voted no. now, let s go live to capitol hill where fox news senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has all the details. now, chad, we heard yelling. then we heard cheers from the floor. what can you tell us? well, democrats were yelling at the republicans to close the vote. because they were prevailing in this, obviously democrats did not want to impeach alejandro mayorkas, so they were winning, they kept yelling regular order. shut off the vote. and so here s what happened at the end. as you say there were four republicans who voted no. but i want to point out that that s with a caveat. here are the four who voted no and i will explain why this is very important. mike gallagher republican of wisconsin. ttom mcclintock. ken buck republican of colorado. the vice chair of the republican conference blakemore. now, at the end of the vote he switched his vote so this lost. 216 to 214. it was 215 to 215. by rule, a tie vote loses in the house of representatives. so why d
on that. he will bring us the breaking news as it continues. meantime, breaking today, it is now in the supreme court s hands to decide whether or not former president trump is eligible to run for president. the nine justices hearing arguments today around this question. is colorado correct in barring trump from its 2024 ballot for engaging in insurrection , which is something the former president has never been criminally charged with. all of the states that you see on the screen also weighing challenges to trump s eligibility.so the decision really has massive implications for millions of voters across the country. here s reaction from the former president. watch. i listened today. i thought our arguments were very strong. an argument is you re leading in every race and every state. and biden, you re leading in the country, by a lot. and can you take the person that is leading everywhere and say hey, we re not going to let you run. you know, i think that s tough to do. b
that s going to do it for me today. deadline: white house starts now. hi everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. i m ali velshi in for nicolle wallace. an incredibly important question looming over democracy, can presidents be held accountable for crimes committed in office. a unanimous ruling by the d.c. court of appeals rejected donald trump s claims of immunitity in the federal election case. the decision by the judges is a stinging rebuke of the ex-president in what has become a months long push to get the charges against him dismissed. in their ruling, the judges make the point that while donald trump is a former president of the united states, he is in the eyes of the law, just another criminal defendant. for the purposes of this criminal case, frp has become citizen trump with all the any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as president no longer protects him in this prosecution. prosecuting presidents for things they did in office would have
in the next couple of days. this after senate negotiators actually reached a deal, but could it all fall apart even before the tex is released? we ll talk to a top opposition leader from venezuela where hundreds of thousands of people are risking everything to come to the united states. in a few minutes, president biden and the first lady will head to dover air force base as we await the dignified transfer of three u.s. service members killed in a drone attack in jordan. plus, a major court date for donald trump s federal election interference case dropped off the court s docket. we ll explain why. and in just 24 hours, south carolina democrats will head to the polls in what marks a major test of enthusiasm among black voters, who are essential to joe biden s re-election. we begin with breaking news on capitol hill. this morning, house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan subpoenaed fani willis, demanding documentation from following allegations that willis fired
subpoenas for and asked questions of some of the lawyers associated with donald trump s efforts to over turn the results of the 2020 election. among the names, some of them you probably recognize. sidney powell, for example. so central sp spending baseless accusations of voter fraud. and then emily knewmon who worked with her and mike roman and we told you last week about rudy giuliani s conversation with investigators. the result of a so-called proffer agreement. we now know that meeting actually spanned eight hours. and of particular interest, that infamous white house meeting back in december of 2020. and heated clash in which sidney powell put forward a plan to have our country s military seize voting machines all in order to rerun the election. and thanks to the committee, there is an abundance of public testimony related to that meeting. some of the participants in their own words. i was asked, are you claiming that the democrats are working with hugo chavez and whoev