new reporting about what he told jack smith team about the pressure from his former boss. and 12 more hostages released from hamas. what happens now as the temporary truce is expected to expire. and then, nikki haley scores a major endorsement, i needs to clinch the nomination. the state of the race with the first primaries quickly approaching, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. great to be back here at 30 rockefeller center. and we re starting this evening s broadcast with special counsel jack smith and his election interference case against donald trump, which is headed to trial, ready for this, in just about three months. now there is new reporting about what trump s former vice president told smith investigator about the days after the 2020 election leading up to the riot at the capitol. abc news reporting that pence gave smith s team several details about how trump, quote, surrounded himself wit
night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. great to be back here at 30 rockefeller center. and we re starting this evening s broadcast with special counsel jack smith and his election interference case against donald trump, which is headed to trial, ready for this, in just about three months. now there is new reporting about what trump s former vice president told smith investigator about the days after the 2020 election leading up to the riot at the capitol. abc news reporting that pence gave smith s team several details about how trump, quote, surrounded himself with crank attorneys who espoused on american legal theories and almost pushed the country towards a constitutional crisis. abc says pence told the feds he was sure that days before january 6th, he told trump he still had not seen significant election fraud. but trump was unmoved. abc also reports that at one point pence had even decided to skip the generous six certification vote before his son co