i'm bret baier. president biden's attorney general has appointed a special counsel to investigate the discovery of classified documents at the president's home and business office. earlier in the day the president admitted the records had been found at his residence in wilmington, delaware, one set of documents found had his garage. next to his corvette. he insists he is cooperating fully and completely with the justice department investigation. newly elected house speaker kevin mccarthy says congress

"special report" suspect next with bret baier. >> bret: cockroaches. thanks, jesse. good evening. i'm bret baier. coming to you live tonight from los angeles. we will talk about the ukraine war with former prime minister of the united kingdom boris johnson in just a few minutes. is the world dangerously unprepared for the next pandemic? one major organization thinks. so the double murder trial of a prominent attorney could come down to one single word on an audiotape. >> bret: but, first, breaking tonight. we are learning new details about an fbi search of the washington think tank where classified documents were found in an office used by president joe biden. it's a search that the biden white house had not previously revealed. it raises new questions about the biden administration's insistence it is being completely open about the facts here. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, bret. despite many claims of transparency, the fbi search of the penn biden center did not appear on timelines

bret baier is with us. that was an important moment when jim jordan stood up to put mccarthy's name into nomination. think gave the speech which basically said, "let's get down to scope statement business and forget the procedure stop." >> it was important for mccarthy and listen, if you talk to people on capitol hill, they say congressman jordan doesn't want to be speaker. that is not where his forte is. that is not where he wants to be but the chair of judiciary. he can open up an investigation on a number of frauds. the origins of covid appear at the doj of russia gate. all of the investigation he has been talking about for years, he now wants to lead with subpoena power in that position. so, it was important that jordan made that speech for mccarthy. it will be interesting to see as we mentioned last time the momentum and how many votes does that peel off or mccarthy? i'm not sure if the matt gaetz speech will cain votes for jordan. again the magic number is five. that prevents the majority of 218 but i

bret baier. [applause] >> thank you very much. i started with reagan sound bites. the issues that reagan deal with that were big issues when we are dealing with the debt so it kind of all works out pretty well to say hi to my friends and i know i have friends in the audience. we are here to talk about grant. years ago you wrote your first book in the challenges you had with your son paul, remarkable but please tell me he's okay. >> he's doing great. that book is called special hearted journey of hope and courage. oh my gosh courage and love. i'm thinking grand and i'm thinking, anyway bottom line he is doing fantastic. he's had four open-heart surgeries and 10 angioplasties in this last one was in december and paul is now an inch taller than me. he's 6 feet tall. he is a golfer and a basketball player and he's doing fantastic so thank you very much. [applause] >> bret in your book you chose presidents to study that are oftentimes at an inflection point in their presidency. a moment in time in that particular president uniquely change the course of history. is that

[applause] >> bret baier, it took a while. here we are, finally kevin mc carthy is the speaker up the house to be elected, if you will . your thoughts on the process. >> apparently we don't have bret . let's go back to chad pergram. >> oh, i'm right here. die apologize. i was looking at the images on the floor. this is the big moment, obviously. it is so opaque that you can se the elation as kept mccarthy hugs all of these members. think about the trials and tribulations that he has been through. at one point really there was a lot of doubt that he was going to get across this finish line. there was a lot, there were a lot of people saying it is time to put steve steve's gleason or somebody else in again and again . i don't know if you had it on your phone but i had tons on social media. they come to an and because he is the house speaker and he is in a long line of speakers goin back to 1789, and think about this is now as he takes the gavel. is going to have a lot of challenges ahead. one of them is the debt ceiling peer-to-

