the economy and vowing to finish the job, with the debt limit battles loom looming, what are republicans going to do? then, mystery in the sky the white house says no aliens, but questions remain after the u.s. shot down three unknown objects. defense secretary lloyd austin is speaking to nbc about it. and in what is being called one of the most disturbing docuseries of the year, victims of the sarah lawrence cut cult tell their stories. there is the director joins me live, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening s broadcast with breaking news we re reporting from cnn says special counsel jack smith has subpoenaed donald trump s former chief of staff mark meadows. the subpoena is part of smith s investigation into trump and his role in the january 6th insurrection. cnn s report is according to a single source familiar with the matter. nbc has not independently confirmed any of it. it comes
no. it s how you use your radars. they recently made some adjustments on radars and opened up the aperture and they are analyzing the video data abba differently. we are typically focused on things that are moving very fast. and so it is a bit more difficult to collect on slow-moving objects, like a balloon. china today, insisting again that its balloon flew over the u.s. accidentally and that in response to the u.s. sanctions it will, quote, take countermeasures against relevant u.s. entities. austin acknowledge recent tensions with china have halted communications with his military counterpart. when something happens, they somehow tend to shut down the military channels of communication. i think that is dangerous. but it won t stop me from continuing to encourage them to open up the lines of communication. i think that s the right thing to do. for more, let s welcome former republican michigan congressman mike rogers. during his time on the hill, he chair the house intelligen