historic first, the first criminal trial, kara scannell, cnn, new york a huge setback for us house republicans in their effort to impeach president joe biden, a former fbi informant, whose story made up a key part of the gop >> case, was arrested on thursday, alexander smirnova's accused of lying to the fbi and creating false records, but republicans seem undeterred cnn's evan perez has the latest us prosecutors charged a former fbi and format with lying about corruption claims, i guess a president joe biden and his son hunter biden, and business dealings with the ukrainian energy company burisma. the charges against alexander smirnov undercut a major part of republicans corruption claims against the president and the impeachment inquiry that they've launched against them smirnoff was behind two fbi memos in 2,017.20. 20. the latter one came after joe biden launched his campaign for president and it included explosive allegations that a burisma executives claimed that the company paid joe biden and hunter biden 5 million each during the the time that biden was vice president, in exchange for a

us house republicans fail to impeach the nation's homeland security chief, over his handling of border's how an appeals court has described the former president, in deciding he isn't immune from prosecution. hello i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome. we begin in the middle east. israel says it's informed the families of 31 hostages held in gaza that their loved ones are dead. this, as talks continue to get the remaining hostages released. hamas is believed to have given a "positive" response —

us house republicans fail to impeach the nation's homeland security chief over his handling of borderp her son from carrying out a mass shooting. it's the first such ruling of its kind. hello, i'm caitriona perry. we begin in the middle east. israel says it's informed the families of 31 hostages held in gaza that their loved ones are dead. this as talks continue to get the remaining hostages released. hamas is believed to have given a positive response to a framework proposal for a new ceasefire in gaza.

us secretary of homeland security alejandro mayorkas has survived an impeachment attempt by house republicansing defeat, falling short of the simple majority voted needed to charge mr mayorkas with high crimes and misdemeanors forfailing to secure the us—mexico border. he is the first cabinet member in more than 150 years to face the prospect of impeachment by the house. it comes as a bipartisan senate bill on us—mexico border security and immigration is now on the verge of collapsing. republican senators say they will kill the deal only 48 hours after it was released. the deal would have included major changes to the us asylum process, and granted the department of homeland security the authority to shut down the us—mexico border if crossings rose above 5,000 on average in a day. in return for stepped up border security, it would have provided fresh aid to ukraine and israel. president biden blamed former president donald trump for influencing members of his party. republicans set aside, who do they serve? donald trump? or the american people? are they here to solve problems? or just weaponi

some of the key questions raised when a full, the us house republican representative joins the latest episode of going underground. you can watch the interview in a full throughout the day. for right now, though, a quick pre is a political problem that can be solved until we get a president, and this is why i'm so strongly for our f k. robert kennedy junior, who says, i'm not, is enough, we're bringing the empire home. we don't need 11 carrier battle groups swarming around the globe, looking for trouble. we don't need a 180 basis. we don't need to be policing the red sea or the straits of taiwan. and we certainly don't need to be running a priority. we don't have, i know he wrote the forward to this book, but do you know, he said, for as much money into israel against palestine as it takes, i don't know whether you've had a chat with them since, since he went to 40 a book is kennedy once more, a village genocide and guys. yeah, well you know, obviously you're never going to have a 100 percent agree with anyone. i agree. jesus case is more than a mouse is a bunch of bad guys and we sho

what is it just some of the questions raised, what a full, a us house, republican representative is. the guest and the latest episode of govern underground watched the program throughout the day, right? hit on all tape up for now. his up pretty in the military. industrial complex thrives, we have a 900000000000 defense budget is absurd. in fact, if you town everything security assessed is for an a, you know, international operations of the state department and national down for democracy in all the risk is 1.3 trillion is probably doubling even triple what we really need. so why is that fair? because there's so much money flowing through what you would call the national security complex, that in basically creates its own lobby, all the think tanks all the n g o's, all over lobby use in the bill. ways built way all the military industrial, complex contractors all put their shoulder behind keeping their budget where it is today in rising a, you know, as steadily year after year. so it is a political problem that can be solved until we get our president. and this is why i'm so strongly

