year, stephanie. on that note, i wish you all a very good night from los angeles. it is only 9:00 here, i might have to go out after this, from all of our colleagues, you have the networks at nbc news, thanks for staying up late, i will see you at the end of tomorrow. happy made it to all those who celebrate, and hopefully we all do. this, i m sorry to say, was columbus ohio this weekend. a gentleman very bravely wearing ski masks with sunglasses over the eyeholes along with matching little coordinated outfits that make them look like assistant managers at a tire store, these gentlemen in columbus are part of a neo-nazi group and i don t say that as a general matter, it s not just something i m surmising from their look i say that because they are really not being subtle about it. they are, in fact, flying a gigantic swastika flag. very subtle, what s your point here guys? again, this was saturday, this was this weekend, 2023 in columbus ohio. and i want to be able to say t
as president biden calls for a last-minute meeting. but is a room for negotiation? and what we are default mean for americans? then, the man hunt for a suspected gunman who killed five people in texas, the latest mass shooting putting a focus on america s unique gun problem. and representation matters, but tell introducing the first barbie dahl with down syndrome, as the 11th hour gets underway, on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle live from los angeles, and i start with one question, are you buckled up? you had better be, because treasury secretary janet yellen just warned of a new, and earlier drop down date for the yellow now says the country could run out of cash to pay its bills on june 1st, that is one month from tonight. if congress does not raise the debt line. he followed me disaster for our economy, everyone would feel the effects. yellen s warning came late today in a letter to top lawmakers this quote, it is imperative that congress
are here to send a message to the country. and quite frankly, to the world. the free press is a pillar. maybe the pillar of free society. not the enemy. it is absolutely consequential and essential, after all, i believe in the first amendment. not just because my good friend jimmy madison wrote it [laughter] the. the president also advocated for the release of washington journal reporter evan gershkovich and other americans who are detained overseas. most importantly, though, the dinner raises money through the white house correspondents association scholarships. and that is an excuse for all of us to get together and show of our best black tie, which has resulted in many best dressed lists. but of course, for yours truly, i made only one. george santos s best addressed, go figure, better luck next
of the specific cases and so forth. how much he didn t know is an open question. he says i was involved in it. i did understand it. in his memoir he was specifically asked was it okay to use these techniques on khalid shaikh mohammed when they captured him in 2003 and he says he thought about the widow of daniel pearl, the washington journal reporter who was killed and the 5,000 victims on 9/11 and his answer to george tenant was damn right. he was told about some of the details about torture and his word was he felt uncomfortable. he said when it was described for him detainee being chained to the ceiling and dressed in a diaper and urinating and defecating on himself, he expressed discomfort about this. he hasn t said it publicly. a few months later he gave that speech that you just showed in september of 2006 in which he actually sort of began to say we re going to end these secret prisons overseas and bring