THE SCENE OF THE CRIME JUST MOMENTS BEFORE HIS WIFE AND SON WERE KILLED. >> BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH THAT HOUSE VOTE TO REMOVE CONGRESSWOMAN ELLEN OMAR FROM THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. >> THE VOTE JUST ENDED AND THE GOP LED HOUSE DECIDED TO REMOVE HER FROM THAT POSITION. THE DEMOCRAT FROM MINNESOTA ADDRESSING HER COLLEAGUES AHEAD OF THIS VOTE , SAYING IT'S REALLY AN ISSUE OF HER RACE AND RELIGION IN HER MIND. >> IT'S ABOUT WHO GETS TO BE AN AMERICAN, WHAT OPINIONS DO WE GET TO HAVE? DO WE HAVE TO HAVE TO BE COUNTED AS AMERICANS? THIS IS WHAT THIS DEBATE IS ABOUT, MADAM SPEAKER. THERE IS THIS IDEA THAT YOU ARE A SUSPECT IF YOU ARE AN IMMIGRANT OR IF YOU ARE FROM CERTAIN PARTS OF THE WORLD OR A CERTAIN SKIN TONE OR A MUSLIM . JOINING ME NOW, ABC'S JOE O'BRIEN, WHO IS THERE UP ON THE HILL. WATCH THAT VOTE MINUTE BY MINUTE, ALONG WITH ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS O.J.. LET'S JUST PUT THIS ALL INTO PERSPECTIVE. I GUESS, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT ARE LAWMAKERS SAYING NOW ON THE HILL AS WE HAVE BEEN FINALLY HEARING FROM FOLKS SINCE THAT VOTE ENDED? AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY THEY DECIDED TO HOLD THIS VOTE IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND JUST THE COMMENTS SHE HAS MADE IN THE PAST WHERE THERE WERE LAWMAKERS CONCERNED ABOUT HER OBJECTIVITY, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT CAME TO MIDDLE AFFAIRS. >> YEAH, AND THIS IS THE LAST DEMOCRAT TO BE REMOVED FROM A COMMITTEE BY THIS NEW REPUBLICAN MAJORITY. IT HAPPENED TO TWO OTHER DEMOCRATS FROM THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, ADAM SCHIFF AND ERIC SWALWELL. KEVIN MCCARTHY, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT COMMITTEE IS CONSTRUCTED, CAN MAKE THAT DECISION ON HIS OWN TO REMOVE THOSE TWO LAWMAKERS FROM THE COMMITTEE. >> HE DID THAT, BUT TO REMOVE HUNT OMAR FROM FOREIGN AFFAIRS ,WHICH IS SOMETHING KEVIN MCCARTHY AND HOUSE LEADERSHIP SAID THEY WANTED TO DO WHEN THEY TOOK POWER. THEY HAD TO HAVE THIS VOTE TODAY. THAT VOTE SUCCESSFUL TODAY IS WHAT OMAR HAS BEEN BOOTED OFF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. REPUBLICANS SAY IT'S BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS ANTI-SEMITIC COMMENTS. WHICH AIRLINE? OMAR HAS APOLOGIZED FOR. ALSO FOR ALAN OMAR'S CRITIQUES OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, SOMETHING HE HAS PROMISED TO CONTINUE DOING. WE'VE HEARD FROM DEMOCRATS WHO SAY THAT THIS IS ALL POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND DIRECTLY TARGETED AT REPRESENTATIVE OMAR. HERE IS WHAT REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDER RELAXIUM CORTEZ SAID ON THE FLOOR EARLIER TODAY. >> ONE OF THE DISGUSTING LEGACIES AFTER 9/11 HAS BEEN THE TARGETING AND RACISM AGAINST MUSLIM AMERICANS. THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT LEGACY CONSISTENCY. THERE IS NOTHING CONSISTENT WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S CONTINUED ATTACK EXCEPT FOR THE RACISM AND INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN OF COLOR IN THIS BODY. THIS IS ABOUT TARGETING WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PASSIONS FLARING ON THE FLOOR EARLIER. THERE'S A GROUP OF ABOUT 40 DEMOCRATS. THEY WERE ALL GATHERED AROUND REPRESENTATIVE OHMAR. THEY WERE HUGGING HER. THEY WERE PATTING HER ON THE BACK. THIS WAS IN THE LEAD UP TO THAT SPEECH. I CAN SAY REPUBLICANS, THEY ARE SAYING THEY'RE NOT TAKING NO MORE OFF OF EVERY COMMITTEE. THEY'RE NOT BANNING HER FROM SERVING ON EVERY SINGLE COMMITTEE, JUST FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW IN A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT'S RIGHT OVER MY SHOULDER RIGHT THERE. SO. ALL RIGHT. AND JAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO CHECK IN ON THAT OR YOU NEED TO TO