backed by russia and china had been seeking a foothold in us energy and telecommunications networks long time more fallout thursday of the republican house intelligence chairman's a warning about what he called a serious national security threat from russia. >> chairman mike turner caused an uproar on wednesday when he revealed that there was new us intelligence that turned out to be about russia's abilities to place a nuclear anti-satellite system in space. biden administration officials are downplaying the threat, but some republicans are calling for turner to be ousted as chairman and others are questioning his motive in disclosing this new intelligence. take a listen we. >> put >> out our concern with chairman turner gaslighting the country on these things. i worry that the motivation to draw so much attention to this is less about intelligence and national security, and more about a politician who wants to send 60 billion to ukraine and wants to reauthorize the foreign intelligence surveillance act >> there is no immediate threat to anyone's safety. we're not talking about a weapon that can be used to attack human beings are caused

us senate. the upper chamber will take up the matter after the republican led house voted to impeach the homeland security secretary tuesday's vote is only the second time in us history, and the first in nearly 150 years that a member of the president's cabinet has been impeached. and the final tally came down to just one single person cnn's melanie zanona has details from capitol hill the house voted tonight to impeach alejandro mayorkas. the homeland security secretary, after failing to do so on the house floor last week, the final vote tally was 214 to 213. so it was a very narrow margin here in the house and three republicans crossed party lines to vote against these articles of impeachment for merrick, as that includes tom mcclintock of california, mike gallagher of wisconsin, and ken buck of colorado. those are the same three republicans who voted against impeaching america's last week. but we should note there was one key difference here tonight, and that was steve scalise, the house majority leader. he has been absent from the capital. he has been out battling cancer, receiving treatments

. >> but >> us house republicans are on a two-week recess instead of pushing along that bill, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says us president joe biden reiterated america's support for ukraine during a phone conversation. >> but missile zelenskyy says that >> aid is critical to stop the russian president's plans >> for small lots, but his dental biden them, boucher largely the action, the conversation with president biden, very important point, including about have give gun and the need for continued principled and sufficient support for ukraine. and each conversation clearly confirmed that keeps point. ukraine alone can stop putin and create conditions for him to be punished for all the evil he has done well, meantime, putin critic alexey navalny's sudden death in an arctic prison is further highlighting the dangers posed by russia us senate majority leader chuck schumer is demanding house lawmakers passed the bipartisan national security bill saying navalny's death is ringing an urgent alarm bell, and vladimir putin quote, is watching. a spokesperson for alexey navalny's sai

but it's unclear if the legislation will be approved by the us house, where some republicans are strongly opposed to connecticut is the effects of the soul funds are already being felt on ukraine's front lines or us and european official say. the delay is contributing to critical shortages of weapons and ammunition needed on the battlefield. jackson jones is a political scientist and resident senior fellow at the german marshall funds. and we asked him about the deadlock in the us congress and how that effects the united front. the west wants to present to government food. you is undermining it. and that's the problem. i think that mister buddy was talking about when he said it's almost criminal for the us to pull out of the support from the printer at this juncture. so that's a problem, it's basically domestic politics that we're trying to figure out. remember this is last year and it's definitely difficult to extract that from that particular uh environment which mr. barton is in. and i think it's important that mr. schultz was . ready just to say, we stand with you will you share with

kristen holmes, cnn, washington us house republicans are now downplaying the importance of a former fbi informant. one and central to their impeachment inquiry into president biden, alexander smirnoff was arrested and charged on thursday with line to the fbi and fabricating foreign bribery allegations involving biden and his son, hunter. present, biden responded to the news of the indictment on friday, areas >> he is lying in a should be dropped and it's just been it's been an outrageous separate from the beginning >> but it remains business as usual for the gop as they remain laser focused in their efforts to impeach biden, despite touting this now discredited information as they're talking reason for an impeachment inquiry for nearly a year. now, here's a reminder >> how real of a bribery scant joe biden bribery scandal allegation is this well, every day this bribery scandal becomes more credible, we already know the president took bribes from >> burisma, even a trusted fbi informant has alleged a bribe to the biden family. >> the most corroborating evidence we have is that 1023 form

