as well to provide immediate medical attention when it s needed. so if officer porter is not available to testify because he does, in fact, invoke that privilege to remain silent. that s a real problem to see. because they really need porter. they in as much said that during the motions hearing. all right. thanks for joining us. really appreciate it. my pleasure. all right, still ahead the matchups for tonight s debate the changing dynamics for the candidates as they prepare to take the main stage coming up.
privilege to remain silent. that s a real problem to see. because they really need porter. they in as much said that during the motions hearing. all right. thanks for joining us. really appreciate it. my pleasure. all right, still ahead the matchups for tonight s debate the changing dynamics for the candidates as they prepare to take the main stage coming up. .
why new york and l.a. had two completely different reactions to two nearly identical threats? there was nothing credible about the threat. and back to baltimore. what today s deadlocked jury means for the first trial in the freddie gray case. a all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. the fifth republican presidential debate t. final gop debate of the year is set to begin if about an hour at the venetian hotel in las vegas. there will be nine candidates on stage, front runner donald trump at center stage. four additional candidates participated in a separate debate earlier in the evening. outside, protesters amassed early in the day with signs opposing hateful rhetoric. inside, the candidates and the media prepare for the first gop debate since the terrorist attacks in paris and san bernardino that have at least as
in people finding for work. peter, tell us who is in and who is out. i guess you can say the demotion has begun in the republican field. it is now down to eight. when it comes to next tuesday, the debate in milwaukee, at center stage will be donald trump number one and ben carson at two. they ll be flanked by cruz and marco rubio, carly fiorina making the stage also there jeb bush of course, john kasich and beyond that rand paul, they barely squeeze into this one. the two men who missed that cut significantly are chris christie, the governor of new jersey, who is really seeing his numbers rise in new hampshire specifically, if not nationally, and mike huckabee, who won the iowa caucuses in 2008. chris christie putting a tweet out saying it doesn t matter the
debate. and i do think that the republicans have leverage, because after all, even though it s a debate, we re also talking about television, which means ratings. and everyone knows the party can bring some ratings. when you have donald trump at center stage. so i do think they re going to get some of their demands met. okay, let s shift gears a little bit on the democratic side. hillary clinton just wrapped up a rally in charleston, south carolina, but it was her visit in atlanta that got a different kind of coverage. there were members of the black lives matter movement, that interrupted her speech for about 25 minutes at the clark atlanta university appearance. clinton responded by stating those concerns are a priority for her. the concerns that people who were a part of this movement expressed they wanted. she said, if you just give me a moment, i ll let you know how i plan to address it. this is what she said. losing the power of the feelings that come forward.