a vote to impeach alejandro mayorkas is heading to the house floor after a 13-hour hearing that stretched into the early hours of this morning, and ended with a gop party line committee vote to advance. but will it advance out of the house and to a senate trial? that is not clear. just like the vote for speaker, republicans have a tight margin. already two members are expressing doubt the gop has enough evidence to impeach mayorkas. are there more out there? that is not the only risk. the move itself is being panned as overtly political, especially as speaker mike johnson vows to squash a bipartisan border bill in the senate. killing a potential fix for the crisis in the cradle. as the wall street journal editorial board writes, quote, grand standing is easier than governing. and republicans have to decide whether to accomplish anything other than impeaching democrats. joining us now, at a shelter near the southern border is nbc news correspondent david noriega, punchbowl
we are not looking for a war with iran. tough choices for the biden administration, how should the president respond to a deadly attack on u.s. troops. and today on shil, house lawmakers a step closer to a vote to um peach a cabinet member. good morning, i m cakasie hunt. it s 5:00 a.m. in washington. new details are ae merging on the strike in iran. the three soldiers killed were all from georgia, a sign of the 718th engineer company. we re learn ing the drone that kilned them approached the outpost around the same time an american drone was returning to the base. u.s. officials tell cnn that led to confusion and caused a delay in the u.s. response. the enemy drone was flying low to avoid detection and may have been intentionally following the american drone. also this morning, cautious optimism for a hostage release and potential cease-fire in the war between hamas and israel. an agreement on the framework has been reached by negotiators in paris. the proposal that
call themselves conservative and will likely dominate his way through the rest of the primaries despite what nikki haley does or does not do. but november 5th, 2024, is not a primary race and a candidate cannot rely on the strength of their base alone, and that is where it is helpful to read between the lines of last night s vote. unlike iowa, which is a lock for the gop, new hampshire s electorate is swingy trump lost moderates to haley, two lost college graduates to haley, and three, lost independents to haley, it is a problem, especially when 68% of independents flat out said they will not vote for him. and 42% of primary voters say they don t think someone convicted of a crime would be fit to be president, if that happens to donald trump. a reminder, for all we talk about the general election, what we really mean is the general election in six specific states. arizona, nevada, georgia, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. you see them there. so let us untangle what we k
good to be with you, i m katy tur. it is getting spicy inside a new york city courtroom where the judge overseeing the second e. jean carroll defamation trial against donald trump is forcefully admonishing his lawyer lawyer. and it s clear he does not like what he s hearing. reporters inside the room say trump has slammed the table with his hands and ranted loudly enough for the jury to hear saying things like now she seems to have gotten her memory back. and carroll s statements are false. he said this as the jury was being dismissed, and quote, this is really a con job. judge kaplan was not having any of that and on his second warning, he told donald trump he might have to consider kicking him out. i understand you are very eager for me to do that. to which trump put his hands up in the air and said i would love it. i would love it. i know you would judge kaplan said back because you just can t control yourself in this circumstance. you just can t. it sounds like an episode
good to be with you, i m katy tur. today has been a such a strange day. we re going to get to that surprise mayhem on capitol hill this morning with the unannounced hunter biden visit in a moment, but we ve got to start with what is about to hus hit us, the iowa caucus is monday. as candidates prepare and voters prepare, law enforcement is preparing as well because the threats around this election have never been greater, meaning the threats around any election have never been greater. we are living in a scary time, and it s not me saying that. it s everyone involved in politics from the election officials, judges and lawmakers, to the poll workers, canvassers and voters. some iowa republicans telling us they are afraid to say who they are supporting. it is a twist from what we saw in 2016 when some voters said they were worried to tell pollsters on their friends they supported donald trump. now some were saying they re scared to say they re not supporting donald trump. we ha