host: ken buck told cnn it could happen as early as tomorrow. what have you heard in your reporting tonight? >> ken buck said tomorrow, marjorie taylor greene said as soon as next week. it will depend on when steve scalise can come back to washington. host: one about the role democrats played here and congressman al green? >> democrats were fully united against the effort to impeach come up the expectation leading up to the vote was that congressman al green, from texas, would have to miss the vote, that was the speculation. that meant -- he was wheeled in in a wheelchair in scrubs and nothing on his feet but socks, saying he had just come from the emergency room, decided he needed to come back for this vote, calling mayorkas a good man. this was a surprise for several people, not expecting al green to come back to the chamber. but when you are talking about something so highly debated in such a close vote, the adage goes and it is true, every vote counts. host: what was it like while the vote was being held open? there was a vote held open on a

>> they obviously don't have ken buck's.'s a question about whether or not they do have the votes. and so whether this will go forward, it's not clear. it's obviously perhaps not going to pass in the senate. but what this does do is give republicans a headline regarding immigration against biden to run on this fall, something they need do to convince the more conservative members of the electorate that they're taking this seriously and they want to undo the policies and world view of the biden administration when it comes to immigration as best as possible. right now this seems like the only thing they can really do that will attract the amount of immediate attention that they need to control the narrative. >> all right, eugene scott of axios for us, kicking us off this morning. thank you. >> thank you. >>> up next here, nikki haley wants a secret service detail. we're going to have more ahead on why. >>> plus, antony blinken in the middle east today. what he's pushing for in egypt and israel. >>> and rain just won't quit. d

between you and ken buck, there's no wiggle room here. what do you think? >> well, i'm going to vote my conscious. ken will vote his and every other member will presumably vote theirs. i don't have anything nice to say about mayorkas and his job. i think he's been a disaster for the country. the open borders policy has placed our nation in serious risk. the problem though is doing a bad job is not grounds for impeachment under our constitution. the moment we agree to that is the new standard. if the house changes hands, you can expect that new standard to be turned against conservatives on the supreme court a future republican president. this strikes at the heart of the contusion, separation of powers. >> neil: what stands out, sir, you called it a stunt. a lot of republican colleagues are yours are smarting at that and said that went too far. >> well, in this fantasy that somehow an impeachment, if it passes the house will result in the senate removing mayorkas with a 2/3s vote, i doubt that that will happen. more to the point, even if it did, it's not goin

republican representative ken buck introduced a bill to that effect in the house of representatives. in pursuance of the twenty -fifth amendment of the constitution, the owner of the white house must leave office if he is unable to perform his duties. meanwhile, a recent special prosecutor's report told americans that biden does not even consider the circumstances of his son's death and generally forgets the most important events of his own life. even democrats already admit that the head of state is suffering from insanity. all in all, there is a high probability that both parliamentary parties will vote for impeachment. meanwhile, hunter biden is trying to save dad. he stated that he was ready to give up alcohol and drugs forever, so as not to interfere with his father’s election campaign. is it unlikely that this will change anything? judging by the polls, trump is winning triumphantly over biden. he already has it now. wet snow, rain and sometimes ice, the result is a slippery asphalt surface. the gi reminds drivers that in bad weather conditions it is necessary to maintain speed

at least two republicans plan to vote no ken buck and tom mcclintock. mcclintock called impeachment a stunt. >> but we know that's not grounds for impeachment. this border crisis can't be fixed by replacing one left wing official with another. >> if the house impeaches, marjorie taylor greene will serve as one of the 11 prosecutors in a senate trial. she criticized mcclintock for opposing impeachment. >> he needs to grow some courage and read the room. the room is our country. and the american people are fed up with millions of people abusing our laws, mayorkas breaking the law. >> the vote is on the edge. mike gallagher of wisconsin warned his colleagues they could be setting a dangerous precedent. >> do you respect their views when they say they don't think that this is right to go ahead and try to impeach mayorkas when someone like mike gallagher says this opens up pandora's box? >> it's an extreme measure. we do not take it lightly. i respect the conscience of everyone in how they vote. >> democrats claim impeachment of mayorkas is a proxy for impea

i will point out though manu ken buck gallagher there. i'm sorry. >> have announced they're not running for reelection, right. so two of the three in the house who voted against this and by the way, that was something that was supported by leading conservative constitutional scholars like jonathan turley, right? they are doing so because they're not running for reelection or at least they have the runway to right. otherwise they could lose ken buck by the way, he's gonna be with us and just few moments. >> but >> how do you anticipate this going in the senate? do you think it's just a simple party line or are there republicans who are going to say that to say? to go ahead with this, to say high crimes and misdemeanors would be ridiculous. >> yeah. it's a good question, erin, because there actually are fair amount of republicans right now who so we are uncertain about whether or not they will go down this route and very senior senate republicans who i've been on the senate certainly would be very significant, manu, thank you. i just want t