. >> [laughs] >> i am someone who routinely watched bret baier conduct interviews. if you also do, you know that he is among the very best in the business. >> [laughs] and you need not take my word for it, he is consistently ranked best newscaster, as the top rated cable news program in his time slot. and that's been the case for many years. but bret has a second career going as a bestselling author. and we are talking about -- a -- not a formula for how you as well can be a network anchor. rather, with the publication, this is his fifth nonfiction work, it's official -- who bret baier is a talented presidential historian and writer with a knack for shining a light on pivotal leaders at pivotal moments in american history. that always seem to be were another look. his series gave us a very important glimpse into the lives of three u.s. presidents, dwight eisenhower, ronald reagan and fdr, all of whom change the course of history in the fate of the nation. his newest book, on our 18th precedent, ulysses s. grant, titled "to rescue the republic", is as educational as

i want to bring in bret baier. brett, when you watch this i can't make a joke about it i have a book about faith. in this situation it's more than embarrassing, it's broken. >> bret: it is broken. it does not seem to be resolving anytime soon. a lot of talk about adjournment, but if they bring forward that effort to adjourn or gather their forces and count the votes behind the scenes, they may not have the votes for it. democrats would and can block it with a few votes and no votes against mccarthy, a few of them like representative ralph norman have already said we need to vote. we are not going to vote to adjourn. it is sticky either way. you don't want to be embarrassed by bringing up a motion to adjourn and not have the votes for that either. the bottom line is kevin out.rthy is going to stick it he will contino fight it he ds have 203 votes. e dimini but so r there is notd rnative. to jason's point, yes, it does get problematic after a while. after the opening in the swearing's end of elect and representatives,

thank you so much >> joining us now is bret baier anchor of special report and fox news chief politicalnchor. bret, what are you hearing tonight, your sources. you've been on this all day. we watched special report earlier tonight. a lot of people thought we might not get here and it looks like kevin mccarthy is perhaps on the threshold of taking the speakership finally. >> laura, good evening, his allies on the floor inside, and i just got a text, believe, and i'll quote here, reliably, the plane is going to land tonight. they don't know how it's going to look, whether it's present votes of the 6 who are remaining, or where they fully support and vote for, in other words, change their vote to mccarthy, but they believe with the two representatives who have come back, buck and hunt, that they'll have the numbers to get mccarthy to the finish line. that's a big moment. because, you're right, this on the 14th ballot, there were a lot of people who said this was not going to happen, there's no way it's going to happen. and just to give a little history here, there have been 53 men and one

we'll get to that with bret baier. but first to peter doocy. peter. >> martha, there's been so many revelations in the last 2 1/2 weeks of classified materials turning up places that they are not supposed to. it sounds like it's pretty easy to walk away with classified materials. but we found out a few minutes ago that it's not. >> john, how hard is it to walk out of a scif with classified material? >> everybody who goes in to a scif knows what the requirements are to go in and knows what the requirements are to go out. you know, there's -- you can't bring personal devices in and you certainly can't leave with material unless that material is appropriately secured. >> martha: the allegation is that former president trump, former vice president mike pence and former vice president joe biden all had white houser era documents that were not properly secured. that is a head scratcher for the number 2 democrat in the senate. >> i'll tell you that when it comes to members of congress and classified documents, we go through an elaborate careful proces

i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier. breaking tonight the biden administration is insisting it is being transparent is dealing with the ongoing scandal over discovery of classified documents at the president's personal residence and his office at a washington think tank. the challenges to that position continue to grow. once again today, the president's team was short on details on a number of issues. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off tonight. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, mike. today in a background call about these documents, the white house counsel's office at one point encouraged reporters to look into the secret deals kevin mccarthy made to be secret speaker of the house. sums up the posture of this administration and the information blackout that we are getting right now. >> come on, guys. >> reporters didn't hear from the president's lawyers today. but the white house brought the golden state warriors to the brady briefing room. >> good afternoon, everybody. >> and the press secretar

