the list of high-profile witnesses and dominion s fox news lawsuit may get longer. as rupert murdoch could be forced to testify. and students across the countr walked out today, demandin more to stop gun violence. some say they don t want fea in their school? as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. there is a brand-new legal threat for donald j trump. and it comes about 24 hour after his arrest on felony charges here in new york former vice president mike pence will not fight a judge order to testify before special counsel, jack smith, and his grand jury that panel is looking into the former presidents attempt to overturn the 2020 election just a few months ago, pence said this about resisting th special counsel subpoena i will to fight the biden doj subpoena to appear for the grandchildren. the idea of subpoenaing former vice president to testify in court against the president with whom they served i believe it
soon because time is running out. congress is ready to get on the easter recess. they had gop priorities, too, into the administration, all sidelined because they re rallying again to the defense of donald trump who continues to exert influence over the party thank you, as always great to see you this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts now. after he was arrested, apparently today, donald trump has called for america to de-fund the police, ithe fbi, te department of justice, because the democrats have weaponized law enforcement. all right. who in this panel, who thinks that is a good idea? all right. nobody oh, man well, yeah. donald trump s vengeance messaging doesn t seem to be resonating with his base the former president continues to rage post that s a thing, on social media. despite a warning from the judge not to do so meanwhile, mike pence will have to testify before a federal g
last world where the great john capehart s influence tonight, good evening guys good to see there. good evening rachel great to see you, and good friends of mine were friends of judy humans thank inferior powerful tribute to her and the fuss she made. and rachel, i can t let you go just yet. i also want to thank you for the reporting on georgia. i mean, they did to voters, now republicans are trying to suppress prosecutors, of not subvert them. but i think this is a qualitatively new thing, you ve seen individual prosecutors that they tried to control the republicans are giving themselves the power to get rid of prosecutors, to fundamentally change the whole legal system, in a way that s never been done before. they say it has nothing to do with the trump case at all, but it s trying to live you ll know what s going on there. oh no, it s a really big deal, and it stinks to high heaven, and thanks to you, a lot more people know about, it emigrate talking about it in
officers that murdered my son, you also disgraced your own families when you did this. but you know what? i m going to pray for you and your families, because at the end of the day, this shouldn t have happened. that s right. this just shouldn t have happened. rowvaughn wells, the mother of tyre nichols, showing her grief while showing grace for the families of the men accused of killing her son. the video showing some of nichols final moments was released on friday. nichols crying out for his mother, just down the block from her house. it has sparked outrage and protests around the country. more action from the memphis police department, as well. we also got our first look at what happened the night paul pelosi, the husband of nancy pelosi, was attacked. it comes as the man accused in the attack makes some bizarre and disturbing comments in a phone call about that night. and what more he wanted to do. the brutal beating pelosi sustained was often mocked and question
george floyd. in that video you could see him cry out for his mother as officer derek chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes. all over a pack of cigarettes. floyd allegedly paid for with a fake $20 bill. we would not see any of the police body cam footage for another 11 weeks. the lack of transparency there, the delay and the horror of floyd s death ignited a mass movement. i can t breathe was plastered across signs and social media posts as millions across the country protested. facing intense pressure, then president donald trump signed an executive order calling for police reform. at the ballot box, voters said yes to legislative policing reforms in at least 30 states. at least a dozen cities promised to slash police budgets and redistribute those funds to community programs. though not all followed through. then it was congress s turn. democrats introduced the george floyd justice in policing act. the bill passed twice in the house but died in the senate aft