have not and of course, measures that have been used to address that have not gotten very far. we are going to talk momentarily with the two congressmen from texas, both named gonzalez, spelled differently and what it takes to improve the situation, right now bad to worse. casey stegall with stunning numbers out. what happens now. he s at eagle pass with more. good to see you. governor abbott, as you know made a stop here in eagle pass this past week on thursday along with more than 20 state lawmakers where they touted the success of operation lonestar. as you know, operation lonestar is the state s border enforcement and security mission, a mission, by the way, with more than a $10 billion price tag so far. the governor essentially saying texas will continue to take matters into its own hands until the biden administration or congress takes steps to slow the migrant surge. abbott says they re currently working on a plan to add more national guard troops in and around eagle
night which means it s time for one nation, and i ll be brian kilmeade at least for the next hour. tonight, dr. drew pip sky. dr. drew pinsky and comedian john crist finds it fun that we get interesting and personal christmas cards. but first, the end of an era. former speaker kevin mccarthy the leaves congress with a message of hope and optimism. but what i m most proud of is what the future holds. the legacy will be about the ones i see who serve here now, and i know the potential of that they will what they will do, i know the potential of this nation. brian: yep. a tumultuous end to his 17-year career in d.c., the only speaker of the house in history to be voted out. [cheers and applause] all right. the house will come to order. the house will come to order. still no speaker in the house at this hour but plenty of frustration. brian: no kidding. congressman matt gaetz leading the group of eight republicans who joined democrats historically voting him out as sp
night which means it s time for one nation, and i ll be brian kilmeade at least for the next hour. tonight, dr. drew pip sky. dr. drew pinsky and comedian john crist finds it fun that we get interesting and personal christmas cards. but first, the end of an era. former speaker kevin mccarthy the leaves congress with a message of hope and optimism. but what i m most proud of is what the future holds. the legacy will be about the ones i see who serve here now, and i know the potential of that they will what they will do, i know the potential of this nation. brian: yep. a tumultuous end to his 17-year career in d.c., the only speaker of the house in history to be voted out. [cheers and applause] all right. the house will come to order. the house will come to order. still no speaker in the house at this hour but plenty of frustration. brian: no kidding. congressman matt gaetz leading the group of eight republicans who joined democrats historically voting him out as sp
i m alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. we just heard the kind of conversations that a lot of us are having at our own dinner tables. bill maher talk to jake tapper about politics and race and cancel culture and wokeness. how do you define wokeness? because i hear people use the term all the time. and it means something different to everybody. well, again, i think it s this collection of ideas that are not building on liberalism, but very often undoing it. i mean, five years ago, abraham lincoln was not a controversial figure among liberals. we liked him. [laughter] now they take his name of schools and turned down his statues. really, lincoln is not good enough for you? are we all having conversations also where we accidentally step in it? and what conversations do we now feel uncomfortable having because we re afraid to get it wrong? so, our panel is going to tackle all that in just a moment. also, the supreme court hearing challenges to president biden s student
cut off cash to ukraine as russia imposes martial law on stolen property. plus, we ll time stock trades by government officials just as covid came to america. the new reporting to go along with our repeated question, whatever happened to that congressional stock trading ban? as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, the legal pressure is only intensifying for one donald j trump. while he awaits that subpoena from the january 6th committee, a federal judge has issued a new ruling that could be devastating for the ex president. just hours ago, judge david carter revealed that emails showed trump signed legal documents describing election fraud claims that he absolutely knew were false. and yet, he promoted them anyway. those emails were between trump and attorney john eastman, said between november 3rd, 2020, and january 20th, 2021. today, judge carter ordered eastman to turn them over to the january six