hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york on state of the union day when president joe biden delivers that state of the union address to we thought it was important to remember that that address will take place in what amounts to a crime scene. for which there has yet to be accountability for many of its perpetrators. members of the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th have been swept into the largest investigation in justice department history. more than 950 of them from all 50 states have been arrested. at least half of them have pleaded guilty to charges. on trial right now at this very moment on the rare and historically significant charge of seditious conspiracy, the right-wing militia groups, the oath keepers and the proud boys, the groups that form the tip of the spear of the mob that reached the capitol on that day, january 6, 2021. what about the campaign staffers? attorneys, activists, officials, the members of congress who helped put into motion complex
law enforcement preparing for a possible trump indictment. agencies looking at this, several taking steps in case an indictment comes down. who is involved?n new york rath say, georgia the agencies include people and police that protect the new york court buildings, nypd and then this most interestingly, the u.s. secret service is involved in these preparations they protect former presidents, no matter he s what s happening they are discussing these plans. all of this is a response to the reports we have seen, like that new york times bombshell about a likely indictment. it s a response to the way trump s team has prepared for charges, attacking the d.a donald trump s lawyer is saying he will follow normal procedures if they get to the point of surrendering there will be no standoff at mar-a-lago here is what this means. the u.s. government is preparing for the possibility of the first indictment of a former president, a step that wasn t taken after the accusations that
thank you so much for letting us into your homes for another week of shows. we are so grateful. the beat with ari melber on a friday night starts right now. thanks, nicolle. appreciate it. welcome to the beat. we begin with what some democrats are tout as the best day for domestic news within the biden presidency. not only the best days for the economy in this choppy covid era with all the upheavals but we re going to go through the numbers for you, the single best day for economic numbers in literally 50 years. the unemployment rate has not been this low, in other words, the unemployment rate has not been this high since americans were seeing things like this. hi, this is dick clark and it s time now one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind. as we chart our goals we shall be lifted by our dreams. i like your show, and i like your style shouldn t you brand be true today? kid, the next time i say go someplace like bolivia, let s go someplace l
i think it will be a challenge for him to deal with this in his own reelection in florida. as even fox news pans there earrings. i m sick of these hearings. make me feel better, guys. tonight the ranking member of the weaponization committee, stacey plaskett, on where this is headed. bringing the word to the sidelines of the more ball. ukrainian soldier using the world s largest spectacle to keep attention on putin s war. when all in, starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. well, today, fbi agents found yet another classified document improperly stored, this time of the indiana home of former vice president mike pence. now that s in addition to the first batch of classified documents that were discovered at pence s home last month. today s search was reportedly a voluntary cooperation between pence in the department of justice, not unlike what we have seen with several of joe biden s properties. what is non voluntary, however, is the subpoena pe
to look at the evidence. look at where this is headed in our special report for you. we start with one reason this looms large. mike pence is not just another witness. he s not just a high-ranking official in the attempted coup conspiracy. this is very important. we touched on it last night briefly. the coup plotters viewed pence as their desired mvp, their needed collaborator, they attempted co-conspirator. the remedy was for vice president pence to remand those votes back to the states. the vice president s got a lot of power, and that s very important to recognize. vz we to assume that this is going to be a climatic bat that will s going to take place this week about the very question of the constitutionally of the electoral count act of 1877? that depends on the courage of those involved. vice president mike pence? yes. if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. this is from one of the top constitutional lawyers in our country. he has the absolut