republicans who are refusing to take action on an issue they clapriority. and asked the question whether they re smart enough to get away with it, which i actually, you know, started thinking over the past couple days. you ve got all of these republicans who are following this guy from louisiana, who just sort of stumbled into the speakership and doesn t seem to be that effective. this guy is now putting around the republican s political neck an open border for the next eight months and all that that brings, the collapse of ukraine, to former soviet kgb agent s invasion, and the refusal to fund israel in its time of need. so you have all of these republicans in the house, a lot of them who want to do the right thing but they re blindly following this young, inexperienced speaker who is blindly following there you go. a guy with 91 counts against him. that s the important point right there. yes, it s speaker johnson voicing this, but he is a vessel for what donald
. good to be with you. i m katy tur. the southern border is a mess, a record number of migrants have been crossing, finding overwhelmed and under staffed processing centers, forcing a catch and release program that republican lawmakers decry as not just sloppy but imminently dangerous to national security. terrorists and drug dealers are flooding through the border, they claim. biden s government isn t doing enough to stop this. well, much of the gop rhetoric can be extreme. bipartisan politicians and president biden himself can see the situation along the border is untenable. which is why a trio of lawmakers, one democrat, one republican, and one independent got together to find a solution, one that would address both sides concerns and finally do something to update policy that has been broken for decades. on asylum, the bill raises the bar to claim credible fear, ends catch and release, instead, migrants crossing through a lawful port of entry will enter the u.s. under f
coverage right now. good morning, it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, and 9:00 a.m. pacific. house republicans taking the first step to remove homeland security alejandro mayorkas over his handle of the border crisis. overseas, new details on a potential hostage deal that could pause the fighting in gaza. plus, what we are learning about the three soldiers killed in a drone strike in jordan. back here in the u.s., something like a sci-fi movie. his company has successfully implanted a chip in a human brain, and we will tell you the reasons why. we begin with the battle over the border, as the house makes a historic move against the cabinet official overseeing border security. right now the house homeland security committee is debating articles of impeachment over secretary alejandro mayorkas. this is the first time it has happened to a cabinet secretary in nearly 100 years. the articles accuse mayorkas of a willful unfollowing of the law. refusal to follow the law and a br
alejandro mayorkas committed high crimes and misdemeanors? and growing pressure on president biden to respond after a drone attack killed three american troops. and there are new questions about how that drone was able to evade u.s. defenses. also ahead, could donald trump get booted from another state s ballot? elections officials in illinois are meeting this hour just days ahead of a high stakes supreme court hearing. and later, is sci-fi becoming reality? elon musk now claiming the first neuralink implant into a human brain. thanks for being here. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. let s get to the breaking news on capitol hill, where this morning the house homeland security committee is trying to do something that hasn t been done in more than 150 years. impeach a sitting cabinet secretary. republicans alleging high crimes and misdemeanors by dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas, claiming he, quote, willfully and systematically refused to co
disappointment saying colleges are stronger when they re racially diverse. we can t go backwards. you know, i know today s court decision is a severe disappointment to so many people including me. we cannot let the decision be a permanent setback for the country. with me right now, politico s white house bureau chief jon jonathan lemire at the white house, and democratic strategist and former executive director of the new york state democratic party, basil, so jonathan, first to you, every time there s a supreme court decision we hear how consequential elections are. what s the fallout you re following here? you just heard from president biden express real dismay at the decision. he urged colleges to consider candidates backgrounds, races, ethnicities when it comes to institutions of higher learning. he was asked as he was leaving the room there after making his statement, he was asked by a reporter if this was a rogue court, meaning the supreme court, and he paused and