tonight, secretary of state anthony blinken s return trip to israel, pressing for humanitarian pause as israeli forces continue launching targeted attacks. then, president biden s visit to maine after a mass shooting. his message to a grieving community. and an alarming wave of antisemitism across the country, causing rising tensions on college campuses. we ll speak with three students about their experiences, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. there are now increasing concerns within the biden white house about how israel is carrying out the war against hamas. today secretary of state anthony blinken made his second s visit to israel since the october 7th terror attacks, and while he reaffirmed u.s. commitment to israel, he also made the case for a pause in the fighting, even as the war reaches a crucial stage. nbc s raf sanchez as the latest from israel. tonight, as israelis targeting the hamas tighten wr
this one. i am sorry for what you had to go for and go through and i m sorry for your whole town. but my love to listen, and thank you for being with us tonight. i really appreciate that, early, have a wonderful evening. lewiston mayor. all right, i want to see what 10 am eastern tomorrow and sunday for my show, ability, upside a warning i ll be joined by the former israeli. naftali bennett, that s the last word. the 11th hour starts now. tonight, secretary of state anthony blinken s return trip to israel, pressing for a humanitarian pause as israeli forces continue launching targeted attacks. then, president biden s visit to maine after a mass shooting. his message to a grieving community. and an alarming wave of antisemitism across the country, causing rising tensions on college campuses. we ll speak with three students about their experiences, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. there are now increasing
Spoke with Sergey Kislyak last july. It was during these conversations, im told by j. D. Gordon, they talked about improving relations between the u. S. And russia. It was dur thag time, erin, that j. D. Gordon says he went to the convention, Advocating On Behalf of the campaign for language in the gop platform that advocated against the arming of the ukrainians in their fights against the prorussian rebels. That is something the Trump Campaign denied they were doing at the time. It denied it was advocating for that language in the gop platform. Flash forward to december and according to a Senior Administration official, the president s soninlaw, Jared Kushner and the former security adviser, Michael Flynn, wret with the ambassador during a previously undisclosed meeting. James comey was making the rounds with house members. Democrats were not happy when the top democrat, adam schiff, who believes comey was not forthcoming on key details in the investigation into russia and the contact
in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we re following breaking news. the former chairman of the president s campaign is now facing a federal judge in virginia and facing his punishment for tax and bank fraud. paul man affoafort could spend rest of his life from prison. this hearing has been going on now for well over an hour. we will bring you the sentence as soon as it happens. multiple sources tell cnn that michael cohen s attorney discussed a possible pardon with president trump s legal team more than once. tonight, an administration official says the justice department may examine whether cohen committed perjury when he publically told a house panel that he never asked for a pardon. i will talk to congressman heck, a member of the intelligence committee that heard cohen s
judge s mind. manafort is facing potentially up to 25 years in prison. he is almost 70 years old. the prosecutor is asking for a substantial sentence. the federal judge has reiterated that this has nothing to do with russian collusion. what does that tell you? it tells me he has a long pattern of other behavior in his life that warrants a long prison sentence. bank fraud, tax evasion, advocating on behalf of a foreign government without the appropriate registration. these are things that harm america. these are not process crimes. these are not like crimes. these are the behaviors, actions of somebody who is a criminal. who does deserve to go to jail. that s what he is going to find out in a little bit. paul manafort, he was the campaign chairman for donald trump for about five or six months. how will this sentence potentially years and years in jail reflect on president trump? well, just to remind you, we