al green telling rebecca kaplan, mr. mayorkas is a good man, that was a bad move, i had to be here he said as he was wheeled out of the capital in a wheelchair. in keyport, new jersey, democratic color. caller: -- caller. caller: i'm calling on the democratic line for jim mcgovern. this man said he would like to call it a clown show but it's an insult to working clowns. the gop is funny coming out with their alternative reality and being save time and time again with the democrats with their logic, facts and figures. i hear him calling and putting america first, they want to do everything for americans, but the gop could have been spending time making daycare affordable for your kids. he called -- one of the representatives called it a plot . they could be making your health care affordable. they could do any number of a hundred things, but they spent their time doing something they couldn't succeeded doing, for wet. this is what people should be concentrating on, these guys have no real plans and no idea how to even exe

al green being led in in a wheelchair in hospital scrubs. i think we should just underscore for people this was a bill that house leadership, the new speaker mike johnson was pushing on israel aid. he couldn't get that through. and then this is a house republican-led effort to impeach mayor cans. and they couldn't pull it off. >> it's incredibly correct. we have two setbacks here and two instances where house republican leadership could not count the votes or even worse, they knew the votes would fail and still wept through with it. it's really mind boggling managerial strategy of the house. it's a slim majority, but they repeatedly shown internal infighting will sink some of their top priorities. quickly on the vote itself on mayorkas. i was right off the vous floor. it looked like it would narrowly pass, and then al green emerges from an elevator in a wheelchair. no one knew he would be there that day except democrat you can leadership. most staffers i talked to expected him to miss that vote. thus the three republican no votes would not s

they had expected one more democrat not to be here, al green three a -- three "no" votes on the republicanhave been enough to get this through, but because green has come back, this is now tied 215-215, and that means this vote will fail >> seth: amazing so basically, one surprise democrat screwed the republicans by showing up at the last minute, like stone cold steve austin interrupting a wrestling match although democratic congressman al green's entrance was actually more dramatic than stone cold's, as he was in the hospital recovering from emergency abdominal surgery last friday. and republicans therefore assumed he wouldn't be present for the vote, but he was here's how it went down according to the "new york times. "three house republicans had already cast votes against impeaching mayorkas, and based on attendance at the previous vote, the gop could afford no more then like a scene out of a political thriller, representative al green, democrat of texas, appeared at the last moment to cast a surprise ballot from a wheelchair, wearing blue hospital clothing and tan socks. [ laughter ] h

but then on the floor as you mentioned, al green coming in his hospital garb, i know you'll speak to later about this moment, but certainly republicans who sponsored this resolution initially like congresswoman marjorie taylor greene was not happy about it. here's what she had to say. >> they hid one of their members waiting nol the last minute watching to see our votes trying to throw us off on the numbers we had versus the numbers they had, so yeah, that was a strategy at play tonight. >> reporter: so you hear her there saying that they hid one of their members. of course i could point to countless examples of votes, ana, where republicans, democrats do what they need to do, they show up to vote. and certainly that was a priority for him. it's not just house republican leadership that had some losses. senate republican leadership also had losses, a big blow to that bipartisan border security bill, one in which leader mcconnell championed. he also championed the idea to tie ukraine and border aid after then house speaker kevin mccarthy tied the two items, speaker mike johnson endors

democrat al greene we expected to not appear for this vote which is why we thought they could afford three republican defect shuns. it appears al greene has showed up and is voting against this which has changed the math completely. remember, i have been saying it all depends on the absences. absences were going to be absolutely critical here. because of the one republican steve scalise has been undergoing health issues for some time, he was not expected to be here, they had expected one more democrat not to be here, al greene. three no votes on the republican side would have been enough to get this through but because greene has come back, this is now tied 215-215 and that means this vote will fail if it stays this way. this vote is still open. that means there may be some efforts here by the republican leadership to try to twist some arms, try to urge those three republican no votes to vote yes. change their vote to get this over the finish line, but if this gavel comes down, democrats are on the floor right now yelling at the presiding officer to bang the gavel down and close this

