last night asked that investigators regain access to 125 documents found in that search of mar-a-lago. that is part of the extraordinary appeal to cannon s order which politico puts like this, it aims to a full-throated rebuke of the ruling by cannon, a trump appointee who was confirmed to a seat after trump s defeat in the 2020 election. prosecutors used the filing to describe her ruling as a danger to national security and one ignorant to the counterintelligence work and lacking in an understanding of the complexities of executive privilege. all of it and the bid to continue to use the classified documents from mar-a-lago in the investigation amounts to a bold gamut from doj. once again, from politico, quote, they re going forward with an appeal despite the risk of cementing an awful precedent. we re getting an even worse ruling from an appeals court dominated by trump appointees and they re daring cannon to double down on analysts that legal analysts on the right and left
streaming on peacock. alex wagner tonight starts right now with my friend, mehdi hassan, in four. alex good evening, and thank you, chris. and thanks to you at home for being with us. alex has the night off. here is a question for you, do you recognize this man. do you know who this guy is? the president bears responsibility from wednesdays attack on congress by mob rioters, he should have immediately denounced the mob, when he saw what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action, on president trump. now, i know that visibly it s very clearly republican speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. but can you imagine which world which kevin mccarthy we need today, speaker mccarthy would openly blame donald trump for january the 6th? as hard as it is to believe, kevin mccarthy really did say those things about donald trump. exactly two years ago today. and he said on the occasion of donald trump s impeachment, his second impeachment for trying to overturn the election in
voters minds with six days to go. and republicans ramping up their panic based messaging, how to fight fear with facts. then, elon musk finding out owning twitter is not as easy as owning the lives, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. just six days left until election day, president biden is speaking directly to the nation about what s on the line, the future of democracy in america. the warning to not take democracy for granted came during his speech from washington, d.c. earlier tonight he laid out the risk from election deniers, political violence, and voter intimidation. we re facing a defining moment, a inflection point, we must with one overwhelming unified voice speak as a country. and say there is no place, no place, for voter intimidation and political violence in america. whether it is directed at democrats or republicans. no place, period. no place ever. i know there s a lot at stake in these midte
and republicans ramping up their panic based messaging, how to fight fear with facts. then, elon musk finding out owning twitter is not as easy as owning the libs, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. just six days left until election day, president biden is speaking directly to the nation about what s on the line, the future of democracy in america. the warning to not take democracy for granted came during his speech from washington, d. c. earlier tonight. he laid out the risk from election deniers, political violence, and voter intimidation. we re facing a defining moment, a inflection point, we must with one overwhelming unified voice speak as a country. and say there is no place, no place, for voter intimidation and political violence in america. whether it is directed at democrats or republicans. no place, period. no place ever. i know there s a lot at stake in these midterm elections, from our economy to
beach resort. and a big question is still unanswered. why did he have a document like this in the first place? a lot more to come on all of this, so stay tuned. and there s more news tonight on something happening for the first time in modern american history. and that is an elected official barred from holding office for allegedly violating a cause in the 14th amendment by participating in what the judge ruled was an insurrection against the u.s. government. new mexico county commissioner and founder of the cowboys for trump coy griffin lost his elected position today for his role in the january 6th riot and he is now barred from holding office. the judge pointed out the irony that griffin argued that court should consider the will of the people. and the will of people was what january six was all about. and let s not forget what happened the capulet they. it was part of an effort to overturn our election. surveillance video, newly-obtained by cnn, shows kathy latham, a form