justice samuel alito - and no one else there s no other birthdays o that day [laughter thank, you my friend thank you and thank you at-home for joining us this. our i m happy to have you here i know it is weird to have m here on a thursday, like i was last night, and now and friday as i am tonight. i know that is unusual but your usual host at thi hour, the great alex wagner, i off on a family vacation thi week great week to choose, alex wagner and because she is a way, yo are stuck with me. i apologize, alex wagner we ll be back next week. but tonight, because you are stuck with me, you are als stuck with this. - believe you and i have all received copies of the statement that i read to the court, in open court as i said in that statement, the reason that i have changed my decision to fight thi matter is because i now believ it would be against th national interest and have a brutalizing effect on my family, that s had a long two-year struggle concerning this matte
for the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now trump indicted. the first ever crimina indictment of a former president of the united states the first time in his lif that the guy is actually min held accountable for his own dirty deeds. did you think this day woul actually come with this man? karma is a bench. we don t know what happen in this event. but we do know that th republican party has decided that it s not going to take an off ramp once again. give the president some money to fight this bowl [bleep]. in washington, trump buddies in the house are still demanding that essentially d break hand over all thei evidence to them you have no jurisdictio here it will require them to b pro of money payment to poin stars, pro insurrection, pro classified documents sitting around in mar-a-lago thereafter before so many things oh, those prosecutors. this is a genuine test of how much are we are as a democracy that believes in liberty under law. and i don
tonight. but your usual host at thi hour would be alex wagner s of on a family vacation this week great week to choose, alex and because she is a way you are stuck with me. i apologize. alex we ll be back next week but tonight, because you are stuck with me, you are als stuck with this. gentlemen, i believe you ve all received copies of the prepared statement that i read to the court in open court as i said in that statement, the reason i changed m decision to fight this matte is because i do not believe it would be against the nationa interest and we have a brutalizing effect of my famil and is gone a through two-year struggle concerning this matter. you also may be aware that wha i said in open court, that i categorically and flatly den the assertions that were mad by the private prosecutors wit regard to their contentions of bribery and extortion on m part i will have nothing more to sa at this point. i will make an address to th nation within a few days and so the cri
it s the first time in hi life that the guy is actuall being held accountable for his own dirty deeds. did you think that this day would ever come for this man karma is a big pitch. we don t know what but what we do know is that th republican party has decided i not going to take an off ram once again give the president some money to bite this bowl [bleep so demanding that da brag essentially hand over all of his evidence - you have no jurisdictio here it will require them to b pro-hush money payments to por stars, pro insurrection, pro classified documents sitting around at mar-a-lago - arrested me for so many things oh, those prosecutors. this is a genuine test of how much war we are as a democracy that believes in liberty under law. and i don t know how we ar going to do. good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle, back at msnbc headquarters in new york city donald trump s true hometown this weekend, the former president will likely be preparing
good day, everyone, i m andrea mitchell in washington where the biden administration is bolstering support for close ally south korea in response of course to kim jong-un s nuclear threat, a growing threat for the first time in four decades, u.s. nuclear armed submarines will dock in south korea for what national security officials are calling official visits, but no american nukes will be deployed onto the peninsula as part of the new agreement. and the u.s. has agreed that south korea will have a role in any u.s. use of nuclear weapons in a conflict with the north joining me now, nbc white house correspondent and today co-host, kristen welker. also jen psaki and victor cha, senior vice president for asia and korea chair at the center for international studies. the biden strategy on north korea is nothing more than love letters from president trump and kim jong-un. that s absolutely right what we re seeing today is effectively this show of force, pomp and pageantry that