For a while Larry Summers withdrew his nomination. Janet yellen was the odds on favorite. Larry summers was in front in the summer and now its back to janet yellen. Now its official. At 3 00 tomorrow president obama in the east room will make the announcement. Ben bernanke will be there. Janet yellen will be there and theyll announce that janet yellen is the first female ever nominated to be the fed chair. Im glad of that. Steve, let me ask you. I know its right off the top of your head. Will there be any changes in a janet yellen fed . I dont think so. I dont think there will be a big change, larry. I think janet has generally supported the policies that the fed has. I think shes felt for a long time that high levels of unemployment have necessitated high levels of Federal Reserve stimulus and i also know that she would probably be a person to run the committee very much like a committee and not a very strong leader in terms of imposing her will on the committee. Ive seen her basicall
Setup. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. Tonight a better picture of the one major theme connecting so many of the meeting between Trump Associates and russian nationalists. The strict u. S. Sanctions regime against russia. Thats what the russian lawyer who met with donald trump jr. During the campaign wanted to talk about. Its what Michael Flynn discussed with the Russian Ambassador and lied about to the fbi. And we learned today, its what flynn allegedly pledged to eliminate once he got to the white house. Today, donald trump jr. Spent eight full hours testifying before a closed door session of the House Intelligence Committee where you can bet he was grilled about the Infamous Trump tower meeting in 20 sf among other subjects. We already knew don jr. Took that meeting on the promise of the dirt on Hillary Clinton from the russian government. And now we know what kind of dirt he was hoping to get thanks to reporting from nbc news. According to
Talk about. Its what Michael Flynn discussed with the Russian Ambassador and lied about to the fbi. And we learned today, its what flynn allegedly pledged to eliminate once he got to the white house. Today, donald trump jr. Spent eight full hours testifying before a closed door session of the House Intelligence Committee where you can bet he was grilled about the Infamous Trump tower meeting in 20 sf among other subjects. We already knew don jr. Took that meeting on the promise of the dirt on Hillary Clinton from the russian government. And now we know what kind of dirt he was hoping to get thanks to reporting from nbc news. According to to the russian lawyer, don jr. Specifically asked for evidence of illegal donations from the Clinton Foundation a lawyer said she didnt have it. What the lawyer wanted was never in doubt. She was there to lobby the most senior officials in the Trump Campaign on repealing the act. What which imposes tough u. S. Sanctions on those accused of corruption,
impeach, there s no time like the present. articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives of the united states, and the name of itself and of the people of the united states. against donald john trump, president of the united states. in maintenance and support of it s impeachment against him for high misdemeanors, committed as president, constituting harm to american society, to the manifest injury of the people of the united states. with me now, ezra clyne, host of the excellent pod cast the ezra clyne show, has been making the case for normalizing impeachment. great to have you, ezra. 58 democratic votes, it was higher than i expected ghaichb leadership said do not do this. what s your reaction? it was sort of a weird parliamentary thing that
manifest injury of the people of the united states. with me now, ezra clyne, host of the excellent pod cast the ezra clyne show, has been making the case for normalizing impeachment. great to have you, ezra. 58 democratic votes, it was higher than i expected ghaichb leadership said do not do this. what s your reaction? it was sort of a weird parliamentary thing that happened. it s 58 against a motion to table. i agree with you, i think those are for the resolution, but we should be precise. let them explain it. this is bigger than i thought it would be too. representative green s impeachment articles are interesting actually. they re not what i would have expected they are. if you read what he put forward. really because he s divisive, his impeachment articles said about the nfl, the muslim ban. he talks about the tweets against different people, what