all right. happening now, the first live pictures of the impeachment inquiry into president biden. this whole thing opened with a debate over whether the hearing is legal at all, and it is taking place for hours as only congress has hours to avoid a government shutdown.

speaking of which it could be the first shutdown since 2019. the house and the senate are still at odds, and the situation is especially tense among house republicans. the testy exchange between closed doors of speaker kevin mccarthy and the hard right members. the candidates debated and did anyone win? or short of that, did anyone make dents in the armor of frontrunner donald trump, just as we learn about how donald trump is feeling about attending next republican debate. i'm sara sidner, with john b berman and kate bolduan. and the first official impeachment inquiry into president biden. and now, they are questioning experts and professors here, and not fact witnesses, and the

house republicans are saying that the president biden proffered along with his son hunter biden, and so far, they have not given proof for this, and as sara and kate said, this is going to go on for hours, and the house and senate only have hours to prevent a government shutdown. and what is come out of this so far? >> well, john, we have seen the republicans sort of set the stakes for this that they believe that joe biden has committed some sort of misconduct related to his family's business dealings, though they have not been able to prove it yet. so, i want to give you a taste of james comer, oversight chairman setting the stage for this first impeachment inquiry, and this is what comer said this morning. >> at least ten times joe biden lied to the american people that he never spoke to his family about their business dealings.

he lied by telling the american people that there was an absolute wall between his official government duties and his personal life. let's be clear, there was no wa wall. >> reporter: now, of course, comer has not been able to prove that the president was involved in his son's business dealings or that joe biden has profited at all off of the business dealings, but that is what they are look into in this impeachment inquiry, but all of this is coming at the same time we are barreling towards a government shutdown, and that is what jamie raskin, the top democrat tried to drive home in the beginning of the hearing. this is what raskin said. >> we are 62 hours away from shutting down the government of the united states of america, and republicans are launching an impeachment drive based on a long debunked and discredited lie. no foreign entity has ever been able to shutdown the government of the united states, but maga

republicans are about to do just that. >> now, what has been interesting so far in hearing from the expert witnesses, and again, these are not fact witnesses or people who are doing business with hunter biden, and there a law professor, and a tax expert, but, look, there is not enough evidence to impeach. what you have right now are allegations and questions, and we are here to answer those, but a couple of the witnesses have been very stark in saying that right now, you have allegations in question, and you don't have evidence. >> sara murray, we will allow you to keep on watching, and this is going to go on for some time. and this just in, and not breaking news for some people, donald trump is not going to be attending third primary debate, and this is after he successfully did not attend the second one. so what did happen last night? well, they came, they saw, and it is a question if anyone did conquer.

seven republican candidates facing off for the second primary debate. the fight for speaking time was fierce, and evidence by the number of times that they were all talking over all over each other all at once. this morning at least one of the candidates on the stage says that despite donald trump's commanding lead, it is way too early to give up. >> you want trump-biden, then we should all drop out now, but 70% of the american people don't want trump-biden, and so why don't we take the time to run a real campaign. >> cnn's kyung lah joining us from simi valley this morning and the site of the republican presidential debate, and were there any standout moments? >> there was an email blast that donald trump sent out in the

final minutes the debate, and it was an email blast of nikki haley and assaulting her and tackling her on a number of fronts. and so if donald trump sends out an email blast about you, it means that the campaign this of you in some head-turning fashion. so by that one metric, she did land some type of blow, but it was not just about her going after donald trump, she was also taking a more aggressive posture with many of the candidates on stage. take a listen. >> ron desantis is against fracking. he is against drilling, and he is -- you did it in 12 year, and where have you been? where have you been, tim? 12 years, we have been there, and nothing has happened. a win for russia is a win for china and a win for russia is a win for china. i forgot, that is you like china. and honestly, every time you

speak, i feel a little bit dumber for what you say. >> her campaign is trying to capitalize for that moment. she is heading back to iowa this weekend and taking a victory lap by trying to hold a town hall, and we have to stress it is too early to know if this is going to pay off for the former ambassador. as far as what is happening for the rest of the candidates, donald trump, and ramaswamy, tim scott, and others will be remaining here where the party is going to be kick off their convention. >> thank you, kyung lah. and now, donald trump was not listening, because he was in michigan trying to gain support in a battleground state in michigan and while there he took a couple of digs at the opponents. >> they are all job candidates, and they want to be in the -- well, they want to be the secretary of something, and some

