cynthia theme here in the george santos news? george santos is now facing numerous investigations and numerous calls for even more, including a new complaint filed with federal election commission tonight asking the commission to investigate santos and of necessary impose sanctions and sending criminal referral to doj. the congressman will file that complaint with the fec, congressman ritchie torres of new york joins me now. congressman, first tell me about your complaint, and how this works. >> as you know john sanders is not only violated held ethics but he violated federal campaign finance laws in federal securities law. and so i filed a complaint formally against him with federal elections commission and the securities exchange commission. when it comes to lying and lawbreaking in less, george santos is the most production productive member of congress. every day we hear about a lot he's broken. james, como chair the house oversight committee said if george santos wrote campaign finance law, he will be removed. we all know th

george santos, george santos. we'll have more on it, next. ♪ >> tucker: this is a fox news alert and strange story. the pentagon is now tracking a very high altitude chinese spy balloon over the northern united states, apparently over montana right now and photographs of the balloon are on your screen. the pentagon decided not to shoot down the balloon but say it's flying over some "sensitive sites". so the intercontinental ballistic missile site in the area. what is this synergy home what do you think is happening here? >> this isn't the first time we've seen chinese spy balloons over u.s. territory in the past what's interesting about this is we called and made it public and they froze the air space over billings, montana, and booked planes up thinking about taking the shot. why they didn't take the shot or down, hard to know, tucker, it's worth noting back in 2001, chinese forced down an american plane and forced people off the plane. that was almost two decades ago. >> >> tucker: you think if it was a u.s. b

george santos is not _ many of his colleagues. george santos is not here _ many of his colleagues. george santos is not here to _ many of his colleagues. george santos is not here to defend i santos is not here to defend himself so allow me to do that on his behalf and he spoke to reporters and said he is confident he will be cleared and had nothing to hide and questions will be answered to the appropriate people. the media is notjudged injury of anything. has he been subject to trial by media year? i anything. has he been sub'ect to trial by media year?fi to trial by media year? i think there is something _ to trial by media year? i think there is something more - to trial by media year? i think there is something more at i to trial by media year? i think i there is something more at play than that. if you really look at how we campaigned, he was the financial potential missteps. there is talk about how we named a treasurer on his filing report and the treasurer in question said please do not put my name down. there is also the question of how he loaned his own campaign from his

get, and he needs george santos to remain in power. and so how can republicans claim that they are committed to -- when they are protecting george santos, arguably, the most corrupt member of congress from the -- forms of accountability. >> what are you hoping to have this vote? when do you think he'll get the resolution to the floor for an open vote? >> look, the sooner, the better. i mean, george santos is not only a distraction, but he's a danger to our democracy. when you're a member of congress, you have access to classified information, by virtue of the position you hold and i found it deeply troubling that george santos had access to the same classified briefing of the chinese spy balloon available to the rest of congress. and, so i consider him a threat to the integrity of the institution. and, we have to act decisively to hold him accountable. >> congressman richie torres, of, new york sir, thank you so much. i greatly appreciate your time this evening. coming, up del mar how mullin makes a appearance tonight at the nfl honors

so, why is george santos still in congress? well, he is still in congress because kevin mccarthy holds the speakers gavel by only five votes. he needs every single one of them, including george santos is. if that reality in mind, mccarthy is turning a blind mic to the most deceptive member of his party and also paying heed to the most nihilistic one. that is why speaker mccarthy is allowing the republican house to take the nations economy hostage in a standoff over the debt ceiling. he is literally looking over the edge to financial catastrophe and showing no indication that he is willing to turn his caucus back. tomorrow, speaker mccarthy is set to meet with president biden to discuss the debt ceiling. president biden has already said he refuses to let republicans use the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip. ahead of that meeting, biden has one message and one message alone for the embattled republican majority leader, show me your budget and i will show you mine. joining us now is dan pfeiffer, former senior white house adviser

santos for next week. >> i also urge george santos to listen to his republican and democratic constituents and resign from congress as well. >> representative santos was confronted by rep orders outside his -- reporters outside his offices -- reporters outside of his office, shortly after he stepped down from his committee assignments and after investigations into his finances. >> how can you effectively do your job? [indiscernible] >> i have not been in touch with my campaign. so, i don't have an answer for you now. >> yes i am. >> why are you confident? >> i have nothing to hide. >> why don't you answer questions about your past, your finances? >> questions will be answered to the appropriate people. the media is not judge and jury. sorry. >> you're under investigation. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more including cox. >> homework can be hard. squatting in a diner for internetwork is even harder. that is why we are providing lower income students access to affordable internet, so homework it can just be homework, cox, conn

