situation room. thanks very much for watching the news continues next on cnn hello and welcome to our viewers, joining us in the united states and around the world. i m in a car and left mom calm, just a hint donald trump makes his first return to capital hills since the attack on january 6, 2021? beijing with republican lawmakers as he seeks to retake the white house cannot divide us. and we ll be with ukraine until they prevail in this war. us president sends a firm message to russia, signing a major security pact with ukraine but will it turn the tide of this war? and a major ruling from the us supreme court on abortion medications we begin this hour with us republican lawmakers pledging their support to former us president donald trump as he seeks to be reelected, with trump return to the capital thursday for the first time since leaving office after the january 6, 2021 riots senate republicans, they re applauding at trump after their closed-door meeting. trump
tonight, donald trump visits capitol hill for the first time since january 6. while president biden signs a 10 year defense agreement with ukraine. then the supreme court rejects a challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone. plus, what happened today when donald trump made his election pitch to america s top ceos? as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle and we are now 145 days away from the election. this weekend will mark exactly 9 years since donald trump came down the escalator and announced he was running for president and today it became clearer than ever that in those nine years he has been able to take complete control of what was known as the republican party. trump was on capitol hill today to meet with his allies in congress. it was the first time he s been on the hill since his supporters attacked the capital to try to overturn the 2020 election. as the new york times puts it, trumps visit today was
barely any time left in the term. looming decisions on trump s immunity claims, gun rights and a host of other issues. plus, a birthday reunion. the gop embraing trump in his first visit to capitol hill since the january 6th riot, but will his comments from yesterday come back to bite him? and later, a chance for peace or a nonstarter, president putin outlining his conditions for peace talks with ukraine. is it a genuine offer? it is 10:00 eastern, and i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin at the supreme court where in just moments we will get at least one more decision from the nine justices after a big decision yesterday on abortion medication. there are still 26 undecided cases this term. let s go right to nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor outside the court for us, yamiche, what do we know? what are we waiting on? reporter: well, good morning, ana, we are waiting on 26 cases. we have a number of cases dealing with a number of big issues
abortion pill mifepristone. plus what happeneded to when donald trump made his election pitch to america s top ceos as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle, and we are now 145 days away from the election. this weekend will mark exactly nine years since donald trump came down the escalator and announced he was running for president. and today it became clearer than ever that in those nine years, he has been able to take complete control of what was known as the republican party. trump was on capitol hill today to meet with his allies in congress. it was the first time he s been on the hill since his supporters attacked the capitol to try and overturn the 2020 election. as the new york times puts it, trump s visit today was an opportunity for him to flex his dominance over a political and business establishment that has been forced to come to terms with him. here s my colleague with more. it was a great meeti
convicted of 34 felony counts in his new york hush money case, eight republican senators vowed to oppose all biden nominees and all democratic legislation as retribution. today six republican senators led by trump vice presidential short lister jd vance put oppose all nominees into writing. anyone who endorsed trump s guilt, anyone who supported organizations that celebrated the indictment of donald trump, and anyone who supported manhattan s district attorney alvin bragg orn supported law fare or censorship in other ways, which is just vague enough to include basically anyone president biden s nominated. now, these republican senators say their blockade will last until election day, and in practical terms that means the u.s. government will not be able to appoint representatives to thingsep like the u.n. general assembly or the world health organization or even to the not particularly seeming places like the international civil aviation organization and the public buildings