straight. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. so far we've seen 11 failed votes and intensive gridlock in the gop.

>> we have a long way to go, but we've come so far and can't quit. you don't fire a guy who is winning. >> it is not dysfunction, what it is the exchange of ideas. >> house republicans under speaker kevin mccarthy will unleash a pro-growth agenda to get the economy moving. >> we need to get to a point where we start evaluating what life without kevin mccarthy looks like. >> ashley: alexandria hoff has the latest, good morning. >> alexandria: 11 votes in three days, enough for the history books. we enter day four and kevin mccarthy was asked if the party has been weakened by this process? >> your power -- has it undercut the power of the other speakers? >> it was used over john

boehner. >> i'm not -- >> doesn't that inherently mean you will be a weaker speaker? >> no, i would only be a weaker speaker if -- >> alexandria: details of a potential deal emerge. given all demands of those resisting a vote for kevin mccarthy, the deal would allow an easier route to oust mccarthy and provides house freedom caucus with stronger recommendation on committees. some are adamant in opposition. >> i wouldn't count on my vote, kevin mccarthy utilizes lobbyists and special interests to be able to dictate how political decisions are made, how policy decisions are made and he's sold shares of himself to special interest, to political action committees and i don't think he is an

appropriate choice. >> alexandria: democrat hakeem jeffries has won the support of his party. >> short answer is no, all we are asking republicans to do is figure out way for themselves to organize so the congress can get together and do the business of the american people. >> alexandria: president biden weighed in, calling on the vice president to round out his thought on the matter. >> are you monitoring the speaker's race? >> are you watching the speaker's race? >> i'm following the -- >> attention. >> attention may need to be prolonged and told lawmakers will work through the weekend to finalize a deal. >> ashley: alexandria hoff, thank you so much, kellyanne

conway says the american people are suffering the most as this drags on, listen. >> i know many are saying i'm doing this for the trump base or because of constituents, that isir fa. same constituents could be hurts, why? because they are hearing from the i.r.s., from different departments, i can't help you because congressman-elect is not a member of congress, they can't get clearance briefing or help constituents with matters that constituents are asking for. >> ashley: we'll bring in fox news contributor liz peak. kellyanne conway said americans are hurting in this situation, but you have this op ed and says speaker chaos gives opportunity for reboot, with that reboot,

would it have been better if it were done in private or better it is happening in front of the world? >> i don't think it matters if several days go by where the house has not elected a speaker. the decision is who is going to be the speaker? at some points, if kevin mccarthy is not able to round up these votes, it really speaks to the fact he is not able to lead this congress. i think that is the big issue here. i would like to see if this thing doesn't get resolved tomorrow or today, i guess, friday, i think kevin mccarthy needs to find out who is going to be the other candidate. what the guys have done is brought forward a lot of issues about how the house has been functioning. it is terrible, not been amendment put forward in debate for years now, there is no regular order and everyone in america agrees. you cannot dump 4000-page bill

on your congressman and expect them to vote six hours later when they haven't had a chance to read it. many reforms people have been pushing for are pretty good. most things now, mccarthy has succeeded to and the vote hasn't really changed. if that is the case going forward, we need to find someone to round up the votes and get working for the american people. >> todd: based on alexandria hoff's reporting, does this get done today? >> well, again, if it doesn't, i think it is time to move on. we've seen vote after vote after vote where the numbers haven't changed and the problem is, there is not like there is obstannent 20 standing in the way. kevin mccarthy can't afford 14 or 15 people, he needs to bring

all people to get elected. i think my choice at this point for mccarthy to go to jim jordan and say you have the backing of the house, people really like you and trust you in way they don't trust mccarthy, you need to stand up and take on this role or kevin mccarthy can do what nancy pelosi did. nancy pelosi was elected with 216 votes, she was not a shoe-in, last time she ran. she promised only to serve for two years, so maybe mccarthy makes that kind of deal. all right, i want to be speaker and show you what i can do, if you are not happy after two years, i agree to step down. he's got to force their hand. right now, i think a lot of americans might sympathize with what the fellows are trying to do, men and women in congress opposing mccarthy, but they have not come forward with knowa alternative, they look a little

bit insincere, i'd say, and more show boating at this point, when mccarthy has agreed to most demands. >> ashley: president biden is set to visit the border in el paso on sunday, that is his first visit while in office. imposing new consequences for illegal immigration, surging resources, disrupting criminal networks at the border and providing additional support. there were no specifics, maybe he mentioned with surging resources to help secure the border. do you know anything in particular about putting the weight behind border patrol agents? >> well, exactly. this is a very big promise with some specific ideas about how to stem the flow.

