resistance effort. that s tomorrow at 10 pm eastern here on msnbc and streaming on peacock. peacock is tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight. bombshell testimony from a murder suspect. taking the stand in his own defense, telling the jury he lied and stole, but he didn t kill his wife and son. will they buy? it then the tucker tapes. congressman jamie raskin is here to respond to speaker mccarthy s move to put forward the thousand hours of january 6th footage into the hands of one fox news host. and disgraced crypto king sam bankman-fried with four new criminal charges, some related to political donations. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with more moving testimony from a defendant and a double murder case making national headlines. alex murdaugh, the former well to do south carolina lawyer accused of killing his wife and son took to stand in his o
accountable. new york times with this, quote within hours of a jury finding mr. trump guilty last week, the anger conyield into demands for action. since then, the prominent gop leaders have demanded they use every instrument of power again democrats, included targeted investigations and prosecutors. here step miller puts it is every house committee controlled by republicans? in every way, it needs to right now with every republican d.a. to start is every donor off the sidelines and in the game, the rich guys, the wealthy guys? everything facet of republican party politics and power has to be used right-to-now to go toe to toe with marxism and beat these why do you have to talk to jesse waters that way? maybe he knows. i don t know. echoes miller s tirade, trump s comrades in arms in the january 6th bannon said in a text message to the times on tuesday that now is the moment for obscure republican prosecutors around the country to make a name for themselves by pro
Im gigi stone woods. Thanks for joining us. Im frances rivera. Lay low, thats the advice given to president trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner after days of reports are he engaged in previously undisclosed communications with a russian operatives attempting to create a back channel with russia during the transition. This morning the New York Times is out with a report federal and congressional investigators examining a discussion with a russian banker and close associate of vladamir putin. Kushners goal during the discussion, to establish a direct line to russian president vladamir putin himself, according to u. S. Officials who spoke to the times. And now republican senator john mccain is out with a stark warning for those who would doubt putin. I think he is the premier and most important threat more so than isis, i think isis can do terrible things. Its the russians who are tried to destroy the very fundamental of the democracy and that is to change the outcome of an american election. I
Im gigi stone woods. Thanks for joining us. Im frances rivera. Lay low, thats the advice given to president trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner after days of reports are he engaged in previously undisclosed communications with a russian operatives attempting to create a back channel with russia during the transition. This morning the New York Times times is out with a report federal and congressional investigators examining a discussion with a russian banker and close associate of vladamir putin. Kushners goal during the discussion, to establish a direct line to russian president vladamir putin himself according to u. S. Officials who spoke to the times. And now republican senator john mccain is out and he has this stark warning for those who would doubt putin. I think he is the premier and most important threat more so than isis, i think isis can do terrible things. Its the russians who are tried to destroy the very fundamental of the democracy and that is to change the outcome of an americ
Meanwhile, the special mass was held tuesday in the cathedral at the belgium capital. To all of the victims who suffer around the world. Dear god, offer them the patience to overcome. The 22yearold mormon missionary. At this moment, i didnt feel, but then but then the other people, i found out i couldnt walk anymore because of my leg, and i feel the burns so bad. Brussels airport has been closed since the attacks last week, but the officials are planning dry runs to make sure that everything works properly again before reopening later this week. Colin clark, a terrorism analyst at the rand corporation, hes in pittsburgh tonight, and colin, what does this mean for the investigation . I think that it means the man in white is still on the loose, that should be a concern for a number of reasons. One, we saw what happened just recently when Salah Abdelslam was on the run for four months. He was able to reconstitute the paris cell and strike again, this time in brussels. Collin, whats wrong