chad pergram tracking the push to impeach the secretary. first david spunt is following the hunter biden saga live in los angeles. that's where that's going down. hi, david. >> hi, good morning. hunter biden lives in los angeles. he is preparing for a federal court appearance tomorrow to answer for three felony tax charges and why i'm in los angeles now. back in washington, d.c. hunter biden paying attention to the news there. the two committees, house oversight and judiciary committee are undergoing what are called mark-up to begin contempt proper senesced. the reason we're we are today in washington, d.c. with hunter biden is because he willfully ignored a congressional subpoena back in december. instead he chose to show up and make a statement in front of the media. you see him there with the capitol dome behind him. he did not come for a scheduled deposition behind closed doors. he said he would speak in public in front of cameras for millions to see. here is oversight chair james comer just a little while ago. >> he had this publicity

larry: chad pergram thank you. >> we will talk with steve scalise, on this mayorkas impeachment. and perhaps a new senate border bill, but, my take on this illegal immigration catastrophe, former president trump sent out a make america great again circular and was entitled biden has done all he can to open the border, mr. trump argues that biden terminated his successful remain in mexico policy, and signed an executive order on his first day in office to halt the construction of the border wall. biden reinterstated catch and release and order i.c.e. to stop work site immigration enforcement. and biden stopped deports illegal immigrants who are in the country illegally. plus i would add, title 42 has en that was a pandemic health check of great importance, now as we know that three year biden number is 8 million illegals, with all sex and drug trafficking, fentanyl kills, law and order disrupting that goes with this disaster. the house has passed hr2, a suburb bill that would restore the trump approach, build a wall and remain in mexico, catch and deport. the senate is now craftin

chad pergram, when could we see a deal?> reporter: as you say, soon, but soon is a relative term in the united states senate. there is still no real checks. negotiated won't commit to writing the bill next, that means a possible vote may not happen until february. >> we have been at these negotiations for four months. we are at the finish line but there is no reason for us to wait weeks to get this bill on the floor. >> reporter: fox captured video 30 migrants to cross the border, they escaped and crossed the razor wire. close and blankets to shield themselves. and 96,000 known got a ways. bipartisan lawmakers demand action. >> if this were not divided government we wouldn't have an opportunity to do anything about the border. to get an outcome. >> he accused them80 republicans are trying to kill the bill, the same could be said of the left. and changes to asylum policy. >> and we are pulling together to the good of the country. >> fighting texas in court to remove the razor wire along the border. stuart: tom homan joined d

chad pergram, what have you got on ufos?rter: they want thomas manheim to explain the unexplained in a closed-door briefing. lawmakers demand answers about what people see in the skies, some were disappointed. >> i'm more concerned than i was going into it. a lot of questions remain unanswered. mister rush made allegations we are still trying to figure out the veracity of and haven't gotten the answers. >> reporter: this is mind blowing. uap whistleblower david gresh told congress at a hearing last summer the government possessed what were described at the time as nonhuman biologics, gop florida representative luna says he used a different term when speaking with her. >> it is incredibly important to listen to the specific words he uses. he never said extraterrestrial alien. he said interdimensional. it has become apparent that there is a movement whether it is within the and intelligence community to prevent us finding out more information on this. >> reporter: luna would not expand when asked what interdimensional meant, w

chad pergram live on the hill. chad, thanks.nvestigating whether boeing failed to make sure a panel that blew off a jetliner in mid flight last week was safe and manufactured to meet the design that regulators approved the faa says the investigation is focusing now on plugs used to fill spots for extra exits when those doors are not required on boeing 737 max 9 jet liners. the plug that blew off an alaska airlines max 9 was found near portland, oregon. it will be examined in a government laboratory. >> bret: we're learning new information about one of the key measures we were told to observe during the coronavirus pandemic. turns out it had no basis in science. here is chief washington correspondent mike emanuel. >> when we give guidelines they are only guidelines. >> dr. anthony fauci the scientific face of the covid pandemic now admits to congress the 6 feet social distancing rule sort of just appeared and was not based on scientific data. critics noted it was on that policy that schools across the country based their decision

chad pergram on the hill. chad, thanks. the oldest member of the u.s.a republican senator chuck grassley's office says he is receiving antibiotic infusions to treat an infection. says he is in good spirits. he will return to work as soon as possible following doctor's orders. california lawmakers may vote tomorrow on a proposed ban on tackle football for children under 12 years old. national correspondent william la jeunesse is in los angeles tonight to look at both sides in this legislative a million children ages 5 and up play tackle football in the u.s. california aim change that. >> kids only have one brain. only have one life. and there's irreversible damage to kids' brains that is totally unnecessary. >> assemblyman kevin mccarthy bill bans tackle football for children under 12 or roughly 7th grade. >> 5, 6, 7, 8, 11-year-old should not be experiencing hundreds of subcon successive hits to the head on an annual basis when there is an alternative. >> supporters, even his former college player cite the risk. >> it's a very dangerous and violent spor

