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you're live in "cnn newsroom" from washington. two major floor ris in texas. impeachment vote is underway for the texas attorney general. ken paxton is accused of bribery and abuse of power. they say the impeachment is illegal and is being pushed for by corrupt politicians as he calls them. up on capitol hill, kevin mccarthy said progress is being made. in the last hour or so, several members of mccarthy's whip team have been summoned to the speaker's suite. republican leaders are trying to finalize a deal to raise the debt ceiling and stave off what could be an economic disaster. le...

inaccurate. and i am absolutely livid about that. >> and gun owners, lawmakers and former president trump gather at an nra event in nearby houston with protesters outside. washington begins yet another conversation about elusive gun reform legislation. >> we are going to try to work through this and see if we can find a common ground for chris west republican congressman mo brooks has an a rating from the nra and is a roma for the republican nomination for senate and alabama the divide over gun violence in gun rights. plus the president signs an executive order on police reform two y...

inaccurate. and i am absolutely livid about that. >> and gun owners, lawmakers and former president trump gather at an nra event in nearby houston with protesters outside. washington begins yet another conversation about elusive gun reform legislation. >> we are going to try to work through this and see if we can find a common ground for chris west republican congressman mo brooks has an a rating from the nra and is a roma for the republican nomination for senate and alabama the divide over gun violence in gun rights. plus the president signs an executive order on police reform two y...

Thing for the country without a doubt. My friends and i agree on that whether or not we agree on the speaker. He did the right thing. He did the right thing i think for this institution. He showed it could function in a time of crisis. Finally, i think he did the right thing for our party. He made sure we could continue to negotiate and achieve some of the very objectives my friend from virginia laid out and achieve them in divided government which calls for some degree of give and take. So im very proud of this speaker. Im very proud to stand behind him. Tomorrow morning, whether i win or los...

>> all right. good talking to you. thanks so much. now to a showdown in austin, texas, where floor discussion and perhaps some voting may be underway soon in the texas house in an historic event. gop attorney general ken paxton is facing impeachment at the hands of his own party. on thursday a republican-led house investigative committee unanimously accepted an impeachment. it would refer the paxton articles of impeachment to the senate for trial. david spiller expressed some of the angst at work towards his fellow republicans. >> members, it brings me no pleasure to be standing here today i...