house republicans use their first week to score political points and not govern. then the trump org hit with a maximum 1.6 million dollar fine for a tax scheme days after its cfo was sentenced to jail at rikers island. so what now? and from a wild week in congress, including multiple calls for a congressman to resign, to the return of the golden globes, our friday night cap is here on all of it, as the 11th hour gets underway right now. good friday evening. i m stephanie ruhle. new signs tonight the republicans running the house may be setting the stage for the first major showdown in the new congress, one that could have a huge impact on our economy. today treasury secretary janet yellen sounded the alarm telling congress the united states is set reach its debt limit next thursday. yellin said she would have to start taking stormy mitch or s to keep paying the nations bills if lawmakers do not raise that limit. she added, if nothing gets done, the united states could go into
this about her grandparents at the ceremony. we are all challenged to carey for their unfinished work. this is the spirit we must keep as we commemorate the 37th martin luther king jr. holiday on monday. let s make it a great day of community service, a day of brotherhood, a day of sisterhood, and way of using your platform for a good, a day of love and healing in the spirit of this wonderful monument. thank you. [applause] yolanda rene king gets tonight s last word. i ll see you tomorrow morning on velshi starting eight a.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. the 11th hour with my great friend stephanie ruhle begins right now. tonight, the budget battle brewing in washington after