the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. ruhl e starts now tonight, the split screens court cases, donald trump using today s a voluntary appearance to air his grievances before the judge. while hunter biden pleads not guilty on federal charges. then, chris christie is out of the race for now, but could he be back as a third party candidate? and what happens when misinformation is given a platform? the collective responsibility to call out the lies, the 11th hour getting underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. and we are following the breaking news out of the middle east tonight. american led military strikes targeting militias in yemen backed by iran, for weeks, as the war between israel and amos escalated. those militia groups have attacked commercial and other ships in the nearby red sea. the night, the u.s. and its allies struck back, firing on targets in yemen. we ll
be back as a third party candidate? and what happens when misinformation is given a platform? the collective responsibility to call out the lies, the 11th hour getting underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. and we are following the breaking news out of the middle east tonight. american led military strikes targeting militias in yemen backed by iran, for weeks, as the war between israel and amos escalated. those militia groups have attacked commercial and other ships in the nearby red sea. the night, the u.s. and its allies struck back, firing on targets in yemen. we ll have more on all of this is just ahead, but first, let s turn to a former president and the son of a current president in court within hours of one another. today in your city, it began with a bomb threat at the judge overseeing trump s fraud case. and then later, trump made what was his second court appearance of
good afternoon, i m chris jansing live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. ahead for us, how a trump co-defendant is trying to get the charges against him tossed out with accusations about the personal life of the fulton county d.a. we ll explain what s causing all the controversy. plus, the u.s. strikes back after dozens of attacks in the red sea, the pentagon launching strikes on houthi rebels. will it be a deterrent or lead to a wider war? . 14 nations and the united states all issued a warning to the houthis that this type of illegal and reckless activity needed to stop or there would be consequences, and last night there were consequences. and mother nature flowing down the final scramble before the iowa caucuses. the impact the weather could have just as polls show nikki haley beating ron desantis there. but we begin this hour in atlanta, what might have been a routine procedural hearing in donald trump s georgia election case is now anything but. one of
saying about why it s pulling this project? reporter: well, jake, i received a memo from a disney spokesperson today written by the disney chairman of parks experiences and products, josh demaro, not naming desantis. but i do want to read you part of that statement because they give this reason. given the considerable changes that have occurred since the announcement of this project including new leadership and changing business conditions, we have decided not to move forward with the construction of the campus. this was not an easy decision to make but i believe it is the right one. so there were already some of these 2,000 people who already started to move to florida. they said that they would work individually case by case for their options including the option of moving back here to southern california, where those employees will remain in burbank in the los angeles area. you used the word mousetrap. that is actually also the terminology used by the trump campaign on
literally tilting at windmills. it comes as his legal team decides its best defense in his civil rape trial. no defense at all? another deadly mass shooting in america. the latest, a medical center in atlanta, prompting an impassioned plea from georgia senator raphael warnock. also, new reporting on the deep financial ties between supreme court justice clarence thomas and a texas billionaire. keep getting deeper. it keeps getting worse. on capitol hill, there is no off-ramp when it comes to a deal on the debt ceiling. we ll have the latest on the contentious negotiations. meanwhile, the markets mostly flat this morning in response to the latest interest rate hike from the federal reserve. we ll have a full breakdown of what could be the final move from the central bank in the fight to bring down inflation. good morning, everyone, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 4th. we got two out of three birthdays under our belt here. exactly. willie