often talk about what happening with the question of jim jordan obtaining testimony from a former prosecutor who worked for alvin bragg that became a pretty hotly argued motion today in federal court. the judge ruled very quickly so quickly that it s very clea that the opinion was written before the argument took place also later in the hour, more important, lee merritt is gonn join us, the attorne representing ralph yarl, the 1 year old shot twice for ringin the wrong doorbell and o course as you know, ralph is a home, under the care of hi mother, who is a nurse, so the first thing will find out is how ralph is doing, and then we ll find out more about th status of that case. those are really importan voices on a night like this, lawrence sounds like a good show. thank you, alex goodnight today, a trump appointe federal judge in manhattan deciding whether to block subpoena by jim jordan to former prosecutor in manhattan district attorney alvin bragg office, and in
former aide to then trump chief of staff mark meadows. a surprise witness at a surprise hearing that was only announce 2 wood 2 hours ago. so why is she such a big deal? as politico said, she knows a lot. what she heard and who she personally saw coming and going, all add to her value. as she told the committee in march, she had insight into essentially all of trump s meetings. in multiple depositions, she leveled explosive allegations against trump, mark meadows, and republican lawmakers. now, we saw her on tape in the last hearing, naming names about who was seeking presidential pardons. s seeking presidential pardons. we also know that the testimony you just heard revealed only five days ago, has prompted concerns about her safety and security. here s a look at washington post said earlier. in the last hearing, she did reveal that margorie taylor greene, she had heard that margorie taylor greene asked the white house counsel s office for a pardon. you can only imagin
Senator butler after the swearing in to congratulate her. That is tonights last word. The 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts now. Tonight, history on capitol hill, as Kevin Mccarthy is ousted as Speaker Of The House. The first time this has ever happened. So, what happens next . And from speaker to telling donald trump, dont speak. The new gag order against the former president in the civil fraud case. Then, his downfall shocked the business and political world. Now, disgraced crypto king Sam Bankmanfried is getting his day in court as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. Whoa, baby, have we got one for you tonight. Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Ruhle. And you know we are beginning with the chaos on capitol hill today, brought on by the house vote to remove Kevin Mccarthy as speaker. Keep in mind this is the first time in our nations history that a speaker has been voted out of office. I dont regret standing up for choosing governance over grievance. It is my
Democrats are making it clear they will not provide the life raft for him. Let republicans deal with their own problems. I mean, let them wallow in their pig sty of incompetence. But the Big Question Hanging Over The Hill right now, if not mccarthy, then who . I want to bring in ali vitali on capitol hill. Also with us, Washington Post national reporter, carol lehning. Former aid to speakers paul ryan and john boehner and msnbc political analyst, brendan buck. Were also joined by former republican congressman from florida, carlos. Ali, ive been away from you for all of a minute so i know either someones walked by you or youre getting texts. Tell us where everything stands right now. Certainly both. As we went off the air with you, congressman chip roy walked by. I asked if he thought any of these other hard liners could have their minds changed. He said well see. The reporting we did just a few minutes ago says a lot of these folk who said their going to vote against mccarthy probably
And good morning to you, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is saturday, september 30th. The last day of the month. Im amara walker. October is almost here. Im omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. Amara, good to be with you, so close but so far away. I feel close to you. Same to you. Great to see you, omar. Were watching a lot of news this morning. In fact, here we are again. Just hours away from a Government Shutdown. Lawmakers still cant agree on a deal to fund the government past midnight. Were specifically talking about the house right now. The last ditch efforts are under way to keep that from happening. And the impact of a shutdown could have a huge impact from our National Security to clean drinking water. Well discuss. And flood waters ripped through parts of New York City, submerging cars, disrupting mass transit. Look at those images there. Prompting water rescues. Well show you the damage left behind and where were tracking more rain this morning. Police make an arre