and also added that corrupted politicians in the texas house are actively destroying texas's positionerful back stop against the biden agenda in the entire country. >> every politician who supports this deceitful impeachment attempt will inflict lasting damage on the credibility of the texas house. >> reporter: paxton has been under indictment for felony securities violations since taking office. he's also under fbi investigation for his actions connected to the articles of impeachment. paxton has denied all wrongdoing and texas voters have re-elected him as attorney general twice. along the way he's garnered the support of a major ally. >> he loves his state and he loves this country. attorney general ken paxton. >> reporter: and taking a page out of the trump playbook paxton blames the looming impeachment fight on liberal factions in the texas republican party. one texas state representative predicts paxton will be impeached by the texas house but is calling on the texas senate to refuse to hold an impeachment trial. >> no one has any evidence that he did anything wrong. it is all a

and i hope that elected officials across the country will take note of what we've done in the texas house. >> and representative, we were hearing earlier today that paxton himself was allegedly threatening house members with political consequences in the next election if they did not side with him. did you pick up on any of this? i know you're a democrat so maybe he knew how you were going to vote. were some of your colleagues saying, hey, this is going on, they're trying to side arm me? >> yes. i can confirm that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, some of them were called by ken paxson himself while they were on the floor, right before they took this important historic vote. that to me is further confirmation of ken paxton's corruption. and i think it is even more evidence of his abuse of office. if a public official betrays the public trust, if they abuse their power, then they should face consequences regardless of what political party they belong to. >> what do you think will happen in the texas state senate? you need a two-thirds vote to remove ken paxson permanently from

run representative predicts paxton will be impeached by the texas house, but is calling on the texashment trial. >> no one has any evidence that he did anything wrong. it's all allegations. it's all allegations. so, yes, this is just -- this is political retribution is all it is. this is a complete sham. >> if the impeachment passes in the texas house with a majority vote, it moves on to the senate, where the attorney general's wife, state senator angela paxton, could be among those voting on his potential impeachment. >> ken paxton is urging friends and supporters to come peacefully rally on his behalf at the texas capitol on saturday, when texas lawmakers will vote on the articles of impeachment. and this is significant because it echos what donald trump did with his supporters on january 6th. we must point out that ken paxton was on that same stage with donald trump on that day. john? >> he was indeed. ed lavandera, thanks so much. back with me now, molly ball and ron brownstein. molly, i was listening to some of the testimony in the impeachment committee. some of these allegation

one -- predicts that paxson will be impeached by the texas house what is calling on the texas senaterial. >> no one has any evidence that the stunning thing wrong. it's all allegations. it's all allegations. and so yeah, this is just, this is political retribution. it is all that it is. it is a complete sham. >> reporter: if the impeachment passes in the texas house with a majority vote, it moves on to the senate, where the attorney general's wife, state senator angela paxton, could be among those voting on his potential impeachment. ken paxson is urging friends and supporters to come peacefully rally on his behalf at the texas capital later today when the texas house votes on those articles of impeachment. in this is significant because it echoes what we heard from donald trump on january 6th, and we must also point out that paxton was on that same stage that day with donald trump. victor and amara? >> ed lavandera, thank you very much. up next, parents in tennessee are expressing serious frustrations over a new law that could hold back more than half of the states third graders. we

earlier this evening i spoke with a texas house democrat for his take on today's extraordinary eventsust got off the house floor where i cast perhaps the most consequential vote during my time here then legislature. i joined a bipartisan super majority off our colleagues to impeach our attorney general, and now ken paxton is effectively removed from office. >> and paxton continues to get support from national republican figures, people like ted cruz, people like former president donald trump. trump was posting on his social media site right after the vote he's vowed he will fight texas republicans who supported the impeachment. it sounds, though -- seems like trump's endorsement of paxton really didn't do much down there in texas. they weren't listening. >> you know, i couldn't be prouder of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle in the texas house. in this age of extreme partisanship and polarization, democrats and republicans came together to hold a corrupt public official accountable. you know, nobody is above the law including our top law enforcement official in the state. that'

well, the texas house speaker, who's also a republican, maintained that the texas taxpayer should note paying for these $3.3 million without a proper investigation. so the articles of impeachment,s that is result of that investigation. now, the speaker is not the only one. that committee that investigated this has three republicans in that committee and two democrats. they issued this memo yesterday, saying in part, quote, we cannot overemphasize the fact that but for paxton's own request for a taxpayer-funded settlement over his wrongful conduct, paxton would not be facing impeachment by the house. now, what's in these 20 articles of impeachment? it includes things like dereliction of duty, abuse of public trust, constitutional bribery, obstruction of justice. paxton calls all of this illegal. take a listen. >> by proceeding with this illegal impeachment scheme to overturn a decision made by texas voters just a few short months ago, the corrupt politicians in the texas house are demonstrating that blind loyalty to speak er is more important than upholding the oath of office. they are

democratic and republican members of the texas house would side with phelan against paxton. it is texas politics. it is not for the squeamish. it is full contact and all of that. we'll see how it turns out. >> and one of the lawmakers said paxton was threatening with political consequences in the next election if they didn't side with him. that sounds like a pretty clear indication of how this will go down in the senate. it could be bare knuckles over there, too. rosa? we might have lost rosa. >> reporter: sorry. that question was for me. >> what do you think? it sounds like it got pretty rough over there in the house before the vote. that might happen in the senate, too. >> reporter: you know, you're absolutely right. what we learned from the floor of the house, this was from two different house members, they said before the floor that several members received calls from ken paxton who has now been suspended ever since that vote came down a few moments ago with threatening messages. in fact, there was one of the members who tweeted out that they were going to ask for that to

earlier this week there was astounding testimony before the texas house general investigating committee. now, this is a committee with three republicans and two democrats. and what they heard were hours of testimony that was very damning testimony from attorneys that investigated texas attorney general ken paxton for the past few months. and these were allegations of misconduct that benefitted a donor in relation to a whistleblower lawsuit that ken paxton settled back in february for $3.3 million, obligating the t texas taxpayer to pay. here is where things get a little ugly between the factions of the republican party and the state of texas. the texas house speaker, dade phelan has maintained that the taxpayer should not be paying without a proper investigation. now, those individuals, those republicans that are a part of this general investigating committee, they issued a memo yesterday, and here is what it says in part. it says, paxton and his office were not forthcoming about his conduct regarding the whistleblower's good faith reports of his violations and his koconstitutional duti

one texas state representative prikts paxton will be impeached by the texas house, but is calling on >> no one has any evidence that he did anything wrong. it's all allegations. it's all allegations. so, yeah, this is just -- this is political retribution is all it is. this is a complete sham. >> reporter: if the impeachment passes in the texas house with a majority vote, it moves on to the senate, where the attorney general's wife, state senator angela paxton, could be among those voting on his potential impeachment. and wolf, both republican and democratic lawmakers in the texas house we spoke with expect a simple majority to vote to impeach ken paxton. it becomes more complicated on the senate side. there's 31 senators, 12 democrats. they would need at least nine republicans to join forces to remove paxton from office. it's clear ken paxton is not going to go quietly, wolf. he just said moments ago, urging his supporters and fans to turn out and peacefully rally on his behalf at the texas capitol tomorrow afternoon, while the texas house votes, reminiscent of donald trump and janu

let's go to texas now. where housechment articles that could lead to the removal of the state attorney general, ken paxton. now, legal and ethical scandals have dogged paxton since he became attorney general in 2014. >> the ethics panel from the gop controlled state has filed 20 articles of impeachment against him after investigators on thursday accused paxton of numerous criminal acts including bribery and obstruction of justice. cnn's ed lavandera has more. >> reporter: one of the most popular politicians in texas is facing impeachment. >> this shameful process was curated from the start as an act of political retribution. >> reporter: republican ken paxton has been the state's attorney general since 2014 but a texas house committee led by fellow republicans is accusing paxton of a litany of criminal acts, including bribery, obstruction of justice, dereliction of duty, 20 articles of impeachment in all, filed against him. the charges brought by the texas house general investigating committee detail alleged violations

. >> a historic moment in texas politics, the 12 texas house preventative school present the impeachment case against attorney general ken paxton help formally deliver the articles of impeachment to the texas senate late this afternoon. the day after texas lawmakers impeached kemp accident, he shared today show photos on social media show saying there is nothing better than a weekend spent with loved ones. there was no love from an overwhelmingly bipartisan collection of texas house lawmakers who voted 100 and 21 to 23 to file 20 articles of impeachment against the republican attorney general. >> either this is going to be the beginning of the end of his criminal rain, or god help us with the harms that welcomed all texans if he is allowed to stay the top cop on the take. >> that's been called the impeachment vote at politically motivated scam and a spectacle. former president donald trump support did not help either. trump called the impeachment vote unfair, led by the radical left, republicans in name only. and he is unfit for public office.

