special counsel s latest move aimed at keeping the defense from made the king potential evidence public. also tonight a live report from the texas panhandle how people are coping in the wake of a devastating tornado. plus, it s not just ukraine, you re reporting on russia s notorious wagner mercenaries spreading brutality to horrific warfare elsewhere. first up tonight the trump documents case in the new sign of how serious special counsel jack smith is about keeping the defense and the defendant rained in. also reminder today, this defendant has no desire to be reigned in. virtually everyone is saying that the fake indictment is about election interference and should not have been brought, except bill barr a disgruntled former employee, and very weak person, he knows the indictment is total [bleep], a stupid person named john bolton, mick mulvaney who has nothing going for him, absolutely nothing. two things to note about what you saw, first, all three people he is talki
saying just within the last hour, a vote won t happen until after the midterms. so what is the holdup. new reaction coming in. and developing news for the white house, with officials tally confirming president biden will meet with the families of britty griner and paul whelan, the two dedaned in russia. a lot to get to on this thursday afternoon. i m hallie jackson. glad to be with you in washington. we start with the new developments in the january 6th investigations, plural. the capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, ryan riley and former u.s. attorney and nbc legal analyst before bra mcquade. let me start with you, and chair benny compton was kind of chatty today. he was chatty toops today and what i was asking about is the reporting in the last few hours that the january 6th committee at least for now will not be cooperating, sends can its transcripts and its findings to the department of justice, at least until they re done with the public phase of their hearings. when
try to keep trump in office were dangerous. also, there are reports that a week from tonight, the committee will hold what is expected to be the final hearing in primetime tv. but so far, the committee members are not officially confirming this. and hearing scheduled for tuesday, lawmakers will focus on far-right groups that attacked the capitol on january 6th. we will be connecting the dots as people know, and as mr. raskin has indicated publicly, we are looking at the connections between the various extremist groups. this wasn t just an event that unfolded. it was planned. who did the planning, and who were they connected with, how did it unfold, and i think we will be connecting dots. it ll be new information that has not yet been learned. i think it ll be worth watching. and as the january six panel digs for more evidence, pointing to trump s direct a role on the insurrection, the former guy will be campaigning for candidates and raising cash. tomorrow, while lawmaker
out among enforcement, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. the investigation into how we came this close to not having a peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election is about to enter a critical phase. tomorrow, the committee carrying out that inquiry sets down with a key witness. trump s former white house counsel, pat cipollone. testimony for the last week s hearing revealed that he raised red flags about the efforts to try to keep trump in office were dangerous. also, there are reports that a week from tonight, the committee will hold what is expected to be the final hearing and primetime tv. but so far, the committee members are not officially confirming this. and hearing scheduled for tuesday, lawmakers will focus on far-right groups that attacked the capitol on january 6th. we will be connected the dots as people now, and as mr. raskin is indicated publicly, we are looking at the connections betw
segment. i m going to tell you what else we have coming because we are tracking a separate a new criminal subpoena for trial lawyer rudy giuliani. there s also some signs of the january 6th probe is breaking through with independence and the younger tiktok crowd. michael steele will be here for a segment that we hope will be as sharp as it is viral. perhaps. tiktok reference. by the end of the hour, we will be talking bob dylan, barack obama and kurt cobain with the right icon you see. the one and only dave grown on the beat tonight for our special mavericks interview. you might say the energy is contagious. here we are now. entertain us. but it s too early in the broadcast for lyrics. even for the beat. so let s just get to this top story. judgment day for steve bannon. the prosecution resting after calling the witnesses that they say will prove this and send him to prison. we will get into this with mr. gerstein as i mentioned but there is a method to the speed of the d