let's bring in bret baier are now joining us via satellite obviously because he is in washington, d.c., and has that amazing show to do special report. brett, what is your take on where we are now just in terms of how much strength and velocity if you will these votes are coming with but how much strength that there is people who are nominating russian mark >> i think there is a clear message that they are sending witches they need to shake things up. they don't like how washington is working, and with the base that is a really popular message that comes down to spending. they don't want omnibus spending bills jammed down their throats of the end of december like just happened with $1.7 trillion. that said, there is a point at which the populace also is frustrated with this process. >> harris: how do we know? >> well, you hear it from all kinds of rank and file. you hear the 200 plus members of voting for mccarthy saying we have things to do and you also hear the politics creeping up on them as the president fills the vacuum with immigration speech this weekend as her republicans are

let's bring back bret baier and you have information coming from the floor. what do you know?> well, there's just a lot of frustration. a number of people saying they're poed. there was a real whip effort on boebert and gaetz. they could not get them to come off present. there was no moving the other four. and now there is a question whether they have the votes to adjourn. to chad's point, you know, we should point out that there is some credit to be given for democrats holding the line almost every single ballot. there was only one ballot where they got 211 and that's because representative trone from maryland had surgery but they came back the next ballot and they've been 212 every single ballot. and there have been a couple of others where mccarthy took the lead. but you have to get the majority of all of the numbers in the house. now the question is, if they don't adjourn, are they going to have a 15th ballot that does exactly the same thing? they're working still. it's sort of like a rush in a fraternity where they're trying to get -- what can we do to make you happy, to

bret baier is standing by on set with me here. first, we want to go to chad pergram over on the hill. hi, chad. >> hi, martha. what we know right now, they're well in to this second ballot for speaker, the second one this afternoon. we know they're going to have to go to a third ballot because it's clear that kevin mccarthy for any other candidate has the votes to become speaker of the house here. right now as we're tracking this, jim jordan, republican from ohio, he was nominated by matt gaetz, somebody that was not actually seeking the speakership. he used to be a rival with kevin mccarthy a few years ago. he's gotten on board. he has gotten 15 votes. i always say it's about the math. during the first vote there were 19 republicans that cast ballots for somebody else besides kevin mccarthy by name. voting for somebody by sur name is very important in this process. so if that number for jim jordan goes up from what we had before or any other candidate, anybody else besides kevin mccarthy, that is going to be significant. what we

and bret baier, this is going to be good. big news today, white house council sank the classified materials and the garage storage space of the president's home in wilmington delaware. in the garage just to keep up, the president said they were locked up next to his bed, he literally said next to his corvette when he was pressed by peter doocy. >> classified materials, what were you thinking? we will get a chance to speak on this god willing. i said earlier this week, by the way, my corvette is in a locked garage so it's not like down the street. but anyway -- yes, as well as my corvette. but as i said earlier this week, people know i take classified documents and classified materials seriously. i also said we are cooperating fully and completely with the justice department's review. as part of that process, when reviewed where other documents from my time as vice president were stored in finished the review last night. they discovered a small number of documents of classified markings in storage areas in file cabinets in my

"special report" suspect next with bret baier. >> bret: cockroaches. thanks, jesse. good evening. tonight from los angeles. we will talk about the ukraine war with former prime minister of the united kingdom boris johnson in just a few minutes. is the world dangerously unprepared for the next pandemic? one major organization thinks. so the double murder trial of a prominent attorney could come down to one single word on an audiotape. >> bret: but, first, breaking tonight. we are learning new details about an fbi search of the washington think tank where classified documents were found in an office used by president

bret baier has a big interview with nikki haley tonight and he asked this: >> bret: you said are a thed the tea leaves in your words. we are in the new year. how are these tea leaves looking? are you going to run for president? >> dana: you are going to want to hear her answer to that okay. i'm going to go first. they had cake before. now we have meatballs and pasta and it is because roseanne that and elena scott have a new cookbook out it is called meatballs mangia and memories. a restaurant fresco by. >> dana: as you know from 23 and me i'm only 2% italian. i couldn't say that meatballs here and pasta. a great cookbook and great restaurant. highly recommend. >> greg: i think mangia is a surgery. >> judge jeanine: that guy blow a horn? [laughter] >> dana: all right, jesse. >> jesse: want to see a stupid couple? they crawled into dog creates crates to seeif it would be fund locked in the dog crates. not only the wife but the husband, too. crawled in both. we this to scooch over and rescue each other and help each other get out. what a bunch of i had i don't say em and i would are in do

