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
just ahead, u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin is on his way to israel as washington faces calls to press for an end to the heavy bombardment of gaza. and we will speak to a man whose father is still being held hostage by hamas. why he says israel should be doing more to bring his father and the other hostages home. plus, donald trump is doubling down on his anti-immigrant rhetoric. we will look at what he s vowing to do if re-elected. thanks for joining us. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin will be sitting down with israeli officials in the hours ahead on his second trip to the country since the october 7th attack by hamas. austin s visit comes after a stop in bahrain, and once in israel, a u.s. official says he will get updates on the war but he s also expected to press israeli officials to define specific operational milestones in the ongoing battle. meantime, the israel defense forces says it s uncovered the biggest hamas tunnel in gaza. that tunnel, which the idf
against russia this weekend. they are expected to hear in person from president zelenskyy after his appearance today at the arab league summit. we do have truth on our side. we are pushing the occupiers out of our land. the president is monitoring debt ceiling negotiations back home. the white house tries to ward off defections from progressive lawmakers angry about potential cuts in entitlement programs. this hour, disney striking back against ron desantis just days before his expected presidential campaign announcement. they scrapped plans to relocate 2,000 jobs to florida for a billion dollar new development. desantis is expected to announce next week. he told major donors, trump cannot beat biden as he makes a push to post a large campaign war chest the day he announces. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. republican debt ceiling negotiators say they are pressing pause on the talks at a critical stage in the process. in the last hour, a lead neg
good morning. welcome to morning joe. this morning, a debt ceiling deal seems to be on the right path. house speaker kevin mccarthy had a much more optimistic tone yesterday while answering questions about the negotiations. we ll have those comments for you. it comes as president biden is busy with world leaders at the g7 summit in japan. the group just announced a new round of sanctions for russia, aimed at closing loopholes moscow has been using since the start of the ukraine invasion. meanwhile, ukraine could be receiving more u.s. military aid thanks to an accounting error. we ll explain what happened there. also ahead, the manhattan d.a. shuts down what appears to be a delay tactic from donald trump s defense team. and nikki haley finally pushes back against her old boss. we ll have her response to trump calling january 6th a beautiful day. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday. willie, can you believe it s friday? i m still processing.
tonight including me. a man tells a joke about two dogs and a squirrel, to million dollar fine and could be headed to prison? what is happening? utah mom accused of killing her husband and then writing a children s book about her grief, punching a sister-in-law on the face while trying to get into her husband safe. i am you erin burnett, upfront tonight, strike on a russian base, new video of a fiery blast on a russian base, you will see the explosion there, the ball of fire you see there is inside the russian occupied city of mary a pole, according to ukrainian officials. it is home to at least 150 russian soldiers, mariupol is been an important staging area for russian fork it forces, it has been safe from attack for months, but things to powerful new missiles from the uk it is now in ukraine s crosshairs, ukraine s military posted a video, a drone they said only cost about $1000, showing it taking out a russian tank, valued at more than $1 million. what could be a