the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. ruhl e starts now tonight, the split screens court cases, donald trump using today s a voluntary appearance to air his grievances before the judge. while hunter biden pleads not guilty on federal charges. then, chris christie is out of the race for now, but could he be back as a third party candidate? and what happens when misinformation is given a platform? the collective responsibility to call out the lies, the 11th hour getting underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. and we are following the breaking news out of the middle east tonight. american led military strikes targeting militias in yemen backed by iran, for weeks, as the war between israel and amos escalated. those militia groups have attacked commercial and other ships in the nearby red sea. the night, the u.s. and its allies struck back, firing on targets in yemen. we ll
be back as a third party candidate? and what happens when misinformation is given a platform? the collective responsibility to call out the lies, the 11th hour getting underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. and we are following the breaking news out of the middle east tonight. american led military strikes targeting militias in yemen backed by iran, for weeks, as the war between israel and amos escalated. those militia groups have attacked commercial and other ships in the nearby red sea. the night, the u.s. and its allies struck back, firing on targets in yemen. we ll have more on all of this is just ahead, but first, let s turn to a former president and the son of a current president in court within hours of one another. today in your city, it began with a bomb threat at the judge overseeing trump s fraud case. and then later, trump made what was his second court appearance of
with any extradition request. also, greg jarret and alan dershowitz will join us . but first, we have new detailssm from alvin bragg s. repulsive political witch hunt.t according to sources that we have, bragge demanded that sou donald trump turn himself inal today. less thad trn twenty four hourse after the grand jury voted unfairly to indict him. the but because of security concerns, the arraignment won t take place until next week.y tu probably on tuesday afternoon,n. donald trump will be booked.e wb he will be fingerprinted. there will ba e a mumug shot.g the media mob, they will get their so desired mug shot. now, my gut instinct tells me that my friend, my colleague, peter seth, who was on lastg tob time, he s going to be proven correct. that photograph will end up on more t-shirts and more hats that sayn maga and trump 2020 four . it will also appear beforeor judge juan mershon, who by the way, the very same judge who is accused of railroadingth the former cfo of the t
of joe biden laughing at americans killed by federal. we will play that tape plus we will hear from two former fbi agent, that left america s one from your law informants and agency because of the bureaus political rot coming up right also make no mistake, justice i this country is no longer blind. this is had for this country ar the fbi has in fact been politicized and the fbi and the doj have both been weapon eyes. it is sad, but this is real and needs to be dealt with right they actively and knowingly are putting their thumb on the scal and have done it now in every major election since 2016 including 2016. that is news to the fbi directo christopher rae who was on capitol hill today. take a look at this. i hear of these claims of palletization, but i can tell you the fbi is and is going to stay independent which means follow the facts wherever they lead no matter who likes it. i can tell you that is not true. unless they can have a democrat like for biden or clinton.
Msnbc headquarters here at new york city. And we begin this evenings broadcast with major breaking international news. The u. S. Has carried out military strikes and syria today. Secretary of defense lloyd austin said President Biden ordered selfdefense drags onto facilities in Eastern Syria used by irans revolutionary guard. He added the strikes our response to attacks against u. S. Personnel in iraq and syri by iranianbacked militia grps. Joining me now on the phone to discuss, my colleague msnbc White House Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, what can you tell us about how biden order the strikes and why they were carried out today . Stephen, a first, i think we should put this in the context of what weve been watching happen in the middle east. And as we heard from lloyd austin night, the u. S. Military action, these defensive strikes, if as you describe them, they do come amid the rising tensions in that region with the rising tension between israel and hamas, but also called th