. >> reporter: historic moment in texas politics, the 12 texas houseepresentatives who will present the impeachment case against attorney general ken paxton helped formally deliver the articles of pof impeachment the texas senate. and the day after, he shared these photos saying there is nothing better than a weekend spent with loved ones. there was no love from an overwhelmingly bipartisan collection of texas house lawmakers who voted 121-23 to file 20 articles of impeachment against the republican attorney general. >> either this is the beginning of the end of his criminal reign or god help us with the arms that will come to all texans if he is allowed to stay the top cop on the take. >> reporter: paxton called the vote a politically motivated sham and ugly spectacle. former president trump's support didn't help either. trump called the impeachment vote unfair led by the radical left democrats and r.i.n.o.s, republicans in name only. paxton is accused of a litany of criminal acts including bribery and obstruction of justice and that he is unfit for p

what happened in the texas house?e 31 senators serve as jurors, and that a two-thirds vote of those senators who are present is required to convict. rosa flores, cnn, houston. >>> still to come on the program, air travel in the u.s. sees a significant surge going into the holiday weekend. we'll have the details after the break. how to grow more vibrant flowers: step one: feed them with miracle-gro shake 'n feed. that's it. miracle-gro. all you need to know to grow. (vo) this is sadie. she's on verizon. the network she can count on. and now she's got myplan. the game changing new plan that lets her pick exactly what she wants, and save on every perk. sadie's getting her plan ready for a big trip. travel pass, on. nice iphone 14 pro! cute couple. trips don't last forever. neither does summer love. so, sadie's moving on. apple music? check. introducing myplan. the first and only unlimited plan to give you exactly what you want, so you only pay for what you need. and get iphone 14 pro on us when you switch. it's your veri

texas house speaker dave phelan and texas attorney general ken paxton exploding after this clip went nt? the amendment is adopted. >> reporter: feelin appearing to slur his words last friday during official house business. the mumbling coming at the end of a 13-hour day, and sparking a slew of tweets by the state's top law enforcement officer. first, calling for his fellow republican to resign for, quote, apparent debilitating intoxication, though presenting no evidence. then asking the house investigations committee to open an inquiry into the speaker for presiding in an, obviously, intoxicated state. again presenting no evidence. democrat house member defending fhelan, saying i had multiple interactions with the speaker throughout the day and night and i can say unequivocally he was not under the influence. >> if it was something else or it was just that he was tired, then definitely it makes ken paxton look like a bully. >> reporter: fighting back, saying mr. paxton's statement today amounts to little more than a last-ditch effort to save face about this. >> the committee will meet

what happens in the texas house?enant governor serves as judge, the 31 senators serve as jurors, and that a two-thirds vote of those s senators who are present is required to convict. rosa flores, cnn, houston. >> and we'll be right back. rude. who are you? i'm an investor in a fund that h helps advance innovative sports tech lilike this smart fitness mirror. i'm also mr. leg day...1989! anyone can become an agent of innovation with invesco qqq, a fund that gives you access to nasdaq-100 innovations. i go through a lot of pants. before investing carefully read and consider fund investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and more in prospectus at invesco.com. lowe's knows you never come in for just one thing. so we've got to know a lot of things about a lot of things. like which mower makes the cut. the mulch that finishes the look. and picking a color that pops. you got this. we got you. ♪ the only thing i regret about my life was hiring local talent. if i knew about upwork. i would have hired actually talented

still to come, the republican attorney general who was just impeached by republicans in the texas state house against the explicit lobbying of one donald j trump, that is next. j trump, that is next. >> he put the interest of himself above the laws of the state of texas. he put the interest of himself over the established laws, policies, and procedures of the office of the attorney general. he put the interest of himself over his staff, who tried to advise him on multiple occasions that he was about to violate the law. >> over the holiday weekend, kim paxson was perhaps the most notorious state attorney general in the nation was impeached. it was done by his own party, the texas state house. for anyone who has followed his career, it has been a long time coming. i mean, paxton is basically an ethical train wreck. he's been under indictment for felonies securities fraud, for eight years. nearly three years ago, seven top aides and deputy 80s accuse bots of bribery and abuse of office. he also fired several of them. they filed a whistleblower lawsuit that include accusations of loving a campaig

investigation accused him of years of corruption. >> reporter: ken paxton has been impeached by the texas housetives. under the texas constitution, that means that he's immediately suspended and that the governor of texas has the power to appoint a replacement. but let me start by taking you inside the texas house for this historic vote. >> have all members voted? 121 ayes, 23 nays. two present not voting, three absent. the resolution is adopted. >> reporter: this is a case of republicans policing republicans in the state of texas. in the state of texas, republicans lead the house and the chairman of the committee that investigated ken paxton is also a republican. and he issued this statement after the vote saying in part, quote, throughout the course of the investigation, we discovered numerous activities that constitute an ethical and potentially criminal conduct. these violations of the public trust are alarming and show a systemic pattern of behavior that every member of our committee felt needed to be addressed in a public forum. now this vote is already historic because ken paxton is the