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>> it sounds like she is running from the interview she gave with bret baier. we'll wait and see.s someone who as she said never lost a race. she won her first campaign in south carolina coming from behind as an underdog. she would start out as an underdog if she gets into the presidential campaign. she is someone who -- she is an optimist and someone focusing on the governing record in south carolina for two terms as governor. the mood of the republican party lately has been confrontational. they like trump because he is a fighter. desantis has the same image and might get into the presidential campaign. the big question for nikki haley is her optimistic sunny conservatism the right fit for a time when the republican party is looking for someone who is more critical and more aggressive in their posture? >> dana: she might say she is pretty tough. we might hear her say that as we move. this campaign season will get underway pretty soon. great to see you, josh, have a wonderful weekend. >> bill: so she is in. >> dana: you will put her down as a strong -- >> bill: one thing under th

i'm bret baier. even members of his own party look for cover. classified documents president biden's over the weekend. another tranche of documents. one california democratic congresswoman calls the situation, quote: an embarrassment. republicans are also upset over the apparent absence of visitor logs at the president's home in delaware. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich start us off live tonight on the north lawn, good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, bret. unfold. republicans what sound at times campaign speech. >> that's how they are starting their new term. cutting taxes on billionaires. >> president biden touting his administration's achievements today as questions squirrel about the motivation tore keeping the news about his apparent mishandling of classified material out of the news for as long as it was. >> who made the decision to not tell the american people six days before an election? >> democrats admit president biden may have jeopardized national security. >> i don't think we can exclude the possibility without knowing mo

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight the latest developments in the classified document scandal which now has a new republican player. leading off this evening the third mass shooting? california in a little more than a week. this time it happened in half moon bay south of san francisco. seven people were killed. another critically wounded at two locations. >> this is the third mass killing in that state in 8 days. senior correspondent claudia cowan is in sauc sass lit toe tonight. >> at least 24 people have been killed in in three mass shootings in california in a little more than a week. california governor gavin newsom visiting another stricken community today. he says the second amendment is becoming a suicide pact. half moon bay community famous for annual pumpkin festival and art galleries. authorities say on monday afternoon 66-year-old chin lou zhao opened fire at the mushroom farm where he worked. killing four co-workers and injuring a fifth as children who lived on the property looked on in hor

i'm bret baier. president biden touts very solid economic news and promises not to cooperate with congressional republicans. not to on one issue. we'll look at the present and future of artificial intelligence with meta president for global affairs nick clegg and the extreme dangers of street drugs using animal tranquilizers to extend the high. >> bret: but, first, breaking tonight, five fired memphis police officers are facing murder charges this evening over the death of a black motorist during a traffic stop. memphis officials are worried about civil unrest tonight. the district attorney says the city will release body cam video tomorrow. correspondent charles watson is in memphis tonight with the latest. good evening, charles. >> good evening, bret. all five memphis police officers face second degree murder charges in the death of nichols. steve announced the charges this afternoon after a grand jury convened this morning and indicted the officers in their roles in the beating death of nichols du

i'm bret baier, breaking tonight lawmakers are pressuring the justice department to access to the materials and specifics of the investigation into president biden's possession of classified documents. meanwhile, the president has made a decision on the idea of sending one very specific american weapon to help ukraine battle russia. white house correspondent jacqui line has that and more live from the north lawn tonight. good evening, jacqui. >> pres good evening, bret. fighter jet decision will disownt disappoint ukraine. the president has moved from self-imposed red lines before just last week. today the president was asked to confirm report that he goal poland around the one year anniversary of the invasion he said he will go but he is not sure when. >> president biden is stamping out a push to provide f-16 fighter jets to ukraine as it plan as new offensive to retake territory occupied by russia this spring. the country's defense ministry tweeting simply f-16 three days ago. today a one word answer from president biden. >> no. >> meantime biden is still waiving off questions about his h