republicans. in the us senate, mitch mcconnell called on his fellow republicans, but from the lower house of the usess from the house of representatives and personally their leader mike johnson to approve the bill sent to them on the allocation of aid to ukraine. he said this in an interview with politico. and then a quote from the main republican in the senate. we heard all sorts of rumors about whether or not the house of representatives supports ukraine or not. it seems to me that a simple way to resolve this issue would be a vote, and i hope that the speaker will find a way to allow the house to exercise its will on the issue of aid to ukraine and other parts of this bill and vote for. well, that's what mitch mccone is all about. said, well, as i said, he is the republican leader of the republican minority in the senate, he said this yesterday, after the senate passed a bill to allocate aid to ukraine, israel, and also to southeast asia, in particular, the lion's share, this for taiwan, and after that he was heard by his colleague, the speaker of the house of representatives, the leader of the

but it's unclear if the legislation will be approved by the us house, where some republicans are strongly opposed. different connecticut is the effect of the sole funds already being felt on ukraine's front lines or us and european official say. the delay is contributing to critical shortages of weapons and ammunition needed on the battlefield. our chief political editor, mckayla prove that wasn't washington for the talks and send us this update. or the talks between us presence, joe biden and germantown, so that all of souls didn't produce any kind of new policy. but they highlights how difficult it is to keep the what's on the policy and track with the existing policies. they've already agreed on both of back in ukraine. they are the largest of the u. s. and the 2nd largest military factor in terms of delivering equipment. and i'm unison. and they are also both stones allies of israel and on both issues and aids package is stuff in the us congress, essentially running the risk of becoming political. i'm unison in the pre election signed off between donald trump and the current us presen

but it's unclear if the legislation will be approved by the us house, where some republicans are strongly opposed to connecticut is the effects of the soul funds already being felt on ukraine's front lines or us and european officials say the delay is contributing to critical shortages of weapons and ammunition needed on the battlefield. a table of not some of the other stories making headlines. it's a russian drone, a tax on the brand new city of crowd seats has killed at least 7 people, including speech of the regional gulf. and it says, describe, hesitates, homes and infrastructure, causing several launch files to people have been killed in the latest violent protests and sent a goal. unrest erupted when this month presidential election was postponed until december. president murphy south says the delay is necessary for a peaceful transition in pocket style, the jail, former prime minister in rome. com and his wife on the west series of both claim victory and the general election independent candidates back by con was one of the most seats about streets muslim leak has emerged. the big

to pass it within days, but it's unclear if the legislation will be approved by the us house, where some republicans are strongly opposed to connecticut is the effects of the soul funds are already being felt on ukraine's front lines or us and european officials say the delay is contributing to critical shortages of weapons and ammunition needed on the battlefield. that's the knowledge of the water and gaza by address prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he has lost his ministry to draw plans to evacuate some indians and the future, meaning hum us forces in draft file. this comes off to the us, said it would not back any is really offensive on the city, the black, proper planning, if a now says to offer as a strong hold for him, us with scattered out the october 7th that it was hacked. 8 organizations feel a military operation that could cause a humanity had an adult catastrophe. another family left grieving after 5 relatives were killed by use really strikes law, the alma shoots a loss, both the parents, the name we was sleeping, and we suddenly woke up to the sound of foaming rocks were above ou

but it's unclear if the legislation will be approved by the us house, where some republicans are strongly opposed to connecticut is the effects of the stalls funds already being felt on ukraine's front lines or us and european official say the delay is contributing to critical shortages of weapons and ammunition needed on the battlefield, critical shortages of weapons and ammunition needed on the battlefield. jackson, james is a political scientist and resident senior fellow as a german marshal fund, and i asked him if chancellor left shots and president job i didn't have any sway over congress at this point. at this point is unclear. i think probably the best thing that the shots could have done was to say, europe is here, europe is ready and germany is in the lead to help a crane. but they're asking to actually be something that's more in leadership with the, with united states on making sure that ukraine was sustainable. it's not quite clear with that sort of work of me. what will it take for that to work? well, it's basically a domestic fight in the united states and mostly in the hou