because the only thing i want to say is, donald trump has george santos -- george santos to. he is the guy, 30,000 lies of misrepresentation as president. he is the guy who has been accused of passing of hush money during a campaign, a campaign finance violations, he is the one who is inaugural -- he is the one who is still facing investigation -- his business as already been convicted, everything he has touched on every place he is gone is a crime scene. so i just want to say, we had desantis but we also have all of this mimicry happening. because sadly in disturbingly, it has worked for a minority of americans. but it is too many. and my hope is that it will go back to a time when so many people who also self identify as republicans say, we are and should be the party of -- >> that is fake it to the make a dozen republican mantra teams. >> that is where we have got to go back to. i just want to say desantis is trying to be trump -- it is like punching yourself in the mirror. >> absolutely. yeah. michael steele, milan wiley, always a pleasure to both of you on. love talking

so why is george santos still in congress? well, george santos is still in congress because kevin mccarthy holds the speakers gavel by only five votes. he needs every single one of them including george santos'. with that reality in mind he's turning a blind eye to the most deceptive of his party and paying heed to the most nihilistic ones. they're allowing them to effectively take the nation's economy hostage in a standoff over the debt creel. he's essentially looking over the edge and showing no indication he's willing to turn his caucus back. tomorrow speaker mccarthy is set to speak with president biden to discuss the debt ceiling although president biden says he refuses to let republicans use the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip. he has one message and one message alone for the embattled republican leader, show me your budget and i'll show you mine. former senior white house advisor to president obama and co-host of the wildly successful podcast "save america." for those who have not read your wonderful illuminating post

here, george santos is back. this time it's another bad check scandal. several bad checks in his name went to dog breeders in amish country in 2017. they were supposed to be for puppies. here with me in the studio, the republican strategist, also back with us, natasha, and john berman. in 2017, george santos was charged with theft by deception after these bad checks, and i think we can put them up on the screen. six of them for $2,000 plus, were made out to, not all of them but that was the high, made out to dog breeders. in the memo in each one it says puppies. obviously this isn't the first time. he's also wanted for forging checks in brazil. he's being investigated for a ponzi scheme. and as you know, he also is being investigated for ripping off a disabled vet who had a dying dog. and now these checks total $15,000 for puppies. i mean, at what point, what is the breaking point for republicans when they've had enough? >> i think again, we have to take a step back. i think all the accusations in isolation by th

so that raises the stakes here for george santos. >> that is true. the ftc, in their credit, hudson numerous letters to him identifying that there were tons of irregularities in his campaign finances and they have caught many of them. this just happens in an area that doesn't get a lot of scrutiny. the money coming into politics, rightly so, we want to know who's influencing our elections, just not as much attention is paid to spending because, generally these things work themselves out. if candidates are not spending their money wisely, they do not win. however, in this instance, there seems to be something that slipped through the cracks. what you can really see by comparing george santos is spending that that of other candidates is just how much of an outlier it is. compared to the 365,000 that he has for a totally unaccounted for expenditures, i think the second highest 22,000 and that is house majority leader hakeem jeffries who had a much larger campaign and has much more responsibilities, there are many candidates, many house members who have

are you george santos? >> no. >> stephen: you're not george santos? >> honestly? no. >> stephen: okay. tell me this. true or false. >> false. >> stephen: i didn't ask you the question yet. >> i don't know what is asked of me right now. >> stephen: right now, i'm asking if you're not george santos, where is he? >> oh, george santos lives in a fantasy world. >> stephen: um, congressman, tell me a little bit about your campaign last fall. >> i faked my way to congress. >> stephen: and you feel at all sorry for that? >> i don't know what looking sorry looks like to you, caitlin. >> stephen: um, i'm not caitlin. i am stephen colbert. >> that's who i am. >> stephen: no, you're not stephen colbert. i am. >> no. >> stephen: george santos says what? >> what? >> stephen: ha-ha! gotcha, george. >> damn it. >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight... plus, stephen welcomes... harrison ford and musical guest vic mensa, featuring louis cato and "the late show" band. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert

