instigators of the january 6th attack. for members of the proud boys, including their former leader found guilty of seditious conspiracy. what today s verdict could mean for the investigations into donald trump. then, new ethics questions about supreme court justice, clarence thomas. and a billionaire donor. and, with just one week until title 42 expires, a look at the humanitarian crisis at the southern border as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. i m symone sanders-townsend in four stephanie ruhle. tonight, there s brand-new reporting that special counsel jack smith is ramping up efforts to find out former president trump hid classified documents. the new york times writes, prosecutors have, quote, obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for trump at mar-a-lago. the report continues, quote, the existence of an insider witness, whose identity has not been disclosed could be a significant step in the investigation. this news comes jus
have actually had an abortion. thanks so much for coming on. thanks, chris. that is all in on this thursday night. alex wagner tonight gens right now. good evening, alex. it s such an essential conversation you re having, chris. there s been a flood this evening with major developments related to the mar-a-lago classified documents investigation, and there s brand new reporting regarding financial payments made not to clarence but ginni thomas, the wife of the supreme court justice already under fire. and we re going to get to all of that today. but first there is this. do you remember during the peak of the pandemic when people would bank pots and pans from their windows and cheer for essential workers every night at 7:00 p.m.? this is kind of like that but only for maga die hard. since august almost nightly trump supporters have met outside the d.c. jail, and at 9:00 p.m. the january 6th defendants inside the jail, they flicker their lights on and off, and that s
stephanie ruhle. speaker kevin mccarthy may hav won the battle to pass raising the debt limit, but now he i on a collision course with the urged president biden to make deal to give the u.s. from default, and economic disaster now the president can n longer put this economy in jeopardy, we - we have sent it to the senate. the majority of american overwhelmingly want us to si down and negotiate it is up to them now this afternoon, biden again insisted negotiations were out of the question. i m happy to meet with, mccarthy but not on whether or not the debt limit get extended that is not negotiable the clock is ticking, washington has until early jun to act mccarthy s bill now heads to the senate, but according to senate majority leader chuck schumer, the thing is dead o arrival. we are also following the civi rape trial involving forme president donald trump today e. jean carroll wh accused trump of sexual assaul gave explosive testimony i federal court. and we see t
just warned of a new, and earlier drop down date for the yellow now says the country could run out of cash to pay its bills on june 1st, that is one month from tonight. if congress does not raise the debt line. he followed me disaster for our economy, everyone would feel the effects. yellen s warning came late today in a letter to top lawmakers this quote, it is imperative that congress act as soon as possible. tonight, president biden invited the top four congressional leaders to the white house to find some way to avoid the fault. last week of course, the gop led house passed a bill that raise the debt limit, but it included steep spending cuts. biden said absolutely no to that, and tonight he and mccarthy are still in a stand off. we will not pass the debt ceiling a fetus races without doing something about our debt. we pay our bills, and we should do the without reckless hostages on some of the many republicans in congress. meanwhile, the administration is also de
first place. someone who says white supremacy is a hoax. a brand-new answer to that question. waging war on white supremacists, can someone tell us what a white supremacist is? tonight new reporting on the text messages at the center of the move to fire tucker. the idea that this could become public was very frightening for the company. then, another twist in the trump trial. where are you here instead of new york where you have a civil case? why trump s attorneys say they will present no defense. plus, how should america news media appropriately cover a twice impeached criminally indicted front runner who s credibly accused of rape? and former attorney general on the anti-democratic outbreak in state houses from ohio to north carolina beyond. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. and chris hayes. as we dive into the third consecutive presidential election cycle with donald trump as a candidate, i think it s been an undeniable change in our