there are 149 members in the texas house of representatives and a simple majority is needed. that's 75. there are 64 democrats in the state house and there are three republicans part of that general investigating committee. now based on his math, he says that would leave about eight republicans that they would need afr those 64 democrats and 3 republicans for this vote to pass. now we'll just have to see, jim, because a lot of the republicans here in the state of texas have been very quiet, probably calculating their political moves because if they vote against the speaker of the house in essence for the impeachment, you know, that could impact their committee chairmanships, the future legislation they want to pass, but if they vote for impeachment they, of course, put a target on their backs when it comes to the faction of the republican party here in the state of texas that supports paxton. jim. >> rosa flores, thank you very much. we know you'll be watching it. we appreciate it. >>> coming up, a massive surge in travel across the country in this holiday weekend. the world's

the texas house just voted to impeach thorny general, ken paxton. we'll get more on this breaking story from a reporter who is following the house to pay it. plus, could special counsel jack smith be ready to show his cards? how smith could be close to wrapping up his investigation into the former president. but first, richard lui standing by with a look at the other stories we're watching this. our >> haley still, we're just hours away from the start of turkeys runoff election between erdogan and his challenger. neither of the candidates won more than 50% of the votes in last week's general election. footing begins on sunday. if erdogan wins, it will be his third decade in that position. vice president kamala harris makes history at west point today. she became the first woman to deliver a commencement speech in the military academy's 221 year history. take a listen. >> i believe there is no more noble work than a person can do, then to serve our nation in uniform. and today, then to the class of 2023, you join the greatest fighting force the world

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it was done by his own party, the texas state house.n is basically an ethical train wreck. he's been under indictment for felonies securities fraud, for eight years. nearly three years ago, seven top aides and deputy 80s accuse bots of bribery and abuse of office. he also fired several of them. they filed a whistleblower lawsuit that include accusations of loving a campaign donor and renovation of paxson's home. but ken paxson's way of protecting himself is basically the same as donald trump's, which is, i'm taking on the lips, so i am your hero. and so, he tried to rally his allies ahead of the impeachment vote. ted cruz called the whole thing a travesty and not under the dump donald trump called to free can paxton. but it did not work. part of the reason it didn't work is because the story paxson and his supporters are trying to tell here is that the whole thing is some deep state plot, that republicans were handed gloves with liberals. >> what have you done to anchor these establishment liberal republicans? >> look, i've angered, eve

more breaking news for you, in two hours, the texas house begins debating whether to impeach the states republican attorney general, ken paxton after a republican-led investigation accused paxton of committing multiple crimes while in office, we are going to have a live report from the state capital for you in just minutes. also new, today, prosecutors in new york have informed donald trump's attorneys the evidence in their hush money case against the former president includes an audio recording of him and an unknown witness. that is according to report from a court filing that was made public on friday the case is expected to go to trial next march. vice president kamala harris making history today becoming the first woman to deliver the commencement speech at the u.s. military academy in west point, new york. >> to the class of 2023, and to all of the cadets here today. you stand on the broad shoulders of generations of americans who have worn the uniform. including many barrier breakers and trailblazers. our military is strongest when it fully reflects the people of america. >> we ar

attorney general of the state of texas. >> reporter: historic moment in texas politics, the 12 texas house representatives who will present the impeachment case against attorney general ken paxton helped formally deliver the articles of impeachment to the texas senate. and the day after, he shared these photos saying there is nothing better than a weekend spent with loved ones. there was no love from an overwhelmingly bipartisan collection of texas house lawmakers who voted 121-23 to file 20 articles of impeachment against the republican attorney general. >> either this is the beginning of the end of his criminal reign or god help us with the arms that will come to all texans if he is allowed to stay the top cop on the take. >> reporter: paxton called the vote a politically motivated sham and ugly spectacle. former president trump's support didn't help either. trump called the impeachment vote unfair led by the radical left democrats and r.i.n.o.s, republicans in name only. paxton is accused of a litany of criminal acts including bribery and obstruction of justice and that he is unfit for

what happens in the texas house? we know the lieutenant governor serves as judge. 31 senators serve as jurors. and that a two-thirds vote of those senators who are present is required to convict. rosa flores, cnn, houston. >>> voters going to the polls in turkey in the country's first-ever presidential runoff election. president erdogan faces off once again with main opposition candidate kemal kilicdaroglu after no one received a majority of the votes needed to win outright in the first round two weeks ago. turnout was strong in that vote. nearly 90% of those who were eligible cast a ballot. let's bring in cnn's nada bashir. today, burkish voters pick their president. what are people telling you? >> reporter: laila, polls opened just over two hours ago. i have to say the weather is not great. it has been raining a bit. despite that, we've seen voters streaming into this polling station, casting their ballots. this all-important runoff election today this turkey. we've seen seeing should have these voters, many including families of young children. some some members

