Majority of objections on the lgbtq books. The author of one of the original ban books joins us live as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. Good evening, once again, im stephanie ruhle. We begin this evening broadcast with President Biden stark warning of the Clear And Present Danger to american democracy. The president sounded the alarm during a speech in arizona about what he described as the threat from maga extremists. And he did not hold back today, launching a direct attack on the former president and his entire party. There is an Extremist Movement that does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy, the Maga Movement. There is no question that these Republican Partys is driven by meg or publican extremists. Theyre not hiding their attacks. Theyre openly promoting them. Extremists and congress are more determined to shut down the government to burn the place down. Trump says the constitution gave him quote, the right to do whatever he wants as president , and
Monday. Plus, in an update on all the federal cases. Then, the rise of book bans. How just a handful of people are responsible for the majority of objections on the lgbtq books. The author of one of the original ban books joins us live as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. Good evening, once again, im stephanie ruhle. We begin this evening broadcast with President Biden stark warning of the Clear And Present Danger to american democracy. The president sounded the alarm during a speech in arizona about what he described as the threat from maga extremists. And he did not hold back today, launching a direct attack on the former president and his entire party. There is an Extremist Movement that does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy, the Maga Movement. There is no question that these Republican Partys is driven by meg or publican extremists. Theyre not hiding their attacks. Theyre openly promoting them. Extremists and congress are more determined to shut down t
Seeing trumps very own words and rhetoric in a court filing as it gets. Attorneys for the expresident accuse the Special Counsel of asking the court to, quote, take the extraordinary step of stripping President Trump of his First Amendment freedoms during the most important month of his campaign against President Biden. They say, quote, now keenly aware that it is losing that race for 2024, the prosecution seeks to unconstitutionally silence President Trumps but not President Bidens political speech. On pain of contempt. End quote. Now, if all this sounds familiar, its because trumps attorneys have been making this argument for months now. As the New York Times notes, almost from the moment mr. Trump was indicted, his legal team has raised a First Amendment defense. Its also a defense that jack smith anticipated. His indictment of donald trump on the Election Interference Case says on the second page, the defendant had a right, like every american, to speak publicly about the eleioand
Which means while they are finding more bodies, they could also find more survivors. Thats right. When i was here in turkey back in february, there was a devastating twin earthquake here that killed Tens Of Thousands of people. And we thought, wow, we hope the novels dont go up to that level. There are people being dragged out of wreckage, five, six days afterwards. Thats something were hoping we can see in morocco, outside of marrakech. As you mentioned, this was a 6. 8 earthquake on the richter scale. As you said, this is the strongest they fell in 123 years. So what were seeing now, a coordinated Rescue Effort between local authorities and the moroccan military, trying to get, out as you mentioned, to some of these more remote areas. This is going to be a struggle. Because you know, they havent actually officially, the government of morocco, asked for any foreign assistance. Weve heard the United States and france have offered assistance, if accepted by the moroccan government. And
defend that. the lead starts right now. with cameras rolling, mr. trump s lawyers appeared in georgia and began their attempt to defend their client. what they presented today before judge mcafee and what s likely to come down the pike. we re going dive into all of it. plus, the cease-fire is over. the white house is blaming hamas and israeli strikes resumed in gaza, while prime minister netanyahu is facing new criticism and tough questions about warnings his government received and dismissed as recently as last summer about a pending hamas attack. and the locks changed on george santos office already, just hours after the historic vote, expelling him from congress. all the day s drama, the fire, the fury, the tears, the cheers, as we say not good-bye to george santos, but let us say, until we meet again. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with two major developments in donald trump s legal battles. first off to fulton county, georgia, trump s lawyers arg