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The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

Trump's threat: "I'll invoke the Insurrection Act"

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

President Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act as Minnesota protestors clash with federal immigration authorities. Then, ICE tactics ignite outrage amid growing calls to eliminate the agency. Plus, the White House unveils its health care plan, but can it replace the Affordable Care Act? Antonia Hylton hosts as Akayla Gardner, Susan Glasser, Joyce Vance, Alejandro Velasco, Natasha Sarin, and Justin Wolfers join The 11th Hour this Thursday night.

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Tonight, Insurrection Act threat. The president raises the prospect of sending federal troops to

0:06.0

Minnesota after protesters clash with authorities. Then, as ICE tactics ignite anger and outrage,

0:12.0

along with growing calls to eliminate the immigration enforcement agency. Plus, the White House finally

0:17.9

unveils its health care plan, but can it replace the Affordable Care Act?

0:22.2

What we know about Trump's new proposal as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.

0:31.9

Good evening. I'm Antonia Hilton. I'm in tonight for Stephanie Ruhl. We are now 291 days away from the midterms.

0:40.7

Today, President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and send active-duty military troops into Minnesota in response to the ICE protests there.

0:49.1

Trump wrote that many presidents have used the act before, and it would allow him to quickly put an end to the travesty

0:55.0

that is taking place in that once great state. Trump is right that many presidents have invoked

1:01.6

the act before, but not recently. It's only been used three times in the past 50 years. Ronald Reagan

1:08.3

used it in 1987 when Cuban migrants in an Atlanta prison started a riot.

1:13.6

And George H.W. Bush used it twice. Once in 1989, when there was looting in the U.S.

1:18.8

Virgin Islands in the aftermath of a hurricane. And then in 1992, during the Rodney King riots

1:24.5

in Los Angeles. The last time a president used the military

1:27.8

over the objections of a state's governor

1:30.0

was more than 60 years ago

1:31.7

when Lyndon Johnson deployed the National Guard

1:34.6

to protect civil rights demonstrators

1:36.7

in Selma, Alabama.

1:37.8

Of course, Donald Trump's threat comes after an ICE agent

1:42.0

shot a man in Minneapolis last night, leading to another round of

1:46.9

massive community responses. Protesters are back out there now. This is a live look from our

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