house playing out in key battleground states as the two leading contenders for the republican nomination hit the campaign trail. hello to you. hello, john. happy friday eve. anita vogel in for sandra smith. former president donald trump meeting with faith leaders in des moines, iowa as he b barnstorms the state before he joins sean hannity tonight on fox news. florida governor ron desantis makes a two-day, five-town blitz across the state before campaigning in new hampshire. john: the field for the gop primary will grow more crowded. mike pence, chris christie, and doug bergham will show their hats into the ring next week. rich edson is live in urbandale, iowa, the former president taking aim at desantis today, and desantis saying you know, that s not the way to go about this. it s been back and forth and intensifying, certainly after ron desantis got into the race. we have seen that since the former president has been in iowa, he arrived last night. came here to the we
e 11th hour starts right now tonight, rudy giuliani ordered to pay millions of dollars for his lies about two election workers, and from republicans formal impeachment inquiry to stalled aid to israel and it crane, michael beschloss puts the wild week into perspective. then, looking back at america s response to depend to make. a stark fraud and what went wrong and the lessons learned, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. greetings, everyone, i am symone sanders-townsend, and for stephanie ruhle. we begin here in washington d.c. with a massive verdict and a defamation case against former trump attorney rudy giuliani. he s been ordered to pay georgia election workers shaye moss and ruby freeman, more than $148 million in damages. that includes 60 million to benefit him for defamation, 20 million each for emotional distress plus another 75 million in punitive damages. the judge ruled earlier this year that giuliani defamed the two women, basically accusing bos
weekend. let s dive right into the week s top stories. the big story, of, course we have two hot wars for the president to navigate on the world stage. the republican-controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impeachment inquiry into president biden despite failing to provide any evidence of wrongdoing by the president. the vote was strictly along party lines with all 221 republicans voting yes, all 212 democrats voting no. republicans say the move will grant them the ability to better enforce their subpoenas in the courts. house oversight chair republican james comer has accused hunter biden and other biden family members of engaging in, quote, shady business practices. but as we said, has yet to reveal any evidence of wrongdoing or influence peddling by the president himself. so here is what several house democrats said ahead of the vote. see the biden impeachment investigation isn t a who done it. it s a what is it? it s like an agatha christy novel where the
response to depend to make. a stark fraud and what went wrong and the lessons learned, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. greetings, everyone, i am symone sanders-townsend, and for stephanie ruhle. we begin here in washington d. c. with a massive verdict and a defamation case against former trump attorney rudy giuliani. he s been ordered to pay georgia election workers shaye moss and ruby freeman, more than $148 million in damages. that includes 60 million to benefit him for defamation, 20 million each for emotional distress plus another 75 million in punitive damages. the judge ruled earlier this year that giuliani defamed the two women, basically accusing boss and freeman of election fraud that led to vicious attacks and threats against both women. here s what they had to say after today s verdict. i spent ten years as an election worker in fulton county georgia. the lies rudy giuliani told me about me and my mommy after the 2020 presidential election ha