block everything because they re 0 hard right wing people want chaos like donald trump. it s the old way of thinking that you only put things on the floor when you have the votes. sometimes you have to smoke out the no votes. may be that our gop colleagues get off the impeachment train and refocus on matters of policy where we can get something done. it s like this every year. so somehow america is still the greatest play to be on earth. it s a sunny day. a little optimism. neil: everyone could use that. the grand old party suffering grand misses. now a grand old reassessment going on. alejandro mayorkas is still standing after republicans felt sure they had the votes to take him down. they did. the border bill is collapsing with no fix in sight. all of that and that stand alone israeli aid bill going down in defeat. that is giving mike johnson another black eye when he doesn t need it. why chairman mark green says don t count republicans out and democratic senator mi
foreign aid bill failed a procedural vote in the senate. both sides now blaming each other for tanking the measure. and now they are trying to get the funding for ukraine, taiwan, and israel. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie tells us what is causing the hiccups from capitol hill. good evening, aishah. good evening to you, bret. so, right now, the senate is paralyzed. we are waiting to see if there is a path forward on a foreign aid only package. some republicans want to be able to offer amendments, some to do with the border. if this does move tonight, bret, it will be the first time congress hasn t rejected a big bill this week. mr. mcconnell? no. senate g.o.p. leader mitch mcconnell the nail in the coffin as nearly every republican and several democrats blocked the bipartisan border deal from getting a vote on the senate floor. i just voted no on the border bill. i think it makes it worse. i came to serve in the senate because it s a serious place. a da
news at night. breaking tonight a live look at a house on capitol hill where lawmakers are close to burning the midnight oil to finalize impeachment articles against homeland security secretary mayorkas. if you are wondering where border security is a top election issue, we have exhibit-a. brand new video showing a mob of migrants beating new york police officers. it gets worse. and kevin cork is live and congress working over time. something else you won t want to miss this video. since the start of the spring 172,000 migrants flooded into the big apple and 67,000 are housed in city shelters and hotels. the train is obvious. the video is the latest example. urged by cops to move along. 4 asylum seekers kicked and punched officers before being caught later. to add insult to injury, after they were arrested, they were released without bail. just another uptick on the thermometer for a city simmering with resentment. illegal immigrants are flooding hotels, and schools and air
bret: let s all have town hall. vivek is going to be on this show little bit later. beers and town hall. thanks, jesse. bret: good evening, welcome to des moines iowa, i m bret baier. five days away from the first in the nation iowa caucuses. tonight at 9:00 p.m., we will hold the third of this week s candidate town hall meetings right here and our guest tonight on this stage former president donald trump. we ll have more on that in just a moment. but, we are following two major stories at this hour. hunter biden makes a surprise appearance at the congressional hearing today up on capitol hill on whether he should be charged with contempt of congress. but we begin with a late afternoon surprise. this one in the 2024 campaign. republican presidential candidate chris christie is suspending his campaign and is dropping out of this race. christie making that announcement just minutes ago. you saw it live on the five. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is here in de
going to happen. dana: that s true. jesse: what did he say? bret: good evening. i m bret baier, breaking tonight. blame game over the southern border intensifies as the migrant surges. the biden administration is pointing financingsers at republicans saying the g.o.p. is are rejecting throtion add more agents. this comes as democrats call on the white house to do more. as homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas faces a republican-led impeachment effort over dereliction of duty we will speak with secretary mayorkas live in moments. bill melugin is in eagle pass, texas again with the latest on the ground and we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. jacqui: good evening to you, bret. right now the white house and the house are not talking. even as a bipartisan group in the senate tries to work out a border policy reform deal they hope could also pass the lower chamber and unlock funding. and right now