Giuliani to manufacture dirt on the president s political opponents and arrested trying to flee the country. Maybe ill ask rudy to say a few words. Tonight what we know about the two men. Is Rudy Giuliani now under investigation . And what did the president know and when did he know it . What conversations have you head with lev parnas and igor fruman . I dont know those gentlemen. You were in pictures with them. And Hillary Clintons Campaign Manager john podesta what he makes the push to impeach trump. And as republicans stews over defecks the new call from conservative lawyers who say a speedy Impeachment Inquiry is necessary. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The first arrests of the impeachment era happened today and washington, d. C. Airport attempting to leave the country with one way tickets get this only hours after they lunched with their Business Associate and lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Let me take a minute to explain these two suspects who
how did it happen? look at the metropolitan atlanta area. you see all that blue right there. let s look more closely. what s happening in the suburbs, both walker and the trump brand as you pull it out. cobb county, right, 60% for senator warnock, only 40% for herschel walker. one month to the governor s race. in the governor s race, yes, brian kemp loses cobb county but look how competitive he is, 47%. let s move to gwinnett, kemp re-elected one month with 44% in this county. look at herschel walker, 38% there. the struggle in the suburbs for the republican party is growing, a lot of that is toxic trump but it s not just the suburbs, move up here, you see these red county, these are the exurban counties go 10, 15, 20 miles and more. cherokee, herschel walker won, he got 69% of the vote. why is that a weakness? in the great big story s race kemp getting 74%. move over here, forsyth county, governor kemp gets 72%. herschel walker last night, 66%.
chambers. it is without a doubt that the trump brand and then walker s baggage on top of that, if you look at the suburbs and move out to the exurbs, republicans want every statewide election in georgia. it was a good year except for this race. why? in part because of what you just laid out, the trump brand continues to be toxic. you have to remember that the republicans who won at the state level including the governor had campaigned against the idea of the big lie, against the idea that trump should be the leader of the party and so even as they tried to rescue herschel walker, it was too far gone as being an acolyte of donald trump, sort of picked out of obscurity to be a senator by donald trump. while it s important to know trump s brand continues to be toxic for a number of suburban voters raphael warnock did campaign in a number of these exurb and even rural communities and try to tighten those margins even though he lost a number of
legislatures in battleground states have the power to override the will of voters and choose electors favoring trump. that s the extreme version but it s not out of the realm of possibility that some state legislatures could apply that wide-ranging theory if the supreme court rules for the republican challengers here. so the arguments still playing out. we ll see what happens when the decision is expected probably in the spring or early sumer. now we wait for the court. jessica, thanks. very much appreciate it. in germany authorities have arrested 25 people suspected of plotting an armed attack to overthrow the government. they ve believed to be members and support is of a far right terrorist organization. our international diplomatic editor nic robertson is there. reporter: it is pretty wild. 3,000 police, 150 different raids this morning, 25 people taken into custody, 22 of them members of the group, three of them supporters of the group.
basic fact, basic criticism from a number of republicans that they need better candidates according to roy blunt a member of the republican leadership saying, quote, we need better candidates. the number two republican john thune indicated it was donald trump s presence late in the campaign season that gave democrats an opportunity to shift the focus away from joe biden and his policies and make it a contrast election and he also had a message for republican candidates who embrace the bogus notion of the 2020 election being stolen saying, independent voters weren t having it. it all starts with good quality candidates. there s no substitute for that. in an election year when it should have been a referendum on the current administration and their policies the democrats in many cases were able to turn it into a choice election because of trump s presence out there, so, you know, was he a factor? i don t think there s any question about that. when i asked senator lindsey graham a sta