if you wanted to go to harvard or yale, you had to be at the top of your class. they demanded greatness from their students. if you wanted to walk the runway at fashion shows and have your face placerred on magazines and billboards, you had to be in tip top shape. stunning enough to make somebody stop in their track. if you wanted to run nasa, ibm or exxon you had to be the best in the business. they demanded greatness from their employees and that demand formed generations of excellence. the weak were weeded out. the strong were rewarded with money and status and a sense of fulfillment. our society doesn t have standards anymore. everybody gets a trophy. you re not allowed to judge anybody. nothing s taboo. the people we revered yesterday are despised today. weakness is rewarded and strength is punished. we traded excellence and achievement for diversity and inclusion. it s happening all across the country. in new york, the nypd s neutering the physical fitness test. they ar
he follows south carolina senator tim scott, who filed on friday and chris christie is said to be on the verge. this is in addition to already declared challengers nikki haley, asa hutchinson and mike pence will decide before june. meanwhile, names being floated for a unity ticket, the idea from the group no labels, include senator joe manchin, independent senator krysten sinema and larry hogan. trump s biggest obstacle seems to be his own legal ent entanglements. among them his remarks here on cnn regarding jack smith s case about the withheld mar-a-lago documents and the investigation into interference in the 2020 election by georgia da who recently signalled a decision from her could be coming in early august. so into this fray final ly step ron desantis. joining me to discuss is gary. he writes for florida playbook. previously work ed in the tallahassee bureau of the associated press. nice to see you again. so desantis is dug in on this disney issue. i find it interesting
friday and chris christie is said to be on the verge. this is in addition to already declared challengers nikki haley, asa hutchinson, and viv ecoramaswami. he will decide before june. meanwhile, names being floated for a so-called unity ticket, the idea from the bipartisan group no labels, include democratic senator joe manchin, independent senator kyrsten sinema, and republican larry rolling hogan, the former maryland governor. trump s biggest obstacle still seems to be his own legal entanglements. among them his recent self-incriminating remarks on cnn regarding jack smith s case about the withheld mar-a-lago documents and the investigation into interference in the 2020 election by fulton county, georgia, d.a. fondy willis who signaled a decision from her could be coming in early august. so into this fray finally steps ron desantis. joining me to discuss is gary fineout. he writes for florida playbook for politico. previously worked in the associated press. nice to s
that is tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight the historic supreme court decision on donald trump s immunity claim. the high court raising the bar for prosecuting the former president. how it s going to impact of the federal election case. then, what s next after last week s debate. the biden campaign touting big fundraising numbers when they fend off calls for biden to drop out of the race as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle live from rockefeller center and we are now 127 days away from the election. today the supreme court gave donald trump more legal covering his election interference case and transformed the power of the united states presidency. in a 6-3 decision the justices ruled that trump does have immunity for some of his actions as president in that case. here is my colleague laura jarrett with the details. reporter: tonight a monumental win at the supreme c
every june. the final days of the supreme court term where you see the running of the reporters. maybe you have seen this scene before. the court of course takes its own time. the big and close cases often spark the most debates and rewrites. they tend to come in these last days of the term, typically late june where clerks and reporters and new reporters, assistants, interns come sprinting out of the court old-school with those key june rulings. in fact, it was late june 12 years ago the supreme court upheld oberweis in one of its last days in session.amacare in last days in session. people came out because you don t know which day the ruling happens and they filled the front area there, late june, a monumental case in one of the last days of the term. or maybe you remember where you were in the otherwise slow week when the court made history. that s our msnbc coverage there. we were showing some of the same stuff you see in the other footage of at the time, oh, and i was ou