law career helped me become governor. gave me advice on being a good dad. he s one of the people i talk to most in the world, and very rarely were we talking about my job. he was an incredible friend. we also lost julianna farmer, jim tutt, josh barrack, each amazing people whose families grieve them, whose community will morn and be miss. these are irreplaceable, amazing individuals, that a terrible act of violence tore from all of us. kentucky governor andy beshe making the comments about the mass shooting in louisville, hours before a fifth bank employee died at the hospital. we ll get a live report from louisville for the latest on the surviving victims and the investigation in a moment. plus, one of the two tennessee lawmakers expelled from the house floor for protesting gun violence gets his seat back. we ll have more on that development and what s next for the other lawmakers straight ahead. also this morning, we ll take you through the legal battle over a common
that state of the race less than six weeks out from the iowa caucus. kevin mccarthy officially stepping down. what his departure means amid chaos on capitol hill. then, pop megastar taylor swift named time magazine s person of the year. her global impact far beyond the charts, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle at headquarters here in new york city. tonight, some of the republicans running for president held for fourth and final debate before the iowa caucuses, now less than six weeks away. ron desantis, nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy, and chris christie came out swinging, facing off at tuscaloosa, alabama at a trump free event. trump free, why? because the former president was a no-show once again. but despite him not being there, things got heated and he did quickly. i am sick of republicans who are not willing to stand up and fight back against what the lift is doing to this country. you have oth
gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now. tonight, pulling back the curtain on a potential second trump term. and his plans for day one of his administration. plus, his 2024 opponents facing off on that debate stage. that state of the race less than six weeks out from the iowa caucus. kevin mccarthy officially stepping down. what his departure means amid chaos on capitol hill. then, pop megastar taylor swift named time magazine s person of the year. her global impact far beyond the charts, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle at headquarters here in new york city. tonight, some of the republicans running for president held for fourth and final debate before the iowa caucuses, now less than six weeks away. ron desantis, nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy, and chris christie came out swinging, facing off at tuscaloosa, alabama at a trump free event. trump free, why? beca
again, his numbers inside the primary are good we understand that if the goal is to win the general election, that s why even in the last week, the arraignment last week, looking at the result in wisconsin, this ruling out of texas on abortion, there are a whole lot of people, even when the republican party now saying out loud, we have to find another way 25%, this guy can t win. we re not saying he won t or can t win, but the numbers are very bad for donald trump. you are hearing more and more, this isn t going to work what else do we have good request. let s bring in jen psaki. john heilemann here. jen, you look at the 25%. i ve never seen that number attached to any candidate who was actually the leading contender for his party or her party s nomination
being like colorado, my former state that used to be a pretty reliable republican state but now it s reliably democratic. biden won there easily. can you explain why it s even close when you have a trump backed republican who is vowing to turn it basically into a mini texas on abortion and who is out there doing the whining about critical race theory that isn t taught in virginia schools. it is a slide campaign trick. you ll notice, joy, he didn t start off talking about abortion and stolen election because now he s going to his base. he started off quite frankly and as a virginiaen, i live in d.c. now, southeast with my peoples, you know, he started off to a certain exextent, people saw hi commercial and didn t know if he was democrat or republican. he tried to walk the thin line