in a moment, we'll talk to congressman al green.me in a wheelchair to congress earlier this week to vote to block the gop's attempt to impeach dhs secretary mayorkas. but before that, the senate is in the midst of a special weekend session. joining us now is senator jeff merkley, democrat of oregon. senator, thanks for joining us from washington where you and your colleagues are working through the weekend on a 95 million dollar supplemental spending bill to provide aid to ukraine, israel, and taiwan. not included our immigration measures senate republicans demanded and then rejected this week after months of negotiation. we are two things stand right now, senator? >> rev, it's good to see you and it is a crazy weekend in the senate. but we work essentially by doing nothing. and by doing nothing, we cannot even hold a vote today because we have to have and intervening day, under the closure rules to close debate. we have to wait. tomorrow, we'll vote about one pm. and that will just be on substitutes in the senate bill for the house

then this vote begins and at the end here, al green comes -- he's wheeled into the house chamber.votes. our reporting is he was voting without shoes on. and that certainly set the tone last night that mayorkas vote was not going to actually pass and he wouldn't be impeached. now, the attendance in the house of representatives is really fluid right now, which means that when scalise returns back to the house of representatives after getting cancer treatment, this is going to pass. but it just shows you how tenuous this majority is right now. you have to know where every single vote is and you have to know where the other side stands, too. you know, andy biggs, a conservative, he told our colleague off the floor last night, you know, i like a good game. the democrats played a good game. i just don't like we lost. >> the senate will be taking a procedural vote on the immigration package today. what do you expect from that? we all know where trump stands. >> reporter: yeah. and we all know know where the senate republican conference is head, right? they are not going to be voting to a

that you are working with people who are not used to being in this chamber. >> they were mad that al greenbecome wheeling back in scrubs from abdominal surgery. >> and you didn't expect all green to be doing that, you don't know who reverend and representative al greene's. he will do that. >> he will do it as demonstrated yesterday. that is a good point. i want to ask a question about something the congressional budget office, you tweeted this because i have been matt and by the discussion of immigrants, which i feel the entire discussion is that they are coming to take your stuff, there's only seven slices of pizza in america and everyone that comes is going to take one of those places and you're not gonna have any. and the budget office basically said today, we are readjusting our projection of gdp growth, up by seven trillion, and also, we are reviewing the u. s. government money to reduce the deficit by a trillion, because of immigration, higher net immigration, you tweeted being like guys, we are not talking at all about the positives that immigrants bring to this country. >> absolute

[inaudible question] hakeem: al green is a great american and patriot and great public servant. he's told his story directly, and he made it clear to me that that it was important for him to be present to cast a vote against a sham impeachment led by marjorie taylor greene, targeting a hard-working public servant like secretary mayorkas. [inaudible question] hakeem: we haven't had that conversation but there are term limits in place relative to the constitution. not four years like the presidency, six years like the united states senate or life tenure like article 3 federal judges, the house has to face the american people, all 435 of us, every two years, to make the case to have their employment contract renewed. that was an intentional decision by the framers to make sure the house

i imagine they made provisions for al green to get to the floor. the republicans suffered three significant defections. one was ken buck who has been increasingly constitutionalist in his thinking. more willing to walk on the gop now that he announced his departure. mcclintock also did that. it's been remitted. they said they're not done with it yet. it's a laughing stock impeachment. it's a madcap excursion for them to try to impeach a cabinet secon secretary when he is working to produce the compromise on immigration that the republicans claim to want. >> the timing of it is interesting. what do you make of the republicans' arguments against the senate border bill? it's very conservative. langford, who was involved in this, sinema was involved as well. it gives the republicans a lot that they have been saying they want for a long time. >> yeah. they're not taking yes for an answer. you had langford out there saying he could not for the life of him understand why the republicans would walk away from the best deal they could get from their perspect

they keep talking al green. i was surprised to see rodgers there, former chair of the appropriations committee. he came -- you would have to see the apparatus he had on after being in an automobile accident. they brought him in for that. for them to say that they -- you have to have your votes. don't worry about the other side. you have to have your votes. you know what's a majority. if you don't have that, don't bring it to the floor. >> there are a lot of memes and tweets marking this loss. i don't know if you are familiar with "succession." people are playing when they declare, boys, you are not good at this. it brings to mind, do men know how to count? on a more serious note, the reason they didn't have their votes -- they have a slim majority. they didn't. it's the substance of the impeachment. some of the conservative republicans could not fathom impeaching someone over policy. you had mike gallagher, the wisconsin republican who is the head of the china committee, he said it will come back and they will d

