year they are history making, unprecedented, consequential from criminal investigations into the former president of the united states to midterm elections that preserved our democracy, from the makeup o the supreme court and th decisions that threatened ou rights to the very rapid ris of hate speech on public discourse, we have plenty to dig into you are watching simone and yo know i have a lot to say when i reflect on the wil ride that was 2022, i keep coming back to these words historic and unprecedented democrats bumped historica trends by expanding thei senate majority and preventing a red wave in the house of representatives. and voters, they changed the representation in more way than one electing the first gen z membe of congress with maxwell frost in florida the first woman elected to congress from vermont, wit becca blunt, the first out lesbian governor s, lamar heal in massachusetts, and tina kotek in oregon. the first black governor o maryland with wes moore. th
to tripledemic illness on th rise. what you need to know, heading into this holida weekend. looking back at thi consequential week, and th focus on fighting for democracy, and freedom, both here, an abroad. our favorite historians, here to put it all i perspective, as a special, extra early addition of th 11th hour is underway, on this friday night. good evenin once again. i am stephanie ruhle. nearly 24 hours after its final report was mad public, tonight, the january 6th committee released a new batch of witness transcripts they are from interviews wit key people in trump administration, including, bil barr, pat cipollone, kayleig mcenany, hope hicks, and his daughter, and senior adviser ivanka trump. we will brea down what we are learning in just a moment, but first, th committee s report is wrapping up its 18 month investigation, and it is very clear about the main reason for the attack o art american democracy. th panel says, the central caus was one man. former presi
elton john serenading the president and first lady at the white house after a dismal day on wall street and it was actually reminiscent of when james taylor showed up for big celebration at the so-called ablation reduction day. that day saw starks trembled dramatically still democrat cit economy is on the rebound that rolling back republicans that you can imagine back to that fo offering a dueling commitment t america they hope will put them in the majority. can t mess it reaction from four to congressman byron donal straight ahead. we begin with the democrats ramping up their attacks on wha they are calling so-called extremists met agenda republicans. we will find out all about that. christina has the latest on tha story she joins us from the wes coast. great to see you. president biden once again wrapped up political attacks against republicans tonight committing a majority would strip away the fundamental rights of americans. he made these claims at the national nation
her concession speech. we must be very clear dye about the fed threats we face and what is required to defeat it. i have said, since january 6th, that i will do whatever it takes to ensure that donald trump is never again anywhere near the oval office. i mean it. and alaska right now, polls are either closed or are closing. incumbent republican senator, lisa murkowski, who also voted to impeach trump is facing kelechi bakr who was been endorsed by the former president. in an attempted political comeback from former republican vice as soon as they become available. back in wyoming, chinese concession speech was more like a call to action. warning freedom must not die, and cannot die. and a warning that we must take action to ensure that freedom will live on. cnn s jeff zeleny has the story from jackson. congresswoman liz cheney in wyoming concedes defeat in her congressional primary race. but is looking ahead. now the real work begins. and a sweeping speech outside of
more enraging it is great it s becoming clearer by the second that lives eichler could have been saved. i can tell you is a father and grandfather, my heart breaks fo the parents of these victims. i can t even imagine. the ones who will never see their children again. the ones wondering if their son or daughter could have been saved. the ones bleeding outside the school for someone, anyone, to do something. then there are the kids that di survive, like the ones who covered herself in her friend s blood so she could play dead. and the one who called 911 multiple times begging for the police to help. from 11:33 a.m. until nearly 1:00 p.m., salvador ramos was inside that school before being killed by law enforcement. joining me now from uvalde, texas is jeff paul. jeff, what can you tell us abou this latest timeline? jason, right off the bat one of the most disturbing elements we learned today is that 11:27 a.m., a couple of minutes after the suspect shot his grandmother a tea