joining me now to further discuss his decision his congressman ken buck congressman. thank you for being here. trump is talking about mass deportation. biden seems poised to limit a by executive order, which is the better necessary approach. >> but michael, all of the above, frankly, we've we have 1.321, 0.5 million people in this country who have already been adjudicated, that they are here illegally. and ice is not looking for them, and ice has been ordered not to look for them. and they need to be deported. so that is a mass deportation you should i'm not suggesting 12 million people right now, but there are 1.321, 0.5 million who should be deported. in addition to that, we need to stop the crisis that is occurring at our border and stop people from coming across the border illegally coming into this country, claiming that they deserve asylum when in fact they're coming here for economic mike reasons. they can't point to a specific harm that they're leaving their country for. so the biden plan was the old trump plan. and what president trump is talking about doing

this is from ken buck who was pushing back. >> this is the kind of conversations it's worthy to have but always worthy to have when it's a somber deliberate conversation about president's cognitive health. when it is political warfare it becomes ridiculous. because it's ken buck we are able to have a genuine conversation about will this need a rise maybe not today but if elected to a second term. maria: of this has to go through the senate it dies in the senate, you know that. >> we have to take it seriously. it what they could do we say we have to take a real look, subjecting themselves to cognitive testing. maria: if he leaves office we've got kamala harris. cheryl: that's what voters are saying. people look at the polling. if you elect president biden you are electing kamala harris because the idea he can make it two more terms whatever that means is obviously in question. that's what the polling and voter analysis has shown us at all the primaries we've been covering so thoroughly. maria: what do the viewers ask, if it's not president biden in november who wears it and i don't kn

out front now, congressman ken buck. congressman, look, this is not where your speaker expected this to be. obviously you voted against impeaching secretary mayorkas based on the facts as you saw them. only three of your republican colleagues voted with you, and only two of them in the same way that you did based on the way that you actually saw the story. you stopped this impeachment, congressman. you were able to do that and you did it based on principle and how you saw it. what's your reaction to this stunning vote tonight? >> well, my reaction is it's going to change tomorrow, as so many things do in congress, but i think the principle is very clear, that mayorkas did not commit a high crime or misdemeanor. mike gallagher was a last-minute switch on this issue and i give him a lot of credit for having the -- really the constitutional knowledge and intestinal fortitude to do the right thing. i'm disappointed that tomorrow it will pass because we are setting new levels -- low levels for these impeachments. we're going

. >> have you spoken to colleague ken buck i don't know is in same place didn't he say he didn't want to impeach mayorkas? he is a republican. >> don't ask me to get in ken buck's head i don't know i haven't spoke ton him a chairman of the committee has and others to say look we have to get control of our border. and if you have somebody that is in charge of it deliberatively flouting the law to the detriment of national security i don't know if everybody is going to wait till we have a terrorist attack will wake people up like losing soldiers in the middle east finally woke people up we shouldn't way until people die to take meaningful action. >> u.s. -- -- they were attacking in yemen striking. >> jake sullivan claims not ruling out a strike against iran he didn't actual say that pushed will you rule it out he said no, we won't rule it out president trump joined me on white house responses yesterday on "sunday morning futures". >> what should be the response in the united states what do you think about biden's response. >> if you are going to not want a wide ink war you have to be t

. >> in a moment, ken buck. let's go to melanie with the very latest on capitol hill where a meeting between gop senators has just broken up. what have you learned about the prospects? >> at this very moment, it looks like this deal to secure the border is destined to fail on wednesday. senator republicans met for over an hour this evening in the capitol where they discussed the deal. we're told there was a robust and animated discussion. republicans signaling that the appetite and the votes just aren't there inside the gop. in fact, james langeford, he is the lead republican negotiator on this package, told our colleague that he does not expect the votes to be there for the procedure vote on wednesday. remember, the senate needs 60 votes in order to advance any legislation. so this is a very ominous and damning sign. it is also a huge blow to republicans like langeford, like mitch mcconnell who have been trying and hoping to trade border security provisions in exchange for additional ukraine aid. as mcconnell h

and, you know, who is it, one of them ken buck is a hard no. or dan newhouse. do you have the votes? >> i'm confident if we have our members here, that we should be able to do this. and, look, steve, it is time to hold secretary mayorkas accountable. we have no other way to do this. he will not resign. despite the fact that he has willfully refused to enforce our federal laws to secure our southern border. in fact, he has instructed his subordinates not tone 40s laws. this is not just nonfeasance, this is malfeasance. this is active neglect on the part of the secretary. and since he won't do the honorable thing and resign. the house needs to hold him accountable by through impeachment. it's the only choice we have. >> steve: couple of constitutional experts jonathan turley was on this program and michael chertoff as well. george bush's department of homeland security secretary. they both said don't beach to the republicans because they said you might have a policy difference with him, but there is not enough evidence as defined by the constitut