chad pergram with fox news writing. if you hear otherwise it's not simply not true. we are looking forward the conversations. senior house democrats danny hoyer reacted on the news. if the speaker reneges on the prior agreement it would impact to the negotiate deals on the future. you can only do that so many times and have any credibility or respect for the way do business. that reporting from jennifer with states news room follow this and coverage on the c-span networks or c-span now our free mobile video app. >> welcome back, we arentative dina tatus. homeland security committees, congresswoman, welcome to the program. >> thank you for having me. asas i said you serve on the homeland committee. can you respond of the proceedings of the republicans efforts to impeach secretary mayorkas orkas. guest: the senate is working in a bipartisan way but not so in the house. the speakers were three republican attorneys general from states that win for donald trump. our witness was a legal scholar and very respected throughout the country for his work on impeachment. all of t

chad pergram with fox news writing on next the house spear's no'■v the spending deal speaker johnsontions are going on, i have made no commitment so if you hear otherwise it is simply not true. we are looking forward to those conversations but reached for comment senior house democrat hoyer responded to news about the split amongepublicans by saying if the speaker reneges on his prior agreement it would impact his ability to negotiate deals in the future. congressman hoyer's" you can only do that so many times and have any credibility or respect for the way you do business. that reporting from jennifer with state newsroom. follow this and all of our congressional coverage on the c-span network or with c-span now our free mobile video app. ♪ since 1979 in parsh

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chad pergram in washington. thank you. >> dana: potential setback for border security. supreme court allowing federal agents to remove razor wire along the southern border at least for now. will this only make the migrant crisis even worse? >> bill: torrential rain causing out of control flooding in san diego prompting dramatic rescues. people trapped in their homes. the major wash-out coming up. >> dana: the human cost of president biden's climate agenda. how canceling the keystone pipeline is scrapping one man's paycheck and he joins us ahead. ♪(song in french)♪ (♪) (♪) (♪) (♪) book in the hotels.com app to find your perfect somewhere. >> dana: fox news alert. a convicted killer escaping columbia entering the u.s. as a gotaway making his way to the outskirts of new york city. ice agents look for needles in hay stacks. the latest on the quest to track him down. >> they put emphasis on gotaways. illegal crossers observed by border patrol but not apprehended. they are different than give-ups. we don't know who they are, where they're from. they are seeking to evade appre

that's the case now for more go to senior correspondent chad pergram who joins us now. ad i would imagine the leaders of the senate armed services committee will be consulted. what is happening on the hill concerning these attacks? >> are going to have to bring in the leadership to inform them what they know and what they found out here. as you speak to the war powers question i is often said you cannot be out little bit pregnant but a little bit war. the republican senator from alabama says in the last couple weeks the conflicts with the houthis i don't know what else she would call this conflict other than a war and that is what lawmakers from both sides over the past week and started to ask more questions about what we are doing overseas. what's the debt what's of vulnerabilities under article one section eight of the constitution the u.s. has the authority that congress has the authority to declare war article two section two says the presipresident as commander and chief. mitch mcconnell as you alluded to the minority leader alluded to the heat believe the president

chad pergram on that. chad? reporter: neil, bipartisan senate negotiators hope to release bill tech soon but they said that three weeks ago. house speaker mike johnson says he's only hearing "rumors" about the senate plan. johnson says the bill is dead on arrival. senate conservatives are suspect of the secretive negotiations. >> the only purpose of taking this up is giving democrats political cover to say gosh, we would have secured the border, but those house republicans didn't let us. it's a good talking point. complete bologna. reporter: some conservatives oppose a border deal because it could undercut house republicans and former president trump but other republicans prefer a solution. >> let's get something consequential done for the american people. >> rather than paying to the short-term considerations. reporter: the right-bashed senate majority leader mitch mcconnell for not endorsing ford er president trump. there's a feud between the two. >> that fine line is a constant balance with someone as fickle

correspondent chad pergram takes a look at the debate. >> reporter: the rules on the field are clear,es off the fold are vague when it comes to college athletes monetizing their own name image and likeness or nil. the ncaa resisted establishing a standard. some law makers want a national criterion for nils. >> there has to be ruled so you don't have the wild west. >> reporter: gop former football coach tommy tuberville introduced legislation for a system. ncaa president charlie baker endorses tuberville's bill. it documents athletes from entering the transfer portals to switch schools. previously they had to sit out a year for transferring. >> just to leave for money you have to pay a price. you're breaking a contract you're going somewhere else and you have to sit out a year before you play. >> reporter: power conference schools can now lure top athletes to secure bigger paydays. it's almost like free agency in the pros but some still want congress on the sidelines. >> be very, very careful before you ask congress to get involved. because congress has a tendency to micro manage. >> r

