good morning. 11:00 eastern, 8:00 pacific on the west coast. we are just hours away from a crucial test for president biden and his political future as he faces pressure from some in his own party to withdraw from the 2024 race. the president will hold his first solo press conference in eight months. he will also sit down for a one- on-one interview with lester holt. it all comes has more democrats call for the president s exit. peter welch became the first senator to call on the president to drop from the race joining nearly a dozen house members. despite the pressure coming from all sides, the president is remaining steadfast. the campaign now firing back at george clooney for calling for a new nominee just weeks after the hollywood star hosted a major fundraiser for the president. the campaign saying, quote, the president stayed for over three hours while clooney took a photo quickly and left. joining me now is senior correspondent gabe gutierrez, alan catelli, ashley park
tonight s episode, a killer commute. [screaming] then they told me it was a 2246 would you look at this? i ve seen it a million times. another miniature red plastic car running over a coworker after being driven recklessly by a tiny greg gutfeld dummy. it never gets any easier. what a waste of tape. greg: it s the only way to silence emily compagno. back to the news and as always when it comes to the news. everything is racist! that s right, everything is racist, food, jokes, vaccines, pigeons, that weird feeling you get when you insert your finger into your belly button. then it turns out it s not your belly button or anyone else s the only thing that s not racist are actual racists. do you know what a docent is? i had no idea until now. it s a term that describes volunteer guides at museums, they are usually older white ladies who walk around not tellg you not to touch the sculptures. why go to the market if you can t squeeze the fruit, right? some of
january 6th just disappear? plus, with the midterms, 102 days away, how is the apparent republicans charge of obstruction and extremism working out? and, in a big lead for the biden administration, we will get into the, winds and the challenges, and the controversial comments of one supreme court justice, with one of our favorite historians, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. and we have got breaking news just out tonight from the washington post. the paper reporting the homeland security inspector general, the watchdog, stopped a plan to locate those missing secret service text messages from january six. writing this, quote, homeland security s chief watchdog scrapped its investigative teams effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted secret service text this year. according to for people with knowledge of the decision, and internal records reviewed by the washington post. the inspector general an
get into the, winds and the challenges, and the controversial comments of one supreme court justice, with one of our favorite historians, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. and we have got breaking news just out tonight from the washington post. the paper reporting the homeland security inspector general, the watchdog, stopped a plan to locate those missing secret service text messages from january six. writing this, quote, homeland security s chief watchdog scrapped its investigative teams effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted secret service text this year. according to for people with knowledge of the decision, and internal records reviewed by the washington post. the inspector general and his tufted not respond to repeated requests on this reporting. the report was coauthored by carol leonnig, she will be joining us in just a moment. last, night caroline her colleague reported there are ev
tonight donald trump s lawyers wrap up the case and his criminal trial as the former president declined to take the witness stand. then my interview with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, as a war crimes prosecutor now seeks a warrant for his arrest. and what is going on with the economy? inflation may be slowing, but prices remain high in this country. i will ask the head of the federal reserve bank of chicago as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. it evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle in chicago and we are now 168 is away from the election. in about one week from now, a jury of 12 new yorkers will start deliberating the fate of the first former president charged with a crime. donald trump s defense team rested its new york criminal case today after calling just two witnesses. donald trump did not take the stand. the closing arguments are now set for one week from today. then the case goes to the jury. my colleague laura jarrett has all the