said v.p., and do you see a v.p. in the group? >> he is basically saying they are playing for second. elena, he was trying to appeal to the blue collar voters, some of whom supported him there in michigan and he was speak at the non-union auto parts company, and how did it land? >> the group in the room was invite-only event, and very curated group, and many supporters in there and so you have a sense of who was there, and sara, donald trump clearly sees is michigan as a critical voter bloc, and the union m members and the auto workers are crucial to his success in 2024. he won michigan in 2016 thanks for the support of many of the people who were there last night, but he lost the state to joe biden in 2020, and that is why you are seeing him, and saw him last night go out to michigan to talk to the voters.

he tried to tell them that he is on their side, and he is on the side of the auto workers and opposes a swift transition to the electric vehicles that could cost them jobs, and he would be the savior for the trajectory of the auto industry. but he also tried to recast his record in office. something that many union leaders say was not anti-union and pro business and they did not agree with. and he made a pitch to a specific union leader, shawn fain, the head of the united auto workers. let's listen. >> if you could speak to shawn, and if he is listening right now, i am sure. shawn, endorse trump, and you can take a nice two-month vacation, and come back, and you will be better than you were. because the other way, you won't have a vacation, shawn. and in a short period of time,

you won't have a union and you won't have jobs and you won't have anything. >> and a couple of things, they did not endorse in 2020, and they did give biden a warm welcome, and walked the picket line together, and he had nothing negative to say about donald trump, but when i talk to the trump advisers, they believe there is a split between the union leaders and the rank and file members. that is what he try to get across. >> he is at a non-union shop, and there are people who are holding the signs saying they are supporting the union which is interesting. thank you, alayna treene. >> and now joining us is s.e.

cupp and terry. and you said mission one was to go into trump and draw blood and make some headway, and did you see any of that? >> it is a goat rodeo. >> i have never been to a goat rodeo. >> it is fun to watch, but no purpose, and no winner or loser, and this is what we saw last night. they were attacking each other, and it is a little perplexing. some of them had some strong nights. i think that tim scott did a big improvement of last time, and ron desantis by the the end of it had improved, but nobody had drawn blood on trump. >> and i was marking the time, and it is ten minutes into it, and ten minutes into two hours, but it was ten minutes before ron desantis and chris christie talked about trump, and brief

mentions of the indictment, and a big decision of the trump's businesses, and why? why do you think that -- why? >> yeah. no, it is -- it is a mystery, because as we have all noted before, the way the win is to knock him down, and you to take him on frontally, and so much material. so much this week. mentioning the fraud ruling. none of them went there, and they all bemoan the fact that he was not present which is a cheap. it is not -- >> it is try and not trying in the wrong way. >> it is flirting with it. not in a meaningful way. and the real answer as to why is because they believe they can split the baby and get his voters and the independents and the moderates and the disaffected moderates and independents who you are going for, and that is who you will need to win. you are not getting the cult of trump. i like chris christie's play, as it is worse for trump, i will peel some of them away.

you are not going to get the hardened trump voter, so stop sucking up to them. >> you agree and disagree with some of them. talk about the agreement, friends. you both agree, when i asked you that there was improvement with tim scott, and ron desantis. and i wanted to play a moment, terry, that you said played an important, i'll say, important personally trait for desantis and nothing to do with policy, but watch this, everybody. >> which one of you on stage tonight should be voted off of the island? >> i mean, with all due respect, and we are all here, and happy to debate. and that is disrespectful to my fellow opponents.

