i did everything right and they indicted me. and what it means to set and then immediately break the record for hottest day ever recorded on planet earth. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. hope you had a good july 4th weekend. we are rapidly approaching the real actual serious for now start of the 24 republican primary. the first rnc debate is next month in milwaukee where the republicans will also hold their 2024 convention. while it s still too early for any real predictions about who voters will choose or how this will play out, right now, speaking as of today, it does look like donald trump is way ahead of everyone else. and that is in large part because florida governor ron desantis, who was initially hyped up is the candidate who could take on trump, has seen his poll numbers tank. just look at the polling averages since the start of this calendar year. desantis line should commit with its own slide whistle. he s almost 30 p
president. nbc news has no exclusively obtained a copy of ex homeland security aide miles taylor s upcoming book, in which he accounts and national security adviser john bolton. during that meeting, then white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders and heard bolton s office, told him that trump just shared classified information to reporters, while discussing the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. sanders told bolton that the president had picked up documents relating to intelligence on khashoggi s death, and displayed the. the reporters were unlikely to have been able to read the text. according to the book, bolton gassed at first, but breathed a sigh of relief when sanders told him that there have been no cameras in the room. but as taylor writes, quote, we were all disturbed by the laps in political and poor protection of classified information. that new information comes on the heels of another revelation made by an ex trump official on this very network last
debate it was easier to shut down unwelcomed speech and write it all off as misinformation. they were trying to protect you, america. the only way we get passed misinformation is to be careful what we say and use the power we have to stop the spread of misinformation. my hope is facebook taking it personally, i m saying facebook is killing people, that they do something about the misinformation. relying on the social media giant to take down mistruths. hunter biden, this laptop that intelligence officials have warned is likely russian disinformation. raymond: the golden oldies. only much of what they were protecting you from during two election cycles turned out to be true. now the censorship squad has been exposed in a bombshell ruling on july 4th a federal judge in louisiana has blocked the federal government from contacting or meeting with social media giants. it turns out, the government has been targeting and censoring speech they disagree with for years. in a
widespread doubt and uncertainty, the united states government seems to have assumed a role similar to an orwellian ministry of truth. white house from press secretary karine jean-pierre responded on wednesday. we certainly disagree with this decision. we re going to continue to promote responsible actions to protect public health, safety and security when confronted by challenges like a deadly pandemic. our view remains that social media platforms have a critical responsibility to take action or to take account of the effects of their platforms are having to the american people. paul: let s bring in our panel, wall street journal columnists dan henninger, kim strassel and iowaly shah finley. alicia, tell us who sued the government and what they re alleging. louisiana and missouri joined by scientists and conservative activists sued the government for infringing on their free speech rights. they claim that they put pressure and coerced the platforms such as youtubing
asw, as a result, judge doty issued unhinge ad sanctioneral against all federal government employees from having contac tntact with social media companies and discouraging or removingwi free speech. that means the cdc, the fbi, the doeansj, the white house. the judge specifically. namechecked. white house spokeswoman. karine jean-pierre. hhs secretary xavier becerracrer and surgeon general vivek murthy. noy n generalw on your screen if prohibited activities for the feds, which include meeting, emailing, flagging, callin meetingg, collaborating, threatening, urging, following up or issuing bolo g,s. be on the lookout for censoredt content with social media. it is an absolutelye ce stunning rebuke of the censorship deep state and the biden administrationnsp and it s a win for free speech. r, the bidenou administration has appealed this judge s injunction. k now, judges don t usually talk like this. they don t issue such scathinghi opinions or broad injunctions. why here? well,