Ordering an Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden, no proof of wrong cdoing and no house vo. Well go wherever the evidence takes us. At this point i have not seen that evidence. This is a party divided. Vladimir putin and kim jungun new hints about what russia could swap for weapons. And russians are worried about being the Junior Partner in the beijing access. The idea that russia goes to kim jungun is really a telling sign. Police warn the convicted killer is now armed with a stolen rifle. Owner fired several shots but didnt get him. We consider him dangerous. He is desperate enough. Good morning, were so glad that you are here. There is Major Political news in washington and major geopolitical news overseas. Yeah, no question about it, well get to that in a moment. But we start with something that is shifting the entire landscape not just washington but for the electoral map Going Forward as we head into 2024. Kevin mccarthy has launched a formal Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden and there will be no formal house vote. This of course the same Kevin Mccarthy who then in 2019 said then speaker Forposey Pelosi Ha a full vote. And 12 days ago he said that it would occur through a vote and not through declaration by one person. And now that is exactly what he is doing. Directing committee to open an inquiry into the president. So what chapped . Pressure from hard line can i haves and not enough to satisfy someone like matt gaetz. Lauren fox and Arlette Saenz is joining us. Lauren, declaration from mccarthy changed lot. It certainly has. And the divides within the republican conference remain. There are a number of house conservatives when have been pushing and pressuring Kevin Mccarthy to take this step for several months now. He finally has but not everyone is on board. And there are some republicans who are deeply skeptical of the lack of evidence that exists right now tying President Joe Biden directly to his son hunters Business Dealings abroad. And that is something that youve heard repeatedly from members like Representative Ken Buck who sits on the judiciary committee. I have not seen any evidence that links President Biden to unit her bidens activities at this point. Ill go getting a briefing later in the week and looking forward to understanding more of what the Oversight Committee has uncovered. But at this point, i have not seen that evidence. I also spoke with representative Don Bacon Last Night as he went into Kevin Mccarthys office for a meeting on chill. And he said that he still had concerns. He said that he would feel differently if he had seen direct evidence, but he still has concerns about launching this Impeachment Inquiry. Now the three committees taking care of the investigations, ways and mean, oversight and judiciary, they say that they are empowered to get more documents, more interview, more information where they hope that they can find more direct evidence. But obviously there are a lot of questions about what this means for Kevin Mccarthys future and the future of some of his members in Swing Districts around the country. And how is the white house responding . Seemed that it was heading in this direction, but it happened very fast. Yeah, it really did. And what the white house is trying to do is paint it as a baseless politically motivated move. From the start of the mccarthys flirtation with the possibility of an impeachment inquire i are, the white house had been watching it see whether mccarthy would have the votes. And now they are pointing to the aboutface as he called for the inquiry without holding a vote with his members. The white house arguing that mccarthy is succumbing to a far right wing part of his party, and describe it as extreme polls at its worst. The Campaign Says speakner name only Kevin Mccarthy opens this baseless Impeachment Inquiry at the behest of donald trump. All spepgt expected to ramp up as they push back as the house investigations so far havent proven any direct evidence tying President Biden to his sons Business Dealings. The white house is sending a letter to News Organizations urging them to increase their scrutiny of the Republican Party as this Impeachment Inquiry goes on saying that they have launched this based on lies. And Behind The Scenes, the team here at the white house has been bracing for the possibility of this moment for quite some time. They have assembled dozens of lawyers, Communication Aides to craft their strategy and their approach as this is an issue that could head into the 2024 election. One thing to watch also on the Campaign Side of things is whether a debate starts to play out on whether they will fundraise off of this Impeachment Inquiry. That is something that the dccc did last night in some emails. So well see if that is a tactic take the Biden Campaign decides to employ as well. And it has been an aggressive response so far from the white house and the campaign and i dont think that it will change anytime soon. Thanks, guys. Questions remain about just how much authority republicans will have since they brought the Inquiry Forward without a full floor vote. Lets talk about all of this with allie williams. The Floor Vote Stance was changed, but also what is really interesting is how doj handled this under the Trump White House and what may happen now. So in 2020, the doj declared that the impeachments against trump could not proceed without a full house vote. They were invalid. Let me read you that memo from the olc. Quote, we conclude that the house must expressly authorize committee to conduct Impeachment Investigation and to use compulsory process before the committee may compel the production of documents or testimony. Is that just a statement with no teeth or does it matter here . To the first part, statement without teeth, it is merely a memorandum from the Justice Department and that does that carry the weight of law even if mr. Engel is accurate in that an impeachment is an official kt a of congress. It is a statement by Congress Accusing a either soed official of Grave Misconduct that might warrant their removal. So you have to take it to court