authorities ramp up security. then, republicans quick to defend the twice impeached trump but some want to have their cake and eat it too. how will it all shake out in the 2024 race? and vladimir putin s visit with china s president just days after a warrant was issued for putin s arrest. what this relationship signals for the war in ukraine as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening. i am mehdi hasan in for stephanie ruhle. we are in the midst of an extraordinary moment in our nation s history. the people of america are watching, waiting to find out whether manhattan district attorney alvin bragg will bring criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote,
criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote, at the request of the former president s lawyers providing testimony aimed at attacking the credibility of the prosecution style witness. that star witness is former trump lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. the times as that costello was once a legal adviser to cohen when he was facing a federal investigation into the hush money payment following his appearance. castilla s book about what he told of the grand jury. michael cohen told us that he was approached by stormy daniels lawyer. stormy daniels had negative information that she wanted to put in a lawsuit against trump. michael cohen decided, on his own, that s what he told us
tucker carlson. some republicans want to take it one step further. then, a one-on-one, behind the scenes exit interview with kate bedingfield, as she steps down as white house communications director. tiktok, on the clock, again. now, the white house, and congress, set their sights on the mega popular app. over, guess what, security concerns. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, back a 30 rock. after dodging reporter questions for days, of speaker kevin mccarthy goes on the defensive today, after their controversial move to fox news host tucker carlson, first steps, on tens of thousands of hours of security video, from january 6th. last week, carlson said, they have already gained access to the footage. democrats, of course, slammed mccarthy s decisions, and with carlson s foreign claims about the capitol attack. it is also that certain security operations on the hill can be made public. today, mccarthy made no
letting their voices be heard. chief patrol agents in charge of the rio grande valley and tucson sectors in extensive detail why millions have been able to cross the southern border since president biden took office and putting the blame squarely on the policies coming from the white house. sandra: will their testimony put more pressure on president biden to secure the border. that is a huge question. brandon judd is here to weigh in. that s coming up. china is the most challenging national security threat america has faced in 30 years. the prc is a learning machine. xi jinping is watching and learning. hopes for a beneficial relationship is misplaced, culminating with the spy balloon over my community. john: sounding the alarm over the growing national security threat from the chinese communist party and whether the u.s. is truly prepared for conflict with our number one foreign adversary. hello, john roberts in washington on this state of the union day. sandra, we
she was found lying face down with a large amount of blood. what does the scene tell you? what do your victims tell you? you ve got a killer loose here who specifically targeting people. yeah. she was somebody that he really thought was smart on him, he had animosity towards her. there was a doctor s house. somebody s after the doctors. four people are dead because of somebody s vengeance. revenge, that s their motives. revenge. it sent shockwaves right away. no fingerprints, no bloody footprints next thing you know, you are trying to constantly find out what s going on. park your car somewhere else, walk to the location. the list a killer would make? yes, it is. he said, they had it coming. where is he going? what s he gonna do? you re getting real life. god, what the hell do we have here? winter on the great plains can be long, bleak, brutal. so, in march, when winter briefly releases its grip for a day or two, even the trees seemed to