taxpayer dollars on an illegitimate impeachment inquiry because donald trump, the puppet master, has directed extreme maga republicans to launch a political hit job against president joe biden. that s house minority leader hakeem jeffries calling out republicans in the lower chamber before the vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. that came after hunter biden defied a subpoena from house republicans challenging them to hold public hearings for his testimony. we ll have much, much more from a bitter and partisan day on capitol hill. plus, the supreme court will hear the first case tied to abortion rights since it overturned roe v. wade. we ll get expert legal analysis on that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a busy morning ahead, and we ll start here. the republican controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impea
among other republicans. on that note, they re both there, but we did not hear from ted cruz. we did hear from mike huckabee. do you have any back story on that? i ve heard that ted cruz got elbowed aside by huckabee s folks. i haven t heard any details on that. but nevertheless, it doesn t surprise me because both of them are going after the same base. and this is, what, a 15-candidate field the last time i counted it? right. so they re doing everything they can to try to get some attention as donald trump sucks all the oxygen out of the room. how do you characterize this? you ve got two republican candidates that were there as you noted, both trying to steal that thunder. they rushed to kentucky to try to get that. what s your view on what that means for the other candidates who were saying let s not associate ourselves with kim davis. well, the republican party is a diverse party, actually. politically. we found ronald reagan in the 80s. his genius was being able to