good to be with you. i m chris jansing in for katy tur. president biden is making a big promise on abortion rights, a promise that he s betting will help lift democratic candidates who are on the midterm ballots. that s why these ecritical to elect more democrats to the united states senate and keep control of the house of representatives. folks, if we do that, here is the promise i make to you and to the american people, the first bill i send to congress will be could codify roe v. wade. and when congress passes it, i ll sign it in january. vote democratic and then i will send a message to codify roe but some folks are asking why wait until the next congress when the party has control now. i m going to talk to the director late they are hour on the timing of the president s speech and whether the issue can get democrats over the finish line. tim ryan and j.d. vance last night in a critical ohio senate race as well as in their last debate. the pair went toe to toe. temper
mcdowell and janine garrotte below. i hope you had a good week. i did, no thanks to howard stern. the new york times post reported that stern hit a chic restaurant at nyc with the crew of a listers including jimmy kimmel, jennifer aniston, john hamm, justin thoreau, jason bateman. i was not invited. i guess because my first name doesn t begin with the letter j. did you notice that? it s okay. i had other things to do that evening. music playing imagine a conversation with that group. how is your health? two boosters and echo nation. and i only got covid for times. i did a triple backs plus i gave dr. fauci a reach around. he said come on jimmy, don t worry about your sofa. i am not a superspreader. the dinner is in the story. it s what howard said later on his radio show. quote, i really had an exhausting weekend. emotionally, physically, for the first time in two years i ventured out of the house. may be he s exaggerating. we all do that. the more successful and you get
continues to grow, house republicans refused of office. then, are worse that the week, we re putting the two craziest conspiracy theories against each other to see which gop controversy is truly more outrageous. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. started. we begin this hour with breaking news. today, we learn more classified materials have been found in president biden s delaware residents, white house lawyer richard sober uncovered these documents on thursday. in a box that was initially discovered by the presidents personal lawyer s the day before. bringing the total number of batches of records found 23. now from breaking route news, we want to go to some backroom deals. his exchange for that coveted gavel newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy similarly made a deal with the devil. but will the american people ever find out the details? the beginning of the week, mccarthy managed to get his caucus in line and narrowly passed a rules package for the 118th
student loan safety net. under the plan which was first announced an august, federal loan borrowers would see a long lower monthly payment, have an easier path to forgiveness and unpaid interest would not be added to a borrowers loan balance. the plan would also reduce payments to zero dollars for borrowers who make less than $30,000 a year. and right now, there are about 8. 5 million federal student loan borrowers already enrolled in a number of repayment plants. this proposal is a path towards a single simplified option. but, it is still unclear when the new plan will be up and running. it has to go through a 30-day public comment period, and the administration will consider feedback before the plan is finalized. this is all taken shape as biden student loan debt cancellation plan remains stalled, awaiting the supreme court decision. moral arguments for their case are slated for the end of her. coming up on the second hour of ayman, some backroom deals, with the kevin mccar
much. and that is, indeed, tonight s reidout. all in with chris hayes starts right now. reidout. all good evening from new york. i am ali velshi, in for chris hayes. happy new year to you. we re just hours away from republicans taking control of the house of representatives, and tonight, kevin mccarthy might just be the most nervous man in washington. is mccarthy, he really wants to be speaker of the house. it has been his singular focus in washington for years. and that drive is the reason behind his deal with the devil that he made with donald trump. mccarthy has spent years placating trump, and enabling his worst behavior in exchange for trump s support. and the support of his hard-line allies in congress for his eventual speakership. it s why mccarthy went from saying this, in the days after january 6th the president bears responsibility for wednesday s attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfo