Stimulus support. Sony posts a 30 drop in firstquarter profits. The conglomerate targets a high score from playstation saying it aims to sell 25 million consoles. Investors are awaiting the latest numbers out of disney. The ceo says he may want to do away with the groups no growth businesses. It is a bit of a turnaround in sentiment for markets. We are almost up 1 in the early hours of trade today. It is a sharp move versus yesterday. Yesterdays session was a downbeat and that continued into the u. S. Markets closing. The focus for investors was the downgrade of several regional banks. The banking index yesterday in the u. S. Finished the session down 1. 3 . China is confirming the country is experiencing deflation. We will talk out that later on the show. The mood as i said is more positive today. Up 9 10 of a percent. Lets get further insight on the breakdown. I want to start with the italian index. This after a extreme day of selling yesterday after the government decided to introdu
Interview right here, tomorrow, on the Saturday Show at 6 00 p. M. Eastern on msnbc. That is tonights last word. The 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts right now. Tonight we can probably say the state of our union is strong and getting stronger. Goodness, bless his heart. We know better. Look at the facts. He was inviting the heckle. To the point where he was like, what did you say . Oh no, you dont want another tax cut . I thought that was what your plan was. He has turned this, the state of the union, into an interactive speech. It was difficult to sit through. Spare me. These guys are complaining, there was no unity. Green was on the floor wearing a maggot hat. This was a happy war. He gave not only as good as he got, but better. They call it Super Tuesday for a reason. We like the rematch. And those beyond it who did not support him. We will take back our country. You cannot love your country only when you win. Good evening, i am Stephanie Ruhle. It has been quite a week. Donald
Your friday night. You too, buddy. All right. Today, the federal judge overseeing Special Counsel jack smiths case into Donald Trumps attempt to overturn the 2020 election and shoot a Protective Order. Judge Tanya Chutkan establish limits on what evidence in the case trump cant discuss publicly. Judge chutkan ordered that donald trump cannot disclose sensitive materials, including recordings, transcripts, interview reports, and related exhibits of witness interviews and materials obtained from other governmental entities. Donald trumps legal team can show him the sensitive materials in the case, but trump cannot take notes on any information that would identify witnesses and, according to the Protective Order, quote, during any time that the defendant reviews sensitive materials outside of Defense Councils presents, the defendant must not have access to any device capable of photocopying, recording, or otherwise replicating the sensitive materials, including a smart cellular device. Th
Even as she gave a nugget to the Trump Defense team of not defining everything as sensitive materials, she took it away by making clear that anything that the government was concerned about in terms of both impairing the jury pool and also going after witnesses, would violate the order anyways. Judge chutkan also warned trumps lawyers that continued inflammatory statements from their client would only increase the need for a speedy trial. Also, in washington, attorney general Merrick Garland called a surprise Press Conference to announce the appointment of a Special Counsel in the hunter biden probe. Tuesday of this week, mr. Weiss advised me that, in his judgment, his investigation had reached a stage at which he should continue his work as a Special Counsel. And he asked to be so appointed. Upon considering his request, as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, i have concluded that it is in the Public Interest to appoint him as Special Counsel. The white ho
Republicans vowing to fight what they call a twotier Justice System that treat you better if you are a biden and terrible if you are trump. Senior National Correspondent is live in washington d. C. On board with what the gop is plotting. Good evening then release of the transcript, and cover with the latest indictment of President Trump has Congressional Republicans planning a response. A House Judiciary Committee scene spokesman said that everything is on the table. This of course is the former president himself remains in tonight quite defiant. Every one of these many fake charges filed against me by the corrupt biden d. O. J. , could have been filed two and a half years ago they waited till the middle of an election and they waited until i became the dominant force in the polls, because we are dominating everybody. Meantime on capitol hill gop lawmakers plan to subpoena special counsel jack smith to testify although it is unlikely that will happen. They also expect to compel u. S. A