Kevin McCarthy took a big, bad risk

And the Alex Murdaugh verdict [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news March 3, 2023 THE LATEST [Alternate text] These Dominion bombshells make Kevin McCarthy — and Tucker Carlson — look even worse]( By Joyce Vance In February, we learned that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made the very troubling decision to release U.S. Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 insurrection exclusively to Tucker Carlson of Fox News. McCarthy said he was doing it because the tapes belonged to the people — which makes what he did utterly incomprehensible. That incomprehensibility is only reinforced by the parallel drama taking place in court, where evidence in the defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox, scheduled for an April trial, is providing truly shocking news. This is a preview of Joyce Vance's latest article. [Read the full column here.](     TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [A photo of Alex Murdaugh]( [JORDAN RUBIN]( [Alex Murdaugh convicted of double murder]( Jurors in South Carolina voted quickly to convict the disgraced lawyer of murdering his wife and son. [Read more.]( [A photo of Kellyanne Conway]( [JORDAN RUBIN]( [What Manhattan prosecutors need to find out from Kellyanne Conway]( Conway could have information that a prosecutor pondering a case against Trump wants to know sooner rather than later. [Read more.](//link.msnbc.com/click/30719313.76390/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL3RoZS1yZWlkb3V0L3JlaWRvdXQtYmxvZy9iYW5uaW5nLXRpa3Rvay1ub3QtZ29vZC11c2UtYmlkZW4tcmVwdWJsaWNhbi10aW1lLXJjbmE2MzczMT9jaWQ9ZW1sX21kYV8yMDIzMDMwMyZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsPWQ3ZGM3NDUxNzI5N2IzOTcxYWExNGQ2ZjMzMTEzNWEwODc4ZjhmNjQwZmExYTEwMTlmMTU3YjY1YzFiNWRkMWQ/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914Bf35e1d30 [A photo of George Santos]( [STEVE BENEN]( [The list of George Santos investigations just got even longer]( The House Ethics Committee apparently intends to examine a broad scope of Santos scandals.Read more.]( [HAYES BROWN]( [The real reason Eli Lilly capped insulin prices at $35]( Let's not mistake drugmaker Eli Lilly's insulin cap for altruism. [Read more.]( TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [A photo of Alex Murdaugh escorted in handcuffs by local authorities]( [THE REIDOUT]( [Katie Phang: I anticipate Alex Murdaugh will be sentenced to life with 30 year minimum]( [A photo of Donald Trump]( DEADLINE WHITE HOUSE]( [DOJ says Trump can be sued by police over Jan. 6 attack]( [A photo of Chuck Schumer]( [ALL IN]( [Sen. Schumer: Fox News is guilty of the 'worst lie in the history of our democracy']( [A photo of Tennessee governor Bill Lee]( THE REIDOUT]( [Tennessee governor signs bill restricting drag performances]( [MORE FROM MSNBC]( [Alternate text] Saturday, ahead of International Women's Day, Jonathan Capehart sits down with Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff for an inside look at his work to promote gender equity and the support he offers Vice President Kamala Harris. Watch The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart, Saturday at 9 a.m. ET, only on MSNBC.   On Sunday, [MSNBC Films]( presents the third episode of "When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story,” a four-part series from TIME Studios. This week, Giuliani goes global as a terrorism expert after 9/11. Then, fueled by the same ambition, he brings his playbook to Ukraine in the name of Donald Trump. Watch an all-new episode of "When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story" on Sunday at 10 p.m. ET on MSNBC, and streaming on Peacock.   [Image] [Image] 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily) [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily)