spoke to the washington post on the condition that only her first name the used to protect her privacy, was 30 minutes away from the clinic when she got the call, stopped at a red light, as soon as she heard the news, she said, she broke down crying, trying to figure out what she would do now. texas is just one of 26 states that are certain or likely to ban abortion care in the coming days and months, according to the institute, the research and policy organization that advocates for reproductive health and rights. half of those states have also had trigger laws which take effect automatically now that roe v. wade has been overturned. and, in nine of those dates, the bands have already gone into effect. and there s enormous erosion of civil rights, ushered in by a disconnected conservative majority supreme court, will only be the beginning. as protests across the country look to the streets yesterday, many voiced their worries about what other rights might be taken away. ta
how do you opponent gets tonight s last word, the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. 11t hour with stephani e tonight, an unprecedented move from the january 6th committee. subpoenas issued to five of their own, including the house as top republican. it is all too little too late. and escalating threats from the kremlin, what it all could mean for the war in ukraine. plus, the inside story of last years gamestop surge. we created the new msnbc documentary on how real life players took on wall street as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. 180 days from the midterm elections. and just hours ago, the january six committee did something never before done. less than a month before public hearings on the investigation, the committee today issued subpoenas to their own house colleagues, requesting that they come and testify about the insurrection. the five subpoenaed republicans include caucus leader kevin mcca
shadowy figures. who was on the telephone calls? were he and his people in touch with foreign governments, who would like to see the american democracy brought down? we don t know that yet. how about domestic terrorists? people like the proud boys and the oath keepers, did they just happen to show up on the 6th of january? or was this an orchestrated effort? and if it was, then i would say we have to look at the january 6th the same way that we looked at pearl harbor, or the john kennedy assassination, or 9/11 as something that was nor easters effort against the american political system. we have to ask who was behind us, who advised the trump circle. and identify those people, bring them to justice, if necessary. and most of all, make sure this never ever happens again. i completely agree with you. and i wish we had more time. but i do think that one of the things that you are asking is
these people will ever testify on tv, or under oath. i get it, you are mad. i met. look at the committee of done differently? well, started much earlier. it took six months to form this committee. it took one week, after the john kennedy assassination, to form that committee. they should ve issued subpoenas immediately, instead of issuing invitations. what s an invitation? what is a courtesy meeting? why are we bringing people in behind closed doors and telling them we re asking them, please talk to us, please talk to us? when we saw them committing crimes. it s ridiculous. now we re 16 months into this thing, and we re just now issuing subpoenas. how are we going to enforce the subpoenas, stephanie? so, do you think democrats are being naive when they talk about moral obligations.
activism. don, welcome. you, my friend, are not shy about your frustration with the january six committee. today, he posted this. after 16 months, the january six committee finally subpoena kevin mccarthy, jim jordan and three more, but it doesn t matter. it s too late. hearings are next month, mccarthy already said he would not cooperate. this is all theater, none of these people will ever testify on tv, or under oath. i get it, you are mad. i m mad. which of the committee have done differently? started earlier. it took six months to form this committee. it took one week, after the john kennedy assassination, to form that committee. they should ve issued subpoenas immediately, instead of issuing invitations. what s an invitation? what is a courtesy meeting? why are we bringing people in behind closed doors and telling them we re asking them, please talk to us, please talk to us?