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you are live in the cnn newsroom. i'm jim acosta in washington. we're keeping a close eye on two developing stories this hour. in texas, the state's attorney general is facing an impeachment vote. ken paxton is accused of bribery and abuse of power. the conservative republican says it is illegal and being pushed by corrupt politicians. in washington, meantime, house speaker kevin mccarthy says progress is being made in talks to avoid the nation's first-ever debt default. a short time ago a source familiar with the intense discussions says it is now down to one final sticking point be...

From the attorney general just the last few days. >> reporter: now, jim, i have emailed the office of the attorney general asking about those threats to see if they were real, if they had a comment, and i have not heard back. jim? >> rosa flores, thank you so much for all your work on that. we appreciate it. joining us now with more, scott braddock, the editor of "the quorum report" in austin, texas. scott, thanks for being with us. what do you make of this afternoon's session? impeachment opponents are attacking the process. it sounds like some of these republican house members are trying to ...

Weekend, and we've heard the allegations from democrats that this constitutes witness intimidation. you don't see it quite like that. why? >> i don't think that the president's intent, and it's hard to get into his head but from the sidelines, i don't think that his intent is to deter or to influence these witnesses to discourage them from coming forward. i think instead it's to discredit them. i think that he views this as he's got a first amendment right, and he needs to defend himself and that's what he's seeking to do, and john, he doesn't just treat his impeachment opponents that way. he ...