Pete Hegseth survives impeachment vote

The impeachment attempt against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth comes up short on Capitol Hill, at least for now. Republicans voted to table that measure, but it could come back up once the Democrat-majority Congress takes office. Carolyn Elliott has new details tonight. The push to impeach Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth appears to be over before it began. The yeas are 211, the nays are 204. The House voting to refer the resolution to the Judiciary Committee effectively killing it for now. What they tried to do to him was unfair and it was not right. Outgoing Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie had led the charge, accusing Hegseth of knowingly carrying out unlawful orders, including a deadly attack on a school on the first day of the war with Iran, and strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. We're not indicting him for being bad at his job. In fact, he was very effective at killing school children in Iran, he was very effective At extrajudicial killings. The secretary portrayed the campaign against him as political grandstanding and said it undermined American troops. This is not patriotism, this is sabotage. Hegseth has drawn criticism not just for the war but also for his firings of Pentagon leaders and his blocking of promotions for senior military officers. Though his job is safe for now, he's reported to be one of the One of the Democrats' top targets. targets when they take over. There are going to be many, many, many investigations. I imagine many subpoenas, and we have to follow wherever the evidence takes us. And Democrats could still file new impeachment articles in January. In New York, Caroline Elliott, Fox News.