this is chad pergram. this has to be in a top five, chad. >> yeah, this was certainly up there, neil. good afternoon. huntser did not show up for a subpoena last month before the house oversight committee. but today when the committee planned to hold him in contempt, that's when hunter biden materialized. >> i think that hunter biden should be arrested right here, right now and go straight to jail. our nation is founded on the rule of law -- >> come on. >> -- and the premise that the law applies -- doesn't matter who you are, where you come from or who your father is or you remember last name. yes, i'm looking at you, hunter biden as i'm speaking to you. you're not above the law at all. >> the house oversight committee prep add contempt of congress citation for hunter biden. hunter biden showed up in december on capitol hill but not for a prescheduled deposition before the house. he instead held a press conference on the senate side of capitol hill. right as marjorie taylor green began asking questions, hun

chad pergram on capitol hill as congressional republicans really turn on each other over the immigrationegislation. but we begin with correspondent dana marie nickel with the latest. good evening, dana marie. >> we have new numbers from the southern border shows a stunning number of migrants slipping through border patrol on a daily basis. >> border patrol sources tell fox news there's been nearly 100,000 got-aways at the border so far this fiscal year. that's an average of 800 migrants per day disappearing into america. fox news asked if president biden wants to locate those people. >> we need congress to actually act and do their parted as well and we're having those negotiations and we're having those processes. >> as the department of homeland security demands access to shelby park in a new letter, governor greg abbott is reaffirming the state's right to defend itself. stating, in part, quote: president biden has enticed illegal immigrants. today, fox news drone cameras captured a group of about 30 migrants climbing over a shipping container in texas using clothing to protect themsel

senior correspondent chad chad pergram on capitol hill tonight. >> house speaker mike johnson once asible senate border deal is "dead on arrival." johnson reduced to relying on scuttlebutt. the speaker only hearing "rumors about the senate plan" peer that is because no one knows exactly what is in the bill. >> we have to see that text before we do anything else. >> senate negotiators. >> we have had it for several days. it is 90 plus percent written. >> but we have heard that since early january. >> hopefully this week to be able to get that out and everybody can read it and go through it. nobody will be jammed in the process. >> senate minority leader supports bipartisan talks but conservatives accuse mcconnell for a plane for the wrong team in the border battle. >> i think mitch knows exactly what he is doing. he is negotiating for the same thing chuck schumer is. >> the border agreement could weaken the hand for the g.o.p. presidential nomination. a former president trump and house republicans. >> we should not be voting for anything as republicans and the senate if the republican

chad pergram. >> dana: let's bring in bret baier for more good points. i was thinking about biden looking at this and blame the republicans and say they wouldn't give me the authority through congressional action and there is nothing i can do. you have this on capitol hill. the most powerful thing i believe are the images we are getting from the southern border that are all over the internet and cable news and news stations. here is a new video exclusive to fox news from california last night. i don't see how the biden administration competes with images like this when they say they'll call it a crisis but it is the republicans' fault when you have 69% of americans saying they support governor abbott in texas for what he is trying to do to protect the border there? >> totally agree, dana and bill. good morning . i think the videos are powerful. the thing is we've been seeing these videos for three years. to say it is a crisis now for the administration and the president to say that after saying again and again and again he wouldn't say the word and mayor

meantime to chad pergram on the hill in the move to impeach someone. not the president of the united states, but one of his cabinet members. chad? >> that's right. two articles of impeachment for the secretary of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas. more on that in a moment. liberty mutual customized my car insurance and i saved hundreds. that's great. i know, i've bee telling everyone. baby: liberty. oh! baby: liberty. how many people did you tell? only pay for what you need. jingle: ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ baby: ♪ liberty. ♪ ♪ i have type 2 diabetes, but i manage it well ♪ ♪ jardiance! ♪ ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance ♪ ♪ at each day's start! ♪ ♪ as time went on it was easy to see ♪ ♪ i'm lowering my a1c! ♪ jardiance works twenty-four seven in your body to flush out some sugar. and for adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease, jardiance can lower the risk of cardiovascular death, too. serious side effects may include ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration that can lead to sudden w