the texas house is led by republicans.nd the committee that investigated ken paxton is a republican. and he issued a statement after this historic vote that said had part, quote, throughout the course of the investigation we discovered numerous activity that constitute unethical and potentially criminal conduct. these violations are alarming and show a systemic pattern of behavior that every member of our committee felt needed to be addressed in a public forum. this is already an historic vote. ken paxton is the first attorney general in the state of texas to ever be impeached. but there was another bombshell during this long debate that happened in the house on saturday. and that was that several members of the house stated that ken paxton called them, threatening them, that if they voted yes there would be political consequences. one member took to twitter saying, quote, i will be submitting a journal statement to amend charge document to include abuse of power, intimidation of house members and senate jury tampering in

the head of the texas republican party, ted cruz, the texas senator, and donald trump himself is vowing to fight houseepublicans in texas who vote for impeachment. but it sounds like from what you're saying that might not be having much of an effect if there could be upwards of 100 votes on this? >> former president trump has previously bad mouthed the speaker, a republican from beaumont who is pretty conservative. i think he called him the mitch mcconnell of texas or the mitt romney of texas, one of those sorts of insults previously and former president trump had promised previously on another issue to try to find a primary challenger to go against dave phelan in his primary. that never happened. no one even filed against him so i don't think there are a lot of republicans in the texas house who are necessarily worried about what former president trump thinks on this issue and a whole lot of other issues. >> earlier we heard from representative charlie green who said paxton was threatening house members with, quote, political consequences in the next election if they don't side with him. i know you'v

politics, the 12 texas houseill present the impeachment case against attorney general ken paxton helped formally deliver the articles of impeachment to the texas senate late this afternoon. the day after texas lawmakers impeached ken paxton he shared these photos on social media saying there's nothing better than a weekend spent with loved ones. there was no love from an overwhelmingly bipartisan collection of texas house lawmakers who voted 121-23 to file 20 articles of impeachment against the republican attorney general. >> either this is going to be the beginning of the end of his criminal rein or god help us with the harms that will come to all texans if he is allowed to stay the top cop on the take. >> reporter: paxton called the impeachment vote politically vote separated and an ugly spectacle. >> a great man. >> reporter: former president trump's support didn't help either. he called the impeachment vote unfair led by the radical left democrats and rinos, republicans in name only. paxton is accused of a li

i thought it would be valued in the texas house. not necessarily. and are there was a former ambassador who talked to me when there came an opportunity to run for congress and he said, listen, you stay in texas and you really want get very much done, not what you want to get done for your con still owenscy. you'll be in a deeply red situation. a red house, red senate and a red governor's mansion. you have opportunities on the federal level. even if you go into the minority, we know that things actually change on the federal level and that's where you could be a champion for your community. and i thought about that and he was right so i decided that this really was a good opportunity. >> was there something or someone in your early years, maybe as a child that triggered that interest in civil right? >> honestly, no. my parents were weren't the marching type of focus at all. it was my real life experiences. some of the scary things i've seen and some of the conversations i've had to had are washington some mothers that really made me say i need to do t

a successful parenthesis sworn into the texas house 50 years ago. and on that house for this young woman who is still in her 20s, only a month into or serviced in the texas legislator gets a call from the supreme o court. texas my women have reproductive rights. it's whyhe african-americans say from the relics. that existed texas is also the same states that led the charge and making sure they're going to what i would consider to be a campus country when it came to women's rights on reproductive health. when it came to rolling back access to the ballot box. i think it is time to texas to rise up and for people to see who the real texas is but i believe i represent who we really are. >> is your predecessor give you any advice? >> oh my gosh, tons. [laughter] you one thing that she said because she did call me and asked me too run for the seats. was that she wanted somebody experienced. over a 40 year gap people kept saying she she is little different from you. so a few generations. the one thing she said was always keep the people first. focus on the

that's why this investigation was unleashed because the texas house speaker, also a republican, maintained that the texas taxpayers should not be responsible for paying those $3.3 million without a proper investigation. well, the result of that investigation are the articles -- is the articles of impeachment. now, part of what this body has found is the following. take a listen. >> evidence of a dereliction of duty, a lack of transparency. specifically, a failure to disclose information that general paxton had a duty to disclose. the texas ethics commission records established that general paxton failed to report his connection to boards and receipt of various gifts. >> reporter: now, ken paxton firing back saying that all of this can be disproven, saying in a statement, quote, four liberal lawyers put forward a house to the house again investigating committee based on here say and gossip, this process provided no rebuttal or due process. they refused to allow a senior attorney from my office to provide the facts. the articles of impeachment are house resolution 2377. it has to go before t

