to hold the president s son in contempt of congress. i wanted to ask you, speaking about some growing support potentially, about everything that s swirling around with the homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas. and the efforts, the republican efforts to move toward impeaching him. what are you hearing about there now? reporter: yeah. in fact, we ve spoken to a number of republicans, swing district republicans. there is a growing sense that they are in favor of moving ahead with impeaching alejandro mayorkas given what is happening at the southern border with mexico. this would be a dramatic and extraordinary move. only one other time in american history has a cabinet secretary been impeached, and that was the secretary of war back in the mid 1800s. republicans say that he is violating his oath of office because of what we re seeing as the uptick in border crossings along the southern border with mexico. democrats say there is absolutely no grounds to impeach mayorkas give
ainsley: as president biden faces the possibility of an impeachment inquiry, look back at the three presidents who have been impeached and why. in 1868, andrew johnson was the first president to be impeached. congress produced 11 articles of impeachment. charged him with violating the tenure of office act. so, it was the final straw was basically when he replaced the secretary of war. his name was edwin stanton who was appointed by lincoln. weighs as republican who favored the civil rights for free african-americans. he vetoed a lot of bills he thought were too harsh on the south. years later the supreme court determined that act was unconstitutional so he should not have been impeached. the second ones with bill clinton as we all remember, 1998, two articles of impeachment were passed by the house. charged with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. this all revolved around his relationship with monica
is your fault. reporter: the congressman said he does not support efforts to impeach alejandro mayorkas. i believe you want the american people to believe we have operational control of the border when we do. reporter: republicans have accused him of undermining operational control of the kourn border, encouraging illegal immigration, and lying to congress that the border was secure, all charges the administration has dismissed. mayorkas said today he intends to remain in the post. will you resign? no, i will not. i m incredibly proud of the work i understand. secretary mayorkas, if you will not resign, that leaves us with no other option. you should be impeached. reporter: impeached of the cabinet secretary has only happened once in u.s. history. secretary of war was impeached by the house in 1876, before being acquitted by the senate. and house democrats are already
against hunter biden in washington, d.c. and also a special prosecutor. they need to come before us. unfortunately we have been getting a run around from the department of justice, the fbi, the irs. now, as far as the potential impeachment of merrick garland goes that actually has not happened in this country since 1876 when the secretary of war at the time, william belknap was impeached under the grant administration for fraud charges. he was throwing lavish parties and outfitting first and second wives with very nice duds which many thought he didn t have based on his meager government salary. pete: look at this. the mystery right there. steve: lucas, what is that sign behind you. is there product placement going on. there is product placement. that s for team u.s.a. back there the women s soccer team con beating in the world cup. their next match is wednesday night against the netherlands 9:00 p.m. catch it all on fox. ainsley: how did you know that. i knew steve was goi
fentanyl traffickers and violent criminals. this hearing is titled biden s border crisis, it is not biden s border crisis, this has been a cries for half a century. no invasion of migrants in our community nor hoards of undocumented immigrants causing havoc in our community. four and a half million migrants crossed the border since biden took office biggs writes, secretary mayorkas has failed to do his oath at the expense of the constitution and the security of the united states. house oversight committee will hold hearings next week, the only cabinet member ever impeached was president grant secretary of war in 1876, guys. todd: it was grant, i find