happening now, breaking news. united states conducts another retaliatory strike in the wake of that deadly attack on american forces in jordan. u.s. officials confirmed the operation successfully targeted and killed an iran-backed militia commander in baghdad. also breaking tonight, more chaos on capitol hill. the united states senate rejecting the bipartisan border bill despite months of negotiations. what the sudden failure can also mean for aid to ukraine and israel. plus, final preparations for tomorrow s unprecedented u.s. supreme court arguments on donald trump s colorado ballot ban. we have exclusive new reporting on the trump team s strategy just ahead of the historic hearing. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. first up tonight, breaking news. the united states launching a targeted retaliatory strike against an iran backed militia commander blamed for a
greg: he s getting impeached for a border that s breached. the house gearing up for a vote on the impeachment of dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas and we could get that very soon. republicans accused mayorkas of failing to enforce the law and lying to congress. while republicans blame mayorkas, joe biden is now trying to place the blame for his border disaster on, you guessed it, trump. joe is pushing congress to pass the proposed senate deal for border security, that, as of right now, is deader than a hair follicle on jesse s scalp. all indications are this bill won t even move forward to the senate floor. why? a simple reason. donald trump. because donald trump thinks it s bad for him politically. he would rather weaponize this issue than actually solve it. frankly they owe it to the american people to show some spine. republicans have to decide who do they serve, donald trump or the american people. every day between now and november the american people are going to kno
good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart, the long awaited deal from negotiators is here. i know it s not seeming like that with all that s swirling around but this is a historic moment and i feel it. reporter: house speaker mike johnson says it is dead on arrival. life-threatening weather, has crews rescuing people amid flooding, and power outages. a deadly drone attack on a base housing u.s. troops in syria. it s the first since the u.s. launched a wave of strikes over the weekend. and in the race for president, new nbc news polling showing president biden s approval rating sinking to a new low, trailing behind former president donald trump in a general election matchup. we begin this morning on capitol hill where senate negotiators have finally released a text of a bill that would provide aid to ukraine, israel and taiwan in exchange for overhauling the nation s immigration system. after weeks of closed door meetings,
joining us to break this down, andrew weissman, an nbc news contributor. what are the top lines of the ruling, the 57-page ruling that has a lot of information in it. good morning, josé. it sure does. this is an unsigned ruling by a three-judge panel of two, appointed by democrats and one appointed by a republican. a unanimous ruling that rejected trump s arguments about why he should be immune as acts of a president. and quoted from an 1882 supreme court decision that says all officers from the government from the highest to the lowest are creatures of the law and bound to obey it. and the judges added it would be a striking paradox that the president with the duty to take care the laws be faithfully executed is the sole officer of defying those laws with impunity. the opinion makes clear other presidents assumed they could be prosecuted, and therefore ford pardoned nixon for the watergate crimes after leaving office, and this is the first time a court has ever rendered t
border that s breached. the house gearing up for a vote on the impeachment of dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas. we could get that soon. republicans accuse of failing to enforce the law and lying to congress. while republicans blame accuse, joe biden is trying to place the blame for his border disaster on, you guessed it, trump. joe is pushing a proposed senate deal for border security, and right now deader than a hair follicle on jesse s scalp. all indications this bill won t with even move forward to the senate floor. why? a simple reason. donald trump. because donald trump thinks it s bad for him politically. he d rather weaponize this issue than solve it. frankly they owe it to the american people to show a spine. republicans have to decide, who do they serve? donald trump or the american people? every day between now andnov the american people will know that the only reason the border is not secure is donald trump and his maga republican friends. folks, we have to move