homeland security. republicans defecting but the failure was really sealed by a democrat who rushed from the hospital to cast the deciding vote, that congressman al green will join us from the hospital in just moments. this as gop divisions threaten to doom that bipartisan border bill. donald trump s legal battles converging on the supreme court. justices hearing the colorado ballot case tomorrow, but could they soon have another trump case on their hands? and later, a guilty verdict for the mother of the michigan shooter. the foreperson of that jury talking about their decision that made history. hello and thank you for being here. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin on capitol hill where republicans are in disarray after an embarrassing series of setbacks. the bid to impeach alejandro mayorkas failed dramatically late yesterday as democrat al green, a widely expected no-show rushed straight from the hospital to the house floor w
days engaged in a very obvious and concerted effort to spin his racism because they can t actually defend it. what they decided to do is concoct a somewhat ridiculous rationale that what looks for all the world like an emotionally incontinent bigot lashing out is really brilliant campaign strategy. those close to trump they have is a lot of premeditation. trump told the daily mail he is not unhappy with the ute cry over his racist comments. he is pleased with the democratic reactions to his attacks. just a crafty president playing 3-d chess with his racism. give me a break. here is the polling. a whopping 68% of americans who know about them call trump s tweets offensive. 59% say they re flat out unamerican. while support for trump has ticked up slightly since the tweets, his approval rating among independents has fallen 10 points. trump s racist tweets were the impetus for a new impeachment resolution which was brought by al green of texas who was able
tweets, his approval rating among independents has fallen 10 points. trump s racist tweets were the impetus for a new impeachment resolution which was brought by al green of texas who was able to force a vote today on the floor about whether that would get to a full vote. the house voted to kill the impeachment effort with the majority of democrats, along with every single republican voting to table the resolution. joining me now, democratic congressman jamie raskin of maryland, a member of the judiciary committee. for those of us not steeped in the procedure of the august body which you serve, what happened today? well, you know, most impeachment resolutions arrive from the judiciary committee and members of the judiciary committee. our colleague congressman green is not a member of the judiciary committee, but in an expression of his outrage about the events over the last couple days, he introduced this impeachment resolution. it didn t talk about most of the stuff the judiciary co