good evening from new york. welcome back to all in. i m chris hayes. in four days the republican majority will be sworn in, and that includes george santos, the freshman congressman-elect from new york, a man who flipped a democratic seat in a biden plus eight district and has subsequently been caught fabricating much of his resume. from his past claims of jewish heritage to his job history, education, reporters are now scrutinizing everything about santos, understandably. especially his apparent sudden wealth. how he went from earning $55,000 in 2020 to loaning his campaign over $700,000 just two years later. and how he spent that campaign money. new york times reporting today that santos spent an unusually high amount on hotels and trips across the country especially for a candidate relatively new to politics. $30,000 on hotels, $40,000 on air fare, $14,000 on car services. government affairs lobbyists telling the times, quote, usually a congressional candidates tries s
fighters in afghanistan. hello and welcome to bbc news. the republican kevin mccarthy says he s confident he ll win enough support today to be elected speaker of the us house of representatives. so far, he s failed 13 times, leading to deadlock in the chamber. it comes on the second anniversary of the january the 6th attack on the us capitol building. the latest session has been adjourned for several hours, but mccarthy is just a handful of votes short of victory. with the latest, here s gary 0 donoghue. commemorating the heroes of january the 6th two years ago for their courage in the face of overwhelming odds. it was the moment american democracy teetered on the brink, as protesters, supporters of donald trump, stormed the capitol, bent on preventing the ratification ofjoe biden s victory. you know, for those who lost someone on that day, they re proud as the devil that their kin are being honoured but, boy, is it hard. up on capitol hill, democrat members of the house mark
conservative super majority. today two more big rules. one tieing the biden administration s hands in the climate change fight. the other clearing the way for the biden white house to end a controversial pandemic era trump administration border policy. those decisions closed a turn d make block buster changes to american law and to american life, including new limits on how states can regulate guns and, of course, the end of the roe v. wade decision that guaranteed federal abortion rights. president biden ending a big overseas trip earlier today called the role reversal destabilizing and, quote, outrageous. he said democrats should make an exception to the filibuster and pass a new federal law. let s get to the supreme court as we wait. i may have to interrupt you for the swearing in justice ketanji brown jackson, but what do we expect as we watch this ceremony play out and we get justice breyer leaving and justice brown coming in in a new job she must be thinking wow, intere
Summer if kickoff, nearly 44 million americans hitting the roads and skies over this long weekend despite prices heating up. What President Biden says he is doing to try and cool costs down that republicans say is trying to get his poll numbers up. Plus, after battling for the deep i blue bronx with, former President Donald Trump is trying to bring more unlikely voters in. If a speech to libertarians tonight, will it help expand his base . And we are awaiting the World War Ii Memorial In Washington where a tribute to the 40 to ,000 americans to who lost their lives during the Second World War is about to get under way with. Tunnel to towers ceo frank siller is here with his Memorial Day Mission and his promise to keep the memories of our Fallen Heroes alive. Good morning, everyone. I am david asman in for neil can cavuto, this is a Special Edition of cavuto live. And you are looking live at the military, Military Academy At West Point where President Joe Biden is getting ready to addre
Without a speaker. Many more republicans are now starting this new week by jumping into that chaotic and messy race. We have that report coming up later. Our top story is the prosecutors on offense in the trump coup cases. Jack smith has already put pressure on Defendant Trump after winning that partial gag order. Now, if youve been following the news, d. A. Willis has just won convictions on the eve of her first rico trial. Indeed, that was supposed to start today, but she won it so decisively, there is no trial. Ill explain. Two Trump Lawyers pled guilty two days ago nay row, showing new concern today that he is worrie they will testify against him and it will be damaging. He posted a new statement, which asserts, referring to Sydney Powell that she was, quote, one of millions who thought the 2020 president ial election was rigged and stolen. Thats his typo, by the way. He goes on to say, quote, ms. Powell was not my attorney and never was. That claim is false, but it is also telling