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i'm bret baier. breaking tonight after 13 ballots for house speaker 13 votes where kevin mccarthy was blocked from the majority needed to assume that rule. there is now a light at the end ever the proverbial tunnel. according to mccarthy and his allies. tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern time the house chamber will reconvene the next vote. the 14th of the week could be the one that clinches it for mccarthy. he picked up more than a dozen members in this afternoon's last vote. 15 members to be exact. who flipped their votes to mccarthy after he agreed to a series of concessions put forward by his opponents. that cut his margin of defeat to a handful of votes. what matters now is who shows up to vote next. senior correspondent congressional correspondent chad pergram has the very latest from capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, mccarthy finally showed movement towards winning the speakership today. it came after a three days of parliamentary paralysis. mccarthy remains a few votes short but he earned

and kellyanne conway, but first, bret baier, fox news chief political anchor and executive editor and interim special reporter joins me. bret, good happy with us today. he goes into that weekend and into delaware. i am told they have cleared out everything they are concerned about in that house on those premises. i guess that remains to be seen. but politically, this is a situation that has clearly intensified for him. >> i think it is more intense than people thought heading in. obviously the seriousness of handling classified information but the ferocity of the story has developed and the discovery and lack of transparency of the second batch and third batch, and then the addition of the attorney general and special counsel has changed the whole dynamic, and the politics of this are horrible for the white house at this point. i think karine jean-pierre was just punting all day to the white house counsel's office, which they are not going to put them out, they are going to pick up the phone and call them and get answers that they will give you, or the justice department. the justice

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight six ballots later in the house of representatives there is still not a speaker of the house. and there's no clear path for one candidate to break the stalemate so far. the house right now is in recess until 8:00 p.m. eastern time. there were three votes today, following three yesterday. republican frontrunner kevin mccarthy, the former minority leader, continues to face stubborn opposition in his party. mccarthy is getting support from former president donald trump but that support has failed to move the needle in his direction, not even by one vote. meantime democrats are relishing the leadership chaos on the other side. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram tells us where things stand right now. a long day today. good evening, chad. >> bret, things are getting worse not better for kevin mccarthy. his support is eroding. mccarthy says he's not backing down. now even a couple democrats are fishing for a deal. the support of former president trump failed to h

shannon bream is standing by with us, and bret baier as well. you'll be talking about this on fox news sunday at length. he's picking them off one by one each vote. >> what i heard overnight from some inside the negotiations, they did think a big chunk would go today. they felt good about moving forward with the deal they were working with, but they did not know what it would take to get the other handful. we keep talking about this. those who said they will never under any circumstance vote for kevin mccarthy, not about policy or rule changes, they do not trust him. even some folks who flipped votes minutes ago, scott perry notable among them, if the framework falls apart i'm out. so they still have a bit of a trust issue that mccarthy will hold to the deal and seems like at least six of them are unconvinced on the gop side. all six of those votes were for jim jordan, he will join us on sunday. you have to talk about what it does to the larger picture of the optics of whether gop house members can govern. is it going to be this tight every time

kennedy: bret baier thank you so much. >> you bet, kennedy. kennedy: he is on it. >> we will bring you any big svote updates, president biden announcing he is finally heading to the southern border this sunday. and he has a laughable solution for border mess, migrants can download an app. >> if they are seeking asylum, they can use an app on their cell phone. cbp one. to schedule an appointment at airport of entry and make their asylum claim there without crossing the border unlawfully and have a decision determined by a officer did they qualify. kennedy: t that nothing could go wrong there. who is to blame for border crisis, republicans. >> republicans have refused to consider my comprehensive plan, and rejected my recent request for an additional 3.5 billion to secure the border. the immigration with a political issue. we need more resources to secure the border, again extreme republicans have said no. >> republicans have not bp serious about this. kennedy: that is good, i think insult is working in washington. so what took so long for presi

