my first conversation with would be a part of my banned book club, and when i should talk about literature and writing and the pressures that it is under in america. let s do that another time, but thank you for being with us this morning. i appreciate it. tony kushner is a tony award winner in a pulitzer prize-winning activist. thank you so much for watching, alex witt reports begins right now. a very good day of all to you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. it is noon here on the east coast. six pm in gaza, and we begin with breaking news on the israel hamas war. here s what is new at this hour. there you hear it. israel s grinding retaliation in gaza bringing new claims of attacks on schools, refugee camps, and ambulances. and new calls for humanitarian pauses. israel s military temporarily shut down a main highway to allow evacuations in gaza, but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says a big no to secretary o
gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, it is exactly 2 years since the supreme court struck down roe v wade, a decision to put abortion on the ballot in the race for the white house . then biden goes off the campaign trail through debate prep while trump focuses on bringing in more campaign cash. plus, the mar-a-lago documents case. prosecutors face off against trump s lawyers over a gag order request as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle joining you from colorado at the aspen ideas festival, and we are now 134 days away from the election and today marks two years since the supreme court included donald trump s three hand- picked justices took away the constitutional right to abortion. the cause of that decision, almost 28 million american women of reproductive age now live in states with partial or total abortion bans and president biden wants to make sure every voter who
Greta the 51st attorney general of texas joins us today, republican ken paxton. Thank you, sir, for being here. Atty. Gen. Paxton thank you for having me on. Greta i appreciate it. We also have with us kevin diaz, who is with the houston chronicle, the washington correspondent for them, and josh gerstein, who is senior White House Reporter for politico. Josh, you have the first question, go ahead. Josh welcome, mr. Attorney general. I wanted to start by asking you i think one of the programs or controversies you have been associated with most recently, which is the daca program for dreamers, litigation threatened by your Office Appears to have spurred the Trump Administration into winding that program down. At a hearing just a few weeks ago in new york, a federal judge seemed very perturbed by the way the wind down was carried out. He called it, unacceptable to me as a human being and as an american, and he also called the winding down of that program heartless. How do you react when y
The wind down was carried out. He called it, unacceptable to me as a human being and as an american, and he also called the winding down of that program heartless. How do you react when you hear those kinds of comments about a policy change that many people view that you set in motion . Atty. Gen. Paxton daca is very similar to dapa. We had a lawsuit filed by our previous attorney general, who is now governor, governor abbott. As i was walking into office, we took that case from the District Court to the fifth circuit, and we won at both places. Then ultimately took it to the u. S. Supreme court and got an injunction to stop it. Ultimately, that was rescinded. It was rescinded largely because it was unconstitutional. Daca was no different. Whether you like these policies or not, ultimately it is up to congress to make these decisions, not the white house , not some agency. This was founded on constitutional principle. Whether you like policies or hate policies, ultimately, it is up to
Republican ken paxton, thank you, sir, for being here. Appreciate t we also have with us, kevin diaz, with the houston chronicle, the washington correspondent for them. And josh who is senior White House Reporter for politico. Josh, today. Republican ken paxton, thank you, sir, for being here. Appreciate t we also have first go ahead. Welcome, mr. Attorney general. Wanted to start by asking you about i think one of the programs or controversies you have been associated with most recently which is the daca program for dreamers. Litigation threatened by your Office Appears to have spurred the Trump Administration into winding that program down. At a hearing just a few weeks ago in new york, a federal judge seemed very perturbed by the way the wind down was carried out. He called it, unacceptable to me as a human being and as an american, and he also called the winding down of that program heartless. How do you react when you hear those kinds of comments about a policy change that many pe