public, too. so you know what, i ll represent his voters, too, and they ll serve on committees but not a place that has national security because integrity matters to me. kevin mccarthy whose integrity is locked safely in a safe in mar-a-lago. retribution for dear leader donald trump and his min ons. also tonight, a new lawsuit and new outrage over governor desantis rejection of ap american studies because for he and his administration, learning the truth about african american history lacks educational value. a florida high school student who wanted to take that ap course is now getting ready to sue desantis and he joins me tonight. plus, the ukrainian military gets a big upgrade as the biden administration agrees to supply them with top of the line battle tanks. what it all means for this nearly year long war. house speaker mccarthy is making good on his threat to block adam schiff and eric swalwell from seats on the house intelligence committee. but before i tell yo
weekend, my friend. thanks to all of you at home. one of the biggest news stories of the century with the january 6th attack on our and capitol the congressional investigation that followed. there were ten public hearings in which the committee presented damning evidence showing that former president trump not only riled up the crowd, within sat back and watched as a violent crowd try to steal an election. it was dramatic. and it was reveler tory. and it was hugely compelling. but we now know, thanks to polling conducted by monmouth university, that those january 6th hearings did not shift public opinion at all. about the same number of people would call it a riot. about the same number of people would call it legitimate protest. in every way, the monmouth poll, the members were basically the same, before and after the january 6th hearings. now there are a lot of reasons why that might be the case. but a huge one a reason that cannot be ignored is this one. fox news did
one of the biggest new stories of the, year of the century, with the january 6th attack on our capital, on the congressional investigation that followed there. we re ten public hearings in which the committee presented damning evidence showing that former president trump not only riled up the crowd, but then sat back and watched as a violent crowd tried to steal an election it was dramatic. and it was reveler tory. and it was hugely compelling. but we now know, thanks to polling conducted by monmouth university, that those january 6th hearings did not shift public opinion at all. about the same number of people would call it a riot. about the same number of people would call it legitimate protest. in every way, in the monmouth poll, the members were basically the same, before and after the january 6th hearings. now there are a lot of reasons why that might be the case. but a huge one a reason that cannot be ignored is this one. fox news did not cover the hearings. every
i think what joy reid did frankly is the issue that happens to black conservatives all the time. where somehow we re less black than black democrats. first of all, i ll tell you and i ll tell joy reid and anyone else who wants to hear it, i grew up in brooklyn, new york, in the inner city, in a single parent household. i am a black man. i m also a republican. the republican congressman you just heard, byron donalds of florida, who got a bunch of votes for speaker, joins me in studio tonight. meanwhile, kevin mccarthy and his far right overlords are off and running with an extreme agenda. and normalizing people like marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar. while punishing lawmakers like adam schiff, ilhan omar, and eric swalwell, who joins me in just a moment. plus, my pal and colleague, chris hayes, is going to help me make a big announcement tonight. you do not want to miss it. we begin with the extreme republican agenda taking shape in the u.s. house of representatives.
a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news smith is overseeing the dual probes involving pence s former boss regarding the classified documents trump took with him to mar-a-lago and the january 6th attack on the capitol. we do not know exactly why he has subpoenaed pence and if it is in reference to one or both of these probes but when a former vice president of the united states is subpoenaed, it is a big deal. according to abc news which was the first to report this news, it follows months of negotiations between federal prosecutors and pence s legal team. not surprising, but spokespeople for both the former vice president and the special counsel have declined to comment. joining me now is my colleague and anchor of the beat, ari melber. peter strzok, former fbi counterintelligence agent, and charles coleman, former prosecutor. ari, i m going to start with you. it is a big deal, but not a specifically big deal because we don t know exactly what these probes are abou