Hope to see you tomorrow. Thats tonights last word. The 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle begins right now. Former president Donald Trumps new york Hush Money Trial is off today as the former president attends his youngest sons High School Graduation in florida. For a moment it looked like the House Republicans might lose control of the floor because so many republicans have been going up to see donald trump at his criminal trial. There are things we could say that President Trump is unjustly not allowed to say. The judicial system in our country has been westernized against President Trump. This is a scam, it is a sham, it is a show. That courtroom is depressing. One of the most depressing places i have been in my life. Im sitting here. Michael is the prosecutions star witness. Hes the only one who has testified before the president had advanced knowledge of the plan to pay off daniels. Does any reasonable, sensible person believe anything that Michael Cohen says . The defense says theyl
to me. what happens when you mix ideology with deception? and undercover activist james o keefe has a new media target. we discovered something else interesting about huffington post reporter sam stine. he accuses the reporter of getting his sources drunk. is this the new face of conservative journalism? plus, as facebook reveals more and more about us, is privacy passe? why is blogger jeff jarvis revealing so much about his personal life? we ll ask him. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. every week it seems there s another one, and there are at least a dozen more to go televised drama featuring mit and rick and herman and newt and michele and the rest of the gang. but these primetime programs, are they really about chris wallace and anderson cooper and wolf blitzer and brian williams and charlie rose? it s time now to meet the 2012 republican presidential contenders. here s the format for our debate tonight. let s get to it and meet the c