Friction, all are welcome at the maddow home whenever you need to be. Thank you my friend. Thank you. Ill kick off my shoes and watch your interview. Have a great show. Thank you so much. I am a little nervous tonight, too. This is a big night. Let me start right in. This is who is going to be our guest. On the evening of December 18th Mark Meadows my boss chief of stf returned from a meeting in the oval office and abruptly asked if i could tell his detail he wanted to go home as if there was an emergency there. His detail quickly prepared his limo and he left campus without further explanation. Shortly after marks departure i walked down to visit with molly andet a sense of the president s evening plans. Usually if mark went home before the president went to the residence i would stay at my desk in case the president needed anything from mark or me. But since mark had left early with such confidence, i thought perhaps the president was wrapping up the evening and i would get to go hom
Bills to go to the floor where theres no guarantee they will pass will show hard liners, the speaker is working in good faith, and get the hard liners on board for a shortterm Spending Bill to keep things open. Will that work . Theres also talk of a Discharge Petition where six republicans cross the aisle and allow democrats to bring a funding bill to the floor themselves. How likely is that . And senator schumer is working on a shell bell that will include a stopgap spending measure, including ukraine aid and disaster relief, which Mitch Mcconnell is helping to nail down. If they do send it to the house, does Speaker Mccarthy put that bill on the floor. If he doesnt, there will be a shutdown. If he does, he might face a vote to strip him of his gavel. If that does happen, do democrats get involved . Well, maybe. Heres what one democrat told my colleague ali vitali on way too early this morning. Would you yourself vote to save mccarthys speakership if it came to a motion to vacate . Ye
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father. this with the house poised to vote today on whether to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry into president biden. also ahead, the president set to meet today with the families of americans held hostage by hamas. and his new warning to israel about the war. and later, rudy giuliani set to testify as soon as today in the defamation case against him as an election worker tearfully recounts the threats that made her fear for her life. hello, everyone, thank you for being here. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with this breaking news on capitol hill this morning. hunter biden speaking there moments ago saying he is ready to testify publicly this morning, as house republicans have him scheduled to appear for a closed-door deposition. hunter biden acknowledged his troubled history, but accused house republicans of distorting the facts. there s no evidence to support the allegations that my father was financially invol