that is yet another way in george anthony devolder santos which george anthony devolder santos campaign fund is in violation of the law. the new york times has studied the santos campaign financial records, and quote, found $365,399. 08 in unexplained spending with no record of where it went or for what purpose. the breaking santos news of the night in the new york times is a new demand that the house ethics committee investigate george santos's seven year marriage, which ended in divorce in 2019 before his first run for congress. the ethics committee has been asked to determine if the marriage was done to subvert immigration law, so that the brazilian woman, george santos married, could obtain american citizenship, which she did. the times reports that mr. santos identified as gay for his entire adult life, and that he was dating men during the period in which he was married to his ex-wife. george santos's ex-wife is now using her citizenship to sponsor her new husband who is also brazilian to obtain a green card and then possibly citizenship. abc news has spoken to a brazilian man who

are you george santos? >> no. >> stephen: you're not george santos? >> honestly? no. >> stephen: okay. tell me this. true or false. >> false. >> stephen: i didn't ask you the question yet. >> i don't know what is asked of me right now. >> stephen: right now, i'm asking if you're not george santos, where is he? >> oh, george santos lives in a fantasy world. >> stephen: um, congressman, tell me a little bit about your campaign last fall. >> i faked my way to congress. >> stephen: and you feel at all sorry for that? >> i don't know what looking sorry looks like to you, caitlin. >> stephen: um, i'm not caitlin. i am stephen colbert. >> that's who i am. >> stephen: no, you're not stephen colbert. i am. >> no. >> stephen: george santos says what? >> what? >> stephen: ha-ha! gotcha, george. >> damn it. >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight... eracism! plus, stephen welcomes... harrison ford and musical guest vic mensa, featuring louis cato and "the late show" band. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephe

santos for next week. >> i also urge george santos to listen to his republican and democratic constituents. >> representative santos was confronted by reporters outside his office shortly after announcing plans to step down from his committee assignments and responded to questions about the ongoing investigations into his finances. >> how can you effectively do your job? how can you effectively -- >> i haven't been in touch with my campaign staff. i been focusing on the work there. i don't have an answer for you now. >> you are confident? >> yes. >> i'm confident. i have nothing to hide. >> questions about your past? your financing? >> questions will be answered to the appropriate people. the media is not judge and jury of anything. >> you are under investigation. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more including wow. >> the world has changed, fast, reliable internet connection is something no one can live without so wow is there, speed, reliability, value, and choice. now more than ever it starts with great internet. wow. >> wow suppo

george santos. george, who we know as a friend, and is known as anthony devolder to me, so i don't know where george santos came into the thing, because it says here. >> i'm a victim of of circumstances, says george anthony devolder santos. >> that is actually his name, i posted a tweet whence, webb countered ten different names we used, george santos, anthony santos, george devolder, anthony sabraw ski, no one knows where that one came from. we reached out to his office, to his attorney, and we asked about his evolution of, we got here, like most people, we didn't hear back. >> that's not gonna happen, at least for a while. and your concern, ski fascinating, up on cnn. com. a new video played at the outset murdoch double murder trial. a tape they believe undercuts this claim that it wasn't at the scene of the killings will, see that next. so you can have more success tomorrow. ♪ one thing leads to another, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪3, 4♪ ♪ ♪hey♪ ♪ ♪are you ready for me♪ ♪are you ready♪

tonight, george santos saying it wasn't very mormon of him, about romney. and mitt romney explaining why he felt the need to say something. rachel scott live on the hill. >>> as we come on the air tonight, we are tracking severe storms and a tornado watch right now. alerts across 20 states. wind gusts topping 50 miles per hour. then the system moving into the northeast. rob marciano timing it out. >>> for the first time tonight, the pentagon confirming four previous chinese spy balloons have flown over the u.s. martha raddatz standing by tonight on where they were, what they flew over, and when. >>> tonight, the alex murdaugh trial, charged with killing his wife and son, and why the courthouse was suddenly evacuated today. >>> the interviews right here tonight and the chilling details of abuse. the father who authorities say moved into his daughter's college dorm. now facing 60 years in prison for assaulting and terrorizing her classmates and friends. linsey davis tonight speaking with two of the victims. >>> president zelenskyy and his surprise visit today

of george santos right beside the legend of george washington, who, according to mitt, said when he was a little boy, i cannot tell a lie. >> i don't think lying is excusable, ever. period. there is no circumstance -- especially if you are legislating for the american people -- right now. so, what i might have done during the campaign does not reflect what is being done in the office. i have learned my lesson. and i can guarantee you that, from now on, anything and everything is always going to the above board. it's largely always been above board. i'm just going to go the extra step now to cross reference everything. >> joining us now is democratic congressman daniel goldman. of new york -- he served as house majority counsel for the first impeachment trial of donald trump. he's a former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> it's great to be here. >> and you also, along with congressman torres, brought a complaint to the house ethics committee about everything to do with congressman santos. -- it just continues