but color me skeptical about this. i don't think joe biden cares if our border is secure at all, his administration has said it is secure already. what is happening here, joe biden is running for president or certainly leaning in that direction, one of his worst approval ratings on immigration and the border. people are concerned about it, other than fox news, no one has been covering the fact we've had four million people cross into the country since joe biden has been president. were it not for governor abbott of texas and governor desantis of florida, people wouldn't be aware of what an open sore this border has become. it's a crisis, it's a fentanyl crisis, security crisis and now according to people like eric adams, mayor of new york, it's an economic crisis for many cities where the governors have been sending migrants and having

basically settling them in to live. now the country is aware of what a problem it is and joe biden has come up with a bandaid to fix it, but we need a tourniquet. we need to fill i weras with people to be sent back to their own country, have news coverage of that and send a clear message this is not allowed, we are not allowing these people to stay. i don't think what joe biden came up with is sufficient. >> todd: it is spot on, and i throw in schizophrenic. title 42 is bad, which answer is it? what does joe biden do without this? he blames the republicans, take a listen. >> it is a political issue, extreme republicans will run on and we need resources to secure the border. extreme republicans have said

no. republicans haven't been serious about this at all. >> todd: doesn't that validate your thesis? why now? because we're close to election year. >> exactly. this is a big, big problem for the biden administration, not a republican problem, it was working under donald trump, it's a biden problem. >> todd: liz peek, great sight kicking us off on friday, we appreciate it. >> ashley: fox news alert. deadly riots breaking out between cartel and security forces over arrest of el chapo's son, setting up roadblocks and attacking officials. take a look at this terrifying passenger -- passengers on that plane taking cover after a flight set to take off to mexico city is struck by cartel gunfire on the runway.

terrifying. no one was hurt, 100 flights are grounded. 10 people are hurt in a shooting outside a popular restaurant in miami garden florida. the rapper french montana was filming a video outside the restaurant when a person in the crowd was robbed and the situation escalated. they heard 10 to 15 gunshots, four victims were airlifted to a trauma center in miami. no arrests made. >> todd: -- saving his kids from drowning in the ocean, he was helicoptered to the hospital and is unconscious in the icu. doctors say his condition is improving and his kids are safe. hillis is a veteran who played for the cleveland browns and featured on the cover of madden 2012 after offensive season in 2011.

to the latesta damar hamlin, his doctors giving us encouraging update we've seen since monday night. >> ashley: and update about the game and rest of the season. marianne has more. >> marianne: damar hamlin continues to show miraculous improvement, the 24-year-old started to move his hands and feet. he's on a ventilator and not able to speak, but he is able to write. his 1st question, did his team win. >> emerge and follow commands and even asked who won the game. he is unable to speak with us yet, he has a breathing tube in and we're still assisting him with ventilation. he was communicating last night and today in writing. >> marianne: bills had their first practice today since the

monday night game. hamlin's father addressed the bills team urging them to play on. >> damar hamlin's father spoke to the team, his message was the team needs to get back to focusing on the goals they had set for themselves. >> he demanded us and you can't not honor his question to charge forward to the best of our abilities. >> marianne: and tee higgins says he's in a good place and receiving support. obviously it has been hard because i had something to do with it, everybody issic maing me feel whole again. i talked to his mom and everything is okay. he's doing good, i'm in a good place right now. bills players honoring teammate.

the game will not be resumed. week 17 buffalo bills and bengals game will not be resumed and has been cancelled. damar hamlin gofundme has bypassed $7 million. nfl announcing potential changes to the playoffs. afc championship played at neutral site, no team will have home-field advantage. >> todd: options were few and far between, if that is the solution, one of the only possible. my favorite part of this, he asked whoun with the game, his teammates told him he won. he won for being alive. >> ashley: just hearing that has to be reassuring for his teammates, family, people who love him. online, it was circulating, the fans have been gut-wrenched over

this. the doorbell camera, lady walked up to the bills flag and walked up and said hello, i want to say i'm praying for your team. it shows how much the fans have been involved in this and really feel for this situation and i'm just glad to hear that he's speaking. >> todd: beautiful. teachers union head randi weingarten taking heat for blaming the teacher shortage on culture wars. one teacher fired over the vaccine mandate will respond to that. ♪ ♪

