you re live in cnn newsroom from washington. two major floor ris in texas. impeachment vote is underway for the texas attorney general. ken paxton is accused of bribery and abuse of power. they say the impeachment is illegal and is being pushed for by corrupt politicians as he calls them. up on capitol hill, kevin mccarthy said progress is being made. in the last hour or so, several members of mccarthy s whip team have been summoned to the speaker s suite. republican leaders are trying to finalize a deal to raise the debt ceiling and stave off what could be an economic disaster. let s begin our coverage of the debt talks. priscilla alvarez is up on the hill. manu raju, what are you learning about the negotiations? are they headed in the right direction? it is unclear. we do know they are close to reaching an agreement. they have been close for some time. there are a number of sticking points. they are having a difficult time resolving including spending to provisions to e
january 6 riot and later in the day followed that up with the speech vilifying the gop on the money issues. speaker of the house went to wall street last week. used cuts in important programs, he and his maga republican colleague, they would rather see kids and seniors struggle to eat what they need. people on medicaid lose their healthcare. veterans lose access to doctors visits and cut subsidies to big oil that made $200 billion, and big pharma and the wealthiest corporations. did you hear anything about an idea that he might take to the table on the debt limit or budget and counter balance what republicans are asking for, no. just pounced on them and pounded. even members of his own political party now are not eager for another four years of biden. poll after poll showing more than half of people who say they vote democrat seem to be what i call abb, anybody but biden. the white house quite defensive about those polls, and don t dare touch the glaring fact he s the old
hashtag long form. hashtag, good to see you. have a good show. okay. hashtag, thank you. always good talking, nicole. i m ari melber and we re reporting live from somewhere, as the saying goes, specifically washington. congress under new management after the bruising fight to elect speaker mccarthy and for all the talk, among gop hard liners about how that clash, remember, they said that would really change things. it would upend the d.c. games, that s what they said. well, tonight for top republicans, i can tell you, it s business as usual. the same playbook the republican party used during the last time that the republicans were in the white house and they had the congress. it s the brinksmanship that can rattle the economy and some conservatives argue actually hurts them too. it drags down the gop in the long run miami talking about another threat to exploit the financial rules and govern by ransom. this story involves some beltway jargon that you ve probably heard b
in a 5-4 vote the supreme court blocked the biden administration from repealing the trump-era policy letting border agents turn away migrants over health concerns. the high court will hear oral arguments in february. rich: president biden has no plan to secure the border. images of large groups of migrants crossing into the country illegally every single day. leaders there are getting frustrated with the lack of action from washington. we re asking the biden administration to come down here, visit our border, talk to our border patrol agents, and to the cities around here. we re talking 10, 12,000 people crossing our borders at one time. they have not put any policy nor any plan in place. rich: big numbers. three days border patrol encountered nearly 15,000 migrants, plus 500 pounds of marijuana, one gang member, one murder suspect and the list goes on. julie: we re covering the crisis from every angle. council president brandon judd joins us in a moment but first mat
another day of travel chaos with thousands more flight delays and cancellations. southwest struggles to recover from holiday storms and system-wide operational problems. the u.s. department of transportation says it is launching an investigation. as a wash dog we ll hold them accountable and have to take a deeper look what s going on with their scheduling systems. we all understand you can t control the weather but this is clearly crossing the line from what s on uncontrollable weather situation to something that s the airline s responsibility. julie: president biden dodging the travel chaos and winter weather as he jets off to a tropical vacation. peter doocy is live at the white house. we have a heater right here. it s pretty warm. not that bad. it s not that bad. as we look at some of these images from airports, julie, people who are stranded and looking to the federal government to maybe help them out, help them get home faster are out of luck. and there is really n