weekend. let s dive right into the week s top stories. the big story, of, course we have two hot wars for the president to navigate on the world stage. the republican-controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impeachment inquiry into president biden despite failing to provide any evidence of wrongdoing by the president. the vote was strictly along party lines with all 221 republicans voting yes, all 212 democrats voting no. republicans say the move will grant them the ability to better enforce their subpoenas in the courts. house oversight chair republican james comer has accused hunter biden and other biden family members of engaging in, quote, shady business practices. but as we said, has yet to reveal any evidence of wrongdoing or influence peddling by the president himself. so here is what several house democrats said ahead of the vote. see the biden impeachment investigation isn t a who done it. it s a what is it? it s like an agatha christy novel where the
reporting about the missing russia binder, plus congresswoman jasmine crockett of texas on the senate republicans pushing for a border deal. we re also gonna ask her about ted cruz in the abortion question he refuses to answer. plus, hayes brown on what he calls the fact free biden impeachment inquiry. . we as i bet you all very good day from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. when it comes to breaking news. dhs secretary mayorkas and the bipartisan group of senators or holding meetings today. they re hoping to reach a deal to unlock funds for ukraine and israel. republican leaders say a deal must include border security measures, where the surge of illegal crossings has reached record levels. nbc s julie tsirkin is following all of those negotiations on capitol hill for us. welcome again, julie. i know you spoke to the key negotiators just moments ago, tell us what they re saying? alex, i told you last hour, the plan must ha
sunday. it s an open air north turn down there in florida live at 6:00. and can you tell that the weather is perfect. why are we up actually in new york city where it s 60 degrees. only 70 something down there why can tell we just don t have the rcars. i postulated that all three weekend anchors would be in racing suits. a unitard today. just to get into the theme of their weekend coverage. i bet you $100 that is not going to happen. guess what? i wore mine. it s a one-piece. brian: you should cover it? is it fire retardant? ainsley: we are not going to try that out. let s not test it. steve: thank you very much for joining us on a friday. kind of a long week. nonetheless, will and racism are having breakfast with friends along of the big race this weekend. how did you get some people in there so early? must be the coffee? rachel: it s the coffee but florida just loves fox news. steve: yes, they do. rachel: true fans of our network. we are excited bass we we
did it come from a lab? this question is fundamental to help us predict and prevent future pandemics. expert witnesses putting holes in the story, we ve been told, for the last three years. why do so many people believe the virus came from nature? the natural origin camp got its story out first, always a big help. painted the lab leak as a conspiracy theory. it was promoted by science administrators in the united states. dr. fauci dismissed the lab leak theory, for years in fact. he expected it to be a big topic today, new e-mails reveal covid s top doc prompted drafting of a paper to disprove the lab leak theory. former site chairman jason chavetz and marc siegel are on site, interesting to see how they explain this one, mark. interesting details coming out of the hearing this morning, members say they are trying to answer straight-forward, but important question. how did covid-19 first spread? there has been speculation for years, no firm answers. the hearing got un
scenes from the scene of the killing. sandra: the first two witnesses took the stand, phil and lori are here to break down the latest developments from the courtroom coming up. but we begin america reports with bipartisan outrage boiling over after the senate intelligence committee had denied access to classified documents handled by president biden. former president trump and former vice president mike pence. hello, welcome, everyone. john: good to spend friday eve with you. senators are sounding off saying they need to review the documents to assess if there is damage to national security, congress grapples how to keep the sensitive information secured. sandra: met with more stonewalling. deferred the lawmakers to the justice department following the two-hour briefing that happened yesterday. john: troy nels will join us in a moment. sandra: the white house where our correspondent, peter doocy is standing by. live on the north lawn. hello, peter. good afternoo