and arizona, and one month after pennsylvania voters go to the ballot boxes. the trial, of course, involving 34 felony counts related to the stormy daniels hush money case. trump has pleaded not guilty in that case. also tonight, florida governor ron desantis will announce his candidacy tomorrow in a rather unconventional way, appearing in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. we are getting word donald trump and his allies are making plans to offend that announcement. maggie haberman will join us in a moment. just a reminder of how wide open and unpredictable these races are, take a look at the republican primary polls from this month back in 2015. marco rubio and jeb bush both led the pack. donald trump, he stood at 3%, tied with george pataki, and speaking of polls, fast forward to right now. you see the numbers show that republicans, they smell blood. president biden s approval rating just hit 40%. the lowest number since last summer. it s also lower than trump s
anderson, thank you very much. and good evening, everyone. tonight, the nation is facing a situation that has never been contemplated in its history before. a former president will sit trial as a defendant in the middle of his campaign for another term, which means that jurors and voters will be deciding his fate at exactly the same time. donald trump appearing virtually in court today as a judge sets his trial date for march 25th of next year. and in case you re wondering, that is 20 days after super tuesday, six days after florida, ohio and arizona and one month before pennsylvania voters go to the ballot boxes. the trial, of course, involving the 34 felony counts related to the stormy daniels hush money case. trump has pleaded not guilty in that case. and also tonight, florida governor ron desantis will announce his candidacy tomorrow. in a rather unconventional way, appearing in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. we re already getting word that donald t
11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now. tonight, round two of the debt ceiling showdown. this time, ending on a hopeful note. president biden has scrapped part of the major trip abroad over the possible risk of default. then, donald trump and ron desantis go head to head on abortion legislation, while an abortion ban denies north carolina. elon musk s latest trader troubles, how his own line actions having any real life consequences? as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. with just two weeks to go before a possible default, president biden, vice president harris, and the top four congressional leaders met today in the oval office to try and find a way out of the crisis. in a sign of the urgency of the moment, we learned that the president will be cutting his trip to asia short so that he can get back to washington to negotiate. nbc s kelly o donnell has more on the two sides and what they are saying to
in a sign of the urgency of the moment, we learned that the president will be cutting his trip to asia short so that he can get back to washington to negotiate. nbc s kelly o donnell has more on the two sides and what they are saying tonight. tonight, new signs of progress and a major change of plans. i m cutting my trip short, postponing the australia portion of the trip, and the stop in pop in new guinea. tomorrow, the president will head to japan for the g7 summit of the world s largest economies. he will skip plant stops in australia, and pop what new guinea to get back to negotiations. we re just getting started. mr. biden, joined today by the vice president, holding his second face to face talks with congressional leaders. afterwards, speaker mccarthy struck a notably more optimistic tone. it is possible to get a deal by the end of the week. it s another difficult to get to an agreement. at stake, raising the nation s credit card limits, or debt ceiling ab
address america s runaway debt. speaker mccarthy has yet to hear from the president after passing his debt bill which he previewed right here last week he weakens us, makes us more dependent on china. his overspending. texas senator ted cruz on what happens to the debt ceiling bill when it reaches the senate. crews take on the activist going after the supreme court. then bank records suggest a compromise president as america awaits a response from joe biden to china s provocations. the surveillance balloon sending military secrets to beijing in real time. a covid-19 cover. chinese police stations across the country and years of intellectual property theft all met with little response from joe biden. why? coming up wisconsin senator on the meddling and the impact to america s national security. then fingerprints all over the skies letter suggesting the hunter biden was russia disinformation right before the election. coming up former director john radcliffe on antony blinken