possibly still to come. we are actually helping the american people instead of just playing political games. and the political payoff for doing the right thing. i ve been very clear, i think he s guilty of the most serious dereliction of duty of any president in our nation s history. reports of a quiet republican effort to try to save this chinese seat, will it work? plus, the julia podcaster from texas and his performative outrage. and a 50 million dollar judgment against alex jones for his sandy hook lies. when all in starts right now. good evening from washington, d.c., i am mehdi hassan in for chris hayes. so, it is friday morning, the first friday of the month of august, and you are producer of fox the country is awaiting the july jobs report. and even the white house has admitted that the numbers are going to be bad. of course, this is the store you go big. on the jobs report is going to be lousy. joe biden s economy is in the gutter. the white house is al
all it is, they are just saying words. they re taking a position. they are not being asked to charge machine gun deaths or charge a beats the way that others have to defend a democracy. and look, i think the whole point of democracy is to have these serious disagreements about policy, about whether or not this person is a good president, a terrible president. but that s not where we are now. there really is an autocratic movement in america that is led by the republican party. and i think we have to agree that the cheneys are showing decency and courage by calling it out. certainly, liz cheney has shown political courage, there s no doubt about that. john, you also tweeted, quote, ironically, cheney was such a disastrous vice president that republicans recognized he could ever be considered as a 2008 presidential prospect. unfortunately, the party made no serious effort at course recognition after the bush cheney debacle and that opened the way for trump. i do think that s an element