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option labeled none of these candidates is projected to receive the most votes ahead of nikki haley. nevada's state gop will award its delegates through caucuses on thursday. the house has narrowly rejected a bid to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. house republicans unveiled impeachment charges against him on sunday tied to the biden administration's handling of the southern border. and mariah carey is headed to las vegas for an eight-show residency at the park mgm this april. it will honor her 2005 album "the emancipation of mimi." for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle it's wednesday, february 7th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." >> the yeas are 214, and the nays are 216. the resolution is not adopted. >> breaking overnight, house
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stunner. republicans fail to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas after a handful of gop members voted with democrats. donald trump denied. a federal appeals court rejected the former president's claim of absolute immunity from prosecution. what it means for his election interference trial. and unprecedented verdict. the mother of a michigan school shooter convicted of involuntary manslaughter. what convinced the jury. good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with that major blow to republicans in the house. their effort to impeach secretary of homeland security alejandro mayorkas fell short after a handful of gop members joined democrats to vote against it. it comes as president biden called on republicans to show some spine on border security. cbs news' michael george has the details on how things unfolded. good morning, michael. >> reporter: good morning. look, there's no getting around
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this. this was an embarrassing defeat for republicans. but it's more than that. it's also a sign of the disarray in the party just nine months ahead of the election. there was plenty of drama on the house floor including one lawmaker rushing from his hospital bed to make it in time for the votes. >> the resolution is not adopted. >> reporter: the house gop-led vote to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas failed yesterday. >> secretary mayorkas has willfully and deliberately refused to uphold the laws of the united states -- >> what you have to offer the american people is this sham impeachment. >> reporter: in the end, four republicans joined the democrats in voting against the resolution with some arguing that impeaching a cabinet official would set a dangerous precedent. texas democrat al green even left his hospital bed post surgery to cast his no vote. he spoke with cbs news after returning to the hospital. >> i went there to help a good
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man keep his reputation. >> reporter: several house republicans say efforts to impeach mayorkas are not over. >> we can bring the articles of impeachment back to the floor maybe as early as next week. >> reporter: in statements, the white house and department of homeland security described the vote as baseless and called on congressional republicans to support the senate's bipartisan border security bill. but republican house speaker mike johnson has pronounced it dead on arrival. >> we have no real chance here to make a law. >> it's time for republicans in the congress to show a little courage, to show a little spine. >> reporter: yesterday president biden accused gop lawmakers of caving to the demands of former president donald trump who's come out against the bill. also yesterday the house failed to pass a gop stand-alone bill that would have given over $17 billion in aid to israel. 14 republicans joined democrats in opposing that vote. >> thank you so much.
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a federal appeals court rejected former president trump's claim that he is immune from criminal prosecution. the three-judge panel ruled unanimously and said trump can stand trial in connection with the charges he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. election. trump says that he will appeal. jan crawford has more. >> reporter: the ruling by the influential d.c.-based federal appeals court was a stern rebuke of the former president's sweeping classmates about immunity from prosecution. with the court saying the former president must face trial for efforts to subvert the 2020 election. for the purpose of this criminal case, former president trump has become citizen trump with all the defenses of any other criminal defendant. in court and on the campaign trial, donald trump repeatedly says he can't be prosecuted for his actions as president. >> a president has to be given immunity, and this has nothing to do with me. >> reporter: the three-judge panel two of democratic appointees and one republican
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was unanimous and emphatic -- any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as president no longer protects him against this prosecution. the bounds of trump's immunity arguments became clearer last month while he sat in the front row of a packed courtroom, one of the judges presented his lawyer with a dramatic hypothetical. >> i asked you a yes or no question. could a president who ordered s.e.a.l. team 6 to assassinate a political rival who was not impeached, could he be subject to prosecution? >> if he were impeached and convicted first -- >> reporter: since the senate failed to convict trump that would mean special counsel jack smith couldn't either, and the appeals court flatly rejected it, but this is not the final word. trump can always ask the full appeals court to reconsider this decision or skip that step and go straight to the supreme court. but having lost at every turn, it is an uphill battle. i do not see how he gets five
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votes from those justices which means a trial could start late spring or sometime this summer. jan crawford, cbs news, washington. breaking overnight, donald trump's remaining challenger for the republican presidential nomination, nikki haley, suffered a defeat in the nevada primary. cbs news projects the option none of these candidates got the most votes. haley was second. trump was not on the primary ballot. he's taking part in nevada's gop caucuses, that's tomorrow. meanwhile, cbs news projects an easy victory for joe biden in the state's democratic primary. and the mother of a teenaged school shooter was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a case that examined parental responsibility. jennifer crumbley was convicted yesterday. it was the first time an american parent was held responsible for a child carrying out a mass shooting attack. the jury foreperson said a key detail was jennifer crumbley was the last adult with the gun. the maximum penalty for
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involuntary manslaughter is 15 years in prison. her son ethan killed four students at his michigan high school in 2021. prosecutors argue jennifer crumbley and her husband allowed ethan to have a gun despite signs he was in mental distress. this morning, a troubling report from the ntsb reveals bolts appeared to be missing from a boeing 737 max 9 door panel that blew off mid flight. senior transportation correspondent kris van cleave has the latest details on that. >> reporter: harrowing new details when the door panel blew off this alaska airlines flight last month it did so with enough force to slam the captain's head into a display 26 rows away. and now the ntsb says the four bolts that should have held the plan in place were missing prior to the blowout on the new 737 max 9. if the bolts are, there the door doesn't move up, means it doesn't my off. >> it prevents the door from disengaging from the stopped fittings. >> reporter: and flying off the plane. >> at flying off the plane.
