mccarthy really think of the most extreme members of his own caucus. the audio reveals that mccarthy was worried that the rhetoric coming from the likes of matt gaetz would get democratic colleagues hurt or even killed. it reveals that the number two house republican, mr. steve scalise thought that comments by gates could be potentially illegal. here s a bit more from those tapes. take a listen to mccarthy saying, he can t put up with inflammatory rhetoric from his members. what did mo brooks say down at that rally, though? it s the kicking [ bleep ] and taking names thing is the one that i ve seep the most from people. i didn t watch the speech, but that s a number of members said he heard that term. and louie said like we need to fight or something, right? didn t he say something a couple of days out that was horrendous? it was something like that. yes. it was incendiary. i mean, you got the maxine waters and all that stuff, too. so, i mean, i know the dems are in
of people were abdicated from around the town of dema near kyiv during russia s occupation, and most were initially held here in a sprawling industrial site. the russian forces used as a command post. this is where they were kept? yeah. ukrainian prosecutor alexander shows me the conditions those captured people were forced to endure. a small, dark, cold room. people were packed together here, he says. hands bound, eyes taped. this place was where 22 people. when they try to get the toilet, they need to walk on the legs of somebody else. because there are too much people. he says people came and went. some spent weeks here. someone tries to keep track of days by scratching marks on the wall. he said all the people who came through this room had only one thing in common. they were civilians. several people who were kept here tell us they were frequently beaten and interrogated for local information. one man says his hands and fingers were cut to the bone by russian s
public square and revamp it in the name of free speech. bill: he is expected to take a more hands-off on police in policeing content drawing applause from conservative and major skepticism from the left. dana: everybody has a take on this. jeff bezos taking a shot. bill: interesting question, did the chinese government gain a bit of leverage over the town square? dana: ice cube said he is free at last. bill: from elizabeth warren. the deal is dangerous for our democracy. they accumulate power for their own gain. we need a wealth task and strong rules to hold big tech accountable. more on this kelly o grady with more live in l.a. good morning there. good morning, bill. it happened, right? we were wondering if it was going to yesterday. elon musk won the takeover battle buying the social media giant for his final offer. the war still looms inside and outside the company. the platform now has roughly six months until the tesla ceo take over. the company holding an al
it s a war that where all sides lose. rattling of sabers and dangerous rhetoric is clearly unhelpful and something that we won t engage in. austin at the american ramstein air base. trying to coordinate weapon supplies to ukraine. under pressure from the u.s., germany committing to send anti-aircraft tanks to ukraine. ukrainian officials reporting new civilian deaths in luhansk. the shelling of the donetsk region continues. they report russian forces moving operations closer to lines of combat in the east. joining us now, nbc s matt bradley and new york times diplomatic correspondent michael crowley. matt, there are reports of strikes where you are as the fighting is intensifying. what can you tell us about the battlefield? reporter: yeah, andrea, when we woke up, my crew and i in this hotel in the east of the country, about a three-hour drive from mariupol and a couple of hours from the eastern front in donetsk. we woke up to hear three explosions at 7:00 a.m. this m
vehicles to ukraine. a major boost for that country as it begs western allies to close the skies and end russianary assaults. at a meeting, defense officials, u.s. secretary of state lloyd austin said the united nations and its allies would quote keep moving heaven and earth in order to meet the defense needs of ukraine in this war. at a press conference with reporters after that meeting, austin refused to engage with russia s threats. you heard us say a number of times that that kind of rhetoric is very dangerous and unhelpful. nobody kind of wants to see a nuclear war happen. it s a war that you know all sides lose. and so, rattling of saberers and you know dangerous rhetoric is clearly unhelpful and it s something that we won t engage in. in the southern ukrainian city of kherson, russia is tightening its grip. ukraine s flag has been lowered at the city council building. the u.s. mayor says they have seized the local government and plan to stage a referendum to assert