Fraud case, with cameras capturing his first time at the defendant table. What he could lose in the 250 milliondollar trial. Then, Kevin Mccarthys 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 trumps 2024 campaign. But this one puts his company and his image at stake. Nbcs Laura Jarrett has the latest. Reporter tonight, donald trump once again in a courtroom, with the fate of his Business
good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with increasingly alarming messaging from criminal defendant and gop current front-runner donald j trump, about what he wants to do if he wins a second term. reports describe a potential second trump administration focused on mass deportations, immigration raids, and a u.s. government filled with trump loyalists ready to carry out his extreme policies. trump s 2024 campaign responded to those reports, calling them, quote, purely speculative and theoretical. but this past veterans day, when millions of americans honor those who sacrificed for our country, this is what we heard from the former president. we pled stick to you that we will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. the real threat is not from the radical right. the real threat is from the radical left, and it is growing every day, every single day. t
the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. e starts now tonight, donald trump s ramped up rhetoric, setting the tone for his 2024 campaign. plus, trump jr. is back on the stand in new york s fraud trial. we will break down what happened in court today. and with a potential government shutdown just days away, house speaker mike johnson faces his first major test. then, a message of unity amid an ongoing war. to peace activists joining us with a mission to stand together, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with increasingly alarming messaging from criminal defendant and gop current front-runner donald j trump, about what he wants to do if he wins a second term. reports describe a potential second trump administration focused on mass deportations, immigration raids, and a u.s. government filled with trump loyalists ready to carry out his extreme policies. trump s 2024 campa
colleagues who have been covering the trial from the beginning. msnbc s legal analyst lisa rubin, new york times investigative reporter susanne craig, and former federal prosecutor and former sdny criminal division deputy chief, kristy greenberg. katy, let s set the stage for what s going on at trump tower where we anticipate him speaking in about an hour, right? the assembled press is here. this is the first time i believe everyone has been back in this lobby since the donald trump transition. donald trump is going to come town his golden elevators behind me as a man running for president again, as a former president, yes, but also as a man who has now been convicted on 34 felony counts. the first former president to ever be convicted of a crime and certainly the first one, former president to be running again now that they are convicted on all of those felony counts. and he s doing it, guys, at the literal scene of the crime here in trump tower. this is where david pe
they want to hear again, and this morning the jury will also re-hear four pieces of critical testimony in the case at their request. nbc s yasmin vossoughian is outside the courthouse. also with us, msnbc legal correspondent and host katie phang along with catherine christian, former assistant manhattan district attorney. kristy greenberg, former federal prosecutor and sdny criminal division deputy chief. and harry litman, former deputy assistant attorney general. yasmin, i want to go right to the courthouse. let s start with what we heard from the jurors in this new note today. reporter: so we needed clarification on what they wanted out of jury instructions, right? we didn t know if they wanted the entirety of the jury instructions read back to them after yesterday s note or they wanted a portion. it turns out they wanted a portion. they essentially wanted what the jury considers as evidence in the lead up to count one. that s really the entirety of all of the instruction