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night. ♪ ♪ ♪ good evening once again. i'm stephanie ruhle. great to be back here at 30 rockefeller center. and we're starting this evening's broadcast with special counsel jack smith and his election interference case against donald trump, which is headed to trial, ready for this, in just about three months. now there is new reporting about what trump's former vice president told smith investigator about the days after the 2020 election leading up to the riot at the capitol. abc news reporting that pence gave smith's team several details about how trump, quote, surrounded him...

-- her twin daughters, emma and julie, were among the hostages released today. a member of the family is going to join me live in just a few minutes. plus we're, gonna tell you about a wild news story in the new york times. it's quite a read, about a pardon donald trump gave to a very shady character, and how it up ended the federal investigation by his own justice department. mike schmidt of the new york times broke that story and is here to talk about that now. later, how does the biden campaign pick a lane of attack against an opponent that is promising to sick the military on ame...

over. >> it's only the start, but so far it's gone well. >> does this breakthrough deal signal a turning point in the conflict? >> i don't trust hamas to do anything right now. i only trust hamas to respond to pressure. >> my guest this morning, national security adviser jake sullivan, and the chairman of the house intelligence committee republican congressman mike turner of ohio. plus, countdown to iowa. the iowa caucuses are now just 50 days away. we are now in second place in iowa. >> everybody's attacking me. that should show you who they care about. >> can any of trump's rival...

hello, new york. thank you for joining us live at town hall in new york city for this very, very special edition of why is this happening. he is incisive, he is big hearted, he is very, very, very smart. and admitted, he's taller than you expected. please give a warm welcome to my friend, my beloved colleague, msnbc's chris hayes. >> thank you. hey. oh, stop. stop it. how are you? good. thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you. sit down, sit down. thank you. that's extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. that was a really hard 20 seconds for me. thank you...

been for me to keep that secret? i feel relieved it's out in the open. >> sometimes in the newsroom you get a tip or a lead, but it's not reportable yet. >> but nothing i wanted to celebrate as much as this. >> yeah, no, it was awesome, and we love reporting good news. i thought you and her had a great conversation. we were all watching and feeling great about it. thank you for all of that and we'll see you soon. >> you got it. >> thanks the alicia and again, our big congratulations to nicolle wallace. our time neighbor and a valued colleague among so many of us, and happy news for h...