Bret good evening. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, were covering two big stories. Both happening on capitol hill right now. House Speaker Mike Johnson rolls the dice on a foreign aid package with his own speakership on the line. But, first, the exceedingly rare event of an Impeachment Trial for a merv the president s cabinet never got off the ground today in the u. S. Senate it. Took a little more than three hours for the democrats in the senate to end the proceeding before it began against Homeland Security secretary alejandro mayorkas. Raising a lot of questions about constitutional process and politics. Senior Congressional Correspondent chad pergram starts us off tonight live from capitol hill to show us what happened. Good evening, chad. Bret, Senate Democrats stuck together to end the trial before it even began. They did not vote to dismiss the articles of impeachment. They voted along party lines to rule the articles Ou Out Of Sync with the constitution. Raise a point of articl
it s a family show, and a family hour. abby phillip, thank you so much. nice to see you. you too. have a good, show laura coates. welcome, everyone. two cnn tonight i am laura coates. a community is on high alert that escaped murderer in pennsylvania. danelo cavalcante, who was sentenced to life without parole for stabbing his girlfriend to death in front of her two young children. he has been now caught on security cameras at longwood garden, a popular tourist spot with many hiking trails through the woods including, by the way, when that loops around the very prison he broke out of thursday morning. the dea da law enforcement is now warning residents again tonight, keep your doors locked, keep your cars locked. at least one nearby school district will be closed for the second day in a row tomorrow, as police are urgently hunting for the extremely dangerous fugitive who, well he s got absolutely nothing to lose. also, a chilling near miss. what happened whe
morning in mexico, bringing heavy rains and leaving at least three people dead. the governor of texas announced a disaster declaration there as gusting winds and rain from alberto lashed the coast, triggering a dangerous storm surge that has flooded neighborhoods with several feet of water. meantime, today marks the first day of summer, and a dangerous heat wave is gripping much of the country. right now, 65 million people from the midwest to maine are under heat alerts, with temperatures soaring as high as 20 degrees above average in some areas, and more record highs expected. out west, the sweltering heat is fueling 29 wildfires as firefighters work around the clock to battle the blazes. in mm new mexico, the fires killed two people and destroyed more than 1400 structures. joining us now sam brock in surfside beach. how are conditions there today? reporter: good morning. right now the offshore winds continue to blow in from the gulf. as you can tell by how i look now, and
from prosecution based on their official acts in office. many legal scholars have speculated that one route the supreme court can take is they decide if there s some level of immunity, perhaps it doesn t apply to the conduct charged against donald trump in this election case brought by jack smith, and that could cause further delays in that case because it would require it to be tossed back to the judge to decide which of these things were presidential acts and which weren t. there s another case that could potentially involve the prosecution of donald trump, has to do with a charge of obstruction of an official proceeding that has been brought against many january 6th defendants, and it s also a part of that washington, d.c. election suppression, trump indictment, and the question whether that has been properly applied to the conduct at issue. and then as you said, there are many other very important decisions we re watching for including a potential gun rights case involvin
over 100 million vaccines delivered so far. we are at a critical time. stunning images of crowds flocking for spring break. the other surge raising major concerns this morning is the growing crisis at the u.s. mexico border. right now, more than 4,000 unaccompanied migrant children, that s children without their parents are in border patrol custody. we are following all these headlines, first, cnn jeremy dimons is at the white house with more on the cross-country tour touting his relief package, it s interesting during trump presidency, we talk about campaign-style presidents. i wonder if you see this at a campaign event? reporter: from is no question president biden and vice president harris are talking about the american rescue plan. that coronavirus relief package you signed in law last week. a part is political. it s about preparing for the mid-terms. every democrat up and down the ticket will be running on this plan. particularly throws members of congress and senators