but it's unclear if the legislation will be approved by the us house, where some republicans are strongly opposed. different connecticut is the effect of the sole funds already being felt on ukraine's front lines or us and european officials say the delay is contributing to critical shortages of weapons and ammunition needed on the battlefield. a brief look now at some other stories making headlines at this hour. a russian drone attack on the ukrainian city of hockey has killed at least 7 people, including 3 children. the regional governor says this dry kid homes, an infrastructure, causing several large fires. 2 people have been killed in the latest violent protests incentive go. unrest erupt id when this month's presidential election was postponed until december. president mackie saw that says the delay is necessary for a peaceful transition in pakistan, jail, former prime minister him ron khan. and his bible now was chubby, have both claim victory in the general election. independent candidates back by con, one the most seats. but for we must, one week has emerged as the biggest single

but it's unclear if the legislation will be approved by the us house, where some republicans are strongly opposed. different connecticut is the effects of the soul. funds are already being felt on ukraine's front lines or us and european official say. the delay is contributing to critical shortages of weapons and ammunition needed on the battlefield. as president vladimir putin looked, searching to win a 1st time in office in russia, selections next month sees not running on a post though. 3 other candidates will appear on the ballot. 4 names will be on the ballot in russia's presidential election. one of them is of course bludgeon, yet fortune himself. he's widely expected to win a 5th term and that the candidate will be on you thought sky from the so called liberal democratic party. in truth, it's an alter nationalist party. the 56 year old politician sees himself as no threat to fruit and he says that every vote for him is not a vote against the serving president. you go, i heard it. the one of is the 3rd presidential candidate, the 75 year old as a member of the communist party, altho

but some house republicans say the us can't afford this bill of 38 package. this institution has lost its way. $34.00 trillion dollars in debt. and the only thing that we're to talk about is to continue funding funding a war and ukraine and to fund a warren is real. how speaker mike johnson opposes the senate bill and says he won't bring it to the floor as it is. but democrats say they'll be looking for ways to get around johnson, for the sake of the us as allies, russell and jordan elders, era, washington. the still ahead on algebra innovations, the cost and the balance for the next leader of the world, the largest democracy and turkey as president was set to visit egypt for the 1st time since the country is $7.00 times more than a decade ago. the hello the, let's have a look at the weather for north america over the next few days on the east coast of the us. dealt with some pretty wild weather, developing nor'easter, which worked his way pretty quickly from new england, up to eastern parts of canada, taking the wet weather with it as well as some very power

but some house republicans say the us can't afford this bill of 38 package. this institution has lost its way. $34.00 trillion dollars in debt. and the only thing that we're to talk about is to continue funding funding a war and ukraine and to fund a warren is real. how speaker mike johnson opposes the senate bill and says he won't bring it to the floor as it is. but democrats say they'll be looking for ways to get around johnson, for the sake of the us as allies, russell and jordan elders, era washington to the head of knowledge of the senate goals suspends more of the internet, access and bands of time protest against the presidential election today and a tourism test russian businesses to live in to north korea for the 1st time since the country close to photos for the cause of 19 the to hello, that was not in the middle east. and a valid reason is very unsettled. whether move across the gulf, bringing some heavy rain to the likes of katasha as well as the u. a and or money that caused flooding in a month that heavy rain. we have got some bits and pieces o

house republican side. we need our democrat colleagues to join us. instead of threatening illegal aliens with deportation, we're rolling out the welcome mat, we're including aliens who will drain resources. you know what, here's the other tragedy. the resources, those precious taxpayer dollars, are intended for and paid by american citizens. but when you drain those resources and you spend them on illegals from other countries, you cannot take care of your own. it's a travesty. you can also see this with how d.h.s. has you can also see the d.h.s. refused the c.d.b.1app. they expanded the use so aliens could make appointments and be released immediately right into america's interior. sure enough. guess what? 95% of all illegals who simply scheduled appointments through the app were released into the united states on what they call parole. that's right. all you got to do. download the app. they all have smart phones. download the app, make an appointment. the president of the united states release you into a network of n.g.o.'s who will put you on a pl

