Tremendous reporting. Should read their deeply sourced reporting about all of that. It is fascinating and devastating at the same time. Yes, exactly those two things, yes. Have a good weekend. You too. In august of 2020, donald trump was campaigning for reelection. We were in the throes of the covid19 pandemic. The summer saw a wave of protests and up risings over the murders of george floyd. To top it all off, the state of california was experiencing its largest wildfire season in recorded history. And it was that last crisis that prompted donald trump to say this during a campaign rally in pennsylvania. I see again the forest fires are starting. They re starting again in california. I said you have to clean your floors, you have to clean your floors. Many many years of leaves and broken trees. And they re like, like so flammable. You touch them and it goes up. I ve been telling them this now for three years. But they don t want to listen. The environment, the environment but they hav
on the stand? plus, after yesterday s horrific shooting in nashville, tennessee, renewed calls for gun safety legislation while kevin mccarthy is not saying a word. so how can we get anything done? the 11th hour gets under way on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle coming to you live from our nation s capital, where former president trump s number two has lost his bid to testify under oath. a federal judge has now ordered former vp mike pence to appear before the grand jury investigating january 6th. pence, of course, has been fighting special counsel jack smith s subpoena. he argued his role as president of the senate shielded him from testimony. but the judge said he can be questioned about alleged illegality on trump s part. tonight, pence hinted this thing ain t over. i have nothing to hide. i have a constitution to uphold. i upheld the constitution on january 6th. i believe we did our duty that day under the constitution of the unite
semicooperative or cooperative fashion. i ll explain all that and where there s room for skepticism, but all this speaks to what is shaping up is one of the committee s most decisive legal victories as white house veteran and 2016 campaign chair steve bannon makes this move at an attempted partial legal surrender. he is offering a type of last-minute bid to try to cut a deal and cooperate with the january 6th committee. he is saying he wants to testify before this committee. he s sighing that now he will deal with them. he will talk, and if he did so under oath that s a new legal obligation, and he ll do so despite the defiance. a letter from trump himself attempts to explain the reversal. if nothing else, the pressure got to bannon. congress did not negotiate or weight on bannon. the committee made an assertive decision, unusual for democrat-run probes to immediately hold wanten in contempt when he defied, to immediately push for the doj to indict him, which it did. there
so-called red flag laws. enhanced review process for gun buyers under the age of 21. closing the boyfriend loophole. penalties for straw purchases. and clarifying the definition of firearms dealer. eva joins me now. there s a lot to unpack here but the issue is moving forward. it has the potential to become law. jim, it is. it could be consequential. we have not seen any real gun safety measures passed in decades in congress. take the boyfriend loophole, for instance. anyone deemed to have been in a serious dating relationship and convicted of a domestic violence charge would no longer be eligible to buy a gun. previous atempts to pass this have failed under the weight of pressure from the nra. there s also a red flag law provision that allows law enforcement to keep guns away from people who pose a threat to themselves or others, found by a judge. but it sounds like the states would be given the choice to opt in to be given federal dollars for this effort, doesn t seem to
could be a big hour. we ll watch it together. dana has this friday off. i m bill hemmer live in new york city. hello to you, gillian. gillian: the first hour went pretty quick. i m ready. bill: yesterday we got the ruling on the abortion drug, the supremes said you don t have standing to bring this case now. maybe it comes back in six months or a year. it was a unanimous decision. what is left here? there are by my count there are two weeks and maybe a few days and change if you want to extend the summer session by a few days into early july. they have done that in recent years. not suggesting they will do that this year. that s the window of opportunity we have for a number of significant cases. gillian: it s an option if they want it. bill: i mention immunity. you have a case regarding january 6th and three of the january 6th defendants who brought a case. you have another case about abortion restrictions. you have a second amendment matter on the line as well, an