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
so get allstate, and be better protected from mayhem, like me. roar. (sfx: family screams in background) the july fourth holiday marred by mass shootings in two american cities. philadelphia authorities captured a suspect they say wore body armor and a ski mask as he shot and killed five people and injured two children. just a few hours later, in fort worth, texas, a gunman indiscriminately fired into a crowd, killing three. also tonight, the kremlin claims it foiled a ukrainian drone attack on moscow, calling the attempted strike a terrorist attack. this as russia s relentless shelling kills two in the southern ukrainian city of kherson. cnn is live on the ground in ukraine. plus today is not a holiday for republicans hoping to move into the white house in 2024. they re hitting the campaign trail and parade routes in the key early states of iowa and new hampshire. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off. i m alex m
weather is what s stealing the show right now. forcing candidates to cancel last-minute blitzes across the state, caucus-goers in for some brutally cold temperatures with the wind chill reaching negative 25°, if not lower on monday. some iowans say they are determined to brave the cold. just have to put on a warm the car up, put another coat on. i m a lifelong resident, used to it. john: as a guy who grew up in canada, i know how to be cold, but why i moved to miami. sandra: and a girl from chicago. the stakes are high that is for sure as voters take the first step in the race to the white house and brand-new polling shows one candidates gaining momentum in the final few days. john: a poll puts nikki haley ahead of ron desantis, putting her in second place, desantis now third. the former president maintains a dominant lead, nikki haley is hitting double digits at 20% in the suffolk university poll, desantis around 13%. sandra: and right to it. grady trimble liv
defense attorney and covering the breaking details, marianne rafferty. we begin with matt finn on precisely what we are learning about this indictment. good evening. former president trump is calling this a dark day for america and is responded to the reported indictments on truth social. i m an innocent man. i m an innocent person practicum after donald trump, organizing the justice department, organizing the fbi. we can t let this continue to go on because it is ripping our country to shreds. we have such big problems. this should not be one of them. reporter: it is not clear exactly what the former president will be charged with but sources told fox news he faces at least seven federal counts of obstruction of justice, conspiracy and illegal retention of classified documents. it is all in relation to trump allegedly storing classified documents at his photo at mar-a-lago home. you may recall last august, the fbi made the unprecedented move of raiding that property. t
welcome to a special edition of jesse watters primetime, i m pete hegseth in on friday night. last night, donald trump was removed from the primary ballot in maine. this was not a decision made by a court or an elected official. donald trump was unilaterally removed by an unelected secretary of state and her name is shanna bellows. you only have to remember that for 15 minutes. but who is shanna bellows? he s not a lawyer or a legal expert, but she is a lifelong democrat activist who was the executive director of the ecl you in maine. we figure that s where she learned everything she nose. she always wanted to be a big shot, democrat snapping selfies with biden and obama, big old brand. if you run for senate in 2014 against susan collins. she had the most famous person in maine, stephen king, cut ads for her. have you ever worked so hard or hope so strongly for a change in leadership? shanna bellows would be a breath of fresh air, she is focused on people from the state