republicans passed their debt limit bill, but democrats in the senate have made it clear it is a no go. and nbc news exclusive, new reporting on when florida governor ron desantis could jump into the presidential race this as he faces a major lawsuit from disney. overnight, don lemon and tucker carlson both speaking out on camera for the first time since their removal. and my one on one with juan guaido, venezuela s opposition leader once recognized by dozens of governments around the world as its rightful president. what led him to miami after he claims he was threatened and kicked out of colombia we begin this very busy hour with the latest on capitol hill, where republican kevin mccarthy cleared his first major hurdle as speaker of the house. on wednesday, republican house members passed a bill that would raise the debt limit into 2023 but the bill is likely doa in the senate this bill would extend it to 2024 joining us now with more is nbc news capitol hill corres
ex-president it all but ensures that special counsel jack smith will hear from the key witness who none of the other investigations into the trump cou plot not the fulton county d.a. has ever heard from under oath we re, of course, talking about mike pence a ruling handed down wednesday night by a federal appeals court rejects an emergency request by trump to block mike pence s testimony. new york times reports this, quote, the 11th hour ruling by the u.s. court of appeals for the district of colombia paves the way for mr. pence to appear before the federal grand jury as early as this week the ex-president has a few legal options left including an appeal to the supreme court but as nbc news reports, quote, in previous instances, where appeals sent senior aides must testify, his legal team has opted no the to fight the decision further and those witnesses have quickly appeared before the grand jury and trump s argument that executive privilege prevents pence or any of his ai
It is used pervasively as entertainment and cited game of thr thrones and the opportunitien he fountain head about how rape is used to entertain in our culture. so, lisa, what was it like yesterday during her testimony yesterday during her testimony was much more emotional, jose. toward the end of the day, for example, she was asked if she re regretted coming forward, she said she regrets it 100 times over, but to be able to finally have her day in court was everything to her and that s when she really broke down crying before her lawyer asked did she want a moment to collect herself, and then with the characteristic midwestern gumption that her lawyers have told us she was raised with, she pulled herself together and said
Some women scream. some women don t he raped me whether or not i screamed she started weeping. he was taken aback and asked, do you need a moment? gathering herself with all of the midwestern gumption her lawyers told us she was raised with, she shook her head and so no she pushed back on joe tacopina forcefully and using the platform that she now has and being proud, as you just said, that she is finally having her day in court as 79 years old i know that tacopina thought to question that she didn t call 911. will the jury be made away of the statistics that the vast majority of rapes are not followed by a 911 call reporter: i don t know. we will hear from the experts