combatting china. president biden will spend the next days in south korea before heading to japan to meet with leaders there. before returning home to d.c. on tuesday, he ll attend a meeting of the quad leaders. which includes japan, india, and australia. and in ukraine, russian forces are stepping up attacks on the eastern donbas region. at least 12 people were killed and 40 injured after russia unleashed new rounds of shelling in a key city in luhansk. one of the few ukrainian strong holds standing in the way of russia seizing full control of the don bass. the attacks could be a precursor to a larger drawn out battle. president volodymyr zelenskyy called the strikes, quote, brutal and completely pointless. willie. meanwhile, the u.k. ministry of defense has released new information reporting the battle for mariupol has left the russian military weakened. the fierce fighting against ukrainian troops who held out inside of that steel plant has depleted russia s ranks and re
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
i saw with my own eyes, this city fight its way through covid and come back strong. i saw us able to do things that people said were impossible. they also said pre-k for all is impossible and we got it done for our children. you have to have a can-do spirit but also a fundamental belief that the good in us could make us better that we could get there. mr. mayor, good morning, congratulations on hopping into the race. let s get real new york 1 here and i say that with the utmost respect. new york one is the best. but new yorkers will say isn t that the district where jerry nadler serves and has been for a long time. because of the maps he s hopping over to a different district that covers his upper west side and other parts of the city. who will you be running against? what does your competition look like. this happened in the course of this week. there is a controversial redistricting process in the state as you ve watched. we ll hear today from a judge
i want to play a clip of white committee member said earlier to our colleague. has the committee ruled out criminal referrals for members of congress? well, we have not discussed any of that. right now we want to hear from them. luke, let s get real. they are not going to hear from them. we are talking not just about a political party, but a specific group of republicans who signature is owning the lid s. none of us can sit down and get an interview, an honest interview, with any of those sitting republicans right now. they wouldn t. it is not in their agenda. so, are democrats being naive with this idea, they think that they are going to do the right thing, we are anxious to hear from them, we are not going to hear from them. i noticed every single member of the committee today at the same talking point, which is that they did not want to talk about what is the logical next step if the members of congress refused to speak. and that is a contempt
difference between a congressional subpoena and a subpoena from doj. then doesn t it reveal that congressional oversight has no teeth? well, there are a lot of questions here, stephanie. one that seems for sure to me is that the actions of these republican congressman are destroying the ability of congress to bring congressional investigations. because if you can just say, i just don t think that is a legitimate investigation, then just as you say, it kind of does defamed the entire thing. i want to play a clip of white committee member said earlier to our colleague. has the committee ruled out criminal referrals for members of congress? well, we have not discussed any of that. right now we want to hear from them. luke, let s get real. they are not going to hear from them.