american history, as sadly died. she was 96 years old. carter, who married jimmy carter in 1946, was widely credited with expanding the role of first ladies to an active partner both in policy and international travel, becoming a trusted adviser even in an era when most newspapers would only call her mrs. carter. and it deeply personal statement released just a short time ago, president and first lady jill biden and doctor jill biden with four decades of our friendship, through records of campaigns, through the darkness of deep and profound loss, we always felt the hope, warmth, and optimism of rosalynn carter. she will always be in our hearts. joining me now by phone is nbc news chief washington and foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. andrea, it s great to have you with us. i m sorry it has to be on such a sad occasion. we know that you have had the opportunity to interview roslyn on a number of occasions, including jimmy carter. reflect with us on her life, if
it has been quite a week. michael beschloss is here to put it into perspective as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. greetings everyone, i m simone sanders townsend in for stephanie ruhle. donald trump s divisive and potentially dangerous rhetoric is about to be tested in court. monday morning a federal appeals court will weigh to lift a partial gap order imposed by judge tanya chutkan. who is overseeing the election interference case in washington d.c.. this afternoon judge chutkan denied the former presidents bid to strike references to the violence of january six from his indictment. that rule came just hours after we learned more about trump s own view of that day. and the rally on the ellipse. here s what he told abc s jonathan carl. a little bit more than two months after the insurrection. . who if you look at the real signs of that crowd it was never reported directly. it s the biggest crowd i ve ever spoken in front of by far that went back to the was
horrible way to go. we found a lot of things suspicious. there s no video of it happening. there s no witness testimony, there s no fingerprints. she was dead before she landed in the water. i was approached by the fbi to record my conversations. you are interrogating somebody who is a major suspect. nothing i would have ever imagined could have prepared me for this. this is just phenomenally devious what you described. yes, i realized i was being used. it is time the truth come out. the call came in the middle of the night it was their friend in a panic. he had gone missing off the boat and that is where it started what did you think? that was the ticket to the count of three repeat of that let me here on wartime type of thing no matter how many times you heard it, it just did not make sense. you think of all these things, it rushes through your head. except, this was clearly true. i just saw disaster happening, in a foreign country. you say t
mean for his rhetoric amid new warnings about what is at stake in 2024. and growing momentum to push george santos out of congress but members of his own party. then, from near fistfights in congress to president biden on the world stage, it has been quite a week. michael beschloss is here to put it on perspective, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. greetings, everyone, i am symone sanders townsend, in for stephanie ruhle. donald trump s divisive and potentially dangerous rhetoric is about to be tested in court. monday morning, a federal appeals court will weigh his requests to lift a partial gag order and posed by judge tanya chutkan who is overseeing the election interference case in washington d.c.. this afternoon, judge chutkan denied the former presidents bid to strike references to the violence on january six, from his indictment. that ruling came just hours after we learned more about trump s own view of that day and the rally on the ellipse. here is