the biden mccarthy agreement passes its first test in congress as some of the far-right threats and mccarthy speakership. and the group eyeing a third party presidential run in 2024. why some democrats are not happy about it, and the big question, did they even have a lane? and elizabeth holmes starts her 11th year prison sentence. her stunning fall from ceo superstardom as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. the debt ceiling bill that will keep the nation out of the vault is now on its way to the full house for about. president biden and speaker mccarthy agreed on the bill over the weekend, and just hours ago the rules committee wrote to move it to the house floor despite fierce opposition from the far-right house freedom caucus. it is almost no qatar any before ms. place for it. no public interest vote for this bill and so my focus is trying to persuade my colleagues, with what s wrong with the bill and
investment ever in adam newman s new company. but no accountability for adam newman. plenty of well deserved accountability for elizabeth holmes. scott, 11 years is a long time, elizabeth holmes gave her first interview in years this month. where they called her liz. she seems to be trying to rebrand herself as a regular mom. people have said that this is going to be so difficult for, her difficult for her children, but there are thousands of women across the country, mothers with a lot fewer resources and a lot tougher prisons then elizabeth holmes is going to be in. and she had her two children after her indictment. right? when she knew that prison was a distinct possibility. what s your take? that was a surprise and it is not for any of us to i guess guess how people decide to play. how families and have kids. but you are right, usually you see the rehabilitation articles and the pr plan that is when somebody gets out of prison and
silicon valley s golden child. let us discuss. nbc bay area business and technology reporter scott abundant is covered rise and fall from the beginning and former wall street banker turned journalist in founding partner putt news. scott, you ve truly covered elizabeth holmes since she was on the absolute top and then down to every last day in a trial. including sentences day and today, what is your take away? stephanie, silicon valley loves a story like this. a 19 year old stanford drop out, the starting to start a technical biology health company. there are so much to. this raised nearly a billion dollars in funding. and again, the young glamour of it all. people got caught up, there were a lot of investors, including the devos family, rupert murdoch, walgreens, safeway. and it was great for several years. until people found out that it
the day would come that elizabeth holmes would go to prison? well stephanie, i have to say that i do believe that thought that this day would come. because i still have faith, although it is dwindling in our justice system. i do believe that even rich people can be held accountable for their bad behavior, their criminal behavior. and i m glad to see that elisabeth holmes is walking into that minimum security prison outside of houston texas. i mean she probably deserves worse than she is going to get for the next 11 years. and it is about time that we had some accountability for the bad behavior of these wealthy media savvy corporate executives who think that they can call on investors and customers. , scott what do you say to those who say, well there are all sorts of con artists and silicon valley.