The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi

After a rough battle for House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy assigns extreme GOP representatives to powerful committees. It comes as a Solomon Peña, an ex-GOP candidate, was arrested in a string of shootings targeting Democrats in New Mexico. Plus, the U.S. prepares to hit the debt ceiling on Thursday. Luke Broadwater, Tara Palmeri, Frank Figliuzzi, Tim Miller, Juanita Tolliver, Michael Schmidt, and Kerry Sanders join.

President Biden is renewing his call to protect federal voting rights as the nation honors the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. However, House Republicans are more focused on investigating the President after more classified material was found at his Delaware home. Plus, the US will hit the debt ceiling this Thursday and Kevin McCarthy said he wants spending caps in exchange for raising the debt limit. Cornell Belcher, Carol Lee, Neal Katyal, Jason Beardsley, David Plouffe, Tara Setmayer, and John Hendrickson join.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sounds the alarm telling Congress the U.S. is set to reach its debt limit on Thursday. Meantime, the Trump Organization is hit with a $1.6 million fine in a years-long tax fraud scheme. And our Friday Nightcap talks Republican’s new power in the House, the embattled George Santos and a Golden Globes comeback. Jon Allen, Melissa Murray, Brendan Buck, David Cay Johnston, Rehema Ellis, Tim O’Brien, Toure and Kurt Andersen join.

Attorney General Merrick Garland named Robert Hur to review President Biden’s handling of classified documents after leaving the Obama administration. It comes as NBC News learns one of the documents found in Biden’s former office was marked with top secret classification. Plus, from Damar Hamlin’s recovery to the lack of diversity in the NFL, Stephen A. Smith sits down one-on-one with Stephanie Ruhle to talk about it all. Garrett Haake, Yasmeen Abutaleb, Tali Farhadian Weinstein, Rep. Abigail Spanberger, Stephen A. Smith, Matthew Dowd, and Juanita Tolliver join.

After campaigning on kitchen table issues, House Republicans started off their first days in power focused on passing abortion-related bills. Meantime, the GOP-led Oversight committee is now looking into the Biden family’s financial records and a second batch of classified documents found. Plus, A corrupted file is to blame for the delays and cancellations of thousands of flights across the U.S. on Wednesday. Peter Baker, Joyce Vance, Shelby Talcott, Captain C.B. "Sully" Sullenberger, Michael Steele, Robert Gibbs, and Amb. William Taylor join.

President Biden said he’s “surprised” by the classified documents found in an office he used after his vice presidency. Meantime, House Republicans approve a new subcommittee to investigate the “weaponization” of the federal government. Plus, former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg is sentenced to five months at Rikers Island. Leigh Ann Caldwell, Susanne Craig, Glenn Kirschner, James Carville, Carlos Curbelo, Mary Beth Sheridan, and Darsha Philips join.

After a dramatic fight for Speaker, Kevin McCarthy faced a key test to pass the House rules package. Meantime, the Georgia grand jury investigating possible election interference by former President Trump and his allies completed its final report. Meantime a “small amount” of classified documents were found at a think tank tied to President Biden. Plus, more than one thousand people are detained after far-right supporters of Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brazil’s capital in protest of the presidential election results. Yamiche Alcindor, Luke Broadwater, Barbara McQuade, Nayyera Haq, Christopher Garman, Jason Johnson, Reed Galen, and Jay Skurski join.

After 11 rounds of voting over three days, the House has not yet selected a Speaker. The House plans to return Friday at noon as Republicans work on a potential deal to sway the GOP holdouts. Ali Vitali, Andrew Desiderio, Tim Miller, Symone Sanders-Townsend, Jeremy Peters, Steven A. Sund, and Dr. Vin Gupta join.

The deadlock over House Speaker will stretch into a third day after Republican holdouts blocked Kevin McCarthy from getting the Speaker’s gavel for a sixth time. Now, lawmakers plan to reconvene Thursday at noon. Ryan Nobles, Yamiche Alcindor, Jacqueline Alemany, Will Hurd, Rep. Lauren Boebert, Michael Steele, and Juanita Tolliver join.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy lost the first three rounds of votes after a group of Republican holdouts rejected him as Speaker. It marks the first time in a century that the House failed to elect a new Speaker on the first ballot. It all comes as Democrats stood united behind its new leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. Plus, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is still in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest during the Bengals game Monday night. Ryan Nobles, Luke Broadwater, Reed Galen, Rep. Colin Allred, Charlie Sykes, Jennifer Palmieri, and Tom Winter join.