>> they were trying to make a reality tv show, but he took a leadership. and it was 1:59 in, and most americans were in bed. but it was a good moment for him. >> and what about nikki haley? why a boost today? >> i would have wanted her to go after trump the frontally, but what she did was to go after the opponents, and real prepared to do some exposes on ron desantis's fracking position, and tim scott's failures in the senate, and vivek ramaswamy's embrace of tiktok, and she came prepared to do that and listen, the point of this is to create a contrast, and that is the point, and in a sea of people who sounded the same, and dressed same inexplicably, and she sounded is with a little

contrast. was she the winner? i don't know. but she went there with a purpose and she did that. >> why did it is not work? >> it was working for her and everybody not named donald trump, but he is still at 60% of the vote, and she went after everybody on the stage. how do you go after tim scott, and the nicest guy of american politics. >> and she did that and the curtains. >> i did like a few of her lines, and we did, and they were authentic, and prepared but authenticity to pit. >> and anger. when voting off of the island she was going to write everybody's name on the card, and vivek first, clearly. >> she was not angry, but passionate, and i know that the job is to win, and i am here to win, and y'all need to whittle the field down and i am going to stay. >> it seems that nobody is going

to get out of the race today, and the field is not going to change. is it surprising that donald trump is not going to show up to the third? >> no, it is interesting and most rational debate that he is not going to be there. >> and he does not like what happens, he is not in control, and cannot control of them, and so i think that he is scared of the debates. >> and trying to draw a wedge between the union workers and the union leadership, and he did not talk about the criminal cases against him, and he did not talk about the last election either. what do you -- i thought that it was very interesting. >> look, i think that he is running a far more disciplined campaign than he ever has

before, and he drove joe biden to michigan. like him announcing that he was going, and he is actually looking presidential in this, and by saying that the primary is over, and i am done, and taking stage and saying that i am going to michigan, and the president is not, and at the end of the day, you think what you want, but this campaign is much smarter and much more discipline and me imagine telling you three months ago that he would not live tweet respond in the debates and none of us would have believed that, but. >> well, some of the social truth posts are unhinged and calling for actual violence against the opponents. >> and joint chiefs of staff. >> i mean in comparison. >> it is a low bar. >> within this contex. >> and the land of the blind, the one-eyed guy is king. >> thank you. >> and it is important day for the likely democratic nominee as well, and i am talking about joe

biden. he is likely to draw a contrast of where there is meant to be a message, and jeremy diamond, what are the details here? >> well, listen, john, preserving democracy and fighting the attacks of the central message to president biden's campaign and make it a central message for the re-election bid and a potential matchup, and match with donald trump, and that is what we will hear from president biden here, and even though this is an official white house event, it is a political speech in the way that president biden frames this issue, and the way that he is going to use these same kinds of remarks on the stump in 2024. a senior white house official is telling us that this morning that protecting democracy is going to be the central cause of the joe biden's presidency as we hear today he is going to

sharpen the attacks that we have heard him say more frequently in the last several weeks in the fundraisers and the framing the maga movement, and donald trump's maga movement as a threat to democracy, and this is what we will hear from the president. there is something dangerous happening in america, and there is an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy, the maga movement, and the president as he is going to be making the remarks, the backdrop is important, and not only speaking in arizona, and donald trump's attempts to overturn the election, but the home state of the late senator john mccain, and the point is twofold, an opportunity for president biden to point out it is not a partisan issue, but a look at john mccain's presidential image as well, and a opportunity for him to honor john mccain who

sparred with donald trump with his attempts to trample over constitution al norms in the presidency, and federal funding over a john mccain library which is going to be established in arizona for a president who considered himself brothers with the late senator. >> yes, friends since the 1970s. sara? two days to aivoid a shutdon and no clear path forward. we will look at where we stand, and the potential impact of a new deal. and travis king back in the united states weeks after he crossed into north korea. we will have that story ahead.

new details of how the house is trying to divert a shutdown. the house is saying that the gop is going to call a vote on the short term spending bill despite they have not locked down the votes to pass it. lauren fox, we hear serious tension between house speaker kevin mccarthy and matt gaetz, and how feasible to put it out there, and voted on, and that it

is going to actually pass. >> yeah, i mean, there is a series of votes that we will be watching in the house of representatives and the first of them is going to be a series of four votes on individual spending bills kicked off tonight around 10:30 p.m., and none of the bills tonight would go to the floor to pass the united states senate, and avert a shutdown, and then tomorrow, leadership is going to bring a short-term bill to avert the shutdown, and then this morning, the leaders trying to compel the members to rally around something, anything, to avoid the shutdown and to remain in the majority after the 2024 election, and of course, the tensions that you discussed here at top, those were looming large as you have matt gaetz confronting house speaker, and the house speaker firing back how is matt gaetz spending his time given that the speaker is trying to keep the majority and

