the list of high-profile witnesses and dominion s fox news lawsuit may get longer. as rupert murdoch could be forced to testify. and students across the countr walked out today, demandin more to stop gun violence. some say they don t want fea in their school? as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. there is a brand-new legal threat for donald j trump. and it comes about 24 hour after his arrest on felony charges here in new york former vice president mike pence will not fight a judge order to testify before special counsel, jack smith, and his grand jury that panel is looking into the former presidents attempt to overturn the 2020 election just a few months ago, pence said this about resisting th special counsel subpoena i will to fight the biden doj subpoena to appear for the grandchildren. the idea of subpoenaing former vice president to testify in court against the president with whom they served i believe it
unprecedented. i believe it s also unconstitutional well, this is all unprecedented. meanwhile, fresh off his arraignment in new york, the former president is doing th one thing we have seen him d consistently, attack, attack attack today he called on republica lawmakers to defund the doj an fbi, until they, quote, come t their senses trump s legal team is no staying silent either. here is his defense attorney earlier today. after seeing that indictment, and knowing what the law i regarding federal election campaigns, i don t think we re getting close to a - on this case it s going to fall on it merits, on legal challenge well before we get to jury trump s allies in the house are also keeping the pressur on manhattan da alvin bragg. after we ve seen all that yesterday, i think people thin it s even more politically tha we thought this case never should hav been brought, and what shoul happen, now it get dismissed we re not going to stop o this nothing changed. we
pathological liar on george santos. i mean, when do you cross the threshold to pathological liar? i think george santos has crossed the threshold. you re not inconsistent, i guess that you could use either one. i just think he s the next degree of liar. should it be that and 9 pm he s a serial liar? as the night goes on. much like george santos himself started out as a serial liar as time went on became more that s probably true. we may never know, but that is probably true. we probably will never know. thank you, alex. thanks, lawrence. well, in tonight s pathological liar news, donald trump posted online attacks today of rupert murdoch and paul ryan for the revelations into the dominion voting systems lawsuit against fraud, that reveal that everybody in fox including the board of directors, rupert murdoch, which includes paul ryan and, the faces of network on television, sean hannity, they all knew that everything donald trump said about the 2020 presi
when do you cross the threshold to pathological liar? i think george santos has crossed the threshold. you re not inconsistent, i guess that you could use either one. i just think he s the next degree of liar. should it be that and he s a serial liar? as the night goes on. much like george santos himself started out as a serial liar and as time went on became more that s probably true. we may never know, but that is probably true. we probably will never know. thank you, alex. well, in tonight s pathological liar news, donald trump posted online attacks today of rupert murdoch and paul ryan for the revelations into the dominion voting systems lawsuit against fraud, that revealed that everybody in fox including the board of directors, rupert murdoch, which includes paul ryan and, the faces of network on television, sean hannity, they all knew that everything donald trump said about the 2020 presidential election was a lie, and they all helped push that ally fo
p.m. the cnn newsroom continues the cnn newsroom continues with jim acosta right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. new today, a member of the january 6th committee weighing in on what would happen if former president donald trump ignores their promised subpoena. here s congressman adam kens ger. do you believe that the justice department, if the president refuses, should hold him in criminal contempt? look, that s a bridge we cross if we have to get there. you know, look, we well-recognize the fact that because of the committee only being able to exist until the end of this congressional year because that was the mandate, we re in a bit of a time limit here. and as we re wrapping up the investigation, we re also pursuing new leads and facts. and we want to speak to the president. look, he s made it clear he has nothing to hide is what he says. so, he should come in on the day we ask him to come