We re looking forward to that the beat, 6:00 p.m. eastern week nights. but more importantly the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. good evening, ari. thanks. much appreciated. thanks for joining us at home. it is friday. so that means the news has again a little nuts again. i feel like there is nothing predictable about american news cycles anymore other than the fact that the cuckoo pops out of the clock reliably every friday night. that s one thing you can count on. it s friday. things are nuts. tonight is no exception. tonight the cuckoo has popped out of the clock. and over the course of this hour, actually, we re waitsing for the next big thing to happen on two very important stories. i ll just tell you flat-out, we expect to be covering developments in both of these stories over the course of this evening, potentially into the overnight hours tonight. as i speak right now, it s 9:00 p.m. eastern, and this hour is going to be crucial. republicans have ....