imminent does starts right now. thank you so much, reverend sharpton. hello everyone. i m alicia mendes. we begin this saturday with america on edge of a financial cliff. a test it presents for congress and for the new house speaker, kevin mccarthy. a huge test for him, specifically given how much he gave away to become speaker, handing away power to those who prioritize chaos over governing, which is not what you want when the task at hand is paying the nations bills. instead of working to keep the global economy on track, the biggest headlines we saw this week about republicans where this was the circus surrounding republican george santos it is very complicated relationship. nbc news confirmed he lied about his mother, attack being in the towers of 9/11, turns out his mom wasn t even in the united states during those attacks. this week santos also denied claims he stole money from a veteran s gofundme page that was set up set up to help a man s dying dog. are republicans o
ready to put santas out to pasture? no. everything. but because mccarthy still need santos, giving given the gop s razor-thin majority in the house. science and small business committees. mccarthy s inaction on santos might show what he gave up to get the gavel. mccarthy is also seated in marjorie taylor greene and lauren boebert on house oversight. what could go wrong? applaud postings republican rebels fulfill a key concession mccarthy made, handing conservatives greater influence over the gop conference comfort congressional probes and legislative agenda. joining me now, reporter scott won, on the byline of nbc s reporting on mccarthy s key concessions. scott, this was the big topic as he got back out. what was it that he conceded in order to get it, given all your reporting, what most stands out