sir? those famous lines ordered by the lawyer, joseph wells, on june 9th, 1954, effectively marked the end of mccarthy-ism, and the investigations that wisconsin senator joseph mccarthy was conducting as chair of the senate permit cup subcommittee on investigations, created initially to investigate government fraud and waste, but he quickly turned into a political pet project to investigate what mccarthy claimed was communist infiltration at all levels of the government. the origins of the mccarthy investigation could be traced back to the post world war i overmine committee, a subcommittee of the senate judiciary committee, and to the house special committee to investigate communist activities in the united states, aka, the fish committee, formed and chaired by new york representative hamilton fish. the fish committee walked into the famous house on american activities committee, formed in 1938, and chaired by texas representative merchandise. much like mccarthy, 12 years
so let s go. a very good day to all of the digital age is waiting. you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with breaking news. the country s largest infant formula manufacturer is under investigation by the department of justice. nbc news has not confirmed the focus of the probe taking place at the laboratory. but a company spokesperson says, quote, doj has informed us of its investigation and we are cooperating fully. a voluntary shutdown of the michigan plant last year led to a nationwide formula shortage. we are going to have more on that in just a moment for you. meanwhile, as speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden both say look forward to meeting the white house is shutting down any hope republicans might have to negotiate the country s debt. the white house spokesperson reiterated the firm stance, no negotiations on the debt ceiling. and new action to the department of justice imposing republi
on the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. in that explosive decision, they not only overturned that landmark decision, the court also galvanized liberals and triggered backlash at the polls. and today, they also triggered counter-protesters. while the march began as a response to roe, we don t end as a response to roe being overturned. why? because we re not yet done. i am here. it is to show that we will not let america be bullied out of the right to abortion. everything that happened before roe, that was just the preseason. [ chanting: abortion is essential ] not when roe will be reversed, but when. our work just began. it felt more pressing this year. at this point, we no longer have a constitutionally protected right to abortion. the landmark decision from the supreme court overruling roe has not only sparked pushback from the left, it has also given rise to a growing fear and confusion among conservatives as they struggle to define the future of their move
They regain power. Theyre telling us. Theyre being straight about it. They will appeal lower Prescription Drug prices and raise drug prices. The Social Security and medicare. Theyll pass massive tax cuts for the wealthy, make them permanent, but they are not now individual tax cuts. Delta and the very foundation of american economy, if we dont meet their demands. Heres the thing, thats not conjecture. You dont have to just take the president s word for it. This week, in an interview with punchbowl news, House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy, he laid out his vision as a potential speaker, and that includes holding the economy hostage, refusing to raise the debt ceiling unless his demands for spending cuts are met. Now, this all sounds familiar, it should. Congress raised the that ceiling three times when donald trump was president. The Washington Post reporting it as avoiding the market rattling, economic showdowns that Congressional Republicans had force one democratic president barack
tonight, new daca drama, classified documents found at former vp mike pence s home, raising even more questions over the entire system of handling them and then, 40 mass shootings in the first 24 days of the year, how do we let ourselves not get numb to the horror? and congress takes on ticketmaster, for debacle taylor swift met fans know too well. can anything actually get done? as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle, get ready, decisions are imminent in trump s election case. the georgia prosecutor investigating the former presidents effort to overturn the 2020 election, says she is close to announcing charging decisions, an atlanta area grand jury had been hearing testimony for a total of seven long months. they heard testimony from months to pull trump allies, including michael flynn, if senator lindsey graham, possibly even former chief of staff mark meadows. today, district attorney fani willis asked a judge