tamara keith, white house correspondent for npr. and ken vogel political reporter for the new york times. thank you all for being with us especially as part of our leadoff panel tonight. ken, i ll lead off with you. what do you make of this bank subpoena, if true, is it a big deal? what else does it speak of? absolutely. we always kind of knew that this was a possibility that mueller would start looking into donald trump s finances and this subpoena, again, if it is accurate that deutsche bank has been subpoenaed, would indicate that he is fully going down that route. deutsche bank is significant because donald trump it has at least $130 million worth of donald trump s debt and it sold some of that debt or could have sold some of that debt to russian banks. that could potentially give these russian banks some leverage over donald trump. and so you have the combination here potentially of donald trump s finances as well as his
dealings with russia and how those two things inter
offered damaging information on hillary clinton, he wrote no details or supporting information was required. later, e-mails between don junior and the man who organized the meeting said it was supposed to damaging e-mail on hillary clinton. quote, if it s what you say, i love it. to get out ahead of that story, don junior changed his line again. the information they suggested they had about hillary clinton i thought was political opposition research. just after this we heard this from trump s lawyer. the statement released was donald trump jr. and his lawyers. the president was not involve in the that. the president was not involved in the drafting of that statement. it came from his son. july 31, trump himself personally dictated the statement. then hater this year it was revealed trump s own lawyers admitted in a momentumo to robert mueller that yes, the president himself did dictate the trump tower statement but added there was no collusion. this weekend, the president s same la
so theoretically, you they he has taped people inside of the white house? he threatened comey. he said, you know, you have to watch out. he insinuated that there might be tapings. she said this about the interview that president trump gave to msnbc news last year in which she discussed the firing. he was being prepped by hope hi hi hicks and thecomes team to say that the doj had come up with this memo so they could justify the fire thing of comey. and you were in on it, too? that is definitely a hope hicks press secretary type of thing. so if thecomes team prepped him to lie to lester holt they prepped him everyday. did you ask the question why we are lying? all the time. the answer was? this is how they do it. this is the trump administration. this is her assessment of the president s ability to do his job.
they want to talk to her. fake news. laura trump, again the wife of eric trump, had this to say to sean hannity tonight. what an incredible opport
that is tonight s the last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, donald trump met his probation officer. we will look at a key step as sentencing approaches. the fate of hunter biden is in the hands of a delaware jury. nba legend steve kerr is here and why he speaking out about the stakes in the election as the 11th hour gets underway. good evening once again. we are 148 days away from election. today, one of the leading candidates for president met with his probation officer. donald trump brush off his guilty verdict set for a standard presentencing interview this afternoon, there was nothing standard about how this interview was held. trump got special permission to attend virtually from florida and to have his attorney todd blanche present. he s been complaining for months about it two tiered system of justice and he is right. is new public defenders pointed out today, most people do not get to login remotely from a resort in florida to talk
we stand against tyranny, against evil, against crushing brutality, the iron fist, we stand for freedom, and we defend democracy. the president will make another speech tomorrow at points to hawk. president biden is trying to draw comparisons with republican president, former republican president, ronald ragan and contrasts himself with a 2024 rival, donald trump with that, let s get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel. mike memory, he has covered president biden, his family, and his inner circle for more than a decade. luke broadwater is here, pulitzer prize-winning congressional reporter for the new york times. and former white house senior director and former state department senior adviser. michael, you are the biden expert here, what stuck out to you today? well, stephanie. we have been reporting that since donald trump s criminal conviction last week, part of the white house strategy going forward is to highlight the stature app between the
The aid package has a $5 billion price tag. with that, let s get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel tonight. nbc news washington correspondent joins us, and a new political contributor barbara mcquaid is here. a veteran federal prosecutor and former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. her new must read book, attack from within. howdies information is sabotaging america. it is out now. barb, you know we got legal questions tonight. beyond donald trump complaining unjustly about how the legal process works, fox news is now making up fabricating things about potential jurors and donald trump is taking these fabrications and now pushing them out and spreading them. how are we not right back in gag order territory? because that is going to pollute the american people and potential jurors out there. all these things they are
Homeland security secretary alejandra died in the senate when the charges were dismissed in a 51-48 vote. not looking great for speaker mike johnson who a few days ago was huddling up with trump but now he risks losing his job. he has outraged the far right again by pushing separate bills to help ukraine, israel and taiwan. it has a $95 billion price tag and the house could vote on it as early as this weekend. let s get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel. nbc news washington correspondent, the staff writer at the atlantic and a new political contributor and a veteran federal prosecutor and former u.s. attorney for the district of michigan. her new book, attack from within, how this information is sabotaging america. you know we have legal questions
excuse me, 370 million dollar civil fraud trial. he s got a lot. now let s get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel tonight. jon allen is here, or senior national politics reporter for nbc news, and prize winning reporter for the new york times, former new york prosecutor and fizzle civil rights attorney, our friend charles, and katie, i turn to you first because it is your colleagues at the new york times that had the scoop on this new filing. trump s lawyers seem to be new attack plan on jack smith classified documents case in florida. what s this all about? this is a pretty typical filing that happens before a trial begins when the defense is trying to figure out what kind of information it is going to get. however, it s really telling because it always gives the prosecution a sense of what is the defense interested in and of course, that means what might they want to use to buttress the government s argument? in this case, we are looking at a couple of things, including t
And that tweet appears to undercut his newest immunity claim. as the presidential primary season gets underway, donald trump will be the defendant in another case. on tuesday, just one day after the iowa caucuses, the defamation lawsuit filed against trump by e. jean carroll, it goes to trial. she s not seeking $10 million in damages, trump says that he plans to be in court next week. lawyers for e. jean carroll or asking the judge to limit what trump can say if he decides to testify. they point to trump s courtroom rant yesterday at his 300 and excuse me, 370 million dollar civil fraud trial. he s got a lot. now let s get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel tonight. jon allen is here, or senior national politics reporter for nbc news, and prize winning reporter for the new york times,
Pandora s box. that s a very sad thing that has happened with this whole situation. when they talk about a threat to democracy, that s your real threat to democracy. we think we have a very good day today. you just were use the words bedlam. what would you tell your supporters now ? trump is expected to make an appearance in another court on thursday. he is set to be in closing arguments for his new york civil fraud trial. new york state attorney generals chased james is suing him. she wants trump and his business to pay up to 375 million bucks in penalties. let s get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel. our friend katie benner, pulitzer prize-winning reporter for the new york times, sam stein, wet white house editor for politico, melissa murray from and nyu law school, a law clerk for soto social sotomayor,