he was caught off guard by al green showing up. a seasoned speaker wouldn't have let that happen for would have been aware of it. maybe kevin mccarthy would have been aware of this. he's not showing speaker gravitas. do you agree with that? >> i don't think so. there were two surprises. not only al but gallagher was a surprise. that kind of surprised us. so there were two surprises. this happens all the time. it happens when the democrats are in control. to suggest there's somehow bad leadership because of it -- i mean, we turn around and -- the good thing that he did is to have blake moore flip his vote so it can be brought back up. that was smart move on his part. so, you know, i don't blame the speaker for this at all. >> neil: interesting how that went down. chairman, thanks very much. keep us posted on the next moves. meantime, i want to draw your attention to the moves at the corner of wall and broad. the s&p 500 very close to 5,000 right now, a big advance that has it less than five points away from a level that seemed unatt

they thought they still had one vote, but my wonderful colleague al greene, who was sick, made it tow exactly what happened, i haven't talked to al. some members were saying that he forced himself to get up and to be able to go, others thought that it was a strategic maneuver by al greene, created in advance. i don't know, the historians we have to figure that went out. but in any event, mike johnson ended up with egg all over his face. i mean, you could literally see him blushing, and then furious and enraged the ray the republicans were. they held the vote open for a long time, to try to change somebody's mind, and none of that worked. so like everything else they are doing, it's all boomerang, because they don't have a plan for america. and the things that they used to talk about, like abortion, they can't talk about anymore, because the public has completely repudiated them. so now they are down to immigration, and they won't take yes for an answer, because donald trump wants to run on immigration as a problem, not as a solution. and of course, vladimir putin is in the background

al green who is recovering from surgery, made a surprise appearance to cast his vote against impeaching mayorkas. but republicans say their efforts are far from over. >> hakeem jeffries was the consummate professional. when i called him, his first concern was my health. and he said to me, al, your health comes first. i called him, quite frankly, to let him know that i was about to uber over to the capitol. and that was going to be my mode of transportation. and he said, well, al, if you're going to come, we can get transportation for you. >> shortly after the mayorkas impeachment vote, republicans suffered another defeat, when a bill to provide aid to israel failed to get the votes needed to pass. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie tsirkin, chris shomar, president and ceo of global refuge which helps refugees and immigrants adjust to life in the united states, and former florida congressman carlos curbelo, msnbc political analyst. julie, a lot of drama on the house floor last night. >> reporter: yeah, certainly was, jose. this was not a night

impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, following a dramatic turn of events democrat al green rushed from his hospital bed to cast the deciding vote against it republicans had accused mayorkas of unlawfully allowing millions of migrants to cross into the u.s. the house speaker tonight vowing to hold another vote when a top republican returns from medical treatment. >> mayorkas needs to be held accountable. the biden administration needs to be held accountable, and we will pass those articles of impeachment. >> reporter: while the senate tonight attempting to start the process to push through a new bill with funding for israel, taiwan, and ukraine. money, supporters say, is critical with a new round of strikes by russia on the ukrainian capital of kyiv, but that package had originally included billions for border security too. bipartisan negotiators touted an increase in detention centers and raising the standards for asylum, but gop critics slammed the proposal saying it was not tough enough and that president biden could solve the crisis by bringing back trump border policies

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 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 republican

