right now on early the early, house lawmakers took a step dloers impeaching a cabinet official. it would be the first time in 150 years. plus president biden says he s decided how the u.s. will respond to the killing of three u.s. troops in jordan. when will it come and where? and did you hear the one about the mega pop star and the sports hero faking their romance and fixing the big game and trying to sway the presidential election? taylor swift, travis kelce and the maga meltdown. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it s wednesday, january 31st. just a short time ago in the house, lawmakers took a step towards doing something that we have not seen since grant was president. the clerk will report the tally. on that vote, mr. chairman, 18 ayes and 15 noes. the ayes have it and the motion is agreed to. that was the homeland security committee voting along party lines to advance two articles of impeachment against
debt ceiling before we default. should be most consequential g7 in years. the bottom line is this should be g7 in which the president projects strength and resolve to our allies. if biden was on the top of his games, he would say we re going to protect our allies and i have a deal with mccarthy. that is what he should be saying, he s not. todd: lucas tomlinson live in washington with more. lucas. lucas: this trip hurts to move beyond that spy balloon. jake sullivan spoke en route to japan. common concerns and issues associated with the policies and practices, the people s republic of china will come up and i think you will see alignment and convergence around the principles of our approach to the people s republic of china. lucas: that is good dc wong speak. china will not be there, but will be focus of the meetings. trip was supposed to include a trip to new guinea. but the president s trip will be cut short. the president seemed optimistic before his flight to jap
moment. that is it for us this afternoon. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. the state of our union is the lead is starting right now. president big tonit s address before a died congress and country to tout his accomplishments. and perhaps lay out his case for another term. but how might his message land with the american people who according to polls disapprove of the job he s doing. rare cries of joy as a little girl and her younger sibling are pulled from the rubble alive. a small bit of good news amid the growing death and destruction from the earthquake in turkey and syria. the death toll now soaring to more than 7,200 people. then, if you ve flown in the past few weeks, you know the skies are not very friendly. cancel takeoff clearance. delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance. an i-team meltdown, one airline grounded during the holidays, two runway near misses, now lawmakers want answers. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper on capitol hill
records of falsifying business records. i never thought anything like this could happen in america. virtually everybody that has looked at this case including rhinos and hardcore democrats say there is no crime and that it should never have been brought, everybody said this. it is not really an indictment, there is nothing here. my lawyers came to me and said there is nothing here they re not even saying what you did. a number of legal analysts questioning the foundations of the case against trump calling it weak and a overreach. they point out that the indictment is facing a key requirement, that would be the crime that would make it a felony. some in the media think the case will struggle to hold up. what is the crime that prosecutors are alleging es escalating this to a crime? if this is the only pebble being thrown at donald trump, it is very small. where is the beef? i talked to a lot of lawyers, none of them lawyers or trump supporters, and they said it is a l
right now, our top story right here out of new york, alvin bragg is sweating even more than usual tonight. now, his pathetically weak case against former president trump has totally imploded. let s be very clear here, the case died this very week. it is very obvious, it is very clear, it s transparent, alvin bragg had every intention of indicting john all j trump this week, second day, grand jury proceedings canceled. telling reuters, it was former president donald trump that created false expectation of arrest. it was never actually going to happen according to bragg, it seems. really? after multiyear investigation, the formation of a grand jury, the da s meeting with law enforcement to create an impending arrest of a former president, and we re supposed to believe that somehow, donald trump created the false expectation of arrest. now the new york times, they reported, of course pulitzer prize reporting, they reported that criminal charges against trump were likely on mar