republicans voted no. chad we heard yelling and cheers from the floors what could you tell us question mark democrats were yelling at republicans to close the vote democrats did not to want to impeach mayorkas. they kept yelling at regular order shut off the vote here s what happened at the end. there were 4 republicans who voted no but i wanted to point it out. here are the 4 and i want to explain why. mike gallagher, the republican of wisconsin tom mcclintock republican of california ken buck the republic of colorado and blakemore the vice chair at the end of the vote he switched his vote so it was 216-214 it was t215 to 215 and why does blakemore who wanted to impeach mayorkas switch his vote? republicans want to call this back up somewhere in the future at some point they re going to get steve scalise the majority leader out he has been out for cancer treatment and there is a on long island if the republicans win that seat this was a major defeat and this is embarrassin
voted no. now, let s go live to capitol hill where fox news senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has all the details. now, chad, we heard yelling. then we heard cheers from the floor. what can you tell us? well, democrats were yelling at the republicans to close the vote. because they were prevailing in this, obviously democrats did not want to impeach alejandro mayorkas, so they were winning, they kept yelling regular order. shut off the vote. and so here s what happened at the end. as you say there were four republicans who voted no. but i want to point out that that s with a caveat. here are the four who voted no and i will explain why this is very important. mike gallagher republican of wisconsin. ttom mcclintock. ken buck republican of colorado. the vice chair of the republican conference blakemore. now, at the end of the vote he switched his vote so this lost. 216 to 214. it was 215 to 215. by rule, a tie vote loses in the house of representatives. so why d
are decided before election day? plus, any minute now, president biden will be weighing in on the border bill, a last ditch effort to turn it into law. but, on the hill, is it already a lost cause? so we ll get to that, we start with the breaking news, the d.c. circuit court unanimously rejecting donald trump s claims of immunity from federal prosecution, declaring them to be contrary to the constitution and america s founding principles. this is a massive legal blow to the former president, in and of itself, but moves the d.c. election interference case closer to a trial, at least bombly. potentially. in the opinion, they said, we cannot accept forum president trump s claim that a president has unbounded authority to commit crimes that would neutralize the most fundamental check on executive power, the recognition and implementation of election results. and, in fact, they say, it would be a striking paradox if the president, who alone is vested with the constitutional du
room at the white house as we await president biden s now very delayed remarks on the border bill and foreign aid. we will take you to these anticipated remarks as soon as the president begins. hello, welcome, everyone, sandra smith in new york, john. we may soon see and hear whether this will be a border bill or bust. john: yeah, it s looking like bust is the more likely scenario. i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports . president biden expected to urge congress to pass $118 billion in aid to ukraine, israel, and taiwan. but many republicans in both chambers say that is a no-go. sandra: right to it with jacqui heinrich. i normally would say watch out, we might have to interrupt you to get to the president. we don t know why but these remarks are quite delayed by now, jacqui. yeah, sandra, they are. they were not initially on the schedule this morning but given everything that s happening on capitol hill today the white house felt it necessary to ha
hi, there, everyone. it s 4:00 in the east. it took years and one court ruling after another, appeal upon appeal and even a trip to the united states supreme court, but today the american public finally has its hands on something donald trump has so doggedly sought to conceal his tax returns, six years worth. an unprecedented window into his financial picture. this public release, which among other things shows that donald trump paid very relatively in taxes in the years before and during his presidency, is the end product of an effort undertaken by the house ways and means committee. after securing the returns which cover the years 2015 through 2020, that panel voted along party lines to hand redacted versions of the returns over to the public. before we get into what these thousands of pages reveal, in a way, those of us who are not account tantants can understands worth note hough the committee got its hands on these returns in the first place. it s the end result of an