aseems to happen in these cases. And office of Legal Counsel is not a super wellknown body. But it is a Guiding Policy for an administration and it carries other and supposed to carry over into a subsequent administration so long as it is not removed or superseded to some degree. What does it actually mean in practice . Because this will end up in court i assume is the key here. Yeah, that is a really important question. So case point, the idea that you cant prosecute a Sitting Frommed which came up many times in the context of donald trump and i gather it will come up with joe biden at least if you believe what House Republicans are saying. That itself just comes from a Justice Department memorandum. It is not the law of the United States but a recommendation from the office of Legal Counsel which is in effect americas constitutional law firm, it is the body within the Justice Department that says what is wright and wrong legally. So this is a well reasoned position of the United States government but they still it doesnt have the waste of law. They have to bring it to a federal court to decide what tilly is the weight of an impeachment when Just Announced by the House Majority leader. How do you think impeachments of trump change how this goes forward . John avlon was reminding all of us that having this many impeachments or impeachments at all is so rare in American History until the last several years. Something is different in the water now when you consider that barack obama and george w. Bush both had extremely aggressive on that thinks from the other party and majorities in the House Of Representatives that could have impeached them if they wanted but chose not to because of the fact that neither of them engaged in impeachable acts. Something has happened in the last several years. I dont think that it is entirely fair to sort of compare trumps impeachments to this because what we have today appears to be an impeachment in search of facts to support it. There have not been credible allegations brought against joe biden having knowledge of misconduct or bribery or treason or high crimes or misdemeanors. Former president trumps conduct is being procsecuted right now for some of the same acts that he was impeached for. So it is not merely that were trigger happy. Something happened under donald trump. And this here doesnt really seem like it, this seems like outside of the bounds what a congress ought to be doing. Bounds are clearly changing. Elliott, thanks very much. Also new this morning kim jungun and Vladimir Putin meeting facetoface in russia as u. S. Officials raise alarm about possible arms deals. They met at an Arms Facility and of course putin needs weapons for his conflict in ukraine. And north korea is looking at supplying them in return for things like satellite and Nuclear Submarine technology. A putin Spokesman Says the negotiations were substantive. And kim jungun vowed to stand by russia as the conflict goes on with no end in sight. Translator russia is engaged in a fight for justice to defend the sovereign right and Security Interest against hegemonic forces. I will always be standing with russia. Im using this opportunity to make it clear. And Matthew Chance is live in moscow. So striking to see a leader that has been so isolated over the course of the last 18 or 19 months with a leader that has been so isolated for the entirety of his time leading that country. Now joining forces to some degree. Reporter you look at kim jungun and Vladimir Putin and they are two of the worlds most sanctioned individuals before or they head two of the worlds most sanctioned countries. That is for sure. And that will send very worrying messages around the world actually in the Korean Peninsula. You mentioned the need for russian no how to improve its Missile Program and satellite launch program. Of course when you come to russia, it is wellknown that the conflict in ukraine has become a War Of Attrition and it may well be decided by who can sustain the sort of vast amounts of ammunition to lob to the other side. And russia is running short on ammunition. North korea is known to have vast stockpiles of the kind of ammunition that would fit into the soviet era. And so if there is a deal like that done, then it could dramatically change the calculations both on the Korean Peninsula and front lines in ukraine. As far as we know though, that has not happened. Certainly it hasnt been announced publicly. Whatever was discussed Behind The Scenes has basically stayed behind closed doors. There has been a shroud of secrecy flung over the whole carefully core yohoreographed v. And so we dont know what will happen next, where kim jungun might go next, how long he will be in the country. There is no Joint Press Conference going to be given and not really any joint statements yet either. And so were pretty much in the dark. But the big concern is what goes on Behind The Scenes. Will Something Like that, some kind of deal full wactually be behind closed doors. That is the big concern. Intelligence agencies will be keeping a close eye on that Going Forward. Matthew chance, thank you. 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If you give me all the weights that is open source and im evil which hopefully im not, i can strip the constraints out and return it back to its bad news. Joining us now, republican senator mike brown. Senator, good morning. So glad that you are with us. Are you as worried as eric schmidt is . He brings up very important points. These are the down sides to ai. But recognizing them doesnt stop them. We have to recognize it and we have to be able to deal with it. It is the up side and down side that we want to learn more about and we thought that in a bipartisan way a group of four of us including senator schumer, we wanted to bring this together and say that republicans and democrats alike, we need to do this and better if we do it in a bipartisan fashion. Lets learn as much as we can and bring the senate together. And find a path forward. You talk about up sides. For you those are very personal. They are. 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