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newsroom. i'm jim acosta in washington. we are following two developments in two major stories. a short time ago in texas, the state house of representatives voted to impeach attorney general ken paxton. he is accused of bribery and abuse of public trust. the conservative republican calls the proceedings a politically motivated sham. meanwhile in washington, we're waiting for details on a phone call wrapping up, or may have already wrapped up, between president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. the debt ceiling talks have reached a crucial moment of sorts. negotiations are now ...

officially voting to impeach state attorney general, ken paxton. under state law, he's now temporarily suspended from his duties as he now awaits a senate trial. some of the counts included bribery, obstruction of justice, dereliction of duty, and fitness for office, abuse of public trust. this follows years of legal and ethical struggles -- and most controversial a.g.. texans called the -- most of the top texas republicans have been now mont the tub lick. -- with us now, nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson. priscilla, this is historic. what more can you tell us? >> alicia, it ...

yeanjanetyellen says governmentn out of cash june 5th. make payments of $130 billion to medicare, social security and veterans programs in early june. but then the government will only have what she termed, quote: an extremely low level of resources. it was another day without a deal. >> here we are, night after night after night and the pressure is more, the consequences are greater. we recognize that. we know details are thornier. >> workman dates for people to receive some federal said a flash point. republicans and democrats will not move. >> white house very difficult on this is...

>> let's do it. >> cnn "news central" starts now. ♪ he shared photos of guns, targets, ammunition boxes and a tactical vest. this morning the disturbing social media posts from the gunman who murdered eight people at a texas mall. a pivotal meeting today, an attempt to keep the debt ceiling from crashing down. president biden is sitting down with top congressional leaders from both parties, but can they hammer out a deal before the u.s. goes into a catastrophic default? king pinning terrorist, that is who israel said it was targeting in an overnight military strike in gaza. n...

we'll see you tomorrow. now, it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> i hold in my hands the democrats secret plan to seize power from kevin mccarthy in the house of representatives. it has been hiding in the house of representatives since it was filed on january 30th, and today we discovered how this secret plan is supposed to work, and the secret agent, the secret legislative agent who introduced this plan, is gonna be my first guest tonight. america is going to find out who it was who planted this in the house of representatives, this being t...