evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we are going to get to the political news and a few minutes but we want to begin this evening s broadcast with breaking news. elon musk now officially in charge of twitter the takeover is complete. with us tonight to discuss, elizabeth dwoskin, the silicon valley correspondent for the washington post. she broke the story tonight. and cara swisher, all things on elon musk. and editor of new york magazine. and with karen swisher. my friend, terry swisher, it s official, musk is in, top executives are out on the far-right is rejoicing. what are we in for? that kind of says it all, i think it is going to be very difficult. he has bought it for three times what it is worth. you could turn it around, he has at a big it s a mount everest of tournaments. that s for sure. and he certainly got to bring in some people who are decent at figuring out a business plan for the company. he may not care but he still doesn t have unlimited funds. so
the pushes of the big lie reach full throttle. we are not gonna have 2000 mules situation in these boxes. tonight, marc elias on the multi-front fight against the anti-democratic threats across the country. then, how the georgia senate race got somehow crazier. i want the biggest night for the herschel walker campaign to be tonight. plus, did sarah palin just endorsed her opponent in alaska? maybe it is kind of that alaskan chick thing, you know. and david wallace dwells on the new climate reality coming into view. and why there may actually be a case for optimism. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. today, a january 6th insurrectionists, a violent one, was sentenced to the longest prison sentences yet for someone who did what he did, for his role in the violent attack on the capitol. his name is albuquerque head, he is a tennessee resident. and he was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after pleading gui