former president? plus, the texas governor it s political ploy to try to punish blue states over immigration policies. the problem is, this isn t politics for the thousands of desperate migrants. the human cost of political gains. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we begin tonight with the dramatic spike in violent threats against fbi agents. threats so concerning that president biden is now being briefed on the danger. the bureau has been under attack from former president trump himself and his allies ever since that search on his home in mar-a-lago just one week ago. the fbi and the department of homeland security had issued a joint intelligence bulletin rising of threats to for presumably carried out by supporters of the former president. and just today, a pennsylvania man was arrested for threatening to kill fbi agents, threats he posted on media website. you ll recall, it was just four days ago, and arm
joint intelligence bulletin risethreats to law enforcement officials. presumably carried out by supporters of the former president. and just today, a pennsylvania man was arrested for threatening to kill fbi agents, threats he posted on a social media website. you ll recall, it was just four days ago, an armed man fired a nail gun into a cincinnati fbi office. he was later killed during a standoff with police. at the same time, attorney merrick garland may soon have to decide whether or not to pursue charges against donald trump of his allies over the handling of those classified records that were seized down a mar-a-lago. and tonight, the wall street journal is reporting that it took garland weeks to decide to approve that application for the search warrant. one of the reporters who broke that story described what happened during that time. he met with justice officials and other fbi officials for weeks, in private meetings weighing the ins and outs of such a high profile
millions of american women, no longer have the constitutional right to an abortion that has been their right for decades now and nearly half of all states women will soon find themselves without any access to an abortion, a 6-3 decision handed down in dobbs versus jackson women s health upholds mississippi s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, in a 5-4 majority went further completely striking down roe versus wade, written by justice samuel alito, it is similar to the draft opinion that leaked back in may. it reads in part, roe was egregiously wrong from the start and the decision was exceptionally weak. and the decision has had damaging consequences. with this decision, 13 states have already effectively ended abortion access. missouri s governor issued an order ending all elective abortions one hour after the supreme court decision was released. another 13 states will impose draconian restrictions on abortion. a decision that s consequential is of course, nothing
this about the massive tranche of classified documents that were in trump s possession and have been ever since he left office in january 2021. they write this, quote, the extent to which such a large number of hailey sensitive documents remained at mar-a-lago for months, even as the department sought the return of all material that should have been left in government custody when trump left office suggested to officials that the former president or his aides have been cavalier in handling it, not fully forthcoming with investigators or both. the first batch of documents 15 boxes in total retrieved in january reportedly contained 150 classified documents, and the national archives relayed to trump s team just how sensitive these documents were in their may letter, telling trump s attorneys those boxes contained 700 pages of classified materials, some of them with the highest levels of classification possible. which suggests that they contain some of the government s most ferv
has retained on much of the republican base. more republicans will be asking themselves if this is the person they want as their nominee in 2024. taken as a whole, it was devastating in the extreme and for the congressional committee tasked with investigating the most devastating attack on the u.s. capitol in centuries, hutchinson s testimony puts their probe at a crossroads with important new questions to answer, especially about the role of white house counsel pat cipollone and what he told the ex-presind top trump officials on january 6th and in the days before and after. vice chair liz cheney reiterating the panel s call for cipollone to testify. white house counsel pat cipollone had significant concerns. it s time for sip loan toe testify on the record. any concerns he has about the institutional interest of his prior offers are outweighed by the need for his testimony. punch bowl news is reporting this, quote, the january 6th select committee is likely to subpoena pat c