it s 4:00 in washington d.c. a hail mary move by the disgraced ex-president that serves as an indication that special counsel jack smith may well be close to making a decision on whether or not to indict donald trump. we re at donald trump s dear attorney general, the special counsel is being mean to me phase. make no mistake we have been here before. late yesterday lawyers for the ex-president asked for a meeting with merrick garland. the letter itself was brief, filled with the usual trump rhetoric about being persecuted despite the fact that the ex-president is the one who has resisted handing over some of the nation s most sensitive intelligence secrets. documents he kept just one lock, one door away from hundreds of people at his pay for membership club to the government who rightfully owned the documents and asked for them back. the new york times says the letter asserts that trump is treated unfairly in the investigations led by jack smith. the washington post is r
to spell congressman george santos, while republicans are sidestepping an actual vote. and both sides sounded more optimistic on a possible debt limit deal. we ll break down where things stand in the negotiations as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. today, a federal court heard arguments for and against access to the most commonly used abortion pill. it is the biggest legal battle over abortion since roe v. wade was overturned by the supreme court last summer. nbc s laura jarrett has the details on today s hearing. a federal appeals court appearing deeply skeptical today of arguments from the biden administration and manufacture, as they try to keep mifepristone available. i don t understand the theme the fda can do no wrong. we are not looking at the fda, just like we are not looking at any agency. the three judge panel must decide what to do with that controversial decision out of texas last mo
we are investing in all these states, out of east, sean behind the eight ball. that s my point. no. we are not behind the eight ball. the inviting breaks into the open to losing continues. love one. tonight, how republicans are fundamentally misunderstanding this american moment and how democrats are taking advantage. first of, all i m the one that got rid of roe v. wade. then, how republicans saved george santos from expulsion from congress with unanimous vote. i have not not done my job since i got here. i can to and walk at the same time. senator sharon brown and potential democratic workaround for democratic hostage taking. leaders have all agreed we will not default. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we have new polling just out. this one shows joe biden maintaining a lead, a significant, one over his potential republican challenger for the presidency next year. registered voters give biden a six-point a
i have not not done my job since i got here. i can to and walk at the same time. senator sharon brown and potential democratic workaround for democratic hostage taking. leaders have all agreed we will not default. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we have new polling just out. this one shows joe biden maintaining a lead, a significant, one over his potential republican challenger for the presidency next year. registered voters give biden a six-point advantage over donald trump, 44 to 38%, and the reason i m beginning tonight s show with this polling, and we re a long way from the election, is because it comes after, two weeks after chakras alton another poll that showed those numbers flipped 44% for trump, 38% for biden, and there s a lot written about those polls. now what i would like to tell you is you can watch those polls bounce up and down and worry about what they mean. the reality is the election is 18 months away. t
president biden s state of the union address. in the meantime, kick up your feet and watch the beat which starts right now. hi, ari. was that a lyric? you re rubbing off on me. i ll see you soon. have a good show. welcome to the beat s state of the union coverage. president biden now just hours away from delivering the annual trace. white house aides are touting that they say could be a positive and almost classy address, taking the high road. we know biden spent the weekend working on drafts at camp david, aides eyeing ways to tout what they see as job growth, navigating this post pandemic economy and laying the groundwork for an official campaign announcement. those are just some of the images we ve seen coming out of the white house operation. there s also the sense of security, extra fences going up at the capitol today. this is just two years after the violent insurrection. all three branches of government represented onsite. it is always a security challenge as