How Coronavirus Transmits helps save their season. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The first ever second Impeachment Trial Set to start a week from tomorrow, we have a whole bunch of developments in the case against the former president. And was one of the most reckless acts of any president in american history. First, there is the unsurprising upheaval in the former president s legal team. At least three lawyers left the team in recent days after trump asked them to focus their defense on continuing the big Poisonous Lie hes been pushing that the election was fraudulent, stolen. This comes just days after one of those lawyers, butch bowers of columbia, south carolina, said he did not hesitate to defend trump, saying, quote, it is who i am, it is what i do. Former president now has two new attorneys named just last night, bruce castor jr. Who previously declined to prosecute bill cosby and bill schoen who represented a whole bunch of folks including
Crimes and an insurrection and where we go from here as a nation. In fact, these two stories that i just mentioned to you tonight, theyre linked. How does President Biden work with a party that has some of its prominent leaders lying about his lawful victory and some, and to be precise and fair not all, but some elected republicans minimizing the violence that left five dead at the capitol. How do you do negotiations over the basics when you dont have any understanding on the fundamentals . There are a lot of Smart Thinkers whove studied these types of issues in different societies and a lot of progressives right now around the Biden Administration who say there can be no unity, no true democracy under the rule of law, unless there are facts and accountability first. Keep that in mind as you see this news tonight. Former President Trump wants to exploit the upcoming trial as a chance to double down on the election lie that partly fed the insurrection. He wants to take on the truth that
as the decision sends shockwaves across the country. most protests were peaceful there are a few exceptions a christian pregnancy center in colorado was vandalized and it was torched following the reversal of roe. same scene in portland, oregon where rioters destroyed property and sprayed graffiti. some say that the these actions have gone too far and those that disagree with the decision should have their say in the voting booth in november. when roe came out we didn t burn down the capitol as conservatives. we didn t go to liberal justices homes to try to intimidate them. these constitutional anarchists, my advice to you, quit trying to burn down america, work like we did, elect people who work with you at the ballot box. alexis mcadams is here. reporter: demonstrations erupted throughout the nation. most protests were pretty peaceful but that wasn t the same in places like colorado. look at this pregnancy care center in long longmont colorado. police are investigating
do you guys have a second for the city of toronto? we re changing the cn tower to drake tower. he s proud to be from toronto and put the city on the map. a great ambassador for the city. would you agree? i m listening right now. i listened to that album twice this morning. we love drake. thank you so much. what doesn t? of course i m joking about changing the name of the building that identifies toronto s skyline but drake is more globally recognized and the biggest cheerleader for what may be north america s most overlooked city. we re going to make a change. we re going to make a change in these streets. i m carlton mccoy raised in inner city d.c., educated in kitchens around the globe. these days i make a living as a master smellier. i m a nomad driven to move in and out of different cultures, different worlds to celebrate diversity by talking about what makes us different and the same. and taking it on to the next destination. that s what live is all a
that was pretty aggressive. do you have a second for the city of toronto here? we re changing the name of the cn tower to drake tower. can you get behind that, please? can you get behind that? a new album just dropped? well, no. he s so proud to be from toronto. i feel like he really put the city on the map, you know? he s a great ambassador for the city. would you agree? oh, yeah. i m listening to him right now. i listened to that album twice already this morning. we love drake. . thank you very much. who doesn t? of course i m joking about changing the name of the building that identifies toronto s skyline, but drake is more globally recognized and the biggest cheerleader for what may be north america s most overlooked city. we re going to make some change. we re going to make some change in these streets. i m carlton mccoy. raised in inner city d.c., educated in kitchens around the globe. these days i make a living as a master sommelier. i m a nomad, dr