of george santos right beside the legend of george washington, who, according to mitt, said when he was a little boy, i cannot tell a lie. >> i don't think lying is excusable, ever. period. there is no circumstance -- especially if you are legislating for the american people -- right now. so, what i might have done during the campaign does not reflect what i have done in the office. i have learned my lesson. and i can guarantee you that, from now, on anything and everything is always going to be above boyd board. it's not largely always been above board. i'm just going to go the extra step now to cross reference everything. >> joining us now is democratic congressman daniel goldman. he served as house majority counsel for the first impeachment trial of donald trump. he's a former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> it's great to be here. >> and you also, along with congressman torres, brought a complaint to the house ethics committee about everything to do with congressman santos. -- there is a lot to react to

george santos he is a stain on the united states congress. mccarthy should try to uphold united states congress, and see those values are cherished. and refined. it's about him and his promise to target carlson, and his political agenda. nancy pelosi would not have done this anyway whatsoever. nor with. anybody danny haster wouldn't have done. it we are talking about a whole new level that has gone down. it's difficult to bear. but, congress like santos was on your show, and he said -- you would see things in different light. one awful thing to say about congress, there are some that aren't the finance. pretty good folks. travel to some level, republicans got to know him. family people, smart, they might have a different constituency in philosophy. but if they are decent, honest people, the carlson thing, giving somebody all the, tapes desantis thing lying lying and not being, expelled is all a tearing down our institutions. and that is wrong. putin is very much in favor of that. but our putin is winning this political race. >> i'm glad you b

george santos lied about so many things we don't even know if his real name is george santos, which, in a way, is not surprising i mean, just look at him he looks like he's wearing a crappy disguise from the americans. [ laughter ] his lies have been so numerous and fantastical, it's impossible to keep track. he even lied about being a college volleyball star, which the chair of the nassau county republican party revealed in a press conference last week where he called on santos to resign causing the other republican assembled behind him to laugh at how absurd it was. >> told me, i remember specifically, "i'm into sports a little bit." that he was a star on the baruch volleyball team and that they won the league championship. what can i tell you? [ light laughter ] >> seth: you got to love new york politics. even our leaders address damning scandals like they're doing a one-man show at carolines. "he told ms italian, his father was jewish, and he was in therapy. what can i tell you? [ laughter ] that's how ridiculous this scandal is even they can't help but laugh and how can you not?

and mitt romney telling george santos, "you don't belong here." >>> and the severe storms we're watching right now. the tornado watches and then this all moves into the northeast. >>> first tonight, the staggering death toll soaring. more than 12,000 people killed in the earthquake in turkey and syria. tonight, we have learned three americans are among the victims. the heartbreaking images, the bodies of eight family members, including six children, pulled from a collapsed home. search and rescue teams working around the clock. the young girl pulled out alive. and news tonight on that newborn baby born in the rubble. ian pannell in turkey tonight. >>> back here in the u.s., president biden tonight in wisconsin, and his reaction to the heckling in the chamber during the state of the union. the moment he had democrats and republicans standing to preserve medicare and social security. mary bruce at the white house. >>> also, that tense exchange before the address even started. senator mitt romney with harsh words for embattled congressman george santos, who made up much of his life story be

now this has started, for us to get george santos onto the floor. >> and the new george santos scandal of the day was reported by politico today, saying george santos was criminally charged with fraud in pennsylvania when he was accused of writing bad checks in pennsylvania in 2017. the purpose of those checks, according to the memo line of each check was puppies. george santos eventually had the charges dismissed in 2021 after his first campaign for congress. joining us now is one of democrats who introduced that resolution to expel george santos today. that's representative becca balint from vermont. she's also a member of the house oversight committee. thank you very much for joining us tonight. so this is the fastest move toward expulsion of a member of the house that we have ever seen. what is the next step here? >> so the next step is really pushing to have republican leadership finally hold this person accountable for his actions. he has carried out tremendous fraud against his constituents. and you've had in last few weeks members of congress on the republican side saying he sh

