tonight, new reporting that donald trump s former chief of staff has appeared before the grand jury. why mark motors test of money could be the key for federal mastications into his former boss. then chris christie has officially thrown his hat in the 2024 ring. in an already crowded republican field. a huge surprise in sports, a golf merger no one saw coming. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. stunning new revelations involving donald trump s final chief of staff in the special counsel s investigation. the new york times reports, mark meadows has testified before a grand jury in jack smith s investigation, according to two people briefed on the matter. the times points out meadows is a key figure in both of the special counsel s investigations. tom channeling of classified documents, and his efforts to stay in power after the 2020 election. the times reports this, it is not clear precisely when mr. meadows test
chris christie on stage. somehow by hook or by crook. thanks, chris. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we start tonight with significant breaking news. the new york times is confirming that mark meadows, donald trump s former chief of staff, has testified to a federal grand jury as part of special counsel jack smith s ongoing investigations into trump s mishanding of classified information and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is a major development, and we are going to talk about it in just a minute with representative jamie raskin who served on the january 6th committee, but we start with mar-a-lago. at this point you have probably seen a picture of trump s florida resort. now, mar-a-lago is massive. it sits on about 20 acres of land. it has more than 50 bedrooms, and has all the hallmarks of luxury, all the fancy stuff, italian stone and spanish tile, and lots of marble and gold plated fixtures and expense was rugs and also has a golf cour
underway right now. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, in his first oval office address, president biden made the case for the bipartisan debt ceiling bill. he spoke of an economic crisis averted, and reminded the nation that, without the bill, the u.s. was in fact headed for a disastrous u.s. default. passing this budget agreement was critical. the stakes could not have been higher. they were extreme voices threatening to take america, for the first time in our 247 year history, to default on our national debt. nothing nothing would have been more irresponsible. nothing would have been more catastrophic. no one got everything they wanted. but the american people got what they needed. we have heard of an economic crisis, an economic collapse. i want to commend speaker mccarthy. you know, he and i, we and our teams, we were able to get along and get things done. the final vote in both chambers was overwhelming. far more of our bipartisan than
today when democrats had to bail out republicans on a procedural vote that republicans claim they could pass on their very own. prior to that vote politico reported when asked if the gop would needd democratic help to pass this procedural measure, majority whip tom emmer said republicans are the ones running this place, and republicans will pass thean bills, and that s wh we are doing. but in the end republicans did not have the votes to pass that measure on their own. they needed 52 democrats to bail them out. now, both sides have faced opposition to voting to this deal. conservatives say it does not go nearly fars enough. progressives have argued the bill s impact on the poor and working class is too severe. but the character of that opposition is remarkably different. take for instance marjorie taylor greene, the fringe conservative for this now landed herself a place as one of speaker mccarthy s top allies. told she told reporters she was leaning towards voting for this b
i think this is an activist court. getting rid of roe v wade was an incredible thing for pro-life. simply because people disagree with an opinion is not a basis for questioning the legitimacy of the court. is the u.s. senate confirmation process to blame for polarizing the entire judicial branch? what you want to do is destroy this guy s life, hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020. donald trump, mitch mcconnell and their republican buddies are shoving aside the wishes of the american people in order to steal the supreme court seat. is the court now out of sync with the american public? a court that s already pretty illegitimate is going to be in full crisis mode. and now new questions of ethical standards. have the justices damaged the court s reputation further by failing to disclose financial relationships and gifts from wealthy donors? the perception of the american people is important to me. the highest court in the land should not have the lo