full-throated embrace of the big lie of the his efforts to steal the election for donald trump were knot nothing short exhaustive. he was in regular communication with trump after the election and led the charge to create a slate of so-called alternate electors. mastiono attended the rally on january 6th and spent thousands of state senate campaign dollars to busing true believers for the event. he s been subpoenaed by the house january 6th committee over his involvement with the fake elector scheme. in short, he s a full-barone coup-supporting threat to democracy running for governor of the keystone state where the governor appoints the secretary of state meaning that he could set up a nightmare scenario in 2024. mastiano s hand picked secretary of state could just toss out as many votes as are necessary to hand the election to trump or desantis or whoever the republican nominee, is even if they lose the involvement after all, we learned this week that trump lawyer john east
the center of our galaxy the first image of it ever captured. announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the nationwide shortage of infant formula is growing more acute tonight, leaving more parents in a desperate hunt for the nutrition their babies need. with the percentage of out of stock product climbing, president biden is vowing to step in, meeting today with industry leaders and announcing a series of measures to increase supplies. the white house vowing to cut the red tape. saying the use of the defense production act to increase formula availability is on the table. a tool most recently used to speed up delivery of covid related health supplies tonight, the shortage being felt across the country, but the crisis has become especially urgent for certain vulnerable groups of children jo ling kent has late details. reporter: tonight, the biden white house under growing pressure to act, with millions of families unable to get infa
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how do you opponent gets tonight s last word, the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. 11t hour with stephani e tonight, an unprecedented move from the january 6th committee. subpoenas issued to five of their own, including the house as top republican. it is all too little too late. and escalating threats from the kremlin, what it all could mean for the war in ukraine. plus, the inside story of last years gamestop surge. we created the new msnbc documentary on how real life players took on wall street as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. 180 days from the midterm elections. and just hours ago, the january six committee did something never before done. less than a month before public hearings on the investigation, the committee today issued subpoenas to their own house colleagues, requesting that they come and testify about the insurrection. the five subpoenaed republicans include caucus leader kevin mcca
more interesting closer to january 6 based on conversations they were having both with trump and with folks who were involved in the planning of that day. and brooks have said afterwards, he s talked to trump and that trump was still talking to him after the 6th about trying to get reinstated which there is no mechanism in the constitution to even do. so we know why the committee wants to talk to these people and we know they ve decided to escalate by going to subpoenas. but it doesn t sound like any of are going to answer the subpoenas. listen to what they told our team on capitol hill yesterday. i have not seen this subpoena. look, my view on committee has not changed. they re not conducting a legitimate investigation. they just want to go after their political opponents. the fact that they sent it to the press before they send it to the members just proves this is all about headlines. this whole thing is just a charade. i think this is a illegitimate committee and th