george santos, anthony santos, george anthony devolder, anthony dobroski. we reached out to his office to his attorney and asked could we talk about his evolution, how he got here, like, you know, most people we didn't hear back. >> that's not going to happen. at least for a while. thank you. fascinating tough on cnn.com. a new video played at the alex murdaugh double murder trial today a tape the prosecutors believe undercuts his claim that he wasn't at the scene of the killings. you will see that next. at adp, we use data-driven insights to design hr solutions to provide flexible pay options and greater workrce visibility today, so you can have more sucss tomorrow. ♪ one thing leads to another, yeah, yeah ♪ - "best thing i've ever done." that's what freddie told me. - it was the best thing i've ever done, and- - really? - yes, without a doubt! - i don't have any anxiety about money anymore. - great people. different people, that's for sure, and all of them had different reasons for getting a reverse mortgage, but you know what, they all felt the same

last night and kevin mccarthy said he thinks it is an appropriate move by george sa santos. this has been a huge distraction for house republicans and political liability as they try to remove a democratic congresswoman from one of her committee assignments. and there definitely was a sigh of relief inside the house gop. but not everyone is satisfied. two house republicans put out a statement saying this is like someone quitting before they get fired and that santos needs to do the right thing and that is to resign. >> thanks. with us a former illinois congressman, and abby phillip. santos is saying he wants to properly clear his name before returning to committees. as we have seen on a daily basis, including the last interview, he is not forthcoming with regard to the vast majority of his lies. does this just slug and careen along like this? >> i think it is going to, anderson. look, the latest move shows that republican leadership is not willing to put public pressure on george santos to step aside or to do anything. they allowed the move of him, recusing himself from the

our in-depth look at disgraced congressman george santos. new questions tonight about his possible involvement in an alleged ponzi scheme. >>> and burt bacharach dies at 94. ♪ raindrops keep falling on my head ♪ >> remembering the legendary composer. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> there is breaking news that we are just getting in. cbs news has learned former vice president mike pence subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating former president donald trump. we've got new details on that in just a moment. >>> the other story that's making international headlines, north korea showcasing the largest number ever of nuclear weapons in a parade and what the appearance of kim jong-un's daughter means about the future of the kim dynasty. >>> but first, desperation is setting in as the death toll continues to surge in turkey and syria. the race to find survivors has reached a critical point as temperatures fall and the vital 72-hour period has passed. satellite images of the area show the scope of the devastation with be

he's now the operations director for congressman george santos. here he is in a photo with another prescriptive santos higher, derek myers, and sanders says he was a process of hiring miners were decided against it because of concerns about his background and santos coal miners had secretly recorded a conversation in his office, quote he's, violated the trust we had in him. time points reported that they obtained that audio from meyers. meyers says it came from a meeting with santos with staff anyone points sandal starts talking about leaving hiring decisions to chief of staff, saying, quote, i trust this guy with everything, and i've obviously after up and lied to him like i lie to everyone else. and he still forgave me. joining me now one investigative reporters of talking points memo obtained this audio and spoke to derek myers, josh komensky. josh, what is life like behind the closed doors of the george santos congressional office? is it a functioning office? >> as far as we can tell it's extremely chaotic, chris. i think that with the audio t

tried to argue george santos the candidate is different than george santos the congressman. >> i dont think lying is excusable ever. period. right? there is no circumstance, especially if you're legislating for the american people. right now, so, what i might have done during the campaign does not reflect what is being done in the office. >> reporter: santos stepping down from his committee assignments serves as relief to republicans here on capitol hill. they want to remove several democrats from committees for their behavior, but would certainly be accused of a double standard if santos got to remain on his. david? >> rachel scott live up on the hill for us again tonight. thank you, rachel. >>> now to the president, and the classified documents. the white house is being pressed on new reporting that after the president's lawyers first found classified documents at president biden's private office after he was vice president, that the fbi then searched it. the question, why is the public only now learning about this? here's mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, sources tell abc news the

. >> george santos will not be on any ticket in 2024. >> what makes you so confident? >> i'm very confident that, first, the investigations are going to produce truth and that truth might come as a surprise to congressman santos, but not to anyone else. leadership and constituents in his district on long island have had enough. i don't see a scenario where he runs for re-election or even completes his term. >> reporter: there's a time element here. by march 14th the federal election commission asked santos to declare whether or not he's running for re-election in order to allow him to continue fund-raising. he has to make a decision there. if he decides to run again, even if he were indicted on federal charges, that does not force him to resign. he has to make that decision on his own, or the house could vote to expel him. to do that would require two thirds majority of the house. that congressman right there, a freshman republican from new york, said he would support voting to expel him. remember, the house republican leadership weren't there quite yet, including kevi