. >> los republicanos no contaron con que el democrata al green, quien estaba recien operado, llegarias vistiendo ropa de hospital a votar con su partido no habia base para eso, hay una di diferencia politica. >> johnson prometio otro intento para enjuiciar a mallorca el intento nunca es de dar una solucion el intento es de mantener el extremismo de las ideologias que existen. >> eso es el futuro del congreso. >> ambos partidos insisten que la situacion en la frontera es critica y necesita una solucion inmediata, pero por ahora tendra que esperar. >> en washington, cristina londono, noticias telemundo. >> contra el expresidente en el caso de los documentos clasificados encontrados en mar-a-lago. >> en una presentacion judicial senalaron que planean presentar el 22 de febrero una serie serie de emociones que podrian estar vinculadas con la presidencial la supuesta autoridad de trump para manipular esos documentos y un procesamiento que consideran selectivo y vengativo. >> trump enfrenta 37 cargos por el manejo de material secreto. >> el juicio esta previsto para comenzar en mayo. >> y b

. >> reporter: texas democrat al green hospitalized near the capitol after surgery made a surprise appearance on the floor, casting the deciding vote. you had to sign a waiver to get out of the hospital to vote? >> it was an acknowledgment that i understood that there could be some consequences that could be not in my best interest to do this. >> reporter: the house could vote as early as next week on a second attempt to impeach secretary mayorkas further inflaming an already fiery and gridlocked congress. scott macfarlane, cbs news, the capitol. >>> coming up, pennsylvania investigation. officers are shot before a fire engulfs a house. >>> and later, super bowl sneak peek. we're going live in las vegas for an inside look at the big game. big game. (♪♪ ) why did i keep missing out on this? before you were preventing migraine with qulipta? do you remember the pain, the worry, the canceled plans? 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 migrain

security secretary alejandro mayorkas failed last night after a surprise appearance by congressman al green. he was expected to miss the vote due to his recent surgery, but the democrat rolled into the house chamber in a wheelchair wearing hospital scrubs to vote against impeaching mayorkas. green says he was determined to cast a vote, telling the new york times, i didn't come assuming that my vote was going to make a difference. i came because it was personal. >> the resolution is not adopted. >> the final vote was 214 to 216. four republicans joined democrats opposing the impeachment. my horse has not committed a high crime or misdemeanor. >> they are acting in a political way. and i think in a way that's detrimental to future republican presidents. and administrations. >> the vote, a major defeat for house speaker mike johnson. but the fight not over yet. mr. speaker, do you plan to bring this back up when you have more votes? >> yes. while republicans try to impeach mayorkas, claiming he's failed to secure the southern border, they're also opposing a new bipartisan bill that would overh

fue una votacion sumamente d dramatica porque el que dio la sorpresa anoche fue el representante al greenor texas, que llego a ultimo minuto, llego en silla de ruedas, apenas recuperandose de una cirugia abdominal en el hospital y voto en contra y fue el voto que empato. >> una votacion sorpresiva, seguiremos al pendiente a ver como sigue este proceso contra mallorca seguimos con mas temas de politica y las elecciones primarias que ayer se celebraron en nevada con dos vencedores, joe biden por los democratas y ninguno de los candidatos por el lado de los republicanos. >> asi es, porque esa opcion de ninguno de los candidatos fue la que se impuso el aspirante nikki haley es decir, el 63% frente al 30% que obtuvo la ex gobernadora de carolina del sur por otro lado, joe vadensi fue un vencedor claro con el 89% de los votos seguido muy lejos de t tambien de ese ningun calculo republicano con donald candidato. >> y manana jueves, nevada repite eleccion, esta vez en el caucus republicano con donald trump sin un rival a la ingles, dominicans on the hill un evento al que asisten lideres com comun

al green showed up from his hospital bed in dramatic fashion tuesday night. steve scalise was undergoing some medical treatment back home was not there so they didn't have the advantage of that vote. scalise will be back this week so they will vote again on impeaching mayorkas on tuesday. if everyone is there, that is expected to pass because skill these will put it over the edge. all eyes will just be on the ukraine package in the senate, expected to pass and what does mike johnson do? it will be quite a week and on top of that, not in the capital but related to the capital, you have the special election in new york's third district to replace george santos. he was expelled in december over ethics violations. now they are in the fight of their lives to both parties, to fill that seat because last week's votes are just highlighting how important it is to have -- it's how important these seats are given the majority of the republicans. a lot of money being spent up there. tom suozzi has held that seat in the past. he quit to run for governor unsuccessfully but