LISTEN OR GET A PRODUCER OVER THERE TO SEE WHAT'S BEING SAID. DEFINITELY LET KNOW IT'S LIVE TELEVISION. MARY , MEANWHILE, IS THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS VOTE THAT JUST HAPPENED TO REMOVE OMAR? NO NEW STATEMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD OF YET, BUT I WILL SAY THERE'S ALSO A BRIEFING GOING ON RIGHT NOW AS I'M TALKING TO YOU HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. PRESS SECRETARY IS TALKING TO REPORTERS. I'M SURE SHE'S GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. I ACTUALLY ASKED HER ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS HEADED IN THIS DIRECTION. AND SHE LOVED NOT ONLY RESPONDED NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT OMAR, BUT LUMPED IT TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER TWO THAT JAY WAS MENTIONING WITH CONGRESSMAN SCHIFF, AS WELL AS BEING REMOVED FROM THE INTEL COMMITTEE. AND SHE SAID THAT ALL THREE OF THOSE DEMOCRATS IN HER OPINION IN THE WHITE HOUSE OPINION, BRING EXPERTISE THAT SHOULD BE VALUED ON THESE COMMITTEES. SHE SAID THAT THAT SHOULD NOT BE POLITICIZED, THAT THE CLEARLY THE WHITE HOUSE WAS MAKING THE POINT THAT THE WHITE HOUSE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THIS KIND OF ACTION. I EXPECT THEY'LL BE RESPONDING EVEN MORE NOW, TODAY, NOW THAT THIS VOTE ACTUALLY TAKEN PLACE AND SHE'S ACTUALLY BEEN REMOVED. >> ALL RIGHT. DEFINITELY MORE TO COME. ALSO, MARYALICE, WE ARE HEARING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS IN CONTACT WITH FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE'S LAWYERS ABOUT SCHEDULING A POTENTIAL SEARCH OF HIS HOME IN INDIANA. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS YET EARLY TALKS? >> IT SEEMS LIKE RIGHT NOW THE VICE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT , MIKE PENCE, SAID THAT HE DOESN'T THINK THAT THERE WILL BE ANY MORE DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE FOUND, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S WILLING TO COOPERATE IF THIS IS THE KIND OF ACTION, THE KIND OF DIRECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WANTS TO TAKE. OF COURSE, THIS IS COMING JUST A DAY AFTER WE KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SEARCHED PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HOUSE. HOW HIS PERSONAL BEACH HOUSE, HIS VACATION HOME, A SECOND SEARCH OF PRIVATE RESIDENCE. IN BOTH INSTANCES, WHAT IT SEEMS THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT BOTH OF THESE MEN ARE WILLING TO COOPERATE. I MEAN, IT IS REMARKABLE TO THINK ABOUT A SITTING PRESIDENT , A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT , OPENING UP THEIR HOMES TO INVESTIGATORS TO LOOK FOR ANY ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THESE ARE STILL EARLY TALKS WITH THE PED'S TEAM. WE'LL DEFINITELY BE FOLLOWING THAT. >> SO, JAY, ANY REACTION UP THERE ON THE HILL ABOUT THIS NEW SEARCH THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE THERE AT PENCE'S HOME AND ALSO THE FACT THAT THE FBI DID SEARCH BIDEN'S BEACH HOUSE, DIDN'T COME UP WITH ANY DOCUMENTS THUS FAR . WHATEVER YOU HAVE REGARDING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, LET US KNOW WHAT WE'VE SEEN. REPUBLICANS LARGELY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATIONS, PARTICULARLY INTO THE BIDEN DOCUMENTS. VICE PRESIDENT PENCE EARLIER ON WILL REEVE GOT PRAISE FROM JAMES COMEY, WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WHO SAID THAT PENCE WAS BEING MORE TRANSPARENT IN COMMERCE VIEW THAN PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE DISPUTES. BUT HOUSE OVERSIGHT HAS SAID THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO THESE BIDEN DOCUMENTS. HOUSE JUDICIARY, ANOTHER COMMITTEE, IS DOING THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION HERE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S BEING SIGNALED FROM