. >> george santos kicks himself off committee so that republicans can focus on their agenda of attacking ilhan omar. >> he just felt like that there was so much drama really over the situation and especially what we're doing to work to remove ilhan omar. >> plus congresswoman katie porter on today's first big hearing for the maga oversight committee, and he's a congressman accused of plotting a coup who had his phone seized by the fbi. >> i went to the door, there are three fbi agents, and they want to take my cell phone. >> tonight, the secret fight to gain access to scott perry's phone, when all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes, we'll begin tonight with a little secret i want to let you in on, ready, here it is. there is no one in this entire nation, including myself, who wants donald trump to somehow be rendered incapable of wants donald trump to somehow be rendered incapable of running for president again more than the upper echelon of the republican party. every single one of them, and a gamble of any sense is praying that someone else somewhere it

he didn't. >> more questions are being raised about new york congressman george santos, including if that's even his real name. an ex-roommate of the freshman congressman had this to say. >> i've always known him as anthony devolder i've never known him as george santos. >> two former santos roommates told pax several items went missing while they lived with santos, including phones, expensive dress shirts, and checks from a checkbook. also allegedly stolen by george according to these two men, this burberry scarf that george wore to a pro-trump rally in washington, d.c. >> seth: that's right. he stole a burberry scarf. even worse, he stole it from - >> melania's closet. [ laughter and applause >> seth: in fact, not only did he wear a stolen scarf, he wore it at a stop the steal rally on january 5th. this guy has lied from his job to his education to his name to the clothes he wore. we have no idea who he really is he could be anyone >> yes, seth he could be anyone >> seth: wally, is that your real hair? >> oh, what? does it look different sorry, i can't see anything without my glass

and shame on george santos for that. but really, anderson, shame on the entire republican conference. abby's right that members of the new york delegation have spoken out against him. but doggone it, he's lied about everything. the entire conference should call him out. mccarthy should call him out. but they won't. i don't think he's running again, anderson. i think they've probably already cut that deal. and he'll just try his best to be quiet for two years. >> joe walsh, abby philip, thanks, appreciate it. coming up next, breaking news in the police killing of tyre nichols. the existence of more videos of it. and when authorities say they will release them, and later how and why the new house ethics committee will include another election denier who voted against certifying 2020 presidential election results in the hours directly after the january 6th attack. i'm excited about pronamelepair because it penetrates deep into the tooth to help actively repair acid-weakened enamel. i recommend pronamel repair to my patients

. >> george santos kicks himself off committee so that republicans can focus on their agenda of attacking ilhan omar. >> he just felt like that there was so much drama really over the situation and especially what we're doing to work to remove ilhan omar. >> plus congresswoman katie porter on today's first big hearing for the maga oversight committee, and he's a congressman accused of plotting a coup who had his phone seized by the fbi. >> i went to the door, there are three fbi agents, and they want to take my cell phone. >> tonight, the secret fight to gain access to scott perry's phone, when all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes, we'll begin tonight with a little secret i want to let you in on, ready, here it is. there is no one in this entire nation, including myself, who wants donald trump to somehow be rendered incapable of running for president again more than the upper echelon of the republican party. every single one of them, and a gamble of any sense is praying that someone else somewhere it will make that happen. now, it's certainly possible th

>> well, i mean, george santos should not be in congress. he's a fraud and a liar. he lied about the holocaust, lied about his career, his education, he's lied about the police shooting, which is the largest massacre of lgbtq+ people in modern era. and he's clearly committed serious financial crimes and financial fraud. so, we've given plenty of chances to resign. we've given him opportunities to speak up for what he's done and he's chosen not to do so. and so now we've had to elevate this. we've taken this to the house ethics committee. we hope that they would bring us to the floor. and if they choose not to, we will do everything we can to force a vote. numerous republicans have asked him to resign, particularly those from new york, we've actually had a couple of republicans say would even vote for the expulsion since we presented it. so, we're very serious about this. we are talking right now about very classified information, sensitive information that we received, as it relates to national security, george santos was given access to classified information by ge

the republican party, how crazy is, this needs george santos right now. that's the state of our politics and that's potentially the state of some of the extremist elements of the republican party right now. >> let's talk about the state we live, in people think of new yorkers a deep blue state, and you are a centrist democrat representing staten island. we know the democrats lost some crucial seats, in these midterms, i. e. george santos won. how do you see new york now? how should we see it? >> it's crazy. you can put my seat aside for a moment -- or my former seat -- which is a republican seat, where there are five seats right now in new york state, that biden won, resoundingly. that the republicans won. that is larger than the margins of the republican party has nationwide. >> what does that tell you? >> it's very simply simple. the failure of the democratic party in new york state is the reason why democratic party is not in control right now, and hakeem jeffries is not the speaker of the house. so, what can i do right now? for generations, really, th