. >> reporter: texas democrat al green hospitalized after an intestinal illness made a surprise appearance casting the final vote. you had to sign a waiver to get out of the hospital to vote? >> it was an acknowledgment that i understood there could be some consequences that could be adverse to my best interests to do this. >> reporter: the house will vote next week on a second attempt to impeach secretary mayorkas, further inflaming an already fiery congress. norah? >> what a look. thank you. >>> president biden won nevada's primary election last night while south carolina governor nikki haley got walloped in the republican contest. not by former president donald trump, who wasn't even on the nonbinding primary ballot, but she lost to the "none of these" candidates option, which more than doubled haley's vote total. the nevada primary was a big test for the candidates to rally latino voters in a crucial battleground state. cbs' ed o'keefe is listening to america tonight in the silver state. >> reporter: every four years, candidates bet big on nevada. but in order to hit the jackpot, remem

. >> reporter: texas democrat al green, hospitalized near the capitol after intestinal surgery, madeurprise appearance on the floor, casting the deciding vote. you had to sign a waiver to get out of the hospital to vote? >> it was an acknowledgment that i understood that there could be some consequences that could be adverse to my best interest to do this. >> reporter: the house could vote as early as next week on a second attempt to impeach secretary mayorkas, further inflaming an already fiery and gridlocked congress. norah? >> norah: what a look at what's going on. scott macfarlane, thank you. president biden won nevada's primary election last night while former south carolina governor nikki haley got walloped in the republican contest. not by former president donald trump, who wasn't even on the nonbinding primary ballot, but she lost to the "none of these candidates" option, which more than doubled haley's vote total. nevada's primary was a big test for the candidates to rally latino voters in a crucial battleground state. cbs's ed o'keefe is "listening to america" tonight in th

perhaps a reference to representative al green, who showed up. doesn't fully explain why it didn't pass. he said that they attempt to -- they will be planning to bring that back up. he didn't know where the vote stood. >> in a policy attempt, when going forward, asked what he would do if the senate today passes, which it might, aid to ukraine and israel and taiwan combined together, what the house would do. he didn't say no. he said we will look at what the senate passes. maybe opening the door a little to that. much more coming up, including reaction to what we just heard. stay with us. >>> moments ago, we heard from house speaker mike johnson, after a pair of stunning and embarrassing defeats for republican leadership on the house floor. johnson said it was a setback and a mess, after the house failed to impeach dhs secretary mayorkas and lost a vote on $17 million on aid to israel. with us now is congressman gregory meeks, a democrat from new york. thanks for being with us. you heard, i think you were actually just feet away from the house spe

. >> after miscalculating to impeach alejandro mayorkas and one vote short after al green voted after surgery. >> i was embarrassed for our conference and our party. we can do better than we did last night. >> johnson downplayed the failure and attacked house democrats for rejecting $17.6 billion in aid to israel. >> this is not a reflection on the leader, it is on the body itself. >> many republicans have sided with former president donald trump to kill the bipartisan security deal. >> i wish they had a plan. >> johnson want to get rid of the border plan, there was no point in debating and block the measure today. some on the hard right call for his ousting. >> if republican leaders would actually lead this country. >> mcconnell said that he was listening to the gop demands to act on the border first. >> i follow the instruction of the conference our insisting that we look at this in october. >> there is an effort to move ahead with a major impact aid package for ukraine and taiwan that does not include border security. it's unclear if there are enough republicans on this bill. the n

security secretary alejandro mayorkas failed last night after a surprise appearance by congressman al greencted to miss the vote due to his recent surgery, but the democrat rolled into the house chamber in a wheelchair wearing hospital scrubs to vote against impeaching mayorkas. green says he was determined to cast a vote, telling the new york times i didn't come assuming that my vote was going to make a difference. i came because it was personal. >> the resolution is not adopted . >> the final vote was 214 to 216. four republicans joined democrats opposing the impeachment. >> my horse has not committed a high crime or misdemeanor. >> they are acting in a political way. and i think in a way that's detrimental to future republican presidents. and in ministrations. >> the vote, a major defeat for house speaker mike johnson. but the fight not over yet. >> mr. speaker, do you plan to bring this back up when you have more votes? yes >> while republicans try to impeach mayorkas, claiming he's failed to secure the southern border, they're also opposing a new bipartisan bill that would overhaul the

