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remind viewers with the bill is and what is the plan. guest: good morning. this is the bipartisan border dealhat the senate negotiators struck back in february. amend some asylum laws, it would end the so-called program called catch and release and would give the president authority to shut down the border if a certain number of individuals cross the border. is the deal that has finally come together after months of painstaking negotiation that initially convened at the republicans had demandedy d for ukraine would go security provisions of that senate group convened and they came to an agreement and unveiled this deal which was essentially a stunning matter. border security and immigration is something that has bedeviled r years. after became clear this bipartisan borderl would not

make it over the finish line republicans casting doubt on the significance of the legislation and the final with president trump coming out and urging republicans to vote against it. senate republicans have blocked this legislation from moving forward and congress went ahead with considering foreign aid ity. now chuck schumer is trying to come back to this another vote on it and he recognized last night thais had a slim chance of passing. this is a political move as we close in on the november election. the border issue continues to be a top issue. e way for democrats to flip the switch on republicans to do some messaging on the border. it gives anragenergy to cast a vote on the record in

support of cracking down the situation at the southern we are finally going to see this vote this week. the political ramifications, democrats are hoping could be host: will republicans vote for it? guest:t is very unlikely that will happen. publican negotiator james lankford was the conservative night tirelessly for months to come to a consensus. cast out the strategy last week in an interviewayg this is not a serious effort and he had nore any outreach from democrats to try and move the ball forward in terms of border security. he essentially said this is a political gambit as we close in on tov. there were a few others back in s mitt romney and some other more centrist iualsike that. we could see them come on board

but there is no indication now. but he don't have jamrd, i thi'd tell that there will not be significant if any republican support this time around. host: what major pieces of legislation, if any, does congress need to past before november? guest: in the short term, very few. just one thing as of now is government funding in september. lawmakers are still bearing down that september 30 deadline to fund the government for fiscal year 2025. that is the last he's of legislation on tcongress has ale foreign aid bill and they fi up the reauthorization and finishedpreparation so theya glide path to september where we will likely see these messaging bills on the floor in both chambers. the expectation is that in

september, congress will pass a short-term continuing rolution to keep the government funding until after the november election and that is when the willeally take place for appropriationsoverent funding for the next fiscal year. host: c stage for side deals spending fight with white house is your headline. guest: this all comes as we discussed the government funding and the appropriations process. lawmakers in the house or getting started on this effort. ideally, leaders in the have said they want to get all the appropriations bills over the finishe chamber before folks leave for recess. that is all but certain to not be reached. the house has moved slowly and that's up high in the sky go but it shows the leaders and republicans and democrats are trying to hit the ground runninn the previous fiscal year.

i believe- short-term continuations and a number of shut down cliffs where we had the risk of a shut down and they finally finish up thec. that was supposed to be done in september. lawmakers have no aptitude -- appetite for up in t process and i want to get things done early. it will probably not successful because that's the nature of congress but they are giving it their best attempt now. host: i want to invite our viewers to join in this conversation and get their hearing from the reporting about congress in the weeks leading up to the november election. democrats dial in this morningas (202) 748-8001, an independents (202) 748-8002. you can text us as well include your first name, city and state at (202) 748-8003 or go to facebook.compast on x @c-span wj.

on the messaging bills, what sort of topics will both the house and the senate be bringing :fup in these messaging bills ad wh what's the strategy? guest: what we've seen a lot of recently is having to do with immigration goes back to the reason why schumer is teeing up about on that bipartisa border security deal. immigration has continued to top pose as the issue top of mind to voters in the lead up to november. voters are concerned about the migration so lawmakers are trying to take advantage of that and try to capitalize on those viewsrt press on messaging for the border. roht upeen a number of resolutions to denounce the biden administration's efforts on the border so expect to see more of that.

another thing we've seen in the house is the topic of anti-semitism and the pro-palestinian protest that have taken place on campuses across the country. the israel-hamas difficult topic for democrats. their caucuses barely fsrael det to defend israel's right to defend itself against pro- progressives who are concerned about the mount humanitarian deaths in gaza. we seen these dynamics play out in the public eye a number of times voted on resolutions.es of ase expect to see more of that nefit for republicans. it gives them an opportunity to show support for israel which they consider to be an important part of their platform but it elpsighlight the divisions. republicans are always looking to somehowute the idea that

they are not a united party. de republicans in a way republicans allows republicans to argue party that does not defend israel. it's been an effecti strategy for them in recent months so expect to see more of that. with the flow because as you know, the majority party in the house sets the terms -- sets the floor that's obviously republicans. democrats will have to roll with thew to act on legislation a theloor. the senate has a different situation because chuck schumer we are already sink messaging legislation again on the topic of the border because it continues to be the dominating issue in the 2024 cycl are seeid with the bipartisan bordeaeach k

up wins and give and of ammo to go home to their district and campaign and the reason whyhe think they deserve a few more years in washington. host: on the e side, what about efforts to impeach the president? ouest: that has sort of we have seen a number of times republicans struggling to connect the dots on this scheme that theye accuse the president of engaging in whether it be bribery's, influence peddling or what have yothere'sd imwe've seen over the past few months. they have not fin gun to prove the president is guilty of high crimes or misdemeanors. one of the big events they had hyped up was hunter bi testifying before the senate investigative panel. that landed with a thud and them not finding the smoking gun. see lawmakers not fuss too

impeachment inquiry because is fizzling out. one thing we have seen making center stage is the effort to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congre some folks think this may be an offramp for republicans leading the impeachment inquiry and saying we held him in contempt to shift the spotlight off of impeachment and ontoo give some back story on that. lastly, the house judiciary mmtee in the house oversight committee advanced a resolution along ines to hold merit garland in contempt of congress. the issue that republicans have with garland's that they have requested thaucording of president biden's interview with counsel robert hurt who was looking intocuments. can that final report come he says he would not chargehe president with any crimes for his handling of less of i documents that there was a little aside about the president's mental acuity, saying he was acting -- i'm

paraphrasing, but in old them a good-natured old man and that's why this -- why they decided not to charge him. republicans of as for the recording of i which the justice department has not given up. the justice department has provided a transcript of the interviews between garland and herr but republicans are still seeking the audio recording. now republicans are trying to hold him in contempt itremains l vote on holding garland in content and remains unclear if it will pass >> we will take you live to the state to artman for a on the iranian president passing away. >> as the secretary said in the statement a short time ago, the united