a quick update coming in from the us, the republican controlled us house of representatives voted tois not true for scotland — it�*s been quite the opposite. at the moment we�*ve got clear skies. it�*s very cold in the highlands. and early on wednesday morning, temperatures in some spots could be as low as —8 degrees celsius, but not in northern ireland, england and wales. the air current is coming in from the south—west. weather fronts are crossing us here. a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain. so the clear skies will be across scotland through the early hours and this is where we�*ve got also light winds. we recently had some snow showers as well in the last 24 hours. so hence the temperatures are pretty low, close to the ground. but just to the south of that, we have the weather fronts, that thick cloud, layers of cloud, outbreaks of rain. 10 degrees in the south, around about 6 by the time we get to belfast and a couple of degrees above freezing in the morning in glasgow and edinburgh. so here�*s the forecast for wednesday. now, these weather fronts or rain—bearing clouds will be

years a member of the president's cabinet has been impeached by lawmakers in the us house of representatives. republicans alejandro mayorkas of failing to enforce immigration laws, resulting in a record surge of migrants crossing the mexican border. it's the first time in us history that a sitting cabinet secretary has been impeached. president biden called it a blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship and accused the republicans of playing petty political games. the margin couldn't have been any closer coming down to a single vote. the yays are 214 and the nays are 213. the resolution is adopted. let's speak to now to scott lucas, professor of us politics at university college dublin. give us an idea of how we got to this point. we give us an idea of how we got to this point-— this point. we got to this point because and i need _ this point. we got to this point because and i need to - this point. we got to this point because and i need to be - this point. we got to this point i because and i need to be honest this point. we got to this point - because and i need to be honest with you this is a poli

broadcast, aid to ukraine will be voted on in a timely manner, assured the speaker of the us house of representatives, republicannson, after a meeting with us president joe biden with the leaders of the congress, however, emphasized that the united states should first of all think about internal problems, in particular, about the financing of the government and the security of the border with mexico. these are the points in the draft law, which the us congress is trying to pass. i said very clearly. to the president and everyone in the room, that the house of representatives is actively studying and discussing all possible options for solving this issue, and we will consider this issue in due time, but again, the first priority of the country is our border and the protection of its security. i believe the president can take executive power right now to influence this situation. republicans still did not support biden's request to provide aid to ukraine in the amount of more than 60 billion us dollars, the adoption of the bill was constantly postponed, this is a threat. was the shutdown in the united states, that

the win cuts the slim republican majority in the us house even further. the country. but this story _ some parts of the country. but this story is — some parts of the country. but this story is not _ some parts of the country. but this story is not true for scotland. it has been quite the opposite. at the moment we have clear skies it is very cold in the highlands and early on wednesday morning temperatures in some spots could be minus eight celsius. a knot in northern ireland, england and wales. the air current is coming in from the south—west, whether france are crossing is here and a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain. the clear skies will be across scotland through the early hours and this is where we have light winds and recently had snow showers in the last 2a hours, hence the temperatures are pretty low close to the ground. just to the south of that we have the weather fronts, layers of cloud, outbreaks of rain and 10 degrees in the south, around about six by the time we get to belfast and a couple of degrees above freezing in the morning in glasgo

the call to put the bill to a vote in the house of representatives. so important to us, which his colleague mitch mcconnell, the leader of the senate republicanso, so that you understand again, there are republicans in the senate, there are republicans in the house of representatives, they are the same republicans, but as we see, they cannot come to an agreement among themselves, there is no bicameral agreement between them, some call for the adoption of a law, others... say, oh, no, no, for us there are more important things that we we will discuss, and ukraine, and ukraine is somewhere far away, and it has nothing to do with us, unfortunately, it is, but i continue to always say, i hope that in the end reason will take its course, the republicans will vote for this bill. nato secretary general jens stoltenberg hopes that after all, the american congressmen will make this important decision for us. that's what he's about. said during a press conference today before the start of the meeting of defense ministers of nato member countries. this press is this the meeting started today at the headquarters of the alliance. he emphasized that during

