With jake tapper starts right now the man trump calls old crow, is flying the coop the leads Ich Mcconnell there with his own 2024 plants, stepping down as Senate Republican leader, though hes going to stay on as a senator from kentucky. The new era of republican politics. Now, loading as a new highstakes restate kicks into gear to replace mcconnell, odds are the winter will likely be an old white guy named John Plus A Monster Wildfire in Texas Exploding at one point burning through 150 football fields a minute charring through land 11 size 11 times the size of washington, dc. Were going to go live on the ground as this fire and wide open land prompts evacuations in its path and President Bidens date with the dr. The report, do any moments after his annual physical welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper. We start with our Politics Lead and the end of an era on capitol hill, senator Mitch Mcconnell, the longest serving Congressional Party leader in american history, announced today hes ste
Reason is border is not secure is donald trump and his maga republican friends. You see millions and millions of people coming across the border illegally. We dont know where they come from. Bill you get the tale of two borders today. President biden and former President Trump will be on the u. S. Mexican border in different locations. Dueling visits could not be more different. Dana has the week off. Im bill hemmer in new york city. Happy leap day to everybody. Welcome back to you in new york. Gillian. Gillian is it tomorrow . I dont know. Bill every four years were here. Gillian this is americas newsroom. Former President Trump is heading to eagle pass in texas. Thats the heart of the current iteration of this Border Crisis. Agents have apprehended over 2,000 migrants in the past five days. Bill p President Biden is going to brownsville. Agents have nabbed a few dozen migrants this week. The city is protected by razor wire. Gillian the problem has spiraled out of control and could be
of representatives in the state have voted to expel two democratic members for disorderly conduct after they took part in a protest for stricter gun laws in the chamber last week. justin jones and justin pearson have been ousted, but a third democrat, seen in the middle of these pictures, gloria johnson, narrowly survived the vote, which requires a two thirds majority. with me is the bbc s helena humphrey. we helena humphrey. have seen some extraordinary images we have seen some extraordinary images from tennessee, tell us what we have been witnessing? certainly an extraordinary day, as we speak right now protests are continuing their outside of the state capital in tennessee, all of this coming off the back of the news that two accredited representatives avenue you say have been ousted today. firstly justinjones, 27 years old representing parts of nashville and justin pearson, 29 years old representing parts of memphis. two black representatives and then gloria johnson was a
momentous showdown in tennessee . a white democratic lawmakers survives the vote to expel her from the statehouse, while republicans ousted two black lawmakers over gun protest what the white house is now saying at the sour, plus free luxury trips and lavish trips for more than two decades. yet supreme court justice clarence thomas failed to disclose any of them new reporting on who s been funding those vacations. and overnight violence is erupting in israel and now lebanon two days after israeli forces stormed one of islam s holiest sites live on the ground in jerusalem and beirut. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez in for christine romans. as always , we ve got a lot to get to. so let s get to it. we begin with the extraordinary actions of the republican controlled tennessee house today, expelling two democrats for staging a gun violence protests on the house floor last week. as everything. gallery erupting after the gop super
democrats big new budget deal. despite objecting to it just two weeks ago. now, we don t have all the details yet. but he one page summary says that the deal will make progress in some pretty big areas, including a 15% minimum tax on corporations, along with other unnamed provisions to make the ultra wealthy pay their fair share of tax. lowering affordable care act premiums for millions of americans, allowing medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs, something democrats have been trying to achieve for over a decade. increase clean energy production and, this is a big one, decreasing carbon emissions by 40% over the next eight years. which of course would be huge. it s already been called the biggest climate bill in american history. tonight, senator schumer s office has released the text of the bill. it clarkson at 725 pages. obviously this is not a done deal yet. reactions from other democratic members of congress have range from cautious optimism to outright fr