Those permits in exchange for exxon spending 25 million to boost his campaign. Exxon later in the day had to tweet publicly to let everyone know theyre not actually planning on doing this. This was just the president music out loud hypothetically about him committing that crime. He couldnt actually commit it, nor did exxon. They just wanted everybody to know. That said the president today did call his election opponent a criminal and said if he had a better attorney general his opponent would already be locked up in jail. And the president also said today reporters are criminals if they dont report his claims his election opponent is a criminal who ought to be in jail. All in all, this has been a pretty normal day now in what used to be until recently the worlds leading example of a mature rule of based democracy. All we know all it takes is one presidency like this, and all these other sad sack maybe dem ocryes around the world wondering if maybe theyll be a hunter this year and no lo
Absurdity of life and the responsibility of what actually should be on television. And it really pays to be able to talk to those colleagues during the course of the day like today. Thanks for joining us this hour. We are 15 days out from the president ial election. There may or may not be a final president ial debate this week. The president today openly mused about how he could illegal extort bribes in the form of Campaign Donations from Big Companies who want favors from his administration. The president today openly in front of a crowd of people suggesting that exxon mobile might want a couple controversial permits and he might green light those permits as president in exchange for exxon spending 25 million to boost his campaign. Exxon later in the day had to tweet publicly to let everybody know that theyre not actually planning on doing this. This was just the president musing out loud hypothetically about him committing that crime. He didnt actually already commit it, nor did exx
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Weve got 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, hes 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 separately by russia. This data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos and undermine your confidence in american democracy. Just to be clear here, Voter Registration information, which i
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
Fau fauci. He asked you to serve as his chief medical adviser. Will you do that . Did you say yes . Absolutely, i said yes right on the spot. Fauci there my colleague Savannah Guthrie, this as we just broke a single day record for covid19 deaths again. We lost more than 2800 americans to this virus on thursday. And a new cdc projection says we can see up to nearly 20,000 covid19 deaths in the week of christmas alone. Well start on capitol hill where Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to give us an update on where things stand for another round of Coronavirus Relief at any moment. Garrett, let me start with you. We know that nancy pelosi finally spoke to mcconnell yesterday. Mcconnell using language that, while it may seem understated when people read it, its pretty significant for him. Hes very careful with his words. Where do things stand at this hour . For those of us who consider ourselves mcconnell code breakers, or at least we try to be, the idea that he and Speaker Pelosi are south