[applause] president biden gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, donald trump s day in court, as his lawyers put forward some shocking arguments to back his sweeping immunity claims. what went down and what happens next. then, count down to iowa. republican candidates making their last-minute pitches while the front-runner is pushing lies on social media. then, a dangerous rise in 9-1-1 calls to report fake crimes. the real life consequences for victims as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening, once again i m stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters right here in new york city. today, donald trump showed up in person at a d. c. courthouse for the most important hearing so far in his federal election interference case. keep in mind, he did not have to be at the appeals court proceeding, but given he is the front runner for the republican nomination and his legal team s strategy is delay, de
ruhle starts now. th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now tonight, donald trump s day in court, as his lawyers put forward some shocking arguments to back his sweeping immunity claims. what went down and what happens next. then, count on to iowa. republican candidates making their last-minute pitches while the front-runner is pushing lies on social media. , then a day s dangerous rise in 9-1-1 calls to report fake crimes. the real life consequences for victims as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again i m. stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters, right here in new york city. today donald trump showed up in person at a d.c. courthouse for the most important hearing so far in his federal election interference case. keep in mind, he did not have to be at the appeals court proceeding, but given he is the front runner for the republican nomination and his legal team s strategy is delay, delay, delay, you get why he might be interested
simply the best. the lead starts right now. what s love got to do got to do with it remembering an entertainment legend. tina turner dead at the age of 83. plus, ron desantis bucking the trend. less than two hours to go before the florida republican using twitter and elon musk to launch his campaign for president. coming up, how donald trump, the front-runner, is responding to desantis unconventional approach. and we re not going to default. we re going to solve this problem. oh, really? how s that fwgoing to happen. only eight days until the u.s. possible default. negotiators on both sides go back to the drawing board to try to avoid economic catastrophe. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with sad news in our pop culture lead. music legend, tina turner, has died at the sage of 83. a post on her verified facebook account says today we saw good-bye to a dear friend who leaves us her greatest work. her music. tina, we will miss you dearly. you re
welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. ahead on cnn newsroom i m ron desantis, and i m running for president to lead our great american comeback. ron desantis makes it official, but his unconventional announcement filled with delays and glitches has many asking, did he win over any voters? . plus one year as ham and gone sense the deadly massacre at robb elementary school in uvalde. 19 fourth graders and two teachers mercilessly slaughtered by a gunman. we ll look at america s public health crisis with gun violence. what s love got to do with it remembering an entertainment and music legend, tina turner, dead at the age of 83. so we begin with the race for the white house and rough start for the latest republican to announce his candidacy, ron desantis. the florida governor started wednesday evening s launch posting a campaign video on twitter saying he s running for president to lead the great americ
breaking news, a fire has brown out at russia s defense ministry in moscow. u.s. intelligence tonight is pointing to ukraine meantime as the likely culprit behind that drone attack on the creme line. we re live on the ground tonight. and she was simply the best. tonight, the legendary tina turner has died. singer s bryan adams and ruth pointer of the pointer sisters will join me to remember their friend and a true musical icon. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, he s in, the florida governor ron desantis officially kicking off his bid for the white house, and he did it on twitter. there is no substitute for victory. we must end the culture of losing that has infected the republican party in recent years. the tired dogmas of the past are inadequate for a vibrant future. we must look forward, not backwards. now, during his appearance on twitter, desantis went on to talk about his policies in florida to brag about the ones that targ