his district borders george santos' district. he attended his first state of the union address last night. let's start with george santos. is mitt romney right? >> he's right. i've been clear he does not deserve to be in congress. he lied time and again. he showed no remorse. he broke the public trust. this is an institution that should be filled with folks that have strong ideologies, want to fight for the ideologies. want to get results. he's all about the rhetoric and the drama. >> romney is saying he shouldn't have been standing so close to the aisle. the president walks down, wab n cabinet members. he should have sat in the back of the room. >> george santos is a sociopath. he looks for that attention. even the negative attention drives him. it's a distraction to the republicans in the house. we want to focus on our commitment to america. we want to talk about putting our economy back on the right track. securing our border. these are things that they want to campaign on and govern on. every time i have to come here and talk

he didn't have to play nice with george santos or please him. that was reflected in that interaction. >> didn't santos say i want to remind you that you're never going to be president or something like that. i think that -- there it is. hey, mitt romney, just reminder, you'll never be president. obviously, something happened there. >> yeah. and also reflects the position george santos believes he's in. he feels extremely comfortable. he was so energized. >> i think if there is a political talking point that president biden is not on it, last night was a he performance of mental acuity. it's not easy to deal with hecklers in any environment. >> he used that -- one of the moments on social security and medicare to make them all commit. okay, so you all agree with me. >> yeah. in fairness, speaker mccarthy said out loud those things are off the table. but the point of the state of the union is for the president to gather around and explain his messaging, right? and to set the parameters. and by doing that, for the people who haven't been watching w

the only way somebody like george santos comes into $500,000 is if he intentionally slips on varnish he spilled so he can sue home depot. [ laughter ] now the big question is why did he amend his paperwork and who gave him all that money? >> why did you amend your report to say -- >> let's make it very clear, i don't amend anything, i don't touch any of my -- don't be disingenuous, you know that every campaign hires fiduciaries. i'm not aware of that answer and we'll have an answer regarding the amendments. >> what was the source of your funds, sir? what was the source of that money? sir? why can't you divulge the source of the money? > congressman santos, what can you say about the source of that money? >> huh? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: come on, give the guy a break. don't you know he went deaf in the korean war? [ laughter and applause ] maybe he lost half a million teeth and got the money from the tooth fairy, you don't know. [ laughter ] we've been goofing on george santos a lot, and rightly so, i think. some people have a different way of looking at this, including one of our write

are you george santos? >> no. >> stephen: you're not george santos? >> honestly? no. >> stephen: okay. tell me this. true or false. >> false. >> stephen: i didn't ask you the question yet. >> i don't know what is asked of me right now. >> stephen: right now,

new york congressman george santos. the bureau is looking into allegations santos stole thousands of dollars from a gofundme account that was designed to cover lifesaving surgery for a veterans dying service dog. santos's office did not immediately respond to our request for comment. the congressman has called these accusations shocking insane. with that, let's get smarter with a lead off panel. nbc news correspondent and moderator of washington week on pbs, jackie alemany, congressional investigations reporter for the washington post, and an msnbc contributor, and our french ike rosenberg, former u.s. attorney and former senior fbi official. jacqui, let's start with this meeting between kevin mccarthy and president biden. republicans are no longer talking about cutting medicare and social security. so what are they talking about? >> yes, stephanie, that is the question. you are making the billion dollar point here, and i think the contours of what republicans are going to be willing to come to agreement about democrats

that's the psychotic part, george santos, i will not tolerate any bad-mouthing. he's my guy and he's the most naked version than anybody else in washington. do you know what you have to be in d.c., where that guy lies a lot. >> he's the most transparent liar in d.c. >> i love him. >> he's going to be on our show, tyrus. >> lydia, i think it is easy which one you want to drink with, obviously george santos. you can do whatever you want and do the craziest in front of him. what is he going to do? tell other people? no one will believe it. >> he'll tell you whatever you want to hear. >> oh yeah. >> tyrus, we have asked santos to come on the show and he won't come on. do you have any strategies like to convince him or like maybe visiting him? >> i don't know, lie to him. tell him if he comes on, we'll endorse him for president. the whole show will be by his campaign. >> oh, that would be amazing and we'll donate a check for $1 million to any dog charity of his choosing. >> or just to him. he'll give you a million dollars or one of those big giant checks. >> i feel ba