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i'm bret baier.ussian oligarch. we will explain that the search for answers after a gunman kills 11 people at a southern california dance club. we'll take you there live. and we'll talk live with indiana senator todd young just back from taiwan about whether the u.s. is prepared for a showdown with china and how close we may be to seeing that. ♪

. ♪ good evening, welcome to washington i'm bret baier.ident biden. his team insisting they're being transparent but there are multiple questions the white house tried to avoid today. white house correspondent peter doocy asked some of those questions in the white house briefing room today. he joins us live from the north lawn. good evening

i'm bret baier, breaking tonight lawmakers are pressuring the justice department to access to the materialson of classified documents. meanwhile, the president has made a decision on the idea of sending one very specific american weapon to help ukraine battle russia. white house correspondent jacqui line has that and more live from the nort

i'm bret baier.ments in the classified document scandal which now has a new republican player. leading off this evening the third mass shooting? california in a little more than a week. this time it happened in half moon bay south of san francisco. seven people were killed. another critically wounded at two locations. >> this is the third mass killing in that state in 8 days. senior correspondent claudia cowa

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, the end of a week that changed the conversation in washington.re trying to change or avoid the subject over the discovery of classified documents at his private residence and an office at a washington think tank. now a special counsel has started his investigation. and while promising transparency, the answers to specific questions were allusive at the white house briefing room today. redirected to the white house counsel or the justice department. white house correspondent peter doocy starts u

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wiengarten runs the biggest teacher union and watching cnn saying don lemon, he's credible but bret baiernot. come on. it's subjective, pete. pete: amazing. what shouldn't be subjective is the bill of rights. a reminder of where someone like governor phil murphy gets political philosophy from and over two and a half years ago during covid. phil murphy, watch. >> as you well know, protects americans right, enshrines their right to practice their religion as they see fit and congregate together to assemble peacefully. by what authority did you nullify the bill of rights in issuing this order? how do you have the power to do that? >> that's above my pay grade, tucker. i wasn't thinking of the bill of rights when we did this. we went to all -- first of all, we looked at data and science and -- >> i can tell. >> it says people have to stay away from each other. pete: that's a peek into the political philosophy of the guy that wants to teach your kid what's news. >> i love the above my pay grade because he's a multi, multimillionaire. you're one of 50 governors and would go by the bill of right

i'm trace gallagher in for bret baier.ional palace. we will bring you there in moments. this comes after president biden's first trip to the u.s. southern border and the capture of a major drug king pin by mexican authorities. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in mexico city tonight. jacqui, good evening. >> good evening, trace

i'm bret baier.ttorney general has appointed a special counsel to investigate the discovery of classified documents at the president's home and business office. earlier in the day the president admitted the records had been found at his residence in wilmington, delaware, one set of documents found had his garage. next to his corvette. he insists he is cooperating fully and completely with the justice department investigation. newly elected house speaker

i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier.sisting it is being transparent is dealing with the ongoing scandal over discovery of classified documents at the president's personal residence and his office at a washington think tank. the challenges to that position continue to grow. once again today, the president's team was short on details on a number of issues. white hous

. ♪ >> bret: good evening, welcome to "special report," i'm bret baier.tion concerning the leak at the u.s. supreme court over last summer's roe v. wade decision. this occurs as pro-life demonstrators from around the country rallied today in washington. it was the first march for life since the supreme court overturned the landmark abortion ruling. we have fox team coverage tonight. shannon bream will tell us what we are learning about that leak investigation. but we begin at the high court with lucas tomlinson and the march for life. good evening, lucas. >> good evening, bret. thousands marched here at the