1600 bills in state house across this country that have attempted to dismantle the separation between church and state. joining me now is representative talarico, remember the texasou very much for stepping away from house business for our behalf. just, if he could for people who have not been following this issue in your state, what are republicans trying to do what to public education in the state of texas? >> well first, thank you for having me alex and thank you for shining a national spotlight on what texas republicans are trying to do to our public school students. they are trying to indoctrinate, they are trying to impose their version of christianity on 5. 5 million texas public school students, and it should be offensive to all of us, those of us who love the constitution, those of us who love democracy, and particularly those of us who are christians. i am the grandson of a baptist preacher from south texas. i town the same charge where i was baptized when i was four years old, and i find these bills deeply offensive to my faith, and so i think it's incumbent upon christians to speak out that these bills are exclusionary, they are $1 choice, and they ar

texas may be a red state, republicans there are seeing red for a man who was once considered a rising star within their party. the states republican-led houseted to impeach texas attorney general, ken paxton, just yesterday, on articles that included bribery and abuse of public trust. >> he put the interests of himself over the citizens of the state of texas. >> now, why, you may ask, would texas republicans vote to oust one of their most prominent figures, nearly three years after a cascade of allegations against him first surfaced? and in the midst of an ongoing federal allegation and eight years after he was first indicted on felony security fraud charges? in an ideal world, you can argue that these state legislators saw a great injustice, and felt the need to write that wrong. sadly, we don't live in an ideal world right now. reality, the texas house of representatives, 3.3 million reasons to impeach attorney general paxton. as the austin newspaper points out, a 3.3 million dollar settlement against paxton put him on path to yesterday's impeachment vote. you see, a whistleblower lawsuit brought against paxton accused him of using his au

. >> the texas house spoke.. >> reporter: a house committee started investigating paxton in march after he requested $3.3 million in taxpayer funds to pay for a legal settlement stemming from a lawsuit brought by whistle-blowers who alleged improper behavior involving a campaign donor. the articles of impeachment go further into a pattern of corruption, including bribery, obstruction of justice and allegations of an extramarital affair. the attorney general has temporarily been removed from office and denies any wrongdoing. >> this shameful process was curated from the start as an act of political retribution. >> reporter: paxton is hoping to generate grassroots support like this rally held in his home county in hopes of winning over the state senators who will decide his fate. >> every politician who supports this deceitful impeachment attempt will inflict lasting damage on the credibility of the texas house. >> reporter: paxton's wife, angela paxton is a state senator, and there are calls for her to recuse her

it is hearsay within hearsay within hearsay. >> reporter: the texas house began investigating in march after paxton settled a wrongful terminationon suit foror $3.3 millllion and d requested d state tax dollars to foot the bill. >> a quorum is present. >> reporter: in an hours-long hearing this week, investigators detailed allegations of a years-long p pattern of misconduct, whwhich was reported to o authorities s by several senior staffers in the a.g.'s office who were subsequently fired at issue, allegations that the attorney general used his office to protect a wealthy political donor from an fbi investigation and lawsuit. >> did you just state, i want to be very clear, that the attorney general for the state of texas said he did not want to use his office to help law enforcement >> that is exactly what was relayed to us. >> reporter: paxton, a controversial figure, elected texas attorney general three times, is accusing the house of trying to overthrow the will of the people >> they have denied me the opportunity to present the evidence which contradicts their politically motivated

boeing upon arrival, engaging the new plane was treated to each additional what type jet salute the texas house of representatives of voted to teach the state's top law enforcement official attorney general can paxton was overwhelmingly redeemed by the body controlled by his fellow republicans accused of offenses that include providing donors with official help accident and all faces estates and its proceeding to remove him from office. i want to invite might turn into jim and football. now in bind minute gap claim to the woman's buddhist. they've got title on the final match. date is done in $111.00 victory against already. when the gates had to be not plots done, sealed the championship. as soon as the referee blew whistle to start the match by an worth team on a mission, all they needed was a waiting, but they delivered a dominant display after just 4 minutes sucking come, a guy opened the scoring and the floodgates the host to the added full by the half hour mark. and then georgia steinway chipped in with an excellent memory jeff it to make it 6 before made my goal and showed by and took a

but let me take you inside the texas house and this historic vote.. >> there have been 121 yeahs, 2 nahs. 3 absent. the resolution is absent. notify the governor of the house's action. >> reporter: now, this is a case of republicans policing republicans. the chairman of the committee that led this investigation is a republican, and he has issued a statement since this vote. and that statement says, in part, throughout the course of the investigation, we discovered numerous activities that constitute unethical and potentially criminal conduct. these violations of the public trust are alarming and show a systemic pattern of behavior that every member of our committee felt needed to be addressed in a public forum. this is already a historic vote. ken paxton is the first attorney general in texas to get impeached. but there are bombshells during this hour's long debate that led to the impeachment. in part it was because house members said that ken paxton has called them, threatening them if they voted yes that there would be political consequences. some

