Impeachment trial of donald j. Trump. A new brief says the former president holds unmistakable responsibility for the capitol riot, and that it was obvious and foreseeable that his remarks on january 6th would lead to that riot and disaster. The president s new legal team faces a noon deadline to file a response. These are two developing story lines in the biden reset. Today he will form a new White House Task force to reunite children separated from their parents during the Trump Administration. President biden would like major Congressional Action on this topic, but primary number one is covid relief. The monday night meeting between the president and ten republicans was cordial but did little to fill the gap between what the republicans want and what the president is necessary. Today this new data point in the republican fracture over the direction of the gop. Loony lies and Conspiracy Theories are a cancer. Those are the stern words of the Senate Republican leader, Mitch Mcconnell
Alejandro mayorkas, the secretary of Homeland Security and shouldnt be. John a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers from across the country escalating attacks against the dhs secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the border policies. Good afternoon to you. Jacqui good to be with you, john. Im Jacqui Heinrich in for sandra smith. A group of two dozen texas Lawmakers Led by Chip Roy Will Lock funding from Mayorkas Department unless biden addresses the worsening situation at the border. John across the aisle, focusing of reports of Texas Separating Migrant families and putting pressure to investigate State Agencies for the alleged incidents. Jacqui and mayorkas has taughted the lower number of Migrant Crossings, the tide appears to be turning. In august, stopped 6,000. John complete coverage. Jacqui Casey Stegall in el paso, texas. Renewed debate about the border wall. There is. Under president trump, 15 billion was allocated to build about 740 miles of wall and barriers down here along the southern
out and plays the blame game. we have fox team coverage tonight. peter doocy at the white house with the executive level finger pointing over the border badge. aishah hasnie at the capitol as republicans, even some democrats put stop sign on the measure. we begin with senior congressional correspondent chad pergram on the hill where the house could begin voting at any moment on blb to impeach homeland secretary alejandro mayorkas. good evening, bret. no impeach cabinet secretary changes tonight. the house votes to impeach alejandro mayorkas. of the allegations lying to congress and failing to enforce the law. it s about the math. at least two republicans plan to vote no ken buck and tom mcclintock. mcclintock called impeachment a stunt. but we know that s not grounds for impeachment. this border crisis can t be fixed by replacing one left wing official with another. if the house impeaches, marjorie taylor greene will serve as one of the 11 prosecutors in a senate trial.
good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart, the long awaited deal from negotiators is here. i know it s not seeming like that with all that s swirling around but this is a historic moment and i feel it. reporter: house speaker mike johnson says it is dead on arrival. life-threatening weather, has crews rescuing people amid flooding, and power outages. a deadly drone attack on a base housing u.s. troops in syria. it s the first since the u.s. launched a wave of strikes over the weekend. and in the race for president, new nbc news polling showing president biden s approval rating sinking to a new low, trailing behind former president donald trump in a general election matchup. we begin this morning on capitol hill where senate negotiators have finally released a text of a bill that would provide aid to ukraine, israel and taiwan in exchange for overhauling the nation s immigration system. after weeks of closed door meetings,
have you spoken to him about the senate proposal, and are you simply trying to kill this to help me out in the campaign? that s absurd. we have a responsibility here to do our duty. our duty is to do right by the american people, to protect our duty. the first and important job is protect its citizen. i have talked to former president trump about this issue at length, and he understands that. he understands we have a responsibility to do here. of course president trump wants to secure the country. house speaker mike johnson with a pretty weak denial yesterday on donald trump s very clear desire to kill any border deal. we ll bring you the latest from capitol hill on the bipartisan senate measure and the future of the house. plus president biden said he decided how to retaliate for the droep strike that killed three u.s. soldiers and injured dozens of others. and we ll show you the new comments from prime minister benjamin netanyahu now bringing even more uncertain to a