over. it s only the start, but so far it s gone well. does this breakthrough deal signal a turning point in the conflict? i don t trust hamas to do anything right now. i only trust hamas to respond to pressure. my guest this morning, national security adviser jake sullivan, and the chairman of the house intelligence committee republican congressman mike turner of ohio. plus, countdown to iowa. the iowa caucuses are now just 50 days away. we are now in second place in iowa. everybody s attacking me. that should show you who they care about. can any of trump s rivals catch up and stop him? and actor and advocate. selma blair, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis five years ago, is using her voice to fight for those with the right of all those living with disabilities. i want equity. i want justice. joining me for analysis are leigh ann caldwell of the washington post. republican strategist brandon buck and symone sanders-townsend. former chief spokesw
and numbers, my friends, don t lie. from ohio to virginia, to kentucky, victory laps today for democrats. abortion access is the law of the land in ohio. the voters said, look, the government should not be telling a woman what to do with her body. we ve become a party of losers. i m sick of republicans losing. do you think we did the right thing by not participating? anybody who is going to be spending the next year and a half of their life focusing on keeping themselves out of jails and courtrooms cannot be lead this party or this country. i ll not be running for reelection for the united states senate, but what i will be doing is traveling the country. maybe, you know, flirting with some kind of presidential run. which, again, it s another blow democrats from manchin. good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle, it is the end of the week and our friday night cap is officially back. i know you ve been waiting for it. this is our breakdown of the biggest
capital on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. jack smith tips his hand on how he plans to prosecute trump. as described in the indictment, fueled by lies. tonight the new evidence the republican front runner will be treated like the people he sent to the capital. ours is not a system of justice where footsoldiers go to jail and the masterminds and ringleaders get a free pass. then, the anatomy of a collapse. we ve become a party of losers at the end of the day. rebecca on the ongoing rejection of abortion restrictions across the country. across the state, we are going to bed knowing that we own our own bodies. plus, what is joe manchin s announcement means for the effort to defeat trump. i don t think that democracy as we know it will withstand another trump administration. and is israel announces intermittent pauses in their strikes, the on what we know about what is happening in gaza. when all in star
that the big board leader to tell us what is actually happening. pennsylvania governor josh shapiro is also going to join me later on the show. but we do want to start tonight with what was a truly surreal and wild and crazy scene and lower manhattan today. apart from the fact that the former president on trial, a big deal on itself, today began like many other court cases would. the defendant took the stand, raise, hand and swore an oath to tell nothing about the truth it was all standard in the beginning until the defendant opened his mouth. that is when things got a little crazy. suddenly the guy on the stand acted like he was at the campaign rally, not in a courtroom where he was the defendant. trump took shots at the case saying this is a very unfair trial and a disgrace. he took shots directly out the judge saying, the fraud is on the board, not me. he took shots even had attorney general letitia james calling her a political reminded trump this is not a political ral
and these two things don t go hand in hand. she s a very, very smart person and i m looking forward to her being back in office somewhere, someday, at some point. she s not ruled that out. politics is in her blood. appreciate it. have a great show. thank you. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. i dopologize for not week here in this chair tis this time last week. i was out sick. i think i was in the last people in the country who never had it before, but i finally tested positive about a week and a half ago. i m vaccinated, so that helped me get an easier bout, and rested up and took a five day course of paxlovid, which honestly is kind of gross while you re taking it, but in my oin totally worth it. it s only five days of pills. by the end of my five days i had no fever, totally reduced symptoms, and most importantly i was testing negative and plot a risk to other people. anyway, i m back. i m sorry i missed you here last week. i also had to cancel and re