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Allies out of afghanistan. conventional correspondent chad pergram reporting tonight from capitol hill. good evening, chan. shannon, it is a fraud situations, congressional phones ringing off the hook with pleas from constituents about friends and relatives trapped in afghanistan. at least two house members took matters into their own hands. democrat seth moulton and republican pete meyer headed to afghanistan. both seth and myself have been actively engaged on what is called a special immigrant visa issue. both seth and i trying to draw attention to this issue and make sure we are doing everything we can, trying to look for ways in which we can better inform ourselves, our constituents, and our colleagues, in terms of how we can work productively to get individuals out. settled on the conclusion that we had to know what was going on on the ground in kabul. lawmakers usually only travel internationally unofficial business with clearance from congressional leaders. they fly on mil ....
Appears that the idea of impeachment is gaining some degree of popularity, if that s the right word. i wonder if there s a sense that more in congress will come around after this district meet. right. the thing to watch are the 31 democrats that represent trump districts, districts that voted for president trump and some of these democrats won when democrats took the house in 2018. there s going to be town hall meetings and constituent meetings. looks at max rose from staten island. and kendra horn in oklahoma. that s a district that this democrats surprisingly win. hailey stephens in michigan. we ll know more mid week where they stand. next week we ll get the polling and understand where these members are and more importantly where the public is. a lot of times, this is what i m talking about with nancy pelosi and this behind-the-scenes getting people in place and getting their positions in place. and the members reflect their district, shep. shepard: a lot of work ahead. chad per ....
shepard: just passed the bottom of the hour. top of the news headlines. an accused baby killer, high stakes gamble that got her off the hook. wait till you hear how close this former cheerleader came to getting years in prison. no doubt those at home dna kits great at helping cops solve cold cases. what happens if that dna comes back to haunt you? inside the fed s push to balance privacy with fighting crime. and lawmakers head out of congress for a couple of weeks. so where does that leave the fight over impeaching president trump? it s a fox news urgent. our senior producer, chad pergram reporting. what are democratic lawmakers planning to do during this break? they have to walk their constituents through the ....
Enough. the senate minority leader, chuck schumer of new york, says they won t negotiate border security unless and until the president reopens the government. if he opens up the government, we ll discuss whatever he offers. hostage taking shouldn t work. the american people are against it. the president s poll ratings are plummeting because even his own supporter as agree this is bad tactic. it s very hard to negotiate when a gun is held to your head. shepard: the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, has agreed to bring the president s proposal to the floor of the senate this week. more on how that could play out in just a moment. team fox coverage now, chad pergram reporting live from capitol hill. first, john roberts live from the white house. as the president is taking the blame for the shut down, the white house is picking up intelligence from capitol hill that there are a number of democrats, senator joe manchin ....
Shep. shepard: john roberts live. thank you. team fox coverage continues. chad pergram reporting live from capitol hill. ex-lane what is happening in the senate, chad. this is the first move by senate republicans and mitch mcconnell the majority leader feels that the senate needs to be for something. so they re going to try to force democrats hands here. what we re going to have in the next 24 hours, legislative text here so people can look at what this bill looks like and tomorrow he is going to try to get this bill up on the floor. this is very important. this parliamentary posture the senate is in. they have to cut off debate on the motion to proceed. you just need a simple majority to proceed to the bill. if they can t get clearance, he has to filed cloture, the mechanism that you use to end debate on a bill and that won t ripen until thursday if he files that tomorrow. there s 53 republicans in the senate. if all 53 of those republicans stick together, you still need seven dem ....