, so t in the house, so this was a surprise >> reporter: yes, three republicans defected and voted with democrats republican mcclintock voted no and said this would be used against conservatives when democrats take control of the house. the secretary was being accused of not enforcing immigration loss at the border now conservative republicans seem to have killed the bipartisan border security package mayorkas helped negotiate in the senate. president biden is placing the blame on former president trump, who is against the bill. but republicans say it's democrats who are playing politics >> the american people are going to know why it failed. i'll be taking this issue to the country. trump and the maga republicans said no. because they're afraid of donald trump. >> the objective of this bill was number one, to do nothing, to do zero to secure the border. but to let every democrat running for office say, gosh, i wanted to secure the border. but those mean republicans wouldn't let us. >> the senate deal also included aid to israel. house speaker mike johnson tried to pass a stand alone bill to provide israel with more military aid that bill was also defeat

presumed dead. senators, us republican lawmakers have voted to impeach, homeland security chief alejandro my york s, or the us government's border policies. republicans in the house of representatives approve the impeachment by a single vote after a previous attempt last week filed us president joe biden called the vote on constitution. and to gone, says us defense secretary lloyd austin, has been released from hospital and he has resumed his duties. austin's doctors say the health issue is not related to the defense secretary's recent cancer diagnosis . austin had kept his post hospital stay for cancer treatment in january to the sol secret about my career. lance line has trumped at least 9 workers in a gold mine in eastern church. the landslide swept across the valley, where the workers were thought to be at the time. officials, a rescue efforts are ongoing. the pulse of opened in indonesia as presidential election. 3 candidates are facing off, but with one clear favor, probably so be unto has the backing of current president, joe go, we don't. and is leading the pulse. proposal is also a controversial figure accused of human rights abuses during indonesia as d

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republicans' slim majority in the house. for the first time in 150 years a member of the president's cabinet has been impeached by lawmakers in the usulting in a record surge of migrants crossing the mexican border. it's the first time in american history that a sitting cabinet secretary has been impeached. president biden called it a blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship and accused the republicans of playing petty political games. the margin couldn't have been any closer coming down to a single vote. the yays are 214 and the nays are 213. the resolution is adopted. for more on this i'm joined by cbs correspondent, astrid martinez. let's begin by talking about that new look election, what has the reaction been? —— new york election. this race won by tom suozzi. br; this race won by tom suozzi. by flipping this house seat and this race won by tom suozzi. by flipping this house seat and special election to replace george santos, democrats can further chip away at the house majority. the race has been monitored for clues and voter sentiment heading into the 2024 presidential campaign, but democrats should be wary to remember th

us. >>> after house republicans tank the border legislation, the biden administration is reportedly consideringxecutive actions to tackle the recent spike in migration. of course, that's a major issue for voters. under consideration, restrictions that would make it harder to qualify for asylum. this could restrict migrants from claiming asylum if they enter outside of legal ways. welcome both. let's talk about this considering how much the country has changed in recent decades. is this the right time for the biden administration to make this kind of move? it does echo a lot of things that donald trump did, but it's the most -- aside from abortion, perhaps, it's the hottest hot button issue in this election cycle. >> indeed. you really see president biden here with not a lot of options, where immigration has reached a boiling point. it's interesting. think about the similarities of resorting to executive action. donald trump did it in a way that was very much against the humanitarian spirit of our immigration system. if we think about it, president obama also had to rely on executive orders. tha

the speaker of the us house of representatives , republican mike johnson, criticized the bill passed by the senate, because the document did not include the issue of border security with mexico. president joe's request republicans and democrats in congress have been discussing biden's decision to allocate aid to ukraine, israel and taiwan for several months. opposition from the future us presidential candidate from the republican party, donald trump, and his allies in the congress every time promises to block the bill. the aid package includes total financing of almost 96 billion dollars, approximately 60 billion of which is intended for ukraine. oleksandr kraev, director of the north america program. of ukrainian foreign policy prisma joins our broadcast. good morning. yes, congratulations, good morning. thank you for the opportunity. us president joe biden called on the house of representatives to approve the bill as soon as possible, which, among other things, actually provides for aid to ukraine. will this statement have an impact on congressmen and how exactly can the votes of d

