it for us tonight. we ll see you again tomorrow. time for the last word. my friend jonathan capehart, in for lawrence tonight. good evening, john. good evening, ali. thank you very much have a good evening. thank you. last night on this program, a large breaking news that special counsel jack smith and his team had handed over the first batch of evidence in the classified documents case. today, we, along with donald trump and his legal team are getting a better idea of what that evidence actually is. according to the filing of special counsel smith and his prosecutors, that evidence includes quote, interviews of defendant trump conducted by non government entities recorded with his consent and obtained by the special counsel s office during the investigation of this case, including the july 21st, 2021 reported interview defending trump providing to a publisher and writer quoted in part in the indictment. now, we cannot say for sure whether that line refers to more priv
tonight. we ll see you again tomorrow. time for the last word. my friend jonathan capehart, in for lawrence tonight. good evening, john. good evening, ali. thank you very much have a good evening. thank you. last night on this program, a large breaking news that special counsel jack smith and his team had handed over the first batch of evidence in the classified documents case. today, we, along with donald trump and his legal team are getting a better idea of what that evidence actually is. according to the filing of special counsel smith and his prosecutors, that evidence includes quote, interviews of defendant trump conducted by non government entities recorded with his consent and obtained by the special counsel s office during the investigation of this case, including the july 21st, 2021 reported interview defending trump providing to a publisher and writer quoted in part in the indictment. now, we cannot say for sure whether that line refers to more privately recor
trump s legal team went to the justice department to meet with the one and only jack smith. remember, just two weeks ago, trump s lawyers sent an official letter to attorney general merrick garland asking for a chance to make their case. the attorney general was not at today s meeting, we don t know everything that was discussed. but the washington post reports this, people familiar with the matter say trump s lawyers asked the department of justice not to charge the former president. earlier, former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann said this meeting is a sign of what s to come. there is no reason to have the meeting if there weren t going to be potential charges. when you look at what the facts are, it would actually be a violation of the rule of law for donald trump, not to be charged. not long after, his lawyers left the department of justice, donald trump himself posted this on his social media platform, quote, how can doj possibly charge me, who did nothing wrong,
end. then, nikki haley fanning the culture war flames. a fact check on what she said over the weekend. and apple debuting a 3500 dollar headset. but is there more to this? with just a hefty price tag, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good monday evening. i am stephanie ruhle, with a lot of news to cover tonight. and the special counsel s investigation into donald j trump s handling of classified documents appears to be at equivocal stage. and i know i ve said that to you before, but this time, i really think it s different. this morning, three members of trump s legal team went to the justice department to meet with the one and only jack smith. remember, just two weeks ago, trump s lawyers sent an official letter to attorney general merrick garland asking for a chance to make their case. the attorney general was not at today s meeting, we don t know everything that was discussed. but the washington post reports this, people familiar with the matter
enormous, four times, 200,000 people. that s just since we got into the christmas month of december, folks. not even over yet this month. many of them taking advantage of places where the border wall is broken or damaged by the cartels. this is my current fascination with this story. because the smugglers and the cartels just go out there and they cut through the fence. there s so many holes in the fence right now that workers work to fix them and they ve done it so many times that the washington post says parts of the barrier look like something out of a sculpture garden or mad max movie. joining me now, former new york republican congressman, lee zeldin along with the five co host jessica tarlov. we ll take you to the border. bill melugin with his live coverage today in lukeville, arizona. hi, bill. hi, martha. good afternoon. you re right. the border wall here gets cut every day. doesn t matter how many times border patrol fixes it. this is what happens when there s