i m stephanie ruhle. and while this is the eve of yet another crucial set of primaries, which just 99 days to go to the midterm elections, we begin this evening broadcast with major news and the still ongoing war on terror. president biden made it official just a few hours ago. on saturday, under my direction, the united states successfully concluded an airstrike in kabul, afghanistan that killed and amir of al qaeda, ayman al-zawahiri. after carefully considering, and clearly convincing evidence of his location, i authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield, once and for all. this person, this mission was carefully planned, rigorously, to minimize the risk. we make it clear, again, tonight, that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. > of 2000, and was believed to be one of the main architects of the attacks on september 11th. he became the lea
got. i hope they take a second look at are cautious about doing something a stupid as going after president trump. tonight, chuck rosenberg on the former presidents attempts to medicine vested gaiters. plus, jamie raskin on liz cheney, the next january 6th hearings, and the committees discussions with mike pence. everyone has information has an obligation to step forward. so i would hope that he will do that. plus, new sense of hope in the post roe backlash in michigan. and what you really need to understand about this week s depraved election fraud stunt in florida. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. nearly two weeks out from the fbi search of the ex presidents florida home. donald trump excuses keep getting worse they keep changing, and they keep getting worse. he is now threatening to take steps that could further inflame tensions and outright endanger fbi agents. now at first, trump tried to push nonsense conspiracy theories ab
when you re telling people that a presidential election is being stolen, you can t be shocked when people believe you and then become violent. at some point, they have to take responsibility. you know, you know, the thing is, mika first of all, donald trump is saying that it s smart. yeah, so smart that while he is sitting there lying to them and grifting and getting hundreds of millions of dollars from people lying, saying, give me money and we ll fight the election, and it all goes to him. first of all, not smart there. also, unfortunately, there were a lot of people that went up to the capitol because they believed donald trump. they believed his lies. yeah. they re sitting in prison right now. he s just sitting back at mar-a-lago, living his life, loving it. family vacations around the world, on beaches. flying all around on his private, well, you know, 757, whatever it is. flying from one country club to another. and they re sitting in jail, yeah. you ll no
seems like they are doing nothing to put the fire out. they are just watching it with the rest of us. meantime, the democrats are choosing not to remain anonymous as they criticize the president. there is this sense that things are kind of out of control and he is not in command. the president of the united states has to organize, and i m not sure what he s doing. i can tell you what he ain t doing. species of the sand and articles based on two dozen sources, harris. the opening is fascinating. it s a window into the biden administration priorities. so get this, there is this call monday. debra messing was set up. yes, debra messing and the white house. [laughter] s view on the and island. kayleigh: the former will & grace i was among dozens of celebrity democratic supporters and activists who joined a call with white house aides on overturning roe v. wade. it was fatalistic. they received a follow-up email from the white house with a list of basic talking points an
documentary filmmaker alex holder on what he saw before january 6th, and the threats he faces for cooperating with the committee. all that and stacey abrams on the fight to preserve abortion rights in georgia and beyond, win all in starts right now good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. as we learn more about how bad january 6th was, i am stopped by the persistent suspicion that the party leadership, with some notable exceptions, would you do it all again. they would all support donald trump, all his anti-democratic intentions, his aspirations to be, basically, a fascist authoritarian. and even if he had gotten worse i mean, we got really lucky on january 6th. it could have been a lot worse. even with the mob chanting hang mike pence had made it to mike pence, they would do it again, even if that happened. i think that very strongly. and that s because they made a trade early on. it was a transaction between them and trump. the trade was, they would blindly suppor