harry litman on what this means for the criminal case against trump. senator sheldon whitehouse on what it means for the rule of law. then, how do you stop gun violence from killing kids in schools? it s a horrible, horrible situation. and we re not going to fix it, criminals are going to be criminals. tonight, the maddening reality of a political party that has given up the awful truth of the cult of the ar-15. and an author describing what he calls america s slow civil war. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. donald trump cannot stop losing the courts. today yet another federal judge ruling against the ex-president, and now the man trump s angry mob wanted to hang is ordered to share what he knows under oath. this afternoon a judge with the u.s. district court for d.c. ruled that mike pence must cooperate with the subpoena from special counsel jack smith as part of smith s investigation into donald trump s attempt to overturn the 20
on the stand? plus, after yesterday s horrific shooting in nashville, tennessee, renewed calls for gun safety legislation while kevin mccarthy is not saying a word. so how can we get anything done? the 11th hour gets under way on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle coming to you live from our nation s capital, where former president trump s number two has lost his bid to testify under oath. a federal judge has now ordered former vp mike pence to appear before the grand jury investigating january 6th. pence, of course, has been fighting special counsel jack smith s subpoena. he argued his role as president of the senate shielded him from testimony. but the judge said he can be questioned about alleged illegality on trump s part. tonight, pence hinted this thing ain t over. i have nothing to hide. i have a constitution to uphold. i upheld the constitution on january 6th. i believe we did our duty that day under the constitution of the unite
ex-president very clear publicly known efforts and plot to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. a series of court battles over the last few weeks have largely gone in special counsel jack smith s favor, resulted if a whole slew of new trump officials and allies now being ordered to testify. some big names, none of them bigger than the one, vice president mike pence, news broke on tuesday that a federal judge had ordered him to answer questions under oath regarding conversations that may involve illegality on donald trump s part. here s what mike pence told nbc news about all of that this morning. i ll be in washington, d.c., later the week. i ll be meeting with my counsel that week and we ll determine the best way forward. again, i have nothing to hide. i believe we did our duty under the constitution on january 6th. nothing to hide, but that response begs the question, if that s the case, and frankly the fact that he wrote the book about it, why hasn t he testified
but tickets are still available. that didn t land. florida has joined iowa, utah and arkansas to become the fourth state this year to pass universal school choice. it s such a big deal it got randi weingarten to finally wash her hair. today governor right side signed a bill disbanding the state s education account to all k 12 students regardless of race income background or even zip code. now that they have school choice, florida s parents biggest worry will be that their kids will be eat eaten by python. that wouldn t be a worry for me. so the good news is those funds could be used for anything from private school tuition, tutoring, textbooks, home schooling, online theory and, in florida, alligator rappelent. as proponents put it it if you understand students and not systems which force public schools to compete in something other than best drag queen. [cheers and applause] greg: yeah. yeah, man. the hell? florida is the sixth state nationwide to approve such options and
metro police. neil: body cam footage showing metro national police storming the school. they tracked down the suspect, neutralized the shooter in a second floor lobby. the police chief praising the officer s quick actions. i was impressed with all that was going on, the danger that somebody took control and said let s go, let s go, let s go and went in and took care and just tried to end a situation. neil: in a moment, we re going to speak with andrew pollack, whose daughter was among 17 people killed in the parkland high school shooting five years ago. why he wishes there were us aers like that in 2018 when an armed guard never took on a gunman that destroyed so many lives. what he would like to see what happened now. welcome. i m neil cavuto. would have, should have, could have. what we know is that because of the quick response of officers on the scene what had already turned into a deadly scene avoided becoming something far, far worse. c.b. cotton has more from nas