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>> reporter: the ntsb report reveals a photo from september of the door during final assembly at the boeing factory without the bolts in place. in a statement, boeing's ceo says the company is accountable for what happened and is implementing a comprehensive plan to strengthen quality including changes to the 737 production system. the bolt bombshell came just hours after the new faa administrator was in the hot seat on capitol hill. >> the current system is not working because it's not delivering safe aircraft. we have to make changes to that. >> what are we doing to not only assure safety but to assure that people can feel safe? >> how do you maintain a safety culture or return to that safety culture that we used to have and i think we've lost? >> we have to get back to a culture where safety is first. >> so you'd fly on the 737 9 max? >> yes, i would. >> reporter: boeing has launched an investigation into boeing's manufacturing processes around the 737 max to include quality
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control and its safety culture. the agency says it has sent about two dozen additional inspectors to boeing facilities. united and alaska, who both by this the 737 max 9, tell us both airlines have completed their inspection process. most planes, about 94%, are back in service. kris van cleave, cbs news, las vegas. secretary of state antony blinken is in israel today as he continues his trip in the middle east trying to broker a deal for a truce and free the remaining hostages in gaza. blinken saying there is, quote, a lot of work to be done after hamas responded to a cease-fire framework drawn up by the u.s. and its allies. israeli intelligence confirming 31 hostages captured by hamas and its allies have died since the start of the war. officials say there is also unconfirmed information that at least 20 other hostages may have also been killed. coming up, deadly storms. the death toll rises after days of record rains in california. and we're live in las vegas as a popular tourist spot is
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reports from big american companies and await more details from the fed on a future interest rate cut. the dow gained 141 points. the nasdaq was up by 11, and the s&p 500 also gained 11 points. a new streaming service for sports fans. three media giants, espn, fox, and warner bros. discovery have teamed up to launch a streaming service that will include offerings from at least 15 networks and all four major professional sports leagues like the nfl, nba, mlb, and nhl games. a name, launch date, and pricing has not yet been released. elon musk is backing a wrongful termination lawsuit against disney by gina carano. she is claiming they dropped her after she shared right-wing views on social media. she's seeking a court order that would force the studio to bring
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paramount trying to make sure fans have a good time whether they're in the stadium or not. of the half a million people expected to flood vegas this week, only a small percentage will actually go to the game. but visitors can still be part of the action. >> this is our fan event that's really meant for fans who don't have tickets to the game to feel like they're part of the super bowl environment. >> reporter: the super bowl experience offers photo ops with the lombardi trophy, a field to run drills and access to nfl stars. >> parsons is going to be here. eli manning, jerry rice is going to be here. >> reporter: up the strip, paramount has transformed the famous volcano at the mirage hotel into paramount expedition vegas. the theme park takes fans to new heights showcasing ten of paramount's most popular shoss and movies like, "ghosts," "survivor," and "bob marley: one love." this virtual gondola ride is what this is about -- immersing
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visitors in everything that is super bowl lviii and everything that's paramount. >> people do want to experience what their show is or sort of what they're a fan of. and everybody has their social media. >> reporter: it took months to build a ski lodge in the desert. now paramount expedition vegas is getting ready to welcome fans with an unforgettable experience on a mountain of entertainment. everything at this paramount expedition is free. back to you. >> that's fantastic. thank you so much. and a note, paramount and cbs news are both part of paramount global. and you can watch super bowl lviii on sunday right here on cbs. thank you so much. and a note, of course, paramount -- and look at me now. you'll never truly forget migraine but qulipta reduces attacks making zero-migraine days possible. it's the only pill of its kind that blocks cgrp and is approved to prevent migraine
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right off the top at 5:00. good morning bay area. we are taking a live look from allegiant stadium in las vegas. guess what? we are now less than five days away from super bowl lviii. where our niners will take on the kansas city chiefs. and with that, we thank you so much for joining us this morning. it is wednesday, february 6th and you know our team is where your team is this week and we're talking about gianna franco and nicole zaloumis. they are where the niners are in las vegas. good morning, ladies. >> and good morning to you, reed, and another chilly morning here in the desert. but that's not stopping us from having an

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