look at what some of his 2024 rivals are doing instead, and even in his own backyard. and you re in luck, our friday night cap brings the break down all the major headlines of the week. the 11th hour just getting underway, right now. good evening once again, it is friday night and i am stephanie ruhle and you know what that means. our friday night cap is standing by to weigh in on all the way down this week so do not move because they will be here in just a few minutes. but first, let s break down today s news. new signs of special counsel investigating donald trump now focusing on the former presidents attorneys, including the one and only rudy giuliani according. to the washington post, jack smith s team is asking witnesses about giuliani s actions before jan sixth, and the poses investigators are ramping up the pressure on trump s lawyers involved in the classified documents case. our friend jackie alemany as one of the reporters who broke that story, and here is what she
good evening once again, it is friday night and i am stephanie ruhle and you know what that means. our friday night cap is standing by to weigh in on all the way down this week so do not move because they will be here in just a few minutes. but first, let s break down today s news. new signs of special counsel investigating donald trump now focusing on the former presidents attorneys, including the one and only rudy giuliani according. to the washington post, jack smith s team is asking witnesses about giuliani s actions before jan sixth, and the poses investigators are ramping up the pressure on trump s lawyers involved in the classified documents case. our friend jackie alemany as one of the reporters who broke that story, and here is what she said about it earlier today. the way that we see it, he started sprinting to the decision before the 2024 presidential primary really heats up. meanwhile we are also following the on convicted murderer alec talks murdaug
they tolerated trump, some of them supported him, but they are turning their backs on him. and there is going to be a big fight between trump and desantis as to whether desantis represents that populist base or represents the establishment. i think it s on now. i think rhonda sanchez is going to be in iowa on march 10th, just a few days later we will see donald trump holding a rally in iowa on march 13th. charles, this guy practically crafted himself in the likeness of donald trump. when he was running for governor, remember, he had his children with building blocks building a wall. he had a baby book that was the art of the deal. and now here is this guy, you ve got to pay him 1 million bucks just to show up. and he still might say no, you re not my brand. the audacity. and think it s important to understand and success. i think it s important to understand that i m not certain that desantis and trump, generally speaking, have a problem with the back and forth
republican donor class. that s next level. do you think that s because the current republican maga base is not part of the donor class? when i think about the palm beach wall street investors sat, they don t like any of this hard-core maga stuff. if you rattled off anything that is happening at cpac, they turned their nose. yeah, absolutely. i think you re 100 percent right about that. the people that are flocking to ron desantis our people to turn their nose up at the maga group. they tolerated trump, some of them supported him, but they are turning their backs on him. and there is going to be a big fight between trump and desantis as to whether desantis represents that populist base or represents the establishment. i think it s on now. i think rhonda sanchez is going to be in iowa on march 10th,