plus the justice department marks a new phase of its investigation into donald trump. a federal grand jury subpoena now demands testimony from a key west wing insider. the trump white house counsel pat cipollone. and china s response to nancy pelosi s defiance by dispatching 27 war planes into taiwan s airspace. the house speaker says her taiwan visit a clear marker now in the battle between democracy and dictatorship. today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy. america s determination to preserve democracy here in taiwan and around the world remains iron clad. china s sovereignty cannot be infringed, and the chinese people cannot be humiliated. our response will be very strong and forceful. back to that story in a bit, but we begin with hour with the biggest lesson of another bid-term primary night. republican election deniers scored some big wins out here in arizona, and here s more proof the trump brand still matters. let s shift and bring up
analyst, norm eisen. he was special counsel for the house judiciary committee in trump s first impeachment trial. also cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser, and dave ehrenberg, an attorney for palm beach county, florida. susan, i almost butchered your name so i m gonna begin with you. on this very notion. i gotta ask you, the washington post report is fully frankly breathtaking. i have to ask you, what is your reaction to the reports that they were searching for not just classified documents, but those that may be related to nuclear weapons? not somewhere where it secured under the cover of the federal government, but mar-a-lago? what s your reaction to that? yeah, i mean look laura, this is a very, very serious allegation. this is the kind of thing that government does not screw around about. and obviously, the idea of nuclear secrets being held in an insecure way at mar-a-lago is just extraordinary. and certainly, really changes the conversation in a significant way
searching for while on the property. i want to bring in cnn legal analyst norm mizen, special council for the house judiciary committee in trump s first impeachment trial, analyst susan glasser and dave arenberg, the state attorney for palm beach county, florida. susan, i almost butchered your name, so i ll begin with you. i ve got to ask you the washington post report is, frankly, breathtaking. i have to ask what is your reaction to the reports that they were searching for not just classified documents, but those that may be related to nuclear weapons, not somewhere where it s secured under the, you know, cover of the federal government, but mar-a-lago? what s your reaction to that? yeah. i mean look, laura, this is a very, very serious allegation. this is the kind of thing that government does not screw around about and obviously the idea of nuclear secrets being held in an insecure way at mar- a-lago is just extraordinary and certainly really changes the conversation i
cowards about it. why kevin mccarthy still isn t ruling out testimony in the wake of his january 6th subpoena. plus, why republican politicians are actually calling for america to intentionally starve children amid the baby formula storage shortage. and new reporting on what we really know about those rumors surrounding vladimir putin s health. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, we are just a few days away from the next major primary night. this time in pennsylvania. both the governor s mansion and one of the state senate seats are open races, without an incumbent on the ticket. which means both parties have an equal opportunity. and the senate, race republicans are hoping to hold the seat that is being vacated by retiring senator pat toomey, but they face obstacles along the way. donald trump of course was the anti establishment candidate in 2016, and 2015. so self styled of such. but he is now the republican establishment. and rec
lost. after the laughable landscaping company press conference. even after the attack on our nation s capital. no. instead it is escalating. that anti-democratic cancer is metastasizing. just look at pennsylvania today. the two high-profile races for the open and the governor s mansion and have huge implications for both the commonwealth and the nation at large. as they do every year. the editorial board of the philadelphia inquirer, one of the nation s biggest newspapers, in a crucial swing state wanted to endorse a republican candidate for those races. but they couldn t. they write that they sent every republican candidate in the senate race a survey to see where they stood on a number of issues. but the candidates felt the questions were quote, biased and unfair. what hard-hitting questions did the paper ask these candidates who want to represent the keystone state in congress? in their view, among the most problematic queries that we asked was: who won the 2020 presid