hi, everyone we start with the fireworks in washington, d.c., today. emanating from the committee set up by the housegop. it took republicans 15 votes now in the days and months that fod followed, the house gop has done nothing except projecting the rest of their colleagues and us to the grievance of lies and conspiracies that animate life over on earth 2 where they live. today a hearing by the so-called weaponization commit presumably focused on censorship on social media and a lawsuit brought by the then-republican attorney general of missouri, he has to be an attorney from missouri, pushing back against efforts by social media to fight disinformation schmidt was one of two witnesses brought forward by republicans, but republican majority on this committee who testified and was dismissed, sent away before democrats could ask one single question so much for a functioning committee in which the free exchange of ideas and sharing of witnesses prevails democrats were justifiabl
the entire memphis police department after the brutal beating of tyre nichols. plus, the man behind the decision to shoot suspicious balloons out of the sky testifying on capitol hill. congress is demanding some answers today to a long list of questions about how all of that went down. also, what we re learning from the wife of one of the four americans kidnapped in mexico, as her husband is being treated in a texas hospital. and trip delayed, the massive protests in israel, so big, so disruptive, the u.s. defense secretary just pushed back his planned trip. our nbc news reporters are all around the country and the world with the very latest. first, we begin in the middle east where the defense secretary will now be going, we believe, tomorrow, but as that latest round of violence leaves at least six palestinians dead, raf sanchez in te aviv, tell us about this delay, what we know about it, and what will he be walking into? reporter: well, chris, secretary austin s plan
nationwide. then, the battle for abortion rights, after walgreens says it won t sell abortion bill pills in 21 states, also tonight, a key moment in the war in ukraine, the battle for bakhmut. ukrainian forces under intense pressure, as russia s ammunition supply runs low as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening i m alicia melendez in for stephanie ruhle the showdown over who will be the republican presidential nominee, appears to be taking place between the twice impeached ex president donald trump, and as once loyal backer ron desantis. in the coming days, both men are expected to head to iowa, in front of the first gop caucus. even though desantis hasn t officially entered the race, here s a preview of what it looks like. we took a finleyville swipe at the florida governor. we are going to finish where we started we started something that was . we are gonna complete the mission, we are never going back to the party of paul rove, paul ryan,
after walgreens says it won t sell abortion bill pills in 21 states, also tonight, a key moment in the war in ukraine, the battle for bakhmut. ukrainian forces under intense pressure, as russia s ammunition supply runs low as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening i m alicia melendez in for stephanie ruhle the showdown over who will be the republican presidential nominee, appears to be taking place between the twice impeached ex president donald trump, and as once loyal backer ron desantis. in the coming days, both men are expected to head to iowa, in front of the first gop caucus. even though desantis hasn t officially entered the race, here s a preview of what it looks like. we took a finleyville swipe at the florida governor. we are going to finish where we started we started something that was . we are gonna complete the mission, we are never going back to the party of paul rove, paul ryan, and jeb bush. we re not going back to people that wa
ruhle starts now. tonight,, another american community in mourning, three children and three adult shot and killed at a school in nashville. with over 100 mass shootings this year alone, we will talk to a gun safety activists who is on the scene and set up. and then a manhattan grand jury hears from another witness while donald trump riles up his base at his first 2024 rally in waco, texas. and kevin mccarthy moving forward with a tiktok legislation in the house. could we actually see a national ban on the app as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle live from washington, d.c.. we begin with the latest and deadly national crisis that seems to have no and in this country. this morning at the covenant school in nashville, tennessee, six people were killed when a shooter walked in and opened fire. three of the victims were students, all just nine years old. and three were staff members. officials say that the shooter