the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. e 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now tonight, the first order of business. the republican-led house. not inflation, not immigration, it s investigating the investigators. not exactly a kitchen table issue. and trump s top money man sentenced to rikers island in a tax fraud scheme. but what is it he s really facing? plus, the punishing and powerful storm battling the west coast with heavy rain, flooding, and the new threat of dangerous mudslides. live report from the ground as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening, once, again i m stephanie ruhle. president biden is now talking about those classified documents found in a former private office he used after leaving the obama white house. two sources tell nbc news left a dozen document with classified markings were found. here s what the president said earlier today about that subject during a summit in mexico city. people know i take classifie
it s investigating the investigators. not exactly a kitchen table issue. and trump s top money man sentenced to rikers island in a tax fraud scheme. but what is it he s really facing? plus, the punishing and powerful storm battling the west coast with heavy rain, flooding, and the new threat of dangerous mudslides. live report from the ground as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening, once, again i m stephanie ruhle. president biden is now talking about those classified documents found in a former private office he used after leaving the obama white house. two sources tell nbc news left a dozen document with classified markings were found. here s what the president said earlier today about that subject during a summit in mexico city. people know i take classified documents seriously. when my lawyers were clearing out my office at the university of pennsylvania, they set up an officer me, a secure office in the capital, four years after being of vi
room. i ll see you bright and early tomorrow and around the world to a special report here in the situation room the trump trial today i m wolf blitzer were following breaking news, right now. the prosecution in donald trump s criminal trial is getting the last word before the judge sends the case to jurors who will decide the former president s faith prosecutor, joshua steinglass, pressing on with his marathon closing arguments trying to counter attacks. that a star witness, michael cohen made during the trump team s summation earlier today. cnn s kara scannell has been inside the courtroom all day. she s joining us now. she s outside qarrah bring us up to speed on this climactic moment in this truly historic trial what prosecutor joshua steinglass is now entering his third hour of these closing arguments in his focus right now is on the payments. this is the heart of the case. the repayment to michael cohen, and how it was booked in donald trump s company s books and re
they re not gonna make the same mistake to kevin mccarthy made with the january 6th select committee where he remove all of his appointees democrats say they re going to absolutely serve. because they need to push back against what they call are conspiracy theories. so it s going to be a very hot button committee. kevin mccarthy tonight, though, on sean hannity show said he is going to let democrats choose whatever members they want to sit on that committee. but we will see if you follow through with that. since he is already talking about picking off the three democrats on other committees. suzanne, as republicans are taking power, their first order of business that inflation, not immigration, not crime. it s investigating the investigators. that s great for the fox news audience, but certainly not what voters asked for. is all of this to fire up the base and raise money? which has really been the trump
but we will see if you follow through with that. since he is already talking about picking off the three democrats on other committees. suzanne, as republicans are taking power, their first order of business that inflation, not immigration, not crime. it s investigating the investigators. that s great for the fox news audience, but certainly not what voters asked for. is all of this to fire up the base and raise money? which has really been the trump signature for the last six or seven years? when you started, i actually thought the first sort of a business to stick law that the money that was going to strengthen the irs. i think all of that plays to the base. i think the reason for them doing that is because they think the irs is out to certain groups. and so they re cutting back that pledge funding. i think it s all heading towards that, stephanie. i am so, so glad you said that, suzanne.