veterans battling ptsd forge new bonds. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening as it turns out kyle rittenhouse s dramatic testimony was not the last word in his defense. with no ruling yet on a mistrial, his lawyers resting their case tonight, closing with witnesses meant to reinforce rittenhouse s testimony that he killed two people and wounded a third in acts of self-defense at the heart of the case was rittenhouse acting as a hero or looking for trouble when he headed into a volatile racial justice protest in kenosha, wisconsin last year with his ar-style rifle one defense witness today painting the first person he shot as an aggressor who charged rittenhouse from behind. the prosecution, which calls the killings intentional again today feeling the impatience of the judge. gabe gutierrez is in kenosha tonight. ready for the jury. reporter: tonight the kyle rittenhouse homicide trial is barrelling towards conclusion we will rest. reporter: th
leverage. also, the republican majority in the house became even narrower today. congressman mike gallagher of wisconsin who already announced he was resigning is headed for the exits earlier than expected. he is leaving congress april 19th. that will bring the house gop majority down to just one single vote. and that seat will be empty until november. with that, let s get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel. sahil kapur. john allen, connor lamb and former republican congressman charlie dent. so, what is happening in the senate as we speak? the senate just began voting on this unanimous consent agreement. we expect six roll call votes. chuck schumer said he wants them to be limited to ten minutes. we ll see if that happens. then after those are done, there are three voice votes on amendments as well which are expect today be wrapped up instantly. and then final passage of the bill. sometimes in the next hour to two hours probably, we should get this bill passed. it
bill which then went to the senate for a vote of the senate is still in session tonight, more on that in a moment. there was also no surprise drama in the house today when far right republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene filed a motion to remove republican speaker mike johnson. she made that move even as the house was voting on the spending bill which she then voted against. i am saying the clock has started. it s time for our conference to choose a new speaker. mike johnson, the republican speaker of the house, handed over every ounce of negotiating power to chuck schumer and the democrats and went ahead and funded the government when this was our point of leverage. also the republican majority in the house becoming even narrower today. congressman mike gallagher of wisconsin who already announced he was resigning is heading to the exits april 19th. that will bring the house gop majority down to just one single vote and that seat will be empty until november.
fallen in line behind donald trump. he is the presumptive republican nominee as far as the presidential race is concerned. the republican party is a pretty united front but when you look at the republican party beyond the scope of just the cult of trump. when you look at the part of the party that donald trump would actually have to work with to govern, unity is not the first word that comes to mind. today the republican-controlled house of representatives. states biggest legislative accomplishments so far. it voted to keep the lights on. after kicking the can down the road for six whole months, republicans in congress finally funded the federal government with a $1.2 trillion spending bill and most of them didn t even vote to do that. despite having the majority in the house, only about a half of today s votes came from republicans. it was democrats who actually brought this fundraising extension over the finish line and because congress took so long to pass this thing, it s