new reporting about what he told jack smith team about the pressure from his former boss. and 12 more hostages released from hamas. what happens now as the temporary truce is expected to expire. and then, nikki haley scores a major endorsement, i needs to clinch the nomination. the state of the race with the first primaries quickly approaching, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. great to be back here at 30 rockefeller center. and we re starting this evening s broadcast with special counsel jack smith and his election interference case against donald trump, which is headed to trial, ready for this, in just about three months. now there is new reporting about what trump s former vice president told smith investigator about the days after the 2020 election leading up to the riot at the capitol. abc news reporting that pence gave smith s team several details about how trump, quote, surrounded himself wit
night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. great to be back here at 30 rockefeller center. and we re starting this evening s broadcast with special counsel jack smith and his election interference case against donald trump, which is headed to trial, ready for this, in just about three months. now there is new reporting about what trump s former vice president told smith investigator about the days after the 2020 election leading up to the riot at the capitol. abc news reporting that pence gave smith s team several details about how trump, quote, surrounded himself with crank attorneys who espoused on american legal theories and almost pushed the country towards a constitutional crisis. abc says pence told the feds he was sure that days before january 6th, he told trump he still had not seen significant election fraud. but trump was unmoved. abc also reports that at one point pence had even decided to skip the generous six certification vote before his son co
to return home, some did anyway. back in grand isle.. i m sorry. reporter: you got you got time here. you got memories here. yeah. reporter: mayor camardelle is heartbroken for what the town s 1,400 permanent residents will come home to. it s tough, but i m going to get them home. i promise you that. as long as there s one grain of sand in grand isle, i m going to plant the american flag. i can promise you that. reporter: late this afternoon, the mayor finally got some good news. help finally arrived. they brought communication towers and some generators, and they also came with some response teams from as far away as nevada. norah. o donnell: our hearts go out to the mayor and everybody there. omar villafranca, thank you so much. let s head out west now. near south lake tahoe, california, fire crews are using bulldozers to build fire lines to protect the evacuated city from the wind-whipped caldor fire. now, calmer winds helped crews make progress, but the coming
nancy pelosi as the new speaker of the house. chairwoman maxine waters, the liar in chief himself adam schiff, chairman nadler in six days, if you don t want that nightmare to become a reality you have to get up and get out and vote and vote in huge numbers. every race matters. nancy pelosi s bags are packed. she is ready to move into a brand new office. the speaker s office. in fact, she has now declared victory. forget about voting according to her. it s all in the bag. watch this. we will win.. [cheers and applause] please don t say that. do you want to say that on hillary s fireworks barge that she cancelled? [laughter] please, please, please don t say that. we will win. we own the ground. we are not yieldinght one grain of sand. how long are the curtains that you are measures right now? we are not measuring. we are walking precincts if everyone votes we have a bigger victory. democrat will carry the