This acutely. They understand the catastrophe at the border is affecting everyone, and it is top of mind for all the American People for that reason. Again, the First Priority of the country is our border and making sure its secure. I believe the president can take Executive Authority right now today to change that, and ive told him that again today in person as ive said to him many times publicly and privately over the last several weeks. Its time for action. So that was Speaker Mike Johnson yesterday following an Oval Office Meeting with the president and other congressional leaders. But in reality it is johnson, hes the one standing in the way of action on the border by blocking a bipartisan deal passed by the senate. Well bring you more about that meeting including the pressure on the speaker to avoid the looming Government Shutdown. Plus, well go through the primary results out of michigan and look ahead to Super Tuesday which is just around the corner and the latest on ceasefire
take action on supplemental national security legislation that finally meet those challenges head on. that was minority leader mitch mcconnell publicly supporting the senate bipartisan border deal yesterday, but just hours later the republican leader would change his message in a private meeting of his senate colleagues and the fate of the bill now very much in doubt. meanwhile, the gop led house is moving forward with its efforts to impeach the homeland security secretary. we ll go through the partisan politics playing out on capitol hill. plus, donald trump is dismissing nikki haley and issuing a challenge straight to president joe biden. we ll explain that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 6th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day us. and we begin this morning on capitol hill. and in a striking turn of events senate republicans now appear poised to block the bipartisan border bill they themselves asked for an
republican caucus is in disarray. the senate is working through the weekend to pass a supplemental foreign aid package for israel and ukraine before breaking for a two-week recess. and they are playing catch-up because senate republicans nuked a previous version that parrot that aid with their own demands on immigration and border policy. meanwhile, the house gop is teeing up for another vote to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. of the four republicans broke rank to joint house democrats in voting no to oust mayorkas, including one democrat who left his post surgery hospital bid to seal that deal. that democrat, texas congressman al green, joins me shortly as republicans prepare for another try. of course donald trump is on the campaign trail today in south carolina, ahead of it gop primary. days fdr a u.s. appeals court torched his january 6th immunity claim. al asked my panel what this week s ruling means for trump, with months to go before his feder
now, i will tell you, the premise was a little bit dark, but straightforward. you see, there s like a grumpy looking person in the foreground on the left, and a happy couple on the right. so, the grumpy person in the foreground is supposed to be you in this game. and your goal as a grumpy little troll is that you are supposed to break up the happy looking couple behind you. now, you play against your opponent, and over the course of seven rounds, you basically have to choose between two scenarios, that might cause a rift between this otherwise happy couple. and at the end of the game, the player that causes the most heartbreak is declared to be the winner. now, this game does not exist, but these screenshots from it are real. congratulations, you just plunged to the next rank, you awful person! it was a little twisted and it was very, very irreverent. but it was also kind of addictive. and the creator of that game said the app was profitable pretty much right from the start.
lives of your children are damaged and destroyed. mr. zuckerberg, you and the companies before us i know you don t mean it to be so, but you have blood on your hands. you have a product you have a product that s killing people. i just want to get this stuff done. it s been 28 years, what, since the internet. we haven t passed any of these bills because everyone is double-talk, double-talk. it s time to actually pass them. that s just a small sample of a contentious senate hearing yesterday with social media ceos. we have much more to show you including the moment that mark zuckerberg apologized to the parents there in the chamber. also on capitol hill, a couple of republican senators involved in the border bill negotiations are calling on members of their own party to stand up to donald trump. and meanwhile, a top advisor in trump s campaign makes a shameless pitch to wealthy donors. we ll tell you what that is just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too earl