Special counsel jack smith paints a picture of a commanderinchief willing to throw out the votes of millions of americans, including large numbers of black voters who turned out to elect joe biden. Trump fueled Conspiracy Theories, putting poll workers, and Public Servants at risk. On january 6th, he embraced violence, and swamped a mob, that went on to attack one of the most sacred monuments to our democracy. Even now, trump continues to behave as if hes above the law. We have Breaking News this evening, his legal team has until monday to respond to a Government Motion for a protective order related to a threatening social media post. From the former president. We are going to get into the legal specifics of the case, and the political implications throughout the hour. But, make no mistake, while it is donald trump who will be going on trial, it is the fate of our nation that will be decided by the outcome. We begin with delicate, stacey pulaski, from the virgin islands. A former Hous
continues his push for voting rights on this mlk day. as republicans pounced over his handling of classified material. then one of the deadliest attacks on civilians since the war in ukraine began, nearly one year into the conflict, what would a resolution even look like, we will break down what is at stake for our economy, and what we stand to lose if it doesn t get resolved. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. this monday night good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle as today we honor the life of dr. martin luther king junior, president biden is renewing his call for federal voting rights protections. today in d.c., the president link the fight to protect democracy, is one of the key goals of his administration. federal measures to protect and expand, the right to vote. this is a time for choosing. what we choose democracy over a top roughly, and community over chaos. love over hate. these are the questions of our time. but i ran for, president and t
the great food ever in laos, the mardi gras, and so now what folks are doing around the interstate, especially in this trillion dollar infrastructure bill, so money going to communities to help them end. especially when it comes to infrastructure. new orleans and at that interstate, and a moment where the community has come together from all parts of the city to try and heal around this interstate, and figure out what to do with it. do you use that money to tear it down? do you unify? do you leave it as a symbol of what it was? but also contextualizing the current sense of moving forward. this is wrestling america. thank you for joining us tonight, and thank you for what you are doing tonight. thank you. jermaine lee gets tonight s last word, and he will get tomorrow night s last word at this hour. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now. tonight, president biden continues his push for voting rights on this mlk day. as republicans pounced over his handling
Capitol hill and this is cnn hello, everyone. I thank you so much for joining this sunday. Im fredricka source tells cnn that President Joe Biden and israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke earlier today, Fueling Fresh Hope for an end to the israeli hostage crisis. And the resulting six month war in gaza. Meantime, us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is headed back to the middle east right now for a new round of talks aimed at ending the deadlock between israel and Hamas Blinken plans to meet with regional partners in saudi arabia journalists Elliott Gotkine is joining me right now with the very latest elliot. Great to see you. What do you know about this call . Fredreka we understand this cool is about the ongoing hostage negotiations, negotiations to try to get a ceasefire between israel and hamas in the gaza strip that would see a number of hostages released. They were abducted, of course, as part of the hamas Terrorist Attacks of october 7, theyd been in captivity do you k
That this is a politically motivated witch hunt orchestrated by president biden. These are all biden trials. This is done as election interference. Everybody knows it. Im here instead of being able to be in pennsylvania and georgia and lots of other places campaigning, and its very unfair. Inside the court, we see a man accustomed to being in charge now not in control. Forced to sit and listen to the prosecutions allegations, whether he likes it or not, with the jury carefully watching his reactions. The story of the porn star Stormy Daniels is central to the case. The prosecution said that paying her 130,000 in hush money was election fraud, pure and simple, orchestrated by donald trump. The court will hear evidence from trumps former fixer, now sworn enemy, Michael Cohen. Hell describe making that payment on mr trumps instructions. The defence will brand him an admitted liar and convicted criminal, whos now obsessed with his former boss. Mr cohen was earlier involved in paying off a