we have stephanie jack are joining us from telling me so stephanie, what are we learning or what's come out of the work cabinet meeting? if anything at all nothing so far. it's also not clear whether there will be a statement at the end of the media. it was called by of any guns and guy the eyes and caught both members of the war cabinet to discuss the hostage issue. of course, the captives are really having full and off the agenda here, protect you with the escalation where they're on over the last week. the work happen is met multiple times, but uh for all we understand, they haven't discussed this. so for more than 2 weeks. and of course, there's still a lot of pressure you have yesterday. we were here at the weekly protests to thousands of is ready showing up courtney for this government to resign. the insulting prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that this is his responsibility and they're simply not doing enough to bring the hostages back at 7 months. now, during the, into this war and from the is really perspective, they simply think that this government is not doing enough

we want, we said i was, is there a stephanie jack is running as not from tele visa? stephanie, obviously there's a lot of pushback from that is really is when it comes to these possible sanctions against the army, you know, what more are you hearing coming out of officials there as well as that work cabinet meeting that's taking place? yes. is blanket pushed back, whatever the spectrum of the political divide you are on. the army is a very unifying factor, and is, are all you simply don't criticize that everyone's serves in the army? it's a conscription army. so any kind of criticism, even from within israel, is never welcome to something so high profile as the americans for the 1st time, singling out a battalion. this is a battalion that's an ultra orthodox battalion. it's been accused of violations in the past. there's also a specific incident in 2022 where they were charged with killing publishing. an american elderly man in his seventies hadn't coughing him, blindfolding him, and then leaving him and freezing conditions and he died. so you could perhaps think that

stephanie ruhle. and we are now 216 days away from the election. jack smith has basically had it with judge cannon and the way she has handled donald trump's classified documents case. now smith is taking action to protect his prosecution. in a new filing, smith said judge cannon's legal premise was quote wrong and called trump's claim about the presidential records act a fundamentally flawed premise. the idea that he should not be charged because he had declared the documents personal. smith calls that pure fiction. he also pointed out it has been nearly six weeks since trump moved to have the case thrown out. he wants the judge to get on with it and make a ruling asap. smith has signaled he will appeal if he loses and of course trump will likely do the same if he loses, there is news in the hush money case. the judge has denied trump's attempt to delay the trial. jury selection in that case will begin right around the corner. april 15th. that is 12 days away. mark your calendar and let's get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel. lisa rubin. kath

>> that is tonight last word, the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle begins right now. from tonight, jack smith blasts jury instructions from the judge in the classified documents case. and threatens to appeal if she rules against him. what's next for the special counsel? then, new reporting on how trump social media company was saved by a russian american under criminal investigation. plus, the iowa lsu game shatters a record for the most watched women's basketball game. we'll talk all about the ladies of march madness as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i'm stephanie ruhle, we are now 216 days away from the election. jack smith has had it with judge aileen cannon and the way she's handled donald trump's classified documents case. >> he also pointed out that it has been nearly six weeks since trump moved to have the case thrown out based on that defense. he wants the judge to get on with it and make a ruling asap. smith has signaled he will appeal if he loses, and of course, trump would likely do the same if he loses. also tonight, there is ne

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stephanie ruhle, live from new york city. we are now 211 days away from the election. tonight, special counsel jackef to the supreme court as it prepares to hear arguments about donald trump's claims of presidential immunity. smith argues that even if the justices decide presidents do have some level of immunity for certain official acts, the prosecution should still go ahead. meanwhile, the new york case is set to begin one week from today. can you believe that? you will believe trump's lawyers are pulling out all the stops to try and make sure that does not happen. trump's team argued today that the case should be delayed while they fight for a change of venue and against trumps gag order. i was after they made those arguments, the judge denied the motion to delay. we've seen this last-minute long shot before from his team. his attorneys tried the same light change of venue tactic last year to delay the civil fraud trial. an appeals court refused to delay the trial. meanwhile, there are huge questions tonight surrounding the $175 million bond trump posted to appeal the civil fraud case. according

stephanie ruhle, we are now 214 days away from the election. this week, there was more back and forth in trump's many legal cases , denial of motions to delay or dismiss, expanded gag orders, jack smith himself making it clear he's had enough with the judge overseeing the classified documents case. we've got a lot to cover, so let's bring in a very special nightcap crew. my dearest friend, my true partner, ali velshi, msnbc troy chief correspondent and host of bells he is here, amanda littman, cofounder and director of run for something, comedian roy wood junior, also a former correspondent for the daily show, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie vitali. welcome to you all, i start with you. trump's delay train seems to be coming, possibly, to an end. the hush money case is starting in less than two weeks. do you think there is any chance we actually see a verdict before election day? >> in that case, maybe. >> is a very technical response. >> it's a professional word. but what's so difficult about watching these court cases is you're watching the hush money case go forward, but i think that's probably the one that has the least bearing on americans ability to vote or