republican congressman ken buck of colorado. welcome back to the program, congressman. i know you were previously undecided. what led you to decide you will vote no? >> well, this is not a high crime or misdemeanor. it's not an impeachable offense. this is a policy difference. let me say there is a crisis on the border, the law needs to be enforced. but if we start going down this path of impeachment with a cabinet official, we are opening a door as republicans that we don't want to open. the next president who is a republican will face the same scrutiny from democrats. it's wrong, and we should not set this precedent. >> have leaders been trying to convince you otherwise, or is there anything that will change your mind. when you say solid no, you mean solid no? >> i'm not changing my mind. i have met with chairman green from the homeland security committee, the staff, outside constitutional experts, former members of congress about what this would mean for congress. i believe i have done my due diligence and i am standing firm at this point on this. if there's some new

but it wasn't just ken buck who the republican from colorado who is giving johnson trouble. the day signaled he had some concerns about the precedent impeaching mayorkas would set for, you know, the future and democrats moving forward to impeach republican appointees as well. they were unable to get that over the finish line. likely they do bring this up again. this has been something the republicans have been pushing for months. but certainly an unforced error there as well as the israel funding package that also failed when democrats said they weren't going to support it. >> another humiliating day for the house republicans. covering so much ground for us this morning, co-founder of punch bowl news, anna palmer, thank you as always. >>> still ahead here we'll go live to cnbc for an early look what'striving markets this morning. plus a new report from the federal reserve reveals americans have a staggering amount of credit card debt. we'll break down what that means for the health of the economy when we come right back. e healt whene wcome right back. jordan's sore nose let

ken buck is a good friend and colleague. mayorkas is a disaster as a cabinet secretary, i believe he's the worst in the history of the country. impeachment is an important and serious measure for the house to take. it's a heavy responsibility that we have under the constitution. when someone refuses to comply with their oath of office, when they intentionally break existing federal law, and when they lie to congress, it's a great breach of public electricity and there really is no other measure we have in the house to hold them accountable than the ultimate penalty. maria: will anybody be held accountable for not sharing information with you, the leader of the house of representatives. with all due respect it's a little strange to me that you have not been involved in these talks and you say you have not seen any text on this border deal which is the crux of our issues in america right now. >> it's the biggest crisis that we face, i've been in 15 states since i've been speaker of the house for the last 100 days. overwhere i

no votes from ken buck of colorado and tom mcclintock of california. house jupiter lawmaker mike gallagher also voted against impeachment. a fourth republican blakemore of utah the vice chair with the gop conference flipped his vote to know second before the v vote closed. a procedural move that allows the comforts to bring the legislation back to the floor at a later date. that's exactly what marjorie taylor green vowed to do last night in the wake of that failed vote. this is the congresswoman. >> we knew was going to be close going and because our majority is so razor thin. of course my colleagues that voted no, i think they will be hearing from their constituents but we have a plan in place. there was a p motion to recommi, and that means that we can bring the articles of impeachment back to the floor maybe as early as next week. so this is not over yet. and we still can bring back steve scalise, and we hope that he is well and he can come back very soon. we look forward to having him come back and look forward to ending a solid yes on impeaching s

congressman gates your colleague, ken buck, was on cnn. he suggested last night that people close to the investigation in the congress would've known that smirnoff had credibility issues. listen to what he said >> we were warned at the time that we received the document outlining this witness's testimony, we were warned that the credibility of this statement was not known, and yet, people my colleague this one out and talk to the public about how this was credible and how it was damning and how it proved president biden's at the time vice president biden's complicity in receiving bribes is that true >> i personally debrief the whistleblower who initially identified this 1023 alleging a bribe with the biden family, and that whistleblower told us at the time that he did not know whether or not that bribe had actually been consummated, but merely the existence of a 1023 that the fbi wasn't providing to congress warranted further review. now, when we initially asked for this 1023, we were told by the department of justice, it's got all these n

peter, ken buck was one of three republicans who voted no and said this. >> you can try to put lipstickthis pig. it is still a pig, and this is a terrible impeachment. it sets a terrible precedent. the first impeachment of donald trump was a bad impeachment, and we've got to stop this in this body or we are going to lose our credibility with -- further lose our credibility with the american public. >> so before we get too much into the weeds here, peter, give us the big picture. what did republicans really gain here, and do voters view this as accountability or just plain payback? >> well, look, obviously they aren't speaking to a particular constituency that is upset about the border. there has been a crisis at the border and republicans in the house are trying to say that it's joe biden's fault and obviously through joe biden, his secretary of homeland security alejandro mayorkas. if you had a parliamentary system where you have a vote of no confidence, it might make sense for them to vote no confidence in secretary mayorkas because they don't feel like he's done the job well. what we

