Acting on the wishes and instructions of their president. the accusers of donald trump get tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. e 11th hour with stephan tonis russia plans to split the country into on the eve of another round of peace talks. as president biden says he won t apologize for his moral outrage over putin in power. the january 6th committee voting tonight to hold to trump incite hers in contempt and meeting behind closed doors to discuss the wife of justice clarence thomas and her controversial text to the white house. plus, a federal judge says former president trump may well have broken the law in his attempts to stay in power. at the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night.
The january 6th committee voting to hold mark meadows in contempt but what do the revelations mean for the people to hold people for the effort to hold people accountable i should say. joining me to discuss kirsten powers and stewart stevens, the former chief strategists for the romney presidential campaign. good evening to you both. kirsten, chairman thompson saying our democracy was inches from ruin. look, i think that was an under statement, right? i think it was a fraction from a seconds away and with all these texts and emails we re getting a clear picture of how panicked even trump allies and mouthpieces were. this is incredible damming evidence, no? well, of course it is. i think that the thing is for, you know, for everyone who was
Defense. the court yesterday appointed a guardian to represent their son. they have seemingly abandoned him. have had no contact with him. have not seen him or spoken to him. obviously what lies ahead for their case, it s going to be a difficult one for prosecutors after they charge them with four counts of involuntary manslaughter arguing that they gave him the gun as a gift, but also saying that they did nothing to prevent him from unleashing this shooting, this attack. prosecutors saying they knew things were going on and they should have done stuff, that s why they charged them and we ll see them later in court this afternoon. four children are dead. sh shimon, thank you very much. very good tuesday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. the fate of mark meadows will likely soon be in the hands of the justice department, this following the january 6th committee voting unanimously to recommend that meadows be
The january 6th committee voting to hold mark meadows in contempt but what do the revelations mean for the people to hold people for the effort to hold people accountable, i should say. joining me to discuss kirsten powers and stewart stevens, the former chief strategists for the romney presidential campaign. good evening to you both. kirsten, chairman thompson saying our democracy was inches from ruin. look, i think that was an under statement, right? i think it was a fraction from a seconds away and with all these texts and emails we re getting a clear picture of how panicked even trump allies and mouthpieces were. this is incredible damming evidence, no? well, of course it is. i think that the thing is for, you know, for everyone who was watching this and was horrified
Let s get to whitney wild, live in washington, with more on the dramatic, new evidence we got last night. reporter: what the candid text messages show is this growing dismay throughout the course of the riot within trump s inner circle, and it shows that all of these people were basically pleading with the one man they thought could change the president s mind and try to get him to condemn the violence. those in favor say aye. aye. aye. those opposed, say no. reporter: members of the january 6th committee voting to formally advance a criminal contempt report against mark meadows, the former white house chief of staff. this is a near unique moment in history, as we vote on whether to hold a former colleague in contempt of congress. mark meadows has committed a crime, in this case, a premeditated one. reporter: before the vote, the committee revealed text messages from then president donald trump s allies in the media, showing them calling for