not. the car crash and deadly inferno in rochester. multiple people dead. authorities say this was intentional. they say the driver with at least a dozen canisters filled with gas in his rented suv. aaron katersky reporting. tonight, the embattled president of harvard abruptly resigning amid allegations of plagiarism and backlash on her testimony on anti-semitism on campus. a suspect allegedly shooting his way into the colorado supreme court, holding a guard hostage at gunpoint. the migrant crisis in the u.s. hitting the suburbs, after new york city s mayor say you must give us 32 hours notice, buses carrying hundreds of asylum seekers dropping off migrants in the suburbs. tonight, a top hamas official killed in a massive explosion in beirut. late today, former president trump appealing maine s decision to bar him from the primary b ballot there. and tonight, nikki haley saying it s about time trump showed up at the debates. rachel scott in high what. tonight, the
angeles. i m jason johnson, in for chris hayes. we are officially in an election year, and 2024 brings with it another number of legal and political hurdles. for the quadruple-indicted disgraced ex president, less than two weeks away from the first in the nation iowa caucus. while trump is still the favorite to win in the hawkeye state, the future is far more uncertain from there. we are about three weeks out from the new hampshire primary. and while he s in the lead there is still substantial, former south carolina governor nikki haley has developed some late momentum. and of course donald trump s electoral fortunes are linked to his legal jeopardy. as of now, he has already been kicked off the primary ballot in two super tuesday states, maine and colorado, under the 14th amendment. and on january 16th, the first of his many trials scheduled for this year is set to begin, after hail mary attempts to delay the proceedings have failed. trump is now set to begin his second tria
gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now. e 11th hour with stephanie ts fight to get back on colorado s ballot. asking the supreme court to weigh in on the states ban. as president biden sets the tone for his campaign as a fight for democracy. then, the legal and medical consequences in a post-roe world as a woman faces a felony charge after a miscarriage. then, republican lawmakers take a trip to the border, and the push for democrats to talk more about immigration as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle and msnbc headquarters here in new york city. this evening, a very clear contracting contrasting messages from the presidential candidates who could be headed for a rematch. for incumbent by joe biden, it s all about the future of american democracy after this election. donald trump is legs are being focused on his poll numbers and getting the nation s highest court
wagner. a maga freak show, that s a one person familiar with donald trump s january 6th trial preparations described the former president strategy, according to rolling stone magazine. in new reporting today, rolling stone cited several trump legal and political advisers who claim that the former president is demanding that they incorporate fringe conspiracies into his legal defense.quote, here s a list of ideas have included inserting that there is evidence that anti-trump elements in the fbi framed him and a maga protesters by using undercover agents and informants to instigate the january 6th riot. and there the left wing anti-fascist played a role in attacking the capitol that day, and that trump s lieutenants have gathered real evidence showing, quote, massive amounts of voter and election fraud, end quote, in 2020, in swing states. and heavily democratic urban areas, as hed has long baselessly claimed, and quote. if trump s team as we ve been discussed calling witnesses
the story starts now. john and gillian, happy new year. i m trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. a bomb shell update to a story we ve been following closely ever since this testimony last month. you understand that this call for intyfada is to commit gen se against israel. that type of hateful speech is abhorrent. do you believe that type of speech is contrary to harvard s code of conduct or is it allowed at harvard. it s at odds can you not say it s against the we embrace a commitment to free expression even views that are objectionable, offensive, hateful. it s when the speech crosses in to conduct that violating our policies against bullying does that speech not cross that barrier? does that speech not call for the genocide of jews and the elimination of israel? now claudine gay is stepping down after backlash of that and the plagiarism she s been on the job six months and two days. dave rubin and robert wolf are standing by. first to molly li