right now, house republicans fail to impeach the border boss, fail to deliver an ally in need and they will fail to advance an immigration deal that they themselves demanded. plus an appeals court reveals that donald trump is not immune from prosecution. had what might the supreme court say. and the chair of the republican national committee offers to quit amid tension from trump. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it s wednesday, february 7th. it s 5:00 a.m. here in washington, where house republicans were delivered a dramatic and really embarrassing defeat on the house floor last night. they failed in their efforts to impeach homeland security secretary mayorkas over his handling of the southern border. the resolution is not adopted. there was so much uncertainty over who would support the effort and three house republicans ultimately decided to vote with democrats against this. those three congressmen brought th
republicans are expected to torpedo a bipartisan immigration and foreign aid bill. well, democrats aren t entirely on board either with that bill. fail to go pass immigration reform is especially embarrassing for republicans who have been screaming for decades that the border is in crisis, and needs to be fixed through legislation immediately. but now that a once in a multi-decade opportunity to do something about it is in front of them, they re about to decide that chaos at the border is politically better for them than an attempt to fix it. in the gob smack words of conservative republican senator james lankford who cowrote the bill, quote, are we as republicans going to have press conferences and complain the border is bad and intentionally leave it open after the worst month in american history in december. well, senator, it seems the answer is yes. so what exactly is happening in the republican party? who is in charge? and is this these failures, what they want? joining
at this hour, breaking news, the senate is now voting on a doomed border deal. can critical aid for ukraine and israel, though, still be saved? democrats will make a move to find out. a stinging defeat for nikki haley in nevada, trump wasn t on the ballot, but she still lost by double digits to an option labeled none of these candidates. fani willis s fight, the new support for the fulton county d.a. as trump tries to have her disqualified from his georgia election case. and a big map costs how much? the growing backlash as fast food prices take a bigger bite out of your wallet. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we want to begin with all of the dysfunction on capitol hill. nbc s ryan nobles is following that. a couple of horrible, terrible votes for the republicans last night. but now another vote. tell us what s happening and how this all fits together? reporter: yeah, chris, what we re expecting is actually a series of votes in
also come together on immigration. make it a bipartisan mission once again. a major theme in last night s state of the union, president joe biden calling on a divided congress to work together and pass legislation on several key issues. however, some members of the gop decided to make a scene during the speech heckling the president over the budget and the border. and then there was george santos who found himself in a tense exchange with of all people republican senator mitt romney. we ll show you what romney had to say about the freshman congressman who s facing multiple legal investigations. good morning and welcome to wail on this wednesday, february 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president joe biden delivered his annual state of the union address last night before a newly divided congress. speaking for just over an hour, biden touted his administration s accomplishments while repeatedly stressing that the job isn t finished yet. h
work together, but over the past two years we proved the cynics and nay sayers wrong. president biden and i don t have a lot in common. time and again democrats and republicans came again. he s the first man to surrender his presidency to a woke mob that can t even tell you what a woman is. we have to be the nation we always been at our best, optimistic, hopeful, forward-looking. we are under attack in a left-wing culture war we didn t start and never wanted to fight. we have to see each other not as enemies but as fellow americans. after years of democrat attacks on law enforcement and calls to defund the police, violent criminals roam free while law-abiding families live in fear. i ve never been more optimistic about our future, about the future of america. just remember who we are. and the radical left s america, washington taxes you and lights your hard. erped money under fire. very different tones last night between president biden, mostly optimistic