game-changer announcement on student loan forgiveness a [inaudible] for millions of americans. plus, the big lie turned a big rift. how some are profiting off of disproven election fraud claims. goes beyond the former president. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m alicia menendez, in four stephanie ruhle. as if the current day controversies of the former president were not enough, we begin with new insight tonight into how donald trump may have avoided accountability in the investigation that consumed must of his presidency. late today, after a lengthy court fight, the justice department released a document related to the russia investigation. the memo was top secret and now we know why. former presidents attorney bill barr wanted to keep it a secret. in march 2019, bill barr told us before the mueller report was released, that the report had all but exonerated the former president. and therefore, there was no reason to charg
forward. plus, it s called a substantial proposal, to bring to detained americans home from russia, and the battle to take back and major port city in ukraine, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we re learning more tonight about the justice department s criminal ingrained to january 6th. we found out earlier today that federal prosecutors obtained a warrant to search the cell phone of trump lawyer john eastman, back on july 12th. you remember, he was the guy behind the plan to get mike pence to overturn joe biden s victory, by rejecting electors from certain states. eastman, if you recall, took the fifth 100 times during his deposition with a house select committee. meanwhile, there are new reports that former white house aide cassidy hutchinson is now cooperating with the justice department s investigation. hutchinson testified at one of the january 6th committee s public hearings last month. today, senator
former president? plus, the texas governor it s political ploy to try to punish blue states over immigration policies. the problem is, this isn t politics for the thousands of desperate migrants. the human cost of political gains. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we begin tonight with the dramatic spike in violent threats against fbi agents. threats so concerning that president biden is now being briefed on the danger. the bureau has been under attack from former president trump himself and his allies ever since that search on his home in mar-a-lago just one week ago. the fbi and the department of homeland security had issued a joint intelligence bulletin rising of threats to for presumably carried out by supporters of the former president. and just today, a pennsylvania man was arrested for threatening to kill fbi agents, threats he posted on media website. you ll recall, it was just four days ago, and arm
president seems to be flying off the handle. athletes and performers are taking mental health breaks. are they weak or does that show strength. nearly all polls reveal the people have lost massive trust in the biden administration. when was that trust lost? almost a year ago after the exit from afghanistan. it became clear their promises were never going to equal reality. there will be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof an embassy of the united states in afghanistan. brian: video shows afghans taking cover as gunfire rings out around the perimeter of the kabul airport. brian: our exit from the 20-year war embarrassed our country. and crushes those who risked life and limb. later on the show we ll separate fact from biden fiction. with former u.s. ambassador to the united states, nikki haley. we have a more personal story. the domestic one affecting everything you buy. where you go. the administration s track record has everybody convinced they ar
revealing new details about the justice department s criminal investigation into the capitol riots. i am aware of other white house officials who have been reached out to by doj and are planning to cooperate. oh, really? yes. how worried should donald trump be? first, a cnn exclusive. the biden administration s new offer to russia. they will, the u.s. will, give putin back a convicted russian and let wnba star britney briner and former marine paul whelan come home. that s the offer. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead. more crushing economic news for the american people this afternoon. the federal reserve announced another massive interest rate hike. three-quarters of a percentage point. a move that seemed unfathomable to many has happened twice in a row. the increase translates to americans paying more money for things such as mortgage loans, car loans, student loans. today s hike, of course, was not unexpected. feigni in fact, je