our nation s commitment to the rule of law sets an example for the world. the special counsel built his second case against the president. my office will be unrelenting and unstopping. tonight, the story of the first world leader jack smith prosecuted and why there is good reason to think he won t let trump off easy. and then if we nominate a lawless, selfish, failed politician like donald trump who lost the house, the senate, and the white house, we all know joe biden will win again. the republican presidential field swells, as trump s calendar fills up with plus the only people who believe they are above the law are members of the united states supreme court. justice samuel alito s long history of accepting lavish gifts, the titanic submersible lost at sea, and a blistering texas heat that s only going to get worse when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. special counsel jack smith has just turned over the first tran
on the history under attack this juneteenth, how the bible got removed from schools in utah, and why conservatives are now wooing muslims after decades of hate. as catholics and other christians, other people of faith have been waiting for the muslims to step up on this issue and so many others. when all in starts, right now. good evening from washington d. c. i m mehdi hassan in for chris hayes. today, a federal judge ordered donald j trump to not to speak publicly about evidence in the classified documents case special counsel jack smith earlier this month. the order prohibits the exokxdif you violate these rules trump could face contempt of court or other civil or criminal sanctions. now, please forgive me, while i left my head off at the idea of donald trump promising not to post anything on social media. what a promise that will be. as we all know he has a, shall we say, difficult time keeping his mouth shut. as well as a long history of abusing and threatening jud
first of all, i won a lot in 2020. that s not and if you look at all the tapes, if you look at everything you happen to look at, you take a look at truth to vote where they have people stuffing the ballot boxes on tapes or mr. president wait a minute, let s go to recent. fbi, twitter, let s go to recent, 51 agents all corrupt stuff that s cheating on the election. you lost the 2020 election. donald trump simply can t let go of the big lie. that s just part of a wide ranging and sometimes contentious interview with fox news last night in which the former president offered a new reason for why he had boxes of classified material stashed away at his palm beach country club. we ll dig into all of that in just a moment. also ahead we re learning more about antony blinken s meeting yesterday with chinese president xi jinping including what the secretary of state says china is not ready to do. and plus a race against time in the atlantic ocean. as rescuers
now with elycia menendez in for alex. reporter: the bread and butter of conservative media for years now has been hyping up the investigation into president biden s adult son, hunter biden. it s never been seen to end. they used it to create asymmetry that didn t really exist between trump s alleged crimes and what they speculated was the crime ridden biden family, and so long as this case was open and the investigation was behind closed doors, they could really make it whatever they wanted it to be. and even though that was the case, even though republicans have been dining out on this hunter investigation for years, they also have been up in arms about how it hadn t finished yet. they were aghast that trump was indicted before hunter. they wanted hunter s case resolved immediately. well, today we have some closure in that case. today we got the news hunter biden is expected today enter a plea deal for two tax misdemeanors in that investigation. he s also expected to strik
i mean just to be clear i am quoting. i m a journalist, people say it, i quote it. i let you decide whether it s appropriate or not. the use is important here. i m mentioning, not using. i remember when we were talking about donald trump having sworn and at some point you just had to just say the words he said on tv and there were a lot of firsts over the last few years. i have not arrived at a consistent policy on this because it s ludicrous either way. it s ludicrous when you actually say it because it s like silly, but it s also ludicrous when you re like, called you a little b word. every part of this is unreal. thank you, chris, and thanks to you for joining us this hour at home. ten hours is about how much breathable airtime the u.s. coast guard estimates is left for the five men aboard the missing submersible which is named the titan. it began its descent to the wreckage of the titanic saturday. it conducts a search and rescue operation to find them in an are