breakthrough for the us senate has pos, a $95000000000.00 a to package for ukraine, israel and taiwan, which has been stalled for months. it still needs approval in the republican lid. house of representatives, it's speaking as balance to blocks, the bill russell and jordan has more no sleep for the us senate intent on providing military aid to israel, ukraine, and taiwan. and this vote, the 8th or 70, the naser 29. the bill as amended passes on tuesday 22 republicans joined most democrats to approve a 95000000000 dollar package to help these countries defend themselves. president joe biden said voting for the bill is an active courage and called on republicans in the house to do the same to counter the site. are you going to stand up for freedom, oregon? aside with terran tyranny. you stand with you crazy. you can stay with putting as we stand with america or trump, a point of code by the senate majority leader, if the hard right kills this bill. it would be an enormous gift to vladimir put. it would be a be trail of our partners in allies and an abandonment of our service members. and the ukranian president asked the house of representatives to do what he calls the righ

a motion to impeach presidentjoe biden�*s top border official has failed in the us house of representatives. republicans security secretary of in failing to enforce immigration policies allowing for a record number of illegal border crossings in recent months. he has dubbed the claims as false accusations. democrats say the effort to them peace and is politically motivated ahead of november's presidential election where immigration will be a key issue. in the end for republicans voted against the motion. —— four republicans voted against the motion. back to the middle east. israel's chief military spokesperson says thirty—one of the remaining hostages held in gaza are dead. rear admiral daniel hagari said theirfamilies had been informed. israel has previously said 136 hostages were held in gaza. the israeli government has faced growing pressure to make the release of the hostages its main priority. us secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in tel aviv — the latest stop on his fifth trip to the middle east since the war began. earlier on tuesday, secretary blinken was in doha. along with the qatar

house. host: rissman mark pocan with us into the house comes back -- congressman mark pocan with us into the house comes back. you can phone in until then. democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. we will start on the line for democrats, brandy and indiana -- randy in indiana. thank you for joining us. caller: i don't believe what is going on with these folks. i have no faith whatsoever. i agree with the last gentleman that was on in most parts he was talking about. it is like the elite in congress. they are not going to do anything about the border. that is the first thing they had to do, shut that border down. we have to send the people back where they came from and admonish them to go to the nearest embassy they can get to and make the application to come into this country legally. if they come in illegally, no questions asked. turn them from where they came from. tell them to quit coming. they are traveling thousands of miles with their kids. they are sending their kids across the border with notes, telephone numbers. it is baloney. i have no faith in our countries -- in our congress. guest: when donald trump was president you had

house republicans have used the now indicted informant as one of their main sources in the investigationss' scott macfarlane reports from capitol hill that the president's brother, james biden, testified behind closed doors today as part of the republicans' impeachment probe. >> reporter: the president's younger brother, james, arrived ahead of his interview with congressional investigators as republicans try to salvage their impeachment inquiry into president biden. >> are you having second thoughts about this? >> no, no, because there is other corroborating evidence with other links to the president. >> reporter: james biden told the panel the president had no role in his business ventures, saying "i never asked my brother to take any official action on behalf of me or anyone else." but even before the interview began, the republican probe suffered a major blow. long time fbi informant alexander smirnov, seen here covered in a scarf, hat and sunglasses has been charged with providing false information about president biden and his son hunter, some of it allegedly coming from russian int

of almost 100 affordable housing units and programs that help and house veterans use and victims of domestic violence. >> house republicans have voted across party lines to move forward with the impeachment of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas u.s. gop lawmakers accusing the secretary of failing to stop the surge in undocumented immigration along the southern border. in response, majorca says problems at the border go back to before he even took over and biden it and the biden administration has removed more migrants and the trump administration did democrats feel this is a political stunt orchestrated by former president donald trump. if the house votes to impeach my ruckus, then the case will go to the senate for a trial where it will likely fail. u.s. senators blasted tech ceos today, including met as mark zuckerberg. the senators argue social media platforms should bear more legal liability when children are harmed online. yeah. got pretty heated. at times it was a packed hearing for the senate judiciary committee. fireworks don't guarantee that there's going to be any real change. >> kron four's catherin

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