chad pergram. we'll come back to you this hour as the news warrants. south carolina congressman russell frye who has had quite a moment. republican member of the house judiciary and oversight committees was in the room for hunter biden's stunt and you are there for that mark-up process. what happened the way that you saw it? >> he showed up. i think there was a rumor that secret service was in the room and then all of a sudden hunter is there at the start of this hearing and it confirmed my biggest fear if you will is that he is thumbing his nose at the system we have. he goes to the senate, issues a statement and skips town and does the same thing today. this is the arrogance we see from the biden family and particularly today hunter biden. >> harris: so what happens next? three still in the room. my team was told it will be several more hours of mark-up and getting documents ready to go forward. what does going forward look like? >> i think democrats are trying to muddy the waters, if you will. if you look at the amendments they're filing now they ar

senior congressional correspondent chad pergram tells us where things stand at this hour. ret, good evening. house republicans long threatened to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, that promise is now closer to reality. the house has impeached presidents and federal judges but not a cabinet secretary in 148 years. >> homeland security secretary said i'm going to ignore these laws. i'm going to take my agenda for immigration and my heart of hearts, if this was a republican, i would be doing the same thing. >> some democrats are furious. they believe impeachment of mayorkas is a proxy for impeaching president biden. >> you saying we are going to do it no matter what. let me tell you what a dangerous slope this is when the pendulum swings. when democrats have the votes. and we go back and forth and we impeach people just because we can. >> there are two articles of impeachment. one for not enforcing the law. the other for lying to congress, insisting that the border was secure. >> this is not political theater. what is happening today rogue secretary. a ca

fox news congressional correspondent chad pergram has all the details. ad, thank you, what can you tell us. >> reporter: larry, good afternoon, the argument is over high crimes and misdemeanors. that is the constitutional bar for impeachment, whether for a president, a federal judge or in this case a cabinet secretary. the house last impeached a cabinet secretary 148 years ago. >> this is what's going to happen. the house of representatives is going to impeach secretary mayorkas and there is absolutely nothing anyone can do to stop it. that's going to happen. there is not one district in america that is not impacted by this border -- >> reporter: on the house floor republicans can only lose two votes on impeachment. it is about the math. there are two to three republicans who could struggle to impeach. democrats believe impeachment is a bridge too far. >> you do not have a right to demean this institution, bass a tarreddize the impeach clause of the constitution to such a degree you can't even produce a legal memo in support of your articles of impeachmen

chad pergram, thanks a lot.ious here, what's the white house saying about biden's -- hunter biden's surprise appearance yesterday e? lauren: they punted. karine jean-pierre, the press secretary, she will not answer the crux of the matter which is did joe biden, the president of the united states, know about his son's pr stunt yesterday with. did he know about it? watch. >> reporter: and hunter biden on capitol hill today, how big of a headache is that for you? [laughter] >> hunter biden is a private citizen. he is not a member of the white house, as you know, and i just don't have anything else to share. >> reporter: but the last time he was on the hill, you said the president was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say. >> i did say that, and what i'm saying -- >> -- president biden does not help him with his business deals, but he does help him skirt congressional subpoenas? >> that's not even true. that is a jump that is incredibly disingenuous in that question. lauren: was the white house infor

>> bret: chad pergram live on the hill. thanks. lot of drama up there the president's team keeping his distance in responding to hunter biden's actions. white house correspondent peter doocy has the latest tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> bret, good evening. president biden stayed fully off camera today and even though his son is pursuing these very high profile public events, white house officials are saying he can't comment because he is not a public figure. >> he makes his own decisions, like he did today, how to respond to congress. >> his response today was not under oath but expands on the sworn testimony of business partner devon archer who was asked by lawmakers this summer what hunter biden creating appearance of access to his father or creating the appearance of access to washington, d.c.? archer said it was the overall it's the appearance to all of d.c. in another q&a, archer was asked you had said that they would talk about, what, when he was on speaker phone? archer answered say, where are you?

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. >> john: andy mccarthy standing by with legal analysis, but first chad pergram is live outside the hearing room where it all went down. chad. >> chad: john, good afternoon. it was absolute pandamonium here. he was not expected to appear. this was just a meeting to hold him in contempt of congress. yet he showed up and i sat right in the front row listening. >> you are the epitomy of white privilege, coming into the oversight committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed, what are you afraid of? you have no balls to come up here. >> chad: hunter biden spent about 20 minutes sitting in the hearing room. ignored a subpoena to appear in december yet appeared today. today's meeting was to prepare the contempt of congress citation for the floor, not to take witness testimony. james comer promised hunter biden an open hearing after his deposition, but the committee switched to contempt after hunter biden appeared on the senate side of capitol hill but never sat for the deposition. >> i implore this committee to allow hunter biden to testify publicly. i im

. >> john: and this note coming to us from chad pergram as well, fox news has learned the deputy secretarydefense kathleen hicks even now is unaware of what the procedure that lloyd austin underwent was in regard to. according to chad, senior officials are saying that strains credulity. what are you hearing there? >> jacqui: in this memo ordering an investigation, it does say that in the future when any one is sort of out of commission, an email has to be sent to top brass, their staff, relevant folks at the white house, which details the reason why, if it's a hospital stay or out of zone and cannot be accessed. but in terms of finding out exactly what kind of procedure the sent of defense had, it doesn't sound like anyone is going to be giving us information on that. the reason being is that lloyd austin did not want the public to know about this in the first place. he has said in his statement it was his medical procedure, he, you know, was reticent to have the public know about it, obviously there are medical laws protecting privacy. but in terms of notifications to certain people who h

chad pergram with fox news writing. if you hear otherwise it's not simply not true.ng forward the conversations. senior house democrats danny hoyer reacted on the news. if the speaker reneges on the prior agreement it would impact to the negotiate deals on the future. you can only do that so many times and have any credibility or respect for the way that you do business. that reporting from jennifer with states news room follow this and coverage on the c-span networks or c-span now our free mobile video app. >> welcome back, we arentative . homeland security committees,

here's chad pergram. >> make way for ducklings on capitol hill.tdown has nothing to do with federal spending. instead congress used a duck bill. >> [quacking]. >> the senate took the house's duck stamp act of 2013 to fund the government requiring legislation dealing with spending take flight in the house. the senate plucked the bill and stuffed it with provisions to avoid the shutdown and flew it back to the house. >> we are about to fund the entire government of the united states as an amendment to a bill about duck hunting. that doesn't strike me has a good way to fund the government. >> it sounds daffy but that's the way they make duck soup in congress. >> trace: thank you. coming up: how much do you tip your flight attendant? that is dividing the internet. should you tip them. there is time to weigh in on x and airngs instagram and the night cap crew will weigh in next. recommend tylenol®. it won't irritate your stomach the way aleve® or even advil® or motrin® can. for trusted relief, trust tylenol®. awkward question. is there going to be anyt

chad -- chad pergram has more. >> reporter: the senate votes shortly on the spending plan.rom some on the right who oppose band-aid bills but others support it. >> two strikes against it. what we would like to do and those things we were able to do, we can separate those things. the american people need to know what we stand for and we need to demonstrate that we can govern. >> reporter: arch conservatives don't like the johnson cut a deal with democrats. they dislike the spending number and oppose johnson doing another interim bill. that's why johnson is relying on democrats to pass the bill. >> house democrats are willing to find bipartisan common ground to meet the needs of the american people. the american people are frustrated this do-nothing republican congress can't get out of its own way. >> reporter: johnson faces pressure as the senate tries to finalize a deal. he only wants something which reflects hr 2, the border security plan house past last year. the gop tied aid to ukraine to abort a deal some conservatives believe the push is because of ukraine. >> if you w

chad pergram on capitol hill, republican hardliners are saying about this. >> the heart right is angryr lips when it comes to house speaker mike johnson. bipartisan efforts a partial government shutdown this wee weekend. johnson announced friday he would stick to the spending numbers agreed to earlier this month. a vote to break a filibuster on the bill comes tomorrow night in the senate. >> democrats and republicans have to work together. i have worked with leader mcconnell and he agrees we should avoid a shotgun so hopefully we can get this done. it's amazing some of these hard right extremists think the shutdown would be a good thing. >> conservatives are outraged johnson renewed his word, he previously said he would not do another temporary spending bill. the bill sets to new deadlines, march 1 for 1 batch of bills, march 8 for the rest some on the right demand shut down until the border is sealed. >> is time for us to tell the government you got to secure the border or shutdown if what that takes is the threat of us withholding some of his priorities running from his of inflation,

first to chad pergram. he watched this from the front seat this morning on capitol hill. good afternoon, chad. >> good afternoon. it was pandemonium. members were upset after he came in to the hearing room. they wanted to hear from him back in december. he showed up today, went in that door and sat in the front row. listen. >> never have i seen a witness show up when they want to show up on any sort of thing to say hey, i'm here to speak on what i want to speak about. that's not how congress works. >> republicans are tired of hunter biden either appearing at the wrong time when the committee is conducting other business or showing up at the wrong place like he did in december. the committee issued a subpoena for hunter biden to sit for a deposition but he showed up on the senate side of capitol hill for a photo op. democrats defending hunter biden's tactic today. >> i would have loved for steve bannon to show up or dan scavino to show up or jim jordan to show up. those people didn't show up. they didn't say we'll testify before the whole world at the beginning of our inves

