on midair scares that grounded the boeing 737 max 9s. and later, millions still under flood alerts, los angeles one of the many cities under water as a record-breaking system drenches california. thanks for being with us. a lot to get to. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with the breaking news on capitol hill where we expect to hear soon from the speaker of the house. he s set to take reporters questions as republicans plan to move forward today with a vote to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. they allege he has committed high crimes and misdemeanors by failing to secure the border. it is unclear whether republicans actually have the votes to succeed. all this comes as gop divisions threaten to sink that new bipartisan border bill. nbc s julie tsirkin is joining us from capitol hill. we ll see the speaker any minute now. what should we expect to hear from him on this impeachment vote we know house republicans have just a razor thin
to ayman. breaking news, a deadly drone attack on u.s. forces in jordan. three american service members dead. the president vowing america will respond. who ordered the attack? also tonight, major developments in washington involving that tense standoff at the southern border amid efforts to reform the country s immigration system. and rare review house republicans are with impeachment probe. a rare dose of bipartisanship at a time of deep political polarization on the hill. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s do it. we begin this hour with breaking news in the middle east, and the widening israel-hamas war. the white house s brain iranian-backed militant groups after three u.s. troops were killed, and more than 30 injured last night in a drone at sac in jordan. the strike hit a u.s. base in northeastern jordan near the border with syria known as power 22. according to two u.s. officials, the drone was packed with explosives, and hit near a shelter where some troops were sleeping.
came out late here on a friday on the deadline, granting a petition to hear this controversial, sweeping colorado case which, according to the state of colorado s courts, has tried to disqualify donald trump from being on that state s primary ballot. this is a big deal. here s what it means. donald trump currently will remain on that primary ballot because the supreme court will be reviewing that decision. and that ballot is being certified today. this is the friday night news because it s news on friday night, friday night was the deadline if you re wondering why this broke so late in the week. the supreme court has already decided, through this grant of serb 84ry, that they will hear oral arguments february 8th on this case. the nation s highest court is stepping in to hear a big election-related case in this 2024 race where, yes, people may be girding for, bracing for, a biden/trump rematch. what the supreme court is doing tonight, what it would argue it feels it has to do
And conservatives dont want to be around each other and so they have to spread out, you may not see this from like the ivory towers of your law school, but it makes the actual people in this country when the president calls you dont get to interrupt me on this time. Let me also suggest that when you invoke the president s sons name here. When you try to make a little joke out of referencing trump, that does not lend credibility to your argument. It makes you look mean. It makes you look like youre attacking someones family. The minor child of the president of the United States. So lets see if we can get into the facts, to all of the witnesses. If you have personal knowledge of a single Material Fact in the schiff report, please raise your hand. And let the record reflect no personal knowledge of a single fact. And you know what . That continues on the tradition that we saw from adam schiff where ambassador taylor could not identify an Impeachable Offense. Mr. Kent never met with the
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precedent that we could ve set was to legitimize and endorse this sham impeachment process. i mean, those articles of impeachment are laughable on their face. there is not a sliver, there s not a hint of a high crime or misdemeanor. this is just 40 pages of complaints about what s happening at the border today. what really stands for is a pretty simple premise. republicans do not want to fix the border, right? as you mentioned in your opening, they had a chance to do that. i negotiated. the toughest set of changes in board a lot in 40 years that would ve brought order to the southwest border. republicans rejected that bill because they actually want the border to be out of control. what they want is for there to be headlines every day about how chaotic the border is so that they can score political points, and so that it will help them in this election. that s what the articles of impeachment are, just a mechanism to keep the conversation about the border in the headlines.