resolution will be submitted to the us congress. the president's removal from power , representative ken buckx news, biden is being called upon to deal with migrants and strengthen the borders, he responds later. yes, i plan, but nothing i know, my friend trump has already been to the border, that’s his business. the united states announced the introduction of new trade restrictions against 93 companies from different countries, they write, commenting on the situation, european residents no longer hide their emotions. who do you think you are, america, you're interfering with... land in the southern part of the enclave. the tsakhal has already cleared out an entire network of tunnels. it is claimed that they stretch for 10 km and connect the north and south of the sector. the bodies of hamas fighters were found inside a weapons storage facility. meanwhile, palestinians forced to flee their at home asking for help in overcrowded camps. previously, israel agreed to skip the supply of flour for civilians, but supplies are quickly running out. “i wish death for my children, because i can’t get th

fail; a resolution will be submitted to the us congress to remove the president from power , mp ken buckal with migrants and strengthen borders, he responds later. yes, i'm planning, but i don't know anything, my friend trump was already at the border, it's his. in the united states announced the introduction of new trade restrictions against 93 companies from different countries, they write, commenting on the situation , european residents no longer hide their emotions. who do you think you are, america, you interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, the end has come for you, and these are your last flutters, the world is no longer your slave. if all countries imposed sanctions against the united states, how wonderful this world would be. by supplying weapons to kiev, the european union is killing ukrainians, the slovaks said. also because they will certainly be of interest to russian forces, but what if these soldiers end up in close proximity to slovak borders, how will our interests be protected if we do not have an air defense system? meanwhile, in ukraine there is again

joining me here tonight is republican congressman ken buck conserves on both the house judiciary and foreign affairs committee committees. and congressman, it's great to have you looking at what you said last september, you were condemning your own parties impeachment efforts, saying that republicans in the house who are itching for an impeachment inquiry are relying on an imagined history. did you ever think that it would collapse and this spectacular of a fashion >> well, kaitlan has even more of an imagined history. now, obviously, this witness, and we were warned at the time that we received the document outlining this witness's testimony, we were from warned that the credibility of this statement was not known, and yet people, my colleagues went out and talk to the public about how this was credible and how it was damning and how it proved president biden's at the time vice president biden's complicity in receiving bribes it appears to absolutely be false and to really undercut the nature of the charges. we've always been looking for a link between what hunter biden received in

retiring congressman ken buck has already said on "out front" he is leaning no.nk you for joining us. ac 360 begins right now. >>> good evening. jim sciutto here sitting in for anderson tonight.

congressman ken buck, we'll see what happens when republicans are back in washington. thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> i want to talk more about this x fbi informant, though, the one that the special counsel is now saying should be still in jail as he awaits trial, but has been released. and this possible russian intelligence operation that has clearly potentially made its way into congress. we have the former cia chief of russia operations also an international security analyst, steve hall here, and it's great to have you a steve, i think some people may look at this and wonder, how did this happen? how do you go from having someone who was considered a prized source at the fbi who has now been turned into an indicted former informant yeah, there's there's a lot of questions, valid questions about bank kaitlan. i mean, it was interesting to hear that this guy has actually been are actually was a confidential informant for the fbi for for ten years, you know, having having been in the human source business myself previously, not domestic, a bit overseas h

you said you were going to work on ken buck over the weekend. he's a no. mr. mcclintock has expressed reservations about this as well. do you respect their views when they say they don't think that this is right to go ahead and try to impeople mayorkas when someone like mike gallagher says this opens pandora box? mr. johnson: mike gallagher and tom mcchloroquine to*bg and -- mcclintock who are dearest friends. i spoke to both of them this morning. my background is in constitutional lou. i served on the impeachment of the president's team twice. i'm very familiar with the law and legal standard. we had thoughtful intellectual discussion with those two gentlemen this morning. i respect everybody's view on it. i understand. the heavyweight that impeachment is. i said many times you heard me say, next to the declaration of war i believe impeachment is the heaviest authority the house is given in the constitution. we carry that weight very carefully. what i will say about this on the mayorkas impeachment is the homeland security committee did an extraordinary job,

