i am stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening in washington, d. c. where lawyers for former president donald j trump have responded to special counsel jack smith request for a protective order in the 2020 election case. trump s team countered with a narrower protective order that would allow him to publicly discuss some of the evidence collected by the government ahead of the trial. the special counsel s office came back just hours later urging judge chutkan to forego and additional hearing and sign off on the government s proposed protective order. jack smith s team said donald trump once to try this case in the media rather than in the courtroom. and our friend glenn kushner glenn kirschner said it best last week, judge tanya chutkan, she doesn t play. and we saw that tonight when she wasted no time responding at nine pm on monday night, ordering to see both sides and getting them to agree on a time for a hearing on this protective order, on or before this friday. all this
so, did congress not see the movie groundhog day? they are about to live it. that s tonight on the special two hour edition of laura coates live. all right, congress, pull the parkas out of the closet. shop on the snowshoes. there is a blizzard heading straight for washington d. c.. if you are one of the 535 lawmakers who served with the people, you are in store for a very long winter. why? well, congress has a lot and i do mean a lot to do. the headlines they are in kansas. lawmakers fear january met beautiful urgent to to-do list. now, it would be one thing if congress just had to take the groceries or put the christmas tree out on the curb for trash pickup, but, lawmakers are staring down some of the most politically polarizing issues confronting this entire nation. things like border security and aid for ukraine, funding the government, twice, and the first shutdown deadline is when? is january 19. the second one is february 2nd. by the way, the actual gro
critic of the former president and might throw his hat into the ring soon. i sat down with the governor for a wide reaching sunday exclusive. and that is coming up first. plus, republicans jump to trump s defense after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll. let s just say i have a few thoughts about some of these so-called defenders of family values. meanwhile, from trump on down gop white house hopefuls twist themselves into knots trying to explain their positions on abortion. i think i know why, and i will explain in just a few minutes. we also have some news to break today out of planned parenthood. we will reveal that with the organization s president and ceo alexis mcgill johnson. and later, i don t know how our booking producer managed it but we landed a mother s day exclusive with my mom. her advice for parents after a career and family therapy and yes, some stories about raising me. so much of what we heard from donald trump this week was
anderson. actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey spoke at the white house. and a son of a woman killed in buffalo testified before the senate judiciary committee. you re elected to protect us. and because if there is nothing and respectfully, senators, you should yield your positions of authority and influence to others who are willing to lead on this issue. the urgency of the moment demands no less. my mother s life mattered. negotiations in the senate appear to be at a critical stage, with one lawmaker telling cnn they hope to reach an agreement by the end of the week. we ll have a live report from the white house coming up. first, though, some of what matthew mcconaughey said from the briefing room. he talked about getting the news, going back to his hometown of uvalde, about meeting overworked funeral directors who are trying to make badly-torn bodiyies look like children aga for memorial services. he spoke with parents like ryan and jessica ramirez, who told h
president to hold a rally in the style so soon after taking the presidency. he outlined what he said we re presidency. he outlined what he said were big plans for the four years ahead. in a speech lasting around an hour, he attacked the media, insisted the white house was running smoothly, and claimed he had inherited a big, big mess from the previous administration. he also talked about the court order overturning his travel ban. here s a little of what he had to say. and i ve taken decisive action to keep radical islamic terrorists the hell out of our country. so you probably read where we want to enforce the laws as existing and so we to enforce the laws as existing and so we signed an order couple of weeks ago and it was taken over by a court, originally by a judge and then. yeah, it s very sad. and you know the reason is for protection and safety. so the statute is so plain and so clear i said last week i was speaking to a great group of sheriffs, the sheriffs group in w