yes. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour in 1952, in the middle of the korean war, the united steel workers of america threatened to strike. but before they, could president truman shocked the nation with a televised address announcing he was seizing control of the steel plants so as not to interrupt the war effort. within half an hour of that address, lawyers for the steal companies had driven to a district court judges home in washington, d.c., and gotten the judge to set a hearing for the next morning. a hearing as to whether or not a could actually do that. now, the merits of that case a really interesting, but the reason the steele seizure case matters today is the speed at which was heard by the supreme court. the issue was so urgent for the steel workers, the unions, the steel companies, the u.s. military, it was so pressing that the case skipped the appeals process and the supreme court heard oral arguments just a little over a
11th hour stephanie ruhle starts now. t tonight, the people who have a major impact on the 2020 election. the supreme court s decision on whether to weigh in on donald trump s immunity claims. and the upcoming appeal on colorado s ballot disqualification. meanwhile the former president is doubling down on his comments about immigration. yet only a handful of republicans are even pushing back. then more scrutiny over a i and facial recognition after rite aid was accused of misusing the technology, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. we get some news tonight. the nation s highest court appears to be on a fast track to play a pivotal role in next year s presidential election. supreme court has been asked to weigh in on legal battles and evolving republican front runner donald j trump. special counsel jack smith wants the justices to issue a speedy ruling on t
then more scrutiny over ai and facial recognition after rite aid was accused of misusing the technology, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. we get some news tonight. the nation s highest court appears to be on a fast track to play a pivotal role in next year s presidential election. supreme court has been asked to weigh in on legal battles and evolving republican front runner donald j trump. special counsel jack smith wants the justices to issue a speedy ruling on trump s claim that presidential immunity protects him from criminal prosecution in the election interference case. today trump s legal team responded to smith s request by asking the court to hold off on making any decisions, seeing the issues involve call for more careful deliberation, not less. the court has already agreed to hear an appeal for the january 6th defendant on whether to dismiss the c
we are very grateful. i will be back with you tomorrow. the beat with katy faang in for ari melber starts right now. hello. what a fantastic show. good to see you. thanks so much for everything. and welcome to the rest of you to the the beat. i m katy faang in for ari melber. breaking news on donald trump s coup charges and the united states supreme court. late today donald trump s lawyers urging the united states supreme court to delay hearing arguments on a monumental question, whether he has absuit immunity criminal prosecution from actions trying to overturn the 2020 election. the filing coming in response to special counsel jack smith who is urging the high court to fast track this case. today trump s lawyers telling the court it should wait until a lower court has ruled while questioning why smith wants to move so quickly. arguing that smith s proposal would lead to a, quote, radically compressed timetable, and that, quote, the special counsel identifies no dpelg re
truman shocked theco nation wita televised address announcing he was seizing control of the steel plants so as not to interrupt the war effort. within half an hour of that address lawyers for the steel companies had driven to a district court ivjudge s home i washington, d.c. and gotten the judge to set a hearing for the next morning, a hearing as to whether or not a president could actually do that. now, the merits of that case are really interesting. but the reason the steel seizure case matters today is the speed at which it was heard by the supreme court. the issue was so urgent for the steel workers, the unions, the steel companies, the u.s. military, it was so pressing that the case skipped the appeals process, and the supreme court heard oral arguments just ad little over a month after truman s announcement. they decided the case less than a month after that, which is like light speed in supreme court time. and that is why in special counsel jack smith s filing before