professional resume, his education, even teeny tiny little details of his personal life have turned out to be either little white lies or outright pathological falsehoods in the last 72 hours, there has been a breathtaking avalanche of new reporting on the house of cards that is george santos public life. where to begin? well, there is his secret resume unearthed by reporters at the new york times that reads like a detailed road map of his lies, including claims he attended baruch college, earned an mba from nyu and was a wiz kid at goldman sachs. and then today, santos has deeper ties than previously known to a cousin of a sanctioned russian oligarch. he gave tens of thousands of dollas to committees linked to santos. msnbc has not confirmed that reporting, but it is worth noting that george santos has not addressed some of the accusations against him. he has apologized for what he calls, quote, embellishments and to say he s done nothing unethical. if we have learned any
hi there, everyone, here we go again. it s 4:00 in new york. at this hour, the house of representatives is completely and totally paralyzed. it is unable and incapable of swearing in members, forming committees, setting rules for itself, passing legislation even in the case of an emergency, couldn t do any of those things. it s a state of chaos and paralysis that is unprecedent ed in modern american history and it is all because the new republican house majority cannot agree on who should lead it in the 118th congress. house gop leader kevin mccarthy has moved into the speaker s office already, appears to be living by the motto, if at first you don t succeed try, try, try, try, try, try again. he has now lost five votes for the speakership, a sixth vote is underway. it s already clear from the math that mccarthy doesn t have the votes to become speaker of the house of representatives this time either. democrats for their part quietly made history yesterday by choosing the fir
this union and chaos are not inevitable. the president makes the case to preserve democracy as the other political party openly advocates for ending it. we ll never lose another election in wisconsin after him elected governor. the newly-leaked eastman emails, and justice clarence thomas to overturn the will of the voters. plus, carole s new reports and the violent attack targeting the speaker of the hat. kayleigh porter on why grocery stores inflated prices are making them referenced record profits. over half of the increase in prices, people are paying, are coming from increases and corporate profits. yes. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. and the last hour, president biden gave a primetime address on the threats to american democracy. he the sight of the insurrection. this, let s than a week out from the midterm elections. it s not all surprising he decided to give the speech, considering the headlines we re seeing
realized. the committee devoted to investigating that day had revealed truths about that day. and yet, the house probe is also underscoring something new to many, trump s plot to overthrow the election was far broader than one day, or prepping a one-day crime spree. it wasn t a legal coup conspiracy starting before the election, and lasting months. with criminal plots that had nothing to do with even january 6th and the legal orders by trump that were resisted. so we re going to show this to you tonight, how it began with things that are perfectly legal, like filing lawsuits to challenge the results, but quickly morphed into something much broader, a conspiracy that involves crimes, the january 6th insurrection that we know about, but a whole set of other criminal plots. this is vital to any potential set of indictments, and we re going to to get to all of that tonight, through the evidence, to show you exactly what is new and what matters. now, if any of that sounds familiar
tonight. this is far broader than even prosecutors first thought. we re breaking down the path to a criminal conspiracy and why experts now think the most serious charges may be yet to come. why are we doing this now? the house insurrection hearing showed the nation that january 6th was more organized than many realized. the committee, devoted to investigating that day, has revealed truths about that day, and yet the house probe has also underscored something new to many. trump s attempt to overthrow the election was much broader than one day or prepping a one-day crime spree. it was an illegal coup conspiracy starting before the election and lasting months. with criminal plots that had nothing to do with even january 6th and illegal orders by trump that were resisted, so we re going to show this to you tonight, how it began with things that are perfectly legal like filing lawsuits to challenge the results but quickly morphed into something much broader, a conspiracy that inv