connecticut, senator murphy, organizing this time to bringing members of the senate together. i want to thank my colleague from ohio, , senator brown, the senior senator, or his words tonight, is passionate about this issue. and his commitment to change. that should be a commitment that is shared by everyone here, but we ll be talking about what has not happened your tonight as much as what has happened. when i think a about this issue, the issue of gun violence, which it s an epidemic, it s also uniquely american problem. no other country has this problem. in fact, america didn t have this problem for all of its history. it s, debating on where you start the y clock, it s years od is not a lot longer than that. when i think about the issue and think about the debates where having sometimes we start withes the names of communities, and we unfortunately have been memorized. so many communities are known for so much, so much that s positive about their culture, about their hist
not stopping until the job is done. chuck schumer vowing the senate will soon get the debt bill onto president biden s desk putting a pause on the debt ceiling and preventing economic calamity. but that s not all. we ll break down some of the bill s impacts on your bottom line. trump caught on tape again. a cnn exclusive. federal prosecutors have an audio recording of the former president speaking about keeping a classified document. the report could undercut his defense in the ongoing case. the 2024 gop front-runner is expected to speak to reporters from the campaign trail during the next hour. and a death zone rescue at the top of the world. a sherpa drags someone to safety. we are following these major stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. the big question today, how fast can they move? right now the senate is taking up the debt ceiling bill just passed by the house. remember, there are only four days to avert a catastrophic government d
back underway. a preview of what to watch for just hours from now. then, a trump insider reportedly flips and says it was none other than the former president himself who ordered top secret documents moved in his florida home. plus, alex jones and the billion dollar consequences of his conspiracies about sandy hook. i will talk with two parents who won in that courtroom today, as the 11th hour gets underway on this very busy wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. the house select committee trying to uncover what led to january 6th in less than 24 hours from what is likely to be their final public hearing. that attack on the capitol was fueled by conspiracy theories and lies about the 2020 election. and so far, nobody has been held accountable for telling those lies. but this afternoon, in connecticut courtroom, a jury revealed that someone who spreads lies for a living can be held accountable in a big, big way. conspiracy theorists alex jones, wh
january 6th in less than 24 hours from what is likely to be their final public hearing. that attack on the capitol was fueled by conspiracy theories and lies about the 2020 election. and so far, nobody has been held accountable for telling those lies. but this afternoon, in connecticut courtroom, a jury revealed that someone who spreads lies for a living can be held accountable in a big, big way. conspiracy theorists alex jones, who for years has claimed the sandy hook school shooting was a hoax, made up. today he was ordered to pay almost one billion dollars in damages to the families of eight sandy hook victims. two of those parents who are in the courtroom this afternoon will join the late in the hour. alice, jones he was not just telling folks about sandy hook. the january six committee subpoena jones over his efforts to spread misinformation out the 2020 election as well. the committee highlighted this video of jones during a hearing that took place last summer. it sat
to rush in immediately and take down the gunman. he was set to take his place on the city council tonight. we ll tell you what the town s mayor is saying about that. and the latest in the debate over gun reform. more on what the key players are thinking and saying ahead of a senate meeting that is scheduled for today. along with joe and me today, we have former aide to the george w. bush state departments and white house, elise jordan. and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. the white house bureau chief at politico. the senators led by chris murphy and john cornyn of texas will hold a meeting tonight. many issues should be held at the state level, but they said mental health, background checks, and red flag laws are something congress can address. after spending four hours with families on sunday in uvalde, the president returned to the white house and expressed hope that republicans will go for reform. he also discussed the limitations of his power on this issu