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teachers president, randi weingarten blaming the teacher shortage on the culture wars. she tweeted, it worsened during the pandemic because of culture war that put teachers and staff under constant scrutiny over any conversation involving history, racism and sexuality. michelle garcia was fired over the vaccine mandate and joins me now fchl she's looking for a reason for the teacher shortage, shouldn't she just look in the mirror? >> exactly. so randi weingarten is union leader for america. that is a very big responsibility and i feel like she has -- she's very confused about her role. i feel like she's not really taking on the leadership she needs to and prioritize

teachers. she wants to play scapegoat and throw things on to saying it is all about culture wars. let's look at your own background, randi weingarten. prior to the pandemic, it has been a teacher shortage coming. with the pandemic, it worsened and on top of that, you have the vaccine mandate or mandate in general forcing on teachers. she said she would not force it on teachers and she changed for science and stuff like that. my thing with all of this is basically at what point do you prioritize teachers for real. at this point, since the vaccine mandate didn't do what it was supposed to do. the teachers are needed in the classroom, kids need the

teachers. >> todd: despite throwing members under the bus, is it fair to say job of teaching has gotten harder during the tenure of randi weingarten? >> it has. pretty much issue she has this agenda, they want to push on general agendas, which i feel like there is time and place for everything and i feel like all this, i said scapegoat, she wants to throw the blame on something else and say that this is what is causing the burnout in teachers. we're not respected, we're underpaid, overwhelmed and you know how many teachers are in this country and we're parents in turn. how are you allowing teachers to get fired and understaffing schools? there are so many stuff that has

gotten worse over the years and you're a union leader? you are supposed to be fighting for us and saying not my teachers. students need teachers and this is a big problem in new york, big problem in florida, big problem in ohio. what is upon haing? how are you a union leader looking at me and seeing i'm a teacher without a job now almost two years and this is okay for you? this is all right with you? how do you stomach that? >> todd: she did great work for the biden administration, for the far left think tanks, as far as teachers, i don't know what they get for union dues other than a more difficult job and in your case, fired. what is key for getting more teachers in the door? >> rehire us? there are qualified teachers at this point, i understand they were taking, i don't want to say anyone, people without bachelor

degrees, people had insentives. not saying don't hire other ones, they will have their time, hire teachers who are qualified and went to school for this. we furth erred our lives on this. i've been a teacher for 14 or 15 years now, put teachers back in the classroom, you are going overseas and assessing other countries issue but your background, we're drowning here. >> january 10, there is a rally in albany, please come out. >> todd: that is new york state specific, i am sure you can find rallies throughout the country. we need teachers back in the classroom. over to you. >> ashley: fox news alert, new information in the idaho murder case including timeline evident linking prime suspect to the same and chilling report from one surviving roommate who was

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>> ashley: newly released affidavit reveals suspected murder bryan kohberger stalked the four idaho students leading up to their murders. >> todd: brooke singman has details. >> brooke: bryan kohberger phone pinged 12 times near the moscow home leading up to the killings and lays out what authorities believe to be his escape route. they retraced his exact path and know based on bryan kohberger phone record he returned to the murder scene around 9 a.m. the following morning. his d.n.a. was found on a knife sheath found next to one of the victims. the surviving roommate came face-to-face with the killer.

the roommate saw a figure clad in black clothing and a mask that of coerred the suspect's mouth and nose. 5'10" or smaller, athletically built with bushy eyebrows, the male walked past dm and walked past the glass sliding door and dm locked herself in her room. here is what we know now. around four a.m. xana kernodle received a doordash and heard what she thought was kaylee goncalves playing with her dog in her bedroom. she thought she heard kaylee say there is someone in here and she heard what she thought was crying from xana's room and her phone showed she was on tiktok leading police to believe she was still alive at that time. the neighbor security camera

picked up a noise that sounded like a loud thud and wimper and dm encounters the killer and he is believed to have left the scene at 4:20 and his are cawas picked up at 5:25 near wsu. bryan kohberger appeared in court yesterday, kaylee goncalves father was too emotional to speak outside the courthouse, but here is the family attorney. >> it is an emotional time seeing the defendant for the first time. this is the beginning of the criminal justice system and the family will be here for the longhaul. >> brooke: bryan kohberger will rema remain -- >> ashley: bring in bob bianci, forensic expert at fulton county medical examiner's ofls. thank you for being with us. robert, to you first. how hard will this case be for

