answer. so let s get started. a debt deal, but not a done deal. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy strike a lead by compromise to avoid a catastrophic u.s. debt default. but there is still a lot of work to be done before wednesdays house vote. we are live on capitol hill with the latest. plus, impeached, in a history making vote, the gop-controlled texas house impeach s embattled republican state attorney general in election denier, ken paxton. we have his response to being only the third sitting official in texas history to be impeached. and later, a family affair. we wrap up aapi heritage month with the inspiring family whose military service spans generations. all of this and more is coming up. and a good sunday morning to you all. i am katie phang. we start today s show with the breaking news. president biden, house speaker kevin mccarthy, and their negotiators have reached a tentative agreement late last night. to raise the debt ceiling to dodge a debt defa
Housekeeping to set the rules for that vote. Democrats clearly have the numbers, including a growing number of members from districts that the president won. More and more of them are coming forward overnight saying they will vote to impeach. America americans, koraccording to the polls evenly split on the matter. 45 believe the president should be impeached and removed from office. 47 now say they do not. Also breaking overnight, Rudy Giulianis stunning new interviews. The president s personal lawyer confirming that he briefed President Trump, quote, a couple of times earlier this year about removing then Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch. Giuliani says she was impeding his ability to look into these things for President Trump. In a separate interview, giuliani said he needed to get yovanovitch, quote, out of the way because she was going to make investigations into the president s political rivals difficult for everybody. Cant have that. I appreciate the candor. Joining us now are
katie, that they are normalizing the former president that was impeached twice. someone that incited insurrection in our capital. it was actually a self attempted coup of our government, that he could remain in office. and they are acting as if it is business as usual, process as usual. no. we are on, really, the last line of defense here for our democracy, and our freedoms. it is extremely dangerous. it doesn t surprise me, right, i think fox is doing it for the hits, for the power, for the money. and we will see what happens. but i think americans need to be very, very, weary of all of this. we cannot normalize directions. we cannot normalize political violence. it has to stop. florida congresswoman debbie mccaskill powell, it is so good to see, you thank you so much for coming back, we have so much to talk about. thank, you. katie quickly, we will turn to texas. the impeachment club, it has a new member. republican attorney general an election denier ken paxton, joining his bo
mean, he was very he was physically ill and emotionally exhausted when he left the office of president of the united states in 1974 and nearly died that fall. every president who s been impeached feels he s in a struggle with history. for the rest of time they re going to be struggling, actually fighting this over and over again to prove to the public and to history, whoever history is, that they were wrongfully accused. so this is the gung beginning o struggle. president trump has had this struggle. he s been fighting with history since the start, to the extent that he cares about it. this is a battle forever that he is about to wage. i m sure with bill clinton beating impeachment is worse than being convicted and thrown out of office, yet it sticks with you is what you re saying. he will be in that select there s a president s club, and that s a great club to be part of. this impeachment club is not a great club to be part of. it s not a club you want to join and it s a club