Presidency. Then let the people of alabama make the call. As republicans retreat on their rejection of roy moore, the president gives his full endorsement to an alleged child molester. Roy moore denies it. Thats all i can say. And from applause in the senate [ applause ] to outrage in the halls. Dont kill us kill the bill. The growing resistance to the republican tax plan when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Tonight the white house is scrambling to counter the growing evidence the president of the United States committed obstruction of justice. After the president once again appeared to implicate himself in just such a crime. This as his lawyers say the president is above the law when it comes to obstruction, the same defense Richard Nixon infamously used in the wake of watergate. The trigger this time, fridays explosive news that President Trumps former National Security adviser Michael Flynn had plead guilty to lying to the fbi about his conversat
Instead of waiting until next week for their planned vote, though, the decisive moment may have happened today. This afternoon when arizona senator john mccain put out this statement explaining why he will not vote for this plan. Three republican no votes is enough to kill this thing. Senator land paul was number one, no vote. He says hes a definite no. Susan collins says she leans no. There is also additionally a lot of wondering going on around the potential vote of lisa mbut if mccain is out, it looks very much like this thing may be dead or almost dead. Republicans do still have a few more days. They have another week ultimately to try to cook Something Else up but it does not look good for them. Well have more on that big news ahead tonight including what i think led to this latest failure by the republicans. Here is another piece of news, though, that arousal unexpectedly today. Starting this afternoon individual states started putting out out of the blue statements about whether
This year. This is not lost on the white house. With a senior official calling the General Assembly quote an enormous opportunity to demonstrate leadership and values. Despite to go up script added the president spent much time honing and crafting this address. Meanwhile the assembly began yesterday here in new york city and President Trump who has been critical of the importance relevance and effectiveness of the u. N. In the past. Focused on reforming the 72yearold organization. Take a listen. In recent years the United Nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement. We seek United Nations that regains the trust of the people around the world. In order to achieve this. The United Nations must hold every level of management accountable. Protect whistle blowers and focus on results rather than on process. To honor the people of our nations we must ensure that no one and no member state shows us a disproportionate share of the burden. Trump went on t
Relations, who is not, note alley, running for reelection. In an interview with the New York Times he said this about the president. He concerns me. He would have to concern anyone who cares about our nation. I know for a fact that every single day at the white house its a situation of trying to contain him. Except for a few people, the vast majority of our caucus understands what were dealing with here. Of course, they understand the volatility that were dealing with and the tremendous amount of work that it takes by people around him to keep him in the middle of the road. All that came after corker responded to a Trump Twitter tirade against him by saying, quote, its a shame the white house has become an Adult Daycare Center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning. Where corker is concerned this has been building for some time and we have watched him struggle when describing this president. I do think there need to be some radical changes. The president has not yet been ab
The grahamcassidy bill was not the answer. Professional sports versus President Trump. Why . Guess what, sports, theyre not letting up, with a team owner taking a knee before the anthem with his team. Athletes from across the spectrum a speaking out. The people run this country, not one individual. Damn sure not him. Damn sure not him. No gas no food. Medical fly splosupplies runnin. This is puerto rico this morning. Well find out what fema is doing and what you can do. The goal is to get that road open before they run out of fuel. And which way does alabama go with the endorsement for the primary senator or with the guy who pulled a gun on stage. I believe in the second amendment. That wasnt a movie. We begin with a bit of legislative day have a geja vu. Three senators now saying they will vote no, meaning there is zero chance this bill gets 50 votes. Its all over, right . Not so fast. Maybe theyll do a little reconciliation changes. I have a great group, starting with garrett hake wh