attorney general ken paxton. what is behind it and what it would take to officially remove him from office is next. also, deal or no deal. key negotiators say progress is being made, but with no deal on the table yet, and lawmakers leaving washington, what is being done right now to prevent a massive default in as littles as six days. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. that extraordinary move out of texas where just yesterday a republican led house investigative committee voted to bring articles of impeachment against attorney general ken paxton. and guad venegas is joining me. tell us about the allegations and what comes next. the investigative committee decided to move forward with the 20 articles impeachment and it will go to the full chamber of the house where 149 members will vote. if they decide to move forward, paxton will be suspended, he will have to wait for the process to then go to the is that the. governor abbott would have to appoint
of that candidate quality. and doug mastriano is no exception. he is an election denier, he was backed by then former president trump. so having him out of the mix is welcome news for many from the p.a. republican party to here in washington with republican leadership. but let s look at the bigger picture here. because republicans are feeling pretty confident about the map when it comes to the candidates that they will have and the seats that they have to defend versus democrats. democrats have 20 plus seats that they have to defend including in several states that were carried by former president trump and of course that is the x factor here. if he is the party s nominee, if he ends up being at the top of the ticket, will that lead to losses for republicans in these purple states. they are eyeing most importantly here montana, west virginia, pennsylvania and even up in ohio, of course all of those thousand held by democrats and west virginia, we know jim justice the republican establi