tonight on the reidout give the president some money to fight this [ bleep ]. this is going to destroy america. we re going to fight back at the ballot box we re not going to give in how does this end? trump wins in court and he wins the election that s how this ends for their exalted twice impeached indicted leader, donald trump as we learn much more about the charges he likely faces and how his arraignment will play out on tuesday. michael cohen, trump s longtime fixer who went to prison for his role in these same alleged crimes joins me tonight. plus, the same republicans who scream about states rights are now trying to intimidate a local prosecutor manhattan d.a. alvin bragg the truth is trump is being treated just like any other accused criminal and significantly better than, i don t know, say the central park five but we begin tonight on this new day in our country, a day that shows to the world that no one, not even a former president, is above the law. the
the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now manhattan grand jury voted t indict john j trump on thursda for his role in paying hus money to a porn star today is the first day of the rest of don trump s life this is a monumental, historic importance. before tonight, president in this country were - now you are seeing citize trump being treated the same way that anyone else would regardless of the active o former president he s got to be photographed fingerprinted, he s got to appear before a. judge i believe that donald right now is petrified this is one of his biggest fears. tonight he is calling the indictment, quote, political persecution. the first thing the lawye tells you when you are indicte for somebody or charged with something s shutout. he does not have a good defense, his defense will be a reliance on politics, it wil only get uglier from thi moment on. get ready, stop on your legal seatbelt, we are going forward as a country that is goi
high court speaks for now. the abortion drug mifepristone remains on the market after th supreme court blocked a ruling to toss aside its long-standin fda approval what now plus, trump back on trial. the civil rape case brought by journalists were e. jean carroll about to begin our legal experts will tal about what trump will say an if that matter, show up. also the right wing guns and radicalization, there is a intersection between them. is this a factor in the rash o shootings across the country from the board room to broadway, our conversation with the firs latina actress to front a play by the legend, andrew lloy weber. this is american voices. we begin this hour with th first major test for abortio rights in front of the supreme court since the conservative majority overturned roe last summer on friday, the court temporarily blocked a decision by u.s. district judge matthew kacsmaryk, which throughout th fda longtime approval of mifepristone the drug, which is also
speaker kevin mccarthy has yet to issue a budget for the next fiscal year. but did manage to cobble together one frankenstein monster of a debt ceilin proposal this week mccarthy presented a sweeping 320-page bill tha would pair 4.5 trillion dollar in spending cuts with a 1. trillion-dollar increase in th federal dilemma that would kee the bill collectors at bay until march 24th, just in time for the campaign season to hea up the white house says thi spending cuts wish list tied t the debt ceiling is nonstarter meanwhile, golden sach economists are saying that the united states could crash th limit on borrowing for thing already purchase as early as the first week and june. mccarthy has a more immediat problem. the speaker doesn t have the votes just yet to pass his plan that snot good for a perso who only holds a four seat majority but took 15 ballots t win the gavel. still, he insists that congres won t allow the u.s. t default. sure, jan. joining me now, director shalan
americas diplomatic personne from the u.s. embassy in the capital city of khartoum there are still thousands of private american citizens stuc amid the fighting. we re following the stor closely. going to bring in the latest throughout the next two hours. mike pence is finally come out strongly against donald trum on one key issue, not the on you think. we ll get the latest from iowa where they both spoke to conservative evangelicals last night. for today s meeting of the velshi banned book club, we re paying tribute to the public library. once a community fixture, safe haven to explore differen worlds and learn new ideas, it has become the battleground fo the ideological fight over books. nowhere are libraries unde greater threat than in texas that s where we re heading t talk to shirley robinson executive director of the texa library association about th fight for the freedom to redeveloped she starts now it is sunday april 23rd, i m ali velshi we begin with the republican