degree a fine of $355 million for doing a perfect job. and now a date is set for his first criminal trial in the hush money case. i m going to have to sit here for months on a trial. i think it s ridiculous. it s unfair. while the district attorney prosecuting trump in georgia ngd takes the stand as a judge decides whether to remove her from the case. you re confused. co you think i m on trial. these people are on trial for on trying to steal an election in 2020. how will the gop front-runner s legal liabilitier impact the 2024 election. plus, russian threat. the white house says ukraine is running out of ammunition and urging republicans in congress to act. e ou a history is watching. while putin s top critic dies in prison. putin is responsible. so and the house intel chair faces backlash for warning of another threat. a new space-based weapon that could target u.s. satellites. i ll talk exclusively with mike turner ofy ohio. and political motives.
connected you are. everyone must play by the same rules. this is a victory for america that believes in the simple but fundamental pillar of our democracy, that the rule of law applies to all of us equally, fairly, and justly. that was new york attorney general letitia james speaking friday after the financially devastating civil fraud ruling against donald trump. we ll go through that judgment and the what it means for trump s finances. also ahead, the latest fallout following the death of alexei navalny as russia cracks down on any show of support for the opposition leader. plus, the israeli government is rejecting any recognition of a potential palestinian state while its forces move forward with an offensive in southern gaza. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 19th. i m ali vitali in for john nan lemaire. we start this morning with the $350 million fraud ruling against donald trump. he was ordered on friday to pay the massive
mr. wisconsin, been by, claire gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, how will the u.s. respond to the death of alexei navalny? president biden pushes congress for ukraine aid, while donald trump finally, sort of, weighs in. and defendant trump s busy week ahead. but his latest loss in civil court can tell us about the trials to come. and his new idea to help pay those legal bills. on his path to the nomination. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. greetings, everyone, i m simone sanders-townsend in for stephanie role. we are now 260 days away from the election, folks. the death of russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has turned up the volume on the debate over how the united states deals with russia and what can be done to keep vladimir putin in check. the response to navalny s death from the front runners in the 2024 race, it could not be more different. biden is considering new sanctions against russia,
trump finally, sort of, weighs in. and defendant trump s busy week ahead. but his latest loss in civil court can tell us about the trials to come. and his new idea to help pay those legal bills. on his path to the nomination. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. greetings, everyone, i m symone sanders-townsend in for stephanie ruhle. we are now 260 days away from the election, folks. the death of russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has turned up the volume on the debate over how the united states deals with russia and what can be done to keep vladimir putin in check. the response to navalny s death from the front runners in the 2024 race, it could not be more different. biden is considering new sanctions against russia, will trump use navalny stuff to suggest that he yes, he, is facing a criminal crime of political persecution. my colleague, carob hague, has more. reporter: the death of russian presidents most prominent critic sparking protests
when the house has enough votes to pass it. this is what they are doing with their time. deputy managing editor of politics at politico paul stein, octer of the book how the right lost its mind charlie sykes, good morning to talk about that book this morning. and our capitol hillpi correspondent julie tsirkin is with uses as well. good to have you all. julie, tell us what happened? you guys saw it. i m glad you went back to watch c span. we were all glued to it last night. it was stunning and a bad week for republican leadership not only in the house but in the senate. this was absolutely stunning on the floor. speaker mike johnson and his leadership team spent a long time on the floor trying to pressure mike gallagher to vote for impeaching alejandro mayorkas. he said he would not thchlt you had the same pressure on mike buck who is retiring from congress. he doesn t have any to go with this because he said that the impeachment doesn t rise to the level of high crimes a