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
his ability to run his own company, as well as $370 million in penalties, mr. trump telling the court they should pay me, while in los angeles, hunter biden had only two words to say, not guilty, as he appeared in federal court to face arraignment on tax charges. senior legal correspondent laura jarrett leads our coverage. reporter: fireworks in the courtroom. donald trump delivering his own closing argument in his manhattan civil fraud trial today. facing the prospect of losing control of his namesake company and a massive civil penalty, mr. trump briefly took matters into his own hands, declaring himself an innocent man, delivering a nearly five-minute speech, largely grievances, against the new york attorney general and the judge overseeing the case, whom he accused of having his own agenda. all that forcing judge arthur engoron, who previously resisted granting the former president permission to speak in closings to call on mr. trump s attorneys to, quote, control their client.
general letitia james defended his case. the judge has already found that he in fact violated the law for repeated fraud over a period of years. we have produced evidence about the scope, the scale, the depth, the breath of the illegality, the fraud that personally enriched donald trump and his family. on the other side of the country, president biden s son appeared in federal court in los angeles to plead not guilty to tax related charges. nbc s ryan nobles has all the details. reporter: today, hunter biden again in federal court, pleading not guilty to nine tax charges, three of them felonies, that could land him in prison for 17 years, if convicted. prosecutors say biden will fully avoided paying one point $4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2019. instead, spending, quote, millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying s tax bills.
on the other side of the country, president biden s son appeared in federal court in los angeles to plead not guilty to tax related charges. nbc s ryan nobles has all the details. reporter: today, hunter biden again in federal court, pleading not guilty to nine tax charges, three of them felonies, that could land him in prison for 17 years, if convicted. prosecutors say biden will fully avoided paying one point $4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2019. instead, spending, quote, millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying s tax bills. inside court, biden answering brief questions from the judge, who sent a tentative june 20th trial date. biden s legal team is arguing that hunter is dealing with addiction and has since paid his taxes back. it comes after hunter biden surprise appearance in congress is today, showing up at a hearing where republicans were considering recommending contempt of congress charges against him. ignoring a congressional