one more example of how to speaker is dealing with a small number of hardliners who are becoming more and more of a problem, because he has a narrow majority, and it takes a handful of members to disrupt what the speaker plans. and right now, it is looking like he does not have the votes. >> there is something else happening on the hill with senator bob menendez who is back to meet with some senate democrats today, and what are you hearing may happen there? >> yeah, obviously, this is a meeting that menendez is going to walk into as 30 of to colleagues have called on him to resign. to this point, this is some of the tension that could erupt in that luncheon, and you had john fetterman saying that unless senator menendez is coming to resign, i am not interested in

his explanation for gold bars stashed in a mattress. so today, there is some practical questions as well as senators answering whether or not senator menendez should continue to serve on foreign relations committee, and chairman ben cardin will do that, and cardin was pressed if menendez should continue to serve on the committee that they handle classified information, and deals with foreign dignitaries, and senator cardin did not answer whether senator menendez should continue to serve on that body. sara? >> we will see what happens in that part of that case as well. thank you, lauren fox, for your reporting. john? >> back to the shutdown which is looming, and we are talking about two days away at this point. with us now, business and

economy reporter matt eigen, thy cannot speak, but what would the economy say about this shutdown? >> well, john, we have a lot of dark clouds hovering over the economy, and the unprecedent ed auto strike, and the gas price, and the student loan payments coming back, and so maybe it is not the best time to shut down the federal government. >> and if the economy could speak, not now. >> and maybe not ever, but a shutdown is not going to wreck the economy, but it is not going to help. i spoke with a policy strategist who said it is a perfect storm already, and now a potential government shutdown, and confidence is shaken by the fed's war on inflation, and now the chaos in washington is going

to make it worse. and for as long as the government is shutdown, you are talking about 4 million federal workers who are not doing to be paid, and let me tell you that a lot of them live paycheck to paycheck, and 1.3 million active duty troop, and they won't pay the troops. and you could see the food assistance program disrupted and maybe the tsa workers and the air traffic workers, and some of them not showing up to work, because they are not getting paid, and chaos in the airports, and by the way, the inflation and unemployment numbers that us business reporters like to obsess over, they are not released as long as the government is shut down, so the fed is going to be making decisions without real numbers. so this is the last thing that the economy needs. >> remember, a short economy

bad, but a longer shutdown, very bad. >> that is true. >> kate? >> after sending a busload of migrant s to new york, the texa governor himself is in new york saying he is not to blame. and now, a man is in custody accused of killing an ex-tech ceo. he is now giving new details about his arrest.

intense diplomacy is what led to private travis king getting out out north korea custody and we have this video of king coming back to u.s. custody after he seemingly involuntarily crossed over to no north korea, and we look into the details of what caused him to go into north korea in the first place. what do you know is happening now? >> he is in brook army center in san antonio. that is where you are taking if

you have been detained overseas and reacclimate, and get a psychiatric exam, and where brittney griner and trevor reed were taken after being detained in russia. that is where he will stay for some time, but how long is unclear, but the big question is what happens next. the officials had raised the possibility that he could face further disly their action after returning to the u.s., and he was absent without leave after the officials here at the pentagon said that he willfully and intentionally crossed into north korea, an adversary state, but the army is saying that we will deal with the admin administrative actions later, but making sure that he recovers, but it is difficult either way. he has spent 70 days in north korean detention, and the question of whether to bring charges against him under the uniform military system of justice is a difficult one. you don't want to set the

precedence no consequence of absence without leave, but this is a decision that the army has to make, and probably has to make soon. >> it is a great point. oren, thank you for the update. sara? texas governor greg abbott is in new york with a c controversial situation of people saying that he is playing with people's lives sending is migrants to new york city. and polo sandoval joining me. it appears that governor abbott is thumbing the nose at the mayor. >> and bringing it to the doorstep, and bringing it to the mayor's nose, and saying that he

is saying that the asylum seekers are a fraction of what is happening from brownsville to el paso. to make clear, these border communities are experiencing another breaking point right now, by it is apples to oranges situation here. each situation is unique to the region, right. so for the border regions, the biggest challenge right now is to assist some of the asylum seekers after they are processed and released by customs and border protection, and it is just a few days for the stay in the border communities but when they travel to the cities that they select as the destinations like denver, washington, chicago, and certainly here in new york city, then those are the challenges that are really more long-term, and this is why these cities are overwhelmed when you are looking at the cities, and 15,000 that have arrived here in new york city through some of the texas chartered buses, and this is a fraction to the 120,000 almost that have arrived here in the

