hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, live as msnbc headquarters right here in new york city. it is exactly one week until the caucuses. the first major nominating contest of the 2024 campaign. it will be a critical test for the twice impeached, four times indicted former president donald j trump and his fight to go for our republican front runner to the official nominee. over the next several days, he will bring his campaign to the courthouse. tomorrow, he will be a hearing on his claim of presidential immunity and on thursday, closing arguments in a civil fraud trial. meanwhile, president joe biden s super charging his attacks against donald trump, trying to fire up the democratic base. today, president biden focused on shoring up support among black voters. he gave a speech from the pulpit of charleston, south carolina. a church there were a right precipices shot and killed nine people back in 2015. the president drew a dir
you should stay there and watch it. if you see bags of crap coming into the voting areas, you have to stop it. the legal path just took trump back to the truth, that i d won the election and he was a loser. we re going to win for the third time. i just don t want the results of the second. for me and kamala, our campaign is about america, about you. first, they say, sir, how do you do it? how do you wake up in the morning and put on your pants? look at the authoritarian leaders and dictators trump says he admired. president xi of china, strong, smart, tough. putin liked me. i got along. i got along withhussein. i will say, he hung that sucker and he spit in their face. you know, tough guy. when he visited the cemetery called dead soldiers suckers and losers. john mccain for some reason couldn t get his arm that. he goes after all we ve been through in our history, independence to civil war. the civil war was fascinating, so horrible. i was reading some
democratic candidate for the united states senate in arizona gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, we are officially one week from the iowa caucuses. president biden, making the case against donald trump. as a republican front runner continues to push lies about the last election. then, looking ahead to the former presidents busy legal calendar as he chooses to spend another day in court. wayne lapierre appears to opening statements in the nra s civil corruption trial. the impact this case could have on the group s political strength as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, live as msnbc headquarters right here in new york city. it is exactly one week until the caucuses. the first major nominating contest of the 2024 campaign. it will be a critical test for the twice impeached, four times indicted former president donald j trump and his fight to go for our republican front
president xi of china he controls 1.4 billion people ruthlessly, ruthlessly, no games, right? they said is president xi of china a brilliant man? i said, yes, he is. he s a brilliant man. the next day, trump says president xi is brilliant. yeah, i did. they want me to say, no, he s not a very smart guy, he just runs 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. that s crazy. that s donald trump s latest praise of a dictator. trump spent the weekend in iowa giving a series of outrageous speeches where he made fun of an american war hero, downplayed the january 6th insurrection, and demanded the release of his supporters who attacked the capitol. meanwhile in washington, senate and house leaders have a deal on a spending bill, but it essentially has the same terms of an agreement that led to the removal of former speaker kevin mccarthy, fueling speculation on whether congress, now that the top line s in place, will be able to avert a partial government shutdown in less than two wee
heard. for the first time in our history, insurrectionists have come to stop the peaceful transfer of power in america. millions of people sterman the united states. when you talk about insurrection, what they are doing, that is the real deal. that s the real deal. not patriotically and peacefully. trump s assault on democracy isn t just part of his past, it s what he s promising for the future. stay in those voting booths. you should stay there and watch. if you see bags of crap coming into the voting areas, you have to stop it. look at the authoritarian leaders and dictators. trump says he admired it. president xi of china s strong, smart, tough. putin like me, i got a lot. i got along with kim jong-un. visited the cemetery, called dead soldiers sucker and losers. mccain couldn t get his arm up that day. a member he goes.