when the vote to impeach mayorkas began, all of a sudden, al green, a democrat who wasn't anticipated to be there, was wheeled on to the house floor, voted against the impeachment. because there were already three republicans voting no, they had no margin for error. if you were going to do something that hadn't been done in 150 years, you have to count the votes. that includes knowing who is there on the other side of the aisle. republicans really thought because they did the vote checking beforehand, there was a democratic absence. andy biggs, he said, i like a good game. democrats played a good game. i'm just upset that republicans lost here. certainly, democrats kept this one up their sleeve. john? >> as i said, it's not over yet. this is all part of a complicated cocktail on capitol hill. it could lead to a decisive vote on aid to ukraine later today. >> first, they vote on a procedural effort to try to advance the package they had been fighting hard for over the last several months. after that, schumer will have a procedural vote on a standalone aid package that would include aid

flanked by the democrats and al green wasn't supposed to be there. >> so dramatic. wheeled in a wheelchair from the hospital. >> remember john mccain's thumbs down vote. >> i want to listen to more of what we heard from the speaker moments ago. this is the quote that we are going to be looking at and we are going to be picking apart the first thing he says. listen. >> democracy is messy we live if a time of divided government. we have a razor thin margin here and every vote counts. sometimes it's messy. you're seeing the messy sausage making the process of democracy play out. it's not always clean, pretty, but the job will be done at the end of the day. >> mitch mcconnell said earlier, i think it was yesterday, he said, look, we don't have the majority in the senate. it's divided government, which is what speaker johnson just acknowledged there. and yet with divided government that means you don't get everything you want. in the senate border deal, which is a compromise, that's probably the closest that republicans are going to get to something they want. and then w

. >> one vote short after democrat al greene unexpectedly showed up. >> i was embarrassed for our conference and our party. >> reporter: speaking to reporters johnson downplayed the failure, also attacked house democrats for rejecting $17.6 billion in aid to israel. >> i don't think this is a reflection on the leader, it's a reflection on the body itself. >> johnson has angered many republicans for siding with former president donald trump in vowing to kill the bipartisan border security bill. >> i think there's a real lack of leadership. >> many said the republicans there was no point in debating it and dropped the measure and some on the hard right called for his ouster. >> mcconnell said he was simply listening to the gop demands to act on the border first. >> i followed the instructions of my conference who were insisting we tackle this in october. >> reporter: now ultimately mitch mcconnell sided with most republicans and voted to block the bipartisan border deal that he helped craft. ultimately only four republicans voted to move ahead with that package. one of those four senate republ

that democrat, al green, did show up. he is recovering from surgery. that changed the math completely. i spent the day talking to republicans, not just about that, but everything that has gone on, the inability to get anything done on the border. the stall with israel and ukraine, and taiwan aid, all being dealt with right now. many of them are making clear they are not happy. >> when you are handed the keys to the kingdom, as it were, when you have the majority, there is an expectation that you will be able to govern, and we have just struggled with that over and over again. >> i was embarrassed for our conference, for our party, because we can do better than we did last night. >> he didn't count votes. i think you will next time. >> reporter: should he count the votes before coming to the floor? >> in his defense, i think he relied on other people to sway some people. he needs to count votes before coming to the floor. this message of not impeaching mayorkas sent the wrong message, i think. as bad as pelosi was, she knew her votes. >> the democrat, n

toward the end, you have al green, a democrat, who is wheeled into the house chamber to vote. this person did not vote in the previous vote series. then all of a sudden appears. that set off a problem for republicans because they already had three of their members voting against these articles of impeachment against mayorkas. it was, in part, an opportunity for democrats to embarrass republicans. but in part, it was a problem where they just didn't have their numbers right. this is such a historic moment. to go into a vote with margins this tight and to not have everything locked down is obviously an embarrassment. republicans are saying that once steve scalise is back in washington, they will hold this vote again and it will pass. that is certainly going to be the case. but the reality is, it's still an embarrassment in this current situation. it's an embarrassment because you had so many republicans who had been working toward this for so long. it's not ideal to have three members of your own party voting against it in first place. then to not get it across the finish line,

