finished. pardon-palooza. rhonda santa fouls to pardon some january 6th insurrectionists, including trump himself. what is he thinking? i m michael steele in for ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. to breaking developments tonight to begin the hour. in a history making vote, the texas house just voted to impeach state attorney general, ken paxton. a republican. temporarily removing him from office over actions of misconduct that included bribery and abuse of office. the vote to adopt the 20 articles of impeachment was overwhelming. 100 and 21 to 23. attention now shifts to the texas senate which will conduct a trial with senators acting as jurors, and designated house numbers representing their place, presenting their case rather, as impeachment managers. also breaking tonight, new developments on the critical debt limit negotiations. a short time ago, nbc news learned that president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy just finished speaking by phone. their call lasting
doesn t necessarily reflect another or the whole, footage of soldiers during a pause in battle doesn t mean there s to war. the zapruder film before jfk is shot doesn t make it a parade. pretending otherwise is conning people. pretending otherwise when you know better is something else and enabling that con when you re a high-ranking elected official accountable to the public directly in line to the presidency is hard to imagine. or so you might think because that s just what house speaker kevin mccarthy has done. he enabled this. the crowd was enormous. a small perjury of them were hooligans. they committed vandalism. you ve seen their pictures again and again but the overwhelming majority weren t. they were peaceful. they were orderly and meek. these were not insurrectionist, they were sightseers. fox s tucker carlson cherry-picking from 40,000 hours of footage that speaker mccarthy released to him and only him of the january 6th attack. the fox host attempted to con hi
not necessarily reflect the reality of another, or of the whole. soldiers enjoying a pause in battle does not mean there is no war. az prudhoe film for four jfk shot does not make it a parade. pretending otherwise is conning. people pretending otherwise is counting something else and enabling that come when you are a high-ranking elected official directly in line of succession to the presidency is hard to imagine. or so you might think. because that s just what house speaker kevin mccarthy has done. he s enabled this. the crowd was enormous. a small percentage of them were hooligans. they committed vandalism. you ve seen their pictures again and again. the overwhelming majority weren t. they were peaceful. they were orderly and meek. these were not insurrectionists, they were sightseers. fox s tucker carlson last night cherry-picking from some 40,000 hours of footage that speaker mccarthy released to him and only him. of the january 6th attack on the capitol. the fox
Chaos on capitol hill. As republican hardliners get their wish. Kevin mccarthy losing his gavel. Now the house is without a speaker amid a slew of contentious issues including another potential government shutdown. Plus donald trump back in court, this time under a new gag order. But he is still attacking prosecutors as his former accountant gets grilled on the witness stand. We are live at the courthouse. And a historic new strike. Thousands of Health Care Workers walking off the job. What theyre asking for and what it means for patients. We are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to Cnn News Central. Divided and searching for a new speaker. Right now on capitol hill the race to replace Kevin Mccarthy is heating up. This Morning Judiciary chairman jim jordan became the first to throw his hat into the ring, publicly announcing he will run for the speakership. And republican sources tell us there are currently at least two others considering
learned that president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy just finished speaking by phone. their call lasting about 90 minutes. earlier biden spoke with democratic leaders, chuck shimmer, and he hakeem jeffries. the conversation comes at a critical time during negotiations, while both sides work to finalize a deal. one of the potential reasons a deal remains elusive, treasury secretary, janet yellen, just revised the fiscal deadline. telling all lawmakers they know of a few extra days until june 5th to act before government runs out of money to pay its bills. this, folks, is a very fluid situation. let s bring in former dana craddock congresswoman, donna edwards, and nbc political analyst and washington post columnist. congresswoman edwards, donna, as a former woman of congress, how do you think the president should be selling this to democratic leaders right now? i think first, the president