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how problematic is that for you? >> hunter biden is a private citizen, not a member of the white house, as you know. and i just don't have anything else to share. >> the last time he was on the hill he said the president was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say. >> i did say that. what i'm saying today. >> president biden does not help with his business deals but helps him skirt congressional subpoenas. >> that's not true. that's a jump. i don't have anything else to share. >> harris: your reaction. >> i laugh. he violated it and held in contempt and he should be. >> harris: i mentioned the border security you are co-chair of that committee, too. lawmakers are split along party lines at the first impeachment hearing for homeland security secretary mayorkas. this. >> secretary mayorkas is the architect of the devastation that we have witnessed for nearly three years. secretary mayorkas has

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a key member of this administration. we were all curious what put him in the hospital. >> harris: the white house dismayed to be left in the dark, at least they say they are. a white house official told "politico" the president has been saying, quote, this can't happen again. it shouldn't have happened the first time. the timeline is pitiful. you had people on vacation, the chief of staff with the flu. rich edson is here from the pentagon. rich. >> good morning, harris. we're just learning the pentagon's inspector general is looking into all of this. this memo came out here saying the objective of the review is to examine the roles, processes, procedures, responsibilities and actions related to the secretary of defense's hospitalization in december 2023, january 2024 and assess whether the d.o.d.'s policies and procedures are sufficient to insure timely and appropriate notifications. defense secretary lloyd austin is still in the hospital, the latest word from the pentagon.

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storming out. two committees that day passed the resolution holding him in contempt of congress for defying a subpoena. a full house vote is likely coming this next week. first lady jill biden with reaction. >> i think what they are doing to hunter is cruel. and i'm really proud of how hunter has rebuilt his life after addiction. i love my son. >> harris: doesn't wipe away the 1.4 million you owe in taxes, though. a new column with the headline hunter biden's crashing of congress cracked reality and is making his family look like a circus. the "new york post" cover calling hunter a son of anarchy. republican congressman andy biggs of arizona, member of both those committees that were meeting simultaneously on this issue yesterday, judiciary and oversight and co-chair of the border security caucus. we could talk for hours with

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repeatedly lied to the american people and to the united states congress. our investigation undercovered more than 100 instances where secretary mayorkas misled the public. >> republicans recently rolled out their impeachment proceedings against secretary like a pre-planned, pre-determined political stunt it is. republicans want to throw political red meat to their base and keep that campaign cash coming. >> harris: first of all, congressman biggs. we have to revisit the idea of what a stunt is. democrats know what it is. they pulled one yesterday. house republicans are hoping to get rid of mayorkas. blaming him and the president's policies for the raging biden border crisis. i go back to you. what is happening with the impeachment? >> well, so they are going to take a vote, i think, next week to refer it to the whole house. the whole house will then vote and then it will come to the -- i don't think it will come to the judiciary committee. i think we'll start a hearing at

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this afternoon deputy defense secretary kathleen hicks will fill in for him at a meeting with the bulgarian defense minister. significant questions await him when he returns. not even the president knew the secretary of defense was out of commission in the hospital for days and didn't know why for more than a week. austin failed to tell the president of his cancer diagnosis for about a month. all during a time the u.s. military is conducting strikes in the middle east and faces a steadily escalating situation in the region. the first congressional democrat has said he has lost trust in austin's leadership because of this. a congressman from pennsylvania writes i have a solemn duty to conduct oversight of the department of defense through their service on the house armed services committee. that duty requires me to call on secretary austin to resign. republicans on the senate armed services committee say they are concerned austin violated the law, threatened national security, and are requesting a specific timeline leading up to the secretary's absence. all this today we're now

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an open hearing, there were other people around, you won't like the person who comes next. that sounds almost like a threat. we don't know what it means but it is interesting. congressman biggs, thank you very much. i look forward to the next time. >> yes, thanks, harris. >> harris: a candidate shake-up days before the iowa caucuses. chris christie and what he had to say about the other top candidates on the mic and on the hot mic. so who is going to get his votes? >> they happened to say she doesn't have what it takes. she will be creamed in the election. i happen to believe that chris christie is right. when you look at ron's numbers, he is practically out of the race. a lot of people say he is leaving the race after iowa. because he is doing so poorly. >> harris: four days until the iowa caucuses. ari fleischer in "focus" next. (vo) sail through the heart of historic cities and unforgettable scenery with viking.

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the president tried to push through. >> congressman biggs is sending a message along with other members of the freedom caucus during the trip he said shut the border down or we will shut the government down. >> i am not going to address hypotheticals. we are resolved on that. that in trying to cut nondefense to discretionary spending. we passed the threshold today. we are in serious dire straits as a nation. >> that was not a know. are you concerned it is a serious threat? >> i am. i have been concerned every time we approach the issue. somehow we have been able to avert a shot down two times before. we have two more deadlines over

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towards a potential mark-up and eventually maybe a house floor vote in terms of finally impeaching secretary mayorkas. we'll see how it all plays out. send it back to you. >> harris: thank you very much. startling to hear that man beg to be let in and he just came on in on his own illegally. you wonder how many times a minute that is happening. thank you. in "focus" now republican congressman andy biggs of arizona. co-chair of the border security caucus, member with of the house judiciary and oversight committees. congressman biggs was with a large group of republicans at the border. i know you went previously on another delegation. what can you tell me about what is happening there and why the president now has his eyes on all of you? >> well what's happening on the border it's worse than it has ever been. as you know more than 300,000 encounters that month but

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secretary mayorkas. they plan to hold their first impeachment hearing now. that date has been set. and they're looking into impeaching him by next week. mayorkas and the white house have dismissed this tidal wave of criticism. >> doing this intentionally and that you are a liar, your reaction. >> i don't have time for words like that. we are focused here on solutions. >> do you have confidence in the secretary? >> what the house republicans are doing with the impeachment inquiry is baseless. we believe that it's a political stunlt. >> we have house republicans blocking the president's effort to do something. that's what they are doing. they're playing political games. >> harris: can you believe she says that with a straight face? in "focus" congressman andy biggs, republican of arizona and co-chair of the border security caucus. yes, he was there yesterday with that very large group of

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