you get a fair shake. why would i allow a hostile network and allow people that are polling at zero, polling at zero, one is zero with an arrow left. why would i allow people at 1 and 2% and 0% to be hitting me with questions all night. i don t think it s fair. that was former president donald trump s noncommittal answer on debating the other republican candidates because of their polling numbers when new data shows his own are starting to slip amid his federal indictment and the possibility of another indictment for january 6th coming this summer. the numbers are starting to slip, and you look at the people outside the hard core republican base, republicans and even independents leaning republican. you get outside of that to swing voters, to independents, to everybody else. something like 85% of those voters. i think he needs to drop out of the race right now. we ll have more on that ahead. also ahead, we re learning more about the plea deal for hunter biden as the
[applause] president biden gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, donald trump s day in court, as his lawyers put forward some shocking arguments to back his sweeping immunity claims. what went down and what happens next. then, count down to iowa. republican candidates making their last-minute pitches while the front-runner is pushing lies on social media. then, a dangerous rise in 9-1-1 calls to report fake crimes. the real life consequences for victims as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening, once again i m stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters right here in new york city. today, donald trump showed up in person at a d. c. courthouse for the most important hearing so far in his federal election interference case. keep in mind, he did not have to be at the appeals court proceeding, but given he is the front runner for the republican nomination and his legal team s strategy is delay, de
ruhle starts now. th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now tonight, donald trump s day in court, as his lawyers put forward some shocking arguments to back his sweeping immunity claims. what went down and what happens next. then, count on to iowa. republican candidates making their last-minute pitches while the front-runner is pushing lies on social media. , then a day s dangerous rise in 9-1-1 calls to report fake crimes. the real life consequences for victims as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again i m. stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters, right here in new york city. today donald trump showed up in person at a d.c. courthouse for the most important hearing so far in his federal election interference case. keep in mind, he did not have to be at the appeals court proceeding, but given he is the front runner for the republican nomination and his legal team s strategy is delay, delay, delay, you get why he might be interested
documents, a federal judge set the date for the start of his trial. judge aileen cannon s order sets august 14th since day one for the trial. that is just eight weeks away. it is likely to be pushed back, because of pretrial motions. and complicated rules about using classified documents at a trial. kenyan also ruled the trial and all hearings will take place at her home courthouse in fort pierce, florida. that is north of trump s palm beach home. meanwhile, there is a major development in the federal investigation involving the current president s son. prosecutors have reached a plea agreement with hunter biden, who is expected to plead guilty to two federal misdemeanor counts of failing to pay his taxes. he also faces a separate firearms charge, that would probably be dismissed if certain conditions are met. two sources tell nbc news, u. s. attorney, david weiss, who was nominated by former president donald trump, is likely to recommend probation for the tax violations. the
hello, everyone. good to be with you, i m chris jansing, the death toll from this weekend s extreme weather across the south has risen to six. half a million people remain without power across multiple states after a series of vicious storms and tornadoes and the extreme heat isn t letting up either we re on the ground in texas where temperatures have soared above 120 degrees in some spots. how residents are coping. and secretary of state antony blinken wrapping up his two-day visit to china, but how much progress was actually made in his high stakes meeting with president xi jinping meanwhile in florida, we have movement in the classified documents case what a magistrate judge just blocked donald trump from doing, and what options his legal team could be weighing to put the trial off for as long as possible and juneteenth celebrations underway across the country. how states are marking this federal holiday. but we begin with the dangerous storms in the south thatch l