and it s not just mass shootings, it is every day violence. we ll take a deep dive into the gun epidemic breaking our country. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. two two former trump white house officials will be key witnesses at thursday s january 6th hearing on trump s 187 minutes of inaction during the violent riot. nbc news has learned, former deputy national security adviser, matthew pottinger, will testify in person. he resigned after the insurrection, and has already given closed-door testimony to the committee. one of my staff brought me a print down off a tweet by the president, and the tweet said something to the effect that mike pence, the vice president, didn t have the courage to do what should ve been done. i read that tweet. and made a decision at that moment to resign. that s where i knew that i was leaving that day, once i read that tweet. also appearing on thursday, former deputy p
the former president himself? anything is possible. all of that, plus the financial world bombshell, 11 musk dropping this last night, trying to get out of buying twitter, and the latest in to free brittney griner from russia. i will talk to the father of trevor reed who was just released from russia few months ago. right now though, across this country, americans are taking to the streets once again to stand up for their beliefs on abortion. in washington, d.c., a rally organized by the women s march organization is underway. organizations are attempting to put to protect abortion nationwide. what they re calling the summer of rage, marchers gathered this morning at franklin square before heading to the white house for a sudden. that event was given a permit for 10,000 people. in chicago, the march for life rally, described as the midwest s largest pro-life went, is that to happen this afternoon. rights relating to abortion are not guaranteed by the state constitutio
of personnel news dimension right off the top, it s good news. ownership say congratulations to alex wagner. who is going to take over the slot that is now msnbc prime. this is just announced today by msnbc. it is great news. in terms of me, nothing about what i m doing is changing. i am gonna be doing monday nights, from here on out, plus, i will be here for big news events, like i have been, things like a genuine 60 rings, and the big supreme court decision on friday on roe v. wade. nothing that i am doing is changing at all, but it is great news that starting late this summer, starting mid august, it s gonna be alex wagner in the chair here tuesday through friday, at 9:00 eastern. so, congratulations to alex. everybody here thinks this is great news, myself included. again, you re still stuck with me for all the same things that have been stuck with me on in recent weeks and months, that won t change. but alex is taking over that msnbc prime spot. great news. great to kn
i m going to be doing monday nights from here on out. plus i ll be here for big news events like i have been. things like the january 6th hearings. the big supreme court decision by down roe v. wade. nothing that i m doing is changing at all. but it is great news that starting late this summer, starting may august, 20 alice wagner in the chair here tuesday through friday night at 9:00 eastern. so congratulations to alex, everybody thinks this is great news, myself included. again, you re still stuck with me for all the same things you ve been stuck with me on. in recent weeks and months. that will change. but alex will be taking over that prime spot is great news. it s great that the certainty, great to know that it s her, just want to mention that right off the bat. but hey, speaking of the january 6th hearings. i need to tell you i was wrong. we were all wrong. or at least things change to make a strong after the fact. you will remember that we have the two blockbuster hear
so, take a look at his net favorability rating. that s his favorable minus unfavorable and look at it since essentially march. we see march 25th, which was essentially four months ago, it was minus six points. then it s minus seven points april 25th. may 25th, minus nine points. june 25th, minus 10 points. july 25th, minus 13 points. you don t have to be a mathematician to know that s a bad trend line. and it follows everything that we know that we ve seen in the past. when the president stays out of the news the former president stays out of the news, his numbers go up. when he gets in the news, the numbers go down. to me it s a clear trend line. what are you seeing among republicans in particular. if you look among republicans in particular, obviously the thing i think most republicans are concerned about at this point, specifically donald trump is most concerned about is whether or not he can win in 2024, right? can he win that republican nomination? and of course hi