chad pergram has more. >> reporter: conservatives demanded mike johnson back off from the spending dealary spending bill. johnson said he would not do that. conservatives want johnson to fight for their principles but it is about the math. hard to accomplish that when the gop is down to a two seat operational majority, political aspirations don't match the congressional business. >> despite what people say on both sides this is a better agreement than we had. the adjustments made to the top line, having gotten that agreement, for the appropriators on both sides and come up with final bills. >> the minority pool much of the weight to the spending bill. to avoid other shut down for the height of the debt ceiling. >> they are dysfunctional majority, they do not have actual votes, the error is significant in the republican conference. never get to yes on these issues. >> johnson does not answer half of gop members. the bill sets spending deadlines. neil: thank you for that. my next guest, republican in his own right. the sea of surrender very strong. sits on the house freedom caucus and the

chad pergram, what's going on? >> reporter: things are scrambled on this.e have information from james lankford who has been central to these negotiations. he indicated he does not think donald trump is meddling in these talks. they are trying to understand where the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, is right now. he sent signals last night that he might try to do ukraine aid by himself. mcconnell says border talks are still on. lawmakers are trying to fillet what this means. >> i'm having a hard time translating. senator mcconnell is focused on getting ukraine, very focused on it and i have no reason to believe he's equivocating on that. >> it is unclear if mcconnell could get a majority of his member to support a border deal. a coalition of democrats and some republicans could break a filibuster. democrats believe conservatives are bowing to donald trump. >> you've seen on the republican side more members try to blow it up. there's affection in the republican conference that looks at this agreement, knows it will have an impact at the border, that

senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is live on the how long. how long do we know this is going to take? >> chad: we think this might go well into the night, maybe even overnight this. is a long process. a lot of procedural motions going on. the term high crimes and misdemeanors, that's in the constitution, that's what always applies toward impeachment, whether you are dealing with the president, whether you are dealing with a federal judge or in this case a cabinet secretary. keep in mind they have not impeached a cabinet secretary since william belknap, the secretary of war in 1876. listen. >> today is a grave day. we have not approached this day or this process lightly. secretary mayorkas is the very type of public official, the framers feared. someone who would cast aside the laws passed by co-equal branch of government replacing with his own preferences, hurting his fellow americans in the process. >> chad: democrats argue the impeachment of homeland security mayorkas is a way to direct attention to the border crisis ahead of the election. a

chad pergram on capitol hill. cuts, the trump tax cuts, are they going to be made permanent? >> reporter: stuart, good morning. this package has a long way to go, frankly, with the ways and means committee meeting now to prep the plan. it renews the trump tax cuts for businesses. some democrats are onboard because the plan enhances a tax credit for parents. >> we have to come up with how it's paid because it's so critical. it's so critical to so many american working families to have this kind of support, and it's been, actually been proven to help reduce child poverty rates. it's a great way to address this issue and support american families. >> reporter: but it's unclear if all democrats like it. senate majority leader chuck schumer is all in, but that's not the case with house minority leader hakeem jeffries. >> the child tax credit provisions do not go as far as they should relative to what president biden and democrats were successfully able to do in terms of the child tax credit that was in the american resc

chad pergram live on capitol hill. what do you do now, chad? >> good morning.o court today in california to face tax charges, which could land him in jail. but he could face prosecution once the full house votes to hold him in contempt of congress, probably next week. republicans are still shocked at hunter biden's audacity. >> we suspected something was up. the secret service was in here sniffing around before the start of our committee. we assumed something was going to happen. that's a good question. i asked the democrats did they know that hunter biden was going to pull this stunt today? it was a stunt. a p.r. stunt. >> the house is voting to hold hunter biden in contempt because he skipped a subpoena for a deposition in mid-december. democrats asked why the gop did not let hunter biden testify. >> he was willing to answer questions about anything for as long as they want on any subject. he chose to come before committee and they wouldn't take yes for an answer. now they want to hold him in contempt which strikes me as strange. >> committee republicans want

senior congressional correspondent chad pergram live on capitol hill. >> good morning. republicans promised voters impeachment of homeland security secretary mayorkas could happen on the floor as early as this week. the homeland security committee prepares the articles tomorrow. >> article one says there is a willeful refusal to follow the law and article two says there is a breach of public trust. what you just heard. those two are very simple but factually outline the refusal of secretary mayorkas to keep our country safe. >> house republicans need virtually all of their members on board to impeach mayorkas. it is about the math. the gop now has the smallest house majority in 90 years. a margin of only two votes. mayorkas worked with bipartisan senate negotiators on a border security plan. some republicans don't want to pass anything. >> republicans four months ago would not give funding for ukraine, for israel and southern border because we demanded changes in policy. a few months later oh, just kidding. i don't want a change in the law because it's a presidential el

