seriously, thank you my friend. and thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. do you remember italy gate? it was a conspiracy theory that made it all the way to the white house after the 2020 election and claim that somehow an italian defense contractor had conspired with the cia to use military satellites to flip votes from trump to biden. pennsylvania republican congressman scott perry was the one who brought that theory to the white house. he texted former president trump, chief of staff mark meadows, and he texted him things like why can t we just worked with the italian government? on italy gate? perry was ultimately one of just four republican members of congress that the january six committee referred to the house ethics committee prevailing to cooperate with its investigation. the others were california congressman kevin mccarthy, ohio congressman jim jordan, and arizona congressman andy bags. mccarthy is obviously now the speaker of the house. and as of toni
needed. you are going back to the fight? yes. he s confident eastman will find ways to fight for their country. it is a lot of, work it is a lot of money, it is a lot of time, why do it? they do not tell you, this but you can read it in their body language. they have a second chance. that is very rewarding. erin gilchrist, nbc news, silver spring, maryland. and we hope and pray those ukrainian soldiers are able to get that important second chance that they all deserve. and on that inspiration, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. do you remember italy gate, it was a conspiracy theory that made it all the way up to the white house after the 2020 election, and claim that somehow any taliban defense contractor had conspired with the cia to use military satellites to conflict votes from trump to biden. pennsylvania republican congressman scott p
a conspiracy theory that made it to the white house after the 2020 election claimed that somehow an italian defense contractor had conspired with the cia to use military satellites to flip votes from trump to biden. congressman scott perry brought that theory to the white house. the texan former chief of staff mark meadows. why can t we just work with the italian government. perry was one of four republican members of congress that the january 6 committee referred to the house ethics committee to cooperate with the investigation. the others were california congressman kevin mccarthy, ohio congressman jim jordan, and arizona congressman andy bigs. mccarthy is the speaker of the house. and as of tonight, perry, jordan, and bigs, all three of them, are officially members of the house oversight committee. the committee that under the new republican leadership has devoted itself to investigating president biden. other notable members are announced tonight are arizona s paul gosar
consequences if lawmakers fail to raise it. a bill to eliminate the irs will soon come to the house floor. it s the result manufacture deals that kevin mccarthy made in order to become speaker. and also ahead, former president trump offers up a in you reason for why he had hundreds of classified documents stashed at his palm beach country club. they were cool keepsakes. we ll trin to explain that just ahead. we ll try to explain that just ahead. good morning. welcome to way too early. the united states is expected to reach the debt ceiling today. that means the country s borrowing limit is maxed out. that forces the treasury department to take extraordinary measures to keep the payments going through early june and prevent the united states from defaulting. there is little progress on capitol hill to resolve the problem. white house, senate democrats and republicans are all refusing to budge on the stances. the white house is warning that there should be no negotiat
shootings at the homes of local democratic officials. solomon pena faces a slew of charges including conspiracy, attempted aggravated battery for the attempted attacks. he lost by a margin of more than 50%. police say he visited the homes of at least three of the officials before the shootings. some of those visits were caught on doorbell cameras. cnn s josh campbell joins us now. what do we expect at the hearing? reporter: this hearing is starting just minutes from now there in new mexico. this will be the suspects a first appearance in court since he was arrested by albuquerque s.w.a.t. officers on monday. look it a these charges. they re obviously very serious. he s been charged with felony possession of a firearm, aggravated attempt with a deadly weapon, as well as conspiracy. we ve reached out to pena s attorney, but what police allege he was the ringleader in this conspiracy to target democratic officials in new mexico, shooting at four homes. this came after pena a