governor wes moore. why he issued a pardon for thousands of marijuana convictions. and the nation s top doctor calls for tobacco style warning labels on social media. his urgent health alert as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good monday evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle and we are now 141 days away from the election. and president biden s campaign is putting donald trump s criminal conviction and his other legal problems front and center. in the courtroom we see donald trump for who he is. he s been convicted of 34 felonies, found liable for sexual assault, and he committed financial fraud. meanwhile, joe biden has been working, lowering healthcare costs and making big corporations pay their fair share. this election is between a convicted criminal, who is only out for himself, and a president who s fighting for your family. i m joe biden and i approve this message. that ad is part of a new $50 million pushed by the campaign. it could be a p
laughter welcome everyone here in this cnn newsroom, i m omar jimenez in washington. we re going to begin this hour with fierce fighting in eastern ukraine as ukrainian troops say they ve successfully countered or they are successfully countering russian advances around the town near kharkiv, right along the russian border, which is turned the town itself into a front line in this war, you can see vovchansk highlighted on the map there. now the extent of the damage is pretty staggering, as you can see, there from ms drone footage over her head, much of the fighting in the last few weeks has reportedly centered around an aggregate plant, which usually produces materials for construction. now it s a combat zone we re ukrainian troops have tried to isolate russian units to cross the border as part of a recent offensive, one ukrainian commander referred to russian troops in the town as surrounded and one of the biggest this shifts on that eastern front is the us permitting ukrain
diplomacy, the president meeting with world leaders at the g-7 summit. his message on gaza and ukraine. good morning, it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. let s get right to breaking news on capitol hill where former president trump has arrived in just the last hour, his first visit to the hill since his supporters tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power on january 6th, 2021. a reminder, trump himself didn t go to the capital that day, and he won t be in the capitol building today. instead he s holding meetings with sitting lawmakers nearby. right now he s behind closed doors with members of the house. later he meets with senators. nbc s ali vitali is staking out this meeting and joins us live from the hill. also with us former democratic congressman from new york, steve israel, and former press secretary to republican house speakers john boehner and paul ryan, brendan buck. ali, what have you seen out there this morning, and what should we
let s say trump is behind bars and it is a possibility. would he make a speech from prison? working out the logistics of a convict convention. everything is being thought about. everything is being considered. as maga conspiracy figures go in the house. did you select the judge in that case? did you select the jury in that case? tonight the campaign to make the conviction of donald trump stick with voters and the realities of the former president going to jail. i m okay with it. then in wisconsin, criminal charges keep coming. specifically the complaint charges kenneth chas borough with conspiring to commit a crime. plus, senator bernie sanders on the net and yahoo speech to congress. actual good news on the climate front in spite of the deniers. the seas will rise in the next 400 years, which means basically a little bit more beachfront property, okay? when all in starts now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. ever since the former
and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs free from political influence, and we will not back down from defending democracy. attorney general merrick garland facing a republican party hell bent on doing everything it can to push conspiracy theories and attack the rule of law in the wake of donald trump s felony conviction in new york. plus, president biden making bold and controversial moves today on immigration and on his rhetoric towards israel. but we begin tonight with the rule of law. in our democrat, system it is the principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are supposed to be accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated. in a perfect world, the idea is to protect the rights of all people in our society. it hasn t always worked out perfectly, to say the least, in this country s long and difficult history, but that is the idea. donald trump and his maga