word. there is a significant agreement on this important so much larger than just ukraine. it s about freedom and democracy president biden gets tonight s last word from kyiv. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, president biden s surprise visit to ukraine, meeting with president zelenskyy while announcing more military aid. what this historic trip means for the future of the war. meanwhile, some far-right republicans criticize the presidents trip to ukraine. what we are hearing from a small but loud minority. then, ron desantis visits new york city to talk policing and crime. is this the unofficial start to a presidential run? as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. greetings, i m simone sanders-townsend, in for stephanie ruhle. president biden makes a historic top secret trip to ukraine, as russia s war there nears the one year mark. the presidents trip included a ten hour train ride from the polish border into kyiv. now, this is
good morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart reporting live from monterey park, california. it is a community here now reeling from tragedy as it becomes the scene of the nation s latest deadly mass shooting. it s a story that s become far too familiar here in the united states where a night of celebration turns into horror and heartbreak after a gunman opens fire at this dance hall, the star ballroom dance hall right here. this is the entrance. there s a small memorial that s just come up in the last couple of hours. this is where this tragedy, this massacre occurs. people were marking the lunar new year on saturday night, ten people were killed here. five men and five women. ten others were injured. the attack happening in one of the country s largest asian american communities. it is the deadliest shooting since the massacre at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, last year that took the lives of 21 people. the suspect has been identified
of politically motivated violence. and it all comes as president biden is set to give a prime time speech tonight, focusing on the soul of the nation. we ll have more on his message to a divided country just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, the 1st of september. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. breaking news overnight, former president donald trump s legal team has responded to the department of justice s latest filing on the classified documents seized during the fbi search of mar-a-lago. in their 18-page filing trump s lawyer suggested that by launching what they described as an unprecedented, unnecessary, and legally unsupported raid on mar-a-lago, the d.o.j. was quote criminalizing a former president s possession of personal and presidential records in a secure setting. trump s legal team also aggressively renewed its request for a special master, or a third party, to review the documents that the fbi agent
subpoenaed a number of close allies of former president donald trump as it investigates possible 2020 election interference. we ll take a look at what questions the grand jury has. also today a critical hearing that could shape the future of daca. we will break down what this means for the hundreds of thousands of dreamers across the united states and this afternoon, president biden is set to deliver remarks on the economy in cleveland, as new polling shows nearly nine in ten americans say the country is on the wrong track. and we begin in illinois where one hour from now, the man accused of opening fire on a crowd watching a fourth of july parade in a chicago suburb will make his first court appearance. it comes one day after the suspect was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. prosecutors say he will face more charges and that they will seek the maximum punishment. investigators say the suspected gunman planned the attack several weeks in advance and dres
select committee. many of us went into the hearings thinking that we knew what happened. a u.s. president wanted to overturn the election, spurred a mob to attack the capitol. forcing the lawmakers there to flee for their lives. but these hearings are showing us so much more than that. for more of what happened that day, and how close we came to losing our democracy. so, how goes? here s how congressman pete aguilar described it. approximately 40 feet, that s all there was. 40 feet between vice president and the mob. 40 feet! 40 feet! of a mob, that according to an informant, in the would have killed vice president mike pence, if they had not gotten hold of him. i m telling you what, i m hearing the pits. i m hearing the pits just caved. is that true? i m hearing on the force that pence caved. if pence caved? we re gonna drag people through the streets. hang mike pence! hang mike pence! bring out pence! the threat to the vice president s life was so intense in the m