that is ken buck. he says he is the worst secretary in history, not a high crime or misdemeanor. >> lawrence: it shows republican party has no ability to read the moment and understand what voters want. i am sick of what politicians vote for what they feel instead of what voters think. i personally like matt gallagher, to see numbers coming across the border and be head of select committee on china and not be able to vote for impeachment with person overseeing the border is tone deaf to republican voters, that is why you see this split within the party. i am hoping as they prosecute the case, they unify and come up with a cohesive message that is reflective of what voters are saying, not just republican, independent and some democrats. >> brian: so wrong for democrats, if -- unless your name is henry cuellar. henry cuellar is only democrat that said the border is broken and i want to fix it and no one wants to talk to him on the left. the cbp tells bill melugin, they are seeing more -- how do you get o

republicans can only lose three votes and ken buck announce he is a no.ve scalise will join us and senator tim scott live with his take. to another alert, prince harry was spotted traveling to visit his father, who has been diagnosed with cancer. the prognosis is reportedly good, we'll have a live report from london in 15 minutes. in forth worth, four firefighters hurt after their vehicle was involved in a crash. the victim rolled over trapping the responders inside, one is in critical condition. employees of oakland pizza shop fighting back against a would-be robber. he left empty handed this is fourth time this pizzeria has been targeted since january. on the campaign trail sunday president biden confused president macron with president mineran, who died years ago. >> president biden: i sat down and madderon from germany -- i mean france looked at me and said how long you back for. >> carley: white house replaced mideran's name with macron. >> brian: did they leave the long pause in the transcript, do you know? >> steve: nikki haley said, i see dead peo

that was mike gallagher, ken buck and tom mcclintock. president trump wrote history won't look kindly at house republicans. next the prosecutors in this impeachment hearings, schumer has to take this up until. senators will be sworn as jurors and schumer has different options. he could go straight to trial and do that entire thing. he will could punt this to a special committee chosen by him and mitch mcconnell. or he can file a motion to dismiss this and that only needs a simple majority. you mentioned the special election. in new york city it was critical for republicans to move on this impeachment quickly and do it tonight before the polls closeed in new york. this is george santos's seat. if that were to flip to democrats, that would mean an even slimmer majority for speaker johnson and the numbers more of a problem. >> sean: we will watch that. a little trivia. my gold district when i lived i new york. i can't vote there anymore. we will check in with tim scott and anothers. biden's disastrous start to the month. it got worse today.

. >> carley: republicans can only afford to lose three votes and republican congressman ken buck says he is a no. majority leader steve scalise is out due to cancer treatment. impeachment managers who would prosecute the case. the trial could start this week. >> todd: thank you. cbp sources revealing there were 6600 migrant encounters just on sunday. that sector has seen 100 plus chinese nationals per day, they are among the fastest group crossing and it could be with the help of tiktok. >> we wondered how these migrants knew about the entryway to california. the answer is in their hands. >> you learned on tiktok? >> tiktok is a social media platform created in china. the post we found had step by step instruction for hiring smugglers and detail directions to that hole we visited. >> todd: a former diplomat in asia joan me now. if we needed another reason to ban tiktok, your thoughts? >> no surprise folks trying to sneak in will use any means and some will set up networks and secure messaging and in this case tiktok. nothing is surprising, most surprising is inability to stop it. >> t

mike gallagher, the republican of wisconsin tom mcclintock republican of california ken buck the republic of colorado and blakemore the vice chair at the end of the vote he switched his vote so it was 216-214 it was t215 to 215 and why does blakemore who wanted to impeach mayorkas switch his vote? republicans want to call this back up somewhere in the future at some point they're going to get steve scalise the majority leader out he has been out for cancer treatment and there is a on long island if the republicans win that seat this was a major defeat and this is embarrassing after republicans made all of this noise about alejandro mayorkas and as i say it comes down to the math and they lacked the votes laura praised him if they did not have the votes. chad, thank you so much great joining me is arizona congressman andy biggs congressman, you know what i think about alejandro mayorkas. i have been hammering him since january 2021 but explained to the viewers what the point was in doing this, given the razor thin numbers that you had especially because the real culprit the real culprit is

we heard from ken buck saying he is a solid no on impeaching mayorkas, saying his colleagues have failed to show high crimes or misdemeanors. your efforts would be better served in dealing with the border. that said, things are moving. how concerned are you about this impeachment moving forward? >> it's a sham impeachment. it sets a terrible precedent for our institution. you can have policy disagreements. that's part of operating with the executive branch. republicans know this is a political issue that plays well for their base. they are trying to maximize their efforts to use it as a political foil against the biden administration instead of dealing with the issue we need to address. >> it will play out that way? >> they will try to extract as much as possible. they need to impeach mayorkas to make trump look strong on the border. they are trying to tear public officials down so they make trump seem stronger on issues that matter to all americans, instead of working with democrats and the administration to come up with real solutions. that's what we were sent to washington to do. they