chad pergram has the breaking details from capitol hill. what are we learning, chad? a major turn of events, house rules committee is not going to consider a resolution to hold hunter biden in contempt of congress today. original plan to prep the citation and have the house vote to hold hunter biden in contempt on thursday. but oversight committee chairman james comer is trying to work out a deal for hunter biden to testify. his attorney said the gop issued the original subpoena before the house voted to formalize the impeachment inquiry. some republicans are tired of getting dragged around by hunter biden. some legal experts warn caveat empore. some say it's improper to hold him in contempt even though he did not comply with the subpoena. the house could stand down on the plan to hold hunter biden in contempt this week. john. >> john: you got to wonder, is ab -- >> james comer wants to nail it down iron clad this time. >> john: abbe is a tough guy to nail down. >> sandra: alec murdaugh returning to court fighting to overturn his murder conviction in the deaths of his

senior congressional correspondent chad pergram reports tonight for the latest briefing from lawmakers stonewalled once again. >> i just wasted time. >> there is a concerted effort to conceal as much information as possible. >> bipartisan frustration over what lawmakers say could be a government cover-ups about uap unidentified ariel phenomena. they hope thomas could explain the unexplainable at a classified briefing. lawmakers say they aren't hearing from the people who really know what's out there. >> they send us bureaucrats who don't know on purpose. >> others disagreed about the briefing. this one actually moved the needle. >> moskowitz say lawmakers learned more this time about claims made at a hearing last year by uap whistleblower and former air force intelligence officer david grusch. grusch continues the government is hiding spacecraft from some place else and nonhuman remains. >> lawmakers are trying to dissect grusch's allegations. >> grusch never said industrial or alien he said interdimensional. >> said interdimensional. what does that term -- is this something that bends

chad pergram has more on capitol hill. hi, chad. >> good afternoon.border security are dominating capitol hill. border discussions are iced mitch mcconnell still wants aid for ukraine. >> how long and how tedious these negotiations are, was this a mistake to marry these two things together? >> i thought it would be a challenge. it has been. it's time for us to move something. hopefully including a border agreement. >> krysten sinema of arizona says bill text is coming very, very soon. house speaker mike johnson does'like what he's hearing through the congressional grapevine. >> apparently we're concocting some sort of deal to allow the president to shut down the border after 5,000 people break the law. why is it 5,000? if you add that up, that's a million more illegals in our country every year before we take remedial measures? it's madness. >> some republicans are defending border negotiators, especially james lankford. he's allies are trying to fight misinformation about the bill. >> what i'm not at peace with is all of the false narrative out there

chad pergram has more. >> there will be no partial government shut down this weekend.voted earlier today, 77-18 to avert the shut down and the house has voted 314 to 108 to sync up with the senate. this funds the government. two deadlines in early march, march 1 and march 8. they need a 2/3s vote here, so they needed 282 yays to pass this. so they got 314. they were well above the threshold. here's the big narrative though, neil. only 107 house republicans voted for this bill. previous interim spending bills, they've had 126, 127 on the republican side of the aisle. most of the democrats hauled the freight here. consider that attrition for how many republicans were voting for these bill previously and went down to 107 today. 106 voted no. only a margin of one in republicans for it and those against it. they did not get half of the republican conference. that spells big problems for house speaker mike johnson. neil? >> neil: i'm thinking whether some of those members, the house freedom caucus and others that are not pleased with this will take it out on him. what do you

. >> all right chad pergram thank you very much for all of those details from capitol hill.efore for months the attacks against western shipping and our forces have continued despite our and our ally strikes against the terrorists. now sadly the tragic result that many feared american blood spilled by a radiant backed terrorist groups. president biden's" have no doubt we will hold all of those responsible to account at a time and in a manner of our choosing. so will that be former national deputies to but kt eight mcfarlane joins us now. do you have confidence they will probally retaliate against iran in the killing of our forces? >> they haven't done so, so far. can't imagine the going to do it. here's the problem people once a week got to attack iran americans are dead. we are at war with iran and i understand that. on the other hand the biden mibydemonstration will do sometg the go to the un and pound sand bell couple places it's not deterring iran. the thing i keep going back to and is in the reagan administration in the late 1980s president reagan was commander-in-chief

