on gun safety. what is and is not in the deal, and does it go far enough? plus, another tough day on wall street, surging inflation, soaring gas prices, as the bears come out, who s really to blame? all this, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. it is a critical question, as important today as it was 50 years ago. what did the president know, and when did he know it? today, and its second public hearing, the january six committee tried to answer that very question. the panel laid out how donald trump embraced election lies, and ignored his own top aides, as they repeatedly debunked his false claims in the days, weeks and even months leading up to the attack. after the election, as of november 7th, in your judgment, what were the chances of president trump winning the election? after that point? yes. none. what they were proposing, that was nuts. the theory was also completely nuts. if he really
out there in his final stretch. there is president obama speaking right now. yamiche alcindor, luke broadwater, joyce vance, thank you for starting us off tonight. when we come back, the former army general who warns if we lose our democracy, we will never get it back. why russell honoré has gone political and how he wants america to hold the door in line. and later, if you thought midterm political ads were already extreme, just you wait. fact checking the fiction also known as dangerous lies hitting airways in these final days. the 11th hour just getting underway on an important wednesday night. nigh t. starts the night before with new neuriva relax and sleep. it has l-theanine to help me relax from daily stress. plus, shoden ashwagandha for quality sleep. so i can wake up refreshed. neuriva: think bigger. [coughing] hi, susan. honey. yeah. i respect that.
protecting this country. too many people have marched and been beaten and thrown in jail for the right to vote. and that is being threatened. that s a shame, steph. and we need to fix that. we need to save america. well, thank you so much sir for joining me tonight and speaking from your heart. i appreciate it. lieutenant general russel honoré, i appreciate you joining us. god bless america. god bless you. when we come back, the last-minute messaging aimed at winning over it still undecided midterm voters. just how low will some of them go? when the 11th hour continues. ontinues our worst cold and flu symptoms, to help take you from 9 to none. for max-strength nighttime relief, nyquil severe. age comes with wisdom. and wisdom comes with benefits. dryer s broken okay. you want a socket.. that s especially true when it comes to medicare.
2021. let s discuss, and bring and lieutenant general russel honoré, the former commander of joint task force for hurricane katrina. last year, speaker pelosi tasked him to review u.s. capitol security after the january 6th riot. i m so glad you re here with us tonight. you spent 37 years in the military. did you ever think you would see violence and threats like this here at home, americans versus americans? no, steph, matter-of-fact, when i was teaching at the command at college in for law more, we used to go to other countries and teach the orderly transfer of power, and the importance of the military to support civilian leadership and to make democracy work. we used to be in africa, gone overseas and briefing on how to make a democracy work. now, we have come off that high ground because our own democracy has been challenged
joining me now is a retired lieutenant general russell honoré. in 2005 russell on wright was brought in by the bush administration who managed the federal response to hurricane katrina in new orleans. he led a team of roughly 30,000 national guardsmen. 20,000 more federal troops, 50,000 people with a dozen navy ships and more than 200 helicopters. lieutenant general, welcome, good to see you, thank you for being with us. i would like, before we start talking, to play some sound for you. this is the resident i was just talking about, you know shrimpers. this is a small shrimping community here in fort myers beach, their situation right now is very bleak. these are some of the people who need the most help, listen to what they told me. how are you doing, how are you feeling, how long are you going to stay out here? we don t have anywhere to go. this is our family other than our families at home. this is how we support them. i ve got a granddaughter on the