moved one step closer to passing a and 95 billion dollar aid package for ukraine, israel, and taiwan. the senate voted a very decisive a 67 to 27 to advance the spending bill and defiance of donald trump who has been telling senators all weekend no. the bill is not a done deal yet. leaders have not reached an agreement on the border amendments that republicans have been demanding. a word on the final passage is expected sometime this week. also new today, house republicans are preparing for a second impeachment vote on tuesday after the first one against homeland security chief alejandro mayorkas failed last week. today, the dhs secretary called the vote and the allegations against him distracting and baseless. a new wrinkle today in the colorado case colorado wants a supreme court to make the final decision today about whether donald trump can be removed from its ballot. there is no sign that is likely to happen. during our 1:00 hour, california secretary of state gianna g
reports. we begin with breaking news, in the last 24 hours, donald trump suffering two major legal blows when it comes to his actions on and around january 6th. three judges, on a federal appeals court unanimously dismissed trump s claims that he has immunity from several claims connected to the capitol riot. the judge overseeing the justice department s criminal case ruled trump has no protection from prosecution as a former president. let s go right now to nbc s dasha burns joining us from cedar rapids, iowa. where donald trump is expected to speak in this next hour. welcome to you, dasha. how is trump s legal team reacting to these back-to-back losses? well, trump spokesperson is reacting to both of these lawsuits, saying in a statement, in a response to the federal appeals court ruling, this is a limited narrow and procedural ruling, the facts fully show that on january 6th, president trump was acting on behalf of the american people. carrying out duties as president of
We have had our own Mike Viqueira standing by with the theo protesters. As this vote nears, lets check with you. Set the mood where you are. Reporter well, steve, the protests now after mass arrests on the steps of the east plaza of the capitol, an extraordinary scene as hundreds of protesters march where im standing right now just across the street from the Supreme Court. Im on the east lawn of the capitol. They marched from here avoiding the police who rushed to try to block them from taking the steps. Youve seen the rest of the last few hours as it played out. The police began than mass arrest. Cuffing them, nobody tried to resist arrest. This is a thing theyve been trained the protesters and police, as well, procedure theyre going for, i would say its dangerous to guess more than 100, maybe 150 protesters taken into custody today. Later the u. S. Capitol police also officiallynounce the figures. Now weve migrated to the Supreme Court. Thats a big crowd. Ive been out here for protes
A now report on how they took Rod Rosenstein suggestion to secretly record the president. The democrats are sending familiar faces to the campaign trail. This morning, whether that strategy could backfire. The Senate Judiciary committee and attorneys for Christine Blasey ford reached a tentative agreement for her to testify on thursday and talks will continue today as they try to riern oiron out the conditio her appearance. They call it a delay tactic. They say we a preer no closer to a fair hearing but Brett Kavanaugh remains redding, willing and eager to testify as soon as possible. Judge kavanaugh has been in and out of the white house all week. Now were getting new insight from the Washington Post on how hes getting ready for the line of questioning hell face when he returns to capitol hill this week. Lets bring in emily know, National Reporter for news and reporter for the Washington Post. Great to have you here this morning. Emily, first to you. How significant is this developmen
And the possible motive. Were learning why the attorney general may not testify this week before a key house committ committee. Mind the gap. And past and present president s. Hear what they said coming up. Breaking news this morning. New details on the sin xwynagog shooting in california. It happened as worshipers were celebrating the last day of passover. Police have a suspect in custody. He walked into the synagogue and opened fire with an assaultstyle rifle. President trump praised the response from Law Enforcement officers and condemned hate. Americas heart is with the victims of the horrific synagogue shooting, in poway, california, just happened. Our entire nation mourns the loss of life, prays for the wounded and stands in solidarity with the jewish community. We forcefully condemn the evil of antisemitism and hate, which must be defeated. Caliperry joins us across the street from where this all happened. Im sure people will be adding to the memorial behind you. Reporter we exp