early on this tuesday morning. morning joe starts right now. i don t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair, i can t speak to that. right. ouch. left hook. yeah. you know, also, i can t answer any questions about playboy stars. i can t answer those questions. oh, and i know nothing about having businesses that go bankrupt after you inherit $400 million from your father. i can t speak to blowing that money that quickly. can t speak to being creepy. come on now. come on. boy, that was quite the defense, wasn t it, willie? it was. it actually was the first time really with any strength we ve seen governor desantis speak out. i guess that was indirect. and amid some other things. it quickly spun to an attack on the investigation, an attack on the manhattan district attorney, as a soros-backed leftist, everything you expect, but he dipped his toe in the trump criticism. i saw it. let s hear
tonight, brand-new januar 6th committee transcripts, jus in, as we analyze the full report, and where all of the investigations go from here. then, from dangerous weather to tripledemic illness on th rise what you need to know, heading into this holiday weekend. looking back at this consequential week, and th focus on fighting for democracy, and freedom, both here, an abroad our favorite historians, her to put it all in perspective as a special, extra earl addition of the 11th hour is underway, on this friday night good evening once again i am stephanie ruhle nearly 24 hours after its fina report was made public, tonight, the january 6th committe released a new batch of witnes 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 break down what we are learning in just a moment, but first, the committee s repor is wrapping up
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
records in connection with a hush money payment trump allegedly made to porn star stomy daniels in 2016 to keep her quiet about an affair she says the two had a decade earlier. trump denies any wrongdoing. charles coleman, for those who say this is the weaker case and, oh, there s a problem here, what say you to that? i m assuming that those who are investigating donald trump for possible crimes committed are not interested in the level of the crime, they re interested in whether it s a crime. that s exactly right, mika. this is not the home run that some people may be looking for. at best, it is maybe a double. at the end of the day, accountability is accountability. you cannot have a conversation on one hand about a two-tiered justice system in america and then, on the other hand, say, well, this is not worth a prosecution. if the law has been broken, then the law needs to be upheld. that s really what we re talking about.
so, it strikes me as worthy of further investigation, let s say that that sort of nonsense of it all, right we say to our kids, you can possibly say i do not recall, do not recall. it might make you a joke it might make you unscrupulous but. the fact of the matter is, you absolutely can say it, as yo can see right here, bill barr, ivanka trump, kayleigh mcenany charles, what s your reactio to what we heard fro congressman raskin well, i appreciat congressman raskin and his wor with respect to the committee. i do think that accountability and that s one of the things h testified upon in the end, it something that all of us are going to wrestle, in terms o what s gonna look like accountability for some people means that we can pressure fro donald, trump and he ends up behind bars. i don t know if that s the typ of accountability we re gonn see. for some people, accountabilit is just the fact that he may b indicted and prosecuted. and for others, accountability is, the ultimate resu