. >> reporter: the impeachment vote was 214-213, three republicans voted no, that includes ken buck ofnot making any excuses for what's going on. secretary mayorkas goes down is one of the worst cabinet secretaries in my lifetime, but it's not a high crime or misdemeanor. when we break that barrier the other side is going to do it over and over to us, to our president, to our cabinet officials. >> reporter: the house wanted to vote quickly after losing a vote to impeach mayorkas last week because democrats won the special election in new york. it's not the math, republik and would likely want to vote now now that tom swasy won the special election. stuart: one hundred 24,000 migrants were apprehended at the southern border in january. that happens to be down 50% from december. national border patrol council president brandon judd joins me now. why the slowdown? >> reporter: simply the time of year. when you compare january 2024 to january 23rd which is comparing apples to apples, we are up 12% over what we were from last year. we set records in 2,023. when you look at these you can't c

take a listen to congressman ken buck. >> we were warned at the time the that we received the document outlining this witness's testimony. we were warned that the credibility of this statement was not known. and yet people, my colleagues went out and talked to the public about how this was credible, how it was damning and how it proved president biden's complicity in receiving bribes. it appears to absolutely be false and to really undercut the nature of the charges. we have always been looking for a link between what hunter biden received in terms of money and joe biden's activities or joe biden receiving money. this is not a credible the link at the this point. >> now house oversight committee chairman james comer is down playing the role the informant played in the probe. here he is last night. >> at the end of the day, he wasn't an important part of this investigation. i didn't even know who he was. all knew that alleged bribery. >> funny. here's comer just eight months ago. >> this is a very crucial piece of our investigation. and the reason that i think it's very credible is this

the orc conclusions that are already being drawn from this american politicians were formulated by ken buckbert gore's report touches on what many americans have long witnessed. president biden is no longer capable of successfully carrying out his critical responsibilities. in addition, numerous cases were presented indicating a clear decline in the demands of the head of the executive branch of serious mental and physical abilities. it's time for the vice president and the cabinet to put our country first and apply the twenty-fifth amendment. i mention that the twenty-fifth amendment is the removal of the president from office in the event of his inability to perform his duties for health reasons. relevant. they want to remove the elderly biden, whose policies led to difficulties in the economy, that is, to throw a bridge directly into the election campaign in order to create the most convenient position for themselves, but we must say that all these are exceptional insinuations, and biden simply lives in another time and nothing more, well, yes, he lives in future, this is understandable,

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 perspective. mcconnell was for it. there were dozens of republicans speaking for it. "the wall street journal" editorialized for it. remember

at the same time you have republican ken buck coming out and saying this person's credibility was questionedback. >> that's a decent fallback and ininability to adjust for the facts is highly concerning. >> let's say the knowledge of the words is too high for me now. >> that's not true. you make that joke. >> really, i have no clue what you just said. >> really? >> if you found out that something you were out there saying was not true, would you show remorse? would you apologize for the fact you had lied? >> when you say remorse -- you know what i'm saying. >> i think it comes down to, are you able to stand on facts and your own record. >> well, negotiations, right. politics. >> and we're out of time. >> ad-lib, ad-lib, ad-lib. >> keep it locked. joy reid, our favorite colleague, with "the reidout" report is next. [coughing] copd hasn't been pretty. it's tough to breathe and tough to keep wondering if this is as good as it gets. but trelegy has shown me that there's still beauty and breath to be had. because with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy keeps my airways open and prevents futu

ken buck republican of colorado. the vice chair of the republican conference blakemore. now, at the end of the vote he switched his vote so this lost. 216 to 214. it was 215 to 215. by rule, a tie vote loses in the house of representatives. so why did blakemore, who wanted to obviously impeach alejandro mayorkas, switch his vote to no? did he have a change of heart? no. because republicans want to call this back up some time in the future. probably not tonight but some time down the road. they know at some point they are going to get steve scalise, the majority leader back. he has been out for cancer treatments. and there is a special election on long island next week. if republicans win that seat, they might have the votes to impeach. but, still, this was a major defeat tonight. they made a big promise. and this was frankly kind of embarrassing, especially after republicans made all of this noise about alejandro mayorkas and as i always say it comes down to the math and they lacked the votes, laura. >> laura: yeah, do you have the votes? they didn't have the votes. chad

so they've got this tiny margin and they were abandoned by ken buck. therapy abandoned by mcclintock and gallagher surprised them. they thought they had one vote. 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