george santos is in office, how do you feel about that sir? >> oh my god, what a way to start this conversation. when you look at george santos, it's clearly a joke, he's clearly a fraud. but despite all, that so fascinating is that can mccarthy, and the republican leadership wants him to stay, because they know that they will lose that seat, in a special election. so here you have this whole grand event, where he steps down from the committees, surely that's not a decision that he made in isolation, and they're trying to get this out of the news, because they need him to be there. the republican party, how crazy is, this needs george santos right now. extremist elements of the republican party right now. >> let's talk about the state we live, in people think of new yorkers a deep blue state, you are a centrist democrat, representing staten island. we know the democrats lost some crucial seats, in these midterms, i.e. george santos won. how do you see new york now? how should we see it? >> it's, crazy you can put my seat aside, or my former se

santos and mitt romney and you can see the tension between them, and george santos kind of side eyed him as he walked away. we have reporting on what went on, what can you tell us? >> yeah, first of all, my wife already sent me, there is bad lip reading available for you on social media platforms. feel free to google that after we're done. we know this was a tense exchange, both george santos and mitt romney have confirmed as much. listen to what romney said as he came off the floor last night after this speech. >> i don't know the exact words i said. he shouldn't have been there. he shouldn't be in the -- look, he's a sick puppy. he shouldn't be there. i don't think he ought to be in congress. and he certainly shouldn't be in the aisle trying to shake the hand of the president of the united states and dignitaries coming in. it is an embarrassment. >> we heard george santos called a lot of things, sick puppy is a new one i have to say from the senator and former republican nominee for president. but, lindsey, i think what is important about this is it demonstrates what a pain in the

the name on each of them george santos. the checks to buy puppies obtained by cnn were written to fred and other amish dog breeders and totaled more than $15,000. fred says the man he then simply knew as george came with a female assistant and cut their deal in this very room we're standing in, the milk house and the man wanted two german shepperds. >> he says, okay, we'll take that puppy and that puppy and his assistant grabs the two puppies, takes them out the door and he pulls out a check. i was like, oh, no, is this guy going to pay me with a check? but then i was very suspicious. >> reporter: because you told me before she put the dogs in the car, correct? >> right. >> before they paid for them? >> right. >> reporter: so you're suspicious because he's going to pay with a check and you don't take checks. >> i told him i don't take checks, all i can take is cash but he said, would you expect me to carry enough cash to buy a bunch of puppies on a trip like this? i do not have cash. the only thing i can give you is a check

you heard him say that he believes that was george santos and the checks were george santos. what santos is inferring by saying the checkbook got stolen is somebody else took his checkbook and wrote nine separate checks to buy dogs. >> if you are going to steal a checkbook, i'm not sure the one thing you would do with those checks would be to go to amish country and buy dogs. >> exactly. important point here though, this farmer told us george santos put the dogs in the car before he paid for the dogs. he honestly, as you saw it -- >> classic santos move. >> he felt intimidated. he said, okay, i will take the check. he didn't want to take the check, he felt intimidated. he believes he was fleeced. >> he is stealing puppies, allegedly. >> you wouldn't do that? >> it's so bizarre, it's incredible to me. this whole thing, i cannot believe this is going on. >> a lot of it is quite a story. >> wow, thank you, gary. i appreciate it. new testimony in the alec murdaugh double murder trial from his wife sister, what she had to say about the night of the murder behavior, next. makes tra

are you a george santos supporter? >> if i'm a supporter of anything, it's kindness, compassion, not mean spirited jokes. if you have to make fun of somebody, make fun of me >> seth: i don't even know you why would i make fun of you? >> well, you could make fun of the fact that every night my wife likes to hit the sack around 10:00 p.m got so bad i had to buy an athletic supporter cup [ laughter ] >> seth: i don't want to make fun of that. sorry, i just usually tell jokes about people who are in the news, people like george santos. >> oh, sure. make fun of george santos. have your fun. go ahead and say he looks like a life-sized ventriloquist dummy [ light laughter ] >> seth: that's pretty harsh >> i know. so leave him alone >> seth: i'd like to just get back to my jokes >> well, you want something to joke about, how about this you can make fun of the fact that i fall asleep during sex, and i've been wide awake for the last 15 years. [ laughter ] >> seth: i don't want to make fun of you, sir. >> are you sure? because y