they expected there to be one democratic absence, congressman al greene of texas. mr. greene showed up to vote. that changed the calculation considerably on the floor because they could only afford to lose two votes. democrats were in full attendance. they could lose three votes if there were one democratic absence and, erin, they lost three republican votes. ultimately there were four republicans who voted no. one of those members, blake moore, voted against it for procedural reasons. the three other members are ken buck, tom mcclintock and tomorrow gallagher of wisconsin. they all voted against it. where does this go from here, erin? ultimately republicans will have the votes to impeach mayorkas when they are in full attendance themselves. one member, steve scalise, the house majority leader, has been out because of illness and the treatment he's receiving. we expect him to come back in the coming weeks. at that point they will have the votes to go ahead. no doubt about it, they expected this to be successful today and they had seen this effort to move on this israel

al green wheeled in to the chamber.ccording to our colleagues who were witnessing this, had no shoes on for this vote. and certainly that caught republicans by surprise. they knew that they had three no-votes. that is obviously something that they just didn't have any more room for error. but, again, you got to count the votes. you have to know who is president. that includes the folks on the other side of the aisle. now, republicans are saying that they are going to bring this back up when their numbers, you know, come back. basically they're waiting for steve scalise, the majority leader to return to the capitol. he is receiving cancer treatments and has been away. once that happens, they are adamant it will pass. it's an embarrassing moment but it's a moment that could have been avoided and comes paired with the fact that they were not able to pass that israel aid bill. they tried to pass it under suspension of the rules which means you need a large number of democratic votes earlier in the day democratic leadership

deliver real solutions that strengthen border security it was a surprise appearance from democrat al green has been out with an illness that push the opposition vote over the edge prayed >> we can look at this as a game and there is a strategy and they hid one of their members waiting until the last minute watching to see votes trying to throw us off on the numbers that we had versus the numbers they have so that was a strategy in play tonight. >> and president biden has some thoughts getting a lot of attention what is he saying? >> he is pointing the finger at former trough as the bill fails to gain support with republicans. >> all indications are this would not move forward to the floor. why? a simple reason. donald trump because donald trump thinks it's bad for him politically therefore he is not for it. he would rather weapon eyes this issue then solve it. >> 57 percent of americans trust trump to secure our border compared to 22 percent who trust biden the white house is not blaming trump, they are blaming congress. >> you talk a lot about how the border would be a big deal of congres

. >> republicans failed because house speaker johnson did not count on al green, who is recovering from surgery, turning up and voting. which prompted thomas massi to tweet today, getting rid of speaker mccarthy has officially turned into an unmitigated disaster. that in turn drew this response from speaker johnson. >> look, it was a mess what happened here. we are cleaning it up. he is one of my friends and colleagues. i don't think that this is a reflection on the leader. it's a reflection on the body itself and the place where we have come in this country. >> that's the leader who calls what happened a mess, presided over the mess but doesn't think presiding over said mess is a reflection of his membership, which is for his members to decide. as for what he calls the place where we have come in this country, it's worth remembering what that place looks like. even to some republicans, especially to conservative republicans who negotiated the tough border legislation his colleagues killed today. here is langford shortly before the vote. this is where we have come in the country. >> thi

then al green who was set made it to the floor. some pebs were saying she forced himself to get up to be able to go. others thought it was a strategic maneuver, but in any event mike johnson ended up with egg all over his face. i mean you could literally see him blushing and then furious and enraged the way the republicans were. they held the vote open for a long time to try to change someone's mind, and none of that worked. like everything else they're doing, it's all boom ranking because they don't have a plan for america, and the things they used to talk about like abortion they can't talk anymore because the public has completely repudiated them. now they're down to immigration and they won't take yes for an answer because donald trump wants to run as immigration as a problem and not a solution. and of course vladimir putin is in the background pulling the strings to make sure republicans don't go along with aid to the heroic people of ukraine resisting his aggression. >> congressman jamie raskin, such pleasure to have you on t