HOUSE REPUBLICANS, IS THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LOOK TO LUMP THIS. BIDEN DOCUMENTS PROBE IN WITH ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONDUCTED BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS INTO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S SON , HUNTER BIDEN. THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED TO SIGNAL THAT THEY VIEW THESE STORYLINES AS CONVERGING IN SOME WAY. AGAIN, IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE DRIVING THERE WILL HAVE TO WAIT FURTHER ON WORDS TO SEE WHAT THEY MEAN AND WE KNOW THAT WE WILL GET SOME ANSWERS TO WHAT THEY'RE DRIVING AT NEXT WEEK BECAUSE THERE NOW IS A NEW HEARING IN THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OVER THE HUNTER LAPTOP, WHICH NEWS IS ACTUALLY BREAKING TODAY ON THAT. SO WE'RE WORKING THAT. I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING THAT. SO IS MARYALICE. HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT MOVING FORWARD AS THOSE REPORTS ARE SURFACING. SURFACING NOW ABOUT ABOUT HIS LAPTOP, OF COURSE. ALSO ON THE HILL. RIGHT. STILL HAVING FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE DEBT CEILING. SO, JAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN DID MEET WITH SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY. SO WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEIR CONVERSATION? DO THEY COME ANY CLOSER TO SOME TYPE OF DEAL ? >> WHAT'S NEXT? WELL, MCCARTHY JUST RECAPPED A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT MEETING TO REPORTERS, THAT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT WAS OVER MY SHOULDER. IT'S JUST NOW BREAKING UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT PRESS CONFERENCE, KEVIN MCCARTHY SAYS, AND I WANT TO QUOTE HIM DIRECTLY HERE, WE WILL NOT PASS A CLEAN DEBT CEILING HERE. WHAT HE MEANS BY THAT IS A CLEAN DEBT CEILING IS RAISING THE DEBT CEILING WITHOUT ANY OTHER CONCESSIONS, WITHOUT ANY OTHER CHANGES TO GOVERNMENT SPENDING, WHICH IS SOMETHING REPUBLICANS WANT. REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THEY DON'T WANT TO VOTE TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING UNLESS THEY GET BIG CONCESSIONS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. ON SLASHING CERTAIN KINDS OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING. SO KEVIN MCCARTHY REITERATING AGAIN TO REPORTERS THE FIRST TIME, BY MY COUNT, SINCE HE EMERGED FROM THAT MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN, THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING WITHOUT ANY OTHER SPENDING CONCESSIONS, AGAIN, PUTTING HIM AT LOGGERHEADS WITH THE WHITE HOUSE KIRAN. ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS TALK AT ALL. AND MY GUESS, ONCE AGAIN, THAT BRIEFING HAPPENING RIGHT BEHIND YOU. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED, BUT ANYTHING YOU HAVE PREVIOUS TO THAT, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING THAT WAS A GOOD MEETING, A PRODUCTIVE MEETING. AND IT WAS INTERESTING THAT BOTH SIDES CAME OUT SOUNDING SO OPTIMISTIC, SO HOPEFUL THAT SOME KIND OF DEAL WOULD BE REACHED. OF COURSE, THE WHOLE IDEA OF A DEAL IS CONTRARY TO AT THE WHITE HOUSE HAD BEEN SAYING UP UNTIL THIS POINT WHERE THEY DIDN'T WANT ANY DEAL MAKING ANY NEGOTIATIONS AROUND RAISING THE DEBT CEILING . THEY THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE DONE WITHOUT ANY STRINGS ATTACHED, SHOULD BE DONE ON ITS OWN, THAT IT'S THE DUTY OF THE CONGRESS TO PAY ITS BILLS. SO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE BOTH TALKING ABOUT CONTINUED TALKS IS INTERESTING. FROM THE WHITE HOUSE PERSPECTIVE. BUT IT IS EARLY DAYS STILL, NO ONE IS PUTTING PEN TO PAPER OR AT LEAST SHOWING US ANY SEMBLANCE OF AN ACTUAL PLAN OR ACTUAL DETAILS TO GET THIS DONE. >> ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE PARKS TO BRIAN. >> GOSH, A LOT