last year and a half. that is an important nuance here as we are looking at the latest situation here. in term of the opportunities that may be extended to the asylum seekers, the mayor said that after the white house announced the expansion to include venezuelans, it was announced 15,000 last week, and now officials say it is closer to 22,000 here in new york, and this is saying that it could presumably be 22,000 asylum seekers here in new york city to apply for authorization. >> that is the way it is to work? >> yes. it is extremely expensive to get here, too. thank you for breaking it down, polo. the person who is accused of killing a ex-tech ceo is arrested overnight. we have new information of how it went down. stay with us.

all right. this morning, the baltimore police are releasing new murder details oa young tech ceo. the officers say they have caught the suspected killer and not first time he has been behind bars. omar has been following. this bring us up to speed. >> right now in the middle of press conference with the details of the capture. he was the subject of a manhunt and captured ed ed in bowie, washington, and him being on the manhunt after being accused of what he has been doing. he is suspected of killing

26-year-old baltimore tech ceo, and in that case he was reported missing monday and her body was found laterf that. as you mentioned, he is no stranger to law enforcement at this point, and not only looking back years, but just last week, he was a suspect in the attempted murder and arson case. >> last week. >> last week, as we understand from the police, and about mile a ai from-- away from where laparre's body was found. and now, he may or may not have known this particular victim as well. but obviously a lot of details, and as the police were looking for billingsly, jason billingsly is the suspect here, there is a vigil being held for the

26-year-old woman where her father was leading people in who he said that her presence will never leave the citstcity of baltimore and someone who transitioning him from being someone who is just a father to essentially being the father of a girl boss because of how much she was able to achieve. but at the end of the day, the new details, this suspect is behind bars and he was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2015, but as we just learned, about a lot of the sentence was taken out or suspended based on what was handed down at sentence so he got 14 years, and based on the sentencing guidelines and the law in maryland, he got out on good behavior, but it is something that baltimore officials are clearly upset about that he was able to be back out on the streets. >> and certainly answering questions about that right now,

and we will have more on that as it comes in. thank you, omar. sara? the boss is taking a break, and we will explain why bruce springsteen is calling off the shows for the rest of the year. that is ahead.

on our radar this hour, michigan state has now fired the head coach of their football team. the school had previously suspended him after "usa today" first reported he was under investigation for alleged sexual harassment. now tucker has said being the firing or termination would be unjustified and says thes

allegations came, quote, without i any meaningful review of the facts. in part, the united versity sai the university terminated the contract for his admitted behaviors which have brought disrespect, contempt and ridicule upon the university. there are new details coming out about the investigation into the university of idaho murders. court documents have now been unsealed to show prosecutors trying to dig deep into the online history of murder suspect kohberger. they have been asking for customer information and search details from several major tech companies, including, quote, all detailed customer click activitier pertaining to live knives and accessories from amazon. ko berger is charged with till kilning four students last year. previous court documents had s shown that the dna was found on a knife sheathe at the murder scene, but no murder weapon has

been recovered. bruce springsteen has announced he's pushing off the rest of his tour this year as he continues to recover from peptic ulcer disease. the rock star icon had already postponed two of his scheduled shows before making this clearly much bigger decision. springsteen said in a statement, he will continue to follow his doctors orders, which means rest. the rescheduled tour dates for 2024 have not yet been announced. this morning, the powerball jackpot has grown again. 925 million after there was no big winner last night. there were at least four tickets that matched all five of the white balls in had this winning a million dollars each. the next drawing is saturday. you can only see john berman's face right now. the irish actor has pass wad. he's known for so many great

roles. and he's famous for his role of professor in six of the eight harry potter films. according to a statement from his family, he passed away after a bout of pneumonia. he was 82 years old. >> are you going to read more stories? you just did like 12 stories. >> i'm exhausted. i i did it walking backwards. >> this is called varsity anchoring. >> thank you so much for joining us. this is "cnn news central." "inside politics" is up next.

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