>> the texas house, ayman, hallelujah, as it relates to the texas senate, i have no faith.st talked about the fact that his wife is one of our senators. that means that she, effectively, is a juror in this case. and just like what we see in the criminal justice system, what happened in the house basically was a grand jury proceeding. where there is a lower standard. you are not trying to find someone guilty beyond reasonable doubt. and so, it was only a simple majority that was required. in the senate, it is a super majority. so two thirds, and one of those people that will be deliberating is his wife. in real, life this doesn't happen, in addition to that, we heard charlie giron talk about the fact that the attorney general was making threats. and, in real life, in real life, you catch another case for that, right? so i just don't really feel like you are going to get what they need to get in the texas senate. but i'm very excited to see what the texas house did. >> are you surprised that his fellow republicans turned on him? >> adam, no. >> it's that bad? >> he is that, t

the texas house speaker, dave feland, has maintained throughout this that the texas taxpayer should not $3.3 million on this settlement without a proper investigation. that's why this investigation happened, and the result of the investigation is the articles of impeachment. now, just to give you a taste of some of those revelations in this three-hour hearing take a listen. >> mr. paxton did not register with the state's securities board. actually acknowledged that, paid a fine, and then turned around and proceeded to continue with the same pattern of behavior of not registering and interacting in those transactions for personal gain. >> yes, i would -- one qualifier. there's evidence he did this in 2004 and 2005, was put on notice of the violation in 2009 because of a lawsuit and did it again in 2012. >> reporter: now, paxton firing back saying that all those allegations can be disproven, that this adoption of articles of impeachment is illegal, issuing a statement saying in part, quote, four liberal lawyers put forward a report based on here say and gossip, it goes onto say this proce

walk us through the fallout from this impeachment. >> reporter: well, wolf, just a moment ago, the texas houseve managers formally presented the articles of impeachment to the texas senate. it is still not clear those house managers and the leaders of the committee that brought the articles of impeachment, 20 in all, say there is still no firm time line as to when this impeachment trial will take place so we're still awaiting news on when all of this will unfold but it has been a dramatic several days and historic here in texas politics as the republican controlled house of representatives have formally filed 20 articles of impeachment against the city and attorney general in this state, ken paxton and those charges range from bribery, obstruction of justice, and being unfit for office, so some really dramatic charges and democrats and supporters of the impeachment say it is about time that this has happened. >> we have a duty and an obligation to protect the citizens of texas from elected officials that abuse their office and their power for personal gain. >> this shameful process was curated

the texas state capital invested, the data is underway in the house of the weather to vote for the pitchmanter months of investigation by a majority republican -- that recommended 20 articles of impeachment against tax, including claims of bribery and abuse of public trust. we are going to continue to monitor this out of texas, and we'll bring you updates as the situation is unfolding. we are also following this minutes by minute battle right in washington to get a deal done with the debt ceiling over the holiday weekend and default deadline is looming, almost as we all know at this point. nbc -- 's joining us from the white house. ali, we have a democratic source, right? essentially saying a deal is, quote unquote, still possible today. what are you hearing about the president's thinking at this moment? >> yet, yasmin. we know that president is optimistic and hopeful and confident that a deal can be made because remember, before he left to camp david from the white house yesterday, he was even signaling a potential deal could come before midnight. obviously, that didn't happen, so, in the

presented the last articles of impeachment considered back in the texas house in 1917. for more on, this i am joined by michelle garza, a civil rights lawyer who is paxton's democratic opponent in last year's race for the texas attorney general. she is also president of the texas civil rights project. good to see, you again, thank you for being with us. i think we have to separate this. paxton has a very conservative views and very conservative interest, and you ran against him on the basis of that. but paxton has been under investigation since 2015. to suggest this process has been rushed is kind of amazing given who paxton is, and, yet he keeps getting reelected? but >> first of, all thank you for having me on the show, ali. i am the president of the texas civil rights project. we have been working tirelessly to protect voting rights in the state of texas to make sure that we have a just criminal system that we have a humane, immigration system and treat people at the border with respect and dignity. look, i have been a civil rights attorney for a very long time. not o

geoff: and this morning, demonstrators gathered at the texas house of representatives to demand actionn a proposed gun control measure. frequent shootings across the country have put mass killings on a record pace so far this year. for years, texas lawmakers have rejected tougher gun restrictions. but today a texas house panel voted to raise the minimum age to purchase an ar-style semi automatic rifle from 18 to 21. it still faces long odds to pass the full legislature. ar-15's like the one used in , allen, texas, have only become more popular around the country. and more and more, they have been used in mass killing since the sandy hook massacre in 2012. in fact, ar-15 sub been involved in 10 of the country's 17 deadliest mass shooting. the washington post spent months examining the rise of the ar-15 in america and the politics and culture surrounding it. todd frankel is an enterprise reporter for the washington post and was part of that series. he joins me now to discuss. thanks for being with us and todd as investigators examine the ideology of this texas gunman and piece together o

