critics. actions we have taken thus far will not be our last. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the january 6th insurrection. and tonight, on the eve of that violent day, there is still one major lingering question from donald trump s attempted coup. well, there are many, but this is the one i keep coming back to. we know now, it s quite established, after a year of reporting, that the former president and a small group of allies were deadly serious about overthrowing the results of a free and fair election. and we know that most of their schemes were both at once dangerous and absurd. there s still one remaining question, which is how close were they to succeeding? and this has been the subject of quite some debate. and contrary to some folks out there, sknr and i read a lot along these lines that the whole thing was preposterous, doomed to fail from the beginning. after the ridiculous lawsuits
reporting, that the former president and a small group of allies were deadly serious about overthrowing the results of a free and fair election. and we know that most of their schemes were both at once dangerous and absurd. there is still one remaining question which is how close were they to succeeding? and this is been the subject of quite some debate. contrary to some folks out there, and i ve read a lot along these lines, who argue that the whole thing was preposterous. doomed to fail from the beginning. there was also, it s the intimidation tactics against global officials, donald trump and his allies settled on a brazen anti-democratic strategy that the rest of unjust in one person. and here s the thing. it could ve worked. what they wanted, but they settled on was for vice president mike pence to essentially throw out the electors in case states over entirely fabricated bogus claims of fraud and irregularity. but how done that, it cannot be overstated how dangerous and
virus. i have said before, i m not going to shut down the economy. i m going to shut down the virus. lawrence: good job with that one, joe. nearly a full year into new administration and things are only getting worse. under biden s daily covid cases are surged among their highest levels in the pandemic with nearly 500,000 cases a day. so, what is the administration plan to combat the surge? to push more of the same failed policies? more masks? more mandates? how about more vaccines? the biden team is already floating the idea of a fourth shot saying quote it is conceivable in the future we may need an additional shot but right now we already we are hoping that we will get a greater degree of durability of protection from that booster shot. they are hoping that. they don t know if the science supports that and while the biden white house is focused on vaccines, americans are asking where are our tests joe? this weekend thousands of people across the country waited in lon
state department getting brutally mocked for promoting the secretary of state s spotify play list it? makes you nervous because they are not just doing a bad job, they keep doing these things that are not serious at all. first and goal, quick throw, touchdown, steelers. ben roethlisberger gets his goodbye hynes field. sing a song sing a song brian: that is jacksonville, florida. a wonderful city home of the future super bowl champion jacksonville jaguars in about 20 years they will more than likely somehow get close to the super bowl. they have won three times in two years. you don t have to win all the time. and i think that s pretty clear. we have pleased to be here in studio. ainsley, will, i m glad you are going to be with me. ainsley, we have so much catching up to do. will, i have been watching you on television, i feel like we have been talking although you don t hear my questions. ainsley, how are you? ainsley: i m doing great. i had a wonderful vaca