chad pergram is on the hill with more. >> lawmakers want intelligence community inspector general to in the closed door briefing. lawmakers demand answers about what people see in the skies, some were disappointed. >> i'm more concerned than i was going into the scif. i think they have a lot of questions that remain unanswered. >> this is mind blowing. uap whistleblower told a hearing last summer the government possessed non-human biologics. gop florida representative luna said he used a different term when speaking with her. >> it's very important to listen to the specific words that he uses. he never said extraterrestrial or alien. he said interdimensional. >> lawmakers accuse the government of trying to keep congress in the dark. >> they send us bureaucrats who don't know on purpose. if i wanted to put any doubts at rest i'm sure there are people who can or cannot do it. those are the people offered up. >> lawmakers have written up a bill for pilots to report the sightings and the government needs to check it out. >> dana: i don't know. i don't believe it. >> bill: you head home a

chad pergram on capitol hill.averting a shutdown next week, the bipartisan deal is annual spending of $1.6 trillion in reflex spending levels worked out last year between president biden and former speaker kevin mccarthy. >> i think we may be close to a deal but we insisted that the federal spending must be addressed in a very serious and sober manner. we crossed an important threshold, $34 trillion in federal debt, reducing nondefense discretionary spending must be a priority of congress. >> conservatives are panty the pack the house freedom caucus as the accord is worse than members thought, the freedom caucus also called it a total failure, they claim the deal spends $1.66 trillion, johnson may have to pass spending bills with some republicans a lot of democrats, that is what undercut his predecessor. >> all we have is a topline number, the devil is always in the details. if this is anything like the horrific debt ceiling deal last year it's going to be a painful pill for republicans to swallow. at some point b

chad pergram has a rundown of that now. >> bill: good morning.ubt any democrats will vote to impeach mayorkas. republicans want the full house to vote next week. the homeland security committee finished prepping two articles overnight. >> no. >> the cartels with secretary mayorkas are making over 13- >> explore the world around them and feel more connected people they care about. >> mark zuckerberg. >> some face challenges online. we work hard to provide parents and teens support to reduce potential harms. being a parent is one of the hardest jobs in the world. technology gives us new ways to communicate with our kids and feel connected to their lives and make parenting more complicated. it is important our services are positive for everyone who uses them. we're on the side of parents. we've built more than 30 different tools, resources and features that parents can set time limits for teens using apps, see who they are following, or if they report someone for bullying. for teens we've added nudges, to remind them when they have been using instag

we're just getting a report from our own chad pergram at fox news and this is coming from mitch mcconnellonnell is advocating for a cr to avoid a a shutdown despite top line agreement. this is mitch mcconnell. the senate is trying to jump ahead to make sure we don't end up in another perilous budget fight with another shutdown threat. your reaction? >> my reaction is what a shame we've come to this point. last november i was told after speaking johnson became speaker this would be last time we were doing this i was suspect then. i am definitely suspect now. today on tuesday, the first day back in washington. u.s. house is in washington flying back as you speak. we'll all be together tonight, talk about what will happen tomorrow. there is conference meeting among republicans we'll suspect really make our thoughts known but i think it is very difficult for republicans, conservatives like myself, go back to my district i support continuing to fund the government nancy pelosi put together over a year ago in exchange for nothing. we're not getting anything for this. there is no action at the b

better border which donald trump is not a fan as things stand, how that complicates on capitol hill chad pergram with the latest. >> good afternoon another week and no border security bill we don't know border negotiators will release text of the bill, senate majority leader chuck schumer would not commit to putting the bill on the floor this week, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell push for that but no one knows where the legislation stands. i am optimistic in the coming days of a package that will make that possible, if house republicans refuse to take it up and pass it, they will on responsibility. >> house conservatives are leery of the border plan, former president trump could kill it on his own one statement and house speaker mike johnson sent a fundraising e-mail over the weekend declaring that the still unfinished bill is dead on arrival conservatives are watching johnson. >> that stuff that they're talking about in the senate is nonsense it's in honesty and letting 5000 people into our country every day, by the way that will be unidirectional and only grow, i think we have to take a

the senate has passed their temporary spending bill to avoid a weekend shut down per chad pergram froml to avert this shut down. 60 yays were needed. this measure goes to the house we're told. the house will conduct a short debate in the next few hours. this requires a 2/3s super majority in the house. the bill will fund the government through two stages, march 1 and march 8. >> john: just had an alarm go off to remind you that we're days away from the republican new hampshire primary. ron desantis' campaign appears to be pivoting and sending some staff to south carolina. the home state of nikki haley. alexis mcadams joins us now. what did he have to say? >> hey, john. we had a quick chance to sit down with desantis before he hit the road and wept back to florida. he says that it's just for one night basically so he could sleep in his own bed in florida and come back on the ground here in new hampshire. he wants to make it clear to voters that he's not giving up on the granite state and had a message to nikki haley telling her she has no chance of beating trump here. watch. >> are you

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