i will dive deep into this with my panel of experts. our republican primary goes off the rails of the ten people who are looking to take on the michigan governor. more than half of been kicked off the ballot for election fraud or arrested by the fbi. i m going one-on-one with the michigan secretary of state about this insanity. later, thousands are getting ready today to march across the united states for new gun laws in just a few hours. the question lurking in everyone s mind, will this time be any different? i will put that exact question to activists a freddie guttenberg, whose child was killed in parkland. all of this and more is coming up. good saturday morning to you all. i am katie fang. democracy, it is not inevitable. we, the american people, were reminded of this this week with the first primetime hearing of the january six committee. here s community member jamie raskin on the panels efforts to prove that trump was directly responsible for what happened that
somewhat numbing these days, in the worst way, ruth marcus s suggestion that donald trump as speaker would at least keep it interesting. i don t need house to be more interesting than it is. you live in interesting times. somebody else, right. you live in interesting trey times, the rest of us can live here. have a good time, see you next week. right now in america there are two dame trumps, not literally, perish the thought, but there is no trump the leader of the republican party, who is busy, as you just heard, endorsing candidates for house speaker after the congressional wing of the republican conference that is in thrall to him through kevin mccarthy out, then there is defendant trump, whose last week has been going a little differently than party leader trump. the first guy, the trump who is the leader the publican party, apparently wants ohio republican congressman jim jordan to leave lead the house of representatives. after floating the possibility that donal
literally, perish the thought, but there is no trump the leader of the republican party, who is busy, as you just heard, endorsing candidates for house speaker after the congressional wing of the republican conference that is in thrall to him through kevin mccarthy out, then there is defendant trump, whose last week has been going a little differently than party leader trump. the first guy, the trump who is the leader the publican party, apparently wants ohio republican congressman jim jordan to leave lead the house of representatives. after floating the possibility that donald trump himself could become the speaker, donald trump wrote on his social media platform of jim jordan, quote, he will be a great speaker of the house, and has my complete and total indoor cement. usually don t trump doesn t believe himself sometimes, which is why he does just endorsed someone. he says they have complete and utter endorsement. jim jordan is one of two house republicans running actively
here is how it all went down. the yeas are 216. the nays are 210. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. and i just want you all to be clear. this was a catastrophe of kevin mccarthy s own making. it was kevin mccarthy and no one else who after saying this after the january 6th insurrection the president bears responsibility for wednesday s attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action by president trump. accept his share of responsibility. got on a plane, flew to florida, and crawled on his knees to mar-a-lago to kiss trump s ring and sell his soul to the maga king. he did that. all in pursuit of the precious, the speaker s gavel. which he held for just nine chaotic, pointless months, in which he routinel
candidate gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, defendant donald trump in court for his civil fraud case, with cameras capturing his first time at the defendant table. what he could lose in the 250 million-dollar trial. then, kevin mccarthy s house in chaos, with a process beginning on a vote to bounce him from the speakership. then, with more challenges across the country, banned books week comes at a critical time. the man at the end of the reading rainbow, levar burton, is here, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters here at 30 rock center. while the twice impeached former president who is already facing 91 criminal charges, well, he appeared in a new york city courtroom at the defense table flanked by his lawyers for day one in his civil trial. it is the first of many court cases looming over trump s 2024 campaign. but this