liz landers, abc news house republicans are making the case for pursuing an impeachment inquiry againsten. >> they launched their first hearing today with testimony from outside experts and tax law , criminal investigations and constituted final legal theory. republican leaders admit they don't have any hard evidence right now, but they have accused president biden of being involved in improper foreign business dealings with his son, hunter. >> the house oversight committee will examine over two dozen pieces of evidence revealing joe biden's corruption and abuse of public office. >> if the republicans had a smoking gun or even a dripping water pistol, they would be presenting it today. but they've got nothing on joe biden since the gop took control of the house in january, several key committees have subpoenaed and investigated hunter biden's foreign business dealings deals. >> now a story about building a better bay area. hotel just steps away from the sap center. the aptly named the arena hotel will now house 89 formerly homeless residents of san jose. abc7 news south bay reporter dus

liz landers, abc news. >> and republican presidential debate is happening tonight.tes will face off at the ronald reagan presidential library in southern california. former arkansas governor asa hutchinson did not qualify this time and once again, the gop front runner, former president trump, will skip the debate. >> but there's no sign yet that donald trump skipping these debates is hurting him in any way. if anything, it's only making him stronger. we are seeing in polls, including a recent abc news washington post poll, that trump is beating biden by as many as, you know, double digit digits in some of these polls after tonight's debate. >> it'll get harder to qualify for the next one in november. can daetz will have to receive at least 70,000 donors and four percentage points in national polls, according to the republican national committee. >> all right. let's talk about health now. a new study finds that teenagers are getting too many notifications on their phones and it's making them exhausted. san francisco based common sense media found teens are getting up

abc news reporter liz landers has the latest from washington.rnment shutdown is looking likely to occur saturday at midnight as house republicans fight among themselves over a series of spending bills. >> but speaker kevin mccarthy trying to pin any potential shutdown on border security and president biden, we're doing our job. >> so what does the president have to do with that? if he wants to sit and hide in the white house and put government into a shutdown, that's on him. >> house democrats countering that a shutdown would be a bad move since federal law enforcement officers stationed at the border would be working without pay. >> we absolutely support border security. that's why we want to fund the government. >> any government spending bills will have to also pass in the senate and democrats and republicans in the upper chamber have largely come together on a bipartisan proposal to keep the government funded until november 17th, plus provides $6 billion in aid to ukraine and $6 billion for us disaster relief. >> but in the house, republican

abc news reporter liz landers has a look at what's blocking any agreement. >> but there's still no dealepublicans in congress to keep the government funded. as a shutdown looms saturday at midnight, speaker kevin mccarthy telling reporters he thinks he's got a plan to avert a shutdown. >> when we're sitting here on a deadline having 72% of it done, 0% done inside the senate, that the biggest challenge i see right now that can be fixing some of these problems is the border. >> former president trump encouraging republican nations to hold out for all their demands, even if it means americans will suffer. trump claiming democrats will get the blame. but the white house says any shutdown falls squarely on far right republicans. >> i'm prepared to do my part, but the republicans in the house of representatives refuse. they refuse to stand up to the extremists in their party. any spending bills in the house also need to pass the senate before reaching the president's desk and the senate may soon introduce their own short term spending bill to keep the government open. >> but the impacts of a