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
we will see you again tomorrow. and now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex, i have two words for you. if you are familiar with them, i think. wine and chocolate. and i submit those two words for you as life advice from here on in. because we discovered from sister andré, 118 years old, and none in france who has just left us at age 118. that her key, her key to life, in addition to prayer, has been wine and chocolate. listen, lawrence, i ve been saying that to myself every day for approximately 30 years. and i am glad to know that i am on the right track. although living 218, given the current state of affairs in this world is terrifying. but maybe with enough wine and enough chocolate i can make it. i am just doing the chocolate part. i don t know what that gets me. i will take the wine. hundred and one, does it get me? i think 107. i think 100 and. seven we look forward to that year. whatever i can g
m s nbc news. with a clock ticking on the debt limit, republicans are gearing up with a standoff. top democrat or the budget committee joins me, live. twitter, auctioning off auction office furniture as a lima struggles to pay rent. why donald trump is making moves to get back on facebook, as the 11th hour gets underway on, this wednesday nights. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle. the u.s. is set to reach its debt ceiling, meaning, we will hit our current borrowing cap a 31. 4 trillion, and that sets up a major political fight and washington. at this point, we all know this. the united states go into default in june, but it could be an economic roster. republicans will not agreed at an increase without spending cuts. of course, the debt ceiling is not about new spending it is, simply, about paying our bills. it is without warning these, republicans. if we re even thinking about causing a default, or playing these kinds of political games, using the debt ceiling
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