well, yesterday the texas house passed a bill banning diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts on collegeand another bill regulating drag shows. today they passed one bill that gets rid of the county elections administrator in just one single county, harris county, which is the largest most diverse county in all of texas. and they passed another bill that gives the texas secretary of state the ability to take over elections administration in any county where a complaint is file. so that's basically any county republicans want. earlier this month they passed a bill that would allow schools to employ chaplains who are religious figures to essentially serve as school counselors. and in these final hours we are watching to see if they will pass a bill requiring the ten commandments to be posted in every classroom in the state including public school classrooms. those last two measures are among a handful of bills that have passed at least one chamber of the texas legislature and that are alarming people who believe that the church and state should remain separate here in america as they have

and so i am so thankful that my colleagues in the texas house, republicans and democrats, did the rightt this democracy of ours. >> texas state representative james talarico, as always thank you so much for taking the time to be with. this next, we'll have the latest from capitol hill moments after house speaker mccarthy released a 99-page deal with the white house. stay with us. you going to do with it? i could use a new sign. woooo! alright... ♪ soundproof windows. a new chair. save more than $1000 bucks versus verizon. and now, get the new samsung galaxy s23 plus free with no trade-in required. my husband and i have never been more active. free with no shingles doesn't care. i go to spin classes with my coworkers. good for you, shingles doesn't care. because no matter how healthy you feel, your risk of shingles sharply increases after age 50. but shingrix protects. proven over 90% effective, shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients or to a prev

solemn, sometimes angry and tearful recounting of slaton's graphic and offensive behavior, the texas houseoted to expel him hundred 47 to 0, making him the first member of the texas legislature to be removed from office nearly in a century. just give you some of the idea of some of the characters who make up the republican caucus in the texas state legislator, quite a crew. then you have the attorney general texas, ken paxton, who is just reelected to a third term after attempting to overturn the 2020 election, suing the biden administration over and over, join the effort to ban abortion medication, in his eight years in office, paxton has faced multiple criminal investigations, including a 2015 indictment of felony securities fraud. in 2020, senior members of this guy's own office came forward, alleging he committed bribery, abuse of office another potential crime. the department of justice has investigated those claims. then some of those ager came for double whistle were fired, and subsequently filed a lawsuit, alleging improper retaliation. earlier this year, paxton settled with whistl

the five the gop led texas house of representatives has voted to impeach the state republican attorney general kenneth paxton over allegations of corruption and bribery. yesterday's vote was 121 -- 23. sixty-eight republicans voted to impeach former president trump coming to paxton defendant posting honest "truth social" site hopefully republicans in the texas house will agree that this is a very unfair process this should not be allowed to happen or proceed. i will fight you if it does, freak ken paxton but let them wait for the next election. mr. paxton has temporarily been removed from office. will face trial in the texas state senate where his wife is a senator, bill. shannon: three people are dead and five other injured after shooting between rival motorcycle gangs in new mexico. shannon: you see police rushing to the scene of the 41st annual red river memorial day motorcycle rally yesterday. one of the victims was airlifted to an area hospital played the town's mayor calls this an iceland incident and said the suspect are now in police custody. nearly 30,000 bikers were expected

. >> reporter: ken paxton has beenism impeached by the texas house of representatives. under the constitution he is immediately suspended and the texas governor has the power to appoint a replacement. let me take you inside this historic vote. take a listen. >> have all members voted? 121-23. two not present. the resolution is adopted. >> reporter: now, this is republicans policing republicans. the texas house is led by republicans. and the committee that investigated ken paxton is a republican. and he issued a statement after this historic vote that said had part, quote, throughout the course of the investigation we discovered activities that constitute unethical conduct. these violations of the public trust are alarming and show a systemic pattern of behavior that every member you have our committee fell needed to be addressed it in a public forum. ken paxton is the first attorney general in state of texas to ever beism impeached. but there was another bombshell during this long debate that happened in the house on saturday. and that was that several members of the hou

. >> at an elementary school in uvalde, texas, president biden delivered remarks from the white house today in recognition of the first anniversary of the robb elementary school shooting. >> standing there, you're all enjoying. i couldn't help but think. the 2 of the schools to everyday places have become killing fields. communities all across every part of america. and each place here. the same message. do something. >> meanwhile, pain and anger are still gripping that community, which is asking outsiders, people all over the country, too. remember the tragedy but to hold vigils if they'd like in their own hometowns, not in uvalde for so many in that community. the grief is still fresh. kelly beeson has more. >> one of them. i know mom. >> and then a lalo diaz is the epitome of a small town neighbor and her twin sister has been real good, but on may 24th of last year, he was also the county coroner. >> the pictures that you see of robb school. when you look at the hallway, you seen those clean floors. green was. >> to me, i could see red. >> from the i. >> 376 law enforcement officer