congressman cheney is standing up to donald trump for the sake of the institutional vitality and, indeed, survival of the republican party itself. i think here was the beginning of something much larger than being one of 435 members of the house, one of 535 members of congress. the language was remarkable. and to have celebrate sated herself elevated herself to this point where not just people in her own party, but people in the democratic party listen to her, consider her a leader howard: this is a total flip prosecute cays that days that many dismissed her as a warmonger in the hold of her father, the former vice president. and liberals were happy to remind us of liz s past record. the president is operating outside the bounds of the constitution. he thinks he s above the law, and if the republicans, conservatives don t stand up and night against it, as i said, we re going to lose fundamental values and freedoms. howard: talking there about barack obama, and m
new reporting tonight from the new york times. then, the senator from south carolina once abortion restrictions nationwide. the rules according to lindsey graham. plus, our complicated economy. gas prices may be down, but almost everything else is up. who s to blame, and how do we fix it? as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. . to be running once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we ve got brand-new reporting from the new york times tonight about the likelihood of the prosecution of former president donald trump. katie benner is one of our next guests, she and her colleagues write this. the department could continue potential charges against mr. trump, much sooner in the mar-a-lago documents case then in the january six investigation then the people the report goes on to say that it s an ugly that merrick garland would be in a position to lobby criminal charges against or in the documents also this evening a federal judge in florida has unsealed more information
9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. we have a lot to cover this hour including the latest on the investigation into the scores of documents recovered at former president trump s mar-a-lago resort and how the justice departments findings may undercut calls from team trump for an outside evaluation. also why didn t they ask for this a long time ago. this is been going on a long time. i know. also president biden will deliver a prime time address on the continued battle for the soul of the nation. this thursday we ll get a live report from the white house on what is in store. and, has the next race for the white house begins to heat up, author david priess has a reminder, that not everyone needs to run for president. that conversation is ahead. as we talk about joe biden having a speech about the soul of the nation. and we talk about donald trump and overshadowing this and talking about this, this hour, overshadowing are republican senators who are threatening
president biden looking to flip the script on republicans with a law and order midterm swing. we re live in pennsylvania with more on that. the news on another speech later this week, and why the president s advisers think now is the time to make a broader pitch to voters, besides the obvious pre midterm timing. two u.s. officials telling nbc news russia has combat drones from iran. what we re learning about how they plan to use them on the battlefield in ukraine and the push to prevent a nuclear disaster in that country. i m hallie jackson in washington. we start with the latest fallout after that mar-a-lago search. i want to bring in nbc s julia ainsley, ben collins, charles coleman, former prosecutor, sich rights attorney and msnbc legal analyst and clint watts, msnbc national security analyst. julia, let me start with you first. the dod ruling is expected to come down at some point today. we don t know the timing. that s what i m trying to say here. we do know it s expect
per lined, the dni confirms it s looking into the risks to our national security. also tonight, lindsey graham and the politics of violence. he says if trump is indicted, republicans will riot in the streets. quite a contrast to pivotal moments in history when nonviolence prevailed. plus, the mid terms and why after roe no one with any sense is still talking about a red wave, and as kids head back to school, how to navigate the sometimes confusing guidance out there about covid and other health threats. we begin the reidout tonight three weeks to the day since donald trump announced that the fbi had searched his mar-a-lago home to retrieve classified documents he took with him when he left the white house. during that time the twice-impeached former president has continued to try to play the victim claiming he s under attack by the mean old biden administration and some sort of political vendetta, but in that same time span we have learned not only the multiple attempt ma