the public defender to prove and get him off the hook, when you have details in this affidavit? >> the circumstantial evidence is so strong with the phones, the timeline with regard to victimology and timeline with regard to the car, so what you do, this is mantra defense attorneys have if it is filed as death penalty case. keep him alive another hour, minute, second, not to say he didn't do it, but if the client gives permission, can we take this out of death penalty and do life without parole? the real question is what can defense do to get out, what will the prosecutor do here? will they file as death penalty case? i suspect there are six aggravating factors that apply

here. prosecutor has to stay strong and i've indicated to your producers and others, i was a prosecutor prosecuting murder cases, this is not a case i offer plea offer. they will say to the state, prove your case. we'll wait to see what they come up with if there is any other explanation, evidence is powerful. >> todd: joseph, what was your initial reaction, key takeaway from the affidavit and what holes are in the affidavit that you want filled? >> i got it tell you, certainly my first thought, i was overwhelmed, i don't know in memory i have seen a document like this, where you have so much data they talk about. the tie-back with d.n.a., we have d.n.a. actually left behind on the button snap of the sheath left in the bed next to one victim. that is just overwhelming, you don't have a knife, you have the

sheath that originated with a knife we've talked about for sometime. then you have this d.n.a. that was collected out of the trash at the parent's home in pennsylvania, not to mention everything else relative to timestamps and one more thing we have to mention is this footprint. there was a footprint found on the floor adjacent to dm's room, comes back with what appears to be a van-style shoe. they are taking this car apart, there is so much more we don't know about the vehicle relative to physical evidence, if he got into that car after this murderous rampage, he would have essentially bathed that area in d.n.a. because he would have been covered in blood. if you get this co-mingled

mixture of the blood of victims found inside of that vehicle, blood groupings, d.n.a. tie backs to the victims, overwhelming amount of evident defense would have difficult time explaining away. >> ashley: can you speak to the fact so many people we heard on this network and social media having no faith in this police department, sometimes the fbi, because it seemed like it was going cold for so long. and not only that, but when you look at the affidavit and the roommate who came face-to-face with the suspected killer trying to keep that under wraps, the fact it didn't leak speaks volumes. >> trust me, i've been doing this a long time, that was biggest problem i had as a prosecutor, you don't want information to leak, they are following leads and you don't want to taint witnesses. that piece of evidence about

bushy eyebrows and be on lookout for this vehicle, this case was solved because two washington state officers because law enforcement knew what they were looking for and noticed vehicle in the parking lot at washington state, ran it undo issue got the picture of the defendant in the case and noticed he had bushy eyebrows and this set that off. it is amazing it was tight. meed management in the beginning was poor, that led to people thinking they were not working well, they were saying different things. last point from reading this affidavit, the guy's goose is cooked as far as evidence in this case, led to conclusion if i were in the game, i would contact law enforcement officers from any place this guy has gone to that i can figure out to find out if there are any other dead

bodies that have cold case things, this is unusual thing for guy to go out on first one-off and murder people like this when he's been plotting and planning it according to this affidavit for three months, something with the creep factor in this case. >> todd: one of our frequent guests, jonathan gilliam said the same thing on another show, curious you said that, something we will look into. joe, you mentioned depth of detail in the affidavit, that is true, but one question i still have and i don't know if you can expound on this, why is this eight-hour gap between when the roommate who was alive encountered the defendant and then called 911 or the 911 call was made? thoughts? >> massive mystery, i don't know, some people opined she may have passed out at that point in time, we don't know her status

physically. how was it police was not alerted? we have a huge gap of time. i have to be honest with you, as time goes by, there will be more revealed relative to this timeline going forward. we didn't know when any of this had occurred. there were just speculative guesses at best relative to everything that had occurred that morning. now we've tightened that down. i think this will continue to have a sharper focus as we go forward, more information will come out and we'll find out the status of dm. right now she is the key witness in this case. >> todd: that is what it looks like. thank you so much, appreciates it. turning to a story "fox and friends first" been following closely, this weekend marks two years since california mother went missing and tomorrow morning loved ones are gathering for a hike to raise awareness,

the case is unsolved. remains were found in august of 2021 issue but have not been confirmed to be maya. her husband has been charged wither had murder, despite no body being found. he maintains his innocence, next court date wednesday. >> ashley: thanks to hard work of a police canine is caught on camera. >> oh. hands. >> todd: look at that, plus, fbi director christopher wray says there is a crime surge in american cities and leaders need to restore respect for law enforcement. our police panel, here to respond.

