coronavirus, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle. it s great to be with you from our nation s capital this evening. we now know that lawmakers investigated the january 6th riot, will reveal to the public all that they ve learned in private about the plot to keep donald trump in power. committee chairman bennie thompson says hearings will likely start on june 9th, which is six weeks from tonight, those eight hearings are playing with some of them in primetime. it will be presented in the context that there were multiple lines of effort involving multiple players at the highest levels of our government, to overturn the election. there is ample evidence of criminality including criminality of the former president. committee members say former trump lawyer rudy giuliani himself and donald trump jr. are on the short list for interviews, but they will not say when that will happen. they will say that republican ho
russia has a different explanation. russian troops now gearing up for a major offensive in the eastern region. and president biden is asked if he will go to ukraine. ames longman in kyiv for us. back here at home, the dangerous storm threat as we come on the air. severe storms pushing into the northeast, heavy rain and damaging winds from d.c. to philadelphia to new york. ginger zee timing it out. pfizer submits new data on booster shots for children ages 5 to 11. and prepares to ask the fda for emergency authorization. the company says human trials show a 36-fold increase in protection against severe infections. health officials are now tracking two new versions of the omicron variant now making up 90% of new cases in central new york. and late today, the fda authorizing the first covid breath test. the battle over abortion rights in america. florida governor ron desantis signing the state s new law banning most abortions after 15 weeks. florida joining a growing numbe
and welcome to way too early. it s friday, april 15th, i m jonathan lemire. a huge setback for russia as its flag ship vessel in the black sea has sunk. russia s defense ministry says it was being towed to port after suffering heavy damages and then it sank in a storm. a day earlier, ukrainian officials said their forces hit the ship with two anti-ship missiles, causing significant damage. moscow denied the claim. instead, saying a fire began on board, that caused ammunition to detonate. the story is not much better for them. u.s. officials say they cannot confirm what caused the explosion on the vessel. the missile cruiser was a symbol of russia s naval power. experts say it is a massive blow to the kremlin and could undermine the country s operations in that region. following the announcement of a new weapons package to ukraine, russia is again warning the united states about its involvement in the war. in a two-page letter obtained by the washington post earlier this w
explosion. russian troops now gearing up for a major offensive in the eastern region and president biden is asked if he will go to ukraine. james longman in kyiv for us. back here at home, the dangerous storm threat as we come on the air. severe storms pushing into the northeast, heavy rain and damaging winds from d.c. to philadelphia to new york. ginger zee timing it out. pfizer submits new data on booster shots for children ages 5 to 11. and prepares to ask the fda for emergency authorization. the company says human trials show a 36-fold increase in protection against severe infections. health officials are now tracking two new versions of the omicron variant now making up 90% of new cases in central new york. and late today, the fda authorizing the first covid breath test. the battle over abortion rights in america. florida governor ron desantis signing the state s new law banning most abortions after 15 weeks. florida joining a growing number of states restricting a
the state of our politics at this moment. even though some republican leaders have condemned the attack, news has been flooded with a what about and conspiracy theories and disinformation from a whole host of right-winged media figures. all of this happening while he s still in intensive care. and while an active investigation is underway, a little more than an hour ago, federal prosecutors filed two charges, attempting to challenge a federal official. federal officials allege the attacker broke into the home intending to kidnap and hurt speaker pelosi and he came armed with a hammer and brought a rope, white tape, and zip ties. he told paul pelosi, he wanted to speaker to, quote, tell the truth. political reports that the attacker had, quote, inhabited a vifd and resentment-fueled world of conspiracy while living a fringed existence, even by the standards of the san francisco bay area, that he appears to embrace falsehoods about the without outcome of the 2020 election. the