he spent hours today with the select committee and the staff. we are following news on a potential witness, lawyers for stewart rhodes telling msnbc he wants to testify but there is a catch. we will tell you what it will take if the committee was the head of the oath keepers to go public. a new ruling between congress and donald trump. the ruling coming in on if the house committee can get their hands on the former president s financial records. plus, president biden at the japanese embassy here in washington, d.c. ameer, signing the condolence book for shinzo abe, who was assassinated on the campaign trail today. we have that coming up. i am hallie jackson minor in washington with a lot to go into this afternoon. with me is our panel. we know a little bit about what has gone down. he has been described as cooperative within the parameters of protecting executive privilege for the office of general counsel. take that from source for, you know, corporate , if you will,
And you may recall the senator from such events as this one, that would be the white house rose garden event on september 26th, that dr. Anthony fauci described as a super spreader event for Amy Coney Barrett where senator lee was seen hugging people. And here is lee maskless three days later with judge barrett. He is one of at least 12 people who were at that super spreader event diagnosed with covid. And while he wasnt hospitalized he has had and maybe still has a pretty serious case by his own admission. I had fatigue, i had some fevers, and sometimes i felt like it might feel to be 98 years old and in a boxing match. Mike lee is not fully out of the woods. His doctor today released a letter that acknowledged that while lee is improving, he is basically still experiencing symptoms selfreported, and yet there he was the hearing room today, speaking without a mask, so committed to ramming through a justice, to giving trump and conservatives a 63 majority on the court for a generation
Vote. Were voting like our lives depends on it. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. I want to show you tonight some video from earlier today that embodies the priorities of the party of donald trump three weeks before election day in the midst of a pandemic that is now entering its third wave. That is utah republican senator mike lee speaking in person in the room at the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett today. As you can see senator mike lee, though speaking, is not wearing a mask. And you may recall the senator from such events as this one, that would be the white house rose garden event on september 26th, that dr. Anthony fauci described as a super spreader event for Amy Coney Barrett where another lee was seen hugging people. And here is lee maskless with judge barrett. He is one of at least 12 people who were at that super spreader event diagnosed with covid. And while he wasnt hospitalized he has had and m
Chances of a contested Convention Way up. Ted cruz tops donald trump as democrats in wisconsin feel the bern. Both candidates celebrating today after wisconsins critical primary. On the democrat side sanders grabs his sixth consecutive win beating hillary by more than a dozen points. And a big day for the antitrump movement. Tonight is a turning point. It is a rallying cry. Let me just say, hillary, get ready. Here we come. Cruz stomps on trump and picks up more than 30 delegates. Trump us a path to the nomination now in jeopardy as the Republican Party moves one step closer towards a contested convention. Trump would now have to win 60 of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination. Sta even possible . Were following all of this with our team of political kor spots and experts. Lets begin with Christine Romans. Wisconsin was a must win for ted cruz and Bernie Sanders and they both did just that. Lets look at these numbers here. Cruzs decisive victory in wisconsin really shaking u
Especially just a week out now from the New York Primary that is becoming a big deal now. Phil mattingly is joining us with more. Is this oh what a difference a weekend makes . I think so. If you look at what donald trump has been trying to do over the last couple of days, it runs parallel with what we saw behind the scenes related to delegates. He and his team recognizing that cruz has a major advantage. If you look at North Carolina and south dakota and iowa. Ted cruzs team and organization and grass roots operation as defeated them every step of the way. Part of the reason he put Paul Manafort in his position was because they realized they have to do something about it. But he will still say things publicly that make it clear he thinks the system is rigged. This was changed in the summer to help a guy like cruz, and its not right. I won South Carolina by a landslide, like a massive landslide and now theyre trying to pick off delegates one by one. Thats not the way democracy is suppo