Party rift. i don t think that there ever was any hatchet. reporter: meeting one-on-one with progressive alexandria ocasio-cortez for the first the time in months. you re in a family. and in a family, you have your differences but you are still family. reporter: after the two have been openly feuding for weeks. as a i think i think the speaker respects, you know, the fact that we re coming together as a party. reporter: amid this debate over impeachment, the house is now heading in to a six week long recess where members will be hearing directly from constituents, it could be a key moment for democrats and could shape the narrative around impeachment for when they return here in september. sunlen serfaty, cnn, capitol hill. let s put it all into foe tuesday with james boyce,
I would say we re in an impeachment investigation. reporter: this comes as 100 democrats support the impeachment inquiry. worried the window for starting impeachment proceedings may be closing. no, i m not. let s get sophisticated about this, okay? we will proceed when we have what we need to proceed. not one day soon per. reporter: but pressure is growing behind closed doors from deputies like chairman nadler who has pleaded to allow him to lean into impeachment. we may recommend articles of impeachment at one point. it remains to be seen. and there s no point speculating whether the speaker or anybody else will agree with our decision. reporter: meantime, pelosi today also trying to minimize another party rift. i don t think there ever was any hatchet. reporter: meeting one-on-one with alexandria ocasio-cortez for the first time in months.
Again but there was at least one third of the grassroots and even more delegates at party conference who were absolutely sternly against going into yet another coalition so that could lead one to believe that frankly there would be some kind of undercover upsets that would suddenly shine through once it actually comes to the voting process at the same time forty four votes is really not that wide margin for a larger group to say they will not support this and the democrats really found what i think really found a new strength in actually having gone through this process of debating this in a party rift so anything basically it s inconceivable at this point time that she would be reelected ok and that voting is now under way your look. you know some of the a parliamentarian is behind you they re casting their votes michel acuff there for now thanks very much we re going to get the european perspective now the election
Representatives will plan to vote as early as next week on whether to hold lois lerner in contempt and that s a quick look at some of the stories making news right now. with the midterm elections just months away, there s been a shift, a party rift among some republicans about what s the best way to sell the gop message as lots of candidates kick off their campaign. these are just a few of the potential contenders. some are concerned that if gop candidates push too hard for a conservative message in the primary, that will be more difficult, have broader appeal with independents come november. it s a debate that has created friction. joining us now to talk more about this, new york times best-selling author, ann coulter. welcome back. great to be here. let s talk about the divide
9:00 am on the east coast, 6:00 am out west. marathon talks lead to a new debt deal. at least in theory. the president backs it. so do leaders of both parties. still, no reason to celebrate just yet. in syria, a violent crackdown on anti-government protests. more than 7 0 people killed and counting. and new this morning, a big change to health coverage. the federal government will require insurers who provide birth control without co-payments. now, in just a few hours, we could see the beginning of the end of the debt crisis. it s been the issue in washington for weeks. and you re probably tired of the finger pointing and doomsday predictions. today, that could all come to an end if the house and senate approve a compromised plan. the deal identifies about $1 trillion in spending cuts over ten years and raises the debt ceiling by about the same amount. bipartisan committee must find ways to trim another trillion a, a so-called deficit posse. the president and house spea