presidents classified documents case, and the plea deal for hunter biden. then, nearly one year after the overturning of roe, where things stand on abortion access in america. and we are following the money, hundreds of billions of dollars in covid relief money, stolen or wasted. how did it happen, and who is being held accountable? as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle. one week after donald trump pleaded not guilty to charges of mishandling classified documents, a federal judge set the date for the start of his trial. judge aileen cannon s order sets august 14th since day one for the trial. that is just eight weeks away. it is likely to be pushed back, because of pretrial motions. and complicated rules about using classified documents at a trial. kenyan also ruled the trial and all hearings will take place at her home courthouse in fort pierce, florida. that is north of trump s palm beach home. meanwhile, there
documents, a federal judge set the date for the start of his trial. judge aileen cannon s order sets august 14th since day one for the trial. that is just eight weeks away. it is likely to be pushed back, because of pretrial motions. and complicated rules about using classified documents at a trial. kenyan also ruled the trial and all hearings will take place at her home courthouse in fort pierce, florida. that is north of trump s palm beach home. meanwhile, there is a major development in the federal investigation involving the current president s son. prosecutors have reached a plea agreement with hunter biden, who is expected to plead guilty to two federal misdemeanor counts of failing to pay his taxes. he also faces a separate firearms charge, that would probably be dismissed if certain conditions are met. two sources tell nbc news, u. s. attorney, david weiss, who was nominated by former president donald trump, is likely to recommend probation for the tax violations. the
potentially multiple federal indictments. it s not a sure thing. i m like, oh, really, you really think biden can beat him? nothing s a sure thing. but it s also like if you re trying to get the least popular figure as your nominee, donald trump is definitely that. that s just what the data say. that is what the data says. all right, my friend, have a wonderful evening. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. if you are a republican running for president in 2024, there is one question that you know you are going to have to answer. what do you think of donald trump being indicted on federal criminal charges? and you would think at this point that anyone entering the race with the republican nomination would be prepared to answer that question, and you would be wrong. today miami mayor francis suarez announced he is joining the pack of candidates running for the republican nomination. he gave his first interview to good morning america, and that inter
here, i got to the point where no one had any idea what was happening behind closed doors in the debt ceiling negotiations. so i offered a wild guest, because that s all anyone was doing. and it is turning out to be pretty much based on pure guesswork and i came up with tuesday night and so i m hoping this thing kind of stays in this direction you say it s pure guesswork, but that s also someone who is a veteran of capitol hill and has seen negotiations and knows what they look like and also understand the stakes. that s the most important thing. here not just the political stakes, but what it would mean for the u.s. economy if we were to default. so we have congressman jim mcgovern, former chairman of the house rules committee, y all important house rules committee, now the top democrat on the committee joining us tonight. and we ll get the update from him as best he can reveal it at this point of exactly what the state of play is on the debt ceiling, above which i am
left office. now, you think about investigation, i m gonna bet your mind goes straight to the events of august 8th last year. you would likely think of the fbi s court authorized search of mar-a-lago. and of the 100 plus classified documents that the fbi found on the premises that. but that is not tonight s news. no, tonight s news centers on a period of time, about two months before that. june 2nd, the events of that day may be key to jack smith s case. tonight, the washington post described the events that took place that day as being of particular importance to investigators in the classified documents case. we had previously known that on may 11th of last year, trump s attorneys received a grand jury subpoena seeking all documents bearing classification marking still in trump s possession. then, we knew that almost a month later, june 3rd, an attorney from the department of justice, and three fbi agents met with trump s lawyers at mar-a-lago to collect those documents fro