i m michael steele. chris hayes will be back here tomorrow night. but tonight i m your host. normally i m on the other side of the desk as a guest, because you know i ran the republican party and all that and a little bit of political expertise. so tonight i ve got a message for anyone looking that s at this current republican party. if you are waiting for it to get better, it s not going to happen. republican national committees trying to rein in donald trump and missing the point completely. our chair rural knee macdonnell wants press presidential hopefuls to take a loyalty pledge intern for a spot on the 2024 debate stage. now the policies aimed at making sure that donald trump doesn t tank the parties chances by running as a third party spoiler for the loses the primary. but getting donald trump to sign a loyalty pledges a fools errand. donald trump isn t loyal to anyone but himself. this is a man who turned his back on his own office, that led to a deadly insurrection ag
chris hayes was backer tomorrow night. tonight, i m your host. normally i m on the other side of the desk as a guest, because you know i ran the republican party and all that and a little bit of political expertise. so tonight i ve got a message for anyone looking that s at this current republican party. if you are waiting for it to get better, it s not going to happen. republican national committees trying to rein in donald trump and missing the point completely. rnc chair ronna mcdaniel wants presidential hopefuls to take a loyalty pledge intern for a spot on the 2024 debate stage. now the policies aimed at making sure that donald trump doesn t tank the parties chances by running as a third party spoiler for the loses the primary. but getting donald trump to sign a loyalty pledges a fools errand. donald trump isn t loyal to anyone but himself. this is a man who turned his back on his own office, that led to a deadly insurrection against his own government. and trump has bee
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
company s failure to contain its toxic fallout. but before we go to the ceo of norfolk southern, let s bring in the mayor of east palestine, trent conaway, who joins me now. mister mayor, thank you so much for joining me here. really appreciate it. we ve heard from the state government. we ve heard from the federal government. we re going to hear from norfolk southern this evening. what more do you need from all three of them that you re not currently getting? right now, i think we re currently getting everything we need, except answers. we need some answers as far as the health concerns. our residents safety is number one. and we need to get to the bottom of these health concerns. we re being told the water is safe. i believe that, our municipal water is safe. we re told our air is safe. i think it s safe. my family is here. they ve been here the whole time. but there s definitely concern from some residents. and i have concerns as well, because paramount is our citizens s
over the skies over asheville, north carolina. now it s possible one of the latest known tracks of the balloon as it flows eastward heading towards the atlantic ocean. more video into our newsroom just a short time ago shows that over clover south carolina, that is a neighboring city of charlotte north carolina, and this is international drama playing out in realtime as u.s. officials ponder their next move. just moments ago, president biden responded to a question about it. listen closely. mister president [inaudible] balloons [inaudible] we re going to take care of it. joining me now is it mr. bce vest of gated reporter dan. dan, what is taking care of it mean? any words from the u.s. officials about these ladies reported sightings? based on what the pentagon has said before right, they said that they were not ready to shoot down when it was overland because they were worried that this really large balloon would break up into debris, and dangerous piece of of debris