this is the worst day he has ever had legally. plus, the former guy is already lying about the two big court defeats today. we ll have a special look at how lies and conspiracies can threaten our democracy, as the 11th hour gets underway on this important wednesday night. take a breath, because here we go. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. this is a very big news night. one that has not been good for donald trump. just a short time ago, the 11th circuit court of appeals and a trump s lower years a huge defeat. two of them appointed by trump himself, lifted the judges order that prevented the justice department. seized from mar-a-lago in its criminal investigation that. ruling came after the world learned the former guy is now facing a potentially crippling lawsuit that poses and his real date business and a family. letitia james, new york to tierney general, sued trump, his adult children ivanka, eric, and she s accusing him of lying to banks in the state, fr
President trumps cabinet . People with small Bank Balances need not apply. And i love all people, rich and poor. But in those particular positions ijust dont want a poor person. Does that make sense . Welcome to the programme. Im Christian Fraser in london, jon sopel is In Washington. The European Commission supported theresa mays decision to call a snap election. They wanted reassurance the Prime Minister had a mandate for brexit and would be there to see it through to the end. Well, they have no such guarantees. So, the Dinner Conversation tonight might be somewhat strained. Over coffee, mrs may will be explaining to the other 27 leaders how the uk plans to protect the rights of eu and uk citizens once it leaves the union. The commission has already made its counter offer, some weeks ago. We will see how they compare. But president of the european council, donald tusk, stressed brexit wasnt the only thing on the agenda and had this to say about defence. Somebody needs to set up perma
Political correctness. Its available now wherever you get your podcasts. I hope you will join me as we aim to maybe rewrite, find a path in this world of modern rules. I hand you off to my friend and colleague back in action, katy tur. Teddy says hi and misses you. Tell him i said hey. Thanks, stef. Good afternoon. Its 11 00 a. M. Out west and 2 00 p. M. In washington where were live on capitol hill. Just a few minutes away President Trump faces a number of difficult headlines that all told paints a complicated picture for his 2020 prospects including a slew of new National Polls that show the president s approval below 40 . Economic anxiety appears to be the main factor for those low numbers, but the president doesnt want you to believe those numbers and frankly why should he . National polls did not predict the eventual outcome of 2016. So let us instead consider whats happening in two key
states. First North Carolina, where the republican Won Yesterdays special election in the ninth
stand up for his own children if push comes to shove. let s talk about those children. because bill barr talked about that earlier today. i want you to watch this. i m not even sure she has a good case against trump himself. but what ultimately persuades me that this is a political hit job is that she grossly overreaches when she tries to drag the children into this. yes they had roles in the business, but this was his personal financial statement. children. are we talking about barron who s 16. we re talking about 44, 40, and 38. for years, ivanka was a key executive in the company. she s the one who negotiated the trump hotel in washington. don junior and eric, they ran the company when trump was in office. what the hell is bill barr talking about? well, barr is really trying to get at laetitia james, who ran for office saying, eventually, i mean to get donald trump. that s really an imprudent
claims that it was foreign governments that stole the election from donald trump and falsely installed biden as president. it also described a previously unknown meeting that took place two days before the attack on the capitol on january six. january 4th meeting at the trump hotel in washington. attended by at least three sitting republican u.s. senators. senator snt all the miss from wyoming, from crime or who came from north dakota, who brought his wife to the meeting, also saw senator ron johnson from wisconsin who also beamed in. that meeting, again, two days before january six, reportedly included those three sitting republican u.s. senators and also mike lindell, the my pillow guy, and sidney powell, and patrick burn, and all these other people who promoted the craziest trump conspiracies around the election. three republican u.s. senators apparently went to the meeting