disclosure to be which would be the first public acknowledgment that he s running for president. nbc s vaughn is in des moines, or trump ahold a campaign rally tonight. vaughn, trump, anyone s team, are they saying anything about this new development that desantis is looking increasingly poised to jump in? look, it s no coincidence that donald trump is here in iowa. rhonda santas was the first one scheduled to be here. sort of ensue see the end cedar rapids. guess who decide to hold one of his traditional maga rallies, donald trump. here in the heart of des moines, in the center of the state here. donald trump released a video just yesterday, in which he made the case that ron desantis has a personality problem. of course, donald trump has made it clear, he will do it overtakes to win this republican nomination. and that starts right here in iowa, lindsey. vaughn, trump paced both good and bad news in our latest poll which came after he was charged and arraigned in ne
tonight, clashes on capitol hill. at the so-called weaponization hearing, republicans spent the day questioning questionable witnesses. democrats called it a clearinghouse for testing conspiracy theories for donald trump. then, disney raising the stakes in the feud with ron desantis, scrapping a billion dollar development in florida. the impact it could have on his upcoming presidential run. a major settlement between deutsche bank and jeffrey epstein s victims. we will break down what it all means and who could be paying, next, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle. partisan fireworks erupted on capitol hill earlier today, in a hearing for the so-called weaponization of government committee, which of course is led by ohio republican jim jordan. the witnesses were three self-described fbi whistleblowers who jordan and his fellow republicans said would show that the fbi was biased against the right. and we see re
the emphasis is now on the education of members about a default. that s why bankers like jamie dimon of j.p. morgan chase and jane fraser of citi group met with chuck schumer along with other senators today. mr. dimon, did default come up? what was your message to the leader? what would it do to the banking system? actual default would be a disaster. it s been said over and over, you re just repeating it. are you optimistic about a deal? let them worry about that. this is where wall street meets main street. the lead negotiator spoke today at the capitol. a sticking point, workman dates for people to receive some benefits. i asked the speakfer he agreed this needed to be a bipartisan process. he said yes. again, this i believe is a promising step in the right direction. nobody will get everything that they want in these discussions. i hope nobody, nobody draws red lines in the sand. but there s now optimism that the sides can reach a deal even with the president
chris christie says that he can announce the coming days in mike pence is launching a super pac. all eyes are on ron desantis. the florida governor is especially to officially get into the race next week. and he is giving his biggest tease yet. we just completed what i would say is the boldest and most far-reaching agenda that would see in the modern history of a republican party. if you look at what we been able to accomplish their summing in there for anybody. in terms of the issues that we tackle and at the end of the day where country needs to be about. is this idea that it really matter where you start from just that people have an opportunity do big things in this country and that has been true historically when he to make sure that it s true again. speeforty also reportedly telling donors that he is only republican who can beat present joe biden. right now in the polls were present donald trump is the front runner by a big margin. while the republican race is buzzing
the republican nomination. it comes on a day the company he has targeted, disney, decided to hit him with a billion dollar blow. we will have more on what disney just naturally. but on desantis s run sources of telling cnn he will file paperwork next week. medical today were donors and supporters. a new york times report or listened in. i m going to read you a quote from that new york times story. it begins with something ron desantis said on the call. quote, you have basically three people at this point that are credible in this whole thing, mr. desantis told donors on the call, organized by the super pac supporting him, never back down. quote, biden, trump and me. and i think of those three, to have a chance to get elected president. biden and me. now, according to the times he went on to say that he s basing that on swing state data which he described as not great for the former president, quote, and probably insurmountable, because people are not going to change their vie