here at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> tonight donald trump has decided he's been cleared. the president takes his vindication towards michigan all of it based none out the mueller report but the four-page letter with the attorney general and tonight, it included blue language from the president in front of a solidly red crowd. also tonight, the president's loyal republicans using this period before we get to see the mueller report to go on attack in congress. they want a major democratic committee chairman to resign. today they got their answer. and weeks after michael cohen called him a cheat, new reporting on attempts by donald trump the businessman to cook some of the numbers as "the 11th hour" gets underway on a thursday night. >> good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 798 of the trump administration, and as we all continue to react to a four-page letter summariing the mueller