the number of votes republicans increased by one vote in the last moment when democrat al green, thought to be absent and recovering from surgery, was wheeled onto the floor. sources say he wasn't even wearing shoes. republicans joined the no vote. a fourth join the no side to allow them to bring up the vote again. and more about that in a moment. this was the scene of the final vote. >> on this vote, the yays are 214 the nays are 216. the resolution is not adopted. ms. [applause] >> jamie raskin, a no vote, joins us now. he led the case against the former president during his second impeachment. congressman, thanks for being with. this can you walk us through what happened on the house floor tonight? >> well, the republicans are just not good at counting their votes. on our side we guide access to a great vote counter, nancy pelosi, and i think hakeem jeffries and catherine clark, who's in charge of, that have been doing a great job of knowing where everybody is and who's going to be there. i imagine they made provisions for our queen to get to the floor, despite his condition. but the

that was until democrat al green recovering from surgery made a surprise appearance, providing democrats an extra vote enough to kill the measure. >> we have been caught a little off guard. >> reporter: and moments later, speaker mike johnson failing to marshal support for another big republican push in israel military assistance bill. the gop vowing to bring mayorkas impeachment articles up for a vote again soon, and calling on republicans to, quote, abandon these political games. that bill designed in part to confront the growing crisis at the southern border is stalled. a frustrated president biden placing the blame on donald trump. >> he wants a political issue to run against me on. >> reporter: but republicans who begged for changes at the border now arguing that would make this worse. >> this does more harm than good. >> the result is the best and only hope any type of border reform is effectively dead, while the crisis at the border continues to grow with no solution in sight. and we do have new information this morning. that full national security package is scheduled for a proce

but had al green remained absent, this impeachment vote would have prevailed. so republicans are really saying now that they need to keep pushing forward with this vote. they are planning to bring it back up again next week. they are confident that when steve scalise, who's been battling cancer, he's been receiving cancer treatment, when he returns that they are going to have the votes to impeach him. but no doubt this was an embarrassing defeat on the house floor and really it was a huge gamble by speaker mike johnson to put this resolution on the floor knowing that they didn't necessarily have the votes and not knowing the whip count. i talked to some lawmakers after the vote. steve womack, he's a long-time lawmaker, he said it's been hard to sit there and watch all of this play out. so just a lot of frustrations inside the gop right now and a lot of questions about their ability to govern, kaitlan. >> many of those. melanie zanona, thank you. and luckily to ask some of those questions we are joined tonight by republican congressman tim burchett, who voted fo

. >> republicans failed because house speaker johnson did not count on democrat al green, who is recovering from surgery, turning up and voting. this prompted fellow republican congressman, thomas massie of kentucky, to tweet date, getting rid of speaker mccarthy has officially turned into an unmitigated disaster. that, intern, drew this response from speaker johnson. >> well, look, it was a mask, what happened here, but we are cleaning it up and massie is one of my dear friends and colleagues and i don't think this is a reflection on the leader, it is a reflection on the body itself. the closer we come in this country. >> that is the leader who calls what happened eight mass, presided over the last, but does not think that presiding over sediments is a reflection of his leadership, which is, for his members to decide, certainly not us. as for what he calls the place where we come in this country, it is worth remembering what that place looks like, even to some republicans, especially to the conservative republican who negotiated the tough border [inaudible] in the country. >> this is the p

democratic congressmember al green cast the deciding vote while wearing a hospital gown. green came to the capitol directly from a hospital where he was recovering from a recent surgery. republicans are vowing to hold another impeachment vote on mayorkas, who they accuse of failing to uphold immigration laws at the u.s.-mexico border. in a second setback for house speaker mike johnson, republicans also failed to pass a standalone bill to send $17.6 billion in military assistance to israel. meanwhile, in the senate, a bipartisan $118 billion immigration and foreign aid bill appears to be dead after republican lawmakers revolted against the very bill they had been pushing for. on tuesday, president biden accused donald trump of blowing up the plan which included harsh new border measures as well as new military aid for ukraine, israel, and allies in the pacific. pres. biden: all indications are this bill won't even move forward to the senate floor. why? a simple reason. donald trump. donald trump thinks it is bad for him politically, therefore he is not for it. he would rat