stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, dueling takes on democracy. as the current president calls on americans to defend their freedoms, the former president promises his own form of justice for those found guilty of threatening free and fair elections. that, while joe biden warns of maga forces determined to take this country backwards, some in the gop seem to be walking back their extremist positions. plus, one-on-one with maryland s democratic nominee for governor, westmore. and battling inequality, and what he calls the threats he faces in november. as 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, president biden issued a stark warning about what he sees as the clear and present danger to american democracy. as i stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault. we do ourselves no faber to pretend other ways. the president also we see no time to call out his predecessor. too much of what s happened