great entertainer, great man, great patriot. we will have that for you later. but right now, two major developments in the battle over border security, the house voted not to impeach dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas and the senate border deal appears to be on life support. that measure was said to be dead on arrival in the house and now some gop senators are also skeptical about the package. the senior national correspondent rich edson has the information live for us in dc, good evening. reporter: good evening trace. republicans lose two major votes in the house, a chamber they control by a slim margin. house republicans failed to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas after charging he s failed to secure the southern border. a handful of republicans broke with their party and democrats and sank the impeachment vote. republicans say they ll vote again when steve scalise returns from cancer treatment. minutes after that vote, the house also failed to pass a $
Good evening, and welcome to politics nation. Tonights leaned, to the bottom. Race to the bottom. As expected, donald trump extended his Winning Streak in the republican primaries last night in South Carolina. But as he closes in on the gops coronation, the former president is revealing more about his State Of Mind as he contemplates a second term as president , promising more vengeance and retribution to his enemies at a major meeting of conservatives. And the night before, saying his strongest appeal to black voters is a shared cultural comfort with criminality as he faces down four indictments, 91 felony charges. The racist remarks were met with thunderous applause from a gathering of black conservatives. Tonight, ill talk to the author of a new bestselling book on Black Republicans about how the gop went from the party of lincoln to the cult of trump. Meanwhile, the next primary contest is just two days away in the swing state of michigan, where President Biden is trying to mend fe
he has been in prague today where he has been calling on the nato alliance to supply him with longer range weapons he needs. but it is the white house decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine which has divided the alliance. over 100 countries have signed up to a moratorium on cluster munitions including the uk france and germany. let s talk about the counteroffensive because it has been slow to take hold. there are soldiers and western observers starting to wonder if a breakthrough is possible, or whether russia s defensive lines, built up and heavily reinforced over the winter months, are simply too much of a barrier. today in prague, president zelensky said his country needs longer range weapons. without them he said the counter offensive will be blunted. there has long been a debate within the nato alliance about these longer range weapons. there are concerns that military strikes within russia, might lead to further escalation.but in just the last hour, the us ha
evening. now it s time to last word with jonathan kaye pot in for lawrence. good evening, jonathan. good evening, alex. quite the day we ve had today. i know you re gonna have a great show analyzing what went. down yes, we will. alex, thank you very much. have a great show. this is not a normal court. that was what president biden said after the radical conservatives on the supreme court, for the second time in two years, reversed nearly 50 years of precedent on an issue that has significantly helped improve the lives of americans. last year it was undoing protections for women to make decisions about their own reproductive health. today it s undoing the consideration of race in college admissions, which has let helped level educational opportunities for minority students, like me. 30 years or so ago. it is a court that is looking to move the country backwards. as president biden told msnbc s nicole wallace earlier today. it s done more to unravel basic rights and
thank you for being with us. we begin in the occupied west bank where the israeli military has launched a major operation against what it claims are militants, based in the sprawling and long established refugee camp injenin. the palestinian authorities say it s simply an invasion and that it should be seen as a war crime. at least nine people have been killed, and dozens injured. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. the day ended as it had begun injenin with battles raging. the israeli military had used a surprise drone strike in the early hours to target what it said was the headquarters of local militants. armed palestinians began fighting back from inside the city s crowded, decades old refugee camp. hundreds of israeli soldiers are on the ground. the israeli military says they re seizing weapons and explosives. the israeli prime minister said action was overdue. translation: the israeli defence force began an extensive operation last night against terro