news. plus, donald trump s. why he should be apologizing to the people of east palestine instead of pointing fingers. and marjorie taylor greene has some new competition in our worst of the week our panel will decide whether she holds onto her illustrious title. i m damon, let s get started. new tonight, media outlets and news organizations, including this one, nbc news, are now demanding that house speaker kevin mccarthy give them the same access to the 44,000 hours of january six footage that he gave the host fox host tucker carlson, laura headman the lawyer representing these outlets said a letter to mccarthy, quote, there is no basis for further delaying granting this access to these news organizations or any other media outlets that make similar requests, kevin mccarthy gave exclusive access of this footage to tucker carlson, who spent the last two years downplaying the events of january six, calling the insurrection a, quote, nonviolent election justice protest. even pr
resistance effort. that s tomorrow at 10 pm eastern here on msnbc and streaming on peacock. peacock is tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight. bombshell testimony from a murder suspect. taking the stand in his own defense, telling the jury he lied and stole, but he didn t kill his wife and son. will they buy? it then the tucker tapes. congressman jamie raskin is here to respond to speaker mccarthy s move to put forward the thousand hours of january 6th footage into the hands of one fox news host. and disgraced crypto king sam bankman-fried with four new criminal charges, some related to political donations. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with more moving testimony from a defendant and a double murder case making national headlines. alex murdaugh, the former well to do south carolina lawyer accused of killing his wife and son took to stand in his o
lead lawyer of one of them. i helped my dad in the other four. still a part of preparing the case? yes, sir. still a part of gathering the evidence and putting it together for trial? in a criminal case, we didn t do much the gathering of the evidence. we took what law enforcement had gathered. putting it together for the criminal trial, correct? yes, sir. presenting evidence in court? yes, sir. giving jury arguments? i did the closing argument in one of them, yes, sir. did you ever have any cases that you prosecuted that went short of a jury trial, either pled out or were dismissed for some reason? you know, i m sure that at some point over between 1998 and 2021 that i took some plea, but as we sit here today i can t specifically remember that, and i don t ever remember working a case up for trial that didn t go to trial, but i m sure at some point in time i was involved in some level of a guilty plea or guilty pleas. you would agree with me that t
a rising tensions, president biden s rallying cry for ukraine and the battle for democracy. as lattimer pond amplifies his nuclear rhetoric. then, the bombshell from that georgia grand jury investigating trump, the four person saying that they recommended multiple indictments in their interference probe. and kevin mccarthy handing over 44,000 hours of tapes from january 6th to tucker carlson, the new concerns about it fueling this information and even national security risks as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. good to be back with you. there are a lot of ways we could begin the show tonight, there are flashing headlines that this evening we are starting with the war in ukraine because it matters to a whole lot of people who lives are in danger and whose freedom is at stake. today, the president of the united states and russia faced off on the world stage. joe biden and vladimir putin gave dueling speeches about
nuclear rhetoric. then, the bombshell from that georgia grand jury investigating trump, the foreperson saying they recommended multiple indictments in their interference probe. and kevin mccarthy handing over 44,000 hours of tapes from january 6th to tucker carlson, the new concerns about it fueling this information and even national security risks as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. it s good to be back with you. there are a lot of ways we could begin the show tonight, there are flash your headlines. but this evening we are starting with the war in ukraine. because it matters to a whole lot of people whose lives are in danger and whose freedom is at stake. today, the presidents of the united states and russia faced off on the world stage. joe biden and vladimir putin gave dueling speeches about the war in ukraine just ahead of the one year mark of russia s invasion. president biden gave a defiant speech before