good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with increasingly alarming messaging from criminal defendant and gop current front-runner donald j trump, about what he wants to do if he wins a second term. reports describe a potential second trump administration focused on mass deportations, immigration raids, and a u.s. government filled with trump loyalists ready to carry out his extreme policies. trump s 2024 campaign responded to those reports, calling them, quote, purely speculative and theoretical. but this past veterans day, when millions of americans honor those who sacrificed for our country, this is what we heard from the former president. we pled stick to you that we will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. the real threat is not from the radical right. the real threat is from the radical left, and it is growing every day, every single day. t
the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. e starts now tonight, donald trump s ramped up rhetoric, setting the tone for his 2024 campaign. plus, trump jr. is back on the stand in new york s fraud trial. we will break down what happened in court today. and with a potential government shutdown just days away, house speaker mike johnson faces his first major test. then, a message of unity amid an ongoing war. to peace activists joining us with a mission to stand together, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with increasingly alarming messaging from criminal defendant and gop current front-runner donald j trump, about what he wants to do if he wins a second term. reports describe a potential second trump administration focused on mass deportations, immigration raids, and a u.s. government filled with trump loyalists ready to carry out his extreme policies. trump s 2024 campa
Neil gorsuch chair is donald trump Australia Beck for the Supreme Court and he is now as good as confirmed but not before there was plenty of drama and what is being called the Nuclear Option. Republicans needed 60 votes to pass the nomination. They could not get them. So they changed the rules. To needing just 51. Asimple changed the rules. To needing just 51. A simple majority. 52 republicans in the senate so once the rules are changed its a done deal and we expect the vote later in the week. This is the reaction of a senior democrat. The Nuclear Option means the end of a long history of consensus on Supreme Court nominations. It weakens the standing of the senate as a whole. As a check on the president s ability to shape the judiciary. On the president s ability to shape thejudiciary. In a postnatal world if the senate and the presidency are in the hands of the same party there is no incentive to even speak to the senate minority. That is a recipe for more conflict and bad blood bet
Neil gorsuch chair is donald trump Australia Beck for the Supreme Court and he is now as good as confirmed but not before there was plenty of drama and what is being called the Nuclear Option. Republicans needed 60 votes to pass the nomination. They could not get them. So they changed the rules. To needing just 51. Asimple changed the rules. To needing just 51. A simple majority. 52 republicans in the senate so once the rules are changed its a done deal and we expect the vote later in the week. This is the reaction of a senior democrat. The Nuclear Option means the end of a long history of consensus on Supreme Court nominations. It weakens the standing of the senate as a whole. As a check on the president s ability to shape the judiciary. On the president s ability to shape thejudiciary. In a postnatal world if the senate and the presidency are in the hands of the same party there is no incentive to even speak to the senate minority. That is a recipe for more conflict and bad blood bet
About term time holidays. Its about the state taking the rights of parents away, when it comes to making decisions about their children. Not the welcome he was expecting for the french president ial candidate Francois Fillon well have the latest from the campaign trail. Theres a dramatic start to the masters, with the world Number One Dustinjohnson pulling out. And an inspired work of art, or expensive folly . We have an exclusive on the latest work by damian hirst. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news dustinjohnson walks off the first tee and out of the masters. The world number one wont play at augusta after injuring his back in a fall at home. Good evening. In an apparent major shift in policy, the Trump Administration says syria has no future under bashar al assad, after the deaths of at least 80 people, killed in a suspected Chemical Weapons attack this week. The authorities in damascus have denied any involvement, but tonight, the us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson said there