that the senate s stalled police reform bill may finally start to move. the key player in all of these senate negotiations continuing to be west virginia senator joe manchin. who along with senator amy klobuchar and other senate democrats is pushing what they hope is a voting rights bill that can attract republican support. who at the very least, withstand their sabotage. all of that tonight on politics nation. along with a special treat, as we take an intimate look at the greatest. filmmaker ken burns joins us tonight to share his new film on the life, strife, and legacy of mohammad ali five years after the death of the people s champ. but first, politics. joining me now, senator amy klobuchar, democrat of minnesota, and chair of the senate rules committee. senator klobuchar, getting right to why we wanted you with us tonight, what is the status of negotiations on this compromised voting rights bill, the freedom to vote act. you know we ve rallied, marched, been involved o
done a bunch of terrible things that never turn out to be true upon closer inspection. they re obviously telling lies, but the problem is people believe those lies. their base of voters believes the lies, and we ve seen what happens when people believe scary, awful lies come ing from republicans. a trump mob stormed the capitol to stop the democratic process because the mob believed the republican president and his enablers in congress when they said the election was stolen. and people are still dying every single day from a virus that we have a safe and effective vaccine for because of more conservative lies, and tomorrow right wing extremists have planned yet another rally in front of the capitol. this one to show support for the more than 600 insurrectionists who have been arrested for attacking the government on january the 6th. capitol police chief tom manger said this about preparations for the event. there have been some threats of violence associated with the events
plan to get all fully vaccinated americans a third shot. that rollout was supposed to start next week. here was dr. fauci this morning. are you expecting pfizer booster shots to be approved? you know, i don t want to get ahead of the fda deliberations. the data that i ve seen i believe strongly suggests that will be the case. our position about at least planning for the eventuation we might have to give boosters. we have planned and are ready to go pending the decision that s made from a regulatory standpoint by the fda and their advisers. so here is what happens now. all of that is up to the full fda and the cdc who, throughout the coronavirus pandemic, have typically agreed with this committee s nods of approval with the use of existing vaccines. those vaccines, the fda said, are still effective, though, against severe disease and death. a third shot can increase immunity against the milder breakthrough infections and it all adds some uncertainty in terms of what the
ahead of time, this from the new york times. the book reveals american intelligence showed that the chinese believed president trump would launch a military strike to create an international crisis that he could claim to solve as a last ditch effort to beat joe biden. milley convened a meeting with top commanders to remind them that the procedures for launching a nuclear called for his decision not just trump alone. a conversation between milley and nancy pelosi, pelosi said trump was, quote, crazy. madam,he told her, i agree with you on everything. about mike pence struggled over what was publicly known about the election certification. pence appeared open to going along with trump s plan to push the false claim that arizona s voting results were wrong and asked whether there was anyway he could delay certification. finally, when pence said he planned to certify the results, trump told him, quote, i don t want to be your friend anymore if you don t do this. you ve betrayed
vote for democrats. plus, thousands of afghans are still trying to flee the taliban tonight. the legendary author of the kite runner joins me live on that. and while the u.s. scrambles to get people out make no mistake, this evacuation mission is dangerous. republicans try to exploit the tragedy. we re gonna lead thousands of people behind. if we do, president biden should be impeached for dare election of duty. all in starts right now. good evening from washington, d.c. i m in for chris hayes. one of the open questions following the january 6th attack on our nation s capital was this planned with the help of trump allies like roger stone and carried out by the right wing militias they were in contact with? there is a new report from reuters that says, no, it was. quote, the fbi found scant evidence that the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol was the result of an organized plot to over turn the election results. now, first off, one of the most important