officially voting to impeach state attorney general, ken paxton. under state law, he s now temporarily suspended from his duties as he now awaits a senate trial. some of the counts included bribery, obstruction of justice, dereliction of duty, and fitness for office, abuse of public trust. this follows years of legal and ethical struggles and most controversial a.g.. texans called the most of the top texas republicans have been now mont the tub lick. with us now, nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson. priscilla, this is historic. what more can you tell us? alicia, it is historic. there have been supporters of ken paxton who flooded to the gallery today to listen as this hearing took place, and as they were letting out we were able to grab mr. here. you re a supporter of ken paxton, your reaction here is that the house is willing to impeach him. i was surprised about having to i think this proceeding is illegal. we ll get a statute in 1993 that is essential
of bribes, and an inside look at is evarts to turn over the election. and fighting, back at the free speech organization that is suing to block rhonda scent this after he banned books in florida schools. i m charles lowe, in for him in, let s get started. this week, the facts finally caught up to republican-led smear campaigns. let s start with the mess, the hearing on the so-called weaponization of the federal government. for months now, chairman jim jordan that promised to testimony from dozens of whistleblowers on how the fbi is unfairly persecuting conservatives. yet hours before the promised blockbuster hearing on that very issue was set to begin, the fbi made a shocking revelation. two of the three self proclaimed whistleblowers sent to testify had a security clearance was revoked over questions about their allegiance to the united states, reported criminal conduct, personal misconduct and their handling of sensitive information. so when the hearing began, it quickly
documents probe. the guardian is reporting that federal prosecutors have that donald trump was put on notice that he could not retain any classified documents after he was subpoenaed last year. the warning conveyed to trump by his lawyer evan corcoran could be significant surrounding his handlings of classified materials gib it shows he knew about his subpoena on lig aigs. saz we ve reported before sand when it comes to questioning about whether trump committed obstruction, jack smith and his prosecutors are zeroing in on a specific period of time. the weeks and months after trump was served a subpoena from doj and all classified documents in his possession. and before that court approved search of mar-a-lago back in august that turned up more than 100 items and you guessed it, they were marked classified. that is despite the fact that trump s legal team in that window had attested and told investigators that they already handed over everything. that was classified. the guard
greetings everyone, you are watching symone, after the long anticipated chaos, united states southern border is roads to flee calm at this hour. more than 36 hours after title 42 expired. an influx of people seeking entry into the united states has slowed down. but overwhelming challenges remain. we are talking to the mayor of mcallen, texas, for more of what he is seeing on the ground. former president donald trump found liable of sexual abuse and defamation just before getting a free primetime platform to spew more lies and fallacies. we are digging into how exactly he uses the media apparatus to plus, oklahoma s republican governor moved to defund the pbs station there, stripping residents of one of the only free resources of news and educational programming they have. all because of lgbtq inclusive shows. we will hear from one of the state senators who is pushing back. i am symone sanders-townsend, and i have something to say. there has been a lot going on this
leaders at the white house to address the looming debt ceiling deadline as financial calamity moves one day closer to reality. in manhattan, nine jurors are deliberating in a trial against president trump brought by e. jean carroll. a 6-year-old boy wounded in a mass shooting. the only member of his family to survive. both his parents and 3-year-old brother slain while two young sisters, aging 8 and 11, are also killed. their mother in critical condition. just two of the families, some of the victims in the latest mass shooting involving an ar-15-style rifle. i will speak with gun safety advocate fred guttenberg whose daughter jamie died in 2018 in parkland. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden will hold speaker mccarthy, leaders schumer and mcconnell and hakeem jeffriess for a meeting on the debt ceiling. it s not expected to produce any major breakthroughs with the nation weeks away from falling off a fiscal cliff. can they find a way