and lots of questions to answer, so let s get started is donald trump finally abou to face accountability for his crimes we have the latest on th possible indictment of forme president trump for allege hush money payment to an adult film star. they lied, again and again and again. more details on what was going on inside fox news as they peddle conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. my question is, how much wil those lies cost them and later, tennessee man and drag shows on public property? what one of the votes famous drag performers has to say about it, and how we can pus back against anti-trans hate all of that and more, coming up and the good saturday morning to you, i m kati phang. we begin today s show with a mixed bag when it comes to the economy, with the doubters focusing yesterday more than 300 points in the red, but a better than expected job report, surprising a lot o people 311,000 jobs added much more than the 225,000 economists were expecting. the unemp
charges he faces. the new storm threat taking aim at california with an untold number of residents still trapped by record snow. we re tracking it. the crash that killed a norfolk southern conductor, the company s third accident in ohio in just over a month after those two derailments. and the special investigation, the ntsb announced today into the company. my report tonight on how a letter from a prisoner led to a 20-year-plus search for the truth is now the subject of a hit nbc news podcast. and the bluegrass star and the obstacles he overcame to become one of the best fiddlers in the world. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for joining us. a violent kidnap drama that targeted a traveling group of four americans in matamoros, mexico, is over, sadly with word two of them were killed. the others recovered alive in what may have been a case of mistaken identity in an increasingly lawless area near the texas bord
tonight we got the admission - watch our conversation on peacock. from tucker carlson that he hates donald trump passionately. that is the headline of the night. that is tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, a look behind the scenes at fox news during the 2020 elections, with texts and emails released as part of dominion s 1.6 billion dollar lawsuit. who is continue to push trump s debunked big lie with rupert murdoch questioning if they went too far. then, tucker carlson cherry-picking, and flat out misrepresenting the events of january 6th. the condemnation we are hearing from some republican lawmakers and the brutal kidnapping in mexico. two americans are dead. two survivors are back on american soil. the warnings to americans traveling to that area, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we are digging into a mountain of evidence tonight, a brand-new court filing and
several of them are calling out fox news for down-playing the violence of that dark day. we ll have those comments in just a moment. plus, the latest on the kidnapping in mexico that ended with two americans dead and two others in the hospital. and also we could be closer to finding out who sabotaged a russian pipeline last year. that new reporting is straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 8th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with a growing number of republican senators blasting fox news and prime time host tucker carlson for showing select footage from the january 6th insurrection on his prime time show. that footage provided by house speaker kevin mccarthy. the fox news try today portray the deadly riot as peaceful, calling the insurrectionists sight seers and that lawmakers who suggest otherwise had lied to the american public. even alleging some capitol police officer
by catering to the hard right. conduct like theirs is just asking for another january 6th to happen. that s of course chuck schumer, but it s not just democrats who are calling out fox news for trying to down play the violence of january 6th. some republican senators did not hold back their criticism either. we ll have their comments straight ahead. speaker mccarthy making no apologies for his role in all of this. we ll tell you how he is justifying handing over thousands of hours of security video. also ahead, the latest on the kidnapping in mexico that ended with two americans dead and two others in the hospital. plus, federal investigators digging deeper into norfolk southern s safety culture following two train derailments in ohio and a deadly collision yesterday morning in cleveland. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, march 8th. it is international women s day, and mika is getting ready for her big event in our next hour, including a conversatio