walker go head to head just days before georgians not to cast their vote. then a critical week for our democracy and what the leadership looks like in the face of crisis jon meacham is here as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good, evening i am alicia menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. we are still waiting for a definitive answer on what donald trump intends to do about the subpoena he s getting from the january six committee. he did release a rambling 14 -page letter today. were he repeated his election lies. but gave no indication of whether he will actually testify under oath before the committee. meanwhile, nbc news has attained more never before seen video of congressional leaders on january 6th. the video was shot by house speaker nancy pelosi s daughter, alexandra, and accomplished filmmaker. one part shows pelosi on the phone with then vice president mike pence. we have to make plans. i said, why don t you just put people in vehicles logistically
for votes. kevin pmccarthy huddling with those to become speaker of the house. one doubling down on his opposition just moments ago. plus new details of the idaho murder. how the spektrct was tracked do and putin suffer ing on the battlefield. losses growing inside russia. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. house leader kevin mccarthy still on the hill at this hour, still meeting with members of his party with just hours to go for that critical vote of speaker of the house. dozens of republicans seen going in and out of mccarthy s office. among them congressman matt gaetz. significant, one of the republicans who s been a hard no on his gavel. moments ago leaving mccarthy s office, gaetz offered this update. give in to your demands? might vote for him tomorrow? i don t know. i m a no. i m a no. tomorrow the entire conference gathers to hear mccarthy make his final case for the speakership. shortly after that, if he doesn t get su
next friday right here at 10 pm eastern. right, now the 11th hour begins. he 11th hour begins tonight, more incredible and never before seen video from january 6th. as the committee hints at a cover-up. plus, the dramatic debate tonight in georgia. senator raphael warnock and herschel walker go head to head just days before george and start to cast their votes. then, a critical week for our democracy and what leadership looks like in the face of crisis. jon meacham is here as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good, evening i am alicia menendez, and for stephanie ruhle. we are still waiting for a definitive answer on what donald trump intends to do about the subpoena he s getting from the january six committee. he did release a rambling 14-page letter today. were he repeated his election lies. but gave no indication of whether he will actually testify under oath before the committee. meanwhile, nbc news has attained more never before seen video of congression
and we have laid out very clearly what occurred and, again, don t want to get ahead of this. the department of justice, you all can will get your questions answered from them during this time and so i would just refer you to the department of justice and now as you all know there is a special counsel. thank you, korine. another one on garagegate. what is the white house trying to hide? nothing. someone gave the president a statement to read on tuesday that was incomplete at best, misleading at worst. who? so i have read out the president s statement. i have read it out yesterday and what he said. he said that he respects or he takes classified information and documents very seriously. that s what he said. he said he did not know that the records were there. he does not know what s in them. he said that. you heard from him directly on this and his team has been cooperating fully, fully and not only that, again, i ll say this, the attorney general said this himself, t
to tripledemic illness on th rise. what you need to know, heading into this holida weekend. looking back at thi consequential week, and th focus on fighting for democracy, and freedom, both here, an abroad. our favorite historians, here to put it all i perspective, as a special, extra early addition of th 11th hour is underway, on this friday night. good evenin once again. i am stephanie ruhle. nearly 24 hours after its final report was mad public, tonight, the january 6th committee released a new batch of witness transcripts they are from interviews wit key people in trump administration, including, bil barr, pat cipollone, kayleig mcenany, hope hicks, and his daughter, and senior adviser ivanka trump. we will brea down what we are learning in just a moment, but first, th committee s report is wrapping up its 18 month investigation, and it is very clear about the main reason for the attack o art american democracy. th panel says, the central caus was one man. former presi