House, Senate sign off on Epstein files bill

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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The bill directing the release of the Epstein files heads to the White House. This comes after Trump spent months trying to stop the bill. Then, Trump welcomes the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia and defends him over the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Plus, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s major falling out with Trump. Mychael Schnell, Jeff Mason, Sam Stein, David Rohde, Brendan Greeley, Jim Bianco, and Greg Bluestein join The 11th Hour this Tuesday night.

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0:00.0	Tonight, another step closer to the Epstein files.
0:04.5	The bill Trump tried so hard to stop is now headed to the White House after quick action
0:09.4	on Capitol Hill.
0:11.0	Then the royal treatment.
0:12.7	Trump welcomes Saudi Arabia's crown prince and defense him over the murder of Washington
0:17.6	Post columnist.
0:19.1	Plus, Marjorie Taylor Greens break up with Trump,
0:21.9	the feud that rocked the MAGA universe.
0:24.3	At the 11th hour, it's underway on this Tuesday night.
0:35.9	Good evening once again.
0:37.4	I am Stephanie Ruhl, and sit back, pour yourself a drink because we have got some news tonight.
0:42.9	We're now 349 days away from the midterms and tonight the bill to force the Justice Department to release all of its Epstein files will soon reach Donald Trump's desk.
0:54.0	After the House overwhelmingly passed it today, Chuck Schumer pushed for unanimous consent
0:58.9	over in the Senate. That move fast tracks a bill for approvals as long as no senators object.
1:04.9	And guess what? No one did. So once the House actually sends it to the Senate, it goes straight
1:10.3	to the White House. Majority leader John Thune says actually sends it to the Senate, it goes straight to the White House.
1:11.3	Majority leader John Thune says the bill could reach the Senate tomorrow morning, and earlier
1:16.6	today, House Democrats were holding a bipartisan candlelit vigil with a group of Epstein
1:21.5	survivors. Watch what happened moments after they got the news.
1:27.3	And as many of us who are looking at our phones know that the Senate has passed the bill
1:33.6	on the unanimous.
1:34.7	Come back. Reminder. Reminder. This fight has not been about Republicans. It has not been about Democrats. It has been about those ladies. And tonight the White House says the president will sign the bill whenever it reaches his desk. But let's be clear. It should not have taken an act of Congress to get the answers and transparency that hundreds of survivors who were children, who were children at the time,
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