Former congresswoman Liz Cheney, Vice Chairman of the January 6th Committee And Face of the republican dynasty in america who earlier this weekend dorised Vice President Kamala Harris has gone even further. This time saying that she and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, will do something that, if you are a casual follower of American Politics might mean hell has frozen over. Dick cheney is voting for the democratic nominee for president. Dick cheney is voting for Vice President Kamala Harris. Here she is in conversation with the atlantics Mark Leibovitz making this news in austin, texas. Dick cheney, a beloved figure among democrats for many, many years. Do you if you know who he will be supporting or who hell be voting for, do you care to share with us who he might be voting for . Dick cheney will be voting for Kamala Harris. [ applause ] wow. Words i never expected to hear. Yeah. Yeah. You know, if you think about the moment that were in, and you think about how serious
al sand alexandria hoff with the latestest on all of this. reporter: so the president tried to the use the 2003 heroes act as a route to usher in this loan forgiveness plan. of course, the supreme court shot that down yesterday. now biden administration is looking at something called the higher education act as a means to the become a plan b. we re not going to waste any time on this. we re getting moving on it it s going to take longer, but we re getting at it right away. reporter: president sd the higher education act will allow the secretary the of education to waive or release are loans under certain circumstances. very few details on how or why this route could work, and it s likely to face the the same legal challenges. as part of a joint statement released yesterday, republican senator bill cassidy wrote, quote: president biden s sunt loan scheme is still illegal and does not forgive department, but with instead ares it to to those who willingly took on the d
, everyone i m yasmin vossoughian on a very busy saturday afternoon. it s down to the wire as negotiators say they are very close to a deal on the debt ceiling, as talks continue right now. i feel closer to agreement now than i did last time before i couldn t see progress. but this is not easy. but that since [inaudible] i am cautiously optimistic a deal will be negotiated and the default will be averted, and congress will be called back into session next week. but there s nothing to celebrate here. this is purely a self inflicted wounds. we re also keeping an eye on the rare side of the house hearing in texas as well, considering the impeachment of state attorney general, ken paxton. and its fellow republicans leading the charge against him. we also have new information about donald trump on tape. part of the evidence against him in a manhattan d.a. s investigation, and it is, everybody, as you all well know, memorial day weekend. the unofficial start of summer. we re
on a very busy wednesday morning i m todd piro. carley: carley shimkus and marianne rafferty covering all the keys this morning, marianne, good morning. good morning carley and todd appear in primary starting in new york where jerry nadler won decisive victory over congresswoman carolyn maloney after redistricting three term democrats and powerful committee members against each other. meanwhile, the patrick ryan winning a special election and an important swing district. ryan focused his campaign on the supreme court recent ruling of overturning roe v. wade sending clear message to republicans using deceit to flip the house. the newly redrawn 17 congressional district, democratic congressional campaign chair sean patrick maloney defeated progressive challenger state senator alessandro biaggi. he will face g.o.p. assembly member mike waller this november. now to florida s former orlando police chief and current democratic val demings wins her primary and will take on repub
but his focus will be, his fraud trial in new york where his eldest daughter ivanka is this hour on the stand, as a witness. good evening, donald trump is the runaway favourite for the republican nomination, his gamble not to debate the other candidates is paying off. the field is certainly getting smaller. just five candidates met the republican national committee s qualifying rules for tonight final debate in miami, the former south carolina gov. nikki haley, florida gov. ron desantis, businessman vivek ramaswamy, us sen tim scott and the former newjersey gov. chris christie. of course donald trump does meet the polling and fundraising thresholds. but he has not met the qualifying standards specifically the one that requires each candidate to pledge they will support whoever wins the nomination. trump has flat out refused to sign that. and tonight some of the usual counter programming, the president will be on stage 30 minutes away from miami in hiya lea, speaking to a cr