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>> your hands, roll on your belly. >> todd: good stuff, officer bear was able to sniff out the suspect hiding behind a piece of metal in the warehouse where he worked. he converted his work space into a bomb lab. and ramping crime in seattle forcing a business to shut down two branches, the company ceo says it comes down to, woer safety and increasing security cost and foot traffic is down. the latest closure is no surprise who point to open-air drug use and homeless camps. one manager saying, it is pretty sad, the city let the people down, especially small businesses like us. >> ashley: christopher wray is calling out how the crime crisis and defund the police have know cotributed to police recruiting

challenges. i hear issue is sense among rank and file cops that too many in our society no longer respect their work. is it too little, too late? a sergeant, and nypd and sheriff join me now. what is it like on the streets? do you get respect from the community and leaders in your area? >> we do, but the algorithm in order to receive it, i've said before, this country loves the police, everyday we have to give them a reason why. >> betsy, it is great that christopher wray and you hear president biden and all these people who really did not back or support the police for it seems like a long time, it is great they want to support them now. why are they changing the narrative? >> well, yeah, i'd like to welcome christopher wray to the party about 2-1/2 years late

calling for respect for american law enforcement. it is really not very brave to wait until after very contentious election and 2-1/2 years after the defund the police movement and criminal justice reform and say respect law enforcement. i would like him to do listening sessions with actual cops doing the job, street cops, border patrol agents and talk about bail reform. i'd like to have him take on woke local prosecutors, he talked about arresting people, what about prosecuting people and putting them in prison? i'd like to hear more from christopher wray rather than a nice op-ed saying to respect cops. >> ashley: that is a no-brainer and would happen automatically, don't you think it comes down to the community respects police,

but when the community hears politicians, celebrities and media constantly slamming them, it will not get everybody onboard, do you agree? >> i do. politicians going from the podium, you will have people that listen and take it to heart. they go out and you see things like assassination of police officers, it has to stop. we need respect of district attorneys and lawmakers to allow us to do our job and keep the community safe. >> ashley: sheriff, on the sto wh which -- topic, do you blame the media? >> well, i'm a working sheriff, i hit the street, i'm in uniform and i'm there with the people. a lot of people, including the media, but leaders in the communities look at the negative things law enforcement do.

we are the only profession we sign up for opportunity and potential of getting killed, getting murdered. when you have street interaction and focus on the negative, we forgoat about thousands of great interactions that happen on the street. i encourage sheriffs and chiefs and those on this call to show good work the cops do and let us be the media platform like we do now. >> ashley: joe, when you look at mayor crime, chicago up, philadelphia up 23, new york city 22, los angeles up 7%. do you think if everybody would get onboard supporting police, we would see the numbers come down or will it take a while? >> it will take a long time. mayor de blasio single-handed destroyed the city. people have been afraid to do their job, they didn't want to

wind up on the front page of the paper. >> ashley: betsy, 48% of americans express confidence in police in 2020, all-time low, how do you see this being solved? >> recent polling says that is up to past 65%. people have learned since 2020, they need american law enforcement officers, polling shows they want us, they worry about us, they do not want us defunded, like to see people with a large platform like christopher wray, step up and denounce the defund the police movement and take on politicians and activists who stand up everyday and say cops are not the problem. we had 52 million citizen interactions last year and use of force was used in less than 2% of cases. cops are not the problem, we know what works, let cops do

their job. >> ashley: i believe media, politicians and celebrities play a big part of this. thank all three of you for your service. the republican speaker stalemate is dragging into day four, could a late-night deal get the hold outs on board and clear a path for kevin mccarthy today? >> we will ask one of the hold-outs, is he onboard? matt whitaker on deck for a busy 5 a.m. hour of "fox and friends first" on a friday. don't go anywhere. a must in your medicine cabinet! less sick days! cold coming on? zicam is the number one cold shortening brand! highly recommend it! zifans love zicam's unique zinc formula.

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>> todd: economists are estimating jobs will be adds, employment rate expected to stay over 3%. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. families are struggling to pay for basic needs, president biden is patting his administration on the back. >> president biden: i believe our economic plan is working.

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