that means the ken bucks of the house conference. they have to be on the same page. otherwise they go to conference, they'll send the bill, they'll be going up for a vote, whether republicans want it or not, and this has a chance of passing. it really does, because of the slim majority of the house republican. >> we're operating on extraordinarily thin margins. obviously we don't have control of the senate. we need everyone in the house, whether it's the two-vote margin right now to support speaker johnson in his statement that this thing is doa, not in this form, not in any similar form. it is completely and totally dead in the house. we need every house republican to standby speaker johnson in that proclamation. this is very simple, sean. and republicans need to get this and drill it into their skulls. the correct position, as a matter of policies, politics and morality. illegal aliens go home. you don't wet 1,000, 2,000, 5,000. illegal aliens don't come in through airplanes, buses, land entry. anywhere. they don't come in to the country. if you break our laws, vio

republicans lost three of their members, mike gallagher of wisconsin, tom mcclintock of california and ken buck of colorado. buck was not moved by the impeachment arguments. >> you can't point to a statute and say this is the statute he violated. people say he lied. there was opinions were that expressed that people disagree with. there is no high crime or misdemeanor in this situation. >> here is what happens next. the senate is compelled to start a trial. there are 11 house members who will serve as prosecutors, homeland security committee chairman mark green is one of them. >> it is now time for the senate to do its duty, to step up, hold a trial, and convict secretary mayorkas. >> chuck schumer says the trial will start later this month. they received the articles one day, swear in senators as jurors the next. the senate could dismiss the articles quickly. harris. >> harris: great work, thank you very much. in "focus" now let's get to florida congressman mike waltz member of the house foreign affairs, armed services and intelligence committees. first of all, democrats, you saw it party line

ken buck said this is a policy difference. over and over saying there is a distinction and policy differences do not rise to what the constitution calls tore with impeachment. and to talk about unworthy men is precisely an issue that then james madison went on to define. i would point out that after that discussion was had, there was an attempt to say mal administration, we don't like your policies should be a cause for impeachment. chairman green, your point about unworthy, james madison himself argued against him allowing mal administration policy being a part of impeachment. and i will quote this as he sought to defeat that constitutional amendment. that would be to be equivalent of the pleasure of the senate. there was an effort to make sure there was a separation of powers. as our ranking member thompson pointed out, if you don't like what they are doing, take them to court. if you don't like what they are doing, there are remedies unless it is treason, bribery or high crimes and misdemeanors. the constitutional conventio

when we look at the list of those that didn't vote, three voted against, that's congressman ken buckike gallagher and mcc mcclintock. two of the three aren't running for re-election in the cycle. does the speaker of the house have a grasp on the numbers in such a consequential vote or headline making vote, is that something you have faith in thee speaker to get done and why? >> i think the speaker will be able to get it done this week. like i said before, leader scalise is returning. mike johnson's been in for 107 days now, mott something he anticipated was going to happen. everybody is working with limb to make this happen going forward. but i would tell the speaker he's got to make sure that he him and a his team lock in on some of these votes because we don't have a lot of time left. the next major hurdle will be government funding. what are we going to do around that? and are we going to ayou how the government to be funded if the border remains unsecure? because the primary job of the united states government is to secure this nation and if it is failing at a that, the way joe b

ken buck, republican from the purple state of colorado, actually pretty liberal state.llagher from wisconsin. ari, i have got to say even in those states that are kind of, you know, usually, obviously, democrat leaning, this is a pretty easy vote in the end, is it not? >> yes. well, i think there is two ways to look at it. one is the substance of the vote and the failures of the biden administration on the border. the other is what does impeachment mean? i do think there is a purest view constitution for high crimes and misdemeanors and they can ask themselves has a high crime or misdemeanor taken place? look, the person to blame here is nancy pelosi when they impeached donald trump device under the democratic house, they turned the impeachment high crime and misdemeanor into a vote of no confidence. that's where this started. and it shouldn't surprise anybody, especially the democrats if now republicans who hold power start to impeach the biden administration officials for a lack of confidence. so, if you want to say who violate the forms and change the rules in washin

you have people like representative ken buck who are a posed to moving forward with impeaching secretaryorkas. one thing is sure, senate democrats are going to have to make a decision if the decision is made in the house to impeach mayorkas as to what they're going to do in their chamber, specifically, are they going the try to move to dismiss this quickly. a quick trial in the senate. move this to a senate committee in order to clear the deck and not take much time on the senate floor which is very precious to deal with this impeachment. a lot of senate democrats that i talked to last night said they think this is blatantly political. but at the same time, there are constitutional considerations, procedural considerations they have to make. so, we expect that this will be approved in the house tonight. where it goes from there i think is still a very open question. senate democratic aides are still reviewing past impeachments of nonpresidents to make a decision to look at the precedent and see whether or not they have any maneuvering, any room to really try and move this along pretty qu