. >> mike: good evening, welcome to washington i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier.vacation with republicans about to take charge of the house and questions swirling concerning the possible re-election bid. charges are filed against the teenager accused of stabbing two new york city police officers on new year's eve just blocks from times square and twitter ceo elon musk teases a new document dump concerning dr. anthony fauci. ♪ >> mike: but, first, breaking tonight, a new effort to win the house speakershi k

facebook executive nick clegg just explained this to bret baier. >> we believe the american people shouldfrom, including on our apps and services from those who want to -- who want it lead them. is he a former president of this country vying to be a candidate for the next presidential elections. >> jesse: so donald trump is back on instagram, facebook and twitter. as the former president says we will see what happens. that's not the only story breaking tonight. a judge in california has just ordered the release of the paul pelosi body cam footage and we will bring that to you as soon as we get our hands on it. but like everything with the pelosis, this isn't the only controversy they are caught up in. as you know nancy and paul are prolific traders. even warren buffet wonders how do they do it? we learned that paul and nance sold 30,000 shares of google last month bringing about 3 million. did nancy know something we didn't know? of course she did. just yesterday, the biden department of justice launched a huge antitrust lawsuit against google which sent their stock price down 2.5%. once

. >> sandra: martha maccallum has been patiently sitting with us, and bret baier from washington, great to have you as well. martha, you've been watching this with us. reaction. >> martha: sausage-making at its finest in the house of representatives here and i think what we are learning is that this is what it's going to look like in the 118th congress in a lot of ways. we heard a couple of members who stood up, scott perry, the chair of the house freedom caucus among them who said with good faith i place my vote for kevin mccarthy when he flipped his vote. now, it does sound -- it's hard to imagine that they did not get these flips without an agreement which you just heard from the congressman that you were speaking with, davidson, to go down to the one-vote threshold, so this is pretty much what it's going to look like on a week to week, day to day basis, the negotiations going on with the group and that's if kevin mccarthy can get to whatever the number of the moment turns out to be, based on who is voting and not voting. somewhere between 215 and 218 is the best guess. he's given aw

. >> mike: good evening, welcome to washington i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier.resident biden returns to washington after caribbean vacation with republicans about to take charge of the house and questions swirling concerning the possible re-election bid. charges are filed against the teenager accused of stabbing two new york city police officers on new year's eve just blocks from times square and twitter ceo elon musk teases a new document dump concerning dr. anthony fauci. ♪ >> mike: but, first, breaking tonight, a new effort to win the house speakership by kevin mccarthy. the current republican leader has sent the new proposal to his colleagues to try to overcome significant resistance to his ascension. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is live on capitol hill tonight. hello, chad. >> the math. there are at least five g.o.p. members who oppose mccarthy for speaker and, perhaps, more. >> kevin doesn't have the votes. >> what we'll do, we'll block kevin. there will be 10 to 15 members vote against him on the first ballot tomorrow that will vote for

i'm bret baier.use. the house has adjourned for the night and all business is on hold right now. all of the representatives elect fresh off winning campaigns cannot even be sworn in as of yet. the chamber cannot proceed with anything until it finishes its first job. electing a speaker. and that task

i'm trace gallagher in for bret baier. biden is in mexico city and about to meet with mexican counterpart at the national palace. we will bring you there in moments. this comes after president biden's first trip to the u.s. southern border and the capture of a major drug king pin by mexican authorities. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in mexico city tonight. jacqui, good evening. >> good evening, trace. looming large over this summit is the role of cartels pushing migrants and drugs into the u.s. and the question of whether mexico truly controls its own border. biden's dhs secretary admits the vast majority of migrants who crossed into the u.s. illegally go through smuggling rings. and mexico tried to show strength with that high profile arrest. it's been described as a gift to biden and a message that mexico's approach to cartels called hugs, not bullets, prevents blood shed. >> tonight, president biden receives a dignified reception in mexico city for the summit with his north american counterpart to talk im