today on inside politics, red, white, and blue political theater. republicans pound the pavement, put on their best every man polos, and look for votes between burgers, dogs, and fireworks. fourth of july provides a 2024 test, one donald trump bets he s fine just skipping. plus, a first amendment victory or a green light to conspiracy theorists? a judge calls a biden effort to stop disinformation from running wild orwellian while telling top biden officials to cut off contact with social media companies. and just in, cocaine at the white house. a positive lab test prompts an obvious question for the secret service, whose was it? i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, a white house crime scene. a source just confirmed to cnn that cocaine was discovered inside the west wing. i want to go straight to the white house and cnn s priscilla alvarez. what are you hearing from your sources on this? reporter: dane, a source familiar tells
nicolle wallace. all of the president s men, or in this case, four times indicted ex-presidents with notorious outliers and enablers. rudy giuliani is in court, a jury is deliberating for a second day on that right now, as soon as there is news from the courtroom, we re going to head right to our reporter in washington. and, of course, mark meadows, trump s former chief of staff turned codefendant in the interference case. he s he heart of the sprawling, high octane racketeering case brought by fanni willis, a case that s spooked meadows so badly, that he s using every oce of his firepower to get it moved to federal court, arguing everything he did was part of his official job as chief of staff. specifically, he s trying to dust off a 234-year-old federal statute which allows officials charged with state crimes to transfer them to federal court if the alleged criminal behavior was carried out as part of that person as official duties. meadows argues he was acting as trump
republican. it makes no sense that in four months, four months, five months, i am indicted. one day after donald trump found liable for sexual abuse. he did it. and you know it. tonight, the slow wheels of justice turn a little quicker, then, can you defeat a republican front runner by excusing his sexual battery? serving alongside the president i never heard or witnessed behavior of that nature. plus, rachel maddow and the biggest as yet uncharged crime of donald trump, and jamelle bouie and what is exactly is going on here. do you believe they should allow white nationalists in the military? well, they call them that. i call them americans. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the scandal ridden republican congressman from new york, the one and only george santos, was arraigned in federal court today, where he pled not guilty to 13 separate counts of fraud and other financial crimes. i ve got to say, you probably ag
republican. it makes no sense that in four months, four months, five months, i am indicted. one day after donald trump found liable for sexual abuse. he did it. and you know it. tonight, the slow wheels of justice turn a little quicker, then, can you defeat a republican front runner by excusing his sexual battery? serving alongside the president i never heard or witnessed behavior of that nature. plus, rachel maddow and the biggest as yet uncharged crime of donald trump, and jamelle bouie and what is exactly is going on here. do you believe they should allow white nationalists in the military? well, they call them that. i call them americans. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the scandal ridden republican congressman from new york, the one and only george santos, was arraigned in federal court today, where he pled not guilty to 13 separate counts of fraud and other financial crimes. i ve got to say, you probably ag
we begin this hour in california. significant flood threat is intensifying. powerful drenching storms hitting the northern and central parts of of the state. brought on by an atmospheric river. governor newsom declared a state of emergency. a levy breach forcing evacuations in monterey county. the california national guard is now on the scene in santa cruz to support emergency services. around 15 million people are under flood watches across california and nevada. for some residents, the rising water is simply too much to bear. can t live like this. how do you live like this? how do i have my kids here? how do i have my elderly mother live here where i carry her out of her had house? snowfall is also causing significant problems blocking roads and trapping some people in their homes. several feet of snow have fallen in parts of the sierra nevada mountains. moouk is live for us in monterey county reporting on the flooding taking place there. what s at stake and what s expe