don't believe me, just listen to outgoing republican congressman ken buck. >> we were warned at the time that we received the document outlining this witness's testimony. we were warned that the credibility of this statement was not known. and yet, people, my colleagues, went out and talked to the public about how this was credible and how it was damning and how it proved president biden's at the time, vice president biden's complicity in receiving bribes. it appears to absolutely be false. and to really undercut the nature of the charges. >> late this afternoon, a california judge who was asked by the department of justice to revisit a nevada judge's decision to release smirnoff granded a warrant for his rearrest. he was taken into custody while he was meeting with his lawyers in las vegas. joining me is congressman jamie raskin of maryland. a member of the house judiciary and oversight committees. the way it normally works is you get information, you verify it, and then you publicize it and act on it. they did the opposite. i first want to get you to react to the fact this man has been

so with people like ken buck who are retiring, and who can actually express themselves with sincerity it is going to be difficult to move forward with this step, and i think a lot of the swing district members are going to say this is not good for. as this does not make sense. our district voted for this. so it might be more likely we lose. this is a big problem that republicans are having. they threw all of this mud of the will to try to tarnish president biden's image. a lot of that is coming off and they are starting to look back. >> that is being polite. carlos cabrera, thank you very much, my friend, i appreciate you. coming, up the two men who want to remake the republican house. and they are having very different ideas of what that will look like. that is coming, up next. >> congressman matt gaetz of florida house an ax to grind. the michael loyalists who assisted the last speaker has reportedly been still not at the party establishment over a congressional effort's probe over allegations of his sexual impropriety. that puts him decidedly at odds with the new republican speaker

among them has been ken buck. here's what he has to say about the whole thing. -- we were warned at the time that we received the document outlining this witness's testimony, we were warned the credibility of this statement could be g compromised him. >> does buck have a point and does comer need the smoking gun if this has fallen apart? >> look, the credibility of this guy always was suspect. people should have been very cautious, especially given what the fbi has handed us in terms of source in recent years. let's not forget this follows on christopher steele, igor danchenko. they don't have a great track record. somebody should ask why were they relying on him for ten years if he had such a problem. that's a big question. the bigger issue, martha, is if you're trying to find the smoking gun is whether or not joe biden cashed in and got money in his account. that's very different from what republicans have been establishing, which is a very stinky, again, family operation in which joe biden seemed to have a lot of knowledge and involvement in hunter's business

retiring congressman ken buck has already said on "out front" he is leaning no. thank you for joining us. ac 360 begins right now. >>> good evening. jim sciutto here sitting in for anderson tonight. tonight we are getting in the first images of u.s. strikes on syria and iraq. this is from alkhine in the western province. that orange fireball in the distance appears to be a weapons depot, one of some 85 iranian-linked targets attacked by a variety of u.s. aircraft including long-range b1 bombers like this one which flew nonstop with aerial refueling from here in the u.s. president biden says that today's strike is only the first part of a larger operation being carried out in response to sunday's drone attack on american troops in eastern jordan, which you'll remember killed three soldiers, wounded dozens more. caskets burying those three, the remains of those three returned home today. the president also signaled the united states will not strike targets inside iranian territory and does not seek a wider conflict in the region in what is already one at war. repor

ken buck and mike gallagher, guys. >> steve: lucas, you just mentioned u.s. grant the s.sn't stand for anything. who is another president who has an s. and doesn't stand for anything as in harry s. truman. >> that's right. both those presidents. and if you are wondering how grant received the name s. his congressman from ohio nominated him to s. point put the s. on there and could never shake it when he showed up toes west point it stuck. >> brian: he was master horseman. >> steve: thank you very much, lucas. >> ainsley: bring in lawrence jones is he down in st. louis covering crime down there. you have covered the border extensively. >> lawrence: good morning. have to make the case to the american people. people talk about high crimes and misdemeanors. remember impeachment is a political process. not only is mayorkas on trial the president of the united states son trial. they have to bring the experts in to show what has been happening at the border a lot of border patrol and family members that have died because of the fentanyl coming across the border. so you are going

mike gallagher, tom mcclintock, ken buck and a man from your neck of the woods, blake moore, republicanll voted no. your thoughts? >> i know all four of them very well, very disappoint ped. i think they're going to get strong primary challenges and they should. i think republicans should have focused more on, what happened to the 85,000 unaccompanied minors? the four, five, six, seven eight year old boys and girls that are unaccounted for released into the homeland. that should have i think led the argument but nevertheless, he should have been impeached. he should be fired, he has not done his job on. >> trace: i want to see if we have this video. do we have the video if not we don't have to show because it's kind of gruesome but the woman dragged by this migrant gang riding mopeds and she was dragged through the streets nicole and it was horrendous to watch and the thing i write this up for is police have identified this gang as committing at least 62 other crimes in new york city. they have built this crime gang, and it's just the beginning of these crime organizations from the migra