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-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening, everyone. im tom king in for alisyn camera at that. debt ceiling drama. were closer to a debt ceiling deal, closer but not there yet. janet yellen gave them four more days, and weve got a ways to go. even if they make a deal tomorrow morning, can they get it done in time? plus, can a trump-like candidate beat donald trump? thats the question, as ron desantis gets his campaign in high gear. the florida governor not being shy at all...

speak louder than words can that on tuesday at rob elementary school in uvalde texas, this first priority for every single law enforcement officer in the state did not come first. the awful truth which was confirmed today is that police officers waited to storm a classroom while children were hiding inside and calling 911 for help that would not come. for as long as an hour. now we often here police officers talk about split second decisions. this time, the decision to go into a classr...

There's online speculation about if Buc-ee's will be adding a location nearly 40 miles from Warner Robins

Heres someone who basically, you know, epitomizes trumps attitude that if you make the law, you know, they cant touch you and you get to make the rules. but there is a higher authority than the attorney general of texas, and it looks like it may finally be time to pay the piper. >> looks like it at least we get the vote in the house. ron brownstein, what is the significance outside the borders of texas. paxton has been one of the attorneys general who have gone to court repeatedly to challenge e...

Scheduled to vote tomorrow afternoon. if it impeaches paxton, it moves on to the senate for trial. ed lavandera has more. >> reporter: one of the most controversial politicians in texas is facing impeachment. >> this was curated from the start as an act of political retribution. >> reporter: ken paxton has been the states attorney general since 2016, but a house committee led by fellow republicans is accusing paxton of a litany of criminal acts, including bribery, obstruction of justice, derelic...

Particularly on immigration and the environment. very often texas is the lead plaintiff because that way they can find trump appointed district court -- other conservative district judges in texas and then have a pipeline for the case to go through the fifth circuit, perhaps the most conservative in the country. this is something that republican versus used over and over again. so, paxton has made himself into a hero for, you know, the maga base in many ways by positioning himself as kind of the...

With a top campaign donor that involved an alleged affair. in a statement, paxton said the allegations are politically motivated and based on, quote, hearsay and gossip. and also added the corrupt politicians in the texas house are actively destroying texas position as the backstop against the biden agenda in the country. >> deceitful impeachment attempt will inflict lasting damage on the credibility of the texas house. >> paxton has been under indictment for felony securities violations since t...

Investigator if you will. he sent a letter, based on the speaker dade phelan in an obviously intoxicated state, im calling for -- that we have seen in washington, attack the attackers, attack the investigators. does it work in texas? >> well, well see. it doesnt seem to have worked in this case because that statement was issued right before they announced all of the articles of impeachment. so, clearly it was some sort of attempt to head this off or as you say to attack the attackers. but, look,...

Trump playbook, paxton blames the looming impeachment fight on liberal factions in the texas republican party. run 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. its all allegations. its 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 wi...

Liberal faction in the texas state legislature, it doesnt really exist. so, you know, hes clearly trying everything he can. and he will have the opportunity to make his case in these proceedings. but this has been coming for a very long time. >> yes, it has. and now the moment of truth is here. i just want to put on the record the reaction from the texas house speaker to that. his communications director saying, little more than a last ditch effort to save face. great to see you both. have a gre...