hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, live as msnbc headquarters right here in new york city. it is exactly one week until the caucuses. the first major nominating contest of the 2024 campaign. it will be a critical test for the twice impeached, four times indicted former president donald j trump and his fight to go for our republican front runner to the official nominee. over the next several days, he will bring his campaign to the courthouse. tomorrow, he will be a hearing on his claim of presidential immunity and on thursday, closing arguments in a civil fraud trial. meanwhile, president joe biden s super charging his attacks against donald trump, trying to fire up the democratic base. today, president biden focused on shoring up support among black voters. he gave a speech from the pulpit of charleston, south carolina. a church there were a right precipices shot and killed nine people back in 2015. the president drew a dir
democratic candidate for the united states senate in arizona gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, we are officially one week from the iowa caucuses. president biden, making the case against donald trump. as a republican front runner continues to push lies about the last election. then, looking ahead to the former presidents busy legal calendar as he chooses to spend another day in court. wayne lapierre appears to opening statements in the nra s civil corruption trial. the impact this case could have on the group s political strength as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, live as msnbc headquarters right here in new york city. it is exactly one week until the caucuses. the first major nominating contest of the 2024 campaign. it will be a critical test for the twice impeached, four times indicted former president donald j trump and his fight to go for our republican front
president trump. we ll have more on that speech and why he gave it just ahead. plus the january 6th committee releases more of what the former president wouldn t say the day after the insurrection. meanwhile, on capitol hill, covid is complicating crunch time for congress. democrats are running out of time to get things done before a month-long august break. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, july 26th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. there are new developments with the justice department s investigation into the january 6th attack. two top aides to former vice president mike pence have testified before a federal grand jury. mark short who was pence s chief of staff and greg jacob, pence s counsel at the white house was subpoenaed by the department of justice, short was with the former vice president during the insurrection. nbc news cameras set up for steve bannon s trial recorded short and his attorney leaving the federal courth
the capitol police, d.c. metropolitan police, other law enforcement agencies were attacked and assaulted before our very eyes, spirit, sprained, stomped on, brutalized and lives were lost. for three hours, the defeated former president of the united states watched it all happen. he sat in the comfort of a private diner next to the office. while he was doing that, brave law enforcement officer subject to for three hours. they were dripping in blood and surrounded by carnage. face-to-face to believe the lives of the defeated president. the police were there that day. donald trump lacked the courage to act. the brave women and men in blue all across this nation should never forget that. you can t be pro-insurrection and pro-cop. you can t be pro-democracy. you can t be pro-insurrection and pro-american. president biden doesn t talk about january 6 often nor does he talk about his predecessor often. we ve heard him use the phrase defeated former president, but he used donald tr
go long on it. the fact of the matter is, yes, that is his legacy. we are going to be undoing the harm that he and the nra has done for years. here s what i really want to know that. we know him starting the nra household names. the face of the nra. in the last few years, has he really been running the organization, pulling the strings, now that he is gone, what does the nra look like? who runs the joint? for those who are gun violence act you know, who are focused on preventing gun violence, what does it mean to not have wayne there? i think you re talking about a guy who is synonymous with the issue. his name. but i mean his work. you know, he is not there because of his master in management skills. he s there because he has been the puppet master, pulling the strings. apparently, to his great financial benefit for a very long time. i think the real issue is, the real thing they lose is their biggest, best fund-raiser ever. that matters. that matters going into 2024,