a clear-cut exemption for raped children. plus, the u.s. military is the latest target of the right wing culture wars with senator tommy tubervillle blocking military promotions and now a school district is banning the military memoir jarhead, author anthony swafford joins me tonight. but we begin tonight with the on going efforts by donald trump s maga minions in congress to go to bat for their dear leader, acting not as representatives of the american people but as an extension of the defense team for the twice-impeached, twice-indicted former president. you may remember that one of trump s most loyal followers in the house, jim jordan, made it very clear last summer that defending trump was going to be their top priority. with just one goal in mind if they took the house in the midterms all those things need to be investigated just so you have the truth. plus, that will help frame up the 2024 race when i hope and i think president trump is going to run again. we
Attorney. Now the idiot borat is going after me with a totally sensationalized, false account of a ridiculous movie i guess that he has done. And senator Bernie Sanders on a potential deal on a rescue plan and why americans are increasingly supporting the biden agenda when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We have a lot to get to tonight. First, breaking news and i am a bit flummoxed about the content of the news. Less than 30 minutes ago the director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, former republican congressman, very controversial. He ascended to the position recently after dinged once and not able to get the job. So John Ratcliffe and fbi director chris wray announced that iran and russia have, in ratcliffes words, taken specific actions to influence Public Opinion relating to our elections. They have also, he said, obtained Voter Registration information. We have confirmed that some Voter Registration information has been obtained by iran
And while hes still there on nights like this, we throw out what we planned to talk about and we roll with the punches. So, here comes the wave of pardons. That is what is happening starting tonight. And i suppose this is right on time. I mean, with 29 days left until joe biden is sworn in as the next president of the United States, over the past 24 hours the president has met with a the president has met with a dozenish republican members of congress at the white house plotting their approach to try to sabotage the official counting of the electoral votes in congress on january 6th. The electoral votes that will officially make joe biden the next president. The latest reporting is that the republicans meeting with the president , the president and his coconspirators, they think theyve got the one republican senator theyll need to go along with their plans to put these plans in motion. They plan to mess with the vote counting for as many as a half dozen states on january 6th. At a mini
President , over half a million troops had been based in saudi arabia. Saudi bases were the launching pad for attacks to defend kuwait against the forces of hussain. Saddam hussein. After the first gulf war was over, thousands of troops stayed on those saudi bases thereafter. But in 2003, less than two years after 9 11, saudi government asked, and the u. S. Government acceded and handed over the keys to the Prince Sultan air base, that base that had hosted tens, even hundreds of thousands of u. S. Troops. Where the United States decided to move its big, new, Permanent Air base in that part of the world was out of saudi arabia after 9 11 and instead into the nation of qatar. The air base in qatar is now the home of centcom. Its where u. S. Central command is based. There are thousands of u. S. Troops there at any one time. And it is not in a war zone, but their is the permanent site of u. S. Military headquarters for the middle east. Qatar. Qatar is a small country, its a very rich coun
Everybody just coming in to this breaking news, what you all are reporting and what the significant is. Sure. What were reporting is that ty cobb, the Top White House lawyer, his title was actually white house special counsel, just to keep things confusing. Ty cobb is leaving, and is going to be replaced as you said, with emmet flood from the Law Firm Williams Connolly certainly part of the Impeachment Defense Team during the clinton administration. This is significant, because ty cobb came in last year as kind of a voice of moderation and collaboration with the special counsel. Arrived at a time when the situation was kind of tense. Mueller team was just getting started. Didnt feel they were getting the documents wanted fast enough and cobb basically became the point person at the white house for all things mueller, both for the mueller team and for reporters like you and me. His whole thing was, we are in full cooperation mode. So much so he caused tension between him and the white H