address, president biden is expected to present a picture of a nation on the rebound making solid progress, especially in regards to the u.s. economy. republicans will portray the president as largely failing. and they have a boat load of new poll numbers to back them up. perhaps, most striking of all those polls, results showing a majority of americans and most democrats do not want president biden to run for re-election. and after the spy balloon journey across the country and increasing aggressive actions around the world, china is expected to be a major topic tonight as well. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. this speech is widely seen as an anchor to president biden s 2024 announcement. but, looming over it is the fallout from his handling of the chinese spy balloon exposing division within his own party and doubts about his job in office. hours before his speech, the pent
tonight andrew weissmann at a stunning revelations from the snt why prosecutor fired by donald trump. then, what we are learning about newly unsealed portions of the mar-a-lago affidavit and the republicans unveiled their plan to abort plant that abortion nationwide. i thought of the night to introduce a bill. senator amy corker on the overwhelming backlash to lindsey graham s plan. give me a chance to vote on this bill. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. well, it was as bad as it looked, in fact it was even worse. had a lot of occasions to say that in the trump years of american life but this new example of donald trump s misconduct in office is about as clear as it gets. it comes directly from the former united states attorney for the southern district of new york, arguably the most powerful district in the entire country. for two and a half years that man you see there jeffrey bergman served in that role as the head of th
night. alex wagner coming up. good evening, alex. good evening, thank you christopher, and thanks to tonight. today, president biden popped on his signature aviator sunglasses, walked up to the south lawn, he took off his jacket and essentially gave the white house version of a pep rally. exactly four weeks ago today, i signed the inflation reduction act into law. the single most important legislation passed into congress to combat inflation, and one of the most significant laws in our nation s history. we ve got a lot of lower prescription drug costs. lower health insurance costs. lower energy costs for millions of families. i want to take the most aggressive action ever, ever, ever to confront the climate crisis and increase our energy security. i want to build the future, the future, here in the united states of america. with american workers, companies, american made products. and after years of some of the biggest corporations in the united states paying zero in
abortion nationwide. i thought of the night to introduce a bill. senator amy corker on the overwhelming backlash to lindsey graham s plan. give me a chance to vote on this bill. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. well, it was as bad as it looked, in fact it was even worse. had a lot of occasions to say that in the trump years of american life but this new example of donald trump s misconduct in office is about as clear as it gets. it comes directly from the former united states attorney for the southern district of new york, arguably the most powerful district in the entire country. for two and a half years that man you see there geoffrey berman served in that role as the head of that district during the trump administration. berman has written a new book out today in which he details several instances in which donald trump abused the power of the department of justice. as berman told rachel maddow last, night trump s doj rapi
the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill, as amended, is passed. the bill, known as the inflation reduction act, contains the biggest climate investment in u.s. history. it also makes big changes to health care policies. it s headed to the house later this week after enduring more than a year of pain staking debate of more than 15 hours of a vote-a-rama delirium on capitol hill. manu raju is on capitol hill for us. this was once called the build back better agenda for joe biden. he didn t get everything he wanted, but they got a lot of what they initially were going after. how did it get resolved? there was some last-minute drama here. reporter: yeah, this capped more than a year of negotiations within the democratic party. you mentioned the build back better agenda. this is scaled back from this, but still significant in size and scope, dealing with health care, drug prices, climate and energy issues, imposing a new 15% corporate minimum tax that make mor