it because we put so much on the onus of individual shoulders. and the broad aggregate sense, it s way better than i feared it would be. we will take that statement and run with it. thank you, my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. one of the many revelations to come out of the january six committee hearings was trump attorney general bill barr described, in his own words, how he pushed back against trump s claims of election fraud. he called those claims bogus, crazy stuff, and, most incuriously, complete bias. despite the heroic headlines generated by barr s testimony, it is a good point to remember that barr did not say anything publicly debunking those same claims of election fraud until december 1st, which was nearly a month after the 2020 election. in fact, before his post trump rehabilitation tour, this was the bill barr we knew. what happened to the president in the 2016 election, and throughout the first two years of his administration, was a
we re now about an hour away from the house reconvening and hopes to vote immediately or eventually will make him the next speaker of the house. spending the night trying to twist these arms belonging to the six hard right republicans that you see on the screen. it was so close, that absent members some of them came out of surgery or other medical provide tour procedures making they are way to the chamber. all of this has extra resonance. manu, so, we talked to you in the last hour, it seems to change over the hour, what s the latest. reporter: there s still growing confidence that they will get the vote. the longest speaker s race that we ve seen since the mid-18 hundreds. but, they believe they ve gotten there. the question will ultimately be on which members ultimately flip. you showed the six on your screen, some of those, they will need all members come and vote for a specific candidate, they will need four of those six. but, there are other strategies now being disc
his words as he left, quote, to hell with this place. the lock on santos office changed. more than 100 republicans joining nearly every democrat to oust the indicted congressman after an ethics report found he stole from his campaign to pay for things like botox, only fans, and luxury goods. so, what happens now with his seat? also, tonight, the fighting resuming in gaza. israel and hamas blaming each other for the collapse of the cease-fire that allowed more than 100 hostages to go free. is there hope for restoring it? and a new report, did israel know about hamas plans more than a year ago? remembering sandra day o connor, the first woman ever on the supreme court. the trail she blazed and the tributes tonight. the storms on both coasts. heavy rain and wind this weekend. we re tracking it all. the outbreak of child pneumonia in ohio. is it linked to china? we asked the director of the cdc. and jennifer garner joining us in small town america where a mission is
blindly accept their accusation against a member of another branch of government. expulsion vote for a backbench congressman as the front runners fraud trial continues. i did everything, right and they indicted me. tonight, two tiered ethics in the republican party. then, what happened when the adult son of the disgraced president of the witness stand. plus, what on earth is happening in the republican primary? what they re trying to say with this is, that in your boots, you have heels. no. that s what they re trying to say. they re just standard off the rack. i ll tell you? as a bombardment continues and evacuations of foreign nationals begins, what we know about the untold devastation in gaza, when all in starts, right now. good evening from from new york. i m chris hayes. a vote to expel freshman congressman george santos just failed in the house of representatives. it did not come close to meeting the constitutionally required two thirds threshold to exp
plus, what on earth is happening in the republican primary? what they re trying to say with this is, that in your boots, you have heels. no. that s what they re trying to say. they re just standard, off the rack. i ll tell you? as a bombardment continues and evacuations of foreign nationals begins, what we know about the untold devastation in gaza, when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. a vote to expel freshman congressman george santos just failed in the house of representatives. it did not come close to meeting the constitutionally required two thirds threshold to expel a member of congress. it should be said, the expulsion bar is very hard to clear, and for good reason. only five congressman have been successfully expelled in our country s history, and it has not happened in more than 20 years. the new york republican george santos has been the subject of almost too much controversy to list in a one hour show, since he was f